Hello peoples! This is my first fan-fic! I'm aspiring to be a writer someday, so any reveiws would be very helpful!

'Thoughts'

"mindlink"

Koe means voice and it is what Ryou calls Bakura

Yadunoshi means landlord an it is what Bakura calls Ryou

Almost forgot. I don't own any characters or anything Yu-Gi-Oh (Except some cards). They all belong to Kazuki Takahashi.


Ryou Bakura: Thief-In-Training

Chapter 1

It was the time of day when the sun's last rays reflected off the gently swaying waves, when the bird calls slowly slipped into quiet grasshopper chirps, and when the more criminally minded headed out to find work.

Ryou Bakura woke up in the middle of this picturesque beach-side scene. He was no stranger to waking up in places he didn't fall asleep, but he usually woke in back alleys or next to dueling arenas or on blimps. He never woke up in the middle of nowhere and this was worrying for him. It was never a good idea when the spirit started behaving differently. It usually ended unwell for Ryou.

"Koe, what am I doing out here?" Questioned Ryou through the mind link.

"I've decide that you are much to pathetic to be my host. You know nothing useful and what that school teaches you is a joke. I have decided to be very gracious and take you under my wing."

Ryou felt his blood go cold. 'This can't be a good thing.' "What does that mean?"

"It means that I have decided to make you my apprentice. Yadunoshi, I am going to teach you how to be a thief."

'I knew it.'

"Koe, I don't want to be a thief."

"I did not ask you what you wanted. I told you what you would do."

"I'm not stealing from people. It's wrong." Ryou turned around and started walking away from the house. He stopped when the millennium rings spikes pressed themselves against his chest. Bakura's voice simmered dangerously

"You are my apprentice and I am your master. What I say to do you do. Is this understood?"

Ryou paled. He remembered the last time the millennium ring's final defense was used against him and he certainly wasn't looking forward to a repeat performance.

"Yes."

"Good." The spikes relaxed and Ryou with them. "Then it is time to teach you a few things. Turn around and head for the green two-story house. That is your first target."


"Stop flinching at every single noise!" Bakura snapped. He was standing in spirit form next to Ryou. "I already told you that the house is empty. It is a vacation home. Nobody is suppose to be here for months. Let alone right around the corner."

Ryou flinched again. "Sorry."

Bakura sighed and turned to face the house.

"Since you have no idea how to pick locks you are going to check all the doors and windows and find one that is unlocked."

"Wouldn't they have locked them if they were going to be gone for months?"

Bakura scowled. "It is all about practice. You will need to know all of the escape routes. Keep a mental map of the house."

"Okay. Which window do I check first?"

"Do I look like I am robbing this house?" Bakura glared down at him. Ryou stared back. He knew for a fact that he wouldn't be robbing this house if it weren't for Bakura, so technically it was Bakura robbing the house and Ryou was still an unfortunate puppet (even if he did have slightly more free will than his normal puppet state), but he also knew that nothing in that glare suggested that 'yes' was the right answer.

"No." He wisely answered.

"Exactly. You pick which one. I am not going to babysit you through this. You will have to figure out some things on your own."

'Great. First you get me into this mess and then you leave me to pick up the pieces. Glad to see that nothing has changed.'

Ryou walked up the driveway and tried the first window on the left.

Locked.

He tried the next one.

Locked.

He walked all around the house checking all the windows and all the doors. And guess what, they were all locked.

"Now what?"

"Check all the doors and windows."

"I just did that."

"Idiot, you only checked the first floor."

Ryou looked up at the second floor windows. He felt a bit faint.

"You have got to be kidding me. I can't climb up there. I'll break my neck."

"I am not expecting you to scale up the side of the building. We will work on that later."

"Then how am I suppose to get up there?" He said, ignoring the second part.

"If you had been paying attention to your surroundings, like I told you, then you would know how to reach the second story windows."

"What?"

Bakura sighed. Ryou could feel the irritation seeping through the mind link.

"If you walk around the house again, and this time actually watch your surroundings, then you will find something to help you get to the second story."

"I was watching my surroundings." Ryou argued.

"Close your eyes."

"What?"

"Close. Your. Eyes." The tone left no room for argument.

Ryou closed his eyes.

"Do not open your eyes."

"Okay."

"How many windows are on the first floor."

"What?"

"I want to see if you were paying attention to what I said. I told you to keep a mental map of the house in your head. This should include all escape points."

"Ummm... six. I think. I'm pretty sure." Bakura was silent. Ryou shifted awkwardly from foot to foot. "Or maybe it was five."

