Hey everyone (waves madly) Hi! Niu TheDarkOne, Yes Ella is blaming Ryou for something he did in the past but what badies don't blame Ryou for something. Oh by the way the prequel to the House Of Motou will be done after this story is finished just to let you know I had a big brain storm on it and I wanted to get a few chaps done on it before I post it up.

SapphireBlade I also like to know what names mean before I use them, I didn't know that Baku or Kura had meanings so thanks it was interesting to know that you looked them up.

Warnings: M Yaoi

Disclaimer: don't own Yugioh.

CHAP 23: The Take Down


Marik sat in the shadows he smirked as he heard something and also noticed the lack of guards around. He moved to the guard that was at the front doors, he would open the carriage doors for the guests that stayed in the human world. Marik moved up without a sound and dragged him back out of view.

Marik handed him off to Mea's guards and stepped back into place and waited for the carriage that Ryou, Joey and Yugi were coming in. Ryou would be the last to arrive the smirk never left his lips as the carriages approached him passing him a little as they came to a stop. Marik moved to the end one and opened the door all the carriages emptied one by one Mea finally stepped out.

One of her guards ran up and helped her out and the others. Marik helped out Yugi who gave him a smile and a nod, then Joey. Marik turned around just in time to catch Ryou as he slipped and fell right into Marik's arms. "Falling for me are you? I missed you too my love." Marik whispered in his ear nipping at it a bit, then he stood Ryou back on his feet.

Ryou smiled his hands still on Marik's upper arms. "I'm glad that you're all right I was so worried about you." Ryou said, his voice was raspy as he looked him up and down Marik just smirked.

"I'm fine never better, you? How did they treat you?"

"I'm good, Mea was nice," Ryou moved closer to Marik.

"We have to go," Mea said.

"I'll see you inside." Marik winked as he stepped back looking Ryou over one last time and leapt into the air. Ryou watched for a few seconds before walking in through the doors.

Two elves in black cloaks approached them "They are in the great hall."

"The council guards have been taken care of and are all rounded up in the dungeons, all we have to do now is get the ones in the hall along with the three council members." Mea gave a sharp nod of her head.

"Ten guards pear exit this ends tonight make sure no one gets out or by you," Mea gave Ryou and Yugi a look over. "You know what to do right?" she asked they nodded their heads and moved away.

Malik sighed as he looked around "where is he? He should have been here by now?" Bakura rolled his eyes he was anxious to see Ryou as well.

"He'll be here." Bakura whispered as he wrapped his arms around Malik's waist.

"But why does that name sound familiar."

"What name?" Bakura asked as he lent his chin on Malik's shoulder.

"Rebus, Ella is after Ryou for killing this guy?" Malik said as Bakura turned him around to face him.

"Rebus was before you, he attacked Ryou one night in the attempts to kill him he had it bad for Marik." He smirked as Malik growled then said. "Me he never liked, but he tolerated me, but being a demon I ruled over him but Ryou he hated. Ryou when I found him he had Marik's eye whether it was watching him from the shadows or teaching him, Rebus couldn't take it they were of the same age and both human Marik and I went out to feed and we came back it was just in time to see Ryou push Rebus out the window."

"But who was he for Ella to be so angry with Ryou?"

"Rebus was Ella's son, only son, but she had it in for Ryou from the beginning, as she claimed that Ryou wasn't your 'normal' human." Bakura looked around the hall.

Out in the hallway Ryou bit his lip as instrumental music drifted to his ears, as one of the fairies had her hand on his waist and the other in his hand, the idea was to get as close to the throne as possible with out being noticed. "I'll take this one," a voice that Ryou knew so well the fairy moved away he was pulled in close the other smirked, as Ryou lent up on his tiptoes and kissed him on the lips.

"Get ready" came a quiet call.

"Now for everyone's entertainment, the dancers from the dark realm" The music started up and all five doors opened at once as everyone moved out of the way, the room was filled with dancing couples as they moved their way though to the throne.

Hawk frowning as he lent over "you should get the guards ready, I don't remember anything about this" he whispered to Ella.

"Look" Bakura whispered in Malik's ear, as the guards one by one were pulled out of the room and replaced while everyone was distracted.

