Intertwined by Fate
by duenna
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or anything to do with it. *sigh*
Summery: AU ~ BxR ~ A runaway prince out in search for his birth mother runs into a gang of thieves. Bakura, the king of thieves, finds Ryou, the prince. What will happen now? ^^~
this is a BakuraxRyou fic ^^ I just love those two!! =^.^=~~
"speech"
'thoughts'
//memory//
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Ryou POV
I wake up to the sound of chattering birds. Where am I? I feel so warm and I try to get closer to the source of warmth. Strong arms hold me tighter. I open my eyes and look up and I am greeted with a grin.
"Mornin'." Bakura says to me with a kiss. I smile at him.
"Good morning, Kura." I answer back. I could get used to waking up like this every morning.
"We should get going." I hear him whisper to me. I groan and pull the blankets tighter around me. I didn't want to get up yet.
"Five more minutes." I hear myself mumble under the blankets and I hear Bakura chuckle to himself.
"The sooner we leave the sooner you can see your mother. Don't you want to see her?"
I peek at him from under the blanket. "You are very cruel, thief." I scowl at him and untangle myself from the warm blanket.
I stretch out my legs and arms as I get up. The chilly morning air makes me shiver. I rub my hands over my arms hoping that it will warm me up a bit. Bakura throws one of the capes at me and I quickly put it on feeling slightly warmer. I helped him fold the blankets we used last night and packed them back up. I whistled for Shion, who came running at the sound. She stopped in front of me and nuzzled my hair. I giggled at the tickling sensation her whiskers made on my neck. I scratched the mares' ears as Bakura loaded up the packs and placed them on the mare.
"Ready?" I nod as I give the mare one final scratch and I hop and the thief climbs up behind me.
"Guide?" I hear him call out.
"Going already?" Came a sleepy voice and I grin at our guide as he pops up beside us.
"Yep! Let's go!" I call out.
The sun was high when I started to get hungry. I didn't want to stop though, so I ignored my hunger for the time being. I dozed a bit as we rode on. I didn't have any fear about falling off because Bakura held me securely with his free arm. I loved being in his embrace.
We come upon a fair sized village and stopped before we reached it.
"Are you hungry, love?" I hear Bakura ask me. I nod and my stomach growls in reply as well.
"Heh. You should have told me sooner, love. I think that maid of yours packed us some travel food of some kind." I shrug and grin sheepishly.
"I just wanted to keep going and not stop, but I am thirsty now as well."
Bakura digs thru one of the packs and brings out a small coin purse. He looks in it and lets out an amazed whistle.
"That maid of yours gave us a lot of gold!" he whispers to me.
"Of course she did. I'm sure didn't want us to starve to death before we reached mother's." I grin at the thief. "And you don't have to steal anything either!" ^^
He raises an eyebrow at me. "I don't want to get rusty with my skills, you know."
"No stealing today, love. Let's just eat and then be on our way." I reason with the thief, hoping he will agree.
He stays quiet for a moment before he sighs. "Alright." He gives in and I smile to myself. Have I tamed the king of thieves? Perhaps I did.
We ride into the village and the people quickly move out of our way. I frown wondering if the village doesn't get many visitors. It wasn't very crowded but it wasn't like the city I'm from either. It was mid day and everyone was going home for lunch or to the local tavern. Bakura stopped the mare in front of a small eating place.
"Let's see what they have here."
"Okay." I answer and he helps me down. I sense the people who walk by are watching us. I try to ignore it as I take the bridle off of Shion. I let the mare wonder off after we unload her of all the gear. She should get some food as well. Shion loves the grass in the forests around here. Bakura headed inside while I watched the mare until she vanished from my view. Some of the villagers cried in alarm when the mare cantered by them. I shouldered the pack and headed inside to find my thief.
