a few thinks you should know before reading
"english"
'japanese'
-ancient egyptian-
(ryou mentally)
((bakura mentally))
/yuugi mentally\
//yami mentally\\
random thoughts
parseltongue
Chapter 1 - Decoration
"Look at the hair! It's pretty! How do you think she keeps it so pretty?"
"Silent class, now let me see who's here...Miss Abbott?" "Present" "Mr Bakura?" "Present ma'am"
"A boy? But I thought..."
"Then you thought wrong miss Patil" McGonagall interrupted her.
"I don't want anyone to judge people on their appearance. Got that Miss Patil?"
"Yes ma'am..." Parvati said, looking Ryou over again.
The professor continued her roll call and then turned to the class again.
"Due to the commotion at the beginning of class, you've all noticed Mr Bakura here. He and his friends Mr Mutou, Mr Ishtar and Mr Kaiba are new students, who will start here at Hogwarts in your class, they have a lot to catch up to. So please help them out a bit."
"Sooooooo. What house are you in? You weren't at the feast, but you sat in the Gryffindor/Hufflepuff class, so it's one of both right?" Ron asked as they walked out of class.
"Yuugi, Malik, Kaibakun and me are all Gryffindors." Ryou answered
"That's nice. But won't the dormitory become too crowded then?" Hermione butted in
"How would you know what the boy's dormitory looks like? ...? Uhm...?"
"Hermione, Hermione Granger...And I often come there to haul these two...out of bed" she answered Yuugi, whacking Ron and Harry over the head.
"The old man gave us the attic of the Gryffindor tower." Seto said bored
"Seto-kun!" Yuugi spoke up "Show the headmaster some respect!"
"Ok, I'm confused. What's his name? Kaiba or Seto?" Ron asked confused.
"Seto Kaiba, as the British would say. But in Japan you refer to someone by their family name, unless close enough." Ryou glanced at said brunette and took a dare.
"And Yuugi's the only one brave enough to risk Kaibakuns wrath"
"Hey!"
"I can't believe Bakura got you with that Kaiba," Malik said grinning
"I'm not that bad"
"Really!"
...
"Never mind... I'm going to find Mokie," he said putting on his indifferent mask again before stomping off.
"Mokie?" Harry questioned
"His little brother." Yuugi answered, "He's attending Hogwarts too, and Setokun wouldn't have come otherwise"
"That close huh?"
"They're the only thing they have, they were orphaned at a very young age. Setokun is Mokuba's official guardian"
"At fifteen?" Hermione asked shocked
"You have no idea what money can buy Hermione..." Malik said cryptically
"Yeah, but-"
"Ever heard of Kaiba Corporation?"
"Yes...But Yuugi said he was orphan-..."
"As I said, money can buy a lot..."
Ryou dropped his fork, disgust written all over his face as he saw Ron eat
"Ronald Weasly! For Merlin's sake. Your mother raised you better then that!"
"'Mione! 'm 'ust eat'n!" Ron answered, mouth still full
"I'm sorry Bakura, but I'm afraid you'll just have to learn to ignore it...Harry and I had to" she added, glaring at the redhead
"So Hermione," Yuugi changed the topic" I heard you are the person to ask for help."
"Sure, What for?"
"As the professor said, we have a lot to catch up to...Ryou is good in studying, but even he can't pull us all up to the level we're supposed to have on his own."
"I'll be glad to help Mutou," Hermione said with a smile
"Yuugi. Please. I'm not to set on that custom. Besides, the only ones who call me Mutou are mostly my enemies"
"Enemies?"
"The four of us are into a game called Duel Monsters, Setokun and I are the champions, so there are a lot who want to eliminate us, often not the civil way."
"So that's what I recognised you from! I've seen you on TV!" Harry suddenly spoke up
"My image isn't easily looked over is it?" Yuugi asked laughing
"And Ishtar and Bakura?"
"Malik, please. And we also play in the same tournaments, we mostly end up third, or a bit lower."
"We mostly just tag along as friends...Well, I do..." Ryou said glancing at Malik
"I'm not proud of what I did Bakura, you know that" Malik said miffed
"I know...We all aren't..."
"Uhm, guys? Change of topic please?" Yuugi said, firstly not liking the gloominess, but also not wanting Harry and the rest to find out to much. Gods, they had almost been exposed the day they were offered to come to Hogwarts...
flashback
"Thanks for inviting me Bakura-kun." Yuugi said as Ryou opened the front door
"Why wouldn't I? And besides, everyone with ties to Egypt has been invited. I just wanted to do something special, let everyone loosen up a bit." He answered, taking Yuugi's jacket
"So everyone is here?" Yuugi questioned peeking into the living room.
"Yes, but we're not in the house, the back garden Yuugi." he said as Yuugi gave him a confused look
They both went to the back garden, where a hug fire was burning. Everyone with ties to ancient Egypt was there. Ishizu, Malik, Setokun and...
"Jounouch'kun?"
