Author's Notes: Chapter 8 is here already! I seem to have trouble waiting to update my chapters XD Lucky for you guys! Well class starts for me tomorrow so I am not certain how it will effect my writing schedule. I really hope not that much but we shall see. Anyways, this chapter bothered me a little bit, something just seems off with it. I hope its okay for you guys tho! Do enjoy!

Unreal Truths

Chapter 8: Plans

Mokuba's POV

I growled in frustration and slammed my hands down on the desk, "None of this even makes sense! I don't understand how anyone can be so utterly clueless about computers when we live in a world surrounded by them!"

These past few days I had taken on a massive workload in order to lighten up the amount of work Seto had to do. I wasn't real sure how well my idea was working but at least I was making an attempt to help.

I rubbed my temples, the report I was reading was completely messed up format wise. The person who typed this up clearly had no idea about the function of the shift key.

A light chuckle brought me out of my tirade, "I can fix that if you want me to."

I looked at the small box in the corner of my screen where Noah leaned casually against the edge of the little window.

"It's really okay Noah, I just get so frustrated when we hire people who have no clue how to run a computer and yet they expect to make it through the ranks of the most profitable gaming company in the world." I ran my fingers through my hair and resisted the urge to punch my laptop.

"Why don't you take a break? You're starting to act like Seto with this incessant urge to work all hours of the day." Noah fixed me with a slightly concerned look.

I met his eyes and sighed, "I guess you're right." I leaned back into my chair and took in a deep relaxing breath.

It had taken me awhile to get over the initial shock of seeing Noah on my computer screen those few weeks ago but once I had calmed down things had gone quite well.

I thought I was seeing and hearing things at first. I just stared at my computer screen for several moments before trying my hand at speaking without stuttering.

"Noah…you're really here!"

He nodded and smiled, "Yes I am."

I shook my head, "B…but how?"

He seemed very excited to see me. His eyes were shining with what looked to be pure happiness, "I was able to escape through a 'back door' as they call them. I had a backup system set in place and I was able to escape to it before the base blew up."

I let out a little laugh of relief, "I just…wow. Why didn't you come back earlier? It's been two years Noah."

He paused for a moment, "Two years? Really? Wow, I didn't think it had been that long, though you don't really notice the passing of time in cyberspace."

"I guess you wouldn't." I couldn't keep my eyes off of him. I thought that if I blinked he would disappear.

"Anyways, as I was saying. It took me forever to get to you because I had to hack through the KaibaCorp security system in order to gain access to your computer. Your security system is top notch. I will give Seto that much credit."

I smiled at that and ran my fingers through my bangs. I just couldn't believe it, Noah really had escaped! "I'm really glad to see you Noah; I really thought you were a goner."

Noah gave me a knowing smile, "You underestimate my will to survive Mokuba. I told you I would be back didn't I?"

I had to shake my head and let out a small laugh, "Yeah you did."

"I don't lie. Well…not anymore." He grinned and I had to laugh again. I couldn't believe it. Just a few minutes earlier I was thinking about how I had lost Noah before I got to really know him and here he was!"

Things were really starting to look up again.

"You sure your alright Mokuba? You look sort of dazed."

I blinked a few times before turning my attention back to the screen. "Yeah Noah I'm fine. I just got lost in thought for a few moments."

He nodded, "Why don't you go lie down for awhile and let me sort through these files."

I thought about that for a moment before deciding that it sounded like a pretty good idea. "Alright, thanks. You sure you don't mind doing this for me?"

"Not at all, go on and rest. I don't have anything better to do with my time."

I felt guilty about that but there was nothing I could do about it, at least not yet. I smiled and stood up, "Okay Noah. I will talk to you later then."

"See you Mokuba." The screen went blank and I stretched my arms and legs.

Yawning I made my way back to my bed, the day's events running through my head. Satisfied that I had done enough work for the day I crawled in between my covers and laid my head on the soft pillow for a nice long nap. I just hoped things would continue to go on being peaceful and uneventful.

Of course, that sort of thing never happens in real life.

Marik's POV

Okay, I was really beginning to get sick of being tied up.

I made a face as Bakura roughly tied my hands behind my back and walked me out to the living room where Mariku and Ryou were.

Ryou was on the couch staring intently at my darker half. They seemed to be engaged in some sort of glaring contest at the moment.

I let out an embarrassing squeaking noise when I was unceremoniously tossed on the couch beside Ryou, causing him to break eye contact with Mariku.

Bakura only rolled his eyes and moved front and center. "Okay, so we have been here for over a month now and we still only have three millennium items."

Three? That was news to me. I looked at Ryou but he just had this bored expression on his face. I think he was as sick of this bullshit as I was. That and I think he was so used to Bakura ranting in his head about collecting all seven of the millennium items that it no longer phased him in the least.

