(Lilo: me likes food!!!!!!!!!!!!! I seriously loooooooooove food!!! And Pepsi! *sweatdrops* and I am hyper, this being the reason of my 'behavior' lol! Well, anyways, here is a new chapter for you and I suppose it will have small hints of Romance… but this story is not about that, it just helps the plot and blah blah. And yes the plot I am talking about is the one to help me rob a pop machine!!!! Take all of the pepsi and disappear using shadow magic! Mwahahahahaha!
Marikue: *inches away from her* she had too much pepsi today ... too much!
Lilo: *jumping around screaming her head of* I love lord of the rings and the return of the king!!!!!!! Go Legolas!!!! Go Elfs!!!! RoTK Rocked! The 12 hour trilogy was the best!!! I saw it! Lotr for 12 hours in a row! Yayayayayyayay!
Marikue: *sweatdrop* I told you she is nuts and that is why she doesn't own Harry Potter or Yu-Gi-Oh! Gah! *runs away from a happy Lilo*)
~Chapter 16
~Saved by Unlikely Savior~
/TROTURE?????????????????????/ Ryou screamed through his mind-link. No way! The rest of the building was probably awake right now due to Hermione and if they'd torture Ron, then he would most definitely scream … Bakura meant business …
//Then we will silence his// Bakura suggested as he followed his Ring's pointers. Ryou tried to talk him out of it, screaming, trashing and cursing. Bakura was so shocked and proud for his light that he totally missed the presence from the other room. As he was about halfway through the wall, he came face to face with a person that he wasn't planning to encounter.
"What the HELL?" Moody said as he watched the white-haired boy sink back into the wall. This wasn't happening! He stared at the spot on the wall where the boy used to be and he could actually see through it but there was no trace of the kid what so ever. However, Moody was sure about what he had seen and when he felt that somebody was standing behind him, his already tight nerves cracked and with an almost inhuman speed he whirled around, his wand outstretched, ready to curse whoever tried to attack him.
"Um" Bakura said as he stared at the tip of the wand that was pointed directly at his face. To Moody, he looked scared but Ryou knew better. His yami could block anything that the wizard would send at him without a blink of an eye but right now it was to his disadvantage and Ryou got mad. Why did he always try acting like him when he had to get out of something? With a huff, Ryou shut the door to his soul room and broke the mental link. He didn't care what his yami did to this 'Ron' kid at the very moment because he was busy being mad at his yami.
"How did you do that?" Moody demanded. Did the kid know how to Apparate? Impossible, he wasn't old enough!
"Did what?" Bakura said in a very innocent voice. Moody blinked. This wasn't the guy who he saw earlier in the morning … he didn't even look like him! It was as if this was an angel and the kid from before was its evil copy…
"Walk through walls!" Moody said, waving his hand. The kid looked at him completely clueless. It was that or he was a wonderful actor.
"I – I beg you pardon?" Bakura asked, making his eyes huge with disbelief. No, his facial expressions confused the older fool. That was why he was such a good thief. He could act all innocently and the guards would just pass by ….
"You heard me! How did you walk through a magical wall that allows no 'passing'?" Moody said, tapping his good leg impatiently against the floor.
"I know not of what you speak sir." Bakura said politely while on the inside he wanted to do nothing more but to rip that leg off the guy who was trying to act all cool and stronger than him! But instead of fulfilling his desires he said. "I merely wanted to quarry if you knew a way to R-Ron's room Sir." Bakura said, looking up to the man. However, Moody mistook Bakura's mistake at the name 'Ron' as a stutter instead and decided that he might've just seen the reflection of the kid who was standing behind him … just an illusion probably.
"Oh, ok, sorry" Moody said but stayed suspicious all the while. "Right now you turn left and then walk to the end of the hall. There you will see two doors. The one to your left is Hermione's and the other one is Ron's. He might be in Hermione's room though." Moody said and pretended to continue on his way but Bakura knew better.
"Thanks!" he said cheerfully and began skipping to where this 'Ron's' person's room was. And to think, he thought it was 'R-Ron' …
/that was mean/ Ryou said as he reopened the mind link
//I don't see anything that could be classified as 'mean'// Bakura said as he continued skipping down the hallway.
/would you stop that?/ Ryou asked, annoyed.
//Stop what?// Bakura asked, puzzled.
