All I've Ever Wanted

Anzu skipped back to town with the golden ring around her neck bouncing with every stupid leap she took. She was returning home when she saw Yami and Yugi walking briskly. At a distance, she followed them back to the Game Shop where Yami panted for breath.

"You have to cut down on the sweets, Yami. That's why you're out of breath."

"No….* pant * ….you were walking too fast….* pant pant *.

"School's not that far away," Yugi said turning the doorknob. Yugi removed his school bag happily and ran to the kitchen. Yami followed close behind and Anzu sneaked in quietly with the crab in her hand.

Yugi poured himself a glass of milk and stared at it quietly. With a sigh, he raised it and took a sip. Yami washed his face from the hot sun outside and turned to his light.

"Aibou? You've been awfully quiet all day. That's not like you."

Yugi stroked the glass with his finger deep in thought. "I was thinking about Ryou. I hope he's Ok. I never thought Marik would get so emotional over anyone other than Malik."

Yami sat beside Yugi at the kitchen table. "Not to sound like Anzu, but-."

"Don't, Yami!" Yugi said covering his ears.

"We're all here to look out for each other, just like I am here to look after you, Yugi."

Yugi looked at the spirit smiling down at him with his large purple eyes. "I may not care too much for that tomb robber who robbed my father's tomb, and my own probably. But that doesn't mean I'm not concerned for Ryou." Yami reached for Yugi and brought him over to sit on his lap. "But with Bakura gone, we all have to look out for him….and I promise to always look out for you." Yami and Yugi exchanged smiles.

Yami brought Yugi's face closer to his and he kissed his light gently on the lips enticing Yugi to allow him entrance. Yugi moaned as he allowed his Yami to dominate the kiss and pull his body closer. The light never broke the kiss as he moved to straddle his yami and pressing his upper body close to the spirit's. Yami's hands moved to Yugi's back pulling him even closer.

Yugi was the first to break the passionate kiss. "Are you sure you're still tired from that jog?"

Yami arched his back as his skin began to tingle all over his body. "I guess we could go for another round of exercise."

Yami's hand roamed along Yugi's hips rubbing them in circular motions. The light began to unbuckle Yami's shirt moaning into the kiss. Yami broke the kiss and arched his back at the sensations flowing through him.

"Yugi…you are so wonderful….oh…my…Ra! Osiris!"

Yugi stopped unbuckling Yami's shirt. "Why must you always call out the names of every Egyptian god and goddess every time we do this? Can't you just settle for one this time?"

"Which one?"

"I don't care! Any one!"

Yugi kissed down Yami's neck and bit it lovingly.

"Anubis!"

Yugi pulled back again. "No. Remember when Anubis took over Anzu's feeble mind?

Call out to someone else."

Yugi finished unbuckling the shirt and removed it from his yami's body. Yami could feel his breathing increasing and his body already reacting in the form of sweat.

"Ra!"

"You always do that one! Try another!"

"Isis!"

"That's Malik's sister! You can't call her name!"

Yugi's tongue traced the front of Yami's neck curving over the adam's apple and feeling every vibration of the moan deep in his throat.

"Osiris!"

Yugi pulled back. "Fine. Stick to that one then."

Yami took the opportunity to remove Yugi's shirt and kiss the boy's chest.

Yugi writhed on his yami's lap completely immersed in the pleasure of the affection when Anzu popped out from the kitchen doorway.

Yugi and yami screamed and Yugi fell to the ground in shock.

"What are you doing here?" Yami said trying to hide his naked chest.

"You're being friendly, yeah!"

Yugi got up from the floor rubbing his side thinking of the many possible ways to hurt Anzu after she interrupted his fun with Yami.

Yami was about to throw her out when he saw the Millenium Ring around her neck!!!

"Anzu, where did you find that?!"

"With the teddy bears and the bunny rabbits and the bees and the squirrels and-."

Yami reached out for it, but she backed away.

"This reminds me of friendship because it is pretty and shiny and friendship shines through any hardship! Friendship is the bestest thing in the world! Because friendship shines through hard times, this necklace will spread friendship all over the place!"

Yugi wanted to go find a tree and a piece of rope and end it all for Anzu right there.

"I need to borrow this, Anzu."

"No! It's friendship!"

The phone rang and Yugi answered it. "Game Shop. Yugi Motou speaking."

[Yugi. Seto Kaiba.]

"You weren't in school today. You never miss a day."

[I'm going to send you my personal limo to pick you up, Yugi. He'll be there in fifteen minutes.]

"You alright, Kaiba?"

[You have to come, Yugi. We found Ryou.]

"YAMI! SETO FOUND RYOU! How is he, Kaiba?"

[……………………&helli p;…..]

"Kaiba! Kaiba! Answer me!"

[My car will pick you up. He will be here in fifteen minutes.]

"What's wrong with him?"

[He's sick and he needs you and Yami here.]

"We'll wait for the car," Yugi said rubbing his cheek.

[Good. I've instructed my driver to bring you straight here. Goodbye, Yugi.]

"KAIBA? KAIBA! YAMI! Ryou is at Seto Kaiba's place! He says Ryou's ill and the car will be here in fifteen minutes to pick us up."

Yami thought for a second. "At least we have the Millenium Ring here with us!"

"It's my sparklie!"

Yugi growled in his throat. "Ryou needs that Ring, Anzu! How can you be so selfish!"

"Yugi, that isn't the way to reach her. You have to think like her."

"'Anzu' and 'think' shouldn't be in the same sentence together."

Yami walked up to Anzu. "Ryou is really sick now, Anzu and he needs a friend. Maybe if you return that ring to him, he'll have a friend again. He won't be sick anymore. Understand?"

