Bloodied White Cross

By Origami Hoshi, Spinel Sun, and Hikari no Genki

Disclaimer: ^^;; If we'd owned it, it wouldn't be called fan fiction, ne? Right. ;; So, back off! Shoo! -=swats with fan=-

Chapter 14: A Hole in the Plan

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Ori: ^___^ We'd like to take this opportunity to appolgize to everyone!

Suppi: The last chapter was really short and stuff, but we have our reasons, honest!
Gen: Honest! Mushrooms.

Suppi: Precisely! So, we hope you find today's eppisode more appealing, okay?

Ori: Please forigve our..

Gen: Unefficientness! Mushrooms.

Ori: O.o;; Quite.

Suppi: And now.. we answer reviews! If we missed yours, we'll get it next time, d'okay?

Synchronized Love: ^^;; Heheh. Hopefully more Hikari/Yami stuff in the future, ne?

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            "Aaauughh! I'll show you puppy-dog!"

            A near-furious blonde made an attempt to tackle the brown-haired clone, who, being up against a wall, really had no where to dodge to. The untimely teasing resulted in a playful roll-around on the cool ground of the dark, room.

            Marik just sighed and stole a glance at his unofficial koishii. The younger looked up with deep blue-eyes, tilting his blonde head slightly. Kiram shrugged and mouthed, 'Lovers' spat?' guesturing towards the two boys on the floor.

            "Puppy-dog!", Seto taunted, finally pinning Jou down against the floor. Inu-Jou growled and squirmed under the clone's light, but strong grip, muttering something about not being a canine of any sort between his teeth. Seto relented and let him,  going back to his spot against the wall as if nothing had happened.

            Jou layed on the ground for a while, unsure of what to do. "I'm still not a puppy", he decided on saying, sitting up and stretching his lean limbs. Marik sighed again and rested his chin in his palm. This had to be the calm before the storm, he settled on mentally.

            Suddenly, Kiram spoke up, "Baku-guy is coming." Seto looked up questioningly. He's bringing someone. The boy. The white-haired one. I can see it. It's going to happen. Soon. Your powers are telling you this, Kiram?Doctor-dad will be returning. He has failed. Kiram continued, his mental voice droning on.

            "Okay, listen up!", Seto commanded. As if on impulse, everyone in the room except for Marik's clone sat up a little straighter. Seto stood and announced, "Kiram has predicted that Bakura will be returning with subject: Ryou Bakura. Also, Doctor Genji will be returning early."

            "That's just dandy", commented Jou sarcastically, "So, do we just sit around, or are we going to take some action here, boys?"

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            Tetsue made a soft cry of pain as the bullet broke past the skin. She staggered back against the glass, staining it with red blood from her suicide wound. Her eyes shone with unshed tears as she choked back blood. And slowly she sank to the ground, streaking the blood on the window, gun falling from her limp hand.

            "See you in…", she paused to cough, "In.. the.. other…side…"

            "Tsu?", Genji asked, surprised. This was not part of the plan! But, everything always went as he wanted it to! This was not happening to him! He had spent years waiting for this moment.. That witch! How could she have ruined this for him?

            "You may have spared yourself, Tetsue Kamisadae, but, you have not spared your assasins!" With that angry oath, the insane doctor turned and left the room, white robes billowing about him.

            And even in death, Kamisadae refused to yeild.

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            "So…", Yuugi began akwardly, fiddling with the edge of his warm blanket, "I guess you'll be here with me for a while." Yami looked up, watching the boy through ruby eyes that shone like crystals. Finally, after a moment he nodded from his spot on the ground.

            The Hikari picked up Yume-chan, whom Ryou had been forced to leave behind and started to stroke her snowy fur. He made another attempt at conversation, "So.. uh.. would you like something to eat?"

            "Eat?", the dark warrior asked out loud. Eat? As in digest nutrients? He wasn't sure. Did a clone like him require food and energy? Such data had not been planted inside him.

            "Yeah, you know. Like a snack?", Yuugi continued, sensing a break-through. Yami looked at him questioningly and blinked. I.. Don't know. At length, the mental voice trickled into the boy's mind. At first, he was a little surprised, but.. slowly.. Yuugi tried to reply. Well.. it can't harm you to try, can it?

            Not really. Yami contained the eagerness he felt in recieveing the warm, calm reply.  Good, then, how about… uhm… candy?

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            "Hanako, quick, bring up the mission data for the Hikari!", commanded Sonoka, pacing in anxiety. What could be going on? Kamisadae-san never pressed the button! Something big was happening, and Sono wasn't sure she wanted to find out.

            Mission specialist, Hana, sat down in her chair and rolled over to a large computer screen. She quickly brought up the password screen and typed in, 'Mitsukai'. Instantly, a new window popped up. "Misison data", reported Erikasaki efficiently (which is rare, mind you), "Location: Labs on the outskirts of Domino."

            "Right, let's go", answered Sonoka, arming herself with a gun. Hanako turned around and hopped off her chair. Ugh.. She thought, I'm going to end up dying. With a desk job.

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            I wish he would.. slow down… Ryou groaned mentally, How fast can one guy travel? Faster than you, apparently. A rather irritable mental voice tapped into his mind. You're soo painfully slow, little snake. Gomen nasai.. Muttered the white-haired boy, doing his best to keep up despite his tired state.

            Suddenly, Ryou crashed into something. He gave a surprised little yelp when it turned out to be Bakura. Watch where you're going! The clone growled in warning, giving him a quick glare. Yessir! Ryou replied hastily. We're going to rest now. Yessir.. Ryou replied again, trying to hide the fact that he was compeletely and utterly relieved.

            Sit down. Yessir. Ryou obendiently sat down on the edge of the roof, looking the several feet down at the few cars speeding by. His clone stood beside him.. Ever watching.. Bakura turned away, internal conflict eating away at his being…

            Was it so wrong to want him? It was a lust. And aching lust. Or was it more? Bakura didn't know. Dang.. He cursed, making Ryou jump slightly.

            Seeing how he almost scared Ryou off the edge, the clone's expression softened slightly. Sorry. The boy refused to meet his eyes, blushing again despite efforts not to. He just apoologized to me? Ryou questioned himself. Yeah. So? What? Did you expect me to bite your head off? Well, don't. I'm perfectly capable. Be glad I'm feeling gracious today.


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Ori: And now.. To school! Gen-chan already left.

Suppi: And we must go too!

Ori: By the way, here's the order of the stories we're going to do.

-Obsidian Glass Rose + Clouds in a Bottle

-Another Angel's Rainy Day

-White, Cold Wind

Suppi: About the last one, we came up with a new story plot and we most absolutely have to do it.

Ori: E-mail hikari_mushroom@hotmail.com if you want to have a sneak preview!

Suppi: We wanted to do the sequel to TNFA sooner! Sorry!

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