Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Leave Sanity at the Door ❯ Welcome to Your Padded Room ( Chapter 2 )

AN: Yay this chapter is a little longer! Sorry if it seems boring and there's a lot of explaining but I want to get it over with now instead of later. Anyway hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I no own Yugioh, though I wish I owned two certain white haired bishies! I'll just have to settle for plushies for now.

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"Leave Sanity at the Door"

Chapter 2: "Welcome to Your Padded Room"

As they drove closer and closer to his new home Ryou couldn't help but notice that they seemed to be getting farther and farther into the country. 'Guess if someone escapes there's no one around to get hurt,' he thought darkly. He was riding in the backseat of one of the hospital's cars. There was a mesh fence separating the back seat from the front much like a police car. Mai had tried to start a conversation with him a few times but he shot her right down. He actually felt sadder if it was possible when his brother told him he wouldn't be able to see him. He almost cried but held back in front of his brother. He didn't want to show anything but his smile to his brother. When their mother had died Bakura had taken it worse then even Ryou and Ryou ended up being the one he leaned on for support. Ryou always gave him a smile and told him everything was fine, but even after his mother's death was in the past he continued to play that role.

Now he felt like he had lost a part of him as he knew he wouldn't see his brother for what could be days or weeks or moths. Hell if they wanted it could be years. 'Damn why couldn't they just keep their noses out of my business?' He had never really been separated from his brother before and it was tearing at his heart. If it wasn't for the restraints at the hospital he was pretty sure that pain alone would have pushed him to finish what he couldn't before. He didn't want to die he just wanted to cut to make the pain go away. But if it took something like death then so be it. He noticed the vehicle slowing down and looked out to see a pale yellow building about three stories high. 'Why am I not surprised it's some god awful pastel color.' Mai opened the door for him and he got out greeting her with a smile.

"Welcome to your new home. What do you think?"

"It's charming."

"Really? I think the pastel look is hideous." She saw his face waver at her comment but the smile held. She opened the trunk and grabbed his one bag he was allowed to bring. There wasn't a whole lot considering clothing was provided. But there were a few things he wanted that he was allowed to bring with him. They made their way into the front hall and to what looked like the reception area. Mai plopped his bag on the counter gaining the plump middle aged woman's attention. The receptionist turned around from the computer and greeted them.

"This is Ryou Bakura he's checking in," she joked and handed the woman a few papers.

"What level?"

"Level 1," she said as the woman ran a metal detector over the bag and handed it back to Mai. The woman typed in a bit of information before there was a printing noise and she asked Ryou to hold out his hand. She slapped on a newly printed plastic band with his name, level, and various info on it. Mai grabbed his hand as they walked to the right and waited in front of a caged door. Before he could even ask what they were doing he heard a buzzer and looked back to see a woman pulling a switch and then found himself being pulled through the gate. They went down a long hallway with a lot of doctors and nurses wandering through it.

"M-Mai," he asked nervously.

"Yes Ryou," she asked waving a greeting at a doctor.

"What's level 1?"

"It's your security level. The lower it is the lower security. I'm not allowed to tell you more then that I'm afraid."

He nodded and followed until they came to a solid oak door. She opened it and they entered a large open room. It had chairs and a few tables with cards and other games and one TV in the corner near the ceiling. He couldn't tell what was playing but he was pretty sure it had to be approved so probably nothing good. There were about a dozen people with ages ranging from what looked like twelve to twenty seven in there. None seemed to be around his age. "This is the common room. Whenever you're allowed free time this is where most people spend it unless the weather is good and they want to go outside." 'Allowed? This is going to be fun,' he thought sarcastically.

"Everyone is allowed outside?" 'Including the other really insane rapist killer psychos?'

"No every floor is a different security level and they all have a common room on their own floors. And only level 1's are allowed outside and only during the day. This isn't everyone, other's are in sessions or in their rooms, or doing other activities." She walked to the far end of the room to a white door with a little window near the top. She held the door open signaling for him to follow her. "What do you think of this place so far?" 'Besides all the gates this place doesn't really seem bad.'

"It seems like a great place," he said smile still in check. This time they only went a few feet before the hallway split and went straight or to the left.

"Straight ahead are the session rooms for therapy. You'll meet with me on your assigned days once you're settled in. There are different doctors with different patients in different offices all the time so if you're looking for me don't just try and go to the office we end up using for our sessions." He nodded in understanding. "And at the very end is the door outside to the yard, but it's locked after dark and anyone caught trying to sneak out will be punished." They once again made it to a split in the hallways, with a desk and another woman, this time in about her mid twenties sitting at a desk. The hallway split in two, one to the left and one to the right but at the ends of each he noticed the hallway continued turning around. He peered down the left before peering down the right. A brown and white blur rounded the right corner just as he turned his head. 'What was that?'

"These are the bed rooms. Girls to the right boys to the left. Certain bedrooms are locked for certain circumstances related to the patients. Boys are allowed in girl's rooms and vice versa only if they get it approved here through Haruka-san." The young woman at the desk nodded approvingly. "And only between 10 AM and 9 PM and the room doors have to be open. This way," she called walking down the left hallway. They rounded the corner and he noticed it branched out three more times later down the hall. The three other branches curving inwards to the right like a big letter E. She stopped at the first branch and they made their way down about three doors when she opened a room on the right.

