One word: coolie. This punkish, British, freakish evil nutcase has stolen my heart. Between his strange hairdo, his FLAWLESS voice, and maniacal laughter, who couldn't? Sure, he loses all of his duels with Atem, but who cares!? To be perfect, you have to be perfect at being imperfect, right?
CHAPTER 1: A Loooooong Time Ago
Believe it or not, I used to hate Yami no Bakura. I know, your jaws are dropping. Hey, it's true. It's all because he hurt Pegasus to steal the Sennen (Millennium) Eye. That got me really really really really really REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY mad. So, I decided to despise Yami.
However, that didn't stop him from becoming a popular subject of tapes, stories, and artwork. Hundreds of Bakura tapes were created, and I enjoyed each one more than the last. They were all pretty much about how Ryou recieved the Sennen Ring. Of course, I didn't fully understand the story of Yu-Gi-Oh, so these stories were highly inaccurate.
Anyway, I eventually found out that the "Bakura with the weird voice" was really, "Bucky's evil spirit". By then, I had forgiven my coolie for hurting poor Pega. In fact, that crazy man began to grow on me. At a point in time, I even created a stuffed Yami doll. I hugged it and hugged it and LOOOVED IT. But it broke... (T.T) After that, the whole interest in Yu-Gi-Oh kind of... faded away, not to return for a while.
But when it did, man did it hit like a hammer!! I constructed an unbeatable deck, bought two tins, and managed to fill both up. I dueled in school, kicked everyone's butts... Man, I was cool. Shortly after, IT HAPPENED. I scoured the Internet for pictures of Bakura, ended up getting 2000 of them, and then began to practically WORSHIP the guy. I bought a $100 doll of Bakura. I drew Bakura until my fingers hurt. I wrote a story called Ryou Millennia. I named one of my textbooks Bakura. I drooled whenever I heard the word "Bakura"... ^_^'... Right now, I have over 10,000 pictures of my white-haired baby, I watch every Yu-Gi-Oh episode with him in it, I've sewed a chibi Ryou plush, and I've ordered yet another doll. Past, present... Future? ^_~
CHAPTER 2: HICCUP LAUGHS
Once my Bakura obsession began, I immediately wanted to add Ryou to our team of Cyberus. Keyki thought the idea was good, but we didn't have any doll body for my beloved. So, I whipped up a quick website on Word with a page or two so we could communicate with Ryou through the computer. Cybercontact.com... my first REALLY GOOD fake site.
WELL ANYHOO, Yami didn't even exist at the time. It was just Hikari no Bakura. But then, once I ordered the Bakura doll, Keyki and I created Yami. Since Word's two-month trial had ended, I couldn't create any more webpages, so I decided to just put Yami and Ryou both into Haaiku's body temporarily. That was when Yami actually became a Cyberu I highly appreciated.
While he was in Haaiku's body, he married Gabriel, had a few children, tortured Ryou, made enemies with ProtoMan, and stole my heart. When his body arrived, I K&H-ed him even more. The only letdown was that I couldn't wash his hair anymore, but that wasn't such a big deal. My little coolie was free. YAAY! And for a while, YAY remained.
But eventually, Yami became another ProtoMan. He tortured his brothers, and ended up being a little TOO punkish for most people--not me--but most. After all, who wants to be friends with a maniac with drinking problems... besides me? Yeah, nobody. But that changed once Keyki met Yami's younger form. Then, the two became "brothers."
It's what Keyki does. He seals a friendship by announcing that he and a Cyberu are brothers. Hey, that's how ProtoMan kept his sanity! Surprisingly, it's worked with Yami as well. He's a bit more--er--rabid than Proto, but the strategy has saved him from the darkness countless times. It's handy to know that someone loves you...
Man, this guy is full of action. He--breathes out--ACTION. I love my Yami.
EPILOGUE
Coolie. Hottie. Englishman. Drunk. Thief. Tomb robber. Punk. Father. Brother. Husband. Spirit. Yami no Bakura... Rakikai Zashurura.
He has a special place in my heart...
And will remain there for years to come, sitting right next to ProtoMan and Ryou until the end of time.
END