So remember when I said I lied? Well that ONE lie was actually TWO lies in one. The first lie is revealed at the end of this chapter.
I was mentally debating whether or not to make this one or two chapters, because it seemed like a good idea to split it where I did because I like there to be more chapters and therefore more updates and therefore more time for me to think ahead. In the end, I decided to not split it so we can get to the plot as quickly as possible. In the previous two stories, the plot got rolling within one or three chapters. This is the third chapter, and I feel like the big plot point should be revealed here. And the other half of it, I feel, would have been too short. Besides, I SAID that this chapter would be where the thingy happens. And it shall be!
I REALLY don't like how these first few chapters have turned out, so thanks a bunch if you're still reading by this point. It SHALL get better, trust me.
I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!, YGOTAS, Hetalia, the fanfiction site, Bakura's hair (I wish!), the British language, or any of the character/trademarks in those. I DO, however, own a Hetalia shirt.
R&R
ENJOY~!
"Marik, I checked all of the rooms and I can't find him."
Marik turned around and saw Bakura walking out of the hallway. He leaned on the wall next to the hallway entrance.
"Wonderful," Marik said sarcastically. He put his V8 down on the kitchen counter. "Even my room?"
Bakura's eyes widened. "Oh bugger...no I didn't."
As if on cue, Marik saw Ryou silently exiting his room, the door to which was close to the entrance to the hallway and therefore close to where Bakura was standing. He closed the door behind him quietly and started tiptoeing to his own room at the end of the hall.
Marik tried not to look at him so as not to alert Bakura. But Bakura saw Marik's eyes focus on something and turned to look.
He caught sight of Ryou and shouted, "Hey! There you are!"
Ryou ran for his bedroom door, but Bakura caught up with him and was only a few feet away.
Bakura had Ryou trapped in the hallway. It was a dead end. Ryou had Marik's iPod in his hand for some reason. All of the doors were closed. The hikari wouldn't have time to open one of the doors, close it, and lock it behind him before Bakura caught up to him.
So Ryou did the only thing he thought would save his ass.
He shoved the iPod into Bakura's hand.
Bakura stared at it in confusion. What the bugger is this for? He looked at the screen.
It was a fanfic. Bakura didn't really read fanfiction. He stopped chasing Ryou for a moment and read a few lines of it aloud, just to see why it was relevant. "'He shoved the iPod into Bakura's hand'...what?! What the hell is this?!" He looked at Ryou for an explanation.
Ryou just smiled. "Aquailita thought of it."
"What?! Thought of what? What are you trying to do? Oh you're just trying to distract me. Well it isn't going to-"
"Read the next line of dialogue," Ryou instructed with a wider smile.
Bakura read it, then his eyes widened. "Oh no! I see what's going on here!" He looked at Ryou. "No! I'm not letting this control me! I-"
"You just read your own line before you even said it, didn't you?"
Suddenly, a little bolt of energy shot from the iPod's screen into Bakura's forehead. His eyes widened for a moment before they went blank and he fell to the floor, similar to as if he had just been Mind Crushed.
"Bakura!" Marik shouted. He ran out of the kitchen and into the hallway.
Ryou breathed a sigh of relief, then pried the iPod from Bakura's fingers and closed the tab that had "Two Brits, Two Hikaris, And Two BatWings" on the page. He handed the iPod to Marik. "Thank you, Marik."
Marik eyed Bakura's unconscious body on the floor with a shocked expression on his face. "What the frig just happened?!"
"Simple!" Ryou said with a smile. "He read the fanfiction he was in. It caused a disturbance with the Fourth Wall and he fainted. Aquailita emailed the idea to me. She was inspired by something I did in randomgirl40's fanfic, 'monsters meets evil'. But anyway, now that he's unconscious, I should be safe. For now."
Marik glanced at Bakura again. "Erm...right...sure... Now help me move Bakura to his room."
Ryou nodded, and grabbed Bakura's ankles. After opening the door to Bakura's room, Marik grabbed Bakura's wrists.
They moved Bakura into his room and onto his bed.
Then they left the room and Ryou closed the door behind them.
This is where I almost split it.
~TRANSITIONY!~
Marik threw himself on the couch. "Ugh! These two are so exhausting! Aqua isn't even here and she's causing trouble!"
"Oh leave her alone!" Ryou said as he walked over to the kitchen to bring a chair into the living room. "She's had enough trouble from you!"
"Her?!" Marik cried, looking at Ryou incredulously. "Bakura and I were perfectly fine until you and her showed up! And you and Bakura seem to fight more than Bakura and I! Your stupid yami-hikari hate-love parasite-host relationship is starting to piss me off! Seriously. Makes me glad that I don't have to deal with Melvin anymore. He would probably cause even more trouble with Bakura. And me as well but still..."
"I agree." Ryou shuddered. "I'm so relieved that Melvin isn't in the story. He scares me and I'm not a fan of deathshipping."
"I'm just glad that Slenderman hasn't shown up by now to piss us off! I'm pretty sure Bakura would be glad, as well."
"Don't we live right next to him?"
"We do. But he hasn't show up in the previous story yet. I'm pretty sure that Aquailita doesn't want him in this fanfic, either."
"So he and Melvin aren't in and aren't wanted in the fanfic. Perfect! We should be safe, then."
"Sure..." Marik said with an eye roll. "I'll be in my room. I'm tired for some reason." Marik stood up and headed for the kitchen. He picked up his V8, finished it, threw out the can, then headed for the hallway.
Just before he left, however, there was a knock at the door and the doorbell rang.
Marik doubled back and stared at the door in confusion. "Now who the frig could that be?" he wondered aloud.
Ryou moved from the chair to the couch, and watched Marik walk over to the door.
Marik unlocked the door and prepared to open it.
"You should probably look through the peephole first," Ryou suggested. "And don't answer it. I have a bad feeling about this."
"Shut up. This isn't your apartment."
"Actually, it has been for over a week now..."
Marik ignored him and opened the door.
He immediately closed the door shut. Almost. But the thing at the door put his "foot" between the door and the door frame so it wouldn't close.
"Heeeyyy, guuuuuuyyyyysss!"
YES! SLENDERMAN IS IN THE FANFIC!
What the fangirls want...well let's just say that the will and want of a fangirl is more powerful than the will and want of those she is a fangirl of. And the fangirls want Slenderman!
Okay...only ONE reader of this wanted Slenderman. But a LOT more people wanted someone else. And that someone else isn't going to show up for no reason...
See you next chapter!
BYEEEEEEEEEEEE~!