Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Leave Sanity at the Door ❯ The Fate of the Star Crossed Lovers ( Chapter 11 )

IMPORTANT:  I'm sorry I thought I could get through this semester but classes and getting ready to go to Japan this summer is creeping up on me.  So for now, please forgive me, but I am putting all my fics on hold.  I am really really sorry and hope maybe I can do more around thanksgiving and Christmas.  Once again I am very sorry but it's very hard for me to do this with classes and such.  Gomen nasai! ><

AN:  Sorry this took so long to get out.  But lots of stuff happening, Bakura makes an appearance! Woot!  And you find out more about Anzu's past and life!  So I beefed it up with goodies to make up for no update last week.  So hope you enjoy!

Japanese:

Kami-sama = God

Hai = Yes

Onegai = Please

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 11:  "The Fate of the Star Crossed Lovers"

         &nb sp;  Everything that had happened since that one blissful moment had been a blur to him as they were both quickly escorted to their rooms and locked in.  One of the first times he'd known that to happen.  He knew they were discussing them and wished he had a way to talk to her.  He felt his heart being squeezed almost painfully in anxiousness awaiting his fate.  'I just wanted her to be happy.  It's not like we went on a killing spree and blew up Tokyo tower!  I'm sorry Anzu…please be all right.'  He sat in silence going over the many different possibilities that could happen.  He'd thought of everything from him and Anzu being released (he wished!) and both of them being sent to second level security.  Or for him…third.  He felt like he couldn't breath as he sat there contemplating how this all happened.

         &nb sp;  'If the me from a few months ago looked at me now it'd laugh at me and call me an idiot.'  A small smug smile tugged as his lips.  'But then again 'he' wouldn't know how soft her lips are…or how sweet she tastes…'  It seems over the last week or so he had become quite the romantic.  Like he was floating on cloud nine and nothing could touch him, or her.  But this hit him fast and hard leaving him winded and wondering what the hell just happened. 

         &nb sp;  He sighed laying back on his bed staring at the ceiling again.  'Kami-sama, I know she'll be mad, and it may rip me apart inside…but I'm willing to be punished for both of us if you just leave her out of it…please.  I just want to protect her.'

         &nb sp;  'Ryou.'  Anzu was currently curled in a fetal position on her bed, the same position she'd been in since they locked her in her room.  The only time she had ever heard of someone being locked in their room was when it happened only a week after she had arrived, and that person went to security level 2 right afterwards.  'Please no…it's my fault we're in this mess.  It was my birthday…please don't punish him.  Please don't take him away.  Ryou…'  Her hand hesitantly went to her lips feeling them softly.  She had said his name.  At first she thought it was a dream, she heard it, her voice, saying his name.  After the shock wore off she felt just a relief wash over her, like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders and she was finally free so something.  But when she finally came back down to Earth she found herself here.

         &nb sp;  'I haven't felt this helpless since…'  An image of Dartz shifted through her head and she shut her eyes tightly trying to keep her tears in check.  'Don't even think of it!'  She made her mind automatically shift to happier things.  She tried not to laugh as she remembered the time she had been messing with his noodles and how serious he tried to stay despite it all.  Then last night, he'd been so sweet and fun, and if she dared she could almost say carefree.  But she didn't dare as she was afraid she'd jinx herself.  Right now all she wanted was his arms around her.  She quickly jumped with a start as the room to her door opened and in walked Mai.

         &nb sp;  "Anzu."  Anzu just nodded looking at her with a questioning gaze.  Mai sighed and pinched her nose as she came and sat at the end of Anzu's bed as said girl was scrunched near the headboard.  "I just got back from talking to Ryou."  Anzu's had an expectant look on her face.  "He says he's fine and to tell you hi and everything will be ok."  Anzu felt a slight blush come to her face, she wasn't sure if it was his reassuring words, or the fact said words had to go through Mai.  But she quickly snapped back to attention as Mai continued.  "Man you guys really got into a mess."  Anzu looked down her heart heavy.  "But congratulations anyway on finding your voice.  It's actually because of that you have such a chance."
          &n bsp; "Chance?"  Her voice was soft and squeaky from lack of use but it still came out.  She rubbed her throat wishing for a glass of water.

