Bakura waited after the final healing, taking time until everyone was gone from the room before sitting down and taking his double's hand.

After the last encounter... he hadn't tried to reach the other Bakura. It was a combination of worry and fear. The last sight of the spirit being covered by that darkness... What would he find, if he went back there again...?

But the other him was as healed as he could be, yet still asleep... what was left but to go inside and try and bring him to the surface again...?

Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes, effortlessly sinking into the familiar resonance.

'Bakura...? Are you there....?'