Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Baby of Mine ❯ Torn ( Chapter 51 )

Ssjgoddesschico: I know! Aten is my little love bug.

Anime Ana: The purpose of the kids growing so fast is to get at Ryou and Bakura. Though who knows with Aten's weak

heart…I won't hurt Aten. He's too cute.

Elizabeth Maria Rose: Yeah it's scary how the kids follow their parent's example, isn't it?

Angel Black: *hands wood for bonfire * There we go.

Tiamat: You make a good point. A damn good point. Hmm…

Keysha: *squeals * thanks for the plushies!!!! *hugs keysha and plushies *

The Mystical Dragon: Yeah. Good point.

Notes: The beginning of this chappie is just a dream!!! You know how your imagination runs away with you when

You are upset about something??? Well, that is what Ryou's mind is doing, so Steven's verdict next chappie!!!

Torn

********************************Dream Sequence

Ryou stood in the courtroom by Bakura. Beside Ryou stood Aria gripping

onto his pants tightly and cuddling up to him. Bakura had his arm around his hikari. Behind them, Marik held onto Malik's

hand tightly wondering what the jury voted. If Steven went free, Ryou would have to leave them. Aten would have to leave

Marik. The yami could not bear to be apart from his son, his cherished little boy. Aten sat in Marik's arms gripping his

toy monkey. Seto and Joey stood beside them, Yami and Yugi behind them also holding each other's hands tightly.

The jury came in with stern looks on their faces. The jury did not look pleased. They slowly returned to their seats as

Bakura turned to Ryou. "Ryou, no matter what happens...Never forget that I love you."

The judge turned to the jury. "What is the verdict, jury?"

One man stood up holding a file. "We find Steven Bakura innocent on all charges. We have decided that the person known as

Bakura is to be arrested for cruelty, abuse, and attempted murder."

"NO!" Ryou turned to Bakura and wrapped his arms around him. "Yami, don't leave me!"

Bakura took in a deep breath trying to calm his emotions around his daughter. "I'm so sorry, Ryou. I know I have to pay the

price for hurting you. I spent my last life in and out of Yami's prison. I regret having to spend this life without you and our

daughter."

"Daddy!" Aria clung to Bakura like a magnet. Her spiky white hair flew as she ran to him. "Daddy, I don't want you to go!"

Bakura hugged Aria. "I have to go, sweetheart. I have to go."

The man at the jury bench continued. "Ryou Bakura is to be returned to Steven Bakura. That is the decision of this court."

Two policemen grabbed Bakura's arms and pulled the struggling, crying yami away from Ryou.

Ryou picked Aria off the ground. She wrapped her arms around him wailing.

"It's ok, sweetheart. Shhh...Mommy's here."

Steven ran over to Ryou. "I told you I would get you back. I told you we will be a happy family once more without that little

bastard of a yami." Steven's son began to cry holding his child. "Don't worry, Ryou. You will never see him again.

Time to take you home." Steven grabbed Ryou's wrist and began to pull him roughly out of the

courtroom.

"Daddy, I can't leave Aten! I can't leave my son!"

Ryou turned and saw two more policemen tearing Aten away from his father's grasp. Marik growled and snarled at the bailiffs

and Aten clung to him like glue. With prying, they managed to tear Aten away from Marik. Aten's little toy monkey crashed

to the floor amid the struggle. For trying to get Aten back, Malik and his yami were restrained.

Ryou was given his crying son.

"My money!!!! I dwopped my money!!!! Money, come back!"

Steven turned to Aten. "Stop crying, little brat! I'll be damned if you end up like your father!"

"Mommy!"

Steven growled. "Your mommy isn't here, kid. Stop crying."

Aten's muffled voice came from Ryou's shirt. Aria was trying to climb over Ryou's shoulder to get to her father. "Daddy!"

Steven kept his hand on Ryou's wrist pulling him and tugging at him. "Stop your crying, boy," he snarled at Ryou.

"You don't want that boy to end up like a crying baby like you, do you? We need at least one straight man in

the family!"

"I love my son no matter what he becomes. You are too blind to see that. Always have been always will be."

Aria's eyes focused on the angry man beside her. She nuzzled her cheek into Ryou, Aten doing the same.

Steven pulled Ryou into a house. Steven opened the door and pulled Ryou inside. He recognized the house as

Cinetti's old house. The son stood there with his kids, Aten looked unsettled.

"I dropped my toy money, mommy," Aten said wiping his eyes.

