Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Crazy for you ❯ Ishizu ( Chapter 4 )

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A/N: I feel like writing again so here goes… I’m actually pleased for once how my own fic is turning out (I’m very self critical…) and this is also fun to write :D
I had the weirdest dream the other night; it was an actual deathshipping dream. I have never seen a dream like that before, it was actually quite good and would possibly make a fine fanfiction though it kind of started from the middle so I don’t know what happened in he beginning and it ended in a cliffhanger! No fair… I hope I get some kind of sequel or prequel to that dream. I’ve had sequels to dreams before so I hope for the best.


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The week passed quickly without much fuss. Same old: school, homework, the thrill. Nothing really interesting was going on in Ryou’s life right now, well, except for the assignment. It felt like the weekends he would visit Mariku were the high points of his life, or low points, depends how you took it. Most of the weekdays went by without him paying much attention to them but when the weekend came he was scarp and took notice of the smallest things. He was able to do his homework much better on weekends and Fridays were the days when he was most alert at school too.

Now he was spending time with his friends who had come over to his place for Saturday to study and just hang out. They were sitting on Ryou’s couch, watching a movie and munching some popcorn.

“Eh? How come he didn’t kick his ass?” Exclaimed Jounouchi suddenly with popcorn in his mouth.

“Because that other guy had his girl hostage…” Told Honda to his dense friend who obviously wasn’t really paying attention.

“How come you don’t have a girl, Ryou?” Asked the blond suddenly and Ryou blushed a bit.

“Well I…” He didn’t really know what to say but luckily Yuugi came to his rescue.

“Just leave it be Jou, it’s not like you have a girlfriend either.”

“Yeah, but that’s only because he’s an idiot.” Stated Honda and the others laughed good naturally.

“Hey!”

They went back watching the movie with Jounouchi still pouting because he had been ganged up on. The movie was pretty action packed and consisted a lot of explosions and shooting. If Anzu, the only female member of their small group, had been there they most likely wouldn’t be watching it but the girl was making her dream come true in the other side of the ocean. They kept in touch with her but hadn’t seen her since the beginning of the school year.

“We’re out of popcorn!”

“I’ll go get more.” Offered Ryou being the host and made his way to the kitchen. He put some microwave popcorn into the microwave and sat on the counter to wait for it to be done. He swung his legs a bit as he waited and turned his attention to Yuugi who walked into the kitchen.

“Came to help you with the popcorn.”

“No help needed, thanks.” Answered Ryou with a smile but the other boy sat on the counter next to him.

“So how is your assignment going?” Asked the weird haired boy in a chatty tone after a while of just sitting.

“Not so good, actually…” Said Ryou looking down, he had wanted to talk about it but hadn’t got the chance until now. “Mariku is just so unpredictable some times, I can’t grasp him… He scares me…” He finished quietly.

“Mariku is the person you’re supposed to make the assignment of? Can’t you ask your teacher to replace him?”

Ryou shook his head as a negative. “No… Besides, this is a great opportunity for me to prove my worth to Mr. Akishima.”

“But it can’t be good for you to thread the moment you must go there. You don’t have to prove anything to that guy.”

“I want to prove something for me too. And he’s an interesting person.”

The micro peeped to indicate that the popcorn was ready and Ryou took it out. “Don’t worry, I’ll be ok.” He said to his worried friend before heading back to the living room.

“Here’s the popcorn.”

“Aw, you missed all the action, hand me those.”

Ryou just sighed a bit, he didn’t care much about the action and explosions. He liked to be in the company of his friends, the movie was just a side dish with the popcorn. Yuugi too came back from the kitchen to join them to watch the end of the movie; it literally ended with a bang.

It eventually came time for his friends to head home for it was getting pretty late and you never know what kind of shady people walk on the streets of Domino after dark. Ryou said his byes as they were off and happened to glance at his watch while going back in to the living room. His eyes widened when he realized that he had totally forgot that he needed to buy chocolate for Mariku. He had promised after all and no matter what kind of person Mariku was, Ryou kept his promises. The corner store was probably still open so he decided to head there. He grabbed his jacket and went out the door, hoping that he wouldn’t run into any of those shady people on his way.

