Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Hostile Takeover ❯ Deepest Fears ( Chapter 4 )

In this chappie, Yami and Aten have a discussion in Arabic. I have the translation of what they

are saying in parentheses. I do not know Arabic nor do I know Arabic grammar, so I'm doing

this kinda blind, so be gentle with me, guys.

Bwuebewwy sugar Princess: I can try to fit in some anzu bashing. I'm trying to decide where. I'll

need something, though.

Joey's Gal: Umi is so much like his father. Mako can't deny him.

Malik lover and anzu basher: I think Anzu needs a pet scorpion on the show. It would make her

so much more interesting…and even more hilariously annoying.

valea: Oh, Bakura might do that later to her. As much as he would like that now, he has to wait.

Gralnak: Yes, Robbie was the same in both stories. Aten and Robbie end up together, but I hid that story. I wonder who gave you the URL…….

IYYASHI: yeah, I thought it would be so adorable to have a chibi Mako in the class. He would be so cute. And Eric just needs a good spanking. Later, though.

Shadow of Light: I always had kids in my class that you couldn't touch them or go near them because their parents were influential. I couldn't resist. Much of what Aten goes through, so did I in school. …*represses bad memories*

Ryou's Mistress: Yeah, I will do your missing Malik x Marik. I'll squeeze in time to write it….get it??? Squeeze in????

Pharaoh Yami's Princess: I could fit in a Marik x Ryou somewhere. I don't see that being a big deal. I already know where I could fit it in.

Lady Elfskye: The teacher won't give them any problems. The substitute teacher will, but not Cullen.

Deepest Fears

Aku sat in his soulroom gathering his energy and planning. Aku could not control Ryou without

Bakura detecting him. And if Bakura knew that he had been freed from his soulroom, his plan

for revenge would be foiled. He had sealed the front of his soulroom with a fake barrier to convince

Bakura that he was indeed still concealed within his soulroom.

That could not happen.

He needed to grow stronger. He fed on pain….misery. He was already strong enough to

move around Ryou's unconscious undetected.

Aku grinned. There was nothing more fun than preying on Ryou's own fears. Aku opened a

large black metal box and grabbed the memory which created him. With a smile of satisfaction,

he watched.

*******Memory******

Ryou was being pinned to the bed, his own father looking down at him, kissing him delicately on the cheek.

"Don't cry, son," his father said sympathetically. "If you want Aten to eat tonight, you better not cry!"

Tim ripped into him. Ryou let out a whimper. Steven kissed his son's temple gently.

"You want your kid to eat tonight, right, Ryou? Then shut the hell up and take it like a man!" Tim growled.

"Your son didn't eat last night because you didn't pay for it, Ryou. Now lay there and pay for

your son's dinner like a good little boy."

Ryou threw back his head and looked up into his father's eyes. "I…….hate you…….daddy."

"You can hate me all you want, Ryou. This is for your own good. You know the rules, boy:

It's either you or Aten who gets this. You chose to take it instead of your son, now enjoy it."

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He grabbed the memory, fashioned into a black light. He walked to his soulroom's fake barrier and

allowed the bright light to escape.

A jolt of fear spiked through his soulroom and Aku breathed a sigh of relief and satisfaction as he

felt more power come to him. That felt just too good for words.

//I wonder what my hikari is doing now.//

Looking through Ryou's eyes, he saw a little boy in his playpen curled up sucking on his thumb

and cuddling his Winged Dragon of Ra plushie. The blonde yami was trying to get the boy's

attention, but it was failing.

//Walk to him, Ryou, so that I may learn his deepest fear…his painful thoughts.//

Ryou walked to Aten, picked him up and cuddling him close.

"What's the matter with my baby boy?"

//That memory I showed Ryou was perfect timing! Now I can scan the child.//

Aku grinned as he wandered through Aten's memory.

********Memory*********

Aten curled up on the blood-stained blanket alone. When he asked why the blanket was

stained red, his mother cried. When he asked why he was screaming, his mother bit his lip

and rocked him to sleep.

