Needless to say...I hate this chapter. Ugh. I had absolutely no inspiration as I was writing it, because it's another 'in between' chapter. I wanted to wrap up all the previous chapters, as well as introduce the new - AND FINAL - plot. Oh, and the Kaiba and Joey miniplot too. But after that, it's over.
It's gone on longer then I thought it would, so it's about time I end it. But anyway's...this chapter is just so...flat. And bland. And just utterly horrible. But I had to get it done, and I was already two days late and..ugh. I just don't like it at all. It's just so..flat feeling =/
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The next several months were spent getting the world back into order. Things had been rather hectic and off balance since the hostility of the Sun and abrasive pushing of the Moon came to a head, and now it was just a matter of things settling back down. It took a great deal of time before the animals and humans began to crawl out from their hideaways, remaining weary and on high alert.
Well, for the first couple weeks anyhow - before the newborn relationship of the two entities spread like wildfire. After it was common knowledge that Marik and Bakura were now on the complete end of the scale, from foes to an item, the world sighed a deep relief.
Of course, things became momentarily tense again when the albino, who was used to having personal space and privacy, began feeling trapped by Marik's sudden need to be with him every second of the day. And night. And dusk. And dawn.
So naturally it was only a matter if time before Bakura got stressed from the constant smothering. The conversation, luckily, had been short, sweet, and without anything catching fire.
"Look, Marik, I'm really, really fucking happy that you want to be with me. But I need some time to myself. And some breathing room. And please stop braiding my hair for the love of us, I'm trying to talk here! Hey don't you snarl at me mister, you're the one who's causing the problem here." Bakura had also become rather braver over the months, so wasn't quite to scared to stand up and tell it to the short-tempered blond straight.
Unfortunately, this only seemed to further turn Marik on, so it wasn't exactly the best way to try and make a point. But eventually the pale skinned entity managed to force his new boyfriend to focus long enough to understand that Bakura needed space.
Which Marik had accepted surprisingly quickly, leaving the albino to be alone every couple hours, and since then things had gone smoothly between them.
Relationship wise they were still on the first few steps of the staircase; they made out a few times, kissed a lot, but had otherwise kept well away from the deep end of the pool. Neither was really in a rush to get to the de-pants-ing part, simply content to spend the time enjoying each other's company.
Meanwhile Yami had yet to come down from what was apparently his new residence - aka, cloud nine. Ever since the day he and Yugi had become official, the Dusk had been in a constant state of utter euphoria.
Now he was actually starting to converse with people outside of the duo - he and the Mist had actually spent longer then a few minutes in each other's presence, and discovered they were pretty compatible. If one overlooked Kaiba's tendency to forget his place, and Yami's lack of hesitance in showing it to him in a less then pleasant manner.
Asides from his relationship with Bakura, Marik was pretty much the same as he had been for what seemed like forever. Anti-social, short-tempered, and prone to violent fits and a deep love for setting fire to things. Only now he reserved such actions for when he was giving the albino 'alone time'; a few creatures had made the mistake in thinking now that the blonde was in a relationship, he'd be nicer.
Said creatures were shortly thereafter seen running to the nearest river due to having been set aflame.
So all in all, things had, more or less, returned to the way they had been before the trouble began among the four entities.
But somehow, he had a strange feelings things weren't going to continue like this forever. There was a dark cloud brewing, and it had all the hair on the back of his neck prickling, as if warning of a coming storm.
Frowning thinly to himself Bakura stretched out on the grass, arms folded above his head, watching the clouds as they created random patterns in the sky. Less then half an hour ago Marik had made himself scarce to allow the albino some quality alone time - relatively speaking.
"Master Bakura, are you alright? You seemed un eased." Ryou piped up from where he was situated on Malik's lap, a few feet away from where the entity was laying.
Alone time didn't mean literally alone time. It meant time where he could speak with his two companions and give them his full attention; something Bakura couldn't do under normal circumstances, considering it was very hard to give anyone anything when someone's exploring your throat.
Flashing the two stars a reassuring smirk the Moon gave a shake of his head, arching his back in a stretch. "Mm...nothing, Ryou. Just...the air seems sort of tense. Trees to - it's like they're expecting some sort of...storm, or something."
"Maybe they are. It's been a while since we saw the Storm - it's about the time of year for him to show up." Malik commented, arms folded around Ryou's waist, chin resting on his boyfriend's shoulder.
Bakura gave a slow nod. "He has been rather quiet as of late, huh? Bugger probably wanted to wait for us to calm down so we didn't steal his spotlight." The statement was obviously a joke, and was received as such, the two elite's smiling and giggling slightly.
"Good afternoon, Master Bakura." A soft, polite voice suddenly broke through the amusement and the albino blinked, red hued brown flickering over to the side to spot the speaker.
An adornment of browns, red, and yellow greeted his vision, which he then followed upward to a blond head of hair and calm blue eyes.
"Aaaah! Ishizu! Long time no see!" Bakura exclaimed in greeting as he pushed himself into a sitting position and grinning widely at the female; Ishizu was one of the four Seasons.
The seasons were a few steps below the entities, almost level with the elites if not an inch higher on the scale. Usually the four kept to themselves and chose not to relate to the outside world, so to see one was certainly a sign that something was up.
Giving a polite bow to the entity, the Autumn surveyed him with sombre eyes. "A long time indeed, Master Bakura. Perhaps it would have been even longer, if things hadn't gone as they have."
A little unnerved by that statement Bakura narrowed his eyes slightly, a thin frown on his face. "What things, exactly...?" He asked, voice tense and alert now.
Ishizu released a slow sigh, folding her arms and kneeling down so she was level with the Moon. "Dark clouds linger on the horizon, Master Bakura. I cannot say what for sure, but whatever they are they mean nothing but ill."
Part of him snorted at that; after all, he was the Moon. Something he seemed to be forgetting more and more every day. No one could compete with him - minus the other three entities - so what sort of threat could possibly present itself that could be any actual problem to him?
But another part remained un eased and weary. After all, lately he had been showed quite often how, though he was one of four of the most powerful beings...he was not immune to everything. He could be hurt - badly - given the right, or wrong, circumstances.
"Well, those clouds can go fuck themselves, can't they?" A sharp, growling voice snapped through the silence and Bakura was unable to stop himself from grinning, even as Ishizu flinched and lowered her eyes in a sign of respect to the new arrival.
"Now Marik, no need to get snappy." The Moon scolded even as he tilted his head back to smile up at the unhappy face of his boyfriend, raising one hand in invitation.
Marik reached out to interlace his fingers with the pale ones, sliding down to kneel behind him; Bakura wasted no time in leaning back against the tanned form, allowing the moment of unease to wash away.
Many months later, he'd regret having not paid more attention.
Sooo...what happened to all my readers? D: I'm only getting 3 reviews a chapter now, tops. Are you guys getting bored with this fanfic? Are you all busy now? Please, tell me if you are! I'm working as hard as I can to have at least one chapter every three days - I got caught up in busy though, so that's why this one is late - but if people are losing interest or whatever I'm wearing myself out over nothing...
So please, review! D: Before I lose my inspiration!
