Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Broken Spirits ❯ Bakura's Sorrow ( Chapter 3 )

Broken Spirits III: Bakura's Sorrow

Merisusa looked surprised as Rex took his lips from hers. He smiled at Merisusa, "You know, I'd never hurt you." He proceeded to say, though his conscience argued with that fact, but the struggle continued with love and hate within him. But, throughout his struggles, he found the courage to ask her a simple question:

"Hey, Merisusa, would you like to hang out tomorrow, since it's Saturday and we don't have school tomorrow, and, well, I don't have anything to do. What do you say?"Rex asked, trying to make up for the wrong he had done.

"I guess, Rex." Merisusa said with doubt in her heart. She felt as if Rex were being selfish. To her, it was as if Rex was just doing things to get his way. But she would give him a chance, she was kind of heart.

"That's great." Rex said as he smiled. "I'll meet you at the card shop. I'll have a present for you. I know you'll like it."

"Ok," Merisusa said with doubt.

"Don't worry," Rex said as he held her hand in his and gripped it tight. "This time I won't leave you standing." Rex looks at his watch and a look of surprise came over his face.

"Oh shit!" Rex exclaims. "You know what? I'll meet you tomorrow. Gottago!" Rex says in a hurry. He talked so fast it sounded like he was saying one long word, instead of several sentences.

"Bye!" Rex said as he took off as fast as he could, leaving Merisusa standing against the lavender sky, in all of its beauty.

"Bye Rex...." She trailed off as Rex ran off down the road, into the sunset.

Rex ran at full speed to the card shop. As he approached it, he saw Solomon Motou, the shop's owner, turning to lock the door.

"WAIT!!" Rex called out as soon as Solomon put the key in the door. He turned to see Rex run up to him. "Oh, why hello there, Rex." Solomon replied. "What's the hurry?"

"Can you make one last sell?" Rex asked.

"Sure, I suppose," Mr. Motou replied. “I usually don't sell during after- hours, but I'll make an exception."

He let Rex walk into the shop. Rex looked around, being very careful to make his choice in cards. He spied a card that was to his liking and too it home with him. Rex went to sleep, happy and with a heart full of love, he had never felt so free and feel of ease in his whole life. Not even winning a duel felt this good.

Rex woke up on a bright, sunny Saturday morning. The birds were chirping; filling the air with their cheery song. Rex took a shower, then he preceded to get ready by doing the usual routine hygiene treatment, making sure to take extra time to worry about how he looked. But he couldn't forget that special card he bought for her! He grabbed The card as he walked out of the door. Rex began walking down the street and he soon ran into none other then Weevil Underwood.

"And just where are you headed off to?" Weevil began to ask, nosing his way into Rex's business as usual.

"None of your damn business." Rex replied haughtily. "Going off to kiss that girl, are you?" Weevil replied with a sly and somewhat sinister looking smile.

"What?" Rex replied as he slowly turns around to look at Weevil with a surprised expression. Then. suddenly Rex got a calm attitude and smiled his usual cocky smile.

"Yeah, right Weevil. Me? Kiss a girl? You surely have problems. What could ever drive you to think that?"

"Don't even try to lie!" Weevil shouted at Rex. "I saw you kiss, and I took special note to listen carefully to you saying "I love you, with all of my heart. Nothing can change that. Do you except my love?" Weevil taunted Rex with girlie type faces and kissy noises, all the while, Rex was getting agitated.

" I followed you yesterday, Rex. I saw what happened between you and Merisusa. Rex, the unstoppable dino duelist, conquered by a girl, his very soul submitting to her every whim?" Weevil continued, making the girlie faces at Rex.

"Say that one more time and I'll knock you on your Insect ass!" The din duelist shouted at Weevil. "Not as hard as I'll knock you on your Jurassic one. In more ways then one." Weevil told Rex calmly. "But I did not just follow you two last night. I have pictures which I am sure everyone will be very interested to see, and a recording to completely destroy whatever's left of your reputation. When I am done, you will be despised everyone, even those who once shook with fear at the mere mention of your name! I will have my ultimate revenge for all the times you beat me ..." Weevil never got to complete the sentence because Rex punched him right square in the face. The bug duelist flew back wards a little and held the side of his face, and gave Rex a look of hatred.

