Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Koibito Yami ❯ An Enemy Forged ( Chapter 5 )

Koibito Yami

(Dark Lover)

Hato Chiisai

NOTE: This is rated R for violence, language, sex and rape. THIS IS A YAOI FIC! That means male/male relationships and male/male SEX!

If you don't like that kind of stuff, then make it easy for every one and DON"T READ IT!!!!

Ryou x Bakura, Yugi x Yami, Ryou x Origional Character (rape)

Discclaimer: Hey, I'm a poor college student. I DON'T OWN A DAMN THING!!!!

************WARNING. VIOLENCE AND RAPE IN THIS CHAPTER******************

Chapter 5- An Enemy Forged

Ketsueki took his foot off of Ryou, and watched the boy scramble into the corner, looking for some other exit. The windows were too high, and Ketsueki was standing between him and the door, and was closing the distance between them by the second.

"You, you keep away from me!" Ryou whimpered.

"Awww, how can I? You're just too irresistible! I've wanted you ever since that night in the alley." Ketsueki said, as he stalked towards his victim.

"I, I thought you wanted the Scepter thing." Ryou squeaked, stalling for time for Bakura to get there.

"I do. But your father refused to give it to me. And I saw an excuse for taking you again. Soon, I'll have the Scepter of the Game King, and you, Ryou Bakura."

"The Scepter of the Game King?!?" Ryou gasped. "Yami." He said, under his breathe. Then he noticed his captor drawing closer. "Stay away from me! If you lay so much as one finger on me, Bakura will disembowel you!" Ryou screamed.

"Bakura? Your father? Or you brother? Ha. Your brother is in a hospital right now, fighting for his life, and your father had better pick up the phone when I call back, or you'll never see your dad again. I would love nothing more than an excuse to keep you as my personal slave. Though it's the Scepter I'm really after. You think you'll be safe when I get the Scepter? Oh, no, once I get it, I'm coming after you. And you will call me Master. But enough questions. It's getting hot in here." Ketsueki purred, and took off his jacket. Ryou whimpered at the large bulge in the front of his pants. Ryou tried to make a run for it, but Ketsueki tripped him, and hurled himself on top of Ryou, who began kicking and screaming. Ketsueki simply hit Ryou's broken wrist, and Ryou screamed in agony, his body twitching. Ketsueki pulled out his knife, and slashed through Ryou's sweater, until he dragged it off, and then, to Ryou's horror, he removed the Millennium ring, tossing it aside. Then, he crushed his lips to Ryou's. He moaned into the boy's mouth, his tongue entwining with Ryou's, as he fumbled at Ryou's pants. Ryou cried, and tried to push him off, but only had one hand.

Ketsueki released Ryou's mouth, and jerked Ryou's pants down, followed by his boxers. He pulled off his own shirt, and unfastened his own pants, and leapt up to discard them. As expected, Ryou bolted, but Ketsueki caught him quickly, bringing Ryou down to the ground. Ryou yelped as he skinned his knees and elbows. Ketsueki flipped him onto his back, straddling Ryou's hips, rubbing their lengths together, as he kissed Ryou again, his tongue exploring the small boy's mouth.

Ryou gasped for breathe when his mouth was abandoned, but his relief was short lived when he felt Ketsueki trail kisses down his chest and stomach, before taking Ryou into his mouth. Ryou gasped. He loved nothing more than to undergo this treatment from Bakura, it gave him pleasure like nothing else, but now, with Ketsueki, the pleasure had left completely, as his body betrayed him, swelling and hardening under the unwanted attention.

Ketsueki held his hips down to keep Ryou from thrusting, as he swirled his tongue around Ryou's shaft, skimming his teeth over it and sucking. When he deep throated Ryou, the boy arched his back, and screamed as he came.

"Kura!!!"

Ketsueki frowned, and released Ryou, moving up to stare down at the boy.

"Kura?" He hissed, as Ryou tried to focus on him. "You've been with someone since I took you." He remarked, then moved up farther until he was sitting over Ryou's face. "Show me what you learned." He snarled, and Ryou stared at him, clamping his mouth tight shut. He turned his head to the side, but Ketsueki grabbed his face, and forced him to face straight up, pressing his shaft against Ryou's mouth.

"Take it, whore!" He snapped. "And don't you dare think of trying anything, or I'll kill you, and then, I'll take your father, and brother, and your friend, Yugi, did you say? I'll take them just like I took you!!" Ryou stared in horror, and gave in. As soon as his mouth opened, Ketsueki thrust down, forcing Ryou to deep throat him from the start. Ryou gagged, and fought to breathe, but worked on Ketsueki just the same, terrified of what would happen if he didn't. It felt like forever as he toyed at the flesh, completely repulsed by what he was being forced to do. Finally, Ketsueki came, hard, choking Ryou. He cocked his fist at Ryou's head, as the boy gagged.

