Hello, I would like to announce that my story House Of Motou was posted up on another site the site is AFF (Adult Fan Fiction) also my name there is DarkNecrofear, that's one of the cards that Bakura has in his deck which I think looks really cool, with the whole holding the half mangled doll thing and well everything about it. Some one that goes by the name of anon had let me know that my story had been posted up elsewhere and asked DarkNecrofear (me) if I was Ladygodess? If not then I had stolen her story, all this was done within fifteen minutes of me posting it up on that site and was all before I could do the profile WOW! I would just like to thank this person if they read this that I was so stoked I nearly fell off my chair that people take notice so (hands over plushies) with a big THANKS! From me. (Ladygodess/DarkNecrofear).

Just to mention also that the name Ladygodess was taken on the AFF site. I'm posting what I have here on there as well, why I don't know? But I am updating on both sites so you don't have to worry I'm NOT abandoning you all, (hugs everyone) I know that I haven't updated in a while but with every thing that has happened (cries) I couldn't I was lucky to get a chap up on my other story when I did. But anyway, I'm back on track and with updates. (Jumps around) Okay due to the plot bunnies as you all should be aware are very evil like clowns and you can't fight them as they are everywhere, there is no ESCAPING them, they would not let Bakura kill Pegasus (sighs), though I would have really liked to, but anyway I've rambled on for to long and you're here for the story. (Smiles)

Warning: M, Yaoi, if you don't know then find out BEFORE you read this, thank you though I don't know why I have to do this every time!

Don't own Yugioh (sighs).

CHAP 17: Concern Of A Loved One


Ryou ran into the bathroom shaking as he closed the door not wanting to let Bakura see him upset he lent on the door putting his fingers to his lips. The kiss was so unexpected it was nothing like what he had before, Bakura's kisses are soft and loving but urgent at the same time. A soft knock came soon after making him jump and back away from it a bit.

"Ryou open the door!" Malik called through it. Ryou held his breath and did as Malik had asked. "What happened?" Ryou looked away he didn't want to answer in case Malik got angry with him. "Marik kissed you right!" it wasn't a question it was Malik stating the obvious with how he had said it.

"I'm sorry Malik I didn't mean for it to happen," Ryou cried out as Malik put his hands up to silence him.

"It's okay, its Marik's way of saying he likes you," Malik sighed as he hugged Ryou who was clearly shaken by the ordeal.

"Then he must kiss everyone," Ryou looked up confused.

"No, he has only kissed Bakura and me now you, but trust me if he loved you then your in trouble." Malik laughed rubbing the back of his neck with a sheepish grin on his lips, Ryou just blushed. "C'mon" Malik took Ryou's hand and led him out of the bathroom and into Bakura's room. Ryou slowly walked over to the bed, he gasped at seeing Bakura, the sheets had moved down to his hips in the night showing off his wounds, Ryou ran a hand over one of the bruises that looked to be the size of a fist. Ryou knew them so well and every mark on Bakura's pale skin Ryou could tell you how every one of them was made.

Bakura's bruised muscles twitched under his touch. Ryou gasped again as a hand shot out and grabbed his wrist "that tickles." Ryou feel to his knees and buried his face into his shoulder. "Hey I'm not dieing," Bakura rolled his eyes as he pulled on Ryou's arm and guided him to lie on top of him.

"Who did this to you?" Ryou snuggled up to his side, his wings unfolding and sitting flush against his back.

"Someone I don't have to worry about anymore." Bakura closed his eyes he felt so drained, she better keep her word Bakura thought. He opened his eyes and looked at Ryou frowning at the look he had "what's wrong?" Ryou shook his head in his chest. Bakura turned his head to Malik in the doorway.

"What's wrong with him?" Malik mouthed the word Marik and left the room. Ryou mumbled something, Bakura lifted his chin with his finger he kept from wincing as the pain shot through his arm that had a rather large gash in the upper muscle he had really over did it, but if it meant that Ryou would be safe then it was worth it. Ryou explained everything to him that happened.

Bakura pulled him closer and ran his fingers through his hair "Marik has a weird psycho way of telling people how he feels, I was surprised when he found someone like Malik to join him in his psycho ways," Bakura chuckled but stopped as he saw the look on Ryou's face.

