Today has been one of those "OMFR days" but then, since Yugioh came on, it was epic! My dad pissed me off, but I didn't let him get me down! I was able to finish this kick ass chappie for y'all!
So I officially have 100 reviews (well technically 101) and I received them all BEFORE chapter 30! Which is a new record for me! *squeee! I received 100 reviews in chapter 38 of Fang. It has 56 chapters with 159 reviews and TWIFFY hit 100 in chapter 34(33) and it has 45 chappies with 180 reviews...so...if I do like 45 chappies for this story...*dies* You guys are so great! I love you all so much! Giving me such incredible reviews! My reviews keep me writing and all of y'all's support and advice inspires me. I'm so glad everyone loves my Darkshipping! I take great pride in my work. I know I'm a great Darkshipping writer. I so do need a challenge though. I feel like I'm stealing all the fans lol.
Marik: Read my part! It's awesome!
Zorc: Actually, MY part will be awesome when I kill you all! *cackles*
Bakura: You're not killing anyone, idiot!
Zorc: I love it when you get mad. You're so sexy.
Bakura: *pales*
Y'all think my stories are crazy? Y'all should see the RPs I do with my lovers! They are something else!
Oh before I forget, after this story...and maybe BTS if I can ever get the time and motivation to write that story, and maybe after I updated DD I'm going to be writing Hostage! Which is CASTESHIPPING! I know you guys missed that! One of my girlfriends wants me to write her a Heartshipping story (which will totally have Darkshipping) and the other one wants me to write Klepto and Prideshipping. I need to do more planning for those honestly, but I REALLY need to finish up DD. It's just so damn hard! But I WILL finish it..one day! And as far as Corruption goes...I can only write that story if I'm depressed, which I haven't been...but again, I'll finish it.
Sorry for the annoying nonsense...enjoy!
Endlessly:
I could love you endlessly, I could fall in love with you and we could keep a miracle alive. Every time I look in your eyes, I get lost inside of your soul. What are you doing to me? Don't you know that I hate you? Don't you want my blood on your hands? Don't you want me to scream? Don't you realize that it's too late to bring me back life? I'm already further than death. I'm drowning in my desire for you and my need to kill you. I want my hands covered in your blood, I want your skin underneath my fingertips I want you to reach out and touch me, I want you to burn me alive with your beautiful eyes. I want to hear your voice when I go to bed at night, I want to lie next to you and watch the world go by. I want to end you for good, I want to make you suffer, I want to see the look in your eyes when you look up at me when I hold the knife above your heart. I want you to know that any claims of hope you had of us is nothing but fantasy we'll never have. I want you to be the one that kills me, I want my blood on your hands.. I want you to end me I want to feel your passion. I want to feel your soul wrapping around mine. I want to know if you feel this too. I want to know if I can kill you now. I want to feel you underneath me I want to feel something besides this loneliness I feel inside. I want to bring the demon out of you.
I want to know if it hurts when I cut you up inside. I want to know if you really hate me or if I really hate you. I want to make me scream, I want to feel the power within me grow. I want you to knock me out, I want you to defeat me. I want something so much more from you than I could ever get. I want you to bleed, I want you to scream. I need you to know you're driving me crazy. I need you to know my soul burns passionately for you every time you give me that look I think I'm going to lose my mind. I want you dead, I want your soul to scream, to earn itself to me. I need you to know this isn't a game anymore. And what would you think if I told you that loved you this whole time? What would you say if I told you I never wanted to hate you, that I never loved you at all? What if I was playing with your mind?
What if I was lying right now? What if I told it was too personal to tell you how I felt about you? What if I told you that everything you've done to me was nothing more than just a wicked fantasies you dreamt of? What if I can't take it back? What if I don't want to? What if everything I said wasn't a lie? What if I tried to bring you back? What if I really did love you? Would you love me back, even though you think of me as a fool? Am I fool to fall in love with you? What if I told you that loving you is so impossible, it's not reality. I couldn't take it anymore. You burn me alive, I'd give myself to you if I could.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh. If I did, then Yugioh would have ended with Bakura and Yami admitting their undying love for one another and Seto would have pulled Joey into a kiss to shut him up because Puppy and Darkshipping rock!
