Part
1: Chapter 5:
Gotta Get To Ryou !
P. Q. : Hello, all my faithful reviewers! This was supposed to be the last chapter of Part 1, but it looks like there's going to be one more. Then we're going to start Part 2. Which is going to be much fun for me! If all goes well, Ryou's house will be terrorized, and eventually something's going to happen to Ryou. Oops! Oh, dear, I've said too much! Well, gotta keep my reviewers interested somehow, don't I? I'm not allowed to pass out marijuana anymore...at least not with my probation officer standing right behind me...
Summary: Yugi tries unsuccessfully all day to talk to Joey about Ryou. But Joey doesn't listen until Yami comes out and makes him. After hearing what Yugi has to say, Joey takes off to find Ryou, and Yugi and Yami follow him. Meanwhile, Ryou has a flashback of when Bakura had raped him and tried to tell him it was his fault. His saddness then turns into anger and he decides, Joey has to go. So he starts packing Joeys bags.
Disclaimer: Never owned... K. T. '96'.
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Yugi walked in the direction that Ryou had just come running in. 'Hey,' Yugi thought. 'this is the direction of the library. That must be where Joey is.' Yugi jogged down the hallway until he stood just outside the library doors where Ryou had been just a few moments ago. Yugi swallowed. What was he going to say to Joey? 'Just say what's in your heart, Yugi.' a voice said to him. It was Yami again. 'O.k., Yami.' Yugi took a deep breath, and reach for the handle. But just as he was about to open the door, the door opened on it's own. "Ahh!" screamed Yugi, jumping backwards. "Oh, Yuge..." said a voice, "I didn't know you were behind the door." Yugi looked up. It was Joey!
"Oh," Yugi breathed. "that's o.k. Actually, I was just looking for you." "Uhm, you were?" Joey asked, shutting the door behind him. "Why?" "Well, I wanted to talk to you about Ryou..." "Stop right there." said Joey, holding up his hand in the stop sign position. "I don't want to talk about Ryou right now. I'm in a good mood right now and if I talk about him, it'll ruin it. Besides, I've gotta go to the bathroom." "But, Joey. It's really.." "Look, Yuge," said Joey impatiently. "I've gotta go. Guy stuff." With that, Joey booked it down the hall to the nearest bathroom. 'Guy stuff? What guy stuff?' Yugi wondered, putting a finger to his lip. 'I'm a guy.'
"Hey, Joey!" Yugi yelled, rushing to catch up with him. Joey dodged into a stall and locked the door. 'Puh..lease don't let Yugi follow me in here.' Joey thought, bracing himself against the wall. But then he heard the door open. "Joey?" Yugi asked. "I know you're in here." Yugi peeked under the first two stalls. Not all the way of course. He didn't want to see some kid sitting on a toilet going number two. He wasn't that much of a perv. That's the sort of thing Bakura would do. Being gay of course, he'd only do that to boys. He'd never bother the girls. Although Yugi had to admit, he had peeked at some of Joeys magazines once or twice...on occassion.
"I really need to talk to you." Yugi said, peeking under yet another stall. "It's about Ryou and it's really important." Joeys face had started turning red. He wouldn't be able to keep it in much longer. "Joey, I know you're in here." Yugi said loudly. 'Stall 8, Yugi.' Yami told him. 'How do you know Yami?' 'Lucky guess.' Yami said with a smirk. Yugi sighed. 'Sometimes I think Yami thinks everything's a game.' he thought. Yugi made his way to stall 8. 'Ugh! I can't take it anymore!' Joey thought. 'If I hold it in any longer, I'm gonna explode!' Joey stood in front of the toilet, unzipped his pants, and whipped it out. "Ahhh!" he sighed, petting himself.