/skipping!!!!/ Ryou practically yelled. It was very disturbing to see his yami act in such a way.
//the fool is following us// was Bakura's simple reply and Ryou's eyebrows furred.
/I don't see anyone…/ he said as he stared through the back of his own head at the deserted hallway.
//he is invisible and thinks that I can't sense him. Fool!// Bakura said with furry but Ryou could also hear something else in his yami's voice.
/why do you sound disappointed?/ Ryou asked, curious.
//Because I won't be able to beat up this Ron person. The wizard will sense/see it … // Bakura said and very colorful curses followed.
/Oh…/
//that doesn't mean that he is off the hook// Bakura said darkly.
/Why did you get so touchy?/ Ryou asked curiously and felt a wave of sadness wash over him. His yami was sad??? Did hell froze over and somebody forgot to tell him? Even though it was gone as quickly as it came, Ryou could not get rid of the feeling …
/nothing really/
/please?/ Ryou pleaded. He was actually pretty happy that his yami would actually 'talk' to him because a couple of month ago he would've been unconscious already … if not for the whole time.
//something to do with my past// Bakura replied darkly as he stopped between the two doors and listened.
/Really? What is it?/ Ryou asked curiously.
/Drop it/ came Bakura's sharp reply and Ryou did as he was told. It wasn't healthy for him to try and risk his yami's wrath … Bakura the sharply turned and entered the room on the left.
~~~
Moody stared at the white haired boy that he decided to follow standing in front of Hermione's door. It was because Moody had the impression that he was fooled. It was just that there was no way that a person who could throw knifes like that could possibly be this innocent. He was also sure that what he had seen was not, in fact, a trick of light. There was something about them, something strange. Not only that, but the first time he saw Harry, he saw it too. It was something that his eye couldn't possibly see through and it was what worried him because today he noticed that Hermione had it too and so did the other three students ….
'Lets see if I can manage to solve this puzzle on my own.' Moody said mentally to himself as he watched the white-haired boy enter Hermione's room. Then again, maybe he should talk to Dumbledore about it.
~~~
Ron was sitting on Hermione's bed, waiting for the said girl to come from Harry, probably beat up and in tears when the door opened softly and he heard footsteps as someone entered and close the door behind them. Thinking that it was Hermione, he began talking as he rose from the bed and began turning around.
"So, were you feebly kicked out by your beloved Harry?" Ron said harshly even though he didn't really mean it. When he turned was finally facing the newcomer, however, it was not who he thought it would be.
"Beloved?" Bakura sneered at the other boy, dropping his childish look because he knew that Moody was left outside and would be forced to listen through the door.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Ron asked, taken aback. He didn't expect this weirdo to show up and just where was Hermione anyways?
"I came to have a little chat with you" Bakura said as he took a step forward while Ron tired to keep his cool.
"Like a man to man? Then you are out of luck" Ron said as he watched the one who he named 'psycho two' take another step towards him. Now that was unnerving! Even though Ron wasn't afraid of this muggle, he still liked to stay very cautious of people that he just met.
"Well then I am, actually, in luck because there is only one man in this room and it surely isn't you." Bakura said with a smirk on his face. The other teen's faced turned red, just like the color of his hair. While the other stood there, stunned, Bakura managed to walk all the way across the room and back Ron into a corner.
"What do you want" Ron asked harshly, trying to muster his best glare. However, the other boy had a glare that would've probably sent Malfoy cowering and Ron didn't like it by one bit. Why the hell was this kid here? What business did he have with him? Could it be …
"I want you to leave her alone" Bakura spoke word in a low but clear voice. As he watched Ron's face, he saw fear flicker in his eyes but he tried to mask it. Bakura saw through that because of the many years of experience that he had with torturing his victims and it was the look in their eyes, that tiny spark that gave them away, letting him know that they were afraid, making the following even more enjoyable.
"Who?" Ron said, trying to sound clueless but on the inside, everything was tight. He prayed to gods that this guy wouldn't say her name and that Harry affectionately kicked the girl out …
"Hermione" Bakura said, not wanting to taunt the red head because Moody was outside, listening.
