Chapter 4
Raven325: in this chapter there's a surprise someone will appear
Ryou: WHO? WHO?
Bakura: yeah who?
Raven325 (Grinning): sorry you'll have to read the story to find out
Ryou (sighing): fine
Bakura: Enjoy the story and Raven325 does not own Yu-Gi-Oh
I slowly started to open my eyes and come back to awareness the sun was shining brightly and giving the clearing we were in a beautiful glow. I smiled widely and turned to look at the sleeping Bakura, but then he growled and started to move around in distress as if he was having a nightmare
'Kura wake up Kura' I said panicky as I was about to touch his head when he jerked awake screaming aloud "AKEFIA" I jumped away and watched as he calmed himself down. I carefully walked to him and went down on my knees
'Kura are you alright' he looked up and nodded his head
'Yes it was just a nightmare' he whispered breathing heavily I slowly nodded and smiled sadly at him
'Was it about your mate, Akefia, and how the storm separated you' he nodded and I sighed at him I rapped my arms around his neck as best I could hugging him in comfort. He pulled away and looked at the sky I gasped and turned around
'what's wrong, Ryou' he asked concerned, I looked at him shakily and turned back to the way that led to the castle. He looked there then growled and wrapped his tail around my waist. I looked at him, startled at his behaviour.
'you're not going back to the castle where that bastard is' he said angrily I smiled at his worry and carefully pulled away from his tail
'I have to, I'm the prince Bakura but I promise I'll come back' I looked at him and he sighed and let me go without another word
'If you're not back here by noon I will come and get you, got that' he said in a "this is final tone" I nodded and started to walk back to the castle
It was two hours before Ryou would return when I heard a loud agonised roar which I recognised immediately, it was Akefia's roar I wined and looked up roaring as loud as I could only hope he heard it. A few minutes passed, I was about to give up when I heard loud flapping, it was wings and by how loud it was it must be huge. When I looked up I blinked and smiled a few tears falling in front of me was, flying down toward me along with others was my mate, Akefia
'Bakura!' he yelled and landed in front of me grinning and licking my cheek. He stopped and looked down at my bandaged wing in concern
'Is your wing okay? are you okay?' he asked quickly, I laughed at him and nodded
'yes I'm fine and it's good to hear from you, I thought something had happened to you' I whispered moving closer to him and crying softly. I felt Akefia wrap his wings around me, after a few minutes I stopped crying. I looked behind him seeing four other dragons standing there
'Marik, Malik, Yugi, Yami it's been far too long' I said happily walking over to them
Marik looked just like his younger mate Malik, they both were a tan brown colour but unlike their older mate they both had a golden glow and Malik was smaller than both Mariku and Marik as well more innocent and the submissive in the relationship. Marik smirked at me while Malik just smiled
I looked at Yugi and Yami, Yugi was a light amethyst dragon with innocent eyes that were the same colour he was the smallest dragon between his two mates. He was a kind dragon and if anything happened to him Yami and Atem would go mad so I guess you figured it out he's the submissive. Yami was a black colour with a purple glow if you looked right he's a bit bigger than Yugi but smaller than Atem and had a sharp look in his dark purple eyes.
Akefia was a dark pale grey colour he was bigger than me and his eyes were a darker brown if you compare it to Ryou's. his scales shined in the beautiful sun that showed it was noon…wait noon I thought concern flowing through me. Akefia must've noticed because he looked at me worried
'what's wrong Kura?' he asked I looked at him then looked behind me to where Ryou walked to the castle. I jerked when I heard a deep growl from Akefia and the others; I was suddenly pushed behind him when we heard a rustle. My eyes widen when I saw Ryou come out from the bushes
'Ryou! Don't attack him, he helped me' I said coming out from behind Akefia and looking at Ryou who was staring at us wide eyed, and then smiling at me weakly
'I guess he finally found you, hey Kura' I nodded at him and stared suspiciously. His eyes were red and puffy and there were a few scratches on his face. My eyes narrowed and I growled Akefia looked at me shocked
'what did that bastard do this time Ryou' he looked away and whimpered in pain when he moved a step back shaking his head
'Come over here, they won't hurt you at all okay' he nodded but didn't move a step tears were starting to fall
'Kura it hurts too much too move, it hurts' I nodded and looked at Akefia silently asking him to help Ryou, he gave me a look that said "you have explaining to do" I nodded and slowly approached a whimpering Ryou. He slowly picked Ryou up and moved back to me, placing him against my chest.