"Swallow it, you slut!" He snarled, and Ryou obeyed, his body fighting all the way down. He wanted to throw up, as Ketsueki pulled out of his mouth, panting. Ryou lay still, fighting to catch his breathe. He closed his eyes, praying that it was over.

He felt like crying when he felt Ketsueki lie down next to him again, touching his cheek. He pulled away from the touch.

"Don't touch me!" He screamed, and Ketsueki laughed, and groped Ryou. Ryou gasped, sat straight up, and, before he could think, his hand flew threw the air, and his palm landed squarely on Ketsueki's cheek with a loud smack! Ryou scrambled back, hand still raised, as Ketsueki blinked, trying to figure out what had just happened. Ryou's hand print appeared on his face. He slowly turned to face Ryou, who stared at him, chest heaving, as he himself tried to figure out what he had just done.

"You little whore!!" Ketsueki roared, and launched himself at Ryou. Ryou swung his hand again, but Ketsueki caught Ryou's good wrist, and dragged him over to one of the many support columns in the warehouse. Seizing the rope he had used from before, he tied Ryou's hands above his head to the column, and glared down the boy, rubbing his cheek.

"Bitch." He spat, kneeling next to Ryou. "I should fuck you dry and fuck you hard. But that might break you." Ryou tried not to sob, tried to be brave. He turned his head and closed his eyes, those words echoing in his mind, burned forever into his memories.

/Oh, God, Bakura, where are you?/ He pleaded through the link, though he knew it was useless without the Ring. He grit his teeth as Ketsueki gripped his thighs and wrenched his legs apart.

"Brat." He was growling. "I'll teach you." Ryou gasped when he felt a finger pressing at his entrance. He clenched his muscles, trying to keep the intruder out, but that only made Ketsueki laugh, and press harder. Ryou felt the tears spring up, but refused to let them fall, but when a second finger joined the first, he sobbed, and tears fell despite his efforts to hold them back. He squirmed and writhed under the pressure and pain, sobbing, when Ketsueki began scissoring his fingers, stretching Ryou. He added a third finger, and continued stretching the boy. Finally, he removed his fingers, and slicked up his length with his precum, then positioned himself, the head of his erection pressing into Ryou.

"Little Bitch. You're nothing but a slut. You are nothing but my whore, to use as I please!" And he thrust in, violently. Ryou screamed. Ketsueki didn't wait for Ryou to get used to feeling of being taken, he just began mercilessly hammering into the small boy, making him bleed with the fourth thrust. Ryou screamed and cried, as he was taken, pain tearing him apart. Finally, Ketsueki reached his climax, ejecting his heat into Ryou, and he collapsed on the sobbing teen. He lay there, all but crushing Ryou, for about ten minutes, before sitting up again. He looked down at Ryou, and felt himself grow hard again when he saw the pain and terror in his victim's eyes. Ryou whimpered when he felt Ketseuki swell within his body. He grit his teeth as Ketsueki pulled out, telling him self over and over again `It's okay. It's over. It's okay. It's over.' But it wasn't.

When Ketsueki was all but free of Ryou, he thrust in again, tearing a scream from Ryou's throat, and began pounding into the boy, just as hard and fast as before. Blood surrounded Ryou's hips, and bruises were forming where Ketsueki's hips had slammed into Ryou's with dull thuds. Ketsueki again came hard and fast, and this time, pulled out of Ryou completely. He smirked, and got dressed, and went back over to his desk, and began ruffling through papers, ignoring Ryou, bleeding and crying, quietly on the floor.

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Yugi rushed through the rest of his story, telling about the Duel in which they imprisoned in their favorite cards, Yami rescuing Ryou, and banishing Bakura. He told of Bakura's return, and all the events leading up to that dreadful night two weeks earlier. Ryou's father didn't explode as Yugi thought he would when he heard that Ryou had gotten all his bruises from his yami.

"I suspected as much." He had said.

"He's changed, sir." Yugi said, and then went on to tell about Ryou's nightmare. "He was trying to get to Yami. My yami. But, he was jumped. By this Ketsueki guy. He made it seem like a mugging, asking for Ryou's wallet, but, he-" Yugi stopped, and sighed. "This is going to be hard for you to hear, Dr. Bakura."

"Just tell me, Yugi."