Warnings: My usual, y'all know what that means, but for those of you who happen to be new to my awesomeness, it means there's lemony goodness!
Summary:
Moments away from destroying Zorc, Yami hesitates, asking Horakhty if she can set Bakura free. She agrees, telling Yami that in order for him to pass into the afterlife, he must break his enemy of the darkness, and he only as a year to do so.
Chapter Twenty-eight: Pride
[Yami's POV]:
Bakura whimpers in his sleep I automatically pull him close to me. I feel that something horrible has happened to my lover, but I am unsure of what. Bakura begins to thrash about, screaming. What's going on with him?!
"Bakura!" I shout shaking him. "Wake up!"
My lover doesn't listen. I pull him close to me, whispering soothing words to him. He stills both because of my calming words and because he's psychically worn. I brush his hair away from his face. He's dripping in sweat and seems to have a fever.
"Y-Yami?" Bakura croaks.
I jump at the sound of his weakened voice.
"B-Bakura, you startled me. Are you alright?" I ask frantically.
Bakura blinks. "Of course," he replies. "Why did something happen?"
I'm dumbfounded by the way he's acting. "You were thrashing about and yelling." I reply.
"Oh…" he says looking away from me.
"Bakura?" I say reaching out to touch his hand. "Are you alright?"
"What? Oh, yeah. I just had a bad dream is all." he replies.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I ask. Something's not right.
Bakura turns to me. "I'm fine, love." he says pressing his lips against mine. I respond to the kiss quickly. This kiss seems different than the one last night. We pull away. Bakura strokes the side of my face slowly.
"Let's go downstairs." he says.
We get up, get dressed, and head downstairs. Tristan and Marik seem to be the only ones up.
"Pipsqueak not up yet?" Bakura asks taking a seat on the couch. I sit down next to him.
"Yugi isn't a pipsqueak, Bakura." I chatise.
Bakura laughs, pulling me close to him. "I know, I was messing with you. You know I like getting a rise out of you, Pharaoh."
"Har, Har." I snort, pulling away from him. I turn to Tristan. He's sitting in the recliner staring out the window. Marik's sitting on the other end of the couch, staring at the TV. "Where's Joey?" I ask.
"At Kaiba's," Tristan replies simply.
"For what?" Bakura asks.
"Serenity called. He said she seemed upset." Tristan replies.
"She's always upset." Marik mumbles.
Tristan turns to Marik. "Well, unlike you, Joey and Serenity didn't grow up together. Serenity's upset because her mom called."
"She did?" I ask.
Tristan sighs. "Yes."
"Kaiba can take care of that bitch." Marik scoffs.
"I'm sure Serenity and Joey want her in their lives, Marik." Tristan snaps. "Why, I haven't the slightest clue. They both deserve better than that."
"Let Joey and Serenity take care of it." I say. 'If they want our help, they'll ask for it."
"But Yami.." Tristan tries to protest, but I cut him off.
"Tristan, we need to let them. They're the only ones that truly know about the situation. They know we're here for them." I say.
Tristan sighs. "Yeah I know."
I can understand where Tristan is coming from when it comes to Joey. He and Joey have been friends long before they met Yugi. Then there's the fact he has a crush on Serenity. I wished he and Duke were a bit more observant because it's clear as day that Serenity is in love with Mokuba. I'm sure by now they're already together. They need each other. They have a lot of things in common and they can spend time with their older brothers that is if Kaiba can get away from work long enough to spend time with Joey. If not, their relationship won't last at all.
I glance over at my lover. He's staring at the TV like Marik is. I feel that something is off with him. I'll have to keep a close eye on him. I feel danger is approaching.
