A/N: Once again.. I got nothing so here's chapter five. As always R&R and Enjoy!
Disclaimer: still don't own
Chapter Five
Ryou woke up to a blinding light. He sat up with a groan and rubbed his eyes. He blinked against the light coming from the window. Glancing around the room he realized he was not in his house. His blurred vision fell on the spiky haired teenager curled in the covers. He untangled himself from the covers carefully so he wouldn't wake Yugi. He slipped out of bed and walked to the door opening it to the smell of breakfast cooking.
He walked down the carpeted hallway looking for the bathroom. A door to the right was open he glanced in the room to see Yami still clothed laying half on and half off the bed. He continued down the hall coming across one last door, he concluded that it must be grandpa's room. He padded quietly down the carpeted stairs letting out a small gasp when his feet touched the cold tile at the bottom.
"Good morning Ryou!" Ryou turned to see Yugi's grandpa cooking in the kitchen.
"Good morning, um can you tell me where the bathroom is?" Ryou asked
"Down the hall last door on the left." Grandpa told him.
"Thanks!" Ryou called back hurrying down the hall he used the bathroom and washed his face before going back to the kitchen and living room area. Ryou noticed that there was two doors one in the living room and one between the living room and the kitchen.
"The door in the living room leads outside and the other door goes to the game shop." Grandpa explained seeing Ryou's confusion.
"Oh, right Yugi told me about the game shop, he's really excited about it." Ryou said smiling at the older man.
"I'm glad." Grandpa said with a smile before turning back to cooking. A knock on the door caught both of their attention.
"Can you get the door Ryou?" Grandpa called from the kitchen.
"Sure." Ryou replied walking over to what served as the front door. He opened it slowly.
"Is Yami here?" Ryou looked up to see Seto Kaiba standing at the door. Ryou stared for a moment unsure how to answer that.
"What business is it of yours Mr. Kaiba?" Grandpa asked coming up behind Ryou drying his hands on a towel.
"I just wanted to make sure he made it here last night." Kaiba said narrowing his eyes.
"Yami is upstairs sleeping." Ryou heard Yugi say coming into the living room, rubbing his eyes.
"What happened at Akefia's last night?" Kaiba asked after grandpa returned to the kitchen.
"A drive by, Bakura thinks it was Duke." Yugi explained before yawning.
"Would you like to come in?" Yugi asked.
"No." Kaiba said turning and walking away.
"What was that about?" Ryou asked as he shut the door.
"Yami and Kaiba used to be rivals, they would compete over just about anything, but Yami just kind of quit competing." Yugi said.
"Kaiba doesn't seem like a rival though." Ryou commentd.
"I think he cares about Yami in his own way even if he won't admit it." Yugi said as they headed to the kitchen.
Yugi and Ryou sat down as Grandpa served four plates before joining them at the table. A few minutes later Yami came into the room. He dropped into his chair and pushed the food away before putting his head down. Ryou watched as Yami pulled that bottle out of his pocket. Grandpa moved faster than Ryou thought possible, he grabbed the bottle out of Yami's hands and held onto it.
"Hey, I need those." Yami objected.
"Eat." Grandpa said gently pushing Yami back in his seat and pushing the plate closer to his eldest grandson.
Yami let out a sigh and grumbled before picking up his fork and eating. They made it through the rest of the meal with Yugi chatting to his grandpa about school and games. When Yami finished he held his hand out for the bottle.
"Pick one." Grandpa said.
"Three." Yami argued crossing his arms eying the bottle.
"No, pick one Yami." Grandpa said putting the bottle under the table out of sight.
"Two now one next time?" Yami asked trying again.
"Alright, well compromise. Which two?" Grandpa asked.
"Orange and the thick round white one." Yami decided holding out his hand, grandpa handed him the pills.
"I'm going to go open the store." Grandpa said standing and smiling.
"I'll clean up." Yugi decided standing and gathering the dishes.
"I'll help." Ryou said gathering the pans used to cook.
"You're the guest." Yugi argued.
"I want to help." Ryou said joining Yugi at the sink as Yami left the room.
"So what was that all about?" Ryou asked.
"Grandpa is trying to get Yami to use less and less until he stops completely, but it's hard when Yami's only here every other weekend and can do whatever he wants when he's not here." Yugi explained as they washed dishes.
When they finished Yugi and Ryou changed clothes before going back to the living room. Ryou pulled out his phone thinking about the night before when Marik gave him his number. Yugi sat up a game that was played in America and explained the rules. Ryou lost easily, he didn't expect to win his mind was elsewhere at the moment, namely the possible war starting. Maybe he could stop it. He opened his messages and found Marik's contact.
RYOU TO MARIK: Hey, where does Joey live?
MARIK TO RYOU: Yo, Who the fuck is this?!
Ryou: It's Ryou..
Marik: Oh, why do you want to know where that asshole lives.
Ryou: No reason.
Marik: Uh huh. Stay away from him, I'd have to kick his ass if he messed up that pretty face ;)
Ryou: I just want to talk to him.
Marik: He don't wanna talk to you, he don't like you remember, I wanna talk to you though, I still can't tell you where he lives.
Ryou: Alright, fine, we can still talk I guess.
Ryou sent his message and looked at Yugi who was typing on his phone as well.
"Hey where does Joey live?" Ryou asked Yugi.
"I have no idea why?" Yugi asked.
"I wanted to see if I could try talking to him." Ryou explained.
"Oh, I don't know, oh hold on." Yugi said.
"YAMI!" Yugi shouted.
"What?" Yami said coming into the room wearing new clothes, hair wet and falling down instead of spiked up, with a logic book in his hand.
"Where does Joey live?" Yugi asked.
"Stay away from Joey." Yami said studying his cousin.
