Sorry for not updating for a week, but I have been crammed with school work and other things. Yeah, I made Kaiba go after Bakura because he blames him for putting Yami in the shadow realm. This will be either a happy or bad ending, it depends on how people want it to happen.

Chapter 24

Tainted

Yami Malik was busy in his room getting undressed as he had hoped that Yami Bakura had gotten the note that he had sent him to Ryou. The platinum spirit had already made dinner that was in the oven and set the table that was paved and marbled in emerald with gold edges around the silverware. He did not even know why he was able to do this, but he guessed it must have been malik's influence to learn some kind of cooking. Usually Ryou's house had never had anything expensive in it but, unknown to him was that the dark spirit stole for aliving while he was inhabitating his body and was never caught. Mariku even had figured out to use the stereo as he clicked on some alternative rock music for the mood.

"Damn it. Its 8:00 p.m. Where the hell is he? We were supposed to go to the movies, while your yami and mine stayed here." Malik asked as he resented the fact that he had to go over to the asylum to get Ryou out of there. "That bastard, how dare he do that to you Ryou?" Malik held Ryou close to him.

"I don't know. I'm sure he is taking his sweet time." Ryou touched the ring on around his neck as he rubbed it with his fingers to keep his mind calm. "I'm so glad that our millenium items can telepathically help us communicate with eachother or else I would have never found you Malik. Don't blame my yami, he was just scared and worried about Mariku." Ryou put a hand on his lover's shoulder as he tried to forget the darkness in the void of the asylum.

"Still, that was wrong. You're yami is an asshole. Sometimes I wish that he stayed in that asylum that Kaiba put him in." Malik folded his arms as he pouted.

"Malik, Kaiba just wants his lover back and he didn't know what else to do against him. He said as long as he gets Yami back in one piece that he will never bother us again."

"I know, but your yami is always the cause of our problems it seems." Malik glared back at Ryou as if it was his fault.

"What? That is insane. I can't control him. He has a mind of his own. He even said that he isn't my shadow anymore. I think he wants a life of his own, but knows that he can't since he is stuck being part of me." Ryou replied sadly though he was getting a little perturbed with Malik's attitude.

"Oh, so you think I can't share your pain? My yami is a freakin' vampire. How the hell am I supposed to live with that? What if Mariku decides to suck or eat me without thinking of what he is doing? He already tried going after you." Malik argued back. He placed his hands on his head and started crying softly. "My yami is a freak…."

Malik had recalled that this was the moment when he cried like this when he had the ritual on his back carved. It had hurt pretty badly, but at least at that time Mariku was there to comfort him.

"Malik, please calm down. I know you are still trying to adjust to his new life style, but he didn't ask to be made that way. My yami will take care of him." Ryou wiped away the tears running down Malik's face.

"That is what I am afraid of." Malik sighs though he hated the idea and couldn't believe that Ryou could think dirty at times. He smiled at that image. "Even worse, what if he makes Yami Bakura into a vampire?" Malik argued. He didn't even want to think of what two vampire shadows could do when they lurk about in the night, hunting for their next victim whom they could rip into little bits and devour. It was a disgusting and disturbing thought to have.

(Upstairs)

Mariku looked at his battered body in the mirror of Bakura's room and he almost clenched his teeth as he remembered that he didn't have a reflection, but as he touched his clothes and skin he barely noticed the scars and burn marks scattered across his skin. Rolling his eyes tiredly, he dangled with the odds of healing himself, but he wanted to get cleaned up first.

(Flashback)

He replayed the memory in his head that he had to leave Bakura since the sun was up at the time. During his escape he had found Ryou and forced the note into his hand and then left in a hurry. While he was leaving the blimp that landed not far from where he had jumped off of the ledge, police cars had surrounded the blimp with Seto Kaiba talking with them while some of the officers were having problems pulling some individual out of the blimp who was fighting with all his might after the hand cuffs had touched the back of his arms. The guy then pissed and started kicking and screaming until a few clubs finally knocked him out. Mariku seemed suspicious of this beating and was going to get a closer look from the bushes to see who this guy was when all of the sudden bright lights had triggered the vampire's sense to leave before investigating any further.

During his desperate escape from the sun's rays he had gotten hit by the swirling globe of doom and even was a little paralyzed as he literally crawled to Bakura's house and slammed the door while washing his burning body with cold water in the sink and then making the entire room pitch dark. Afterwards, the vampire flopped himself on Bakura's bed and went right to sleep.

(Flashback end)

Mariku shook out of the terrible memory that was beginning to screw up his mind having a strange feeling that perhaps it was his lover who had gotten caught by the police. He never knew that it would be Bakura who was the one who had gotten caught. He always thought the thief of darkness was the clever one and could withstand and get himself out of any situation. The spirit wasn't worried about his safety. He only wondered if the other male got the letter or not.