         &nb sp;  "Yes I told Pegasus how much both of you have improved since you became friends."  Anzu felt a bit guilty as she knew Mai knew they were a bit more then friends and lied for them to Pegasus.  "And that after so much improvement shouldn't be wasted by throwing you in level 2."  Anzu's head shot up quickly and it felt like she couldn't breathe.  'He wants to stick us in level 2?!'  "So we made a compromise, he thinks I would be too biased in my opinion so he is having each of you go to a special session tomorrow with a different psychologist to asses you."  Anzu felt her stomach clench in nervousness.  She was very relaxed around Mai but someone new…  'But I have to do it, for Ryou.'  Anzu nodded her head in agreement.

         &nb sp;  "You'll be fine Anzu.  Also even before they've decided on what to do they're finally going to let you have visitors."  And that was when she was pretty sure her heart stopped.

         &nb sp;  "Visitors?  Family?  Friends?"  Her voice though weak held so much hope and want in them.

         &nb sp;  "Whoever we can get by tomorrow.  That's when the evaluation is over you can visit with them in the rooms on the other side of the main gate on the first floor.  Ryou as well."  Anzu swiped at her eyes trying in vain to stop the flow of the salty droplets but it seemed as no use.  Her heart was filled with more joy then she'd felt in months and it was because of one person…

         &nb sp; 

         &nb sp;  Ryou opened his eyes to the knocking on his door.  'Morning already,' he thought as he sat up rubbing his eyes and stifling a yawn.  He looked to his door as one of the orderlies from yesterday came to 'escort' him to his session.  Anzu and Ryou would be being interviewed at the same time though by different doctors in different rooms.  He was hopeful he would see her before or after but he was pretty sure he couldn't.  Right after that he was going to see a visitor, meaning his brother.  He was pretty sure that was the only person the hospital knew to contact for visiting.  It was something he was looking forward to and dreading at the same time.  He hadn't talked to his brother since before the 'incident' that brought him here.  And he didn't know what would happen if his brother asked him about it.

         &nb sp; Then there were also Malik and Marik who he was pretty sure squealed on him by now.  Even if they helped him out, he knew if Bakura ever found out about last night and that they didn't tell him they'd be two skinned Egyptians.  But more then anything he missed his brother.  He had always protected him and tried to watch out for him and take care of them like their father never could since he was never around.  It wasn't his fault though, unless he worked full time with his job in Egypt there was no way they'd be able to live decent lives as it was good pay.  He sighed as they came to stop in front of a small white door.  He entered and could tell right away this wasn't going to be like a normal session as this doctor just seemed a lot tenser and even the way he fiddled with his glasses sent nervous vibes down his own body.

         &nb sp;  'Come on Ryou, you have to do this or you're both in deep.  Do it for Anzu.'

         &nb sp;  Anzu shifted uncomfortably in her chair as the doctor continued looking her over making her feel more and more nervous.  Like when you're sent to the principal's office and they're reading exactly what you did before confronting you with it.  "So Miss Mazaki," he said finally catching her attention.  "How are you feeling?"

         &nb sp;  "Ummm…ok," she said her voice hesitant and squeaky.  'Ok just remain calm and answer honestly.'  She took a deep breath.

         &nb sp;  "How long have you been at this institution?"

         &nb sp;  "Umm about 5 or so months…I think."

         &nb sp;  "Hmm and when you were brought in you had suffered a trauma that caused voluntary amnesia where you could not remember the trauma is this correct?"

         &nb sp;  "Yes…it is," she looked around the room looking for a glass of water as she wasn't used to using her voice this much.

         &nb sp;  "Not only that but you lost the ability of speech as well and would not let others within a certain distance of yourself.  Correct?"  Anzu nodded her head as he continued.

