Hey there my happy-chans. Sooo sorry it took me like, forever to update. But you know, with christmas and all just gone I've been so busy! But I'm back now finally!

Heh, I had a review about a week-ish ago saying this fic was moving slow if Bakura's going to start having feelings for Ryou... ButI must say... Who said anything about Bakura turning nice? As you can see, the catagories for this fic are Angst/Tragedy... ::smirks::

TRANSLATOINS
Onegai - Please
Yameru - Stop
Gomen nasai - I'm sorry
Hai - Yes
Iie - No
Daijoubu desu ka - Are you all right?
Daijoubu - It's all right.
Arigatou - Thank you
Baka - Idiot/Moron/Fool/etc.
Kowappa - Brat
Konbanwa - Good evening
Oyasumi nasai - Good night

FIVE: He Loves It

"Ryou! I SAID get the fuck up!" a voice bellowed out, kicking the crying teen up on his knees.

"Ah! Bakura! I can't! It hurts too much!" Ryou screamed out, falling back down to all fours on the floor.

"Why are you so weak?!" Bakura growled out, grabbing the quivering teen by his hair and yanking him back up to his knees, their eyes locking, "Hm? WHY?! You're not fit to be my Hikari! You're pathetic! NOW GET UP BEFORE I MAKE YOU!" he yelled tightening his grip on the teen's hair and dragging him to his feet.

Ryou cried out in agony when a violent pain shot through his lower body, "YAMERU! BAKURA IIE!" the light screamed out, tears spilling down his cheeks as he tried his hardest to steady himself on his feet.

"Ack! SHUT UP!" the fiend shouted, throwing the teen harshly onto the bed, causing him to hit his head hard on the backboard.

The Hikari screamed out when he hit his head, clutching it in his arms as he tried to curl up in a protective ball, though his efforts were just futile when the Thief climbed on top of him; straddling his waist and pinning his wrists above his head as well as pinning him against the backboard.

"IIE! ONEGAI!" Ryou cried out, thrashing his head from side to side.

"I SAID SHUT UP!" Bakura yelled, using one hand to keep Ryou's wrists pinned, and using the other to slap the teen hard across the face, instantly silencing him.

The Yami sighed heavily, eyes narrowing to mere slits as he stared at Ryou. His face bruised with a clean cut down the side of one cheek, his bloody battered and bloody. "Now, that wasn't so hard was it?" the Thief asked, his voice suddenly calm again.

Ryou, absentmindedly, nodded his head in reply, "Hai... It was..." he breathed, lightly closing his eyes as he let his head droop.

"What?!" Bakura snapped, eyes widening from hearing Ryou talk back to him, "Who do you think you are?!" he yelled out, grabbing the light's chin and pulling his head back so their eyes locked.

Silence.

"ANSWER ME!" the spirit bellowed, squeezing harder.

Silence.

"I SAID ANSWER ME!" Bakura screamed out, suddenly putting his hand on the light's forehead and pushing it back, violently smacking his head off the backboard with a sickening crack.

The Yami suddenly felt out of breath, he let his hand drop from the lights head, only to see it droop back down, a trail of blood dripping down behind the teen's ear. Bakura's eyes widened ever so slightly, letting go of the youths wrists, watching them fall limply to his side.

The fiend simply stared at the cotton-haired teen, watching his lifeless expression. He shook his head, regaining his normal self, "Hn. Oh well," Bakura said to himself with a soft shrug of his shoulders before he climbed off of the teen. He cocked his head slightly, looking at the bloodied hikari as he pulled the sheets over his naked body. "Sleep well Hikari... You'll need you're rest," he whispered softly, a cruel, sad grin coming over him as he walked out of the room.

"Yami! I'm home!" Yugi called as he stepped in the Game Shop, dropping his school bag to the floor.

The sound of footsteps coming down the stairs were soon heard, followed by the spirit entering the room, "Have a good day Aibou?" Yami asked, looking over at his other half.

"Yeah it was all right... Though, will you come to Ryou's with me?" the lighter half asked.

"Of course I will... But why?" Yami asked, not really too keen on going to see Bakura.

"He wasn't at school today... I have to take some work to him," the Hikari informed.

"All right then," the Pharaoh said with a soft nod, following his other half out the door.

"Yami?" Yugi asked as they walked.

"Yes Aibou?" the spirit replied.

"Do you think Ryou is ok? I mean, it isn't like him to miss a day off school," the youth said, looking up at his other half with a worried expression.