"Joey?" said Yugi just outside the stall. "Damn it, Yugi!" Joey cussed. "Go away! I told ya, I had to do guy stuff, now beat it!" Yugi backed away, startled. 'Uh, guy stuff?' Yugi wondered. 'Uh, Yugi,' said Yami, half smiling and feeling half embarassed. 'what Joey means is, uh...' 'What, Yami?' 'Uhm, what Joey means is...' 'Well, spit it out Yami.' 'By guy stuff, he means...' Yami gulped. 'I guess there's no easy way to tell him.' Yami thought to himself. 'So I'll just say it.' Yami swallowed. Glad no one could see his face inside the Puzzle. He just hoped no one would walk into the bathroom and see Yugi's. 'Uhm, well, Yugi,' said Yami, 'Joey is... ahem. ... masterbating.'
Yugi blinked at what Yami had said, then he got it. "Ahh, oh!" he exclaimed, face turning beet red. "Heh, heh...that." Yugi walked over to stall 4, went inside, and locked the door. 'In that case,' he told Yami. 'I'd better give Joey some, um, privacy.' 'Yeah,' said Yami, trying to hold back his laughter. 'that'd probably be a good idea.' Once Yami was sure Yugi couldn't hear his thoughts, Yami burst out laughing. His little light could be so entertaining sometimes. 'It's a good thing Yugi can't hear me laughing,' Yami thought to himself. 'otherwise, he'd take the Puzzle apart.'
That day, at the end of school...
'Finally!' Joey yawned stretching. 'Today's been such a drag. Except for what happened in the library. I'm glad it's over.' Oh, but little did Joey know, it was just starting... "Joey." Yugi said, approaching him before he got the chance to get away. "I really need to talk to you." "Aw, not about Ryou again. Ya know, I don't even wanna hear about Ryou." "But Joey, it's important." countered Yugi. "Look, Yuge," said Joey, leaning over picking up his backpack. "I've got other stuff I've gotta do." "But Joey..." "Later, Yuge, later." Joey started to stand up. Yami narrowed his eyes. 'I don't appreciate you taking that tone with my light.' Yami thought, coming out of the Puzzle and materializing behind Joey.
"Uhh." said Yugi, looking behind Joey. A strong pair of hands appeared on Joeys shoulders and pushed him back down in his seat. "Huh?" he asked, looking behind him. A steady, violet gaze met his eyes. "Yami?" he gasped. He looked back at Yugi. "Did you have to call him out on me?" "Uhm, well actually, Joey, I..." "Yugi, did no such thing." said Yami sharply. "I chose to come out on my own." 'Heh, and I thought today was getting better?' Joey thought. "Yugi," said Yami, "sit." Yugi sat. "Joey'd be happy to listen to you. Wouldn't you Joey?" Yami asked, peering down at him with a smirk. Joey folded his arms. "Yeah, I guess."
Not exactly what Yami was going for. He had been hoping that Joey'd appologize to Yugi for giving him the brush off, but it would do...for now. "Go ahead, Yugi." Yami told him. "O.k." said Yugi, looking Joey in the eyes. "Joey, Ryou left here a little while ago.." "Wha..?" Joey asked, uncrossing his arms and sitting up. "What do you mean he left here?" Yugi sighed. "That's what I've been trying to tell you all day." he said exasperatedly. "Ryou felt kinda bad about the fight the two of you had earlier, so he left the lunch room to find you so he could appologize." "He did?" Joey asked surprised. "Yeah. Anyway, lunch was over. So I left to go to class and saw Ryou running up the hallway.
"I tried to ask him how it went with you, if he found you, and he ran right past me with tears in his eyes." "Whoa!" exclaimed Joey, jumping up, almosting knocking Yami over. "What did you say?" "I said, 'he ran right past me'..." "Yeah, yeah, I heard that part." Joey said, brushing Yami off of him. "But did he say what he was so upset about?" 'Please don't say Ryou saw me in the library with Brittany.' Joey prayed. "No, Joey," Yugi sighed. "he was too busy running and crying to stop and talk. He didn't even notice I was there. He just kept running until he reach the exit and I don't know after that. I guess he went home. I assumed you guys had another fight and..."