On the street he quickly made his way down the street, on the watch out for suspicious looking people and entered the small store. He walked down the isles and found the candy section. Ryou had no idea what kind of chocolate Mariku would like so he just grabbed a few sorts and noticed that the chocolate bars were on sale so he took a few more to make sure that he had enough. After that Ryou went to the cashier. The guy behind it had bags under his eyes and he looked at Ryou with empty eyes. The guy counted together the price and as Ryou was giving him the money he stated,

“You saved a lot.”

“Uh, yeah… Thanks.” Ryou said awkwardly and quickly left. The guy was a bit freaky to tell the truth.
He made his way back home without much fuss, a few stares from some guys he didn’t want to become acquainted with. He just walked a bit faster past then and luckily they left him alone. Reaching his apartment and getting inside he placed the chocolate bars on a kitchen self, then heading to the bathroom; he could use a shower.

Feeling fresh he slipped into his pajamas and got under covers with his book. Reading helped him to catch sleep and it was his escape from the world.

He didn’t get to sleep before midnight, tomorrow would come far too soon anyways, it didn’t need any help from sleep. With a sigh he reminded himself to value the fact that at least he wouldn’t get bored in a long time and turned off the light before pressing his head on the soft pillow.


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The next morning came soon as he had suspected. Ryou had had the strangest dream again. He had no idea what it was with these dream he’d been having and it puzzled him. Maybe they meant something but then again they might just be because of the stress or something.

This time he had been chased by a gigantic bunny, then just before it couth him he fell through a black whole. It seemed that the fall would never end but he soon found himself from Mariku’s room. The occupant told him that he didn’t like white chocolate and Ryou said that it was dark chocolate he didn’t like and not white. The argument was over when Mariku licked his nose and when Ryou raised his hands to cover it they sank into his face and the world whirled around in fast speed. When the spinning lessened he saw a gigantic eye who said that he held the ring of power and gave him a donut. It was banana flavored and Ryou didn’t like the taste so he woke up. All in all, it had made no sense what so ever and just managed to confuse Ryou. He knew that dreams weren’t meant to make sense but it wasn’t usual for him to see dreams that surreal. And what did Mariku do in his dream anyway? He didn’t belong there; he belonged in a nightmare.

Ryou noticed that while he was pondering the dream, he had already gotten dressed and almost eaten breakfast. It was still time before he would have to leave so he decided to go for a walk. He quickly brushed his teeth and went out. It was a rather pretty day with sunshine and only a few clouds in the sky.

Ryou went to the park near by and leisurely walked through it, trying to clear his head. He succeeded pretty well but when he reached his apartment his thoughts were a mess again and it had all been in vain it seemed.

He flopped down on his couch and seriously thought not going. If Mariku could produce him in to a scared shuddering excuse of a human in his right state of mind then he could surely do that when his mind wasn’t in check. That was not a very nice prospect for Ryou who would rather be able to function when around other people, especially people like Mariku. There was just something about him that made his thoughts go haywire, his heart beat increase and stop his mouth from forming an intelligent sentence. The symptoms indicated that he was in love but that couldn’t possibly be the case, that would be just too strange and Mariku wasn’t exactly the kind of person Ryou pictured himself loving. The person needed to be sane for starters and not scare the life out of him.

He shook his head and glanced at the clock only to discover that it was about time for him to get going. He remembered to take the chocolate bars with him before leaving and stuffed them in his pockets. He had many flavors just in case.

Ryou took the bus to the Domino’s House for the Mentally Unstable because he had discovered it to be a good way to get to his destination. He just got off on the hospital’s stop and walked the small distance to the mental hospital. It gave him the time to mentally prepare for things to come. He didn’t really know what to expect and it unnerved him once again. He would have liked some predictability but that wasn’t grated to him, it made him wonder if he had done something terribly wrong in some point of his life to deserve this. Of course he hadn’t but this kind of setbacks in his life just made him think, or at least it seemed like a setback to Ryou now.


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Reaching the mental hospital, Ryou took notice of the people inside the metal fence again before he entered the building. He went to the reception to ask where he should go since other personnel weren’t in sight.

“Excuse me.” The receptionist looked at him looking bored. “I’m supposed to go to where the criminally insane patients are outing, where would that be?”

“Go down that hall then turn to the left and go forward until you reach the door that says ‘fire exit’ and go out. There should be some nurses there, they’ll let you in.” She said and pointed to the right direction.

“Ok, thank you.” Ryou said and went to the direction where the receptionist had told him to, eventually reaching the door. He took a breath and opened the door. He looked around and spotted a familiar face near the gate.

“Hey, kid! You’re back.”

