Into Darkness
Ame no Mizu
Author's Note: Well, here it is. Hope you like it!!!!
Review responses: 1. Kyobe- Marik wasn't raped—he was nearly raped, but Malik got there in time. 2. Queen of Eternal Darkness- Nope, it ain't Yami. Sorry, but I like Yami. He wears leather. Can anyone who wears leather truly be evil???? : * 3. Awww… but I love cliffies…
Thankies to everyone who reviewed! Oh, and to Guardian, I'd love for you to introduce me to your Marik fangirl friends. I like meeting new people!!!!!!
Ryou-Bakura, you're such a sweetie!!!! I can't believe you reviewed me!!! You're one of my favorite authors!!!! Thankies!!!!!!
And thanks to all the people who reviewed but didn't get mentioned. I'm short on time!!
As always, review and chapter three is on the way ASAP!!!!!
Don't worry, neko_mimi, I've decided to get an account with adutlfanfiction.net (thanks, malik'sgurl, for the suggestion), and upload the lemons there. I don't wanna get in trouble with ff.net… I like it here.
Also, sorry if Ryou's story seems kinda unfulfilling… I was trying to see how to best word it.
Chapter two:
Kidnapping
Bakura sat at the kitchen table, looking at his hikari intently. The boy's hands were shaking. His eyes were becoming red. Marik and Malik came into the room, twin looks of concern on their faces.
"What happened?" asked Marik as he sat down, "Is something wrong?"
"Ryou… knows your attacker," Bakura answered, and Marik gasped, "Just listen to him." The blonde nodded and settled into his yami's arms, his gaze set on his fellow hikari.
"I was born in Los Angeles, in the states," Ryou began, "My father worked at this collage, for the archeology department. When I was born, my parents knew it wouldn't be enough to support them, my sister, who was only two at the time, and me. He decided to get other work.
"This man approached him—Derek Hynes. He told my father that he was a relic hunter. He was looking for this one artifact, from Egypt. He offered my father a ridiculously large amount of money if he agreed to help find it. My father was well known when it came to his knowledge of Egypt. Well, he went off to Egypt with Hynes. He worked for the longest time—at least, that's what my mother told me.
"But something went wrong. After a year of searching, it was discovered that the artifact had been stolen. Hynes was furious. He blamed it all on my father. He was on the first plane back to California and left my dad nearly stranded in Cairo. He- he got together some men and—"
It was here that Ryou broke off, trembling even harder. Marik reached out and touched his shoulder lightly, comfortingly.
"And what, Ryou?" Bakura whispered, "What happened?"
"He waited until my mother went to work and left me with the babysitter (my sister was in preschool), and—kidnapped me. I can't remember it, really, but from the way my mother would talk about it, it scared me to no end. She told me that it was two months before the police found me, alone, in a condemned building in Sacramento. She said it was the most terrifying two months of her life. We didn't hear from Hynes again until about five years ago, a while after we moved to my mother's homeland, England, to be closer to her family. He started calling her, saying he was going to take me again. He said he needed me. He told me directly, when I answered the phone once, that he was going to take me and bring me to Egypt to 'fulfill my destiny.' When I was attacked at my school, we decided to move again.
"We moved to Egypt, much to my mother's disapproval. For four years, we were safe. But he found us. My father was running out of ideas. He came up with this last resort, he was sure it would work. He bought four tickets back to London, but only him and me went. It was the perfect bluff. We came here, using fake names, last year. We thought we were safe…It was Hynes that attacked you, Marik. I'm so sorry I couldn't stop this. If I had any idea this was going to happen, any idea at all, you know I… I never would've…let it come to this."
A tense silence following Ryou's story. He trembled in Bakura's arms, and the yami felt a lone tear fall down his cheek.
"He won't come near you again," Bakura cut through the silence with a growl, "Never again will he hurt you, I promise. He won't touch you."
"He won't touch either of you," Malik insisted, "If he does, he shall die a slow, painful death. No one puts their hands on my hikari like that and lives long to tell the tale." Marik sighed in his yami's arms.
"I love you," the hikari whispered.
"We should get going," said Ryou, standing, "It's getting late."
"You can stay here for tonight, if you want," said Marik, "We have enough room."
"No, that's okay, Marik, but I need some time alone with my yami."
Bakura took a deep breath and stood along with his hikari.
"I agree. We should be leaving."
Marik nodded and Bakura left, his arm wrapped around his lover's shoulders protectively.
{The lemons I will upload on adultfanfiction.net will go here… keep checking up with my bio to see if I put the addy up yet!!!}
Ryou woke up the next morning to find his yami missing from his arms. He stretched, sitting up, and heard noises from downstairs. Bakura was awake, and was probably hungry. With a grimace, Ryou remembered the last time his yami had tried to cook (there had only been four firetrucks, Bakura had argued… there had been six the time before that). Groaning, he lifted himself out of the bed, pulling on his clothes, which had been thrown haphazardly around the room. As he descended the stairs, the sounds grew quiet.
"Bakura?" he called, but there was no answer, "Koibito, where are you?"
No answer.
Ryou strolled into the kitchen, and found no one. How strange. He could have sworn there were noises coming from down here…
"Good morning, my little English muffin…"
The albino froze. No. No way. Not him, not now.
Ryou turned, and came face to face with Derek Hynes.
