Hey everyone updating on this one today I know that its been a while and I just realized that in one of my bad moods quite a while ago I have cut out my muses and haven't brought them back, but anyway.

Warnings: M Yaoi

Disclaimer: don't own Yugioh.

CHAP 22: A Letter From Me To You


Marik sighed as he leant on the wall outside Bakura's bedroom. He wanted Bakura to stop using his powers just for a few hours to get some rest. For two days now, Bakura was still searching for their young love and they were coming into the third day and constantly using his powers was not good.

Marik looked up as the door opened and Malik came out he leant on it, "He hasn't moved in three days," he looked at Marik.

"He still hasn't gotten anything?" Marik was looking at his boots again.

"Nothing, if he keeps going like this he's going to burn himself out, he needs to rest." Malik said worriedly, Marik nodded his head agreeing with him. Malik walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek, "Are you going to talk to him again?" He asked hopefully.

"I can try," Marik put a hand on his shoulder as he walked past and opened the door and walked in he closed the door and looked over to the bed. Bakura laid on the bed with his back to the door and shadows ran over his body, he stared dully out the window with his hand hanging over the edge of the bed and the shadows entwined with his fingers.

Marik walked around and knelt down in front of him, "Why don't you stop for a while and get some rest" it was more of an order than a request, he sighed as Bakura didn't even acknowledge that he was there.

"It won't matter how many times we find him, he'll just keep dieing." Bakura's voice was flat and held nothing in it, it was as if he wasn't even there.

"Don't say that, we'll find him and you'll change him, Ryou will be with us forever" Marik ran his hand through Bakura's hair.

"He's dead, that's why my shadows can't find him." Bakura didn't even bat an eyelid at his own words, Marik's eyes widened he growled at him warningly.

"Don't talk like that."

"It's the truth, he's dead."

Marik looked up to see tears running down Malik's face and the shocked look "How can you give up all ready," didn't he see that Marik missed him as well, he pulled Bakura from the bed and onto his feet.

"For three days Marik, three days I looked I haven't found him or his body," Bakura tried to push him away, Marik threw his arms around Bakura's neck and held on tightly burring his face into his neck. Bakura seemed to wake up from his state of mind that he was in as Marik's form started to shake against his. Bakura wrapped his arms around him, "I'm sorry," he mumbled.

"I can't believe that… if I do..." Marik mumbled into his neck, if he believed that Ryou was truly gone he would break down.

"Maybe where he is, he has magic around him preventing us from finding him," Malik said from the doorway.

"Maybe your right," Bakura gave him a small smile, "I need a shower," he said as he rubbed Marik's back, he pulled back and gasped as Marik had been crying, Marik never cried never, not that Bakura ever saw anyway, he wiped his tears away and kissed him on the lips. "We'll have him back again" Bakura reassured him.


Yami paced back and fourth in his throne room as slaves ran around getting ready for the Howling tonight. Yami wanted to cancel it but couldn't "have you found him yet!" Yami raged at them. They bowed lower to the floor.

"No we haven't we sent out witches and we haven't found them," Ella said as she stood up with the other two sounding rather annoyed that he kept going on about Yugi.

"You get out there and you find Yugi now, if you come back empty handed I will kill you myself!" Yami yelled at the guards and his council. They got up and ran off out of the hall.

"Get me Bakura, Marik and Malik in here now," Yami called out to one of the slaves as he clutched Yugi's collar in his hand.

"Yes my lord,' he ran out of the room.

"First Ryou and then Yugi and Joey, something's not right here," Seto growled in Yami's ear so no one else would hear.

"Yes I know what you mean, but who's behind it, that's what we need to know." Yami whispered back as he sat down. "Don't you find it funny that all this, is" Yami stopped.

"What ever happens I'm behind you," Seto looked at the doors.

"Thanks but I feel that someone is trying to take the throne again and the queen of the fairies isn't here and our mates went missing around that area," Yami said.

"Do you think that she could be behind this?"

"I don't know, maybe."

