Title: Forgive Me My Sins

Genre: romance, mild angst, mild horror, fluff!!

Rating: T for language, some blood, and some themes

Pairings: RyouXAkefiaXBakura

Summary: As part of a training exercize to get stronger, Ryou fights against a monster called the Soul Eater. But when he vanishes from the maze, Bakura goes in after him, and finds that the Soul Eater has taken over Ryou's body! Will he be able to free Ryou from the monster's control? Or does Ryou not want to be saved?

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Chapter One: Forgive Me My Sins

In this time and age, demons and wild spirits exist to kill us all, ranting and raging around and aiming for our souls to take the places of the ones they lost to the devil. That is why the exorcists exist.

To fight these demons and save the souls of the innocents who wish to be freed and saved from the fate of eternal Hell and they fight to save all human souls from the clutches of the demons who wish to destroy them and claim them for their own sick purposes.

That is why they exist.

"Eh? Ryou, you want to get stronger?" Pegasus asked as he sat in his office at the Exorcist Emporium.

Ryou, a young exorcist, nodded and stepped forward, his green eyes filled with determination, and little bit of fear. He shifted a piece of his silver hair in his fingers.

"Yes, sir. I w-want to become a strong exorcist. Just like Bakura and Akefia! I want to be strong, so I h-have to practice more," the silverette said in a firm tone, showing that he was serious.

Pegasus hesitated for a few moments. He knew that Ryou wasn't the strongest of their gang, but ghosts and demons were attacking more and more often now a days, so he really had no choice.

Pegasus gave a loud sigh of defeat and nodded.

"Very well then. I will get the guards to release a monster down into the training bay so you can practice," the taller silverette said. Ryou smiled before thanking him.

Pegasus rose to his feet and went into a large metal room with a glass window that over-looked the bay.

It was a large metal room, almost like a maze, and it was pitch black, with several dim lights and fog inside it. Ryou gulped as he grabbed his exorcist gun that belonged to him.

It was a fairly small, pistol that was silver and red, and on the side was written 'Noah'. Ryou had given it that name because he had always felt as if it was a name he prefered.

Ryou took several deep, assuring breaths and then slowly stepped into the training bay, hearing to door lock behind him. There was a small click, and then Pegasus cleared his throat over the intercom.

"Okay, Ry. I'm gonna relase the monster, okay? Just fight and shoot when you see it," Pegasus asked before clicking a button, and loud whirring occured before there was a clank, and then eerie silence echoed down the halls.

Ryou gulped and went deeper into the training bay. Pegasus smiled and leaned back in his chair, knowing that Ryou was going to do just fine against whatever type of monster they sent in.

Suddenly, Akefia, another egyptian exorcist, came running up to Pegasus.

Akefia had been an exorcist at the Emporium for many years, working with Bakura and Ryou. He looked similar to them, only his skin was darker, and his hair was shorter. His eyes were a purple-gray, and he had a double cross scar under his right eye.

"Boss!" Akefia called, stopping and taking several deep breaths after running up all the stairs. Pegasus looked over and waited.

"Who'd you send in there? Bakura's training down there," the egyptian male said to the silverette leader of the Exorcists once he got all of his breath back.

Pegasus whirled around in confusion and then looked back at the training bay, his eyebrow lifted in confusion.

"I sent Ryou down into the training bay. He said he wanted to get stronger like you and Bakura. Hang on," the silverette man said before looking on the tracker.

It looked like a radar screen, only there were two blips on it with names written above them. One of the blips was on the other side of the bay right near the door, and it had the name 'Ryou' above it.

The other blip was on the other side of the bay, going fairly slow, but at least it was moving around. That blip had the name 'Bakura' above it, proving what Akefia said to be true.

"See? What monster did you send in? It might attack Bakura in stead of going near Ryou!" the egyptian exorcist called. Pegasus pressed a button to another intercom.

"What monster was sent into the bay for him to fight?" he asked into the intercom, concern lacing in his voice. There was a short silence before a guard answered.

"A Soul Eater was sent in..." the guard said.

Pegasus and Akefia gasped in horror as they heard the name.

