I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Tat Claire Kokoro and Rhapsody Moonschild

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Tat: That's right!  Domo arigato to all reviewers! **bows**

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Tat: **nod** And now I guess it's time for disclaimer…

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CHAPTER NINTEEN (by Tat)

Bakura's POV

"Damn it." I mutter.  "He slipped right through my grasp again… and just when things were getting fun."  I grin.

Seduction really isn't my thing; torture is.  But it is a last resort—how else can I draw Ryou away from the Mary Sue pharaoh?

I take out my darts and throw them at a picture of that damn Pharaoh, each one of them hitting their precise target.

Heh…seems I haven't lost my skills.

Creak.

The door to my soul room opens… so Ryou comes back for seconds?

"Bakura-koi?"

Damn it, that's Marik.

"I'm here . . ." I say angrily.  I was expecting to fuck Ryou.

Marik walks to my bed.  "I tried calling but you won't answer the felerfoam*."

((*He means telephone.))

"I'm stuck here," I spit out, flinging another dart at the stupid pharaoh's picture.

"You got cursed by the stupid pharaoh?"

"Yep."

"Then how about we do this for now?"

Marik gives me a deep kiss, pushing me against the bed and unbuttoning my shirt 'til he can take it no more and simply rips it.

Fling!

Bunch of buttons flying about…