"Then who did they know where they were going to be?" Seto hissed, Yami looked at him, that's right Ryou was out walking with Malik, Bakura and Marik and to take those three on and take Ryou as well there had to be more then four and they had a plan when to take him.

"We have a spy in our midst, I think we find out who the traitor is," Seto growled as he had come up with the same conclusion as Yami.

"You have been at my side for to long, my friend." Yami gave him a smirk Seto rolled his eyes.


Ryou sighed as he sat with Yugi, Joey. Mea had told them everything, Yami's council had caused the first war that made them end up in Egypt and even Yugi, Joey and Ryou agreed that they had to be stopped as well.

She paced back and forth they were waiting "My lady" all four of them looked up as an elf entered the room "The messenger was killed the councils guards saw him," she closed the door Ryou wrote down on his notepad and held it up to Yugi, "Ryou says Bakura, Malik and Marik will not help you if things go bad, they have no reason to."

"Ryou, Yugi, Joey" she sighed "Will send word that you'll be there, but they can't fly here and demand you back," Ryou looked doubtful as soon as Bakura, Marik and Malik get word that he was okay, they would be here demanding him back. "Okay give a message to her and she well deliver it for you."

Ryou gave his message to the tiny fairy that Bakura, Marik and Malik would believe that it was from him, then Joey and Yugi's was bigger and with more information as well, Ryou, Joey and Yugi watched as the little fairy flew off to the castle.


Bakura sat perched on the very peak of the castle at the highest point looking over the land he had his powers up and searching for Ryou. Malik had gone to his sisters again but nothing came up, he had even demanded more witches to help out but it had taken Yami to step in to make them, they still came up with nothing.

A small light approached him, he growled as he watched it and stopped in front of him, "I have a message for you," she held out her hand and handed him a parchment. Bakura narrowed his eyes at it. He almost fell off the top of the castle in shock when he read who it was from.

His eyes scanned over the paper 'I know that it is you Bakura that would read this first, and well since I instructed her to come to you first, now before you start demanding where I am, I can't tell you but I'm fine, but something else has come up to do with the council,' Bakura grabbed the small fairy messenger in one hand.

"You saw Ryou personally, he gave you this himself?" she nodded her head hastily Ryou had assured her that she wouldn't be hurt, that was all Bakura needed as he jumped of the roof and fell to where his bedroom window would be he landed on his feet and walked into the room to his bedroom door and down the hall. He opened the door to Malik and Marik's room, only to see Malik lying in Marik's arms on the bed asleep as Marik ran his fingers through his hair.

Bakura walked over and sat next to Marik he reached out a hand and ran it through Malik's hair as well. He hadn't slept for the whole time that Ryou had been missing, but when he did his sleep would be plagued with nightmares of Ryou.

"I have something that you should see," Marik gave him a look, "but not here," Bakura got off the bed and motioned for Marik to follow him, Marik laid Malik down on the bed as he got up and walked into the bathroom.

"What are you doing?" Marik asked as he closed the door he had to wonder if Bakura had lost it.

"Put up your shield," Bakura held out his hand to show Marik the parchment.

Marik stood behind Bakura and looked over his shoulder, Bakura wanted Marik to see it as well 'But something else has come up to do with the council, I don't know if you remember some one by the name Rebus apparently I killed him, so Ella is after me but that's not all, they are after Yugi, Joey and Yami, well to take his throne, Yugi, Joey and I will be at the hall tonight, but you must not let anyone know about this, Marik I know at this point you're reading this as well, all you have to do is keep them from leaving the hall tonight, I know that your skeptical about this letter being from me, I love you both and Baku tell Malik not to worry I'll see you all tonight.'

"It's from him he's fine and going to be here tonight." Bakura chuckled as Marik took the letter and read it over again a few times.

"How do you know? It could be from," he stopped as his eyes landed on a word, "Baku?" Marik raised his eyebrow at him, Bakura blushed a little as he growled softly taking the paper back.

"He calls me that when we're alone," Bakura noticed Marik trying not to laugh, "you laugh your ass off, I'll tell Ry and he'll give you a pet name," Marik instantly stopped going pale.