"I'll get you a new one, baby."

Steven turned around. "No, he is not a baby, Ryou. He is a boy. Can't you tell the difference?" The father advanced on Ryou.

"If you touch one hair on their heads, daddy, I will scream! I won't let you hurt my babies! I love them!"

The father stood face to face with his son. The two stood so close, Ryou could feel and smell Steven's breath.

"I bring you into my house and you....threaten me? Ryou....I don't think you know who you are talking to,

boy."

Ryou began to tremble and cradled the boy and girl closer. "I am protecting my children from you."

"You are a hopless cause, Ryou. You are that now and will be forever.I think it's time you think about what you are saying

and who you are saying it to."

Steven opened up the basement door. Ryou stared at the door of the basement. When he looked down the stairs,

he remembered being down there before....with Jessica and Cinetti.

Ryou shook his head. "I can't...I can't go down there....dad."

Steven growled. "Go down or I'll throw you down."

Ryou put the boy and girl down. Aten ran downstairs as fast as he could to get away from the snarling, yelling man.

Aria turned to Steven. "You very bad man!" Aria walked down the stairs.

Ryou turned to Steven. "I can't believe you would do this to your own son. Aria and Aten have done nothing to you to

deserve the treatment you are giving them."

Aten called up to Ryou. "Mommy, it's wet down here!"

Ryou looked down and there was a puddle of water five inches thick on the floor. His heart sank as he thought of Steven's plan.

"Daddy, what are you going to do?"

Steven's lip curled. "Get down there, Ryou." Steven's son looked him right in the eye.

"Daddy, you can't be serious!"

"Mommy, Aria spwashed me with the water!"

"Hey, look, mommy, a fountain! It's so pretty! It's like a waterfall! Hey! Mommy, Aten splashed me!"

Ryou clenched his fists. "Are you really going to do this? Are you going to punish my children for my behavior?"

"Wow! It's up to my knees now!" Aten said splashing.

Steven was silent. Ryou sighed and sniffed. "You are a monster, dad."

Ryou slowly walked downstairs and saw the "waterfall" Aria talked about. Behind him, he heard the basement door

get locked and bolted. The only sunlight getting into the basement was a small window by the ceiling. Ryou grabbed a box

and tried to open the window to let Aria and Aten out. There would be no way that Ryou could fit through. He may drown,

but his children would be safe.

Ryou jumped down from the box and jumped into the rising water. The water level was getting higher. It was up to his hip. Aria

splashed trying to stay afloat. Ryou picked her out of the water and struggled to get her to the steps. Aten was holding onto a

table to keep his head out of the water. He picked Aten out of the chilly water and swam him to the steps.

Aria climbed the steps and played with the doorknob.

"Mommy, the door not open!" Aria banged and clawed at the door. "Hey, bad man! Let me out!"

Ryou picked up Aten and brought him to the top of the stairs with Aria. "Babies, stay here. Don't go into the water."

Aten began to shiver from the cold water. Ryou removed his shirt and removed Aten's shirt. He wrapped his son in the semi-dry

shirt.

Ryou turned to walk back downstairs.

"Mommy! Don't go!"

"I'll be back, sweetheart. Stay there on the steps. Don't get wet."

He jumped into the water and swam to a work station covered in water.

"There has to be a way to break that window! I can't let my dad drown them!" The water became higher as he

rummaged through the drawers under the water. He struggled to pull out one drawer and found a screwdriver.

Desperately, Ryou swam to the window. If he could open the window or remove the window, he could not only let Aria and Aten out, the

water would run right out of the basement window. Ryou would not drown, either.

"Mommy?"

Ryou turned to see Aria looking under the door. "What is it, Aria?"

"I can't see under the door. This stuff is sticky," Aria said playing with her fingers and running down the steps. "Bad water! Back!

Get back!" Aria kicked the water and washed her hands in it.

"Baby, don't get more wet. Stay on the top step."

Aria returned to her brother. Ryou tried to unscrew the bolts which held the window shut. Only if he had to would

he break the glass. He didn't want Aria or Aten to crawl through the window and cut their hands. The bolts

would not loosen. The window had to be broken. The water came up to Ryou's ankles. Aten sat on top the stairs watching

the rising water with large eyes full of tears.

Ryou dived into the water and swam over to the desk. The furniture in the basement began to float on the rising water. Ryou

searched for the hammer and found it in a drawer on the workstation. Returning to the window, Ryou slammed the hammer as

hard as he could on the glass. A small chip of the glass came off when Ryou hit it hard.

