Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Tearing Down the Sky ❯ The Accusation ( Chapter 15 )

Tearing Down the Sky

Hato chiisai

YAOI WARNING

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh.

!!!!!!SEE THE AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE END!!!!!

Chapter 15

The Accusation

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The group was in shocked mourning when a pair of demons was sent to collect Ryuuji's body. But Ryou was just in shock. He had curled himself up in the corner of the sofa and rocked himself gently, silently crying. Bakura and the others had given up on getting him to snap out of it. All they could do was dress him and wrap him in a blanket to keep him warm.

"What happened?" Yami finally asked. Bakura looked up.

"Marik and I came in a smelled blood. We found Ryou at the bottom of the stairs, like you saw him. Marik went for help. I ran upstairs looking for Ryuuji…." Bakura said.

"And?"

"He was dead on the floor." Bakura said simply. "He was just… dead….." He put his head in his hands. "And I could smell… Keith."

"Keith." They all turned as Ryou echoed Bakura. "He attacked us…" the group listened carefully. "I couldn't see. But I could hear. He attacked Ryuuji and I fell on the floor. They were fighting, and then Keith started to rape him…" Ryou sniffled and shook his head. "I attacked him, and he tried to rape me too…." Bakura jerked and looked very upset. "But Ryuuji stopped him. They started fighting, and I tried to help, but I was pushed down the stairs…. Raphael, why is this happening?!"

"Ryou!" Yugi and Malik both cried, looking horrified. The demons blinked.

"Not in the presence of demons!!" Malik hissed, eyes nervous. Marik was about to ask what that was all about when there was a knock on the door. Bakura stood and went to answer it. He was immediately shoved aside by a pair of peace officers. (AN: Demon versions of cops)

"Wha-hey!!" Bakura protested. The others on the room all jumped up, startled. The peace officers went straight over to Ryou and seized him. The angel squeaked and struggled.

"What's going on?!" Marik demanded.

"The angel belonging to Bakura is being placed under arrest for the murder of the demon, Ryuuji." One of the officers said.

"WHAT?!" Bakura screeched, and ran over as Ryou's hands were bound behind his back. "He didn't do it!"

"That is for the Council to decide." The other officer said, and Ryou whimpered as he was jerked to his feet. The officer reached for the bandage covering Ryou's eyes, but Ishizu grabbed his hand.

"Leave it where it is. If you remove it, you could permanently blind him." She said. The officer paused, but finally nodded and fixed a choke collar onto the angel with two tethers on it; each officer took up a tether, keeping Ryou between them.

"He didn't do it! Leave him alone!" Bakura shouted, as he struggled against Yami and Katsuya who were holding him back. But Ryou was dragged out the door and into the street, stumbling blindly and shaking uncontrollably. A crowd had gathered and watched Bakura trying to get to his angel.

"LET HIM GO! HE DIDN'T KILL RYUUJI!! KEITH!!! IT WAS KEITH!!" The albino demon continued his desperate screaming and struggling. But the peace officers spread their wings and took off, Ryou between them. Ryou turned his head back over his shoulder, terrified.

"BAKURA!!!" He shouted back, begging for help. But held between Yami and Katsuya, all the demon could do was watch as his lover was taken away from him…

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Ryou yelped as he made a blind landing and toppled over, making the officers stumble. Ryou gagged as the chain choked him. The officers lifted him to his feet and guided him forwards. Ryou heard a door open, and he was forced through. While the ground outside was warm, the floor in here was very cold under his bare feet. Ryou listened to how the officers' boots echoed in the hall they were in, and then heard the echo change as they entered a room. He heard a pen scratching on paper.

"What's going on here?" A woman's voice asked.

"The angel has been arrested for murder." One of the officers said.

"Has he been searched?"

"No." The other officer said, and Ryou whimpered as he felt both demons' hands roam all over his body, searching him for weapons. He heard the woman ruffling through papers.

"Name?" She asked in a monotone voice. After a pause, Ryou got a smack upside the head.

"She's talking to you!" One of the officers snapped.

