Author's Notes: If you haven't noticed already this fic has officially earned its M rating now starting with this chapter. That is if it hadn't already with all the cussing coming out of my characters mouths. There is some slight limey/lemony action in this chapter towards the end but I won't spoil anything more about it. That's about all I think. I hope the rating change doesn't deter readers. A certain character just couldn't keep his hands to himself. I am sure you all know who. That is all! Do enjoy!

Unreal Truths

Chapter 15: Beginnings

Ryou's POV

I was really starting to get worried about Marik and Bakura. Well…Marik. I couldn't care less if anything bad happened to my darker half.

Humming to myself I continued going through today's newspaper.

I sighed as I looked at the date. It had been nearly five weeks since Bakura and Marik had left on their idiotic journey to Egypt.

Taking in a deep breath I looked over to the window where Mariku was staring with wide eyes out at the snow. I couldn't help but smile. Ever since the first snow fall, Mariku had been practically glued to the window watching the small delicate flakes float slowly down to the earth. He had turned into a giant child and thankfully stayed that way.

He looked over to me and his eyes lit up, "Fluffy can we go outside today? Please." He got up and walked over to me and grabbed my hands. "Please please please?"

I laughed lightly. Things had improved greatly between Mariku and myself over the past weeks; one of the major benefits to Bakura taking off on an extended trip. Without my crazy darker half around to antagonize Mariku, the Egyptian yami had been on his best behavior. I was mostly grateful for the fact that I didn't get chased around the house by the crazed knife carrying yami.

"Alright, we have to dress warmly though." The first time Mariku had discovered snow I had to drag him inside and make him put on shoes and a coat. He had gone running out in nothing but his boxers and a t-shirt and dove right into a large snow pile. I am still amazed he didn't get frost bite.

Mariku leapt over the couch and ran to the closet where we kept all our heavy coats and boots, "Hurry up Fluffy!"

I rolled my eyes and walked over to him as he began throwing on random articles of clothing. "Mariku, no, the ear muffs go on your ears that's why they are called ear muffs."

"I don't see the point of all this useless clothing." He pouted and stopped trying to stuff the earmuffs down his pants.

I just learned to stop asking after awhile.

"The point is so that you don't get frost bite!" I handed him a coat and fished out a pair of boots that would fit him.

"Well it's dumb." He grumbled and sat on the stairs and stuck his feet out.

"You know you could put the boots on yourself right?" I grumbled and knelt down to begin to difficult process of working the boots onto his feet.

He grinned and watched me struggle, "It's hard! And plus I have you to do it for me!"

I bit my cheek and managed to get his first boot on, "Well you could make an effort to learn!"

His answer was in the form of his other foot being shoved into my face.

"Ugh Mariku." I shook my head but gently pushed the other boot onto his foot. "Okay now," I tied them both then stood, grabbing his coat out of the closet, "Here, put this coat on too. I trust you can do that by yourself?"

He just smirked and ripped the coat out of my grasp, throwing it on before racing out the door and letting in a small flurry of snow.

I sighed and shut the door before getting out my own boots and coat.

Sitting down I began work my feet into the boots with slight difficulty. The only thing that bothered me about the snow was it took forever to get the bulky footwear on.

A loud thump from outside the door made me scurry to get my coat on and leap to my feet. If I had learned anything about Mariku in these past weeks, it was that he could never be left alone for longer than a minute tops.

"Mariku!" I whipped the door open and gave out a cry of surprise when I was assaulted by a snowball to the face.

I heard his maniacal laughter before seeing a flash of purple as he raced across the snow covered yard.

I slowly wiped the snow off my face before shutting the door behind me and running for the nearest cover. It was essentially useless to hide from Mariku, but that was half of the fun.

I could not believe I had just called this fun.

Giving a surprised yelp as a snowball soared mere inches from my face, I dove and rolled behind a big bush and gathered up a large bit of snow in my hands and compacted it.

