I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! This story has two endings, the second one will be part two.
Bakura grinned at the page in his hand. He had found it in an Ancient Egypt book at the library and copied it on the library's copier- at Ryou's insistence. The page contained a spell to give a disembodied spirit a body of its own. That sounded perfect to him. As much as he enjoyed sharing Ryou's body and reading the boy's mind, there were times he wanted his own body so that he could introduce a physical aspect to his relationship with his white-haired boyfriend.
"Bakura, are you sure this'll work?" Ryou asked.
"It'll work."
"What if it doesn't?"
"Then, nothing will happen. Honestly, Ryou, you worry too much. You wouldn't have made it as a tomb robber or a thief in my time."
"Well, I would hope not! I'm not a criminal!"
"I know and that's one of the reasons why I love you. Now, please let me concentrate on this spell."
Silence from Ryou. Bakura nodded. He loved Ryou very much, but his shy, quiet personality was a little too shy and quiet sometimes. He exhaled slowly before focusing on the hieroglyphs and started to chant.
He knew it was working when he saw a double vision of his hands. The spell was essentially copying the body with his features and then his soul would be transferred to the copied body. He shut his eyes as a wave of nausea and light-headedness came over him. Was this his soul being transferred to his new body? The odd sensations abruptly ended and he automatically put his hands on his knees, breathing hard and his ears picked up the sound of someone else nearby also breathing hard.
That's Ryou breathing which means the spell worked! We are two separate people!
"B-Bakura?" Ryou gasped with amazement. "Is that you?"
"Of course it is." Bakura froze at the sound of his voice. Why did it sound higher? He opened his eyes as he straightened up. He moved to Ryou's full-length mirror, looked into it, and screamed.
No wonder Ryou was amazed. Bakura was a girl now! Instead of being a little taller than Ryou, she was now his height. Bakura's eyes were unchanged as was the hair, which was what the spell was supposed to do. However, the rest of her was slender and delicate-looking. She stared at her face with its full lips, down to her breasts, and finally to her shapely waist and legs. "This can't be right," she said. "Ryou, let me see that spell again."
Ryou complied since it was in his hand and Bakura scanned it carefully, her eyes widening as she did so. She lowered the page and muttered, "Damn."
"Bakura, what is it? Why didn't the spell work right? Did you pronounce a word wrong?"
"Oh, it worked just fine. I failed to notice that it's a yin-yang spell. It doubled your body while I was in control for me to inhibit it, however the body's gender is the exact opposite of the original. Furthermore, this is a one-way spell and no way to reverse it."
"So you're a girl for the rest of your life." It was a statement, not a question.
"That's right. I doubt I'll act like a girl, though."
"That's fine with me. You're still you, Bakura. It's just your body that's different."
"You're absolutely right. I may look like a girl, but that doesn't change who I am or my feelings. I still love you, Ryou."
"And I still love you, too." Ryou embraced Bakura, who almost melted at Ryou's touch. They never hugged in their Soul Corridor, so this was their first one. As she enjoyed the embrace, a thought occurred to her. "Ryou, correct me if I'm wrong, but Yugi and the pharaoh love each other like we do, yes?"
"Yeah, they do."
"Suppose I paid them a visit with this spell."
"What!? You want to turn Atem into a girl!?"
"I do. I think it would be fun." Bakura stepped back and gave Ryou an evil grin.
"Uh, Bakura? One problem: You're a girl. They won't believe you're who you say you are."
"I can come up with an explanation."
"Would you really be all right using this on Atem without telling him exactly how it works and that there's no counterspell?"
"Yes, I would. I practically live to irritate and annoy the pharaoh and this trick would be the greatest one of all."
"I don't know, Bakura. It doesn't seem right to disrupt their lives like this."
"You don't want me to do it."
"No, I don't, but I realize that I can't stop you now that you have your own body." Ryou shrugged. "Heck, I couldn't even stop you even when we shared my body."
"Oh, Ryou. You know I would do anything to make you happy. If you don't want me to use it on the pharaoh, then I won't." Bakura tossed the paper into a nearby trash can.
"Bakura, thank you!" Ryou embraced her again before leaning forward and giving her their first kiss.
Bakura spent the next couple of weeks adjusting to being a girl and having her own body. She was disappointed when she found that she lost some strength in her upper body but found her legs had some extra power. Ryou had insisted on clothes shopping the day after the spell. It was embarrassing for both of them, but at least Bakura now had clothes that fit her. She bought only shirts and pants in addition to shoes, socks, panties, and bras.
