Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Hostile Takeover ❯ Capital Punishment ( Chapter 22 )

Bakachibi voidfox: *Bakura gives kiss* Aten wuffs the sword! *smile*

Valea: Ryou had every right to get angry. Bakura kept this from his which was bad Bakura! Now he needs a spanking! (Bakura: OO)

Crazy Kins: NOT THE SQUIRRELS!! NOOO! The squirrels are evil…EVIL I TELL YOU! BTW, yes, Dragondreamer is her name!

Marik Ishtar: I'll let her know! Thank you!

IYYASHI: Steven is an ass…pure and simple. I didn't expect him to take it that far. I had one reviewer who actually told me his father did that to his son to change him. Of course, it did more harm than good.

Shadow of Light: They did deserve that. Bakura and Marik shouldn't have kept that secret. The saying goes: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Ryous mistress: He'll get over it. This chappie helps.

Dragondreamer: Steven: OO!! NOT YAMI DRAGON! AHH!

Pharaoh yamis princess: they were wrong. and the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Lady Elfskye: Long while.

Capital Punishment

Bakura stood outside Aten's room listening to the crying within the room. He sighed and brushed his spiky hair behind his ears.

"Ryou? Can I come in?"

Ryou looked down at Aten and kissed the boy on the forehead. "I love you, Aten."

Aten smiled at his mother. "Wuff you, mommy."

Ryou stood up and unlocked the kids' room door. He stepped out of the room and brushed past Bakura and went into his room. He sat on the bed and took a heart pill.

Bakura followed Ryou into the room and sat at the foot of the bed. "Ryou…..I'm--."

"How could you keep something like that from me?" Ryou whispered, wiping a tear away from his eye. "How could you do that to me?"

Bakura looked down submissively. "I didn't want you to suffer more than you did than when we rescued you, Ryou," Bakura said sadly. "You were in shock from what your father did to you."

"True. But still…..you could have told someone. You could have told me."

Bakura reached out for Ryou's hand, but Ryou pulled away. "I was only looking after your welfare."

Ryou stared at Bakura's brown eyes sadly. His eyes trickled with suppressed tears. "How can I trust you after this?"

"Ryou, Marik and I were very concerned for your physical and emotional state after you returned to us. Marik and I made the decision, as two people who love you, to withhold that information because you were in such a fragile emotional state, you would not have been able to handle it."

Ryou looked down sadly. Bakura left the foot of the bed and kneeled beside his crying husband.

"We were wrong to keep it from you, Ryou," the yami continued. "We shouldn't have kept it quiet. But we didn't want to cause you further pain."

Ryou turned to his yami. "I failed Aten, yami. What kind of a mother am I? I couldn't protect my baby."

Bakura opened his arms and sat beside his lover.

Bakura rocked Ryou gently as his lover cried.

"How did you find out? Did he tell you?"

Bakura kissed Ryou's cheek. "He told Seto that Steven touched him in the bath. That's all he said. He didn't give any details about where or how he was touched. We'll have to be patient, Ryou. It's going to take time and patience to help him get through it."

Ryou clenched his eyes and sobbed into Bakura's shoulder. "That's not all he did to my son, yami."

"There was more?" Bakura asked surprised.

Ryou nodded and whimpered. "Yes. The file said……"

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Aria played with her friends in the yard until the teachers came out to bring the kids to class. Robbie ran up to Aria. "Why isn't Aten here today? Is he sick?"

Aria nodded. "He said his tummy wasn't well this morning. He also told me his heart was hurting. My mommy kept him home today."

Robbie sighed sadly. "Aten's not going to be in today. It doesn't feel right with Aten not here."

Aria nodded. "I don't like it when my brudder's chest hurts. My mommy told me that my brudder could die with his bad heart. So, I take real good care of my brudder."

Robbie's eyes went wide and his lip trembled. "Die? Like when my fish was floating and my mom said it wouldn't swim anymore?"

Aria scratched her head. "I think so."

Robbie bit his lip remembering his fish. 'I don't want Aten to not move anymore!' he thought.

His attention was quickly grabbed by Williams who hastened the kids through the door.

The students rushed to their seats, except Umi.

"Aria, where is Aten?"

"His bad heart is hurting him today, he said."

"Umi Tsunami, return to your desk this instant!"

Umi blushed and retreated to his desk. Eric chuckled at him.

"Fish boy got in trouble! HA HA!"

Umi growled and Williams stood in front of the class.

"Where is Mr. Ishtar?"

"His heart and tummy hurt this morning," Aria responded.