"Never" Ron said in a hiss but all color drained from his face as he found himself being slammed against a wall, fingers of the other male being tightly pressed against his throat. Even though Ron had a bit of trouble breathing, his mind still registered the fact that the psycho two managed to lift him off of the ground with one hand! God, this was not looking good! Where did the guy get such strength? Then again, his hands were concealed by longs sleeves of his red shirt …
"You will leave her alone" Bakura whispered into Ron's ear and felt a shiver go down the other boy's spine. Bakura said it so low, that the wizard outside must've missed it, so low that only now did Ron realize the potential threat the other possessed. It wasn't about wands now, no, now, it was all about who had his had around whose throat. Ron was afraid of what Bakura would, could do and to Bakura, that was sweater than honey.
"Or you will do what?" For some unknown reason, Ron felt brave. Even if it was for a second, even if it was before he was chocking for breath at Bakura's hand tightened its hold around his throat.
"You will leave her be" Bakura gritted each word out as he watched the other struggle for breath.
"Fi-Fine-e" Ron managed to say before he was unceremoniously dropped to the floor, gasping for air.
"Am I clear?" Bakura put on a happy, innocent face but Ron new better. Those crimson eyes wanted nothing more than to skin him alive. Crimson eyes … Voldemort had those too …
"Transparent" Ron bit back but his voice was raspy from all of the pressure that Bakura placed on his vocal cords.
"Good! Well, there is nothing left to say but good night!" Bakura said as he turned around and walked right out of the door, surprising Moody and making him loose his concentration on the invisibility barrier that he was casting around himself.
"…" was all that Moody could do as he stared at the other teen, who looked thoughtful for a moment before a sincere smile broke out on his face.
"Oh, thanks for worrying but I think that I can find my way back!" Bakura said in a fake innocent tone as he bowed slightly and skidded off from the direction that he came from, leaving Moody in complete confusion and shock. Not to mention the old auror's shattered pride. He was caught eavesdropping!
/Why did you try to suffocate Ron???/ Ryou spoke for the first time after the encounter with Ron.
//Not really, I just showed him who was stronger … // Bakura said as he stopped his skipping as he was sure that there was no one around and slipped through the wall, walking towards the room he was supposedly be asleep right now if not for the Hermione girl and all …
/Why?/ Ryou asked, looking at his yami with suspicion. Usually, when Bakura wanted to show off his strength, he would beat them up into a bloody pulp and leave them to bleed to death. Of course Ryou knew that one of the many reasons was because Moody was outside and could hear everything but Bakura could simply summon shadow realm and all that Moody will probably hear would be crickets. However, his yami did nothing of the sort… he didn't even punch the other … could it be that his 'unstoppable' yami listened to some girls plea? Amazing …
//He needs to know his place// Bakura said as his eyes turned into small red slits.
/ …/ Ryou was confused
//It's … territorial// Bakura finally said in a tone that told Ryou that if he was to probe the subject further he will have his head cut off. However, Ryou still brooded over the last sentence that Bakura said and wondered what he considered his territory in that conversation … And Ron would be in deep trouble if he would take something that Bakura had titled 'mine', of that Ryou was sure. It was then that Ryou felt a presence enter his mind and when he opened the door to his soul room he was surprised to see Marik sanding there, arms crossed, and annoyed look on his face. Bakura appeared in an instant and sent Marik a heated glare which the other chose to ignore.
"What do you want?" Bakura asked, narrowing his eyes even further if it was humanly possible. Then again, he wasn't really a human anymore. …
"The girl, Hermione, or some shit is a mess! She won't shut up, crying and being afraid that you are going to kill" Marik said and once again chose to ignore a glare sent in his direction … what did he do anyways?
"So?" Bakura hissed.
"So haul your pretty ass up here and calm her down! I hate it when girls cry!" Marik said as desperation showed on his face. Whenever he saw a girl crying, he wanted nothing more but to go and cry with her, which was so not like him and he hoped that no one would ever know … except of Mariku, but hey, he was his yami, of course he knew!
"I'll be there in a minute," Bakura said and then added. "Tell her that I didn't kill him"
"You actually listened to her? That guy tried to force himself onto her! I was the one who helped her punch the hell out of him." Marik said as he waved his hands around. "You are such an idiot!"
"Say that again and you will visit my soul room" Bakura said calmly but on the inside he was starting to regret his decision of letting the fool live.
"And where is the part that I should be scared of?" Marik asked, mildly amused.