"HOME!" Joey yelled. "Why that little..." "Joey," said Yami warninly. "calm down..." "After all that fuss he made to me this morning about school? That's it!" Joey exclaimed, grabbing his things. "When I get home, I'm gonna give that Ryou kid a piece of my mind, that he won't ever forget!" Before Yami could stop him, Joey charged out the door. "Think we should follow him?" Yugi asked, concerned. Yami looked at him. "When he's this mad?" Yami asked worriedly, "Probably." Yugi nodded, "Then let's go." he said, running out the door. Yami disappeared back into the Puzzle. After all, there was no reason for both of them to run...
Meanwhile, at Ryou's house...
Ryou, who had been crying for what seemed like hours, which it probably was, finally stood up and went into the bathroom to get some tissue. "How could Joey do this to me?" he asked his reflection in the bathroom mirror that hung over the sink. "How? What did I do to deserve this?" Ryou blotted the tears that were still pouring out of his emerald green eyes and grabbed another tissue. "I know we had a fight," he sniffled. "we've had fights before. But...he's never cheated on me...never..." But Ryous mind automatically began to wander back to Sunday night... Joey never had told him where he was going...
Flashback:
"Bye, Joey." Ryou said kissing Joey on the cheek. "What time will you be back?" "Oh," Joey slipped on his shoes. "Probably around midnight." "You know you shouldn't stay out so late." "Ah, don't worry about it Ryou. It's not like there's any vampires out there that's gonna get me." "No, I didn't mean that. I mean it's a school night. We have school tomorrow." "Ryou, for once, get your head outta school. Go focus on something else." Joey opened the door. "Besides, it's still the weekend until midnight. Don't worry." Ryou smiled. Sometimes he loved how Joey took things all in stride like that. "O.k." he said giving Joey another kiss. "But could you at least tell me where you're going?" "Nope. Sorry. It's a secret." "But why?" Ryou wanted know. "Just because." "Because why?" "Because," Joey said kissing Ryou on the tip of his nose. "I said and it's none of your business."
End Flashback.
Ryou gasped. "Is that why Joey wouldn't tell me where he was going?" Ryou asked his reflection. "Because he was cheating on me?" Ryou wadded up the tissue and tossed it into the garbage. Hurt slowly turning into anger. "Is that were he went? To be with Brittany?" '...it's none of your business...' Joeys words echoed in his mind. Ryou went back over to his bed and sat down to think. 'What if he has cheated on me with Brittany more than once? What if he's cheated on me with half the school?' Ryou grabbed a pillow and hugged it. 'Oh, Joey.' he sighed. 'Who else have you been cheating on me with?' Ryou blew his nose.
'How long have you been cheating on me? Why?' he started crying again. 'Is this my fault? Like everything else...' Ryou's mind began to wander again...
Flashback...
"Get up, Ryou!" Bakura had yelled at him. Ryou held his face where Bakura had hit him and knocked him down. "GET UP!" Bakura yelled again. Slowly, Ryou got to his feet. "You know what you are, Ryou?" the evil spirit of the Ring had asked him. "Ignorant!" Bakura kicked Ryou in the stomach, winding him. Ryou fell to the floor in tears, gasping for air. "You're ignorant!" Bakura hissed at him. "Ignorant! You know nothing!" Bakura had then kicked over the nightstand. "I...I'm...s..s..sorry." Ryou gasped, holding his stomach. "Look at you," Bakura sneered. "lying on the floor like that. Sniveling and holding your stomach...you're pathetic."
"I..I know." said Ryou, gasping. "You worthless piece of shi..! Get up!" Ryou had tried, but was still too winded to move. Bakura had lost his patience, not that he ever had any, picked Ryou up, and tossed him onto the bed. "No." Ryou sobbed. Bakura jumped ontop of him and held him down. "N..no, B..Bakura." he said, still gasping and holding his stomach. "Please." Bakura smirked at him. "You know what's coming, don't you, Ryou? Huh? You know," said Bakura, undoing Ryou's belt. "what I'm going to do to you?" "Nooo." Ryou begged. "Don't." Bakura laughed menacentily. "Yesss!" he hissed, yanking Ryou's pants off of him.
