Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Baby of Mine ❯ Questions ( Chapter 8 )

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Moonnymph: It will be funny when he turns into a girl.

Jocelyn: Sorry you didn't like the lemon, but I'm glad it didn't turn you off to the fic. Malik's had enough fun in this fic for now. After Anzu, he can't really do much.

Negacat: That naughties line made me die laughing in the trolley going to work. People must think I'm nuts.

Cheesepuff: I love yoru fanart! Make him as a girl and could you draw his kids, too when we get to that point?

Goldaries13: We should form that anzu bashing club!

Gralnak: Yeah, the end of your chappie 8 has me in suspense. Can't wait to read the rest.

Tiamat: Malik won't even be thinking about the Rod for a while. I agree with you.

Dragondreamer: Poor Malik. He needs a hug.

Hotaruchan: Yes, Malik had some fun. He won't be doing that for a while.

Mononoke: Had to do the rod jokes. Had to.

Lupusdragon: Everything in my stories has a happy ending. I don't normally do sad fics at the end.

Kye: Thank you for the review! LONG LIVE ANZU BASHING!!!

AMT: Don't worry, you can catch it later.

Angel Black: I know how you feel. I'm horrible when I have my "visitor". In fact, I got so hormonal, that's when I married Ryou and Bakura. Hope you feel better. I PMS,too.

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Questions

The door opened and Isis walked in with Daniels and the social worker who visited him in the hospital.

"Hello, Ryou," the woman said standing in front of him.

"Hello, miss," he said shyly.

"You can call me Mrs. Flannery, Ryou. You can call me that if you wish. Mr.Daniels told me you want to testify in court."

Isis pulled up a chair by the window and offered Daniels and Flannery two more chairs.

Daniels pulled out a recorder. "Now, Ryou, we need you to be honest. Tell us what happened between you and your father recently in your own words."

"My father discovered I was not who he thought I was."

"Can you be more specific?"

"He discovered that Bakura….is my lover."

"What did your father say when he discovered this?"

Ryou gripped onto Bakura's hand. "He got angry. He told me I was not a son to him. My father claimed I betrayed him."

"Did he do anything to you when he discovered this?"

Ryou wiped away a tear. "He threw me against the refrigerator and he slapped me across the face.. I ….I never thought he would ever hit me."

Flannery took some notes. "Describe your previous relationship with your father."

Ryou gripped onto Bakura again. "He loved Egypt. He's an archaeologist. After mom died, he stayed over there more and more. I was raised by my aunts and uncles at the time. As I grew older, my dad stopped talking to my relatives. When my dad came home, he would be interested in my studies. He only cared about my grades and even though I was a straight A student, he wanted me to be the top of my class. After mom died, he stopped playing with me and when my grades started to fall, he told me to get better or mom would be disappointed in me."

"Were you ever close to him?"

"I was closer to my mother. My father hugged me, but it was rare. He told me only girls hug. He didn't want me to be a girl."

Isis shook her head. She and her brother were also separated from their parents at a young age and lived with relatives.

"How did you realize you were ill recently?"

Bakura leaned forward. "I noticed it when Ryou came down with a fever, chills, and wheezing. I thought his pneumonia had returned. I did everything to get him better. When he wasn't improving, I searched his house with Marik and we found discarded rat poison, insecticide bottles and vinegar. Ryou later confirmed that the "medicine" he was given was in the bottle we found."

"My father made me drink that medicine every hour. He fed me, but the soup tasted bitter. When I refused to eat it, he held me down."

"I rushed him to the hospital. They barely saved him. The toxins destroyed theheart and needed a pacemaker and a synthetic ventricle to live."

"The doctors did tests on me and discovered the poison in my system."

Bakura leaned back. "We couldn't afford the operation. His father sold his house and all Ryou's possessions for legal fees."

Ryou pulled a gold chain from his shirt. "This was my mother's wedding ring. This is all I have left of her besides that picture on the bureau and some jewelry I found."

Daniels paused the tape and took more notes. Ryou took a deep breath as Bakura squeezed his hand. Bakura could tell this was difficult for Ryou. Even through the hand, he could tell Ryou's pulse was racing.

"Now, Ryou, this is serious. The following questions may be hard, but we need you to be honest."

Ryou moved closer to his yami and tightened his grip. Daniels resumed recording.

"Did your father ever touch you beside that time he pinned you to the refrigerator and slapped you?"

Even Bakura winced at the panic being communicated through their mindlink.

"My father…..kicked Bakura out of the house. When he did, my father shoved me into the wall and gripped my shoulder. He forced me to eat and…and…he threw me to the floor." Bakura shot a glare at Ryou. Ryou never told him about this! "When Bakura was gone, he locked me in my room and he refused to let me out of the room."

"Ryou, tell us about a certain lady your father hired for your birthday."

"My father paid this lady to sleep with me in hopes of taking me away from Bakura. I guess he hoped it would change me so I could be the son he always wanted."