She and Ryou spent time exploring their relationship anew. They were exploring the physical aspect such as holding hands, hugging, and kissing. Bakura found her skin to be a bit more sensitive than Ryou's back when she had control of the body. She didn't mind; it made physical contact much more pleasurable.
Ryou enjoyed pleasing Bakura and vice versa. Neither one wanted to have sex, feeling they were both too young and too new to their relationship to possibly becoming parents. Ryou was content to see how Bakura's girl form felt. He found the skin to be soft, the hair to be silky, and when kissing, the lips were smooth and soft. This was very different from before. Their relationship had been mostly verbal with some contact via their souls in his mind. But now…
"This is nice," Ryou said softly as they sat on his bed, Bakura against his chest and his arms around her waist. He nuzzled her hair with his cheek and he heard a murmur of contentment.
"We never had this kind of contact in our soul corridor," Bakura agreed, lightly fingering the Millennium Ring around her neck. When they had returned from their shopping trip, Ryou had taken off the Ring and put it around Bakura's neck. "Technically, the Ring belongs to you," he had said. "Now that you have a body, you should wear it."
"Ryou," she said, sitting up and turning to him. "After these last two weeks, I find that I rather like and enjoy my new body. I believe I am what is called a tomboy."
"I'm happy that you're comfortable being a girl and yes, you are a tomboy, but I like you that way."
A doorbell chimed and Ryou leaped off the bed and out the door while Bakura turned back around and flopped on the bed. Ryou went down the stairs as the bell chimed again. "Coming," he called. He cracked open the door, peered out, and then opened the door fully, smiling. "Yugi, hi!"
"Hey, Ryou!" Yugi stepped inside and Ryou closed the door. "I thought we'd stop by for a visit." He put a hand to the puzzle to indicate the pharaoh. "Uh, where's the Ring? I mean, I understand that you and Bakura are a couple."
"It's upstairs. Bakura's asleep right now." It wasn't a total lie: The Ring was upstairs, but he doubted Bakura was asleep when, in fact, Bakura was doing just that. I just have to make sure to refer to Bakura as "he" when talking about her. Despite her being comfortable with her new gender, I'm pretty sure she's not ready for our friends to find out.
Ryou and Yugi made small talk as they stepped into the living room and once Ryou went to get some snacks, Atem appeared in spirit form and pulled Yugi onto his lap and up to his chest. Yugi used to wonder how Atem was able to touch him as a spirit, but now he simply enjoyed the attention.
"Yugi, I sense Ryou is hiding something."
"Hmm. How can you tell?"
"I hear it in his tone and I see it in his body language."
"Ah. Do you wanna take over and ask him?"
"Thank you, Yugi. I think I will." The puzzle glowed as Atem took control and Yugi retreated to his Soul Room. Ryou came in with a tray and put it down before looking up into Atem's sharp eyes. "Oh!" he said, startled by the abrupt change in company before nodding. "Hi, Atem."
"Ryou, I sense you're hiding something," Atem began as Ryou sat down. "You rarely take the Ring off and you and Bakura are just as inseparable and Yugi and I. Is everything all right between you two?"
Ryou smiled happily. "Couldn't be better. Really,"' he added at Atem's skeptical look.
Atem stood in Ryou's bathroom looking at Yugi in the mirror. "He's still hiding something. He claims his relationship with Bakura is fine. But, if that's the case, then why is he not wearing the Ring?"
"Yeah, that is odd," Yugi agreed.
Atem turned from the mirror and left the room. He wondered if there was a different angle in questioning Ryou. Perhaps remind him that they're friends and friends help each other? A Tea thing to say, but yes, it could work. As he was passing Ryou's bedroom, he heard the mattress squeak and a soft female sigh. He looked at the door curiously. Was it possible that Ryou had a girlfriend and took off the Ring so as to avoid Bakura's anger? He stepped up to the door and carefully pushed it open before entering.
Curled up on the bed, lightly dozing and wearing the Millennium Ring, was a girl who bore a strong resemblance to Bakura. She was quite lovely and he could see why Ryou might be seeing her. The girl's eyes snapped open to reveal sharp brown eyes and as she sat up, she stared at Atem with a look of fear and anger.
