Angel: WE GOT MORE COOKIES!!
Ryou: *takes two cookies*
Ryuu: Hey, HEY!! Hands off the cookies, Ryou!!!!
Ryou: She said two for Angel and two for RYOU, not RYUU!!!
Ryuu: It was a typo!! Give 'em here!!!
Angel: *eats her cookies and watches with mild interest* oh my...
Bakura: Angel doesn't own YuGiOh or its characters. *looks back* Aibou! If you win, I get a cookie!!!
Angel: *glomps her Bakura-kun*
Bakura: *sweatdrops* oh Ra...
Angel: *takes a BIG cookie and eats it, giving one to Bakura-kun* Thanx for the disclaimer!
Bakura: *eats the cookie* Arigatou!!
Ryou: Bakura has sugar! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Chapter 3 ~ Egyptian Curses Are Lots of Fun!
Ryou slowly headed towards his house. The sun was starting to set and it was getting really cold the closer he got to his house. He couldn't tell if it was because the sun was setting, if it was because it was the middle of December, or if it was because he was getting closer to the person who was most angry with him.
He didn't mean to be silent. He loved Bakura. He really did. He just didn't want to betray anyone. Either way, his yami's excuse for beating this time would surely be weakness.
Ryou slowly walked up to his door and walked into the house. He closed the door behind him, and didn't see Bakura anywhere.
Ryou walked upstairs and into his room, "Maybe he went to Malik's house."
"Or maybe, he was waiting for his weakling hikari to come home..."
Ryou froze, feeling as if his stomach had sunk to his feet. Before he could turn around, he felt a fist connect with the back of his head, sending him flying forward.
Bakura put his foot in front of Ryou's, so the blow sent him crashing to the ground. He then grabbed Ryou by his hair and picked him up off the floor, bringing them face to face, "What did you think you were doing siding with the Pharaoh's brat??"
Ryou wondered if it was wise to speak. It was possible it might just get him hit again.
Bakura sneered and dropped him on the ground in a heap, then kicked him in the ribs, "Answer me!!"
Ryou yelped and clutches his stomach, "I... didn't side... with anyone..."
Bakura kicked him in the ribs, hearing the satisfying crunch of breaking ribs accompanied by his hikari's screams. Anything having to do with his hikari in pain made him happy. His hikari had hurt him far worse...
Bakura sneered in his face, "I told you to come with me, but you didn't move!! The Pharaoh wanted you to stay, so you stayed! He might be your lover, but you are MY hikari! And you WILL obey me!!"
If the situation hadn't been so serious, Ryou would have laughed. Was that why Bakura was so mad? He thought Ryou was with Yami and Yuugi? "I'm not... with... Yuugi-san... or Yami-san..."
Bakura slapped him sharply across the face, "Don't you lie to me!! I SAW you with the Pharaoh last week!! Then you DARED to try to suck up to me and give me those cards later that day."
Ryou really did laugh this time, despite his better judgement, "I HUGGED Yami-san only! And it was because he talked Yuugi-san's ojiisan to give him those cards for me so I could give them to you!! They were his rarest ones!!! I was THANKING HIM."
Bakura started a bit. He beat his hikari again for nothing...? But Bakura did not like to be proven wrong, and instead kicked Ryou in the ribs, regretting it as his hikari collided with the wall. He didn't mean to do this to his hikari. Ra knows he loved him, but he couldn't let that weakness show. He knew better than to show that weakness...
"Don't... lie to me..." Bakura hissed from behind clenched teeth.
Ryou whimpered. Why was Bakura doing this? Didn't Bakura appreciate ANYTHING?? Ryou never got mad at him either. He was very rarely mad. But as he thought about it more, that fear began to be replaced by boiling anger, burning through his veins and setting his whole body on fire.
Ryou pushed himself off the ground and glared at Bakura, "Why are you doing this?? Why do you hurt me like this Bakura??"
Bakura was a bit surprised at his Hikari's sudden backbone, but continued to glare, advancing on him a bit, "Watch it, hikari..."
"No! You watch it! All I've ever done was listen to everything you said! I clean for you! Cook for you! I've done everything you wanted, and even things you never even asked for! I fear you! I respect you! I look up to you, but I keep my eyes down to the ground like you said I should! I even loved you! And you took my love, my heart, and broke it! You kicked it every time you kicked me in the ribs. You bruised it every time you slapped or punched me! You broke it with every dirty word that came from your mouth and poured on me! I took your abuse, and lied about it so Yami-san wouldn't send you to the Shadow Realm! Well, I don't care anymore! I don't care! The one thing I could never stand was the names you called me! You have gone so far, and now you crossed the line! You're cold-hearted, and I don't care if Yami-san sends you to the Shadow Realm, cause that is where your black heart belongs!!!" Ryou didn't even wait for the blows to come, but fled from his room, leaving a guilt-stricken Bakura behind.
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Mokuba sighed. He had 8 hours until Kairi and her parents expected him. He walked through the library, looking for the same book he had found before. He found it on the lowest shelf, buried behind large books. The Book of Egyptian Curses.
Mokuba sat at a table in the back and looked for the spell. There HAD to be a way to make water not effect Jou yet.
He still couldn't believe he had gathered up the balls to change Jou into a dog. He couldn't help it. Seto needed a friend. Maybe someone more. And those two KNEW each other, and although Seto would never admit it, he cared for Jou. He had hoped that if Jou was a dog, he could learn to see that Seto wasn't the bad guy everyone made him out to be.
Mokuba looked at the curse. He read over it over and over again. He...used the wrong water in the spell...