The basement wherein he and Ryou were confined was cold, damp, and dark. There was

no window and he was alone.

The door to the basement opened and Steven brought his staggering, naked son downstairs.

"Mommy? Mommy? What you do to my mommy?"

Steven released Ryou on is blanket and Ryou collapsed barely conscious. Aten snuggled up to

Ryou and brushed his mother's hair back lovingly.

"I love you, mommy."

Steven grabbed Aten by his waist. "Mommy! Mommy! No wan leave my mommy!"

"Time to eat and get a bath, son."

Aten wailed. "I WANT MY MOMMY!"

"Your mommy already paid for your food and bath, kid. I wouldn't make his payment worth nothing."

Ryou rolled over, pain throughout his body evident. "No! Dad! Daddy! Don't take Aten away!

Let me hold him first!"

The basement door slammed and was locked by Ryou's father.

"Time to eat, kid. And then it's playtime."

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Aku returned to his soulroom. He couldn't leave the confines of his soulroom for too long before

being able to be detected. But that memory was so powerful, that it almost doubled his power.

Now he could roam around longer without detection. Aku licked his lips from the memory.

That memory was something to be savored.

Ryou had put down the child and had grabbed a little girl.

Aku gasped….she looked like Bakura!

How could this be? He did not plan on a chibi Bakura. Aku shrugged.

//It doesn't matter. She's just another one I can control. Let me see what pain she hides.//

Aku wandered the chambers of her mind until he came across one room. It wasn't much of a

painful memory like her brother. It was more like a painful fear. He opened the portal and looked inside:

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Aria was clinging to Seto Kaiba's ankles crying. "Unkie Seto? Don't you love me anymore?"

Seto Kaiba kicked her away. "You're just a little brat, Aria! Hayden is my little boy now!

You're yesterday's news….an old hat that should just be thrown away or better yet…thrown away AND forgotten!

I don't see how I could have ever loved you! You're ugly and I'm bored with you! Now get out of my sight!"

"But, Unkie Seto…I'm your little girl."

"Aria, do you know what you are to me?"

"What?"

"A royal pain in my ass! Now get out of here! I don't like you and I hate you! I always have!"

Hayden ran up to Seto. Seto cuddled Hayden and kissed the boy's forehead. Seto rocked

Hayden and gave him a large bowl of M&M's."

Aria crawled up to Seto. "Can I have some?"

Seto slapped her. "Did I SAY you could have some? No! Now go away……you royal

pain in my ass!"

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Aku smiled. So…that was the chibi's worst fear. Hmm….interesting. That could always come in

handy later. Aku roamed deeper and smiled….He had found Aria's worst fear.

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Aria and Aten were sitting in class. Aten was sitting across the room. He was breathing heavily and

gripping his chest. Aten looked up at Aria and staggered from his desk.

"Aten?"

Aten gripped his chest and his eyes turned up at the ceiling. "Aria……I wan my……mommy."

Aten gave a chocking cry and his eyes lifted to the ceiling. A piercing cry was torn from his throat and he collapsed.

The teacher ran up to Aten and checked the boy for a pulse. Aria ran up to her brother and cradled him

in her arms. "Aten! Aten!" Aten gripped onto Aria tightly and let out one last breath. He went completely limp.

The teacher checked Aten for a pulse and performed CPR on Aten, but Aten didn't respond.

Cullen whispered, "He's dead."

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//So….she's afraid of her brother dying, huh? Aww…poor little weakling.

This was all too good. All of these fears could be used to my advantage later. Controlling those

who were afraid was so much more easier….and entertaining.//

Aku returned to his soulroom to rejuvenate. Fear was so easy to manipulate. He continued to look

through Ryou's eyes when the blond-haired yami approached.

//Hmm….I wonder if I can probe the yami's mind. I think I'm strong enough. I just will not wander

too deep.//

Aku wandered into Marik's mind and it didn't take too much infiltration to find his most painful memory.

Aku smiled. This should be good. Very little scares a yami.

**********Memory*********

Marik turned the corner to see Malik cutting up vegetables for dinner and humming to himself happily.