"He will Yugi, don't worry. He's most likely ill or something like that."

"Hn. I suppose..." Yugi sighed.

"Is there something wrong?" the Pharaoh asked, cocking his head slightly.

"It's just that... Oh, never mind..."

"Aibou... Tell me," Yami stated simply, though a slight hint of sternness was heard in his voice.

The light sighed heavily, "It's just that... The other day, I saw a really bad cut down Ryou's neck. He said he'd done it by accident... But it looked as if someone had done it to him. And these past few weeks in PE, when he's got his shorts and t-shirt on... He's covered in bruises..."

Yami blinked a few times, "I wouldn't need more than one guess to whom."

"Yami Bakura?" Yugi asked, looking up at the spirit, who simply nodded in reply.

"He's done it before, so the idea of him doing it again wouldn't surprise me."

"But Ryou sai-"

"Onegai Aibou," the Pharaoh interrupted, "Do you really think Ryou would go around telling everyone what he does to him?

The lighter half let his eyes fall to the ground, "Iie... I suppose not..." he said softly, voice merely a whisper, kicking a near stone as the two walked.

Yami bit his lip slightly before loosely putting his arm around the teens shoulders, "Look... I'll see if I can get anything out of Bakura when we get there... Ok?"

The sound of the front door being knocked caught the Yami's attention and he shoved the blade into his belt before jumping down from the kitchen surface, walking along the corridor. The fiend's eyes narrowed slightly as he peered through the key hole, catching a glimpse of someone's hip, belts hanging off of them. He groaned to himself, running his hands through his hair.

"Piss off Pharaoh..." Bakura called bluntly, pouting slightly.

On the other side of the door, Yami couldn't help but smirk as his other half blinked a few times in shook to hear Bakura say such a thing.

"What. Don't you feel like seeing Yugi and me today Thief?" Yami called back.

"Of course I do, oh how I've missed you two! I've been looking forward to it all day your highness!" Bakura mocked in a high voice, clapping his hands with fake enthusiasm.

Yami growled, he hated Bakura's sarcasm more than anything, not only was it annoying, but it always seemed to trigger a tiny flare of anger inside of him.

"Bakura. Open the door. Now."

"Fuck no," Bakura stated, pressing his middle finger up against the small, frosted window of the door so the others could see his gesture.

Yugi gasped slightly, eyes wide as he looked at his other half.

"It's about Ryou," the dark stated, cocking his head slightly, smirking when the door handle clicked and the fiend appeared in the doorway.

"What about my Hikari?" the platinum-haired spirit asked, frowning slightly at the mention of his other half.

"He wasn't at school," Yugi stated, his voice shaking, obviously scared of the other Yami.

The Thief laughed, "And? What's your point? Not everyone's as far up the teachers arse as you are little Yugi."

Yugi gasped silently, lowering his head instantly.

Yami growled, "Do not speak to my Hikari that way Thief. I respect Ryou, so you can at least return the courtesy."

Bakura sighed, "I could... But I don't plan to. So please, if all you've come here to do is whine about him not being at school, then can you kindly go play in traffic as I have much better things to do."

Though before Bakura managed to fully shut the door, Yami put his foot in the doorway, stopping the fiend. "Much better things? Like what, cutting Ryou, hitting him, bruising him. Things like that? We know what you've been doing to him. Yugi's told me what he's saw on your Hikari."

Chocolate depth's narrowed as he glared at the lighter half of Yami, causing him to whimper softly in fear.

"Tch... Fine..." Bakura muttered, shoving the door into Yami's foot to fully open it before he turned and walked down the hallway, leaving them to enter on their own.

Half an hour later, Yami and Yugi were still there, much to Bakura's annoyance.

"Bakura. We've gotten pretty much no where with this conversation. You know, I don't exactly enjoy being here just as much as you," Yami stated with a heavy sigh.

"Leave then. You said it yourself, we haven't gotten anywhere," the fiend snapped, hands shoved in pockets as he leaned against the arm of the couch.

"Just tell us why you do what you do to Ryou then..." Yugi said softly, keeping his voice quiet.

Bakura looked at Yugi, smirking slightly, "You really do take the piss on how 'pure' you've kept him Pharaoh," he mocked.

"Answer the question Thief," Yami stated, growling slightly.

"Tch. Because I want to. Ryou's pathetic. He's weak, annoying and nowhere near worthy to be my Hikari. Plus, the bitch doesn't fight back, so that just adds to the fun," the dark stated, a sinister glint in his eyes.

