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~~~Into The Shadows: Chapter 2: Arriving at the Lake~~~
Ryou yawned as he woke and stretched before snuggling closer to Bakura who was stroking his hair.
"Morning." the yami said.
"Good Morning. Did you sleep at all?" Ryou asked looking up at Bakura. Thief shrugged.
"Some. Not much... I thought I was finally free of the bastard..." Bakura sighed. "I really don't want to go after him..."
"Its not like your going alone." Ryou said. Bakura tightened his arms around Ryou.
"That's the thing. I don't want you to come. I'd rather you stay here with Pharaoh and his cheerleaders, where its safe." Bakura said.
"Even if I didn't have to go I would anyways... I'm not going to let you face Zorc alone." Ryou said pulling back some to kiss Bakura's cheek. "Come on. I'll make you some pancakes for breakfast." Ryou said smiling as he stood. Bakura stood and stretched, as he followed Ryou out of their room. Ryou headed to the kitchen and started to cook breakfast as Bakura sat down at the table. He listened as Ryou hummed. Bakura sighed, looking out the window. Ryou glanced at him.
"'Kura? Are you ok?" he asked.
"Fine. Just thinking..." the thief said as he looked at his hikari, as he placed a plate in front of him. They ate in silence, neither wanting to talk about what was going to happen. When they were done eating Ryou washed the dishes and put them away, as he did the door bell rang and Bakura growled.
"What the fuck does he want?" he snarled standing from the table and walking towards the door and opening it. He glared at the person in front of him and snarled. "What the fuck do you want?" Yami flinched.
"Just to talk... You don't have to get angry at me.." he said.
"I fucking hate your guts. Go crawl in a ditch and die you piece of shit!" Bakura snarled going to slam the door in Pharaoh's face, only to have Ryou stop him.
"'Kura, please be nice. For me?" he asked. Bakura snorted.
"What ever..." he muttered. "No promises, though..." Ryou sighed as Bakura walked away and let Yami in.
"Sorry... He's not in a good mood today. Do you need something?" he asked.
"Your seriously going alone? Without any back up?" Yami asked. Bakura glared at him.
"Unlike you, I can take care of my self. It's none of your fucking business anyway." Bakura replied coldly.
"Bakura. You can't go up against him alone... At least let us-"
"I do NOT need the help of a rotten, self-centered, son of a murder, who, just because he was Pharaoh thinks he knows everything in the whole fucking world." Bakura said cutting Yami off. Yami flinched.
"Tomb Robber-" Yami started.
"Get the fuck out before I throw your midget ass out!" Bakura snarled. Ryou sighed. Yami sighed flinching again at the thief's tone and feeling the yami's shadow magic spike to a dangerous level. He turned and left quickly. Ryou closed the door behind him, then looked at Bakura who was looking out the window. Ryou went over to him, and sat down.
"He was only going to get in my way and irritate me." Bakura said. "That's why none of the other's are going also."
"What about me?" Ryou asked. Bakura looked at him and pulled him closer.
"What about you? " he asked.
"Will I get in the way?" Ryou asked.
"Of course not." Bakura said kissing Ryou's forehead. "But you'll be in danger. That's why I'd rather leave you here."
"I'm coming with you." Ryou said curling in to his yami's side.
"It's going to be a bloody battle." Bakura said.
"I can handle it." Ryou said. Bakura pushed him on to his back pinning him.
"Hmm... Are you sure? There will be monsters. That may eat you." Bakura said growling playfully and as he nibbled Ryou's neck. Ryou laughed pushed Bakura back giggling.
"I'm not scared. Besides I have you to protect me." Ryou said. Bakura smiled, and leaned down and kissed Ryou. Ryou closed his eyes kissing back. The two broke and Bakura started to kiss down Ryou's neck. Ryou closed his eyes. Bakura stopped and sighed annoyed as he pulled away.
"Damn. Looks like its time to go already..." he muttered. Ryou blushed seeing Osiris and Seth. Bakura stood pulling Ryou up. They looked at the two gods.
"Sorry for interrupting." Seth said, smirking. Bakura sighed.
"What ever." Bakura said.
"Are you ready to go?" Osiris asked.
"Yes." Bakura said pulling Ryou close.
"Alright. Good luck." Seth said. A light in gulfed Bakura and Ryou, forcing them to close their eyes at the sudden brightness.
When they opened their eyes again they were in the middle of a forest. Ryou blinked and looked around. Bakura shifted, something wasn't right. He looked around and saw a small white cat with brown eyes. He spotted a puddle and went over to it and blinked. He was a white cat with spikey fur and blood red eyes. The Millennium Ring hung around his neck he looked at Ryou as he came over.
"Come on. Let's go find a patrol." Bakura said. Ryou nodded and they started to walk. Bakura's ear twitched as he heard rustling and turned unsheathing his claws and hitting the cat just as he leapt out at him. He pinned it digging his claws into the cat making it yowl. They cat was white like them, only his fur was messy and he looked like he hadn't eaten or slept.
"calm down. We're friends. Now, I'm going to let you up. Try to attack us and I'll make sure you wont be able to move for three moons. Got it?" Bakura growled, then he got off the cat letting him up.
"Friend…? How do I know your not the ones going around killing warriors?!" he hissed.
"We're here to help." Ryou said.
"Yes, we were sent from a different world by our gods." Bakura said.
"Your… you're the ones that Starclan told Jayfeather about?" the cat asked.
"Yes." Ryou said.
"… Sorry… it's been hell these past moons… I'm Cloudtail. Warrior of Thunderclan…" the cat said. "What clan are you from?"
Bakura and Ryou looked at each other.
"We're Darkstar and Snowlight of Darkclan." Bakura said. "Our clan came ahead of us."
"Would they happen to be a clan of all black cats?" Cloudtail asked.
"Yes." Bakura answered. Cloudtail pointed with his tail towards a shadowed forest.
"They took up the territory over there. They show no respect for borders. They've been walking into other clan territories."
"We are not of your world. We will go as we please." Bakura said, with that said Bakura headed off in the direction of the shadowed forest. "Come, love. Let's go." he said to Ryou, who followed.
As they walked they passed in to Shadowclan territory, they saw warriors fighting their own clan mates over food. Every cat they saw looked like Cloudtail, weak, hungry and tired.
"Oh, Gods… this is horrible." Ryou whispered.
"They've been driven insane by they're own darkness. They've turned on their own comrades because of it. Can you sense them? The shadows?" Bakura asked.
"They're everywhere…" Ryou said shuddering. Bakura nudged him gently.
"I'm right here. You're safe." he said. Ryou nodded.
"I know." they continued to walk until they got to the camp of their territory. The shadow creatures looked at them as they got to the cliff that overlooked the territories. Bakura went to the edge and looked out over the four territories. He sat down.
Ryou walked over and sat down next to him. The shadow creatures came up behind them looking down.
"The next full moon we will go to the gathering." Bakura said. "But tomorrow I'm going around the territories to see how bad this is."
Ryou looked at the setting sun, and watched as the shadows below moved, and the sound of pain filled yowls filled the night air.
*End of Chapter 2*
Bakura- hope you enjoyed the chapter.
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