Marik's eyes drifted down to his hikari's backside, admiring it from afar. How much would he like to

just have him….to take him…right there!

A sneer crossed Marik's lip as he approached Malik. Malk tensed suddenly as he felt his yami press

him against the counter from behind.

"Put down the knife, Malik."

Malik's hand shook as he reluctantly put down the knife.

"What are you doing, hikari?"

Malik clenched his eyes closed as he felt Marik unbuttoning his belt and pulling down his zipper. "I'm…making

dinner…you want stir-fry?"

"Pull your pants down."

Malik knew better than to argue. He pulled them down and gripped the counter tightly knowing what

was going to happen. "Shall…I…continue to make….dinner?"

"I'll give you a break, hikari," Marik snickered as he positioned himself behind his shivering hikari

squinting his eyes nervously waiting for the inevitable…….

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Aku grinned at that memory. No doubt that will come in handy later. No doubt his newest little

victim had that memory on his mind.

Marik bought Ryou into the kitchen. Bakura and Malik sat at the table. On the countertop was the

same steak knife he saw in Marik's memory.

//Maybe….just maybe…..Marik would like Malik to return the favor. After all, Marik might actually

enjoy what I have planned for him. That steak knife will come in handy, that's for certain. Time to listen

in on what my hikari is talking about.//

Ryou sat down and looked around at the worried faces.

"The teacher just called us, Ryou. He wants to see us tomorrow morning before school about Aten.,"

Marik said leaning back.

Ryou shifted his eyes. "What about him?"

//Oh! I see another little fear growing here! What's the matter, Ryou? Afraid Aten's not doing well in

school because of you? Something you think your father did? Hmm……//

"Malik?" Bakura said turning to the blond.

"Aten cannot write English, Ryou," Malik said taking Ryou's hand.

//I can feel the memories pouring off of you, Malik. It will be my pleasure to exploit them for all they

are worth. You and I will be together for a long time, my little victim….Soon….Malik. Soon.//

"I don't understand. I've been reading to him since he was a infant. I've done all I can to help him learn!"

Marik shook his head. "He has no problem learning Arabic and Egyptian. But the teacher is concerned

about his motor skills, too. He said he just needed to speak to us."

//Someone is feeling guilty. What's the matter, Ryou? Think it's your fault? HAHAHAHA! Well…..

IT IS! RYOU, YOU ARE THE REASON WHY YOUR SON CANNOT WRITE!//

Ryou buried his face in his hands and began to sob. "It's my fault my boy cannot write or speak well!

It's all my fault!"

Bakura rubbed Ryou's back comfortingly. "Ryou, it is not your fault. Look, with a little bit of extra help,

Aten will be fine."

//But it's your fault, Ryou! You are his mother!//

"But it is my fault! I am his mother!"

//You are inadequate as a parent!//

"I am a terrible mother."

//THE ONLY PERSON YOU CAN BLAME IS YOURSELF!//

Ryou turned and buried his face in Bakura's neck. Aku's soulroom became colder….darker……

as he ingested Ryou's bittersweet guilt.

Bakura rubbed Ryou's back and kissed his temple. "Love, you are not to blame. All we need to do is

help Aten a little more."

//It's fun to play the blame game, isn't it, Ryou?//

Malik walked over to Ryou and wrapped his arms around him.

//So close…..if only I could possess him now….but, I would not be able to secure myself within

his soulroom.//

"It's ok, Ryou. We'll all do our best to help Aten if he needs extra attention," Malik said hugging tightly.

Bakura tilted Ryou's chin up. "Listen, baby, before you get upset, let's see what the teacher says

tomorrow morning. The solution may just be as simple as reading to him more or having him write

in a journal."

Ryou nodded and sighed as someone came to the door. Aria ran to the door and began jumping up

to the doorknob. "I want answer de door, daddy!"

Bakura held up his daughter as she turned the doorknob. Outside the door, Yami stood with his arms folded,

a stern look on his face like usual when he saw Bakura.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Mr. Sunshine and his lapdog."

