Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh!

A/N: This is my first attempt at humor, so feel free to criticise me all you want. It's an early B-day fic for Ryou and me (we share the same birthday, Sept 2!) and I didn't feel right having him angsty again. He deserves a good day. This is also the closest I've gotten them to separate bodies. I'm not quite ready for them to part, yet.

To anyone waiting for my WEWY fic, I'm so sorry! I have the worst case of writer's block ever...it doesn't seem fair.

The Gift of Payback

"Ryou! Ryou, open up!" Yugi yelled through Ryou's apartment door. "Hurry up!"

The addressed person massaged his temples for a few seconds before opening the door that Yugi was sure to break down if he kept beating on it.

"What is it, Yugi?" Ryou asked, even though he knew the answer already.

"Happy Birthday!"

Yep, he was right, but that didn't explain why Yugi was at his house at six-thirty in the freaking morning. He had a nagging feeling he'd find out soon, though. He stared at Yugi, waiting expectantly for an answer.

"…"

…and waiting…

"…"

…and waiting…

Well, he wasn't going to wait all morning.

"What do you want, Yugi?!" he was annoyed into yelling.

"I-I can't tell you!" the smaller boy shouted back.

Ryou blinked. "What? Why no-?"

A blinding flash startled the British boy into careening backward, nearly causing him to crack his head on the RPG table in the center of the room. Hmm, a concussion…that would have made a nice present…

"What the bloody hell was that for?!" he yelped, trying to clear the spots from his vision.

"Um…remember in Duelist Kingdom when Yami put your soul back in your body?" All Ryou could do was nod. "Well, we decided to see if we could reverse it.

"Wait...you tried to remove my soul?" Ryou gasped, completely shocked.

Yugi gulped. "No, no. That was…a bad way to put it. Why don't you just look?" he said, pointing to the game board Ryou had tried to become painfully acquainted with. The white-haired hikari stared at the landscape, confused until he saw something move, something that looked remarkably like him…Ryou's eyes widened.

"You didn't…"

Yugi just smiled.

A miniature Bakura figurine rubbed its forehead a few times before standing up and looking around. He looked at the surroundings, examined the tiny body, and finally glanced up.

"AHHHHH!!" Yami Bakura yelled in a mix of rage, and surprisingly, a tiny bit of fright.

"Wow…" Ryou and Yugi commented at the same time.

"Pharaoh! I know you did this!" he screamed in a much higher pitched voice than usual. "My…what did you do to my voice? You're going to pay for this!" he continued, squeaking at the end of his rant. When he was reduced to swear words, Ryou picked up one of the buildings and plunked it over his head, effectively muffling his shouts.

Yugi tore his eyes from the entertaining sight and said, "So, what do you want to do now?"

"Huh?"

"Well, we decided this would be our present to you. An entire day without fear of being possessed! We didn't want to tell you in case it didn't work."

Suddenly, Yami Bakura squeaked from the table, "What the hell am I supposed to do all day?!"

The two boys looked at the table, startled. Ryou sighed, for the first time cursing the amount of detail he'd put into his models. His counterpart had apparently found the door to the building and a tiny knife. A tiny knife…A shockingly evil thought slid into Ryou's mind. Going to his cabinets, he shuffled around until he found what he was looking for.

"Here," he said, dropping two miniature ten-sided dice onto the table, carefully avoiding the evil one's knife. He knew from experience that poly-resin could hurt. "I'll set the computer to be Dungeon Master, and you can spend the day trapped in an RPG."

While Yami Bakura growled incoherently, Yugi stared at Ryou in awe. "I didn't know you could be so mean."

"Well, I learned from the best, I guess," he replied, nodding toward his yami. He leaned closer to whisper, "Now come on; I don't want to be near him when he realizes he's an Elven archer, and that his knife will be almost completely useless soon…"

Suppressing their laughter, they darted from the apartment…just missing the evil spirit's shout of: "PHARAOH! I'll get you for this!!"

A/N: Well, I'm keeping it as In Progress, in case anyone wants the rest of Ryou's and Bakura's day. Please review and tell me if I should continue or if I should stop.