Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Beautiful Night ❯ Reunion ( Chapter 6 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Disclaimer: Of all the things, 'Perfect Day' by Elton John is stuck in my head O.o Anybody remember that one? I didn’t either, but Jessica still has my CDs, so... What? Oh, you want a what-cha-mi-callit? Fine, Yu-gi-oh ain’t mine, and neither is the song ‘Perfect Day’ -.-
A/N: Yup, I’m weird :) Wow, I said things were going to heat up between Ryou and Bakura, but this chapter really wound up focusing more on Mai and Jou... You yaoi fans were warned; that’s all I have to say. (nervous grin) But don’t worry; there will still be a highly suspicious Ryou/Bakura moment; blame Jou for it only being highly suspicious! (cackle) And anyway, the next chapter will be entirely Ryou and Bakura, I promise (grin, grin)
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Chapter Six: Reunion
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“I said to him, I said, ‘you should kill him.’ But did he listen? No...”
Jou sighed, rolling on to his stomach so he could look down from the top bunk of the jail cell’s bed. “Bakura, that’s not what you said. You’ve said that’s what you said about a million times now, but what you really said was, ‘Did you kill him? No? Your loss; come on, let’s go!'”
Bakura scowled up at him from where he sat on the floor in the corner. “Oh, shut up.”
Ryou sighed. He was laying on his back on the bottom of the three bunks. “Can’t you both drop it?” he asked a little timidly. “You’re only making it worse...”
Bakura narrowed his eyes. “You’re one to talk,” he said icily. “If it weren’t for you, it wouldn’t be bad at all!”
Jou moaned. “Leave the kid alone! He screwed up, we’re in jail, so what? It’s over and done with, and you getting all pissy at him isn’t going to change anything.”
Bakura growled dangerously. “Who died and made you the boss?”
He rolled over again, his head disappearing over the edge. “Take a nap, Bakura.”
He snarled, jumping to his feet. “You bastard! I’m gonna beat the shit out of you-”
Ryou grabbed his sleeve as he tried to climb up the ladder to the top bunk. “Bakura, don’t,” he said worriedly. “We’ll get in trouble!”
Bakura snarled again. He jerked Ryou off the bed and slammed him into the edge of the middle bunk so hard that he gasped. “Don’t tell me what to do!” he snapped.
One of the guards patrolling the corridors paused outside their door. “Hey, keep it down in there!”
Bakura shot the guard a nasty look, but release Ryou and moodily went back over to sit in the corner again.
“I’m sorry, Bakura.”
Bakura looked up, startled. He was even more surprised to see that Ryou was crying. “I-I know you’re really mad at me. I messed up so bad back there... I should never have asked to come, but I was just trying to help...”
Then Ryou stiffed, as Bakura wrapped his arms around him. “I’m sorry too,” he said quietly, and the other relaxed a little. Hmm... He was surprised at how nice Ryou’s hair smelled. His own, he knew, probably smelled like a mixture of filth and cigarette smoke, but this smelled like... Just then, he realized that Jou was staring at them. So were the people in the cell across the hall. He glared at them all, as if daring them to comment, and retreated to his corner once again.
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The gang, minus Bakura and Jou, had assembled for an emergency meeting. Since Ryou wasn’t with them either, they were at their hideout for once.
“Okay, what the hell are we going to do?” Kaiba demanded. “Malik, you’re in charge right now; use your brain.”
He snorted. “I thought you were the smart one, or at least that’s what you always say...”
Yami glowered at them. “Settle down, guys.”
“Oh, like you have any ideas-”
“Shut up, EVERYONE!” They all turned to gape at Mai. “You’re really pathetic without Bakura to keep you in line; did you know that? Not to mention he seemed to be the only one who could come up with any ideas. It’s so obvious. I’ll just ask my parents for bail money; the guy at the jail said it would be a lot so I’ll use that car excuse.”
Malik frowned. “I don’t know. Bakura said we were only supposed to use your parents for emergencies. He’s already going to be pissed from being stuck in a jail; do you want to make him even more mad?”
She stamped her foot impatiently. “Would you listen to yourself? Maybe it’s just me, but I would think he’d consider himself being stuck in jail an emergency. Anyway, not asking my parent for money when we should have is what got us in this mess in the first place!”
Kaiba and Malik exchanged nervous glances that said, ‘why is she so pissed?’
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It took a couple days to settle matters. The three of them were, after all, charged with assault, attempted robbery, etc., etc. But Mai got enough money in the end, and when they walked out of the jail the whole gang was waiting for them.
“Now, you guys did lie to my dad, right?” Bakura said, once they had gotten passed greetings.
Malik winced. “Hey, we would have, but the jail called him. He’s kinda pissed... But don’t worry; he’s scared of you, remember?”
He grinned evilly. “True, true...”
Jou separated from the rest of the group to thank Mai. “That was really awesome, what you did for us,” he said, grinning awkwardly. “You wouldn’t believe the food in that place; it was awful...”
Mai smiled, then to his surprise, she hugged him. “I only did it because of you,” she said quietly. “If it had just been Bakura I might have thought he could probably get out himself, but because you were there I didn’t want to take any chances.”