"No." Ryou said, trying to push Bakura off of him. Unfortunetly, he hadn't had the strength to push Bakura away. "I'm going to," Bakura had smiled, grabbing ahold of Ryous privates. "No, no..." Ryou sobbed, shaking. "Bakura, please, I beg you..." "Your begging is pathetic..." Bakura had said, smacking Ryou hard across his face and leaving his hand print. "Ow!" Ryou cried, grabbing his face. "Now be quiet!" Bakura positioned himself between Ryou's legs and undid his zipper. "You know why I do this to you, Ryou?" he had asked, holding Ryou's arms down. "Wh..why?" Ryou managed to squeak out.
"Because," Bakura had laughed. "you are weak. By not being strong enough to stop me, you are practically asking me to rape you. It's your own fault for not taking better care of your body. If you did, I wouldn't be able to do this to you...over and over again." "STOP IT!" Ryou yelled. "It's the truth, Ryou," Bakura had smirked at him. "you want me to rape you. That's why you stay weak. You have no one else to blame for this besides yourself..." "NO!" Ryou yelled at the spirit. "This isn't my fault! I didn't ask you to do this to me! You chose to do it on your own because you're cruel! It's not my fault! It's yours!" Bakura had gripped Ryou's arms tightly.
So tightly, that Ryou had been sure they'd fall off. Bakura glared at him, anger seething. "What did you say?" he asked Ryou calmly, through clenched teeth. They had been nose to nose. "Uh, ah, uh, I...I.." Ryou stuttered. "You're going to regret that, host." Bakura had snarled, slugging Ryou in the stomach again so hard that Ryou thought for sure he was going to throw up. Ryou had doubled over in pain. But Bakura hadn't cared. He pushed into Ryou violently and started shaking him. "IT'S YOUR FAULT RYOU!" Bakura had screamed at him.
"EVERYTHINGS YOUR FAULT! NOW SAY IT!" "I..it's...it's..." Ryou had tried to stay between gasping and trying to stay conscious. Finally, Bakura had stopped shaking him. "It's, it's my fault." Ryou said exhaustedly. "What is?" Bakura snapped. "Ev...every...everything." Ryou gasped. "Good." Bakura had smiled. "Now, say it again, and keep saying it until I tell you otherwise..." "It's...it's...m..m..my...fau...fault." Ryou stuttered, tears streaming down his face... "Everythings, my fault."
End Flashback.
"NO!" Ryou cried, jumping up off the bed and tossing the pillow down onto it, fists clenched. "Bakura raping me was not my fault. Yugi and Yami both said so. Bakura was just being a jerk like he always was." Ryou unclenched his fists, dried his eyes on his shirt, and walked over to the closet he and Joey shared. "No." he murmered, tears still pouring down his rosey pink cheeks. "What Bakura did to me was not my fault," Ryou reach into the closet and pulled out a huge blue and purple suitcase that had a green and gold letter "J" stamped in the middle of it. "and Joey cheating on me isn't my fault either!"
Ryou yanked the suitcase over to the bed, which was somewhat difficult for him to do, seeing as how it was half his size, and tossed it onto the bed. "No," he said, through clenched teeth, "I did nothing wrong to deserve this. None of this is my fault, it's all Joey's. There was no reason for him to cheat on me." . Ryou went over to the dresser and came back with a handful of Joeys clothes. "No reason at all!" he yelled, slamming the clothes down into the suitcase. "Just because of some STUPID FIGHT!" Ryou screamed, kicking the nightstand, unable to control the anger that had welled up inside him. "STUPID, STUPID, FIGHT!" he screamed, kicking the nightstand again, only this time knocking the lamp over onto the floor where it landed with a loud CRASH! Joey's lamp.
Ryou glared down at the shattered navy blue lamp. 'Joeys lamp.' he thought, raising his foot. "I HATE YOU JOEY!" he yelled, bringing his foot down with a loud crunch! "I HATE YOU!" And with that, he began stomping it.
Meanwhile, out on the streets...