Ryou shuddered as he walked through the foggy streets of the training bay, realizing that it was the same size as a fairly good sized town. The little exorcist exhaled deeply.

"C'mon, Ryou. Exorcists fear nothing..." he said to himself before taking several steps forward on the cobblestone floors.

He was scared. Ryou knew that an exorcist was never afraid of their enemies, but he couldn't help it! It was too scary being down here! Sure, it was scary when he was with Bakura and Akefia, too, but...

At least they made him feel safe.

Ryou shook his head and slapped himself softly on the face, as if trying to snap himself out of it. The silverette took several more steps before coming to a place with an alley.

"I'm not scared, I'll be okay," Ryou whispered before repeating it over and over. As he passed the alley, he could have sworn that something moved inside it.

Upon turning around, aiming his pistol at the alley, but seeing nothing in their. Sighing, Ryou took several more steps until he came to an intersection of the fake city.

"Where do I go now?" Ryou asked, looking to his front and to his left. As he slowly looked at his right, he could have sworn that he felt his heart stop right there.

Peering back at him was a pair of crimson eyes.

Ryou gasped as he tried to raise his gun, but the creature leaped forward, claws extended at Ryou, and the silverette had no time to react what so ever. Ryou gave a loud gasp.

And suddenly, his blip vanished from the radar.

"Ryou!!" Akefia hollered, scared when he saw that the blip vanished. That either meant that something had kidnapped Ryou, or that something worse had happened.

"Bakura!" Akefia hollered into the intercom, hoping that the other silverette would hear him.

Bakura was walking down the streets to the bay, shooting at anything he could see moving. He was enjoying this training, because it was too fun to pass up. The silverette heard the intercom in his pocket go off and he picked it up.

"Yes?" he asked. He heard Akefia panting on the other end of the line. "Akefia? What are you doing? Why on earth are you panting? Did you have something to drink recently? Oh, dear Ra, don't tell me you're drunk!" Bakura groaned.

He had known Akefia for years, and he knew far well what happened when Akefia was drunk. Bad things happened.

"N-no! T-that isn't it! It's much worse than that this time, Bakura!! R-Ryou... H-he's vanished!!" Akefia hollered, and that immediatly caught Bakura's attention.

"What do you mean he vanished?!" the silverette hollered into the intercom.

"Ryou went into the bay and wanted to train. But he suddenly vanished!"

"Right! I'm going to go look for him!"

"What!? Bakura, no! Don't-"

"Bye bye, 'Kefia! Love you!" Bakura hollered before clicking the intercom off and running in the direction that he believed Ryou might be in. He was prepared to shoot anything that got in his way.

Because he had to save Ryou no matter what!

"Dammit! He shut me off!" Akefia yelled, pissed off, but not as mad as he was scared. He knew as well as Pegasus what a Soul Eater was capable of doing.

Soul Eaters were very powerful creatures that possessed their victims and turned them into monsters in order to eat other hearts and souls of other mortals. Once they were done, they'd eat their host's heart and find a new body.

Many cannibalisms were blamed because of these monsters.

"What are we going to do?! That damned demon is going to devour their hearts! What are we supposed to do!? It might have already eaten Ryou for all we know!!" Akefia shouted to Pegasus.

"We must trust them," Pegasus said, looking at the screen in worry. Hoping that his two other exorcists were going to be all right.

Bakura swung the gun around as if trying to scare whatever was trying to attack out of hiding. He saw nothing and continued to walk forward, his desire to save Ryou making him fearless.

He spotted the gun that Ryou always carried laying on the ground in a small puddle of mud, the color of it almost matching a monster's blood color. Bakura grit his teeth, hoping that Ryou was all right.

Suddenly, a hand landed on Bakura's shoulder.

"Gyaaa!!" the silverette hollered, spinning around and shooting the gun at the ground in terror. After seeing who it was, Bakura gave a sigh of annoyance, followed by one of relief.

Ryou was standing right behind him, perfectly unharmed and okay. Bakura sighed before looking into Ryou's eyes, trying to see them, but Ryou's bangs were covering his normally green eyes.

