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A/N: Moshi-Moshi! Guess what? I'm back with another chapter! Yup Feels proud I think this chapter is going to be pretty much filler material...... but with my fics, you just never know, I mean, this fic has a mind of it's own! Anyways, not much else to say except enjoy!

Chapter 36

Hackers

Demi and Amaya plunked themselves on the couch of her and Yami's apartment, Demi's laughter dying and immediately being replaced with a look of sad bitterness.

"Alright." Said Amaya, a grave look of determination on her face. "What's up?"

"Nothing." The elder girl muttered.

"Bullshit." She replied. "Bull fucking shit." Demi remained silent, refusing to spill the cold hard true of her and Kaiba's fucked up relationship. How could she? What was she supposed to say? 'Hey Amaya, guess what, me and Kaiba have been fucking each other like stoned rabbits, and I think I might be falling in love with the jackass!' Oh ya, that'd go over just great.

"Just forget it ok?" She snapped, a little harsher then she meant to. Seeing the hurt look in her friend's eyes she added. "Look, I'm just stressed, I don't really to talk about it ok?"

"Ok." Amaya reluctantly agreed, before remembering something Yami had told her on the ride back to the gang this morning. "And Demi?"

"Ya?"

"Whatever you do, don't mention anything about Mokuba." She said, her eyes pleading with her friend to keep her mouth shut for once. "He died three years tomorrow."

"Ok."

"Demi, I'm serious...... Yami told me that he had a REALLY bad reaction to it, he didn't go into the details, but he said it was pretty bad, so please, please. PLEASE keep your mouth shut."

"Gotcha." Demi replied. "I'll keep my mouth shut."

"Actually, I really don't think that you and Kaiba should really be close to each other tomorrow, I know how you guys fight.........."

'Ya, except lately our fighting has ended in fucking.' Demi thought darkly.

"I know." The raven haired girl said, coming up with an idea to keep the two ego maniacs away from each other. "We'll go catch that gory horror flick you've been bugging me to see." Demi visibly perked up at this.

"Alright, at least it'll get me away from the fucker for awhile." The girl replied before getting an impish grin on her face and looking at Amaya from the corner of her eye. "So, what exactly happened between you and Lover-boy?"

The crimson blush on Amaya's cheeks as she existed the room without a word told her all she needed to know.

Yami was busy typing away on his laptop in the club when he heard the door open.

"I thought your supposed to-" He began, but stopped, his expression of mild annoyance turning into a small smile when he saw who was at the door.

"Knock?" Amaya finished for him as she walked up to him, leaning over his shoulder and peering at some of the possible battle plans he had keyed in.

"Yes." He said with a grin as he gave her a peck on the lips. "Knock." She gave a small smirk, but her eyes were still focused on the screen.

"This doesn't seem like a bad idea." She said looking down at her boyfriend and pointing to something on the screen. "But it would help if we knew where Marik's little out of club hideyhole is, sure we know where the club is, but waltzing up and knocking on the Dagger's door is just plain suicide."

"Especially since your still injured." He said, causing Amaya to roll her eyes.

"I'm fine." She said. "It was just a scratch to begin with." Yami reached over and pulled the sleeve of her injured shoulder down, revealing a scabbed wound that still looked pretty deep.

"That doesn't look fine to me." He stated. She pulled her shirt back up over her shoulder.

"I'm not made out of glass, I'll survive." She said, trying to brush it off. "It's just my shoulder, it's nothing overly important."

"Amaya." He said, his face deadly serious. "Everyday, there's always a chance that one of us might die. It might not seem like a big deal to you, but trust me it is. You need your shoulder to fight, where it be hand to hand or not. The last thing you want is that opening up in the middle of a fight. Believe it or not, but that little 'scratch' as you put it, could be what gets you killed. And I'm not about to put your life on the line." Amaya sighed in defeat.

"Alright." She said. "I'll wait till it heals, after all, it shouldn't take to long. My other shoulder from blue-haired hospital bitch is already healed."

"Good. Have you told Demi about Kaiba?" He inquired.

"Yup. Were going to the movies tomorrow, I think I'd be better if he was alone tomorrow." Amaya answered. "After, I know Demi doesn't mean it, but her mouth tends to run away with her sometimes."

"Good idea. After all, he doesn't need a reason." He added darkly.

"A reason for what?" Yami snapped back into the present, realizing that he had probably said too much.

"Nothing." He muttered opening his drawer and looking through floppy disks.

"Whatcha looking for?"

"I believe that I still have a little bit of the blue prints of Marik's club that Seto was able to get when he hacked into Marik's system. He was only able to get half of it though, without being detected."

"Hey, that'll work." Amaya said, impressed that such valuable information was on hand. "I guess the Fucker is good for something other then being a pain in the ass after all."

"I'm guessing that's your dub for Seto?" He said, still rummaging through the drawer.

"Yup!" Amaya said proudly. "Me and Demi came up with it ourselves, although it wasn't that hard." But Yami was only half-listening as he was still in his search.

