Sorry I haven't meant to make it anguish on you all, as I said before this was the plot bunnies that I mentioned, enjoy.
Warning: M and Yaoi.
Disclaimer: still don't own Yugioh.
CHAP 30:Voice From The Other Side
Marik fell off the couch and onto the floor with a thud, Malik laughed as he got up and stepped over his half naked demon picking up his shirt off the floor, he turned it out the right way and put his arms through and over his head as he walked over to the phone he picked it up "Hello?"
"Malik it's Mai sorry to call so late but I must see you tomorrow?"
"Don't know, just wait" he covered the receiver with his hand and turned to Marik to see him just getting up off the floor grumbling to himself. "Are we going to be here tomorrow?"
"Who wants to know?" Marik asked as he sat down.
"Mai"
"Yeah we can be." Marik shrugged, Malik nodded his head and put the phone to his ear and said.
"We'll be here."
"Great make sure that your home, I'll see you then." She hung up. Malik frowned looking at the receiver as he hung up and put it down, he walked back into the living room. Marik pulled him back down onto the couch.
"Did she say why?"
"No just that she must see us and she's coming over." Malik gasped as Marik ran his hands down his side under his shirt.
"Now why did you put that back on?" Marik growled at the offending piece of clothing.
"Because Ryou might have come down."
"He's asleep."
"So I'm not waking around half naked." Malik narrowed his eyes.
"But it would be good for me if you did I would have something better to look at."
"Pervert." Malik rolled his eyes but yelped as he found himself under Marik.
"I know but I can't help it."
The sun light came through the tree leaves and the sound of water running near by, Ryou rolled over onto his back, his hair all over the grass and an arm above his head, he didn't move when he felt someone was above him on all fours. Ryou's eyes fluttered open slowly as he felt a hand caress his cheek but as they landed on dark brown ones they filled with tears.
"You're a heavy sleeper my love." Bakura smirked slightly, Ryou turned his head slightly and looked away as the tears ran down and fell onto the grass, but cold fingers brought his chin back to face the other. "Don't be sad, he's asleep right now and I had to see you."
"Why? I mean you need to tell me what's happening with you." Ryou bit his lip as Bakura pressed down with his body.
"I would if I knew," Bakura looked away then glanced back down, "the darkness is a bastard, Ryou he's always there and watching me, it's only when it's asleep I can do this."
"Is there anyone, you know, where you are?" Ryou lifted his hand and played with a peace if Bakura's white hair.
"No they come in and get me and then there's pain, then after I'm in darkness again." Bakura heaved a sigh as he lent his head down on Ryou's chest.
"It would help if you knew who they are." Ryou wrapped his arms around Bakura.
"I wish I knew too, the darkness clouds everything from me until it wants something from me… I'm so tired." Bakura mumbled into Ryou's chest, but he lifted up on his arms and legs looking down at Ryou with a sad smile. Ryou tilted his head to the side slightly a little confused. "Ryou wake up." Bakura said Ryou frowned.
"I don't want to, I want to stay with you here." Ryou gripped Bakura's light blue cotton shirt in his fists.
"Wake up."
Ryou sat and looked around his bedroom, once he noticed that he was alone and no Bakura with him, he fell back down on the bed. "No, no, no." he growled as tears started to fall again, the dreams with Bakura were becoming less frequent now. But he sat up, he smelt food cooking from down stairs. He glanced at the clock it read 7:45 am, he groaned as he threw the blankets back and got up, he walked to his closet and pulled out a pair of jeans and a long sleeved top.
Ryou sighed as he came down the stairs and walked into the kitchen. Malik gave him a hug on his way out, "morning." Marik greeted him with a grin.
"Morning." Ryou yawned as he sat down at the counter not noticing the other two in the room.
"Mai is coming over today." Marik said.
"Really?" he seemed to be more awake, he liked the women she was nice, Marik nodded.
"Did she say what time?"
"No, just today." He put the pancakes onto a plate and pushed it over to Ryou who picked it up and walked over to the table, Malik walked in with the mail and dropped it on the table as Marik put his plate in front of him and sat down on the other side.
"After Mai leaves, we should go shopping for food and anything else we need." Malik said as he poured syrup onto his pancakes.
"I think I'll go and check out the new shop."
"Oh you mean the one with the leathers and the outfits." Malik grinned and Ryou looked shocked.
"Yeah Ry you should get a new look, Malik and I can help you there." Marik added.
"No thank you I'm good."
"We know." Marik purred as Ryou blushed.
"That's not what I was talking about, it's a new book store."
"But I like the new clothes option." Malik whined but smirked as Marik lent over so close to Ryou that their noses were almost touching then said.
"I'd love to see you in tight leather pants just to take it off again with my teeth." Ryou gasped and almost fell off his chair.
"I-I" he couldn't find any words and the blush was deeper. Ryou jumped as Malik was now behind him and said in his ear.
