A/N: Hello my wonderful reviewers! I have to ask you a few questions though.

Dark Witch, I don't understand what you mean about Ryou. I understand that the thing about Kaiba was totally ---- just wrong, but I had my reasons for having such a weird twist in my story. Bakura made it up about having a job with back massages and whatever else----- I couldn't think of anything else.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me. Sometimes my stories can be confusing. I hope you people appreciate me posting this today. I have to go to a meeting about school shit ( -_-) so I had VERY little time to type this. If I don't update next week, it's cuz I haven't friggin started my projects for school yet and they're all due b4 spring break. ENJOY!!!!

Chapter 12

Kit's POV

As I ran down the street of my destination, I hoped to god that my hypothesis wasn't correct because if I guessed right, Malik or Marik had a major role in this conflict. I ran through the grass of Bakura's house to get to the door quicker, but to my surprise, it was locked.

Faint voices were heard on the right side of the house. I walked around to see a window conveniently open, leading to the kitchen. I saw the shadows of people moving across the room. It was obvious that there wasn't just Bakura in the house. Maybe it was Ryou, maybe he finally came back! Letting my emotions override, I quickly, but clumsily, crawled through the window. I landed on the floor with a thud, caught a glimpse of two figures and then a bright light.

After the sudden flash of white light, there only stood a cloaked figure. And by the looks of it, it wasn't Ryou ----- or Bakura. Where had Bakura gone? The stranger picked up the Millennium Ring from the floor and turned around to stare at me. At this point, I was already standing. "Who are you and why ----- MALIK?!?!"

::sadistic laugh:: "You have found yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time!" Malik replied as he pulled out his own Millennium item and prepared to strike it at me. Luckily, I dodged the hit.

"What did you do to Bakura?" I screamed, only seeing the Millennium Ring held in his left hand.

"He's the least of your concerns. Who are you?"

"I'm Kit. NOW WHERE THE HELL IS BAKURA?"

Malik lowered the arm that held the threatening rod. "K-Kit, huh?" He said, nervously, but quickly recovered with a smirk.

"Yeah, what of it?" I questioned, cringing at the look on his face.

"Come with me, and I assure no harm will befall you." Malik advanced towards me, extending his hand.

"NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!" I ran past Malik and up the stairs to Bakura's room. I looked around frantically for something to defend myself with. Bakura had to keep at least some sort of weapon in his room. Hearing the quick footsteps belonging to Malik get closer, I panicked and opened his window that led to the porch roof. I knew I was cornered, so maybe I could escape instead of physical combat. It was my only hope. Crawling through the small opening, I saw Malik just as he arrived at the room.

"Kit! Come here!"

"Leave me alone Malik!" It was safe to say I was scared out of my wits. It took the same time for me to walk to the far edge of the roof as it took Malik to appear on the porch roof. I looked down; it wasn't that far down, but enough to probably sprain my ankle or something.

"Kit, listen to me!" Malik grabbed my shoulder and spun me around.

"No! I - I'm not going with you and - and if I have to take you down with me, I will."

"Stop, you don't ----"

I didn't give Malik time to think or say anything as I grabbed a hold of him with both hands and sent both of us jumping over the edge. Malik was simply too strong for me to just push over the edge. I also had a grip on the Millennium Ring that Malik somehow took from Bakura.

"What about Ryou ----" Malik started to say, but it was too late, we both hit the ground, knocking the air out of our lungs. He said something about Ryou! HE KNEW ABOUT RYOU! But it was too late. A blackness, darker than it was outside, surrounded me as I started to fall into a more peaceful state -----

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I squinted my eyes so I could adjust to the blinding light. A few people dressed in white leaned over me and started talking.

"Are you ok? Can you hear us? Can you tell us what happened?"

"W - where am I? Who are you people?" I asked, noticing that trying to get up was going to take a lot more energy.

"You're at the Domino Hospital. We had someone call in saying you fell off the roof. You'll be fine." The doctor to my far left explained.

"Oh, ok. I don't have any serious injuries do I? I don't have brain or spinal cord injuries do I?" That sounded stupid, I would know if I were hurt or not. But still ------

"No, you're in great condition. If all goes well, you'll probably be able to get released today." The shorter nurse in front of me answered. "Do you have any family, friends, or other relatives you want to contact? We would've called your family, but we couldn't find you records."

