Book Dragon: "Thanks for the reviews people! My heart is lifted that you like the story!" *Giant grin*

Tomb Robber: "Oh I think I'm going to throw up…" *looks green*

Book Dragon: *Glowers at Tomb Robber* "Oh come on it wasn't that bad…"

Tomb Robber: *suddenly throws up*

Bakura: 0_0U

Book Dragon: *Face screwed up in disgust as she running out of the room*

Bakura: "Ummm… let's start the chapter!"

Chapter 15: Face of Rage

The crew looked through surprised eyes at Ryelle wolfing down pancakes like no tomorrow, pancakes that were surprisingly leftovers from that morning. Shadi raised an eyebrow and Joey and Tristan looked at Tea with an "I told you so" look on their faces. Yugi stared in amazement; he had never seen a girl eat so much. Yami was staring at the ceiling in a thinking state, and Bakura tried hard to ignore her eating habits. She, herself, was not surprised at her huge hunger pain; she hadn't eaten in like a month! The best part of it all was she could actually taste very syrupy bite, running over her tongue down into her the emptiness of her stomach. After ten helpings of pancakes she finally stopped eating, it felt good to have something in her stomach again. She wiped her mouth off quickly with a near by napkin and looked up at the crew. Everyone was silent and staring at one another, wanting the other to talk first, it stayed silent for long minutes. In this period, something sparked in her mind and followed into her mouth and out quickly in to the air.

"Where's Tomb Robber?" Everyone looked wide-eyed at one another; suddenly chairs scuffed the floor in a huge roar of footsteps echoed into the room they were keeping him in. There in the corner of the room an empty wooden chair sat, cut ropes freely hung from it, and the glittering ring that had been tethered to the other chair was now missing. Everyone's faces became twisted in aghast and one word came into Ryelle's mouth.

"Shit."       

Shadi paced the tile floor of the kitchen quickly thinking hard, Ryelle's eyes watched him pace while leaning on a near by cream wall. Yami was sitting in a chair, his serous scary look on, thinking about the situation at hand. Yugi looked extremely worried, nervous even, twiddling his thumbs over and over thinking.  Bakura sat in a wooden chair with his head in his pale clammy hands; horror filled his white face and shinned from his ground colored eyes. Ryelle could only imagine the fear that was streaming through his mind; she didn't know how to comfort him, she never really saw anyone ever look like that. Except once, when fear struck down her muscles and she couldn't move, when Tomb Robber approached and Malik came and they fought. It was only frightening because she assumed it had been Yami, now that she thought of it. She wanted so much to disappear into thin air; it was even more horrible that her ancient soul dream, only because it had been real. Her thoughts traveled back to the horrible moment in the street, the black figure coming at her. Her eyes clamped shut and she shook herself quickly, ridding the frightening image from her mind. Remembering it made her mind click, she now had a better idea of what he was thinking, it was like her black figure ten times worse. Her face relaxed and in her thoughts she fell into a type of trance, then, like a flash of lighting a stead beat pounded next to her right ear. The side of her face pressed against something warm, her arms around a different body warm arms rapped around her own back. Her eyes opened slowly, the warmth dazed her senses, white wisps of hair fluttered in her face. It took a moment to realize she was hugging Bakura, how this had happened was a mystery but, for once in her life, she took the feeling deep with in, she ignored the misty figures of the olive colored Egyptian and the tri colored hair teen staring at her. Her fingers pricked slightly and traveled up her arms to her back and all over, she ignored it.  The world was forgotten in her daze, emotion she never felt engulfed her whole mind in a wave. Her wings came to life and wrapped around him, a mist of green filled the corners of her eyes as she looked at Bakura's face, it was twisted into a dazed happiness she had never seen, it looked like he never wanted to let go, neither did she. How long they stayed in that embrace was unsure but at what seemed to be a much later point they decided at once to stop, both feeling uplifted in a sort of dream. The embrace ended, wings huddled back of the torn tank top, both brown eyes opened. Ryelle's face became hot at that moment and her cheeks grew red as roses, but a smile appeared all the same. Bakura wore the same red roses with the same expression. Her hand fell to grip the chair in her embarrassment, her fingers enclosed over the wood, ridges crept under her fingers. She removed her hand from the wood quickly in shock and surprise. Her eyes searched her hands slowly as she reached out and touched the side of the wall, the smooth surface tickled her fingertips as her eyes widened in amazement. She then started walking around the room letting her fingers fall on different surfaces, letting each texture soak in. Her smile grew wider in happiness, she could finally feel. She looked at everyone with a huge smile covering her face, everyone had confused looks. She laughed aloud at their expressions, her eyes bright in the uplifted feeling of both events. She then spoke her mind aloud.

" I can touch, I can finally touch!"             