"We could see how many times we can get you to scream our names." Malik licked the outside of his ear, Ryou yelped and jumped out of the chair as Marik and Malik broke out into laughter.
"That wasn't funny." He snapped tears welled up in his eyes. Marik saw this and got up out of his chair and walked up to him and pulled Ryou into his arms.
"I'm sorry, we were just joking around." He said, Ryou shook his head but the doorbell rang.
"I'm sorry we took it to far." Malik gave him a hug as Marik kissed him on the forehead.
"I'm fine really." Ryou mumbled as Marik gave him a 'not-really-believing-you' look but let it go anyway. He walked to the door and opened it, Mai greeted him with a wave and a smile.
"This is Ishizu, Ishizu this is Marik." She had pointed to each of them as she walked into the house.
"Nice to meet you." She bowed her head Marik rolled his eyes as he walked back in, when she looked up she blinked wide eyed before walking inside.
"So what are you after?" Marik asked as he walked into the kitchen he remember the woman had helped Solomon.
"Ishizu here has something to ask you." Mai pointed back but she was pulled into a hug from Ryou. "Hey there kid-o."
"Hey, we're going…" he stopped and frowned "Ishizu?"
"Hello again Ryou, how have you been?"
"Fine thank you, why are you here?"
"Well you know I don't do favours Mai, for anybody." Marik said as he sat down.
"This one you will." Ishizu said as she sat down, Marik was going to bite her head off. "It's about Bakura." She said before the other could say anything.
"Ishizu!" Mai snapped.
"What?" Ryou was now at the table.
"What" she looked at Mai.
"Ryou's in the room." Mai pointed out.
"What about Bakura is he able to come home now?" he asked hopefully.
"No, we have a problem with him, well I do anyway I need you Marik to come with me to the fields of the gods." Ishizu said.
"Why?" Marik asked, if it was for Bakura he would go anyway without an explanation, but it always helped to have one.
"What I can explain I will, but some of it will have to wait until we are there." She said.
"Explain what?" Ryou asked before Marik.
"Well I think something's going on. I woke up one night and found myself locked in my room" She said and wandered if it happened every night.
"Wait just a minute, for a start where is Bakura exactly?" Marik held up a hand then lent forward on the table.
"Okay, after the trial Bakura was taken by Anubis." Ishizu looked at Marik who nodded his head then she continued, "but soon after I was asked to come there and have a look at him as he wasn't responding to anything they were doing, once I was there I learnt that he was in a type of hospital, like the one Ryou should've gone to when he had his wings ripped out, they also keep mentally insane patients there as well." Ishizu said.
"My Bakura is not insane!" Ryou growled warningly at her.
"I'm not saying that, but how he is at the moment he is one." She said but that only made Ryou angrier and he slammed his fists on the table.
"He's not, and you're just saying that, he's only angry because you're keeping him in such a place." Marik pulled Ryou back down to sit.
"So what's this got to do with me?" Marik asked as Ryou buried his face into Marik's shoulder as he rubbed Ryou's back and held him.
"Well lately everything that I have been doing isn't working, well since I have gotten there nothings working and when I think that I have made progress with him the next day he's worse than ever," she sighed and looked at Ryou then Marik and said, "I think something's going on and I need you to come with me as in helping him, but what I want is for you to take him out of there." Ishizu said.
"Kidnap Bakura?" Marik asked with a smirk he liked the idea. Ishizu nodded her head but the smirk faded as he realized something, "If something was wrong then Anubis would know," Marik said.
"I'm not sure, but since I have gotten there, nothings been right with the place and I've had to use twice the power to leave." She added.
"Well I'm not saying no in helping him I just need to know first, I don't want Anubis to be angry with me for taking Bakura." Marik frowned at the thought of an angry god.
"Okay the times that Bakura is left alone is between two am to four am, I'll show you how to get in and out of the room." She got to her feet, as did the rest of them. "I have told Shizuka that you'll be joining us so there will be no suspicion there." She followed them into the living room. "So if you're ready we should be going."
"Wait." Ryou said. "If your going where Bakura is then I'm going to." He said in a tone that left no room for argument but that never worked for him.
"You can't go, I'm sorry this task is for Marik." She said.
"I will not be pushed aside this time I will see him and you will take me to him now!" Marik and Malik were shocked at the normally timid angel.
"Ryou calm down." Mai said.
"No I won't, you and your gods have kept him long enough and who knows what you have been doing to him… now it's my turn to have him." He held his tears at bay.
"Fine but I warn you." Ishizu started. "He isn't himself."
"I'll see for myself thanks." Ryou stood near Marik as Ishizu kissed Mai on the cheek and gave her a wink as she vanished.
"I'll be back as soon as I can." Malik nodded as he hugged them both before they vanished as well.
They walked down the halls Ishizu leading the way, "Now Bakura is here we have him in a room."
"What kind of room?" Marik asked as Ishizu opened a door.