         &nb sp;  "Now you have recently," she broke off squinting at the paper before her eyes got slightly wider, "in fact within the last 24 hours regained your voice am I right?"  She once again shook her head.  "And within the last month you have regained a lot of your memory.  Not a complete memory but a lot more then your months with Dr. Kujaku correct?"  Another nod.  Anzu felt a bit more at ease as he seemed to be asking simple enough questions.

         &nb sp;  "This all occurred around the time Dr. Kujaku acquired a new patient, a Mr. Bakura?  Correct?"  She nodded and felt a lump rise in her throat.

         &nb sp;  "So…what is your relationship with him?"  For once Anzu wished she still didn't have her voice.

         &nb sp;  "My relationship?"

         &nb sp;  "Yes, friends?  Companions?  Something that we should know about?"

         &nb sp;  "You make it sound like we were doing something we weren't."

         &nb sp;  "But were you planning on it?"

         &nb sp;  "We have a relationship that, that, you wouldn't understand," he said in a huff as he tried to calm himself. 

         &nb sp;  "Explain it to me; I think you give me too little credit."  He felt the oddest combination of fear and anger swelling inside of him but tried not to act on it.

         &nb sp;  "She needs me."

         &nb sp;  "Needs you?"

         &nb sp;  "To protect her."

         &nb sp;  "Protect her from what?"

         &nb sp;  "Anything, everything, take your pick."

         &nb sp;  "Ok so you protect her, but what does she do for you?"

         &nb sp;  "She gives me a reason not to hurt myself."

         &nb sp;  "How does she keep you from hurting yourself?  Does she restrain you?  Yell at you?"

         &nb sp;  "She showed me that when I hurt myself I am hurting those close to me."
            "Those close to you?  I thought you told Dr.Kujaku when you first met you didn't have friends and didn't care if you die.  But you say those, so who else is there?"

         &nb sp;  "My brother, I never saw him after he found out.  But Dr.Kujaku told me Anzu looked much like he did when he found out, that is after I hurt myself while in here.  And I saw her; it hurt so much to see her like that.  I don't even want to think of what my brother was like."

         &nb sp;  "Why wouldn't you think people would care what happened to you?"

         &nb sp;  "People only care if they know you.  As it is the only people who knew me were my brother and his friends.  And out of all of them I thought the only one who might be hurt would be my brother.  But at the time, I thought that his pain wouldn't be as bad as the pain I was feeling then and his friends would help him."
            ; "But what about your father?"

         &nb sp;  "I doubt he'd recognize me if you showed him a picture of me.  I appreciate he makes money for us, but I'm not going to lie and say he's the world's best father."

         &nb sp;  "So why did you do it?"

         &nb sp;  "It was my birthday; I have been here for so many months.  I love dancing and I used to have a dancing game here but it…broke."  She faltered slightly when she said it had broken.  "And he took me out because he wanted to take me to a dance club."
          &nbs p; "So he wanted to take you out?  Like a date?"  She blushed slightly but tried not to seem like it was a big deal, though it was.

         &nb sp;  "Kind of, yeah.  I've never dated before so…"

         &nb sp;  "I know this is a delicate subject, but you haven't dated before, yet that event a few months ago that triggered all of this…What I am asking is how you can date after something like that."  She looked like she might cry for a second but blinked them back as a slight smile came to her lips. 

         &nb sp;  "I don't know why or how, but I trust him.  From the moment I saw him I felt something, I don't know what.  But I knew I could trust him…with my life.  And even though people like you or Dr. Kujaku think that might be dangerous or that I'm only getting myself in more trouble he has done nothing but protect me and take care of me.  I don't even know why he does.  I mean when we first met I annoyed him and aggravated him and confused him.  But he never pushed me away.  And even after I got my memory back I was torn trying to live like I was by also trying to cope.  He showed me I was still me."

         &nb sp;  "So what would you do now if things were to go back to normal?  To your daily routine."
          & nbsp; "I would try to get better."

         &nb sp;  "Well wouldn't you do that even without him here?"

         &nb sp;  "Eventually, but now…I have a goal…."

         &nb sp;  "A goal?"

