Konnichi wa minna. Thank you so much for all the awesome reviews. And like I promised, here is the new chapter. I made it as long as I possibly could on such short notice. Oh yeah HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY USA! The fire works are so pretty tonight. Hope you guys got to see them.
So anyways I have decided to do things a little different from now on. For now on I will have longer chapters, and will be answering all reviews and questions that you give me. I need to something in my spare time.
Anyways I really enjoyed this chapter. Not much humor but its still pretty good. Oh yeah, Yugioh does not belong to me, but all the other characters do. Mwahahaha. I am going to try and draw Kyofu for you all so you all get a vague idea what she looks like kay. well anyways here is the thank yous to all my reviewers.
LPGURL: Yup Ryou is definitely strong. I can't stand it when people make characters out to be weak. So I just had to spicen up the attitude a little. Heh heh. Yup got the ten reviews. Thank you very much. Happy independence day mew.
Dreamcherry66: :hugs: thank you. I am glad to know you liked the story. Hopefully this chapter will be just as successful.
LunaBakura-chan: I know what you mean. Who wouldn't drool over a topless bakura. I am already drooling though I love Youko-kun more. heh heh.
FicFan3484: I know it would be creeping but then again it would be freaking awesome. Then I could drive people nuts twice as much with two me's.
Rira-chan: Yup another great chapter. I will try to keep them all just as good.
Shinigami: Definitely, abuse is no joke. It fucks peoples mindsup. I am glad you like this story. I hope to keep you as a reviewer as well. Thank you very much for the review.
Ryu-chan: Yup, a lot of things are not accurate in this story. :sweatdrop: but I was never good in history oh well. I don't think they even had doors back then. But we shall pretend a little kay. I always get bad scores in history. heh heh. oh well. But I shall try and make these a little more believable. Like maybe I won't make volcanoes in Egypt anymore. That is definitely not accurate. :sweatdrop:
Taikai no za Kokoro: I had the very same reactions. I think the last sentence in my story was the most fluffiest thing I ever wrote. :grins: please keep reviewing. It makes me exceptionally happy.
AnimeLoverAngel: Yup kyofu is a little...off. Eh heh heh. Sorry, she and Akuun were my first made up characters. I just love making my characters have a little comedy to them. It livens things up. Heh heh. :sweatdrop: She acts a lot like me so thats where she gets it from. I was also drowning in drool at the thought of a bare chested Bakura. Ah sweet bakura but alas, my heart belongs to my precious Youko Kurama.
T. Lei: Thanks for cheering me on for my fanfic. It is greatly appreciated. Now now, don't think Bakura-kun is out of Ryou's league yet. You all know how I love throwing in a few curve balls. heh heh. Just read and find out how it goes.
Black kitsune veela: Hey I like your name Ilove foxes heh heh. Anyways thanks for reviewing some of the chapters for me. It truly does make me feel better. Yup I made the game up myself. Took me three whole minutes to come up to what game I could make. :sweatdrop: anyways, yup I know about the thieving thing that applies of today. Heh heh, got a friend who is quite err great at getting mangas for free at the mall. Err...don't tell him I said that, he'll kill me for telling. O.o
Well thats everything. Enjoy egyptian wish. Bai bai.
PRESENT TIMES:
Yami's P.O.V.
I was worried. Yugi had gone for at least three days now from what his grandfather had told me. It didn't make sense. Yugi didn't tell anyone where he was going or anything. Turns out Ryou was missing as well.
I sighed. 'What the hell is going on' I thought as I finally got home from searching for Yugi and Ryou. Everybody was worried about the two. Joey and the others had said the last they heard from Yugi was on the phone. Yugi had wanted them to play a new game of some kind but everyone had been too busy.
Yugi wasn't one to just up and leave without telling anyone. That just wasn't like him. I searched Yugi's room once more to find any clues about the where abouts of my little hikari but still found none. All trace of the young boy was gone. His light, everything. The only thing that still some what held his touch was a game on the floor where both he and Ryou had most likely last been.
I sighed once more before sitting down before the game. Maybe I should check it out I thought. I slowly picked up a deck of cards and started looking through it. Then I looked at the rest of the game. Nothing. That is all I thought until I saw a golden tomb in the middle of the game.
My eye brows raised. 'Strange I don't remember seeing that before' I thought before opening the tomb. What I saw made my eyes widen. There in the tomb were two small statue figures. Yugi and Ryou. 'What the hell!' I thought as I stared at the figures. Every last details was carved into the figures.
