A/N: Here is the sequel. Sorry if it's late. I was sucked into reading fanfiction. I'm sure you guys know how that goes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh and this fanfic is purely for entertainment.
Warning: Tendershipping, Puzzleshipping, and Bronzeshippinrg. Nothing serious will be going on, but some people would still be against these. Also, please read A New Life if you haven't. Though I will try to make this sequel understandable on its own, it's still helpful.
Chapter 01
It's been months since Bakura has been living in a 3-year-old body with a soul that has been split from his own, and been going by the name of Akefia. Well, that sentence would be wrong, since they were now technically in a 4-year-old body. The first couple of months were hectic, as Akefia was a lot better than Ryou when it came to reclaiming the control of his body. Eventually, though, Bakura found the days monotonous and boring, as there was a lack of impending doom that he was used to when he was in the Monster World game against Zorc.
"Bakura! Kefie! Come down for dinner!" a voice called from the kitchen. Akefia had went down excitedly.
It was obviously his ex-host, Ryou, who had called for them. Bakura had to live with him, because Akefia wouldn't want to willingly move away from someone that he considered being his older brother. That notion was simply ridiculous that the boy would think of Ryou as his older brother, for in the terms of soul, they were at least 5000 years older than him. However, Ryou fed them and bathed them, along with taking care of things such the cleaning and bills. He was also reluctant to yell at Bakura for anything, because he didn't want to hurt Akefia's feelings.
Being stuck in this body wasn't bad at all.
Ryou did force Bakura to attend school, but they were doing simple things like coloring and drawing. Bakura would often let Akefia do whatever he wanted during this time, as he didn't feel like putting up with drooling children. There was a moment where an arrogant child wanted to take something from Akefia though, and Bakura took the time to scare him away. He didn't like the hair-splitting crying from Kefie. It was bad enough that he had to hear it whenever the kid would have nightmares about Kul Elna.
"So how was school," Ryou asked as he served the rice dish in front of them. "I made Bakura's favorite tonight, which is a nice beef bowl, but you like beef anyway right Kefie?"
"I do!" Akefia cheered as he bit into the juicy meat and ate spoonfuls of rice. "Today, Kura scared away the other kids from me."
"Really, again?" Ryou asked with a frown. "Are you really okay with him doing that? You might not make any friends at this rate, because of him."
"I'm fine," Kefie said with a nod as he continued to eat. There was a shift in control as the other was almost done with the dinner. Bakura ate the beef hungrily and noisily. He looked at Ryou with his sharp eyes and frowned.
"It's not like you had friends when you were younger," Bakura said as he shoved more food into his mouth. Ryou almost warned the other that he should eat slower or else he'll choke, but before he managed to open his mouth, the other was done eating.
"Yes, but I wanted him to have a normal life," Ryou said as he picked up the bowls and put it in the sink for him to clean at a later time. Bakura scoffed at the idea.
"A normal life? While you're friends with that psychopath, the pharaoh, a kid that is obsessed with card games, and that strange boy that shows off his midriff? I doubt he'll get a normal life like that," Bakura said as he crossed his arms. "Bloody hell, the sheer fact that I'm still alive inside of his body is going to make sure that the boy doesn't grow up normally."
"You don't have to say those things about them," Ryou protested, even though he agreed with Bakura that they were not the normal sort of people in the slightest. "They helped you get your revenge, didn't they?"
"Yes, but that doesn't mean that I'll try and be nice to any of them," Bakura said.
"Could you at least not say it in front of them when they come over?" Ryou asked as he looked at his college homework. It was simple enough. There was truly no point in doing homework when the teacher doesn't check it, but Ryou needed something to keep him busy sometimes. "I don't want Malik try to stab you with a kitchen knife or have Yugi be depressed all night."
"They're coming over?" Akefia asked, taking over easily. He jumped up and down in excitement. He enjoyed spending time with Malik, who he called Mama, and Yami, which was deemed to be Yummy. "Are we going to play games?"
"If you want to," Ryou said sweetly. "You have to take a bath though. You made a mess of your clothes. I'll get you something nice to wear."
"When you say nice…" Bakura said, trailing off. "Do you mean my black leather coat?"
"If you want, but I think it makes you look silly when you're this short," the other said as he went into the closet where he stored the little boy's clothes. Bakura pouted, not that he would admit that he made such a face, and went over to the bathroom. He started the water and poured something to make the bubbles. Akefia enjoyed these bubble baths, while Bakura just like feeling the hot water submerge most of his tiny body.
