I have been a bad writer, so cruel to my work and my supporters with this fiction, I kind have just lost where I was going with it, but I will try to keep up with it still. I don't want to leave anyone hanging so I hope to either remember where this was going or try to come up with another appropriate ending.
To my super awesome reviewers:
wishfulliving89 - I'm glad you like it so far and think it is well done, I hope I continue to do well :)
xXxXBrokenxWingsXxXx - I love that you love it! Sorry for making you wait so long, I know I get sad when something I like takes a long time to update, so I'll try to not make you wait so long for the next chapter.
ilovemanicures - Your reviews always make me smile. I'm really glad you liked it and I didn't work too hard, I'm sure I was just imagining half of the people staring at me because it was awkward, lol. I'm not really sure if Malik really feels a presence or has convinced himself that he could to make up for the loss of his brother and just coincidentally there actually is something there, it's not something I'm going into, just thought it was important at the time that he felt/thought he felt something and deeply hoped it was his brother. Thank you for being so awesome :)
MonaLisa20 - I'm glad you liked it and I'm sorry you had to wait so long for an update.
Kura'Baee - The priest part is one of my favorite scenes (though the whole first chapter is my favorite) so I'm glad that it interested you and hope that the rest of it was as satisfying. I'm also a sadist with Ryou, I'm one of those whom are mean to the ones they like and I just love Ryou!
Albino Shadowz - I actually found all your reviews to my reviews to my other story endearing, they made me smile :) There is no better compliment to me than original, so thank you for that. When the tail I just couldn't imagine it forked or just spiked, in my imagination it just seemed to resemble a scorpion stinger (though not completely like that) so I just said it like that. I'm so cruel to Ryou, but I can't help it, he's so cute! Sometimes I feel my descriptions aren't the best but I try, I like the necklace, too, I thought about making it the original ring, but the cross just seemed right at the time. Thank you for all your compliments. :)
Pharaoh Silver - I don't know about it being cool, but I'm glad you like it :)
Demon in the Chapel
Ryou vaguely wonders who's regret swirls so heavily in his gut, but it is neither just his or Marik's, it's both of theirs settling in his gut like a large stone, in sync with his dread and panic, but it is much too late to back out now. They stand before the chapel for the second time this day, but this time they are not alone, Malik is by their side.
"You look as if you've seen a ghost," The blonde laughs by his side, nervously Ryou follows though his laugh is obvious strained. "You know we don't have to go in if you're going to make that kind of face."
"N-no! It's fine!" the other assures, looking all but reassuring, and yet a part of him wants to do this, a deep, dark part of him wants to go confront that demon and.. He wants his freedom back, so much that it has turned into this painful gnawing in his chest. "Come on."
When they go inside the place is pleasantly empty, all except a priest Ryou doesn't recognize sweeping the corridor, he stops and waves at them.
This is when the teen expects to get attacked, his whole body is tense with anticipation, but there is no strike. There is no hand around his throat or cruel whisper in his ear, no crimson eyes or flicking tail. Ryou slowly releases the breath he had been holding.
"We should pray," Malik suggests and his shorter friend agrees with a nod.
Before they make their way to the pew they walk up to the alter, Ryou follows his friend's lead because before when he went to church nothing like this was expected of him and his father never followed such rituals, only his mother.. He remembers watching her performing what he will do for the first time. Touching his right knee to the floor with his other leg bent the boy moves his hand up nervously to first touch his forehead, then down to the center of his chest, the left shoulder, and then finally the right.
"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen." The two teens speak almost in unison, but more than Malik leading him it is the image of his mother that Ryou follows, her sweet words that he follows along to. (1)
When he stands back up Ryou looks over at his companion who in return gives him a reassuring smile, he smiles back.
"How cute." That smile is wiped off the pale teen's face in an instant at that too familiar voice, his heart hammering in his chest. Slowly, body aching with apprehension, he turns to finally meet with the demon after all these years, that cold smirk and swift tail haven't changed after all this time. "Hello, Ryou."
He just stands there like a lost moron, staring, as if the beast would disappear if he averts his gaze for even a moment.
"Ryou? Are you alright?" Suddenly he can breathe again, Malik breaking the tension and his unwavering watch; he instead looks back over to his old friend.
"I-"
"Are you going to lie? You've turned into such a pretty little liar," Bakura distracts him with a purr, making him shudder and gaining his complete attention again, "Not just a liar, you've become quite the sinner over the years, I can feel it." The man takes a step towards him and without thought he scrambles back, away.
"Ryou?" Again brown eyes go to meet the worried amethyst ones of his friend, his face heating up in embarrassment as his eyes well up with tears, his head is throbbing and he feels disorientated, he wants to flee.
"He is going to think you're crazy if you don't answer him," Ryou jolts when the warm breath ghosts against his air, Bakura whispering in his ear, he hadn't notice the other get so close and it makes him feel all the worse; Marik is screaming in his mind but he can't understand and his body feels as if it is splitting apart, his insides ripping.
"I-I'm sorry," God, at this point he's not even sure who he's apologizing to, but at least the words are out and when you start something it is so much easier to continue, so he turns his attention to his friend and tries to fix this, "I thought…I saw…" A bee? What a lame excuse. "I thought I saw… something.
"Was it Marik?!" The hope in those words make him flinch, he forgot about that certain conversation from their lunch, why Malik continues to visit here.
"I don't know," he mumbles and adverts his gaze, ashamed at having lied to his friend, but it would have been cruel to dash his hopes. "I-I think I should leave," He states more assertively, his flesh starting to dampen with nervous sweat.
"Don't try to run again!" The rage that he was expecting from the demon has finally appeared, before he realizes what is happening he can feel impossibly hot fingers around his throat, not only does it cut off his air but it burns, his flesh sizzles under the heat.
Ryou looks over to Malik for help, for reassurance, or for realizing or shock, for something! But the boy looks… off, his eyes are dull and body still though it remains standing, then Bakura's face is blocking his view, those crimson eyes ablaze.
"You are older now, the time for games have past," The demon tells him, relaxing his grip enough to let the other male breathe shuddering breaths.
"M-Malik? What did yo-?"
"Don't worry, he is fine, I just made it so he won't disturb our… talk." The way he hesitates on naming just what this session is makes him shudder, closing his eyes to get away from that fiery glare. "There is much we have to discuss and now that you are no longer a child I expect that you will be better behaved."
Behave better? Ryou has always been well behaved, yet he doesn't dare to say so, not with Bakura in his face or even when he finally releases his throat and steps back to let him breathe.
"Come now." The demon beckons, he is again calm, before he turns and begins to walk, Ryou feels that the Bakura, Lucifer's cruel beast in the shape of a man, is about to lead him into the fiery pits of Hell itself.
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I think this is my shortest chapter yet and I'm not proud of that, but I thought I better get it out instead of make it longer.
1. I don't mean to be sacrilegious, I really just don't know if the genuflect is supposed to be done at that time, I read up on it and the internet said they do so only in front of the Holy Eucharist, but I'm not sure if that is just put out before ceremony or it is always there. Sorry if I done it wrong, I'm not Catholic.