"Doesn't fight back? Bakura. You're intimidating. People are afraid of you, you know it and you don't half love it. So why do you think Ryou would even attempt to fight back?" Yami asked.

"Like I said your highness, it's a fun pass time."

Meanwhile, upstairs, the cotton-haired light was finally started to come through. His eyes flickering slightly before opening, a soft groan escaping him.

Feeling that both his arms were free, the light let himself fall forward onto his front, before pushing up onto all fours.

Ryou moaned softly as he put one hand on the back of his head, feeling dried, scabbed blood he whimpered softly as he sat up properly, hissing when a slight tinge of pain shot through him, though he instantly froze when he heard voices coming from downstairs.

"Yugi?" the lighter half whispered to himself, gathering himself to his feet, and pulling on a random pair of jeans very slowly as the pain moved up his body, before heading out the room and carefully down the stairs.

"A fun pass time? Thief, you say beating up a helpless teenager is fun?!" a voice suddenly snapped, causing the light to freeze once again. He crouched down on the last step, peeping round the banister and just being able to see his Yami in the living room, two pairs of legs just visible, "Yami... Yugi what are you doing here?" he whispered silently to himself, biting his lip slightly as he listened.

"Yes, very. You should give it a go some time Yami," Bakura said with a grin, eyes falling upon the spiky-haired teen, who swallowed hard in fear. His pupils narrowed, a sadistic grin coming over him, bearing his fangs, which only caused Yugi to whimper.

Yami instantly got to his feet, "Thief King..." he hissed threateningly.

Bakura looked at Yami, "Thief King? Hn... I haven't been called that in a while... Though, it still has the same ring to it don't you think Pharaoh?" he asked chuckling slightly as he leaned down to Yugi, their faces merely inches apart. "Do you want to know why I hurt Ryou little one?" he asked calmly.

Yugi breathed heavily in fear, though nodded in response.

"I love hearing him scream..." the fiend stated in a husky tone, putting his hands against the back of the couch, either side of Yugi's head, locking him there. The light's eyes widened slightly, mouth slightly open in fear and shock, "I love to hear him scream my name Yugi... He loves it, I can see it in his eyes. The lust... Screaming louder when I go in deeper... And deeper... And dee-"

"Shut up! Just shut the hell up!" a voice suddenly shouted out, making Yugi jump in shock, and Bakura simply smirked as he stood up away from the other light.

"Glad you could join us Hikari..." the fiend said, looking at Ryou who was standing in the doorway, eyes locked onto his darker half and hands on either side of the doorframe for support.

"Ryou..." Yugi gasped, eyes settling upon the trail of dried blood that was visible, and the numerous cuts and bruises all over his naked chest.

"Ryou..." Yami whispered, before he looked at Bakura, "How can you do that to him?! How can you be so evil to the one person you're meant to protect?!"

The Thief growled, pacing over to Ryou and grabbing his wrist, dragging him over to the others, causing him to cry out in pain and try to get to his knees to lessen it, but Bakura simply held him up, much to the lights agony. "Easy Pharaoh! Just like I'm doing RIGHT now!" Bakura shouted, yanking the light's wrist so he was in front of him before he kicked the Hikari in the back, down onto all fours. "I can do a lot worse if you want me to," he hissed.

Ryou tried to support his weight, but he simply fell forward onto the floor, groaning softly in agony.

Yugi watched with wide eyes, worry, fear, concern plastered all over his face.

Yami studied the way Ryou moved, seeing him try to get the weight off of his lower body, and putting what Bakura said to Yugi with what he was seeing, it didn't take long to figure out what Bakura had done.

"Tomb Robbe-"

"Don't Tomb Robber me Pharaoh!" Bakura snapped, grabbing said other by the collar, eyes merely slits as he glared at the other spirit, "Now... Get out and take your little whore with you."

Yami frowned, pulling the fiends grip from his collar and stepping back, "Yugi. Let's go."

"But what ab-" Yugi started.

"Don't argue Yugi."

The teen stood up and headed after his darker half, the sound of the front door being closed soon following.

Bakura sighed, running his hands back through his hair before he turned and looked at his lighter half. Eyes becoming dark as he glared at the teen on the floor.

"Ba-Bakura-sama... I..."

Mwaha! ::grins:: I must admit I had fun writing this chapter... Especially the part when Bakura's saying, "I love to hear him scream..."
Heheh I added that as I could really see Kura doing and saying something like that... Might just be me though o0;;

Anywho, hope you all enjoyed it!

R&R happy-chans!

S4K