Chapter 7

"How did she get in this state?"

"Seto, she'll be fine."

"You're a bloody dragon! How would you know?"

"That's exactly why and how I know. I still don't understand how you could get so attached to this type of duel monster."

"And what do you mean by that?"

Everyone's gaze turned to Kael. She had one eye closed and one eye half open. She looked like she been around to the scrap yard and back. She coughed and tears fell from her eyes. Tears appeared in Kindra's eyes and this was when Alyssa took her chance to take over Kindra's body. Kael's body started to reject all the healing it had taken in and her condition worsened more and more. Bakura walked in the door and looked at Isis.

"Hello Isis. How are you?"

This startled Isis and Alyssa. Fox stood in front of Kael and bared her teeth.

"I'm fine, and you?"

"Never felt better."

A smirk appeared on his face when he noticed most of the Millennium items being in one place. He walked over to Kael, only to be pushed back by Fox. He tilted his head and smirked again.

"Why do you protect her, when she has caused nothing but trouble?"

All the others blinked at the changed in Bakura's mood. Kael struggled to sit up, but Marik pushed her back down, also standing in front of her. Sure, he and Bakura were once friends. That was of course before he had betrayed his trust and tried to steal the Millennium rod.

"Even if she is a pain in the ass, she is still a friend."

Kael looked at her in confusion. She had wondered herself why Fox had even cared about her existence. She tried to reach for the Millennium dagger but it was slightly out of her reach. Bakura walked up to it and picked it up. She growled and made a leap for it. Bakura moved out of the way and knelt beside her.

"Why bother for something so useless to you?"

Her body started to cease up and she looked at him.

"It's what keeps me alive you idiot."

He blinked as Ryou had found enough courage and power to rise again. Alyssa was pleased and smiled.

"I'm sorry for what Bakura is doing to you Kael."

He handed the dagger back and she smiled.

"I'm used to his futile attempts to take my item."

She winced at a flicker of pain shot down her spine. Something was in the dagger, killing her. She looked up to see that it wasn't Ryou at all; Bakura had made himself appear to be him. Regardless of the pain, she sat up and leaned against him. He blinked at her shocked. How was she still living?

"I will defeat you Inochi."

His eyes glinted with such hatred unknown to the others.

"You can die just as I can."

"But, I can not die as easily…. Inochi."

She was getting some satisfaction from this torment. (Inochi on my translation program means mortal)

"Heh. That's what you think."

Bakura kissed her on the lips and disappeared. She blinked and dropped to the floor. Devlin ran to her and held her close. Seto smiled slightly, even though running through his brain at a million miles an hour was how he could protect Kael.

"Hey Isis, would you mind if you, Marik, Rishid and Fox came back to Japan. Just until this blows over."

"Sure. I think it would be a good chance to make up for lost time."

Within hours of this being said, everyone was on the plane to Japan. Mokuba and Rebecca had given up their room for Marik and Fox. Isis, of course, was with Seto and Kael was strapped to the bed, so she wouldn't get herself hurt anymore. Devlin slept on the other couch in the lounge room and sighed. He could hear Kael's screams for release and walked into her room.

"Please Devie. Could you please let me out of these… these restraints?"

Something worse had popped up into her mind about what she could call these, but let it go.

"I'm sorry Kael. This is for your own good."

He sat next to her and kissed her. She sighed and closed her eyes.

"This is no way for a dragon to live."

"You'll have to put up with it for now."

Devlin walked out and fell asleep on the couch. Kael stared at the roof and thought about Bakura's kiss. Why had he done that? What was the purpose of it? She tried to turn to her side in comfort, but they hadn't allowed her the much room. Marik walked in and smiled.

"Hungry?"

"I guess so. You don't know why he kissed me, do you?"

"You still have fragments of your past missing. You will understand soon enough."

"What do you know of it?"

"Isis only told me that. She said she has seen what happened to you, and if she could at all help it, she doesn't think you should find out about it."

Kael sighed and Marik loosened the straps. She turned to her side and smiled.

"Thanks for that. They really didn't want me to be comfortable on the way home."

"You're welcome. I know how it feels to be cooped up with no room."

She smiled more and hugged him.

"You always did understand me."

"Well, when you're a lot like me, it really wasn't that hard."

He moved the bangs from her eyes and smirked.

"Of course, I never seen anyone get into more fights in one day than I have…. except for Fox now."

She smirked and looked down.

"I was just trying to show off."

"Show off for whom?"

"You."

She turned away and curled up.

"Why would you do that?"

"Back then, I guess I could rely on you the most and I think I actually had a crush on you."

He laughed and shook his head.

"You couldn't have. You acted to tough to like someone like that."

"I thought I had too. Oh well, too late now. You have Fox and I have Devlin."

He smiled and hugged her.

"But we will always be friends."

They landed and Seto had bodyguards around Kael in an instant. She sighed and looked down. They took her to her room and guarded her some more. She felt a darkness swirl in her heart. Something was taking over.