"Don't worry he won't hump you, he saves that for Malik and me," Bakura rolled his eyes as Ryou giggled, Bakura smirked Ra knows he loved to see him so happy. He lent up and kissed Bakura on the cheek feeling content in his arms again Bakura seemed to provide an invisible barrier from the troubles of the outside world he started to purrBakura hissed as one of his wounds reopened.

"Sorry," Ryou gave an apologetic look as he lent his head on Bakura's chest again.

They fell into a comfortable silence that didn't need words, Bakura was listening to Ryou's light purring as he ran his hands under the base of the wings and down to his lower back "Ryou if I told you something about me would you… still want to be with me, like this?" Bakura whispered tiredly his energy already drained, Ryou lifted his head with a puzzled look.

"What is it?" Bakura moved just his eyes. Ra he was nervous, but would Ryou still love him if he knew that he was a soul collector? But the thought of losing Ryou over this he opened his mouth but no words came out, they wouldn't leave his lips. "Kura what is it?" Ryou leaned up with a more worried look evident in his eyes.

"I-I…I'm a" his throat constricted on him and his mouth became dry, why was this so hard he had never had any trouble before, he would laugh at the fear that others showed when they new what he was and he loved it, it was like a drug to him to see that fear and knowing that he caused it.

"I-I… I'm just tired and need… more sleep…" Bakura closed his eyes and fell back to sleep, Ryou sighed and wished that he had the ability to heal others as he watched Bakura, but there was that feeling again like a ghost of a memory, or a dream that you couldn't recall but knew you had, he laid his head down again and played with a piece of Bakura's hair staring off into nothingness.

"I love you Kura so much," Ryou whispered like a small breeze and held him tightly in a protective way, unknowing to him Bakura had heard the words but remained still and let Ryou hold him, 'I love you my Ryou' Bakura wrapped his arms around Ryou and fell asleep.


Meanwhile in heaven a sigh rang out in the darkness, as bodies lay at his feet and white feathers filled the air a soft whimper came from near by him, he turned but grinned he walked over and knelt down he lifted the angels chin. "What did you think, you could keep me locked up?"

"You're a monster Pegasus and you'll be dealt with" she stopped as a heel of a boot pressed into her shoulder.

"Yes but you, Aki won't be around to tell anyone" he picked up a sword that was near by and raised it, she screamed out, not in fear but of how pissed off she was that she would die like this and that he got the best of her, the scream ended abruptly with the sloppy sound of her head hitting the floor. "And besides I have a promise to keep" he laughed as he vanished he knew the reapers would show soon, if not the other angels.

Pegasus changed his clothes as he landed in an alleyway that was next to a bar on Earth in the area that he had been last when fighting the reapers and now he knew that one of them had Ryou, it was most likely that Bakura and they would be in this area, due to the fact that he had just gotten there himself and they showed up a few minutes after.

Pegasus strolled in like he owned the bar flipping his shoulder length silver hair as he scanned the crowded room for what he was looking for. Grinning as he walked over to a group of ruff necks that you would cross the street to get away from. "I have a job for you" they were going to tell him to get lost but a ball of money thrown onto the center of the table got there attention instantly.

"What's the job?" a tall guy with black glasses, denim blue vest, jeans and an American flag as a bandana on his head shuttered at the voice.

"This boy," he threw a picture on the table it landed on the money, "I want you to find him and bring him to me" he pulled out of his pocket a card of a near by hotel.

"What if he's not alone?" he picked up the money and card putting the money in his pocket and looking over the card and picture.

"Then make him alone?" he turned taking a few steps then stopped "That was only half you get the rest when the job is done, I don't care how you get the boy to me as long as he's alive when you do."

"How did you know that we would do it?" he asked over the loud music.

"I know your kind as long as there's money you'll sell your souls for it" he smirked. The group just laughed as their new boss walked away.


Malik sighed as he sat at his laptop at the kitchen table he stopped his fingers that were abusing the keys in his frustration as he looked down the hallway, Ryou had been in there for a day and a half now not once had he come out, or really let them in.

"Your still worried about him?" Marik asked as he leant on the wall, Malik nodded his head. "I was about to check on him and change his bandages… you know that Ryou just wants to protect Bakura in his weakened state" Marik pushed off the wall.

