Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Tearing Down the Sky ❯ The Challenge ( Chapter 12 )

Tearing Down the Sky

Hato-chiisai

YAOI There is a lemon in this chapter. I'll let you know when it starts so you don't have to read. This is your official WARNING!

And this fic is still dedicated to Mally-chan! ^_^

Disclaimer: Ownership is not mine.

Chapter 12

The Challenge

Yami chuckled as Yugi "bbled on in his excitement as they landed on Bakura's front doorstep.

" But of course Malik would never do anything to make Ryou mad, so he put down the watermelon and went quietly. He was on cleanup duty for two weeks, under Miho's surveillance. And she worked him hard. She has a thing for Ryou, and absolutely HATES Malik because Ryou chose him over her. Ryou isn't homosexual, you see, he's bisexual, and Miho thinks that means that she still has a chance, but she doesn't. Ryou loves Malik, and he'll never go for someone else. But Miho can't figure that out. She's had a thing for Ryou since we were seven. It's crazy! This one time, she came to class, and "

"Yugi." Yami interrupted, laughing. *We're here."

"Oh. Okay." Yugi said, giving Yami an adorable smile. Yami ruffled Yugi's hair, then knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Bakura called, and Yami opened the door, entering. He blinked as he stared at Bakura and Marik, their angels curled up in their laps. "Hello, Yami." Yami nodded.

"Hello Bakura. Ryou, Happy Birthday." Ryou blushed at this, and jumped when Bakura covered his eyes.

"What the...." He muttered.

"We have another surprise for you, Ryou. Just one more."

"Ohhhh fine....." Ryou pouted, and Yugi streaked into the room.

"RYOU!!!" He screamed. Ryou stiffened, then fought off Bakura's hand, and squirmed out of his lap, squashing him in a sensitive spot on his way. Bakura went cross-eyed as Ryou leapt towards Yugi, catching him.

"YUGI!!" He cried, and they fell into each other's arms. Malik leapt up as well, leaping for Ryou and Yugi. Yami and Marik smiled at the happy reunion as they ran to help Bakura. The three demons sat on the sofa watching the three angels cry in one another's arms and babble non-stop. Suddenly, the angels grew silent, and stared at the demons, all with happy shining faces. Finally, Ryou threw himself on Bakura, crushing his lips to the demon's. Everyone watched when Ryou broke off the kiss, tears leaving crystalline trails on his cheeks.

"You're the best!" Ryou whimpered, his face beaming in his happiness, and nuzzled Bakura. Bakura decided that if Ryou hadn't injured his manhood a few minutes earlier, his pants would have gotten too tight at the angel's affectionate actions. Malik had his hands on Yugi's shoulders, and was watching.

"How did they get here?!" Ryou asked, and Bakura shifted Ryou in his lap, cradling him.

"Well...." Malik began. "I kinda thought that Bakura had killed you. So the next night, I snuck into Hell, to find and kill Bakura. But I met up with Marik first. He knocked me out. When I woke up, I was in his bedroom, chained to the wall." Marik nodded.

"But we got along quite well." Marik said, smiling.

"Yugi?" Ryou asked, wondering how Yugi got there. Yugi turned bright red, and Yami chuckled.

"He attacked me." Yami said. "Slammed me into a cloud, sat on my chest, and demanded that I take him as my prisoner immediately." Ryou stared at Yugi. "When he woke up in my home, he bashed me in the face with a pillow, and demanded that I take him to you immediately, despite the fact that it was 3 am." Everyone laughed at Yugi, who looked highly embarrassed.

"Are you serious?!" Ryou laughed. And Yami and Yugi nodded.

"When we found out that your birthday was only a few days away, we decided to give you your friend's for a gift." Marik said, smiling. Ryou smiled at Marik, then climbed out of Bakura's lap, and hugged the blonde demon.

"Thank you." He said, rubbing his face against the demon's throat. Marik smiled, and stroked Ryou's hair.

