Invader Butterfree- I don't own anything.

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Yami stood and stretched alongside his friends as Marik's tale came to an end. Masika had rejoined them halfway through the speech and now remained sitting on the couch. She hadn't truly been paying attention but, had been formulating a plan to get Ryou back.

"Dinner!"Tea called from the kitchen.

As everyone filed in that general direction, Masika crept towards the door. She had a strange feeling that Bakura wasn't far away and she didn't realize how right she was.

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Night fell as the two villains slunk toward the farmhouse. Bakura paused reaching his hand into a bag he was carrying. He pulled out a vile that contained a pinkish liquid that glittered in the shallow moonlight. His sadistic grin matched that of his accomplice Yami Marik as the two restrained from laughing.

"Poison?"Yami Marik said.

Bakura nodded. He motioned for the other to follow him across the grounds. Masika, unfortunately was standing in their way unbeknownst to them. She hadn't the slightest clue that her two enemies were heading in her direction. She crouched behind a bush facing away from the two. A sudden shadow fell across the house so she let out a sharp gasp. Yami Marik's head whipped around.

"What is it?"Bakura snapped quietly.

He pointed to a small shadow in the bushes. Bakura's eyes fell on the child that was slowly backing out of the bushes as he smiled evilly. Masika was backing up until she felt a cold hand on her shoulder. She froze unsure how to react. When the thought to run occurred to her, she had already been captured. Bakura easily lifted her up and tossed the nine year old to Yami Marik. The psychopath grinned as he restrained her.

"He-!"Masika started to yell but her mouth was covered by Bakura's hand.

He shook his head and spoke mockingly to her.

"That's a very bad decision to make little girl."He said "And further more, it's a very bad thing to sneak around after dark. There could be people out here that are dangerous. Your very lucky we found you.".

Masika glared at him as he smirked at her careless mistake. Yami Marik was restraining himself from laughing to much. Bakura pulled a cloth from the bag and tied it tightly around her mouth. Masika struggled to get free. She held back the tears at seeing her fathers face twisted with that horrible cruel smile that was not his own. Bakura knew the child saw her father in him. After all, it was Ryou's body he was possessing.

"Don't worry little Masika."Bakura leaned down to be eye to eye with the child "Your fathers ok. In fact he's changing his mind about being stuck in the shadows.".

Masika made a angry groaning sound and kicked out. Bakura easily swatted her leg away. Suddenly his hair went tame and his eyes faded from red to chocolate. When he spoke, Masika couldn't believe it. The person didn't just look like her father, he sounded like him to.

"Don't worry sweetie. I'm ok."He patted her head and smiled.

The smile wasn't real though. Masika knew this. The pat felt cold and unwelcoming, it was so unlike her fathers. She shied away.

"What's wrong Masika?"'Ryou said "Are you ok?".

"Mmmmhh!"Masika screamed at the person who looked so much like her father and acted so different.

Yami Marik slipped the gag off her for a moment.

"Your not father!"Masika said.

The fake Ryou got a hurt look on his face and looked at the ground.

"I see."He said "You don't believe me. I'll just go and leave you alone.".

With those words, Bakura supposedly came back. He grinned as he looked down at Ryou's child. His light half's daughter. His daughter. He was the thief king and he never left anything unresolved in one of his plans. No lose ends left untied. Nothing to come back and haunt him in the future. He had thought about it and came up with a simple answer. He had made a fair trade with his light to keep Masika alive and unharmed in exchange for his 'death'. He didn't have a lot of morals but he honored his promises and the deals he made. If he let the brat live, she would probably grow up and hunt him down but he couldn't kill her. This had left him in a jam. He had finally settled on kidnapping her and raising her so she would fear him. That would ensure she never tried to hunt him down or try to do something foolish like fight him. She would be a bit more cooperative if she thought her father was still conscious and not trapped in the shadow realm. He could tell by the look in her eyes that she wasn't sure if that Ryou was fake and it made him ecstatic to know his plan was working.

"Put the gag on her before she screams."Bakura ordered.

That order was forgotten as a second tussling shifted the bushes.

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Jaden couldn't eat. He was to worried for his friends. Especially Masika. He decided to go see if she was unable to eat as well. Unfortunately, she wasn't in her room so he assumed she had crept outside to search for Bakura. He obviously wasn't going to let her look alone. He was thinking about this as he hid in the bushes as he heard a rustling from the other side of them.

"Masika!?"He whispered.

Masika, who still wasn't gagged, heard and recognized Jaden's voice.

"Run Jaden!"She yelled loudly "Get away! Bakura's here! Go get Uncle Marik and the others and warn them.".

Jaden burst out of the bushes to Masika's rescue. Sort of. It all happened in a minute and it didn't happen the way Jaden thought it would. Not even close. He forgot one key factor in the situation. He was ten and Bakura was at least twenty five. He charged the two and Bakura garbed him. A moment latter he was restrained next to Masika.

"Nice going hero."Masika snapped "Now were both caught and no one will know were we are!".

"No thank you Jaden?"Jaden said "For at least trying?".

Masika shook her head as Yami Marik gagged her again then gagged Jaden.

"Now we have the pharaohs brat to!"Yami Marik laughed.

"His nephew."Bakura corrected.

"Close enough."Yami Marik said.

"I guess are original plan will have to wait until we have these two back at the layer."Bakura said.

"My hikari won't die tonight?"Yami Marik frowned.

"Tomorrow night."Bakura said.

Yami Marik looked more optimistic as he handed Bakura two blind folds. Masika became more frightened after she couldn't see Jaden. He was her best friend and she felt a tiny bit of comfort when he was near. In a sense she was glad he had tried to rescue her and then again she wasn't sense he had also gotten captured. She felt his hand, in which she had garbed, slipping away and struggled to hang on.

"Keep them together if there going to struggle so much!"Bakura said.

A grunt was heard from Yami Marik then they felt themselves being carried farther away from the safety of their home.

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