I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
By Rhapsody Moonschild and Tat Claire Kokoro
|~*Rhapsody: Back again for the fourth chapter.
Tat:…….
Rhapsody: Tat?
Tat: @.@ Seeing bishies…
Rhapsody: ?
Tat: **groggily** T'ere goes Bakura, and Marik…
Rhapsody: **looks confused, then nods sagely** Ah, I see… Vanir been busy again?
Tat: **mumbles** Mallet O' Inspiration… No, really, I'm okay to drive, except I never have before…
Rhapsody: **winces** Sounds a lil painful. Sometimes I'm grateful that my muse enjoys lengthy vacations.
Starsong: **on some exotic beach** I'll drink to that! **downs tropical beverage**
Rhapsody: Anyway, Yu-Gi-Oh is the property of That Bum, aka Kazuki Takahashi. Don't belong to us…
Tat: **mutters** Buy now and save ten percent… And if you call in the next five minutes…
Rhapsody: ^^";; **drags Tat offstage**
Start the fic…*~|
CHAPTER FOUR (by Rhapsody)
Yami's POV
Our walk to Ryou's home is silent. I can tell he is worried about something. I ask what several times but he won't give a real answer, so finally I am quiet.
When we reach the front walk he stops. "Thanks for taking me home, Yami," he says hurriedly, the fearful look still in his eyes.
I pretend not to understand that he wants me to leave and take him up to the door. When he unlocks it there is silence. All the lights are off—maybe Bakura isn't home.
"LIGHT!" I hear a loud yell. "WHERE'VE YOU BEEN?!"
Bakura slinks down the stairs, oozing menace. He holds a knife in his hand and brandishes it threateningly under Ryou's nose.
"N-nowhere," Ryou stutters and shuts the door with his foot in my face.
"YOU'RE LYING!" Bakura replies. I can hear him through the door. Quietly I move to the window and take a look.
The knife is removed from its place beneath Ryou's nose and Bakura moves back a little.
"Take off your shirt," he commands, gesturing with the blade.
Take off his shirt? Ryou does so with shaking hands (for some reason I notice he has a nice chest). Then Bakura moves back in and with a lightning-quick move runs the knife along his shoulder blade. Blood just pours out of the wound, so much that it doesn't seem real. Ryou cries out and doubles over, breathing hard.
I would see NO MORE of this. Loudly I banged on the door. After a moment and scuffling noises Bakura answers it. Looking beyond him into the house I cannot see Ryou. I suspect he has been forcibly removed to another room.
"Whatta ya want?!" Bakura demands in my face. He flourishes the knife under my own nose—I notice Ryou's blood still on the blade.
"What have you done to Ryou?" I ask angrily, not worried about Bakura's knife. If it got too close I would banish him to the Shadow Realm, and he knew it.
"He's been out with you, then!!!" Bakura says, disgusted expression on his face. "Go AWAY and STAY AWAY from my HIKARI, understand?!"
Then he slams the door in my face. But I won't take that from the tomb-robber, and I know Ryou is probably still bleeding badly. Quietly I sneak around to the back door, which is unlocked, and slip inside.