"Your welcome." He said, and kissed Ryou's cheek. Bakura took Ryou back, glaring at Marik playfully, and Marik held his arms open to Malik, who happily climbed into them. Yugi simply sat next to Yami. Ryou and Malik watched Yugi and Yami's faces, then looked at each other, and grinned, nodding.

"Well." Ryou said. "Who wants lunch?"

"Me! I say we go to the training grounds afterwards." Malik said. Ryou nodded.

"I've never been." He said, and winked at Bakura, then whispered to him. "Find out how Yami feels about Yugi." Bakura blinked, then nodded, smirking.

"Yugi! Come help us make lunch." Ryou said, getting up and taking Yugi's hands.

"Okay!" Yugi said, and followed Ryou and Malik into the kitchen. They closed the door. Bakura smiled and turned to look at Marik and Yami.

"So." He said to Marik. "How was he?" Marik grinned.

"One of the best fucks I've ever had, Bakura. How was your angel?"

"Same. The best lay I've ever had. Well, with one comparison." He winked at Marik who caught his drift and smiled, embracing his friend.

"I am honored to have been your first."

"And here's poor Yami." Bakura teased. "Still a virgin." Yami blushed, and glared.

"So?" He asked, and they all sat down again.

"I see the way you look at Yugi." Marik said, smirking. "You like him. A lot."

"And if I do?" Yami drawled, warily.

"That's great!" Bakura said. "Go for it! He probably feels the same about you. Ryou and Malik do about us."

"Yeah, but you've had them longer."

"But we also took them against their will. Yugi surrendered willingly. I'm sure that if he doesn't like you, he will soon enough." Bakura said, cocking his head. Yami snorted, then suddenly looked up.

"And who says I'm a virgin!?!"

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"So, how have you been getting along with Yami?" Malik asked Yugi.

"Okay I guess." Yugi said, frowning slightly.

"What's wrong?" Ryou asked.

"He's a demon."

"So? Bakura and Marik are as well."

"How can you love them?!"

"Yugi, we all believe that love knows no gender. Love knows no color. And Malik and I now believe that love knows no race. Love knows no boundaries." Malik nodded his agreement to what Ryou had said. Yugi looked down at the tomato he was chopping up for the nachos.

"I'm his prisoner."

"And we were Marik and Bakura's prisoners." Ryou said.

"Yugi, before you came." Malik started, slowly. "They were going to set us free. They had put on the collars and everything to take us out of Hell."

"Why didn't they?!" Yugi gasped.

"We didn't want them to." Ryou said. "We want to stay here with them."

"Why?" Yugi asked.

"Because we love them." Malik said, smiling slightly. "I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life in Hell with Marik."

"And I with Bakura."

"But it's dangerous!" Yugi cried, as he spread the tomatoes over the tortilla chips and cheese. Ryou smiled and nodded as he spread on the beans.

"Yes. It is. There are demons here who want us dead. There are demons who want to see us suffer. There are demons who would harm us. Beat, rape, torture and kill us. But we love Bakura and Marik. And we are willing to take the risks to stay with them." Yugi stared at Ryou.

"If Yami loved you, wouldn't you risk it to stay with him?" Malik asked. "Do you love Yami?" Yugi gulped and looked down at the green onions and the knife in his hand.

"If Yami loved me as much as I love him, I would. But I doubt he loves me that much." Yugi confessed. Malik and Ryou gave each other discreet smiles.

"Excuse me." Ryou said. "I need to use the bathroom." He winked at Malik and left. The three demons looked up as he entered the room. He smiled at Bakura and motioned for him to follow him. Bakura smirked and stood, grinning at Marik and Yami, and following Ryou up the stairs. Ryou turned to face him when they got to the bedroom. He gasped when Bakura wrapped his arms around him, gently. Ryou relaxed and smiled, resting his head on Bakura's shoulder.

"Yugi likes Yami." Ryou whispered. "A lot." Bakura smiled and nuzzled Ryou's throat.

"Oh?"

"Does Yami like Yugi?"

"I don't know. He's being stubborn."

"Find out."

"So what's the plan?"

"We get them together."

"How?"

"Leave that to me and Malik."

