Ariku: Yes, well, hello again whoever's… out… there. IS anyone out there?

Miya: No shit. I'm here. Only 'cause I have to be, of course.

Ariku: Gee thanks for letting me know…

Miya: Here's the disclaimer. Ariku does not own Yu-Gi-Oh, but does own Lucia and Messiah.

Ariku: -hands yami a dog treat- Good job.

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Chapter 2: Meet Ryou, Bakura And An Exploding Pancake

Lucia shoved her hands back in her pockets and spat. 'People can't just leave me alone…' She passed the thought over and made her way to the door. As she placed her hand on it, she saw the brown eyed youth and his look alike again. She smiled softly and entered.

This time, Messiah didn't even hear the bell sound. He was still amusing himself by studying the two white haired men. Just as predicted, Lucia strutted up to the table and sat her ass down, sounding as annoyed and pissed off as she actually was. "Hey-" She immediately kicked his shin and scowled, her ears satisfied at hearing his yelp of pain. Messiah took a deep breath, and it took everything he could muster to not hop over the table and wrap his hands around her delicate little neck. "Hey Lucia." "Hello to you too, Messiah," she smirked. "Was kicking me entirely necessary?" Messiah was trying his hardest to keep himself glued to the chair so he wouldn't do something to her that he might regret. "Damn straight it was! Why the hell did you insist I walk all the way down here?! "I just did it to annoy you, baby sister." He smiled at her. This was exactly the spectacle Messiah had wanted to avoid. His eyes darted to the blood now seeping through his sister's bandages, his expression turning to panic.

Ryou had noticed the blue haired girl smile at him, and he admired how genuine it was. How genuine she herself seemed to be. Bakura was in the middle of cursing his coffee for burning his tongue. At the sound of the blue haired girl's yelling, Bakura stopped cursing and turned around. Ryou winced at how loud she sounded, even from all the way across the room. 'What could make someone yell like that…?' the voice inside his head whimpered. Bakura's eyes caught the sight of the girl's bandages. Blood was staining them red. She's bleeding, hikari…Ryou heard his yami and his eyes widened. Why? Bakura shrugged.

"Lucia, you're bleeding." These words took some time to sink in, but they hit her eventually. She glanced down at her bandages and groaned. She slammed her head down onto the table full force, making Messiah jump. "Sis!" She clutched her side with one hand and bit the knuckle of the other… Hard. When it had turned an unhealthy shade of red, she was surprised to feel a hand on her shoulder. Her brother's gaze was focused on someone standing behind her… "Please stop." the voice said sadly. Too late. Her eyes had turned a pale white, and her face was expressionless. She fainted. And someone caught her. Those arms folded her against their owner's chest. "Make it stop…" she breathed in her involuntary slumber. Messiah smiled, "Apparently he's trying, sister of mine."

Hours later, Lucia's eyes fluttered open. She sat up, ignoring the pain in her abdomen, and took in her surroundings. She was in soft bed, which she wasn't exactly complaining about, but she wasn't in a place she didn't know. 'Are you kidding me?' she thought. Panic caught up with her. "Where the hell am I?" She froze as she heard breathing beside her. 'Is that it? I've been kidnapped?' Someone shifted under the covers next to her. She pulled them back, and gaped at who lay there. 'The white haired boy from before…' He stirred, though she apparently didn't notice. She laughed a little, "At least I've been kidnapped by someone cute." Poor Ryou had fallen asleep watching over her. But where was Messiah? Work, of course. Making just enough money to keep them both alive. They had that, and the money relatives sent them occasionally. She fell back and smirked, "Like they give a shit whether we live or not. To them, we were both just worthless mistakes."

She ended the conversation with herself and shook the boy gently. "I'm awake," he said into the sheets. Lucia blinked several times, and then shook her head vigorously. "How long have you been awake?" "I'm sorry. I've been awake just about ever since you woke up. Half-asleep, I suppose, but not quite." Lucia sighed and batted at his form with a pillow. "Why am I here, anyways? And what's your name?" "I'm Ry-" Bakura suddenly burst into the room with a big plate of pancakes in his hands, smiling as innocently as he could. "Bakura…" Ryou looked up at him as his yami reached the side of the bed. "Yes, hikari?" Ryou sighed heavily. "Nothing. Nothing at all." Bakura shrugged and handed the plate to Lucia and slipped out of the room with a wave. "Pancakes and a happy disposition… So not like Bakura. Anyways, I'm Ryo-" Ryou raised a brow as he saw something red blinking every few seconds in the middle of the pancake on top of the stack. He knew was that was… 'Ugh… he's gotta pull this on everyone, doesn't he?' Ryou calmly got up and grabbed the pancake with the red signal in it. He casually opened a window, and tossed it out. He shuffled back over and sat down on the bed. '5... 4...' "I'm Ryou," he said rather quietly. '3... 2...' "You're here because you fainted back in the café, and your brother needed me to take care of you." '1... Boom. Damn you yami..' Lucia jumped at the sound of a very loud "KABOOM", looking a bit surprised. "Was that my pancake?" Ryou nodded. "And it was going to…?" He nodded a second time. "Bakura is like that… he likes to blow things u-" "Wait until I get my hands on him…" She hopped out of bed, and in seconds she was out of the room. "Well that went well." Ryou's head sunk.

Messiah was worrying about his baby sister. He had left her in the hands of a stranger, after all. Something about that boy had made him seem caring and trustworthy. So, he took his thoughts off of the boy and his sister, and concentrated on the people at the bar. Today turned out to be one day he really, really hated being a bartender.

Meanwhile, Lucia had stomped down the stairs and begun searching for Ryou's twin. 'Try to blow me up…' A low growl emitted itself from her throat. 'I swear Bakura-…' She stopped for a second and just stood there, dumbfounded. How did she know his name? If that even was his name. She walked into the living room and noticed Bakura sitting there, flipping through the channels, baring the 'I'm bored as fuck' look, again. 'He wears that look a lot' she laughed to herself. Her vicious attack turned into a playful one. She reached out to wrap her arms around Bakura's neck, but he was fast. She gave him that. He grabbed her hands, and flipped her entire body over the couch and onto his lap. "I thought I blew you up." She squirmed but he only held onto her tighter. "Ryou threw it out the window so it wouldn't fucking blow me up." She scowled. Bakura simply smiled at her, "Well, he's probably coming down the stairs now to tell me I have a rose bush to replace, or something along those lines." Ryou came down the stairs, turning a bright shade of red when he saw his yami holding Lucia on his lap.

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Ariku: Anyone who has found this… feel free to tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Miya: -cough- Everything. -cough-

Ariku: Thank you for contributing such helpful words of encouragement, Miya.

Miya: Anything for you.