And here is chapter 2!!!..yeppers..living off cocoa all day sure inspires one to write!! Well.same goes for flames! So otherwise if you actually came back/stuck around for another chapter then enjoy!!

disclamer:same as before..no own..

Chapter 2:Revelations.

Sitting on the couch staring at the tv while mindlessly flipping channels was not killing time nearly fast enough for Bakura's taste. Taking another glance at the clock he began to wonder where his wayward hikari had gone, usually he came straight home after school. Something about finishing homework before fun or some nonsense, didn't really matter to him...other than the fact that Ryou still wasn't home.

'must be getting me a surprise or something'

Yeah..that would explain it, his ever forgiving and sweet Light was getting him something..maybe even steaks for dinner. That thought brought a smirk to the dark's face, but only momentarily as he heard the door open and barely saw a bur of white hair flash past the livingroom entrance.

"What the.."

Suddenly said blur was running back down the stairs and into the kitchen mumbling loudly to himself about having everything.

'Yeppers..surprise for me' Bakura smuggly thought as he threw down the remote and wandered towards the kitchen only to lean rougishly against the door frame. Waiting patiently, or as patiently as he possibly could, he watched his hikari's back as he was washing something in the sink cooing softly to it about how pretty it was and wasn't it a beautiful shade of to it??!!!...Since when do people coo to food?'

"Ryou-chan..what are you doing?"

"Hmmm?.. Oh! Hello Bakura!"

Irked a bit that his hikari had not even bothered to turn around Bakura decided to let it pass...for now. His curiosity was still getting the better of him though.

"Ryou, I am only going to ask once more. What. Are. You. Doing?"

Ryou looked over his shoulder genuinely surprised at Bakura's tone and then softly replied.

"I'm just giving it a bath. Poor thing is all covered in blood."

'"poor thing"??!! What in the name of Ra has Ryou brought home?!'

About that time Ryou had finished with bathing the kitten and proceeded to wrap it snuggly in a towel and grab the bottle he had already prepared. Placing the bottle in the shoe box so that he could carry everything he then passed Bakura while making his way to the livingroom humming softly and smiling the whole time. Bakura knew that something had to be making his hikari this happy and that something was wrapped in a towel. The only problem was, the longer it took to find out what it was the more Bakura had a sinking feeling in his stomach.

"Okay Ryou, enough is enough. Now tell me what the hell it is your hiding in that towel!"

Looking up at his other half a bit sheepishly with the slightest begining of fear in his eyes Ryou decided he should tell all now. It was his house afterall and if he wanted a pet then he could have one. So now with determination he looked Bakura in the eye and slowly unwrapped the kitten for him to see.

"You brought home a rat?" Bakura eyed the kitten warily while arching one brow.

"Its not a rat!! Its a kitten! Oh Bakura! I just have to keep it! You see I was walking home today from school and it seems last night someone ran over this poor kitten's mother which is really sad since she was this pretty white or at least what was left of her was. Anyways the guys there to clean it up found her kitten and now its an orphan and doesn't have anyone so I just have to keep it please!"

Bakura's jaw actually dropped for a few seconds before he managed to put his calm mask back on but through the tirade he understood the sinking feeling he had felt before, and it had only gotten worse. A white cat, on that street, where Ishtar earned 12 points. 'damn'. But Ryou didn't know they had been the ones to cause this problem, that at least he could be thankful for. After having those thoughts settle in they were followed promptly by another slightly more disturbing thought and this one he just had to give voice to.

"Did you breath at all during that speech?"

"Umm..no"

"Didn't think so. Now about this cat, I guess even if I say no you are just going to pester me and cry and give me those damn eyes. Speaking of which stop it!"

"Gomen" Ryou then looked down but wasn't giving up hope yet.Looking up once more he decided to maybe try another line of pleading.

"Please Bakura! It will be wonderful, I just know it!"

Smirking evily Bakura licked his lips.

"I bet it would be, just a bit of teriyaki and maybe on a bed of rice."

At that point Ryou actually managed to turn a few shades whiter and do his best impersonation of a fish with horror stricken eyes. But at the look on his Hikari's face he couldn't contain his laughter and ended up falling back on the couch holding his sides as he shook with mirth and Ryou scowled.

"Bakura that wasn't funny!!"

Between bouts of chuckles Bakura managed to get but a few words out.

"But..laughing..your face...laughing..should have seen..."

Ryou sat there trying to send his fiercest glare at Bakura while feeding the kitten from its bottle, though the only effect the glare seemed to have was to make Bakura laugh all the harder.

"Oh Ryou that was good. I really needed a laugh it has been such a boring day. I guess you can keep your rat thing then."

Ryou's face instantly lit up with joy and he cooed happily at the fragile bundle in his arms as it fell asleep clean and now with its belly full. Ever so gently Ryou then placed the small kitten into the shoe box still wrapped in its towel and watched as it slept with a peaceful smile on his face. Bakura watched him through all this marveling at how his hikari could seem even more angelic with that expression. That is until the moment was shattered by Bakura's next thought.

