Hi sorry for the long wait. i was busy with another story (Spirit dragon) another bronzeshipping story and i was having to go into hospital alot so, yea it's taken a while, also the next part will be up really soon probebly in a couple of hours since this took so long to get up. Anyway enjoy. :)

Everything seemed to have gone in slow motion for Bakura, one moment he was standing, talking to Marik, the next there was a loud noise, resulting in him being pushed to the ground with something heavy on top of his stomach, as he pushed the weight off of him he noticed that it was Marik, he then noticed something wet on his hands, he looked down and found out it wasn't water, it was blood, panic rushed through Bakura as he crawled closer to Marik, as he looked closer Marik's unconscious body, he then realized, that the blood was coming from the side of Marik's head. (1)

Bakura shook Marik's shoulder lightly "Marik can you hear me" he said while trying to keep the panic out of his voice, when he got no answer he decided to swallow his pride then shouted/scream "HELP! SOMEONE, PLEASE HELP!"

He didn't have to wait long because his friends found him and ran towards him, it only took one look from them both to send Yami phoning an ambulance and Kaiba to go on a murderous rampage and it took all of his willpower not to go psycho.

"Helps on the way" Yami said while trying to keep his voice even

Bakura wasn't listening he was to busy taking off his jacket and wrapping it around Marik's head, not to tight, but not to loose.

"Ba…ku…ra" Marik gasped out in a whisper while trying to move his head.

"Marik, just hold on, help's on the way, just try not to move so much, please" Bakura managed to say without trying to cry as well.

"No…I have…to say it…now"

"What is it?"

"Bakura…I…love…" he passed out before he could say anything

"MARIK?" Bakura screamed, screw his reputation he was watching his lover die right before his eyes and he didn't give a dam if someone had put it in a magazine "wake up please, don't go dying on me now" he couldn't stop the tears that were starting to appear in his eyes.

"Kaiba stay with him I'm going to se if the ambulance is here yet" Yami said in a shaky voice as a few tears seeped out.

Kaiba nodded mutely and made his way over to Marik and Bakura, he sat down next to them and tried to take a look at Marik's head but Bakura slapped his hand away and held Marik protectively, this made Kaiba sigh since he didn't know what to do, he just sat there and watch Bakura whisper sweet words into his ear even though Marik couldn't hear him, Kaiba also noticed that Bakura wouldn't stop crying, Kaiba didn't know how long he would be able to keep up this façade of not crying but he had to stay strong for his friend. Several minutes later Kaiba and Bakura could here sirens coming closer to the place they were sitting.

"There over here" Yami said as he lead the paramedics over to the alleyway were his friend was.

As they made there way over, they could see two people sitting on the floor and one who was lying there; they knew immediately who the injured one was. When they got to them they tried taking Marik away from Bakura but he kept a strong grip on him because he wanted him to stay with him at all times.

"Bakura you need to let him go otherwise they can't help him" Kaiba said harshly

"I'M NOT LETTING HIM GO, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME" Bakura screamed at him

Kaiba started tugging on Bakura's arms to release Marik; while Yami helped the paramedics get Marik onto the stretcher without hurting him.

"NO LET ME GO YOU FUCKING BAKA, GET OFF I NEED HIM" Bakura continued shouting at Kaiba even though Kaiba got him to release Marik, he had to keep him restrained so he wouldn't go running to Marik and keep him from going to the hospital to save him.

"BAKURA GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF, IF YOU WANT TO SEE MARIK EVER AGAIN YOU WILL HAVE TO TRUST THEM TO TAKE CARE OF HIM" Kaiba screamed at him as tears had broken through eyes, Bakura went limp in Kaiba's arms and started crying in his shoulder. Kaiba wasn't worried about Yami since he went with the paramedics to keep an eye on Marik, but he had to keep Bakura calm before taking him to the hospital.

"I'm…s…sorry, I j…s…just can't lo…lose him" Bakura chocked

"It will be fine, he will survive because he is stronger than we give him credit for" Kaiba said even though he was crying he was a lot better at speaking clearly. Bakura nodded and tried to calm down, but it was a lot harder for him because he didn't know what he would do if he lost Marik.

"Do you think you'll be able to get up?" Kaiba asked

"Yea just give me a minute" He said while burying his head in Kaiba's neck

Kaiba didn't bother saying anything to him since he knew he probably he would do the exact same thing if it was his brother.

"Ok I'm ready" Bakura said while standing wobbly

"Do you want me to help get to the car?" He asked

"No I'm fine, just a little scared of what's going to happen" Bakura said shakily

Kaiba nodded and led the way to his car, they both got in and Kaiba took them to the hospital. When they arrived they saw that Yami was sitting in one of the chairs in the waiting room, slouching with his head bent over, but Kaiba could see him crying silently so he went up to him slowly as to not scare him and put a hand on his shoulder, Yami jumped at the sudden motion but then noticed it was Kaiba then suddenly relaxed, Bakura came to sit next to Yami while Kaiba went to see if there was any news on Marik.

"You ok Yami?" Asked Bakura quietly

"A little, you" Yami asked just as quietly

"Still freaked out about all of this, I mean what the hell is wrong with everyone, dose someone have a problem with Marik or anything" Bakura huffed

"Well the only people who have a problem with us are…"

"Vivian and Anzu" Bakura finished for him

"Yea, I'm still a little iffy with Anzu but I know Vivian likes Marik and me so I don't know why she would shoot Marik unless she was aiming for you"

"Eh, don't know plus we shouldn't just think it was either of them because they might not have done it"

"I know"

They both sat in silence for a while trying to think about who would hurt there friend. Yami knew one thing, Kaiba would likely hire someone to find out who did this, but they would need something to help them out with that. A few moments later Kaiba came back and said that a doctor will be here in a minute to tell them the news. Kaiba and Yami talked for a while, while Bakura put his head in Yami's lap, to Bakura it felt a little weird but Yami was his friend and he helped him calm down by stroking his hair it nearly made him fall asleep but when he saw the doctor coming up to them he lifted his head out of his lap and nudged Yami who in turn looked up. Kaiba walked up to him and was about to asked if they could see Marik but the doctor lifted his hand up to stop him talking.

"I'm going to take a guess that you're the ones who knew Marik?" He asked

"Yea were his friends" Kaiba said

"Is he ok?" Bakura asked while Yami kept his hands on Bakura's shoulders to make sure he didn't get up. The doctor didn't meet Bakura's eye and Kaiba knew what that meant.

"I'm sorry to say this but he didn't make it"

Bakura knew that his life had just come crashing down.

(Insane laughter) clifehanger, i have never done a clifehanger before (evil giggle) anyway tell me what you think.

(1) This is possible to survive, if you get shot in a certine area on your head you can survive, i know it's possible because it was on the news years ago.