Ryou just got the clothes for the other when the door bell rang loudly. He went over to the door, expecting the others to be waiting on the other side, but it was just Marik. He was fuming with anger and slightly emotional-looking. Scratch the word slightly from that sentence. He looked very emotional. He stomped his way over to the couch and sat down. He hugged the couch pillow so tightly that, if it was a human, it would have broken the spine.
"What's wrong? Where's Malik?" Ryou asked as he closed the door. "Actually, where is Yugi and Yami?"
"I don't know and I don't care," Marik said as he took the remote and flipped through the channels like it was his house. Ryou was slightly bothered with that, but the other did come over pretty often. "That frigging, cheating bastard wouldn't dare come after me after I threw those things at his head. Actually, he might be dead."
"What?" Ryou said, slightly worried. He didn't want his friend to go to jail for killing someone. He was surprised that Malik didn't go to jail yet when he obviously hurt a lot of people.
"I'm joking," Marik said. "He wouldn't die that easily. You know how tough he is. Besides, it was only a bottle this time."
The other had been going out with his counterpart for some time now. After the ritual that granted the Yamis separate bodies from each other, there were loads of complications. There was the denial, especially in Marik's case, and violence. It was surprising for Ryou to hear that Yami actually wasn't the sweetest guy to be around, because he didn't work a single day in his life, so he was a more lazy type of boyfriend for Yugi. Ryou chose to ignore the small little bumps in their strange relationship. He's been through so many things that he just thought that he could handle with his friends being gay and their strange relationships.
"This time?" Ryou asked. "What did you throw at him last time?"
"A duel disk, a Millennium Rod," Marik said, listing them from the top of his head. There were several other things that should not be thrown at another human being, but Marik was right. Malik was hard to kill. "And one time I threw my sister's hair dryer at him. She didn't like that, but she already had another one, because she predicted that this would happen. Sometimes, I wish she would tell me, but she said that would only make things worse."
"Well, you never listened to her before," the other said. "She did want you to return to Egypt and continue your life as a tomb keeper, and you're here right now, next to me, studying in Domino City."
"Well, it's hard to be a tomb keeper if there's nothing to protect," Marik complained. "The Millennium Items are not there and I don't want to live underground anymore. Why do you think I share an apartment with Malik? It's not just because my sister thought it would be easier for her to stay at whenever she brings over a new exhibit to Domino City."
"You have a point," Ryou said, smiling that Marik was not as angry as he came in. He thought it would be safe to ask the other what his darker side has done. "So, tell me, what did Malik do now?"
"He winked at a girl," Marik said as he glared at the nearest object that reminded him of the other. "He whistled and winked at a girl with a huge chest that could match the breasts of that chick from Battle City tournament. What was her name? The blond one?"
"Mai Valentine?" Ryou asked as he tried to think. There were not many girls that played the card game in public tournaments, but since it was so long ago, his memory was a bit blurry. Also, he didn't even remember half of the tournament, as Bakura was in control most of the time.
"Yeah her! I knew he has a thing for chicks with big boobs," the other said as he crushed the pillow with his arms again. "I bet he wouldn't look away from me if I had a chest like that."
"Marik, you're a boy," Ryou said with a sweat drop. He had experienced this before. Marik would often get angry and spout out things that wouldn't make sense at all. It was like how he was convinced that Yugi, or rather the Pharaoh, murdered his father when they were countries away from Egypt. They didn't make much sense. "You can't even hope to have a chest that big, and besides, if he really liked girls like that, then he wouldn't be going out with you."
"That's what I keep telling myself, but he keeps doing it and it gets on my nerves!" Marik complained. He looked around, hoping to find Akefia. He liked to poke those squishy cheeks to relieve himself of reality at times. "Where's Kefie?"
"Kefie?" Ryou asked. "Oh, he's in the bath right now."
"Alone? What if he drowns?" Marik asked, frowning at the other. "Or worse, what if Bakura is plotting something evil in there? The fluffy, little guy seems hell-bent on sending either Malik or Yami's soul to the Shadow Realm, even though he had said he had forgiven them!"
"You know, if he heard you say that, he'd try to send you to the Shadow Realm too," Ryou said, shaking his head.
"I'm not afraid of him!"
