Yami Yugi:  I am NOT doing this chapter at all!  I'm calling my agent!

Bakurasgirl:  No wowwypops?

Yami Yugi:  Not for all the gold in Egypt.

Bakura:  Like you have to suffer alone?

Yami Yugi: You aren't singing the rubber ducky song.

Bakura:?????

*Ryou and Bakura laugh hysterically and point at him *

In case any of you are wondering, I don't own Yami Yugi's Rubber Ducky song from sesame street.

//…..//-Bakura's memories.

Warning: Grab your tissues for the last part of this chappie. 

Bathtime for Chibi Ryou

                Bakura undressed Chibi Ryou as Yami put the water on.  He was afraid of making it too hot or too cold for the baby.  Yami left the bathroom and returned with bath toys…including a rubber ducky.  Bakura snickered.  "Please tell me that is Yugi's."  Yami ignored him and put some lavender bubble bath in the water allowing the foam to perfume the water.  Yami tested the water and it was ready. 

Ryou cried as he was brought over to the water.  He pulled Bakura's hair and his shirt.  With his fingers, he raked Bakura's neck.  He kicked Bakura in the chest and stomach.  Obviously the child had not forgotten the "lesson" from the previous day.  Ryou shrieked as he pulled Bakura's clothes in desperation.  Bakura was even more surprised when Ryou wrapped his arms around Bakura's neck, whimpered, and kissed him once on the neck sobbing desperately.

"What's gotten into him?"  Yami asked rubbing Ryou's tense back muscles. 

"If I get in with him, maybe he'll calm down.  Leave the room."

"Why?"

"Because I don't need you seeing more than you need to.  Happy?"

Yami grumbled leaving the room.  Bakura stripped and grabbed one of the towels Yami brought in to dry Ryou after the bath.  He sat in the tub with Ryou and placed the towel over around his hips securing and obscuring everything under the water (and I mean everything, people.)  Ryou's grip loosened and he sat placidly on Bakura's lap.  "Come in, Yami."

"Is everything………hidden?"

"Yes.  Now come in."  Yami cautiously entered.  The bubbles did a good job of masking Bakura's….lower half of the body.  "Hand me the shampoo."

"Strawberry or Apple?"

"Two things:  One I do not care.  Two I'm not going to ask."

Yami handed Bakura the apple shampoo.  He placed a small glob in his hand and rubbed it between them.  Yami used the showerhead to rinse Ryou's hair.  "I have to was that scratch good.  I hope the squirrels didn't make him worse than he was."  Bakura spread the shampoo on Ryou's hair. 

The baby splashed the water playfully soaking Yami's clothes.  Yami squeezed the rubber ducky and began singing the rubber ducky song (You know from Sesame Street).  "Rubber Ducky, You're the one.  You make bathtime so much fun.."

Bakura liked Ryou's hair-when it wasn't covered in blood.  As he washed Ryou's hair, he remembered washing it once before, but not like this.  He held Ryou's head over the side of the tub.  He held Ryou on the porcelain so tightly, he could hear Ryou gasping and rasping for breath.  Bakura shook his head and saw the playing chibi in front of him.  Bakura stopped at the pain of the memory.     

"I can't do this, Yami," he said stopping.  He remembered scrubbing Ryou down so hard his skin was red.  Bakura heaved heavy breaths. 

"Why not?  Just be gentle with him."

//You have a very sick little boy here.//

//Yami!  Please stop!!  It hurts!!!//

//You have a very sick little boy here.//

//Yami!!//

"Because I am the reason he is sick!"  Bakura tugged his own hair causing tear after tear to fall.

"When did you get him sick?"  Yami's eyes narrowed.

"Yesterday morning.  Ryou wasn't moving fast enough for me and I threw him practically naked into a tub of ice cold water!"

Yami's eyes narrowed further and he stood up quickly causing Ryou to jump back into Bakura's arms.

"I didn't mean to!  What's done is done."

"No!  It's not done!  Ryou could die because of you!  Why didn't you think?"

"Because I didn't, O.K.?"

Yami pointed at him accusingly.  Bakura instinctively gathered Ryou closer to him afraid of the wrath Yami could direct at him.   "Maybe that's what you want.  You want him to die!  You have always wished that.  Well, sooner or later, you will lose him, tomb robber!"

"I used to think that way, Yami.   I know Ryou's thoughts.  Sometimes he wished he could be free of me and I often wished I could be free of him.  But we are two halves of a whole."

"Ryou will never be the creature you will ever be."  Yami backed away from the tub and headed to the door.  "Someday, Bakura, Ryou and Yugi will die.  We will have to continue our existence without them.  When that day comes, and Ryou takes his dying breath, all you will have of him will be memories.  Enjoy eternity, Bakura.  You will lead a very lonely existence."  Yami turned the doorknob.

"Where are you going?"

"It's time for you to take over."  Bakura looked down at Ryou who was watching Yami as he held onto the side of the tub.  He waved goodbye to Yami even though he had already left.  Bakura turned Ryou to face him.  Those chocolate orbs gazed back at him emitting the same concern.  "Sorry you had to see that, Ryou."  Bakura rubbed Ryou gently with the washcloth.  Ryou wandered to the other side of the tub and grabbed Yugi's rubber ducky.  He returned to Bakura and held it out to him.  A small smile grazed his face.  "I am not singing that song, Ryou," He said squeeking it quietly.  Ryou jumped at him with the toy and grabbed it from Bakura.  With a laugh, Ryou squeeked the duck against Bakura's cheek. 

// We will have to continue our existence without them.//

Bakura looked at the smiling baby.

// When that day comes, and Ryou takes his dying breath, all you will have of him will be memories.//

"Ryou.  Come here."  Bakura pressed Ryou against his chest in a gentle embrace.  The baby tucked his arms into Bakura's chest.  "I--I'm sorry."

A lonely tear fell onto Ryou's wet, soapy hair.    Bakura rinsed Ryou's hair and grabbed a towel at the edge of the toilet.  He stood up and stepped out of the water. He dried himself off,put on his own shirt, and grabbed another towel and picked Ryou out of the water.  He wrapped Ryou like a little mummy and drained the tub.  Ryou pulled a rag over his head and played "peek-a-boo" with Bakura.  Bakura dried him off and used the hairdryer on his hair.  He gently brushed Ryou's hair and dressed Ryou in green top and pants. 

Bakura found Yugi's room and a humidifier on the endtable with a note:  Just plug it in.

He knew Yami was still furious at him and was too worried about Ryou to leave him alone in bed.  Bakura  

 plugged  in the humidifier and slipped into bed with Ryou cuddling close to his chest.  With a long day behind him, Bakura closed his eyes listening to the breathing of the baby beside him.

Bakurasgirl:  I don't know about you guys, but I couldn't stop crying as I was typing this.  I think I'm better now *sniff * .

Ryou:  *cries on Bakurasgirl *

Bakura:  *cries on Ryou *

Next Chappie:  Bakura has a nightmare about Ryou.  Bakura also meets up with the woman in his dream.  This is the absolutely last poor Ryou chappie in this fic, though. This next chapter will also give a basis why Ryou is still not a teenager yet.   I hate to do this to Ryou and Bakura, but I gotta to continue the plot.