"Come on Fluffy! This game is no fun when you hide the whole time!"

I smirked to myself and took my time making several more snowballs. I knew his strategy. He would try and get me to respond to him, therefore giving away my position.

Well I had news for him; I wasn't going to walk into his trap.

Confident that I had enough ammo I slowly got into a crouch and peaked around the edge of the bush looking for Mariku.

I didn't see him anywhere, but that didn't mean he wasn't around. Living with Mariku taught me many things, one of which was to always look up. Sure enough when I glanced up, I saw the Egyptian Yami perched among the lower tree branches holding several snowballs. He had his back turned to me and was surveying the area closer to the house.

I smirked at my opportunity and carefully took aim before throwing a particularly hard snowball full throttle at Mariku's back.

He gave a yelp of surprise as the mini ball of snow nailed him directly on the back of his spiky haired head. He tried to turn to retaliate but was too off balance and instead went tumbling down to a large mass of snow beneath the tree.

I gave a laugh of triumph and quickly picked up two more snowballs. "I have you now Mariku!"

I wailed another snowball at him and this time hit him directly in the face.

Mariku blinked in surprise at my boldness before regaining his senses and rolling to his feet. "I concede this small victory to you Fluff, but now prepare to DIE!"

I yelped and turned tail as Mariku wailed several large snowballs in my general direction and I went down as three perfectly aimed hits nailed me right in the back.

I lifted my head and scrambled in an attempt to get to my feet. Mariku lesson number two; you never ever let him get you on the ground because you weren't going to get back up.

I gasped as the air was knocked out of my lungs when I felt Mariku leap onto my back with a battle cry of "SURPRISE BUTT SEX!" and slammed me into a nearby pile of snow.

Sometimes I wonder where he comes up with half the things he says.

"Marikuuuu" I moaned and glared at the snow. Damn me for antagonizing him and then encouraging these bat shit insane games of his.

I felt Mariku's breath on my neck as he leaned down and began licking the falling snow off of it, "Mmmm I win this time Fluffy."

I gave a frustrated grumble, "Yes you did Mariku. Now can you stop licking my neck and let me get up?"

"No." He chuckled and nipped at my ear lobe and I heaved a sigh. With no Bakura around Mariku had become oddly energetic and it took me a good two weeks before I realized what was probably going on. Mariku was in need of some sexual stimulation and without Bakura around I was the only available option. For once I really hoped my theory was wrong.

"Mariku…" I growled and tried and failed to throw him off of me. "Seriously get off of me."

He purred against my ear and I felt my body shudder, "You don't really want that now Ryou."

"Yes I do! It's extremely cold down here and your dead weight isn't helping me feel any warmer!" I reached a gloved hand out and tried to claw my way out from underneath him.

I wouldn't lie though, his body against mine did provide me with some very sexual thoughts and those definitely warmed me up some.

I took in a steadying breath and clawed at the ground again but froze when my bottom rubbed against Mariku's crotch.

I could tell he was very excited to be in the position he was in.

I heard him chuckled darkly and he pressed his mouth against my cheek, "I can think of plenty of other ways to help warm you up."

I shuddered and felt myself slightly harden and I buried my face into the snow to try and shock my system back to normal, "S…stop that!" I gasped as I felt Mariku's gloved hand reach around my front to rub the crotch of my pants and I felt myself harden even further.

"Mariku enough!" My eyes widened in shock as Mariku managed to somehow wriggle his hand down my pants and tug at my underwear.

"Come on Fluffy, let's play a new game hm?"

"No!" I threw my weight to the side and Mariku finally gave and we both ended up rolling down the hill and into another snow bank.

I jumped to my feet and backed against the nearest tree, "W…what do you think you're doing!"

Mariku gracefully rose to his feet and fixed me with an irritated look, "I was trying to get you to loosen up. You need to get laid and I haven't had a good fuck since Bakura left and I was hoping you might actually cooperate." He glanced at my crotch and smirked, "Well at least a part of you is."

