Author's Note: Wow, my first fanfic! I luv reading these things so I hope you luv
reading mine. I'm not so good at spelling, so I'm apologizing right now for spelling
mistakes... The whole Harry Potter thing will come in later in the story. Oh, and
reviews are wanted!"
FYI: /Ryou talking to Bakura Bakura talking to Ryou'Ryou thinking' /
'Bakura thinking' Yugi Talking Yami talking 'Thinking'
'thinking'
Disclaimer: Even though I want to, I don't own Yu-gi-oh, Harry Potter any of the
characters, Muahahahaha...
Chapter 1
Changes
"Umm, guys..." Ryou tried to get his friends attentions.
Yugi and Joey were busy roughhousing with each other, but they stopped when
they heard Ryou's soft voice.
"What is it? Joey asked.
"We were only playing around," added Yugi, thinking that the reason Ryou wanted
their attention was to try and stop them from hurting each other.
Joey Wheeler and Yugi Motou were Ryou's best friends in all of Domino Japan, so
they had a right to know that he would be moving in two days. Ryou took a deep breath and
said, "I'm moving..."
"What?" Joey asked, unbelieving.
"When?" Yugi asked.
"...In two days. You both heard about my...my mother?" Upon mentioning his mother
his eyes started to get blurry, but he quickly continued. "Since she's in no condition to look
after me..." he had to pause for a moment to control his emotions, "... My father wants me
to move to Egypt with him, so I won't 'be a burden to her anymore.'" he finished bitterly,
using the exact same words his father had used in the letter he received only a few short
hours ago.
"You can't! You're are our best friend, what are we going to do without you?" Joey
asked.
Yugi was silent, then he said, "I don't think my grandfather would mind you staying
with me." Ryou could tell his Yami took over because next he said, "Even the
Tomb Robber is welcomed."
You can tell the Pharaoh that the offer is appreciated, even though I would
probably go crazy with his Grandpa.
Ryou replied, "Bakura said that the offer is appriciated," choosing to ignore his
Yami's other comment. Then he smiled sadly and said, "I don't think anything will change
my father's mind, but thanks for the offer I wish there was another way, but apparently
there isn't."
Ryou would miss both of his friends alot, but he'd miss Yugi more since they had so
much in common, even the fact that they both had millenium items with spirits. The spirits
didn't necessarily get along, but that didn't stop them from being friends.
"I have to go pack, two days isn't that long to gather your life into a suitcase. If
you want to see me off at the airport, then meet me in the lobby at 7:00 A.M. My plane
leaves at 7:30. Bye guys." He said this quickly because tears had started to roll down his
cheeks, and he didn't want his friends to see him cry.
Ryou ran all the way to his house. When he got there the maid his mother had hired
(before she got really sick) was waiting for him. She wasn't a total stranger, his mother
would never do that to him. The maid was the one that had looked after Ryou when he was
a baby. She had dinner made for him, but he ran upstairs calling out that he was going to
pack and that he'd eat something later.
Once upstairs he sat on his bed and he looked around his room.
/How am I going to fit a life's worth of stuff in two suitcases?/ He asked his Yami.
Hey, you've got it easy. Try fitting a millenia's worth of stuff in two suitcases,
then you can complain.
/I forgot.../ Ryou had to remember that his Yami wasn't 15 like himself.
Oh well, Don't worry. I like to consider myself 15.
/Hey, wait a minute. Most of the stuff you owned you stole!/
Your point being?
/Nevermind/ Ryou said, then he turned his attention back to the task at hand.
His whole life was there. It was like he had never lived anywhere else before, so
this was really tearing him up inside. At first his suitcases were bulging with everything he
wanted to bring. but then he took everything out and thought about what he really wanted
to take with him to his new life. It was extremely hard, everything had some sentimental
value to it, some kind of memory for him, be it happy or sad. In the end he only needed
one suitcase. It contained his duel disk, his duel monster cards, the scarf his mother made
him (even though he knew he wouldn't need it in Egypt), some clothes and the only
photograph he had of his mother.
Ryou picked up the picture and ran a fingure over the charred edges. He used to
have a lot of pictures of his family, but a couple of years ago there was a fire in the
downstairs family room, which was where all the old photo albums were kept. Ryou had
gone through the wreckage thoroughly, but he found only the one picture that was
salvageable.