"Kura can take care of himself, so why would Ryou think that?" Malik got up curious as to why would Ryou who was an angel and couldn't even scowled right protect Bakura a grim reaper. Marik moved closer to Malik.

"Bakura's hurt and Ryou is probably feeling vulnerable without him and unprotected, he needs Bakura I suppose Ryou's just so attached to him" Marik shrugged his shoulders.

"But why? He lived without Bakura for Ra knows how long," Malik frowned as he followed Marik down the hall, Marik turned around with that not to often seen smile on his lips, that always made Malik melt his insides onto goo every time.

"I'll tell you later." Marik winked as he kissed Malik's cheek.

"But still I think Ryou should come out for a little bit," Malik suggested, in fact he had suggested that yesterday afternoon all he got was growled at by Ryou.

"I don't think that you'll be able to get Ryou out," Marik raised an eyebrow amused as he came to Bakura's room he opened the door. As Marik had suspected that Ryou was in the room and on the bed curled up at Bakura's side "Hey Ryou, how's he doing?" Marik walked over.

Ryou snapped his eyes open growled warningly holding Bakura little more protectively and wrapping his wing over the top of him, "It's okay Ryou" Malik walked up and knelt down next to the bed.

"He hasn't woken up at all today, and he's hot" Ryou rubbed his eyes waking up more. Marik cursed under his breath he hadn't thought that Bakura used that much energy, or was that hurt. He walked over and placed a hand on Bakura's forehead Ryou watched every move that he made Marik pulled his hand back with a gasp.

"He's burring up, dammit!" Malik and Ryou looked at him, "Malik" Marik motioned for him as he walked out of the bedroom. Marik turned around to see Malik looking at him with curiosity. "I'll need help getting Ryou out of that room so I can heal Bakura a little."

"You can't! Ryou will know that some things up… and like you said I don't think that Ryou would leave him anyway" Malik's eyes widened.

"I'm not healing him completely just enough to take his fever away and close some of the wounds," he leant on the wall.

"But won't it drain you a little as well?" Malik said but then sighed at the look that Marik gave him, "Fine I'll try, but your going to help me" Malik poked him in the ribs, Marik grunted and rolled his eyes in amusement.

When they walked back in Ryou was standing next to the bed, "I think we should take him to the healers," Ryou said worriedly as he turned to face them.

"Ryou, he'll be okay, why don't you come with me and we'll get something to eat while Marik fixes him up a bit?" Malik walked up to him.

"I'm not going anywhere, why won't you take him?" Ryou was starting to get worried. Malik looked at Marik who now stood next to them.

"Bakura doesn't like the healers as you call them," Marik looked over the bed then back to Ryou.

"He needs to go," Ryou argued.

"You don't want to take Bakura to somewhere he doesn't want to be do you?" Marik frowned at him, he knew the answer that Ryou was going to give as he sat on the edge of the bed.

"No" Ryou looked Bakura over.

"So come on Ryou, lets get out for a bit" Ryou backed away a bit and frowned at that, he didn't want to leave Bakura in the state that he was in.

"I'll stay here" he looked at the floor, Malik looked at Marik again.

"It's just for a while" Malik took Ryou's hand and gave it a light tug to the door making Ryou take a step, why were they trying to take him away from Bakura? When it was clear that he didn't want to go, Bakura was weak and vulnerable and he wanted to be there for Bakura as he was there for him.

"NO!" Ryou yelled as he pulled back his hand and the room shook, like a small tremor things on the shelves falling over, Malik yelped as he jumped back against the wall to support himself. Marik got up and hugged Ryou tightly the shaking only increased. Malik thought that the whole building was going to come down.

"We're not trying to keep you from Bakura!" Marik turned him around to look him in the eyes, "Just go out for a bit get some fresh air, Bakura will be here waiting for you when you get back," the room decreased in the shaking "I'll watch him for you, okay? Trust me I won't let anything happen to him."

"But what if he wakes up and I'm not here?" the room had stopped shaking, Malik let out a sigh of relief.

"Then I'll tell him that you'll be back soon he'll understand I promise, your not his prisoner." Marik smirked as he stepped back.

"I'll take you out for cream puffs," Malik suggested Ryou hesitated but nodded his head giving in, Bakura would be all right he had been living with the two before he came along.