"He raped him. He raped Ryou." Yugi said, and looked at Ryou's father. The doctor went pale, and leaned back, staring off into space.

"Ryou. He raped Ryou? My son?" He gasped.

"Hai. He didn't have the Ring. Bakura would've protected him."

"Bakura. Not likely, from what I've heard." Ryou's father growled.

"Sir, back in Egypt, Bakura was taken against his will when he was younger than Ryou. He knows how awful it is, and he would never let that happen to anyone, even his worst enemy. He would have protected Ryou."

"He raped my son." Yaten whispered, closing his tearful eyes. He let his head fall into his hands. Yugi then proceeded to tell about Ryou's dreams, but didn't mention that the creatures of the Shadow Realm had been wandering around the Doctor's house. He'd had enough shocks. Finally, Yugi was done speaking. The phone rang.

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"I know where he is!" Bakura shouted, suddenly, pointing to a warehouse.

"Right!" Kaiba said, and stopped the car. He pulled a pistol out of the glove box. "Let's go."

"Kaiba, stay here." Yami said. "Let us handle it. We may need a fast getaway." Kaiba paused, then nodded.

"All right, Yami. Here." He said, and held out the gun. Yami looked at it, and shook his head, smiling.

"I think our Shadow Powers can handle it." Yami said, and turned.

"C'mon, Pharaoh!" Bakura snarled, and Yami followed Bakura around the corner. Kaiba looked down at his pistol, then looked at the crates stacked up against the wall. He smirked, and climbed up to a grimy window, and peered in. His eyes widened, and he gasped.

The man who had to be Ketsueki was straddling a bound Ryou, raping him, right before Kaiba's eyes. Blood dripped from Ryou's mouth every time he made a single sound. Kaiba looked for Yami and Bakura, but didn't see them. He wrapped his coat around his hand, then waited. When Ryou screamed again, he put his fist through the window, the sound of breaking glass covered up by Ryou's shrieks. He poked the barrel of the gun through the window, and aimed at Ketsueki.

"C'mon Yami. Where the hell are you?" He murmured, feeling sick to his stomach. Ketsueki suddenly reached his climax, and stopped, pulling out of Ryou. Grinning, he got dressed. He moved over to a desk, leaving Ryou lying motionless. He began shuffling through papers, sitting down. He looked at the Millennium Ring.

"Here it is…" He muttered. "I knew it! It's the Millennium Ring!" He gasped, and turned to stare at Ryou. "Under my nose this whole time." Ryou moaned.

"Noooo….. The Ring…." Ketsueki frowned at Ryou.

"You know what it is, don't you, bitch?" He said, quietly. Dangerously. He picked up the phone, and dialed.

"Hello?" Came the voice on the other end.

"Hello, Yaten."

"Ketsueki! Where's Ryou?!? Yugi told me what you did to him! I'm going to kill you!!!

If you hurt him, I swear, I'll slice off your balls and make you eat them!!!" Ryou's father shrieked. Ketsueki smirked, and walked over to Ryou. Kaiba tensed, and pulled back the hammer of the gun with his thumb, ready fire if the man laid so much as a finger on Ryou.

"Say hi to Daddy." He said, holding the phone to Ryou's face again.

"Uhhh…. D-dad?" He moaned.

"Oh, God, Ryou, What did he do to you?!?"

"Daddy, I love you. I, I'm sorry I couldn't be strong, like Bakura. Take care of him for me."

"What? Ryou, no! Oh, God, Ryou…" Ketsueki took the phone back.

"I want the Scepter of the Game King, Yaten. Where is it?"

"You think I'll tell you after what you did to Ryou?"

"If you want him back in time to get him to a hospital to save him, you'll tell me where it is." Ketsueki said. Yaten Bakura sighed, and warred with himself. The artifact was priceless, and was supposed to have power. He didn't want to hand it over to Ketsueki, that would just be showing tat he could be blackmailed. But, if Ketsueki was telling the truth, and Ryou was dying…

"I, I sent it too my Post Office Box. Only I have the key."

"Good boy, Yaten. You will give me the key, and you will get your son. Shall we arrange the exchange?" Suddenly, the Millennium Ring flashed, and the door burst open. Ketsueki whirled, dropping the phone, and stared. The one called Kyodai Bakura stood in the doorway, but one look told him that this wasn't Ryou's brother. He wasn't even human. His eyes glowed red, and the Eye from the Millennium ring glowed on his forehead.

"Ketsueki!" the strange boy roared, and Kaiba smirked, relaxing his finger on the trigger. Ketsueki stared from Bakura to the Ring.