"Alright, love." Bakura said, and kissed Ryou's cheek, then proceeded him down the stairs. Ryou returned to the kitchen while Bakura took his seat again.

"So, where were we before Bakura decided to take Ryou upstairs for a quickie?" Marik asked, and yelped when a pillow hit him in the head.

"I did no such thing!!!" Bakura roared. "Pervert! We were discussing something!"

"Sure you were." Marik teased, and Yami rolled his eyes. "So, Yami, have you slept with the squirt?"

"If you mean that as in we sleep in the same bed, yes. If you are talking of sexual actions, no." Yami said, rolling his eyes at his friend, and wondered why he was so attracted to the blonde as a friend. Marik sighed.

"Honestly Yami. You're sharing the same bed with an adorable angel, and you haven't even screwed him yet?" Yami glared at Marik, and Bakura simply grinned, enjoying the conversation.

"I do not take advantage of people, Marik. That would make me no better than Keith." Both Bakura and Marik frowned.

"All right, Yami. Point taken." Marik said, and was silent.

"Do you like Yugi?" Bakura asked Yami. "Be honest." Yami looked at Bakura's sincere expression.

"I do. He's a very pleasant companion."

"Yami, you know what I mean." Bakura said. "Do you like him as more than a friend. Do you possibly care for him in the way that Marik and I care for Ryou and Malik?" Yami sighed, and leaned back in his chair.

"If he cared for me in such a way, I would. But for now, I merely love him from afar, and do not let him know."

"If you don't let him know, how will he find out, Yami?"

"I, I need to know if he feels that way about me."

"And what If he thinks the exact same? Yami, he won't make the first move. He's too shy. It's up to you."

"And if he rejects me?"

"Love is risky, Yami." Marik said. "And you'll never know if you don't take a risk." Yami sighed.

"Maybe. I'll think about it." Yami said. At that moment, the kitchen door opened.

"Lunch is ready!" Malik said, smiling. The three demons went into the kitchen, and they all sat around the table and the tray of nachos. Malik, Marik and Bakura dug in immediately, inhaling the food, while Ryou, Yugi and Yami took it a bit slower. They had finished lunch, and all cleaned up together, Ryou and Malik constantly bumping into Yami and Yugi, and making the pair topple into each other. Then, they all got ready to go to the training grounds.

Finally, the demons fastened collars onto the angels, and they leapt into the air. As they got into sight of the training grounds, they saw other demons leaving the field, and a crowd gathering. When they landed on the sidelines, they heard someone shout out in excitement that Bakura and Yami had brought their "pets" as well. Malik explained that he had come here with Marik over the last few days and they attracted a big crowd. Marik went on to say that he often attracted big crowds on his own because his opponents often left bleeding.

"Ryou, shall we stretch our wings?" Malik asked, smiling. Ryou nodded.

"Absolutely. I haven't had a good flight in two days." Ryou said, spreading his wings. Bakura took off his leash.

"Just stay within the boundaries, Ryou." He said, and Ryou nodded. He and Malik moved away and flared their wings, leaping into the air and beating their wings a few times to gain altitude. On the ground, Marik and Bakura looked up to watch them. Yugi smiled as they fell in side by side and picked up speed. They were always impressive in the air, and Yugi was very envious of their grace and speed.

Ryou and Malik climbed higher and higher into the air before stretching their wings out to glide. They circled the training grounds, then folded their wings and dove towards the ground, maneuvering around each other, playfully, and pulling out of their dives at the last moment, brining a collective gasp from all the spectators as they skimmed inches above the ground at neck-breaking speeds, then shot straight up into the air. Suddenly, they split off only to whirl and proceed into a game of what resembled Chicken, making Marik and Bakura sweat at all their near collisions. Bakura swallowed nervously. He knew Ryou was a good flyer, but he never knew he was this good. Ryou's escape attempts had been very sloppy compared to the grace and ease of the mid-air movements he had seemed to have mastered. Bakura rarely saw a seasoned flyer who could fly with such precision as Ryou and Malik. They seemed born to fly.