"Yeah, we've found out he's the reincarnation of one of the palace servants." Ryou said, somehow making Jounouchi blush
The night was nice, they'd put up a spell around the garden, so the yami's could take a visible form. They ate bread, drank whine together, traded stories and gave insight to how they could somehow find out more about the past lives.
They were in a heated conversation about Yami Bakura, being the touzokuou, thus asking about his memories when Ryou looked up alarmed.
"Bakura-kun?"
"We've got company." he said, the spell he'd set up told him.
"Company?" Yuugi said turning around and looking at the garden gate
A totally black-clad man stood there, watching them
Ryou stood up and addressed the man
"Sir? Can I help you?"
"Mr Bakura?" the man asked in English
"Yes" Ryou asked answering in English "Can I help you?"
"Would you allow me to pass your barrier so we could talk?"
(How does he know about the barrier? You said non-magical people could not sense it?)
((Well doh, the man's obviously magical...Be on your guard yadonushi, I do not think he is here just to chat...))
(I figured that out! And don't call me that...)
((Sorry...))
('S all right...)
Ryou glanced at Marik, then to the stones he'd placed for the spell to allow the spirits a form
Marik luckily understood him and sneakily picked up one of the stones, thus breaking the spell
Ryou looked at the man again and motioned him to join them at the fire
The man sat down near the fire, the light coming from the fire making it possible to inspect the man's appearance
//He does not look all that friendly. Watch out aibou\
/Ah, I will mou hitori no boku\
"So sir, you obviously know my name somehow, so how can I help you?" Ryou asked, inspecting the man thoroughly
"Actually, I've been sent to look for you, a certain Mr Mutou, Ishtar and Kaiba. I have something to offer"
"An offer huh?" Seto spoke up "Why don't you give us your name first?"
"My name is Severus Snape. I have been sent by Albus Dumbledore. He's headmaster of a school which offers you a chance to enrol" The man said looking around the group
"Bakurasan? Do you want us to go?" Ishizu asked
"No, that's fine, it's about Marik too isn't it?" Ryou said with a small smile
"And what kind of school are we talking about?" Yuugi asked, though the friends could hear it was Yami's voice
"Hogwarts, school of witchcraft and wizardry. We have come to the information that you've recently come to have a huge amount of magic. The headmaster is compelled to think that we might be able to bring some insight into your powers"
Marik snorted at that
"And why, pray tell, would you be able to help us at such a thing?" he asked, pulling the rod out of the loop on his trousers. He didn't trust the man one bit
"If you don't believe me, I have a question for Mr Kaiba. Has your little brother miraculously made things explode? Disappear? Relocated things?"
The man smirked as he saw Seto's mask slip, Shock written over the teen's face
"I take that as a yes then. Hogwarts is a boarding school, located in Scotland. We register who has the ability to use magic, and when they turn eleven, we send a letter with an invitation. I have also brought Mokuba Kaiba's letter," the man said holding up a parchment envelope.
"And if we would accept?" Yuugi spoke up
"Then, I'll give you your letters, you will be given the location of the wizarding shops to get your supplies and you'll be given tickets to the train which will bring you to the school."
"What Yuugi meant was, what could we expect, what is this magic you talk about?"
"We can do a lot of things. We have a potions class, a transfiguration class, turning things into something else, Defence against the dark arts, learning how to duel, spells to defend yourselves. Ancient runes, history of magic, divination-" the man stopped as he saw Ryou raise his head
"You aren't seriously interested in divination are you?" He asked incredulously
"Well, I won't be going" Seto spoke up
"Why not?" came the question from Ryou
"I have a company to run, and I'm certainly not leaving someone else in charge."
"I could do that"
Everyone whirled around, to see Jounouchi looking at Seto
"You offered me a job anyway, now you know what," Jounouchi said with a smile
"And why would I put a teenager in that position, one who hardly knows how to boot a computer, let alone how to be a businessman?" Seto asked crossing his arms
"One, you're a teenager to, two, I know how! And three, you can trust me better then those creeps in the office right?" He said with a smirk
"Who says I trust you, mutt?"
"Your past self"
"Jounouchi!" Yuugi said giving him a shove "We've got company remember!"
"Oops" Jounouchi said running a hand through his hair
It was silent for a while until the man spoke up again.
"You don't have to decide now. In a weeks time the headmaster will be visiting you himself. He will answer questions you may have, either way. I ask for discretion. Non magical people aren't to know about our world."
"And you trust all of us present to be magical?" Ishizu asked
"You all know each other, so you all know about the magic. Besides, who would believe you?" a smirk appeared
"I can think of enough people," Marik said in a malicious tone
The man stood up and looked him right in the eyes. For some reason he took a step back.
"I will take my leave then. One week, then the headmaster will pay you a visit."
He whirled around and stalked off
End flashback
Seto finally joined them at the table, owl on his shoulder
"Jounouchi already replied?" Ryou asked
"As soon as I arrived here I sent an owl. There aren't any probleem...at least, that's what the letter says..."
"You already miss each other don't you?" Yuugi asked teasing
He however didn't expect Seto to blush
"You two are really serious aren't you?"
