Pilot chapter. I'm not going to continue this story unless people like it. I'm already swamped with homework, extra-curricular activities, and my other Yu-Gi-Oh! Fanfic.

Summary: Under special circumstances, Ryou Bakura has to pretend to be a girl for his freshmen year, but what happens when boys and girls alike start hitting on him? Will the -never-tells-lies Ryou be able to handle it? And what happens when he starts to fall for a boy who thinks he's a girl? Thiefshipping VS Angstshipping VS Tendershipping.

Chapter 1: Girl?

Oh dear… I'm lost, Ryou Bakura thought to himself as he wandered around his new school aimlessly. He sighed, usually he was very good with directions, but he had been thinking about other things too much, and wasn't paying attention to where he was going. And, since this was a new school building, he had no idea how the rooms were arranged, so the room numbers were no help. He figured if he kept walking he would get out eventually, but he couldn't help but feel just a small note of panic. Especially since it was after school and the building was deserted, giving the school a slightly creepy air.

Ryou sighed, remembering why he was here in the first place. The principal, Mr. Kannibal(1), had told him that he could come and check out the school anytime he wanted before he actually started. Since he was going to be coming into the middle of the term, the principal figured he should get to know his surroundings, and Ryou had figured that was a good idea, but he didn't want to meet any of his classmates just yet, so he came after school.

Anyway, he continued to walk around, all the while telling himself he needed to get a cell phone for emergencies like this, until he came to an interesting painting on the wall. It was a painting of the school building with a rainbow over it. Ryou smiled, he loved rainbows, they were so magnificent and fragile and, unreal! If anyone ever asked what his favorite color was, he would answer back with, "Rainbow colored." He didn't care how many laughs he got, it actually kind of saddened him that not everyone could enjoy the beauty that was the rainbow, besides, everyone had something about them that was laughable.

After he was done admiring the rainbow, he started walking again. He looked around the building. It was a pretty nice-looking building. The walls were some shade of yellow, and the doors appeared to be made of a type of metal, usually painted blue or red, although, there was one exception. The guidance counselor's door was a light green, and Ryou had an idea why too. It is said that green calms you, although, there are so many different color-and-mood charts that Ryou gave up on trying that out at home. And believe him, he had tried, but it hadn't seem to work that well.

He peeked into the guidance counselors room and smiled. The ceiling was sky blue with puffy, cheerfully white clouds. Where the floor met the walls, realistic grass had been painted there, and there was a grassy green carpet in the room with many comfortable-looking couches and chairs. There was even a minnie-fridge. Ryou couldn't help but giggle, apparently this guidance counselor wanted people to feel comfortable around him.

He backed out of the counselor's room, and continued his directionless tour around his new high school.

He briefly wondered if he'd like it here, he had a little trouble making friends because he was shy, but once he became your friend, he was the best friend you could hope for. If you had a problem, you could always go to Ryou Bakura for help. Not only would he help you, but he would do it gladly, all the while taking your feelings into consideration. He was a very nice person, as anyone who's ever met Ryou would tell you.

He continued to look around the school, You think I would have come to an exit by now… he thoughts before he heard a female voice say, "Hey!" behind him. He was glad it wasn't dark, or else his heart surely would have beat right out of his chest when he had heard her speak, instead, Ryou froze, and turned around slowly. He saw a girl with short brown hair and cheerful brown eyes meet him. She looked to be about his age, and she seemed very friendly. Ryou smiled, which the beauty of it shocked the girl to some degree, and he asked politely, "Hello, I'm afraid I'm a little lost, could you help me find the exit?"

The girl smiled at him, "You must be one of the new students coming in!" she said excitedly.

"Yes, yes I am."

She squealed. "It's so good to see a new girl coming into school! I know we'll be great friends!" Ryou's eyes widened in shock, She thinks I'm a girl! He sweat dropped, thinking that maybe he should cut his hair. For he had a long mane of white hair that poked out at different areas, and people have told him many times that he should cut it lest someone mistake him for a girl. He had always told them that would never happen, that no one could mistake him for a girl, but that exact thing had just happened.

"Actually," he began, "I'm not a g -"

"My name is Mazaki Anzu by the way," Anzu interrupted, "What's yours?"

"Um… my name is Bakura Ryou."

She nodded, "Nice to meet you Bakura-san! OH!" her eyes lit up, "Before you leave, you should come with me to the Girl's Club meeting!"

"G-girl's Club meeting?" Ryou had never heard of such a thing, but, then again, he was a boy…

"Yeah! A couple years ago, some girls came up with this club where girls hang out after school in the locker room to just, talk!"

"Talk?"