"Oh Ra..." Mokuba mumbled. He pulled out the vile of water he had used. He KNEW he should have looked up ALL the kanji symbols, but he saw "water", and that was enough, right? He looked up the kanji from the vile, then felt sick. The vile read "Juusenkyo Cursed Spring water. Spring of Drowned Dog."
Mokuba smacked his head against the table. He would just have to make the potion again and hope Seto didn't give him a bath...
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Jou stared at him dumbly, having no clue what to say or do. Here he was, in the bath with the sexiest, meanest, most naked guy he had ever seen. Jou could have slapped himself for how stupid that just sounded in his head. Then he realized...
Seto was equally dumbstruck. JOU was his dog. This had to be a nightmare. This would have been the most embarrassing thing in the world, if Jou's body hadn't caught his eyes. Bruises everywhere. Bruises, cuts, burns, scratches, and Ra knows what else. There were barely any spots on Jou that looked flesh colored.
Jou noticed Seto's gaze and knew he had been caught. Panic filled his mind and he launched himself from the tub, running into the only room he could think of running to, despite his name being called behind him: Seto's room.
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Bakura knocked softly on Ryou's father's door, shaking a bit. He never... never meant to hurt his hikari like he did. Now he had probably ruined the only chance with him that he had.
"Hikari... please open the door..."
There was no answer, so Bakura gave the door a good shove, the lock on the door snapping. Bakura walked in and his heart broke at the sight of his hikari.
Ryou was in a fetal position on his father's bed. Tears stained his cheeks and he was trembling everywhere. Bakura could more clearly than before, see the damage he himself had caused.
He slowly walked towards the bed, "Oh... hikari..."
Ryou curled up tighter, shaking more, "No... please... don't hit me..."
Bakura sat on the bed, Ryou edging away from him, "Hikari... I'm not going to hurt you..."
Ryou whimpered, not hearing his words, "Please... I didn't do anything this time... don't punish me..."
Bakura pulled Ryou into his arms, feeling tears filling his eyes. Damn emotions!
"Hikari... I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry..."
Ryou started to pull away, but was too weak and tired, and just laid against Bakura with his head against his chest. Bakura was mad, right? So why did he feel so safe and warm with him right then?
Bakura ran his hands through Ryou's hair, "I promise hikari... Ryou... I won't hurt you again..."
Ryou looked up at Bakura uncertainly, confusion in his eyes, "Y... You mean it...?"
Bakura nodded and hugged him close, "I promise."
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"Jou! Open the door! You can't keep me locked out of my own room forever! I NEED to get dressed!!"
Jou stayed silent and hugged his legs to his body, sitting on Seto's bed. Yes, Seto. He didn't care if he thought of him with his first name anymore. He had already seen the guy naked! Thinking back, he blushed really bad.
He had run into Seto's room, and all he had found before Seto started pounding on the door was a pair of boxers. Who cares if they were Seto's, he didn't feel as exposed now. He wasn't expecting his thought to be interrupted by the door swinging open, Seto holding a bobby-pin in one hand and using the other to fasten his towel around his waist.
Seto groaned. Of course the ONE pair that Jou happens to put on happened to be Seto's favorite boxers.
Jou shrunk back on the bed as Seto closed the door and walked towards him, but he walked past him and grabbed some clothes and changed into them. Jou looked away and blushed a lot.
Seto sighed at Jou and went to the door, "Please do not leave..." Seto walked out and closed the door.
Jou just blinked. Seto didn't ask about his cuts or anything. And THEN he tells him not to leave? The first thought to his mind was why should he stay. Yet, something told him not to run away.
Seto walked into the room again with a couple of odds and ends in his arms. This was about the time that Jou got real scared.
Seeing Jou's scared expression, Seto sat on the bed beside him, "Look, I need you to lay on your stomach a moment, alright? I won't do anything to hurt you, I just need to clean up your back. Your bleeding. I guess you opened something when you changed like that..."
Jou was going to argue, but the mention of earlier made him blush and keep quiet. He did what Seto asked and laid on his stomach.
Seto took a wet cloth and started wiping away the blood on Jou's back. Then put a bit of liquid from a blue bottle on the cloth and pressed it lightly to Jou's back.
"OW!! THAT HURTS, YA KNOW??"
Seto shook his head, trying to hold Jou still as he squirmed, pressing his free hand against the small of Jou's back, "I need to disinfect the cuts! Hold still, mutt!"
Jou cried out from the pressure on his back, flipping over to face Seto and yell at him. This would have been all fine and dandy if that hadn't caused Seto to lose his balance and fall on top of Jou.
Jou blushes bright red, and Seto scrabbled off him, blushing too.
"Look, I won't use the stuff anymore, but at least let me wrap the wounds.
Jou hesitated, the sat up and turned around so Seto could finish.
Both sat in silence for a while, while Seto wrapped a bandage around his back, having to get his stomach also in the process.
Jou turned around and bit his lower lip once an eerie silence had cast over them. His eyes widened when Seto took Jou by the shoulders and looked him in the eyes, "Jou..."
Jou blushed a bit, "Y-Ya...?"
Seto looked very serious, "Who did this...?"
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Bakura: Cliffhanger?? *attacks Angel*
Angel: *yelps* hey!! Come on!!
Ryuu: *yanks Angel away from Bakura* I think it was a great idea!!
Ryou: Bakura... please calm down...
Bakura: okay. Anything for you hikari. *blush*
Ryou: *blush*
Angel: ^ . ^ R&R!!!!!