“Poor Rex. Maybe you should have bought a leash instead, so she could put it on your neck. Because that's where you belong as long as you are under her spell. Well, are you going to go meet her and wag your tail, like a subservient bitch or are you going to go on with your business and act like a man? Do you really want to spend all your life wagging your tail whenever she wishes you to do so, or will you become a man once again?" Weevil said, staring at Rex.

Suddenly, Weevil bound fourth at Rex and took a card from his coat. "Say good-bye to your nice little Dragon!!!!" Weevil shouts with a malevolent smile as he tore the card Rex put his heart into buying for Merisusa.

"You bastard!" Rex yells as he punched Weevil in the face, yet again this time harder then before. He grabbed Weevil's deck and began to tear up every single one of his cards right in front of him. Weevil was shocked! Never before has Rex came back with such fury!! There were almost tears in his eyes! But that was, after all, his favorite card. Weevil watched in horror as every card he had was ripped savagely apart in Rex's hands.

"My Cards!!" Weevil exclaimed as he looked all around at them. Their pieces lay all over the ground. Weevil reached over to grab what seemed to be a piece of the Cacoon of Evolution, but Rex's spit landed upon it before his hand could make it's way over there.

"How does it feel, Weevil? How does it feel to have your pride ripped away by someone who is controlled by a girl?" Rex asked to broken bug duelist, who lay in shame amongst his torn cards.

Rex started to walk off in the other direction, headed back home, not to the card shop; not to see Merisusa. Weevil, on the other hand walks off to the card shop to buy some more cards.

Meanwhile, Merisusa was waiting at the card shop. She is dressed in a shiny, spaghetti-strapped dress with black high heels. She dressed her best to go out with Rex. She walked into the dueling shop and sat down, waiting for Rex to arrive.

Yugi saw Merisusa there, sitting alone at a table all alone. He walked timidly up to Merisusa.

"Hey Merisusa." Yugi said shyly. "Why are you here dressed like that? It looks like you have a lot nicer places to go then just a card shop with that kind of dress." "Oh I do!" Merisusa said with excitement. "I was supposed to meet Rex here! We're going to have so much fun! I got him a card, see."

She handed the card to Yugi.

"Happy lover." Yugi said as he read the top of the card. "Why'd you get Rex that card?" He asked with curiosity.

"It is a symbol of how we feel for each other." Merisusa replied happily. "After that I wanted to go and eat at a fancy restaurant my mother owned. We'd get to eat for free there."

"My, that sounds lovely." Yugi's Grandfather replied, as he looked over the desk at her with a warmhearted smile.   "Yeah, it does sound great." Yugi added.

"Then I was going to invite him to the Millennium Fair, I was going to go and take him to the Dinosaur exhibit. I know how much he likes dinosaurs! Then, we could ride the rides and watch the fireworks. It's going to be so cool!" Merisusa exclaimed.

"Gee, it sure does sound fun." Yugi told Merisusa. "Rex would sure miss a lot of fun if he didn't see you here."

"Yeah," Merisusa replied sadly. She remembers Rex's promise: "I won't leave you standing this time." Rex's gentle words echoed through her head as the wind gently blew through the tree leaves.   "I hope your right, Yugi." She finally said.

Time passed rather slowly at the game shop. Finally, the door creeked open and Merisusa jumped to her feet, in high hopes of seeing the dino duelist. If she only knew it was Weevil instead. A gasp went across the room as everyone laid their eyes upon the insect duelist, who was holding his face as blood ran down his arm in a moderate stream.   "What happened, Weevil?" Yugi asked, seeming quite concerned at Weevil's condition.

"Rex jumped me and tore up my cards!” Weevil said, putting on a good display of grief.

"He did what?" Yugi asked seeming a bit surprised. "Why did he rip up your cards? Where is he now?"

"I'm not quite sure," Weevil said as his glare pierced Merisusa's line of sight, forcing her to stare into the vast, blue of his slanted eyes. "He took off the other way after he brutally assaulted me. He was ranting about some girl." "That girl wouldn't be me, would it?" Merisusa asked Weevil.

"Well, yes, Merisusa. He seemed very displeased in you." Weevil said slyly.

