Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Concrete Angel (Based on the song by Martina MacBride) ❯ Chapter one ( Chapter 1 )

Concrete angel
Part 1
By Yami Kitsune

It had been two years sinceRyou had died form a beating his father had given him after coming home late from school. Bakura had come every day to Ryou's grave. The tomb robber would cry almost every time he saw the stone there with the angel on it.

"Ryou…I miss you so much." He wiped away his tears. "Hm…looks like I'm the weak one, ne?" He knelt down in front of the stone and ran his hands over the angel. "You really were like an angel…you never liked to fight, that's why you wouldn't stick up for yourself. And that is how this happened. But I was supposed to protect you, andI failed. You didn't deserve this aibou…I love you…" With that he stood up and walked away.

~*~
A ghostly figure watched him in shock from the tree.

"He loves me? He is actually capable of love?" the figure thought out loud. He jumped down, landing in front of the gravestone. He looked at it and smiled sadly.

"Why am I here? What am I waiting for?" He looked behind him to where Bakura was walking away.

"I want to go home." A tear slipped down his cheek.

"That is all you had to say." Ryou turned his head to look in front of him again. Standing there was a woman who looked partially identical to him, exceptthat her hair was longer and she had blue eyes. Ryou recognized her after a minute.

"M-mother?!" he gasped in shock.

"Yes Ryou." She smiled sweetly. "I have been watching you, and your yami was right. You didn't deserve this."

"Is there any way I can go home? I miss him." Still smiling, she went over to him and ran her hand down his cheek.

"I know. But I can't send you back to the way you were before. You will be a creation from the millennium ring and be able to start your life over." Ryou smiled and hugged her. He pulled back and she took his hand.

"Come, we don't have much time." Ryou looked back at Bakura one more time before he followed his mother and they disappeared.

~*~
Bakura walked down the street. It had started raining on his way home, but he didn't care. He didn't care about anything any more; all he wanted was his hikari back. He walked into the house and closed the door. It was dark but he didn't bother turning on the lights. He was the only one who lived there now, Ryou's father was sent to jail for killing him.

Bakura went into the living room and fell back on the couch.
"Ryou…" He whispered. Every one kept saying he should just let Ryou rest in peace and get on with his life. But Bakura kept telling them he couldn't have a life without Ryou in it. He had realized how much he needed his light around. Bakura closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

~Dream Bakura POV~

I was in the graveyard again. I saw myself by Ryou's grave; every one elsewas there as well. Even the stupid pharaoh and his hikari.I start walking over to the grave and I realize this is two years ago when he first died…

"Please…come back to me…you arestrong to have put up with me and your father this long. I…I'm sorry-my hikari." I hear myself say. I look around and I spot someone in the tree watching everyone. I look closer and see Ryou.

"Ryou!" I call to him; I didn't think he would answer seeing as how this is a dream. I almost fell over when he looked right at me. His eyes seem to be looking right throughme.

He jumps down from the tree and walks over to me,ignoring everyone at his grave.
"I have been watching you Bakura. For two years there has not been a single day I have not seen you…why is that?" He asks.

"Because I visit you everyday…" I still can't believe I am talking to him. All I want to do is pull him into a hug and never let him go again. I don't care if I never wake up from this dream, as long as I can be near my Ryou.

"Yes,but why do you come to see me? Do you just miss your punching bag? Or is it something else?"

"I-It's something else…" He nods and turns around so his back is facing me and looks at the people around his grave.

"I believe you…you are the only one who has come every day to see me. Everyone elseeither stops by when it's my birthday or if they are just passing by…" He turns and looks at me again.
"Isn't that funny…they come to see my on my birthday when I am dead." He smiles but I can see tears in his eyes. I open my arms for a hug and he accepts. I inhalethe scent that is still in his hair, it still smells like strawberries.

"I miss you so much,Ryou."

"And I miss you too." He looks up at me. "I want to come home." I hear him whisper. I am about to tell him that I don't know how he can when he suddenly goes limp in my arms. I look down at him his eyes are closed and he's not breathing any more. 'No!Don't make me watchhim die again! Even if it is a dream,I can't stand to see this!'my mind screams.

