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Summary- Rei/Bakura (AU) One-shot
Bakura gloating over his recovery of Diabound which magically appears in his area, stalks through the dark alleys unaware of the unsettled energy in his card. When trouble appears, his soul is phage the senshi come to his rescue and leave, yet trouble hasn't ended. The last remaining senshi after battle is the fiery Mars, and their troubles have just begun.
Singed Shadows
Two dark shadows stood peering over their latest creation.Light refracted eerily off one's glasses, as he cackled and drew out his latest daimon. Known as professor Tomoe, he reached to pull out the new phage, a small card sat flat in his hand. His assistant, a red headed female glanced at in curiosity. "Professor, what is that?" She asked and watched as Tomoe turned his corrupted eyes to her.
"Why, one of those Duel Monster Cards that are popular, a very rare Duel Monster card." Tomoe answered, and in his normal fashion sent then daimon into the unsuspecting world. The card flew from his area to settle in a dark heart's deck who was stalking closely at their domain.
White spiked hair fleshed out the main characteristic of the male as his features slipped in and out of the alley way shadows. His eyes flashed amber in their anger as he navigated another dark space, clothed in only a striped blue t-shirt, and jeans. However what was most noted was the famous Duel Monster equipment on his person, and a strange golden ring necklace that had several hanging points. By some strange twist of fate his do good rival had manage to separate him from his host. This left him in a fouled mood, for his host knew this time as he did not. Yet, the great Thief King Bakura would never lower himself to ask or request for help. "I conquered my time, I can rule this time as well." He muttered, and laid a frustrated hand on his duel deck. "I need some fun." Bakura mused with an evil smirk tinging his lips. His eyes fell on a indent innocent, with a callous wave of his hand he drew out his duel deck. Bakura's well practice fingers snapped a card from the deck and he cast a curious glance at the monster who would roam free for a few minutes.
He dropped the card in shock, and the innocent fled from his mind. "Diabound?" Bakura questioned, seeing his Bâ card. Disbelief etched his pale features as he reached toward the forgotten card of past. "Has my Kâ brought you back to me, my god card?" He inquired to it. Receiving no answer he slipped his deck away and placed Diabound in his special pack that hung on his left hip. "I see..." He muttered and a smirk speared across his face. "Time to pay the pharaoh a visit." Bakura stated, and almost skipped down the street in joy.
However, when his negative energy reached its peak as his thoughts swelled in triumphant, the daimon hidden with it grew awaiting its birth. Screams rang ahead of him, and his avid curiosity drew him directly to it. A floating orange haired female was currently holding a rather dangerous looking gun, pointing it directly at his approaching form. Her cackled grated his ears, and Bakura felt for his trusty Man-Eater Bug. "I see the darkness in you..prepare to serve us!" The woman crowed at him, and the weapon fired. Bakura felt the impact as an orb of dark magic entered him, and shoved back his conscious to control his spirit. He faintly noticed the shadow of his appearance pull from him before his awareness disappeared.
Screams from her fire drew her attention, and her raven hair swayed with the twist of her head to focus. Violet eyes slipped open and closed as she vacated her soul between the planes of conscious. With a slight gasp, her ivory fingers left their praying position and traveled to the wrist like watch communicator at her side. Her vision had shown her a powerful phage that would be lost to the side of evil if she did not act now. Flipping the communicator's lid open, her fingers fell on every available button on there. Several yes's answer her call and she described the position of the new attack, with that cleared she drew out a marvelous red pen. Throwing up the hand that held the pen, fire miko Hino, Rei would become her alter-ego. The one known as the senshi of fire, Senshi Mars.
With nothing more then a quick whisper, her body slipped into a quick run to meet up with her team. Following in course the senshi blockaded the phage in, so it could do no harm to the public. Mars quickly scanned the new enemy and slid out a few anti-evil scrolls. "Akuryou Taisan!" She cried out and flung them at the dark soul creature. "Now, Moon!" Mars ordered to her leader and watched as Moon did her attack to heal the soul. The team all congratulated each other, and left assured the human male would recover. Mars sighed and de-transformed, walking over to the unusual colored male.
