Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Blood N' Tears ❯ Alie's Pain, Alicia's Suffering ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4: Alie's Pain, Alicia's Suffering

The sun's rays beamed down on the brunette beauty. She cringed a bit from the sun's harsh waking call. She tried to turn on her side but was halted by the feel of a head on her foot.

She sat up and gasped in horror. Ryou had been stabbed brutally in the chest. Alicia crawled out of the bed and ran into the bathroom for the first aid kit. She returned to the room and hesitated. Something kept her from helping him.

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Oh dear Ra…I'm so sick of seeing blood…even though it's a major thing I see…I'm tired of the color. No wonder I don't have anything red. But…Bakura's hurt…why can't I get up the courage to help?

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/Aibou, don't…please…let him die!/ Alie pleaded.

/why?! He's my friend! Bakura's helped me a lot!/ Alicia retorted.

/That's not Bakura! It's Ryou…/ Alie's voice trailed off.

/You mean that tomb robber you told me about?/ Alicia blinked as she looked at Ryou, /but he looks like Bakura…I pictured him much more chaotic./

/that's him. It's not his body but he still has that mischievous smirk as he always had.../ Alicia could feel the sorrow through their link.

Alicia jumped in shock as Bakura sat up in pain. Alicia hesitated from helping him up, `should I? he IS my friend after all…'

Bakura looked at her with pain-filled eyes, "Alicia? What happened?" Alicia ran to his side and pulled out the bandages from the first aid kit.

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Bakura walked out of the kitchen with a tray filled with a plate of cookies and two cups of juice. He placed the tray on the table across from the couch. Alicia sat on the couch staring at the carpet.

Bakura handed her a cup, "Alicia…it's alright. You can't help what your yami did. She wanted revenge."

"But it was your yami she wanted revenge on!" Alicia said tears threatening to fall, "I don't want anyone else getting hurt because they're around me…you've been injured so many times…I'm so sorry…"

Bakura, out of instinct, hugged her. Alicia cried into his shoulder and muttered words of apology into his blouse. Bakura rubbed her back soothingly and gave a various, "shh" every now and then.

After a while, Alicia stopped crying. She then heard a faint voice say, "run…run…" She looked up at Bakura and pulled away from him. He looked at her in confusion as she stood and suddenly ran out the door.

Bakura stood and followed her out the door and chased her into the city.

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"run…run…" Is all I can hear…I can't hear any other things strangely. No birds, no car horns, no people. Just that voice. "run…run…" What is this voice?

/aibou? Aibou what's wrong!?/ I faintly heard Alie say through our link.

/Alie! Help me! I hear a voice in my head!/ I cried as I ran into the street. Suddenly, but only for a brief moment, I heard someone's voice. It was…Bakura?

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Bakura screamed her name several times as he looked through the streets of Domino. Then her figure cam into view. She stood in the middle of the street with wide eyes. Bakura then noticed a fog-horn…a truck.

He ran up to her and pushed her aside, him tumbling after her. The two landed on the sidewalk. Bakura sat up and rubbed his pounding head, "Ow…mental note: never do that again…"

He looked over at Alicia's unconscious body and gasped in horror. She lay on her back with her eyes closed with a bloody gash on her forehead. Bakura shook her by the shoulders, "Alicia…wake up! Alicia!"

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So much darkness…it has to be my curse…it's been more active lately. I've never seen so much darkness…there's no light…I'm scared…I've never been so scared…please…SOMEONE HELP ME! BAKURA HELP ME!

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Alicia shot upright in a cold sweat. A throbbing pain shot through her head and she rested back against her pillow. She looked around the room and saw Bakura asleep on the floor with his head and arms resting on the edge of the bed.

She smiled a bit at him sleeping form, `he's so sweet…Serenity WAS right about him being kind and shy…but thanks to Ryou he's more than that…' Bakura blinked a few times as his eyes came into focus.

He rubbed his eye with the back of his hand and yawned, "you awake?"

Alicia's smile widened at how childish he looked, "yeah…thanks for helping me Bakura…"

Bakura blinked once more and examined the bandage around her forehead, "I should change that bandage."

Alicia reached her hand up and felt the bandage wrapped tightly around her wound. She removed her hand and saw the blood that seeped from the bandage. Her eyes closed halfway and she sighed, "another injury…" She turned to Bakura, "I'll be fine. I've endured worse."

Bakura scratched the back of his head, "well…I still say you should get a clean bandage at least." Alicia nodded and sat up. Blood rushed to her head and the room began to spin. She laid her head back on her pillow.

"my head hurts," Alicia groaned.

Bakura stood up, "I'll get some bandages. I'll get you some aspirin too."

Alicia sighed, "thank you Bakura…"

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I thought she was a goner for sure that time…she'd lost so much blood from her head. I guess that Millennium Tempus Orb keeps her alive. I wonder what the Orb is really used for…

I know Ryou wants to get his hands on it but…Alicia's yami seems so…intent on keeping it away from him…I wonder why…

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A dark essence constructed around Bakura showing Ryou had taken possession of Bakura's body at the moment. Ryou grabbed the bandages and then some aspirin and walked back to Alicia's room.

Alicia noticed a dark aura surrounding Bakura and she knew it was Ryou, "hello Ryou…"

Ryou froze, "how did-"

"Alie gave me the ability to see and read auras…" Alicia said as she struggled to sit up.

Ryou just "hummed" and sat next to her on the bed. He removed the bandage from her forehead and silently placed a clean one on her. Alicia grabbed the bottle of aspirin and took a couple capsules out.