"Hey Ry, just a question but how often does that thing have to eat?"

While still watching the peaceful sight in the box Ryou replied in barely over a whisper so as not to wake it.

"The lady in the pet store said it depends on the cat..sometimes ever couple hours but as it gets older then it can go longer between feedings. Why do you ask?"

"Well cause I was wondering then, if you plan on quiting school to raise this little furball or if the school is going to let you walk around bottle feeding it during classes?"

Ryou's face faulted as Bakura's words sunk in as realization hit home. School. He had to go to school all day, how was he going to take care of it? He then looked up at Bakura to see his smug smirk and suppieor glint in his eyes.

"Ummm..well. I hadn't actually thought of that.

"Figured as much. You hardly ever think two feet ahead of yourself."

"Well yes, I suppose someone is going to have to feed it during the day...but wait! Bakura you don't go to school and you don't have a job! You could take care of it while I'm in school!"

Now it was Bakura's turn to do his best impersonation of a fish. HIM..The great Thief King take care of a little furball?! Be damned that he was part of the cause of its current problem he was not going to be stuck playing mommy to some flea infested animal!!

"There is no way I am taking care of your damned little humanitarian cause! You wanted the furball, its your's..don't drag me into this!

At which point he crossed his arms over his chest to signal the discussion was over, only thing was Ryou wasn't willing to drop it so easily.

"Oh please Bakura! It won't be much trouble you just feed it when it meows, I mean you just sit here watching tv all day! I can fix the bottles up before school."

""I sit here all day?!" and what makes you think I sit here all day? How do you know what I do when you aren't home?! I think there you are presuming too much my little light and Ra be damned before I play nursemaid to a furball!!"

Ryou then remembered that yeah Bakura did go out quite often, usually with Marik and who knew what terrors they unleashed on the city. Actually it was odd that he was even home today. This was taking a risk but he wouldn't back down, he couldn't, he didn't know of anyone else who could take care of it. Yugi's grandpa was so allergic to animals that there was no way the cat could go over there even if Yami took care of it and asking Yami to come here would deffinately be worse. He couldn't as Marik, while Bakura joked about eating the kitten he had little doubt that Marik would actually follow through on it if left to his own devices long enough. So that took him back to Bakura.

"Please Bakura!! I'm begging you! I know it would keep you home until I got out of school but I would rush right home! And it will grow very fast so it wouldn't be that long until its on solid food. Please!! I would make it up to you! I will do all the chores! I won't ask you to lift a finger around here and make whatever you want for dinner every night!! I promise! I will do anything Bakura just please help me on this!"

Bakura sat back listening to his hikari's peads with amusement until the part about him doing anything. This just might work out for him afterall, playing his cards right perhaps that furball was a blessing. Ryou watched with slight fear as a very evil smirk began to form on his Yami's face. That look never meant anything good for him, never.Swallowing the lump in his throat he waited for Bakura's answer.

"Anything my hikari?"

"Y-yes"

"Well then my sweet, innocent little light..." Bakura then dropped down to the floor on his hands and knees crawling towards Ryou with a very preditory look in his crimson eyes. Said light had promptly fallen on his backside and was crabwalking as fast as he could backwards with a look of terror and confussion in his eyes. Bakura continued to advance until he had Ryou backed against the wall with nowhere left to run.

"I think perhaps we can work something out then."

"B-Bakura..wha-what do you think you are do-doing?"

"Me?" Bakura tried to feign innocence..an expression that did not work in the slightest for him. "Why I am just taking up that offer."

Ryou swallowed hard and blinked a few times trying to figure out what game Bakura was playing at now but for some reason had trouble getting past the fact of how exremely close his dark half now was to him.

"Wh-what offer?"

Bakura stuck his bottom lip out in a slight pout and then nudged Ryou's nose up with his own, his warm breath playing across Ryou's lips as a rather vibarent blush was begining to cover the smaller boy's face.

"That offer of anything my pretty hikari." At that point Bakura began to close the distance between their lips...

BAM BAM BAM

Bakura opened his eyes and pulled away quickly standing up.

"What Ra damned baka son of a whore is stupid enough to bother me now??!!"

Ryou let out the breath he had not realized that he was holding and stared at Bakura in disbelief.

'Was Bakura actually going to kiss me?!..ME?!! No, he wouldn't have, he has no interest in me.'

Bakura looked down at Ryou and with his trademark smirk in place, winked at him.

"Now don't go wandering off little light, it won't take me long to send this idiot to the shadow realm."

Ryou could only stare up at him and nod dumbly his brain still trying to catch up with the events of moments ago. Watching his Dark half stalk towards the door and feeling his anger through the link they shared he suddenly felt great pity for the poor soul standing on the other side of that door. But that pity didn't last long as a loud crashing sound was soon heard along with someone shouting "Kura-chan!"

Suddenly pity turned to dread.

Okay..that is it for chapter 2..I might start working on chapter 3 tonight..but I make no promises..so please R&R!!....