         &nb sp;  "I want to get out of here and be with him, like a normal person."

         &nb sp;  "What about the life you had before all of this?"

         &nb sp;  "What about it," she asked her voice a little tight.

         &nb sp;  "Are you going to go back to the way it was?  Or are you going to give it up?  Can you give it up?"

         &nb sp;  "I don't know."  She watched on as her face contorted in pain and a few stray tears trickled slowly down her cheek.  She was about to ask what she didn't know about but she answered for her.  "I don't know if I could live without what I had before.  But I know if I have to…for him…I want to try…"  The psychiatrist watched on her face a frown.

         &nb sp;  "That's a lot to give up for a person."

         &nb sp;  "Not when that person is your strength.  For him…I want to try…"

         &nb sp;  It seemed as soon as the last line of words left his mouth the doctor left the room and two orderlies swept in and quickly escorted him again.  This time he passed the main room and the front desk to the other wing of the hospital which he had never visited before.  He knew what was coming and he didn't know if he was ready.  His palms were sweaty, his heart was pounding and he felt slightly dizzy.  'It's ok Ryou.  It's just Bakura, your brother, come on you've been together since birth.'  Even as he tried to reassure himself he still felt jittery.  A door was opened for him and he noticed the room was empty meaning he was the first to arrive. 

         &nb sp;  He quickly took a seat and looked around at the white wash room that had one single but long window on one wall; there was also a small window on the door for observation.  The only other things in the small room were two chairs, one of which he now occupied, and a white table separating them.  He looked around feeling pretty nervous and gripping his hands.  He could feel his face trying to contort back to its fake happiness almost out of instinct at the thought of his brother but he fought it.  He was at least able to plaster a blank look on his face.  He gulped as he heard footsteps slowly making their way down the hall from the front door.  'Deep breath.  Calm down.'  He gripped the arm rest of his chair tighter as the footsteps stopped in front of his door.

         &nb sp;  Everything seemed to go in slow motion as Bakura slowly made his way into the room, Ryou was fighting the urge to put on the fake smile he had used for so long when he looked at his brother.  He could usually tell right off the bat what kind of mood his brother was in from living with him for so long but right then he was scared shitless when he couldn't read his brother at all.  'Man Malik and Marik must have talked to him.  I am so in for it!'  The orderly who escorted Bakura called out 45 minutes and left shutting the door behind him.  As soon as Ryou's eyes left the guard they once again fell on his brother who hadn't made any type of sound or move since he entered.  His face was still blank as he starred on not sure if he should wait for his brother to speak or break the ice himself.  'Man what do I do?!' 

         &nb sp;  His brother continued staring at him with a look of slight pain in his eyes.

         &nb sp;  "How are you?"  Bakura's voice was the same as always, raspy and deep but in a comforting way.  But the way he spoke the words just then sounded dead.  Ryou felt his heart clench.

         &nb sp;  "P-pretty good.  It's been a while hasn't it," he said trying to look anywhere but directly at his brother.

         &nb sp;  "Yeah."  Ryou just sat there feeling almost alien from his brother as he sat there in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt while Ryou adorned the normal hospital garb, with his pale features and small body made him look all the more different from his own brother.  "Why," the small noise made Ryou think he was hearing things, it was so strained and so soft he wasn't sure if his brother actually said anything.  Bakura looked him strait in the eye with some kind of mixture of pain and anger shining in the crimson orbs.  "Why did you do that?  How the hell could you do that," his voice was rising quite quickly and was almost on the brink of yelling.  "You know how much it hurts; you remember how it was after mom died.  Do you hate me that much that you have to do something like that?  You could have just told me."

         &nb sp;  "I don't hate you!  I love you, you're my brother!  You're the only thing I had left!"  Ryou was almost hysterical at his brother's outburst.

         &nb sp;  "Then why Ryou?  Just tell me why," he asked his voice begging for an answer of some kind, any kind.

         &nb sp;  "Because…."  Bakura waited holding his breath as his brother finally broke.  Tears silently tricked down his face to land in his lap.  "I was stupid.  I loved you so much I hurt myself."  Bakura looked taken back by this answer; it was definitely not something he was expecting.

