Yami's P.O.V.I couldn't believe it. Here we all were in a mall and what I was sensing the whole time had reared its ugly head. Bakura came back. I helped Ryou up, who was still in tears. I felt so bad for him, and what Bakura did almost three years ago must still be troubling him. God, I didn't know what Kat would do if she found out he came back. Malik must have overheard my thought, because he whispered to me "She'll probably eat him alive." I looked over to the glass window. The Millennium Ring had disappeared. Serenity and Kat came over to us.
"Ryou what's wrong?" Serenity asked him with a gentle smile.
Ryou couldn't answer. He wiped his tears away and looked off in the distance. "It's nothing. I just don't feel very well." He lied.
Kat frowned. I was afraid she didn't believe him. "Come on, then, let's take you home so you can rest." I let out a sigh of relief. So she didn't figure it out yet. She came over and gave him a long hug, caressing the locks of his silvery hair. A part of me felt a bit jealous. I called to Yugi and Marik to tell them we were leaving. They said that they would both stay with Tea and Joey, in case Bakura would appear. They knew from the look on Ryou's face that he was back. Malik said that he would take Ryou home along with Serenity. That left me and Kat. She grabbed her backpack from the storage lockers and then we got into a cab. We were both silent all the way to our house. Yugi, Kat, and I were all roommates.
Inside, she dropped her backpack near the front door and told me, "I'm going to take a quick shower all right?" And with that she scurried off into her room to get her robe and towel.
I went over to the living room and flipped on the T.V. as I heard the water in the bathroom patter down on Kat. I couldn't keep my focus on the television; I was too distracted with what I was going to tell Kat. I remembered the tragic day, the day I almost lost her in my arms.
Bakura
had found out about the little affair she and Ryou had had, about 3
years ago. It was because Kat had drunk too much at the party Marik
and Malik had thrown for Mai Valentine. I remember walking into them
both kissing each other passionately. I agreed to keep it a secret,
but Bakura had overheard my thoughts about them. Kat was unaware of
it when she went down to the basement. Bakura had tied her up and
violently tortured her until she almost bled to death. I was almost
too late; if I had arrived any later she would have been dead. I
destroyed Bakura's mind temporarily with a mind crush, and I hadn't
seen him since. Kat laid in my arms whispering to me, "I just
didn't want Ryou to get hurt for my actions." Then she vowed that
she would get her revenge.
Now Kat had come out of the shower, in her red silk robe and her hair bundled up in a damp towel. All of her eye make-up had been washed away. She sat on the arm of the couch and pulled the towel off her head, releasing her wet hair. She never kept it on for more than two seconds, I've noticed.
"Hihi!" she told me with a smile, like we hadn't seen each other the whole day.
I gave her a weak smile. I couldn't help noticing that she wasn't wearing anything except for her black monkey panties and a matching bra under her robe.
"Want something to eat?" she asked me, getting up and going over to the kitchen.
"No, that's alright, I'm not very hungry." I replied. How could I be, with all my nerves bundled up in one big tangled ball inside me?
Kat looked at me funny. Then she opened the fridge and grabbed some lettuce and tomatoes out. She plopped them in the sink and went to work on cleaning them before she sliced them and shook them around in a bowl. She left the bowl on the counter and went to get some bread from the cupboard, which she toasted and then spread cream cheese on them. Then she went back to the bowl of salad, and added the finishing touches to it and tossed it around before she took that and her toast to sit with me.
Kat looked at me again… setting the bowl on the coffee table in front of me. She held the plate of toast in her hand. "Sure you don't want any?" she asked me again.
I took a deep breath. I had to tell her. "Katiechan."
"Yami, you haven't called me that for years. What is it?" Her eyes were questioning me.
"Bakura……came back…" I stammered. I couldn't look at her. I was afraid that if I did, I would see that look in her again.
The plate that was in her hand now fell to the floor with a crash, followed by Katiechan on her knees next to the broken pieces. I forced myself to look at her. She was gone. My eyes met hers, but they were looking right through me. They were somewhere deeper, somewhere in her mind that I couldn't go to.