Anything was better than the usual weird looks I had been getting from him as of late.

For some reason, ever since that day Ryou and I had been locked in each other's rooms for an entire day he had been acting really funny. I would glance in his direction and he would be giving me these strange looks laced with what seemed to be concern and even a little bit of fear. I had asked him about it but he would shake his head and tell me I was reading into things that weren't even there. Maybe he was right, but whatever the looks really meant, they were slightly unnerving.

I was shaken from my internal thoughts by Bakura.

"I will no longer sit around and babysit you two while the other four items are out there waiting for me to take them!" He held the millennium ring in his hand and stared at it intently before looking back to us, "That is why we are splitting up and going out and getting them."

Ryou cocked an eyebrow, "And by 'splitting up' you mean?"

Bakura scowled, "I mean," he grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet, "That Marik and I are going to Egypt to get the millennium necklace from his sister and Mariku and you are going to stay here and make yourselves useful by trying to find any leads on the scales and key."

I about lost it, "No! No no no! We are not going to Egypt!"

Bakura fixed me with a glare, but I was so used to them by now that I let it slide right by, "We are not going to Egypt Bakura! This is insanity!" I tried to gesture with my hands but with them tied I could only shake my shoulders, "My sister will never give you the necklace!"

"Then I will just take it from her."

I felt myself begin to shake in anger, "I won't let you do this Bakura!"

He smirked, "Okay Marik, do tell how you are going to stop me."

I bit my cheek and glared hard at him.

"I thought so." He turned to Mariku, "You think you can handle my host for awhile?"

Mariku gave a wicked grin and twirled the millennium rod, "He won't be a problem."

I heard Ryou give a low growl from the couch, "We'll see about that."

Mariku only chuckled.

"Alright Marik lets go." He began dragging me to my bedroom. "Pack your things, the plane leaves in a couple of hours."

"A couple of hours? Are you completely off your rocker?" I could not believe this was really happening.

Suddenly what he said hit me, a plane, we were flying to Egypt.

"Bakura I can't fly."

He gave me a look as he cut the rope binding my hands and pushed me into my room, "And that is why we are taking a plane Marik."

"No! That's not what I meant." I looked at him with a pleading look in my eyes, "Bakura, I have an immense fear of flying. I seriously have a major anxiety episode every time I fly which is why I bought a yacht!"

Bakura raised an eyebrow, "Marik, I bought these tickets already-"

"You mean you stole them."

Bakura scoffed, "No Marik, I actually bought these. So therefore we are going to use them. Now get packing."

I gave him one last pathetic look and he answered me by pointing to an open suitcase on my bed.

Sighing I went to my closet and began going through my clothes and other various things I would need.

This was going to suck. Hard.

Ryou's POV

I watched as Bakura took Marik back to his bedroom with unease. When they were out of sight, I turned my gaze to Mariku.

He was lounging in the recliner at an angle, his feet hanging over the side and he was giving me that damn infuriating look.

"Can't you sit in the chair like a normal human being?" I wanted so bad to cross my arms but I couldn't with my hands tied.

"I can."

I felt like screaming. He and his damn simplistic answers made me want to strangle something.

"You are so infuriating!" I gave him my best glare. "And why the FUCK do you keep STARING at me?"

"I thought we already had this conversation once before my fluffy one."

Another thing I hated was that damn nickname he adopted for me. I was not fluffy and I most certainly was not his!

My hands were shaking with unspent anger, if only I could punch him in the face and take that knowing smirk right off of it.

" I am not fluffy!"

He laughed, "Oh yes you are." He rolled out of the chair with a feline-like grace and approached me.

I struggled to pull back; I knew exactly where this was going.

He grinned and reached out and entangled his fingers in my hair and gripped, "Your hair is very very fluffy little light."

I growled and tried to pull back but he had my hair tightly in his grasp.

"It's so soft, and such a bright shade of white." He grinned and got eye to eye with me, "And so…fluffy."

I finally couldn't take it anymore. "Get out of my FACE!" At the last word I head butted him as hard as I could and yelped in pain as our heads made contact.

Mariku made a surprised yelp and fell off the couch, unfortunately for me though he didn't let go of my hair and I toppled to the floor with him.

"What the bloody hell is going on out here?" Bakura was standing in the hallway staring at us with a look of frustration and slight intrigue on his face.

It was then I realized the very awkward position Mariku and I were in and how it must of looked to Bakura. I swallowed hard;I was laying on top of Mariku with my face flat against his collar bone, our chests lined up perfectly.

Of course that wasn't the only part of our anatomy that perfectly lined up.

Mariku chuckled and I felt his hand grip my ass, "Just taking your light for a test drive."

