((a/n: The rating PG may be a little high I admit, but some people are paranoid. I hereby disclaim all copyrighted characters because I have to.... sob newayz enjoy. Oh yeah. And no matter how hard I tried, characters are all at least slightly OOC. Some more than others.))

Chapter 1: How It All Began

2 years from now....

Yugi asked Yami, "No doubt when I get old, I'll die, but what will happen to you?"

Yami answered, "I don't know, but I suppose that I'll be sealed in the puzzle until another reincarnation comes along."

'I wonder if when Ryou dies I'll be stuck in that ring for another 3000 years. I hope not....' Yami Bakura thought pensively.

3rd person POV

Within four years both Yugi and Ryou died in a massive motorcycle accident.

Over the next 20 or so years, the millennium items had eventually been moved to The Louvre in Paris, the Smithsonian in America, and from there to yet another museum, The Royal Ontario Museum (The ROM) in Toronto.

There was a set of twins born, a guy and a girl, both reincarnations of Bakura and Ryou.

One day, (about 15 years later) a mysterious man named Shadi purchased the millennium items, but decided to wait a few weeks before picking them up. During these few weeks, the twins' history class visited the ROM to view the ancient Egyptian exhibit.

"Ancient Egypt. The worlds greatest ancient culture. Don't you just love it?" Bobby asked his best friend Aymery.

His sister, Sheila, over heard him and replied, "If ancient dead kings is your thing... then by all means let it be your favourite culture. I don't believe that there were actually tomb robbers that emptied those giant vaults. They probably just forgot where the burial chamber was."

".... have been recently purchased, but are going to be on display for three more days." droned the tour guide. "The millennium items were previously rumoured to possess much magical power, but that theory has been disproven. This mummy here is......"

"Wouldn't it be cool if we got those items for a gift or something?" murmured Bobby.

"Keep dreaming." answered Aymery.

Ryou's POV

The motorcycle accident hadn't hurt much, but I suppose I must have 'died' immediately. I found myself in a dark empty place that I recognized immediately as the shadow realm. Knowing that without protection the shadow realm would seep away all my physical energy until I ceased to exist, I invoked the power of the millennium eye to provide a magical shield around myself. Of course, being surrounded by endless darkness, thick enough to cut with a knife will drive you to boredom real quickly, and insanity soon after, so I used small amounts of the eye's magic to create small illusions to help me keep my sanity ((a/n: I know that he can't use the power of the eye without it in his head, but for the sake of the story, cut me some slack)).

What may have been weeks or years later, (I had no way of telling time passage) I saw something in the distance. I was afraid that I was finally starting to lose it. I had recently made an illusion of a wall and had been banging my head against it, so that I would feel something, and it hadn't worked, so I got up and started to move towards the figure in the darkness.

Yami's POV

I found myself in the shadow realm two days after the crash, and after Yugi had been in critical condition in the hospital. Yugi was about a mile away from me and his strength, (or what was left of it) was being steeped away by the shadow realm. I rushed over to him and encouraged him to use the magic of the millennium puzzle to shield himself. I wasn't sure what kind of effect that would have on me, or if the millennium puzzle would be able to shield us both.

Once he had regained strength, we began to wander around the shadow realm aimlessly, until he swore he saw someone sitting down towards our right. I feared for his sanity ,but we turned and headed that way any way. Soon I began to see a figure walking toward us uncertainly. As the figure got closer I recognized him....

Ryou's POV

"Bakura!" I heard someone yell. I recognized the voice. It was Yami Yugi!

Then I heard a more harsh voice from closer at hand, "Bakura?" My Yami was here, and from the sound of it had been there for a while. Now that I thought about it, I could feel the magical aura of the ring not too far away.

"Ryou, what are you doing here? I was sure that..... Okay. What happened?" growled Yami Bakura. I could tell he was confused, but didn't want to admit it.

Yami Bakura's POV

I had been lounging with my eyes closed in the shadow realm since I'd arrived, trying to feign sleep. I suddenly heard an all too familiar voice call 'Bakura', but using the tone reserved for Ryou, and not myself.

"Bakura?" I mimicked, looking up and suddenly feeling like an idiot for not realizing he'd been there sooner.

"Ryou, what are you doing here? I was sure that....." I trailed off. Why was he in the shadow realm? "Okay. What happened?" I hoped my confusion wouldn't show to prying ears, cough cough, Yami Yugi. I walked up to Ryou and stood there analyzing him for a minute. Of course. He had used the eye to shield his physical strength from the shadow realm.

"I.... I.... don't know....." he mumbled. He seemed a little more 'docile' than before, more like the way he'd been around Duelist Kingdom.

Yami and Yugi finally got to where Ryou and I were standing. Suddenly the 'ground' seemed to open up and we fell through. Yugi and Ryou gasped in surprise, but Yami and I knew what had happened. Our reincarnations had come in contact with their items......

3rd person POV

Bobby was shocked. It was his birthday, and he and Sheila had received something in the mail. Upon opening and inspection, he found that they were two of the millennium items. An eye and a ring. The package came with a small note containing four words: "Robert: eye, Sheila: ring." Cool. He'd always wanted an artificial eye, but he wasn't quite willing to sacrifice his sight just yet. "Yo, Shey!" ((a/n: pronounced Shay)) "Check out this cool gift we got in the mail." Bobby was clearly excited. Sheila came into the room, the distinct sound of some ones favourite teddy gurgling around in the toilet behind her.

Sheila's POV

Bobby interrupted my flushing of his teddy and told me to come into the front hall. I came, but only because he had mentioned something about a gift. "What is it? It had better be good. You interrupted my flushing of Mr. Teddums."

"Yeah, whatever." Now I knew it was good. Under any other circumstances, he would have flipped. "Check it out. Remember those millennium items we saw in the Egyptian exhibit? And how I said I wanted one?" Yeah sure I remembered. but what was his point? I looked in the box.

"Did you rob the museum? Or better yet the person who bought these?" I asked incredulously. What were we doing with ancient Egyptian artifacts in our house?

Looking at the concise message, I picked up the ring and put it around my neck. I looked in the mirror. it went nicely with my outfit.

Then suddenly, I swear I went insane. I heard a voice swear in my head in surprise, but that was all, nothing more as I lost contact with the world.

Yami Bakura's POV

"A girl? Bull shit! Someone is just having fun screwing my life over!" I stopped there cause I realized that my new host could probably hear me. I sincerely hoped that she didn't wear skirts. That would be the worse possible thing. I decided to take over and see what I was dealing with.

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