            Ryelle sat in a blue sofa in the living room, her feet over the arm rest and her head on the other, constantly rubbing her hand over the fuzzy texture, trying to get use to the feeling of touch again. Her eyes drooping making large purple bags under her eyes, they had arrived late, why she had pancakes for dinner was uncertain, but she fought to keep her lowering eyelids wide. Bakura just sat across the room staring at her, thinking about what had happened in the kitchen over and over again. One moment he was dreading his other's return and the next he was being held by one he was very fond of, awaking from a nightmare into a dream. He sat unmoving, still somewhat in a daze from the kitchen action that had accord a few hours ago. Yugi watched his dazed friend in a chair balanced on both of the back legs from the other room, a small grin on his face. He glanced at Joey twirling a small blue ball he had found in his room, Joey had taken the Ryelle hugging Bakura part very well, all though, he probably stopped thinking about her when he saw the wings. Tristin had stopped teasing him about liking her; Tea was still unsure and edgy around her. Shadi looked perfectly calm about it, and was now sitting in a chair looking at Yami. Yami had his feet up on the table, throwing a dice back and forth in his hands, his mind thinking quickly and logically. Yugi wondered when they would be put back together, he didn't ask her now 'cause she looked like she was going to keel over into a deep slumber. Shadi finally said something.

"We should take shifts." Yugi lost balance of the chair in surprise and fell to the ground in a loud crash; Joey stood up quickly and looked down at his fallen friend. Bakura leaped from the chair, Ryelle shoot up her wings speared out at lightning speed knocking a picture off the wall to loudly smash on the ground. She grimaced at the crashes and took a near by pillow and immediately shoving it in her face, mentally yelling at herself. Yami stood up in a flash and looked down in horror at his other.

" YUGI?!?!?"  Yugi lay on the ground, little swirls in his eyes. Joey picked him off the floor slowly, still in the chair, and lifted it to all four of its feet. Yugi shook his head furiously looked at Yami in a soothing way.

"I'm alright…" Joey looked up at Yami.

" Shouldn't we track him down or something?" Ryelle spoke through the pillow, her voice mumbled.

"No, he'll come back here for two reasons. First, for the rest of the ring, second for the puzzle. He'll come to us." Shadi nodded in agreement.

"Yes, a great number of items have gathered here, it would be too tempting to pass up, as I was saying we should take shifts, probably in pairs." Yami nodded.

"Yes, so if one falls asleep the other can wake them up…" Joey immediately partnered up with Tristin, Yami with Shadi, Yugi with Tea; that left Ryelle and Bakura. They glanced at each other; both shrugged, and volunteered to take the first shift. The other's agreed and went to bed, to get enough sleep for the their shift. Ryelle and Bakura stayed in the living room, both silents. Ryelle sat up, feeling she would definitely go to sleep if she were on her back. She stayed motionless up right, feeling very tired. Bakura must have sensed her fatigue; he blurted something out.

"So… who's waiting for you when you go home?" Ryelle blinked at him in some surprise and yawned wide.

" I think my brother and sister, or I hope they are. Why are you curious?" She had sensed that the question had been a bad itch for the last hour.

" No reason, just wondering…" he replied slowly, hiding the fact that he had been wondering if she loved any one besides family. Ryelle stared at her feet thinking she decided to carry on with the conversation, for one reason to keep the both of them awake.

"Do you mind if I ask something personal?" Bakura blinked at her and nodded slowly, wondering it was a good choice.

" Have you ever wondered if you would recognize what love was? I mean I have heard so many thing about it, read stories containing it, I remember my sister tried to explain it to me. She just couldn't, she became furious with me and left with an angry look on her face which was very funny I might had." They chuckled a little, Bakura was unsure of what to say, until something poured into his mind.

"I guess some can recognize it and some can't, but I guess you never really can tell until something happens." Ryelle smiled at his opinion and nodded her head in agreement.

"Yeah, that sounds right…" 

" Mind if I ask you a personal question?" Bakura asked slowly.

" Fire away."  He opened his mouth to speak when a loud crash sounded in the next room. Both teenagers bolted up quickly, startled and wide-eyed, wings bolted out and brushed against the walk not breaking anything for once. They stood motionless for a few seconds, straining their ears for other sounds, there were none. They both glanced at one another slowly, quiet whispers sounded.

"The others?"

" No they would've come in here first…" Ryelle's wings lowered silently, she started to step forward when a pale hand stopped her, she looked at Bakura. He had a stern face on, an expression forbidding her to go, or wanting her not to. She halted at his response and he started forward into the kitchen, taking quiet steps that not even a dog could hear. He crept into the kitchen and disappeared from view, his huge white hair last. She waited long moments of silence, adrenaline streaming through her, the pounding of her heart in her ears.

"It's okay…" Bakura's voice echoed from the other room, Ryelle sighed in relief and walked into the next room quickly, wanting not to be in the room alone. She entered the doorway and was seized by a pair of pale powerful hands, her mouth covered in lightning speed. She let out a muffled scream and turned to face her attacker, she eyes wide in surprise. A pair of huge brown eyes looked at her, full of power and rage, eyes that longed to hurt. Bright white teeth were forced together painfully on the pale face, a small smirk made at her. White hair pointed like daggers in all directions, like lightning bolts in a summer storm. A face that had seen many years pass it by and still remained young glared back into her tree bark brown orbs. She knew she had finally been caught by her hunter, the one who wanted her death, her blood in his hands, her screams echoing through his ears, the TombRobber…

Book Dragon: "I hope this is good, it took me so long to figure it out how it should go, I'm okay with it and I hope you guys will be too."

TombRobber: " I actually believe you caught my true nature in that description mortal…"

Bakura: *looking sideways at his other* 0_0u

Book Dragon: " Okay… umm… please review!"