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When Two Meet

Chapter One: A Warning

Yami sat bolt upright in bed.

He felt a presence nearby, not a sinister one, but the presence of… A little girl??

Using his Millennium Puzzle, he could feel the faint energy waves of a young, female spirit who was trying to communicate with him.

Great Pharaoh,

Once again your power will be needed. Soon, two people will come. One will be scarred mentally, with images equalling the violence of Kul Elna. The other…Hauu…

'The other, what?'

'The other has great darkness hidden inside, underneath her sincere kindness… darkness rivaling even your arch nemesis, Bakura.

'Is that possible?'

You must be careful…Hauu… They are coming closer every second…

Suddenly, the communication ceased.

"Rena, now that all the military threats have stopped, I have decided that we have to move."

Rena gave a gasp and a sigh at the same time. She had never told her father the truth about the Yaminu and the 'disappearances.' In fact, everybody who was not affected was not told about the Hinamizawa disease. As well as that, she certainly was not willing to give up her friends and junkyard full of 'Cute-I-want-to-take-it-home' stuff for a new location!

"Please, why can't we stay?" she pleaded.

"I've been promoted to a new position in Domino." Her father replied.

Rena's father was an archaeologist whose position required him to put together and identify fossils. His career was not an easy one, and it forced him to work long hours, reducing his time with his daughter. Rena did not mind, as she had her friends, but she knew her father felt guilty for 'neglecting' his daughter.

"Recently, a Dr Bakura offered me a position I couldn't refuse. Now that we are free to move, we can go to Domino. It'll give us a chance to spend time together."

Bakura was sitting comfortably in bed.

His sharp eyes took in every part of the surroundings around him. It was a habit he had developed since becoming the Thief King and it had saved his life several times. He suddenly heard a light footstep close by and turned around.

His eyes took in a young female spirit with lavender hair and two horns, one of which was chipped. For a strange reason, he felt that the spirit was nearly as old as him, yet she didn't have much of an air of mystery around her… she even looked rather comical!

'Who are you?' he asked curiously - and a little coldly.

Hauu… My name is Hanyuu

'What do you want?'

I want you to join forces with the Pharaoh, as an evil is coming. I was in this world before and something went badly wrong, and Rika and I had to redo all our hard work. Hauu… I don't want this to happen!

'Huh?'

Ask the Pharaoh… Hauu…

'If I joined forces with the Pharaoh, the pyramids would explode! We're mortal enemies!'

But Ryou would be in danger… is your old enmity worth that?

Bakura hesitated. Since he had returned to this world, he had become closer and closer to Ryou. There was a day when Ryou was attacked by some bullies, and Bakura had defended him. That day, he realized that Ryou had become like a younger brother to him. Yes, sure, he still shouted at and punched Ryou on occasion, but it was only for strengthening the poor boy.

'Okay… I'll ask him tomorrow' he said reluctantly.

The spirit smiled and disappeared.

"Hey, Rika, Rena, I'm coming too!!" An over-exuberant Mion rushed up to meet her friends.

Since most of the readers probably haven't watched Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, here's a description of the characters.

Mion was a tall, green-haired girl with a lot of personality. Her friends regarded her as 'the boss' as she was generally the one who thought up the games their club would play - and the punishment games if an unfortunate person lost.

Rika was a cute, short little girl with long blue hair. She was the only one who remembered what mistakes her friends had made in the last worlds, leading to death and destruction. She was also the only one who could see Hanyuu in spirit form, rather like the hikaris and their yamis, until Hanyuu appeared in a solid form in a particular world.

Rena was an orange-haired girl with a strong tendency to go crazy whenever she saw a cute thing –like Rika or Hanyuu. Underneath her cheerful demeanor, however, was something very intent on destruction. Even when the Hinamizawa disease had disappeared, it had remained there…

Hanyuu appeared next to Rika in spirit form.

"I warned them." was all she said, but Rika understood perfectly.

"Mion wants to go, but then we would end up confusing them. We warned them about two, not three." she said in a dark tone.

"Maybe it would be better, we could change fate again!"

"What were you saying, Rika?" asked Mion eagerly.

"Nipah" Rika said in her usual chibi voice "What about our remaining friends? I'm sure your relatives wouldn't approve of you moving, as you are a member of a very important family."

"Never mind my family, and as for my friends, I'm sure that they'll manage without me for a while. I'll only be staying for a few months or so."

Rika almost envied Mion's carefree attitude. She had been extremely worried about her best friend Satoko, who she lived with, until Shion, Mion's twin sister had volunteered to keep her company.

'Well, here goes nothing…' she thought. Her eyes hardened. It was time to reduce fate to a pile of ashes.

Well, first chapter done! Please comment… and remember it was my first story! I must have twisted a few facts to make this ;) Oh, and I don't appreciate flames. I'm planning to add a little Yami/Bakura stuff to this, but not exactly Yaoi. Just really, really like each other sort of stuff.