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Hello! Its been like a month? But I'm updating now! Yay! Not completely happy with this? But still…

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Chapter 10

House hunting

Atem rolled his eyes going to pick up his phone, "yes?"

"Pharaoh!" it was Akefia's voice.

"Firstly I told you not to call me that and secondly why are you calling? I don't remember giving you my number?"

"I stole it," Akefia huffed, "but…"

"Tell him we don't need need him! He owes us!" Bakura's voice broke in.

"I'm getting to it, shut up stupid parasite! But Atem~ By any chance could you pick us up?"

"Where are you?" Atem paused before asking, "why don't you use the shadows?"

"Yeah… we tried? Didn't really help?" Akefia moaned.

"Just fucking pick us up!" Bakura snatched the phone.

"You'll explain when I get there," Atem moaned not really bothered to deal with this, "but I need to know where you are?"

"About that…" Akefia laughed awkwardly.

Bakura huffed moodily as Akefia explained simply before yelling at Atem and hanging up, "so he coming or what?" he huffed shaking his white hair

"Yeah, just be patient," Akefia snapped, "it's your fault anyway."

"How!"

"You woke them!"

"You threw him out the window! I was at least being kind enough to carry him downstairs," Bakura grumbled, "and you shut up."

"No," Akefia snapped, "and you should've just put them out the window too! It was already open!"

"I wasn't telling you to shut up! I was telling him!"

"Who is him!"

"Never mind," Bakura huffed, "and you can't throw people out of windows!"

"It was only two stories," Akefia huffed, "but anyway. We have to find somewhere new. And that means we need a new plan of attack."

"We could just do what we did last time except wait until they're out," Bakura shrugged, "no weren't not throwing them out the window." Bakura grumbled staring up ceiling, "shut up you. Don't make me come in there." The pale teen grumbled pacing back and forwards in the concrete box they were currently in, screaming in the air as Akefia stared with a blank expression. He had a feeling Bakura wasn't talking to him.

"Why are you talking to yourself!" Akefia snapped angrily.

"I am not!"

"Yes you are!"

"For the bloody last time! I'm not!" Bakura snapped glaring at Akefia with harsh brown eyes and a bloody tinge their hosts eyes never had.

"Who are you talking too then," Akefia frowned spirit of the ring seemed serious.

"He's still bloody in my head!" Bakura growled smashing his forehead on the concrete wall.

"Who."

"Zorc! Bloody ass Zorc!" Bakura snapped, "remember I was made from you him and I got Ryou's body! But his bloody voice is so fucking annoying!"

"You can still hear Zorc?" Akefia huffed slightly. That was dumb.

"Yeah. He's apart of me," Bakura snapped angrily trying to shut the demon up in his head, he was normally quiet or they just decided not to talk but right now he wasn't shutting up. Taunting him. That's about all the demon did was make fun of him these days, and it pissed him off. "It's your bloody fault you asshole! Who makes a deal with a demon!"

"Hey! You wouldn't even exist right now if I didn't," Akefia snapped.

"Oh! Lucky me!"

"Go kill yourself if you're so unhappy then!"

"No," Bakura pouted, "I can't have Ryou if I'm dead."

"You're not having him anyway because he wants me," Akefia rolled his eyes lazily crossing his arms as he leant on the cold wall.

"Hey!" Bakura yelled out angrily, "is this room getting smaller!" he screamed out the door getting the feeling that the already small room was getting smaller.

"It is not idiot," Akefia slapped Bakura's cheek childishly who growled walking over to the wall and trying to grab dust to blow in his face but was coming up unsuccessful and blowing random things like cobwebs in his face, "hey! Stop that!" Akefia whacked Bakura's hands down who whacked back angrily.

They both froze as someone cleared their throat angrily, "do you two want to come now or would you rather finish your silly fight?" they blinked at the tanned teen.

"Atem," Akefia stood up properly saying the other teens name with as least amount of venom he could muster.