         &nb sp;  "How the hell can you say that?!  How can you loving me make you do what you did?"

         &nb sp;  "Because I loved you so much," his voice hitched as his steady stream of tears continued.  "I never wanted to see you sad like that again; I did everything I could to make you happy.  Even if it meant I wasn't happy, and even after mom died it only got worse.  I couldn't stop; I just wanted to make you happy because I thought I could live with it…if only you were happy.  But I couldn't.  I was so sad, so depressed, when I said you were all I had left, I mean you and only you.  You could make me hang out with your friends all you wanted but it wouldn't make us friends.  Half of your friends I couldn't even stand.  It got to the point where I felt nothing but pain, I was so tired.  I'd been doing it for so long I didn't think I could change and that's when I started cutting.  It was my own fault.  I'm such an idiot."

         &nb sp;  "I'm sorry, I should have done something!  Anything!  How couldn't I notice my own brother was killing himself!?"  Bakura's voice seemed as pained as the look on his face. 

         &nb sp;  "It wasn't your fault; I was stupid, for not trusting you more."

         &nb sp;  "You don't trust me?"

         &nb sp;  "I want to now.  But then…I didn't think I could trust you to be strong.  You were so sad and weak mentally after mom died, I guess even though you were physically stronger and bigger than me I still saw you like I did when we were kids."

         &nb sp;  "Weren't you always the cry baby?"

         &nb sp;  "Only so you wouldn't have to be."  A silence slowly slid into the gap following the outburst.  Ryou got a hold of himself and wiped away a few stray tears and looked up at his brother who seemed to be wondering something.  He saw he wanted to ask him something but he didn't know how.  'Bakura, what's wrong,' Ryou silently voice his own question that he also didn't know how to ask. 

         &nb sp;  Anzu was not having the greatest time either, as she came into the room and saw her parents for the first time in months.  They had been rattling off questions about how she was and what she'd been up to the last few months.  'Seriously I've been in an mental institution the last few months there's not a lot to do.  It's not like I can go shopping.'  But even as they continued to treat her like this was no big deal which annoyed the hell out of her, she was glad to finally see them again after so long.  She even began tearing up but blinked them back quickly.

         &nb sp;  "All of your friends have been asking about you.  Shizuka, Jou, Honda, Yugi.  It's too bad we didn't have more notice, they had letters they wanted to give to you when we saw you again."  Her mom still had an arm around her shoulder which Anzu was grateful for.  Besides Ryou she hadn't had any real physical contact she'd wanted in months.  This felt nice, like when she was little and sick and her mom would hold her until she fell asleep.  "We're so glad you can talk again, hopefully you won't be here too much longer.  You can come home and everything can go back to normal."

         &nb sp;  "Normal," she asked quietly.

         &nb sp;  "Just like before."  Anzu's mood grew into a melancholy state as she thought this over.  'Do I want it to be like it was before…do I want to be that person again?  Can I?  I don't think I am that strong.'  Anzu's father noticed her distress.

         &nb sp;  "Honey what's wrong?   It doesn't all have to happen the day you come home.  I mean you've been in the hospital for months; they can wait a while before you go back to work.  Though I'm sure Shizuka and Ootogi will be trying to get you back on your feet."  Anzu didn't know if she could keep this up.  Before they could continue to probe and plan the orderly came in to say their time was up.  Her parents got up kissing her and saying they loved her before they left.  Visitors came last and left first to make sure there were no escape attempts.  She vaguely wondered how Ryou was doing when she heard raised voices through the wall.  She arched an eyebrow and walked closer to the wall pressing her ear against it.  There were two voices, one was much lower and rough but the other she was sure was Ryou's!  She felt her heart race and begin to ache as she once again brought her mind back to the problem at hand.  Would they be able to see each other again?  Would they be punished?  She felt her heart almost break when she heard a few loud sniffles but everything seemed to get really quiet after that.