Suddenly there was a bang on the door out front. I jumped at the unexpected noise before silently cursing as I stood up. I then walked down the stairs from Yugi's room to the front door where some one was still hitting it.
I then opened it causing the three people that had been standing behind it to fall into a big heap on the floor. My eyes once again widened.
"Tomb robber, what the hell are you doing here!" I asked in complete and utter surprise. Bakura gave me a sneer as he stood up. Behind him Malik and Marik got up and brushed invisible dust off themselves.
"I'm here for Ryou, I sensed that his presence had disappeared and I want to know why," Bakura said as he glared at me. I blinked. 'But Bakura had been in Egypt, how on earth could he have even sensed Ryou?' I thought to myself.
"Well where is he," Bakura asked.
"Why the hell would you care Tomb robber, I seemed to remember you LEFT him after years of TORTURING him, if anything I would think you would be jumping for joy if he had disappeared." I said, emphasizing some of my words in the sentence. Bakura snorted.
"Damn it you fucked up pharaoh, I didn't ask you for your opinion about Ryou and I, I asked for you to tell me where the hell Ryou is, now where is he," Bakura growled. My eyes I bet looked ready to pop out of their sockets. 'Is Bakura actually worried about Ryou' I thought looking at him.
"I don't know," I said in a low tone. I saw Bakura's eyes flash with rage.
"You don't know where my hikari is," Bakura roared, his voice burning with unleashed anger. 'Since when did he start calling Ryou his hikari' I thought, feeling almost amused.
"No I don't, I don't know where he is, and I also don't know where Yugi is, I have been looking for them for four days now." I said, my voice low and laced with concern. I saw Bakura's eyes widen twice their size.
"YOU STUPID BASTARD, NOT ONLY DID YOU LOOSE MY HIKARI, BUT YOU ALSO LOST YOUR OWN, HOW COULD YOU BE SO CARELESS," Bakura screamed in anger.
"SHUT THE HELL UP, ITS NOT LIKE I ABANDONED MY HIKARI AND LEFT FOR EGYPT WITH ANOTHER MAN LIKE YOU DID," I thundered back with just as much anger. I watched as Bakura's eyes narrowed into slits.
"I didn't abandon him, I left him with you where he would be safe, but I guess I should have known better then to trust you to take care of my hikari, when you to not even be able to take care of your own." Bakura said, venom dripping from his voice while his bangs shadowed over his eyes.
I felt my eyes look at the floor. 'Bakura was right about what he said. I should have been there with the two. I should have been watching over them but instead I had went off to go explore the city and decided to have fun and defeat Kaiba like I usually do, I should have been protecting them.'
"Bakura, I believe yelling at the pharaoh won't help Ryou at the moment, we should try and figure out where he is," Malik said in a reasonable tone. Bakura looked over at Malik before taking a deep breath and nodding.
I blinked. 'Bakura's changed, normally he would be blind to all reason that was said to him but now he is actually listening to rational thoughts and not ignoring it.' I thought, once more surprised.
"Alright then, I am going to use the millennium ring to locate where the other ring and puzzle was at last." Bakura said.
"Bakura, I thought Ryou had the millennium ring," I inquired. Bakura rolled his eyes.
"You seriously don't think I couldn't make a duplicate of it did you, you moron." Bakura said in a dry voice. I blinked and shook my head. 'Whatever.' I thought.
Bakura then took out his millennium ring and waited a moment for it to detect the other millennium items. Soon it was pointing up to the Yugi's room. We all walked upstairs. I looked at Malik and Marik. Both had been relatively silent during this whole time.
'I thought Bakura only went with marik to Egypt, when did he find Malik' I thought absent mindly to myself. 'Ra can this day get anymore confusing I asked silently. Soon we were in front of the game that Yugi and Ryou had played.
"Hey I know that game," Marik said cheerfully. I looked at him with wide eyes.
"Hm I do as well, I wonder how Ryou and Yugi got their hands on it," Bakura said in wonder. Malik nodded.
"What exactly does this game do," I asked, feeling kind of curious. Bakura ignored my question, he instead bent down and opened the tomb I had opened earlier and found the figures of both Yugi and Ryou.
"Just as I expected," Bakura murmured. 'Okay now I am definitely confused, and damn it I hate being confused,' I thought with annoyance. Malik decided it was his time to explain what this game was.
"Yami this game is called Egyptian wish, besides duel monsters, this game was also played very often, this type of game had the power to grant any wish to the winner as long as it was pure, normally only people of high rank could play this game, but only if they had a good reason to," Malik explained to me.
I nodded. But there was something I couldn't get. Something was out of place here.