Jou raised an eyebrow. “Mai... What are you talkin’ about?”
She pulled away and looked up at him, still smiling. “Jou, we need to talk. Come on, let’s go.” And he yelped as she dragged him over to her motorcycle.
A few moments later, everybody looked up as Mai and Jou drove away. “Hey! Where do they think they’re going?” Malik asked disbelievingly.
Bakura threw back his head and laughed. “Finally! That lucky bastard...”
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Eventually, Mai stopped at a park. It was fairly empty at that time of day, so they could have some privacy.
Jou got off first, shaking his hair out, then blushed a little as he offered her a hand to help her off. Mai stared at him for a moment, and rolled her eyes and accepted it.
“I’m not quite that girly, you know,” she grumbled.
He grinned, still blushing slightly. “Yeah, I know... What did you want to talk to me about?”
Mai took her time answering, going over to a nearby bench and sitting down. He hesitated, then sat next to her. Finally, she sighed. “I... Well, while you were in jail, I did some thinking. I realized that I really care a lot about you, Jou.” His breath caught. “I can’t stand seeing anything bad happen to you... I think I’m in love with you.”
He didn’t know what to say. She... she... Did she just...? His head was spinning. So, since he couldn’t speak, he kissed her.
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Ryou sniffled. “Aw!”
Malik elbowed him, from where he was hiding next to him in the bush. “Shh! They’ll hear us, and anyway, you’re scaring me.”
Kaiba sighed. “I’ll bet you read shojo manga, don’t you?”
Bakura nodded sagely. “He does. He has a whole collection hidden in his closet; I’ve seen them!”
Yami’s eyes went wide. “What would your father say?”
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A/N: XD Oh, the mush! Shojo manga... it was like they were talking about porn magazines... I amuse myself far too much, don’t you think? Yeah, I know I passed up an opportunity to write a lemon, but I’m just not that big on hentai fluff. It showed, too -.- There are only a few hentai couples I’ll even tolerate, to be honest. And anyway, I’m trying to keep it at least a little realistic for once. Well, I suppose technically it still wasn’t all that realistic, but... it’s closer than what I usually write, right? XP You’ll live, I’m sure. Don’t worry, there are lemons in the not-too-distant future. But not next chapter XP Soon, though! Promise! Oh, and it occurs to me that I should seize this opportunity to apologize for Malik’s extreme OOCness. Or whatever you’d call it. I know he should be, like, emotionally vegetablized after what happened to him, but instead he’s pretty much back to his old self. Don’t worry; chapter after next it will all be explained. There is a plausible reason behind it, I swear! Is he in denial? Or worse? Bwuhahaha! ...Okay, that was weird, and dramatic, and cheesy, but I know it so it’s okay, right? Review onegai?
A/N: Yup, I’m weird :) Wow, I said things were going to heat up between Ryou and Bakura, but this chapter really wound up focusing more on Mai and Jou... You yaoi fans were warned; that’s all I have to say. (nervous grin) But don’t worry; there will still be a highly suspicious Ryou/Bakura moment; blame Jou for it only being highly suspicious! (cackle) And anyway, the next chapter will be entirely Ryou and Bakura, I promise (grin, grin)
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Chapter Six: Reunion
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“I said to him, I said, ‘you should kill him.’ But did he listen? No...”
Jou sighed, rolling on to his stomach so he could look down from the top bunk of the jail cell’s bed. “Bakura, that’s not what you said. You’ve said that’s what you said about a million times now, but what you really said was, ‘Did you kill him? No? Your loss; come on, let’s go!'”
Bakura scowled up at him from where he sat on the floor in the corner. “Oh, shut up.”
Ryou sighed. He was laying on his back on the bottom of the three bunks. “Can’t you both drop it?” he asked a little timidly. “You’re only making it worse...”
Bakura narrowed his eyes. “You’re one to talk,” he said icily. “If it weren’t for you, it wouldn’t be bad at all!”
Jou moaned. “Leave the kid alone! He screwed up, we’re in jail, so what? It’s over and done with, and you getting all pissy at him isn’t going to change anything.”
Bakura growled dangerously. “Who died and made you the boss?”
He rolled over again, his head disappearing over the edge. “Take a nap, Bakura.”
He snarled, jumping to his feet. “You bastard! I’m gonna beat the shit out of you-”
Ryou grabbed his sleeve as he tried to climb up the ladder to the top bunk. “Bakura, don’t,” he said worriedly. “We’ll get in trouble!”
Bakura snarled again. He jerked Ryou off the bed and slammed him into the edge of the middle bunk so hard that he gasped. “Don’t tell me what to do!” he snapped.
One of the guards patrolling the corridors paused outside their door. “Hey, keep it down in there!”
Bakura shot the guard a nasty look, but release Ryou and moodily went back over to sit in the corner again.
“I’m sorry, Bakura.”
Bakura looked up, startled. He was even more surprised to see that Ryou was crying. “I-I know you’re really mad at me. I messed up so bad back there... I should never have asked to come, but I was just trying to help...”