Joey grabbed his things and ran out of the classroom quickly. He had to find Ryou and make sure that he hadn't seen him with Brittany in the library. Although Joey had a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach that he had. 'Damn it!' Joey thought. 'If Ryou seen me with Brittany he's going to kick me out, and then I'll have nowhere to go.' After Yami had made Bakura leave town, Joey had decided to ask Ryou if he could move in with him. That way, Joey's dad wouldn't be able to beat up on him anymore, and Ryou'd have some good company for a change, and hopefully, wouldn't feel so lonely anymore. That, and Joey had wanted to be close to his object of lust.
Flashback:
"Sure, Joey." Ryou had said, smiling, his brilliant green eyes twinkling in the sunlight. "I'd be happy to have you move in with me." "You would?" Joey had asked excitedly, grabbing Ryou around his waist and twirling him. "Uh, uh, yeah, Joey." Ryou had said, holding his head after Joey had stopped twirling him. "So long as you don't make me dizzy." "Gee, thanks Ryou!" Joey exclaimed excitedly, kissing Ryou on his soft, puffy cheek. "You won't regret it." "I... hope not..." Ryou had said, whiping off his face where Joey had just kissed him. Joey had then ran off down the street back to his appartment to get his things.
Joey had pushed opened the door cautiously and called for his dad. "Dad, are you home?" But all was quiet. So Joey had slipped into his room and started packing. "Man, this is great!" Joey told himself. "I get to move away from dad, someone I have no respect for, and I get to move in with someone I totally love. Sort of." Joey stuffed some clothes into a suitcase. "I mean, I do have some feelings for cute little Ryou, the way his hair fluffs up when ya touch it just right, but right now, I mostly need a place to stay." Joey finished stuffing the suitcase he had out in front of him, zipped it up, and pulled out another.
"And if I ever screw up, I'll just lay on the charm and make Ryou feel guilty for even thinkin' of trying to kick me out." An hour and a half later, Joey had finished packing. But then, his dad had come home drunk and roughed him when he told him he was moving out. Smash! A bottle had hit Joey in the head, hard, and shattered. "Ow! DAD!" Joey had said, grabbing his head, "Cut it out. That hurt." But his dad, being the alcoholic that he was, didn't care and continued roughing up on him...
End Flashback.
'Oh, no,' Joey thought, as he raced around a corner. 'Ryou ain't gonna kick me out and make me go back to that! I'm never goin' back to that!' "Hey!" a guy yelled at him. Joey stopped, panting, and looked behind him. "John's Bakery's having a special today. Would you-" "Huh?" Joey blinked. "I don't have time for this! I've got somebody I've gotta find right now. Uh, later!" Joey ran down the streets as fast as he could. Now where did Yugi say he thought Ryou went? 'I guess he went home.' Yugi's voiced echoed in Joey's mind. "That's it! Home!" Joey could've smacked himself. "Of course, that's where the little mutant went! Where else would he have gone?"
Then Joey answered his own question. "Oh, yeah, if something had been bothering him, as was so often the case when Bakura lived with him, he'd of run to me. Dispite the fact that I lived with an alcoholic. He's always done that. Well, up until I moved in with him anyway." Joey panted hard, sweat dripping of his forehead, as he ran around another corner. Just another block or two, and he'd be home. Scrreeeeech... Joey heard suddenly. "Hello," a familiar male voice greated him. "And just where are we off to in such a hurry?" Joey stopped running and looked up into the pale blue eyes of Marik Ishtar. "Marik!" Joey exclaimed, practicly out of breath.
"Hello," Marik said again, smiling, bike helmet in hand. "are you o.k? You looked like you're going to faint." "I'm not going to faint, Marik." Joey told him. "I'm just a little exhausted from all this running. You wouldn't happen to have any water on ya, would ya?" Marik frowned. The truth was that he did have some Evian water with him., it was in his side car. But he had heard drinking water immediately after having been running for awhile was dangerous, for some reason, and he couldn't take the chance of something bad happening to his little blond cream puff. "Sorry." he lied. "Uh, that's o.k." Joey groaned, rubbing the small of his back.