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[Seto's POV]:
I sit on the couch drinking a cup of coffee. Joey, Serenity, and Mokuba aren't up yet. It's about five in the morning. Most of the time, I'd be getting ready for work, but I have more important matters to attend to, like taking down Joey's mother once and for all. I have the perfect plan to take her and that piece of shit father down.
I don't even know why I care so much. There's something about Joey that makes me act this way. I have never been so overprotective of anyone but Mokuba. But, Joey's always been there for me. He's always shown me a different side of life. When I'm around him, I feel happy. It's been a long time since I've felt that way.
"Seto?" I hear Mokuba's groggy voice say.
"In here, Mokuba." I call.
I hear him enter the living room. He rubs his eyes. "What are you doing up so early, Seto?" he yawns.
"I could ask you the same thing." I say.
Mokuba takes a seat on the couch beside of me.
"We'll take them down, Seto." Mokuba says after a while.
"Hmm," I grunt. "That I have no doubt."
'You're worried." Mokuba says.
"About?"
"Don't play games with me, Nii-sama. I know how you work." Mokuba chatises.
I sigh. "Okay, fine. I'm worried."
Mokuba smiles. "I know."
I roll my eyes.
"But you know our plan is going to work." he says.
"I'm not worried about that, Mokuba." I say.
"They'll forgive you, Seto." Mokuba says placing his hand on my shoulder.
"I'm not so sure about that." I say.
"Well she did know about that!" Mokuba exclaims. "She's just as much in trouble as their father is!"
"I know." I say.
"So we'll get through this, together." Mokuba says.
I don't say anything and neither does Mokuba. When I look over, he's leaning against me, sound asleep. Mokuba does have a point that I am worried. I know that my plan will shut that bitch of a mother up, but at the same time Joey and Serenity could lose her. I know how that feels, being without a parent. But in actuality, they've been without a parent for a long time.
Their piece of shit of a father abused Joey and made him work to pay the bills while he got drunk. And then there's their mother. To me, their mother is the worst one. She just left Joey to fend for himself while she took Serenity. She made the pathetic excuse that her daughter was visually impaired and too "fragile" to deal with their father. Whatever.
I pull out my laptop from my briefcase. Since I'm up and the bitch won't be here for some time, I might as well do some work. Tomorrow we'll have to go back to school. Mokuba constantly asks me why we have to go to school. He's too young not to go to school. I don't have to go, but I always like to have a backup plan just in case something happens to KaibaCorp. The likelihood of that is slim to none, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
"Hey, Kaiba." Serenity says.
I jump, startled that she's come down. I look at the clock. It's about nine in the morning. Well damn that much time passed by since I started working? Serenity sits down beside of me. I don't bother to look at her, continuing to type.
"How are you?" she asks.
"Fine," I reply.
"Thank you." Serenity says after a while.
"Hmm?"
"For helping my brother. For loving him. He needs someone like you in his life." Serenity says wringing her hands.
"Hmm."
"And I want to thank you for what you've done for me as well." she says.
"I haven't done anything yet, Serenity." I say.
"But you will…" she trails off.
I turn towards her. "Are you sure you want to do this?" I ask. Unlike her brother, Serenity knows the plan. We've discussed it before.
"I'm sure, Kaiba." she says, smiling. "I want to be here for my brother."
"You and he have a strong bond." I say.
"Very." Serenity smiles. "And you and Mokuba do too."
"So you two are together, now?" I ask.
Serenity blushes.
"Well, I'm just glad it's you and not some creep. I don't trust a lot of people with my brother, but I do trust you." I say.
"And I trust you with my brother." she says.
We sit in silence for a while. I'm not much of a talker. I've never been one to carry on pointless conversations. Friendship and hanging out aren't my things.
"Mr. Kaiba," Roland says suddenly.
I look up seeing him standing a few feet away.
"Our guest here?" I smirk, standing up.
"Yes sir," Roland replies.
"I'll go get Joey." Serenity says hurrying up the stairs.
"Let her in." I say.