"Yeah! Talk about anything you want, although, sometimes they have set topics, but if it's really important, you can always share. Want to come?"

Ryou was about to refuse politely by saying that he was actually a boy, when he heard footsteps behind him.

"Anzu-chan?" he heard a mature-sounding girl ask, "Who's this?"

"Ah! Mai-chan!" Anzu said, "This is one of the new students, Bakura Ryou. I just asked her if she wanted to come to the girls meeting."

"Ah," Mai said, her voice was steady, making her sound much older than she actually was, "Good idea, we could always use new members." She walked into Ryou's sight. She had wavy golden hair and was very attractive. Although, this was lost on Ryou, who tended not to be attracted to anyone until he got to know them and their personality better.

Ryou looked from girl to girl. Everything was happening so fast… He opened his mouth again to explain that he was actually a boy, but Mai (2) grabbed his hand and said, "Come on! I promise you'll have fun. I'm Kujaku Mai by the way."

So before Ryou knew what was happening he was being dragged into the girl's locker room. He tried speaking and explaining that he wasn't a girl, but the shock and the rush of how things had suddenly spiraled our of control made it impossible for him to speak. And this task proved even more difficult once he was inside the girl's locker room, his face even turned a bit red. This was something that was forbidden, and he was doing it!

The girls led him inside, and when they got into what he thought was the middle of the room, he saw a bunch of girls sitting in a circle. They all turned and smiled, "Hey Mai! Anzu!" one girl said, "Who's this one?"

"This is Bakura Ryou, she's one of the new students!"

Ryou opened his mouth to quickly explain that he was a boy, but Mai clapped him on the back, making his voice falter, "Yep," she said, "We saw her just wandering the halls all by herself, were you lonely?"

"Um… No, not really… actually, I'm -"

"Sugoi!" a girl with short black hair said in a quiet, amazed voice, "I could never wander the halls by myself, I would be too scared!" she had her hands clasped together under her chin and her face looked a little scared as well. All the girls laughed, then Mai said, "That's Sagaki Anai. She's very shy and scared of a lot of things."

"But some things are just so scary!" she retaliated.

Ryou found himself giggling, "That's okay," he said, "We all have things we are scared of, I myself am scared of -" he cut himself off, and his face started to turn red.

Mai raised an eyebrow, "Oh? What's this?" she grabbed Ryou's chin and looked into his eyes, "And just what is little Bakura-san afraid of?"

"Ah, nothing! Forget I said anything!"

"But that's the point of the Girl's Club!" Anzu told Ryou, "So we can talk about our problems in confidence."

"Now now Anzu, some things are just a little too personal," Mai said, "We all have things we don't want anyone to know," she looked at Ryou with a kind smile, "You don't have to tell if you don't want, but please, stay for the meeting, okay?"

"Uh," what could Ryou say? At this point, if he tried telling them he was a boy, what would they even do? Besides, he could just explain tomorrow, explain that it was just too awkward of a situation and he didn't want to say anything, yeah, that's what he'd do, "Um, sure, why not…" he said before Mai gestured him to sit down next to Anai. He smiled at her, and her face went a little pink, and she turned her head away. Ryou was a little confused, especially when he heard snickering around the table, which didn't help Anai much. Anzu cleared her throat, making the other girls stop their snickering.

"Now then," she said, clearly disappointed by the girl's behavior, "We have a new member! So, we'll all go around the circle and give our name and a little information about ourselves. Ryou, would you like to start?"

"Eh," Ryou was surprised, "Um, sure. My name is Bakura Ryou, and I like to cook, especially sweets." Usually he wouldn't tell people that, but he figured, 'why not? Girls won't make fun of me for cooking unlike most boys.' In fact, a lot of girls just smiled, and the other girl next to him said, "I know! Cooking is so fun right? Ugh, if only I could find a boy who shared my love for cooking," she looked up at the ceiling wistfully to show how much she wanted this. She had long black hair that went down to her waist. She turned to Ryou, "I'm Hatsuya Kanata, but I won't respond to anything other than Kana-chan, so remember that."

Ryou nodded, "Okay, I'll remember." They each took a turn around the circle, and Ryou learned a lot about people. They all had something somewhat interesting to say, and Ryou found himself starting to have fun. This is what separated him from other boys. He was pretty much trapped in this room with at least ten girls and hadn't thought one dirty thought, that was what most girls liked about him when they got to know him better. In fact, you could probably call him a little dense when it came to that sort of thing. He would not get the inappropriate jokes guys and gals constantly made unless someone told him directly what they were talking about, but then he would usually get a nosebleed and have to go away for a while, so after a few times, he just stopped asking what they were referring to, it was better for his health, and the other people stopped telling him what they meant too. They didn't want to see someone so innocent get messed up like they already had been.