The tavern was crowded as I walked in; I pulled off my cape and slung it over my arm. As I scanned the tables for Bakura, I noticed a couple of people look over at me. I didn't really like to be at the center of attention, so I make my way to the back. But I still feel their gazes on me. I don't know why it bothers me that much. I'm used to having people stare at me, but for some reason this was different. Here I was, all alone it seemed, in a strange village. And I suppose it didn't help that when I have my hair tied back I sort of look like a girl.
I felt a hand grab my arm and I look up in alarm. It wasn't Bakura. My heart starts racing. What could he want?! I stare at him and try to get out of his hold.
"How about we go somewhere quieter?" the man, who was obviously drunk, slurred his words.
"No thanks!" I stumble back out of his grip only to collide with someone else. Great. What else could go wrong?!
"I'm sorry!" I say as I turn around to face the person I bumped. I noticed I ruined his shirt, for he had spilt his drink on it. I really feel out of place here and I wish Bakura was here with me. Where was he anyways? Getting into trouble already. Bakura won't like this very much.
"Watch were your going, woman!" the man yells at me. Woman?! Grrr!!
"I am not a woman!" I say back to him trying not to sound as scared as I was. The man narrowed his eyes at me and grabbed my hair.
"So I guess your not, but you still need to learn your manners, boy!" and he hits me right across the cheek. I stumble backwards, stunned. No one's ever hit me before! I land hard on the floor and I grimaced at the pain. By now the whole tavern was quiet watching to see what happened next. The man was walking to me again and raised his hand as if to hit me again. I close my eyes and flinch away, but it never comes. I hesitantly open an eye to see what happened and I see someone standing in front of me. I now have both of my emerald eyes open. Bakura had blocked the hit for me. I stand up clumsily and stand next to my lover. I feel him put his arm around my shoulder, pulling me closer to him.
"How dare you hit him, human!" he snarls at the startled guy who had hit me. I saw Bakura pull out his knife ready to kill with vengeance. The look in his eyes was screaming murder. I act quickly and I take hold of his arm.
"Don't do it, Kura!" I say to my lover and he looks down at me.
"He hit you! How can you let that go?" he glares at me and I look away shaking my head.
"Please, don't do it." I beg him as I leaned my head against his chest and I hear him curse under his breath but he does put away his knife. He lifted my chin and examined the place where I was hit. I look into his eyes and notice they were gentle again. It was as if the thief had two sides to him. A violent one and a gentle one.
I look around at the crowd that had gathered and notice I was center of attention. Exactly the place I didn't want to be so I bury my head into the thief's chest hoping he would take me away soon. I guess he noticed as well because he led me thru the crowd into the back where his table was. I sit down next to my lover and I rub my cheek. It still stings.
"You clumsy fool." I hear Bakura mutter under his breath at me and I smile sadly at him.
"I'm sorry, Kura." I reply softly and he looks over at me and squeezes my hand.
"Don't worry about it, love. Just don't tell your brother about this and we shall be fine." He says to me teasingly and I grin at him.
"I'm sure Yami would love to hear this story though." And he gives me a shocked look on his face and I giggle at it. He was trying to make me feel better. I smile brightly at the thief sitting next to me. He put his hand on my head and pulled me to his side.
"Don't' leave my side, alright? I don't want you to get hurt." He tells me and I nod my answer. The barmaid comes over to get our orders.
"We don't get many elves around here." She tells us. I just stare at her wondering how she knew. I certainly didn't look like I was an elf, did I? I blink and she grins at me. "Your silver mare. She is an Elven mare, yes?" Ah. That is how she knew.
"Yeah, mother gave her to me. Her name is Shion." I smile at the barmaid and she winks at me. I hear Bakura growl at the barmaid who looks over at him for the first time. She looks at him then back at me. She raises an eye brow at us but doesn't say anything.
"Look, I'm sorry for what Jon did to ya, boy. He was drunk and probably didn't meant to hit ya, kay?" I nod to her and she sighs. "What will ya be having?" I order something hot to warm me up and Bakura gets the same thing. We get our meals, but I notice Bakura is not eating.