"You're not his brother! You're the Spirit of the Ring!!!" He gasped, and Bakura turned to Ryou, and the look of anger vanished, along with the glowing eyes. He ran to Ryou, and fell to his knees.

"Ryou!" He gasped, and Ryou looked at Bakura.

"Kura!" He whimpered, as Bakura pulled out his switchblade and cut the ropes on Ryou's wrists. Ketsueki picked up the Ring, and began to move forwards.

"Back away, Sprit of the Ring! You're under my control now!" He bellowed, and Bakura laughed.

"No one controls me, mortal!" The Millennium ring flew from Ketsueki's hands, and to Bakura, who caught it. Bakura smiled, and tied the Ring around Ryou's neck, then made him lie flat. "Watch him, Pharaoh!" Bakura said, and only then, did Ketsueki notice the second being, with the Millennium Puzzle around his neck. His mouth fell open, and he seized a paoper from his desk, with a rubbing of picture carvings from a temple wall. There, were six Millennium Items, floating in the air in an arch over the carved figure of the Legendary Pharaoh, with the Puzzle around his neck. He looked back at Yami. It was the same person as on the wall of the 5000 year old temple. He even had the Sennen Eye glowing on his forehead.

"It, it's you! The Legendary Game King! Pharaoh Yugioh! You've finally appeared to me, Great Spirit of the Puzzle!" He said, grinning, and fell to his knees. Yami glared.

"You piece of filth!" He thundered, Sennen Eye glowing. "How dare you lay a hand on Ryou Bakura!" Ketsueki blinked.

"It, it was all in my quest to find the Legendary Game King!"

"And you have me! And you will never again see the light of day once we're through with you!" Yami roared. He looked over to Bakura and Ryou. "Are you done yet, Tomb Robber?" Yami called. Bakura had his hands six inches over Ryou's hips, tapping into the power of the Ring to stop Ryou's heavy bleeding.

"Almost, Pharaoh!" He called over his shoulder. Ketsueki ruffled through his rubbings again until he found what he was looking for. It was a carving of the Pharaoh banishing a captured Tomb Robber, sealing his soul into the Ring. Then, he gasped. The Tomb Robber was Ryou! He looked over at the two albino boys as the spirit helped Ryou sit up. Ryou was semi-healed, and gave Bakura a huge hug.

"Kura!" He cried, and Bakura smiled, hugging him back. "You came!"

"Of course I did! You're my Hikari! I'd never leave you!" He said, laughing.

"Kura?" Ketsueki said, and blinked. "So, you're the one he has lain with." Bakura blinked, and Yami looked at him.

"Bakura? Did you and Ryou…?" Yami let the question trail away. Ryou turned red.

"Non of your business, Pharaoh!" Bakura snapped.

"Fine. I won't pry." Yami said, and Bakura gave him a look. He gave Ryou a comforting squeeze, then pushed him away, and stood to face Ketsueki, who was getting nervous. He turned to Yami.

"Game King! I have spent half my studying your legend, and trying to find you! Anything I found that my have helped me find you had to be mine! When Yaten Bakura found the Legendary Scepter of the Game King, I had to have it!" Yami blinked, as did Bakura.

"Scepter of the Game King?" Bakura asked, looking at Yami, who shrugged.

"Did I have a scepter?" Yami asked, looking slightly confused, and slightly amused. Bakura shrugged.

"I dunno, you tell me." Bakura said, then to Ketsueki, "You spent half your life trying to find Yami?" He asked, waving a hand at the other Dark. "Damn. What a waste."

"May I suggest a hobby?" Yami said, grinning.

"May I suggest stamp collecting?" Ryou said, eyeing Ketsueki's gun on the desk, and Bakura grinned at him.

"But, but, I've finally found the Game King!" Ketsueki stammered, and Yami gave him a look. "You have appeared to me!"

"I came to get Ryou!!!" Yami barked, and moved over next to the pale yami and hikari. "And now that we have him, we're leaving. Let's go, Bakura." Yami said, as he began to move towards the door. Bakura blinked.

"Just like that?"

"Hai. Let's get Ryou home."

"What? Oh, Ryou. Yes. Of course." Bakura said, gave Ketsueki a murderous glare, but turned and helped Ryou to his feet. Then, wrapping his arms around his light, he stepped over what was left of Ryou's tattered clothes, and followed Yami, Ryou limping beside him. Ketsueki blinked, then lost it.

"No! I will have the Millennium Items and the power of the Game King!!!" He shrieked, and pulled a gun, aiming it wildly, and firing.