Anyway, after a minute or two, it came around to Anai. She blushed, "I'm Sagaki Anai, and, I um…"

"Go ahead girl! Let it out!" one girl said.

Anai blushed harder, and then said, "I… I, um… I really like chocolate!" she let it out in a rush. A few girls burst out laughing, and Anai blushed more furiously. Now, Ryou might be dense, but he could still read people's emotions fairly well, and he could tell that Anai had wanted to say something else. He smiled at her again, "That's not what you meant to say, was it?"

"Ah," she looked at Ryou, who noticed that the laughing girls quieted down and were hanging on to their every word, "I um… no, it wasn't… but it's still true! I really love chocolate!"

Ryou smiled kindly at her, "It's okay, since you don't want to tell me about whatever it is. I really like chocolate too." Anai's face turned into a tomato, which made the girls start laughing again, but just made Ryou even more confused, Maybe she really is just too shy… he thought, but then Anzu cleared her throat again.

"You're all acting like children!" she yelled, although she was struggling not to laugh too.

Kana-chan patted Anai on the shoulder, "We're sorry An-chan, you know we love ya girl!"

She nodded vigorously.

"Now," Anzu said, "What had we been talking about before I left?" With this, Ryou got the impression that Anzu was the leader, even though Mai looked older. One girl raised her hand to answer Anzu, "Yes," she called on a girl with medium length, curly blonde hair, "Mandai-chan, what was it?"

"We weren't really talking about anything, just said whatever was bothering us. Hanamia Amora was the last to talk."

"What did she say?"

A girl with wavy auburn hair stood up, "I was just talking about how we should have lookouts for gym class. I saw another boy trying to peek in here!" she growled in frustration, "I absolutely hate boys who try to get inside the girl's locker room, hate them." Ryou gulped.

Anzu laughed, "Are you sure you're not just hallucinating? No guy would ever dare to look in here, not after what happened to the last guy." The girls chuckled, and Ryou pales, wondering what the heck happened to the last guy, but then Anai said quietly, "He had to be in the hospital for a month." Ryou turned so white, he could've blended in with Antarctica.

Amora sighed happily, "Ah yes, I remember that. The week suspension I got was totally worth it."

"I still can't believe you only got a week suspension. I mean, when that guy came back to school he still had a broken arm," Kana-chan said.

Amora shrugged, "Justice is a dish best served with pain." She looked at everyone, "Besides, you don't see any girls trying to look in the boys locker room, do you?" Her eyes glanced over Ryou who looked a little guilty, and afraid that he would be in the hospital for a month, or maybe even more! Amora's eyes widened, "Bakura-san," she said slowly, "Have you been in the boy's locker room?"

"Uh -"

"You have!" she screamed, "I don't believe this! Why did you do it?"

"I-it was an accident!" Ryou finally said, only he was referring to his situation now, "I didn't mean to, I just got lost, and then I ended up in there…"

Anzu looked at him, "What did the boys do?"

"Did you have to put on the tears?" Kana-chan asked.

"Um, actually," Ryou said, thinking quickly, "They thought I was a boy…"

Everyone stared at him with wide eyes, "They thought you were a boy?" Amora asked, "Were they mental?"

"Uh, well, I was new in school, and they just thought I was a boy…" Ryou hoped that if he told everyone this story, then he could explain his situation better and tell them how it was actually reversed.

"So they didn't do anything to you? They never found out?"

"Uh, well, I tried telling them, but they kept interrupting me…"

"So, did they ever find out you were a girl?"

"Um, no… You see -"

"Waoh, woah, WOAH!" Amora interrupted, trying to make sense of something, "So, you had to pretend to be a boy for an entire year?"

"Um," Ryou said, having the sense that everything was spiraling out of control, fast, "Yeah…"

"That must have been hard," Kana-chan said, "I couldn't handle pretending to be a boy, they're just so different from us."

"How did you handle it?" Mai finally said something since Ryou had told them his 'story.'

"Um, I just, kept a low profile, and, observed their behavior," Ryou felt horrible about lying to all of these girls, but he did not want to be hospitalized.

Mai nodded, "Impressive." She looked away, as if deep in thought.

One of the girls raised her eyebrow at Mai's comment, "Impressive?" she said, "How is that impressive?"

"Think about it, could any of you pretend to be the opposite sex for an entire year?"

Everyone was quiet, Mai turned to Ryou again, "You should try out for the school plays if you're that good of an actress."