“Hello, yes… I couldn’t just stay away…” He answered to the familiar nurse with a slight smile.

“Aw, don’t be so blue. It will go fine and besides, everyone feels much better outside. See Ishtar over there?” He pointed and Ryou looked to see Mariku speak with another patient near the fence. “We just needed to handcuff him to get him here peacefully, as a precaution you know.”

“I see…”

“You’re worried for nothing, it’s lots of people out here who help you out if something would happen.”

They agreed to get inside the fence and Ryou asked if it would be ok to give the chocolate he brought to Mariku. The nurse told that it would be ok but he couldn’t let him keep the wrappings. He was also amazed that Ryou would do something like that when Mariku hadn’t been exactly nice to him.

“I’ll be over there and keep an eye out for you.” The nurse said and left Ryou a small distance away from Mariku.

“Hello Mariku…” He tried to sound cheerful but failed rather miserably.

“Hello sweets.” Mariku smirked and Ryou blushed at his newly acquired nickname. He remembered the chocolate and started to go through his pockets to find it.

“I brought… wait a sec.” He found what he was looking for and raised it for the other to see. “Here, these are for you. I wasn’t sure what you would like so I brought many.”

Mariku blinked in surprise, then looked at Ryou skeptically. “Why are you doing this?”
“I just wanted to… Consider it as a gift.”

“What do you want in return?”

It was Ryou’s turn to blink. “Nothing. It’s a gift, I don’t expect anything back, really.”

Mariku looked at him and took the bars. “Thanks…”

“You’re welcome.” This time Ryou actually managed to smile a bit. They walked around for a while in silence and sat under the single tree that stood near the fence. Mariku picked one of the chocolate bars, opened the wrapping and took a bite.

“Pick one.” He told Ryou not looking at him. Ryou glanced at him then at the bars and back at him again.

“Are you sure? They’re for you.”

“Just pick one, you can have it.”

Ryou carefully reached and took one randomly. “Thank you…” He too got the wrapping out and started munching on his bar. Mariku was already done with his first one and took a second. “You shouldn’t eat too many, you’ll get sick.” Warned Ryou.

“Don’t worry about me, sweets.”

Ryou blushed again. “Why do you keep calling me that?”

“Does it bother you?” He answered his question with a question.

“Kind of… I’ve never had a nickname before…”

“Well, it fits you. Sweet by nature and sweet by-.” He suddenly bounced and pinned Ryou to the ground. “-taste.” He grabbed Ryou’s chin and forced his head up to look at him. They were so close they could feel each other’s breathing; Mariku’s clam one and Ryou’s startled fast one. “So scared…” He chuckled. “Fascinating really.”

“Maybe I wouldn’t be if y-you…” He closed his eyes for a second and took a deep breath to keep his mind from tangling up into a mess. “If you wouldn’t… assault me all the time.”

Mariku let out a laugh, it was one of those insanely amused ones. “Assault you?”

“Hey!” A third voice called and Mariku turned to look at the direction of the voice. “Let him up!” If Ryou would have been able to look, he would have seen a couple of nurses running to their direction. Ryou didn’t really think that he would listen to them but he soon discovered that he was let up with a grunt.

“Are you ok?” The other asked Ryou while the other said something to Mariku.

“Yeah, I’m…fine.” He was helped to his feet and he dusted off the grass from his shirt. Ryou thought that they would take Mariku inside and ask him to leave but after a quick talk with Mariku they left a small distance away, leaving the two alone once again. They kept closer eye on Mariku though.

Ryou noticed that the chocolate had melted in his hand and quickly finished it. He was licking his fingers clean when he noticed that Mariku was watching him with keen interest. Ryou blinked and leaned his head to a side a bit in question. Mariku got up.

“You missed a spot.” He grabbed the back of Ryou’s neck before he had time to react and back away and used his thump to wipe of the small smudge on the corner of Ryou’s mouth. Then he proceeded to lick his finger clean. Ryou was captivated by the long muscle and just watched. Mariku noticed his stare and with a smirk quickly licked his upper lip. “Something you find interesting sweets?”

Ryou quickly turned his head away. “N-no…” The situation was starting to get too weird for him and he wanted out now. “I should go…” He would have left then if it wasn’t for the hand on the back of his neck still holding him.

“Aw, leaving so soon?” Mariku moved his thump up and down Ryou’s sensitive neck slowly and shivers ran up and down Ryou’s form.