Marik and Bakura listened to the comments flying through the crowd of watching demons that was growing larger. Ryou and Malik were putting on quite a show, and Bakura had never seen Ryou happier as he twirled around Malik.

"Okay, that's it..." Yugi grumbled, and leapt into the air, beating his wings hard, struggling to gain altitude with the immature pair of feathery limbs. Malik and Ryou smiled as Yugi glided over to them, and went to greet him. They got on either side of him and grabbed his wings, angling them slightly and telling him something that the demons couldn't hear. Yugi nodded, and put it to the test, finding gaining altitude to be much easier with his wings angled slightly. Malik and Ryou darted about him, correcting his form here and there, and Yugi's flying began to obviously improve within minutes.

"Shall we?" Yami asked, looking at the other two demons. They nodded, and the three demons leapt into the air and streaked straight up, stretching their wings themselves. The angels turned and hovered to watch their demon counterparts. The demons arrowed around the training grounds in perfect formation. Yami was in front, Marik and Bakura on either side, slightly below and behind him.

"Uh oh....." Malik muttered. "Here they come..." And sure enough, the demons plowed straight at the three angels. Yugi and Ryou squealed and tried to get out of the way, while Malik yelped and folded his wings, falling out of range. The demons plowed through, sending Yugi spiraling towards the ground, trying to regain control. Malik caught him, then looked for Ryou. He heard a yelp and glanced up, then laughed. Yugi looked around, and started giggling as well. Bakura flew around wildly, yelling his annoyance at Ryou, who was clinging to the demon's tail. Marik and Yami pointed and laughed as Bakura tried to catch Ryou, resembling a young demon chasing his tail. Ryou yelped when Bakura grabbed his ankle, and the pair ended up spinning around each other in the air. Laughter rippled through the demonic crowd witnessing the scene, and Bakura turned red, highly embarrassed.

"Ryou! Let go!"

"No!" Ryou giggled, catching a glance at Bakura's face between the demon's knees. Bakura smirked.

"I warned you...." He drawled.

"Oh yeah?" Ryou asked, grinning. He jerked his ankle from Bakura's grasp and flipped his body up so that his back was pressed against Bakura's. He released Bakura's tail, and wrapped his arms around the demon's waist, and locked his legs around Bakura's neck. Bakura yelped as his back was bent at a painful angle. He thrashed against Ryou's grip, and glared at Marik and Yami who were laughing so hard that they had to land by Malik and Yugi, who were giggling hysterically.

"Fine! No more Mr. Nice Guy!" Bakura snapped, and flipped them over in the air, so Ryou was facing the ground. He then dropped his wings and snared Ryou's wings, trapping them. The pair fell like a rock, and Ryou gasped at the sight of the ground hurdling at him.

"BAKURA! LET GO!" He screamed, struggling to get his wings loose.

"Release me first!"

"All right!" Ryou yelped, and let go. Bakura released Ryou's wings, and the boy twisted in the air, flaring his wings, trying to break his fall. He hurtled straight at Yugi and bowled into him, sending Yugi crashing into Yami, brining them both to the ground. This time, it was Bakura's turn to laugh, when he saw Yugi sprawled on top of Yami, lip to lip with the demon. Ryou stared, while Malik and Marik absolutely howled. Yugi gasped and leapt back, blushing.

"What was that all about!?!" Yami yelped.

"Ummm, * I fell and landed on you lips....?" Yugi stammered, then glared at Ryou. "You did that on purpose, Ryou!" He snapped, and Ryou stood up, brushing himself off. (*AN: I read that line in the fic Playing With Fire by Enkidu. Really funny, people, go read it. It's great!)

"What makes you say that?" He said, innocently. Yugi glared, and Ryou gave him an angelic smile. Bakura snickered, and offered his hand to Yami, helping the demon up.

"It's okay, Yugi. No harm done." Yami said, after making sure that he wasn't bleeding. Yugi blushed again.

"Sorry..."

"I just said, it's okay." Yami repeated, with a smile, then turned to look at Ryou and Malik. "Your flying is incredible."

"Thanks." Malik said, grinning, while Ryou smiled and blushed at the compliment.

