Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Anything For You ❯ Fight This Battle ( Chapter 39 )

I hope you guys are liking the fic. Next week on July 31st is my Final for my class and my paper is due then, too. So, my updating will return to semi normal on August 1st.

Starting August 1st I will update every other day until I get settled in Canada.

I know this is far away and I may be into the other fic by then, but on august 8th, there will be no updates….that's my moving day to be with my Koibito Yami, Dragondreamer.

MINOR CURSING…..BAKURA'S A LITTLE…NOT HAPPY.

Cyn: Ryou will be ok. Bakura to the rescue!

Lupusdragon: *hands Mallet * that will work better.

Pharaoh Yamis Princess: Good luck with your fiancée, too.

Ryou's Mistress: I was kinda surprised, but I heard that flashbacks could happen in situations like this.

Dragondreamer: Hmm…I wouldn't let Anzu into Canada with me. That would be the longest light of my life!

Enoch: he has his times.

Angelic Mouse girl: *hugs * I'm sorry. Ryou will be fine, though

Negacat: Hmm…I'm sure that would scare Aku away forever. He wouldn't want to come back.

Angel Black: I like your comment on Aku…that was really cute!

Ssjgoddesschico: I won't kill Ryou…I need him for the sequel and for the story!

Sumomo: Ryou will be fine.

Leilarose: the fic is almost done.

Fight This Battle

Bakura looked over at his child asleep in the playpen. She was curled up in

the corner with a Dr. Seuss book in her hands. She surrounded herself with

her dolls and stuffed animals which she was reading to when she fell asleep.

Marik let out a giggle. "She's not so much like you after all, Itemri. You

always hated reading."

"It's not that I hate it, when I was her age, reading wasn't exactly a

concern of mine. I was leanring how to steal apples at her age."

Bakura looked in the other corner and nudged Marik gently. Bakura stood up

slowly. "You'd be proud of your son, Marik."

Marik stood up and crept to the playpen. Aten was curled up in the other

corner of the playpen. He was hugging his toy Millenium

Rod and sucking on the top of it, a line of chibi drool covered it.

"What can I say, Bakura? He's my boy!"

"So much so that I wonder how he's gonna grow up." Bakura leaned on the

edge watching the sleeping, twitching chibis.

Marik let out a smile as he leaned over. "I wonder if Aten will grow up to

be like me. Like Father, Like Son."

Bakura smiled and stroked Aria's cheek gently with the his hand.

"Aria....who's got daddy's blood lust?"

"Me, daddy...," the chibi whispered in her sleep.

"So you are happy if your kid grows up to be a blood-driven maniac?"

"Why not, Ishtar? You son's gonna be a Rod-Driven maniac."

Marik shook his head and rolled his eyes. "I won't love him any less."

The fathers watched their children cuddle close to their toys. Each father

smiled.

Marik chuckled. "Hey, we did a good job...didn't we, Itemri?"

"I didn't do a good job on Aria...I did a GREAT job! I mean, look at her!

Spiky hair, Ryou's eyes....my personality! Perfect fingers and the face of an angel! Of course I did a great job!"

Marik brushed back Aten's hair. "Aten's the best thing I did in my life...or

my afterlife. When I was alive, I had a wife and son. Yami's soldiers invaded the town to find me. A letter came for me saying my wife had just given me a son. I was away at the time on official business. When I returned, the town was destroyed by Yami's

general. I never knew if Yami ordered the town's destruction or what happened. That is why was so worried to lose him when he was born and why I didn't know how to care for

him." Marik sighed and ran his fingers along Aten's side. "He's still too thin. If his stomach weren't so sensitive, we wouldn't be so thin."

Bakura gripped Marik's shoulders. "Marik, we take good care of him. Ryou

took good care of him."

Aten gripped onto Marik's finger and began to suck on that.

"My special little boy. Come, Aten Bakari. Time to go to bed." Marik

picked up Aten, still clinging to his toy Millenium Rod. He

stretched and gave a little moan. Bakura grabbed Aria and pulled her from

her surrounding audience of stuffed toys and dolls.

The chibi moaned as she nuzzled into Bakura's chest.

"We better get these two to bed. I should check on Ryou. He was shaken after

tonight."

Marik held Aten and locked the door. After turning off the lights and

television, Marik joined Bakura at the top of the steps.

"Goodnight, Marik."

"Goodnight, Bakura."

Marik and Bakura kissed each other and the children. Marik put Aten to bed

in his crib and found Malik asleep under bedsheets.

