That night Ryou was unable to sleep, the worry of his friends seemed to bring forth the fury in his skull. He spent most of the night holding his head and breathing slowly, wishing the pain away.
Why did his head always have to ache so? It wasn't long before his fourth awakening from possibly 20 minutes of sleep. He groaned softly and shook his head slowly. The fury was ever-still present and obviously, quite furious. Marik sat up slowly and yawned slightly. "Ryou?" He asked softly, hugging his pale lover.
Ryou nuzzled into Marik's arms. "Marik...my head hurts..." he mumbled softly. Marik nodded. "Want me to get you something to make the hurting stop?" he asked carefully, rubbing Ryou's back slowly. Ryou nodded. "Y-yes please..." he mumbled, looking down.
Marik chuckled softly and shook his head. "Dont feel ashamed...it's just a little trip to the bathroom." he said getting up and leaving, moments later returning with a small glass of water, and two white tablets. "Just put these in your mouth and drink the water." He instructed.
Ryou nodded and obediantly took the pills, sighing when he'd finished the water. "I'm so worried...Yugi...Ootogi...will they be ok?" Marik kissed Ryou's forehead. "I'm sure they will Ryou, before I went to bed, their condition seemed to have stabilized..." he murmured, pulling Ryou gently down to lay next to him on the bed.
Ryou smiled sleepily, despite his throbbing head and nuzzled into Marik's chest. "I...I'm sorry I have to share your bed..." he said after a moment, which he was rewarded with a soft snortingchuckle. "Most humans like it when their mates share their beds..." he said kissing Ryou's cheeks. "I just never thought to ask, you seemed just fine in the fishtank."
Ryou grumbled. "I'm not a fish."
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Selene sighed slightly, watching the two lovers sleep. "Posey...aren't they darling?" she cooed smiling. "My little moonbeams, he's grown so..." she said shaking her head. Poseidon rolled his eyes. "Women.." he murmured grunting when he was elbowed harshly. "Oh for the sake of the heavens WHAT!" he grumbled glaring. Selene clicked her tongue and shook her head. "You're so insensitive. You're the one who had to kidnap him and incarnate him into flesh..." she grumbled. "You could at least be proud of it!"
Poseidon sighed. "I said I was sorry!" he said raising his hands. "I know you didn't want him to have lived..." Selene nodded. "He wasn't meant to..." she said softly, brushing the palehaired teen's hair softly. "I was so proud of him...the day he was formed. He was so small that day..." she cooed as though Ryou could hear her.
"My precious little twilight harmony..." Poseidon sighed. "It's not as if he's gone forever, just a few short years." he said calmly. "The children of the sea never live more than a century or two." Selene nodded. "The blinking of an eye, but he will know emotions of the living Posey. He will know regret, no matter how long it takes before he is released from these earthly binds, he will remember such things."
Poseidon nodded slowly. "I realize...I never meant for him to leave the sea...being among the mortals of the land introduced such things much harsher than the children of the sea could." He sat on the bed next Selene.
"Worse than any corruption of 'regret'...is he'll have known love, and heartbreak." She sighed. "This mortal will not live forever...and once he is gone, he's Hades' toy." Once again she brushed bangs from the slumbering eyes of Ryou. "Perhaps I can bargain for this mortal once his time arrives..." Poseidon said calmly. "I wronged you, and I shall be the one to right things...but I believe we're here for reasons other than admiring lost treasures." he added calmly. "There are two children of the sea, who need our forgiveness."
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Yugi groaned and woke slowly, shaking his head. "Ouch..." he mumbled sitting up slowly. Ootogi smiled. "Yugi...are you ok?" he asked softly, swimming over and gently hugging the other teen. "I...I'm sorry...I never mean to hurt your feelings..." he added softly, kissing Yugi's cheek. "I swear I will try my best to make sure you're never upset like that again..."
Yugi groaned and nuzzled into Ootogi. "It's ok...I'm sorry too...I was just so furious...I always feel like a child when you talk to me..." he mumbled hugging Ootogi back. "But...i-it seems that the gods have given us forgiveness for acting so stupidly...so lets try our best to live the rest of our lives in...relative harmony."
"You're both ok!" Ryou gasped, rubbing the sleep from his eyes and running along the steel walkways to the edge of the tank, stripping and diving into the tank tackling his friends and hugging tightly. "Oh Neptune I was so worried!" he said shaking his head.
Both mermen yelped from various sore areas being squashed against their affectionate friend.
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The four, now humans, ate in awkward silence. "So...um..." Yugi stammered slightly, enjoying his breakfast immensely. "I...see you've mated a human..." Ootogi said calmly. Ryou blushed and looked away. "I cant go back..." he mumbled after a moment. "I promised to stay...Marik...he's taken such good care of me...he's given up everything, just to keep me safe..."
Yugi nodded. "I see..." he said softly, though he looked downtrodden. "So...I suppose that means you...are staying on the land..." he said softly. Ryou nodded slowly. Marik looked at the three teens awkwardly. "I'll take good care of him...I'm sure we could work out something so he could come visit you." He added calmly. Ootogi nodded. "It would have to be done discreetly...if Yami heard of Ryou's little escapades on the land, he'd be banished." Yugi gasped and shook his head. "That would be awful!"
Ryou shuddered. "Well...hopefully I wont be caught..." he mumbled picking at his pancakes, not particularly hungry. His head wasn't throbbing anymore, just the dull ache he'd become accustomed to, but it robbed him of his appetite today.