"Why aren't you eating, thief?" I ask him in a teasing way.
"I'm not that hungry, prince." He answers back smirking at me.
"You better eat it or I won't let you leave until you do." I say sternly to him and he raises an eye brow at me.
"Won't let me leave, huh? How will you stop me, prince? I am far stronger than you."
Hmm. How indeed. I think about it for a moment. It was true the thief was much stronger then I am. But there is always a way to beat brute strength. I sigh in defeat. I can't think of a way at the moment, but I will someday. I shrug at him and continue eating my own food, but I notice that Bakura started eating his food as well. I grin to myself. Maybe that is how I win.
I lean back in my chair feeling full. It was good food. I was satisfied and could wait to eat again after dark. I look over at Bakura who seemed lost in his thoughts. I lean closer to him and he turns to look at me. We stare at each other for a moment and I smile at him and he ruffles the top of head affectionately.
I hear someone approach our table and I look over to see the man from earlier and a couple of his buddies stop right next to our table.
"What do we owe for this visit?" I hear Bakura say dryly to the new comers. I glare slightly at them.
"I came to ask you a question." The guy who had hit me said. What did the barmaid call him? Jon? Yeah that was it.
"And?"
"The boy called you 'Kura'."
"Your point?"
"The king of thieves name is similar to it. Did you know that?" Jon asked looking at Bakura shrugged and waited for the man to continue. "I just wanted to know if you were him."
"Why? Do I look like him or something?"
"I know for a fact that the king of thieves has a scar under his eye and has white hair. Just like you." Jon growled at my lover. What did he want from Bakura? I glance over at him and I see an amused expression on his face. Bakura was playing with them. Oh gods, what did I do to deserve this? Should I stop him again?
"And if I was him? What would you do?"
Jon was silent for a moment as if he was thinking about his answer.
"I would kill him." he finally said.
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Chapter 17 is a long one! yay! ^^~~
enjoy!!
ja ne~~
by duenna
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or anything to do with it. *sigh*
Summery: AU ~ BxR ~ A runaway prince out in search for his birth mother runs into a gang of thieves. Bakura, the king of thieves, finds Ryou, the prince. What will happen now? ^^~
this is a BakuraxRyou fic ^^ I just love those two!! =^.^=~~
"speech"
'thoughts'
//memory//
~+~+~+~+~
Ryou POV
I wake up to the sound of chattering birds. Where am I? I feel so warm and I try to get closer to the source of warmth. Strong arms hold me tighter. I open my eyes and look up and I am greeted with a grin.
"Mornin'." Bakura says to me with a kiss. I smile at him.
"Good morning, Kura." I answer back. I could get used to waking up like this every morning.
"We should get going." I hear him whisper to me. I groan and pull the blankets tighter around me. I didn't want to get up yet.
"Five more minutes." I hear myself mumble under the blankets and I hear Bakura chuckle to himself.
"The sooner we leave the sooner you can see your mother. Don't you want to see her?"
I peek at him from under the blanket. "You are very cruel, thief." I scowl at him and untangle myself from the warm blanket.
I stretch out my legs and arms as I get up. The chilly morning air makes me shiver. I rub my hands over my arms hoping that it will warm me up a bit. Bakura throws one of the capes at me and I quickly put it on feeling slightly warmer. I helped him fold the blankets we used last night and packed them back up. I whistled for Shion, who came running at the sound. She stopped in front of me and nuzzled my hair. I giggled at the tickling sensation her whiskers made on my neck. I scratched the mares' ears as Bakura loaded up the packs and placed them on the mare.
"Ready?" I nod as I give the mare one final scratch and I hop and the thief climbs up behind me.
"Guide?" I hear him call out.
"Going already?" Came a sleepy voice and I grin at our guide as he pops up beside us.
"Yep! Let's go!" I call out.