"I… thought all the windows and doors were locked," Ryou said, trying to stay strong, attempting to establish a link with his yami.
"They were," Hynes purred, switching from Japanese to English, "These modern locks are so hard to pick, don't you agree?"
"I wouldn't know."
"No, of course you wouldn't," the man laughed, "The spirit would, though. Too bad he's not here to give us his insight." Ryou gasped.
"What did you do to my yami?" he demanded, growing angry. If Bakura were hurt… he wouldn't know what to do.
"Now, now, Ryou, no need to get upset," Hynes laughed, "You were always so much prettier when you smiled. I've been watching you for the past few months. You're so happy here, aren't you? Here, with those two blondes. The smaller one is cute. Marik, right? He looks like a good fuck. But you wouldn't know that, would you, angel?"
"Stay away from them. This is between us."
"Is it even that?" asked Hynes, suddenly serious, "If you had any idea what I have planned for you and your…yami, you'd be running scared by now."
"What does Bakura have to do with this?" Ryou asked, suddenly curious.
"More than you think. I'm surprised you haven't figured everything out already. You have a tendency to do that. If you want to see the spirit again, meet me at that local park tomorrow at noon. Bring the Ishtar boys. You bring anyone else, your yami is history. Trust me, I know how to get rid of him… Forever." With that last chilling word, Hynes turned and left, leaving Ryou to lean on the kitchen table for support.
What does he want?
Marik hummed as he bustled around the kitchen, making breakfast. Malik was upstairs, still asleep. The blonde hikari was planning to surprise him with breakfast in bed.
He never got the chance to.
The phone rang, cutting into his thoughts. He snatched the phone from off the counter beside him, and pressed the annoying flashing button.
"Hello?" he said tonelessly.
This better be good…There was a pause, a slight hesitation in which Marik could hear someone give a small sniffle.
"Marik?" It was only a whisper, but the blonde recognized it immediately.
"Ryou, what happened? What's wrong?"
"Bakura… he took Bakura…"
"Who, Ryou? Who took Bakura?" Marik paled, mentally calling for his yami. This sounded serious.
"He was here. He broke in. He told me he had Bakura…"
"Who? You need to tell me who."
"Hynes. He was here. He took my Bakura…" Ryou began to cry. Marik thought quickly. Hynes had broken into Ryou's house. Bakura was kidnapped. Which meant that Ryou…
Oh, no. Ryou's alone in that house.
Covering the mouthpiece of the phone, he turned his head to the stairs.
"Malik! Get down here! Now!"
He heard footsteps thundering down the stairs, and his yami appeared, half-asleep.
"What is it?"
"Malik…" he whimpered, then held out the phone, "It's Ryou. This is serious. He's home alone. We have to get over there."
"Okay…" said Malik, bewildered, and took the phone, "Ryou…? Uh-huh… what…? oh, Ra… you're sure? Okay. Okay. We'll be there in a few minutes. Stay in your room. We have our own keys. Don't answer the door or the phone. Wait there for us. Okay. Bye," Malik turned to his hikari, a look of anger on his face, "We're going. Get your coat."
They left as fast as they could, worried for their friend. If Bakura was gone, then that meant that Ryou was unprotected and vulnerable. Anything could happen to him.
"Malik?" Marik asked as they ran down the sidewalk.
"Yes, hikari?"
"Are… we going to be okay?"
"What do you mean?"
"Things seem to be happening to us lately. The last time something like this happened, we all almost died. Who's to say that won't happen again?"
"Marik," Malik laughed, taking the hikari by surprise, "The only reason you didn't die last time was because I'd never let that happen. You know I love you too much to let anything happen to you."
Marik just smiled, not being able to come up with a reply to that.
They arrived at Ryou's apartment, and Marik took the keys out of his pocket, opening the door. There was no noise, none at all. They raced upstairs, and found the albino curled up on his bed, whimpering.
"Oh, Ryou," Marik cried, "Thank Ra you're okay…" He moved to the boy and sat on the bed next to him, drawing him into his arms.
"Ryou, you have to tell us what happened," Malik said, standing protectively in the doorway.
"He came this morning," Ryou said, "I thought I heard Bakura move downstairs. I went down there, but Bakura wasn't there. Hynes was. He told me he had my Bakura. I have to… meet him in the park tomorrow at noon. He told me to bring you two. He said… he knew how to destroy Bakura. Forever." Tears fell down the already stained cheeks, and Marik wiped them away.
"Can he do that, Malik?" asked Marik, "Is there really a way?"
"There are some. I wouldn't be surprised if he found some old spell. Since we don't know what he's got planned, we'll have to be careful. We need to take precautions. Ryou, we're going to stay here with you tonight. We'll go with you tomorrow." Ryou nodded, giving a small sob before burying his face in Marik's shoulder.
"Shh… it's okay Ryou," the hikari comforted, "We're here now. Everything will be okay…"
He just hoped he wouldn't become a liar.
Well, there ya go. Review, please!!!! I love the fact that people like this story.
Next chapter: possible Ryou/Marik/Malik. Do you want this? Also, Ryou goes to meet Hynes and Malik comes up with a plan to rescue his fellow yami… will it work, or is our favorite albino yami doomed? And why does Hynes need Marik so badly? Could there be a reason for his attacking Marik?