I found the energy to pull out Joey's phone number from my pocket and hand it to the only nurse that had stayed in the room after I woke up. "Call Joey, tell him it's Kit. And tell him I'd appreciate it if he came down."

"I'll be back in a moment, Kit."

"Wait." I noticed I was wearing the Millennium Ring around my neck. "Why do I have this?"

"Oh, it was found a few feet away from where you fell. We assumed it was yours, is it not?"

"No, no. That's ok. Thank-you." I said, slightly confused and trying to remember everything that happened last night. Well, it actually happened in the beginning hours of today, that is, if I wasn't out for a day or more. I sat there for a while, remembering Mokuba, Malik, Ryou, and what Seto told me. I wish I could've asked Malik what he knew about Ryou. Although, if Malik knew something about Ryou, it couldn't be good. And what about Marik? Is he in the picture? I hope not, Marik and Malik, in my mind, are equally creepy. And what the hell happened to Bakura? I could've sworn I saw Bakura in the house, but he wasn't there. He was there one second, and then ---- gone.

The nurse had returned for a few seconds to tell me something. "We contacted Joey and he will be here in a short while. Meanwhile, take it easy and rest if you can."

"Thank-you." I replied as she shut the door after her. I hid the Millennium Ring under my shirt so no one asked any questions. If anyone was to ask any questions, it'd be me! Where are Bakura, Ryou and Malik? Why do I have the Ring? Didn't Malik have it? After pondering the possible answers, I dozed off to sleep.

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I awoke to Joey running his fingers through my hair and sighing softly. I regained some of my strength and sat up. Joey, startled by my sudden movement, jumped back slightly.

"Kit! What happened to you? I got a phone call -----"

"Joey, I'm fine."

"Then what happened?"

Here goes one of my great lies again. "I was sitting out on the porch roof, star gazing and wondering about Ryou. I then accidentally slipped and fell off the roof."

"What about Ryou?"

"I didn't tell you?"

"No." Joey answered, wanting to know what I had kept from him.

:: sigh :: Now I'm going to have to tell Joey everything that happened within that 2 - 3 hour time frame before I passed out. Of course, I'd have to leave out the parts about Malik. I was very suspicious of Malik and I didn't want Joey to get involved in case the knowledge of Malik somehow endangered his life. So I told Joey about Ryou leaving, the Bakura and Seto phone call and what Seto told me.

"So Ryou's gone?" I could see Joey trying to comprehend all of what I told him.

"Yeah. And from what I know, he's not back. But I'm somewhat relieved to know Seto didn't intentionally rape me."

"I wouldn't trust his word if I were you."

I thought; 'But you aren't me, otherwise you would know Seto was right.' But I couldn't tell him that because it involves Malik. "Well, it just seems right. Why would Kaiba lie about all that?"

"I guess you're right. So are you feeling better yet?" Joey asked, brushing a few strands of hair out of my face.

:: sigh :: "I regained most of my strength back and my headache is disappearing. After the doctors make sure I'm 100% ok, I'll probably be released out of here by later tonight."

"Ya really scared me when I got that phone call earlier. You can't imagine the thoughts that raced through my mind."

"I'm ok now. The only thing that matters now is that you're here with me." I pulled Joey closer to me and kissed him softly on the lips. He brushed his tongue across my lips, demanding the entrance that I happily gave to him. Our tongues intertwined for minutes on end. We only stopped a few times to breath. We were just about to return to our make-out session when a doctor came barging through the door. Quickly trying to cover it up, I layed back down and Joey sat back into his chair.

"We have to ask you to leave, Joey." The doctor had said.

"Why?" I replied back in protest.

"We have to run tests on you, Kit, if you want to leave by tonight." The doctor replied.

"Ok. Just a minute." Joey stood up, leaned towards my left ear and whispered, "I'll be back. In the meantime, I'll look for Ryou, ok?"

"Thank-you. I love you so much, Joey."

"I love you too. See ya in a bit!" Joey said as he waved goodbye to me and walked slowly out of the room. I sighed as the doctor, who had so rudely interrupted my moment with Joey, began to run a few tests to make sure I was ok.