Man Hunt

This chapter contains some stereotypical name calling; some of you might not like it… no offence to any one. The words fag, bitch, slut, and pussy will be used, if you don’t like those words, pls skip this chappy, or email me and I’ll give you a cleaner version.

happy yaoi lover: no problem, I feel bad when these things don’t paste, and no one tells me, then you guys go with out the update for a long time. If you see this happen again pls inform me so I can fix it.

Eres: I think he likes it too *wink* and I have a feeling Malik might like it too *wink, wink*. Thank you for understanding that I’m human too, and do have a life that demands me to go with out posting updates some times. Thank you very much.

crazieanimefan1: well tell me? Is there any person out there who doesn’t want some ones manhood? Maybe not the way Marik and Bakura do…but… any way… *throws Bakura over shoulder* thanks for putting him out…I think I might have to *ehem* chain him up…heheheh

Elle-Fate2x1: yeah it does suck for him.. but he does it for love…

Catty: sharing is good… I especially think sharing is good for YGO shonen... Mwahahahahaha!

(Malik)

No! Ryou…he…he…he disappeared! I fall to my knees, the tears coming of there own accord. Why?! … He did that just for me…. He saved me …

And now….and now…

I cry harder remembering what they told me they were going to do to him if he didn’t escape. It was too hard to imagine. My Love! My Ryou! I cry till the sun is almost at its peek in the sky… slowly I pull my self off the ground and start heading back to the nearest village.

What will I tell every body? That my love...my best friend…that my Ryou was taken by demons of the mountain and was cursed to live with them for all eternity?

I keep walking…what if… what if I find some one to help me go back and save him? That’s it! I’ll find some acolyte of good and go back to save my Ryou. My dearest love.

I start running down the dusty trail, running to where I might find some people. In the distance I see a small wooden building. It looks like a shop of some sort… or an inn. I can’t quite tell.

Run up to the building and start asking every one outside for help.

“Please! Some body, Ryou, my dearest Ryou is lost in the woods! Please some one help me find my friend! Any body!? Please help!” I yell as every walks around me.

I fall to the floor sobbing again… I was a fool to think some one would help me. Several people surround me, I look up and there all staring at me, there all smiling wickedly. I don’t like this, some thing feels wrong.

“Lost some body?” The leader of the pack asks.

“Yes… I lost a close friend in the woods…” say as I wipe my eyes on my sleeves.

“Poor thing…hey! Guess what every one! Thttlettle slut here says he lost some one in the woods!” the older boy yells out. His friends start laughing and one of them tries to kick me.

“Look I don’t want any trouble, I just want to find my Love” I say as I try to back away from them… try to climb to my feet. Then it hits me...oh shit… wrong word.

They push me back down, back in to the center of their ring. “Your love ay? Well isn’t that sweet. The little pussy here wants to find his love. What your boyfriend ran away after you fucked him too hard?” the leader taunts me.

“I think its cute the little fag wants to find his boyfriend” a girl jeers at me. The leader hooks his arm around the girl and the girl snickers and kisses him before lighting a cigarette.

“I think we should help… some one help the little pussy get in to the truck so we can help him find his bitch” the leader laughs as his gang members surround me. I try to struggle but they just hit me. I can taste blood in my mouth, the coppery substance also running down my forehead.

Suddenly I hear another voice I haven’t heard before. “Get off him you low life trash or I swear not even your dammed shadows will find you!”.

I look over to see a girl with chocolate brown hair, with some strands of auburn and gold, approach. There was some thing strange about this girl with forest green eyes. The guys in the gang started at her, some of them pulling out small knives. When the fight was done her attackers laid at her feet.

The rest of the gang fled, and the ones she had wounded, struggled to get to there feet and to the red truck before it left. She kneeled down next to me helping me in to a sitting position.

It was strange the cloths she wore. Like the clothes they wore way back, several 100 years ago. Maybe she worked at a museum, or gave tours that required her to be in costume.

“Those jerks… are you hurt? You know they had no right” she said rather huffily.

“Thank you very much. My name is Malik, what’s yours?” I asked as she helped me stand to my feet.

“My name is Masako, please to meet you Malik” she smiled and we shook hands.

“I heard you needed help finding your lover” she said as we walked to the porch of the wooden building and sat down. I blushed, was I really that loud?

She gave me a pat on the back, ”nothing to be ashamed of”.

“Yes… thank you. You see Ryou… well he… um... He was taken by demons… I know it sounds a little crazy but it’s true. I was hoping…” I said realizing how silly I sounded.

She smiled “I know of the demons which you speak, the dark forest demons, there well know in these parts” she said simply. I was so glad she believed me.

“I don’t know what they want him for-“I started but she cut me off.