"Ryou! Jesus, you scared the shit out of me! Thank God, you're all right! C'mon, we better get out of here," the purple-eyed silverette said in a calm voice. Ryou slowly lifted his head up, but his eyes were not revealed.

Bakura tilted his head in confusion before looking at Ryou's hand.

Forming in it was an electric current. Bakura gasped and gave a yell as Ryou threw the electric ball forward, blowing up a side of the building that Bakura was standing near.

Akefia and Pegasus gasped in horror as the building blew up. Akefia pounded his fists against the glass of the wall, his eyes bugging out wide as he thought that both Bakura and Ryou were dead.

"BAKURA!!!" he hollered, as if begging the silverette to answer him.

Praying that it wasn't too late.

"Ugh... I-itai..." Bakura moaned as he sat up, shaking off the rubble that he was buried in. He glanced around for a few moments, eyes full of confusion as he looked over at Ryou.

The little exorcist was standing with his head lowered, laughs escaping his lips. The older silverette slowly rose to his feet, wiping blood away from his pale lips.

"Ryou, what's wrong with you? Where did you learn that move?" Bakura asked in a weak voice. Ryou smirked before raising his head up a little, revealing his eyes. But they were no longer green.

They were pitch black.

Bakura gasped and reeled back in horror. 'He's being possessed by whatever monster was let loose in here!!' the silverette realized, his eyes widening as Ryou stepped towards him slowly.

"Hello, Exorcist. I'm glad to finally meet you. It was dark in there, don't you know," Ryou said in a strange voice. It was his own, only it had a darker echo to it. Bakura stepped back before glaring and lunging at the possessed silverette.

He grabbed Ryou's shoulders and slammed him to the ground, the two rolling over as they struggled against one another. Bakura managed to pin the smaller exorcist on the ground, holding his shoulders.

"Ryou! Snap out of it! Ryou!!!" Bakura hollered, giving the silverette a firm shake. Ryou gasped, his eyes slowly turning back to normal, tears filling them as he realized what he was doing.

"'K-Kura..." he whispered before growling, his eyes turning fully red as he snapped away from the other exorcist's hold. Bakura leaped into the air and reached for his pocket.

He slowly fingered four small crosses that he carried with him before pulling them out.

"Forgive me, Ry!!" Bakura called before throwing the crosses at the silverette, who was laying on the ground still. One cross landed by his head, one by his arm, another by his other arm, and one under his feet.

Instantly, the four crosses formed a bigger cross, and its spiritual powers electricuted Ryou, who threw his head back in pain and screamed, growling out angrilly as he was electrified.

Once the electricity stopped, Ryou collapsed against the ground, panting heavily as tears came from his red eyes, and he spat up some bile that had formed from being zapped. Bakura glanced over.

Ryou was still possessed.

'Dammit! He's still possessed by that thing! I can't keep zapping him like this. His human body can't take anymore!' the silverette exorcist thought in rage before looking down at Ryou.

"I'll have to Soul Dive him," Bakura said to himself.

Somehow, in the attack, the intercom had been turned back on, and Akefia heard the whole conversation.

"Bakura! You can't do it! Soul Diving a possessed person might kill you as well! You can't risk it!" Akefia shouted, begging Bakura not to go through with it. Bakura sighed before kneeling by Ryou.

"I have no choice. It's for Ryou, and I must save him," he said to himself before clicking off the intercom just as Akefia started protesting against his actions, like usual.

Bakura leaned forward, placing his hands on Ryou's chest and he closed his eyes, feeling a strange sensation burning through his body as he prayed for the Soul Dive to work.

"Dive!!" he shouted before his soul disconnected from his body and entered Ryou's.

The descent into Ryou's soul was harsh and cold.

Bakura, now just a clear spirit, floated down from the sky, noticing how cold it was. Almost like walking through the Arctic with nothing on at all to keep you warm.

The silverette noticed how he was wearing no clothing, but being a clear spirit, that didn't bother him. He slowly glanced around and found himself outside of a cemetary with a large, bar wall surrounding it.

The cemetary was foggy, and it was filled with cracked graves. Each of them covered with wilted flowers. Bakura glanced around before gasping, spotting someone that he recognized.

