Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Hostile Takeover ❯ The One ( Chapter 62 )

Just to let you guys know, I published a new story called "Carry Me Home." It's my side story to my series. It's a story of how Joey and Seto became a couple.

Caterfree: I wish you could kill Eric, but I need him for Aria's future.*grin*

Sweet Misery: Why, thank you!Aria should take Karate, but with Shadow powers, she's pretty much set. But, she'll get hers back with Eric.

bakachibi voidfox: I know…scary.

Shadow of Light: Yup, Aten can be fierce, but it takes a lot oout of him.

Ryou's Mistress: I've bitten and have been bit numerous times. I tried to fight back when people bit me, but, I always failed.

MarikIshtar77: Get your video of Seto yelling at a potty! Onday only for $14.95!

Lady Elfskye:I needed Yami out of there unfortunately.

Kanika: Yup, Aten growled! He was protecting his sister.

Maruken: Yami apologized, but he didn't mean it. Seth and Aria had a number of children, but all of them died in infancy. Only one survived and he went on to become pharaoh.

Shattered Light: I didn't know Marik was 6, but I knew he was created on Malik's 10th b-day. My stories are a little different. My yamis were banished to their items (except Yami).

Valea: I loved the potty scene!! Hayden is a cute little kid and I really loved that Aria and Aten fight scene! Too much fun to write!

Seth-o Lover and Bakurasgirl worshipper: SQUEEEEEEEE!! *hugs plushie* Thank you! *hands Ryou plushie*

Amane Bakura: It's rare Aten goes into yami-mode. Very very rare.

The One

Aten woke up the next morning beside Joey. He grinned when he heard the blond snoring louder than a rusty chainsaw.

//Now is my chance to slip the Unfaithful Guardian's card into his dueling deck!//

Aten shifted out of bed and crept from the room. //Now. The Puppy hides his deck…….in the study.//

Aten ran to the study. He jumped to try to open the door. //Damn small brat! Why couldn't he be taller?!//

Monique came and opened the door. "There you go, Aten!"

//Say thank you, little puppet.//

"Tankoo, Mon-ick!"

Monique smiled. "'Monique,' Aten. My name is Monique."

"Who tares?" Aten growled as he ran into the room and opened up a drawer by the couch.

Aten reached in and grabbed a small plastic box that held Joey's deck. Aten snapped his fingers and the Unfaithful Guardian's card appeared in his hand.

//Now to put this into the Puppy's deck!//

Aten slipped the card into Joey's deck and scurried out of the room unnoticed.

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Bakura and Ryou arrived at KaibaCorp. Bakura and Ryou gasped when they saw Aria's bruised neck. Ryou ran to Aria and kneeled in front of her. Ryou brought the little girl into her arms.

"Aria! My poor little girl!" Ryou exclaimed as he cuddled her to his chest.

The father growled at Seto and grabbed the CEO by the collar.

"What the hell happened to my daughter?" Bakura growled, his hair becoming more spiky and his canines sharpened.

Aten walked into the library where the group had congregated.

Aria sniffled. "Aten tried to get my M's and I told him they would make his heart and his tummy sick and he knocked me down and he took off the head to my Jessica doll."

Ryou turned to Aten standing in the door. "Aten, that wasn't nice. You know your sister likes her Jessica doll."

Aten pointed angrily at Aria. "She no diff me no M's!"

"Aten, you know chocolate is bad for your heart," Bakura said, releasing Seto from his grip.

Aten pouted. "She wass mean to me! I tare my suff wif her and see no diff me any M's!"

Aria's hair twitched and she growled at her brother. "Meanie-head Aten!"

"Bitch!"

Ryou gasped and narrowed his eyes at Aten. "ATEN! Where did you learn such language?!"

"None of your piss-ness!"

Seto and Joey's mouths dropped at Aten's lack of respect. Aten never mouthed off like that before.

Bakura grabbed Aten's hand angrily. "Aten Bakari Ishtar, you are going to spend the rest of the day in your room! Your mother does not deserve to be treated in this manner!"

Aria wrapped her arms around Ryou's shoulder, her body quivering.

"We're leaving! Right now!" Bakura growled.

Aten tried to pull his hand away. "I am not doe-ing to my woom!"

Bakura snarled at the chibi. "You're lucky I don't throw you over my knee, chibi Marik!"

Aten growled and his hair twitched. "You're not my daddy! You no tan tell me what to do! Bitch!"

Bakura picked up the chibi and carried him under his arm. Ryou turned to Seto.

"Thank you for taking care of the kids, Seto and Joey. I'm terribly sorry they caused you so much trouble."

Aria started to cry in Ryou's arms. Ryou rubbed her back.

"They're no problem, Ryou. Aten is probably worried about Malik."