Then Ryou stiffed, as Bakura wrapped his arms around him. “I’m sorry too,” he said quietly, and the other relaxed a little. Hmm... He was surprised at how nice Ryou’s hair smelled. His own, he knew, probably smelled like a mixture of filth and cigarette smoke, but this smelled like... Just then, he realized that Jou was staring at them. So were the people in the cell across the hall. He glared at them all, as if daring them to comment, and retreated to his corner once again.
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The gang, minus Bakura and Jou, had assembled for an emergency meeting. Since Ryou wasn’t with them either, they were at their hideout for once.
“Okay, what the hell are we going to do?” Kaiba demanded. “Malik, you’re in charge right now; use your brain.”
He snorted. “I thought you were the smart one, or at least that’s what you always say...”
Yami glowered at them. “Settle down, guys.”
“Oh, like you have any ideas-”
“Shut up, EVERYONE!” They all turned to gape at Mai. “You’re really pathetic without Bakura to keep you in line; did you know that? Not to mention he seemed to be the only one who could come up with any ideas. It’s so obvious. I’ll just ask my parents for bail money; the guy at the jail said it would be a lot so I’ll use that car excuse.”
Malik frowned. “I don’t know. Bakura said we were only supposed to use your parents for emergencies. He’s already going to be pissed from being stuck in a jail; do you want to make him even more mad?”
She stamped her foot impatiently. “Would you listen to yourself? Maybe it’s just me, but I would think he’d consider himself being stuck in jail an emergency. Anyway, not asking my parent for money when we should have is what got us in this mess in the first place!”
Kaiba and Malik exchanged nervous glances that said, ‘why is she so pissed?’
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It took a couple days to settle matters. The three of them were, after all, charged with assault, attempted robbery, etc., etc. But Mai got enough money in the end, and when they walked out of the jail the whole gang was waiting for them.
“Now, you guys did lie to my dad, right?” Bakura said, once they had gotten passed greetings.
Malik winced. “Hey, we would have, but the jail called him. He’s kinda pissed... But don’t worry; he’s scared of you, remember?”
He grinned evilly. “True, true...”
Jou separated from the rest of the group to thank Mai. “That was really awesome, what you did for us,” he said, grinning awkwardly. “You wouldn’t believe the food in that place; it was awful...”
Mai smiled, then to his surprise, she hugged him. “I only did it because of you,” she said quietly. “If it had just been Bakura I might have thought he could probably get out himself, but because you were there I didn’t want to take any chances.”
Jou raised an eyebrow. “Mai... What are you talkin’ about?”
She pulled away and looked up at him, still smiling. “Jou, we need to talk. Come on, let’s go.” And he yelped as she dragged him over to her motorcycle.
A few moments later, everybody looked up as Mai and Jou drove away. “Hey! Where do they think they’re going?” Malik asked disbelievingly.
Bakura threw back his head and laughed. “Finally! That lucky bastard...”
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Eventually, Mai stopped at a park. It was fairly empty at that time of day, so they could have some privacy.
Jou got off first, shaking his hair out, then blushed a little as he offered her a hand to help her off. Mai stared at him for a moment, and rolled her eyes and accepted it.
“I’m not quite that girly, you know,” she grumbled.
He grinned, still blushing slightly. “Yeah, I know... What did you want to talk to me about?”
Mai took her time answering, going over to a nearby bench and sitting down. He hesitated, then sat next to her. Finally, she sighed. “I... Well, while you were in jail, I did some thinking. I realized that I really care a lot about you, Jou.” His breath caught. “I can’t stand seeing anything bad happen to you... I think I’m in love with you.”
He didn’t know what to say. She... she... Did she just...? His head was spinning. So, since he couldn’t speak, he kissed her.
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Ryou sniffled. “Aw!”
Malik elbowed him, from where he was hiding next to him in the bush. “Shh! They’ll hear us, and anyway, you’re scaring me.”
Kaiba sighed. “I’ll bet you read shojo manga, don’t you?”
Bakura nodded sagely. “He does. He has a whole collection hidden in his closet; I’ve seen them!”
Yami’s eyes went wide. “What would your father say?”
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A/N: XD Oh, the mush! Shojo manga... it was like they were talking about porn magazines... I amuse myself far too much, don’t you think? Yeah, I know I passed up an opportunity to write a lemon, but I’m just not that big on hentai fluff. It showed, too -.- There are only a few hentai couples I’ll even tolerate, to be honest. And anyway, I’m trying to keep it at least a little realistic for once. Well, I suppose technically it still wasn’t all that realistic, but... it’s closer than what I usually write, right? XP You’ll live, I’m sure. Don’t worry, there are lemons in the not-too-distant future. But not next chapter XP Soon, though! Promise! Oh, and it occurs to me that I should seize this opportunity to apologize for Malik’s extreme OOCness. Or whatever you’d call it. I know he should be, like, emotionally vegetablized after what happened to him, but instead he’s pretty much back to his old self. Don’t worry; chapter after next it will all be explained. There is a plausible reason behind it, I swear! Is he in denial? Or worse? Bwuhahaha! ...Okay, that was weird, and dramatic, and cheesy, but I know it so it’s okay, right? Review onegai?