Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Anything For You ❯ Childhood Friends ( Chapter 34 )

OK, GUYS! IN THE NEXT CHAPPIE I WILL REVEAL WHO I AM GOING TO MARRY. I WILL HAVE MY OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW. I WONDER IF ANYONE WILL BE ABLE TO GUESS WHO I AM GOING TO MARRY **(hintyaoiwriterhint)**

Enoch: Nova Scotia. Pretty country. I forgot to thank you for the chibis!!! Thank you! *hands Bakura Chibi * There. That's for you.

Heather Chan: You'll know…

Ryou's Mistress: Malik's gonna show Ryou that it's different when you are making love to someone you genuinely love. Ryou seems to warm up to Malik here.

Dragondreamer: What can I say? Secret's revealed.

Mystical Dragon: *ryou hugs back *

Childhood Friends

Malik's POV

I awoke to the crib shifting beside the bed slightly. Aria was awake playing with her dolls. Aten was playing with his monkey as was his morning ritual. Beside me, Ryou's white hair was covered in sweat giving it a spiky appearance like Bakura's. His face was all covered in red and I listened to him chant.

"Can't sleep…can't sleep…must protect Aten."

I kissed Ryou's forehead and surprisingly he looked up at me. "Why did you kiss me?"

I looked at him in shock. Why wouldn't I want to kiss him? He was beautiful! He was handsome!

"I kissed you because I love you, Ryou. I wanted to make you feel better."

He nuzzled his head close to me. "Don't let my yami get to me….whoever you are."

My eyes opened wide in shock. `whoever you are???' Doesn't he remember us? Did he forget everything from his past life before he was kidnapped?

"Ryou? Don't you know me? I'm Malik. You knew me all your life."

Ryou nuzzled into me still as if he didn't even hear me. We heard a knock on the door and Ryou tensed up. "Don't let it be my yami, Malik…..Please."

Bakura walked into the room and Ryou tensed up. The yami sat at the foot of the bed as Marik walked in and went straight to the crib with the chibis.

"How are you feeling this morning, Ryou?" Bakura asked gripping the sides of the bed.

Ryou quivered under the sheets. "F….Fine…."

"Ryou, look up at me." Bakura raised Ryou's head gently under his chin. "You always called me Bakura. Why the change?"

I lift up my head. "Ryou hasn't called any of us by our names. He didn't even know who I was this morning."

Marik turned to us. "Ryou, you don't remember us?"

Ryou shook his head. I saw Marik and Bakura's shoulders drop. Ryou's husband rose out of the bed and calmly left the room shutting it behind him. Ryou began to whimper on my shoulder.

Marik watched the door shut and he took Aten out of the crib. "I don't like how this at all, tenshi."

"Me neither. Ryou, let's go downstairs for breakfast. Are you hungry?"

Ryou looked up at me again. "I get to eat?"

Marik picked up Aria and put Aten and Aria on the floor. The chibis ran to me and tugged on my arm in a futile attempt to get me out of the bed.

"Of course, why wouldn't you get to eat?"

"Because if I ate, I would have to…..pleasure you."

Marik's eyes went wide as saucers as he took the children's hands. "Let's go see what Daddy Bakura is up to, kids." Marik led the kids outside.

"Ryou, we would never make you do something that you wouldn't want. We love you. Bakura, Marik, and myself really care about you and we hate to see you like this."

Ryou looked up at me. "Why do you love me? What is so special about me? Aren't I just your `little whore to do with as you please'?"

My arms wrapped around him tighter. "Let's go, Ryou. You need to eat something."

I stood up and he remained in the bed looking puzzled. "You don't want me? I will give myself to you if you let Aten eat something!"

I turned around quickly to him. "What? You think you have to pay for food with sex?"

Ryou nodded. Those bastards…no wonder Ryou was in his condition!

I took his hand. "Let's go, Ryou. You don't have to pay for food here."

Ryou squeezed my hand. "I don't want Aten to starve! Please, I will do anything you want!" Ryou laid back and exposed his chest and neck to me desperately. "Take me!