"Is this what they had planned?" Malik asked as the doors that were opened were now locked and guarded.

"Come on" Bakura grabbed Malik and walked towards the doors pulling out his weapon and hiding it under his cape, "there's Marik he must be with Ry" Bakura smirked as he couldn't really see him thanks to the cape that he was wearing.

"My lord Yami," Mea called out as everyone stopped and stepped back.

"Mea you said you weren't coming" Yami stood up.

"I couldn't miss your party Yami, not when I have guests that wish to come," Mea motioned for Yugi and Ryou. Yugi pulled off his cape and ran up to Yami, who wrapped his arms around him.

"This isn't… glad to see that you're…okay…Yugi" Ella shot Tabor and Adham a look.

"You three should really tell your assassins that they shouldn't blurt out your plan before they unsuccessfully kill someone, they always come back," Ryou growled at them his voice was raspy but coming back slowly and it didn't hurt as much as before.

"That's right Yami, they are the ones trying to take the throne and kill everyone around you, they started the first war," Yugi said as he looked at them.

"Yami I'm sorry to have done it this way but I had no choice," Mea said.

"Yami you're not going to believe this slave are you?" Ella asked.

"I have no reason not to, there are just some things that don't add up when it comes to you three," Yami looked over to Seto holding Joey.

"This is all your fault," Touya growled.

"Shut up, nothing has been proven yet your still innocent," Hawk hissed as they turned on each other.

"Actually we have all the proof that we need," they all turned to Adham as light glowed around him then faded as Adham stood there, but in a form of a girl, everyone gasped.

"Adham what the hell?" Tabor yelled.

"I'm Raffia," she stated the clothes baggy and hung off her body.

"But I would have known, how and we?" Tabor yelled again but confused.

"No at night I simply put a spell on you to make you think we were mates, we never really did anything," she shuddered.

"But wait in the dinning hall and in the hallway, you attacked us," Bakura growled.

"I didn't mean to hurt anyone but I had to keep my cover, it was the only way," she bowed her head. "I didn't like what I was doing, I hope you understand."

"You'll die with the rest of them witch," Tabor hissed.

"Yami your council and Tabor are appointed as traitors to this realm seen by me at first hand, at their tertiary against you." she pointed to them.

"Do you think that I would let that happen?" Ella said.

"I don't care but you are the ring leader for all of this," Raffia growled.

"Your all going to die anyway…guards!" Ella called out.

"Don't bother we have taken them out, these meetings were never about taking records of mates it was to get Yami's throne from him," she looked at the three council members.

"I don't know what your talking about, this meeting has gone on for many years," Touya said.

"Don't play stupid with me, my parents never did these meetings and frankly I don't like them," Yami growled.

"I'll give you all the information that you'll need to put these three away or give them a suitable punishment," she smirked, the three turned to run but the group of elves stopped them and pushed them back into the room.

"Once I look at all the evidence and you are guilty you will be punished for this and stripped of your place in this castle," Yami stood at the throne.

"You need a council to run this place, you need us," Touya said with a smirk.

"I can run this place on my own, or pick others that are more trust worthy than you three," Yami growled.

"You three will be brought here tomorrow for sentencing and a suitable punishment," Yami said as he looked at them, a large group of fairies walked into the hall.

"My spy, Raffia will fill you in with what I didn't get," Mea sighed.

"You have made a big mistake no one defies me," Ella growled Touya and Hawk stood near her and they begin to chant. Marik stood in front of Ryou with his weapon in hand ready. The room started to shake Ryou stumbled forward and grabbed onto Marik.

"What are they doing?" Ryou's grip tightened on Marik's shoulders, the hall was filled with screams as demons, witches and slaves ran out of the hall in a blind panic, a few of them knocking into Marik.

"I don't know," he looked behind him to see Bakura and Malik looking just as confused.

"Ishizu!" Yami called out as he ran up to her, "What are they doing?"

"I think… I think they plan to destroy us all," she looked at him, a wind picked up in the room blowing their hair and clothes around it wasn't long when they were the only ones left in the hall.

"Can you counter it, stop them?" he asked, Shadi, Anzu and Odion walked up to her they held hands and chanted, Yami stepped back away from them.

