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Puppet Master	By : DarkTemptations Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2723 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Title: Puppet Master Epilogue

Author: Dark Temptations

Beta: Vash is my Angel

Rating: NC-17

Summary: On the night of Halloween, Joey and Kaiba are lured into a trap and find themselves at the mercy of someone who controls them like puppets on a string.

Disclaimer: I am very sorry to say that I do not own Yugioh or any of the characters in this fic. The only things I own are a couple of duel decks, two albums of stickers, more cards than I can count and some action figures that keep falling over and landing in poses far more interesting than I could ever put them into deliberately.

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Dark Temptations Presents

Puppet Master

Epilogue

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The basement was still and silent as Bakura opened the door and entered the room. He smiled as he looked around, his attention falling on the back of the room - where a wall of shadow that only he could see stopped the room's dim light from reaching behind it and illuminating the one who was sitting there.

As Bakura walked towards the back of the room, he congratulated himself. The shadow wall had been one of his best ideas ever. It allowed the one behind it to see everything going on in the room beyond, while remaining unseen - like a one-way mirror. It had amused Bakura to no end that Joey had asked his questions without ever realising just how close the answer to them all was. The blonde hadn't been able to see the wall. To him, the back of the room had merely been shrouded in darkness with the appearance of that darkness being perfectly see-through - a simple case of the single light in the room not being strong enough to reach all the way over there. He'd had no idea that it was nothing more than a shadow illusion.

Bakura moved towards the wall and the shadows faded at his mental command - revealing the one they had been shielding from sight. The dark spirit smiled as he approached the high-backed wooden chair where a pale, white-haired boy sat as silent and still as the rest of the room. Ryou watched his darkness's approach calmly and Bakura's smile widened. He stopped just in front of the chair, waiting for the boy to lift his head and look at him before he spoke.

"It is done."

Ryou bit his lip and looked a little anxious. "You are sure they will not remember any of this?"

Bakura's smile tilted wryly. "Oh, they will remember it."

Ryou's eyes went wide and he stared at his other in shock. "What? You said they would not!"

Bakura shrugged. "There had to be some memory of tonight or else they would have questioned things. That would have been... inconvenient. Do not worry, I altered their memories. They will remember only what they should."

Ryou did not look convinced. "Which is?"

"Neither of them will recall anything about being here. Wheeler will not remember you walking up to him in the street or my possessing him there and taking him to the carpark. I did some... creative editing, you could say." Bakura smirked. "He believes the one he saw in the street was Kaiba. It was simple enough. I left his earlier memories intact, then cut them up to the point where he saw Kaiba. He also will not recall my using his body to channel the magic I used to steal Seto's soul."

Ryou frowned. "Why did you do that? You promised they would not be harmed."

"It was the easiest way to get him here." Bakura pouted a little, disappointed that Ryou didn't see how quick-thinking he had been. "I could not control both of their minds at once and knocking one of them out was never an option. They are not as slender as you," Bakura explained. His gaze ran over his other's form for a moment and he made no secret of the desire that sparked in his dark eyes. "Either of them would have been too heavy for the other to carry all the way back here."

"So you stole Seto's soul - making him a mindless doll that would obey your orders." Ryou bit his lip. "Neither he nor Joey will remember that?"

Bakura shook his had. "No. They will recall going somewhere together, but not where. When they wake up, they will just assume they were going to where they are now." He smiled, pleased with how he'd reworked their memories in such a way. It was always easier to manipulate such things when they had elements of the truth in them. "Seto's soul was restored when I took possession of him here. As for Wheeler... he has no idea that I ever possessed him. I made sure of that."

That much was true. Bakura didn't feel it necessary to mention the one second when he'd lost control of Wheeler - right after he'd used the shadow magic to steal Kaiba's soul and the brunette had collapsed. Apparently the shock of seeing it had been strong enough to break through his spell over Wheeler. He'd carefully erased the images of Kaiba lying on the ground from Wheeler's mind, though. The blonde would not recall seeing it, so there was no point in Ryou knowing about it.

"Wheeler will have no recollection of coming here or of ordering Kaiba-doll," Bakura smirked at the nickname, "to chain him up and blindfold him."

Ryou nodded. "You controlled him as you used to control me, before I found out about you. I never remembered anything I did while under your control, either." His cheeks coloured and he bit his lip hard.

Bakura quickly returned the conversation to his bragging about what he'd done to Wheeler and Kaiba. "Wheeler will also not recall being chained up or blindfolded, even though I took possession of Kaiba at that point. But I did leave most of his memories from then on more or less intact. I changed the conversation about the kiss a little. Just enough to make him think that he and Kaiba talked about it and Kaiba tried to deny that it had meant anything. He will remember the kiss here, although he will think it was Kaiba's way of showing him that the other kiss had been meaningless. The memories of the sex were not altered... apart from the little fact that I was possessing Kaiba's body at the time. Oh, and his being chained up too. I thought that might be a bit too kinky for him to believe of Kaiba." Bakura considered that for a second. "Although... considering some of the outfits Kaiba wears, it really would not surprise me to learn that he was into bondage."