Ryou looked back at Bakura, who carried Aten under his arm. Bakura's palm gripped Aten's throat just enough to get the chibi silent.

"Bakura, don't hurt him!"

Bakura growled and his body shook with repressed anger. "Let's go before I smear the walls with YOUR son!"

Ryou saw the same murderous spark in Bakura's eyes when Bakura used to become violent with him. It was the same spark he saw when Bakura would throw him across the room and enjoy hearing the snap of bone and the tearing of muscle.

"We have to go, Seto. Bye!"

Ryou and Bakura carried the kids to the car. Ryou opened the link to Bakura and was confronted of Bakura's father beating on him when he was three when he talked back to his father. Bakura's father had slapped him viciously across the face, knocking him to the ground.

Ryou could feel the burn on his cheek from the slaps.

Ryou opened the mindlink to listen in on Bakura's thoughts. //How dare he mouth off like that! When I was his age, I was beaten senseless! He has to learn respect one way or another! And if no one is going to teach him how to respect his mother, I will do the honors!//

Ryou bit his lip anxiously. He knew Bakura had a temper and knew what Bakura was capable of. "Yami, I can drive the kids home. I think you need to go for a walk before you come home."

"Why?! I'm perfectly fine! Let's go home!"

Ryou took the keys out of the ignition. "No, yami! You are angry right now! Furious! I don't want you to go home and hurt Aten! Please, yami, go for a nice walk and come home later. Here's some money, can you go get some bread and some aspirin, please?"

Bakura grabbed the money and turned to Aten. "You better behave for your mother or you'll see the face of Ra sooner than you think!"

"BITE ME!"

Bakura snarled and tried to reach into the backseat while Ryou grabbed Bakura. "Yami! No! Go take a walk!"

Bakura heard an ear-piercing wail come out of Aria. "That's it!"

Bakura opened the car door and left. He slammed the car door shut and walked away, his hair spiky and twitching. Ryou watched as Bakura left with only one thing on his mind……blood.

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Ryou drove the kids home. When they arrived home, Marik saw Ryou enter the house with a screaming, crying little girl in his arms. Aten stood at Ryou's side angrily. Ryou put Aria on the floor and she ran to Marik.

"Daddy Marik, Aten broked Jessica, but Unkie Seto fixed her! Aten called me bad words!"

Marik picked up the girl and noticed the black and blue marks on her neck. "Aria? Baby girl, what happened to you?"

"Aten bit me and hurt me!"

Marik looked down at his defiant child. "Aten? Why did you hurt your sister?"

"See no diff me no M's!"

"Aten, your heart can't take chocolate," Marik said placing Aria on the ground again.

Ryou narrowed his eyes at Aten. "He talked back to me and Bakura, Marik."

"Where's Itemri?"

Ryou grabbed Aten's hand. "He had to go take a long walk."

"Aten, that is not like you! I won't stand for you talking back to your mother and Bakura."

Aten growled. "Bakura's not my daddy!"

Marik crossed his arms. "Well, I am your father and you will apologize for treating your sister that way!"

Aten clenched his fists. "NO! I no do dat! See a bitch!"

Marik growled, resisting the urge to slap Aten for using such language. Marik grabbed Aten's shirt angrily. "Your mother brought you into this world and gave you life! He deserves respect as well as everyone else around you! Your sister loves you!" Marik released Aten's shirt. "Where did you learn such language?"

"Gantfatter teashed me!"

Marik raised an eyebrow. "This isn't my son. I wonder if Aku has anything to do with this."

//Go ahead and try to find me, Spirit of the Millennium Rod! I am buried so deeply into Aten's mind that you can't reach me. I am surrounded by the deepest, darkest memories of Aten's past where even you will be afraid to tread!//

Marik grabbed Aten's shirt again. "Malik? Bring me my Rod!"

Malik timidly walked into the room carrying the Millennium Rod. Aria went to Malik. "Mommy Malik?"

Malik handed the Rod to Marik and looked down at the chibi. "Yes, Aria Kanika?"

"Mommy….Mommy told me that you were sick in the hospital. Are you feeling better now?"

Malik went over to the couch and sat down. "Yes, Aria."

Aria walked over to Malik and took her hand. "Mommy said that you had a yami inside you. Is that true?"

Malik hung his head low and sniffled. "Yes, Aria. I'm so sorry if I hurt you. I'm sorry I hurt your brother. I'm sorry for everything."

Malik started to sob, but Aria stroked his hair. "Here, Mommy Malik, let me hold you."

The chibi brought Malik's head against her shoulders and stroked his hair. "No crying, Mommy Malik."

Marik gripped the Millennium Rod and carried Aten upstairs to his room, followed by Ryou. He put Aten on his bed and grabbed Aten's hand.