Just please let Aten eat! You want me to be your little whore, then I will!" Ryou spread his legs and I tried not to burst out into tears at the thought of what had turned him into this. "Just please don't hurt Aten." With one quick yank, Ryou pulled me on top of him and began to kiss my lips. "I'll be very good for you, master. Just please let Aten eat."

I heard footsteps coming up the stairs and I tried to release myself.

"Ryou, let go of me..If Marik finds me with you…he won't be happy."

Ryou held onto me and lifted my shirt frantically kissing my chest. Tears were coming down his face. He held onto me tightly.

"I'll be good. I'll be good. Do it for Aten…I'll be good. I don't want my son to starve."

The door opened and I heard my yami growl behind me. "What in the name of Ra is going on here? You and Bakura, Malik?"

"Yami…He …pulled me on top of him!"

Marik shook his head. It didn't look like he believed me. "Ryou is very fragile now," he said taking Ryou into his arms. Ryou nuzzled into Marik's chest and began to kiss Marik's neck wildly.

"What the..?"

"I'll be good…Just don't hurt Aten…please don't hurt my son. I'll make love to you if you don't hurt him. I'll be a good little whore."

Marik's eyes opened wide and shoved Ryou away. "Ryou? What's gotten into you?"

Ryou laid on his back again. "I'll be really good."

Marik looked at me. "I think we had better get him something to eat before Bakura finds him like this."

We helped Ryou to his feet. "Where are you taking me? Let go of me!"

Ryou struggled with us elbowing Marik in the stomach. "ATEN! RUN! THEY'RE AFTER YOU!"

Marik grit his teeth and we held Ryou tighter. If we didn't, he may have hurt himself. We didn't want that. We helped him downstairs as Bakura ran into the living room with the phone in his hand. Aten and Aria were playing in the playpen. They both looked up at me and Marik struggling with Aten.

Aten was curled up in the side of the crib holding and petting his toy monkey. Aria held her Dark Magician doll as her mouth dropped.

"Let go of me! Let go!"

"Mommy?" Aria asked standing at the edge of the playpen. "What's wrong with mommy?"

"Nothing….Aria." I grunted pulling at Ryou's arm.

Marik saw Aten and tugged on Ryou's shirt. "See? Aten is there…safe and sound."

Ryou stopped struggling with us and he ran to Aten hugging and kissing him frantically.

Aria raised her eyebrow as her brother was given such a sudden display of affection.

"Mommy?" Aria tightened her grip on the Dark Magician doll. Marik and I were bent over panting heavily with our struggle.

"I need to see both of you in here. Now," Bakura said hanging up the phone.

We staggered into the kitchen, Marik holding his stomach and me holding my back.

"What?" Marik asked impatiently.

"I just finished talking to Zira. I told him about Ryou's memory loss."

"I don't know. I'd call it more repression than loss," Marik said straightening up.

"Well, whatever it is, I don't like it. Zira told us to keep him as calm as possible."

I let out a laugh. "I think we failed that one already this morning."

"Zira told us to reacquaint Ryou with familiar surroundings. We have to take him to places that he used to really enjoy before all this happened. That may snap him out of it."

We looked into the living room. Ryou was still hugging Aten.

"Ryou was acting strange after you left. Apparently, he must have been told that only through having sex could he feed Aten."

Bakura growled and gripped my shirt. "WHAT?!"

Marik grabbed Bakura's wrist. "He came onto both of us, Bakura. Apparently, they used that as a weapon against him. That is why he couldn't get close to you last night."

Bakura released me with a snort. "I'm ready to go back to that cabin and burn their ashes again."

"You can't, Bakura. They're looking for suspects."

We looked into the living room again. Ryou was sitting on the couch rocking Aten back and forth singing to him. Aria was watching from her playpen.

"We have to take him around the city. He always loved the park."

"Well, KaibaCorp may not be a bad idea either. Don't forget: Seto paid for Ryou's heart operation."

