Okay, I know this update is very, very much too late...I'm sorry about that folks, can you forgive me? I think I won't start another story until my others are finished. That's too bad though because I have a lot of ideas but then it would take a very long time. 'sigh' I'll stop my babbling and answer my reviewers first.

Lychee Fairy: Yes he was talking to Ryou and yes it was Bakura. Logical, isn't it? Enjoy

Maruken: You mean that? I think it's better that they interfere but hey, that's just me right?

Dark magician girl/ Hikaru: I don't know how long this chapter is going to be but i'm doing my best, it's pretty hard ya know? Especially with a deadline...'sigh' and with 44 fics...well, enjoy this

Frozenleaf: Okay, next chappie "sweatdrop"

Pavchka: indeed, you're correct! Enjoy

chapter 4: stings and bites

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Yami suddenly materialized next to Yugi, finally understanding things weren't going like they should be. He stared at the closed door while Yugi looked up at him, hoping that his yami could do something.

"You know well enough that I don't want you hanging around with that worthless servant!" screamed a really familliar voice. "I'm sorry Yami" said another voice. It was trembling and sounding really sad. "I didn't mean to" A lous slap was here and a scream was heard. "Stop lying you brat!" screamed Bakura. "If you wanna be alive for another second, I would recommend you to be quiet and don't say a word to me!"

Yami and Yugi were staring at each other and they listened carefully to the yells and screams that were coming from both Bakura's. They heard how things fell on the floor and how metal seemed to touch other metal. Yugi started to shiver and Yami closed his eyes, thinking about what he should do. This wasn't going very well and he couldn't belief that he never noticed it. He had allways thought that everything was going great and he was just blind.

The moment that the next scream was heard, they realized that they had to do something fast. Yugi started to knock brutally on the door while Yami started to scream at bakura. "You tomb robber, open this door!" he yelled while he banged his fists against the closed door. For a moment, everything was quiet inside. After the harsh silence, some stumbling was heard and something was banged against the door. The next moment, Ryou opened the door very carefully.

"Ryou, step outside for a minut" said Yugi with a worried tone in his voice. "I can't Yugi, i really can't" said Ryou with a lot of regret. "You have to leave, you shouldn't even have brought me home." He wanted to close the door again but Yami put his foot against it. "Please yami, don't." Said Ryou while he tried to hold in his tears.

The next minut, someone slammed the door harshly against Yami's foor, making him retreat it. "Get your ass out of here pharaoh" said an evil voice while Bakura closed the door. Some more bangs were heard and you could hear glass breaking. "Didn't I tell you to shut up?" yelled bakura. "You ignore my orders and you'll have to pay for that." He said in a loud tone. "But Yami..." cried Ryou. "I had to say something..."

inside

Bakura smirked and kicked Ryou in his stomach. He slammed his fist in Ryou's back and heard some cracks that immediatly satisfied him. "You could've just pointed them to the road or something" said Bakura as if he was reporting the weather. He smashed a vase onto Ryou's head and watched him collaps. "You weakling" he said with a smirk. "You were never able to last for very long now were you?" he asked to the lifeless body of his hikari.

He heard some yelling outside and he narrowed his eyes. The pharaoh refused to go away, just like his servant. He sighed and dragged Ryou's body to the next room. He knew that the door wouldn't last for very long if they keeped banging on it for so long. Marik allready demonstrated that some time ago.

After he locked the door to Ryou's room, he slowly opened the front door again, revealing Yami's angry face. His ring started to glow even thugh he knew there wasn't much that he could do to him. But he could allways try to bluff. "What do you want?" asked Bakura in a harsh tone. He smirked when he saw how Yugi was shivering at his gaze. "We want to see Ryou" said Yami while he stared in Bakura's eyes, showing no fear at all. Bakura's smirk widened. "You will have to find him first" he said and he opened the door completely bowing deeply to let them in. Why don't you investigate yourself?

What Yami and Yugi didn't know was that Bakura had made the door to Ryou's room invisible, so that no one could find him.

chapter 4 please review