I looked down and felt my face flush bright red as I saw the bulge in my pants. Of course that would happen to me.

I glared back up at Mariku and tried to calm myself down, "Well you were rubbing me! Of course my body is going to react! That doesn't mean I want it!"

"Oh I think you want it alright. You just don't want to admit it." He took a few steps towards me and I gulped. There was nowhere for me to run and Mariku had me right where he wanted me.

"Mariku seriously stop." I felt my heart rate increase as he closed the distance between us.

"Why?"

I swallowed as he got face to face with me, "B...because…" I couldn't think of a good reason. All coherent thoughts had flown from my mind. This had been happening a lot more often when Mariku was around and to be honest it was quite bewildering.

"Give me one good solid reason why I shouldn't take you into the house right now and have my way with you."

I swallowed several times before I found my voice, "B…because I…I believe in saving yourself for marriage!" I squeaked it out and turned my head away as my face erupted in a bright blush.

Mariku blinked. I don't think he expected the answer I gave him, and to be honest neither was I, "Saving yourself for marriage?"

I nodded, "I…I was raised on the belief that you don't have sex until marriage. I mean, I would be willing to do it before I suppose but…I would have to be absolutely sure they were the one."

Mariku was staring at me with the oddest look on his face, "That is certainly an odd philosophy."

I tried to ignore his gaze and not show the hurt in my eyes, "It's not that odd." I rubbed my arm and slowly looked up into his face.

The Egyptian yami had his head tilted slightly to the side and was giving me a look that plainly said he was clearly being curious and not insulting.

"So you won't have sex with me because you are not sure I am 'the one'. That's the only reason?" He even did air quotes before giving me a questioning glance.

I flushed even more and actually gave that question some thought before answering him. Would I have sex with Mariku if it weren't for my own personal value system?

I looked up at him. He had Marik's features but they were sharpened and more defined, making him his own person all the same. He was definitely handsome and experienced with a great body to boot.

So would I have sex with him if I wasn't so stuck on my morals that my mother instilled on me those few years she had been around.

My answer shocked even me.

"Yes Mariku. That is the only reason."

He seemed to mull that over in his head for a moment before moving back so I could move away from the tree if I wanted to.

I chose to stay.

"So you're saying that if I prove to you that I am 'the one' then you will have sex with me?"

I blinked and thought for a moment, "Well yeah I guess."

A small smile grew on Mariku's face, "Okay!"

Somehow I didn't think I was going to like where this was heading.

"Mariku listen it's not-"I didn't get to finish my sentence as Mariku ignored me and raced off to the house. I gave a sigh and slowly trudged after him. I had a bad feeling about what I would find once I got inside.

I was surprised to find the house in relative silence with the only signs of disruption being Mariku's discarded clothes thrown by the front door.

"Mariku? Where are you?"

I got my answer when I heard a crash coming from the master bathroom.

"Right. Okay I'm coming." Sighing I made my way into the bedroom then through the door to the bathroom. You can tell something was wrong when the site before me didn't surprise me at all.

Mariku was perched on the countertop with nothing but his boxers and golden jewelry on. His stance reminded me of an eagle eyeing its prey and I suddenly felt like a rabbit frozen in the face of a predator. In his hands he had the millennium rod and a bottle of bubble bath.

"Fluffy I'm cold. Fix me a warm bath."

I rolled my eyes and remarked sarcastically, "Anything else my kingship?"

"No, just the bath for now Fluffy."

I clenched my fists and started the water and tested it with my hand to make sure it wouldn't scald him, though the temptation was there. Once I got it just right I blindly snatched the bubble solution from Mariku and poured it in. I don't even know why I had this stuff. I think it was Marik's to be perfectly honest.

"More bubbles!"

I looked over my shoulder and my eyes widened in surprise, the bottle of bubbles slipping from my hand and tumbling into the bath water.

Mariku was no longer perched on the counter. Oh no. He was now standing in front of me wearing nothing at all.