There was a knocking at the door and Ryou jumped. "May I come in?" It was only
the maid, Ryou relaxed some.
"I brought you your dinner," the maid said, putting it down on his night stand.
"Thank-you," said Ryou quietly as the maid left.
Instead of eating, Ryou put his suitcase in the closet and went to bed.
The next day Ryou woke up with a headache, the cause, Bakura.
/Will you stop it!/ Ryou asked his Yami irritably.
Bakura stopped throwing objects in his soul room and said, Just because it's the
first week of summer vacation it doesn't mean you can sleep the day away. I'm bored, lets
do something.
/What did you have in mind?/
Well, bugging the Pharoh would be...
/No! I don't want to see them, not yet./
Fine, then let's get some ice-cream.
/No, I don't want to go anywhere./
Even though Ryou didn't want to, he decided that going to the ice-cream parlor on
his own free will would be better than having Bakura take over his body and going. Who
knows what kind of trouble his Yami could get into there.
Ryou got dressed and tiptoed downstairs. It was just as he suspected, the maid
was still asleep. He quietly walked into the kitchen and got the little phone message pad
that was on the refrigerator down and tore a peice of paper off it and wrote...
I'm going to the ice-cream parlor and the I might
hang out with my friends. I'll be back before
dinner.
Ryou
It wasn't like him to give any explination of where he was going, but he felt better
About doing it.
What was that about?
/What?/
The note.
/I was just saying where I was going./
Okay, whatever, just hurry. I'm about to die of boredom!
/Really now?/ Ryou asked, sounding uncharacteristically evil.
Ryou took his time walking to the ice-cream parlor. He enjoyed listening to his Yami
rant and rave about getting even with him for being so slow, but Ryou knew he didn't mean
it. It had been a coulple years since Bakura did anything to abuse Ryou. They were friends,
almost brother-like towards each other (A: Nothing else, so don't get any sick ideas in your
heads!).
Ryou stopped in front of his destination. The shop owner just turned the sign in the
front of the window from 'closed' to 'opened.'
/See, we're lucky we didn't get here any earlier or we'd have to wait./
Bakura only grumbled in his soul room.
Ryou walked up to the counter and said, "I'll have a scoop of Vanilla..."
And chocolate.
"...and chocolate with some sprinkles."
"Anything else?" the man behind the counter wanted to know.
"No."
Yes!
"I mean yes..." Ryou waited for Bakura to tell him what he wanted.
Carmel sauce with chocolate chips.
"...caramel sauce with chocolate chips..."
Chocolate sauce and nuts.
"...chocolate sauce and nuts..."
Whip-cream and m&ms.
"...whip cream and m&ms..."
Then Ryou's face went blank while he was talking to Bakura, the cashier just
thought he was thinking of more toppings, but as time passed by and Ryou didn't say any
thing, the cashier started to fidget.
/What are you doing!?!/
Ordering ice-cream.Bakura answered, sounding innocent.
Ryou said to the cashier, "That will be all..."
And a cherry.
"...and a cherry." Then Ryou yelled out loud, "Will you stop it!"
The cashier, thinking Ryou was yelling about his fidgeting, stood still and punched
in the price of the ice-cream, plus all the toppings, into the cash register.
The total price was four dollars and fifty-two cents.
Ryou handed the money to the casheir and carefully picked his ice-cream up off
the counter. Then he went over to a corner booth to eat his purchase.
Did you see the look on his face?Bakura sniggered. You really scared him,
and you didn't even need my help to do it.
/I was yelling at YOU!/ Ryou mentally yelled at Bakura.
Well it's not my fault you forgot to do it mentally.
/Shut up!/
Oh, getting a bit nasty, are we. Fine!Bakura said, cutting the link.
The door to the ice-cream parlor opened and closed, causing the bell on the door to
jingle. Then Ryou heard Yami's voice ordering ice cream. Next he heard Joey.
Ryou, still not wanting to see his two friends, scooted to the farthest corner of
the booth, trying to hide. It didn't work, though.
"Ryou!" He heard Yugi exclaim, and before he could say anything to stop them they
were sliding into the seat opposite of his.
Joey was the first to try a conversation. "What happened to your ice-cream?"
"Bakura," Ryou replied.
"That's why I let Yami order mine." Yugi said. "He usually gets what I like anyway."
Oh yes, the Pharoh, he's sooooooo perfect...