Ootogi gave Ryou a worried look. "You know I hate it when...you stop eating..." he said worriedly. Yugi frowned. "Is it the fury again?" he asked softly. Ryou nodded. "Yes..." Marik raised an eyebrow. "what is the 'fury'?" he asked, now looking at Ryou worriedly, beginning a morning examination despite Ryou's squeaks of disapproval.
Ootogi chuckled at Ryou's predicament. "The fury is an ailment some merfolk get...it lasts years sometimes..." he explained. "Sometimes all it is, is horrible pain in the head, other times..." he paused and looked away. "it has a more grim result..."
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There was a soft cooing of approval as Destiny examined the fabric of time. "Eternity, dont you think Future's quilt is divine?" she said looking over the eldest sister's patterned cloth. "Oh my yes..." The youngest of the three fates said peering over her elder's shoulder. "But...the gods have caused my quilt to become tangled and frayed." Future mumbled, examining a stray silver thread. "That silly fight over Twilight Harmony is getting on my last nerve. Now they've sent in two children of the sea to retrieve the annoyance." She grumbled, carefully intwining the red and green threads amongst the silver, gold and cobalt. "This whole quilt is beginning to infuriate me." she added weaving intricately.
Eternity chuckled softly, pulling the loose thread of silver. "Then let us remove the problem." She said pulling the string tightly. "As the fates, it IS our duty to determine the ends to all means."
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Ryou gasped softly, holding his head. "Ahhh...my head..." he mumbled holding his head and groaning. Marik stopped examining Ryou and felt his head. "You're burning up!" he said picking Ryou up and cradling his lover. "I think we need to get you to a doctor...your headache should have left hours ago..."
Yugi and Ootogi followed, worried for the safety of their friend.
It didn't take long for the group to reach the hospital, and Ryou clutched Marik, the pain evident on his face. "Just hold on Ryou, you'll be ok..." Marik cooed, filling out paperwork. He'd have to forge some paperwork now...but regardless the trouble, he'd protect his sea angel with all of him.
Ootogi and Yugi followed quietly, trying to remain focused, despite all the strange devices around them.
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The examination took hours, test after test coming up negative, until finally a doctor suggested an emergency catscan.
At this point, Marik had already called Jono, and was just now on the phone with Seto. "Seto, you have to help, it's Ryou..."
Seto blinked as Marik explained that Ryou was in pain. He winced and looked down. He couldn't help the twinge of guilt and pain, remembering how Ryou had been so content near him. "Is he going to be ok?" he asked softly, standing and heading to the door of his office.
He'd go to Ryou...he couldn't just stand idly by anymore...even though he'd tried to remain mad at the sweet merboy, he just couldn't do it...Mokuba had made too many points. "Mokuba!" he called, "Come on! We're going to the hospital!"
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Marik sighed hanging up the phone and sitting in the waiting room, looking around on edge. Yugi and Ootogi sat next to eachother, looking at eachother nervously, as though they felt vulnerable.
"Marik Ishtar?" A nurse called. Marik stood quickly, trembling slightly from anxiety. "Yes?" he asked quickly, hurrying over to the nurse. The woman sighed softly, she hated this part of the job. "Well...there's some good news, and some bad..." she said calmly. "The good news...is that we've figured out what is causing the pain...the badnews is it might be too late to save him..."
Marik's eyes widened. "W-what...?" He said breathlessly. The nurse nodded. "He's got a rather large aneurysm..." She said looking at her notes. "It...it's in a nearly inacessable area of the brain, the chances of opperation success are high...but the mortality rate...is as well. Add on that the doctors estimate he'll die within the hour if no treatment is given..."
Marik stared at the woman, numb. "Die...h-he cant die!" he said grabbing her shaking his head. "Please! Do whatever you need to! You cant let him die! Where is he!" he pleaded, tears welling in his eyes. The nurse frowned. "The surgery will cost a lot of money...he has no insurance...you realize this?" she said calmly. "To hell with it! PLEASE! Help him!" Marik wailed. The nurse nodded. "I'll tell the doctors to begin immediatly, his room is 209...you have 3 minutes." she said, barely able to finish the sentance before Marik was off.
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Marik gasped for breath, coming into the room, which was still crowded with doctors. "Ryou!" he said, at this point sobbing. The youth was in sedative-induced sleep, his features completly serene. Marik leaned over the bed, wiping his eyes. "Ryou...oh Ryou...it'll be ok...I...I promise..." he whispered hugging the sleeping teen, listening to the familiar beat of his heart...the soft breathing. "When this is over...we'll go home...we'll go home, I'll cook your favorite dinner, and we'll watch movies on the couch together.." he said running a hand through Ryou's hair. "You...you have to be strong Ryou...you can do it..."
The doctor touched Marik's shoulder, the indigo-eyed scientist wiped his eyes. "Dont let him die..."
AN :
Sorry it took SO long to update. I got caught up in life...damn thing always comes up at inconvienant times.
this chapter was for Aphroditelove, last chapter was for O.S.Acious. Next chapter is dedicated to V son sayian etc etc...
Also, I'd like you all to do me a BIG BIG favor. Join the new Ragnarok Server I play. It's free, it's fun, it's ANIME...and chances are if I havent updated, you can kick my ass on it until I do. (what else could be better than kicking Mally-chan's ass?"
