Title: Control
By: KuroSakura-chan
Summary: Ryou and the others thought it was bad when the Shadows dropped them into Middle Earth. But when Bakura's kleptomania acts up, and he steals the One Ring, things get decidedly worse.
Category: Lord of the Rings/Yu-Gi-Oh!
Genre: Angst, Drama, Romance
Couples: (snicker) Those of you who read my YGO stuff, you'll get the usual couples, but as for LOTR, I don't quite know yet.
Warning: Swearing, Yaoi,
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, nor do I own Lord of the Rings, though I own several copies of each book, have read them all, have seen all the movies, have several Legolas posters, and generally am an all-around nerd when it comes to it.
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-Bakura-
Damn, what a way to ruin my game. I knew I should've gouged Malik's eyes out long ago. He noticed the exact moment I took control of Ryou, despite my attempt at keeping Ryou's appearance. I can't help the slight changes I go through. But since I've been found out...
"Fear me, foolish mortals!" I shout, even though I know I'll be disappointed by the reaction. I am playing cards-well, I am now, Ryou was first-with Malik, Otogi, and Mokuba. They're far too used to me.
As expected, they simply stare at me boredly, then fold their hands. So they know better than to play against the Great Thief King. After all, there was a form of poker in Egypt, and I excelled at it even then. No one ever said I have to play fairly, after all.
"Really, Bakura, how long have you been lurking? I thought Ryou was playing too well today." Mokuba commented, handing his hand of cards to Otogi, who was putting them back properly. I prefer to just leave them laying out.
At any rate, since the fate of the cards is not really my concern, I turn to Mokuba, shaking my head. "I had nothing to do with that. Ryou won't take my advice, even if I offered it to him anyway."
"Not that surprising, really." Malik said, shrugging from boredom. "You're notorious for giving horrible advice, after all."
"So's Marik!" I respond hotly. "But you still let him takeover to fuck Ryou now and then."
Malik responds with the expected shrug and response of "Ryou wants it," but I am not paying attention. There is a shadow in the room that wasn't present a few minutes ago. It didn't seem normal, and when it moves, I spring forward, grabbing Mokuba. I throw him through the doorway leading to the living room, ignoring his protests.
"Don't let the shadows touch you, Mokuba! Get out of the house!" I shout, seeing the Shadows move toward the doorway. The kid scrambles up and out of the house, not questioning my orders. Good. I turn back to see Malik and Otogi clasping hands. Good. They'll be able to take comfort in each other.
"Who's doing it, Bakura?" Malik asks, and I think for a moment. The logical answer is the Pharaoh. But at the same time, he's the most illogical. When I feel the Shadows, however, it's obvious.
"Pharaoh." I answer, and the Shadows swallow us.
A white flash burned through my eye lids, startling me. I open my eyes, ignoring the loud crack that accompanies the flash. Thunderstorms don't exist in the Shadow Realm.
"Who do you think you're trying to fool, Pharaoh? 'Kura was with us the entire time!" I hear Malik growl, and then the Pharaoh's laugh.
"How could we trust someone like you, who's friends with him?"
I block my ears to the rest of the argument, noticing the fact that I'm sitting on soggy ground. In fact, it's raining pretty hard, too. I finally look around, ignoring the pain saying I hit my head.
We're sitting in an open area, the only tree around lying on the ground. Looks like I know what the lightning struck. I'm the only one still on the ground, Malik and Otogi standing near, but facing the Pharaoh, still arguing hotly. I don't even care that he's trying to blame this mess on me at the moment, because in the long run, no one will remember that it's his fault anyway.
The Pharaoh's mutt and Honda stand behind him, trying to look imposing or something. They should know that Malik and Otogi are far too unhinged o be affected, but they're still trying. Idiots.
Well now...I hadn't expected to see Seto Kaiba. Pharaoh sending me to the Shadow Realm I can understand, but his lover-boy? I mean, sure, Seto and I both know the Pharaoh knows Seto's sleeping with me on the side, but while I expected him to retaliate against me, I never expected him to attack Seto.
Before now, anything Seto did was all right in the Pharaoh's eyes. Apparently, even the Pharaoh has a limit, and Seto has finally reached or crossed it. I'm guessing that he ran across it though. Seto denies it, but there was no way the Pharaoh would be able to deal with Seto sleeping with me. He just seems to lose his mind when I am a part of a situation. He's always been that way.
I'm of the opinion that because I've been taking what is his for so long, he's eternally angry about it. Ryou, however, is taking a Psychology class, so he refuses to let it drop. I've actually been wondering if he's been listening to my thoughts when I'm not paying attention, because he keeps bringing up the fact that I've not sleeping with Seto simply because he belongs to the Pharaoh.
This kid is way too in tune with Death and the things associated with it for me to really lie to him. Before, when we were all still fighting, I could. That was because he wanted to believe my lies, so he did. Now, he doesn't. And thus, he knows when I am lying to him.
So now, Ryou drives me crazy whenever there's something he wants to know. ...Crazier, I suppose I should say, since it is apparently a well-known fact that I'm insane. Ryou usually cheerfully adds that if I went to a shrink, I'd be locked up immediately. Well, he's only cheerful about it until I remind him that if I'm locked up, he will be too.