"Come on then," Atem growled angrily as the police officer unlocked the door and let the two teenagers out. He had filled out some paper work and explained that he was responsible for the two. But still. At least he knew why they couldn't use shadow travel he had put curses around the jails in case one of the Yami's got put in and tried escaping through shadow travel. But sadly they got thrown in jail a lot quicker then he had expected. "What do you think you were trying to do!" Atem snapped angrily dragging the two boys into his car.

"Steal a house," Bakura said truthfully.

"You can't steal a stupid house!"

"What do you mean you can't steal a house!" Akefia sounded appalled at this.

"You can not steal a house~" Atem practically hissed glaring back at the two teens in the back of his car.

"Then where are we meant to bloody live!? We can't drag Ryou to the shadows!" Bakura protested, "and we can't afford a stupid house!"

"We could steal some expensive jewels?" Akefia suggested, "that should pay for a house? or an apartment at least?"

"Fine. I will get you an apartment, you will live there," Atem growled, "but I'll kick you out if you chose to trash the place… plus you technically don't exist and your dead and school prevents students getting jobs," he sighed, "and don't steal any valuable jewels."

"How are we meant to pay bills? Like water and shit?"

"I will pay for an apartment and a small amount of spending money, deal," Atem sighed, "you're both hopeless… And are you wearing a mid drift?" he raised an eyebrow at Akefia sitting in the back.

"Shut up! Ryou said he thought it was cute!" Akefia protested, "I'm not wearing it because I think I look cool or sexy in it like Marik!"

"Sure that's it," Bakura sniggered childishly.

"How did you even try stealing a house anyway?" Atem questioned curious to how someone would attempt to do something like that. Plus he wanted to stop the two before they started a fight in the back of his car.

"Um, well we picked a house we liked," Akefia shrugged, "picked the lock, walked in. Then we went to get rid of the people who were in it and they called the bloody cops on up and bashed us with a broom. It fucking hurt! What the hell are they making brooms from!"

"You two are complete idiots," Atem rolled his eyes driving them towards his house, "I can find you an appropriate apartment and you two aren't allowed to trash it or anything like that and if you two blow your money on random stuff I'm not giving you extra. You'll just have to starve until I pay you next."

"Fine," Akefia huffed pulling on the red midriff, he only wore it because Ryou liked it. Then again he wasn't planning on seeing Ryou today. Hmmm, Marik was an asshole. It was his fault for telling Ryou it was for him, but then again it helped to show off how muscled he was to the pale boy. That was something Bakura didn't have—sucker.

"What!?" Bakura gapped, "but! You can't starve us!"

"I'm not," Atem rolled his eyes, "I'm giving you money if you chose to waste it on random things you probably won't use. Thats your fault."

"Meanie," Bakura huffed.

"That sounded like a five year old thing to say," Atem said blandly turning into his street.

"Shut up," Bakura growled, "and I'm a growing boy… and human bodies need a bunch off food. Its stupid."

"Thought you would of learnt that hiding in my lovely Ryou," Akefia said grumpily.

"His mine," Bakura snapped, "and Ryou fed himself or I just ate for fun."

"He is not yours," Akefia hissed, "why would he pick some parasite over me."

"Wow! Ancient Egyptian version of himself! Yay!" Bakura did little jazz hands, "so much better. I'm a much better match for him."

"You could be his twin or a creepy stalker," Akefia huffed, "but I'm sexy as and he would much rather me."

"Yeah right," Bakura scoffed, "have you looked at yourself recently? I look fifty times better~ And you can't even deny that without offending my Ryou~"

Akefia paused, "shut up!" Akefia snapped, "you were created from me! I'm like your bloody dad so listen to me and leave my Ryou alone!"

"You're not my dad," Bakura huffed, "and Ryou would chose me a million times over before he would even consider you~"

"I'm the top of his list bitch," Akefia huffed, "he's already mine~"

"Is not! He loves me!"

"Both of you shut up and get out of my car!" Atem snapped angrily, "Ryou is neither of yours! Have you even considered for a moment he wasn't gay!"

