Why Me?

Chapter 1: In the Hospital

(Five Hours Later at the Hospital)

"Joey," Mai whispered and I opened my eyes, "you cried yourself unconscious earlier," she told me and I looked away, "please talk to us Joey," she pleaded.

"What's there to talk about?" I demanded coldly as I looked into her worried mauve eyes with my own angry brown ones, "I let a bunch of guys drag me off into a car and fuck me," I told her as she gasped and stepped away from me with undisguised horror, "I didn't fight hard enough and allowed them to have their way with me," I said softly.

"You're so dumb," Bakura spoke up suddenly and I finally noticed that he was the only other person in the room now, "unless you threw off your clothes, spread open your legs and said 'fuck me' it was rape," he said bluntly, "all you have to do now is decide whether or not you plan to press charges," he said with a shrug.

CHARGES! CHARGES! Hmmm. I haven't thought about pressing charges. Well I definitely want to get those guys. What the hell? At least I can keep them from fucking anyone else against their will.

"Okay," I said turning to him carefully, "I'll press charges," I told him.

"You've decided that already?" Bakura asked genuinely surprised.

"What's it to you?" Mai asked him frankly.

"Not my problem," Bakura said curtly, "he'll probably have to talk to the authorities quickly anyway," he said frankly, "I've done so already."

"WHAT!" I cried incredulously, "I didn't tell you that you could go around telling strange people about what had happened to me!" I cried angrily.

"I didn't give him your real name ass whole," Bakura responded, "I only told him how I found you, your condition up 'til an hour ago, what happened to you and your age," he stated, "he doesn't even know the room your in at this hospital," he added still looking angry at the accusation.

"Well, sorry then," I said rather rashly, "I just don't want people to really know about this until I'm ready to tell them," I told him.

"That's fair," Mai stated and Bakura only grunted and closed his eyes.

"Bakura?" someone asked suddenly and we all turned to see Yami Yugi entering the room with Kaiba following right behind, "why did you save Joey?" he asked and he sounded more suspicious of something than serious.

"Is there something wrong?" Mai asked, as she seemed to pick up on Yami's tone as well.

"Yami is just curious about something," Kaiba told us, "and honestly," he said, "so am I," he said more seriously.

"Now you two listen to me," Bakura growled and his hands were holding unto the chair's arms so tight that his knuckles turned ghostly white and his Millennium Ring started to glow, "from the moment the rest of you found out about my rescue you've all only gave me just one true thank you, a scared one, some fake thanks in rude muttering and suspicions," he stated, "if you think that I had something to do with Joey's rape say it."

I looked at the others in surprise. Didn't they believe that if Bakura had something to do with my rape that I'd tell them?

"That's not what we mean by our question," Yami told Bakura and he (Yami) seemed a bit taken aback, "I'd never accuse you of that," he said humbly, "it's just that Kaiba and I saw you at the book store in the hospital earlier …" he continued despite sounding very hesitant.

"What were you doing with a Coping with Rape Book Seven?" Kaiba asked suddenly and I nearly flew through the ceiling, "book seven means that you must've read the other six," he said superiorly and looked at Bakura.

"Ryou has something to say," Bakura stated and suddenly Ryou took over.

"Pardon me," Ryou spoke in his usual kind clear voice, "but I'm going to be using a lot of expletives right now," he stated and I noticed that Kaiba was the only one who didn't at least raise an eyebrow, "What the fucking hell is your damn fucking problem?" he demanded suddenly his attention turned to Kaiba and this time everyone else in the room looked shocked, "you've been wanting to pick a bone with Bakura from the moment you found out why he came to this hospital," he stated, "and while Bakura wont ask you since he's summed you up as some dumb fucking posh rich boy not worth his time," he said and I noticed that Kaiba started to clench his fists and he looked angry, "I would truly like to know what your frigging fucking ass problem really is?" he said frankly, "I apologize to the rest of you who might've been offended by my blatant wording," he told the rest of us, "but I felt it necessary and will use it again if needs be in the far off or most likely near present and future," he said and gave Kaiba a challenging look.

