Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Tears of Blood ❯ With You ( Chapter 7 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Warnings: Fluff and yaoi. No lemon.

Disclaimer: Me? Own YuGiOh? Hell no you crazies! I don't even own my socks, let alone a million-dollar anime!


With You

"Of course." Joey's eyes sparkled, and they sat down, Ryou in Joey's lap. The blonde stroked the younger teens back, then wrapped his arms around him and resting his head on Ryou's
shoulder.

Hair illuminated by the moon, Ryou was the picture of innocence that night, his whole body seeming to glow from within as Joey held him. No one would guess that he had been raped only a day or two before.

"Joey?" Ryou asked, turning around in the blonde's lap.

"What?"

"Aishiteru." he nuzzled his head into the crook of Joey's neck, wrapping his arms around the warm waist. Joey smiled and returned the hug.

"Aishiteru mo." the two stayed like that for a long time, simply taking comfort in the other's presence.

~Now I have two people to care about... Serenity and Ryou...~ Joey thought to himself, smiling into Ryou's hair. ~He smells good too.... like strawberries. I wonder if he tastes like them too...~ to satisfy his curiosity, Joey licked Ryou's neck, causing the
boy to jump slightly, then giggle.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Tasting you." Joey replied, voice muffled.

"Why?"

"Cuz you smell like strawberries."

"What does that have to do with licking me?"

"I wanted to see if you tasted like them too." the two looked at each other before falling in a heap, giggling.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bakura stepped lightly through the rotten swamp, "smelling" the other out with the Ring.

~He has no Item, he'll be easy to beat.... whether or not it's painful as hell is my decision....~ he grinned to himself, continuing to seek out the dark half of Kaiba.

A snap alerted him, causing him to turn towards the sound.

"I see you've found me." the dark Seto emerged from a dark clump of trees in front of the tomb robber.

"Not only that, but I'm going to kill you also." Bakura glared again, the Ring glowing as well.

"Oh really? I'd like to see you try."

"As you wish."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A loud boom and a flash of light woke up everyone in the small camp, not to mention the rest of the island. Joey and Ryou had returned earlier, and had fallen asleep in their places.

"What the?"

"They've dropped a bomb!"

"AAHHH!!" the whole island erupted into utter confusion, and only Ryou stood stock still, not moving.

"He's caught him." he whispered. The only person who seemed to notice him was Joey.

"What?" he asked.

"My Yami... he's caught the other Seto... they're fighting...." he replied. The others soon stopped as well.

"Are we safe?" Yugi asked. Yami materialized beside the short freshman.

"No we aren't. We need to get farther away." they quickly packed up and started moving.

"Bakura will win... won't he?" Yugi asked Yami. The former Pharaoh frowned.

"I do not know little Yugi. Bakura is strong, but so is Seto's dark half. It will be a close fight."

"What would happen if the other Seto would win?"

"Well... Bakura would be killed, and that would most definitely affect Ryou in one way or another... I'm not sure.... just think Bakura will win." Yami bit his lip.

"He seemed awfully upset about Ryou. Even though he beats him...." Yugi
mumbled.

"Even Bakura has to care about someone. Most of us do. Now I suggest we keep moving." Yami replied, and the group moved on, away from the booms and flashes of light.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bakura smirked as the dark teen pulled himself out of the sludge, panting.

"Had enough?" he asked simply. A sinful chuckle escaped from the other's mouth, and a large flash of purple light enveloped Bakura, slamming him against a tree. The Yami stood up in a moment, wiping blood from his mouth and smirking.

"Was that supposed to scare me?" he asked. The other Seto just laughed.

"No, but this is!" before Bakura could see it, a green burst of light hit him from behind, pitching him forward where another one tossed him in the air. A red light pierced through him, and he gasped as pain shot though his veins.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ryou screamed and collapsed upon feeling his Yami's pain through the link.

"Ryou? Ryou!" Joey fell beside him and turned him over, looking at him.

"What happened?" Yami asked, eyes aflame with concern.

"He just collapsed, I don't know...."

"Bakura's hurt." Yugi whispered. "He needs our help to beat that other spirit. We can't just run away, we have to help him!"

"Yugi's right. Bakura may not be our best of friends, but he's not our worst of enemies either." T'ea added. Joey just frowned and cradled a shaking Ryou.

"Yes..... we have to go." Tristan mumbled.

"Joey, you and T'ea stay behind with Ryou. Tristan, Yugi and I will go help Bakura. Alright?" Yami said. They nodded, and the one trio set off while the other stayed behind.

"How are we supposed to help him?" T'ea asked. Joey shook his head and pulled Ryou up so he was leaning against the blonde.

"I don't know T'ea. I don't know."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bakura slumped against the ground, nerves on fire from pain. The Ring glowed brightly and a purple shield of darkness surrounded him, protected him, from another round of blasts.

"Hmm... jacking up our defenses are we? That won't help, you know." another blast and the shield shattered into a trillion pieces of iridescent light. Bakura leaped to his feet and jumped at the other spirit, surprising him.

Driving the blade of his pocket knife deep into the other, Bakura smirked as a blood-curdling scream shook the other's body and the blade hit bone. Withdrawing the weapon, he stepped back.

"Now who's afraid?" he kicked the screaming spirit, grinning evilly. When a ray of yellow light caught him in it's torrent, the Yami spun out of the way.

~The more alert I am, the more chance the bastard won't catch me...~ he thought, watching the yellow light destroy a tree nearby. The spirit Seto rose up slowly, clutching his shoulder.

"You think you have won this time. But you wait..." and then he was gone. Bakura's eyes furrowed.

"Coward!" he yelled at the empty air. He didn't feel like following the other spirit right now, he had been away from the Ring far too long and was slightly weakened. Closing his eyes, he sensed where Ryou was and focused his energy before disappearing in a burst of white light.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~Ryou, wake up!~ Joey thought desperately. When the pale haired boy sprang to life in his arms, he jumped slightly.

"Ryou?" he asked.

"Ryou, you're alright! Aren't you?" T'ea asked, glad to see the boy moving.

"I- I'm fine. It's just... he's back in the ring. Act 1 is over...." Ryou mumbled in confusion.

"What? Who's in the Ring? Bakura? Act 1?" Joey asked.

"Well, him and the other Seto had a face-off and the dark Seto ran. He says Act 1 is over. I don't know, I'm just tired..." and Ryou fell back asleep in the blonde's arms.

"Well atleast he's alright." T'ea said, sitting back on her knees. The bushes next to them rustled, and the others appeared.

"We couldn't find Bakura. Yami said he disappeared back into the Ring." Yugi shrugged, flopping beside them.

"He did." Joey nodded.

"Is Ryou alright?" Yami asked. Both Joey and T'ea nodded again. "Good."

"Well tonight has been chaotic, has it not?" Tristan yawned, glancing at the horizon which was tinged with pink. "Well, let's get what sleep we can and hope tomorrow isn't as," he paused to yawn, "eventful." The others agreed and they all curled back up to sleep what few hours they had before dawn.


~*~TBC~*~


Well that was fun. ^_^