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Strange Betrothal	By : shadowrealm818 Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2842 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 23
Ryou ran over to Bakura and gripped his arm. “Bakura please let me expl....”
SLAP!!!
Ryou fell to the ground and Yugi, Atemu, Malik and Marik, who had just arrived, mouths fell open. Marik slowly walked over to Ryou who was holding the side of his face and looking horrified at Bakura.
“Don’t touch me! I can’t believe I trusted you a year ago. You left and you come back now to have us all killed. You little rat!”
“NO!” Ryou screamed and stood up. “DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT BAKURA?!?!”
“WHAT ELSE? YOU HAVE SHOWN IT WITH ALL THIS HERE!”
“THAT WAS SO IF WE WERE ATTACKED ON THE WAY WE COULD DEFEND OURSELVES INSTEAD OF BEING KILLED BUT FINE! I GUESS THERE ISN’T ANY CHANCE IN MAKING YOU HEAR THE TRUTH! I SHOULD HAVE JUST GONE WITH MY FATHER WHEN HE LEFT BECAUSE, I WAS WRONG IN HOW MUCH YOU LOVED ME!” Tears pricked Ryou’s eyes as he screamed at him.
Ryou bolted out of sight and Yugi tried to go after him but was held back by the thieves who had a sword to his throat.
“Tie them up!” Bakura growled.
Yugi and Malik struggled while Atemu allowed it. He was watching Bakura closely. He noticed that his shoulders slumped slightly when he turned to the cave. Marik glared at them and followed after Bakura. Atemu gritted his teeth when he was forced to his knees. He was tied back up to the pole and looked across at Yugi who had his eyes closed and seemed to be concentrating. Yugi’s eyes snapped open and he looked to Atemu.
“Atemu, Ryou’s left the oasis on foot. He’s gone out into the desert. Atemu he’s going to die out there. He’s not wearing anything else apart from the shenti. His robe’s in Bakura’s cave. Please you have to talk sense into Bakura.”
Atemu nodded. “I want to see Bakura.”
The thieves glared before one walked into the cave. A few minutes later Bakura emerged with Marik. Atemu looked closely at Bakura’s face and could see just slightly that he had been crying. He knew Bakura still loved Ryou.
“Bakura, Ryou is going to die out there.” He said.
“He’ll just die here if I get him back. So just let the elements do the job for me.” Bakura growled.
“Bakura, what Ryou said to you was true. He was kidnapped and we did rescue him from being sold in China. I promised I would escort him back to you. But I did refuse to go without weapons in case we were attacked by other raiders. I know there are other raiders not just yours. I promised not to hurt you or anyone here. I always keep them. I have no intention to hurt you or anyone here.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“Then you’re just killing the one that you betrayed. The one who would have done anything to get back to you. He has been crying in his sleep because he missed you that much. I have seen it on the trip back to Egypt from Japan. He missed you more than you could know.”
“How do you know all this?”
“I could see it in his eyes and in the way he acts around you. He loves you and I know you still love him.”
Bakura froze. He ran the information that Ryou had told him what happened and then what Atemu had said through his mind again. He refused to believe the future Pharaoh and turned and walked back inside the cave. Atemu was screaming at him as he left.
~~Ω∞Ω~~
Ryou staggered through the desert. It was starting to get cold and he was tired and hungry. He hadn’t eaten in over a day and the injuries he sustained from the beating didn’t help. He knew he was stupid to do what he did and now he was paying the price. Ryou watched as the sun was slowly setting and was getting close to dark. He couldn’t see the oasis anymore and knew it was too late to head back. Ryou reached the top of a sand dune and as he took another step tripped and fell all the way down the bottom. Ryou tried to push himself up but just couldn’t and curled up on the ground.
~~Ω∞Ω~~
Bakura walked out of the cave. He had thought over what Atemu and Ryou had told him. He saw Yugi was crying silently now. He could hear the boy sob for his friend for the whole of the afternoon. He realise he was so stupid for not listening to Ryou and Atemu. He should have listened earlier and Ryou wouldn’t be out there.
He brought his fingers to his mouth and blew hard. There was a few seconds of silence before the pounding of hooves could be heard. A white horse came to a stop before Bakura. Bakura placed Ryou’s robe on the horse’s neck and then the blanket that was also in his arms. He mounted his horse and looked down to the three prisoners. He noticed that the sandy blonde that looked similar to Marik was not in good shape and was bleeding from his mouth softly. He turned to Marik who was standing next to him and leaned down.
“Go and take them inside. Get Malik cleaned up and don’t molest him. I don’t think he’ll appreciate it when he’s not in good shape.”
“Alright. You just get Ryou back.”
Bakura nodded before wrapping the robe and blanket around himself and kicking the horse in sides and bolted out of the oasis. He headed out in the direction Ryou had run and just hopped that he just stuck to that path. Bakura just continued to make his horse gallop through for desert hoping to find Ryou before it got too late.