         &nb sp;  'Ryou…'  She looked over at the door and peaked through the window and saw no orderly in site.  She opened the door looking into the hall.  They didn't lock the doors as when people were visiting the gate to the main entrance was locked.  Anzu peered down and saw the guard and her parents were just getting to the double gate so she slipped out of her room and slipped to the one next to hers getting on her tip toes to peek into the window.  There seemed to be some kind of stand off going on as each boy was silently sitting there doing absolutely nothing.  She didn't know what she was doing or why she was doing it.  But she did know Ryou had gone out on a limb for her and she needed to help him.  She knocked on the window making both boys look up and around the room in shock before Ryou's eyes finally caught hers in the tiny window.

         &nb sp;  "Anzu!"  Bakura got up and turned to see what his brother was staring at.  His eyes got huge.

         &nb sp;  "That's the girl in the picture Malik had."  Ryou and Anzu both winced as they heard that though Anzu got a sheepish expression on her face before she squealed slightly and her head fell out of the tiny window as footsteps were heard thundering down the hall, the orderlies heads flashing by as they went to the door that had just shut next to their own room.  "What the hell was that?"  Ryou couldn't help it, as serious a moment as he and his brother had just had the look on her face right before the orderlies came after her was too much.  He was holding onto the table as he started laughing out loud, holding his side and having his first really big laugh in a long time.  Bakura looked at him like his brother had just grown a second head before his face also contorted into a weird looking grin and finally started laughing as well.

         &nb sp;  Even as Anzu was now being escorted down the hall she was smiling as she heard their laughter.  'Even if that is the last time I see him, at least I can remember him being happy because of me.'  

         &nb sp;  Back in the room the boys were slowly calming down as Ryou took his seat again.  Bakura had gained his composure first but didn't mind his brother continuing to enjoy it a little longer.  It had been so long since he'd heard his brother laugh like that.  It felt good, like they were kids again.  But the question Bakura had wanted to ask and had seemed like such a hard task now didn't seem so hard. 

         &nb sp;  "So, who is she," he asked his voice giving away he was still in a good mood for which Ryou was glad.

         &nb sp;  "Her name is Anzu.  She's been here longer then me, but I guess I'm her first real friend here."
          &nbs p; "Why is she here?  She seems a little odd but I saw the pictures of you two at the club and she seemed fine."  Ryou gulped and felt his face heat up immediately.  In the hospital they had shared a few stolen kisses when no one was around.  But at the club he knew they openly kissed and there was a good chance Malik got a good snap or two of that.  But he shook that away for now and focused on answering his brother's question."

         &nb sp;  "She's here because she had something really horrible done to her and she lost her voice and memory because of it."

         &nb sp;  "Her memory," his brother asked a bit shocked.

         &nb sp;  "Just her memory about the thing that was done to her.  Besides that she's fine.  She's really nice, and funny, and she even has a kick ass duel monsters deck.  Though mine is good too."  Bakura quirked an eyebrow knowing fully well his brother didn't take his deck because Malik wanted to borrow it the other day.  

         &nb sp;  "What deck?"

         &nb sp;  "Huh?  Oh she had a lot of extras so she gave them to me and I put a sloppy but decent deck together with them."

         &nb sp;  "She's a lot nicer then you, you don't share your cards with anyone," Bakura said annoyed and nearly fainted when he saw his brother pout.  He had never seen more then a smile or a blank look on his brothers face in so long.  All these new emotions from his brother made his heart ache.  Knowing that he was just now living in things other people took for granted.  "She seems really nice but I need to know, this whole visiting thing is because you're in trouble isn't it?"

         &nb sp;  Ryou's smile faltered and a sad one replaced the one he had a moment ago.  "Perceptive as usual."  Bakura felt a twinge of guilt knowing as perceptive as he was he didn't notice something like what was happening to Ryou.  But he pushed it aside as he knew his time with his brother was dwindling. 

         &nb sp;  "What happened?  How did you get out?  Why?  I mean I know you're not a party animal.  So was it her…?"  Ryou felt pretty pissed at the comment and his face showed it but his rational side was somehow keeping him in check telling him he didn't know Anzu or the situation at all.