"I've been in that boy's mind," Bakura smirked, "he rolls that way~"

"And thus another reason why he shouldn't be with either of you creeps," Atem opened his car door and jumped out, "now get out."

"Where are we anyway?" Akefia questioned not wishing to get out of the car until he knew where he was incase Atem was trying to trick them and ditch them somewhere random. It would be something the asshole pharaoh would do. Probably. He had seen something similar with some talking dog on a show called 'looney toons'?

"My house," Atem said simply, "if you attempt stealing or breaking my stuff you're in big trouble. Especially you," he pointed at Bakura grumpily, "last time you stole Yami's pants with Marik. So don't even try."

Bakura mumbled under his breath grumpily jumping out of the car and following the other male to the door, why was he the only one here that wasn't tanned as shit. "Your house is a weird colour."

"Its white," Atem rolled his eyes, letting them in simply. "Now I told the police I would keep an eye on you for the next twenty four hours," he huffed, "so. Stay put."

"We can just shadow out of here," Bakura huffed.

"If you do I'll drag you back. I'm not letting you two do anything else stupid," Atem walked away not really wishing to waste any more of his day with those two.

"So, were trapped in the stupid pharaoh's house," Bakura huffed walking towards a room that sounded like it had a television. It sounded like Yami was in the room across yelling at Kaiba that he wasn't going to duel him. Go figures, Bakura shrugged walking into the room that did have a television. And a little Yugi on the couch who blinked up at his intruders with two big amethyst eyes. "Move over," Bakura huffed walking over lounge with Akefia.

"What are you two doing here," Yugi quickly followed the command skidding over on the lounge to make room for the other two teens.

"We got arrested," Akefia crossed his arms moodily, "so the asshole of a pharaoh was told to watch us for the day."

"I thought he told you to stop calling him that," Yugi sighed, "and you two got arrested faster than I expected."

"It was his bloody," Bakura pointed at Akefia grumpily, "if you had to choose between carrying someone downstairs and throwing them out the door or throwing them out the window which one would you chose!"

"Door," Yugi smiled awkwardly, "I think Yami's calling for me… I should go? Have fun."

"Whatever," Akefia huffed.

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Akefia and Bakura blinked as their host walked straight past them and up to the Egyptian duo. "Hey Mariku!" Ryou greeted the teen cheerfully with a polite smile.

"Oh Ryou?" Mariku blinked slightly, holding back a smirk at the way Bakura and Akefia glared.

"I called my dad!"

"Oh, How'd that go?"

"He's an ass, just thought I would let you know," Ryou smiled sweetly, his dad wasn't overly happy to hear from his son. Apparently they had been fighting. He doubted he would see his dad anytime soon.

"Told you so," Mariku shrugged.

"I guess you did," Ryou smiled sadly, "but I'm still happy I called him."

"Well that's good," Mariku shrugged, "do you have any cupcakes for me?"

"Well not on me," Ryou smiled sweetly, "but you could come over later for some?"

"Sure," Mariku smirked liking the idea of more cakes.

"Oh, Ryou. Why do you have different socks?" Yugi frowned glancing at Mariku accusingly who had started smirking at the question. Choosing to not make a big fuss about Mariku helping Ryou get his father's number and change the topic. Plus Ryou seemed happy and that meant it couldn't be a bad thing?

"All my socks were in random pairs when I left the house? And I didn't have time to rearrange them back in order," Ryou shrugged helplessly.

"Really!?" Marik asked excitedly holding a hand up to high five to his Yami. Who accepted it happily.

"Um. I guess," Ryou blinked shrugging slightly at the Egyptians teens who seemed happy that his socks were all random.

"Was it sock related chaos?"

"Um, I suppose," Ryou laughed awkwardly, not understanding what the other two were going on about. "I couldn't find my school socks thats for sure. I'll have to find them later."

"Thats awesome!" Marik smirked, "I mean… what a shame."