Mr. Williams crossed his arms. "Childish complaints, Miss Itemri!"

Aria narrowed her eyes and growled. "Not for my brudder!"

Williams narrowed his eyes at her. "Excuse me, missy?"

"My brudder was bornded with a bad heart and he is vewy sick!"

"Zip it, Ms. Itemri!"

Aria's hair twitched in protest as Williams turned away from her.

"Today is Grandparents Day! Your grandparents will be here later. For now, go play."

Robbie took Aria's arm. "Is Aten really, really sick, Aria?"
"My mommy says so," she said lowering her head.

"Oh," Robbie sighed sadly.

Aria separated from Robbie who retreated to the corner where he and Aten played. Robbie sat alone in the corner, knees drawn up to his chest, quietly watching the other kids play.

Aria saw the teacher remove the same magazine from the desk that she saw the other day.

Aria turned to Gabby. "How dare he say that stuff about my brudder! I'm gonna take that magazine!"

Umi'svoice raised in anger. Aria turned and saw Eric trying to steal Umi's dolphin plushie.

"Give it back to me! That's mine!"

"Not for long it isn't!" Eric growled.

Williams left his desk and grabbed the dolphin.

"Tsunami, where did you get this?"

"I brought it from home."

"Who knows what kind of disgusting germs you tracked into this school by bringing this THING in here!"

Williams took the dolphin back to his desk and locked it in his bottom drawer.

Aria turned to Gabby. "I have to get Umi's dolphin back, too. I'll take something he loves and see how he likes it!"

A knock on the door made Williams abandon his reading and leave the room. Aria looked around. Too many witnesses. She didn't need Eric getting her in trouble.

Williams smiled at her. "Tell Grace the plan worked. His mother came in this morning to confront me about how I run the class. Ryou came in this morning to talk to me and I told him everything he had to know about his son."

Callisto laughed. "That will show his so-called "mother" that you don't mess with the Barnes family! Nobody messes with my sister and gets away with it!"

"I'm not letting my sister-in-law get bullied by a queer! Our plan worked perfectly!"

Callisto nodded. "Mrs. Ingis wanted to know if she could borrow your kids for a little bit. She figures they would enjoy listen to the old folks ramble on about nothing."

Williams shrugged. "Why not? I could use a little…… private time."

Williams returned to the room. "Ok, brats! Follow Ms. Callisto."

Callisto lead the children out. Aria hid herself under the teacher's desk growling.

Williams returned to the desk and put the magazine in the bottom drawer of the desk and locked it. "I'll be back, ladies."

Williams left and Aria squealed quietly. She grabbed the drawer and tried to pull out. The drawer was locked.

She climbed up on the chair and grabbed something to pick the lock. A paperclip!

She grabbed the paperclip and stood in front of the drawer. Aria growled at the lock as she listened for the mechanism to switch. When the lock snapped, she cheered and opened the drawer.

Inside was the magazine covered with scantily covered women. She grabbed the magazine and

was ready to put it in her schoolbag, when she decided against it. If Williams found it missing, he would search everyone's schoolbag. Aria ran to the corner where Aten and Robbie always played. She slipped the magazine between the storage cabinet and the wall.

"I have to rescue Umi's plushie!"

Aria ran to the desk.

"ARIA KANIKA ITEMRI!"

Aria gasped as she jumped back. Mr. Williams closed the door behind her and locked it.

"Try picking your way out of here now, little missy!"

Aria screamed and ran away from Williams' grasp. She jumped as high as she could to reach the doorknob when Williams caught her by the bare arm. Williams squeezed her arm roughly making her shriek.

"Bad touch!" Aria screamed loudly, unable to be heard above the laughter in the next room.

"You should know better than to go through other people's belongings! Didn't your fathers teach you any manners?"

Aria growled. "Let go of me!"

Williams picked her up by her arm and the scruff of her collar and carried her over to his desk. "Where is my magazine, you little brat?"

Aria shook her head. "You took Umi's plushie! You are a meanie-head!"

Williams grabbed her by the back of the dress and held her up. "Where is my magazine? It has to be in here! Where did you put it, you little snot?"

Aria folded her arms and her hair twitched. "You mean! You hurt Umi's feelings when you took his dolly away! You big, fat meanie-head!"
"You have right to talk, you little creep! Considering you live in a house of four gay men, I highly doubt you have room to call me names."

"MEANIE-HEAD!"

Williams growled. "Where is my magazine?"

"I no tell because you said mean tings about my brudder! PUT ME DOWN OR ELSE!"