"Well," he smiled at Marik. "I've gotta go. By the way, you look different. Did you change something?" Marik frowned at him again. "You doof!" Marik said, whacking his cream puffs sandy blond bangs. "Of course there's something different about me. Can't you guess? It's sooo obvious." Joey studied Marik for a moment. "Is it...your...shoes? Your...hair?" Marik rolled his eyes at the cream puffs guesses. "Not your shoes..." said Joey slowly. Then he snapped his fingers. "I've got it!" 'Finally!' Marik thought, rolling his eyes. "You changed your earrings!" "GAAHHH!" Marik exclaimed, practically falling over.
"You little loser!" he yelled, whacking Joey on the head with a piece of newspaper he had just pulled out of the garbage can. "OW!" Joey screamed, grabbing his head. "Watch it!" "It's my eyes!" Marik exclaimed. "You're eyes?" Joey asked, rubbing his head. "Yeah!" exclaimed Marik, shaking his head. "They're blue instead of purple." "Uh..." said Joey, taking a closer look. "Why?" Marik fluffed his pale blond bangs. "Because I wanted to try something different. Do you like?" "Uh, they look great Marik." said Joey, who at that moment felt more tired than concerned about Mariks new eyes.
Behind a bush, Yami said to Yugi, "Marik changed his eye color to blue?" Yugi looked up at Yami. "Guess so." "Hmm." said Yami, rubbing his chin with his right index finger. "Wonder what for." "Didn't you hear him?" Yugi asked. "He wanted to try something different." "Oh." said Yami. "Well, he still looks the same to me." Yugi sighed and turned his attention back to Joey and Marik...
"Listen, Marik, I've gotta go. I've gotta find Ryou." "Oh," said Marik, "so that's where you're off to in such a hurry. I was wondering..." "I think he saw me cheating on him." Marik's heart froze and he gripped his bike helmet. "What?" he gasped in alarm. "I think he saw me in the school library with Brittany." Joey told him. "Does he know about-wait. You were with a girl?" Marik asked, surprised. "Yeah." "But I thought you were gay." "I am." Joey replied. "You can't be gay if you like girls. You'd have to be bi." Marik informed him. "Fine! Gay, bi, whatever!" Joey exclaimed, tossing his arms in the air.
"But I've gotta get to Ryou!" Joey started running off down the sidewalk. "Hey, Wheeler!" Marik yelled after him, twirling his helmet. "Ya want a ride? It's faster!" Joey thought about that. 'I would get there quicker...' he realized. "O.k." he said, running back over to Marik. "Let's go." Marik hid the Evian water under his seat, and Joey climbed into the side car. "Can't forget our helmets." said Marik, fastening his and handing the spare one to Joey. "Yeah, that's all I'd need is a cracked skull." Joey muttered. Marik revved the engine. "Hang on!" he yelled, and took off down the street. (I almost typed clown car. Isn't that funny?)
"Shoot!" Yugi exclaimed, snapping his fingers and jumping up from his hiding place in the bush. "Now we'll never catch up with him." Yami looked down at his little light. "You can run fast..." "Yeah, but not that fast!" Yugi pouted with his hands on his hips. Yami smiled down at him. 'He's cute when he pouts.' he thought to himself. Then he spoke. "So, why don't we cheat a little bit?" he asked Yugi. "Huh?" Yugi looked at him skeptically. Cheat? Yami never cheats. He hates cheaters. "Yaaaami," Yugi asked. "what do you mean?" Yami just smiled at him. "You'll see, Yugi." Then Yugi felt his body start tingling. "Huh, huh, huh?" he asked, looking around.
Gold sparkles buzzed around him, then suddenly, everything went black. The last thing he saw, was Yami's face, and he was smiling...
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P. Q. : Wheww! I know! That chapter was incredibly lonngggg! But hope ya enjoyed it just the same. Coming up in the next chapter... wait. What if I quit including summaries at the beginning of every chapter and just let you figure out what's going to happen on your own? Wouldn't that make the story more... enticing? Hee, hee, hee. R&R please! Thank you.
Chap 5 of "Ryku's" up.