"Marik, trust me, you don't want to go to his soul room" Ryou spoke for the first time in the entire conversation. He visited his yami's soul room once and it left a very sour feeling …
"Why not?" Marik blinked as he stared at Ryou who paled slightly.
"It's worse than Yami's. And it has dead things and skeletons and other torture items and … blood. A lot of it… everywhere" Ryou said and retreated to his soul room, trying to think of something more cheerful. His yami threw him there once and well … Ryou was stuck there until his yami had enough fun and pulled him out of there …
"I am not scared of the blood part but if he is saying that it is worse than Yami's …" Marik trailed off, looking a very pissed Bakura up and down. " … I definitely don't want to go there! See ya!" Marik said cheerfully and exited Bakura's mind. Bakura, on the other hand, returned to his task of walking through walls, picking up speed to make it to his final destination is a shorter period of time. However, he couldn't get his hikari's description of his soul room out of his head and the fear that he sensed in Ryou as he was describing it. He never liked it when Ryou was afraid of him … not anymore. But he didn't know … he had no clue that it was that bad …
~~~
Hermione cried as she visualized her x-friend's end. It wasn't that she was sorry for him or anything… no it was that Yugi, being very smart and reassuring, told her that Bakura wouldn't kill Ron and that the worst he could do was to tear all of the limbs off the guy but not kill since she told him not to. Since then, Hermione kept on cursing herself for being the reason of Ron's sufferings that didn't even take place. She simply jumped to conclusions. Now, with all of the depression and shock and panic that were inside of her at the very moment, imagine her reaction as the door swung open to reveal a very pissed off Bakura.
"Bakura!" Yugi practically screamed as the other entered the room. He, Yugi, was practically banging his head against the wall for being so stupid and telling the girl all the possible things that could occur when Bakura was involved. However, the white-haired yami ignored his friend as he strode over to stand next to a stunned Harry and a crying girl. Harry, as Bakura observed, just sat there, eyes wide, probably trying to visualize what ever hell Yugi and Marik told him. Letting out a frustrated sigh, Bakura turned his eyes to the girl.
"Why are you crying?" he asked even though he already knew the answer.
"B-because you killed him!" she practically wailed as more tears came down her face. She was a mess.
"And who said that?" Bakura asked, trying to act calm as he raised one perfectly arched eyebrow. The girl looked up to him and he could see cogs turning in her head. Nobody really told her that he killed him … they were just 'assuming' that it would eventually happen … she was just being stupid!
"I- I am soo stupid" she said as she continued crying. Damn, if he didn't kill him, then what took his so freaking long?
"Yes"
"What did you do to him!?" she exclaimed, intentionally ignoring his 'yes'.
"Talk" Bakura said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"… and tortured him? Ripping off his limbs and leaving him bleed to death?" she stood up from Harry's bed as the said boy just stared at his friend, confused.
"That's very interesting … I will use that next time I'll see him" Bakura said, trying to sound cheerful but he already knew that he made a mistake, even before Marik slapped his forehead in the background as Hermione started crying again.
"You-you killed him!" she exclaimed, her thoughts being a mess. She didn't really know why she was crying in the first place. It wasn't like her to cry at all!
"Emotional break-down" Bakura said as he crossed his arms over his chest and gave Harry a look that said 'Don't-question-me-because-I-know-that-I-am-right'. With a sigh, he did the only thing that one could do in this kind of situation. He roughly grabbed Hermione's shoulders and shook her. Heck, he shook her so hard that she stopped crying altogether to stare at him with horror.
"Why…?" she asked after he stopped, looking at her sternly.
"Are you a cry baby?" a simple question. A simple question that brought all of her thought into order. She blinked as she stared at the male in front of her with wide eyes.
"Hell no!"
"Then stop trying to be" Bakura said with a shrug, gave Yugi a look that said that if the kid said something else more or less violent he will be violated himself and retreated back to his soul room, leaving Ryou to deal with the rest.
"Are you ok?" Ryou asked in concern, looking at the girl and then realizing that his yami had a very tight grip on her shoulders … she was a girl, for god's sake! Why the hell did he use such strength? It will probably bruise in the morning …
"I-I am fine" Hermione said as she wriggled free of his grasp and looked around the room. Everyone was staring at her, afraid to move or do something that might set her off. Harry had no idea what emotional breakdown was, but by the looks of others, it was a nasty thing. But Hermione recovered, right?