Williams growled and clenched his fists. "I'll put you down!"

Williams sat down and put Aria over his knee.

"BAD TOUCH! HELP!"

Williams lifted the back of her dress and Aria's body shook.

"STOP! BAD TOUCH!" Aria shrieked, tears coming down her face.

Williams lifted his hand and brought the palm of his hand hard on her bottom.

Aria let out a growl and clenched her fists, tears streamed down her cheeks.

"This will teach you, you bad girl!"

Williams spanked Aria again and she growled.

"This will show you your place!"

Williams spanked her again and her entire body shook with the impact. The Sennen Eye flashed on her forehead.

"BAD TOUCH!"

The room filled with a purple haze and Williams disappeared.

Aria fell face-down on the floor and she looked up.

Williams was gone. She reached around and rubbed her sore bottom. She stood up looking for the teacher.

A smile crossed her face. "Wait until daddy sees what I did! My daddy gonna be so proud of me!"

When the other kids tried returning to the room, the doorknob rattled.

"Let me out of here!" Aria screamed.

Several minutes later, Callisto unlocked the door and ran to the room.

"Where is your teacher?"

Aria folded her arms. "He locked me in here and left! I don't know where he is!"

Callisto ran out of the room, leaving the kids alone.

Robbie walked up to Aria, who retreated to the corner. "Aria? Are you ok?"

Aria grabbed the magazine and limped over to her schoolbag.

Her hand roamed to the back of her dress. "The teasher hit my bum really, really hard."

Robbie's eyes went wide. "He spanked you?"

Aria pouted and nodded. Her eyes still sparkled with un-shed tears. "He hit my bum, Robbie, and it really hurt."

Robbie gave her a hug.

Umi squealed happily. "MY DOLPHIN!"

Umi grabbed his plushie and hugged it.

"I rescued him for you, Umi."

Umi bit his lip. "You…rescued him for me? But you got hurt!"

Aria wrapped her arms around Umi. "It was worth it for you!"

Umi smiled.

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Aria waited for her father to come pick her up after school, but her mother nor her father came. Tristan and Otogi entered the room looking around. No teacher could be found.

Aria walked up to Tristan, her eyes wide and teary. "How tum my mommy and daddy aren't here to pick me up yet?"

Otogi picked Aria up and she winced. "What's wrong?"

Aria sniffled and wiped her eyes on Otogi's shirt. "The teacher smacked my butt really, really hard!" A look of horror spread across Aria's face. "OH NO! My butt's gonna fall off now!"

Rhonda and Eric walked up to Aria.

"HA HA! ARIA GOT SMACKED IN THE ASS!" Eric teased.

"HA HA! ARIA'S GONNA CRY LIKE A BABY!"

Aria leaned over and growled at them.

Tristan took Rhonda's hand. "Let's go, little brat."

"Uncle Tristan, how come you never carry me like that?"

Tristan rolled his eyes. "I don't have time for this." Tristan lead Rhonda out by her hand and grabbed his cell phone.

Aria wrapped her arms around Otogi's neck. "That meanie teasher! He said bad things about my brudder and he didn't stop hitting me!"

Otogi rubbed her back. "Tris, who are you calling?"

"Ryou. He's usually here by now. His car's not outside."

Tristan put Rhonda in the car and stood outside with Otogi and Aria.

[Hello!]

"Marik? Aren't you supposed to be at work?"

[….I lost my job, Taylor.]

"Oh. Sorry, man. That sucks. Hey, are you guys coming to pick up Aria?"

[Taylor, can you keep Aria for a few hours? We had a…umm….situation here that we have to take care of.]

"Is the little guy alright?"

[Yeah. Ryou came home very upset and Bakura's been with him in his room all day. Can you please take her for a few hours? We'll come pick her up before your shop closes. You close at five, right?]

"Yeah. We can take her until then. No problem."

[Thanks. We owe you.]

"Oh yeah? Take care of Rhonda for me for this weekend?"

[I'd rather be dragged through the desert and be shot with the arrow in the back and stabbed like how I died five thousand years ago.]

"That bad?"

[I'd rather pull my own tongue out.]

"It was worth a shot."

[Nice try, Taylor. I have to go.]

"Ok. Bye." Tristan turned to Otogi. "We have to take her until we close."

Otogi opened the back seat.

"Unkie Togi?" Aria asked looking up with big brown eyes. "Can you not let me go? I don't want my butt to fall off." Aria began to cry against Otogi's shirt.

Rhonda folded her arms. "She is NOT sitting back here with me!"