Katie's P.O.V.
I was on the floor, my head bent down, surrounded by tiny broken pieces of ceramic glass. My robe had gotten loose, but I didn't care. There was only one thing I cared about now. Getting back at Bakura for what he did to me. I hated him, hated him with a passion.
Yami was staring at me with his worried eyes; I saw him, but I wasn't' looking at him. He was there, and I wasn't. I think he was talking to me, but I didn't hear a word. His lips were just moving, but my ears had broken somehow.
I needed to go to my room; I needed to meditate, to get my feelings back. I made my legs move and got up. The lights in my room were turned off, but that was all the better. In the middle of my floor there was a red circular rug. I sat down on it, my legs crossed. My palms lay gently over my knees, and then I closed my eyes and drifted off. Soon enough my mind was taken back to my memories. Back to the day it all happened.
Malik was handing us out drinks at the
party. I grabbed one for myself and another for Tea. We both enjoyed
ourselves. Tea asked me, "Who do you think you would make out with
if you were drunk?" I knew already that she was, from her high
pitched voice. I giggled a bit, thinking. "I dunno." I
answered truthfully. "We'll just wait and find out right?" I
said jokingly. Who knew that something would actually happen because
of that? I had kept going for the drinks, until Ryou took the
bottle away from me. "You're going to get sick, Katiechan." He
tried to tell me. But I was already messed up enough, and I
grabbed his hand and pulled him into Malik's bedroom. I seriously
didn't have any sense left in my mind. First of all,Bakura was very
protective of Ryou, and I mean VERY protective. And I was dating Yami
at the time. I wouldn't let Ryou stop me from what I was doing, and
that was that. Nothing hurt me more that night than seeing
Yami's face when he walked into us. I remember feeling this hole
inside of me, as Ryou begged Yami to not tell Bakura, that he was
sorry and it didn't mean what he thought. I think it was all he
could do to keep from crying. Later that night, when everyone
went home, I stayed at Malik's house to help him and Marik with the
cleaning. I went downstairs in the basement to put away the unopened
bottles of wine. Exhausted from all that had happened I set the
bottles down and dropped to the cold concrete floor of the basement,
unaware of the person behind me. That is, until he slit my back with
a knife. Bakura grabbed me by the back of shirt, his raspy
voice whispered in my ear as he ran his lips ran down my cheeks and
neck. "You thought you could keep a secret from me didn't you?
Well now for your actions you'll pay the consequences." He
chuckled as I kicked and screamed while he tied me up with a rough
rope. And then he just tortured me, cutting up my chest and
threatening to do worse. My mind still wasn't working straight, and
I dared him to go and try. He laughed at me as he wiped his knife of
my blood and carved a large 'X' shaped mark across my heart. It's
the only scar I still have to remind me of what happened that night.
I screamed as the knife went deeper into my skin. I couldn't
understand why Malik or Marik couldn't come, but then it occurred
to me that they had said they were going to out for a walk, and I did
hear the door close shut. Luckily for me, Yami had sensed the
danger I was in, and he came and destroyed Bakura's mind. I
remember seeing the tears pour down his face, as mine were. "I
thought I lost you." He said, his voice shaking. "You
can't lose me." I laughed, holding my bleeding arm.
I opened my eyes, and saw Yugi right in my face. "WAHAHH!" I yelled, startled to see him so close right after I finished meditating. "Yugi! What the hell, I told you not to do that!" I shouted, getting up and taking off my robe to put on my sweatpants. I didn't mind that Yugi was right there, watching me undress, I never did. I faced my bed as slipped on my navy sweatpants and a belly tank top.
"Sorry, but it's just funny to see you jump like that!" Yugi said, laughing.
"Oh I'm sure it is." I said sarcastically, and went to take two long rods out of my closet. "Come on, we're going downstairs."
I held the rods in my hand and walked out of my room. I saw that Yami was nowhere to be seen, and the mess of glass has been cleaned up. "Pharaoh went for a walk." Yugi explained, seeing the upset look on my face.
