Scolding Sirius
"You will be Tonks then, no?" Bakura asked, ignoring the prone body of Remus Lupin. "And..." he looked distastefully at the floor. "Remus Lupin?"
"Yes," she said aggressively. "And I believe that's our dog. What are you doing with him? I would have thought he would run away from a stranger." She glared at Sirius. "We all thought he was dead."
Bakura lifted one white brow. "Perhaps we should discuss this somewhere else." He suggested. "In my room perhaps?"
"Oh," Tonks replied, flustered. "Yes, I suppose." She shot a glare at Bakura. "But you will explain everything, or else I will have to makeyou."
A snort of laughter displayed Bakura's contempt for that idea. "If you are anything like the other wizards I've met then that is quite beyond your power." He leaned down to hoist Lupin's limp body over one shoulder before leading the way to the set of rooms that he had rented upstairs.
When they reached the rooms Sirius transformed back into his human self and Bakura dumped a bucket of water on Lupin's head. The werewolf sat up, sputtering and choking. His eyes instantly landed on Sirius and he threw himself at his old friend.
"Sirius where have you been?" he sobbed. "We thought you were dead! What happened to you? Who's the kid? Don't leave again!" He grabbed a handful of Sirius' robes and held him tightly.
"Yes," Tonks agreed icily, looking at Bakura. "Who are you? And what are you doing with Sirius?"
Bakura smirked. "My name is Bakura, and I found him in the shadow realm. You should be grateful to me for bringing him out."
"Cocky little brat aren't you?" Tonks asked coolly, but with a trace of amusement softening her voice. "Mind explaining why you could go in and out of some place that Sirius, an older wizard couldn't? And why you didn't bring him back to us once you had found him?"
"Surely," He agreed. "And with the level of magic most wizards seem to have I'm surprised that he managed to get into the shadow realm in the first place. The shadow realm is practically my home. Since my parents died I've spent most of my time in it, which is how I found your precious Sirius."
"Oh yeah?" Tonks started, but Sirius interrupted her.
"Let's not fight, please." He said, holding onto Lupin with one arm reaching for a bottle of fire whiskey with the other. "Bakura saved me from this huge monster in that shadow realm place and I've been showing him around the wizarding world in dog form. I'm sorry that I didn't come back but," He gave Bakura an apologetic glance. "I still wasn't completely sure I could trust him with the location of the Order."
"Well why didn't you just give him the slip then?" Tonks asked. "It shouldn't have been that hard for you. You are the one who escaped from Azkaban after all, something that no-one has been able to do before after all."
"I tried at first," Sirius replied, hanging his head. "But it never worked so I just gave up. It's been fun though. We've been playing Quidditch together."
"You shouldn't have stayed away like that." Lupin said softly. "Everyone's been mourning you, thinking you were dead. Harry especially thinks that it's all his fault. Even if you didn't trust him, I think it was more important to get back to the base."
"I know," Sirius mumbled. "I should have come back. It's just... I was worried. And I've been having fun too."
Bakura chuckled to himself as he watched them. These mortals were so pathetic sometimes. How they could live with themselves knowing that their lives were pointless and short he had no idea. Sirius was actually rather fun to be with though. He reminded the spirit of Malik in a way. He had the same wacky sense of humor. The only problem with him was that he was too damned weak.
"Aren't you all forgetting something?" He asked politely, trying to think what his host would have done. Everyone turned to stare at him, unsure of what to expect. "We're all here now, and Sirius still isn't at your base thing. Don't you think you should talk to your leader before you go and do anything stupid?"
"Oh," said Tonks, sounding flustered. "Yes, I suppose. Do you know how to Apparate?" She was obviously expecting him to say no.
"Not the exact technique, no, but I've never needed to know. My own way works just as well."
"O-kay," she replied dubiously. "Close your eyes and I'll take us all back to the base." Everyone did as she said, even though Bakura thought it was pretty pointless. It would be so much easier just to go through the shadow realm. He thought about killing the Pharaoh as the world melted and re-formed around them with a loud crack.