"Ah!" Yami shouted, as the bullet grazed his arm. Bakura rushed to his side, and lifted his hand. "Iie! Don't waste the Ring's energy." Yami said, and Bakura nodded. He tore a strip from his sweater, and bandaged Yami's arm, then glared at Ketsueki

"The power is for our hikari's only!" Bakura snapped.

"Hikari's?"

"Our other half!" Bakura said, putting his hands on Ryou's shoulders. Then, Yami poked him.

"Let's go." He said, and they began to leave.

"Wait!" Ryou yelped, suddenly, and limped over to Ketsueki's desk, picking up the cell phone. He held it up to his ear. "Dad, you still there…….. It's all right. I'm fine. It's over……… We're coming home now…..Okay…….. I love you too, Dad………. Oh, hi, Yugi……. No, Yami's fine, it's just a scratch……No, he's just a bit annoyed…… Yami's fine, I promise. Okay. Bye." Ryou said, and hung up the phone. He looked at Yami. "You scared Yugi." He said.

"Ryou! Look out!" Bakura screamed. Ketsueki had inched around the room, until Ryou was between him, and the two yami's, then, charged. Ryou froze, and stared at him, fearfully, before he found his legs, and, trying to ignore the pain of the rape, whirled to run towards the yami's who were trying to get to him first. Ketsueki wrapped an arm around Ryou, and pressed the barrel of the gun to the side of his head.

"Yame!" He roared, and Bakura and Yami skidded to a stop. "You! The Millennium Puzzle! I want it, and I want it now! Hand it over."

"Release Ryou!"

"Give me the Puzzle!" Ketsueki roared. Yami scowled, and, slowly, took off the Puzzle. "Throw it, and I'll let him go!" Yami nodded.

"Yami! No!" Ryou shouted, though just being this close to Ketsueki was making him feel faint, and the fact that he was still naked, aside from the Millennium Ring, didn't make him feel any better. Especially when he felt Ketsueki harden slightly, at feeling Ryou's body pressed up against his own.

Yami tossed the Puzzle. Ketsueki grinned, and shoved Ryou forwards, and reached up to catch the Puzzle. Suddenly, a shot rang out, and Ketsueki screamed, and grabbed his shoulder. The Puzzle fell, and shattered into dozens of pieces. Ryou and Bakura gasped.

"Kaiba!" Yami shouted, seeing the brunette up in the window. "Start the car!" Kaiba waved, and disappeared from view. The two yami's and hikari turned their attention back to Ketsueki, who was gathering the pieces of the broken Puzzle, shoving them into his pockets. Suddenly, the pieces began to fade, and disappear.

"Yami, you were supposed to get sucked back into the Puzzle once it's not put together!" Ryou gasped, from where he lay on the floor.

"That's not the Puzzle!" Bakura said, kneeling next to his frightened Light. "That's what is formed when he takes a physical body, like me and the Ring!" Bakura said, motioning to the duplicate Ring around his neck, and to the real Ring on Ryou's neck.

"Yugi has the real Puzzle!" Yami said, grinning. Then, they all turned to look at Ketsueki, who had let out a furious shriek. He picked up his gun, and aimed at Ryou. Bakura placed himself between Ketsueki and Ryou, but Yami raised his hand, the Sennen Eye glowing on his forehead.

"Mind Crush!!!" He thundered, and Ketsueki's face blanked out, and he lost consciousness, the gun falling to the floor. Yami turned. Bakura pulled Ryou to his feet, and slung Ryou's arm over his shoulder, helping him stand. Yami got on Ryou's other side, lending his support. "Let's go." He said, and walked out of the warehouse. Kaiba opened the door of his car. He took off his coat, and put it on Ryou, who was still naked. Ryou and Bakura slipped into the back seat, and Yami rode shotgun.

"Nice timing, Kaiba." Yami said, motioning to the gun. Kaiba smirked.

"I was thinking that you really were giving him the Puzzle, Yami. I couldn't allow that."

"Arigatou." Yami said. Kaiba glanced into the review mirror, smiling at Ryou, who was curled up in Bakura's arms, the taller boy rocking him gently, and whispering to him.

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"Any other questions?" Yugi said to Yaten, who had been asking questions since Ryou had told them he was coming home.

"No, you've made it all very clear, Yugi. My son, a reincarnated tomb raider. It's incredible. And you! A Pharaoh!" Yaten said. Yugi blushed.

"Iie. That's Yami." They heard the front door open. "Speak of the devil!" Yugi said. Yaten's mouth fell open when Seto Kaiba walked in, followed by Yami. Yugi ran to Yami and flung his arms around Yami, who hugged him back, smiling.

"You're hurt!" Yugi said, looking at the blood on his arm.