"You two could out fly nearly any demon in all of Hell!" Yami exclaimed.

"We try." Malik said, with mock arrogance, that made Ryou elbow him and giggle.

"You gonna be "le to fly like that someday?" Yami asked Yugi, who smiled, shyly.

"One can only wish." He said, and Ryou and Malik looked at him.

"Of course you can, Yugi!" Malik said. "Remember how crappy Ryou was at flying a few years ago?"

"Hey!" Ryou protested, and Yugi grinned and nodded.

"Yeah, until Pegasus found a tutor for him." Yugi said, and Malik grinned.

"Yup. And the tutor was yours truly!" He jabbed himself in the chest with his thumb. "With me an' Ryou helping you, you'll be a great flyer in no time!"

"If he lives that long....." A voice snarled, and the group whirled. Marik, Bakura and Yami scowled.

"Keith..." Bakura spat, moving between the demon Lieutenant and Ryou, noting Marik and Yami doing the same with their own angels.

"I must wonder why they are still alive." Keith drawled, his eyes moving over Ryou's body in a way that made the angel squirm and shudder.

"Because they're not dead." Yami said, bluntly, earning a glare from his commanding officer.

"Why haven't you killed them?" Keith demanded.

"Because we aren't done with them!" Marik said, quickly.

"And what do you do with them?" Keith asked, sweetly.

"Well, mine can cook." Bakura offered, lamely.

"Mine's the best sparring partner I've ever had." Marik added.

"Mine amuses me." Yami said, when Keith looked at him.

"Uh, they clean too!" Bakura threw in.

"But they are mouths to feed, and on the salary of simple soldiers like yourselves, how can you afford to feed them?" Keith asked, his eyes glinting, wickedly. The three demons were silent, and the angels glanced at each other.

"We manage." Marik snarled after a moment. "They earn their keep."

"Hmmph..." Keith grunted, and looked over the angels again. He thought to himself. All three were appealing. But Yami's angel was a bit too child-like for his tastes. He could tell that Malik had a fighter's spirit, and would be difficult should he ever obtain the boy. But Bakura's angel.... He was another breed. Soft and delicate, he would be easily broken. Should he get his hands on the angel, he could easily bend the boy to his will, and make him his slave, completely unresistant. After he was through "training" the boy, all he would have to do would be to bark an order and the angel would assume the position to have his brains fucked out. Keith felt a feral grin spread across his face at that thought.

"I want to fly with one of them." He said, suddenly, and after a moment pointed at Ryou. "That one. You say they can out fly any demon in Hell, let's see if he can out fly ME!!" Ryou's eyes widened and Bakura's narrowed. There were dozens of demons watching; he could not openly disobey his commanding officer. Glaring daggers at the older demon, he moved aside, leaving Ryou face to face with Keith.

"Make him look like an ass, Ryou." He murmured to the angel as he backed away, Marik, Malik, Yami and Yugi moving with him. Ryou tried his best not to tremble as the demon approached him, glaring at him in obvious lust.

"I challenge you to a Flight Duel." He sneered at the young angel, staring up at him, fearfully. "Do you know what that is?" Slowly, Ryou shook his head. "Last one in the air wins." He said, and backed away. He grinned darkly at Ryou, flaring his wings. "You get a five second head start." He said. "Starting now." Ryou immediately spread his wings and leapt into the air, his mind racing. He was fine in defensive flying, but offensive.... He didn't know if he had the ability to get the large demon out of the air. He heard the crowd roar and the flapping of the Lieutenant's wings. Keith reached for Ryou's ankle, but at the last second, Ryou whirled out of the way. Keith cursed and looked for the angel, spotting him streaking across the training grounds. He growled and gave chase, his powerful wings allowing him to catch up with the swift angel. But Ryou continuously avoided his grasp, and Keith quickly became frustrated with the angel's outstanding maneuverability. He had never flown with such a swift opponent.

"When I get my hands on you...." He snarled, when Ryou unexpectedly went on the attack. Ryou whirled up and over Keith, then plowed into his back, grabbing his wings at the base and locking them at an upward angle. Keith yelped, startled, and the pair began to fall. Ryou wrapped his legs around Keith's waist, as the demon tried to buck him off.