My eyes widened and I rolled away rapidly, "What the bloody-ARGH" I collided with the coffee table positioned in front of the couch and I gave out a cry of pain and frustration.

I swallowed hard and panted rapidly looking at Mariku who was giving the grin he reserved just for me. I found my heart racing, not only because Mariku had touched me where no other person had ever touched me before, but also because a part of me actually didn't mind it.

"D…don't touch me there!"

Mariku smirked, "Oh so that's the only place that's off limits? Good."

"ARGH NO! Do not EVER touch me anywhere EVER!" I struggled to my feet as Bakura laughed in the background.

Mariku once again rolled gracefully to his feet and took several menacing steps towards me.

I squeaked in fear and moved backwards several steps before tripping over the damn coffee table again.

I hit the ground harder than I expected since I couldn't use my hands to control my fall. I cried out in immense pain as my tailbone hit my left wrist and pain shot up my entire left arm.

Mariku looked down at me with a puzzled expression and Bakura laughed again as Marik came out with his suitcase.

I saw Marik's eyes widen in worry and he came rushing over to me, "Are you okay Ryou?"

I was whimpering slightly and managed to roll to my side to take the pressure off of my wrist, "I…I don't know, my wrist hurts really badly." I groaned. This was just my sort of luck.

Marik glared at Bakura, "Cut the ropes, I think he broke his wrist."

Bakura merely scowled at him, "Maybe if my host wasn't such a clutz he wouldn't have a broken wrist."

Mariku shocked me by unsheathing the rods dagger and using it to cut my wrists free, "Are you okay fluffy?"

I was in too much pain to get pissed at his pet name; instead I decided to test out my wrist. A strange tingling sensation had begun in my fingers and moved up to my wrist and the entire joint felt heavy. I tried to move it and hissed when all I accomplished was increasing the sharp pain, "I think I need to go to the hospital."

Mariku frowned, "Hospital?"

I gave an exasperated sigh, "Yes Mariku, the hospital."

"Well you two are going to have to go on your own." I looked at Bakura who had his arms crossed, "Our plane leaves in 2 hours and we really can't be wasting time at the hospital."

Marik gave him a glare, "Bakura honestly! You can't leave him to go to the ER with my darker half!"

Bakura shrugged, "He doesn't have any choice. Now let's go Marik, we have a plane to catch." He roughly grabbed Marik's arm and my car keys, "Good luck Landlord. You're going to need it." With those encouraging words he went out the door dragging Marik behind him.

Mariku was looking at me with a funny look on his face, "Why do you have to go to the hospital?"

I looked down at my left wrist which was now swollen and beginning to bruise, "My wrist is probably broken." I sighed and cradled it gently against my chest. "We should probably go now; it's a pretty far walk."

Mariku cocked his head, "Why must we walk?"

I grabbed my coat and tried to put it on gently, "Because Bakura took my car and I can't drive Marik's motorcycle. Plus we both can't really ride on it, especially with my wrist." After several failed attempts to put on my jacket I threw it on the couch and opened the door.

Mariku was behind me in an instant, "Does it hurt?"

I rolled my eyes, "Yes it does." I locked the door behind us and began walking towards the hospital.

I could feel Mariku following right on my heels like a silent shadow. It had been like this every time I went out since Bakura and he arrived so I was used to it by now. I knew that Mariku was more interested in what was going around him than what I was doing.

That still didn't mean it wasn't unnerving as hell. I just could not understand Marik's darker half. He was a constant enigma to me. One moment he was infuriating and annoying beyond reason and the next he acted like a curious child. I had yet to see him act bat-shit insane like Marik said he truly was and I was hoping that maybe he was over that particular emotion.

Just because I hadn't seen him lose it doesn't mean I still wasn't afraid of him. I learned one day that Mariku was serious about keeping me captive.

We were walking to the store for a food run when I decided to test the line with Mariku. He didn't seem too bad so far and I was feeling lucky. We were close to the Kame Game Shop and if I could make it inside and yell for Yugi then I could end this whole mess once and for all.

Once I made up my mind I ran for the street.

I didn't make it more than a few steps before I felt my entire body freeze up and the familiar sensation of my mind drifting into a fog come over me.

Mariku was suddenly behind me and I felt the millennium rods sharp edge digging into my back.

"That was not a smart thing to do Ryou."

He grabbed my shoulder and pulled me back to the sidewalk, "I wouldn't try to do that again, understand?" He dug the rods blade deeper into my back.

I could only nod.

"Good."

I felt as my body was released and the internal fog cleared from my mind.

"Now move." He jabbed the rod into my back again and I whimpered and walked on. I guess running from Mariku wasn't such a viable option anymore.

I snapped back to reality as we approached the hospital doors.

I took in a deep breath and walked inside with Mariku following directly behind me. This was going to be an interesting visit to say the least.