Falling From Grace

Ladygodess: First up, I updated and I have hit a bottom in this story, not what you think. I have a few really good ideas for this story so many it's driving me nuts, so bear with me and if it gets a little weird or moving to quickly let me now.

Disclaimer: Do NOT own Yugioh (cries)

Warnings: Yaoi, M,

CHAP 7: Colds And Beds

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The five walked up to a house, a woman with long blonde hair slightly curly greeted them with a smile, "I didn't know that you were working tonight" she had seen them walking up her pathway.

"We're low on money," Seto walked inside with the others following him.

"His version of low, is that his bank account is down by two grand this month," Bakura mumbled as he sat down on a chair in the living room.

"Well what did you get," she followed the after closing the door sat down on the other side of the room, Seto sat by the fire place, Yami was perched in the corner, Marik was in a chair across from Bakura with Malik on his lap falling asleep already as Marik ran his fingers through his hair.

Bakura threw her the bag and she caught it and then opened it up, "the software is mine" Seto said as he watched the flames dance.

"You got a lot tonight, it must have been big if it took all of you," she looked up from rummaging through the bag.

"It will do us for a while at least," Marik added, he was pleased with the load that they had got, but most of all he had fun doing it.

"I'm sure that I'll hear all about it by tomorrow," she pulled out the discs and tossed them to Seto, who caught them and put them inside his jacket, that was all Seto ever took for his share of the loot.

"Well I always thought that the police force needed the exercise if you ask me," Yami smirked they had done this for years and never did they come close to being caught.

"Well if you come by in the afternoon I should have the money for you," she stood up, and stretched. Everyone got up, Malik needed help and he leant on Marik. He was exhausted and they walked to the door.

Bakura was the last, he turned around and the girl was standing there. "Mai I have a small problem that maybe you could help me with?"

"If I can you know I will, what's your problem?" she leant on the wall and her eyes shone with interest at what he had to ask her.

"There's this girl Anzu… she's giving me some trouble and I don't think that she's taking the hint," he frowned and she smirked.

"I didn't think that the great Bakura would have girl trouble," she laughed and he growled. "Just take her to bed then get rid of her," she waved it off.

"I have already, but it's a girl thing I think or she is obsessed or something, maybe you could," he frowned, as he was never good at asking for help with anything.

"Yes I know the girl… she can be thick headed, trust me I know... I can't think of anything now, can get back to you? I… just might have the right people to help you out," she walked over and grabbed the door.

"Thanks, see you later," Bakura ran out of the house to catch up with the others.

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Yugi woke up, as the warmth wasn't there anymore like Ryou, he slept with Yami. He sat up and looked around the room, the sun was starting to rise in the distance. He threw the blankets back and got up off the couch as he stretched and stepped over Jou who was sprawled out on the floor snoring.

"Ryou?" Yugi called as he looked around, he started to worry as Ryou didn't answer. Yugi ran over to Jou and shook him awake.

"What?" Jou sat up looking around.

"I can't find Ryou," Yugi said concerned.

"He'll be around here somewhere," Jou got up and stretched, "he wouldn't go anywhere without Bakura," Jou walked over to the glass sliding doors, he frowned but before he could do anything.

"Oh no" Yugi cried out as he opened the doors and ran over to Ryou, Yugi cupped his cheeks and gasped. Ryou's lips and skin were blue and he was unconscious.

"We're dead, we're dead, we're dead… because the psycho is going to kill us," Jou pulled his hair jumping around.

"Stop that and help me get him inside, he must of fallen asleep out here," Yugi snapped at Jou. Jou and Yugi got Ryou inside as they put him on the couch, the door opened and Seto, Marik carrying Malik, Yami then Bakura walked into the room. They all stopped in their tracks, causing Bakura to walk into them. He growled in annoyance and stepped aside as he looked over to the couch, his eyes widened and he gritted his teeth, he rushed over and gathered Ryou into his arms pushing them away, Yugi and Jou had ended up on the floor.

Bakura noticed how cold he was and the blue tinge to his pale skin, he was wet and shivering. "I asked you to watch him," he yelled at them and the whole room shook with his anger as they sank back a bit.

"We did, he went outside sometime during the night when we were asleep," Yugi whispered, Yami narrowed his eyes as he walked over and pulled Yugi into his arms protectively.

"It's not his fault that Ryou is in that state, if he went outside on his own accord then you can't blame Yugi," Yami stated, Bakura narrowed his eyes into slits and a low growl came from his throat, if he didn't have Ryou in his arms he would have ripped Yami's head off.

