Me: meh heh heh. the evil authoress hath returned from her drab and boring life to bring you all this here chappie!!

Shinu: *giant sweatdrop plastered on forehead*

Me: oooo, you know what?? I went to this little mall the other day to try and sell some of my holo yu-gi-oh cards, but got there just as the place closed ;_; well, anyways, I was with Angela at the time so we went to Subway for dinner, so on so forth until we decided to go into Wal-Mart to look for the new Battle City toys (Malik looks SOO cool!! I want him!! *blinks at snickering* Eww, stupid hentai-tachi.) anywhoo, we were wandering around the toys, looking at the other anime toys, and guess what? They had the 4th season D-Tector Digivice!! For five (Canadian) bucks!! And the packs were, like, literally fifty cents each!! (don't look at me like that, I love any kind of RPG, and Digimon are cool.XP) so I got a digivice and two packs of cards. (hey, I only had seven bucks left!)

Shinu: hey, this isn't here to add tidbits of your life in!! Do the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: *walks in, utterly confused* uhh, Erin-chan doesn't own any Yu- Gi-Oh characters? *shields eyes, expecting her to burst into tears*

Me: well, maybe not. But I do own Shinu!!!

Shinu: Dammit!

Me: once again, Nahkti is what I call Bakura back in ancient Egypt.so, yeah.

Shinu.right.

Me: actually, I think I'll put the translations at the top, so you'll know what they mean already instead of waiting to the end.

*looks up* uhh, hentai-tachi is just plural for hentai, which means pervert, In case you couldn't figure that out. Tenshi=angel Koibito=lover (koi=love) Yami/Hikari=Dark(ness)/Light (really, you're pretty lost if you don't know what they mean.) Yarou=bastard (or stupid, but it's bastard in this story, ok?)

Retracting his arm from Ryou's waist, Nahkti looked solemnly at his friend. His only friend. But now, he was feeling almost a broken loyalty towards Yami, and a stronger bond with Ryou. His Ryou. His tenshi. His hikari. Why was this? He had known Yami for countless centuries. Since Egypt three thousand years ago their bond was formed. He had met Ryou only two days ago. Why did he feel such things? "ugh." Clutching his head in confusion, Nahkti tried to free his head of such confusing emotions. Was this-was this love? NO! It-it couldn't be. Demons don't-can't. Through the darkness Nahkti felt a pair of comforting arms entwine around his waist, giving him the strength to come back to reality.

"Y-Yami? You.alright?" A perfect angel stood by his side, looking for something inside of him. Nahkti nodded, silently wishing that Yami wasn't here, wishing he could show affection for his light.

"I believe we were talking here." Yami stood with his arms crossed, not aware of his friend's state of mind. "And we better finish this quick. It's almost five a.m. The sun rises today at 6:47. Nahkti? What's your connection to the little angel?"

At this comment, he whipped around, hair flying out of place. "Why do you want to know?"

"I want to insure your loyalty to me." Yami said this very calmly, as if he already knew that Nahkti would never betray their friendship. Almost.

This was it. This was the moment of truth. If Nahkti truly loved this boy, he would risk losing Yami, and possibly even Ryou if he didn't feel the same attraction. Was love worth breaking the three thousand year old bond between the two? Was it worth it to let Yami get his vengeance on Ryou? Nahkti truly didn't and couldn't answer these questions that seemed to float endlessly inside of his mind.

"Yami I, I, I truly did cherish our friendship-" Yami furrowed his brow, not knowing what to expect, but at the same time, it seemed he knew the answer all along. And he didn't like it. "But I've come to realize something more. More then lust, maybe even more then our bond of friendship. It's love, Yami." Ryou's eyes widened to their full extent. "And I think.I think I'm in love with an angel." Nahkti pulled Ryou closer to him and buried his nose in the silvery locks. "A perfect angel."

Yami sneered. "Well, if that's all our friendship meant to you, I'm sure you won't miss me." He turned to leave. "Oh, and I'd watch out for your little koibito. He'll never be safe in Hell. And I think you know that, don't you?" He sprang onto the top of the closest building, disappearing into the darkness of the night, forever scarred from Nahkti's betrayal. "He won't even be safe from me." Yami's parting words echoing against the heavy night aura.

"L-let's go home, Ryou. Yami was right. The night will die soon." Nahkti closed his eyes, enjoying the freedom that he had never felt before, in demon or mortal life.

*Back at Nahkti's Home*

Ryou moved uncomfortably atop the cushions, the question that had been urging to move past his lips ever since Nahkti's little speech. Taking a breath, he decided that it would be better to ask now while the subject was still fresh. "Yami?"

"Yes, Ryou?"

"Did you, did you mean what you said to Yami? A-about l.loving me? Or was that just to get rid of him quicker?" He quickly added on, just in case the whole thing was only a cruel misunderstanding.

Nahkti was taken aback at his question. Did Ryou still place mistrust over him? ".Yes." The demon took a deep breath. "I did mean what I said. Every last word. You're the world to me, Ryou. I would never lie about something like that. Demons may have their faults, but this is defiantly not one of mine." He shifted self-consciously on his own pillows awaiting the tenshi's reply.

Ryou let out a relieved sigh. So he did mean it. Maybe, just maybe, this demon could be the one. Would his friends approve of his lover being a demon? Ryou knew the elders defiantly wouldn't. Right now the small angel didn't seem to care. Drifting over to the pillow Nahkti was sitting on, Ryou folded his wings and sat down beside him, fully prepared for what he was going to say.