~~Ω∞Ω~~
Atemu looked to Marik who was cutting the binding that held him. He gave him a confused looked before taking Yugi in his arms when he was released. Yugi curled up in his arms and cried for Ryou. Atemu looked over to Malik and saw he was slipping into unconsciousness. Marik cut the rope before holding him up by his chest as he fell forward. He put the knife away and then lifted Malik into his arms and nodded for Atemu to follow him.
Atemu stood and lifted Yugi back into his arms and followed after him. He watched as Marik placed Malik down by the warm fire and then got a bowl and walked past Atemu.
“Don’t do anything that will lose our little bit of trust in you.”
He walked out and Atemu walked over to Malik and knelt down next to him and placed Yugi down on a couple of pillows. Atemu brushed Malik’s hair away and saw he was breathing heavily. Marik came in a minute later with a bowl of water and he knelt down next to him and placed a piece of cloth in and started to clean him up.
~~Ω∞Ω~~
Ryou curled up as the last of the sun disappeared and it started to get really cold. He was shivering badly against the cold sand and blowing air. His teeth chattering and tears flowing slowly. He slowly slipped into unconsciousness after a few more minutes.
~~Ω∞Ω~~
Bakura continued after the sun disappeared. He knew he had to be quick now if he was going to find him before he died from the cold. He kicked his horse again. She moved quicker and could sense the distress that her master had.
As the minutes pasted, Bakura’s hope slowly started to vanish. He felt part of his heart was slowly vanishing. It had been 30mins since the sun had vanished and even he was cold. He was riding down a sand dune when his horse swerved to the side and stopped. Bakura looked around and saw something curled up on the ground. He dismounted and walked over.
He knelt down and looked at the figure and he moved it out of its curled position and felt that the skin was close to ice cold. When he pried the body out of its curled up position his heart nearly stopped. It was Ryou. His whole body was shivering and was freezing cold. Bakura instantly removed the robe from around his waist and wrapped Ryou up in it and then moved the blanket and laid it back over the neck of his horse and then lifted Ryou into his arms. He placed him on the front of the horse before mounting and wrapping the blanket around them both. He turned his horse around before getting her into a gallop and heading back.
He looked down at Ryou. He was shivering like crazy and his lips were nearly blue. He wrapped his arm around him tighter. He then leaned in close when he heard something.
“I love you Bakura.” Ryou whispered.
Bakura’s eyes watered at this and smiled. He felt so bad for what he’d down. Holding him even closer now, he looked back up and kicked his horse again. She went even faster than before. She sensed the desperation in her master and wasn’t going to let him down.
~~Ω∞Ω~~
It took Bakura just over an hour and a half to get back to the oasis. As soon as he arrived he jumped down and took Ryou off and turned to his horse.
“Thankyou girl. Go rest.”
His horse nudged him towards the cave before walking off. Bakura turned and hurried inside away from the cold. He saw Atemu and Yugi were sitting over one side of the cave. Atemu had Yugi sleeping against his chest and he was running his hand through his hair. Marik was sitting next to the fire with Malik’s head in his lap and he was fingering his hair as well. Malik was unconscious and looking a little better.
Atemu and Marik looked up when they saw movement and Marik eyes widened at the bundle in his arms. He gently moved Malik’s head onto a pillow and got up. He grabbed pillows and blankets from the bed. Bakura sat down on the other side of the fire that Malik was on and Marik scatter pillows down next to Bakura for him and Ryou to sleep on. Bakura laid Ryou down and removed the damp blanket and robe and threw them in a strange direction. Marik handed him a warm blanket and Bakura wrapped Ryou back up in three before setting him down gently.
Marik turned to Bakura and removed the robe that was now damp and wrapped him up in a blanket. Bakura smiled at him.
“Thankyou my friend.”
“It’s fine Bakura. Where’d you find him?”
“He was a long way from the oasis. He was nearly ice cold when I found him. As you can see his lips are close to blue. But they were darker when I found him.”
“He seems to be alright for now.”
“Yeah I hope he forgives me.”
“I’m sure he will.”
“I heard him mumble something on the way back.”
“What?”
“That he loves me.”
Marik smiled and hugged him before letting him go and Bakura lay down and pulled Ryou to his chest. Marik laid another blanket over them before sitting back down next to Malik and putting his head in his lap. He was leaning against a chest that he’d moved. That way if he fell asleep he wouldn’t hurt either of them.
Atemu had watched the interaction between the two thieves and how they cared for the boys that were unconscious and smiled. He could tell they both loved their look a-likes and was looking forward to what Malik would do in the morning when he found his head in Marik’s lap. He smirked before falling asleep and Marik was right behind him.
Bakura on the other hand wasn’t sleeping and was holding Ryou close and running hand through his hair. He was feeling so guilty and didn’t want to sleep. He wanted to be awake for when Ryou did. He sighed before his eyes slowly closed and he fell asleep as well.

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