And I mean nothing.

Not even the pretty golden adornments he had on just a minute or so ago.

I couldn't help it, I had to stare.

Mariku's body was toned and muscled in a way Marik's wasn't. Marik had muscle, but it flowed through his body making it seem like he was just a skinny kid. Mariku, on the other hand, looked like he was a regular visitor to the gym. He had muscles everywhere but was built in a way that made sure he didn't look like some extreme body builder. He was the perfect combination of muscle types and I couldn't hide the growing blush creeping onto my face.

"You like what you see Fluffy?"

I gulped and immediately tore my eyes away from his handsome, but naked, oh so very naked body and tried to look intently at the tub which was rapidly overflowing with suds from the spilt bubble bath.

"It's um, n…nice Mariku. Very…erm…nice." I swallowed and did an internal face palm. Way to be articulate Ryou.

I heard Mariku chuckle and move closer to me while I turned off the water and tried to salvage some of the bubble solution.

"I do believe you think it's much more than just nice Little Light."

I gasped as his right hand snaked around my front and began massaging my crotch the way he had earlier in the snow.

"I am going to prove to you that I am this 'one' that you speak of. Then, my fluffy haired light, we will have sex, and lots of it."

I don't think Mariku understood what I had meant by 'the one'. All he saw was the challenge of getting into my pants, and if I knew Mariku, which I did, he was never one to back down from a challenge.

"Mariku…I don't think you underst- ARGH!" Mariku had wriggled his hand down between my pants and into my underwear and had begun to rub my already semi-hard length.

"S…Stop it!" I tried to jerk away but Mariku gripped me more firmly and chuckled, "You said no sex. You didn't say anything about the other sexual activities."

"Mar…Mariku…" I gasped and gripped the side of the tub as Mariku's skilled fingers manipulated my body in ways it had never experienced before. Okay I definitely had to admit that this was much better than doing it myself.

"My fluffy light is lucky to earn such attention from me." He purred in my ear and I let out a shudder as he continued his ministrations.

"M…Mariku…oh…oh God." I closed my eyes and shook my head slightly but the pleasure was beginning to be too much and the pressure was building between my legs.

I knew I was in trouble when I didn't even care that my bathroom floor was now covered almost entirely in bubbles and it was going to be one hell of a cleanup mission.

Mariku chuckled and nipped at my ear and continued rubbing my length with his hand, "Come now Fluffy, haven't I treated you well?"

I gave a light moan as he gave a squeeze with the word 'come' and I was that much closer to doing just that.

"M…Mariku…th…this…I…ohhh!" I laid my face against my hands, which were now holding on with a death grip to the tubs edge imprinting indentation marks onto my palms and making my already pale knuckles whiter.

"Yesss Fluffy?"

"I…Oh God!" I cried out and melted in Mariku's grasp as my body found its release.

I heard him chuckle as he removed his hand from my now soiled pants, "I think Fluffy needs to join me in the bath tub and get all cleaned up."

I whimpered in protest as Mariku moved away from me and I slid to the floor and laid my head against the cold and soapy tile.

My entire body was shaking from the burst of pleasure and I tried desperately to get my erratic breathing under control.

Out of all the things I had planned on doing today, getting a hand job from Mariku had not even crossed my mind as a remote possibility.

I took in a long breath and let it out slowly and concentrated on the cool tile beneath me.

It may have been unexpected, but that didn't mean it was unpleasant. Oh it was more than pleasant; it was fan-fucking-tastic.

I let out a satisfied sigh and let my body relax and recover from the vast amount of pleasure it had just experienced.

It had been awhile since I last pleasured myself even relatively close to that and even then it was nowhere near what I had just felt by Mariku's hand.

My relaxation and recovery time was cut short though as I felt myself being lifted into the air and I squealed as Mariku unceremoniously dumped me into the bathtub.

"Mariku!" I sputtered and sat up out of the water and gave out a small squeak as he crawled in the tub to join me.

