AU/ High School/Genderbent Hikaris

I am back after a long break, starting out with a simple premise in this story. Bakura Akefia (Thief King Bakura) and Ryou Bakura attend the same school and have to work together. What will this bring along

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Domino high school, Monday morning 7 45 AM

"Ryou Bakura" The teacher's screechy voice made its way through the classroom.

"Here" a small and shy voice responded from the front off the group.

The teacher ticked off her next few boxes. She looked in scrutiny at the list.

"Has anyone seen Bakura Akefia? He seems to be absent the last few times" she straightened up, her brown eyes connecting with the group.

"Probably banging one of the juniors" Mariku laughed from his spot in the back corner. A few giggles accompanied his commentary. The teacher scowled annoyed. "Watch it Ishtar, your expulsion is not many comments away"

The buff senior just rolled his eyes, "Sorry Miss"

She turned her back to the class and a few whispers were heard in the sides of the class.

"Who is he on to now?"

"Bet you ten he is going to get a blonde this time"

"Unbelievable" Yugi was silent as she sighed to her classmate beside her. Ryou shook her head slowly.

"Well that's high school for you" she pulled out her notebook and clicked her blue pen elegantly. Yugi smiled in response.

"You joining the beach party this weekend? Atem and I are going"

Ryou smiled insecurely as she whispered. "I don't think so, I have to catch up on chemistry-"

"Alors, La classe… nous allons parler de la texte que vous avez lu" the teacher began writing questions on the board as the door to the class swung open.

All eyes went to the door where the source of the teacher's annoyance was smirking smugly.

"Bonjour!" a sing-song voice accompanied the cocky tone.

"Sit Akefia, you are late" Her tone was bothered.

"Well a pleasure as always, Miss" he walked confidently past the front where Yugi and Ryou were sitting and took a seat behind the desk where Ryou was placed. A few female sighs were heard as he put his feet on his desk and took out a messy notebook filled with more numbers on girls than actual notes. He looked disinterested at the board, his grayish-purple eyes took on a sharp color as he looked at the topic for the class. They were doing adjectives… again! he complained mentally and groaned.

"Alright, everyone… you can do this in pairs or individually"

"ISHTAR!" Bakura's voice traveled through the class to his closest friend.

He nodded and moved to sit by his friend.

Yugi was annoyed at the loudness and motioned to her boyfriend. He walked over, his lean body elegant and composed.

"Hi you two" Atem was a polite guy. Sweet and well spoken. Ryou was not surprised he ended up approaching Yugi last school year. she was a sweet girl and they really looked good together. Yami was from a wealthy family that had made their money on research in Egypt, and they owned collections of very extraordinary mummies and artifacts. Ryou preferred working individually but she did not mind them working beside her, since they were always hard working like herself. However Ishtar and Bakura…

"Oh shit… did she really? On the first date? " Marikus jaw dropped as his friend explained about his endeavors on the weekend.

"Yeah it's pretty unbelievable what some girls do for a little bit of attention" he chuckled and Ryou felt her stomach knot up slightly. She usually did not feel too bothered by Bakura's comments but she just thought they were being so disrespectful.

She shook her head and began doing the exercises in her book. It was only the second week of classes. She needed to focus. She was the only Junior in the class along with Yugi so she had to keep up with the material. she liked languages and she really wanted to get a high grade. In her class was also Malika, Marikus sister. They almost looked like twins in her opinion but were born a year apart. She was the captain of the girls volleyball team and also very fierce and direct. She shared her brother's laid back attitude but was not as outspoken.

They came from a family that owned huge sports teams in soccer and basketball. Ryou was the only one who had not come from a family with a wealthy background. Her father had only been able to send her to the high school she was at, Domino Memorial school because his parents had left a huge sum of money for her education. Her father worked a lot at the oil rigs doing research work but had not been able to get good jobs for a long time due to his alcohol abuse, which began after Ryou's mother passed.

So at the time being Ryou lived alone in an apartment close to the school. She was also okay with being alone mostly.