"I love you too, Yami." His eyes sparkling with new hope, Ryou placed a hand on Nahkti's shoulder to lift him up to the demon's height, Ryou brushed his cheek with a soft angelic kiss.

Renewed confidence was restored to the demon. Carefully taking the boy's temple in his hand, he pulled their faces closer together; finally placing his lips to Ryou's, Nahkti gave his love a gentle but firm kiss. Probing his hikari's bottom lip, Nahkti asked for entrance. Slowly parting his mouth, Ryou let him in. Gentlely guiding his koibito, the tenshi moved his hand from Nahkti's shoulder to the mass amount of hair. Pulling away slightly to give each other breathing room, both out of breath.

Blushing, Ryou rubbed his nose to Nahkti's and snuggled into the crook of his neck, enjoying the sense of warmth and protection, like Ryou knew Nahkti would never let anything bad happen to him. Folding the pitch-dark wings over them both, he wound his arms tightly around his new koi's waist, wishing they could stay like this forever, never changing.

GROWL! Both beings sweatdropped at his stomach's protests. Slumping his shoulders in defeat, the demon realized that he hadn't eaten anything in about two weeks.

"Eh, that wasn't expected." Nahkti shook his head, unfolding his wings.

"Maybe you should get something to eat, Yami. That doesn't sound very healthy." Ryou sat up, one hand covering his mouth to stifle the giggles that leaked out of his smile.

"Think it's funny, hum?" Grinning like an idiot, Nahkti pushed Ryou to the ground, tickling his tenshi's sides.

"Hahahahahahha! D-dammit, Y-Y-Yami! St-stop it!" Over-throwing the demon, Ryou sat up, ribs heaving heavily at his sides. "Yarou." Ryou said playfully, cuffing Nahkti on his right arm.

"Well, I think I'll take that offer of yours up. Do you need anything?" Nahkti spread his wings, ready to take off.

"Naw, I'm fine. I can just stay here. Clean up a bit." Ryou grinned at Nahkti's expression at his suggestion of 'cleaning up'.

"Okay then. See you in a while, Ryou." Jumping off the pillar, Nahkti flew gracefully to the exit, happy that Ryou had felt the same way he did. Reaching outside, Nahkti was glad that day came later in Hell. He had a few hours at the least.

*

Watching his yami fly out the opening, Ryou surveyed the place. Smiling slyly, Ryou flew to the same crevice that Nahkti had gotten the clothes for him out. Yep, he was right. His old robe was still here. Slipping out of the tight leather pants and silk shirt, Ryou slipped the loose-flowing garment back on. "Ahh. That's better." Memories of his childhood flooded back to the angel. Doing his best to ignore them, a solitary tear leaked out of his eye. There was a very high possibility that Ryou would never get to see his friends ever again.

Wiping it away forcefully, Ryou proceeded to fly around to each nook that he could find, organizing and cleaning up.

"Heh, I think every time that I clean one, another little cave springs up, just to keep me working." He looked over at the cranny that he had just finished. "Huh?" Another crevice had appeared on the right side of the newly finished one. "Oh, now you're just trying to spite me by doing that, aren't you?" Not really expecting an answer from he wall, the angel looked curiously at the new cave. Something seemed to pull him in.

"Well, why not? I was going to clean it anyways." The deeper he got into the tunnel, the stronger the sense of forbidding got.

A crash was heard outside in the main room. "Oh no. Now what?" Ryou turned around, completely forgetting about exploring the cave. Swiftly flying to the mouth of the tunnel, he gasped suddenly. Eyes wide with fear, he crushed both hands to his mouth, realizing how loud his gasp was when it echoed off the walls of the cave. He could see two demons turn to look in his direction. Dammit, he should have kept the dark clothes on. That way he could have at least hid his feathery wings behind him. But just in his pure white robe, he must've stuck out like a sore thumb against the shaded walls.

"There he is. That's Nahkti's little angel. The one that Yami was talking about, remember?"

"Yeah, there's defiantly no mistaking him." The two swooped down, heading right where Ryou was at the moment.

It seemed like he was paralysed from the waist down. The angel couldn't move until they were about three feet away. Not wasting any time when he did regain control of his body, Ryou darted back into the tunnel, beads of sweat accumulating on his forehead. A cloud seemed to float into his mind. Ryou couldn't think straight at all. Wait, didn't this happen before when he was up against Yami? Is it possible that these two were vampires also?

Tears now streaming across his face, Ryou forced himself to fly faster, not knowing what the two would do if they caught up to him, but not really wanting to find out. Ah, shit. In the distance, Ryou could dimly see a dead end. There was little to no hope now of escape. Reaching the end a little sooner then expected, he turned around to see his followers closing in on him from either side. Lowering to the ground, hoping that they hadn't seen the wall and might run into it. No such luck.

"Hah. Stupid angel. Don't any of you have endurance on your side?" The first demon said. Swooping down on him, Ryou couldn't even thrash to throw their grip on each of his arms, his mind clouded so much he could hardly even see more then two blurry shadows above him. No.this.this can't happen. Nahkti was supposed to protect him. No.no.

In a last attempt to save himself, Ryou cried out, not only at his captures, but through his mind as well.

"NAHKTI!"

/NAHKTI!! /

*

Me: mwa ha ha! Me, being the evil authoress, decided to end it there.

Shinu: WHA!! You can't end it there!

Me: I can, and unless I want to post this sometime next week, I have to stop here. XP

Shinu: *sobs* it's not fair! This story is better then mine!

Me: yours?

Shinu: shut up.

Ryou: r/r minasan! ^^ ja ne!