“Please let go of me.” He pleaded but the other paid no heed to this. “Let go.” He tried with a bit more ordering tone but it came out as a quiet whisper and didn’t have much effect. It wasn’t like he was in pain or anything but he wasn’t used to this kind of contact and it was making him feel… odd. “Let go or I’ll… I’ll call for help.” He tried threatening and it got a reaction, not the one he had hoped for though.

Mariku leaned close and whispered in his ear. “Yes, scream for me.” and chuckled cruelly.

Ryou did. Well, he didn’t really scream because he was a man and men don’t scream but he did yell on the top of his lungs. The nurses rushed there and separated them quickly. Ryou held his neck like he had been strangled and breathed heavily as he watched them handcuff Mariku and start to take him back inside. He went without much struggle but the nurses were armed with that kind of electro shock things so it was probably better for him.

Ryou was also escorted out but on his way he noticed a pretty lady dressed in elegant clothing standing near the fence, looking after Mariku who was taken inside. She looked distantly familiar to Ryou and he went to speak with her. He approached her carefully, she emit an aura of calmness and certain authority that unnerved Ryou a bit.

“Um, excuse me miss.”

She turned to look at Ryou who smiled politely. “Yes?”

“I was just wondering if I’ve seen you somewhere before… You look familiar somehow.”

She smiled a bit. “Well, you seem to have some connection to Malik but I doubt that we’ve met.”

Ryou looked puzzled. “Malik? Oh you mean Mariku? Yes, I’m doing a school project on him.”

“Yes… Mariku… I’m Ishtar Ishizu, Mariku’s sister. Who might you be?”

“Bakura Ryou, pleased to meet you Ms. Ishtar.”

“Just Ishizu is fine. What sort of project are you working on?”

“A psychology project. I’m supposed to visit a patient, Mariku in this case, collect information and do a report of him by the end of the school year.”

“I see. How many times have you visited him?”

“This is the third time.”

She laughed wryly. “Maybe you should be his relative. You’ve visited him more than I have these past five years.”

“Oh, I’m sure you had a good reason to stay away.”

“I was just scared to face him… He changed so much…” Ishizu trailed off a bit. “From my sweet little brother to… that.” She turned to face Ryou again. “Aren’t you afraid?”

Ryou nodded truthfully. “Every time. Fears are meant to be over come though and I don’t wish to fail; I have things I need to prove.” Ryou paused to think for a while before making a suggestion. “Ms. I- I mean Ishizu, why don’t you come with me next week when I visit Mariku? I’m coming back next Sunday and it would probably be easier for you to face him if you didn’t have to do it alone.”

Ishizu seemed to think it through. She gazed in to the distance for a while, a slight frown on her face. “I guess I could do that… Thank you, Ryou.” She smiled more brightly at him
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“No problem.” Ryou smiled back before the nurses came to rush him out of the fenced area back to the building, saying that it was time to get the patients back in and that he was in the way. “I’ll meet you here before two next Sunday, ok?” He quickly said before going with the nurses
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She nodded. “That’ll be fine. See you then, Ryou.”

“Yes, bye!”

Ryou left the mental hospital to head home.

On the way when he was sitting in the bus he thought of Ishizu Ishtar and the small conversation they had. He sort of understood her situation; it must have taken a toll on her when Mariku lost it, maybe she was even the only family member… She had called Mariku Malik though. That puzzled Ryou; was Mariku not his real name or was Malik some sort of nickname for him? His file said Mariku on it very clearly but could it be false? Maybe he was just thinking too much again… He could always ask from Ishizu next week, or maybe Mariku though he doubted that he would do that. Mariku would be his last option if Ishizu refused to tell him.

He made it home. Ryou was supposed to prepare some food for himself but he wasn’t really hungry and decided to leave it for later point in time when he could actually picture himself eating.
He turned on his trusty television and turned it on a random channel, not really watching it anyway. He just tried to get the sound to distract his thoughts but without much success. He really needed to talk to Ishizu before this would start bothering his sleep like all the other problems seemed to.


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A/N: Done! Well, I like Ishizu; she’s the best female character in YGO. This has absolutely nothing to do with the fic but not so long ago, one sentence from Charlie the Unicorn was playing over and over in my head and I just went around saying: “We’re going to the candy mountain, Chaaarlieeee.” It really annoyed my brother xD

Please review and tell me what you think!


(Edit: Corrected the stupid mistakes I could find.)