“It’s a long story but we have time. You see hundreds of years ago there was a small village. The village chief was also the village cleric; he would perform ceremonies and help people. He soon met a lovely woman and they got married. His wife had two daughters… twins actually, and every thing was perfect. One day one of the twins and there mother were out in the woods and they were attacked by wolves, the mans wife dies in the woods, and the daughter who was caught in the wolf attack, died after she had crawled back to the village and told her father the news”

“That’s awful… but I still don’t get it” I said as I listened to her tale.

“Be patient, I’m getting there. So the Chief was sad, and held his daughter close to him, not letting her go out in to danger. Now his wife used to be the matchmaker for the village and had already planned one of the twin’s marriages. Luckily it was the twin who was still alive. She was promised to a fine young man with a some what fiery temper, his name was Marik. The girl loved the young boy so much she promised to do any thing to keep him happy, but you see the boy didn’t like her”

“Marik is one of the demons Ryou told me about!” I said suddenly.

“Hush and let me finish. One day a traveler came to the village, Marik fell in love with the boy and told every one. The vge dge didn’t like it but the girl he was supposed to marry was so happy for him and didn’t mind. The girl’s father on the other hand was furious and wanted to make sure his wife’s last match was done. He kicked the Bakura out of the village, for Bakura was the traveler’s name. Marik continued to see Bakura and they built a wooden house out in the woods. The Chief was very angry at this and devised a way to get rid of them. He called all the men of the village and had them heim wim with there plan. They told the boys that the village chief had forgiven them and was going to marry them inside there cabin at sunset. The girl found out about the plan and rushed to the cabin to warn them. When she came it was too late and her love and his love were dead. Her father had given them the ceremony but had killed them before he gave them there wedding rings, which was all the needed to complete there ceremony.”

“What happened?”

“Well, the girl was grief stricken and grabbed the two rings from her father to give them to the bodies of the two boys. Her father grabbed her and told her she could never. The sun rose high in the sky and the villagers set fire to the house. The girl flew into a rage and grabbed her father’s sword and stabbed him with it. As he lay dieing the girls father cursed her so that never in the light of day was she to enter the house and that the boys were to spend eternity in the form that they should have been, In demon form. He then made a blood sacrifice of his own daughter and they both died. When they went to remove the bodies the next day the bof tof the girl and the supposed chard bodies of the two boys were gone. It is said that the boys were really changed into demons and the soul of the dead girl got up to return the rings which she could never do. For you see she could never return the rings to them in the day and they could never find her in the night.”

“That’s so sad, but how does this help me?” I asked after hearing Masako’s story.

“Take these…and remember” she said, giving me a big smile. She got up and ran off down the road. She didn't even give me any thing. What a strange girl...

I got up and started walking back the way I came. How will I get back there? Bakura had to give us a short cut last time…

Suddenly I saw car lights behind me. Maybe I can catch a ride. I stand toward the side, back up and waving my thumb.

A red truck comes to a stop and is suddenly feel fates against me. The guys from before hop out and throw me in to the car.

“This time you won’t have any body to come to your rescue” one of the taunts as we drive down the long road.

After a long time I felt the car slowly come to a halt. My captors were talking about some thing. They got out of the truck and pulled me out too. In the middle of the road was…Ryou! I rushed towards him. He was sitting there with his head bowed. The cars yellow head lights shining on his form, illuminating him in the dark. He looked ok... no tail... no ears… although seeing me he suddenly looked sadder. Then he looked away from me as if he didn’t recognize me.

“Thank you for coming Malik and bring your friends, I didn’t kwhatwhat I was going to do if my older sister couldn’t get any more popular kids over to her party, so much beer wasted” Ryou said. That was strange… he said he didn’t have a sister any more, that she had died, and that she was also younger then him.

“Party? Why didn’t you tell us? And here we were just planning on beating you up. Take us to the party!” The leader demanded as he lifted Ryou up by the collar of his shirt.

Ryou started walking in to the woods off the road. Why was he heading in to the direction of the cabin? I ran to catch up.

“Hey Ryou, what’s up, why are you-“I started but Ryou started talking, it was like he was in a daze. He still had a collar around his neck.

“Leave, leave while you still can. Run far away. Don’t look back. Please Malik. You must leave. Do not follow me any further” he whispered to me, the blank stare still on his face. I could see the sun setting behind him.

We came to the old house again. I looked closely; I could see some of the old burn marks on the house. I stood out side and watched Ryou lead the others in. The house lit up and the door slammed behind the gang. Night fell as the sun disappeared. Bakura and Marik walked out of the back rooms smiling, Ryou ran to Bakura and hugged him, Bakura smiled and pet Ryou’s head. It was sickening to watch as the cat ears and tail Ryou had came back to him. They were keeping him as some sort of pet.

I have to get in there... I have to save Ryou… I have to free my love, or die trying…

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