His comment earned him the pleasure of seeing his other's cheeks colouring deeply.

"As for Kaiba, I altered his memory of what happened in the carpark. He thinks he just went out for a walk. From there on, he'll remember the same things as Wheeler, but from his own perspective. I also took their memory of Wheeler breaking free and trying to strangle me." Bakura scowled. "If that had not been part of the plan, I believe I would be quite annoyed that he had thought I would be defeated so easily. As it was, it saved me the trouble of setting him free, and I also did not have to deal with the lingering resentment he would have had if he had not been able to get his hands on me. There is nothing worse than having to work around lingering resentment when you are altering memories." He shuddered.

"Wheeler really is very predictable. Getting me to leave Kaiba's body by putting it in physical peril, even though he knew I would just possess him instead. It truly was deliberate of him, by the way. Not just an accident." Bakura moved a little closer to Ryou. "He was pleased he had drawn me out of Kaiba. I sensed the thought in his mind before I locked it away."

"Which was also when you stole Seto's soul... again." Ryou winced.

"Yeah. Considering how often that happens to him, he really should consider getting some sort of soul insurance..." Bakura was only half joking. As he'd done it the second time, he'd thought what a cliché it was that Kaiba had lost his soul not once, but twice, in the one night.

"I took the rest of their memories. They will recall nothing of me or the possessions or the kidnapping and bondage. Just the sex - and even their memories of that have been altered so they think it was just the two of them. Human minds are so easy to manipulate. I did not even have to change the location of the sex. They were both so very willing to believe they had their first time against the wall of the hotel room where I left them." He looked into his other's eyes. "Safe and sound. Just as I promised." He smiled a little.

Ryou relaxed and nodded. "So that was what you meant before, when you said they would remember what had happened here."

"Yes. They will remember what I wish them to and nothing more." Bakura couldn't help the smug satisfaction he heard in his own voice. He'd done a lot of work that night and he knew he'd been absolutely brilliant with it all. "Their minds were so full of confusion, but I took care of all that. Cut and paste, mix and match - blending fantasy into reality and making reality nothing but fantasy. They gave me a great deal to work with, too. All their feelings for each other... To think that all this time they have both wanted the other but have both been too afraid to admit how they felt. So foolish of them. Love is a wonderful thing. It is not something to fear. It should be welcomed and embraced and touched and felt in all its glory."

His voice was a low purr from the pleasure he was feeling. Sometimes he loved his half-life. Getting to play Kaiba and Wheeler against and with each other... Toying with them and making their bodies and minds do as he wished, as if they were puppets on strings. That night had been so much fun.

Neither the night nor the fun was over yet, either.

If Kaiba and Wheeler were puppets... then the one behind the night's entertainment was surely the Puppet Master. His plan had been perfect and it had been executed with such precision and skill. Now it was time for the Master to get his reward for the night's work from his faithful pet.

Bakura moved, kneeling beside one of Ryou's knees. He took his other's hand and raised it to his lips, then turned it over and kissed the palm as well. He looked up at Ryou from beneath his lashes and smiled at him. "It will be dawn soon."

Ryou's cheeks coloured and he nodded. "Yes." He reached out with his other hand and began to gently stroke Bakura's hair. "I got the bed ready while you were taking them to the hotel." His blush deepened.

"Then shall we?" Bakura stood. His dark eyes locked with Ryou's as his form shimmered. He drew on the last of the power he could call upon - the power of this one magical night each year - to allow him to take on human form.

Leaning down, Bakura scooped Ryou into his arms. As he carried his other into the bedroom, he felt the same thrill he had felt exactly one year earlier - the night he and Ryou had made the pact that had led to an unforgettable night for both of them.

Although they could touch when he was a spirit - the sex was even better when Bakura was in human form.

It was hard to believe that he owed Yami for telling him about the whole 'Halloween boosts magic so you can leave the Ring and even take on human form for a time' deal. But he did and hopefully he'd paid the interfering spirit back for it.

Yami had been muttering just the other day about how frustrating it was to watch Kaiba and Wheeler continue to dance around each other as they both refused to reveal their mutual interest in each other.

Mission accomplished!

Let the reward time begin!

Bakura smiled as he pushed the bedroom door closed with his foot. He gently lowered his other self to his feet again and slipped his arms around him - looking deeply into his eyes as he repeated the words he had spoken to him the year before.

"Ryou... Fear me... love me... and I will be your devoted pet for all eternity."

Ryou replied as he tilted his head up to receive Bakura's kiss.

"Yes."

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