"Promise me no more wailing" Marik made the first move. He winked at her and then opened one of his bags, taking out Tylenol and swallowing five pills at a time. Hermione just stared at him like he was nuts.
"You can't take more than two!" she said, panicking. Marik simply shrugged and tossed the bottle to Harry who caught it easily.
"It will help me fall asleep" he reasoned as he hit the pillow, becoming oblivious to the rest of the world in a matter of seconds. He needed his sleep and there wasn't a single thing in hell that was going to interrupt it now.
"I think he overdosed" Hermione said as she moved back to sit with Harry. "What?" she asked as she noticed the weird look that he was giving her.
"You do realize that a minute ago you were crying …?" he began and wondered if she needed a visit to a doctor. He sure needed one, so why not her as well?
"I – I don't know … it's weird… I feel like I can never cry ever again" her eyes became stormy and she looked up to Yugi who decided that it was a good time to finally try and get some rest! He hadn't had any sleep for 17 hours now!
"It's the aftermath" Yugi mumbled as he snuggled into his bed, wearing the clothes that he was wearing throughout the day … actually, none of them changed into something more suitable for bed ... as if they knew that something would happen and bam! A crying girl for an hour an a half … with emotional breakdown… great, just great.
"Oh … "Hermione said as she lowered her head. "I must've been a pain in the ass" she admitted truthfully.
"Don't mind it" Ryou said as he waved his hand. "With those two" he pointed at himself and Marik, "you get that kind of stuff all the time" he finished cheerfully and it took a moment for Hermione to realize that he must've been talking about the other him … she could even see a difference. Different eyes, different expression, different attitude, heck, even a different pose! Giving a small smile in return, she turned to face Harry. For some reason, he looked thoughtful for a moment before putting the bottle of Tylenol that Marik had 'given' him earlier onto the nightstand and sliding off bed onto the floor.
"You sleep on my bed and tomorrow we will ask Dumbledore for another one or summon or something, ok?" Harry said as he made himself comfortable on the floor. Well, as comfortable as it could get.
"Do you want a pillow?" Hermione said, feeling extremely guilty.
"Nah, I doubt that it would make a difference …" Harry said but pause as he noticed that Ryou was looking at him thoughtfully.
"Want to trade?" Ryou asked, surprising Harry a bit.
"Why?" Harry asked, wondering how one would want to sleep on the floor and willingly.
"I got used to it … I mean, it's no big deal" Ryou said and Harry accepted the offer. Who would want to turn something down?
"I'll turn off the lights" Harry said and with a flick of his wand, the room became very, very dark.
//are you going to sleep in shadow realm?// Bakura asked his hikari as the other slipped into the realm of darkness.
/Ya/ Ryou said as he gave a yawn and after a couple of turns in complete darkness he walked upon a bright room with everything that one could need or have in a normal apartment.
//Hey! That's mine!// Bakura protested form his soul room. It was he who put this into here … just in case.
/sure, whatever. You are in my body now so that means that it's mine too/ Ryou said as he sat down onto the soft mattresses.
//I don't like your logic// Bakura said darkly.
/I don't like it myself/ Ryou admitted with a shrug and felt into a deep slumber.
//Moron// Bakura said but he knew that Ryou couldn't hear him. Now the yami had to put something down into the room that they just left to make it look like they were still there.
"I never signed up to do this" old tomb robber argued with himself but went to do it anyways.
(Lilo: hmm, all I can say is that I cannot proof read -_-" …. Oh, and I was wondering, am I making this story confusing? Hope not … *sniff* I also dunno how to spell 'apparate' or something like that … u kno, when they disappear in one place and pop-up in another. Oh, and sorry Maruken but this won't be a yaoi fict … and thanx for Japanese curses and everything. I might use them later on ^___^
…GUYS!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT I SPELLED 'ASSAULT' WRONG FOR THE TITLE OF THIS STORY!!??? X_x I am soooooooo embarrassed!!! I swear, I dropped dead when one of my friends looked at my story and then .. "Hey, are you sure that you spelled assault correctly?" I swear I practically died!! X__X gah! Ok, so maybe you haven't noticed but personally, it was hard for me to live through that .. gah X_X *faints*
Marikue: lilo died … … gah! We hope that this chapter made up for the precious shorter chapter ^_____^ anyways, R&R plz * goes off to try and revive a fallen and still blushing Lilo*)