Troubles of Love

Chibi B: Hello! ^^; Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I was kind of stuck on the plot because SOMEONE *glares at Taski* switched my plot around.and so I had to come up with something new.

Taski: *getting beaten up by reviewers* x_X

Chibi B: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I STILL have to thank you all personally.^^; Once I find the time. Right now my mother is not telling me anything that she has planned. -_-; Just today she walked up to me and said : Oh! I forgot to tell you. One of your best friends whom you haven't seen in three years is coming over to visit! And then we're going to a water park even though you hate roller coasters and don't own a swimsuit! It's going to be so much fun!

Taski: XD I thought it was funny.*gets a tomato thrown at him*

Chibi B: ^_^ On with the chapter!

Warnings: Yaoi, Rape, OOCness

Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Yugioh..or anything else for that matter. I live in a box on the side of the street.so go away.

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Chapter 8

Ryou moaned and blinked his eyes open, blearily trying to focus on his surroundings. "Wh-Where am I?" He asked groggily.

"You're safe now, back at your house." Bakura spoke softly, standing on the right side of the bed. "How are you feeling?"

"My house?" Ryou blinked, "How did I get here? The last thing I remember was sleeping over at Malik's."

The three boys above him shot worried glances at each other.

"You don't remember anything that happened yesterday?" Marik asked seriously.

"No," Ryou shifted and then yelped, "What happened to me? Why am I so sore?" He questioned, tears pooling in his eyes. "Why can't I remember anything?"

"Relax Ryou," Bakura said calmly, "Don't move around too much." Ryou obeyed and calmed down, sinking into his bed. He looked at them, confused. He was hurting in places that shouldn't have been hurting.

"Ryou," Malik said cautiously, "Yesterday, you and I went for a walk, do you remember that?" Ryou shook his head, he didn't recall even waking up. Malik sighed and continued, "A little while later, we were both attacked and kidnapped by some gang." Ryou gasped, shocked. "As soon as we woke up, they, they.." Malik turned his head away, unable to continue.

"What?" Ryou prodded urgently, "What did they do?"

"Well, first, they took you to a separate room, and I was left with the other gang members. Then, they, they raped us.." Malik whispered tearfully, still not looking at anyone.

Ryou stared at them, as a tear dripped down his face. "Oh.." Was all that he could manage to get out before he lowered his head and let out a sob, clutching his bed sheets in his hands.

Marik reached down and hugged Ryou, wary of the others injuries. He stroked Ryou's soft locks of hair and whispered comforting words in his ear. Malik had buried his head in Bakura's shoulder and was crying softly, trying to will himself to forget the memories of the day before.

"Are they still alive?" Ryou choked out, leaning his head against Marik.

"All of them are dead." Marik snarled, "Except for.."

"Let me guess," Ryou sobbed pitifully, "The man who did this to me got away." Marik nodded angrily.

"You should lay back down Malik." Bakura said, gently setting him down on the other bed.

Ryou sniffled, and looked up at Marik, "I'm sorry," he apologized quietly, "I'm acting like such a baby."

"You aren't acting like a baby Ryou," Bakura told him seriously, "It's okay to cry."

"Bakura's right," Agreed Marik, "It's better to let it all out than keep it all inside."

"Thank you." Ryou looked up at them with eyes still filled with bewilderment, disbelief, and pain.

"It's no problem," Marik smiled warmly at him, "You two just rest and relax, Bakura and I will take care of you both."

Malik snickered from his bed, "Yeah, Marik even made pancakes."

Ryou smiled softly at Marik whose face was slightly red with embarrassment, "I was wondering why you were covered in flour.." He let out a giggle as Bakura roared with laughter at Marik's facial expression.

Marik pouted a little, and crossed his arms. "You guys are so cruel." He muttered, but couldn't keep his face from breaking out into a small grin. "You must admit though, my cooking isn't half bad."

Malik nodded, snickering lightly himself, and handed Ryou over the rest of the pancakes. "I'm finished, and you need to eat."

"But I'm not hung-"

"Don't give me that Ryou!" Bakura scolded, hands on his hips, "I want you to at least eat one full pancake." Ryou sighed and nodded, picking at the pancake with his fork, trying to ignore how painful it was to even lift an arm. Bakura noticed Ryou wince every now and then and headed downstairs to grab some painkillers for him and Malik.

"Thanks Bakura." Ryou smiled up at his yami as he swallowed the pills quickly.

"Thank you." Malik chorused as well, downing his pills just as fast. All of them were silent for a small period of time that seemed to last forever. Finally, Bakura broke the silence.