Joey told me that Kaiba also was willing to pay for the majority of Ryou's hospitalization.

"We can even take him to see that Ra-Damned Pharaoh," Bakura said walking away and mumbling a strong of Egyptian curses under his breath.

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So, we decided to take Ryou to the park first. Luckily it wasn't far away. My yami held onto my hand as we walked, no doubt getting some side glances, but me and my yami didn't mind. Aria walked beside her father holding onto his pants. Occasionally she would stop and smell the flowers along the sidewalk. Aten saw some butterflies and watched them intently.

Ryou refused to let him go. He held Aten close and didn't let him go. Aten couldn't even move in Ryou's tight grip. When I asked to hold him, Ryou snarled at me. He SNARLED! That wasn't like Ryou at all.

We arrived at the park and we sat down under our tree. Ryou still held onto Aten as Aria kissed her father and ran out into the field running as fast as her little chibi legs could carry her.

"Aten! Come chase me! Na na na na naaaa na!"

Aten's eyes narrowed and a smile played about his lips. "Mommy! I have to go chase Aria!"

"Aten! Don't let go of me!"

"Mommy, I want to pway with my sisser!"

Bakura gently caressed Ryou's hand. "Let him go play, Ryou. He'll be fine. Aten, just don't go too far away."

Ryou reluctantly let Aten go. We could see it was nearly impossible for him to let go of his son. Ryou kept his eye on the kids and nearly panicked when he saw them go more than twenty feet away.

"Ryou, relax. We always used to sit under this tree. Remember?" Bakura asked taking Ryou's hand. "This was OUR tree. We sat under this tree before. The day after we were married we came to sit under this tree and we watched the sunrise together. You still look beautiful like the day we first met. I was always too nervous to tell you how I felt about you."

Ryou looked down at the hand blankly, without emotion.

I turned to Ryou and pointed across the field to the playground. "Remember, Ryou? You and I used to play on those swings as children. We used to play there all day until my sister came to get me because I stayed too late?"

"No one ever came for me," Ryou sighed. "My father never cared if I was out too late. He never came for me," Ryou said looking down at Bakura's hand.

"We used to play there before we had our yamis. We had a lot of fun together! We played here our whole lives! We used to play tag, too."

Aten tackled Aria and the two began to wrestle laughing with little chibi squeals.

"Bakura and Marik can watch the kids, Ryou. Do you want to go play on the swings? For old times sake?"

Ryou shook his head. "I can't leave the kids alone. They may be taken again."

"I'll push you and this way you can watch the kids. Come on, Ryou! Let's go play on the swings!"

Marik looked at me as if I had lost my mind, too. My voice squeaked excitedly at the prospect of playing on the swings. Ok. Fine. I'm a teenager, but you never outgrow swings! Besides, if it could help Ryou, then it would be worth it.

"Let's go play, Ryou!" I jumped up and pulled at Ryou's arm. "I promise I'll push you!"

Bakura shoved Ryou lightly. "Go on, Ryou. You can watch the kids if you want."

Ryou reluctantly stood up and I pulled him to the swings. Aten and Aria followed us. Aria wanted to be pushed, so I helped her onto a swing. Her brother pushed her and she laughed happily. Ryou sat on the swing and I pushed him.

"See, Ryou? This is fun!"

I pushed him harder and he went higher into the air. Aten and Aria were laughing beside us. Aten pushed his sister as hard as he could. I couldn't tell Ryou's expressions as I pushed him. All I could tell is that he was tense.

"Ryou, aren't you having fun?"

"…..kind of."

"Maybe you just have to get involved!" I stopped his swing. "Here, push me!"

I sat on the swing and Ryou pushed me. I brought my head back and I saw a tiny smile cross Ryou's face for a second before it faded. I stopped the swing and I turned around.

"Ryou? You always used to love the swings. What is wrong?"

Ryou shook his head quickly. "It hurts."

"What does?"