"I'll get ready," Ryou walked over to the closet pulling out his clothes that Bakura had bought for him and walked to the door. He stopped and looked at Malik "Would you help me with the taps?" Malik smiled and led him into the bathroom.

He soon came back into the bedroom, dumping his clothes in the corner as Bakura proclaimed it as his hamper, Ryou walked over to the bed and sighed he leant down and kissed Bakura on the cheek and at the same time he pulled up the light sheet. "Ready?" Malik asked from the doorway.

"I'll be back" Ryou whispered into Bakura's ear and then followed Malik out of the apartment. They walked side by side down the pathway people walked by and cars on the road were back up for five blocks in a traffic jam.

Malik stopped at a small café he pushed open the door and walked in taking Ryou's hand the aroma of coffee was in the air. Malik walked up to the counter and ordered the drinks and the cream puffs. The man behind the counter handed over the order, Malik led Ryou to a table and sat down. "I was thinking on going to the park after" Malik glanced at Ryou, who was staring off into nothingness, Malik sighed and knew what was going through the angels head.

"Ryou?" Malik tried again to get his attention but to no avail, he took a sip of his coffee. He would be the same if something happened to Marik, Malik paled for a minute as it dawned on him that Marik could get hurt and that he wasn't that strong, hell even Ryou an angel was battered and bleeding, it brought everything down on him that Marik may not be as immortal as he thought 'don't think that' he scowled himself and glanced back at Ryou.

"Malik? What happened for Bakura to get hurt like that?" Ryou looked up from his hot chocolate.

"Marik didn't tell me, sorry" Malik looked at the white tablecloth, he hated to lie to Ryou like that.

"A walk sounds good," Ryou smiled, Malik just nodded his head. They soon finished up and left for the park. Ryou sighed as he looked up but frowned not liking the sky as it led to heaven well the door to heaven he looked back down.

"I love the park, when no ones around" Malik sat down under a willow tree, Ryou sat down, holding his knees to his chest, he looked over at Malik.

"Thank you," Ryou said, Malik looked at him confused it sounded like something someone would say if they were leaving. Ryou got the look and continued, "For everything, you know letting me stay with you, helping me get on my feet and understanding." Ryou looked away, Malik moved over a bit feeling concerned for the other.

"Why wouldn't I?" Malik lifted Ryou's chin then let go.

"Well not every human comes across an angel in their life time." Ryou pulled out the grass before Malik could say anything Ryou continued "you know I hear all the time of angels talking about what they were when they were humans, I but can't remember I remember waking up in my room and my sister Aki called me for breakfast." Ryou looked at Malik with tears in his eyes, Malik stroked his hair silently telling him to go on, but he would have to tell Bakura after he wakes up. "It felt like I was missing something very important, something close to me it was empty and hollow, I felt it for so long so long that it, it wore on me," the tears feel free but his voice was clear, "then I had dreams weird ones and while I slept I liked them, but they soon stopped and the feelings of only being half of what I was, still remained," Ryou leant into Malik who wrapped his arms around him comforting him.

Ryou didn't really feel it but let Malik anyway, "Then Bakura was there and I feel as though everything is how it should be," Ryou broke down in Malik's arms. Malik rubbed his back to soothe him. Ryou wanted to cry for the last day but couldn't he was worried if Bakura woke up and saw him, Bakura would be concerned about him and he didn't want that.

"I felt the same way…so… detached from everything and every one…" Malik sighed "it was like that until I met Marik, he made me feel like I was an actual person… it doesn't worry Kura that you can't remember all he cares about is you, which funny to say considering he doesn't like anybody that much." Malik frowned slightly as he leant against the tree trunk.

Malik looked down at Ryou who was resting against him, watching the low hanging leaves move in the wind, Ryou smiled he had a few things in common with the Egyptian "We should head back now," Malik said softly they had been watching the sun set. Ryou nodded as he sat up.

"Thanks again Malik, for this" Ryou smiled and hugged the teen, Malik couldn't help but smile back as he returned the hug.


TBC

This story will be coming to a close soon I'm at chapter 21 and I'm still trying to end it without it being horrid but I think a few more chaps after that one as well (sighs.)

R&R