"It's all right. I won't hurt you," Atem said, holding up his hands. "My name's Atem. What's yours?"
The girl leaped off the bed and glared at him. "I know who you are, pharaoh," she hissed.
Atem's eyes widened and he took a step back. That tone and the words were very familiar, plus her look and the fact that she was wearing the Ring. He stared at the girl, stunned. "B-Bakura? What?"
"A spell gone wrong. It was supposed to separate me from Ryou so we could have a physical relationship, but somehow I ended up as a girl. I'm not going to act like a girl, I merely look and sound like one."
"How long have you been like this?"
"Two weeks. I should point out that there's no counter spell, but Ryou and I are okay with that. Our relationship is better than before." Bakura knew she was telling the truth there: Atem and Yugi could only be together if the Puzzle was being worn.
Atem felt the shock fall away and as he listened to Bakura's new voice and looked at her body, he felt amused by the whole thing. He felt his lips curl up in a smirk and put hand over his mouth to hide it.
But Bakura was a master of body language and saw Atem's eyes crinkle up in amusement. "What is so damned funny, pharaoh?" she snapped, hands on her hips.
"You," he snickered. "The King of Thieves is now a girl."
"Stop laughing or I'll incorrectly cast the spell on you and you can share my situation," she threatened.
Atem quickly brought himself under control. "My apologies, but admit it: You would be laughing if our situations were reversed."
"Yeah," Bakura admitted. "I would be laughing- hard." She smirked. "Actually, I can just imagine you as a girl and it amuses me."
"I'm please you're amused at my expense," Atem said dryly. "You said it was a spell gone wrong. Are you sure it's irreversible?"
"Pretty sure. Here, I have a copy of it." Bakura opened a drawer where her shirts were and retrieved the page that she had fished out of the trash can shortly after tossing it in the can when Ryou wasn't looking.
There were footsteps on the stairs. "Atem? You okay?" came Ryou's voice. He saw his bedroom door open a little wider than it was earlier and he was shocked to see Atem there and receiving a photocopied paper from Bakura. He entered and both boy and girl looked up, the former looking guilty.
"Ryou, I'm sorry I snooped. I was concerned that you and Bakura's relationship was over and that Bakura refused to accept it and was bullying you back into it. I came in here and saw Bakura, thinking she was a new girlfriend."
"Well, she kind of is new and a girlfriend, but she's still the same Bakura I know and love."
"Yes, I found that out. She threatened me with this spell if I didn't stop laughing." He held up the paper.
Ryou whirled around to look at his girlfriend. "Bakura…" he said, the unspoken sentence hanging between them.
She shrugged. "I just held the paper out. He chose to accept it."
"I thought you threw it away."
"Perhaps it's fortunate that he, I'm sorry, she didn't." He quickly looked the paper over. "If I can figure out where the spell went wrong, maybe I can reverse it, or at least the gender part."
"If you can," Bakura said slowly and suggestively. "Maybe you can use it to separate from Yugi."
Atem blinked at Bakura and then looked down at the paper. If he did solve the problem, maybe he could use it, but would Yugi be okay with that?
"Of course I would," Yugi piped in, subtly reminding Atem that his thoughts were open to his boyfriend and vice versa. "It would be nice to be together and not need the puzzle."
"Yes, it would."
Atem came back to the real world by Ryou snatching the paper from him and ripping it to pieces. "Ryou! Why did you do that?"
"I can't let you use it! Bakura was trying to trick you!"
"What?"
"She didn't read or cast it wrong. She just didn't notice that it was a yin-yang spell. It essentially copies the body but the gender is the opposite of the original."
Atem glared at Bakura who seemed disappointed that Ryou ruined her trick. "You knew you used it right and you had planned to have me as a girl, too!"
"Yeah, I did. I would have had a real good laugh at your shock, but someone had to ruin it." She looked sternly at Ryou, who looked at her levelly.
"Sorry, Bakura. I told you I didn't want you disrupt their lives and yet you still thought about it. You said if I didn't want you to do it, then you wouldn't."
Bakura lowered her eyes. "You're right," she said softly. "I said if not using it made you happy then I wouldn't. I'm sorry I went back on my promise."
Ryou went over and hugged her. "Apology accepted. You just need to be more honest and keep your promises."
Bakura hugged back. "I'll try. For you, I'll certainly try."
The End