"R-Ryou…." Ryou whimpered.

"Age?"

"Sixteen."

"Gender?"

"Male…" One of the officers sniggered, and Ryou blushed.

"Height?"

"5'3."

"Weight?"

"174 pounds…." (AN: Yeah, I know that's a lot, but he has those big ass wings.)

"Wingspan?"

"Fifteen feet, five inches…." Ryou answered, quietly.

"Rank?"

"Umm…. Healer in Training…." Ryou said, hesitantly. There was a lengthy pause.

"Are you a fledgling?"

"Ummm….. yes?"

"What is the Angel's definition of fledgling?"

"Umm…. Able to fly but has not yet molted for the first time……" Ryou explained.

"All right…" The woman said. "Cell 41." And a new pair of rough hands grabbed Ryou and dragged him into a hallway. A door was unlocked and Ryou was dragged into a room, and felt shackles close around his wrists. Then, he was left alone. Shivering, he groped his way into the corner and sunk down onto the cold floor. He shuddered and wrapped himself in his wings, and cried.

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Gold eyes opened at a pounding on his door. Ahmose rolled his eyes, irritated that his meditation was interrupted. He stood and opened his door. Marik seized him and dragged him off.

"MARIK!! What are you doing?!"

"Keith killed Ryuuji!" Marik cried.

"WHAT?!"

"He killed him, and Bakura's angel was arrested for it! They're investigating Bakura's home for evidence against the angel!"

"So they have already decided him guilty and are trying to get Keith off?"

"Yeah! Please, you're a member of the council; you have to make sure that Ryou gets off innocent!" Marik said, as they arrived at Bakura's house. Ahmose nodded, shook Marik off and strode into the house. The investigators all stopped and saluted.

"Good evening, councilman Ahmose." One said, and Ahmose nodded, looking around.

"Where did the murder take place?" Ahmose asked, noting Bakura and Yami blocking the investigators from getting upstairs.

"Up there." Bakura said. Ahmose nodded, and the investigators snarled as he proceeded up the stairs, snatching a pair of latex gloves and an investigation kit from their boss. Bakura followed Ahmose. Ahmose sighed and looked around the room.

"What a mess…" He muttered, and got started. He walked over to the blood on the floor where they had found Ryuuji. He knelt and opened the kit, pulling out a small glass vial, and got some blood into it. He closed it and slipped it back into the kit.

"I will see the kit straight into my friend who will analyze all the samples. That way, nothing will be contaminated or switched on purpose." Here, he glared at the investigators watching him. He stood, and went over to a bloody knife on the floor. He picked it up and put it into a plastic bag, then looked around. He found blood smeared on the wall and scraped some of the dried blood off. He turned and looked around again. The demons and two angels watched his investigation for the next hour. Finally, he packed up and looked at the demons that had been sent to investigate.

"Where is the body?"

"It is waiting to be disposed of."

"Not before I examine it." Ahmose snarled, and swept from the house. Two hours later, Bakura, Marik, Malik, Yami, Yugi, Katsuya, Mai and Ishizu looked up as Ahmose left the morgue.

"Well?" Bakura asked.

"I have my report here." Ahmose said, holding up a folder. "I'm taking everything to my friend now. We will have the truth. Now, I have to go see Ryou and examine him. Ishizu, did you heal him?"

"Yes."

"Then you will have to testify in regards to the wounds you healed."

"I want to come with you." Bakura said. Ahmose looked at him, then sighed and nodded.

"I'll see what I can do." He said, and they all followed the demon to the prison. Bakura shuddered and scowled at the thought of his lover in this place. Ahmose swept in and the guards saluted him. The demoness at her desk looked up and stared.

"I need to see the angel to get a blood sample for his case." He said. The demoness slowly nodded.

"Cell 41." She said, handing Ahmose a key. He nodded, and headed to the hall. "Bakura can not come with you." She said, and Bakura looked desperately at Ahmose.

"Ryou is temporarily blind." Bakura said. "He won't cooperate with Ahmose, he doesn't know him…" Ahmose nodded, following Bakura's lead.