Ryou finished tying the knot to the bandage and turned away from her, "how'd you get the Millennium Tempus Orb?"

Alicia paused with her cup up to her lips. She placed the cup in her lap and sighed, "I received it from my brother…he found it in a temple…"

Ryou blinked, "oh? when did you discover that Alie was dormant inside?"

Alicia glared at Ryou, "why do you want to know? Alie despises you and she wishes nothing but your death. Why are you so interested?"

Ryou chuckled as he leaned in closer to Alicia until their foreheads rested against one another. "She was my lover," Ryou whispered.

Alicia's eyes widened, "y-your-"

Ryou placed his finger to her lips to silence her, "yes. She was my lover. I thought she would have told you. But her hatred towards me is mutual. She was tricked 5,000 years ago in Egypt."

"what happened?" Alicia asked.

"I was killed by one of the pharaoh's guardians," Alie said taking a solid form next to the two. "Marik killed me…"

Ryou chuckled, "and you sincerely think I was the one who deceived you? People play mind tricks, Alie."

"Liar!" Alie snarled, "I know you tricked me! I was with you when you told me to meet you at the pharaoh's tomb!"

Ryou froze, "I don't remember that."

"The day of my death you told me to meet you at the pharaoh's tomb! Don't act like you don't remember!" Alie growled.

Alicia stood up, or tried to. She fell back on the bed, her brown hair falling around her, "stop fighting…it's giving me a headache…"

Alie smiled at her hikairi, "Al…" her smile faded, "you don't feel well do you?"

Ryou rolled his eyes at the 5,000-year-old woman. "what was your first clue Sherlock?" he mumbled.

Alie glared at him but then turned her attention to her light. She noticed the bandage, "what happened? You got hurt again?"

Alicia nodded, "Bakura saved me from a truck…I was being careless…"

"It was around the same time she ran from the house," Ryou added. Alie gasped and looked at Alicia, "didn't you mention there was a voice talking to you?"

Alicia nodded weakly as she closed her eyes, "yes…" Alie placed the covers around her hikairi and walked out of the room with Ryou in tow.

Ryou glared at the brunette, "why so vengeful? Just because of a little mishap?"

Alie returned the glare, " `mishap'?! I lost my life that day!"

Ryou grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him capturing her lips in his own. But before he could deepen the kiss she pushed away from him.

She placed the back of her hand to her lips, "I don't love you, Ryou. I never did."

Ryou just pulled her back to him, "that's a lie. You promised me everything. Your love, your life, even your body and child."

Alie glared at him with disgust, "you leave Narata out of this! She did nothing!"

Ryou caressed her cheek with the back of his hand, "you forget. She's my daughter too. I have a right to her well-being. Who do you think took care of her after your death?"

Alie's eyes widened and she broke away from his grasp, "you bastard…you didn't…I know you didn't raise my daughter! She was nothing to you! You should have left her alone!"

"I couldn't sit and watch as my own daughter starved from trying to survive on the streets by herself," Ryou explained, "I had to help her. Even if it meant to teach her to steal. She turned into a very beautiful woman, might I add."

Alie glared at the former tomb robber, "why you-"

Ryou smirked as he walked back into Alicia's room. He stared at the brunette blankly, `she reminds me of Alie in so many ways…besides the fact Alie is so vengeful now, she's just as innocent as ever.'

Alie walked in and hugged Ryou from behind. Ryou stiffened as he felt salt tears dampen his shirt. "how? How did she turn out?" Alie asked as she cried happily into Ryou's blouse.

"She was a beautiful girl," Ryou answered his voice no louder than a whisper, "she looked more like you everyday…"

Alie's embrace around him tightened, "when…when did she die?"

"At the age of 16…the pharaoh…he-he found us stealing from his father's tomb…" Ryou kept a straight face to hide his pain but his eyes showed it fully, "Narata didn't make it out…the guards caught us…the pharaoh…he made me watch her die!"

Alie froze and released him, "the…the pharaoh….Pharaoh Atemu?" Ryou nodded as he held back his tears, not wanting to look weak.

"Narata was in love at the time too…the poor kid…she cared for him so much…" Ryou said as he started trembling.

Alie spun out in front of him and hugged him, "no…"

Ryou hugged her and massaged her back as he continued, "Narata would've also done a great deal more for our family…she…you've been a grandparent…"

Alie's eyes widened as tears continued to fall. Her only daughter…was killed during pregnancy. Alie pulled away from him and slapped him. Hard. Ryou's face was shadowed by his silver-white hair.

Too ashamed to look at her, he said, "it was my fault…I was being naïve…I shouldn't have taken her to the tomb…but we really needed some money and she volunteered to go…"

Alie's hands were balled into fists at her sides. She was trembling so bad that she looked like she was ready to have a seizure, "you…bastard…you killed her…just like you killed me…"

Ryou grabbed her arm and pulled her to him and kissed her. Alie tried to pull away but soon gave into it and deepened the kiss. All of their sorrow, pain, and heartfelt love was put into it. All they could muster.

Once they parted Alie rested her head on his shoulder, "Ryou…why? What did we do to deserve our little family to break apart like it did?"

Ryou shook his head, "again, my fault…I…I stole from the pharaoh…and in doing so I killed one of the high priests…he hunted me for that…I never meant to fall in love…and for that the two people I cared for more than my own life suffered…and paid the ultimate price…you nor Narata deserved that…it was me…I should've died…"