"Malik, I get what your saying and all but there is something wrong with this picture, Yugi and Ryou were the only two playing this game, why are they BOTH gone then," I asked. Bakura, Malik, and Marik shared a look and nodded.
"Because there was a draw," Bakura explained softly as he stared at the Ryou figurine. I stared at the once tomb robber. He was so different in personality then he used to be it was almost unreal.
"Bakura, why did you come here," I asked seriously. Bakura looked at me dead in the eye and said something I would never expect from him.
"Because he is the only thing here keeping me sane."
Ryou's P.O.V. Ancient Egypt
I felt so light, as if I were floating in air. It felt so nice, as if it were some sort of dream, I didn't want to wake up either, so I kept my eyes closed, as if to try and cling on to the feeling by faking sleep. I could feel Bakura's strong arms carrying me to my room. I sighed and smiled while snuggling into Bakura's chest.
'He's never carried me before' I thought silently to myself. I felt his arms tighten around me as he climbed a pair of stairs.
"Now where is that room of his again," I heard Bakura mutter to himself as he looked around. "Akuun, where is Ryou's room," I heard Bakura ask.
"Oh his room is that door right over there Bakura," Akuun said politely.
"Alright then, thanks," Bakura said to Akuun before he began walking again. Soon we arrived at my door and then we were now inside my room. 'I wonder where Yugi is' I thought silently to myself. I felt myself put down softly on my cot and then felt the covers pulled over me.
"You did very well today Ryou, I must say, I have never seen anyone, not even Kyofu run for so long and still keeping up with me, I'm impressed, you'll make a good thief," Bakura said to me. I rolled over so I was now lying on my belly, that way I could smile into my pillow.
I heard Bakura chuckle before feeling his fingers lightly stroke my hair. I couldn't help but blush at his touch. He was touching me as if I was fragile glass and if he put on the slightest bit of pressure, then I would break. The Bakura I remembered had never been so gentle.
"Ra I'm beat, I don't think I could even possibly walk, my legs hurt," I heard Bakura whine. I unconsciously moved a little to the left, so that way there would be more room in the cot. I then heard Bakura yawn and then heard some sort of shifting.
"I then felt a big weight fall on my back making me give out an eep. I then blinked before completely opening my eyes to look at what fell on me. There, on my back was a lightly snoring Bakura, his head resting on the middle of my back while the rest of him was curled up next to me.
I couldn't help but giggle. Bakura had always had the strangest sleeping positions. Sometimes he would fall asleep sitting up on the couch with a piece of pocky was in his mouth and his right hand holding the pocky while the other hand held the box to his stomach like a pillow. It was adorable.
I shook my head and lightly laughed as I turned over so now Bakura was lying on my stomach. I lightly brushed my fingers through the thief's hair. His hair was quite tangled from the earlier activity. I sighed and looked up at the ceiling.
'I wonder how Yugi and I will possibly get back home, or for that matter, how will Yugi learn more about the pharaoh.
Just then an loud alarm went off throughout the whole hideout.
"What the hell," I heard Bakura scream as he got up. After a second of listening to the alarms he must have realized what was happening, cause his eyes widened and he grabbed my arm and started hauling me up.
"Bakura what is going on," I shouted over the blazing alarms that were going off.
"The pharaoh's bastard guards have found our hide out, we have to hide, tell me, where is your hiding room," Bakura asked me quickly.
"In the closet," I replied hurriedly. Bakura gave me a strange look before rushing us to the closet. He hurriedly opened the door and searched the floor of the closet. Soon I saw his hand grab a latch and watched as he opened a hidden door way.
"Quick shut the door," Bakura yelled. I shut the door before walking over to him. "Get inside," Bakura said. As I quickly climbed down a rope ladder I looked up, Bakura was coming down as well. Soon my feet landed on hard ground and I heard Bakura land behind me.
I then felt my eyes widen. 'Oh no, what about Yugi, he's still up there somewhere.
"Bakura I have to go back, my friend Yugi is still up there somewhere," I said, about to climb back up on the ladder.
"Don't be stupid, if they find you you'll get kidnaped or worse, murdered, the fact that you look almost just like me will make them think they are killing me," Bakura said as wrapped his arm around my waist.
"But I got to go find Yugi," I said angrily, trying with all my might to get out of Bakura's grasp. Suddenly I heard the door to my room opening and both Bakura and I stilled.
"Look everywhere and take whatever you find," I heard some unknown person say.
"Yes sir," I heard a few others say in unison. Silently Bakura picked me up and took me to a shadowed corner of the place we were in now. I looked at Bakura but he just stared up at the door of our hiding spot silently.