"I need Bakura with me to keep the angel calm."

"Fine." The woman snapped, and Bakura followed Ahmose down the hall. The councilman stopped at cell 41 and unlocked the heavy door, heaving it open. Bakura shoved by and ran to Ryou, who was cowering in the corner.

"Ryou!" He called, and the angel raised his head.

"Bakura?" He asked, and Bakura threw his arms around the angel. Ryou whimpered and cuddled into the demon's arms, crying.

"Shhh…. It's okay. I have Ahmose here with me."

"Who?"

"Ahmose. He's a good friend, and he's on the High Council. He can prove you didn't kill Ryuuji."

"I need to take a sample of your blood, and get your fingerprints." Ahmose said. "I will also need a semen sample."

"What?!" Ryou yelped.

"Why?!" Bakura demanded.

"Ryuuji was raped before he died." Ahmose said, opening his kit. Ryou whimpered and let his head fall to Bakura's shoulder.

"I tried to help him…" Ryou whimpered, and Ahmose took out a small recorder.

"I'm now recording everything we are saying. Ryou, I need you to tell me what happened." Ahmose said, and Bakura cuddled the angel. "I need you to give me all the details, no matter how trivial." Over the next half hour, Ryou told everything he could remember. Ahmose worked while Ryou spoke, getting his fingerprints and a blood sample. After Ryou had spoken, he left Ryou with Bakura to help get the semen sample, and waited silently in the hall going over the evidence he had gathered. When Bakura appeared, handing him the small bottle, he smiled.

"I think I have what is needed." Ahmose said with a small smile. "Go on and say goodbye to him, because you cannot stay here, alright?" Bakura sighed and nodded, returning to Ryou.

"I have to go now, love…" He said, kissing Ryou's cheek. Ryou whimpered and clutched the demon's shirt. "I know… I don't want to go, but I'm not supposed to be here, technically. Ahmose was able to get me in, but I have to go. I'll try to come back soon, alright?" Ryou sniffled and nodded.

"I love you…" He whimpered, and Bakura held him tightly.

"I love you, too…." He said, and took off his jacket, placing it over Ryou's shoulders to keep him warm.

"May the Four protect you." Ryou said softly, and Bakura blinked.

"Huh? The Four?"

"D-d-don't tell anyone I said that. It is forbidden to speak of them. Just forget I said anything….."

"Ummmm…. Okay……"

"Please?"

"Alright. I'll see you soon. Don't worry. With Ahmose handling this, they can't convict you. I have faith in him." Ryou smiled and nodded slightly, then listened to Bakura leave. After the door was closed and locked, Ryou lay down on Bakura's leather trench coat and huddled under his wings, shivering.

"Bakura…. May the Four be with you…….." (AN: lol. Whoever guesses what I mean by The Four gets a chapter in a new fic dedicated to them. If only one person guesses correct, they get the whole fic dedicated to them!!!)

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Ahmose and Bakura paced back and forth outside of the lab, waiting for the results. Finally, after three hours, the door opened and a demoness stepped out of the room.

"Well, Lillith?" Ahmose asked.

"The angel is innocent." She said with a smile. "The semen you recovered from Bakura's bed and Ryuuji's body doesn't match the angel's. The blood on the floor was Ryuuji's, and there was some belonging to Keith. The dagger was covered in Ryuuji's blood, but there were traces of Keith's blood. The finger prints on the knife belonged to Ryuuji and Keith; the angel's fingerprints were nowhere to be found." She looked at Bakura. "His story checks out. There is no evidence that he did anything other than what he told us he did. You have a solid case, Ahmose."

"I want copies of the results, in case Keith tries to destroy the evidence against him, and I want the samples to come with me as well." She nodded to Ahmose, and handed him what he had requested. "Are you willing to testify?"

"Of course. Keith must be taken down, Ahmose." She said, and returned to her office. Ahmose smiled, and looked at Bakura.

"Well… Let's inform the council that we're ready to defend Ryou. The sooner the better." Bakura nodded and followed Ahmose from the lab.

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