The wind outside was heard over the wheels in Anzu's brain trying to understand Yami's simple concept. All she heard or paid attention to was 'blah blah friendship.'

"We have to go teach Ryou about friendship!"

Blank stare from Anzu.

Yami sighed. This was going to take forever. "Yeah Friendship?"

"YEAH FRIENDSHIP! I'll be Ryou's friend! I'll teach him about friendship!"

Yami and Yugi agreed they wish they could teach her something about being quiet.

The driver beeped the horn and Yugi ran out with Yami and Anzu. Joey opened the door for them. "Where's Seto?"

"He's at home with Ryou. One of us has to be with him all the time." Joey saw the Millenium Ring around Anzu's neck. "How did you get that?!"

"I found it with the fuzzy bears and fuzzy bunnies and…"

"I'm sorry I asked already."

Yugi gripped Yami's hand quietly looking worried up at the spirit.

"How did you find him, Joey?"

"He just kinda fell at our doorstep. Literally. We cleaned him and fed him and gave him a good bed and a doctor this morning."

"Seto sounded serious. Is Ryou Ok?"

Joey was quiet for a minute and sighed. "Well, his pneumonia is back again and we have him sleeping now. He just keeps mumbling something about a basement and somewhere cold and dark, but he hasn't said anything else. All he does is call for Bakura."

"But now we have him, Joey!" Yugi said trying to sound optimistic. "Ryou will get better once he has Bakura back."

"Let's hope so, Yug. I don't know what else we can do for him otherwise."

Yugi and Yami ran into KaibaCorp with Anzu following behind them yelling about how big buildings reminded her of friendship (yes. Everything reminds this girl of friendship, people). Joey followed close behind to make sure Anzu didn't run off with the Millenium Ring. Yugi held his breath as he ran. He didn't know what he would find when he saw Ryou and hoped that Bakura would make it all better.

Joey directed Yugi and the group to the guest room where Malik was sitting by Ryou's side and Marik was some distance away leaning against the wall gripping the Millenium Rod. Yugi ran to Ryou's side in the bed. Anzu ran in and the jingle of the Millenium Ring around her neck caused Ryou to open an eye.

Yami approached Marik slowly, but was rewarded with an icy stare that basically said 'Don't even think about talking to me now.' "Marik, I-."

"Save your sympathy, Pharaoh Yami," Marik sneered as he retreated to the darkest corner of the room.

"This room is spacious, like friendship!"

Ryou coughed in the bed and saw Anzu with a piece of jewelry around her skinny neck.

"Anzu, here is Ryou! Give him the Millenium Ring." Yugi pleaded.

"Here, Ryou! We'll teach you about friendship! YEAH FRIENDSHIP!"

Anzu removed the Millenium Ring from her neck and gave it to Yugi. Yugi put it around Ryou's neck.

"The…Millenium Ring?"

"Come on, Ryou. Summon Bakura from the Ring."

Ryou coughed. "Bakura? Bakura, come out." Ryou clasped onto the Ring and held it close to him. With a bright light, Bakura reappeared.

Bakura looked around the room confused and dazed. He turned around to see Ryou lying in bed, his cheeks red and the Millenium Ring falling from his grasp.

"RYOU!" Bakura froze at the sight of his lover in bed with his eyes half open struggling to keep awake. Malik rose off the bed and backed away letting Ryou's yami sit beside him on the bed. Bakura sat beside Ryou and pulled Ryou up to his chest cuddling him in his arms. Within no time, Bakura was wetting Ryou's white locks with his tears. Ryou's feverish face was pressed against him as he rocked Ryou in his arms. "I'm sorry I couldn't be there for you, Ryou. I'm so sorry."

"Yami…..Love you."

Bakura kissed Ryou's forehead with a choking sob and laid Ryou back on the bed. "Ryou, don't leave me. Oh Ra, don't leave me!"

Marik walked quickly from the room followed by his hikari.

Ryou placed a hot hand on Bakura's cheek. "I will never leave you, yami…….You came back to me." A tear slid down Ryou's cheek. "I missed you, yami. Please hold me. Please."

Bakura laid beside Ryou who turned around to face him. Ryou once again nuzzled into his chest. Bakura engulfed Ryou in his loving arms caressing him and kissing his hair.

"We better leave them two along," Seto said opening the door.

"Will you be ok here, Bakura?"

"All I need…All I've ever wanted….is here in my arms now. I need nothing else."

Seto turned to leave. "Seto?"

Seto turned around to Bakura gently running his hands through Ryou's hair. "Thank you for saving my hikari's life."

Seto nodded and closed the door. Bakura looked down at Ryou again and pulled him closer. Even with no shirt on, Ryou sweat.

"I was so worried about you, yami," Ryou cried.

"I was more worried about you. I never want anything to happen to you, Ryou. Sh…No more tears now….I just want you to sleep. I'm here with you now and forever, my sweet angel of the nile."

Ryou smiled up at him and ran his hand over Bakura's cheek. "You don't know how I've missed moments like these, Bakura."

Bakura pulled the sheets to cover Ryou more so he wouldn't get a chill from the air conditioning. "I love you, Ryou…Go to sleep."

Bakura put the ring over his own neck. "I'll be right here when you wake up."

"Promise?"

Bakura smiled. "I promise." Ryou cuddled closer to him and sighed with contentment. Within no time, Ryou was quietly sleeping against Bakura smiling.

Bakura smiled down at his sleeping lover. "I wish we could spend eternity like this, my little hikari. I never want to let you go."

Next Chappie: All I have is You. (Brief summary: Ryou wants to return home to patch things up with his father…but where does this leave Bakura?