Neh…Gomen…haven't updated this in awhile. But now that I am, I feel like putting someone else through hell. Kwee ^^ Soo….this is basically a Shinkou-angst chapter, sort of, whatever, though there is more with Rekhi and thus a new pairing…hn… ::Goes to check shipper list quickly.:: Oh damn….must bug LF to make a new shipper it seems….
"You need professional help son." -Agent Kay: Men in Black II
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"Yami! Yami, STOP!" Mariku hissed out, moving forward quickly and pulling Yami against him. The young Pharaoh persisted in chasing down Bakura and forced himself to stand, limping for the door until the point where Mariku stopped him.
"I have to…"
"Yami, please," Mariku begged, arms lightly encircling the other, not wanting to hurt Yami's wounds. "You're in no condition to do anything…"
"I can never do anything! There's no difference! Yami broke away, but as soon as he had lost his support, he tumbled to his knees.
"Shinkou has gone after him, but you have to rest…" Mariku knelt down besides the Pharaoh, putting an arm around the other's shoulder and was not surprised when Yami leant into him.
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There was rain.
Pouring and hammering rain.
=FLASH=
"Why are you running?! Get back here!"
It fell against the rooftops, leaking a trail to the gutter.
Lightning….the afternoon was becoming such a mess.
=FLASH=
"I wouldn't have to run from a runt like you!"
Yami slept for the most part peacefully against Mariku, only a few memories still opening in his mind. The blonde smiled down at the other, stroking at the fine detailed hair. Though every so often he cast a look to the chair Shinkou was seated in, internally wondering why the brunette had such a face directed towards the ground.
=FLASH=
"Then show me! Now that the Shadow Realm is opened, I'll do whatever I can to avenge my cousin!"
"Oh? My pet Pharaoh is your cousin? How sweet. But you're in way over your head, ahou."
"Prove it!" A crimson glow brightly danced through the vision, breaking away as the voice called out again. "Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
Yami rolled closer against Mariku, happily nuzzling the warmth and allowed himself to smile full-heartedly. Again Mariku watched Shinkou, finally voicing out if the other was ok…But Shinkou made no response, his hazel eyes still holding gaze to the floor.
=FLASH=
"I told you, you have no idea who you're messing with! I'll make an oath that I will rule over the realm of shadows and this pathetic country!" A second flash of crimson, like thick blood ran openly, rivaling the last one and faded as tremendous power provoked the mind. "I've put my power over that runt of Pharaoh and see my all-mighty reward?!"
Mariku mumbled how Shinkou was a piece of work, slowly moving Yami to lay against the couch as he stood. The spirit knelt in front of the of the other, reaching out to shake the other as he spoke. "Shinkou! Hey, you alive?"
=FLASH=
"Saint Dragon Osiris, I am your true master! I call you forth, arise!"
Mariku started as Shinkou's eyes widened and he snapped out of his "trance," his body shaking as if it had been hit, his breaths long and ragged. "Shinkou! What is it? What happened?!"
"O-Osiris…"
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Rekhi seemed more curious of the world through the eyes of a human again than finding Yami. The rain of the afternoon had calmed down greatly, the short lasting storm passing on - yet it still was thick. Not enough to bother the strong willed. He'd walked passed a few parked cars, running a pale hand over their surface before moving on.
"Interesting, but odd…very odd…" he mumbled, a few minutes later he halted after he went beyond a telephone pole and walked back to it curiously. A small flier was posted to it, intriguing him deeply by what it read.
LOST CAT
Silvery fur
Red eyes
If found, please contact Malik Ishtar
It went on about the phone number and address. Rekhi tore down the flier and smirked slightly. "Ishtar, is it? He's one of the acquaintances of the Pharaoh…" His smirk grew and he folded up the paper, slipping it into a pocket of his deep gray jeans and continued down the street, following the line-up of newly posted fliers until there was an abrupt stop.
Malik Ishtar stood with a staple gun, finishing his job with the current flier and started to move ahead, a good abundance of papers still at hand.
"Malik!"
The said form turned around, blinking in surprise that was targeted at the body that looked like Bakura, but something seemed…different. "Bakura? What are you doing….ah….out of the house?"