Curious to his health Rei laid a cool hand on the male, and watched as his eyes flickered open to reveal dark ambers. Rei snapped her hand back as Bakura winced and sat up, a half-sneer etching his face. "Girl, why were you touching me?" He asked, his voice coated in self-preservation and self-importance. Rei snapped, her temper legendary, and she with held her urge to smack the male.
"First of all, boy, I have a name, its Rei." She took him, her tone short. "Second of all, you were just laying here unconscious, I was checking on you." She answered, and turned a way, flinging her raven hair behind her. "I see you are fine, so good bye!" Rei nipped at him in irritation. Bakura watched as the fire-filled female walked away from him, his interest peaked by her attitude. However, his attention fell to Diabound as he sought it out, finding it on the floor beside him, he reached to touch it. A dark light speared from it, and another shadow form appeared. Bakura watched shocked, as the shadow ignored him, and headed straight for the female.
Muttering about Ryou's kindness rubbing off on him, he quickly ran toward the girl and tackled her out of the way of a shadowed Diabound. "Foolish girl." He muttered as her violet eyes locked with his ambers. Rei's eyes filled with fire, yet no words escaped her mouth as she saw the phage strike the male instead of her. Bakura felt a slight drain and managed to roll off Rei before collapsing. Rei cast a shadowed gaze toward Bakura, observing as his eyes slid closed slowly. Reaching a finger down to hit the all call button on her communicator, she was brought to a shocking realization. When Bakura tackled her down, her body weight, and his fell on the arm that had the communicator, which know rendered it useless. Sending a small prayer to her guardian planet, she once again transformed.
The bright lights kept Bakura's eyes opened long enough to learn her secret, and the word blackmail echoed in his brain before blacking out. Mars cursed silently, and drew out the anti-evil scrolls. She flung them to stop the approach of the monster, and hoped that fire was his weakness. Calling on her firebird, she observed as it did moderate damage. She let a breath of slighted relief before firing her stronger fire attack. In joy she watched as it caught fire, and everything burned including the card in which the heart of the evil phage resided in. Still transformed she headed toward Bakura and lifted him into her arms.
Bakura's body reacted unconsciously to the warmth, snuggling into the chest of the fire wielder. Rei's face went through several shades of red, nearly matching her fuku at times. Her senshi powered leaps and bounds brought her to her shrine quickly to which she deposited her guest into her bed. Reverting to her civilian form, she cast an appraising eye over him, before sighing and going to take a relaxing bath.
Bakura blinked awake, and noticed his surroundings to be a bedroom, some shrine he figured as he recalled Ryou mentioning something like this about his father. He made an effort to move from the bed to leave, but his body had yet to recover from the drain of being a phage, being hit by a phage, and sustaining a monster out of the shadow realm. Light footsteps made him lay back down and slit his eyes in mistrust.
Bakura watched in interest as the girl, Rei walk in with a shake of her head, a towel wrapped tightly around her, and her hair hanging free slicked against her, wetting the towel. Modeling the cloth to her body as she searched out new robes, Bakura was no stranger to beautiful things, be it jewels, gold, or women. Naturally a darker personality, he forgot his fatigue and slipped silently from the bed to approach the enticing image. As his footsteps made no sound he manage to make his way right behind his savior. His arms lifted to slip around the waist of the unsuspecting, dark thoughts teasing him, or at least they would of, had not Rei turned and slapped one of her anti-evil scrolls on his forehead.
"You, need to be resting." She scolded, mutely keeping her anger and amusement at his actions at bay. With her arms full of her clean robes she walked back into the bathing area to change. Bakura cursed a storm in his mind and tugged the small annoying slip of paper off. 'She dare order me around?' He thought with a angry sulk. 'I, Bakura, Tomb robber, and the king of thieves?' He added in thought, and the thought burned him. Quickly he stalked after the infuriating, but still tantalizing female. Bakura reacted always on his thoughts and emotions, he found something he wanted, he took it. Now, he found a female that would compliment him nicely, and she presented a challenge. Well, he wasn't the master tomb robber for nothing, and he slipped silently past the bamboo screen that barred his way from the baths areas.