"Shut-up!"
Both Yugi and Joey looked a bit surprised.
"I'm sorry," Ryou said apologetically, "I was't meaning you guys..."
Yugi nodded in understaniding.
Bakura said, Mentally now, children. Repeat after me, mentally...
/Okay! Enough! Not another comment until we leave this shop! got it!?!/
Bakura mentally nodded his head and that seemed to satisfy Ryou.
Ryou took a bite of his now-melted ice-cream and looked at his friends. Their bowls
were empty and they were just staring at him. "What's wrong guys?"
"We're really going to miss you..."
"I don't want to talk about it!" he said. Then he got up, threw away his ice-cream
and walked outside.
Well that was rude...
/I said.../
'Not another comment until we leave this shop' and in case you haven't noticed,
we've left the shop.
Ryou just groaned and started to run back to his house.
Once in his bedroom he opened up his suitcase and took out his duel monster cards.
He searched through his deck and found his favorite card, Change of Heart. It was a magic
card, but it reminded him of himself. Half dark, half light, one body.
Next he took out the card that reminded him of his mother, Spirit of the Harp.
This card was most like her because when he was little, she would alway play some
instrument or sing him to sleep. Also it looked good and pure, like his mother
Finally he took out the card that was most like his father, Claw Reacher. His
father reached across Aisa to pluck him from his home and bring him to some place he
didn't want to be. He, and in Ryou's opinion, he was bit on the evil side for doing that, just
like the card.
He stared at the three cards a long time before putting them back in his deck, not
the perfect family, but it was all he had. Then he put his deck back in the suitcase and
carried the suitcase to the closet.
Just then the maid came up and told him that dinner would be ready in five
minutes.
/I'm going to bed.../
No, you aren't. You're going to eat...
/Since when do you care?/
Since I can hear your stomach growling all the way in my soul room.replied
Bakura, taking over, which was fine by Ryou.
Don't mess anything up in there.
Ryou looked around at the messy soul room (which was still messy from Bakura
throwing things around earlier). /You don't have to worry about that...I was just wondering
where am I going to sleep..."
In a corner is fine...
/Thanks a lot!/
I was JOKING! Oh well, just shove everything off the bed.
/Okay, thanks./ All the running had left Ryou tired, so he went to sleep in Bakura's
bed right away.
Once Bakura could hear Ryou's soft snoring coming from his soul room, he went
downstairs to dinner.
The maid was just putting the dishes of food on the table when the doorbell rang.
She answered the door and there was Yugi and Joey.
"May we talk to Ryou..." Yugi began, since he had the better manners of the two.
"No, he's about to eat..."
"It's okay," said Bakura, overhearing the conversation.
The maid just shrugged and walked back to the table.
Yami, as soon as the maid had turned her back, took control of Yugi's body, seeing
that Bakura was out instead of Ryou.
"Have a seat, "Bakura said sweetly."
Yami and Joey followed Bakura's orders.
The maid did a double-take, 'Yugi' was definitely a few inches taller than when she
had first seen him. The maid gained her composure then, plate in hand, said, "Since you
have company, I'll eat in the living room."
Bakura nodded his head to show that he had heard her.
As soon as she was gone Yami said, "Okay, Tomb Robber. Where's Ryou, what did
you do to him?"
"Shame on you, Pharoh, jumping to conclusions like that. I'm insulted, but right now
he is currently sleeping in my soul room. Do you want me to wake him up for you?"
"That won't be necessary."
Then Yugi took over and said, "I'm sorry, Bakura, but Yami is just worried about
Ryou, that's all. He acted really strange in the ice-cream parlor today..."
"I can take care of my hikari, but you can tell the Pharoh that his concern for his
friends is commendable."
Yugi's eyes glazed over while he talked to Yami. He said your concern for you
friends is commendable...
Wow, a compliment from the Tomb Robber. I'm not sure if I should be thrilled
at getting such a rare complement or...
Just be thrilled. Yugi said quickly, because he thought Bakura was talking again.
"...at 7:00 A.M. or he'll be crushed."
"What was that," asked Yugi.
It was Joey who answered by saying, "Bakura was just reminding us to go to the
airport tomorrow at 7:00 A.M. to say good-bye to Ryou."
"Since when did you care?" Yugi asked suspiciously.