But Ryou's latest spiel is that I'm in love with Seto Kaiba, and that it's obvious. So obvious, in fact, that even the Pharaoh has caught on, and hates me because Seto feels the same.
Hence my disbelief. Sure, Seto isn't the most forth-coming about his emotions, but there would be at least some indication, wouldn't there? And so, Ryou and I routinely argue about this subject, and are nowhere near finding an answer. After all, I'm not asking Seto how he feels, nor am I going to say anything about how I feel. I'm not a woman.
Not that I'm admitting to feeling anything other than lust for him.
"Why don't you just ask him what happened?" Seto's voice drags me out of my thoughts, and I notice he's motioning at me.
The Pharaoh snorts. "Why? He'll just lie and say it wasn't him."
"So ask Ryou!" Malik shouts, clenching his fists. Marik is clearly getting annoyed with the argument and trying to get free.
"It's not important, Malik-" I begin as I push myself off the ground.
"See, even the Tomb Robber knows not to push it. Clearly, he's aware that we won't listen to someone who'll only lie."
Everyone froze at that. No one insults Ryou when I'm around and lives to tell about it.
"Ryou Bakura does not lie!" I snarl, launching myself at the Pharaoh, knife in hand.
The Pharaoh's eyes widen, but he didn't need to worry. I knew someone would stop me, I just wasn't sure who or why. After all, Seto has the boyfriend title to uphold, so that could be his reasoning. Malik and Otogi would stop me to keep the Pharaoh from Mind Crushing me, and Marik would stop me so he could try instead.
As it turns out, Seto stops me. Apparently, he hasn't filled his quota of "boyfriend moments" this month.
"Ryou Bakura does not lie, Yami. You know that perfectly well." Seto's words surprise me more than they do the Pharaoh, giving me a bit more insight as to why Seto might be here. If Seto has been defending me, which defending Ryou is a part of, then the Pharaoh would have quite a reason to be pissed. "Now, I suggest we go to that town and find an inn so we can get out of the rain."
Seto's arms stay circled around me, holding me in place, so I glare at him. "I won't stab your boyfriend in the back, don't worry." I slip from his arms, stalking towards the town. He had tried to say something before I escaped him, but I don't care. I'm still pissed that the Pharaoh would dare insult Ryou like he did. Bastard.
Getting a room at the inn was more difficult than Seto has ever experienced, I"m sure. It's good that Malik and I carry gold at all times, and that I have roaming fingers, or else we wouldn't have gotten a room. Wherever the Shadows dropped us doesn't accept the same currencies as our world. Wonderful. I can't even begin to think of why the Shadows would drop us in another world, let alone one that doesn't accept our currency.
Damn the Pharaoh for this new mess he's forced on us.
Not that he's even trying to find a way to fix this. He's gone to the room Malik and I paid for to dry off and keep Yugi from catching a cold. He made Seto join him, taking his mutt and Honda along, thus leaving Malik, Otogi, and I to figure out where the hell we are and if there's anyway to get back.
Unfortunately, even Yugi and the Pharaoh with their leather fetish and tri-colored hair would stand out less than the three of us. Malik's blond hair and sun-tanned skin added to my albino looks and Otogi's green eyes has stares trained on us from all around the common room.
Otogi looks fairly annoyed that he is not receiving as much attention, but I couldn't really care at the moment. I'm busy watching a loner who's watching what look like a group of kids. Only, these "kids" are drinking ale. If this place really lets their kids drink, than it's my kind of place, but somehow, I doubt it.
"Oi, 'Kura. What are you watching?" So Malik has decided to stop shoving his tongue down Otogi's throat long enough to watch me watching the loner. That's too bad; the two of them making out managed to get most of the stares averted.
I motion to the loner, and Malik's lavender eyes follow my finger. He raises a brow at me, as though asking why, and I shrug. I can't really answer as to why, but something tells me that watching him is important. Malik shrugs and turns back to Otogi, apparently planning to resume explorations of Otogi's tonsils, but is stopped by a surprise move on the Ring's part.
It phases through my clothes, shining brightly, the spikes at the end pointing at the "kids" the loner was watching. I look up just in time to see one of them have a falling ring slip onto his finger and disappear. So that's what the Ring wanted to point out. Couldn't have been any more flashy, though.
The entire room is alternating between staring at us and the one who disappeared. It is finally the longer that does something, though.
He begins clapping.
And continues clapping until the entire room joins in, a few cheers adding to the noise.
"I hadn't known you two groups were together!" The inn keeper says, walking over to the table with a few more pints that we hadn't ordered. "These are on the house for the entertainment."
I glance over at the loner, and he's with the person who disappeared. His eyes are trained on me, however, though he's speaking to the other person. So I grab my pint, stand, and walk over to plop down beside the loner.
A/N: Well now...First chapter down. Do let me know what you all think, and please keep in mind that I love the books more than I do the movies, despite the fact that the movies are amazing, and will, more often than not, refer to the books for something in this fic. Also keep in mind that it's a fanfiction and will not always follow the storyline to the T.
Next Chapter:
-Aragorn-