"Let's see if we can find anything."

Marik held up the Millennium Rod and a bright light filled the room.

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Marik's POV

I stepped into my son's mind. All around me was darkness. There was very little light in my son's mind. My body tensed when I heard a scream echo.

That was my son's terrified scream.

I ran in one direction and I found a series of doors. Most of them had wooden doors…like the cabin where Bakura and I found him with Ryou.

I saw that there was carvings on the doors in Arabic.

The first door had been carved with 'Greed.' Opening the door slowly, I found Aten laying naked on the bed. Above him, Jessica, Tim, and Steven hovered.

"I take him first!" Steven growled at the other two. "He is my flesh and blood!"

Tim snarled. "I'm the youngest! I should be the one to take him!"

Jessica folded her arms. "Ladies first, boys! I should be the one to get this little cutie first!"

I shut the door. I didn't want to see what would follow.

The next door read 'Lust' in Arabic. I heard Ryou screaming in pain behind the door and Tim's cries of pleasure. Aten cried from behind the door, begging Tim to stop hurting his mother.

Ryou stated that Steven made Aten watch Tim pound into Ryou's body. I couldn't bear to open the door.

The next door on which was written: "Fury."

I opened the door and found himself and Bakura having the fight in the hallway after being blood-drunk.

Bakura had sunk his teeth into my neck deeply and forcefully entered my body. We were both so drunk from the smell of blood that we couldn't control ourselves. When Bakura or I smell blood, we are filled with violent lust. Since the moment we became yamis, that had become a fact of our afterlife. Bakura gets worse than I do, I think.

Walking down the hallway, I saw a door inscribed with the word: 'Weakness.'

Something told me to be cautious in opening this door. I opened the door and saw Aten kneeling under a spotlight clutching his heart. His body was shaking and incredibly thin. He wasn't my boy of three years. He looked around twenty years old. Aten wheezed as tears came down his eyes. Kneeling beside him was Robbie rubbing Aten's hair. Robbie looked up at me with a trembling bottom lip.

"I can't save him," Robbie whimpered quietly as Aten gasped for breath.

My son…dying? Aten was clutching his chest, gasping desperately for air.

I can't look at this anymore. I closed the door and turned. There was a door I hadn't seen before. Oh gods…..

'Death.'

Outside of the door, a black candle was lit with hieroglyphics. I leaned down to read the prayers and read the name on the candle.

On the candle was inscribed: Aten Bakari Ishtar. Grabbing the doorknob, I pulled. Please, Ra, don't tell me my child suffers a violent death like myself.

I pulled the doorknob and the door did not open. Pulling harder, I struggled.

"The door will not open for you," a tiny voice said to me.

I looked down and saw a child with white and blond hair with two purple eyes.

"It is not time for this door to open."

"What is behind this door?"

The child looked up at me and folded his hands across his chest. "Death is behind that door. My Master Aten's death lies behind that door. It is not time for that door to open."

I kneel in front of this child. Is this Aku trying to throw me off? "Who are you?"

"I……I….and The Helpless Child. I protect this door to my master's future."

"I am his father. Permit me entrance."

The Helpless Child shook his head. "Only one person is permitted to see what is beyond that door and you are not he."

"Who is the only one permitted?"

"The only one permitted is the person closest to my master."

This was going to take me all day! "Who is the only one permitted entrance to my son's death?"

"The One, who loves him the most."

Why me? This is going to become annoying. Maybe if I rephrase the question. "Who is the only person who is intended to see my son's death?"

"The One, who bonds with my master by sacred bands."

"'Sacred bands?' Do you mean wedding bands?!"

"Only The One is intended to see my master's death."

This isn't getting me anywhere fast. Okay…different question!

"Does my son perish….painfully?"

The Helpless Child lowered his head. "No one can stop what my master feels. Even The One is powerless to stop the process."

I grab the door again and try to pull.

"You cannot open it. It does not open for you. Only The One may open it. Only The One can give permission for my master to open this door."

There's nothing more I can do here. I walked down to the next door and heard the footsteps of the child behind me.

'Terror' was written on that door. The Helpless Child shivered.

"My master dreams about this door."

I opened it up. This could give me a glimpse into my son's…..

Oh my god.

Aten's head was held down on a stone altar by Malik. Aten screamed as Steven entered…….

I shut the door tightly. All the color must have drained from my face.

I leaned against the door, my entire body shivering with the sight that was before my eyes.

No wonder my own son was afraid of me touching him and cleaning him on his backside! Steven….I covered my eyes. I watched…Steven…enter…oh gods….I can't do it! I can't say it!

I fall to my knees, my body was growing weak. How could Steven do that to my three year old?! Malik! He must have been under Aku's possession at the time!