"Oh!' Ryou said, slightly embarrassed, "I could never go up there in front of everyone, besides, I don't have a good voice…"

Mai raised her eyebrow, "Ah, I see." She stopped talking. Ryou wanted nothing more than to run out of that room right now, but that would look suspicious…

"Anyway," Amora said, "I still think we should have lookouts, because my mom wants me to try and be more girly, and that means not getting into any fights," she rolled her eyes, "And she wants me to wear," she scrunched up her eyebrows, "skirts to school! Can you believe that? You guys all know how much I hate skirts!"

Everyone nodded, "Of course," Amora said, "I will beat up any boy who looks in here, I don't care if I get expelled."

Ryou had a sick feeling in his stomach, and he couldn't stop thinking about him in a hospital bed with a blood packed hooked up into his arm…

Ryou took out the key to his house from his coat pocket and stuck it into his lock. He opened the door, closed it behind him and immediately plopped down on the couch next to his twin brother, Bakura Bakura, who was watching television.

Now, I know what you're thinking, 'Bakura Bakura? That's a weird name,' but you see, his parents thought it would be funny, because then you don't know if he's being called by his first name or his last, and Bakura was proud of his odd name, it made him unique, which he liked being.

Bakura raised an eyebrow, "What happened to you? You look exhausted."

"I am exhausted," Ryou answered back.

"I thought you were just going to look around our new school?"

"I did, but then something happened."

Bakura chuckled, "What? Did your hair get caught in a door or something?"

Ryou sighed, "No, but I met someone there -"

"And you immediately fell head over heels?" Bakura offered.

Ryou sighed and started rubbing his temples, "No, I told you, I'm just not the type to do that. I met a girl who thought that I was a girl."

Bakura was shocked at first, then he cracked a grin and started laughing like a maniac, "Sh-she thought you were a g-girl? That's hilarious!"

"It's not that funny!" Ryou raised his voice slightly.

"I wish I had seen the look on her face when you told her you were a boy!" he kept laughing, but soon stopped when he realized Ryou wasn't saying anything. He muted the TV, "Ryou," he said slowly, "You did tell her that you were a boy, right?"

"Um, it might have slipped my mind…"

"Slipped your mind?" Bakura said incredulously, "How can something like that slip your mind?"

"Well, I tried explaining, but then this other girl came and then I was in the girl's locker room -"

"Girl's locker room?"

"- and then I was at this Girl's Club meeting -"

"Girl's Club meeting?"

"- and I don't want to end up in the hospital!" Ryou finished.

"Hospital?" Bakura stared at his slightly younger brother, "Okay, start from the beginning before I strangle you in frustration."

Ryou sighed, and started to explain exactly what had happened.

By the end, Bakura was closing his eyes and staying absolutely still. "You do know you can't keep this up right?"

"Sure I can," Ryou replied.

Bakura glared at Ryou, "No you can't Ryou! If everyone thinks you're a girl, they're gonna think it's weird for a girl-and-boy twins to look identical! They'll know something is up, and I will not have my reputation ruined by you."

"No one really cares about that sort of thing Bakura, and I promise I won't 'ruin your reputation' of being a 'bad boy.'"

Bakura smirked, "You bet'ya I'm bad, and the ladies love the bad boys," his eyes widened as he realized something else, "Ryou, if you're a girl, you can't date girls."

"So?" Ryou countered. Honestly, he didn't feel like dating anyone right now, of course you wouldn't too after your last girlfriend brutally ripped out your heart and stopped on it several times.

Bakura sighed, he knew about Ryou's last girlfriend. In fact, he had broken one of her arms for doing that to his baby brother, but she had told everyone she had just fallen down some stairs, because Bakura had told her if she tattled then he would brake her other arm and a leg, and she knew he meant it too. Bakura looked at Ryou, and tried to think of something else that would get him to tell those girls that he was a boy. "If you're a girl," Bakura said slowly, trying to think of something fast, "Then guys might start hitting on you," Bakura finally said, sure he had hit a winner.

"I can handle it. Besides," he looked at his older brother with puppy-dog eyes, "My big brother will protect me, right?"

Bakura scowled, "Only if it gets too out of hand," he said, since he knew he was overprotective of Ryou, and he guessed Ryou knew it too.

That wasn't necessarily a good thing.

Ryou smiled brightly, "See? I can pull this off."

Bakura sighed, "Ryou, you can't even handle little lies. How are you going to handle one this big?"

"I'm sure you'll help me, right?" Ryou asked, pulling out the puppy eyes again.

"Dang it Ryou," Bakura said closing his eyes, "Put those things away! I swear, one of these days you're going to get yourself molested with those eyes," Bakura scowled. Ryou had one of the most beautiful set of eyes in the world, and that wasn't exactly a comforting thought for an overprotective brother to have.