"Ryou wants to know not me." Yugi said.
"You really should stay far away from him." Yami said shifting his gaze to Ryou.
"I just want to talk to him." Ryou explained.
"Alright, he lives in the reddish apartments not too far from the school." Yami said.
"But, I didn't tell you that." Yami said narrowing his eyes.
"Okay, uh thanks!" Ryou called as Yami walked out the door into the game shop.
"Why do you want to talk to Joey?" Yugi asked as the door shut behind his cousin.
"I want to try to talk to him about that war that might be starting." Ryou explained, waiting for his friends reaction.
"Can I come?" Yugi asked surprising Ryou.
"I guess, when should we go?" Ryou asked.
"Now." Yugi said standing up and heading for the door.
"Grandpa Ryou and I are going out for a bit!" Yugi called. Ryou's heart sped up as the door shut behind them. He was nervous and scared.
"Where are you going?!" Yami demanded coming out of the front door of the shop, he stopped in front of them effectively blocking their path on the sidewalk.
"For a walk." Yugi said shrugging and glancing away. Ryou studied a crack in the sidewalk.
"You're a shitty liar and your friend isn't much better." Yami said narrowing his eyes at the pair.
"Your going to Joey's." Yami concluded.
"Well we-" Yugi started
"Take this, You may need it." Yami said pulling a small handgun out of the back of his waistband.
"YAMI!" Yugi shouted staring at the gun in horror, Ryou said nothing he wasn't all that surprised that Yami was 'strapped' as Yugi said before.
"Oh please, it's a safety measure." Yami said rolling his eyes.
"It's a trouble magnet!" Yugi argued.
"Besides I don't even know how to use it, and I doubt Ryou does." Yugi said still staring at his cousin in shock and horror.
"Here, I'll show you." Yami said starting to show the pair how to use the gun.
"I DON'T WANT TO KNOW! HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THAT?!" Yugi shouted.
"Like six months, dang calm down." Yami said
"At least take this." Yami said holding out a switch blade. Yugi took it for the sake of not arguing again.
Yami turned on his heel and walked back into the game shop, slamming the door behind himself. Yugi started walking and Ryou followed behind. They made it to the main road and Yugi dropped the knife into the nearest trashcan.
"God he's getting worse." Yugi sighed shaking his head. Ryou chose not to comment and they walked in silence until they made it to the red apartments.
"So how do we know which one it is?" Ryou asked.
"Uh, let's ask them." Yugi decided seeing a group of teenagers hanging out in the parking lot.
"Yugi, I don't think-" Ryou started but Yugi walked forward, Ryou took a deep breath and stuffed his shaking hands into his pockets before following his friend.
"Hi, can you please tell us where Joey lives?" Yugi asked politely.
"Whats it to ya?!" One of them demanded stepping forward and crossing his arms.
"Oh uh we just wanted to talk to him." Yugi said backing up.
"Whoa wait." The second thug said as his friend grabbed for Yugi.
"For what?!" The first thug demanded.
"You not supposed to mess with Yami." A third thug said.
"You stupid fuck this kids too short to be Yami." The first one said.
"I'm Yugi." Yugi corrected.
"Still though, Bakura might be strapped." The second one said calling attention to Ryou.
"He's -" Yugi started.
"I am, and I'm not in the mood for your shit so tell me where wheeler is." Ryou said going with it, giving them his most 'don't mess with me' look and pulling Yugi back to his side.
"First floor apartment 107." The first thug said backing up.
"Good, let's go Yugi." Ryou said pulling his friend away.
"That was awesome." Yugi said trying to calm his heart rate.
"It was the only thing I could think of." Ryou said letting out the breath he was holding, he scanned the doors looking for apartment 107.
Coming up to the door Ryou released Yugi and knocked on the door. They waited, Ryou shifted his weight nervously. The door slammed open and Joey stood there holding a gun aimed straight at them.
"CLOSE THE FUCKING DOOR YOU FUCKING MORON!" Came from inside the apartment. Joey let the door close behind him before turning his attention back to Yugi and Ryou.
Yugi and Ryou backed up until they were against the far wall. They put their hands up hoping to show Joey that they weren't a threat.
"Don't shoot, I just want to talk." Ryou said quickly.
"So talk!" Joey shouted waving the gun.
"I wanted to say I'm sorry about the way we got started, I didn't mean to ruin things for you." Ryou said apologizing.
"Is that all?" Joey asked aiming the gun again.
"Also I wanted to talk to you about that war that's starting." Ryou answered quickly.
"What about it?!" Joey demanded.
"People could die." Ryou said softly, images of the people he's met flashing through his mind.
"People die everyday and you can bet people will die over this, blood will be shed." Joey said narrowing his eyes. Ryou decided he didn't want Marik or Malik or Yami or Bakura or Akefia to die, he didn't even want Joey to die.
"What if your sister dies?" Ryou asked softly.
"Is that a threat?!" Joey shouted.
"No! No, I'm just saying innocent people get caught in things like this and what if it is her." Ryou said quickly.
"Look Devlin started this war, you'll have to talk to him, but I'm not staying out of it, I can't." Joey said lowering the gun and turning on his heel.
"Wait, where does Duke live?" Ryou asked.
"Oh no, I'm not telling you." Joey said.
"By the way I accept your apology." Joey said before closing the door.
"Thanks." Ryou said to the closed-door.
"Any idea where Duke lives?" Ryou asked Yugi who had remained silent through the exchange.
"Not a clue, sorry Ryou." Yugi said as they walked back the way they came.
"HEY! You're not Bakura!" One of the thugs they spoke to earlier shouted running towards them.
"Oops! Run!" Yugi shouted grabbing Ryou and pulling him.