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Bakura put Aria in her bassinet by the bed and tucked her in. After a kiss,

Bakura whispered, "Daddy's little angel."

The yami stripped and slipped into bed beside Ryou, who was covered from his

hips down by the bedsheets. Bakura took Ryou's arm and brought it on top of him and draped his chest. He put Ryou's face to

his chest.

Bakura hissed through his teeth. "Ryou...you're chilly, love. You cold?"

Bakura pulled the sheets higher over Ryou's shoulders. The yami raised an

Eyebrow and put his hand to Ryou's neck. Bakura wasn't

feeling Ryou's breath on his chest. His pulse was fading.

"Ryou! Ryou, Wake up." Bakura lightly shook Ryou who opened a weak eye.

"Y...Yami...."

"Ryou, what happened? Are you ok?"

Ryou raised a hand to Bakura's cheek slowly as he squinted in pain. "Love

you....Bakura...."

"Ryou? What did you do?"

Ryou's eyes were pin-point and his focus was gone.

"Pills....sedative......stop...Aku..pills...weaken...him."

"Ryou!" Bakura jumped out of bed throwing back the covers. When he turned, he

covered his mouth to keep himself from screaming.

"Marik! Marik!"

"Bakura!" Marik ran into the room and his eyes widened at the sight of Ryou

in the bed covered in blood around his hips.

Marik ran to Ryou on the bed and took his pulse. "Ryou, who did this to

you?"

"Malik....he....." Ryou's head fell back limp.

Marik turned to Bakura. "I found my light also bloody."

Bakura growled and ran into Marik's room. Malik was sitting up holding his

head and scratching his scalp. Malik looked up with

Bakura in rage.

"What the fuck did you do to Ryou?"

Aten's cry broke the silence. Malik squinted his eues and tears came out.

"What did you do, Hikari Ishtar?"

Marik raced into the room to take Aten into his arms.

"I'm waiting to hear what happened here!" Bakura jumped up and grabbed

Malik's shoulders and pinned him to the bed. "What in the

name of fucking hell did you do to Ryou, Malik?"

Bakura raised a hand to Malik and Marik grabbed his wrist. "Hey, Bakura!

Don't treat my hikari like that!"

"My hikari is almost dead thanks to your little punk!"

Malik's eyes went wide and he struggled with Bakura. "What?"

Marik tried to pull Bakura off of Malik while holding onto a crying chibi.

"Let go of him!"

Bakura growled and released Malik shoving him back on the bed. "You slept

with Ryou, didn't you?"

Marik sat on the bed beside his hikari. Aten reached out for Malik who held

him close.

"I was trying to help him, Bakura."

"Did you rape him, Malik? Look at that blood!"

Malik shook his head. "I didn't do anything to hurt him," Malik said

shifting and letting out a tiny whimper. Marik rubbed Malik's beack

hearing the familiar painful cry. Aten gripped onto Malik's sweaty skin. "I

slept with Ryou, but I let him do whatever he wanted with me. I

only wanted to give him control back. I wanted to help him."

Bakura heard Aria cry from her bassinet. Bakura ran in and grabbed her.

"What's wrong with mommy?"

Bakura saw Ryou's lips were turning blue. He ran Aria into Marik and Malik.

"Get Ryou to the hospital. Call Kaiba and ask him to take the kids. I have

to deal with someone on my own."

Bakura walked into the bedroom and put his hand on Ryou's chest almost

nonexistant.

Ancient Ring, give healing power

To my hikari, in his twilight hour!

Ryou's heart continued to beat and steadily grew stronger. Bakura could at

least keep the muscle going long enough for the doctors to help him. Bakura disappeared into the Ring.

Malik quickly dressed trying to tear Aten away from him. Marik held the boy as Malik quickly dressed shaking. "I didn't mean to hurt Ryou if I did…I let him take me."

Marik gave Aten back to Malik when he was done dressing. "I know you didn't mean it, hikari. I want you to call Kaiba and get these kids into their carseats. We'll talk on the way."

Malik nodded resigned and carried the kids outside. Marik grabbed a wet towel and quickly removed any blood from Ryou. Malik was right……Ryou wasn't "taken." Malik was telling the truth. The yami dressed Ryou quickly and picked him up. Ryou was still light in his arms. Ryou opened his eyes slowly and looked at Marik, but his eyes didn't look focused.

"Bakura….."

