Evil forbidden love

By Tima, Yami's wife

Based on a fanart.

I don't own YuGiOh.

Chapter 15: Barely escaping with his life

After a long time, Bakura groaned in pain. He then felt a whip hit him on the chest. He yelled in pain and opened his eyes. He saw that he was chained to the wall by his wrist. His left arm was already cut and felt very painful. His shirt was off and his chest was covered with whip marks.

He looked and saw that Rex, Weevil, and Valon were the ones who had whipped him. Rex and Weevil were giggled in their annoying way while Valon looked very smug about what was going on. Bakura growled, "What the hell is this?"

Valon looked up. "Ah…the traitor awakens."

Rex and Weevil sniggered some more. Bakura just growled at them, making them shrink back. Valon rolled his eyes. "Knock it off, you idiots. He can't hurt you…not with the position he's in."

Bakura hissed. Valon chuckled evilly. "Mad, are we?"

Bakura just turned away. He then realized something. "Wait, how long have I been here?"

Valon raised his eyebrow but answered. "About a day and a half. Why?"

Bakura groaned in frustration. He knew he was alone. Pegasus and Ryou were long gone and Kaiba wouldn't come to rescue him. Also, the cloak would only work for half a day. As he was going over his options, he felt the hair on the back of his neck raise. He looked to his left and saw Malik entering. The albino growled and spat at his former master's feet. The vampire lord looked at the traitorous follower. "Still got an attitude, don't you?"

Bakura hissed and turned away. Malik nodded at Valon. The brown-haired vampire whipped Bakura across the chest, making him cry out in pain. Malik grinned evilly at the cry. "You'll keep getting whipped for as long as I tell them to. I like to torture my victims before I kill them."

Bakura chuckled evilly. "I'm supposed to be afraid of a few whips? You seem to have lost some of your mind over all these years."

That remark gave him another whip but he just grit his teeth and took it. Malik didn't like the fact that the albino didn't cry out. Going toward him, he pulled out his dagger. The dagger was glowing black and that made Bakura a little nervous. Smelling his fear, the vampire lord smirked evilly. "That's right. You recognize this dagger. I use it on traitors and human pets who deserve it."

Rex and Weevil didn't understand so Valon explained. "The dagger has a dark spell on it. For humans and vampires, a single touch makes the person feel like they're being burned alive."

The two young ones shrunk back in fear. Malik continued to go toward Bakura with the dark dagger. But as he raised the dagger to attack, Bakura surprised him by kicking him across the face. The evil vampire stumbled back, dropping the dagger, and growled, "You…"

Bakura just stared his old master down. "I'm not afraid of you anymore. Right now, only one thing matters to me…and it sure as hell isn't you."

Malik touched his bruise with the side of his hand and growled furiously. He then walked off, snapping his fingers. Rex, Weevil, and Valon grinned evilly as they approached Bakura, gripping their whips. Bakura glared at them but then started to scream in pain from all the whips.

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Anzu looked out the window into the night. She didn't understand why but she knew that Bakura was in trouble. She wanted to help him but she knew that she was useless as a human. As she continued to worry, Mana entered with a tray of food. "I got your dinner, miss. Master thought that you would like to be alone."

Anzu turned and asked, "Any sign of Bakura?"

Mana looked at her and shook her head. "No. If it's not too bold, I'm a little worried. The magic on the cloak is almost up. It ends when the sun rises in the morning."

Anzu bit her lip and turned back to the window. Mana sensed Anzu's worry and approached her. "Miss? Is there anything I can do for you?"

Anzu leaned on the window and felt a few tears falling. "Yes. Get Bakura back to me."

She slid down the ground and cried her eyes out. Mana went over and rubbed the older brunette's back. "You really love him, don't you?"

Anzu just nodded as she turned around and clutched Mana as she continued to cry. Mana held Anzu close, not knowing what to do.

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Two hours later, Malik returned to find the three vampire still whipping Bakura. The albino was still crying out in pain. His body and wings were covered with red marks. He laughed evilly as he snapped his fingers, making his three followers back down. He then approached the traitor and said, "Had enough?"

Bakura was too busy catching his breath in his pain to answer. Malik smirked evilly as he snapped his fingers again. The chains let Bakura go and he fell to the ground. He looked up and glared at his former master. Not liking the look, Malik kicked him across the face and nodded at Valon. The brown-haired vampire picked up the albino by his hair. Malik got down to the traitor's face level and hissed, "Enjoy these last few breaths." He then barked at Valon, "Follow me…and stay so that you know never to betray me."

Valon nodded as he followed his master, dragging Bakura by his hair. Rex and Weevil wanted to follow but they were too scared to witness the punishment. Valon continued to follow his master as they came to the very door at Kisara was. Raising his eyebrow, the cocky vampire asked, "You give your punishments here?"

Malik opened the door and nodded. "This is the perfect place. After all, once I kill them, I use their bodies for experiments…as I did with your old friend, Alister."

Valon slightly growled as they went into the room. He and Bakura saw that it resembled a lab. There were scientific instruments of every kind scattered along three tables. Along the walls were torture contraptions that made them shudder. But each were stunned by one specific thing. Valon dropped Bakura and rushed to a glass jar. "My god…"

Malik smirked. "Alister was good-looking so I decided to keep his head. The others I usually burn to ashes."