I frowned. There was too much going on, and I had to practice my offense for when I faced Bakura again. I grabbed my cell phone and headed downstairs, with Yugi following. I had a punching bag set up in one side of the area, and a large mat spreading all over the floor on the other. Joey and Tristan usually squared off in their little fights here. I threw one of the rods to Yugi.
"Get ready to fight Yug'." I told him and walked to the center of the mat as I tied my hair with a hair band.
Yugi's P.O.V.I followed her to the mat, both of us about 5 feet apart from each other. I held the rod in my hand, gripping it tightly. Katiechan really wanted to beat Bakura. I could see it in her eyes, the way they glittered and burned with determination. She had taught me after she learned over the years how to fight, to defend myself. I felt I had gotten better at it.
Katiechan waited for me to start off. Holding the rod with both hands, I charged towards her. We both promised never to actually hurt each other; the only sort of injury inflicted would be a bruise. That was different with Malik though. "Here goes nothing!" I said running at her, my rod raised ready to swing.
Katiechan laughed. "Let's go!" she pulled back her rod in her left hand and swung it over to her right, thrusting it against my charging rod and blocking my attack.
"Good one, but not good enough." She said with a smirk.
She pulled back and held the rod in her left. I forgot that she was a lefty. "Your move then, Katiechan."
Katiechan threw the rod down on the mat, near me. She ran towards me and jumped up before I could trip her by the legs. She ducked down under and grabbed her rod, swinging it under my legs. I fell backwards, but I used my rod to boost myself up before I fell completely and swung my right leg at her rod, knocking it out of her hand and off of the mat.
"Didn't see that coming did you?" I chuckled, wiping my forehead with my arm.
Now that her rod was off the mat, she couldn't use it anymore. It was one of our rules to keep us alert, and made the practice more difficult. Katiechan smiled. "No I didn't. But no problem, I'll still kick your ass without it."
She ran towards me again, so I readied myself with my rod. I swung it towards her, and she pulled back. She dropped down to the floor on her back and pushed up with her arms, her feet stretching out and holding on to my rod. She paused. Her legs twisted as she turned around onto her front, spinning my rod out of my hand and off of the mat.
Katiechan got up from the mat. "Told ya I would still kick your ass." She told me with a smile.
I laughed. "Good game. Even though you still kicked my butt again."
"Hey, come on, you've gotten way better at it! But trust me, with my training, you'll be just as good in no time." She put out her hand. "High five!" I reached out and slapped her hand.
Katiechan won't ever let anything put her down in a bad mood, not even Bakura. Well, unless you anger her.
Katie's P.O.V
I smiled in satisfaction. Yugi's training really improved, he almost beat me. I was glad that now he won't have to worry about being messed around with, I hated when people would pick on him.
I was also glad that I had something to fight for again. I knew Bakura would come back, but after three years, I thought it would never happen.
My palms and forehead were sweaty now. I pushed back the loose hair from my eyes and told Yugi, "Let's go back upstairs."
Yugi nodded, and picked up the rods off the floor. I heard the door open and close shut. Yami came back from his walk. I hoped he was okay. Yami meant everything to me; he was the one who was always there, no matter what happened. I knew that what Bakura had done to me upset him. I opened the door to find Yami in his room, with the music on. He was sitting on the bed, with a sort of melancholy look in his eyes.
"I'm going to take a shower Katie." Yugi called from the bathroom.
"Go ahead." I called back to him.
I leaned in the doorway of Yami's room, He looked up at me, then back at the floor. "Katiechan," he said to the floor more than me. "I don't know what to do anymore."
I said nothing. I just walked up to him and sat on the bed. I pulled the hair band out of my hair. It was loose anyways. I rested my back on the wall and patted my thighs as a gesture for him to lay his head.
He obeyed and took my lap.
"You worry too much Pharaoh." I said stroking his cheek.
"I don't want to risk losing you again." He said suddenly. Tears streaked his face.
But I thought he didn't have those feelings for me anymore, I said to myself in my mind. I thought I'd never be able to be with him again like I used to. My eyes were watery as Yami wrapped himself around my waist like he did when we were together. And I held him right back.
"You can't lose me." I whispered in his ear.