"It's just a scratch, Yugi." Yami said. then, he looked at Yaten. "Ryou wanted to get cleaned up." He said, and they heard the shower turn on upstairs. "Bakura's helping him."

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Bakura helped Ryou upstairs, and set him on the toilet while he ran a bath. He turned when ryou suddenly stood, bent over the sink, and vomited. Ryou sank to his knees, while Bakura, trying hard not to think about what the white stuff in the sink was, turned on the water and washed it away. He filled a papaer cup, and gave it to Ryou, who washed his mouth out, then drank some water/ Then, he helped Ryou out of Kaiba's coat, and into the tub. Ryou winced, and hissed through his clenched teeth. Bakura grabbed a washcloth, and started to wipe the blood off of Ryou's thighs. Slowly, under his yami's gentle touch, Ryou relaxed, as the water turned red around him. Bakura pulled out the drain, and let the bloody water out, and filled the tub again.

Now that Ryou wasn't covered in blood, Bakura sat back and was able to look over the damage done to his Light. Ryou's wrist was bent at an odd angle, and swollen to twice the normal size. His knees and elbows were skinned raw, and a black eye had formed. There were red welts on his wrists where he had been bound, and his hips were badly bruised. There were also bruises on his thighs left by rough fingers. But no matter what Ryou's body had suffered, Bakura knew that the worst damage had been done to Ryou's mind.

Ryou opened his eyes, and looked at Bakura, who winced at the pain and depression that filled them.

"Bakura," Ryou said, quietly. "I don't blame you." Bakura closed his eyes, and looked down. "It wasn't your fault."

"I promised to protect you, Ryou. I promised that I would never let anything like that happen again."

"The circumstances were a little different this time." Ryou said, a wry humor in his tone. Bakura looked at him. "You couldn't have done anything when he shot you. I'm just glad you're okay, Kura. And you still came for me, and I'm here, and I'm fine."

"What? You're not! Look at yourself! Ryou, you've been raped! You have a broken wrist, and, I know, a broken heart. I can see it." (AN: Yeah, corny. Leave me alone.)

"It'll heal. Everything will heal."

"What about your trust?"

"It was never broken."

"And, your soul?"

"Never stronger." Ryou said, and Bakura looked at him.

"Your innocence?"

"I gave to you." Ryou said firmly, and smiled slightly. Bakura did too.

"Your heart?"

"It is you." Bakura knelt next to the tub, and Ryou sat up, wincing slightly. Bakura took Ryou's wrist in his hands, and felt it. "Can you fix it?"

"If you want me to." Bakura said, and Ryou nodded, and braced himself. Bakura placed his fingers on Ryou's wrist, jerked. Ryou gasped, as the bones popped back into place, and fell back, dizzy and faint from the pain.

"Ryou!" Bakura gasped, and leaned over him, checking to see if he was still conscious. Ryou smiled, his face still lined with pain, and wrapped his arms around Bakura, who smiled back, returning the embrace. "C'mon. Let's get you dried off." Bakura said, and started to help Ryou stand. Suddenly, Ryou's foot slipped, and he fell. Bakura lost his balance, and fell on top of Ryou, with a large splash. Ryou stared at his shocked, and waterlogged yami, and started to laugh.

"Dammit, Ryou! Now look what you've done! I'm soaking wet!"

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"What happened?" Yaten asked. Yami yawned, and collapsed.

"You tell him." He said, motioning to Kaiba. Kaiba told everything he had seen and heard from the window, not leaving a single thing out. Yaten was very upset.

"Where is Ketsueki now?" He asked. Yami sat up.

"I Mind Crushed him."

"Ouch." Yugi said. "Yami's Mind Crush isn't pretty."

"Will he come after Ryou again?"

"Not if he's smart." Kaiba said, but Yami wasn't so sure.

"Shimatte. I didn't think of that . I should have finished him off. Well, if he shows his face again, we'll banish him to the Shadow Realm. Yugi, I need to teach you that trick. Remind me later." They all sat quietly thinking, until there was a thump, and shout, upstairs.

"Dammit Ryou! Now look what you've done! I'm soaking wet!" Bakura shouted, and they heard Ryou giggling hysterically. Yami and Kaiba smirked, and Yugi grinned. Yaten raised an eyebrow. The water was shut off, and they heard the two boys go to the bedroom to dress, and a blow drier going. A few minutes later, Ryou and Bakura came into the room. Yaten stood, and stared, trying to pick out which one was Ryou. The smaller one's face split into a grin, and he ran to Yaten.