Valon swallowed hard and backed up. Bakura, on the other hand, was looking at the wall opposite to him. "Kisara…"

She was chained to the wall and looked dead. Thankfully, she was breathing but just barely. But what he shudder was the injury on her neck. There were two bite marks on her neck where someone had bit her. However, the rest of her neck was black and seemed to be tightening, making it hard for her to breath. Malik looked at her and grinned evilly. "My first trophy. I gave her a bite and she became infected. Who knows how much longer she has? Doesn't matter to me."

As Malik laughed evilly, Bakura looked at her and thought, 'Anzu, wait for me. I'm coming.'

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Back at Kaiba manor, Anzu was asleep from crying. Mana pulled the covers up to her chin and turned to see Kaiba standing in the corner. "She's growing worried…as I am."

Kaiba smirked. "You're worried about that pathetic albino?"

Mana hesitated with her answer but Kaiba gestured with his hand for her to answer. She looked down. "He's…interesting…different. He's not like Malik's other followers. He actually…has…"

Kaiba finished, "A heart?" Mana nodded as he looked out the window. "You're right. He hasn't lost all of his humanity." Then, looking at his clock, he scowled. "That jerk better hurry up. The cloak's magic only has an hour on it left."

Mana looked at Anzu and bit her lip, growing nervous.

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At that moment, Valon was chaining Bakura down to a table on his stomach. He then put clamps on the albino's wings, making him groan in pain. Grinning evilly, Malik slowly started to lower a chain. The clamps started to pull Bakura's wings. Bakura screamed in great pain as his whole body became paralyzed with pain. For the first time, tears came to his eyes in the physical pain of his wings being removed and emotional pain of never seeing Anzu again.

Valon's eyes grew wide as he watched. He started to back up but Malik's glare made him freeze. When blood became present, he grew sick to his stomach and went to the window, throwing up along the side. Rolling his eyes, Malik stopped, leaving Bakura still crying in his pain with his wings almost off his back, and went to his cocky follower. "You could look at mutilated corpses but you can't handle this. You're pathetic."

Valon growled and wiped his mouth. "I'm not used to torture sessions!"

Malik growled, "Well, get used to them!"

"What if I don't want to?"

As the two of them continued to argue, Bakura looked up at the table near him and saw a bottle of acid. He knew that it could free him and also felt that he still had control of his wings, even though he knew that he would probably never fly again. Thinking fast, he used the tip of his wing to knock the bottle on the chain that was holding his left hand. The metal corroded and he was free. He quickly undid the chain that had his right wrist and sat up. He freed his wings and quietly went to Kisara. Grimacing at his pain, he freed Kisara and held her close. She moved a little and coughed a little. He whispered, "Don't worry. I'm getting us out of here."

Still in great pain, he made his way out of the room and started to walk away. He knew that no one would stop him since they were in their coffins to hide from the sunlight. He then found the magic cloak and wrapped it around him, groaning at the pain when the cloak touched his wings. "Great…I'm practically useless…"

Suddenly he heard Malik screaming in his fury. Still in great pain, Bakura clutched Kisara close to him and ran. He didn't stop running until he made it out of the hideaway and was halfway to Kaiba's place. He stopped to catch his breath. He knew that no one would follow him because of the sun. That was when he felt heat hit his body. He groaned loudly and saw through the cloak that the sun was coming up. Swallowing hard, he started to walk the rest of the way.

A few times, he fell to his knees from the sun's heat and from the pain on his back and in his wings. Each time, he grew weaker. But he thought of Anzu and always got up and continued on. He still didn't fully understand what was going on with him but he was all right with that. "I need Anzu…" he finally murmured.

Finally he got in sight of Kaiba's place. Taking a deep breath, he sprinted into a run. But just before he got to the door, the cloak loosened and fell off him. He screamed from the sun and fell to his knees. He dropped Kisara and fell down fully, giving up. He felt his body burn and he fell unconscious from the pain.

Thankfully, Kaiba watched what happened from the window. He quickly went out and grabbed Kisara. Mana followed and dragged Bakura into the manor, away from the sun. Kaiba followed with Kisara in his arms. "He made it. The stupid idiot made it."

Mana grimaced at Bakura's burns and wrecked wings. "He's lucky he's here. If you hadn't seen him…he would have died."

Kaiba held Kisara close to him. "He will die if we don't get him treatment. Get the nurses! Quick!"

Mana nodded and raced off to find them. Looking at Kisara, Kaiba smirked and kissed her forehead. "Don't worry, my love. I'll save you."

Just then, Mana came back with two nurses. The nurses picked up Bakura and carried him off. Mana was about to follow when she thought of something. "What should I tell Anzu?"

Kaiba thought of that for a moment. "Tell her that he's here but only let her see him after we know that he'll live."

Mana nodded and went to tell Anzu the news. Kaiba immediately went to his lab to cure Kisara's infection.

Just to let you readers know, I am open to any and all ideas you have for upcoming chapters.