Baku, Ra, to Ringu: UnCut

RaChan was still in the shower. Bakura sat at the kitchen counter, eating Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs.

He loved sweet things, but was blushing while he ate, for loving something so childish. He always worried that someone would catch him, and make fun. While he absentmindedly scooped another spoonful into his mouth, the crunch-crunch reverberating through his skull, he stared at the piece of the Millennium puzzle. He thought about Yami's corpse, and the long dream that had ended in a confrontation with that evil spirit disguised as Malik.

Yes, I hated Yami... but I didn't want him dead.

He sighed. They were going to meet Yugi-tachi at school so they could discuss everything that had happened. Bakura didn't want to, but...

He lowered the arm he'd been leaning on, and saw the charred hand print where Malik had grabbed him.

That happened in both movies. Maybe I should study them once again.

He froze as he became aware of a small sound. He knew it was scratching. Scratching, just like in Ringu...

His peripheral vision registered black-- he looked across the room, at the window over the sink.

Sadako was leering in at him, scratching the glass with the ripped, bloody nubs of her fingers. Her hair was out of her face and her eyes were wide and soulless. Her mouth was stretched into a maniacal smile.

Bakura knocked the barstool over in his rush to jump to his feet. "Shit, not another fucking nightmare!"

"Don't worry. You're awake." Samara was standing in the doorway. "And rest assured, things will get worse."

Bakura raked his fingers down his forearm, upending layers of skin and drawing blood.

Sadako was outside the door now. As Bakura watched, she walked through it and entered the kitchen.

"It's another prank! Another prank!"

Samara laughed. "Keep telling yourself that."

He turned and ran--

"Take one step and your hikari is dead!"

He stopped and turned to face them. "What do you want?"

"We want to watch you bleed."

Ringing filled Bakura's ears as Sadako and Samara closed in on him.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"