Trial By Nightmare

Trial by Nightmare


Disclaimer: I don't own the stuff other people do.


Warning: just keep in mind this is rated like it is for a reason,lol.

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“How long do you think they’ll be in there?” Yugi whimpered while hopping up and down.

“Just piss out the window” Marik said blatantly with his mouth full of peanuts.

Yugi made a sour face and pounded on the bathroom door some more.

“Can you two PLEASE take a break and let me in? I really gotta pee!” he shouted.

“Why don’t you just go and use the bathroom in the lobby?” Duke ask as he shot a pair of thong

panties a girl backstage gave him at Ryou, hitting him in the face.

“I ......can’t ....hold.....damn it! Open that window!” Yugi squeaked as he ran toward the window

unzipping his jeans.

Ryou opened thedow dow for Yugi and unlatched the screen, accidentally shoving it out of the

window frame.

“Oops” he chuckled as he backed away, allowing Yugi to relieve himself.

“Man, I hope nobody was walking past when that screen hit the ground!” Duke chuckled.

“Fuck, these peanuts are really salty, do we got any beer left?” Marik ask.

“Yes, in the cooler back on the bus.” Ryou snickered.

Marik cast him a cynical look,

“Just what’s so funny?”

Ryou propped his feet up on the coffee table and laughed,

“Oh nothing.......just the thought of you with salty nuts in your mouth is a bit comical.”

Marik rolled his eyes,

“My gods, you’re disgusting Ryou. That’s just......oh forget it, I’m going for that beer. You

coming with me Duke?”

Duke stood up and scooped up an arm full of the gifts he received from fans and nodded.

“Yeah, right behind you Ishtar. I wanted to bring some of this stuff out to the bus anyway.”

“Great, c’mon than.” Marik nodded back.

After they were out the door, Yugi let out a sigh of relief while zipping up his jeans.

“Much better” he smiled contentedly as he sat next to Ryou on the couch.

Just as he got comfy, Joey and Mai came out of the bathroom breathing heavily.

“Damn Joey, that was awesome!” Mai exclaimed.

“I can’t disagree with you there Mai” Joey smiled.

“Well it’s about fucking time!” Yugi scoffed.

Joey looked at Yugi cluelessly,

“Say what?”

“Nevermind” Yugi grumbled as he sat back down.

Joey turned back to Mai and kissed the tip of her nose.

“Hey Mai? Can I ask you something?”

Mai nodded her head

“Sure Joey, go ahead.”

Joey put his hands on her shoulders and looked at her pleadingly,

“Think you could spare a few days and come over the road with us?”

Mai smiled brightly.

“I’d love to!”

“Kick ass!” Joey exclaimed as he pulled her into a sweet embrace.

“Awwwwww” Ryou and Yugi chimed in unison.

Suddenly, the door to the room flung open, and a wet Tea ran into the room. Mokuba and Tany

followed behind her.

“EWE! Yuck! I’m so grossed out!” Tea squealed as he locked herself in the bathroom. Mokuba

and Tany were quiet until they heard the shower turn on, than they burst out laughing.

“You guys shoulda seen it! We were sitting outside feed the pigeons when all the sudden a screen

came flying out of nowhere and bonked Tea right on the head! If that wasn’t bad enough already,

somehow, someone pissed right on her fucking head!” Tany explained.

Mokuba was laughing so hard his face was turning red. Yugi nonchalantly walked over to the

window and pulled the curtains closed.

“Really? Did you see who did it?” Yugi ask nervously.

Mokuba took a deep breath,

“No, but it was so funny! She was looking up to see where the screen fell from and than

WHISHH! Right in the face! I never laughed so hard in my life!”

Everybody couldn’t help but laugh at Tea’s misfortune. Joey and Mai were clueless about Yugi

taking a leak out the window, but Ryou and Yugi knew the truth. They had a hard time containing

themselves once Tea emerged from the bathroom freshly showered

“Feelin’ better Tea?” Joey chuckled.

“Yes.....but that was sooooooo gross!” Tea groaned.

“Hey, look what we found on the bus!” Marik said loudly as he and Duke burst through the door

carrying a large red cooler, a cd player, and a few of Caroline’s cd’s. They set the cooler down

and opened it to get themselves a beer.

“Anybody else?” Duke offered.

“Yeah, I’ll take one” Joey nodded. Duke pitched him a can of beer.

Ryou walked over and grabbed a can for himself.

“So what the hell are we all going to do while we’re waiting for Bakura, Malik and Yami to find

Caroline?”

Marik grinned and opened his beer.

“We’re going to get pissed tight”

Ryou nodded his head

“I can handle that.” he chuckled as he opened his beer.

“So what cd’s did you bring up?” Yugi asked curiously as he walked over and grabbed himself a

beer.

Marik flipped through the cd’s and pulled one out.

“Here Yugi, throw this in.”

*Meanwhile, in the Shadow Realm*


Bakura found himself walking through a very old cemetery. It wasn’t familiar to him, so

he didn’t pay much attention. A cold breeze sent shivers down his body.

“Shit, I knew I should have worn a shirt.” he grumbled to himself,

He continued walking until he got to a very big creepy looking old tree. His had been walking

along for what seemed like forever, so he decided to stop by the tree and take a short rest.

“Ah yeah” he sighed as he sat down at the base of the tree and closed his eyes. He was starting to

doze off when he was startled by the sound of somebody crying. Bakura opened his eyes and

looked around. There was nobody in sight, and all was quiet.

“I’m just hearing things again........damn voices in my head” he mumbled to himself as he closed

his eyes again. As soon as he did, the crying started up again.