"I think we should take you two to the hospital." Bakura suggested seriously. He was concerned about the bruises and cuts that marred both the hikaris skin. He also wanted to make sure that there was no internal tearing, even though he was sure that there would be.

"No!" Ryou shouted, looking at them frantically, "If I go to the hospital, then they'll ask what happened! And if I tell them the truth, then the cops will have to be involved, and, and I don't want to have to face the man who did this to me again!"

"Calm down Ryou, we have to make sure that your alright!" Bakura soothed, trying to calm down the now panicking Ryou.

"No! Please don't take me there!"

"Malik? Try to talk some sense into Ryou, you know that we have to get your two checked out, just to be sure." Marik begged, looking at Malik for a reply.

Malik stared at the ground, "I, I actually agree with Ryou. I don't want to have to go through all the questioning and other things, it's too humiliating."

Bakura grumbled to himself, trying to think of a way to get the hikaris to go with them. He rubbed his forehead in agitation and sighed loudly.

Marik suddenly jumped up and shouted, scaring Ryou and Malik. "Sorry." He apologized sheepishly, "But I just remembered something. Bakura, can't we heal them using the magic from our items?"

"By Ra you're right!" Bakura exclaimed loudly. "It will take a lot of our energy, but we should be able to pull it off."

Ryou and Malik stared at them curiously, wondering what the heck the two were talking about.

"Um, what are you guys talking about?" Malik asked meekly, tilting his head to the side questionably.

"Well," Marik explained, "We should be able to heal your injuries using the power of our Millenium Items."

"Oh.." Ryou said nervously, "Are you sure it will work?"

"No, we're not a hundred percent sure, but it should work out." Bakura shrugged carelessly and walked over to the side of Ryou's bed, as Marik walked over to Malik. Both the younger hikaris looked up at them, tense and uneasy about what their yamis were going to do.

"Don't worry, we won't let anything bad happen to you." Marik said reassuringly, poising his hands over Malik's body.

"Marik's right." Bakura said, mimicking Marik's position over Ryou, "If it starts to hurt, tell us." Ryou nodded, and closed his eyes, trying to relax. Malik closed his eyes as well when he began to feel a warm sensation flow throughout his body. Ryou gasped as he felt it as well. The doorbell ringing downstairs interrupted Bakura and Marik's concentration, and they broke the healing spell.

"Damnit! What a perfect time for someone to show up!" Marik complained, rolling his eyes in annoyance. Bakura sighed, also a bit miffed at the interruption, and went downstairs to answer the door. "So, do you feel at least a little better?" Marik asked hopefully.

Malik sat up and shifted around a bit. "Well, all my bruises are healed, and it doesn't hurt so much, down there." Malik blushed and turned his head to the side, staring at the wall.

Ryou sat up as well, but still winced slightly. "Well, it seems that most of my other wounds have healed up, but, it still hurts a lot, 'down there'." Ryou turned red as well, and fidgeted slightly.

Marik scowled. It wasn't right. Why did these two have to go through so much? This shouldn't have happened to them at all. He turned his head as Bakura came back upstairs, looking rather annoyed. He soon found out why as two others followed him up as well.

"Ryou! Malik!" Yugi cried, running towards the two on the bed. "Are you alright? What happened?" He asked worriedly.

"We're fine Yugi." Ryou smiled, trying to calm the other boy down.

"Yeah, just a few bumps and bruises, nothing to worry about." Malik said reassuringly, grinning up at Yugi, though the smile looked forced.

\You didn't tell them, did you?\ Ryou asked his yami through their mental link.

\\No, do you want me to tell them?\\

\NO!!\

\\..\\

\Sorry, please, I'd rather not have them know what happened.\

\\I understand.\\ "Ryou? Hello?" Yugi waved a hand in Ryou's face. Ryou jumped up, startled, and then hissed in pain as the movement sent sharp flares of pain up through his lower spine. "I'm sorry!" Yugi apologized, guilt shining in his eyes.

"Don't worry about it, I'm fine. I just moved the wrong way." Ryou said, giving Yugi a fake smile.

"Okay, if you're sure." Yugi said doubtfully, noticing that Ryou and Malik's smiles were forced. He looked at Malik, whose eyes were glazed over. Malik was conversing with Marik and telling him almost the exact same thing Ryou told Bakura.

Yami had narrowed his eyes at the two hikaris appearance. Knowing that something was wrong. "Would you care to explain what happened to you two?" Yami said, standing by Yugi in between Malik and Ryou's beds.

"Um."

"They went for a walk and were kidnapped and beaten up." Bakura snapped at Yami. He was agitated that the Pharaoh was present, and was snooping into matters in which were none of his business.

"I asked them Tomb Robber, not you!" Yami snarled out.