Bakura looked over at the couple and the pale girl, He felt like annoying her. He had not even heard her voice yet, since they were in different years french was the only class they shared along with biology, which he did not attend at all. What was her name again? Ria? He chewed on the end of his pencil, his eyes focused on the loose white braid. He was a little annoyed that she had not even made eye contact with him when he entered the classroom. Most females crave his attention and he was annoyed when it did not happen.

"Are you going to be at the beach party?" Mariku asked, interrupting his thoughts.

"Yeah, I bet there are going to be a lot of thirsty freshmen" he smirked at his friend.

"You bringing anyone?" Bakura asked, his tone shifting to an inquiring one.

"Nah, I am just going to take Malika, she failed her driving license again"

"How about you?"

"Hmm… I don't know, I feel like I need a real challenge" he tapped the end of his pencil to his chin. The older Ishtar looked at where his eyes were aimed.

"Are you kidding me? You going to flirt with Bakura?"

"What?" he looked at him puzzled.

Mariku nodded towards Ryou.

"What do you mean?" Bakura looked confused.

Mariku rolled his eyes and whispered. "Ryou… Bakura…"

"So that juniors last name is Bakura?" he sounded surprised. Ishtar chuckled.

"Oh thats right… you are never here for the register"

"Very funny, And to answer your question… maybe I will challenge myself this time." he smirked and looked over at the others, his eyes shifting to her hands as they scribbled notes.

"Hey… Malika has chemistry with her right?" He asked Mariku in curiousity.

"Yeah why?"

"Hmm.. I have to talk to your sister"

The Cafeteria - Lunch break

Bakura Akefia walked into the cafeteria, his eyes scanning the area for a certain white haired student.

Ryou was sitting quietly while reading her book, her bento half open and her chopstick clomped on a piece of sushi. Bakura looked at her determined. Allright; Malika said Ryou loved reading novels. Historical ones especially. He straightened up and moved over to her before sitting down.

"Hi Ryou" he said in a confident and smooth voice.

"Hi… can I help you?" she looked at him with a small polite smile before looking behind her to check if anyone was behind her. She had never been contacted by Bakura Akefia, so maybe he mistook her for someone else.

"Your name is Ryou Bakura? Right?" he sat in front of her.

"Well… yes" she looked at him a little puzzled.

"I just wondered if you had anyone to go with to the beach party?" his purple eyes looked into her green ones inquiring.

"Well… I am not going, I got chemistry to study for"

"What? The school year just started, don't you want to socialize a bit first?" he asked as he chuckled in disbelief.

"Not really.." she looked a bit annoyed at him. Was he mocking her? Just because she did not enjoy the same things he did, was not a reason for him to laugh at her.

"Oh.." Bakura Sat there a bit dumbfounded. Ryou closed her bento and got up.

"Excuse me" she said hurriedly before she left the other to sit there by himself.

"Rejected…?" Mariku laughed as he walked over to sit by his friend.

Bakura actually felt a bit angry. "Oh please, she is just shy" he looked after her as she exited the cafeteria.

"To be honest I don't think she is interested" Malika sat by her brother, a protein shake in her left hand.

"When did you become an expert?" Bakura glared.

"Well… I do have some talks with her when we do group work" Malika looked knowingly at the other.

"And?"

"She is just not very interested in Guys.. " she trailed off as she drank down half her shake.

"She is gay?" Bakura asked.

"Don't think so, I just don't think she is interested in dating" she shrugged and took out a granola bar.

"Hm…" Bakura looked as though he was in deep thought for a few seconds.

"Just move on to another" Mariku said in an annoyed tone

"What other classes does she have?"

"Hm… Biology in block C. with your group if I am not wrong"

Bakura lit up. Perfect.

After the break, Bakura was in the science room in due time. The teacher walked in and looked puzzled

"What made you show up Akefia?"

He mumbled. "Just … you know trying to make an effort, are we doing group work soon Sir?"

The teacher looked up. "We are actually... why?"

"Can I make a suggestion to who I can work with?"

"I actually decided the groups already so it's a bit too late for that" he opened his folder and turned on the projector.