“Ra-damn it all!” he growled as he got to his feet. “Where the fuck are you!”

Nobody answered.

Bakura started walking again, quite irritated with whoever kept crying. He had only taken a few

strides when he heard it again. This time he turned and walked right in the direction it was coming

from.

“Okay, come out come out whoever you are!” he shouted as he quickened his pace.

Suddenly, he found himself unable to go any further. There was a large brick wall in his way. The

crying grew louder.

“Oh great” he grumbled as he reached into his pants pocket for his cigarettes.

“Just my luck” he groaned as he pulled out an empty pack. He looked up and was startled by his

new surroundings. He was in a dark room. The only light was of a lit candle on what looked like a

little table next to a bed. The crying he had heard before seemed to be coming from the corner of

the room. Bakura pickp thp the candle and walked slowly over to the person crying in the corner.

“Um....hello? Are you okay?” he asked as he approached. Bakura held put the candle to try to get

a better look at the crying person.

“Ryou?” he gasp as the faint candle light illuminated a bruised and bloody silhouette of his light.

“Ryou.....what’s wrong.....are you hurt?” he ask as he crouched down and reached out to his

light.

Shadow Ryou jerked away and pressed his shivering body closer to the wall.

“I’m sorry! I won’t do it again Bakura!” Shadow Ryou whimpered in fear.

Bakura wasn’t sure what to make of his light’s odd behavior. He sat down next to him and set the

candle on the floor.

“Sorry for what?” Bakura ask as he gently put his hand on Shadow Ryou’s shoulder.

The trembling figure cowering in the corner winced as Bakura’s hand touched him.

“Please don’t hurt me again!” he cried as he covered his blood and tear stained face.

Bakura bit his lip, “What the fuck are you saying? I don’t want to hurt you!”

Shadow Ryou continued to sob.

Bakura felt a pang in his heart watching his light crying in the corner because of pain he had

somehow caused him.

“Ryou, please tell me what I did so I can fix it.”

Tears trickled down Shadow Ryou’s cheeks as he turned away and hid his face.

“You’ve already done enough” he said quietly.

Bakura didn’t know what to say. He couldn’t think what he could have done to hurt Ryou.

“Ryou.....please, tell me what I have done! I honestly do not recall hitting anything recently!”

Recently.

A scenario from the past suddenly clicked in Bakura’s head.

Many years ago Ryou had spent night after night at Yugi’s, hoping that Yami’s presence

would stop Bakura’s spirit from making an appearance. Eventually, Yugi’s grandfather suggested

Ryou spend some time at his own house, so he reluctantly went home. Bakura’s anger had grown

to it’s boiling point because of Ryou’s actions. He unleashed all his fury onto Ryou and beaten

him within inches of his life. Memories of all the horrible things he’d done to Ryou flashed

through his mind. The beatings, the intimidation, and cruel and unusual punishments. Bakura had

tried repressing this memory, and had been successful at doing so up until now. Now as he looked

at just a small portion of the pain he’d caused Ryou, he realized Ryou was a much stronger person

than he ever imagined. Even after all the pain he’d put him though, Ryou still cared for him.

Bakura felt something warm and wet trickling down his cheek. He wiped the tears out of

his eyes and looked back at his Shadow light.

“Ryou, I promise you. I’ll never EVER hurt you like I that again. You’re the soul reason I can

exist.”

Shadow Ryou wrapped his arms tightly around his knees and rocked himself like a scared child.

Bakura

Bakura closed his eyes,

“I love you........like a brother.......remember?”

Bakura opened his eyes slowly, realizing he was once again alone, sitting on his ass somewhere in

the Shadow Realm.

“How could I have been such an ass?” He said to himself as he got to his feet.

Before he could take another step, he felt a fist connect sharply with his jaw; sending him down to

his knees.

“What the............?” He growled as he rubbed his sore cheek. He looked up and found himself

staring eye to eye familiar face. Realizing who it was, Bakura held his hands up infront of him

protectively.

“Hey woman, What did you do that for?” He whined as he got to his feet again.

“Wait a minute........I remember you! You’re that weird hippie guy!” Caroline exclaimed.

“Yes, that’s me; Bakura the hippie. Peace man.” He grinned.

Caroline relaxed and threw her arms around him.

“Fuck man, are you real?” she exclaimed as she squeezed him tightly.

“Yes, I’m real....how are you?” Bakura ask.

Caroline lut aut an exasperated sigh and rested her cheek against his bare chest.

“Am I dead?”

Bakura let out a light chuckle.

“No, not really. Do you remember what happened?”

Caroline shook her head,

“Not really, all I remember is bits and pieces of stuff. Ever since I got here I’ve been running into

all kinds of stupid people though. How the hell did my asshole father get here anyway?”

Bakura wrapped his arm around her and smiled,

“Come with me. I’ll explain it all while we look for Yami and Malik.”

Caroline nodded her head,

“Okay, oh, hey, sorry for blasting you in the face before.....I didn’t know it was you.”

“I’m just glad you didn’t kick me with those wicked boots of yours!” Bakura grinned.

Caroline reached into her jackecketcket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. Bakura looked on

longingly as she lit one up.

“Uh.....can I get one of those? Please?” he ask her almost in a begging way.

Caroline smiled and handed the cigarette she’d just lit to him.

“Sure, here you go”

Bakura grabbed the cigarette and smiled back at her.

“You’re a goddess. Thank you”

Caroline lit herself another cigarette and laughed.

“Oooh, cool, I’m a goddess!” she chuckled as Bakura lead her through the shadows.


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Next chapter will be a Marik/Malik lemon, you've been warned;-)