Evil runs in the family
By Tima, Yami's wife
I don't own YuGiOh.
Chapter 9: Orders and punishments
A hour later, Pegasus felt that something was wrong. He didn't know what was but he felt that Kaiba was in danger. He immediately turned on his screen and tried to connect with Kaiba. "It's probably nothing," he told himself, "but better safe than sorry."
To his surprise, static showed up on the screen. Confused, he pressed the reset button a few times but that didn't do anything to help. The static remained. As Pegasus wondered what was going on, the screen suddenly went blank. Thinking that it was accidentally unplugged, he tugged the cord to confirm his suspicions.
The cord was sag so Pegasus continued to pull the cord to find the plug. To his greater surprise, he discovered that the cord was cut. As he wondered how that happened, Ryou stuck his head in. "Pegasus, have you seen Anzu and my brother?"
Pegasus just nodded as he continued to wonder about the cut wire. Ryou saw the cut wire in the older vampire's hand and asked, "What's that?"
Pegasus held up the wire for Ryou to see. "Someone cut the wire for my communications screen."
"Who could have done that?"
Pegasus shook his head. "I don't know. That's why this is so puzzling."
"Is there anything you can do to fix it?"
Pegasus shook his head. "Unfortunately, I can't. I can't fix a cut wire. I'll have to go to the mainland and get another one."
"When will you do that?"
Pegasus shrugged. "Not for a while. I mean, it's no big deal. I can go a few days without bothering people…and Anzu and Bakura aren't going to be wanting to contact anyone." He then asked the young albino, "Why all the questions?"
Ryou quickly answered, "Oh, just curious. That's all."
With that, he quickly left. Pegasus was surprised with Ryou's actions but quickly dismissed them. He continued to wonder about who cut the wire.
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Outside in the hallway, Ryou leaned on the wall, holding his face with his tattooed hand and breathing a little hard. "Why did I do that?"
He looked at his other hand, which held a pair of scissors. He groaned and looked at his Seal. "I cut the wires to the communication screen."
The Seal of Orichalcos glowed green until his whole hand was green. An image of Dartz's face appeared on Ryou's palm and the lord looked pleased. "Very well done, Ryou. Now they can't communicate with anyone that's not residing on the island."
Ryou sighed as he scratched his neck with the scissors. "But…Dartz…"
Dartz raised his eyebrow at the young albino. "What's wrong, little one?"
Ryou shook his head. "I…I don't feel right."
"What do you mean?"
"Well…Pegasus…has looked over me all this time…and…"
"…and never acted like a true friend. Remember that."
Ryou nodded and suddenly sensed that someone was coming. Quickly covering his lit hand, he acted like he was just hanging out in the hall for no reason. Bakura came across the hall and raised his eyebrow at his little brother covering his hand. "Why are you holding your hands like that? Are you pretending to be a girl or did you turn gay over these years?"
As he walked on, Ryou wanted to throw the scissors at his older brother. He prepared to throw them at him but hesitated for a moment. He then collapsed to his knees, dropping the scissors as well. Dartz saw and heard what happened. "Why didn't you attack him?"
Ryou sat down and leaned against the wall, running his normal hand through his hair. "I couldn't. He's my brother…my blood…"
Dartz growled, "He just insulted you! How could you ignore that?"
Ryou just looked at Dartz and slightly shrugged. "I'm sorry. I'll do better next time."
Dartz growled again, "You better! Now get to work on getting Anzu outside of the barrier!"
Ryou stood up and started to walk outside, still talking to Dartz. "How? How am I supposed to do that?"
Dartz looked very frustrated. "How the hell should I know? Just get it done!"
Ryou looked hurt by the tone his "friend" was using with him. But he was determined to make Dartz proud of him and talk to him the way he did when they first met. Taking a deep breath, he stepped out into the light, where he found Anzu sunbathing in a bikini. He approached her. "Hi, Anzu."
Anzu looked up and saw the young albino vampire. She smiled and nodded at him. "Hi, there."
Ryou stood next to her and slightly blushed. "Wow…you're…sexy."
Anzu smiled. "Well…I won't be for very long. What, with the baby coming and all. I figure, get as much sun as I can before I become too huge." She said this while putting her hand on her stomach.
Ryou smiled. "Well…you'll always be beautiful in my eyes."
Surprised by this, Anzu sat up, looking at the younger vampire. "Ryou…"
Ryou slightly shrugged and appeared to have an idea. "Say, why don't you and I go flying for a little while? Stretch your wings out…before you become a mother."
Anzu thought it over and then shook her head. "No, it's all right. I'd rather spend time with Bakura."
Ryou tensed up at the sound of Bakura's name but recovered. He sighed and said, "It's just one little flight. What's the harm?"
"No harm. I just want to spend time with my mate. That's all."
Ryou slightly growled and was about to press on when Bakura came back and noticed him. "What are you doing, little brother? Flirting with my mate?"
Ryou shook his head so Bakura took his little brother's arm and pushed him back inside. Ryou fell to the ground as Bakura said, "Then leave us alone and go back to your books."
With that, he shut the door. Anzu looked at him and asked, "Don't you think you're being a little harsh with him?"
Bakura shook his head as he approached her and stroked her head. "No. I'm actually being kind to him. Don't worry about him. He'll bounce back. He always does."
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Ryou ran into his room and slammed the door. He looked at his Seal, where an image of a disapproving Dartz was, and said, "You saw that, did you?"
Dartz growled, "Of course I did. That was a pathetic excuse for a try."
Ryou sat down on the bed and sighed, still keeping his eyes on his Seal. "I know. I'm sorry."
Dartz scowled. "Sorry was not enough! You need to be punished!"
Ryou reacted. "What? No! Please!"
Dartz didn't react and appeared to go into a trance. Ryou then felt that his unmarked hand was starting to get extremely hot. He looked at it and cried out in terror. His hand was on fire. Crying in pain and terror, he tried to stop the fires by doing anything he could think of. But nothing he did could do anything to the flames.
Finally, after a few very painful minutes, the flames died down. Ryou put his hand under his arm in pain, still crying. His hand was completely raw. As he continued to try and calm the pain, Dartz opened his eyes and said, "That is what you will get every time you fail. Do you understand me?"
Ryou just nodded in pain.
Ideas anyone?
