Chapter 8: On the other hand

"So," Marik whispered as he kissed Ryou's neck. "What do you want to do now?"

"Are you trying to seduce me?"

"Maybe."

"Then could you please do that in the room? I'm all for the sentiment, but the hallway is just not the place."

"Oh fine." Marik pouted as he took out his keycard and opened the door to his hotel room. "Now what do you want to do?"

"Watch TV." Ryou teased as he brushed past Marik and hopped onto the bed. Flipping on the TV, Ryou smirked at the stunned Marik. "Guess what I found yesterday morning."

"What?"

"The news in English."

"Really?"

"Yep. So, I think I'll watch the news at twelve."

"Fine. I need a shower."

"You bet you do." Ryou snickered pinching his nose.

"Humph. Want to join me?"

"Maybe later. News come first."

Rolling his eyes, Marik closed the door to the bathroom behind him and took a shower. When he was finished he shook most of the water off his hair, wrapped a towel around his waist, and walked into the main space of the hotel room. Ryou was on the phone, tapping his foot impatiently. Sitting on the bed, Marik watched his boyfriend and waited for Ryou to finish with his phone call. It didn't last long. A minute later, Ryou let out a frustrated yell and slammed the phone down. Marching over to the bed, Ryou pulled his suitcase out from under the bed and dropped it next to Marik.

"Ryou?" Marik asked as Ryou began to shove dirty clothes and hygiene products into the case. "Ryou, what's going on?"

"I'm going home."

"Wha-what? Why?"

"The people killed in the plane crash were finally, officially, identified today."

"So? Is that any reason to jump on a plane back home?"

"I knew them."

"You…...... knew them?"

"Well, more specifically, I know their sons."

"I don't understand."

"Look, my best friends parents were just killed. You think I'm going to stay here in Italy?"

"I'm coming with you." Marik declared, grabbing his own suitcase.

"Marik…......"

"No, it's final. Besides, how do you plan on getting back home?"

"Well, I hadn't…......"

"Don't worry about it." Marik smiled, kissing Ryou on the forehead. "I know a guy who owes me a favor. We'll be in New York before midnight."

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"Oh my god." Tea gasped as she sat down in a nearby seat. "He's…...... dead."

"No." Mokuba whispered. "He can't be."

"Why would they lie?" Tea asked. "They didn't even know the bug was there. He's dead. Dead, dead, dead. And I took his jacket. I shouldn't have taken his jacket!" Tea sobbed as she unzipped her jacket, ripped off the bulletproof vest and flung it aside. Resting her head in her hands, Tea let out a strangled sob and Yugi reached over to rest a hand on her shoulder. Shutting down his laptop, Mokuba tried to fight the tears that were threatening to spill over onto his cheeks.

"Seto, why were you such an idiot?" Mokuba asked his lap once he had put his laptop back into his backpack. "How could you?"

"Mokuba Kaiba?" A voice asked and Mokuba looked up with a start. He'd been so deep in though he hadn't noticed the three men who had approached them.

"Uh…......" Mokuba stammered, unsure how to answer.

"We'd like you to come with us." The tallest man explained.

"I'm not Mokuba Kaiba."

"Yes you are." The tallest man sighed and the other two men pulled small handguns out of their jackets. Hearing Mokuba gasp, Tea looked up to see the muzzle of a gun pressed against her forehead. Mumbling a prayer, Yugi closed his eyes and tried to ignore the gun pressed against his own face.

Biting his lip, Mokuba took in Tea's tear-streaked face and Yugi's panic-stricken expression and swallowed.

"Yes. I am Mokuba Kaiba."

"Please, come with us." The tallest man, obviously the leader, grunted and Mokuba was grabbed by one of the other men. Pushed and shoved down the hall of the train, Mokuba, Tea and Yugi soon found themselves in a private compartment.

"Sit down." One of the men with guns commanded the trio and the order was instantly obeyed. It isn't wise to argue with someone holding a gun.

"Yes. Well, there is an unexpected guest." The other man with a gun muttered into a cell phone. "Both of them? Very well. I'll await your other call."

Hanging up the cell phone, the man nodded to the leader and Mokuba was hauled off the couch by his upper arm.

"Mokuba!" Tea called, reaching out for the younger boy, but the man who had been talking on the phone pointed a gun at her chest and she stopped.

"Sit back down." The leader commanded and Tea comply slowly. "It seems our boss doesn't need you, girl, or you, boy. All we need is this Kaiba."

"Please, leave him alone." Tea begged.

"You shouldn't beg for him, girl. You're the one we've been ordered to shot." The man holding Mokuba laughed. Letting out a low groan, Yugi covered his eyes and began to shake violently. Snickering, the leader of the three men pulled out a traditional revolver of his own and placed two bullets in the chamber, before aiming it at Tea's forehead.

"NO!" Mokuba screamed, shoving his elbow back into his captor's stomach. Doubling over in pain, the man let out a grunt and released his hold. Startled by the noise in the background, the leader fired too early and a bullet nicked the back of the couch, just left of Tea's shoulder. Turning around, the man backhanded Mokuba and the leader helped Mokuba's captor to his feet.

"Yugi?" Tea asked, as she noticed Yugi was shaking. "Yugi, are you alright? Speak to me!"

Pulling Yugi's hands away from his face, Tea gasped and pulled back. Yugi's eyes had fogged over and he was looking at her with a blank stare. Falling off the couch, Tea watched as Yugi stood up and lifted a straight back chair over his head. Throwing it at the leader, Yugi let out a feral scream and rushed at the other two men.

Crawling over to Mokuba, Tea tried to ignore the screams in the background as Yugi beat the three men. Shaking Mokuba's shoulders, Tea sighed in relief as Mokuba opened his eyes.

"What…...... what happened?"

"You startled the man who was going to shoot me. He missed and the gunshot scared Yugi enough that he reverted to his other personality." Tea explained.

"Is he dangerous?" Mokuba whispered as he watched Yugi repeatedly punched and beat an already unconscious opponent.

"Yes, he is dangerous to everyone in this room, including us and himself. But he's running purely on adrenaline. This change in personality never last very long, which is good, because he's completely uncontrollable when he's like this." Tea whispered, before laying a finger on Mokuba's lips. And so they sat, huddled in a corner, waiting for Yugi to run out of energy, anger and fear.

AN: Did anyone else realized that this is the first time Yami has appeared in 'What you have' and 'Ryu'? Just a fun fact there.