"Ryou," Bakura said, angry now, "you are not going to pretend to be a girl for your freshman year!"

"Why not?"

"Because," Bakura said, frustrated, "Because you're not a girl!"

"Well deal with it! It's my life and I'll live it any way I want!" Ryou was starting to get angry again. He just didn't want to tell all those girls that he was a boy, could he get expelled for going inside the girl's locker room? And what would they do? Would they kill him? He didn't want to think about it…

Ryou sighed, "Let's not talk about this anymore, you know I hate fighting."

"Then come Monday morning, you tell those girls that you're actually a boy."

"I don't want to get sent to the hospital!"

"Well, if that tough girl tries anything, I'll just beat her up."

"But," Ryou said, but then he stopped.

Bakura sighed, "But what Ryou?"

Ryou looked down, "I don't want you to get expelled either…" Bakura sighed, Dang it Ryou… he thought, Why do you have to be so, so, difficult?

Bakura sighed, "Fine, I guess I have a younger sister now."

Ryou smiled, "Thanks 'Kura!"

Bakura smirked, partly from the usage of his child nickname, but mostly because of what he was about to say next, "But you can expect a hell of a lot more teasing from now on, in case you act too girly."

"Oh… right…" That didn't necessarily make Ryou feel any better.

~~~School Morning!~~~

Ryou and Bakura were walking to school. They couldn't drive yet, and no one was there to drive them, so they usually just ended up walking. Not that they minded. For Bakura, it was fun to try and trip the people they passed, and for Ryou, he just liked the new scenery here.

Despite Ryou's calm exterior, inside he was wondering if he could even act like a girl for a week, let alone all year. He gulped again, and it didn't help much when he thought about all the people he would be lying to. Maybe I should just say I'm a boy and take the beating… Ryou thought, but then decided that wasn't a good idea, he couldn't afford to miss a month of school…

As he walked into the school building, his feet felt as heavy as lead, and he felt like he would throw up, he stopped dead in his tracks and stared up at the tall red-brick building. His face began to pale, and Bakura rolled his eyes. He patted Ryou on the back, "Come on Ryou," he said, "It won't be that bad, it's only the most important year of your life that you have to pretend to be a girl. It's really not that bad."

Ryou looked at his older brother, "Bakura," he said, his voice had gone hoarse, "Why do you have to be so mean?"

Bakura smirked, "It's just the way I am, but seriously, don't worry. It'll be fine, since you're a girl you won't get beaten up by bullies anymore. All you have to worry about is strong-willed boys who will - on second thought, be on your guard all the time."

Ryou groaned. Bakura snickered, "Don't worry, I'll protect you from those I suppose, but you'll owe me."

Ryou looked at him, "How much?"

"3rd level." Ryou smiled, that wasn't so bad. You see, Bakura had a weird idea of "owing" someone. He had five levels of owing people.

On the first level, the favor owed isn't that important and you probably won't even have to pay the person back for it.

On the second level, the favor owed is kind of important and must be repaid whenever the man you owe sees fit. Usually within the month or by the end of the year.

On the third level, the favor owed is important and must be paid back anytime, anywhere.

On the fourth level, the favor owed is very important, and usually you can't pay the person back until years later.

On the fifth level, the favor owed is extremely important, and you might possibly never be able to get out of 'debt,' and will have to do many little favors throughout your life to make up for it.

For all of these, the favor owed must be of equal value as the favor given before, fifth being the highest obviously, in fact, a lot of people owe Bakura a fifth-level favor. Ryou remembered when the teachers at school thought Bakura had enslaved the other kids when in actuality they just owed him a level five favor.

What exactly did you do to get a level five favor? Well.. Maybe you'll find out later.

Anyway, since Ryou only owed Bakura a level three, he didn't have to worry about that much.

He swallowed down his fears and walked inside the building.

(1): Pronounced KAH-knee-ball, not cannibal.

(2): I originally typed "Marik," and then later fixed it back into "Mai." XD Also, I reduced Mai's age here, obviously.

Soooo, who wants to know my plan for how the Tendershipping would work without incest? Cause I actually have a plan… However, like I said in the summary, it's Thief VS Angst VS Tender. I have no idea which one it's going to be… ^_^"

Review if you liked it! Or not, don't really care… ^^ No one can ruin my good mood. Especially since I've been listening to Disney songs for like three hours XD I love Disney!

If I decide to do a second chapter, Marik will be in it, but I wouldn't count on another chapter for a while… ^^" Unless I get, like, a ton of reviews, then I'll think about it…