For a whole hour we stayed down there, waiting for the men to leave. The alarm had long since stopped, most likely the person who had been sounding the alarm had been captured. I felt tears prick my eyes as I thought about Yugi.
'Why did this have to happen, Ra please don't let anything happen to Yugi, I had vowed to protect him, please don't make me go back on my word' I silently prayed. Finally everything was silent but Bakura refused to let us leave just yet. For three hours I think, we stayed underground. After waiting an extra half an hour Bakura helped me up the ladder, saying it should be safe now. I quickly climbed the rope, wanting to find Yugi as soon as possible.
Only thing is, at that moment I didn't get the chance to look for Yugi because as soon as I got out of my hiding spot, something grabbed me and put its hand over my mouth. I made a muffled scream and I heard Bakura scramble up the rope ladder.
I saw a man with a spear standing outside the hideout ready to kill Bakura who was just about to come out. I quickly bit my enemies hand so that way I could speak.
"BAKURA WATCH OUT," I screamed in sheer terror just as Bakura's head popped out of the hideout. I saw him duck out of the way from the approaching spear, causing the man with the spear to tumble.
Bakura punched the man in the stomach before throwing him down the hole. There was a sickening crack when I heard the man land, causing me to momentarily wince. I then saw Bakura jump out of the whole and stare at the man who captured me.
I had to do something. Bakura and I were completely surrounded be men. I had to get away and fast. I then remembered something. Bakura had been training me with daggers earlier and had been showing me where the weakest parts of the body was. I still had a few daggers left.
I took in a deep breath before doing what Bakura, a few years ago, had taught me to do. This was only for emergencies and damn straight this was a Ra damned fucking emergency. I quickly leaned my lower body forward, then swiftly I kicked my captor's stomach while at the same time grabbing a pick pocket dagger from the very same shoe that I had kicked the man with.
It was a handy little trick that Bakura had showed me that way I wouldn't get hurt by bullies as much. Usually I just kick the bastards and run away but I couldn't this time so I had to use the pick pocket Bakura had made me buy. Never thought I would need it though. 'Thanks Bakura' I thought silently.
The man I kicked and a few others came at me, I grabbed a long dagger that the Bakura from this time had strapped to my back. This was starting to get interesting. I saw Bakura smirk proudly before taking out his own daggers. I smiled. 'I will make Bakura proud of me, if it's the last thing I do' I thought.
Then the battle began. I put on an emotionless mask even though I was scared out of my mind. I had never been in a battle like this before. And I don't think I had enough training for it either, but then again I have Bakura watching my back, I can't be a wimp, I gotta prove to him that I am stronger then I let on.
I put on a playful smirk and waited for the first guy to come to me, I dodged his spear with accurate speed and then I cut at his thighs with my pick pocket, I then kicked him in the side which caused him to fall over. I then went onto the next guy. There were 6 guys in this room so I just needed to take down three and Bakura had three as well.
I ducked from an oncoming glave that had suddenly come at me but the thing kept coming at me. I clenched my teeth as I kept trying to dodge. A glave was both long and close distance weapon, so it was quite hard to avoid. I then saw an opening. I then kicked the stick part of the glave away from me and then used the long dagger to cut a long line across the soldiers stomach.
I then elbowed the man in the back before going onto the next man. The man came straight at me with another spear. The guy was pretty fast though so it was harder to dodge. I was then caught off guard when the warrior had kicked his feet under mine causing me to fall back.
I felt my eyes widen as I watched as the spear seemed to come at me in slow motion. Just as the man was about to strike me a dagger came out of nowhere and pierced the man right in the heart. I gulped as I watched his eyes widen in terror as he fell, broken to the floor.
I trembled slightly as I stood up, not taking my eyes off the now dead soldier. I felt a hand on my shoulder but I ignored it.
"Don't pity him Ryou, he knew that he might not get out of this alive, he does not want your sympathy." I heard Bakura's voice say. I only nodded, not fully understanding what he was saying as I stared into those lifeless orbs that were once filled with life.
I felt something wet on my face that was sort of agitating my skin so I moved my hand to wipe it off and see what it was. Red crimson blood that was not mine. But the blood of the man that lay before me.
"Come on Ryou, lets go find your friend, and see if anyone else survived or is still here at least." Bakura said grabbing my wrist. I only nodded to what he had to say as he dragged me out the door from all the carnage.
"Thank you Bakura...for saving me," I said finally after Bakura had checked the third room we had come across. So far we had found no one. Bakura turned to look at me and then gave me a smirk.