         &nb sp;  "It was her birthday.  Like me she hadn't been allowed visitors, even her parents, in months and I'm the only friend she has besides her doctor.  I thought it was a pretty sad way to spend your birthday."

         &nb sp;  "But a club?"

         &nb sp;  "She would have settled for an arcade but I wanted something bigger."

         &nb sp;  "What do you mean?"  Bakura was getting more confused with the answers his brother was giving him."

         &nb sp;  "I mean she liked dancing, she had a dance dance game a few months back before some kids broke it and I wanted to let her dance."

         &nb sp;  "How the hell did you get out though?  And how did you get the money and cloths?"

         &nb sp;  "I borrowed some stuff."  He tried not to look his brother in the eye as he said this.

         &nb sp;  "Ryou you stole," Bakura all but yelled.

         &nb sp;  "Not stole," Ryou quickly defended himself.  "I borrowed a few cloths from different doctors so they wouldn't notice right away and I was going to give them back."

         &nb sp;  "The money?"

         &nb sp;  "Just spare change the doctors had around the office."
          &n bsp; "The breakout?"

         &nb sp;  "I surveyed the area and memorized when everything happened."
             "Ryou, if you weren't going to be in deep shit for this," he said his face stone before a sly grin broke out.  "I'd be damn proud of you."  Ryou nearly face faulted but had to remember Bakura and his friends were no angels and had stolen on occasion from convenience stores.  But after all the trouble he caused he was sure his brother was going to be a bit mad.  But maybe things weren't as bad as they seemed.  There was a knock on the door as the orderly came in to call time up.  Bakura got up looking over his brother once more smiling. 

         &nb sp;  "You've changed," he said in all seriousness but the smile still present on his face, as he came up and grabbed his brother into a bear hug.  "I'm glad.  Everyone always thought you seemed too damn cheerful," he said smirking.  He got swatted at by his brother but Ryou was also smiling. 

         &nb sp;  "Well I'll show them once I'm out of here."
          &nbs p; "What and leave this all behind?"  Bakura snickered as Ryou just gave a lopsided smile and his brother waved as he went out the door.  "I'll see you on the outside."  Ryou sat back in the chair a smiled still on his face as he blocked out the upcoming encounter with the warden and just enjoyed the time he had had with his brother.

         &nb sp;  In a security room the same male psychiatrist who was talking to Ryou earlier was jotting down notes as the brothers said their farewells.  The image and sound playing on a screen in front of him.  Pegasus came up behind him and put a hand on his shoulder to get his attention.

         &nb sp;  "Have you collected the last of your data?"  The worker nodded.  "I'll give you and Dr.Tamara an hour to converse and structure your results before you report back to me understand?"

         &nb sp;  "Hai," he replied quickly and went off in search of his colleague. 

         &nb sp;  Pegasus watched the screen as it flickered slightly.  The black and white image horrible but still able to see the figure getting up from the chair and leaving the room being led by the orderly.  He watched the empty room for a few more seconds before he turned on his heal and walked towards his office. 

         &nb sp;  Ryou was nervous as he was being marched down the hall once again after sitting in his room an hour.  But this time they had went behind the reception desk in the front entrance to the elevator behind it.  Ryou gulped as it went passed the second floor, the third floor, and came to rest on the fourth floor.  'What's on the fourth floor?'  The doors opened to reveal a long hallway with many doors on either side that reminded him of the rooms on the first floor for appointments.  They came to the end which was a reception room with a secretary who escorted them right back into the main room, meaning Pegasus' Office.

         &nb sp;  Ryou nearly chocked as he saw Anzu there just a couple feet in front of him sitting in a chair.  She turned as she heard someone come in and smiled looking relived to see him again after the little door thing earlier.

         &nb sp;  "Ryou."  But before he could respond Pegasus entered.

         &nb sp;  "Please Ryou take a seat," he said referring to the one on the other side of Dr. Kujaku who was next to Anzu.  He did so and glanced at the two women next to him before his eyes once again focused on the man in front of him.  He looked to the two doctors that Anzu and Ryou had talked to earlier standing behind the chairs of the two patients. 