"A room with no walls, no boundaries, Bakura would hurt." She stopped "Ryou why don't I" she looked around and saw a few workers walking by, "Get someone to show you around then after lunch you can maybe see Bakura."
"What you have to say about Bakura you can say in front of him he belongs to the reaper after all." Marik said as he saw the look Ryou gave her.
"I don't think that he should hear this." She said as she looked at him. "Okay fine, but what I say is only the truth."
"Your back" Shizuka said as she approached them.
"This is Marik he is the one who's going to help us with Bakura and you remember Ryou?" She said
"Okay nice to meet you and hello again Ryou?" she smiled Marik just nodded his head as Ryou gave a faint smile.
"This was the one that I was telling you about that might be able to help Bakura," Ishizu said as Shizuka smiled and nodded, "Please in here." Ishizu said as she opened a door for them, they walked in then she closed the door behind them, "take a seat." She offered as she sat behind the desk.
"Okay, before the trial the angels that had taken Bakura put him in what we call Devil's Sleep."
"What!" Marik said frowning and Ryou looked at him. "I have only heard of it but I don't know much about it." He said.
"Well it's hard to explain what it is exactly." She lent forward. "What I do know is that he experienced…" she looked at Ryou.
"What?" Ryou asked.
"You… being tortured and dieing in front of him over and over again he was helpless to help you and I think that's why he's gone insane," Ryou stared in shock that his kind had come up with something like that.
"I want to see him now." Ryou stood up, "if that's what he has seen, then he needs to know that I'm here alive and well." Ryou looked down as his heart sank, that the dreams that he had were just that, dreams. He had hopped that Bakura was reaching out to him in some way for help.
"In time Ryou, but I need Marik to see Bakura first." She looked at him, as did Ryou.
"Why me and not Ryou?"
"Because… Bakura is quite insane at the moment, he kills everything that he sees moving. I have asked you because you can take him if he gets out of control with you." She lent even more forward towards Marik, "I'm sorry if this is confusing but someone might be listing to us." Marik just nodded his head.
"Fine but just to let you know that Bakura was insane before all of this." She gave him a look as she stood up.
"Bakura wasn't insane he never was." Ryou said with tears in his eyes defending his demon.
"I know Ryou I'm sorry, we'll see him and help him so we can take him home okay." Marik grabbed his hand as Ryou nodded his head.
"Do you want to do this or not?" Marik nodded as he stood up still holding Ryou's hand, he followed her out of the room. They walked to the next room inside Marik and Ryou saw what was like a blue thick fog in front of them. "In there is where you'll find Bakura but I warn you, he's not himself be on your guard." She warned letting him know that she was serious but she lent over a bit and whispered just so Marik could hear her. "Make sure to have a good look around so you know when you take him." She walked away.
"I just walk through there." Marik pointed.
"Yes and I'll watch you from here." Two men walked in with what looked like guns.
"Ryou if you like to see him you can on here." She pointed to the screens Ryou looked at it and held his breath but let it out as he couldn't see Bakura anywhere on the screens. "Don't worry he hides." She turned around "Okay Marik when you're ready. But remember talk to him let him know who you are try to re-jog his memory."
"Here goes." Marik sucked in a breath and then let the air puff his cheeks out before letting it all out, he then gave Ryou a wink as he walked forward into the mist, Ryou turned back looking at the screen biting his lip and his heart pounded in his chest.
Marik looked around as he walked coming out of the fog, a tree stood in front of him but he couldn't see Bakura anywhere. "Bakura?" he called out and walked to the tree.
He stopped and looked around still no Bakura but a growling came and before he knew it he was on the ground rolling over each other. "Bakura stop it it's me Marik." Marik knocked him off he got up and looked around Bakura was gone again. "Bakura, I've brought Ryou with me he wants to see you." Bakura came out of nowhere as he attacked him again. They both stumbled and Marik's back hit the tree and Bakura pulled down a vine and wrapped it around Marik's neck a few times putting his foot next to Marik's hip and pulled on the vine.
From the other room Ryou gasped, "He's going to kill Marik." He turned and ran for the mist Ishizu stopped him.
"You can't go in there." She said Ryou pushed her back.
"If Bakura kills Marik he'll never forgive himself."
"What if he kills you?"
"He won't kill me, I know it." Ryou ran through the mist and came out on the other side. Ryou ran forward to the tree, seeing Marik punch Bakura away as he pulled off the vine from around his neck, Bakura was back and slammed the back of Marik's head against the tree, he hit Marik across the jaw then brought back another one. This time Ryou stood in front of Marik and pushed him back.
"Stop it," Marik fell to the floor holding the back of his head, Bakura got up and growled as he lunged at Ryou, who whimpered as he was knocked against the tree. He lent in close eyes narrowed as they stared at each other.
/…Help me Ryou it's dark I can't see their doing this to me…/ the voice was faint in Ryou's mind.
TBC
And the plot thickens again. (Smiles and waves) R&R, my lovelies.