Ryou sighed and the door bell rang yet again. He assumed that Yami was on the other end, and opened the door with a smile, only to be greeted with a crying Yugi. The other had hugged him and sobbed loudly. It wasn't often that Ryou would see the other cry. He remembered that back in high school, Yugi would cry whenever he was bullied. Ryou wasn't friends with him yet, but he remembered that he had the urge to comfort the other.
Ryou pulled the other inside and closed the door. He sat him on the couch, right next to Marik, who seemed to be still angry. The Egyptian had turned off his phone after getting a call, most likely from Malik, and set the phone on the coffee table.
"Yugi, what's wrong?" Ryou asked, as he looked at the other who took a pillow to sob into. He made a mental note to wash that pillow when the other was done with the crying. "You can tell us."
"Th-the Pharaoh…he forgot our anniversary," Yugi said. "I mean, I was okay with him forgetting, but he was being so mean to me when I was trying to do something special for him. He just shoved me off and continued to talk to Seto about their next rematch."
Bakura had come out of the bathroom in only a towel covering his small body. He was wondering where the clothes that were promised to him had gone and was shivering slightly from the cold. Ryou looked at the other and remembered about the clothes. He handed the other the fabric and apologized.
"What were you even doing?" Bakura asked in a growl, which wasn't really that menacing, considering that his voice was high pitched due to the body.
"I was cold!" Akefia said as he took over. He put on the clothes quickly, but still shivered as his wet hair clung to places like his neck. "Is Yummy and Mama here yet?"
"No, they are not," Ryou said. "Right now Yugi and Marik here though. They had a big fight with Yami and Malik, so those two won't be coming over."
Akefia looked down and picked up the wet towel. He looked sad and betrayed, like he was a puppy that was just kicked after being fed a treat. Ryou frowned and hugged the other.
"We can play a game with you," Ryou said with a nod. "Maybe some video games? That would be fun, right?"
"Okay…"
Bakura took over afterwards, twisting the sad face into an annoyed one.
"What are those two doing here, and why are they crying?" Bakura asked, crossing his arms. He knew that he had to suffer with the company of the others, but he didn't know that it was going to be like this. This annoyed him a lot more than the laughter or the constant poking coming from the Egyptians.
"They are having relationship problems again…" Ryou said, looking over at Yugi. He felt bad for leaving Yugi in the middle of his explanation, but the other seemed to be entertained by Marik's complaints about his counterpart. Truthfully, Ryou thought that they did a better job at comforting each other than he did, because they understand what the other is going through to a point.
"Why are they having relationship problems?!" Bakura shouted. "They were practically trying to have sex in your bathroom last week!"
Ryou didn't want to know why Bakura knew that, or how the others had planned to have sex in his home when they had a perfectly fine bed at their own house.
"This happens a lot," Ryou explained as he sighed. "They might be over here for a while though, so you'll have to sleep in my room tonight, because they will be taking your room."
"Why my room? Can't they just take the couch?"
"Bakura!" the other shouted, insulted by the proposition. He wasn't going to do that to his friends who were going through some trouble and drama. Truthfully, he was annoyed with them, and wished that they wouldn't bother his peaceful life with Bakura. He enjoyed it whenever the others came over for fun, but he enjoyed his privacy as well.
"So Ryou," Marik said, thinking that the other was paying attention to their conversation. "We decided to stay over here until our Yamis get their act together. We might be here for a while, so I told Odion to take our stuff over here."
"You what?" Ryou asked. "How long are you planning to stay again?"
"I don't know," Yugi said. He pouted a little. "Probably through the month. You know that the others are very stubborn."
Ryou sighed deeply and stopped Bakura from protesting. Akefia switched out and looked very happy that there would be more people in the house other than Bakura and Ryou. He enjoyed it when there were more people in the house. He ran over to Marik and Yugi and hugged them tightly. While the small boy was smiling to the point that Ryou knew that Bakura was going to complain about sore cheeks, Ryou thought that maybe it won't be as bad as last time since there was Akefia and Bakura with him.
"I know what we should do, order pizza!" Marik said as he went over to the phone. Ryou hit his head slightly in frustration. It wasn't because he had eaten dinner already, but it was because he knew that the other would ask for him to pay for the meal. Ryou would probably need a second job to feed all of them in this house for the next month, or if it was anything like last time, longer.
A/N: Thank you all who read A New Life. I hope you enjoy this story as well. It's pretty last minute, but I worked hard on it so I hoped that the first chapter grabbed you as much as I hoped it did. I seemed to have made a lot of grammar mistakes in this chapter, but I fixed it due to my wonderful Beta!