//…..// - Malik
\\……\\ - Ryou

Nobody Suspects the Innocent

The air of the Shadow Realm enveloped Cinetti in a cold grip. The purple haze surrounded him as he sneered into the glowing orb displaying an image of Ryou and Malik quietly sleeping. The sight of the two boys huddled together closely, content smiles on both of their faces, made him shudder. These two boys represented all that was evil. Ryou had attracted another lover.
Ryou was good. And good, Cinetti believed, had to be destroyed, eliminated. Cinetti jsut had to find a way to reveal the evil within Ryou. He had to have evil inside of him somewhere. No one could genuinely care about others the way Ryou had done.
“We can help his evil side come out and reveal itself. But how to do it,” Cinetti turned to his new partner, Anubis.
Anubis rubbed his hands on the orb. “Evil corrupts from within. Like a disease, it eats you from within until it becomes part of the soul.”
“From within you, it devours,” Cinetti stated looking back at the boys. Malik opened his eyes and yawned. Malik kissed the sleeping Ryou on the lips in his sleep.
“Good must be destroyed, like Bakura tried to destroy me,” Anubis said walking away remembering staring at the yamis and their fireball.
“Why not attack them directly, master?”
Anubis grabbed a book from the desk. “Sometimes the most effective revenge is not hitting your intended target. The most effective revenge is to attack the one closest to that person.”
Cinetti smirked. “You’re right. If we destroy Ryou, bakura will crumble. He will fall to his knees in agony at the death of Ryou.”
“That shall be our revenge,” Anubis said glaring at Ryou sleeping unaware of the plot against him. “Bakura genuinely loves Ryou. Ryou genuinely loves Bakura. Tear one away from the other and they will waste away. Bakura will be crushed.”
“It is quite unfortunate Steven did not succeed. Where he failed, we shall prove victorious.”
Ryou woke up slowly and stroked Malik’s cheek. Malik had closed his eyes pretending to sleep \\ I know you’re awake, Malik! \\
Malik giggled. // No, I’m not. //
Ryou began to tickle Malik’s stomach producing a torrent of laughter. Malik unsuccessfully tried to block himself with his arms, but Ryou’s hands slithered around them. Malik’s eyes filed with tears and Ryou stopped.
// That’s no fair! I can’t tickle you! //
Cinetti and Anubis frowned as Ryou playfully resumed his games with Malik.
“His innocence will be easy to corrupt once we infuse him with our evil. The evil will grow inside him.” Anubis thought. “Maybe we can use him to our advantage even further.”
Ryou hugged Malik.
“How so?”
“Ryou is light, purity, innocence. No one suspects him to be capable of evil. We could use his innocence to our advantage to bring evil into the world.......and breed it. That is how we will destroy them. Nobody suspects the innocent.”
“Ryou will be our host, right?”
Ryou kissed Malik smiling and laughing with a hysterical Malik. Anubis’ hand brushed his own cheek. “Bakura foiled my attempts to dominate the mortal world. Using Ryou as a host, we can bring evil into the world.”
Ryou rolled onto Malik kissing him.
“How can we use him to bring evil into the world?”
“Since Ryou resides in the mortal world, he is bound by human laws. He cannot breed evil unless we change his form. As he exists, nothing can be created within his physical body. In order to fulfill our purpose, we must change Ryou." Anubis placed the book on the desk. "This book is full of rituals and chants, my prized possession. When I find the spell, we will perform the required ritual."
Cinetti slammed his hand on the book. Anubis looked up at Cinetti. "I volunteer for this one, master. Place me inside Ryou. Let me be the evil within."
"Why?"
"You have a grudge against Bakura. I will never forgive Ryou for what he has done to me and to his own father. He has caused his father, my friend, much disappointment and pain. We can both work together to destroy them."
Anubis and Cinetti looked at the orb. Ryou was kissing Malik's neck gently running his tongue over the tanned skin. Malik's head was thrown back in pleasure as his skin grew hotter with every movement Ryou made on his body.
"If evil cannot destroy Ryou, then his offspring surely would destroy him," Anubis smiled. "The sons and daughters of evil will eventually destroy its creator. Evil knows no loyalty, no family bond." Anubis flipped through the book again. "Evil kills its creator without remorse and without hesitation. That is how we will destroy them. The life they bring into the human world through pain and suffering shall be their undoing. The life Ryou brings into the world will cause his own death. Ultimately, Bakura will fall. He will be crushed and alone."
Malik held the laughing squealing Ryou close to him.
"He shall be destroyed, too. Both mortals shall perish. Good must not be allowed to survive. Our evil spawn shall crush them."
Malik kissed Ryou's forehead and Ryou closed his eyes again. Ryou gripped onto Malik rubbing his cheek against him lovingly.
\\ I love you, Malik. \\
// I love you, too, Ryou. // Malik said softly into Ryou's ear.
Anubis smiled thirsting for chaos. Cinetti's lip curled intoa twisted smile hungry for revenge, an appetite for destruction.
"This plan will bring my nemesis to his knees," Anubis said. "After all, nobody suspects the innocent."

Next Chappie: Marik wants to know where Malik's loyalties lie.