"That should have broken it!" Ryou tried again. "I-*slam *-will not *slam *-let you hurt- *slam * my children! *slam*" The

window broke and the water came up to his hips. The water was almost to the window. Ryou dropped the hammer and swam

to the children on the stairs.

"Aria, come here, baby."

Aria kicked the water once more. "Bad water!" She climbed into Ryou's arms.

Ryou held onto her tightly and looked into her sapphire eyes.

"I love you, sweetheart. Your mommy and daddy love you very much. Aten,

sweetheart, come here, baby."

Aten clutched onto Ryou.

"Stay here, pumpkin, let me get Aria out of here. I can't carry both of you." Ryou swam quickly over to the

window and tried to push Aria through, but was unable. The window had two layers. Not only did this window have

two layers, but the staircase was the only area that had yet to be flooded. Ryou had to break through the second layer

of the window to let Aria out. The water was right below the window. Aria held her head up to keep her

mouth and nose out of the water. She began to cough as Ryou's motions stirred the water into her mouth.

Ryou got Aria back to the steps.

" Stay here, babies. I'll be right back." Ryou dove under the water for the hammer. When Ryou tried to

get to the window, the window was entirely submerged. Aria and Aten watched the water come up the stairway as Ryou

tried to break the glass with the hammer underwater. The water hampered Ryou's ability to swing a hammer underwater.

To catch his breath, Ryou had to swim back to the staircase. Ryou swam back to the staircase popping his

head out of the water to breathe and gasp for air.

"Mommy? I want to go home. I don't wanna do this anymore!" Aten cried.

"I want my daddy!" Aria whimpered.

Ryou climbed out of the water and climbed the steps to the door. "Dad! Let Aria and Aten out! Please!"

Ryou heard hysterical laughter behind the door. "This isn't right! Daddy! My children! Please! Let my children out!"

Ryou felt the water at his feet.

Underneath the door, Ryou saw his father placed some concoction to prevent the water from escaping from around the door.

Soon the water would flood the entire basement. Ryou sat down and wrapped his arms around his boy and

girl. "It's alright, babies. Sh...It's alright. I love you, Aria, my baby girl. I love you, Aten, my little angel."

"Mommy? I'm scared," Aten said kissing Ryou.

"I know, baby. Don't be afraid. Mommy's here for you."

The water came to Ryou's shoulders as he sat on the steps. Ryou saw a tiny shelf just big enough for Aten and

Aria next to the stairs. It was higher up and Ryou could only hope the water would not go that high. Ryou picked

up Aria and put her on the shelf.

When Ryou tried to put Aten up there he fought.

"I don't want to leave you, mommy! Don't make me let you go!" Ryou looked into his son's eyes. Aten's Purple eye and his brown

eye looked teary as he pouted at his "mother."

Ryou caught Aten in an embrace crying together as the water level raised above their heads.

Aria looked down at her "mother" and her brother get swallowed by the water.

"Mommy! Aten!"

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Ryou felt a pair of hands on him shaking him. "Ryou, Ryou! Wake up! It's a dream!"

Ryou opened his eyes and saw Bakura with claw marks on his chest. "Yami?"

Beside Ryou slept what looked like a nine year old little girl with spiked

hair. "Aria?"

Bakura smiled. "She's growing quickly, Ryou. Isn't she?"

Ryou looked at her and brought her into her arms. "My little darling. My sweetheart." Ryou kissed Aria's spikey hair.

"Where is Aten?"

"He's downstairs eating with Marik and Malik. You look pale. Here's your heart medicine."

Ryou gulped it down along with a glass of water. "Did Aten take his medication this morning?"

Bakura nodded. "Yes. He took his medication today. Marik made sure of that. Anzu was too much for him."

"Well, there's something we both have in common. I can't stand her."

Bakura caressed Ryou's cheek. "Relax, tenshi. This weekend I talked Seto Kaiba into taking the kids for a night so we can

be together...Just the four of us. I'm sure Joey and Seto won't mind."

Ryou smiled. "We haven't had time together in a long time. I'd like that,

yami."

Bakura winked. "I know you would." Bakura leaned down and kissed his lover's lips as his daughter opened her eyes

slightly to see what was occurring. With a curl of her lips, she closed her eyes feigning sleep.

Next Chappie: Steven's Sentence