"They were supposed to watch him and I come home to find him in a hypothermic state." He growled at them, Marik shook his head as he walked over.

"Get him warmed up and dried, you can argue later," Marik walked down the hall with Malik still asleep in his arms.

Bakura walked down to his room and slammed his bedroom door, everyone flinched they had only seen him that mad once before and that was not a day to forget. Bakura laid Ryou on the bed and started to take off his wet clothes, he laid Ryou in the bed and pulled the blankets over him, Bakura took off his clothes but left his boxers on and climbed in with Ryou and pulled him close to share the body warmth, he rubbed Ryou's arms. "C'mon Ryou," he was fuming that Ryou was like this.

After awhile, Ryou groaned and opened his eyes, "Bakura, your back," he looked up and sighed in relief.

"What happened to you?" Bakura brushed the hair our of Ryou's eyes.

"I was outside and then the next thing I knew I'm here, with you." Ryou smiled Bakura blushed.

"Don't go outside at night, you had me worried… do you feel warmer?" Ryou nodded his head, Bakura smirked, then leant down and pressed his lips to Ryou's, Bakura ran his tongue along Ryou's bottom lip, he opened his mouth as Bakura mapped it out, Ryou moaned. Bakura ended the kiss and leant up.

Ryou's eyes widened as he realized that he was naked under the blanket and Bakura was on top of him now, " I umm…need" Ryou was at a loss for words, he was now redder then ever before.

"Would that be, clothes?" Bakura purred as he looked Ryou in his eyes, Ryou just nodded his head. "That I can help you with," Bakura said as he licked and kissed his way up Ryou's chest and neck then up to his lips and Ryou moaned lightly.

Bakura moved down to his chest again and bit down on his collarbone, Ryou gasped and arched his back. He soothed it as he moved down more leaving feather light kisses and licks in his wake.

"Bakura please I can't," Ryou stopped him, he wasn't sure on what he was doing, Bakura moved up and kissed him passionately, Ryou instantly opened his mouth for Bakura, as he maneuvered his tongue around Ryou's mouth, Ryou shyly kissed back which pleased Bakura a great deal.

He lifted himself up and looked down at Ryou, "don't worry, I won't do anything that you don't want me to, if you say stop I will," he smirked at the teen under him, Ryou gave a smile, in a way Ryou felt that it was right to be with Bakura like this as if they were made just for each other.

Bakura leant up and looked over Ryou's body running his hands over it at the same time, "your gorgeous you know that?" he breathed as he ran his hand up Ryou's thigh, Ryou moaned and arched his back again, scrunching the sheets within his fists as reality and any thoughts were thrown out the window so to say as the feeling for something more came over him.

"Bakura… this is to much," Ryou said between pants, he then whimpered in protest as Bakura stopped and smiled at Ryou. Ryou put his hands over his face to hide the embarrassing blush that was now over his cheeks.

"I'm sorry," said Bakura as he reached out and pulled Ryou's hands away from his face. He kissed Ryou again, for a minute there he had forgotten that Ryou was an innocent angel, he pulled Ryou into his arms and snuggled up to him in the warmth and comfort that Bakura offered. Bakura sighed heavily when a knock came at the bedroom door.

"NOT NOW!" Bakura hollered angrily he was happily lying there with Ryou in his arms. Ryou blushed and buried his face into Bakura's chest.

"We have to go to Mai's," Marik's voice came from the other side of the door, Bakura frowned as he looked at the clock on the table next to the bed, it read 3:24pm he didn't think that it was that late.

He growled and cursed, Ryou looked up the blush was still there as Bakura looked down and sighed, "I have to go out," he kissed him on the lips as he got up and pulled on his clothes. Ryou sat up and Bakura handed him some clean clothes to put on.

Ryou feeling much better got up and put his clothes on as well, something caught Ryou's eye on the desk in the corner of the room under the window. He frowned tilting his head to the side as he walked over, it was a ring with a triangle in the middle and an eye in the centre of that and five cones around the bottom, like pointers. "What's this?" Ryou picked it up and a familiar feeling ran through his body, he dropped it as if it burnt him.

Bakura cursed himself as he picked it up and put it over his neck then under his shirt, "it's nothing, just something that I found,"

"I think that I have seen it somewhere before," Ryou touched where the ring would be sitting on Bakura's chest, Bakura grabbed his hand before he could touch it and brought it up to his lips and kissed his hand.

"Don't worry about it, c'mon" Bakura winked at him then they walked out of the room Ryou in toe. They walked out to the lounge room and everyone was there.