"This will be your room; you're allowed to shut your door. But unless it's past 9 someone will peak in every hour on you," she said not feeling the need to explain why. She didn't have to. 'So even after all this they don't trust me?' He peeked into the white wash room and at the bare surroundings. There was one bed on the far left, a very small dresser on the far right and a small bare nightstand right next to the bed. His brows knitted in confusion.

"Where's the bathroom?"

"There are two bathrooms on each branch of the hallway including the main one. We haven't had too many problems with crowding. Also everything in there that you need is plastic." Before he even had a chance to ask she answered him. "If you want a shave or need a haircut go down to the last branch and go to the end. It's a nurse's office for if you're ever hurt and he also gives nice shaves I heard." 'God he's probably a freaking psycho pedophile,' he thought nervously just picturing what tortures could happen to him. "Also at 9, noon, and five we serve meals in the common room. If you're hungry in between go and see the doctor, he can usually help you out. Anyway I'll talk to you before dinner about your scheduled sessions and you can just feel free to explore until then." She put a hand on his shoulder and led him into his room before grabbing the door and turning to go. "Bye now." With that she shut his door and left him there with his one bag.

'Wow how nice my own padded room,' he thought sarcastically.

He flipped over an eight of hearts and pit it over the seven of hearts and was able to flip the rest of his deck over the four top piles. 'I win again,' he thought with a sigh.' He looked around the pale white room wondering if he brushed his hair over his face and stood against the wall if anyone would see him. He had donned the white hospital clothing before he left the other hospital and that was all his small dresser contained. After he had put his few (very few) things away he sat down and played a few (dozen) hands of solitaire and it was still only 2:45. 'Damn I'm so bored I think I might just explore this place.' He lazily wondered down the corridors until he came to the main one with the woman at the front desk who nodded to him. He looked down the longer corridor and was sure he saw that same brown and white blur he'd seen from earlier. 'I know I lost a lot of blood but I don't think I should be hallucinating.' He continued to follow the blur back to the session hall and turned to see it go into the common room. 'Following the white rabbit deeper into the rabbit hole,' he thought and mentally smirked but kept his real face impassive.

He made it into the common room and heard a bit of the commotion in the far corner and saw a small TV he hadn't noticed before, probably barely 15 Inches lighting up with colors and sounds of techno. Small arrows were zooming by the screen at an incredible pace. He looked to who held the controller and recognized the brown and white blur he'd been chasing. She was about 5'6 or so from just looking her up or down with short brown hair and really blue eyes which was surprising for a Japanese person. 'I wonder if she's a bit foreign.' She held the ps2 controller and not only was she jamming away on the buttons but was on her feet dancing as well. 'Guess the hospitals to cheep for dance pads. Too bad she's pretty good.'

He saw her finish slamming on the buttons and quickly twirl to face his direction and gave a bow with her eyes closed. When she opened them and saw him staring at her her eyes went wide and she backed up a bit. He was a bit confused by this but put on that smile he had been giving everyone else. She now seemed a little sad, not sad, but sympathetic? 'Sympathy? Why would I need sympathy?' He was now a bit agitated but didn't let it show and started walking towards her but as he got to about five feet in front of her she started backing away. He stopped and so did she.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you. I was just watching you dance and you're really good." She smiled and nodded at that apparently pleased. 'Wait a second why am I even here? I don't talk to people unless I have to. So why am I talking to her?' He seemed confused by his own actions. He had never really had a chance to make his own friends with his brother around and after a while he never really felt the need to try and make friends with people, so why was he talking to her voluntarily?

"Umm I'm new here my name is Ryou, what's your name?" She pulled out a blue erasable marker and wrote something on her hand and held it up for him to see. "Anzu, that's your name?" She nodded happily. "But why didn't you just say it?" She spit on her hand and wiped it on her shirt leaving a blue smudge before writing on it again. 'Gross.' She held up her hand again with the simple phrase 'Don't speak.' "You don't speak?" She nodded again but this time slower. "But why?" She seemed get sadder at her question. 'Must be why she's here.' "Ahh never mind sorry I asked." 'Great now I feel like an idiot trying to get a mute talk.' He turned and was about to walk back to his room to win at solitaire again when he head something at his feet. He looked down to see a second ps2 controller. He looked back to her, she was still keeping a good five foot distance but she was smiling and pointing at her own controller. "You want me to play? Umm sorry but I don't know how." A frown came upon her face but before he could set the controller down she quickly pressed a few buttons and there seemed to be an instruction screen in front of him. She pointed to it and smiled as he looked baffled. 'Sheesh doesn't she get it? I don't want to play.' He mentally sighed and went through the tutorial.

He quickly picked up the basics and she looked at him happily as she went to regular game mode. She picked what he hoped was an easy level. Well at least his side of the screen was easy. 'I guess individual players can choose their own level on the song,' he thought as arrows just seemed to zoom past her screen. He messed up quite a few times but ended up getting a C in the end. She scribbled something on her hand hastily and held it up. 'Ur Good!'