His eyes found her quickly, and his soft steps had him behind her nearly dressed form. Rei was currently finishing her outer miko robe sash tie, when Bakura slipped his arms around her. Rei turned to him angrily, yet, she couldn't deny the dangerous fascination and temptation he presented. Without her permission, he yanked her to him, and turned her face to him. Rei, though angered by his actions, would refuse his control, and it was she who caught his lips, not him. This was not the first kiss for either of them, but it was in its own league of destination.
First of all, both of them had iron wills, and this was a fight of dominance in the sweetest way possible. Their bodies clashed together shoving against one another to gain headway or lead in the dance of dangerous fires. Bakura used his cunning to take control, by slipping a roaming hand to her hand that held her unfinished knot in the sash. His nimble fingers slipped under hers and unfastened them from their grip. This distracted the miko long enough for Bakura to win the control. Yet, Rei wouldn't let him keep it as she let the sash fall, and instead bit his lip slightly, causing him to recoil. With air becoming an issued they fought against each other, causing them to kneel to the ground and release each other from their lip lock. As soon as she regain her breath Rei reached up and smack Bakura squarely across the face.
Normally Bakura would become angry, but her spirit merely wound him more, and he chuckled at her in respite. Rei was hashed at her own actions, but this male did not cower or run from her. That in it was a treasured feeling, but he also gave chase and fight. To her that presented many things that she could only hope for, but what of her secret that haunted her relationships many a time? Bakura in his heighten sense felt her mood shift, and he immediately knew what it was. "I know your secret, senshi of fire, and I couldn't care less." Bakura informed her, one of his hands sliding under her outer robe to wrap around her. "Unless of course, you wish to help me in my reclaiming endeavors?" He asked suavely, and was rewarded by another slap, but this one was lighter like a scold. Rei studied the youth that she manage to give her heart to in the mere moments they interacted. He knew her secret, and he could be dangerous with that information. "Little fire, not many things matter to me, but the things I want, that I...care for, I never give up, ever." Bakura warned her, and his warm hand tightened around her waist.
"Fine, Shadow Thief." Rei remarked, and pushed away from him. She stood, basically flounced away from him, her will and spirit radiating from her. Stating she refuse to be subservient to any one, including him, to which he stood, and caught her. "I will never be tamed or placed away in a shelf." She stated turning her straight-forward expression him. "If you mess with me, you will get burned, hot and slow." She warned him. Bakura looked her straight in the eyes, nodded once before harshly yanking her chin toward him. Her rebellion flood her as he nipped her bottom lip, and when he descended again, she caught his tongue with her teeth. Rei gnashed slightly, to which Bakura brought her flushed against him, and bent her back to control her head.
Two very dangerous and stubborn wills met, taming each other slowly, and what started out as a shadowed temptation through wonder and lust, settled into a signed warmth that will eventually suckle to a gentle love. However, first to be was the roaring fire to light the shadows, and the shadows to soothe the raging inferno.
Wow, okay, sorry it took so long. I didn't get a breather. Wow, um, dark is the word I think I was going for. The stubborn and willful fire of Rei, meets the cool, and cunning shadows of Bakura. Both can be very rough in their emotions and actions, and I tried to capture that. I hope you enjoy this one Firenze. It's the only one of its kind. Alright, next is the Hotaru/Bakura chapter. Then Hotaru/Yami, then Setsuna/Pegasus, and Setsuna/Yami. Funny thing about this was, I was listening to I'm a Believer at the time I was writing this. How odd. Any way, if you have a request go ahead and leave it. In that note, enjoy and please review. (Blinks and reads over one-shot.) I have no idea where this came from.
Much Care,
WolfchildBlazer.