"I do not know why I try to get anything through this thick head of yours! There are nine windows on the first floor. You were not paying attention. Search the house again and this time really pay attention to your surroundings. You do not know when this could save your life." Bakura disappeared back into the ring.

Ryou sighed and started walking around the house again. He was about a third of the way around when he spotted it. A ladder was leaned on its side and propped up next to the house. Ryou walked over and picked it up. He leaned it against the house and started climbing up.

'This window is going to be locked too.' Ryou could feel his irritation growing with each rung he climbed. 'This is crazy. I could be at home sleeping right now. Instead I have to listen to my crazy Koe and break into a house in the middle of nowhere.' He reached the window and glared at it. He grabbed the ledge of the window and jerked it up, expecting to be with resistance. However, much to his surprise, it shot up. His fingers lost the edge of the window and he tumbled forward. His feet slipped off the ladder and he banged his chin on the rungs.

His fingers managed to grab the ladder rungs and he held on for dear life. His feet found the ladder and he bear-hugged it, not daring to let go. He stayed there, frozen, blood pounding in his ears.

After a minute his breathing slowed and he relaxed his death-grip. He pulled himself through the window and collapsed on the floor.

Bakura appeared next to him and burst out laughing.

"I knew there would be difficulties, but I did not think you would maim yourself on the first day. You haven't even stolen anything."

"Glad to see you find this so funny." Ryou rubbed his chin. "That hurt. I think it might bruise."

Bakura rolled his ghostly eyes. "Grow up. It's barely a bump," Bakura looked at him. "And stand up. There is no reason to whimper on the floor."

Ryou stood up and waited for his eyes to adjust. He was in a small bedroom. Dust covered the furniture and spiderwebs decorated the corners.

"What do I do now?"

"You steal something. I really do not care what you steal, but it has to be worth something. You cannot go around stealing napkins."

Ryou looked around the room. It was practically bare. A bed and a dresser. Maybe a different room would yield better results. He exited the room and entered a hallway with many doors. He entered the door to his right. It was another bedroom, but this one was scattered with nick-knacks.

He approached a shelf and saw it was littered with tiny duck statues. Ducks of all shapes and sizes doing a variety of pun-related activities.

'Am I actually going to do this? Breaking in is one thing, but actually stealing something? What if it had sentimental value? Someone will notice it missing. What if they call the cops? They can't prove anything... unless they swipe for prints.' He glanced at his hands. His bare hands. 'Shit. I'm not wearing gloves. They can find me.' He started backing away from the shelf, shaking his head.

"Koe I can't do this. The cops will find me and I don't want to go to jail. I can't get away with it."

"Will you stop being such a baby! The cops will not find you. No one will miss one statue amongst all of these. Even if the cops did suspect you, you would not have to worry. I am not going to let you be taken to jail. The cops will suffer before I let that happen."

Ryou gulped and approached the shelf again. He reached out and swiped a small statue. He stared at it in his hands. The small smiling duck glared back at him accusing him of the crime.

'I've done it. I stole something. I've committed a crime. My mother would not have approved of this.'

"Congratulations." Bakura said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "You stole about five dollars worth and that is only if this was a duck related tourist hot-spot. Its close to worthless, but it will have to do. I'm not sure if your precious little heart could handle anything more expensive right now."

Ryou jerked as he was pulled out of the body and pushed into his soul room.

"What? Why am I here Koe?" Ryou said appearing in spirit form.

"You need sleep. You took much longer than I thought you would. You need all the sleep you can get now. Becoming a thief isn't easy work and you have a long couple of nights ahead of you."

'Great. More nights like this.' Ryou thought rubbing his aching chin. 'It seems like he really is going to go through with this and train me to become a master thief. I was hoping that this was a one time thing he cooked up because he was bored.' He sighed. 'I guess training me to be a thief is better than him plotting my friends death. I'll play along for now and keep him busy.'

"Goodnight then Koe." Ryou faded back into his soul room.


Bakura's POV

Bakura glared at the small duck statue. 'Utterly pitiful.' He pocketed the figurine and headed back down the ladder. 'He is going to take a lot of work. It is hardly worth it, but I am not going to be associated with this fool. A duck statue! It is ridiculous. I will have to teach him what valuable means.' He checked Ryou's watch. Midnight. 'And I still have to find a suitable target for tomorrow. This is going to be a long night. A couple of long nights. Maybe I should work out a schedule.'

He continued to grumble to himself as he started the long walk home.


And that's it! I don't know when I'll post next, but hopefully it's soon.

Thank you all for reading and I hope all of you have a good day!