"I can't let him see me like this. It will break his heart." Mariku sighed wishing he had cleaned himself earlier and then quickly stripped and jumped into the shower and turned the faucet to warm and began washing his body thorougly. "I wonder if he got my message or not?"

(Domino City: Looking for his house)

Yami Bakura smirked at the mean trick that he had played on Ryou and began traveling down the dark streets of Domino. There were shadows everwhere, but he was used to the darkness it was also his favorite time that the world had offered him because it meant more bank robberies and plus more killing. He lived for the crimes and beating up mortals or anything that was risky and dangerous. He lived for excitement and blood. However, he was too much in his own little world that he hadn't noticed the dark eyes watching him.

Oblivious to the danger the white haired demon yami looses his black trench coat as he lets the cool breeze relax his pale slim body and his long white hair ran past his shoulders blowing in the wind almost messing up his hair styel of the way he had the two pointed tips sticking out like a devil's horns. He had not noticed that he was only in his coat and his pants with the millenium ring gleaming and reflecting from the clouds above.

"A mortal. Hmm, he looks delicious. I have never seen one of that calibur before. He is pale enough to be mistake for a vampire. Ahh, he has a perfect body." The blue haired vampire began to sneak out of its hiding place to get a closer look at the strange creature. "He has no marks on him therefore he hasn't been touched by anyone and is pure. He will be perfect to corrupt." The creature licks his lips and then creeps out.

Yami no Bakura heard a rustling in the bushes and loked behind himself seeing nothing in the darkness, however, his mind made no mistake that he was being stalked. "Mariku, is that you? If it is then come out. You know I have a limited patience with you."

"How does he know Marku?" The vampire wondered trying to ponder about the thought in his head.

Receiving no answer and getting really annoyed, Yami no Bakura raised the power of his millenium ring to bring out the invincible force which growled and snarled leveling its eyes at the ring owner and soon was attacking him. "I thought your kind were extinct." Yami Bakura replied as he wrestled with the other vampire who was trying to bite him.

"Our kind has existed for millions of years until humans like you started obliterating us completely. Soon you will be."

"Well that is your loss then." Bakura replied in a sardonic tone. "No, I will not be a zombie that wanders only in the night. Sorry freak of nature, but your dinner plans have just been cancelled."

The vampire smirked darkly as he wickedly sounded the tomb robber who was doing his best to fight him off and slashed at him in the face with his knife that he had in his pocket. The vampire reeled back in pain, but then disappeared making it hard for the yami to track down his presence. As Yami Bakura was trying to sense it's energy the demon made his appearance by doing a cheap shot to Bakura in the groin and then got on top of him. "You are mind now, slave." The vampire bore his fangs.

Yami no Bakura snarled back and tired to get the creature off of him, who seemed to be laughing as he began to lick his neck, causing the yami to flinch from the tongue touching his body. No matter how hard he struggled he couldn't get the heavy weight off of himself. The creature then took off the yami's shirt and began licking his chest and stomach.

"Don't touch me you demon! I thought your kind were blood suckers." Yami Bakura kept fighting violently.

"How would you know? Yes, so wer are, but we can also corrupt the pure ones." The vampire hissed continuing his ministrations on the yami's stomach and chest.

"You better not touch me or else the vampire Mariku will pull your insides out." Yami Bakura growled trying very hard to not submit to the touches.

"It seems that you like this. How do you know of Mariku anyway?" The vampire narrowed his pale white eyes taking down the yami's pants slowly and touching him with his long fingers.

Yami Bakura stiffened a little feeling more exposed and narrowed his eyes dangerously as he thought of the question for a moment thinking if he cshould answer truthfully or not. As much as he hated this bastard for touching him he could not let him rape him.

"He is my lover. Now, get off me or else you will face the darkness in a new kind of light that I fear your kind would not like." Yami Bakura replied sharply as he desperately tried to push the creature off of him.

"I don't believe you. Where is your mark? Only then will I leave you." The blue haired vampire hissed as it dug its nails into Bakura's skin.

Yami Bakura smiled evily as he revealed his arm that showed two bie marks surrounding a purple glowing mist that symbolized a dragon.

The vampire looked at the scar and then laughed evily as he continued to torture Bakura. "Oh, well he is not here to save you so you are my property now. I had no intentions of going anyway."

The vampire forced Bakura to ope his mouth. Thinking quickly Bakura bit it really hard causing the creature of the night to release him. However, the vampired lowered his fangs and bit into his neck causing Bakura to scream out in pain that echoed throughout the night.

As the vampire tried to make Bakura submit to him another shadow came out of the darkness and Bakura seemed more relieved as he realized that his lover had come back, but he was embarrased that he was going to be rescued by him.

"Serpentus, let him go or I will kill you slowly and have your insides rot from the inside." Mariku growled as he approached the other vampire in a heated matter his red and black cape swishing from the wind.

End of chapter 24. Please review. In the next chapter there may be a fight scene between Mariku and the other vampire, or there may not be. Should I make Bakura into a vampire or not? Your choice readers. Please review.