"Hmmm…"

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Akefia glanced out at the apartment blocks, it was a nice area at least and seemed like one where Ryou would be safe. And want to visit? Yeah. "So who do we get up?"

"Well you have the staircase or the elevator and I would suggest the elevator," Yami rolled his eyes slightly leading the two teens towards the elevator and pressing the button.

"Took you guys long enough to find us a place to live," Bakura huffed.

"A week isn't long," Yami snapped, "you're lucky we're even looking after you two assholes. We could of left you living in the shadows. We're not your parents and definitely not friends."

"I think I would kill myself if you were my parent," Bakura huffed blinking as the door to the elevator opened, "what the fuck! That's tiny! Where's the stupid stairs or some shadow I can go through!"

"It's the third floor and the stairs are over there," Yami pointed towards a door labeled stairs.

"At least that'll keep him fit," Akefia huffed walking into the elevator.

"Now you know the rules," Yami glanced at Akefia curiously who nodded rolling his eyes. It didn't take long to get up to the third floor, Yami blinked blankly as the door opened to reveal a puffing albino.

"I beat the stupid thing," Bakura puffed, "and they should make those stairs a bit wider," he really should get fitter.

"Stop complaining," Yami grumbled walking towards the door, with a silver key. "You two will both have a key and one spare. Also Atem has a key so if you manage to lose the three you have call him." Yami pushed the wooden door open, "your kitchens there. Don't burn it down."

"No fire," Akefia hissed.

"Looks boring," Bakura huffed staring at the old white average looking fridge and black oven with a stove top and a microwave, blue walls and a tiled floor. Pretty boring all in all.

"It's not meant to look like a stupid mansion," Yami huffed, "just follow me. You have two bedrooms, decide who's is who. Obviously the room outside the kitchen is a dining area, and the other one is the lounge room. This is a study room," he pointed into a blank room, "apparently I was told to tell you, you have to study for school or he's kicking you out. You need to at least pass every subject, so he wants you to have a study room. Shove whatever in there, bookcases. Books, beanbags, desks, just do it."

"Thats stupid," Akefia huffed, "I haven't needed school up until now."

"But you're living in modern Japan," Yami said simply, "so you need it. Plus you know nothing about this modern age, you need it more then anyone." Yami continued walking, "this is your bathroom, you have a shower and a bath for some reason. Sink and toilet. Simple."

"I bags the room with blue walls!" Bakura yelled out.

"Are you two even listening!"

"Yeah," Bakura smirked, "but I want the better room."

"Well you have a spare bedroom," Yami huffed, "and that's about it. Now have fun."

"Whatever," Akefia huffed, "and maybe I wanted the blue room?"

"Too bad," Bakura poked out his tongue childishly, "I had dibs."

"Dick," Akefia crossed his arms grumpily, "fine I have the cream room. And you're not allowed in it!"

"Wow! Because I'm dying to go in your stupid room," Bakura huffed, "my rooms nicer."

"Keep dreaming," Akefia smirked placing down his small bag of belongings, they only really had a suitcase worth of stuff each and the clothes they got with Ryou.

"I'm having a shower," Bakura shrugged taking off his outfit as he headed towards the bathroom.

"Hope you freeze," Akefia turned towards their supposed kitchen to figure out how to work the microwave, he had a feeling it would become important if they didn't want to starve. Hm, where would one keep the manual for a microwave. he searched the kitchen curiously for any instructions on how to use the microwave, he had learnt the oven at school. Wheres in Ra name did they keep the stupid instructions!? Maybe he should put his things in his room and then figure out the microwave dilemma. Sounded like a plan. He nodded going towards the room that he had been given. It wasn't small, or big. Medium with cream walls and a timber flooring and a window at the back. Boring. He rolled his lilac eyes slightly rolling out his sleeping bag, it was the closest thing he had to a bed.

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Thank-you for reading…

They got a house! and yeah? Mariku did rearrange Ryou's sock draw if anyone was curious? I just felt like adding that in…