"Well, if it wasn't the pain-in-ass tomb robber and his spawn," Yami said rolling his eyes.

"Unkie Yugi!" Aria squealed extending her arms to Yugi. "Unkie, Yugi, hold me!"

Yugi took the chibi into his arms and smiled happily. "Hello, Aria. How as your first day of school?"

"School was fun! I no can wait to go towarrow! We cutted paper and I put M's on my dess!

Den we collared and….and……we had to find toys that bedan with "A"! Since my brudder's name bedins wif

"A",I used him. And I met a friend! Her name is Gabby and she talks just like me! I should have bringed Auntie

Yami wif me to school today! Auntie bedins wif "A"! Doesn't it, daddy?"

Bakura snickered. "Yeah, Yami is an "A" alright."

Yami growled. "Oh, yeah, well you're a B-!'

Ryou stepped beside Bakura and took Aria. "If you insist on using that kind of language, Yami,

at least let me take away first."

Yugi ran in behind Ryou and saw Aten cuddled up in his playpen.

He was cuddling with his Winged Dragon of Ra and his Change of Heart plushies. "Hello, Aten.

How was your first day of school?"

Aten looked at Yugi, matching his large chibi eyes. "I net a fend, Unkie Yugi."

"Really? What is his name?"

"Wobbie."

"Did you do anything today?""

Ryou stood over the playpen putting Aria down on the floor. Aria ran back outside to Yami and

wrapped her arms and legs around his left leg.

"We weft, we dot tuff dat bedined wif de etter "A." I no wite well wike de utters. We tut payer and……

eatted dinder."

"Aten, we just had dinner. You ate lunch at school," Ryou corrected.

"Oh yeah…..den we…..ummm…….i tan gwoo payer eidder.

Wobbie and I pay wif bocks. And….and…..de kiss waffed at me." Aten curled up into a ball.

"Dat may me tad."

Yugi and Ryou exchanged concerned glances. Yugi kneeled down to the edge of the playpen.

"Aten, don't let bullies get to you."

"But I hurt when dey waffed at me. Dey tink I'm tupid."

Ryou caressed his son's hair. "We don't think so, Aten. You are a very smart boy."

"Den why I no tut payer wif kissers wike de utter tids in de cass?"

Ryou pulled the boy out of the playpen again and cradled him. "I no can tut wike de utter tids."

Ryou kissed Aten and looked down at Yugi.

"Aten, I had a hard time with that, too, as a kid," Yugi said.

Aten opened his brown eye and turned to Yugi. "You no tood tut wike de utter tids? Why?"

"It takes time to get used to school, Aten. Give it a chance. You'll see that with some practice,

you'll be able to cut like everyone else in the class."

Aten's purple eye opened. "I tan be wike effeybady else?"

Yugi nodded. "Yup! And then you'll have lots of friends!"

//Foolish mortal. I wonder what is going through your little mind. Let's take a look into

your memory and see what we can find. What has scared you most….little Yugi.//

*********Memory********

Bakura locked the door behind him and grabbed Yugi. He lifted Yugi off of the floor.

He removed the knife from his pocket.

Bakura sliced Yugi's sleeve and knocked him into the wall. He straddled Yugi's back.

Bakura pointed the dagger to Yugi's neck.

"You are going to die, little Yugi. Great God Ra, accept this offering of flesh and blood!"

Bakura lifted the knife, ready to slam the metal and pierce Yugi's throat.

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Aku laughed in his amusement. //I could sense another presence coming from Bakura during

that memory. That is a memory worth exploiting for my advantage again. Wait…..that my be

my way of eliminating Bakura once and for all. Perfect……that Yami of Yugi's will be instrumental

in eliminating Bakura. Once I eliminate Bakura, then I will be able to wreak havoc and destroy

his friends one by one. It's not just enough that I eliminate Bakura….I will make him suffer and hit him where he hurts…..Ryou and those whom he loves. None of them shall be immune to me. I do not care

about his Yami's painful memory. I can always use Yugi's. Yami will eliminate Bakura for me

and I won't have to do anything!//

"We had to stop by and see how their first day of school went, Ryou," Yugi said looking up at

Ryou with large eyes.