"Right away, Mr. Kaiba." Roland says leaving the room.
It's show time.
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[Joey's POV]:
"Joey, wake up." a voice says.
"No, I can get one more slice!" I groan.
"Joey!" the voice shouts.
I jump, falling in the floor. "Huh?" I ask, getting to my feet. My sister is standing on the other side of the bed. "Serenity, what are you-"
"Get dressed." she orders throwing me some clothes. "Mom's here."
I quickly grab my clothes.
"I'll be out in the hallway." Serenity says.
I get dressed, go out the door and we both walk down the stairs. I stop near the bottom of the staircase when I see my mother standing in the center of the living room.
"M-Ma-" I croak.
"Serenity, come with me." she demands.
"Serenity's not going anywhere, Miss. Wheeler." Seto says.
My mother turns to face my lover. He towers over her. Ma looks up at him, looking at him right in the eye.
"She's my daughter. She's not of legal age yet that means I am her guardian, which means she will come back to California with me where she belongs." Ma says.
"But Mom-" Serenity protests from behind me.
"I already told you you're not staying here, Serenity!" Ma shouts. "Now come on!"
Serenity and I don't move.
"Serenity, Joey you can come down the stairs." Seto says.
Serenity and I make our way over to where Mokuba and Seto are standing. Serenity goes to Mokuba, who takes her hand. I go to Seto.
"Serenity, stop playing games,it's time to go." Ma says walking over to my sister, but Seto steps between them.
"Look, Mr. Kaiba, I don't care how much money you have you will not keep me away from my daughter!" Ma hisses. "Now if you'd be so kind to step out of my way, we'll be on our way back to California."
"Answer me this," my lover says coldly, narrowing those gorgeous blue eyes at my mother. "Why did you leave your son in the hands of an abusive addict?"
The tension between Ma and Seto is so strong you can cut it with a knife. In my peripheral vision I can see Mokuba pull Serenity towards him and the look on Ma's face seeing them. She turns back to Seto.
"Can't answer, can you?" Seto spits. "I'll tell you why you left him! You left him because you thought he could heal your husband! You thought that being a boy with no physical disabilities like your daughter that he'd be able to take the brute of your husband's abuse. Well, you were wrong!"
"Seto-" I begin to say, but he never stops to reply to me, continuing as if I hadn't said a thing.
"Your son has been abused his whole life. In fact, it's only because of his sheer willpower, his friends, and his sister's love that he's even here today! You dare come in my house and demand that I let your daughter come back with you when she doesn't even want to live with you?!" Seto snarls.
Silence fills the air. I have never seen my lover so worked up before.
"Ma…"
"Why don't you want Serenity near, Joey?" Mokuba asks.
"I don't have to answer to you." Ma snaps.
"Talk to my brother like that again and I will kick your ass out." Seto hisses. "You are in my house, which means you follow my rules. Now, my brother asked you a question and you better answer it because I want to know the answer too. And so do your children."
Ma looks at the four of us. "I don't want Serenity growing up corrupted." she replies.
"Corrupted?" Mokuba blinks. "How is Joey corrupted?"
Ma gives me a hard glare. "I think you should know why." she spits.
Tears welled in my eyes, ready to spill. Seto pulls me close to him.
"So let me see if I get this right. You won't let your daughter see your son because he is bisexual?" Seto asks.
"I have told her time and time again that men do not belong with men and women don't belong with women." Ma says simply. "Joey has done nothing with his life but play that silly card game. It wouldn't be so bad if he actually had talent, like you."
"I don't have time for suck ups, so save the flatteries, Ms. Wheeler." Seto snaps. "Joey is a great duelist."
"Not good enough," Ma says. "Now then, Serenity let's go."
"No." my sister says.
"Serenity, this is not up for debate-"
"Indeed it is not, Ms. Wheeler. Serenity will be remaining here in Japan." Seto says.
"You can't keep my daughter here." Ma says. "You are not her guardian."