The sun was high when I started to get hungry. I didn't want to stop though, so I ignored my hunger for the time being. I dozed a bit as we rode on. I didn't have any fear about falling off because Bakura held me securely with his free arm. I loved being in his embrace.
We come upon a fair sized village and stopped before we reached it.
"Are you hungry, love?" I hear Bakura ask me. I nod and my stomach growls in reply as well.
"Heh. You should have told me sooner, love. I think that maid of yours packed us some travel food of some kind." I shrug and grin sheepishly.
"I just wanted to keep going and not stop, but I am thirsty now as well."
Bakura digs thru one of the packs and brings out a small coin purse. He looks in it and lets out an amazed whistle.
"That maid of yours gave us a lot of gold!" he whispers to me.
"Of course she did. I'm sure didn't want us to starve to death before we reached mother's." I grin at the thief. "And you don't have to steal anything either!" ^^
He raises an eyebrow at me. "I don't want to get rusty with my skills, you know."
"No stealing today, love. Let's just eat and then be on our way." I reason with the thief, hoping he will agree.
He stays quiet for a moment before he sighs. "Alright." He gives in and I smile to myself. Have I tamed the king of thieves? Perhaps I did.
We ride into the village and the people quickly move out of our way. I frown wondering if the village doesn't get many visitors. It wasn't very crowded but it wasn't like the city I'm from either. It was mid day and everyone was going home for lunch or to the local tavern. Bakura stopped the mare in front of a small eating place.
"Let's see what they have here."
"Okay." I answer and he helps me down. I sense the people who walk by are watching us. I try to ignore it as I take the bridle off of Shion. I let the mare wonder off after we unload her of all the gear. She should get some food as well. Shion loves the grass in the forests around here. Bakura headed inside while I watched the mare until she vanished from my view. Some of the villagers cried in alarm when the mare cantered by them. I shouldered the pack and headed inside to find my thief.
The tavern was crowded as I walked in; I pulled off my cape and slung it over my arm. As I scanned the tables for Bakura, I noticed a couple of people look over at me. I didn't really like to be at the center of attention, so I make my way to the back. But I still feel their gazes on me. I don't know why it bothers me that much. I'm used to having people stare at me, but for some reason this was different. Here I was, all alone it seemed, in a strange village. And I suppose it didn't help that when I have my hair tied back I sort of look like a girl.
I felt a hand grab my arm and I look up in alarm. It wasn't Bakura. My heart starts racing. What could he want?! I stare at him and try to get out of his hold.
"How about we go somewhere quieter?" the man, who was obviously drunk, slurred his words.
"No thanks!" I stumble back out of his grip only to collide with someone else. Great. What else could go wrong?!
"I'm sorry!" I say as I turn around to face the person I bumped. I noticed I ruined his shirt, for he had spilt his drink on it. I really feel out of place here and I wish Bakura was here with me. Where was he anyways? Getting into trouble already. Bakura won't like this very much.
"Watch were your going, woman!" the man yells at me. Woman?! Grrr!!
"I am not a woman!" I say back to him trying not to sound as scared as I was. The man narrowed his eyes at me and grabbed my hair.
"So I guess your not, but you still need to learn your manners, boy!" and he hits me right across the cheek. I stumble backwards, stunned. No one's ever hit me before! I land hard on the floor and I grimaced at the pain. By now the whole tavern was quiet watching to see what happened next. The man was walking to me again and raised his hand as if to hit me again. I close my eyes and flinch away, but it never comes. I hesitantly open an eye to see what happened and I see someone standing in front of me. I now have both of my emerald eyes open. Bakura had blocked the hit for me. I stand up clumsily and stand next to my lover. I feel him put his arm around my shoulder, pulling me closer to him.
"How dare you hit him, human!" he snarls at the startled guy who had hit me. I saw Bakura pull out his knife ready to kill with vengeance. The look in his eyes was screaming murder. I act quickly and I take hold of his arm.
"Don't do it, Kura!" I say to my lover and he looks down at me.