Rekhi stepped towards the other a bit more, naturally smiling. "I wanted to see you," he whispered, enjoying the startled look on Malik's face.
"M-Me…?"
"Mm…" Rekhi stepped further. "You shouldn't be alone in the rain."
Malik could feel the other's breath on his face, dropping the staple gun into a puddle, the fliers long gone down the street as they blew off with the rain pattern. This was much closer than Malik ever expected to be to anyone, let alone it being Bakura…
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"What did you say…?" Mariku managed to whisper, voice being drowned out by the rain slightly.
"Is he ok?"
Mariku rose his head towards the couch, glancing at Yami and wished the other would have stayed asleep. Everyone would agree that he needed it.
"I'm…not exactly sure…" Mariku saw Yami sit up and looked towards Shinkou again. The brunette was still shaking, horror in his eyes. "All he's said was 'Osiris' and that was all…"
=FLASH=
Lightning struck down, hitting in a hurricane of energy against the black dragon and tore it to shreds.
Yami stood and moved behind Mariku, staring at his statue of a cousin. "Osiris? As the God of the Dead or the card?"
"I'm not sure, all he said was the name."
=FLASH=
A form fell to the ground from the rushed force, the feeling of gravity pushing him down. His opponent was long gone, but the Saint Dragon seemed to have only begun, immense darkness of magenta and violet echoed around, Osiris answering the demands of the Shadow Realm.
"He'll destroy it all…" Shinkou whispered, his hands digging at his hair. "Bakura has complete…control…he….oh god….no…."
Yami bit his lip and shifted the weight on his feet, looking to Mariku who suddenly mirrored Shinkou's expression. "I don't get it…"
"Osiris, the Saint Dragon…" Mariku whispered, starting to know and recognize what Shinkou mumbled.
=FLASH=
The tail wavered through the air, moving on without a care, lightning crashed around the unusually deserted streets. The form of a human still seated in a terrified state on the ground whispered in far as if he were about to die. The hazel gaze closed shut at that moment, a second rush of power overtaking him.
Shinkou's body tilted to the side, his eyes slowly closing in tiredness, enough to be unresponsive.
"I don't get it…" Yami spoke again. Mariku looked up at him quietly and stood, watching down at the other.
"Your memories have lapsed to where Bakura escaped after the Shadow Realm was opened, right?" Yami slowly gave a nod. "Well, Shinkou went after Bakura, who somehow managed to summon Osiris - technically only you were supposed to be able to. It was a messy battle, I couldn't find him. And he wouldn't talk about what happened in the battle."
Yami slumped a bit and looked away. "He was able to summon Osiris because I was too weak…Osiris wished a strong master…"
"Shut up," Mariku snapped and Yami glanced at him nervously. "You're far from weak if you've survived all of this for so long." Mariku wrapped his arms around the other, embracing him silently and rested his head in the other's hair. "Hell if I ever could."
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Shinkou groaned, holding his head as he rolled over in pain. "I can't believe that just happened…" His body curled slightly, the world spinning before his hazel eyes. "How did he…"
"You there! On your feet, now!"
Voices? Who's stupid enough to come out here?
It seemed closer now… "I said on your feet!!"
"Easy for you to say…" Shinkou managed out before feeling a harsh kick in his side. "Ow…dammit…, come on man…I've had a rough day…"
Shinkou grunted, feeling pulled up harshly to his feet to be eye to eye with Seth.
"Who's the one who brought out Osiris?!" the priest snapped, still gripping the other right up, azure eyes almost starting in a hissing sense. They were so cold…
"I don't know…" Seth started to shake Shinkou, who's head rolled back slightly before speaking again. "I really don't! He went that way!" He paused to signal in the direction he meant. "Silver hair, brown eyes!"
Seth released Shinkou, who managed somehow to stay standing. The priest moved in the direction Shinkou had mentioned, but stopped soon after, calling out to wherever his dragon was currently searching streets. "Come forth, White Dragon!" The being arose from the misty sky, moving in as if already knowing its command and flew down into the street, head rearing into the air to launch a charged ball of lightning up as a signal to the guards where he was and where the dragon was going before it was gone into the darkness.
He turned around, grabbing part of Shinkou's shirt and started pushing him towards the palace.
"H-Hey!"
"Come on, get moving."
