Ra, that was just... I don't think I've ever been that scared in my life... nothing in Battle City could have even come close to this.

I went out for a walk, because Isis just plain pissed me off. Ra, I can't even remember what it was about anymore... but I needed to get some fresh air. So I'm walking... and then I hear "Malik!" so I turn... and it's lil_bishie, whom I haven't seen since Battle City. So we get to talking... I must've been in one of my weird moods, because I wasn't being my normal self O_o I was being oddly compassionate... I guess because I was happy to see a friendly face after all of the shit that's happened over the last couple of days. >_> But anyway...

We talk about random stuff - and for once, my mind WASN'T in the gutter - and Ryou suggests that we do something to get our minds off said stuff. Then uh >_>; I realize I'm hungry, so Ryou suggests ice cream. Now... we didn't have ice cream underground. So I'd never had it before... ♥ and I have a new addiction. That stuff is THE BOMB. xO So we just talked about more stuff, and when we got done it was pretty late, so I said I'd walk him home. You never know what'll come out at night...

*rolls eyes* I think I jinxed it or something, because the next while consisted of running, being scared shitless, running some more... and just general craziness. Some fucker had broken into Ryou's apartment while he was in the hospital, and trashed his apartment, and was still out there somewhere. We don't know if it was the same person, but we saw a shadow up in the window of an apartment building... then that's when the shit started happening. Somehow we ended up cowered in an alleyway, clinging to each other for dear life... then the bastard comes in, pulls a gun on Ryou - oh HELL no, that shit doesn't fly with me, buddy. So we dive out of the way, and suddenly I remember I have the Millenium Rod, and just as he goes to shoot me, Ryou pushes me out of the way... so I stun the fucker with the Rod, grab Ryou, and we haul ass out of the alley and to his apartment.

So we think we're safe there, Ryou is damn near hysterical... and I'm trying to calm the poor guy down. He takes a look out the window, and the fucking gun narrowly misses his head... it broke what was left of the window, and then we freak out again... then someone starts pounding on the door. I'm thinking that hopefully it's someone else... Ryou goes to check... haha, no, whatever was I thinking? So, since the fire escape is broken, we decide to climb out the window. It's eight floors down. There are knives stuck in the side of the building, so we climb down those... Ryou goes first, since he's much lighter than I am, and there's no danger of the knives slipping out... I follow after him, and we get down a few floors - still hearing pounding on the door - and realizes there are no more knifes. So we'll have to somehow get onto the nearby drainpipe... no such luck. Just as Ryou's about to jump, the last knife slips out from under him, and he falls... I panic, and then I let go too... Ryou manages to catch onto what's left of the fire escape, and I just barely grab a window ledge one story above him... Speaking of which, my fingers are still bleeding... I should probably get those bandaged up, I'm getting blood all over the keyboard... but anyway... I somehow am able to grab onto the fire escape, and we make it down to the ground with little more trouble. Yes! Ground! I would've kissed the ground with joy, had it not been for the bullet that hit next to Ryou...

So I pull him up, and we haul ass toward my apartment. He's still tired from having just got out of the hospital today, plus he's fighting off a cough... so I stop and let him get on my back, and I keep running. He's so light, I'm wondering if that boy gets enough to eat... but anyway, we finally get back to my apartment, and he damn near collapses right where he's standing... so I carry him over to the couch, and he more or less just fell asleep right in my arms. I nearly melted. T_T That boy's too sweet for his own good, I swear to Ra... So I go and grab some blankets from my room, and cover him with them... and I realize just how tired I am.

I figured I'd fill you all on this... but someone's after Ryou. I know it. And probably after me now, too... but thank Ra he doesn't know where my apartment is. Neither of us got a good look at his face... but everyone needs to keep their eyes peeled. He'll... he'll come back for Ryou again, I know it... and I may not always be there to protect him. I'm just... really worried. Ryou doesn't deserve to have something like this happen to him, he's too kind... if anyone, it should be me... I mean, with all of the shit that happened at Battle City... Ra, I have never been so scared in my life, though... not even Atemu thratening to Mind Crush us last night scared me this much...

But anyway... I need to get my hands bandaged up, I'm starting to feel the pain now... it's just a dull throb, but I know it'll be worse in the morning... and then I think I'll just watch Ryou sleep for a while... I don't want to leave him alone tonight, even if I'm just in my room... I... I just feel the need to keep watch over him. He's so delicate... should he happen to have a nightmare or something, I don't want him to wake up with nobody being there... I may not even sleep tonight... Ra, I'm just... I don't know what's wrong with me. I feel so pathetic... I almost couldn't protect him... we... we almost died tonight. And that's worse than anything my yami could've pulled, or any of Atemu's Mind Crushes...