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Ryou and Bakura untangled themselves, and got out of the bathtub. Bakura wrapped Ryou in a towel, and carried him into the bedroom.

"Could you hand me the blow drier?" Ryou asked, as Bakura started to shuck off his wet clothes. Bakura tossed the thing to Ryou who started to blow his hair dry. Ryou smiled at Bakura. "Come here." He said, and Bakura obeyed, letting Ryou dry his hair. Then, he got a bandage from Ryou's desk (Ryou had several), and began to wrap his wrist. Then, he went to the closet, and selected Ryou's usual jeans and a light blue sweater, then searched for something to wear himself. He pulled on similar jeans, and a black sweater that he had never seen Ryou wear, that was in the very back of the closet. Ryou smiled at Bakura, who stood in front of him, and placed a hand over his black eye. Ryou felt a warm healing pulse, and the bruise was gone. HE smiled and Bakura helped him down the stairs. They came into the living room. Yugi was on the sofa next to Kaiba, and Yami, and Yaten was in the arm chair. They all looked up as the two boys came in, and Yaten stood, looking between Ryou and Bakura. Ryou grinned, and ran to his father, the joy in his heart overriding the pain in his body.

"Dad!" Yaten caught Ryou and hugged him tightly. "I missed you so much!"

"Ryou! Are you all right? I'm so sorry, son! I missed you too! God I missed you! I was so worried! I love you so much! I was afraid I'd lost you, Ryou." Yaten cried, holding his son tightly. Ryou felt tears running down his face as well.

"I love you too, Dad. And you'll never lose me! Bakura would never allow it!" Ryou said, and Yaten let go of Ryou, and turned to stare at Bakura, who was looking very nervous. Yaten walked up to Bakura, and they stared at each other.

"Arigatou." Yaten said, and his mouth opened and closed, as he searched for something else to say. Finally, he gave up, and, to Bakura's shock, embraced the Spirit. "Thank you, so much." He said. Bakura blinked, and stared at Ryou, who was grinning. Ryou ran over to them, and Yaten caught him up in the embrace as well. Ryou hugged his father and his yami.

"Good grief." Kaiba muttered. "That's so sweet I'm getting cavities!"

"Urusei, Kaiba," Yami laughed. Yaten stepped back, holding each boy by the shoulder, and smiled, looking between them. He simply laughed, unable to form words.

"Umm, Dad, this is Bakura." Ryou said. Yaten nodded. "Can I keep him?" Ryou pleaded, and Bakura gave Yaten a pleading look.

"I think you would even if I said no." Yaten laughed, then nodded. "Of course he can stay. Bakura, I can never thank you enough, for saving Ryou."

"That's my purpose, sir." Bakura said, humbly. "I, can you forgive me?"

"For what?"

"I never should have let him get his hands on Ryou in the first place. Not today, and not last month. I'm so sorry." Yaten's face softened at the miserable tone in Bakura's voice.

"I do forgive you. You are welcome to stay. And as far as I'm concerned, you are now a part of this family." Yaten said, and Bakura broke down, and started crying. Ryou, Yami, Yugi, and Kaiba stared at him, amazed. Ryou smiled, and held Bakura.

"Awww…." Yami said. "It doesn't get much better than this."

"Oh really. How about dinner. My treat." Kaiba said.

"Yes!" Yugi yelped, and Yami grinned.

"Sure."

"I could go for that!" Ryou said, but Yaten didn't look too excited.

"What about Ketsueki?" Yaten asked. The happy looks all vanished. "What if he comes back?" Ryou suddenly didn't look too good, and he had to sit down, wincing. Yami frowned.

"Bakura and I will teach Yugi and Ryou to tap into their Millennium Items. If Ketsueki were to show his face, they would be able to banish him to the Shadow Realm."

"Nani?" Ryou gasped.

"I suppose I should teach you to use your Shadow Powers." Bakura said.

"Really?" Ryou said, amazed.

"Sure! Yugi's already learning to use his!"

"Oh!"

"Now, boys," Yaten said, sternly. "That doesn't mean that you can banish anyone who makes you mad!" Bakura blinked.

"What? Why not?!" He asked. Yami rolled his eyes.

"Show some self control, Tomb Robber." He drawled, and Yugi glared at his Dark half.

"Oh, look who's talking!" He snapped, and Yami looked at him, confused. "You were the one who banished the animatronic dinosaur at the museum to the shadow Realm!" Yami turned red, and Bakura blinked, before collapsing into a chair, laughing.

"You did that, Pharaoh?!?" He asked, howling with laughter.

"I, well, yes, but, I didn't know it wasn't real! When it looked at me and roared, I thought it would try to eat me! I panicked!" Yami stammered.

