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Chapter 7
Mokuba did stay in Taka's room throughout the day. He never left and Kioko brought his meals along with everyone else's. Mokuba ate in silence. He stared at his plate half the time. Until he did break the silence.
"Taka... do you think Seto will ever come back?" he asked quietly.
Taka dropped her fork.
"I... I don't know," she whispered as she recovered her fork.
Mokuba nodded. Bakura sat on the window sill.
"Lord Bakura," Kioko said, "don't you think that's dangerous?"
Bakura raised an eyebrow at the worried servant. He jumped off and went on the balcony.
"Hey Kioko!" he called from the balcony, "come here and I'll show you something dangerous."
Everyone went to the door of the balcony, except Malik who sat laughing on his bed. Bakura stood on it's railing. Kioko practically screamed.
"Bakura get down!" Taka ordered.
Bakura walked around on it.
"Why?" he asked with a smirk.
"Bakura!" Taka yelled again.
Below the peasants could be heard screaming. Sora and Ryou were down in the courtyard also.
"Bakura get down!" Ryou called.
Bakura laughed. Taka grabbed his arm in attempt to drag him down. Instead he grabbed her and dragged her up. She screamed and held his arm tight.
"Bakura! You and Taka get down!" Kioko exclaimed.
Bakura let go of Taka and she quickly caught her balance.Bakura walked on the rail again.
"Bakura!" Ryou called again, "get down from there."
"Unless you want to catch me little brother," Bakura threatened to jump.
The peasants screamed. Malik stood and walked over to the balcony. His legs were almost alright now. He held out his hand to Taka to help her down. She practically fell and he caught her. He smiled and her face flushed. Bakura's eyes searched the ground. A cart filled with hay was below. He smirked and spread his arms.
"Don't you dare!" Ryou threatened.
"I can't watch!" Sora buried her face in Ryou's chest.
"Don't be so worried brother," Bakura mocked, "Just because you're to wimpy to do something this stupid."
He kept his arms spread and jumped off the balcony. He landed in the hay with a laugh.
"You idiot!" Taka called from the balcony.
He looked up and smirked at her. She couldn't help but laugh at her friend. Bakura's father stormed out the palace doors into the courtyard.
"Bakura!" he exclaimed.
"Oh hi father," Bakura said as he looked at his father.
He grabbed Bakura's arm and dragged him from the cart.
"Come on young man," he growled while dragging his son into the castle.
Bakura kept grinning as he was dragged.
"Oh my gods!" Taka laughed, "he's so stupid."
"So childish," Sora complained.
"At least he's not a wimp!" Taka snapped from the balcony.
"Shut up!" Sora exclaimed.
Taka laughed at the blonde below and walked back into her room.
"The things you and him do Taka!" Kioko sighed.
"Like?" Malik asked with a smirk.
"They set a hay cart on fire, they covered Jinan's clothes in poison ivy, they filled Christine's bath water with water bugs, and they cut off Tanya's doll's heads and hung them on her wall," Kioko said, "and many more things."
Taka smirked at the thought of Tanya screaming when she found all her dolls destroyed. Malik stared at Kioko in disbelief.
"Sadly it's true," Kioko said.
Malik laughed. Mokuba grinned.
"I helped with a few of the things they did," he said proudly.
Taka sat on her bed.
"I wonder what his punishment will be... if he gets one," she said.
"Ugh! And you two and your excuses!" Kioko exclaimed.
"Why Kioko... we don't use excuses," Taka smirked.
Kioko rolled her eyes and laughed. Malik smiled at the princess warmly as she laughed with her maid. Mokuba grinned at Malik with an 'I know you like her' look. Malik avoided the little ones eyes.
xXx Bakura xXx
Bakura sat in the room he used while here. His father put him in there and bolted the door. He turned his head when he heard the door unbolt. Jinan walked in.
"What do you want?" Bakura growled.
Jinan just smirked.
"I know you know why I want you and Taka to marry," he said.
"So she'll leave," Bakura replied, "well it's not going to happen."
"If she doesn't leave... I'll have no use for her," Jinan brought out a little bottle.
"What's that?" Bakura growled.
"A little something that might slip into Taka's drink one night if you two don't marry, causing her to fall ill and die," Jinan laughed.
"You wouldn't dare," Bakura exclaimed as he stood.
"I would... even if you tell her or anyone else... I will do it," Jinan threatened, "this is the same stuff my dear late wife died from. I had no use for her either."
"You bastard!" Bakura snapped.
Jinan shook the bottle. Bakura sat down, giving up.
"So you behave... and besides no one will believe a crazy teen," Jinan laughed.
Bakura put his head in his hands.
"So do you agree?" Jinan asked.
Bakura mumbled something.
"What was that?" Jinan smirked.
"I said I do!" Bakura exclaimed, "like I have a choice!"
"Good boy," Jinan smirked and left the room.
Bakura put his head on the desk in the room.
"Taka," he whispered hopelessly, "I'm sorry... but it's to keep you safe from harm."