         &nb sp;  "Dr. Tamara, Dr.Tanaka, can you please tell us your findings on our two patients here."

         &nb sp;  "Patient Mazaki Anzu, age 17 a resident of the hospital for the last five months.  Came in with psychological amnesia with a coupling side effect of voice loss and tension when in close proximity of others.  In the first three months there was almost no progress made.  But in the last month or so she had had a great improvement including regaining speech ability and an almost fully regained memory."  Pegasus nodded and turned his attention to the second physician.

         &nb sp;  "Patient Bakura Ryou, age 16 a resident of the hospital for almost two months.  Came in with repressed emotions that resulted in self inflicted wounds, aka cutting.  Almost the entire first month he fought the program and ended up in the infirmary after smashing his fist into a wall causing himself bodily hard.  In which he was warned if he once again got into trouble he would be sent to security level two.  Once out of the infirmary he began to recover quickly and did well in all sessions provided.  But also within the last twenty four hours both patients escaped the hospital after stealing from the doctors trying to help them and causing panic."  Pegasus held his chin in his hands as he was deep in thought. 

         &nb sp;  "You also observed them separately yourselves and observed them with visitors."  Both of them had shocked looks on their faces at knowing their visits hadn't been as private as they thought.  Ryou looked down right pissed and Anzu looked ready to cry.

         &nb sp;  "Yes we have," spoke the physician behind Anzu.

         &nb sp;  "And your findings?"  Both doctors turned to look at one another before the doctor behind Ryou spoke.

         &nb sp;  "Though the patient has a problem with authority it would not benefit him in any way to be moved to a higher level security zone."

         &nb sp;  "You both agree on that?"  Both of them nodded as he turned his head to the other physician.  "And you?"

         &nb sp;  "The patient is making a great recovery and would not benefit in any way to be moved to a higher security zone."

"You both agree on that?"  Both of them nodded, and the two teens let out sighs of relief at hearing the good news looking at each other smiling.

         &nb sp;  "As it is both of you are recovering nicely, however…" Anzu and Ryou's faces lost their happy shine as they listened expectantly dreading the next few words out of his mouth.  "As it is you cannot go unpunished.  Even though you have good influences on each other you also have bad influences on each other.  From here on out you are reassigned to new physicians.

         &nb sp;  "No," Ryou yelled standing up but the doctor behind him put a hand on his shoulder and set him back in his seat.

         &nb sp;  "Dr. Tamara for Ms. Mizaki and Dr. Tanaka for Mr. Bakura.  Though Dr. Kujaku may have a hand in helping she is not to see either patient physically.  Also from here on out you will not have contact with each other at all.  Until the day of your release in which you are allowed to try and visit the other you are not allowed to see each other.  Not in the main room, not in the hallways, and not in each others rooms.  If either of you are found together even by accident you will be sent to level two immediately no questions asked, no review, nothing.  We will have people monitoring you so that such accidents do not occur unless they are not really accidents."  He took a moment to let all this information sink in to the two in front of him.  "That will be all."

         &nb sp;  "Mr. Crawford," Mai said standing and finally speaking up.

         &nb sp;  "Yes Dr. Kujaku."

         &nb sp;  "Something like this is very stressful and so sudden, please let them have an hour to say goodbye and cope."  Pegasus didn't answer right away and Mai looked at him pleadingly, "Please."  It was another moment before he nodded and waved his hand.

         &nb sp;  "One hour in one of their rooms, but no longer."  Mai nodded.  'I'm so sorry I can't do anything else,' she thought looking sadly at her two former patients.  The two looked into each others eyes now that Mai was standing and no longer between them and tried to find silent comfort in the other, but saw only a reflection of their own pain.

AN:  Wow that was LONG.  But it was worth it.  Can anyone guess what kind of work Anzu's parents were talking about?  And god no it's nothing illegal or bad before anyone guesses like that.  Anyway hope you enjoyed!