No Way Out

Author's notes:  Now we're up to chapter four ^_^  I said this would probably only have about four chapters, but it's going to have to be longer.  I have two more coming after this one.  Now here's chapter four: No Way Out by LeAnn Rimes.  Malik finally finds Bakura.

Disclaimer: I don't own either one.

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Bakura's POV:

Soft rain falls from the dim sky, trickling down my face, expressing the emotions I refuse too.  When did I fall so completely in love with you?  When did I get so addicted that I couldn't let you go?  I just can't stop.  You are all I think about, all I dream of, and all I wish for. 

*You've got me wrapped up in you
Somehow you let me in
Into your web of bittersweet, of ecstasy and sin
Feel like an angel falling out from grace*

No matter how far I run I can see and hear you around every turn.  Everything I am pushes me back, screams at me to return to you.  But how can I?  No matter how much I love you it cannot erase what I have done.  I can't allow myself to be forgiven.

I hear an engine in the distance down the street but ignore it.  What do I care about the foolish mortal world around me?  Why can't I just left the rain drown me in it's silver tears?  I wish the Ring had never been found.  Nothing in existence could have prepared me for the soul gripping heartache this guilt has caused me.  Heh, who thought I could even feel guilt.

*I try to run, but I keep on falling
And every time I turn around
I hear your voice and it keeps on calling
I'm bound, there's no way out
No way out.....*

The engine comes closer, passing by with a sudden splash and a flash of light.  I don't look up, nor do I bother to wipe the muddy water from my face.  I just don't care anymore.  The only think I love, I can never have.  Why should I care for my miserable existence?

That damn engine is coming closer again.  Or is it a different one?  I don't know, nor do I care.  The sound slows and stops.  Why won't it just leave me alone?  A familiar voice stops me in my tracks.

*You wanted me to want you
I couldn't help myself
You became my addiction
I won't need nothing else
Feel like I'm trapped inside these walls
Trying to find my way*

"Bakura?"  I freeze.  The rain trickles down my face and falls from my damp hair.  What is Malik doing this far from Domino?  His sister is going to kill him!  I don't reply, only stand there in the pouring rain with no expression to betray my thoughts.

"Bakura," he says again.  "He's dying."  That gets my attention.  There is no doubt of whom he speaks.  My head snaps up and my eyes are confronted by a pair of soul searching violet orbs.

*I try to run, but I keep on falling
And every time I turn around
I hear your voice and it keeps on calling
I'm bound, there's no way out
No way out.....*

"What?" my voice rasps.  My mind is spinning.  Dying?  Ryou?  My Ryou?  It can't be!  I left to end his pain!  Why is he still suffering?  Malik's eyes are like daggers slicking into my soul and tearing at my heart.  "What happened?" I ask him.

"You."  His voice is cold.  I almost expect the falling rain to freeze to ice under his gaze.  I am speechless.  Me?  It makes no sense!  I left to…

*It's like a dream, you can't wake up from.
It's a hunger that can't be satisfied....*

 And then it hits me.  Was it possible?  Do I even dare to hope?  "I don't care if you hate him, and I don't care if you refuse," Malik tells me.  "I'm bringing you back with me either willingly or by force."  He could have killed me then and there and I wouldn't have flinched. 

*No matter how I try there's no escape....*

I raise my head, my eyes glinting with determination.  I have to stop running.  How can I call myself strong when I only hide from my fears?  I wanted to be strong enough for him, now this is my chance to prove it.  No matter how far I run he follows me.  I can't keep hiding.  Not anymore.  Not when I'm hurting him, the only thing I care  for in all of existence.  I meet Malik's eyes with my own, almost expecting him to strike me.

*I try to run, but I keep on falling
And every time I turn around
I hear your voice and it keeps on calling
I'm bound, there's no way out
No way out.....*

"Alright," I tell him.  A small smirk lights his eyes from their near black-violet to their usual humor filled lavender.

"Good," he says, pulling his hand from his pocket.  The Sennen Rod rests in his fingers; it's powers ready to be drawn upon.  "I didn't want to use this."  I nod to him.  I won't run, not anymore.  There is no way out, and it is my turn to face my fears.

*I try to run, but I keep on falling
And every time I turn around
I hear your voice and it keeps on calling
I'm bound, there's no way out
No way out.....*

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Author's note:  Yay, Bakura's coming back ^_^  This is for all of you who wanted a happy ending, but don't worry, it doesn't end there!  Two more to go ^_~  And a big thanks to all who have reviewed!  I wouldn't have had the encouragement to go on without you!

-Cat