"W…what are you doing?"

"My fluffy one needs a cleaning. He got seed all over his pants."

I sputtered and tried to climb out of the bathtub but kept slipping because of the soap, "N…no it's fine! I can wash them in the washing machine like normal people do!"

I froze as I felt Mariku's hands on my pants as he unbuttoned them then pulled them off in one swift jerk that sent water and bubbles flying everywhere.

"Mariku!" I swallowed as I saw the lusty look in his gaze and he switched his position so he was straddling me.

"Yes Ryou?"

I took in a shaky breath not knowing what to say, "I…I…um…MMMM!"

My stuttering was interrupted as Mariku leaned down and pressed his mouth against mine, his tongue demanding entrance into my mouth.

My eyes met Mariku's and for once I decided to be reckless. There was nothing wrong with a kiss right? I mean the man already gave me a hand job.

With my decision made I opened my mouth and our tongues clashed together in unison.

Mariku's POV

I smirked in triumph as Ryou allowed me entrance to his mouth and I eagerly ran my tongue against his.

What it was about the thief's light that attracted me so was still a mystery to me, but I did know that his total lack of experience was a complete turn on for me.

This young man brought out feelings in me that were very confusing indeed. I had no name for them and they were completely different than the hatred and anger I was used to feeling with Omote and the lust I felt with Bakura.

The white haired teen squirmed beneath me but did not fight as I began to run my hands over him in exploration. Bakura had taken me from sexual novice to expert in no time and I was ready to pass this knowledge on to my little fluffy one.

Of course he had to allow me first.

I broke the kiss and let him gasp and pant for air, his pale chest rising and falling rapidly.

"Well Fluffy?" I tilted my head and ran my fingers through that oh so soft and delicate hair.

He looked up at me and blinked a few times, probably trying to process what had just happened.

"M…Mariku…." His flushed face became even redder when I cupped his ass.

"Yes Ryou?"

He swallowed hard and I grinned. This boy was simply too delicious.

I moved back as he pushed himself into a better sitting position, "Why did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Kiss me…and…the other thing." He fidgeted and blushed slightly and I chuckled.

"Because, I told you I was going to prove to you that I am the one."

He sighed, "Mariku I don't think you understand the concept of that." He looked up at me, big brown doe eyes shining, "When I said that I meant that...well that person would be the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Someone I loved so much that I wanted to raise a family with them." He got this dreamy look in his eyes and stared off past me. "It's being so sure that they will be everything you've ever needed that you would never consider being with anyone else." His eyes refocused and met mine, "That's the best explanation I can give."

I ran his words through my head. It sounded very complicated, "Are you saying I could never be that?"

He looked shocked, "W…well…I…I don't know. I mean I guess you never know."

Did I want all that? To be honest I just wanted in Ryou's pants, not to raise a family and all that junk with him. He was a challenge that I was determined to conquer, just like everything else in this new life. Though, something began nagging at the back of my mind. What exactly was I going to do with this new life of mine? Sure I had the millennium rod and Bakura was hunting for the other items so we could take over the world but…I knew that it wasn't going to happen. Bakura I think realized this also but he won't give up on his insane plans. To be honest, all I cared about was getting my own body and getting back to the real world and now that I had accomplished that I didn't know where to go next. Maybe Ryou knew what he was talking about with all this love junk.

I scoffed, yeah right, but still. Those nagging feelings continued in the back of my head as I stared at Ryou. Only he had ever affected me like this, no other human Omote had come in contact with had left me breathless and craving for more each time I encountered them, only this one.

"Then we shall see hm?" I grinned and ran my fingers delicately along his cheeks and watched as a shudder ran down his body and it was then that I knew that he was feeling some of the same things I was.

The only problem was I didn't know what those things were or what they meant for Ryou and I. Regardless, whatever it meant I was going to find out and I was going to be this 'one' for him.

There was no challenge Mariku Ishtar backed down from, and Ryou Bakura was no exception.