"Nah I just have beginners luck." She shook her head saying no and smiled at him once again holding the hand up. They played a few more rounds before he looked up and saw it was about 4:30. 'Oh yeah wasn't Mai supposed to drop by?' "Anzu," he said grabbing her attention from the game. "I gotta go," he said and stood up with the controller. He began walking towards her with it to hand it to her but she continued to play the five feet of distance game and he sighed. "Oh yeah sorry forgot you don't like me getting close. He set the controller on the ground and slid it over to her. "Thanks for the game." He waved and headed back for his room. Sure enough Mai was sitting there waiting for him.

"Having fun," she asked as he came into the room.

"Sorry I was just playing this dancing game with this girl and kind of forgot."

"Dancing game, you mean with Anzu?"

"Anzu? Yeah that was it, is she your patient too?" He sat down on the bed as she continued to stand next to it.

"Yes she is, but she let you play the game?"

"Umm yeah is there a problem with that?" Mai seemed to be in shock but shook her head no. "Umm if you can, can you tell me why she likes to keep her distance?"

"I can't really say a lot but I can tell you she's an abuse case and she may interact with you but she doesn't let people get near her. But we should be talking about you. I have you set up for sessions with me on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, all at 2 PM in room 107. Then I have you scheduled for group sessions on Monday and Friday at 4 PM that's in room 115. If you miss a session without a good excuse such as an illness in which the doctor has to confirm your illness then you will be punished. Punishments here can range from washing dishes to white washing entire rooms or even being confined to your room for days. I don't mean to scare or intimidate you but I just want to tell you the ground rules. Anyway looks like dinner is about ready." She got up and left the room. "I'll see you tomorrow." She quietly left the room as he sat there trying to remember what room he was supposed to go to when he looked at his night stand which had a note with them already written down. He sweat-dropped. 'Well at least I don't have to worry about that.' He quickly got up and made his way towards the dinning room. He was about to make his way down the main hallway when he heard a muffled groan coming from the yard area.

'It's probably nothing. I shouldn't concern myself.' But even as he said this he felt his feet pulling him towards the yard. 'What am I doing? Going to play hero?' He was annoyed with himself but tried not to let it show as he made his way into the yard. He searched the surrounding area but didn't see anyone and was about to leave when he heard a rattling noise coming from the far corner where a bunch of bushes blocked his view. He made his way over and slid behind the row of bushes and was surprised to see the girl he had met earlier. She was scrunched up against the gate with three boys within her five foot area. Her eyes were red with tears as they continued to advance.

"You can't ignore us now!"

"You're so stuck up, you won't talk to anyone, you stay as far away from anything living and you won't even let us share your stupid game!" Said game was clenched in the third boys hand as he threw it to the ground. The girl reached out a hand but didn't move the rest of her body as his foot came down on it and smashed the small disk in two.

"Now no one gets to play," snorted the third one. 'What the hell these kids look way younger then either her or I. Why the hell would she take that from them?! Is she going to just sit there and do nothing?' He turned around and fully intended to just walk away and leave her there. But then he remembered how even though she didn't talk she was the first person to really greet him. She was even patient with him as he struggled to learn her game. Hell it sounded like he was privileged if what those guys said about her not sharing was true. He mentally sighed. 'If she was a guy I'd just let this be, but no she had to be a girl.' He turned around and came up behind the boys but still keeping his distance from the girl. He picked two of the boys up by the backs of their shirts and tossed them back behind him.

"Hey?!"

"Who the hell are you," the disgruntled boys on the ground yelled.

"Leave her alone." 'Damn kids are so annoying no wonder she doesn't wanna hang around with you spoiled brats!' He stood up to his full height in the bush and it seemed to intimidate the two he threw to the ground, they took off pretty quickly growling threats. He turned to see the third boy glaring at him and was more then a bit agitated. 'What I wouldn't give just to glare right back.' Instead he just held his gaze. The kid just snorted with a smirk on his face and elbowed his way past Ryou. 'Stupid brats how could she just let them do that to her?' He looked down at the disk on the ground and sighed, it was snapped completely in half, no way she'd be able to play it now.

"Are you ok," he asked and almost took a step forward but remembered she liked to keep her distance. She wiped her eyes and stood up with dirt on her face and cloths and nodded her head. "Well…umm…dinners ready, want to walk with me?" She put on a weak smile for him as he turned and started walking towards the hallway. 'At least when she smiles it's a real smile,' he thought and mentally sighed. He heard her footsteps but was a bit confused on how they sounded. He turned around and sure enough she was only about 2 or 3 feet behind him instead of the five with a big smile plastered on her face. He blushed and quickly turned away making his way towards the dinning hall. 'Well what did I expect? Welcome Ryou, and this here is your padded room where you'll be locked away for ever," he thought to himself sarcastically and couldn't help but let part of his mouth twitch up if only slight and for a second to let him smirk.

AN: What ya think? And for a while it will be just Anzu and Ryou in here but the rest of the cast will eventually come in. And before anyone says it yes I know Malik and Marik are a bit more psycho but no they're not going to be patients. Anyway thanks for reading!