"He hit you! How can you let that go?" he glares at me and I look away shaking my head.
"Please, don't do it." I beg him as I leaned my head against his chest and I hear him curse under his breath but he does put away his knife. He lifted my chin and examined the place where I was hit. I look into his eyes and notice they were gentle again. It was as if the thief had two sides to him. A violent one and a gentle one.
I look around at the crowd that had gathered and notice I was center of attention. Exactly the place I didn't want to be so I bury my head into the thief's chest hoping he would take me away soon. I guess he noticed as well because he led me thru the crowd into the back where his table was. I sit down next to my lover and I rub my cheek. It still stings.
"You clumsy fool." I hear Bakura mutter under his breath at me and I smile sadly at him.
"I'm sorry, Kura." I reply softly and he looks over at me and squeezes my hand.
"Don't worry about it, love. Just don't tell your brother about this and we shall be fine." He says to me teasingly and I grin at him.
"I'm sure Yami would love to hear this story though." And he gives me a shocked look on his face and I giggle at it. He was trying to make me feel better. I smile brightly at the thief sitting next to me. He put his hand on my head and pulled me to his side.
"Don't' leave my side, alright? I don't want you to get hurt." He tells me and I nod my answer. The barmaid comes over to get our orders.
"We don't get many elves around here." She tells us. I just stare at her wondering how she knew. I certainly didn't look like I was an elf, did I? I blink and she grins at me. "Your silver mare. She is an Elven mare, yes?" Ah. That is how she knew.
"Yeah, mother gave her to me. Her name is Shion." I smile at the barmaid and she winks at me. I hear Bakura growl at the barmaid who looks over at him for the first time. She looks at him then back at me. She raises an eye brow at us but doesn't say anything.
"Look, I'm sorry for what Jon did to ya, boy. He was drunk and probably didn't meant to hit ya, kay?" I nod to her and she sighs. "What will ya be having?" I order something hot to warm me up and Bakura gets the same thing. We get our meals, but I notice Bakura is not eating.
"Why aren't you eating, thief?" I ask him in a teasing way.
"I'm not that hungry, prince." He answers back smirking at me.
"You better eat it or I won't let you leave until you do." I say sternly to him and he raises an eye brow at me.
"Won't let me leave, huh? How will you stop me, prince? I am far stronger than you."
Hmm. How indeed. I think about it for a moment. It was true the thief was much stronger then I am. But there is always a way to beat brute strength. I sigh in defeat. I can't think of a way at the moment, but I will someday. I shrug at him and continue eating my own food, but I notice that Bakura started eating his food as well. I grin to myself. Maybe that is how I win.
I lean back in my chair feeling full. It was good food. I was satisfied and could wait to eat again after dark. I look over at Bakura who seemed lost in his thoughts. I lean closer to him and he turns to look at me. We stare at each other for a moment and I smile at him and he ruffles the top of head affectionately.
I hear someone approach our table and I look over to see the man from earlier and a couple of his buddies stop right next to our table.
"What do we owe for this visit?" I hear Bakura say dryly to the new comers. I glare slightly at them.
"I came to ask you a question." The guy who had hit me said. What did the barmaid call him? Jon? Yeah that was it.
"And?"
"The boy called you 'Kura'."
"Your point?"
"The king of thieves name is similar to it. Did you know that?" Jon asked looking at Bakura shrugged and waited for the man to continue. "I just wanted to know if you were him."
"Why? Do I look like him or something?"
"I know for a fact that the king of thieves has a scar under his eye and has white hair. Just like you." Jon growled at my lover. What did he want from Bakura? I glance over at him and I see an amused expression on his face. Bakura was playing with them. Oh gods, what did I do to deserve this? Should I stop him again?
"And if I was him? What would you do?"
Jon was silent for a moment as if he was thinking about his answer.
"I would kill him." he finally said.
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Chapter 17 is a long one! yay! ^^~~
enjoy!!
ja ne~~