"Oh really?" Yugi said. "Then what's your excuse for the vacuum cleaner and lawn mower?" Yami turned bright red, a the whole room exploded in laughter.

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"G'night, Yami! See ya in the morning Yugi!" Ryou called, waving as Yugi and Yami walked down the street, after Kaiba dropped them off at Ryou's house after dinner. Yugi and Yami waved back to Ryou, Bakura, and Yaten.

"C'mon, you two." Yaten said. "We have a lot to talk about. I'll make some hot chocolate." Ryou grinned, and ran up to the door, and into the house. Bakura and Yaten watched as Ryou disappeared. Yaten looked at Bakura, who was watching Ryou run by the window with an affectionate look on his face.

"That was some painkiller you gave him." Bakura grunted.

"Yugi told me." Yaten said. Bakura looked up. "He told me how you hurt Ryou." Bakura's face fell, guilt overtaking his smile.

"I, I'm sorry. I never knew much of love or friendship in Egypt. I, I thought I was helping him. Bigger kids always picked on him, I thought I was teaching him to fight back. I really didn't understand how much I was hurting him. I still have nightmares about it. I'm sorry." Bakura looked down at the ground.

"I'm not saying that I'll forget what you did to Ryou, Bakura. But I won't hold it against you. Consider yourself on probation. You are now part of the family, but if I see so much as a bruise on Ryou and I suspect you gave it to him, I will personally take the Ring and melt it down to a lump of metal. Is that clear?!" Yaten said, glaring at Bakura. Bakura gulped, and nodded.

"I would never purposely hurt Ryou. I love his with all my heart. He's everything to me." Bakura said. Yaten sighed, and looked down for a moment, then looked at Bakura.

"Bakura, do you know why Ryou is so weak?"

"He isn't."

"Physically, yes, he is. Do you know why his body is so weak. Why he's so, frail?" Bakura stared at his feet, and shook his head.

"Ryou's mother and I had been trying to have children for years. She had several miscarriages. When she was pregnant with Ryou, we didn't get our hopes up, but he was determined to live."

"Just like Ryou." Bakura said, smiling, slightly.

"But there were still complications in the pregnancy. My wife was in and out of the hospital constantly, and there were more than a few times when we thought we had lost Ryou. But he stayed. HE stayed long enough to be born. But, he was a month premature, and the birth was difficult. He came out with the cord wrapped around his neck. He wasn't breathing. He was lucky to live to leave the hospital. Even then, we weren't sure he'd live to see his first birthday. But he did, and he's grown up so much. But he's always been small, and thin, and well, weak. There's nothing he can do about it, it's just the way he is. The way he's meant to be, Bakura." Yaten looked at the ancient Spirit, who was staring at his feet.

"I didn't know. In my time, he wouldn't have survived being born. There was no one in my time who was born weak, and lived. The weak died. If, if Ryou had lived to grow, he would never have lived to see fifteen. He would have been killed, either by the elements, or exhaustion, or, well, he, he would have been taken, and used for pleasure. Long ago. He's just too, beautiful. It would have been his death, to live in my time. I speak from personal experience. I barely managed." Yaten nodded, and gave Bakura's shoulder a comforting squeeze. They both looked up as Ryou stuck his head out of the door.

"Hey! Are you coming in?!?" He called, and Bakura and Yaten grinned. Yaten jogged up to the door, and Ryou gave him a hug. Yaten put an arm around Ryou, and the two of them looked out at Bakura.

"C'mon, Bakura!" Ryou called, happier than Bakura had ever seen him. He dropped all the shields between them, and he smiled at the joy and love that came to him from Ryou's end of the link.

"Quit standing there and come inside!" Yaten called, grinning, and Bakura ran up to the front porch, and into the house.

Across the street, a pair of eyes watched the scene play out. Dark eyes glared, furiously, and the figure clutched at a bloody shoulder.

"This isn't over…"

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Damn. I got a lot of reviews! I'm so happy! Sorry to those whop asked for Bakura to get to Ryou in time to save him, but…..

Next Chapter: Explanations and Close Calls

Oh, yeah. Go check out my other fic, Return to the Light. And I also have a favor to ask everyone! I've been thinking of putting some of my fan art out into the net, but I don't know where. If someone has a Yugioh fan site, and they're up to it, I'd love to scan and send them my images if they'd be nice enough to put them up! (They're mostly Ryou, Bakura, Malik, Marik, Yami, and a little Yugi. And two of my own characters, that will be in the sequel to this story. Yes, I've already started the sequel.)