"Here it is." He answered, taking the disk, putting it into the drive and opening to file. "It's a shame we were only able to get half."

"Hey, it's still enough to impress this girl." His girlfriend replied. "It's got plumbing, vent systems, main exists and a brief layout, what more do you need?"

"The main power and security systems would be nice." He said, typing away. "But this'll have to do."

"It would easier if we had another computer, that way we could get done quicker." She sighed, grabbing a seat and pulling up beside him.

"I can get you a laptop if you want." He stated, his gaze never leaving the screen. "I have a spare one in the closet on the top shelf."

"You think of everything don't you?" She said as she stood, playfully ruffling his hair as she retrieved the computer.

"I have to." He said with a smile, giving her a kiss as she sat down and opened the disk on her computer and began typing away. The two continued typing and debating, forming plans, only to replace them in favor of new ones.

After two hours Amaya sighed in frustration.

"Were getting nowhere!" She exclaimed, running her hand through her long hair.

"Actually, were doing pretty good seeing as we only half a file."

"That's it." Amaya growled, digging into her coat pocket.

"What are you doing?" Her koi (means lover) asked as she produced her phone.

"Were getting into Marik's system."

Silence and tension hung thick as fudge in Maiyu's room. Neither one had said anything since their last conversation, but an unspoken agreement not to speak seemed to have been reached.

Maiyu still sat on the floor, she hadn't moved in a great while as she tried to deal with her churning emotions.

She didn't understand why she felt the urge to protect Bakura, and try to maintain her good friendship with Ryou, which at the moment seemed impossible seeing as the brother's hated each other, and she was stuck in the middle.

It was stupid, why did she have feelings for Bakura? The man that had raped her, beat her, and still, she cared. She knew he was hurting inside, and she felt the strong desire to try and pull him out whatever darkness had sunk it's teeth into his soul.

Her head snapped up as she heard the familiar sound of her cellphone ringing. Reaching into her pocket she produced the small machine and flipped it open.

"Moshi Moshi." She said calmly. Bakura looked up in interest and she motioned for him to be quite. "Amaya? Ya....... why? What, are you nuts!? No, I can do it but....... Alright, see you in five."

"What the hell was that all about?" Bakura demanded as she as she had closed her cell with a sigh.

"It was Amaya, she wants me to hack into Marik's main system." She answered rising to her feet and pulling her coat on before fixing her eyes on Bakura. "I'll be back, and don't worry, no-one's going to come because the door's going to be locked. The only one that knows your here is Ryou and I don't think he would rat on me, he's not that type, even if he is pissed."

"You really planning on killing Marik, aren't you?"

"Ya." She said, pausing at the door and looking back at him. "I am Bakura." And with that she walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.

"Amaya, it's just worth it today, it'll take to long to hack into the system, we won't be able to get everything in one shot if we did it today." He said, trying to make her see the sense in this. He had to admit that he loved her strong will and determination. Once she put her mind to something, there was almost no force on Earth that could make her change it.

"But, we have to get this planned." She insisted. "We have no idea what Marik's plans are, so we have to be prepared."

"Amaya, that's an advantage we both have, he probably doesn't know what were planning either." He replied. "It's not worth the effort if we hack in today, because we'll only have to go through the whole process again. It's better to go in one clean shot." The raven haired girl sighed in defeat.

"Alright." She relented. "But were doing this first thing tomorrow after I come back from the movies with Demi."

"Anything you say." He answered with a small smile and a shake of his head. 'The will of a women.' He thought just as Maiyu walked into the room.

"I'm here." She said. Amaya looked up.

"Slight change of plans." She informed. "Were doing to tomorrow, after I come back."

"Alright." Maiyu agreed quietly, sitting on the desk and gazing at Amaya's computer screen. "But in the meantime I can help make some sense of this."

"Be my guest." She replied, switching places with the other girl, who sat down and instantly began typing away.

"Wow. That Maiyu sure knows her stuff." Amaya said some hours later when she and Yami were getting ready for bed.

"She's a genius, that's why she's in this gang." Yami replied. "Her sister was amazing too."

"She has a sister?"

"Had a sister." He corrected. "She died a few years ago."

"That's awful." Amaya said, laying down beside him. "It seems like a lot of people loose people they care about in gangs. I just hope you don't end up dying on me."

"I won't." He whispered, leaning down to kiss her passionately, earning a small moan from her as she pulled him on top of her.

A.N:

Well, here it is. I'm really mad because I to rewrite the last three pages because I forgot to save it... grrrrrr. And yes, something does happen between Yami and Amaya but I didn't see the point in writing another lemon. After all, the one that actually meant something's already written. I don't like throwing in lemons just for the sake of throwing in lemons, I like to at least try to have a plot line with them. Anyways, I'm getting back into the action so I'm happy about that, and just a teaser for the next chapter: The main event in the forming of a relationship between Demi and Seto will be in the next chapter. So go read it!