"You wouldn't," He growled, Ra knows what Ry would come up with, "but Baku all the time that we have been together I never though of that one," he smirked mischievously, "it suits you" Bakura groaned as he buried his face into Marik's shoulder.

"You won't believe how relieved I am." Marik sighed putting all joking aside as he pulled Bakura closer.

"I think we should tell Malik," Bakura slowly moved away taking Marik's hand and walked out of the room and over to the bed he climbed onto the bed "Malik" Bakura looked up to see Marik on the other side, Malik slowly opened his eyes, Bakura lent in and whispered in his ear. Malik was then wide-awake and looking at him.

"You're not lying to me are you?" Malik gave them both a skeptical look until Bakura handed him the parchment he sat up and read it over.

"I wouldn't lie to you love not about that," Bakura kissed him.

"Baku?" Malik picked it up straight away looking at him, Marik snickered as he leant over to Malik.

"Ry calls him that when they are, 'alone." Malik giggled as Bakura snatched the paper away.

"Keep laughing and I'll get him to give you a name" Malik stopped laughing.

"We should start to get ready," Marik said as he got up and walked over to the closet and pulled out his dark blue bag, he sat it on the bed Bakura smirked as he got up and stood next to Marik, Malik crawled over and lay on his stomach.

"I can't believe that you brought our stuff along," Bakura smirked wickedly as he pulled out his knife.

"What you think that I would come here unarmed," Marik mocked being shocked.

"You are definitely, a demon after my own heart," Bakura chuckled, Malik shook his head as he pulled out his weapons, it had a handle and on both ends a blade Malik twirled it in his hand, looking it over.

"Now we are there to make sure that they don't get away, or leave the hall," Marik whispered. Malik and Bakura nodded their heads.


"Are you ready?" came the voice of Mea as she poked her head in the door, on seeing Ryou and Yugi standing there, Yugi wore black pants and long sleeved shirt with a red stripe running down both arms and legs and one in the middle and a black cape over him.

Ryou wore the same but his was leather with purple stripes and a black cape over him, his hair pulled back out of his face, he wrote down in his book and showed Mea 'I can't breath in this.'

They all laughed as Joey wore the same but his had blue stripes, "But you look good," Yugi beamed as both teens were in a good mood, Mea was so nice and Yami, Marik, Bakura and Malik had sent word back that they were waiting to help them and Marik, Bakura had said that they wanted to be close to Ryou just in case something went wrong.

"Lets go," she held open the door, "since you can't fly and it is the quickest way to get some where I have transport for you," she lead them out side in the open. Ryou, Joey and Yugi gasped as an army was standing around awaiting their orders.

A guard walked up with a winged animal, it looked like a lizard with scales, it was green, and long and large with teeth. Ryou looked nervous, as he was pushed towards it, "they are very friendly you can pat it," she walked up and scratched it behind what was the ear it started to purr and licked her hand. Ryou walked up behind her and did the same thing.

"Get on and hold onto this," she pulled up a rope as the elf helped them on Ryou in the front and Yugi behind him with his arms wrapped around his waist and Joey behind Yugi. "It will follow us," the three looked up as a large group of elves and fairies flew into the air, "they wanted a meeting then they'll get one," she leaped into the air, the small dragon shook its self then jumped into the air taking off after the queen.

Ryou, Joey and Yugi flew over the treetops and all around him were fairies and elves flying to the castle, Mea flew close to them, "We'll head straight to the bridge, we have a carriage waiting for us," Ryou nodded his head and looked back at Yugi, who had his eyes closed tightly, Ryou shook his head "my guards will follow us into the castle grounds as there's a no flying policy tonight," they landed on the bridge and as said the carriage was waiting for them.

Ryou, Yugi and Joey jumped off and Mea sent it back home, there was five all up and packed full, they climbed in and sat down Ryou was squished in the corner with Yugi on Joey's lap, as it was full of fairies it gave a jolt and they were moving towards the castle once again.


TBC

Not to many chaps left, I'll update again soon, so R&R.