"Well I couldn't have such a promising young thief die if there was something I could do to prevent it now could I," Bakura said. I didn't smile at what he said. Only frowned. Back at home, whenever Bakura would save me from a bully he'd tell me that he couldn't let such a great slave die if there was something he could do to prevent it.
'Is that all I am good for, to be used as some sort of tool, am I really that useless to myself' I thought sadly. Bakura seemed to figure out that something was wrong with me because stopped walking which caused me to bump into him.
"Ryou is something wrong," Bakura asked. 'I wonder why he's being so nice to me' I thought to myself while say no at the same time. Bakura sighed before walking again. So far we had searched 18 rooms and still not a single soul in sight. I had to close my eyes most of the time.
There had been blood splashed on the walls like newly used paint. It was also on the floor. Everywhere. It was almost always the same in each room. It was sickening to my stomach. Soon we came upon Bakura's room. The door had been ripped right off its hinges.
Bakura looked around as did I. Everything was everywhere. Weapons, blankets, everything. I watched as Bakura clenched his fists.
"Kyofu, are you in here," Bakura called. He searched around.
"Bakura, is that you," came a meek voice. I looked around as did Bakura trying to find where the sound had come from. Soon we were both standing in front of a turned over table. Bakura sighed before moving the table.
As soon as the table had been completely removed, a door opened from under it, like in the closet, and Kyofu's green hair came into view as well as her face.
"Bakura, I am so glad your okay," Kyofu cried as she ran into Bakura's open arms. I watched as Bakura hugged the girl close and murmured comforting words to her. I looked down. 'Bakura had never done that for me. Kyofu is so lucky.' I thought, feeling a painful sensation sink into my heart.
I turned my head away from the two lovers to look around. I then saw something unexpected. Yugi's backpack!
"Kyofu, do you know where Yugi is," I asked as I stared up at the emerald haired women. The woman burst into tears as she nodded. I felt a cold hand clutch at my heart as I stared at her.
"Did something bad happen to him," I asked softly, hiding my teary eyes under my bangs, so that way no one would see my tears.
"They took him, him and Akuun, and I couldn't do anything, the table had weighed too much for me to get out to go help. Yugi was screaming so loudly for you Ryou, and I, I was so scared, and I couldn't save him, oh Ryou I'm so sorry," Kyofu cried. I just nodded.
Tears now flowed freely down my face. Yugi, the only person who had actually really cared about me besides my little sister. The only true friend I ever really had was now gone. Kidnaped by some bastard. I clutched my hands into fists.
"Don't cry Kyofu, it wasn't your fault, I should have went to go look for Yugi straight after my training, I was his guardian, not you, so it was my fault and I will take full responsibility for it. Yami trusted me with Yugi and so did all the others. I won't blame you, but I can not just stand here. I have to go find Yugi, so I guess I am leaving now, see you around," I said as my tears finally dried.
"You can't go out there alone Ryou, its too dangerous, besides the guards at the pharaohs palace will kill you on the spot if they see you, I can't allow that to happen," Kyofu said tearfully. I glared at her.
"Kyofu, this is my responsibility, I vowed to Yugi that I would protect him no matter what and I am not backing down from it. Yugi is one of the purest and most innocent person I have ever met, even when things got rough he still stood by me and his friends, now its time for me to return the favor." I said in a determined voice.
"Then I am going with you, as both your boss and as your friend Ryou, I won't allow you to go alone unprotected, you might be the guardian of Yugi, Ryou, but I am the guardian of you, and if you don't like it then tough luck cause I am staying with you the whole way through, besides, my brother is with Yugi, I have to save his dumb ass anyways," Kyofu stated firmly, though there was an amused light in her eyes. I just gaped at her. I then sighed.
"There is no possible way of getting rid of you is there," I asked hopelessly.
"Nope," Kyofu said, grinning.
"I will go as well, I can not have my fiancé or one of the best thief in training I have ever seen go off alone, so I am going as well," Bakura stated. I sighed. 'Damn them and their stubbornness.' I thought silently to myself.
"Okay then, lets go," I said. And just like that, we started the adventure of our lives. Now we go onward to see what will possibly happen next.
Konnichi wa minna-san. So what did you think. I wrote more then usual so that way I could keep the story more interesting and attract more reviews. Okay the price range for the next chapter is...15 REVIEWS. I can't help it. You guys had reviewed so fast that now my hands hurt from writing. So now I shall wait till I get 15 reviews. My shoulders hurt too. Sides its a holiday, can you give this poor blonde a break. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW. bai bai.