"What kind of a son did he say he wanted?"

"Someone obedient. One who never questioned the way things are. Someone who placed others before themselves. He felt I was an embarresment to him because…I'm…..in love with Bakura."

"Steven told you he hired her for you specifically?"

Ryou nodded. "Yes. He was very disappointed that she failed to sleep with me."

"Did your father ever threaten you?"

Ryou nodded again. "Yes. He threatened to hurt my friends and myself."

"Do you have any scars on you, Ryou?"

Ryou shot a glance at Bakura. Both of them closed their eyes tightly. \\ Not the whip, yami! Please! Anything but that! Let me heal from last night! Yami! \\

Ryou opened his eyes to see Bakura's lip tremble. Ryou took a deep breath. Bakura was not like that anymore. Bakura loved him now, but memories were hard to suppress.

"When he dug his nails into my neck, he left a scar on the back of my neck."

"Can we see it?"

Ryou pulled down his collar and revealed some of the other scars by his neck. Flannery pulled down the shirt to inspect the scar when she saw the scar by Ryou's neck.

"What caused these other scars?" Daniels pulled out a camera and Isis moved closer. Daniels took a picture of the scar on Ryou's neck. "Ryou? What caused these?"

Bakura shifted uncomfortably. \\ Ryou, this is nothing compared to what I will do to you if you don't stop screaming! Hold still! \\

"I fell," Ryou said quickly.

Flannery sat back in the chair as Daniels sat back as well. "You aren't lying to us are you? Did your father cause those scars?"

Ryou shook his head. "No. He did not cause those scars. They came from something else."

Daniels stopped the tape and packed up the papers. "That's enough for today, Ryou. We will contact you when the date is scheduled."

Daniels and Flannery walked out of the room with Isis. Ryou turned to Bakura and wrapped his arm around his yami. "I couldn't tell them, Bakura. I couldn't tell them the truth. I don't want them to take you away from me. I love you too much to lose you."

"I know this would not be easy on you, Ryou. Maybe you just need to relax a bit. This was obviously not easy for you and you've already had a long day."

Ryou wiped his eyes clean of tears. "You're right, yami. Maybe I do need rest."

"Sweet dreams." Ryou kissed Ryou's forehead and left.

Isis was downstairs with Flannery and Daniels. "Mr. Bakura, we need to speak to you. Do you know the origin of those scars?"

"No. I have no idea where they came from."

"I've worked on hundreds of cases of child abuse and I know whip marks when I see them. You have no idea who gave him those scars?"

Bakura shook his head. "He never told me who did it."

"We have enough to go on for now. It's a shame this had to happen. He seems like such a nice boy."

"He is," Bakura agreed.

Flannery and Daniels left causing Bakura to sigh. Isis went to the kitchen to make her brother some tea. Marik was sitting with Yami and Yugi on the couch.

Marik raised an eyebrow to Bakura. "You have no idea who gave him those scars, huh?"

"If we told her the truth, they would arrest me, Marik. I had to do it, don't you see? They'll come after me and I won't be here to protect Ryou."

Yami asked, "Where is Ryou now?"

"Asleep, thank Ra. Today was a lot for him."

Yugi stood up. "We should go, then. We'll be back tomorrow to check on Malik and Ryou."

Yami stood up and Anzu chased after them telling them about friendship.

"So what are we going to do about the trial? Ryou's in no condition to face his father, Bakura. Both of us know that."

"We have no choice. We have to go to trial or they will take Ryou away from me. I couldn't bear that."

Marik looked over at Malik asleep on the couch. "Well, I guess Malik will be out the rest of the night. Anzu really hit him with that golf ball." Marik laughed. "Well, Bakura, with our lights asleep, looks like it's just you and me tonight," Marik said wrapping his arms around Bakura giving him a kiss.

"Look. I'm hungry, so.."

"So am I," Marik said.

"I meant for food. Save it for when Malik gets better."

Marik sat back and whined. "Ra only knows how long that will take."

Bakura went to the kitchen where Isis was making a salad. "Thanks for staying with us upstairs."

Isis shrugged. "They wanted me present to make sure everything went alright. Seeing Ryou's reaction, I'm glad you were there."

"They were rough questions for him. What kind of a husband would I be if I just left him there alone?"

Isis nodded and sat at the table. Bakura quickly made a sandwich. "He's sleeping right now, so I'll be upstairs for the night. Good luck handling Marik. If he gets out of line, just call me down."

"I can handle my brother's yami. You take care of Ryou."

Bakura finished the sandwich and ran upstairs to Ryou's bed. He removed his shirt and slipped into bed beside Ryou who was gripping the sheets tightly.

"Bakura……not that…..not again.," Ryou whimpered in his sleep. Bakura took him in his arms and rubbed his hair.

"I'm sorry, Ryou….I'm so sorry."

Next Chappie: Ryou Transformed.