“Why?" The brown haired girl asked with worry in her eyes.

"Why do you look so caring when he doesn't give a shit for you?" Weevil asked Merisusa.

"He doesn't care about me?" The girl was at the point of tears.

"No, he said so himself. I even have a recording. Listen." Weevil says as he plays the recording to the room.

“Ha! Me? Kiss a girl? You surely have problems. What could ever drive you to think that?"

"But we did. Yugi saw us, didn't you Yugi?" Merisusa asked little Yugi, who gave he a nod of assurance. "He said he didn't care about you. He just wanted to be nice and make you believe he was a nice guy. He's really ungrateful. He's the most arrogant guy in this school, and by far one of the biggest bastards I know. He likes to manipulate people to get his way. I'm pretty sure he just wants your rare cards." Weevil said with a malevolent smile.

"He doesn't love me?" Merisusa asked in a shaky, saddened voice, as tears welled up in her eyes. "But, when...he kissed me...And..and....and..." That was it! Merisusa couldn't take it anymore! She took off running out of the card shop.

"Wait! Merisusa!" She heard Yugi call out as she ran, but Yugi's voice was lost in her sorrow.

She ran down the street as fast as her feet could carry her, driven by her sadness. She bumps into Ryou Bakura. "What's wrong, Merisusa?" Bakura asked, in calm, gentle, reassuring voice.

"Rex...he....he said he would never kiss me....and he hates me..." Merisusa finally managed to get out between sobs. Suddenly she felt Bakura's warm embrace surrounding her, its aura calmed her worried spirit. Ryou hugged Merisusa and looked her in the eyes, seeking to comfort her. Her beautiful face was distorted by the pain she was feeling. Ryou could feel how much Rex hurt her, her feeling too overwhelming for any mortal to handle splashing out into the world, filling Ryou's heart with desire to punish anyone who dared to cause her harm.

“I shall find Rex and make him sorry he was ever born. I will make his darkest nightmares come true." Ryou said. Suddenly he turned into a hate- filled, dark, cold man, instead of a shy, timid boy.

With words and a farewell kiss, Bakura was gone, leaving Merisusa to wonder what happened to him and what she should do next.

Merisusa stood there, amazed at the change that has taken place in Bakura, but yet, many questions went through her head. Surely that kiss meant something. It felt hot, almost hot enough to burn her skin.

It was not a kiss simply meant to comfort a friend. Could it be? Was Bakura in love with her?

Merisusa goes back to the card shop. No one is there but Yugi's grandfather, who was dusting off shelves with dueling cards on them.

Merisusa asks Yugi's grandfather where everyone had went off to, he replied that Yugi, Tea', Joey and Tristan had gone off with Weevil.

Weevil? Why would they go off with Weevil? Merisusa walked out of the shop in search for Yugi and his friends. While Merisusa is making her way over there, Yugi, Joey, Tristan and Tea' are talking quite forcefully with Weevil. "What are you tryin' to pull, Weevil?" Joey asked Weevil quite forcefully.

" What do you mean?!!" Weevil asked in shock as he was about to get punched in the face for the third time. "Weevil, what did you do to make that poor girl cry?" Tea' asked.

"Yeah, she's only been here for 3 weeks and you’re givin' her the worst time of her life." Joey said threatening to beat Weevil into a bloody pulp.

“I wasn't trying to destroy her. It was Rex whom, I really wanted to destroy. All of my life as a duelist, he's always wanted to show me up. He made my life miserable so I'm making his the same. I'm going to start with the one thing that's ever made him happy: That girlfriend of his..."

"Girlfriend?" Tea' asked Weevil, unsure of what he meant by that. “I never knew Rex even HAD a girlfriend, did you guys?" She turned for a response from the others.

"Yeah, I did, Tea'," Yugi replied." She was in the card shop early this morning, with a card for Rex called the Happy Lover. She was going to give it to him, until Weevil told her that Rex wasn't coming and made her think he hated her."

"I did no such thing!" Weevil yelled at Yugi, "I just told her the truth. Rex said it himself on this tape recorder."

"You mean this?" Tristan asked as he held the tape recorder in his hand.

"NO!" Weevil screamed. "Give that back!"

"Smash it, Tristan!" Joey ordered.