'Now tell me what happened that you couldn't move' I asked moving to lift his shirt up, what I saw made not only me but the others growl too. His whole back was full of new whip marks and dark bruises. I started to lick his back waiting for him to talk. Ryou moved and pulled his legs up to his chest hugging them close while looking at the others
'I got back I went to the throne room, when I heard my dad talking about plans to attack the dragons. I immediately ran in and started to argue. I kept saying we would lose a lot of people in a stupid useless fight, he kept saying they were stupid mindless reptiles that had no reason to have been created, when he told me to leave the room I ran to mine. A few minutes passed and he entered my room starting to abuse me' he finished and burst out crying while Akefia growled and used his tail to destroy a tree that was nearby
'Shh stop crying Ryou shh it's alright' I whisper softly, I look at Akefia and he was looking at me as if he knew I liked him a lot more than I was supposed to
'Ryou I know this is a bad time but can you tell me what your father is planning' the others growled at me telling me he went thought a lot and you're asking this. Ryou nodded and slowly started to speak
'There will be a festival or something that happens nearly every year at this time where the dragon king and his mates come out of the castle to walk thought their kingdom. At this time he said the guarding of the village weakens because the guards get drunk. He will send his army to sneak in and he said usually the middle mate comes back earlier so he will either kidnap him as a warning or slaughter him and leave his body in the throne room so the king and the youngest mate will be heartbroken. In that state he will attack the kingdom while they are mourning the dead of the kings second mate' he finished sadly, I looked at up when I heard a growl, seeing Yugi in tears and hugging a furious Yami
Hearing one of the dragons' growls I flinched and moved closer to Bakura as I slowly turned my gaze to furious sharp purple/red eyes. The dragon was almost the same size bakura but he was a black colour with a purple gloss to his scales I was mesmerized until his voice snapped me out of my thoughts
'Are you sure human? That this is his plan we do not know if we can trust you' he said angrily, I glared and stood up shakily, I felt bakura keep me upright using his head when I was about to fall back down, my glare stayed on the dragon tears were slowly starting to fall because of the pain I barley heard Bakura speak when I snapped at his next words
'We have always lost friend and family thanks to you so how can we trust you?'
'You'd think I'd lie…-' my voice broke at the end as I started to scream 'YOU'D THINK I WOULD LIE TO YOU, I'M TRYING TO PROTECT YOU STUPID DRAGONS FROM A USELESS WAR WERE THERE WILL BE BAD CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDE MY PEOPLE AND YOUR PEOPLE WILL SUFFER SO DON'T ACCUSE ME OF DISHONESTY…' I glared at his shocked face; the tears were still rolling down my cheeks in pain from raising my voice. I looked back at Bakura who only used his tail to pull me to him; I saw him glare at Yami then heard him speak
'he's been taking care me of ever since he found me here, he never told anyone about my whereabouts, he came back to visit don't you think that was enough proof of it' Bakura looked at me then smirked evilly, I gulped and jumped up wanting to hide behind the pale grey dragon when I was grabbed by Bakura's tail and held above the lake water. I looked up at his smirking face and seeing the amused faces of the other dragons
'You wouldn't' I shrieked as I was let go and hit the freezing cold water, I surfaced and shivered looking up at the laughing dragons. I whined and looked at the smirking Bakura
'kuraaaa help me out the waters cold pleasseee' complained in a shaky voice. The dragon I snapped at, Yami moved forward and used his tail to pull me out of the freezing water. He placed me near Bakura and looked at me with guilt in his eyes.
'I am sorry young one; I did not mean to say that I am the second mate to the dragon king, Atem, so I spoke out of anger and hate' I looked at him shocked, not because he was apologising but because he is the dragon kings mate
'Are you still there? Hello, earth to the human' I shook my head and smiled shakily
'I am so sorry I did not know you were royalty if Seto was here I would have a been hit over the head, ahhh I'm losing my manners I don't want to be hit over the head he's a cold bastard, Shit now I'm swearing' I yelled at myself not looking at the shocked yet amused dragons; spinning around I looked at a confused Bakura
'this is your fault, you're a bad influence on me!' I yelled and started to pace muttering to myself
'Hey! Don't blame me I didn't do anything you learned it' he growled I flinched and his glare softened
'Sorry Ryou, but…' suddenly he stopped talking and pulled me to him when there was a rustle in the bushes near where I came from. Akefia moved in front of Bakura and me growling lowly, looking at the bushes my eyes widened at who came out
'Akefia don't attack him' I yelled when he pounced
Raven325: hahaha cliffy
Ryou and Bakura: REALLY! Who was it?
Raven325: you are gonna have to find out
Ryou (grumbling) meanie
Bakura: please read and review we wanna know how the story is