"Like we've know each other for millennia" Seto said sarcastically, causing Ryou to almost choke on his drink
"What?" Hermione asked confused
"Just an ongoing conversation." Marik said sniggering
//So this is to be our home for a year?\ Yami asked sceptically
/The headmaster did say we could decorate it ourselves. Now we just have to argue about it becoming Japanese or Egyptian style\
((As long as it is liveable))
"Hey! How is Yami Bakura able to talk to us?" Yuugi asked turning to Ryou
Seto and Marik looked up, eyebrows raised
"How would I know?"
(You mean they can hear you?)
((It would seem that way wouldn't it yadonushi?))
"Don't call me that!" Ryou shouted out loud
"Bakura?" Seto asked standing up "What's going on?"
Ryou, shocked at Seto's concern looked up, his brown eyes hinted with an angry red
"That's none of your concern priest" thief Yami Bakura snapped
//That is uncalled for touzoku\ Yami scolded
((As much as that is!))
/What is wrong with you guys? If we don't want this new link, we'll just block it. So calm down Yami Bakura. Whatever you called Bakura-kun, it wasn't nice. He never shouts like that...\
((Don't you tell me what to do and what not to, little runt))
(Just stop it!)
((Sorry little one)) came the soft reply, before the thief shut the link
"Bakura-kun? Did your yami just apologise?" Yuugi asked
"It's a long story..."
Flashback
Bakura looked at the bleeding boy at his feet.
"Get up yadonushi. Get up!"
But the boy didn't move
He didn't move at all...
"Hey..."
He didn't...Gods. He'd gone to far
"Ryou, Ryou wake up."
What had he done? His host, no, his other...
He took over the body, and was assaulted with pain, so much pain.
But he got to his feet, stumbled over to the doorframe and slowly walked into the hall.
To hell with his pride. He'd hurt his host, his other was badly hurt... He had to get help
He walked over to the telephone and lifted it. His vision wavered but he shook his head to make it pass.
1...1...9...(1)
"Hello 119, what is the problem?" a voice came out of the device
"I-...I got attacked in an alley...I got home but...Please...h-...help"
then it went dark
The first thing he noticed when he woke up, was that he was still in control
((You there?)) He asked, turning inside
He sighed as he opened his eyes
What had he done? His pain tolerance was much higher, still he could feel it hurting all over his body
What made him do it though? He's struck his other before, but He never went further then a black eye...
It all came flooding back, He'd...his light had questioned his past. Had said that he hated him...
Ra... He had not been able to take the caring...Since when had he become so cold?
He snorted
The pharaoh would surely have an answer to that, he thought sarcastically
But...Ryou honestly wanted to get to know him. The boy had hoped to live next to his yami just as Yuugi did...
Why? Why had he always been so cruel to his other?
((Ryou are you there? Little one...please, I'm sorry...))
He returned to his soul room, the inky blackness he'd been calling his soul room...
But he didn't end up in the familiar blackness, it was a bit lighter, and an outline of a door could be seen. The door to his other's room...
He thought of his other, how the boy's soul room had been so cosy, but still dark, just when he had met him...
His other had dark secrets, even before he'd come and ruined his life...
We walked up to the door and slowly opened it.
This room had also changed...The room had lost some of its innocence...it had become darker. But the most important change to him, were the pictures lining the wall.
One wall was covered in pictures of his other and the pharaoh's host. Laughing and joking.
On the other wall were pictures of people he didn't know, he could somehow recognise them though. A beautiful woman, albino just like his other. She had the most beautiful smile and looked down. She was holding a toddler with curly blonde hair. Little Ryou stood at her legs, white hair falling into his face. A man stood behind the woman, dark tan, short blond hair, goofy grin on his face
These people had to be Ryou's family...But why was their picture on the wall along with pictures of bad things? A picture of him with a knife, a picture of some of his duel monsters, blood running down the wall.
Why in the name of the gods was the picture of his family on the wall with him? With his bloodshed?
He jumped also a feet into the air as he heard a sob behind him.
He turned around and saw Ryou lying on a pile of black pillows, curled up in the foetal position, crying
He kneeled down next to the pile of pillows and laid a hand on Ryou's shoulder.
"Little one?"
"Leave me alone..."
"I'm sorry little one. I'm so so so sorry..."
Ryou slowly turned around and looked at the spirit
"Yami, are you...crying?"
"I almost lost you. I should never have hurt you, I should never have touched you. But I did. And I almost went too far. I don't want to lose you. I realize now. You are more then a host. You are my other, my light. My little one"
End flashback
"Let me get this straight...Something happened, which by the way, you won't tell. That something made your other realize you are not a...how did he call it? Host? And now he's trying to make it up to you? Well sorry if I don't believe too much of it..." Seto spoke up sarcastically
"As long as Bakura-kun believes it Setokun" Yuugi spoke up
"Let's just drop this for now ok? Lets just get back to the problem at hand...decorating" Marik said whirling around
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The bits you had to know to get started. I hoped you liked my first chapter, my intro
Please review and let me know if you like it .
BTW
(1) 1-1-9 - Japan's version of 9-1-1 ...110 is for police, 119 for paramedics and the fire department