---This chapter was written back when I had just started reading Tarot cards... so... yeah...

(watches tumble weed roll by)---

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Twisted Chain

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(Chapter Six: Tarot Cards)

Sometime after dinner Laria was laying down, very contently, on Ryou's bed, Malik in her arms. While the two were napping peacefully Ryou was sitting in the corner doing homework. Malik and Laria rarely ever did there homework so Ryou deiced to do it now while the other two were distracted.

"Don't!"

Ryou looked up to see Malik move his arm away from Laria's hand. Malik glared at her but she just smiled back, looking as innocently as she could.

"What?" She asked, trying to act like she didn't do anything.

"Don't lie" Malik said "You tickled me"

"Uh! I would never lie" Laria said still trying to look innocent "I'm a tenshi"

Malik raised an eyebrow at her.

"That's a lie Lar-chan!" Ryou said "I'm the only tenshi here"

"I can be a tenshi" Laria said with an evil grin "When I want to be"

"Sure Lar-chan"

"Your no tenshi and you know it" Malik said tickling Laria. Which really wasn't to heard seeing that Laria was ticklish everywhere. She giggled uncontrollably and tried to push Malik away.

"Stop it" She tried to say though her laughter. Malik stopped.

"Why?"

"I don't like being tickled" Laria pouted

"You laughed"

"I couldn't help it!"

"You laughed"

"Hmph!" Laria laid down again facing away from Malik toward the wall. Malik frowned

"Gomen" He said leaning down and laying his head on her shoulder.

Laria didn't say anything

"Gomen" Malik tried again. Still nothing. Malik sniffed and frowned looking like he was going to cry. Laria looked up at him.

"Awww... I forgive you Malik-Chan"

"Good" Malik said leaning over and nibbling Laria's ear.

"Malik" Laria moaned. She closed her eyes and tilted her head closer to Malik. Malik however moved away from her ear and licked her cheek. Laria made a face and wiped her cheek with the back of her hand. "Ewww it licked me"

"Uh!"

Laria leaned up and licked Malik's cheek. Malik wiped it off as Laria sat up and slid off the bed unto the floor. She reached over into her bag and pulled out her deck of Tarot cards.

"Watcha doing?" Malik asked leaning over the side of the bed to watch her.

"I'm painting the house" Laria said sarcastically "what does it look like I'm doing?"

Malik rolled his eyes as Laria started shuffling the cards. Ryou put his school work aside and watched Laria as she starting laying out the cards. Then something caught his eye, he noticed that his Yami's Tarot deck was sitting right beside him. He knew how to read the cards, he learned from watching his Yami. Its not like Bakura would ever teach Ryou how to do anything, especially read the cards.

He liked to read them, but Bakura was really touchy about others touching his deck. It was a habit though, most readers don't let others touch there cards out side cutting the cards... it messes with the mystical forces and then the cards wont perform right. Ryou looked from Laria's spread to the deck beside him. He picked it up and started shuffling the cards. Laria looked up at him.

"Bakura doesn't like me touching his deck" Ryou said cutting the cards "But if he doesn't find out, I should be fine."

Laria nodded and went back to her reading. As she flipped over the top card she looked at the bruise on her wrist. The bruise Bakura had made earlier that day. She looked at the card, Death, all of a sudden Bakura's warning ran though her thoughts.

" If I ever find out that she, or any other hikaris, touches my stuff then the boy will pay dearly."

The Death card rarely meant physical death but... Laria looked up at Ryou. She hoped that Bakura wouldn't find out about Ryou touching his cards... at least not right now. Even though she doubted rather Bakura would actually kill his Hikari, but you can never be to sure when it comes to Bakura.

Laria wondered rather she should tell Ryou about Bakura's warning. She didn't want to disturb him though, she knew better then to disturb someone in the middle of a reading. Plus only she and Malik were in the room, so it wasn't very likely that Bakura would find out. Laria sighed and went back to her reading.

But little did Laria know her Yami was in her Soul Room taking mental notes on everything.

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"Please!"

"Hmmm... no"

"Please Baku-Chan!" Marik begging, nuzzling Bakura's cheek. Bakura had teased Marik's carvings and Marik was dieing for more contact.

"Why?" Bakura breathed into his lover's ear.

"Because I really really want it!" Marik groaned

"Ok"

Bakura kissed Marik's eye carvings while he ran his hand down his back. Marik moaned loudly as Bakura increased the pressure of his touches.

"More!" Marik moaned breathlessly "More!"

Bakura flipped Marik onto his stomach and begin to trace his carvings with his tongue.

"Bakura" Marik moaned again.

Bakura kissed the sun while he swept both his hands down Marik's back and then backed off. Marik collapsed onto the bed breathing heavily. Bakura laid down on Marik, laying his shoulder breathing heavily himself.

"Thank you" Marik said as soon as his breathing returned to normal.

"Your welcome, koi" Bakura said nuzzling the blonde's hair. Marik purred a little as he closed his eyes and fell asleep. Bakura closed his eyes too. Five minutes later Bakura was poked awake.

"Baku-Chan"

Bakura just groaned and swatted the hand away.

"Baku-Chan" Yani pouted leaning down to place a kiss on Bakura's neck. Bakura gasped and looked up at Yani.

"Meany"

"Wouldn't love me if I wasn't" Yani smirked

"I know" Bakura said leaning over and kissing Yani on the cheek. "What's the Boy doing?"

"Tarot" Yani said sitting down on the bed, careful not to wake Marik up.

"What is he using Laria's deck?" Bakura asked, Yani shook her head. "No?"

"He's using your cards Baku-Chan." Yani said, Bakura's eyes narrowed.

"Damn him" He growled "He knows not to touch my stuff"

"So what are you going to do with him?" Yani asked.

"I guess I'll just have to think of something" Bakura said laying his head back down on Marik's shoulder. "But in the mean time..."

In Ryou's room, Ryou was just about to turn over the last card in his spread when Bakura's harsh voice come though there link

/You're going to have lots of fun with me and Yani tonight Boy/

Ryou gulped as he glanced at the card that tells him what he must face in the future, The Devil. This didn't make him feel any better, if any card described Bakura, that was it.

Ryou sighed and looked up to see Laria and Malik making out on the bed again. He smiled slightly as he gathered up the cards and put them away.

"Ryou! Help! Sugars after me!"

Ryou rolled his eyes and got up.

"Don't worry" Malik said getting up himself and heading towards the door. "I'll take care of it"

"Thanks Malik" Ryou said as Malik left to save his Yami from the flesh eater that was after him. Ryou just shook his head in hopelessness for the blond Yami. He was about to lie down next to Laria when he froze. He could feel Bakura's presence just out side his room.

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---I'm gonna be really mean to Ryou next chapter, well actually its Bakura and Yani being me, but I wrote it---