As I stare horrifiedat him,he starts to glow along with the millennium ring around my neck, and then it is so bright I have to block my eyes. When I open them he is gone.

"RYOU! WHERE ARE YOU?!" I look wildlyaround the graveyard, but he is gone, my beloved hikariis gone; there is nothing but blackness around me. I see a faint light coming toward me, it explodes and when I open my eyes again a beautiful woman that looks a lot like Ryou is standing there.

"Who are you?" I ask.

"I am Ryou's mother. You don't need to worry about him any longer, he is with you. He did not deserve to die; he has been given a second chance. Take care of him." With that she disappeared. 'What did she mean,he has been given a second chance?'I wonder.

~End Dream and POV~

Bakura sat up on the couch, panting for breath. Was that a dream? Or was it real? He stood up and walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water. He finished it and put the glass in the sink.
"Ryou why do you do this to me?" He asked, going back in the living room. He took off the ring and set in on the coffee table and stared at it.

After a few minutes he got up and went to take a shower, leaving the ring on the table. Bakura grabbed two towels and went into the bathroom. He didn't notice the ring on the table starting to glow. When it stopped there was something wrapped in a light blue blanket on the couch.

Bakura came out of the bathroom half an hour later and went into hisroom to get changed. When he went back into the living room he saw the blanket on the couch.
"What the?" He walked over to it; it moved a little bit and started to cry. He pulled the blanket down and came face to face with a baby that looked about one and a half years old.

The baby stopped crying when he saw Bakura. Bakura stared at the baby. He had chocolate brown eyes, and his hair was the same color as Ryou's was. Bakura slowly reached out and ran his hand through the little bit of hair the baby had. `Just as soft as his was…' He smiled.

"Welcome home, Ryou." He sat down and picked the baby up. "My hikari." The baby giggled then yawned, fisting his tiny hand in Bakura's shirt, and put his thumb in his mouth. Bakura could feel tears pricking at the edges of his eyes but he didn't care.
Bakura watched the little Ryou sleep so long that he fell asleep just like that.

~*~
Bakura woke up the next day when he felt some one pulling lightly on his hair. He opened his eyes to look in to a pair of brown ones. He smiled as he remembered what happened the night before.
"Good morning Ryou." He sat up picking up little Ryou.

"Ba-Batuwa." Little Ryou tried to say. But couldn't quite get the name out.

"Are you hungry?" Bakura asked. Ryou smiled at him, and Bakura took that as a yes. He brought him into the kitchen and looked around. He didn't know what babies ate but he knew that Ryou was still to young for froot loops. He saw a banana on the counter that hadn't been eaten yet and figured that would work.

He set Ryou down on in one of the chairs and grabbed the banana, peeling it, then giving it to Ryou, who ate it happily. Bakura looked up when the phone rang.

"Now who would be calling at…" he looked at the clock. "8 in the morning?!" He sighed and answered the phone, keeping an eye on Ryou who was still eating his banana.

"What?" He growled into the phone.

"Well good morning to you too. Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." It was Marik.

"You didn't wake me up. Now what do you want?"

"I just wanted to let you know me and Malik will be over there around 10 today."

"Fine, fine…" He smiled at Ryou who had finished his banana and was now looking around like it had gotten up and walked away. "Listen…could you do me a favor and pick up some thing on your way here?"

"Depends on what it is."

"I just need you to pick up some banana's and baby food for me."

"Why the hell would you need baby food?!" Marik yelled, thinking that Bakura was loosing his mind.

"I'll show you when you get here, now could you just do it?!" Marik was about to answer when he heard Bakura yelling. "Ryou no!" Ryou had tried to get out of the chair by himself andhad almost fallen on his head. But luckily Bakura was fast and caught him.

"Ok Bakura what the hell is going on?!"

"Forget coming by at 10, get your asses over here NOW!" With that Bakura hung up.

TBC>>>

Ok what did you think? I couldn't keep Ryou dead so I brought him back as fast as I could ^_^ who elts thinks Bakura is going to have more then a little trouble taking care of him? Any way thanks again to my beta reader ^_^ cabright@shaw.ca I am going to start on the next chapter Ja ne!