"Are you ready?" Marik asked.

"Yeah and this time I'm not leaving Ryou with you two again," Bakura hissed at Jou and Yugi. Yugi ignored him and hugged Ryou.

"Your all right, you had me worried," he let go of Ryou.

"I'm fine now," Ryou smiled, Bakura pushed Yugi away from Ryou and put his arms around him, Ryou's smile increased as he leant into Bakura's hold.

"We have to go we can't keep her waiting," Yami walked to the door with Yugi.

"Why don't I take Ryou to the mall to get him some clothes of his own, and you can go to Mai's and we'll meet you back here in a few hours?" Malik jumped up off the couch and grabbed Ryou's hand.

"No wonder that we have to do our job every month, Malik spends it all on clothes and nothing else," Bakura rolled his eyes, Marik just nodded in agreement but handed Malik some money.

"I swear Malik if you stuff up like those two did, you will be dead," Bakura glared at Malik. Everyone walked out of the apartment.

"Look if you want, I'll give you a cell, Marik!" Bakura looked up.

"What? Great," he pulled out his cell and handed it to Bakura.

"Look if you want you can call me on this and I can talk to you no matter where you are," Bakura smirked at Ryou who was looking at it with interest. "Just push this… then this and then I'm number two, Marik three... though I don't know why! Then Malik's one," Ryou nodded his head, Bakura found that Ryou didn't need as much reassuring, he still didn't want to go without Bakura but went with Malik anyway with out much fuss.

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Seto, Yami, Bakura and Marik walked to Mai's house, the afternoon sun offered little warmth to the ground below, Bakura and Marik were walking behind a bit, "Are you going to tell Ryou?" Marik asked as he looked up at the sky.

"NO!" Bakura snapped, "he wouldn't understand," Bakura shoved his hands into is pockets and sighed.

"But if he found out on his own then it would be worse … you could lose him all together" Marik raised an eyebrow and looked over to Bakura.

"Don't you think that I know that when you told Malik," Bakura smirked.

"He kept hitting me every time I came near him, I think I still have the lumps on my head," Marik chuckled.

"But with Ryou, it would be different he would hate me and leave and I don't want that," he looked at the ground a sad look past over his face.

"I don't think that he could hate you, not really anyway," Marik sighed, he hated to see his friend like this.

"Angels are supposed to be like that, all good and innocent," he rolled his eyes.

"I just think that you should that's all," he frowned as he looked at Bakura again, he was always stubborn when it came to him doing certain things.

"I know, but it is all their fault anyway, bastards, do you think that I like to pretend that I didn't know him and where he came from when he fell into my room?" Bakura hissed.

"I know, do you think that I liked lying to Malik, we are in the same boat, only Malik knows what I am and if you remember, I helped you… and look where it's got us," Marik looked around himself, Bakura looked up as well.

"He saw the ring before we left and said that he had seen it somewhere before," Bakura grabbed onto it, his shirt crumpled up.

"If only he knew how true it is…. Bakura I really think that you should tell him soon and I do mean soon," Marik had a worried look.

"Maybe soon, I don't know," he mumbled. "I was lucky that the ring didn't activate when he picked it up," he looked at Marik who went wide-eyed.

"He picked it up! Bakura how careless can you be? He could've blown everything for us," Marik growled at Bakura as they stopped walking.

"He's on our side now…. and besides he loves me," Bakura shrugged.

"Loves you? Bakura that's not a solid thing to go on, in the end you and I both know what he'll choose if anything was to happen," Marik pinched the bridge of his nose.

"He would choose me Marik, I have no doubt about it," Bakura walked past.

"Just like last time, Bakura?" Marik said calmly, Bakura stopped dead in his tracks.

"That couldn't be helped," he growled.

"I know it's just how they work, I know," Marik sighed closing his eyes and then opening them, "Look all I'm saying is just be careful, we don't need to be found, if Ryou remembers and decides to stay then that's great I couldn't be happier for you, but if he goes and turns against us," Marik started to walk.

"Don't threaten me, I can take care of it if he does, we have been in tighter spots before," Bakura followed him.

"I know they were fun days my friend," Marik chuckled.

"I know I feel like a house wife, these days," Bakura shook his head. Marik put his arm over Bakura's shoulders as they walked up to the house.

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TBC

Ladygodess: I know that I have been slack on this one, but I have others in the works so far and I'm really, really, really trying to update as often as I can on this story I just don't want it to suck that's all.

R&R