Standing before one of the graves was Ryou, his eyes blank, and he was clothed in all black as he looked down at the grave. Bakura ran up and slammed into the bars, trying to break free.

"Ryou! Hey, can you hear me?! Snap out of it!!" the silverette shouted, trying to get Ryou's attention. Ryou didn't hear him, and was merely staring ahead at the grave, eyes filled with sorrow.

"It's no use."

Bakura gasped and looked over at the source of a new voice, his eyes widening as he saw Ryou sitting a few feet from him. But this Ryou had cold eyes, pitch black, and he was sneering evilly. Bakura gulped.

"You're the... Soul Eater..." he said in a breathless voice. Soul Eater smiled before leaning his head back a little.

"He can't hear you, you know. He only obeys me now. But I can't kill him off just yet. I love this body too much to let it go now," the demon said with a small laugh. Bakura narrowed his eyes.

"This pale skin, long white hair, and this complextion. They're all amazing, but there's something that bothers me," Soul Eater said as he started giving off a laugh while Bakura watched.

"His fear. He's scared because he had nothing left. No family, nothing. He's such a weakling," the silverette demon laughed. Bakura growled and looked at Ryou, who was still staring at the grave.

"Ryou!! Ryou, answer me!!" he shouted, hoping that Ryou heard.

Soul Eater cackled insanely. "I already said that it's useless!!" he hollered at the silverette exorcist.

Bakura growled and slammed his head against the metal bars, making a loud ringing noise that caught Soul Eater and Ryou's attention. "SHUT UP!! I'M TALKING TO THE RYOU OVER THERE!!" he hollered at Soul Eater, who merely growled and reeled back a bit.

Bakura glanced over at Ryou and calmed down a bit. "Ryou! I know that you're scared! But you aren't alone anymore! Akefia and I found you and we're your family now!" he shouted.

Soul Eater sneered before making a bunch of spirits start to drag Bakura to the ground.

"Shut up!!" the demon hollered in rage.

Bakura groaned and reached for Ryou. "Come back to me, Ryou!! I need you by my side! Please!!" he shouted as the spirits tried harder to silence him, and Soul Eater continued to holler at Bakura to remain silent. Bakura closed his eyes.

"WE LOVE YOU, RYOU!!" he hollered loudly.

Ryou instantly snapped his head up the silverette and glanced over. His eyes were wide and then he glared over at Soul Eater, who was shuddering in rage and fear.

"No!! Don't take Bakura away from me!!" Ryou hollered, a large white light surrounding his body.

Soul Eater gasped as the light surrounded the inside of Ryou's soul, and forced him out. Bakura gasped as he swore he saw white wings come from Ryou's back, but he was thrown from inside of Ryou's soul before he could get a fully good look at them. But that didn't matter. Ryou was free now.

Soul Eater screamed in pain as he was forced out of Ryou's soul and into the air. Akefia and Pegasus watched as the light filled the room, and all they heard was loud screaming as the light grew.

Then, as quickly as it appeared, it vanished, and the room fell silent.

Everything was dark for Bakura, and he had no idea where he was. He could still feel, which probably meant that he wasn't dead, but if he wasn't dead, then where was he exactly?

"...kura... Bakura... hear...?"

Bits and pieces of conversations broke through the darkness, and Bakura looked around, trying to see if he could awake in some way. He closed his eyes and listened as the voices became clearer.

"Bakura? Bakura, can you hear me?" Akefia asked in a calm voice. Bakura slowly allowed his purple eyes to open and he groaned as light flooded them.

"It's too bright..." he complained, hearing his egyptian lover laugh. Upon realizing what he had said, Bakura snapped into a sitting position, concerned for his and Akefia's other lover.

"Ryou! Where's Ryou!?" he yelled in concern. Akefia smiled before pointing over in a direction. Bakura glanced up and saw Ryou standing before him with a smile on his face.

His green eyes filled with happiness.

"Ry! You're back to normal!" Bakura said before Ryou dropped down and hugged both of his lovers, smiling as he realized that he was never going to be alone ever again.

Not as long as he had them by his side.

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