Hi (waves) I'm here just as a small reminder that once again I'm reminding you all that this is going to be a little deferent, okay? And hopefully better, yes! Aiming for better here, enjoy.
Warnings: M and Yaoi, Disclaimer is… 'I own nothing!'
Chap 29
Both Human and Demon missing the dark shadow perched on the rooftop across the street watching them.
Mai ducked back into the shadows as Bakura almost flew right over the top of her and at such a speed. She smirked as she glanced down the street, Malik should be joining her soon. Mai glanced at the house and her smirk turned into a sadistic one, this was going to be fun. Now all she had to do was time it right.
It was getting late and both Yugi and Ryou sat in the living room, one was to engrossed into the movie on the screen, while the other worried over the ones he loved that were out this late at night instead of being here with him. "What are you worried about?" Yugi asked not looking or glancing at the other.
"Nothing." Ryou mumbled his eyes on the screen but he wasn't seeing what was going on, his mind was all over the place wondering what might have happened to Malik to have him gone this long.
They both fell into silence again as the action picked up in the movie Yugi wriggled a little in his place and getting a little excited in the turn of the movie. Ryou glanced at his bags near the front door. He wondered if he should just take his bags and leave, but he didn't want to leave Bakura thinking that he was here and inconvenience the Demon of having to look for him.
Yugi yawned as he stretched getting up. "I'm going to bed." He mumbled looking down at Ryou, biting his lip. "You can still can change your mind, you know?" Said Yugi as he turned off the t.v. "I'm not going to." Ryou glanced up at him. "I'm still going to see you in school, right?" Yugi asked.
"Sure, I'll be going." Ryou nodded.
"Since they are late you could just spend the night." Yugi offered glancing at the few bags against the wall, his friends really didn't have much if he could fit all he had into two duffle bags.
"I'll wait for them and I left my keys on the table." Ryou stood up as well, but gasped as Yugi hugged him and pulled back slightly afterwards looking up at the taller male.
"Just take care of yourself, okay." Yugi frowned at him. "And if it doesn't work out you could always come back here." Ryou doubted that that would be that easy considering Grandpa's mood, and to be honest, Ryou had seen the something in his father. It was for best that he moved out and never came back here, but for a visit.
"I know." Ryou smiled as Yugi pulled away completely and headed out of the room.
A knock came from the front door and Ryou walked up to it as Yugi stopped on the stairs watching to see who it was. Ryou's hand barely touched the door handle when it burst open, knocking Ryou back onto the floor.
"Ryou!" Yugi rushed over to him and knelt down then glanced up to see who would be so rude to do such a thing.
"My, my." Mai grinned as she glanced down at the Welcoming mat. "I wonder why your Demon's never picked that one up." She took a big step over the mat and into the house, one thing never changed and that was the need to be welcomed into ones home, a small inconvenience to say the least.
"What do you want?" Yugi growled out wondering if she was here to rob them, but he couldn't think of anything of value that they owned.
Mai's smirk was enough to make Yugi recoil back a little and his grip on Ryou's shoulders tightened. "I have my boyfriend coming over any minute now, so you better leave." Yugi shot at her, it was most likely true but and also his Grandpa.
"That would be Yami, am I correct?" Her eyes flashed crimson and her fangs lengthened to the point of being seen. "You boy." She pointed at Ryou. "I smelt you all over Malik as I aided in his life ending… I hope you weren't to attached or expecting to see him ever again." Wounded or not he should have been here already, the damn Demon was no fun at all and was most likely bleeding out and dead in some gutter.
"What did you do to him?" Ryou demanded, was this someone who was also responsible for Marik being injured, and now Malik? He hoped that Bakura had been able to find Malik and turn up here to stop this woman.
"Ishizu did the most work and I finished it, which means I win." She laughed. "You two are coming with me." She moved forward towards them swiftly as if floating on air. "A change in life is in order and you'll love being Vampires." Ryou kicked his foot out hitting her in the ankle knocking her down and unintentional she had landed on top of him. Yugi was pushed away by the small struggle and fell against the wall. "Eager aren't we?" She growled out like a hungry dog as something seemed to take her over.
She pulled Ryou's head back by his hair and opened her mouth wide to show two long sharp fangs aimed right at his neck. With the older woman's weight on him Ryou's found it hard to breath as she was just about crushing him.
"Get off me!" Ryou gasped out and tried to shove her off but she was far stronger then him and pinned him down.
"It doesn't hurt for long." She hissed out like a cat, she dove her hands onto his white hair and forced his head back roughly and licked up his neck from his collarbone to his jaw line. Ryou whimpered still trying to push her off him, Mai ignoring the sides of her tight top, being yanked on.