"Right!"

Tristan threw the tape recorder into the street. As soon as it left his hand, Weevil was on his feet to run out and get it. As Weevil approached the black, hard, asphalt road, he thought his victory was ensured. Right as he stepped into the road to get it, a car pulled out. Weevil let out a scream; he was too caught up in obtaining the recorder to see the oncoming vehicle. The bug duelist quickly made his way back to the curb, before the vehicle struck him and the recorder was smashed into a million bits, nothing could put it together again.

"Well, I still have proof!" Weevil shouted as he waved a picture around of Rex and Merisusa kissing passionately on that happy day that they found their love. "How dare you spy on two people who love each other??!" Tea' exclaimed as she smacked Weevil across the face. "How dare you try to destroy their happiness? You truly are a bug, Underwood!" Tea said, very angrily and disgusted by Weevil.

"He's as ugly as one too," Joey added.

"Now you will tell me everything, or you shall join all your favorite insects destroyed by Rex....in the graveyard." Tea' added to Joey's previous statement.

"He may have gotten rid of my deck," Weevil said. "But I got rid of his rare card, and his favorite one at that!" Weevil was indeed proud of his evil deed.

"Man!" Joey exclaimed. "Ya really piss me off, Weevil!" He preceded to say as he ran after Weevil. Weevil became wide-eyed and took off running, with Joey and Tristan close behind.

Weevil runs into a tall figure and nearly falls down. Bandit Keith laughs rather evilly at everyone.

" Oh great..." Joey said with an agitated face.

" Well, we meet again Joey...Or should I say lapdog?" Keith with clearly audible hatred in his voice. "Oh, how long I have waited for this! You, lying in dirt, beaten, broken, begging me to spare your useless life."

"Yeah, yeah. You just keep on talkin' pal." Joey said angrily.

"Be quiet, you looser. I have beaten you. All of you. You and your dear friend Tristan are at my mercy, soon Yugi and Tea will join you as well and then I will have the pleasure of watching them die and you, Joey, will be killed last and I will make sure to torture you very, very slowly." Keith told Joey arrogantly.

"Yes, Joey you will get to see you friends writhe with pain....... You will hear them cry out in agony.......and then you will die."

"Is there even a point to what you just said?" Joey asked, Bandit Keith, who stood there in laughter.

"Oh,what a glorious day. All my enemies will soon be destroyed. And we have what I have lusted after for so long: Merisusa. She shall be mine before the sun sets! Do you think a little snitch like Weevil would go around spying on someone with no benefits? No, I planned all this. I made bug boy here follow Merisusa."

" I can't believe you lowered yourself to being Keith's attack dog!" Joey exclaimed.

“You think I was just going to let Weevil get away, Not hardly. I let Yugi catch him. Though we all know in real life he couldn't catch anyone. When Weevil escaped the second time, I knew you and Tristan being the good friends you are, would follow him off." Keith proceeded to say.

Suddenly, Weevil and Keith found that they could not move. They were caught in the midst of a Spellbinding Circle, played by a mysterious stranger.

"To understand the love and friendship of others, you must learn to open your mind!" Yami Yugi says as he brings a devastating mind crush upon Weevil and Keith, who are left tattered and broken in spirit.

Bakura, Rex and Merisusa walk up.

"Hey! Where have you 3 been?" Joey asks the three duelists.

Rex is looking down in the dumps. He stands there with his hands in his pockets with a sad expression. Bakura was being his normal self and Merisusa was looking a bit sad. They haven't spoken a word to each other, yet, they were walking together.

It was already dark. Everyone had gone: Merisusa and Rex left to watch fireworks, and Yugi and his friends went to the card shop as they did every evening. Only Bakura was still roaming the dark, desolate, lonely streets.

Alone. Always alone. There was no friendship for him in this world, no companionship. No love. Only long days filled with dreaming about what might have been.

Disappointments. That is what Bakura has found in all of his relationships, he could not bear to think he was destined to live a life alone. He did not want to put her in any danger with the spirit in his Millennium Ring. He would remain her friend, but it pained him to see her with another man. Bakura walked down the lonely streets to the river, in hopes that it would calm his wounded soul. As he walks along the shore he thinks about the happy days, before he got his Millennium Item. He thought about the Bakura he used to be. A son. A friend. A timid, happy boy with such innocence and life, sealed away by an evil, homicidal megalomaniac spirit of the past...not the wielder of the Millennium Ring, feared by everyone.