Ryou rocked Aten as Malik called in from the kitchen, "Dinner's done!"

Yugi nodded. "We have to go anyway, Ryou. I have to do some work at the Game Shop.

Aten, I know you'll do fine. Can I hold him?"

Ryou handed Aten to Yugi. Brown and purple eyes met Yugi's. Yugi buried his face into

Aten's neck and kissed him repeatedly.

Aten arched his back and squealed happily. "Unkie Yugi tittles, mommy!"

Yugi released Aten and both ran to Yami who was still trying to remove the tomb robber's

chibi from his leg.

"Ready to go, Yami?"

"Bakura, get her off of me."

Bakura leaned down. "Aria, honey, go get cleaned up now. The pharaoh made you all dirty."

"HEY!"

Aria released Yami. "Bye, Auntie Yami! I love you! Bye, Unkie Yugi! I love you, too! I love you, too, daddy!"

Aria kissed Bakura's knee and she ran inside as fast as her little legs could allow.

Yami looked down at the chibi Marik looking up at him with his eyes and white and blond hair.

Aten looked up at Yami with his large brown and purple eyes. "Masa'a ALKair, Auntie Ami." (Good afternoon, Auntie Yami.)

"Masa'a ALKair, Aten. Kaifa Halok?" (Good afternoon, Aten. How are you?)

"Eaini." (So-So.) Aten said fiddling with his fingers. Ana endi Sadik. 'Ismuhu Wobbie. (I have a friend. His name is Robbie.)

"Ana Mamnoon, Aten-Ibn-Marik." (I am glad (can also be grateful), Aten, son of Marik.)

'Ok, enough of that. Aten, go get cleaned up for dinner."

"Shokran. Ma'assalama, Auntie Ami." (Thank you. Goodbye-go in peace, Auntie Yami.)

"ma al-salamah, Aten," (Bye, Aten.) Yami said as he kissed each of Aten's cheeks.

Aten kissed both of Yami's cheeks and walked inside.

Bakura turned back to Yami and Yugi.

Yami folded his arms again. "I'm glad that the kids enjoyed their first day at school.

It will get better for Aten, Bakura."

"I know. We need to give him a chance."

Yugi nodded. "Goodbye, Bakura!"

"Bye, Sunshine," Bakura mocked as Yami turned his back.

Yami growled and grinded his teeth. He looked forward to the day he wouldn't have to

listen to his taunting anymore.

Bakura returned inside and went to make his daughter's dinner plate. Bakura put corn,

chicken breast, and placed some mashed potatoes on her plate. He cut up her chicken

breast into tiny pieces and gave her half of a biscuit. He put the plate in front of her and buried

his face in her neck and growled making the little girl laugh.

"2Eat your dinner, baby girl," Bakura smiled as he gave a playful little nip on her neck.

Marik put some mashed potatoes and a drop of gravy on a plate for Aten. Marik cut a piece

off of his own chicken breast for Aten. He cut it up until it was in smaller fragments than Aria's.

The father took it over to his son and playfully kissed the little boy's neck.

Aten reached out for Marik and took his father's cheeks in his hands. "I luff you, daddy."

Marik wrapped his arms around his son and sighed. "I love you, too, Ibn. Eat your dinner, baby boy."

Malik served his yami his dinner and sat beside him. Ryou served Bakura his dinner and sat

beside his yami.

Malik giggled and put a piece of chicken on his fork. He turned to Marik and fed him the piece of chicken.

Bakura rolled his eyes. "Now, I want a full night's sleep tonight, so get it out of your system now, you two.

Either that or go to bed early because I'll be damned if you wake me up again screwing like a

couple of dogs in heat."

Marik leaned into the table. "Blame Malik. He's a screamer."

//Oh, I'll make you scream alright, Yami Marik. I'll make you scream for mercy.//

Updates: Thursday or Friday.

Next Chappie: Some more cute Robbie and Aten bonding, Cullen wants Aten tested and Aku

tunnels into the fears of Seto and Joey.