"Mai!" Came a growl by the doorway and she gasped as she was ripped off the human, Ryou cried out as well as she took some of his hair with her and scratched his neck with her nails. Mai turned on her back to see Malik had a good hold of her foot.
"I thought you were dead, Hon." She looked surprised to see him and sounded furious for being interrupted from a feeding, but in a way she was glad in not having her mistress's plans ruined.
"No, but you will be." Malik had both his hands were wrapped in a makeshift bandages made from his shirt; the rest of his black shirt was wrapped about his waist. He pulled out a silver letter opener from the hem of his jeans. She paled and kicked up, getting him in the face. Malik fell back out of the house with a pained yelped as his injuries were strained with movement and his wing was crushed under him as he hit the ground. "Run Ryou!" Malik gasped trying to get back up, Mai walked up and closed the door and locked it, it wouldn't stop the Demon but it would slow him down as well as the Human's.
Ryou scuffled up to his feet and rushed to Yugi and pulled him up to his feet and headed for the back door. "My little lambs, come to the slaughter, the butcher wants to play." Mai followed them at a slower pace and with a hearty laugh at their expense.
Ryou was a few feet from the door when Mai appeared again blocking their away, the teen instantly turned and headed out of the kitchen the same way he had came in, they both yelped out in surprise as arms wrapped about them and Ryou struggled to stay on his feet by the extra weight, Ryou looked up and let out a breath. "Where is she?" Malik asked looking about.
"In the kitchen." Ryou looked in the direction he had said watching for her to come out.
"You two get out of here, go…" A hand came out from nowhere and Malik was thrown backwards into the front door smashing it down with him as he rolled out into the front yard and lay there in a mess of wood, wings and limbs, not moving.
"Malik!" Ryou went to follow him, Yugi was slammed against the wall as she rushed by him and grabbed onto Ryou and twisted him about so his back was to her body. "Malik I wouldn't." Mai warned him as the half Demon was suddenly standing in the doorway with an energy ball in his hand, sparks of electricity ran along the walls and ceiling about him and crackled loudly. "You wouldn't want to hurt the human now, would you?" She tugged at Ryou making sure that he was right in front of her; she made him yelp as she twisted his arm.
Malik could barely stand on his own feet let alone fight against himself to call back the energy… and a fight of magic in a human house, could very well kill everyone inside, Malik couldn't risk it, but he was once again willing to give into his own powers. "Let him go." He growled out as he limped back into the house leaning on the wall and standing a few feet from Yugi.
"What the hell is that?!" Yugi's eyes were on Malik's busted and broken wing, noticing it for the first time since this mess stared.
"He's a half Demon." Mai never taking her eyes off Malik. "He's an addict." She hissed out at him disgustedly, Ryou wasn't sure what she meant, was Malik a drug user?
"Yugi came to me." Malik called to him; if he got the human out of the house then he had only one to concentrate on and he didn't want any distractions, he could pull this off, protect Ryou and kill… 'No, no, you can't control yourself, you'll kill him.' Came that voice of reason from the back of his mind, Malik growled out in frustration, not knowing what to do, he had the power to save Ryou.
"A what?!" Yugi shook his head not moving. "What is going on here?" He demanded to know.
"A Demon, little human, you of all should know what that is considering that you are mated to the Lord of Demons himself." Mai answered him.
"I'm not getting this." Yugi bit his lip running his hands through his hair; Malik took this few minutes to gather up his strength.
"Yami's a Demon and he has wings like Malik." Ryou snapped at him still pinned to Mai's body, his eyes locked onto Malik, he looked horribly injured and bleeding a lot and all Ryou wanted to do was go over to him and help him, patch up his wounds.
"You're all crazy?!" Yugi yelled at them. "You!" He pointed to Malik. "Look like you should be at a Halloween party… and you!" Yugi pointed at Mai. "Should be locked away in a nut house." Mai just laughed at him. "So if Malik's a Demon and Yami's one as well, what dose that make you, the tooth-fairy? Fuck you're crazy lady!" Such words were never heard from the short teen before and Ryou would have been shocked and told him off that it didn't suite him, but the situation they were in, he didn't care.
"Close, hon… a Vampire." Mai smirked, slowly backing up taking Ryou with her.
"Oh a Vampire… YOU ARE CRAZY! There were no such things as Demons or Vampires." Just how delusional was this woman and where had she come from?
"I'm here to protect you from them." Mai said as Malik growled at her making her stop moving. "Yami wants to turn you and by the smell he has already had you." Yugi wasn't sure what to think, it was all too much for him. Mai lifted Ryou's chin up and nibbled on his ear a little, then whispered loud enough for Malik to hear as well. "Lets not forget Bakura, who wants you as his slave, to feed from, to fuck as much as he wants and once you become his mate, there is no getting out of it." Ryou turned his head away from her, not wanting to hear anything she had to say.