Shinkou gave a blank stare in the direction of the other, but was merely propelled forward again, falling to his knees. Seth stood over him with a glare, heaving Shinkou to his feet for probably the third time again. "Get moving."
"Why….?"
"Look," Seth snapped with frustration. "The streets have been evacuated for awhile now - everyone is in a house of some sort but the guards, myself, and you, and the renegade who summoned Osiris. You know what he looks like and you're the only one who was witnessing Osiris' birth. Since you seem like the person who doesn't even know the meaning of shelter, you are going to the palace."
"Oh," Shinkou mouthed, sighing as he started to move on his own with a sigh. Great. He just loved being a witness.
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Rekhi nuzzled against Malik's neck, much deeply to the other's surprise as he started to nip at the flesh there. "B-Bakura…." Malik bit his lip, unconsciously drawing the other closer as he felt the other start to lap at him like some kitten. The hikari blinked a bit, rolling his head back to look at the flier on the pole he was against and questioned out to Rekhi who had started the process over again with his neck. "Have you seen my cat….?"
"Mmmhmm…" Rekhi hummed, lifting his head as he placed a hand upon the other's cheek and started to slide his lips over the other's jawbone.
"Y-You have?!"
"I am him, dear boy," Rekhi whispered, lifting his head back for the other to see a red touch in his eyes.
Malik blinked more than once before he could even form words, but those eyes….they couldn't be….but they seemed so much like the feline…and the way the other was touching him…
"B-Bakura…?"
"Mmm….call me Rekhi…." he whispered back, meeting the other's lips for a brief moment. "And why don't we return to your place….hn?"
"W-What about Yami….?"
"The Pharaoh?" he shrugged, pulling off a comment with ease. "He was never a good kisser - such a weakling too," Rekhi smirked, kissing the other once more. "Please? The rain is starting to get cold." That was surprisingly the truth, even for him, he did get cold. Malik seemed to be debating the situation until Rekhi kissed the other on the earlobe, licking around it to make Malik snap and start leading the other off, Rekhi's body half hanging over the other's form.
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"Would you stop looking at me like that?" Shinkou glared at the priest who was watching him like a hawk. They had made it to the palace with ease, surprisingly, and now Shinkou felt completely trapped, sitting on the floor of one of the main chambers once you enter the palace. Seth circled around him, arms crossed before he stopped moving to talk.
"You look familiar."
"I've been here a few times when I was younger."
"Thief?"
"Pharaoh's cousin."
"Shinkou…" Seth's eyes widened for a brief moment as he thought of remembering a rather young prince (Yami) trying to get his brunette cousin to play with him. Seth remembered watching the two a bit before going off to train more to be a priest. It was odd, the other always tried to keep away from everyone.
"So you remember me it seems…" Shinkou murmured, crossing his arms as he rose a brow to the other.
"And you have no idea where the Pharaoh is?"
Shinkou shifted slightly, but shook his head. "No, I'm afraid the one controlling Osiris might though. If he gets to my cousin, he won't have a chance." Though in all honesty, he didn't believe that Bakura would go after Yami.
"Psh, the Pharaoh can handle himself."
He stared up at the priest, shaking his head and looking back to the ground. "But what if the Pharaoh is already injured?"
Seth rose a brow down at the other before starting towards the door, looking back at the other.
"Do you have a monster?"
Shinkou nodded and stood. "Then let's go," the priest finished, moving outside in enough time to catch a glimpse of his dragon further out and his eyes widened. Osiris was sending waves of lightning out at any monsters trying to oppose him. Seth caught sight of an Emerald Dragon, knowing with slight relief that it meant one of the High Priestesses were out there in the battle - but his Blue Eyes and the Emerald Dragon were obliterated.
"Um….look…..I can just control a Red Eyes…..and if the White Dragon was destroyed…..my dragon won't stand a chance - its already weakened from the first time it was destroyed by Osiris…"
"We'll fuse them."
"What?" Shinkou blinked.
"Powers of two high powers of magic - myself and the priestess, with your Black Dragon we can fuse three monsters."
"I didn't think that was possible…"
Seth smirked, "We'll find out."
Shinkou faltered as the other was already in the streets and started to chase after the priest with a bit of a stumble. "You mean you don't know if it will even work!?"