Bakura stands, looking at the river. His face pale in the moonlight and his white hair shining with its silver tint against the dark, starry sky.

" The River... I remember the Nile, where it all started....Me, just a boy, full of innocence and hope....My friends....My father....I was happy....unaware of what was to follow..Now look at me...Look at what I have become."

Bakura stared out at the river. The scene was silent, except the soft breeze and the rush of the steady flow of water which seemed to never end. Even Bakura's grief was silent. Bakura looks at his ring in deep thought.

You....thought Bakura..It is your entire fault. Every chance I get at being with someone, you've ripped our lives apart. I hate you for that. Every morning, I awaken and think about what you are doing with your miserable life, wishing I had been there to make every breath, every action, every emotion seem like a living hell for you. Every night I close my eyes, anticipating the dreams of me brutally assaulting you, ripping your weak, miserable body to shreds killing you with my bear hands and making you suffer as I had suffered. Ah yes. Sleep is my best time. You had haunted my nightmares every night in the past, but not now. I have realized it wasn't my fault you chose me. It wasn't my fault you double crossed me, leaving the one you never vowed to disagree with. None of this was my fault.

I wish you were rotting in hell with your parents, grandparents, and anyone else who had filled your head with the idea that you were better then me and deserved to corrupt my mind. You are using my mind and body to manipulate people. You piece of shit. People try to comfort me. The same shit over and over. 'I know it's painful..' or ' be strong' or 'We miss the old Bakura.' Over and over. The same shit. Well, fuck you. What do you know about my pain? What about my suffering? Why should I tell you about it when you'll just look at me as a weakened, decrepit little boy who's confused and afraid of his own reality. That's what I was. I was afraid of being too close to anyone for fear of an omen coming to them. There wasn't much left of me to rip apart, but that doesn't mean that someone won't try. I was afraid of being alone. I was afraid of love. I was confused.

"Dead. I am dead. I'm dead in my mind and soul. I go through my day as a zombie. I talk to no one. Yugi and his friends stare at me when they are around. Their eyes bear into me, but yet I felt nothing. Emptiness. Dead. Death was a comforting thought. I think about its grip taking hold of me and giving me peace of mind. How many times have I prayed in hopes that I would leave my dreams of torturing you? I can't count. I always wake up, empty and disappointed. That's all I am. A disappointment." Bakura said as he began to walk into the water, its cold chill engulfing his body.

Death. The icy cold of oblivion overwhelmed him. He wanted it. He had seen death before and he hated it, but he knew he wasn't afraid of it. He had longed for it at one point. He knows why, now. Leaving behind the memories, the pain, becoming void to all emotions and life. "You are coming with me." Bakura said, making sure that no one could find that horrible ring again. Bakura preceded to walk into the river, the water rising higher, it reached his waist as he neared the deepest part, ready to drown himself with his sorrows.

Look at what you've done to me. Look! I'm weak, I'm scared, and I’m dead. You killed me. You grabbed the every thread of joy and meaning in my life and savagely ripped them in two, leaving me nothing that offered comfort. I know I was going to die. I know I would see you in hell, and that thought brought a smile to my face. I would be patient. I had no love here. I had no meaning for being here. Everything I created was useless in every way imaginable. No one appreciated my attempts to help. They don't care for me like I had once been cared for. So tall, so innocent, so handsome, yet the love you gave me was more then enough to make my heart sing with the joy at seeing your beautiful, face smiling at me, Merisusa, regardless of what I do. Hell couldn't be any worse then here. It could only be the same. I would be able to see the real ancient spirit. I would be able to see his face, twisted in an antagonizing scream of pain as the fire ate at his skin and charred his broken bones. I would be able to see the fear, pain, and any other emotion he could've felt from taking away my life...my joy...my meaning...I would be able to watch that for all eternity and I would like it. I deal with my own pain, just watching you suffer in yours, Bakura thought as he stared down at the bottomless abyss that was the river.