Bakura rolled his eyes annoyed. Great. Ryou walked into the room and sat down at the front.

"Hello Sir" She greeted politely.

"Good Day Bakura" the teacher greeted. She looked over and saw the bronzed tall by sit by her.

"Oh.. hi again" she said a bit insecurely. Bakura nodded awkwardly. She made him a bit uneasy.

5 minutes later the teacher began dividing the assignments and the pairs for the project.

"So the next three weeks this is going to be our project on drugs and other addictive substances. You have all been assigned different topics and the pairs are fixed"

The class looked a bit uneasy. The teacher was known for judging very harshly and being very strict so it was interesting how his structure of group work was.

"I will go through the pairs and they will be as such" his voice was clear and cold,

"Akefia and Bakura" the two white haired teens exchanged a quick glance. Ryou already felt stressed for them both and Bakura was glad he had a chance to get another chance at approaching the girl.

The Bell rang and Ryou packed her things quickly, Bakura looked at her with a look of curiosity before leaning into her ear.

"So. My place or yours?" his mouth formed a confident smirk. She looked wide-eyed at him.

"Pardon?"

"For the project silly" his cocky smile grew as he awaited her response. The class emptied out quickly, leaving them alone. Ryou shook her head slightly, thinking.

"I think the library would be a better place for work, less distractions" she put her backpack on and looked up at him, noticing just how tall he was compared to her.

"Nah that is boring" he looked thoughtfully out the Window.

"we can sit in the schoolyard" he side eyed her and she looked a bit wary but nodded in agreement.

"Okay"

Once outside they sat down under the blooming cherry tree and Ryou pulled up all her notes, worksheets as well as pen and paper.

"Alright so for our presentation-" Ryou looked up to see the senior lying down with his eyes closed.

She took a small breath, gaining patience "what are you doing?"

"I am resting...we got plenty of time, just enjoy the weather" he took a deep breath and stretched his limbs.

He opened his eyes to see Ryou packing up her things.

"H-hey why are you packing?" he looked surprised as he sat up against the trunk of the tree.

"I am going to complain to the teacher and ask to be relocated to another group" her voice was low and Stern.

"Hey I was joking, we have plenty of time, so why not talk about the assignment before actually getting into the working part?" he stood up to follow her and noticed everyone was looking at them. He lowered his voice and then locked eyes with her again. He noticed just how green her eyes were when the sun hit them directly.

"Okay… fine let us at least read the assignment" he growled in defeat as they sat down again.

She cleared her voice and looked at the paper they had their instructions on.

"Make a presentation on different addictive substances and behaviours" she read through the list.

Akefia looked bored, but then perked up.

"I got an idea, what about ecstasy?" he suggested as he looked at her, his brows wiggling.

She shook her head. "It is not on the list" she shot down his attempt to flirt completely and Bakra got a bit annoyed.

"Novocaine then" she looked up at him with a look that resembled one of a mother giving out tasks. "If we work this out right away we will be okay" she jotted notes down in her calendar.

"We should exchange numbers" Bakura said in a matter of fact voice. Ryou hesitated briefly but then pulled out her phone from her pocket. It was an older model. one that had a physical keyboard. She looked at him annoyed when he was not writing down the ciphers.

She cleared her throat.

"Oh sorry it has just been a while since I sad that model" he chuckled off-handedly.

"Don't mock me" she said in a tone that almost sounded defensive but managed to sound somewhat demanding.

"I am not, there is no need for you to get so hysterical, shit I even thought it would be interesting to work with you"

She looked up at him and cocked her head, her bright hair slipping out of her loose braid. He knit his brows together as she seemed to observe him.

"Listen, Bakura Akefia. I don't care for bullies, and if you have any interest in getting this group project done in a good manner; you will respect me and do your part of the work" her green eyes bore into his and Akefia felt a small pang of surprise when she walked up to him.

"I may not be as strong or crude as you, but don't test my patience-or I will make sure to make you regret it" his lillac eyes looked at her cooly and he smirked broadly then, catching the other by surprise.

he stepped forward. "that sounds very fucking interesting, when should we start then?"

End of chapter 1

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