"It's not something I do everyday. But it's better than watching the city destroyed, na?"
"Teme! You have no idea what you're even doing!"
"Neither do you."
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Mariku glanced up after he moved back onto the couch with Yami, the door opened and he saw his hikari enter. Yami tensed against him and now the blonde realized as well - Rekhi had entered. But all they could figure was it was the Bakura that they knew.
"What's he doing here?" Mariku's eyes fixated to the silver haired, voice deep and cold.
"Jeez, yami, that's just cold," Malik rolled his eyes, closing the door and looking at Rekhi. "He's just visiting."
Must not kill yet…. Rekhi forced a smile. "I wanted to see how you were doing, Yami."
"I'm fine," Yami muttered, hands unconsciously holding to Mariku's arm tighter.
Rekhi saw this and forced himself to hide his smirk. This was just perfect, the Pharaoh was right here! And with the other as well…figures. And the brunette…all together again….such a lovely reunion.
"What happened to Shinkou?"
Mariku looked from Rekhi to the unconscious Shinkou and shook his head. "I'm not sure, I think he's reliving mentally a lot of things from Egypt…"
I wonder what sort of things? Rekhi smirked again and moved over to the chair, laying a hand on the brunette's cheek and stroked softly at it. "I'm sure he'll be fine."
"Hope so…" Yami whispered, feeling uneasy with the others here.
Mariku wrapped his arms around the other and pulled him close, leaning his head down by the other's ear to whisper, "I told you before, I won't let him hurt you."
"Why does everyone think I'm going to hurt Yami?" Rekhi gave a frustrated sigh, crossing his arms and looking at the two. He was getting good at pulling off Bakura's emotions..
"Because you have before," Mariku glared darkly at the other and Rekhi shook his head.
"But I don't even remember the past! How can you just hold that against me?!"
"Calm down…" Malik whispered, putting a hand on the other's arm. "Just let them do whatever and don't bother with them. It's not worth it…"
Rekhi snorted and glanced at Malik. He wouldn't hurt this one - everyone else he will do as he pleases with, but not this one… He wasn't sure why, but Malik would be the only one alive when he got through with this place. "Please….come on, let's just go…."
"Listen to him, Bakura," Mariku snapped, holding Yami a bit tighter. The russet eyes of the other - they seemed unreal almost….But why…? What's different…?
"You didn't answer my question," Rekhi muttered, moving away from Malik and closer to the other two. "I want an answer. Why are you holding my past against me?!"
"I don't trust you," Mariku whispered, looking down at Yami who seemed very shaken all of a sudden. Mariku glared up at Rekhi, this was his doing for Yami's fear. "Just leave, I don't want you here. You aren't helping anyone by staying."
The other's smirk finally became evident as he laid his pale palms against the coffee table, leaning in towards Mariku's face. "But what now….if I really don't want to help anyone? What will you do then, if I don't leave?"
"What are you trying to pull, Bakura?" Mariku growled, about to slap the other's face to get him away - but his hand was caught in a tight hand. He stared at Rekhi, eyes wide. "What do you want!?"
"Oh, nothing really," Rekhi smirked, releasing the hand and sitting on the floor, patting a spot besides him for Malik to join him. The hikari complied and sat down, seeming a bit uneasy by all this now as if he were caught up in everything. Something wasn't feeling right, but like everyone else - he didn't know what was wrong with the situation. "All I want, is to play some games with my pet."
The smirk intensified, and everyone in the room aside from Shinkou stared at him.
"Will that be a problem with any of you?"
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Heh…..odd ending, I know. I wanted the conversation to go a little differently, but right when I got to it, I kind of forgot what I was typing XD I'm happy though, I forgot how events were going to play out in the past and I remembered ^^ The new pairing(s) I have are Dorobou (I think that means thief XD) Bakura/Malik aka Rekhi/Malik. And very light Shinkou/Seth, heh this is going to get fun….I'll get back to other characters the next chapter XD I meant to do more with Ryou and such and kind of….didn't .;; Gomen nasai on that. I'll fill in blanks with them as a narrative perspective or something…
Ahh….didn't edit this, had to get it up right when I finished because my dad needed my computer. Now to work on Itsumademo Naito next….I guess .;;;
