TenshiBabe: OOOH Bakura's in TROUBLE!

Lil' Neko: You said it not ONLY is Yami royally pissed, our poor Baku has to worry about the hikari's wrath as well!

TB: NOOOOoooOOO! The evilness of violence hating hikari's!

LN: What's the worst they could do?

Bakura: (glare)

TB/LN: um…

Most of this story is in Bakura's POV

"Talking"

`Thinking'

//Dark to light//

/Light to dark/

Bakura's Holiday Love

Chapter 6: Not too Late…?

Ryou POV

I cannot believe that my yami did that. Making underhanded dealings with a kindergartener for information; what is this the mafia? If that is not enough I don't think neither Yami nor Yugi could show their faces in that super market for quite sometime, oh what are the papers going to say!... Speaking of the news. I rolled my eyes as I glimpsed the headlines of the morning paper:

PENALTY ISSUED BY OUTRAGED PARENTS ON FOUL PLAY

BY THE GAME KING!

I groaned, as if there weren't enough problems with this little holiday get together already! The moment we got beck yesterday Yami, had locked himself in his room, and hasn't come out since. After all, there are rules that every hikari knows and the number one is well don't piss off Yami cause he gets all crazy and evil an stuff…yea I know but it is kind of hard to explain.

Well anyways the destruction in the Supermarket alone was enough to cause some media trouble. But thankfully the owners of the Market didn't press charges seeing as by some strange coincidence the Supermarket was owned by another business which were all run by Kaiba Co. So Yugi and I called up Kaiba and since he owed us a couple of favors he decided to drop the charges, then he told us to consider that our Christmas gift because he wasn't going to spend a dime…heh then he told us to never call him again…yea a ball of fun isn't he?

Of course Yugi and I thought long and hard about Bakura's punishment because really, one cannot just tell a yami to never do (insert evil deed) again and threaten them with (outrageous good deed), because they will complain about it, and then a few days later they'll do something even worse. Ugh the woes of being a hikari.

So when it came to Bakura's punishment, Yugi and I decided that maybe something a little different was better, this time. Hm, it could work…or end up badly…

Bakura's POV

I. CAN'T. BELIEVE. IT!

After all the mayhem and destruction that was a result of my evil plotting, I get off with nothing! What the hell? I mean it's not like I like to clean out the attic or rake the leaves off the lawn, but come on I at least thought that my last performance deserved something much, more than an hour with the likes of the stuck up pharaoh who has serious anger problems.

'Okay so I suppose that being forced the spend at least an hour with the pharaoh is a punishment in its own rights, but I have yet to see a point to hikari's decision, really…well all thing considering it still comes back to the pharaoh. I suppose the only good thing about this is that I'll be able to get some answers out of him.

/Bakura! / 'Great it's hikari, what does he want from me now?'

//What?//

/It's almost dinner, I believe that now would be a good time to make up with Yami, hm don't you think? / 'Does he really want me to answer that?'

//No. I don't think that it is a good time to do anything that involves me being anywhere near the pharaoh and his current mood swings//

/Bakura, c'mon it's your fault he gone and locked himself up in his room in the first place. The least you could do is apologize, or y'know talk to him/

'Well I suppose that hikari does have a point, not with me apologizing, no never. Still if I have to spend time with the pharaoh I might as well ask him some questions as well.'

//Fine I'm moving, just don't do that cliché thing and come checking up on me or the other shit that you and the twerp are known for//

/Uh, I guess…anyways I'll call when dinner's ready/

//hn, whatever. //

I close the link and head on over to the pharaoh's room. 'Ra, I can't believe that I am actually going to condemn myself to an hour of being in the same room as the pharaoh, the stuck up, pompous, thinks he's better than everyone else, just cause he ruled a country, gah-FOCUS!'

I walk over to the door, and knock, loudly…because I can. Standing this close to the door, I can hear the pharaoh muttering to himself…wait did he just swear, interesting. I quickly step back as the door opens quite forcefully, but only wide enough for the pharaoh to glare at whomever chose to interrupt his inane ramblings.

It takes him a moment to notice that it is I who is at the door, and not his or my hikari. I smirk at his irritated glare, which is or was our customary greeting.

The pharaoh opens the door wider, to present me with a impatient look that clearly states if looks could kill, I'd be killed in the most gruesome, and painful way possible. Clearly he's still angry, so best get this encounter over with.

"Well pharaoh don't you seem just peachy this afternoon, although you look like crap," he raises and eyebrow, "no offence" I add after all, I pretty much preferred my head attached to my body.