Tristan bit his lip trying not to squish the frightened chibi. "Tell you what, Aria. Let's drop Rhonda home and then we can go out for ice cream. After that, you can come over and see some of our shop."

Aria whimpered and sniffled. "Ice cream? I want ice cream, Unkie Tistan."

Otogi moved to the front and sat in the front passenger's seat with Aria. Aria curled up against Otogi and closed her eyes.

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Ryou left his room and Marik stood there. Ryou wrapped his arms around Marik. "I'm sorry, Marik."

"I know how you feel, Ryou."

Ryou buried his face in Marik's shirt and Marik buried his face in Ryou's hair.

"We're sorry, Ryou."

Ryou nodded. "I know why you did it. It just….hurts that it had to happen."

"We know, Ryou," Bakura said, rubbing Ryou's back.

Marik brushed Ryou's hair back. "Shouldn't we kiss and make up?"

Ryou closed his eyes and brought Marik down for a quick, passionate kiss. Bakura watched as Marik stroked Ryou's back, moaning into the kiss. Marik backed Ryou against the wall and ran his hands under Ryou's shirt. Bakura rolled his eyes.

"I said kiss and make up! Not make out and make up! We have to pick up chibi yami from Tristan and Dice-Boy!"

Bakura grabbed the back of Marik's shirt and tugged him off of Ryou.

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Marik and Bakura entered the shop and found Aria polishing a black Harley Davidson. Bakura raised a suspicious eyebrow at Tristan.

"Taylor, do you realize this violates child labor laws?"

Aria smiled. "I'm helping out, daddy! Unkie Tistan said that he would pay me in M&M's!!!"

Bakura folded his arms. "That's blackmail."

"Hey, Bakura, I stick to my word! Besides, she's doing such a good job! I could use some good help like her."

Marik looked around. "Where's Dice-Boy?"

"He has his own business to run, Marik. And stop calling him 'Dice-Boy'!"

Marik shrugged. "Ok. Don't get your panties in a bunch!"

Tristan gave a little smile. "How did you know I wore panties??"

Marik turned fifty shades of red. "I did not need to hear that!"

Tristan smiled. "They're very nice! All frilly and lacy! And very comfortable! Otogi likes them!"

Marik rolled his eyes. "I'll be out in the car, Bakura." Marik left the shop.

Tristan bust out into laughter. "GO ME! I just disgusted him!"

Bakura stepped back. "Tell me you are not wearing frilly, lacy panties, Taylor!"

Tristan shook his head. "You kidding? Not frickin'likely."

Aria walked up to Tristan. "Unkie Tistan, I'm done."

Tristan picked her up. "Let's wash your hands, chibi."

Tristan washed her hands and set her on the ground. Aria ran up to Bakura, her eyes wide and teary.

"Daddy, I have to tell you about the teasher."

"Teacher?" Bakura bent down and kissed her on the cheek. It wasn't like Aria to be so serious.

"The teasher distapearred today."

"Disappeared? How? Why?"

Aria's lip came out in a pout and trembled. "The teasher smacked my butt today really hard."

Bakura's eyes narrowed and a growl came from his throat. "What?!"

"The teasher pulled up my dress and sacked me hard."

Bakura's growled and his teeth clenched. "You say he vanished?"

Aria nodded. "I don't know how it happened.

It was just like my pink bunny plushie! I was mad and it distappeared!"
Bakura stopped growling. "You got mad and your plushie disappeared?"

Aria nodded sadly. "Yes. I was mad. And when the teasher hit me, I was just as mad. A purple mist filled the room and when I blinked my eyes, he had distappeared."

Bakura looked up at Tristan shocked. "Could she….could she have sent him to the Shadow Realm?"

Tristan shook his head. "Well, Bakura, she is your daughter!"

"Very funny. Thanks for looking after her."

"WAIT!" Tristan grabbed a small bag of M&M's and handed it to Aria along with a kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you for helping me in the shop, Aria."

"You Welcome, Unkie Tistan!"

Bakura rushed into the car and locked Aria in her carseat. He sat behind the wheel and turned to Marik.

"We have a big problem, Ishtar."

"What?"

"I think Aria sent her teacher to the Shadow Realm."

Marik turned to Aria. "WHAT?!"

"Apparently, when she gets angry or upset, she sends things to the Shadow Realm."

Marik and Bakura shook their heads.

"You DO know what this means, don't you, Itemri?" Marik asked him with a look of horror on his face.

"Yes. We are in so much trouble when she hits puberty."

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