Ryou blushed a bright red. Maybe the swing was too rough on him right now. I got up rubbing my backside too. It was a little rough for me and I didn't go through what Ryou did.

"It's ok, Ryou. Do you remember how much fun we had? We used to pack peanut butter sandwiches and eat out here? Just the two of us? No yamis. No school. It was just us. You and me, peanut butter sandwiches, and us being three years old! Those were the days, Ryou."

Ryou managed a little smile. "Yeah. No yamis. We were just three years old. No parents, either. Just us. Nobody else…" Ryou started to walk away. "Nobody else….nobody….nobody……nobody…"

I shook my head. I couldn't tell if this was helping Ryou at all. I turned to the kids. "Let's go, you two."

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The Game Shop was on the way to KaibaCorp. Bakura wasn't excited about the prospect of meeting his nemesis. I felt bad for Ryou. He was always in the middle of their squabbles. Yugi was stocking new cards when we came in. He dropped his cards and ran to Ryou giving him a hug.

"Ryou! I'm so glad you're ok! Kaiba called us and told us you were alright!"

Ryou held onto Aten in a tight grip as Yami entered the room.

Yami walked up to Ryou. "Ryou, how are you? Any better?"

"Auntie Yami!" Aria once again wrapped her arms and legs around Yami's right leg. Yami looked down at the chibi manacle around his leg. "Aria, not again."

"Hehehehehe…..Auntie Yami funny!"

"I'm Uncle Yami!"

"Auntie Yami!"

Yami looked at Aten and went to caress Aten's hair when Ryou pulled back and bit Yami's hand.

Yami let out a grunt and held his hand now bearing the sharp impressions of Ryou's teeth.

Bakura let out a chuckle. "I wouldn't put anything else near Ryou unless you also want to have it bitten off."

"Bite me, Tomb Robber."

"Wait…my hikari did it for me," Bakura chuckled folding his arms.

Yugi examined Yami's hand. "Ryou, why did you bite Yami?"

"He was going to take Aten away from me!" Ryou ran behind me. Yami approached both of us and Marik stood in front of me.

"You'll have to get through me if you want to get to my hikari and Ryou."

Yami looked at me. "Is there something you wanted here, Malik?"

"We're bringing Ryou around to places which may help him remember his old life. He has a kind of amnesia I guess is the best way to say it."

Yugi walked up to us and Ryou cowered behind me. "Well, Ryou, you always used to come here after school. I remember when you bought your Change of Heart here. It was your first card! Remember?"

Ryou looked down at the floor. "I…I loved that card. Half angel….Half demon….like me."

Yami raised his eyebrow at Ryou's statement. "You are not a demon, Ryou."

"Yes I am. I am the son of a demon. My father is the Devil."

Ok. That was creepy.

I turn around and see Ryou looking sadly at the floor. "No you are not, Ryou," I gently touch his face. "You are not a demon. You are my friend. And I love you very much. None of us think you are evil, Ryou."

Yami shook his head. "How come he doesn't bite you?"

"Because he's not trying to touch the kid," Bakura said.

Yami turned to Bakura poking his chest. "You got Aria and Aten back. What is your problem?"

"I'm telling you to be more perceptive, pharaoh! He won't let me or Marik near him either."

Yami looked at me. I had no idea why Ryou only let me near him. It amazed me.

"Don't you remember us, Ryou?"

Ryou looked down at Yugi and shook his head sadly. "I wish I could. But I don't."

Yugi looked down sadly. "Oh….I thought you would remember me. We kept you here after Bakura beat you up."

Ryou's eyes went wide and my gaze shifted to Yugi. "Let's not bring that up, Yugi."

Ryou buried his head into my chest. "I want to go. I have to go."

Ryou tried to turn the doorknob, but couldn't turn it with his shaking hands.

I opened the door and Marik called to Bakura.

Our next stop was KaibaCorp…..that was our last chance to help Ryou.

Next Chappie: Ryou goes to KaibaCorp with his friends. Ryou runs away…but where does he go with Aten? Will Ryou have his own Change of Heart?