"No, but when I tell my lawyer about how you left your son with an abusive person for most of his life then I will be." Seto says.
"What do you want, Mr. Kaiba?" Ma asks.
"Serenity stays here with my brother and you leave them alone." Seto says.
"I can see my son corrupted your mind too. And here I thought you were someone people could look up to. But then, Serenity told me that you and my son were dating." Ma says in disgust.
"I love your son very much. In fact, I plan on marrying him one day." Seto says. Our eyes widened at this. "He didn't corrupt me as you say. He saved me. It's my turn to save him. I'm taking down your ex-husband once and for all. And unless you want to get charged for knowing about that, I suggest you leave!" Seto shouts.
"Mom, I have to stay here. Joey needs me." Serenity says.
"Your brother can-"
"Ma, why do you hate me so much?" I ask, tears falling down my face. Seto pulls me towards him. "I know I'm not the smartest person and I know I got lots of problems, but I love you and Serenity with all of my heart. I never blamed ya for leaving me wit Dad. I just wanna be able to see my little sis."
"I let Serenity see you all summer, Joey." Ma says. "She has school."
"That's not an excuse, Ms. Wheeler." Seto snarls.
"I don't want Serenity to turn gay." Ma replies.
"No one turns gay." Mokuba says. "We are born a certain way."
"Look, I'm not here to play games. I came here to get my daughter and I'm not leaving without her!" Ma shouts.
"Oh yes you are." Seto says. "You either leave, or you get arrested."
"For what?!" Ma exclaims.
"For trespassing on my property and for knowing about your son's abuse." Seto replies coldly.
Ma sighs heavily. "All I want is for Serenity to grow up and to become the best she can be." she says.
"And I will!" Serenity exclaims. "But keeping me away from Joey isn't the way to do it!"
"Serenity, your brother is gay! He will corrupt you…!"
"I don't understand why you're against homosexuality. In fact, you should be supporting it because if it weren't for Yami Muto, you wouldn't be standing here!" Seto hisses.
Ma blinks. "Who?"
"It's a long story." Mokuba says.
"Yami saved the world countless times and guess what he is gay! So I don't want to hear you bitching about homosexuality being wrong! The only thing that's wrong is how you left your son with that sorry piece of shit of a husband! As far as I'm concerned, you are worse than he is! Sure you didn't abuse Serenity or Joey, but you left Joey with someone abusive thinking that Joey would turn out like him. He's nothing like that son of a bitch! Now get the hell off my property!" Seto shouts.
"Serenity, give me a good reason why I should let you stay and I will." Ma says completely ignoring Seto's warning.
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[Serenity's POV]:
Seeing Seto defend my brother the way he did today, I knew I had made the right decision in approving their relationship. Seto is in love with Joey and it shined brightly today. Unlike his usual cold, unresponsive demeanour, he was full of passion. It was scary, but so amazing at the same time.
"Serenity, give me a good reason why I should let you stay and I will." Mom says.
"She doesn't owe you an explanation." Kaiba hisses. "She's already given you more than enough!"
"Kaiba," I say holding my hand up and walking over to my mother. I wrap my arms around her. "Mom, I know that you're worried about me. I know that you want me to go to school and be the best I can be, but I need Joey and he needs me. I know you don't support Joey's choice for a lover, but he's happy. Seto has been helping him so much. Don't you want Joey to be happy?"
"You know that I do, Serenity." she says.
I pull away from her. "Then why won't you?" I ask.
Mom sighs. "It's just wrong, Serenity. He could find him a nice girl. He could have a business like Mr. Kaiba here and have kids and be really happy."
"Ma, I love him." Joey says. Mom turns towards my brother. "I really, truly love Seto."
They look into each other's eyes for what seems like forever.
"Fine, Joey." Mom sighs. "Serenity, you can stay."
'Oh thank you!" I exclaim hugging my mom.
"But," she says. "I want to be able to see you." she looks up at Joey. "both of you."
"Of course, Ma." Joey says hugging us.
