Bakura!!! I screamed within my head. Bakura, STOP IT! I then pushed myself away from him, using my hands against his chest as momentum. I looked at him, both shocked and disgusted. What the hell was he doing?!
Seto chuckled. "I see that your sorry ass attempt fell through the cracks, stupid little Bakura." I swung around to face Seto. That evil chisled-features brunette. Grr.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" I snapped at him. Seto smirked at my obvious-cluelessness.
"You mean to tell me that you do not know?" Seto asked, teasing me with the answer of what was going on. I glared at him and I was breathing repetitively and heavily.
"Know what?" I asked icily between my clenched teeth.
"Your Bakura was trying to make my Jonouchi jealous." My face fell. What?! "But obviously it did not work."
"What the hell are you talking about!?"
"Don't you know?" Seto coyed.
"Shut up, Kaiba." Bakura said through clenched teeth. His fists were once again clenched and shaking at his sides and he was glaring at Seto with so much intensity that he could have burst Seto into flames. Seto ignored my yami's remark, however, and continued nonetheless, unconcerned with the consequences.
"Your little Bakura over there has been calling up Jonouchi and harassing him. All because of you." I spun around to face Bakura. I could not believe what I was hearing. My yami? Harassing Jonouchi? Why?
"What are you talking about?"
Seto laughed once again but he did seem quite annoyed. "You honestly do not get it, do you? Bakura has been trying to make my Jou feel like shit because of your little incident with him. He has been calling him up and demanding that he apologize for hurting you."
"Shut up..." Bakura was even more fierce.
"And to think that you would actually believe Jonouchi could fall for a pathetic, clueless little boy like you?" Seto laughed again. "Yea, right."
"I SAID SHUT UP, YOU BASTARD!" Bakura yelled. He then charged at Seto. He caught the KaibaCorp CEO off guard and was then able to punch him in the face and send him back, reeling. Blood spurted out from his nostrils as he staggered back, trying to catch his footing. Jonouchi was standing back in utter shock, his mouth dropped open. I was looking at Bakura in mixed horror and impressment and Bakura was standing in front of Seto, shaking with fury. The fire in his eyes had seemed to spread throughout his entire body and had engulfed him in a bonfire of hatred. "Leave Ryou alone! Just stop it! Stop all of it! You and your stupid blond-haired friend have caused enough trouble for him! JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE!"
"You little punk." Seto said dangerously. He then stood up and glared over at him once again. "You will pay for doing that." When they both got in their fighting stances, I screamed out,
"STOP!!!!!!!!!!" Jonouchi, Bakura and Seto all looked over at me questioningly. Tears were cascading down my cheeks. Why was I crying? "Just knock it off! I feel like shit already because of Jonouchi and I don't want to listen to some damn CEO making fun of me for it!" I then ran off. Why the hell was I running? Why was I crying? What was causing me to do these things? My feelings were very confused that that moment. I felt shattered and broken by Jonouchi, while feeling proud of Bakura and then feeling pissed at Seto. So what brought on the tears?
((A/N: This part will not be in Ryou's POV because Ryou is not there. This part is just ordinary third-person. Sorry to make it confusing, but I just wanted to show what happened breifly after Ryou left, mmkay?))
Bakura turned to Seto and his eyes were still flashing. He wanted to listen to Ryou and not continue the fight between them. He did not want to hurt his hikari even more than he was hurt. But he had to make Seto pay somehow. Seto saw right through his hesitance and he smirked. Standing fully erect and looking down at Bakura, he said, "Your hikari is so pathetic, Bakura. It's obvious that you love him, but he is too thick-headed to see that. Why don't you just forget the ass?"
"Because," Bakura responded, shaking and fists clenched. "He is my hikari. And I don't let snot-nosed, shit-headed people like you mess around with him!" With the last declaration said, Bakura swung at Seto and once again sent him reeling. Seto fell to the ground this time. "Say your prayers." Bakura said menacingly. "Cuz the next time I hear that you have been harassing my hikari, I will kill you." With that, Bakura then ran off to find Ryou.
((A/N: Back to Ryou POV. Once again, sorry fot the confusion))
I found myself near a water fountain. I was far away from the stadium, but still in the same vicinity. I collapsed to the ground and once again contorted myself into hugging my legs tightly to my chest and crying to myself. I still could not understand why I was in tears, but the thought was too annoying to answer at that time. The only thing that did constantly nag at my brain was the fact that my heart had been pounding when Bakura stood up to Seto for me. My face had flushed as well. Why had those things occurred? Was I just grateful or impressed? Or was it something more?
"You certainly are the dumb one." Came a voice from behind me. "Maybe Seto was right and I shouldn't have knocked him to the ground."
"Prick!" I yelled, standing up and spinning around to face my yami. My eyes were narrowed. "Why the hell did you call me dumb?! And what do you mean you knocked--" I suddenly froze. I felt my cheeks turn red again. I was surprised at what Bakura had said but I was blushing because of the way he looked. Once again, the word 'sexy' popped into my head. Is it wrong to think my yami sexy? He was standing in front of some of those multi-colored lights in the ground. They were blinking different colors and he was like a sexy silhouette standing in front of the lights. My heart was pounding hard within my chest and I could hear the echo of it within my ears. I could not bring my eyes to look at him. Lowering them, I had the vaguest idea that I looked like a blushing bride. I was too caught up in my thoughts that I did not even realize Bakura was now standing right in front of me. He reached out his hand and placed it gently under my chin. Jerking my head up, my eyes met his. They seemed to illuminate all the colors of the lights as they shined. My heart leaped up to my throat. Bakura was looking steadily at me. He raised his fingers to my eyes and gently wiped away my tears. I was shocked.
"Why are you crying?" He asked. I lowered my eyes and did not look at him.
"I don't know.: I replied honestly. "I just... I don't want to be around Seto. He is such a jerk, making fun of me like that."
"Yes." He agreed.
"And... because I was worried about you." I said. What in the hell caused me to say something like thast? The words were out of my mouth before I could even retract them. Yet, would I have liked to if I could? There was something within me that was sub-conciously forcing me to be closer to Bakura. What was going on?
"Are... are you serious?" He asked. I looked up at him, shocked. He was speechless. His eyes were opened wide in shock and his cheeks were flushed. My face grew redder as well, as my eyes stayed on him. Again, without conciously realizing it, I nodded my head. Bakura smiled and he seemed overly relieved. He hesitated a moment but then leaned closer to me and our lips met again. I was taken aback in shock and sudden surprise. This kiss was nothing like the one previous. He was not rough and forceful and he was not trying to prove a point by doing it. I melted into his hands like jello when I felt his tongue brush gently against my teeth and upper lip. My cheeks burned and I closed my eyes. I felt like some helpless girl in a doujinshi, but it felt good to play that role. Especially if Bakura was going to be the 'dominating man'.
When our lips broke apart, I was shocked at myself to find that my arms were around my yami. He was happy they were, though. "Let's go home." Bakura said. I nodded my head. If Bakura had asked me to stip my clothes and cluck like a chicken, at that moment I would have. His kiss was intoxicating and, at that moment, I would have done anything he asked.