Rowan: Hello, the following fic is something I came up with just to celebrate today!
Sakura: What is today anyway?
Rowan: Friday the 13th, silly!
Sakura: Who you callin' silly?
Rowan: You! Anyway, the following story is called "Friday the 13th", and is a multi-chapter story! Now, where's Ryou? He's gotta do the disclaimer!
Bakura: He's hiding.
Rowan: From whom?
Bakura: From you.
Rowan: What? Why?
Bakura: Because you scare him.
Rowan: Fine, then if he won't come out and do the disclaimer, you'll have to do it.
Bakura: Who, me? But-but-but you scare me too!
Sakura: That's not good.
Rowan: Oh shut up! Now, who of the cast is not afraid of me?
Yami: I'm not afraid of you!
Sakura: Yami! *glomps *
Yami: Sakura, on the other hand, does frighten me.
Rowan: You know what, forget all you peeps! I'll do the disclaimer!
YGO Cast: Really? Yey!
Disclaimer: Don't own YGO, don't even own a computer, only a lot of floppy disks filled with my stories. So please, don't sue me?
/blah/ -hikari to yami
//blah// -yami to hikari
Now, on with the story!
Friday the 13th
Yuugi wasn't usually superstitious. But today he couldn't risk anything going wrong. He had finals in school and he had finally decided to ask Anzu out. Unfortunately, the day was Friday; Friday the 13th, that is. So, even though he didn't believe in silly superstitions, today it couldn't hurt to take some precautions.
That was probably why Yuugi was carrying a wooden board around as he walked to school. Not to mention the fact that he was staring at the ground, avoiding every single crack in the sidewalk. No wonder Yami was worried.
//Yuugi? What are you doing?// Yami asked incredulously.
/Walking to school./
//With a wood board?//
/Just in case./
//Just in case of what?//
/In case somebody says something that could jinx my day. Knock on wood!/
This was getting out of hand. Yami emerged from the Puzzle to examine his hikari more closely.
"Don't step on a crack!" Yuugi cried.
"Why can't I step on a crack?"
"You know what they say. 'Step on a crack, break your father's back'!"
"But you don't have a father anymore."
"Oh, well, Grandpa is kind of like my father, and he certainly doesn't need his back broken!"
Yami looked curiously at his light. "Yuugi, why are you doing all of this? You don't usually."
"But today's Friday the 13th! Nothing can go right unless one takes extra precaution."
Yami shrugged his shoulders helplessly. "If you say so Yuugi."
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That day Yuugi walked home with Ryou. But when they neared the albino's house, they discovered that it was being renovated.
"Oh, sorry Yuugi. I forgot my dad told me that they were coming to fix the outside of the house up. I won't be able to get in until 5."
"That's alright. we can go to mine."
By the time the two reached the game shop, Yuugi was traumatized. They had passed about five black cats and walked under at least three ladders. (Apparently the rest of Ryou's neighborhood was renovating too.) And to top it all off, one of those dreaded felines was following them.
"Ryou, is it still behind us?"
Ryou looked back over his shoulder. "Yup! It's kinda cute, if you ask me."
"Cute! It's bad luck, that's what!"
"If you say so. Say, here we are!"
Ryou grabbed Yuugi's attention for a moment, just long enough for him to step on and break the mirror lying on the ground.
"Oh no! Now that's seven years of bad luck!" Yuugi exclaimed.
"Oh Yuugi! You don't really believe that, do you?"
"Of course I do! Today I do!" Yuugi then suddenly turned to walk into the shop, but instantly tripping over the black cat that had finally caught up with them. Luckily, Ryou caught him before he fell, their Millennium Items clanging against each other.
There was a blinding gold flash of light, and the two spirits of the Ring and Puzzle materialized. Then the light was gone, and everything was back to normal.
"Oh, hi Yami." Yuugi greeted his dark.
"Hello Yuugi," he replied in a gruff voice. Yuugi turned confusedly to the spirit of the Ring. "Oh, hello Bakura," he said warily.
"What do you want?" he asked in a regal voice.
Ryou and Yuugi looked at each other in growing bafflement. "Um, Yami, why are you answering to the name of Bakura now?" Yuugi asked. The spiky haired spirit looked aghast.
"I am Bakura," he said. Yuugi looked up into his alter ego's crimson eyes. But wait, they weren't crimson anymore! Now those orbs were a dark chocolate brown, much like Ryou's own eyes!
"I don't understand. You look like Yami, sound like Yami, but you say you're Bakura. How can this be?"
"I'm just as perplexed as you are Yuugi," Ryou piped in. He closely examined the spirit beside him. "You're eyes are scarlet, not chestnut like is usual. Maybe…maybe you and Bakura switched bodies!" Ryou speculated.
"What?!" three shocked voices exclaimed at once.
"Well, it's the only logical explanation," Ryou said, defending himself.
"Logical! Ha! That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard!" Bakura scoffed.
"Well then why do you look like the Pharaoh, eh? Answer me that!" Ryou snapped back.
"Ummm, er, well…I can't thing of anything yet, but there has to be some more logical explanation!"
"Well, you can think of it on the way home. See you Yuugi, I gotta head back now." Ryou turned to walk home, beckoning Bakura to follow. Bakura started to walk after his hikari, but some invisible force prevented him. Bakura looked back and realized that the pull was coming from the Puzzle around Yuugi's neck.
"Um, Ryou, I seem to be attached to Yuugi. I mean, the Puzzle!" he corrected himself.
Ryou shrugged his shoulders. "Guess you'll have to stay here then." Ryou started to walk away. Suddenly, Yami was standing beside him.
"Er, I seem to be attached to your Ring," he said sheepishly.
Ryou smiled at him. "Then you'll have to come home with me, I suppose."
So Ryou and Yami walked down the street, leaving Yuugi and a bewildered Bakura at the Game Shop. The two rounded a corner then, and the little spiky haired boy and his new yami went inside the store.
The street was empty but for a black feline, who hid in the shrubbery with a Cheshire Cat smile on its face. It purred happily, satisfied with that day's "hunting".
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Rowan: So, how was it?
Sakura: Need I answer?
Rowan: No.
Anyway, for those who feel lost, let me clarify this chapter:
1. It's Friday the 13th.
2. Yuugi broke a mirror, then tripped over a black cat.
3. Yami and Bakura switched bodies. Now Bakura looks like Yami and Yami looks like Bakura. However, they still retain their eye color and personality. However, the spirits themselves switched Millennium Items, so the body of Bakura still belongs to the Ring, as does the Pharaoh's. So pretty much, Yuugi and Ryou still have doubles, just with different personality.
That's it! Now, please review this story! Tell me what you thought! I look forward to your thoughts and ideas!
I can't wait until I write Chapter 2! I'm going to have so much fun with this fic!
YGO Cast: Oh no! *Runs away *
Rowan: Where'd everyone go?
Sakura: They went to review.