"My bone is I don't see why Bakura rescued Joey then stuck around up 'til now," Kaiba growled, "for a person who seems give shit about anyone he's been highly considerate even by regular helpful terms," he stated, "and we all know that helpful has never been a true part of Bakura's actions or vocabulary," he pointed out, "at least until now," he said and I noticed that he sounded rather resentful.

"You know what I think?" Ryou asked, "I think you're angry because Bakura's actions have put light upon the not so considerate actions of your own," he told Kaiba, "you wonder if you were Bakura's shoes if you'd really save Joey," he said and I looked at Kaiba in surprise to see his jaw stiff and eyes seething, "and it pisses you off that you can't be absolutely certain of what you'd do," he said, "and it angers you even more because you're not a person who usually is or likes to be in anyway, unsure of anything," he observed, "and your just in the end a jerk who can't except when someone who isn't claiming to be a saint does a good thing," he said and he sounded really upset, "hypocrites like you make me sick," he hissed and glared at Kaiba hatefully.

I looked at Kaiba closely. He was glaring hateful daggers at Ryou. But despite his just angry looking exterior, I could tell that he was really angry not because Ryou openly dissed him. But because he knew that Ryou was saying the truth.

"Kaiba," I said, "why are you here?" I asked frankly, "Bakura aint my big time buddy but at least he has being my rescuer as an excuse if not as an exemplary showing that he's a human being who can care about other people once in a while," I said, "so what's your excuse?" I asked and noticed a quick grin appear and disappear on Ryou's face.

"I saw your real friend Yugi bawling his eyes out in the early hours of the morning," Kaiba said pointedly, "I haven't seen this hero shed a tear once," he said and pointed at Ryou.

"Bakura is the real hero and you'll never see him cry," Ryou stated, "I can bet my life on that," he snarled.

"What's he going to do?" Kaiba asked with a smirk, "cry when he's all alone and I Big Bad Kaiba can't see him?"

"Maybe," I heard Bakura's voice tease as he quickly took control again, "I do not show off an emotional side," he admitted, "but I don't as if I was never born with one," he put forward and Kaiba looked highly offended.

"I'm not having some wicked thieving murderous clown tell me about an emotional side," Kaiba snarled, "I've never done anything as bad as you," he countered.

"Have you done anything as good?" Bakura asked, "and remember," he continued, "throwing some of your chump change to some charity you probably picked out of a stocking cap doesn't count," he added and laughed when Kaiba's face became furiously beet red.

"Sorry to interrupt your argument," Yami spoke up seriously, "but there's still the matter of the book," he pointed out, "why did you buy that?" he asked staring at Bakura.

"Because Ryou has been assisting with counseling rape victims for more than half a year," Bakura revealed.

"Who does he assist?" Kaiba asked and he still looked bitter from the argument.

"Me," Bakura answered and everything suddenly became so silent a pin dropping would have sounded like a missilesbombs that fell in Iraq.

"You don't counsel rape victims," a voice accused from the door and I looked to see my sister standing at the door ahead of Anzu, "liar," she said boldly.

Bakura suddenly put a hand into his shirt and took out an I.D., which was on a blue cotton chain.

"Read and weep," Bakura said coldly and Serenity came forward almost fearfully and looked at the I.D., "satisfied?" he asked her harshly.

Suddenly a cell phone rang and Bakura answered it.

"When?" Bakura asked coldly, "I understand," he said simply to the person on the cell, "I'll be at the center in twenty minutes," he said and hung up, "I have to go," he said formally and left before anyone could ask any questions.

"What do you think happened?" Anzu asked and the others simply shrugged as I sat deep in thought.

I wonder what's happening at the center?

End Chapter 1

Sadistic Riya: I was busy. Review.