"It's true." Malik said, not meeting Yami's eyes. "That's exactly what happened." Yami stared at them for a moment longer before nodding his head in understanding. He still felt that they weren't telling him the whole story.

"I take it this means you won't be coming to school tomorrow?" Yugi looked at Ryou questionably.

"School! That completely skipped my mind!" Ryou shouted out, his eyes wide. Then Ryou sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose, wincing when an unhealed cut split open again. "I guess I'll just have to make up the work, I doubt I'll attend school all this week. That's okay though, it's only this week and then our break, so I can work on my homework then."

"Are you're wounds that bad?" Yami asked him, concerned.

"Um, no, they aren't really fatal or anything," Ryou stuttered out, "But, I, um, I'm a bit tired, so I'll need to rest."

"Alright." Yami still looked at him suspiciously though. "What about you Malik?"

"What about me? I have nothing to worry about. I don't go to school." Malik smirked.

Yami sighed, "I meant you're injuries."

"Oh, well Marik healed me a little, so I'm not that sore anymore."

"Wait, then why didn't Bakura heal Ryou?" Yami looked at Bakura curiously, who avoided his stare.

"He did." Ryou spoke up from his bed, "He just didn't get to finish because you two came over."

"Oh, sorry about that." Yugi looked sheepish. "We'll go now."

"Wait, what did you two come over here for in the first place?" Ryou asked.

"We just wanted to visit, but I think that you should rest some more." Yugi smiled cheerfully up at Ryou and Malik before waving goodbye and dragging his yami out of the room with him.

Ryou sighed in relief and sunk down into his bed. He was glad that was over, he was never good at telling lies. Especially to Yugi and Yami.

"Are you feeling any better?" Bakura asked, sitting on Ryou's bed.

"Yes, thank you." Ryou beamed up at Bakura. He was a little astonished at how much Bakura had changed. Marik was also acting much kinder than before. The room suddenly went quiet, and Marik, Malik, and Bakura glanced at one another before looking at Ryou who sat there and stared up at them with his trusting eyes.

"Ryou, we have something to tell you." Marik said slowly, sharing another look with Bakura and Malik.

"Okay, go ahead." Ryou smiled nervously up at them. All of a sudden he started to feel a bit anxious at what they were going to say.

"We-" Malik began quietly, but was interrupted by Bakura.

"Love you." Bakura finished, and he clasped Ryou's hand in his own and held it tightly.

Ryou stared up at them, shock evident on his face. They, loved him? How could they love him? Especially after what had happened to him. Who could possibly want him now that he was used and dirty? He blinked back tears of confusion and looked around at them. He didn't understand, why would they care?

"Ryou?" Marik asked cautiously, troubled by Ryou's tear filled eyes.

"Why?" Ryou whispered quietly, making the three others wince at the pain etched in his voice. "Why would you love me after what happened? How could you love me even before then?"

"Ryou, it doesn't matter what happened to you, we love you." Malik explained, wanting so much to get up and wipe the others tears away.

"Yes it does!" Ryou cried out, his tears finally falling, "I, I don't even remember it happening! How can you say you love me? I feel like such a whore." Ryou sniffled and covered his face with his hands, ashamed.

"We understand if you don't love us back Ryou." Bakura said, saddened by his light's crying, "But don't you ever think of yourself like that!" Bakura leaned over and wrapped his arms around the sobbing hikari. "You are not a whore, and you're not dirty. Promise me you won't ever say something like that again.

Ryou nodded and buried his head in Bakura's chest, sobbing loudly. He was just so upset and confused. He clutched Bakura's shirt in his hands as he let loose his pent up agony, ignoring the pain the movement caused. Malik and Marik watched sorrowfully from the side. Malik understood how Ryou could feel like he was now. Hell, Malik felt the same still. Ryou then mumbled something into Bakura's chest.

"What was that?" Bakura asked gently. Ryou peeked his head up off of Bakura's chest.

"I said, I love you all too." He gave them a watery smile and lay back down. Marik and Bakura grinned widely at him and Malik let out a small whoop of joy.

"I guess this is a fairy tale." Marik smirked, pulling Bakura off the bed and into his arms, hugging the former tomb robber close.

"Yeah, I guess it is." Bakura sighed wistfully, and watched as Malik and Ryou both fell into a peaceful slumber with smiles spread across their faces.

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Chibi B: Wow! I think that's the longest chapter I've ever written! And my computer only crashed twice on me! *dances* Yay!

Taski.X_X

Chibi B: Please R&R! It makes me want to update faster. And it gives me inspiration! Like this morning.I got inspiration from my Reeses Puffs! Mmmm..(I don't own that either.)