Still he did look he'd been holed up in his room for a day and a half, he had serious case of bed head, and for someone who dresses as pristine as Yami-don't give me that look, even you have to admit! - This outfit leaves much to be desired, faded baggy pajama pants and a loose shirt that had a… big red strawberry on the front. 'Okay, that one probably belonged to Yugi at one point in time,' Despite his outfit, he looked as if he hadn't been sleeping what with those dark circles under his irritated, yet tired looking eyes.

"What is it Bakura, have you come to embarrass me further? Hm, who are you working with this time, should I be cautions of the next little baby that looks at me the wrong way?" he snarls. 'Ooh touchy'

Yami rolls his eyes and moves to close the door. "Wait!" I grab the door before it closes, "Just, wait alright I apparently have to speak with you." He gives me a distrustful look, but still steps back into the room, leaving the door open.

'Step one: check, now to get to the bottom of this.' I walk into the room, closing the door behind me. Looking around, his room is pretty much average, a twin size bed in the corner, a desk off to the side, dresser, closet and other stuff a room should have. The pharaoh heads on over to his bed, he sits there watching me.

I twitch, 'not this again' I groan inwardly, okay this ends here. I turn towards him, the irritation on my face is evident, "I was…initially sent here to 'apologize' for what I did yesterday, but I don't do apologies-so instead I'll get to the reason why I agreed to this whole scheme, and why I did what I did…even though it's not my style, this thing has to end." I pause dramatically, raising my fist to point at the once ruler.

Yami looks at me with wide eyes, "I want to know what, in the name of Ra, this big 'secret' is that everyone knows, what it has to do is with me, and why do I not know about it!" I finish, narrowing my eyes, I watch as Yami looks back at me, as if he is unsure of what to say. 'Hm…there's a first' I think sardonically.

He sighs…looking away from me, "Well to be honest Bakura I really hadn't thought that my behavior would be the cause for such a dramatic course of action. I mean to bribe a 4 year old with sweets to act as your little agent of doom (1) in order to have me spill my secret to quarter of the population of Domino, just because everyone knows something that- you believe- concerns you; and why not, everything in this world must revolve around Bakura!" Yami ranted.

I watched as Yami glared at me, breathing heavily from his recent tirade. I- heh, maybe it was a bit too soon to try damage control. "Look, maybe-"…but apparently he wasn't done, if the death glare he is sending me is anything to go by. Hn, maybe I should just keep quiet until Christmas, seeing as my mouth isn't getting me anywhere. The Pharaoh sighs, getting up from his former position on the bed. He begins to pace around the room, looking as if he's debating with himself…I should know I do the same often.

"And yet…when Yugi informed me of our joined holiday plans, and how we were to spend the next two weeks under that same roof; the only thing I could think about was…was h-how" he mumbles something, which I missed really because I was reveling in how strange to see Yami so anxious…I guess?

"Then at the mall, yesterday, yes I heard what you three were gossiping…I can't believe I am even saying this, oh Ra, Bakura turning to rumor mill for info on why 'The Pharaoh has been is behaving strange recently'; I knew you had every right to be suspicious really I would be as well…" he stops his pacing, turning to face me…wait is he blushing? "It's just…I suppose I was being a bit obvious, but I just thought that you had to know, so why not let it out y'know?" he looks at me, thinking I understood what he has implied with that last statement.

Well apparently the look on my face said that I didn't…

He groans, rolling his eyes at my stupidity most likely, "Okay, I…I-may…"

I blink, why did he stop? "You may…what?" I asked, noticing the way he was looking at me. The way his eyes got this dark cloudy look, I breathe in…is it just me or has it gotten warmer in here all of a sudden. There is a creak in the floor which snaps me back to reality, which then alerts me to the rapid decrease of space between us.

"…Maybe I should just show you" Yami intones, moving closer. I have no time ponder what he could mean by that, as he closes the space between us. My eyes widen, and well I suppose it all makes sense now.

-TBC

TB: Weeeellll I suppose it could have been longer…

LN: Ah yes because you certainly had enough time in which to do so.

TB: Glare. Ok, Ok I am not dead, and no I am not away on some overly exaggerated vacation that went on for…what nearly 6-8 months? I have a serious case of writers block so yea…

LN: Still it's nothing new…

TB: On a brighter note…I am giving this story a 10 chapter limit. So it will be done shortly…um maybe less than 10 though. Ta…for now…