"Hey!” A voice shouted in a somewhat frightened, shocked tone. Bakura turned behind him, but saw nothing but the other side of the river, which was flowing calmly like a babbling brook. The edge lined with cherry blossoms from the beautiful trees surrounding the water's edge. It was calm and serene. The white haired boy stood in silence for a moment, wondering who had said that.

"WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!?!" A voice called out, it was the same voice that Bakura had heard before. It seemed to be calling him from his millennium item. It was the one who had tormented his life, the spirit of the ancient tomb robber.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?!" The voice proceeded to ask of him.

"What's wrong? I'll tell you what's wrong. I'm a living hell. You know what I'm talking about. You've been there. You've seen death. You know how it feels to have your life brutally ripped from you. You understand me. You're always there for me...You will come with me." Bakura demanded. His eyes swarm around behind the tears in their sienna beauty.

“I won't let you," he said sternly. Talking is actually too strong of a word to use. Bakura looked up at the sky, staring at the moon as it illuminated his face with its pale, white light. He felt a sense of peace in the moons, dark, deep craters and enjoyed the coolness of the soft gentle night breeze. He looked down at the rippling water in front of him and drug his hand across the top if it, feeling its smooth, flexible surface. His eyes were fixed on the paleness of the moon. Bakura heard the spirit's voice yelling and screaming at him, but it was as if it were in a different language. He couldn't understand his words. “You will suffer with that ignorance," he whispered in a gentle voice, striking terror through Bakura. But Bakura was not affected by it. He knew that without his body, that spirit is nothing. This is why he must end it all.

I've felt this pain, I cried these tears, experienced this emptiness they've destroyed me, Bakura thought to himself. "You can be a strong person, Bakura. It seems you have given up on yourself. You can overcome this. If we do it together, nothing can stop us. The world is of infinite possibilities. Take them in your grasp. Remember all things precious to you are obtained over time." The spirit reassured Bakura, bringing a flashback to his mind to cheer him up.

He and Rex were standing in Rex's front yard. "You." Yami Bakura said in a hatred filled voice. "What the hell are you doing following me around?" Rex asked, as if to tell Bakura to fuck off in some sort of way. “You, shut your mouth you arrogant little fuck," Bakura said without moving his gaze from Rex's solemn face. "Get your ass back there and apologize to her now!"   "Why should I?" Rex yelled back.

“This is why!" Bakura said as he brought out a full life version of the Two-headed King Rex card. “Are you going to apologize, or do you want to be fed to your own card? It's your choice."

Rex stared at the Two-headed King Rex, amazed that it was real, not just a hologram from a dueling disk. He was more surprised then frightened.

"Let me ask you something." Rex proceeded to say. “Why the hell are you protecting her so valiantly?" "........." Bakura only replied with a stern look to her. “You should be lucky to have such a beautiful, caring young woman in your life. I will not allow you to treat her like this. Her feelings are much too tender for you to manipulate at your will. As a duelist she is strong, but as a mortal, she is weak. She needs you, Rex, and she needs your support." He finally said, with an undertone of his voice.

"Wait a minuet, " Rex said as he finally caught the hidden meaning of Bakura's phrase. "Why exactly are you telling me this?"

"Because," Bakura said with a hint of sadness in those cold, brown eyes of his. “Because I love her. But, given the circumstances, you are better qualified. This does not mean that I will try to take her from you. It simply means that I still am her friend and if you hurt her, I will take matters personally. If you truly loved her, and found it in your heart to do so, then you will walk your Jurassic ass back and apologize for making her worry, wait all day, and cry over you. But if you are undeserving, and then just walk on by, and the guilt of not speaking will overwhelm you, then you can comfort yourself with your arrogance. If you truly loved her, you would not let others affect that, Rex. She wants to be with you, but if you keep deceiving her, she will grow to hate you. The decision is all yours, will you except?"

Rex looked down for a minuet. He hated to admit it, but Bakura spoke the truth. "I'll go and apologize." He finally said as he walked off to find Merisusa.

Then a whirlwind of flashbacks consumed Bakura's mind, reminding him of the good things in life, giving him joy and happiness once more. Bakura turned around in the ice cold water and sunk in to swim his way back up. He got to the shore and collapsed half way in the water, lying there, almost at the point of hypothermia, left cold and alone.   TBC