Chapter Four

 Hours passed and Joey, Nikki, Ryou and Serenity were all sitting and watching a horror film, Eating popcorn and sitting in the dark. In the movie, Someone appeared out of nowhere, Making Nikki scream and fall into Joeys arms for comfort. He gave her a hug, Chuckled and offered popcorn. She was a little embarrassed at what she just did, But snuggled up to Joey anyway. After the movie, They got out the controls and hooked up the game system.

“What game are we playing?” Serenity asked.

“You’ll see.” Joey replied, Throwing a game into the system.

“Oh no. This can’t be good.” She whispered to Ryou who nodded. “Oh! I know what it is!” Joey looked at her to quiet down so no one else knew and she replied with a “trust me” look. Joey smiled, Looking at Nikki and then back to the tv.

“I know what this is! We played this when we were kids!” Nikki gasped. Joey nodded his head as they played Super Smash Brothers for hours before they fell asleep. The next morning, Ryou woke up to find Joey eating a bowl of Lucky Charms.

 

                “Morning, Joey.” Ryou said, Rubbing his eyes.

“Morning. How’d you sleep?” he asked, Swallowing a spoonful of food.

“Pretty good.” He replied, Looking over at Nikki who was fast asleep. He smiled and covered her up and moved some hair from her face.

“She looks so peaceful.”

“She is…” Ryou smiled in return, Sighing to himself.

“I know.”
“Do you know?” Ryou looked over at him in a serious tone.

“About what?” Joey asked, Giving him his full attention.

“Home.”

“Oh… Yeah… I saw her notebook… And wrists, Too.” Joey gulped, Pushing his cereal away.

“She cuts?!”
“You didn’t know?”
“No!” he said in shock, Picking up her arm and pulling up her sleeve. “Oh my God…” he set her wrist back down on the ground as she turned over and moaned tiredly.

 

                “I can see why…” Joey stated, Looking at him. “I never knew…”
“Yeah… It’s… It’s pretty bad over there. I hate to see Nikki like that. It’s horrible. You should see her unconscious with the fresh cuts and old scars and the blood…” he shook his head. “It’s horrible.”

“I understand.” Joey said getting up and handed Ryou her notebook. He looked down at it and opened it gently, As if it were a fragile piece of china and read through everything.

“Wow… This is… This is deep.” He said, Looking through the frail pages.

“I know. I started to cry when I saw what she’s gone through and what she wants to do to herself.”
“Yeah.” He said, Closing it. “I don’t like to think about it.”

 

                The next day, Nikki and Ryou packed up their things and trudged home. Once they got there, They ran to their room and shut the door quietly, Locking it. They set their stuff down and looked at each other, Smiling. There was no sign of him anywhere. They had made it, Or so they thought. Ryou found what he wanted from his bag and finished a picture he had been working on.

“This is for you, Nikki. I love you.” Ryou said, Handing it to Nikki and hugged her, Kissing her cheek.

“Awww. Thanks, Ryou! I’ll keep it forever.” She put it in her binder and hid it well. “And I love you, Too.” She replied, Hugging and kissing him back. Ryou let go and blushed, Sitting on his bed. Nikki turned around, Running right into Bakura and screamed.

 

                “So you’re back now, I see.” He said coyly.

“Yeah. So?” Ryou stood up as Nikki took a few steps back.

“Well… Are we going to have fun tonight?” he flashed his teeth.

“You know what? I’m so sick of you! I can’t stand you anymore. You’re so stupid.” Ryou shouted, Making Nikki quiver. She had rarely heard him sound like his yami.

“Oh… You did NOT just say that…” he growled.

“Oh… I just did…” Ryou shot back in defiance.

“RAWR!” Bakura screamed, Jumping at Ryou and pinning him down. Ryou struggled, Pushing him off finally and pinned him down, Reaching into his opponents pocket. He pulled out his knife and stabbed Bakura in the arm. Nikki looked around and crawled under the bed as far to the wall as she could.

“GO AWAY! AND STAY AWAY!” Ryou screamed, Stabbing him, Drawing it down a bit.

“I don’t think so!” he shouted, Pushing Ryou off into a corner and overcame him. He grabbed the knife from his hands sliced him over and over. Ryou sat there gasping for air. He fell, Almost passing out before gathering up enough energy to grab the knife by the blade and take it away, Stabbing Bakura in the heart.

 

                “You can’t kill me… I can’t die…” he smirked.

“So? I can at least try… To protect my sister!”

“Oh yeah. I forgot all about your wimpy little sister… Where did she go?” he looked around, Taking a few steps, Sniffing the air and threw a cold glance at the bed. He took another step closer as she whimpered to herself, Holding back the tears.

“Leave her alone!” Ryou shouted, Jumping on his back and pulling him down.

“No! Get off of me!” Bakura hissed. Nikki crawled out from under the bed and quickly crawled for the door. Bakura pushed him off, Stabbing him again and glided to Nikki as she grabbed the door knob and took her foot, Dragging her to the middle of the room. She screamed echoing cried that would break a heart.

 

                “It’s your turn, ‘Beautiful’!” he said, Letting her foot go and bent down, Holding his knife in his hand.

“No… N-N-N-N-No! NO! PLEASE!” Nikki screamed through tears up at him, Trying to back up before her arm was grabbed. “NOOO!”­­

“Too bad he won’t be able to watch this.” Bakura looked at the unconscious Ryou and back at her. Nikki shook her head, Crying, Trying to get her arm back. “You squirm a lot…” he said chuckling as she got away. He sighed, Turned around and took a chunk of her hair and pulled her back to him, Slicing her arm down to her elbow. She screamed, Trashing to get away. “You’re just going to hurt yourself more.” He laughed. She finally hit his knife, Making it fly across the room. He looked over at it and back at her and punched her in the face, Grabbed her neck and pulled her up to stand and flung her across the room as well. She hit the bed and fell over as he got on top of her and ripped at her skin, Creating new gashes. He tore her shirt and bit at her sucked in stomach.

“Stop! Please stop!” she cried, trying to push him off. He smirked and ripped off her jeans as well and thrusted into her. She screamed, Coughing up blood and grasping the bed. She tried to scoot up to try to get away as he grabbed her hips and kept entering her over and over. “STOP IT! STOP!” she hit his head as he bent down and bit into her thigh. She screamed, Tears and blood rushing down her face and into her hair and onto the bed. Drips of sweat lined her forehead as he kept thrusting. She moaned in pain and pleasure and screamed for him to stop. He finally looked up at her and bit her neck until she passed out.

“Heh.” He smirked, Pulling his pants up and walking out.