My son looked like he was in so much pain!

The Helpless Child stood in front of me and stroked my hair. "My Master is terrified of this door. It scares him more than any other door."

The piercing scream escaped the room and I covered my ears. I can't take this anymore!

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Normal POV

Marik's eyes shot open and Ryou was holding his shivering body. Marik turned to look at Ryou. The white-haired hikari brushed beads of sweat from the blond's face.

"Marik? Is Aku in there? What did you see?"

Marik stood up and shook his head. "I could not continue. I had to leave."

Marik stood up to leave. "Aten, you will spend the rest of your day in your room," Ryou said as he left, shutting the door behind him.

Marik looked at the clock on the wall. "I have to get to work."

Ryou grabbed Marik's arm. "Marik? What did you see in there?"

Marik went to the bathroom and splashed his face with cold water. "Nothing out of the ordinary, Ryou. I have to get to work before I am late."

Ryou snickered. "Oh, yeah I forgot….Mr. Cheesy Weiner!"

Marik turned around and poked Ryou with the Millennium Rod. He couldn't let Ryou know what he found. What he found….was too terrifying. "That's SEAMAN Cheesy Weiner to you, Ryou."

Ryou covered his mouth to prevent from laughing loudly. "'Seaman!' Oh gods!"

Marik rolled his eyes and shook his head. "That's it. I give up." Marik entered his room and shut the door.

Ryou knocked. "I'm sorry, Marik! I was just having fun!"

"I know, Ryou! I'm going to be late if I don't get going!"

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Bakura walked through the streets of the city all day. His fists clenched tightly as he treaded through the park. How dare Aten speak to Ryou in that fashion! How dare Aten use such language to the person who risked his life to bring him into the world! Where did he get the audacity to behave so violently towards his sister?

Bakura saw the sun beginning to set and he loathed the idea of going home.

He was hungry. He needed to eat something. If he went home for dinner, he had a fear he was going to lose what little patience and tolerance he had managed to regain.

Bakura walked towards Captain Smiley Buns for a burger. He had the craving for something raw and bloody.

He went into the restaurant and saw Marik at the counter. He watched Marik's every move between narrowed eyes.

He walked up to the counter and gripped the edge with his hands.

"Itemri? Itemri, I heard you were pretty pissed about Aten. Do you feel a little better?"

Itemri let out a growl.

Marik raised an eyebrow. "Umm…can I take your arr-der, Itemri? Get it? Arr-der?"

Bakura looked over at the burgers. "I want a burger. Now."

Marik shifted his eyes uncomfortably. "Okay." Marik went to reach for a cooked burger and Bakura stopped him.

"No, Ishtar. I want one raw. The way I like it."

Marik stepped back. "Bakura, are you okay?"

Bakura nodded. "I need this, Marik, or I'm going to go home and probably will end up punching somebody's lights out."

Marik narrowed his eyes. "You keep your hands off my kid, Bakura! Aten is my son and I will deal with his misbehavior."

Bakura grabbed Marik's collar, his eyes fiery. "I need a raw burger now, Ishtar!"

Bakura released Marik.

Marik reached to a pile of raw burger and put some in a paper wrapping. The blood from the meat turned the bottom of the paper red.

Bakura gripped onto the bag with the meat in it. "When are you done work?"

"Midnight. I have to count the cash in my register and change into my clothes when I'm done."

Bakura narrowed his eyes. "Take your break now."

"But, Bakura, it's only eight o'clock!"

Bakura gripped Marik's shirt again. "I need you, Ishtar! And I need you now!"

Marik raised an eyebrow. "Where?"

"Out back."

Marik groaned. "Behind the dumpster? Bakura, can't you wait until I got home?"

Bakura shook. "If I go home like this, Marik…..I will do something that I will regret to Ryou."

"What worked you up like this?"

"Your son got me furious beyond belief and this is the only way I can go home tonight without the urge to kill, maim, or injure."

Marik sighed in defeat. "Okay, I will meet you out back in five minutes."

Bakura took the raw meat into the alley and hid in the shadows. He opened up the bag and the paper within. His teeth dug into the meat savagely, the blood seeping through his canines and a trail of blood slipping down his chin.

He threw the paper and the bag aside when he saw his prey walk through the back door of the restaurant.

Next Chappie: BAKURA X MARIK LEMON!!!! ANZU BASHING! Yes, people, I haven't killed her off.

Ryou , Miranda, Bakura, and the kids go Holiday Shopping….and they meet…*gulp* a special "friendly" elf.

NOTE: I need Holiday presents for the kids! If anyone wants to give presents to the kids, leave it in a review and I will work them in!

Updates: Thursday or Friday.