Ch. 22

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Ch. 22

Ryou finally started to come to. His vision was slightly blurred but he could make out the couch he was on and the light that came from the other side of the closed door. He could also make out Malik's still unconcious body on the other couch. He tried to sit up but his head swam fiercely. He fell back to the padded arm of the couch and let a tear fall from his face. Bakura...Where are you...aibou, koi...Bakura Ryou's voice was carried out through his mind sadly. Malik started to move, he rolled over and looked at Ryou his eyes were sad and sorry.

"Ryou...I'm so, so sorry...I didn't mean to hurt you--" Ryou cut him off.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN YOU BASTARD, DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT ME!? YOU NEARLY FUCKING KILLED ME MALIK! STOP TOYING WITH ME ALREADY NOW WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" Ryou's words cut Malik like sharp glass. Ryou looked furious and the cuts along his body didn't make him look any better either. Malik stared at the ground, hurt, afraid...afraid of loosing one of his best friends.

"If you'd just listen."

"Listen to what!? Why the fuck you wanted to nearly Ra be dammed kill me!?" Ryou's whispered this violently. "I'm not listening Malik so don't waste your Damn breath on me." with that the door opened.

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A transparent figure appeared before Kaiba. A somewhat short and stubby man with purple-ish coloured hair. "Yes boy." he sneered "It is Gozaburo. You thought I was that half-wit Maximillion Pegasus!?" he laughed cruelly. Kaiba's skin crawled at the memories that flooded him. He realized...they weren't good memories.

!!!Flash Back!!!!

--- The park seemed empty as a boy of 10 walked across the damp grass. Then he heard it. A yell, a scream and then a deafening crack. He knew who it was. He ran to where the sound had come from. A group of about 10 boys were in a semi-circle around the clubhouse wall.



"Come 'ere like a goo' 'ol boy now why don' ya?" the guys all snickered as the little boy trapped whimpered as the biggest and what looked like the strongest boy cracked the metal bat against the wall 3 feet away from the boy.

"Leave my brother alone." Kaiba's voice rang out clearly causing all the boys to turn. "If you're going to pick on someone pick on me."

The boys snickered. "Fine then, we'll get the runt after we beat the shit outta you first."the battle was on. The 10 boys during that time had surrounded Kaiba and all charged at him. Kaiba braced himself and took all they had. Thankfully the bat had been left with his brother, Mokuba.



The next day Kaiba looked terrible. "I'm sorry Big bro'" Mokuba said miserably. "I thought everyone wouldn't notice I left alone." Kaiba ruffled Mokuba's hair.



"Don't worry Moky, you and I'll leave this awful place and we'll be together and live happily ok? Don't cry...please. I hate seeing you cry." Mokuba managed to stop crying. Kaiba smiled "Thanks. Gozaburo's coming today"

Mokuba looked up at Kaiba "He's taking you away from me."

Kaiba shook his head "No, you're coming with me or I'm not leaving. there we will live happy together and have no further problems in life. I promise."

Gozaburo walked in the door just at that moment. "Nice little reunion here but I'm breaking it up. Come with me Seto." He took Kaiba's hand but Kaiba planted himself firmly.



"I'm going nowhere unless I can have the following; a happy life and my brother will come to live with us too." Kaiba's face was dead serious as was his voice. Gozaburo protested but gave up knowing Kaiba wouldn't quit.

"Fine. If he's a distraction though he'll be gone." He glared at mokuba who shrunk into Kaiba's arms.

!!!!End Of Flashback.!!!!!!!

Kaiba shook his head, not his worst memory he knew but one where he had broken a promise... his promise to Mokuba, the promise he made saying that they'd live together happily.

A cold harsh laughter started again and stopped abruptly. "See Seto-boy?Your life is nothing, your promise is broken and it cannot be fixed. You lay on the floor like an old broken toy that can't be fixed!."

The words pierced through Kaiba. "no..." the words tumbled out of his mouth softly. "No. NO! It's not true and I will prove it!" Kaiba stood a little more confidently but Gozaburo could see right through him.

"Boy, you will give up sooner or later. Your friends are all leaving you, disappearing never to be seen again." a bright light shone blinding Kaiba. The light faded and he was left in the room alone.

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Bakura heard a faint voice in his mind Bakura...Where are you...aibou, koi...Bakura it was Ryou's voice, his sad and weak mind-link calling to him sadly. Bakura fought furiously against the chains again. RYOU! Koi! I'm ...I'm somewhere familiar....The computers, the walls are spray-painted with odd pictures...just please be careful.

"Why the hell does Noah want me so badly...Why does he tell me Ryou's dead." His tears fell making a small puddle on the ground when he noticed a strange object right above him. He looked directly above him and stared wide-eyed. The sharp metal-like object wasn't moving thankfully. "Thank Ra it's not doing anything...probably just trying to get me to give in or something" he muttered.

A roaring sound filled the room, Bakura looked up again to see that the metal was spinning quickly. A thick piece of wood was placed 10 feet above him. The metal piece came down harshly and put a hole right through the 5 meter thick piece of wood. Bakura swore colourfully and tried to fight his bonds. They broke off the wall just as the metallic needle of death plunged at him he fell to the floor and rolled to the left. The needle nipped at his shirt tearing the left half of it off.



"Shit that was close." Bakura breathed to himself. " Now I have got to get out of here and make sure Ryou's safe." He ran out the door. "No security...how odd." and he went on his way back to the amnsion...or so he thought.

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