"Since Ryou has become boring and depressed that he won't see you again, although
I don't see why. To me this should be a joyous occasion, getting away from the Pharoh and
all..." Then Bakura took a bite of his mashed potatoes. Even though he didn't need to eat,
he still liked to.
After dinner Yugi and Joey left. Bakura went to Ryou's room and went to sleep on
his bed.
dream
"But father, I don't want the tomb keeper's initiation..." A little blonde boy was
struggling to get out an older man's, his father's, grasp.
"Nonsense, You are an Ishtar and we must keep the tombs for when the Pharoh
returns..." The old man said.
"I don't want to be an Ishtar..." Bakura couldn't hear the rest of what he was
saying because they had walked out of hearing range. Bakura followed them to a different
chamber. The Place seemed farmiliar to him, but he just couldn't put his finger on it. The
two people didn't seem to notice him.
Then the scene changed. They were in the same room, but there was no sound and
he could see something shining on an alter. "No, it can't be." Bakura said, grasping his
millennium ring. There on the alter was the millenium rod, the scale, the key, the eye, the
necklace and his ring.
The little boy looked differnt, not so innocent looking anymore. His mouth was
moving, but no sound came out. Then he turned around and grasped the millenium rod.
When he turned around his face had changed drastically. He held the rod high above his
head and said, "Now this belongs to me..."
enddream
Bakura awoke with a start. The clock said it was 6:30. Ryou was still asleep. Pushing
the dream out of his mind, Bakura got eveything ready to leave.
He had just finished brushing his long white hair when the maid knocked on the
door.
"Come in," he said, slightly annoyed at being disturbed.
The maid came in. "I have something for you," she said, handing him a small silver
locket. When Bakura saw it his tomb robber instincts kicked in.
He grabbed the necklace out of the maids hands and looked it over. It was real
silver with four small diamonds, the two at the top were evenly spaced apart, then there
was on in the middle and one at the point of the heart.
Bakura looked at it greedily. Then he looked at the maids expectant face and
realized that she was waiting for him to open it.
Once opened a woman's face peered up at him. Upon looking more closely he
realized that it was a picture of his hikari's mother. He would never steal anything this
valuable from his hikari, so he looked at the maid and in his sweetest voice said, "Thank-
you for this wonderful gift, I shall treasure it always." That seemed to please the maid
because she left smiling. Bakura, as soon as she had left, put the necklace in the suitcase
for Ryou to find later.
Then Bakura looked at Ryou's alarm clock, how he detested those things. It read
6:47.
"Shoot, that little meeting with the maid cost me all my time." He said, grabbing the
suitcase.
Racing downstairs, he nearly ran over the her. "Where are you going in such a
hurry, Ryou?"
"I have to get to the airport around 7:00 to meet my...friends (The maid didn't
seemed to notice his slight pause) and the plane leaves at 7:30.
"Okay, I'll get the car ready, breakfast is on the table in the dining room. Eat what
you can then meet me around front."
Bakura tested the link between Ryou and him, Ryou was still asleep. Bakura had
planned on skipping breakfast, but his stomach growled, so he went into the dining room,
dragging the suitcase behind him.
He was so glad that Ryou's family liked American food, sushi just wasn't his thing.
On the table there were rolls, muffins, eggs, bacon and a whole bunch of other breakfast
things. From the looks of the table, one might think ten people would be dining here, or
royalty.
Bakura snatched two blueberry muffins, one for Ryou and one for himself. Then,
taking a quick bite, he ran to the front door and slung the suitcase over his shoulder
(luckily it was a fairly small one) and ran outside. He looked for Ryou's mom's car, (which
was the only car at the house) but in front of the house was a long black limousine.
Bakura saw the maid arguing to the driver of the limo. She looked very upset and
Bakura was wondering why the limo was there.
Then the maid glanced up and saw Bakura just standing there. She motioned for
him to come closer. When he was about two steps away he heard the driver ask, "Is this
the kid?"
"Yes that's Ryou. "The maid replied, then she told the driver, "I want to tell him
good-bye." The driver just gave a slight nod and the maid went to Bakura.
"This man will be taking you to the airport. Here is some money," She said, handing
him a wad of American bills, "If anything comes up, you can exchange this for whatever
currency they use in Egypt and come home, okay?" Bakura nodded and the maid gave him a
quick kiss on the forehead. "Hurry up now, I'll miss you, you were such a good boy..."