"We'll get you help, tenshi. Just lie still."

Marik put Ryou in the back seat with Malik and the kids. Malik dialed kaiba's number as he helped Ryou get buckled in.

Seto picked up the phone panting, a small squealing "Yes?" came over the phone.

"Seto, get dressed and meet us at the hospital. Ryou's sick."

"What? OW! JOEY! STOP IT! What happened to him?"

Marik jumped in the front seat and the car sped to the hospital.

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Bakura's POV

Ryou's soulroom was cold. It was almost as cold as when he had pneumonia

and when he had his heart problems. Ryou was curled up on the cot in the room, his

body shivering. I ran over to him and hugged him.

"Ryou, why the hell did you give me such a scare?"

Ryou's eyes slowly looked at me. His head wavered and he looked like he couldn't keep

his balance sitting down. I held his shoulders loosely and he whimpered.

"Ryou?"

"My shoulder…"

I pulled up the shirt sleeve and found a red mark on his shoulder. "Ryou, did Aku touch

you?"

"Why do you care, Bakura?" the figure of Aku stepped out of my soulroom, his footsteps of blood following him.

Ryou leaned into me struggling to take a breath. "The pills….weakened him."

I turned to Ryou. "That is why you did this?"

Aku walked slowly and remained close to the wall. "I knew Ryou couldn't defeat me…I am too strong for him alone."

"I will defeat you! You have no business with Ryou now! He is mine alone!" My Ring glowed with a red light.

"You are going to try to fight me?" Black light and sparks illuminated in his hands. "You cannot permanently get rid of me. Besides…even if you did find a way to get rid of me….your hikari may be eliminated instead."

I turned to Ryou who was reaching out for me on the bed. I turned around and helped Ryou lay down on the cot.

"Bakura…."

"Ryou, please….don't leave me."

Ryou leaned his head back to take a staggered breath. "I took the pills on purpose. They can weaken Aku…You can destroy him…yami….."

"Ok, Ryou…I will."

"Get rid of the memories, Bakura….Please…..If you love me………"

I turned around to Aku. I grabbed the Millenium Ring. "We'll fight this battle here and now! Millenium Ring! Channel all your power to me!"

My eyes narrowed at my weakened victim. I could tell he didn't have a chance. Ryou must have taken a lot of pills to get Aku this weak. I knew my Millenium Ring's power better than anyone. I had to get Aku out of Ryou's soulroom. When Ryou and I married, I bonded our soulrooms together. That created another soulroom outside of our adjoining room across the hallway. Like Ryou and I became one at our wedding, so did our soulrooms. I just kept the door on mine. I like my privacy every now and then.

When I bonded our rooms, my Ring opened another across the hall…that was going to be his prison.

I gathered my red energy and fired it at Aku without warning. Aku fell against the wall and I ran up to him grabbing his long, white hair making him grunt.

"You bastard!" I threw him into the wall watching red splatter all over. Aku tried to fall down, but I held him tightly. I threw him across the room and he let out a groan as he held his back. Aku was weaker. He was weakened the last time, but now he wasn't putting up much of a fight at all.

But….Ryou was lying on the couch struggling to breathe. I could feel him growing colder and colder.

"Bakura…..can't stay……awake."

I ran over to Ryou. "You can, Ryou. You have to stay awake. You won't wake up if you go to sleep."

Aku was trying to stand up and I went over to him grabbing his hair. I pulled at him yanking him out of the room.

"Ring! Show me the hidden doorway!"

A large Gold door appeared and it opened for me. "This room will be your prison, Aku. This room is not what it appears to be. This room is torture…This room…was my soulroom for five thousand years. Yami banished me in this room to rot for eternity…to be tortured mercilessly. And now…it will be your prison!"

I threw him in there….into the dark space that pained me for so long…He would never escape. I only escaped because Ryou was destined to have the Ring. That is what let me out. Aku was bad memories. He would never have a hikari. Aku is where he belongs….locked in a room of torment for eternity. I shut the door and heard Aku scream. My Ring glowed and the room was sealed shut.

I returned to Ryou in his soulroom.

"Ryou, Ryou, open your eyes."

Ryou opened his eyes and looked at me with tears in them. He laid on his back and I couldn't help see how vulnerable he was. Tiny tremors wracking his body. I leaned over and laid my head on his chest.

"Ryou…..Ryou..I love you….."

"Bakura…….my husband……Aishiteru." Ryou smiled and ran his long thin fingers through my hair delicately.