We break away. Mom looks at Kaiba.
"Take care of my son." she says.
"I will." Seto says. "Now, leave before I lose my patience and change my mind about not having you arrested."
Mom nods, she hugs us and then leaves. I'm sure she'll get a hotel or something. Either way, I'm glad I can stay here.
"That was too easy." Mokuba says.
"That bitch is going down." I hear Kaiba snarl.
"Kaiba, mom's not…"
Before I have a chance to say anything, he's gone.
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[Bakura's POV]:
'Let me out of here right now, Zorc!' I shout shaking the metal bars in my prison.
Darkness surrounds it, suffocating me. I choke, but ignore it. I need to find a way out of here and fast! Zorc is a master of disguising his true self. He knows me well, which means he can act the way I do without a problem. Unless the others are observant, then they won't be able to tell the difference between the real me and Zorc.
Through my own eyes, I watch as Zorc holds Yami close to him. Nibbling on his ear and whispering sweet nothings into his ear. I know my lover is smart. I know he can figure out that the person who's holding him isn't me. We have shared everything there is to share. Zorc may be able to act the way I do, but he's not me. We are not one in the same.
I used to believe that. I used to believe that I was Zorc. I gave myself to him in exchange for my family's freedom and power to destroy those who took them away from me. Zorc constantly told me that it was Aknamkanon who ordered the attack on my village and he died because he feared the wrath of the survivor of Kul Elna. I believed it too. And I went after his son to make him pay. I tried countless times to kill Atem, but something always stopped me.
I didn't want to believe the reason. I wanted to blame it on my lack of powers. I could have all the power in the world, but it wouldn't change anything. I could have killed Atem the day he and I had sex for the first time, but I couldn't. I wanted to. I wanted to end him for good, but my love for him overpowered my hatred. And once I accepted that I was in love with him, I finally realized he was the man I was meant to be with. I guess my mother was right, I was meant to be with someone that could match me in every possible way.
Now Zorc wants to take that happiness away from me. He has told me time and time again that happiness is for the weak and that I am not allowed to fall in love. But it's happened. I am in love and I couldn't be happier. I have always been in love with Atem, I just was too blinded with my lust for power and revenge to realize it. Now that I've opened my eyes, I've embraced my feelings for him instead of hiding them.
I told Zorc that I was trying to get close to Atem so that I could crush him. That was my plan. He was supposed to fall in love with me, but instead I fell in love with him. Now that I'm no longer fighting those feelings. Now that Atem and I are finally together, Zorc is trying to break us apart. He's locked me in my own mind, forcing me to watch him do things to Yami that I should be doing.
I have to find a way out of here. I have to tell the others, but how? I have tried countlessly to get out of here, but I can't. I'm trapped. I tried screaming for them, but no one can hear me. Zorc's keeping me isolated in here. He's already told me that he's planning on destroying all of my friends.
Friends.
I never thought in a million years I'd have friends again. I didn't have many growing up. Everyone was jealous of me because I was the son of the Thief King in Kul Elna. They thought I was a spoilt brat who got everything I wanted, but that wasn't the case at all.
I miss them. I miss them all. I miss the fights I used to get into with those bullies. I miss playing with Adom in the Nile and the punishments Koranna gave me for disobeying her rules. I miss my mother's cooking and my father coming back from his raids and spending time with me.
I feel tears starting to form in my eyes. I wipe them away angrily. This is no time to be weak. Zorc preys on that. I have to be strong for my friends, for Atem. Unlike last time, I'm the only one who can stop Zorc.
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[A week later…]:
[Marik's POV]:
So,it's been about a week since Bakura had his blow up session and Serenity called Joey bawling her eyes out about how their mother called to take her back to California. Apparently, Kaiba shut her up quickly and now Serenity's allowed to stay. I'm happy for them. I was tired of the constant bitching honestly. I mean I don't know what that bitch's deal was. Joey said it was something about not liking gays and not wanting Serenity to be like Joey or some shit. Oh yes because being gay is so wrong. If you want my honest opinion it's those straight people that need some help. Let's take heterosexual women for example, they constantly throw themselves at men wanting to find their true love. They expect him to bring her flowers and pamper her like she's the queen of England. Then, when she gets pissed off, she'll go off and cheat on him, but if he cheats on her the world ends!