"Let go of me, boy!"

"NO!" Ryou gasped. Keith flipped over in the air, wrenching his wings from Ryou's grasp, making the angel cry out in shock, then seized his ankle and hurled him towards the ground. Ryou plummeted down, but stopped his fall and shot straight at Keith. Ryou reached up and grasped his halo, removing it. He raised it and hurled it like a frisbee at Keith. Keith dodged; barely. The demon growled at a searing pain as the halo left a burned slash across his chest. He watched the halo embed itself in the ground, then whirled to find Ryou charging him. As Ryou got closer, he raised his knee. But just before he managed to knee Keith in the groin, a large had gripped his knee, stopping its progress.

"Hitting below the belt, are we?" Keith hissed, and seized Ryou's upped arms, jerking him closer, into his chest. Ryou stared up at Keith in shock, and fear flickered across his face. "Fine. I can play that way too." Ryou whimpered at that, and yelped when Keith whirled him around, holding Ryou tight with his wings pinned between his back and Keith's chest. Ryou nearly screamed when he felt what had to be Keith's tail tickling his thigh. He whimpered and struggled as he felt the tail slip under his tunic and brush up his inner thigh. Keith smirked when he saw Ryou's skin pale dramatically. He leaned close to Ryou's ear.

"Let me hear you scream......" He hissed, and shoved his tail into Ryou's entrance. Ryou gasped and sobbed, his body going stiff. Keith grinned at the violent tremors running through the angel's slight form as he slid his extra appendage deeper into the angel's body.

"One day, very soon, I will get rid of your counterpart, and you will be mine. If you think this is bad, just wait. You will be my slave, and I will put this soft body of yours to good use." Ryou sobbed again when Keith dug his fingers into his soft flesh. "I think I have won this contest...." He pressed the tip of his tail against the soft tissue inside Ryou's body and snapped his stinger out, embedding it into the boy. Ryou threw his head back and shrieked at the unexpected pain. Keith felt Ryou thrash as he injected his venom into the boy's blood stream. Ryou screamed and cried as he felt, for the second time in his life, the burning of demon venom spreading through his body. His brain throbbed, and then seemed to be enveloped in a thick mist, as he began to lose consiousness.

Bakura strained against Marik and Yami's grips as Ryou went limp, and silent.

"Let go!" He snarled.

"Don't be stupid! If he kills your angel, he'll be in trouble and he knows it. Ryou will be fine." Marik snarled. Keith held Ryou straight out in front of him by one wrist, staring as the angel dangled limply, his head hanging forwards. He thrashed his tail, flicking off the drops of blood that clung to it. He smirked, then hurled Ryou at the ground. Malik dashed forwards and leapt into the air, catching Ryou and falling to the ground on his knees.

"I win." Keith stated, and left the training grounds, a smug grin on his face. Bakura ran to Malik, who was shaking Ryou, trying to get a response from the smaller angel. Bakura knelt by them and took Ryou from Malik, laying him flat on the ground. Ryou slowly opened his eyes and tried to focus on Bakura, but couldn't. Bakura swallowed as he stared at Ryou dilated pupils. The boy was sweating heavily and his cheeks were flushed. Ryou gasped as he struggled to breathe.

"Ryou... Are you all right?!" Bakura gasped, staring at the violent trembling in the boy's body. "What did he do to you?!" Yugi ran up then, clutching Ryou's halo in his hands. He handed it to Malik, who placed it above Ryou's head.

"V-venom....." Ryou gasped. "Stung me....." Bakura's eyes widened.

"We need to get him to Isis. Now." He gasped, and lifted Ryou into his arms before leaping into the air, the other two demons and angels right behind him.

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Next chapter, they have trouble discovering where Keith stung Ryou, and how much venom was injected. Isis does what she can, but Ryou is left severely ill from the venom in his body, and Bakura must care for him with the help of Malik, Marik, Yami and Yugi.

Next Chapter: The Sickness