The council members raised off the floor into the air, "now you'll see what we can really do," she yelled out, as parts of the roof started to come down around them, Marik grabbed Ryou and dashed over to Bakura and Malik putting up a shield around them.

"If their doing what I think, then we have to get out now," Marik said.

"We can't leave we have to stop them," Malik growled, "They'll just come after us."

Marik let the shield down, Yami, Yugi, Seto, Joey and Serenity walked up to them. "Cowards," Seto hissed.

"At least they stayed," Yami point to Ishizu and her small group floating in the air. All of a sudden balls of black goo appeared in the form of warriors. Yami, Malik, Bakuraand Seto charged forward and engaged into battle.

"You three stay out of the way," Marik ran after them.

"Well I'm not waiting to have my ass kicked by them," Joey picked up a leg of a broken chair and went to run to join them, Ryou and Yugi grabbed him and held him back.

"Are you crazy their demons we wouldn't stand a chance they would kill you," Yugi strained to hold him back.

Bakura sliced one of them and it just turned into goo splattering on him and the ground, "this is disgusting," Bakura growled as he moved onto the next.

"This almost seems too easy," Yami called out as he ducked and hit the goo warrior and it splattered onto the ground. Ella stopped her chanting and gathered up energy in her hands and hurled it at the group. Yami, Seto, Bakura, Marik and Malik got out of the way when they saw it.

Ryou watched it and it stopped and moved around and a black hole appeared and started to suck in air as it grew in size pulling everything into it, Joey caught Yugi's hand and put his arm around a table that looked like it wouldn't hold for to long.

Ryou's feet started to slip on the floor but the wind got stronger the others were having a little trouble hanging onto things to stop themselves from getting sucked in. Ryou cried out as he was pulled forward to the hole. Ryou winced as his wrist was grabbed and his body jerked to a stop, he looked up as Bakura pulled him closer to his body. "Just hang on, don't let go." Bakura managed to get Ryou to hang onto the stool that was bolted to the floor.

Malik and Marik started to slip and the hole had pulled them free from where they were. Bakura jumped over and holding onto the windowsill grabbed Malik and pulled him up to hold onto a more stable object. Marik flapped his wings to get back to where he was holding onto, he slipped by Ryou who grabbed him by the arm.

"This thing has to be stopped" Marik yelled over the wind as Ryou had let go of the stool. Marik reached out and grabbed onto the throne chair.

"How?" Ryou strained to hold onto him as Marik pulled him up.

"I have no idea," he wrapped an arm around Ryou's waist.

"Look" Ryou pointed, Ishizu and her group cried out as lightning sparks struck them, Odion and Anzu were sucked into the hole.

"Malik!" Marik called out, Bakura and Malik looked over. "Have any ideas."

"One," Malik said as he looked over to his sister, "Ishizu," she looked up.

"Binding," she nodded her head and started to stand up with Shadi held her up around the waist, Bakura did the same. Malik pulled his gold bracelet off his wrist he held it out in front of him and closed his eyes, it floated in the air and glowed. Malik started to chant along with Ishizu the bracelet grew in size and shot off towards the three council members and pulled them together and shocked them, they cried out and the hole closed. Everyone let out a sigh as they let go of what they were holding on to.

Yami, Seto, Bakura, Marik, Ishizu and Shadi stood over them, "Are they dead?" Marik kicked them a little.

"No the binding stops them from." She didn't get to finish.

"I know what binding is, I'm not stupid." Marik growled.

"Yeah you could've fooled me, you half wit!" Ishizu yelled and they were at it again yelling and screaming at each other. Malik sighed and ran a hand over his face then looked at Ryou and smiled.

Ryou gasped as Tabor grabbed Malik and a portal opened up behind him, "Malik!" Ryou cried out as he was pulled back. Bakura and Marik turned just in time to see Malik being pulled back.

"Don't move and don't follow," he held a blade to Malik's throat and stepped into the portal, Marik and Bakura lunged for it as it started to close, Ryou dashed forward being the closest he jumped through it, the portal almost closed on his legs.

"RYOU! MALIK!" Marik and Bakura yelled as they slid to a stop and the portal closed before they reached it Bakura fell to his knees.


TBC

Yes the fun is just getting started and more trouble to come, so R&R.