"Shut up!" Malik yelled at her then looked at Ryou. "Bakura loves you, you know he does and so do Marik and I."
"I don't lie." She said as if offended. "But how much have you told this cute little human about the Mating Season?" Mai had been following them about long enough to know just what everyone was up to.
"We wouldn't do anything to you, Ryou. Not without your permission." Malik said worried that Ryou was listening to the Vampire, as he was so quiet and still.
"Since when do Demon's ask for permission? The little one over there is marked already." She glanced at Yugi with a criticizing stare. "Tell me my sweet one, did Yami ask you before he marked you?"
"I don't understand." Yugi frowned he had no mark and he wasn't really understanding what they were talking about. He glanced at a silent Ryou hoping he would help him out. "Did you know about this, Ryou? About them?"
"Malik?!" Ryou cried out as the half Demon fell suddenly to his hands and knees, the sparks of electricity had vanished as well.
"Oh the blood loss for a Demon and to bleed out like that is enough to kill him." Mai smirked at seeing her enemy weakened and at her mercy. "I'm surprised you lived this long, Malik… you love the human that much to risk your own life to save him?"
"Let go!" Ryou was struggling more furiously against her.
"Yes!" Malik growled out as he pushed himself up leaning on the wall heavily with his head bowed and his shoulder slumped as he was bent over slightly painting in pain. He was tapping into the last of his energy and he wasn't going to last too much longer on how he was… but if Malik had to he'd die on his feet for Ryou. 'I love you Marik.' Malik pushed himself off the wall and stood up straight glaring at the Vampire. "I won't lose him again, not to you and certainly not to my Sister." Ryou gasped at seeing the blood drip to the floor and into a puddle under the Demon's feet.
"You're all bloody mad." Yugi pulled on his hair. "He's bleeding to death and you're all standing about, talking?!"
"Shut up!" Malik snapped at him.
"I knew of love once like yours… until Bakura staked him." She hissed out.
"Bakura was protecting me."
"Protection is it?" She laughed at him, Ryou struggled against her testing to see if she had loosened her hold on him, she growled and squeezed his arm making him stop and whimper.
"Don't hurt him!" Malik snapped out and charged in but came to a halt, after a few steps as Mai placed a knife to the human's neck. "Don't!" Malik pleaded holding up a hand to show her he wasn't going to move any closer, his crimson eyes locked onto that blade.
"You call it protection when you murder innocent human fathers?" Ryou twitched in her arms his head rested against her shoulder as he stood still. "Bakura and Marik killed your father?"
"No, they wouldn't have done that!" Ryou whispered out, she pressed the blade into his skin a little more.
"They did, I've been watching." Mai stopped moving as her back lightly hit a wall. "What better way to take a slave that has no family and is slowly been taken away from friends… do you think that three people, three people could love you?" Mai then said a small chant and a round ball of white fog appeared in front of them… the fog swirled and soon cleared and a picture came into focus of Ryou's apartment.
"What is this?" Ryou shook his head as he saw Bakura and Marik standing in his bedroom and Marik, held his father by the arms that were pinned behind his back as Bakura snapped the humans head sharply to the left and stepped back with a sadistic smirk and let him fall to the floor like a rag doll at his feet. "Did you honestly think that they would listen to you, a human?" Mai whispered in his ear.
Ryou fell limp in her arm as the image faded and retuned to its round ball of white fog, though there was no love shared in their, father, son relationship, Ryou did feel a loss at this new turn of events… he was truly parentless and felt tears burn his eyes. "They said they wouldn't kill him."
"Bakura and Marik didn't kill your father, Ryou." Malik said, the two had torture him a little with threats and warnings for him to never to come after Ryou again or ask to see him, but he wasn't going to tell his human that. "Bakura would never go against your word, if he promised you something then Bakura will carry it out no matter what."
"Why do you two persist that I'm lying?" The Vampire growled losing her patience with the Demon and Humans in the room. She turned Ryou about making him face her; it was all in tormenting the Demon first before she took them away. "You are food to them, boy" She hissed at Ryou. "They feed from humans, drinking their blood to stay alive." Mai glanced at the only Demon in the room. "Tell him Malik that you feed from humans."
"He knows already." Malik shook his head as his vision blurred and the room titled on him, he fell against the wall for support feeling his life draining from him more quickly now.
"I don't believe you or anything you have to say!" Ryou snapped at the Vampire, he wasn't going to listen to her anymore. He knew deep down that Bakura and Marik were nothing close to what she was talking about and he knew that Bakura wouldn't have killed his father.