Oh and let's not forget heterosexual men. Those are some of the biggest whores I've ever met! They're constantly ogling over a woman, degrading her. Then they complain that they can't find a real woman. Fool, you can't find a woman because you're fucking whores! Ugh!
Alright, Marik, breathe.
I mean, not all of them are bad. Mokuba and Serenity are straight and they seem to be just fine. Then again, Mokuba is Kaiba's kid brother. Having a gay older brother probably made Mokuba smart. And Serenity, well, I'm not sure about her. She's not a whore, she's just weird.
Bakura has been acting strangely. I'm very concern. I have tried to talk to him, but he constantly snaps at me. I need to figure this out. Bakura has come so far. Is something bothering him so much he won't talk to either Yami or myself?
"I'm bored," Bakura yawns.
"You could tell us what's wrong." I snap.
"What did I tell you yesterday, Marik? Nothing is wrong!" Bakura shouts.
"That's what they all say when something is wrong." I say leaning back against the couch.
"Why don't you just lay off, Marik?" Bakura hisses.
"Why are you acting this way? What's wrong, Bakura?" I ask.
"Nothi-"
"No! There is something wrong! Now tell me right now!" I yell.
"Fuck you!" Bakura shouts getting up and storming up the stairs.
"You'll never solve your problems by running away!" I shout after him.
"You're one to talk." he hisses then continues up the stairs. I hear a slam of the door.
"What was that?" Yugi asks coming into the living room. He has a plate of some food. I don't bother to see what it is. I'm glaring at the staircase. The others are unaccounted for. I think they went to the arcade or some shit, who knows, who cares.
"Marik?" Yugi asks placing a hand on my arm. I jump from the contact. I'm not used to being touched. And when I have been touched, it was usually harshly. My father slapped me around at times. He usually beat Odion, but sometimes I'd get the punishments. Then there's the Tomb Keeper's initiation and let's not forget the sex Bakura and I had. He's anything but gentle. Which is the way I like it.
"Are you okay?" Yugi asks.
"I'm fine," I reply. "Bakura's not."
Yugi looks up at the stairs before averting his gaze back to me. "I know," he sighs.
Unlike most of our friends, Yugi happens to be observant. Kaiba would probably sense something's amiss with my best friend, but since he and Bakura haven't been around each other in Ra knows how long, it wouldn't do much good.
"Yami can't seem to figure out what's wrong either. He said Bakura's closing up a lot." Yugi says.
"I know." I mutter.
"Do you think it could have something to do with his past?" Yugi inquires.
"Probably," I sigh.
Bakura is the type of person who holds into things he ought not to. He's come a long way, opening up to Yami. If it weren't for me and Ryou, none of the others would know about Bakura's past. And we didn't even tell them everything.
Despite that Bakura has accepted that he's in love with Yami, you can still see he has that spark of hatred left for him. The hatred isn't Bakura's though, it's Zorc's. My eyes widened.
"What is it, Marik?" Yugi asks.
"It's Zorc," I hiss. "Bakura has returned to him again! Zorc's feeding him lies and that's why Bakura's closing up again."
"Then we need to stop Zorc before he completely takes over Bakura's body!" Yugi exclaims.
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So Yami, Yugi, and Marik can sense something's wrong with Bakura, but they just don't know what. Kaiba put the Wheeler's mom in her place, and we have seen that Marik hates straight people. That doesn't mean I do. Though, I DO agree with the shit he said. I mean I know not EVERYONE is like that, but most of them are! Drives me crazy! Anyways, I should go to bed. I hope y'all enjoyed the chappie! Review lovelies! :D.