Bakura walked to the back and climbed in. Ryou's father was annoying, he thought.
But as soon as Bakura shut the door he realized that he was going to have fun in the
limousine...
/Where are we?/ Ryou asked, just waking up and taking back control of his body.
In a limo.
/Yes I know That, but Why are we in a limo?/ asked Ryou, sounding a bit
exasperated.
We are in the limo so it can take us to the airport.
/But what happened to the maid and who paid for the limo?/
Your father.
/I wonder why.../
Just then the limousine came to a halt. "We're here," the driver announced.
Ryou carefully climbed out of the limo and grabbed his bag. Then, with pockets
slightly heavier then when Bakura first climbed in, he turned around. He had not taken
more than two steps away from the limo when two men in black started to walk on either
side of him. Finally the one on his right spoke, "Are you Ryou Bakura?"
I don't trust these guys, say no.
Against his Yami's better judgemet Ryou said 'yes' because these guys didn't look
like good people to lie to.
"Good, the other one said, "follow us."
They walked right through the lobby. His friends saw him, but for some reason
they ignored him. Ryou even saw the boy called Seto Kiaba.
His escort took him right to the steps to the plane, then they stepped back. Ryou
was about to get on when he heard his name being called. Yugi, Joey and Kiaba were all
running up the stairs.
While Yugi and Joey were trying to catch there breath, Kiaba cooly said, "It's too
bad you're leaving. It was fun having two people that would just lose to me every time we
dueled, oh well, at least one loser is still here." Then he nodded to Joey to show Ryou that
that's who he meant.
We do not lose every time that stupid SOB! I should teach him a lesson or
three...
Ryou just smiled, partly from his Yami's ravings and partly from Kiaba's attempt at
a good-bye.
Yugi said, "We'll miss you. Here." Yugi pushed a duel-monster card into Ryou's
hand.
Ryou looked at it in disbelief. "Your Dark Magician? But that's your favorite card!"
he asked, stunned.
"Yes," Yugi said, looking a little teary-eyed, "Now we'll have to see each other
again, so you can give it back. Take good care of it."
"I will," Ryou said quietly.
"And here," Joey said, practically shoving his Flame Swordsman at Ryou. "What
Yugi said, the same goes for me."
Ryou looked at his friends, speechless. Then he looked back down at the cards, so
he didn't see Yugi elbow Kiaba.
Kiaba glared dagers at yugi, but he finally said, grudgingly, "Here, take my
Blue-Eyes," Then speaking in undertones he added, "If something happens and it's bent, or
you don't give it back within a year, then I'll track you down and if you aren't already,
then you'll wish that you were dead." With that threat in the air, Ryou carefully grabbed
Kiaba's precious Blue-Eyes and then stuck all three cards in his suitcase pocket.
"By Ryou..." Joey couldn't finish his sentence. Yugi just smiled at Ryou and Kiaba
glared.
Ryou was really deep in thought. What should he do?
Bakura snapped Ryou out of his thoughts when he said I want control for a few
minutes.
/Okay./ Replied Ryou, a bit suspiciously. /Just stay out of trouble./
Bakura took control and then turned to Yugi. "I would like to speak to the Pharoh
for a minute.
Yami, Bakura wants to talk to you...
Really, I wonder what the Tomb Robber is up to this time. Yami pondered,
but he did take control of yugi's body.
"Pharoh, I've never done this before, but..."
Just then a flight attendant asked Bakura, "Would you mind getting on the plane so
we can take off?"
Bakura reached in his pocket and pulled out the wad of bills, the flight attendant's
eye's grew wide looking at the money.
"Would I mind? The question you should be wondering about is would you like this,"
Bakura asked, pulling a fifty off the wad and holding the bill eye level to the attendant.
The attendant nodded. "Good," said Bakura, then yelling he said, "YOU CAN HAVE THE
FRICKEN FIFTY IF YOU GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES TO TALK, OKAY?"
The attendant nodded so Bakura shoved the bill at him. Then he turned back
around and said, " What I was trying to say was I'll miss tortureing you."
"Yes, Tomb Robber, life will certainly be much more quiet and peaceful without you.
What a pity, I was just getting use to your destructive nature."
"Don't worry Pharoh, you haven't seen the last of me." With those final
(good-byes? Threats?) words, Bakura turned around and boarded the plane.
So what did ya think? Good, bad? Reveiw please!