Ryou brought his foot down hard on hers, Mai yelped and let him and at the same time she hit across the face sending to hard to the floor. Malik charged in defending Ryou the best he could. The two spared Mai on the defensive as Malik made a full on assault, the two battled for a short minute, Mai blocking the not so strong blows, Malik swung his fist and missed this time, Mai stepped aside and grabbed hold of Malik's broken wing and twisted and just by force alone Malik was drawn back against her body for a short second, and then she shoved him away.
Malik hit the wall and slid down face first onto the carpet and didn't move, Ryou who had been dazed by the hit rolled onto his side. "Malik?!" He rolled the rest of the way and pushed himself up and crawled over to him on his hands and knees. "Malik!" Ryou gently rolled him onto his side and caressed his cheek while moving in closer. Malik's response was a soft groan as he opened his eyes.
"I'm so sorry Malik." Ignoring the blood on Malik's lips, Ryou lent in and kissed him softly on the lips and whispered against the Demon's lips. "I know that Bakura and Marik wouldn't have done the things she said." Malik smiled.
Mai smirked as she watched them from the other side of the room, as the human wasn't going to leave his so-called beloved Malik behind. She wiped away the blood from her lip, a lucky hit from Malik. "Don't worry sweet one, your Sister will fix Ryou and his lost memories will be returned."
Malik glared at her and his heart had stopped. "You'll kill him." He hissed out and felt Ryou tense up with now wide eyes.
"Well it's also part of the plan your Sister has for herself and it involves your human whether or not he lives, is up to her." She shrugged walking over and grabbing Ryou by the arm and pulled him away from the dieing Demon, Ryou struggled against her tears run down his cheeks at feeling useless in helping Malik and too weak to fight off this Vampire. He couldn't make her let go no matter what so Ryou slapped hard as he could across the cheek.
Mai's head didn't even more, but she growled. "For that, I will kill you… you hear that Malik!" She snapped giving the human a shake. "I'll let every Vampire feed from you and use you as they please until nothing is left of you!"
"Let him go, this is between me and my Sister." Malik growled out still on the floor and it didn't matter how much he tried to stay on his feet or fight against the world spinning about him and losing his sight to darkness of unconsciousness. He hated himself right now in not being able to stop her.
"Alright!" Mai snapped she backhanded Ryou sending him to the floor, his ears were ringing and his head was splitting and his vision was blurred. "You can have him Malik if you can reach him." She stepped back.
'Come on, he's right there, get on your feet, NOW!' Malik dug his nails into the carpet and pulled himself onto his elbows. 'Three feet, he's three feet away.' His minds voice screamed at him. 'Get up! Get up! Get up!'
Ryou rolled onto his side and he could barely make out the Demon, pain pounded in his skull and he felt as if he was going to be sick. "Malik." Ryou reached out a hand for him feeling panicked about the things this Vampire was going to do to him. "I'm right here Malik, just a little more." Ryou whispered out to him.
Yugi was still frozen against the wall not moving as he watched everything unfold before him and it was a short gasp that filled the room as Mai waved a hand and the short teen vanished from the room.
Malik with great effort got to his hands and knees with a pained scream, his wings weighting him down and his broken one hung at the side of his body… this was taking to long. Mai thought impatiently tapping her foot.
"Maybe you'll get lucky in the next life, Malik." Mai said smirking, watching as the Demon fell to the ground. "Humans like Ryou are so hard to come by but easily to fall for, am I right?" She started to laugh.
"I'm so sorry Ryou." Malik let out a sob at his own failure in saving his beloved human.
"No Malik!" Ryou struggled against her again. "Malik, it's not your fault you, you're to hurt to fight against anybody."
"You're so sweet, Ryou." Mai purred. "But, it's time to go!" She tugged at him, Ryou pulled against her saying over his shoulder.
"Though I didn't get the chance to say it!" Ryou got away from her for a second and fell to his knees beside Malik, cupping his face in both his hands. "Tell Bakura I love him and Marik too."
"Come on." Mai grabbed him and yanked him away.
"I love you, Malik, and this isn't your fault." Mai and Ryou disappeared from the room as Malik had used the last of his strength and lunged at her but fell to the floor.
"RYOU!" Malik screamed out as if it would bring him back and he hit the floor with his injured hand ignoring the pain that shot up his arm, he had lost Ryou. Not again he couldn't relive Ryou's death all over, he didn't have it in him… his whole body soon shook with the effort as he sobbed into the carpet, but they softened quickly coming to a stop as did his breathing and heartbeat.
TBC
Oh, boy! You have no idea on how hard that was for me to write out, damn writers melt down! R&R (Love and Cookies)
