Unfortunately, I still do not own Yu-Gi-Oh and somehow don't think I ever will.

(However, I do own my OC Rita).

The King's Thief

Chapter Two

Rita arrived at school the following day to find her new friends waiting for her at the front gate. They said their good mornings and began to walk into school.

"What's your first class today Rita?" Tea asked.

Rita pulled the timetable she was given the previous day out of her skirt pocket and looked under Tuesday's heading.

"Um… History."

"That's the same as me." Yugi commented. "We can go class together. The others have math"

"Eww math!" Joey and Tristen moaned, sticking their tongues out.

Rita chuckled.

The group went to their lockers and collected the necessary books for their lessons. Tea, Joey and Tristen said goodbye to Yugi and Rita but agreed to meet by the lockers after 2nd period.

"Are you from Domino?" Yugi asked as they walked through the halls to first period.

Rita nodded. "Yes, I have lived here my whole life. My father runs a Shinto Shrine and my mother home schooled me."

"Why did they decide to send you to high school now then?" he asked curiously.

"My mother passed away recently."

"Oh… I'm so sorry to hear that Rita."

"What about you?" she asked, changing the subject. "Have you always lived in Domino?"

Yugi nodded. "Yup, I live with my grandfather, he runs a game shop not far from school.

"Wow! You must play duel monsters then." Rita presumed.

Yugi was caught off guard, he was surprised she didn't know that already, everyone else in Domino knew he was the best at the game.

"I do, do you?" he asked.

Rita shook her head. "No." To be honest I had never really heard of it until yesterday. I saw a lot of kids playing in the school courtyard. It looked interesting so I stopped and watched for a bit."

"It's a lot of fun." Yugi said.

"Well you'll have to teach me some time."

"Sure thing. Hey why don't come by my grandfather's game shop after school and we could look at getting a deck started for you."

"That would be great!" Rita exclaimed as they walked through the classroom door. The bell sounded and they took their seats.

The teacher walked in and their lesson began.

Rita found the morning went by pretty quickly. She had just finished lunch and excused herself from the group. She left the cafeteria and made her way outside, she needed to call her father and knew mobile phones were prohibited on school grounds so she hid herself behind a tree to make the call. She dialled his number; only a few rings later and there was an answer.

"Hello?"

"Hi dad, it's just me." Rita greeted.

"Rita! Hi, is everything ok?"

"Everything is fine dad. How are you?"

"I'm good just having lunch, it's been quite a busy morning here."

"That's good, busy is good."

"And how is school today?"

"School's fine. I'm calling because one of my new friends invited me to visit his grandfather's game shop after school and I was wondering if I could go. It's not far, walking distance from school in fact. I won't stay long I promise."

There was a long silence before Rita spoke again.

"Please dad, I won't be too late." She begged.

"What is your friend's name?"

"Yugi, Yugi Muto."

"And where is his shop?"

"It's the Kame Game Shop down on Bank Street."

There was another long silence while her father contemplated letting her go.

"Alright." He gave in "But call me when you go to leave and don't be too late, I'll keep your dinner in the oven."

"Thank you dad!"

"Have a good afternoon."

"Bye dad"

"Goodbye Rita"

After hanging up Rita couldn't help but smile, her father was very strict and she knew he did not like her going out. She spent most of her time either helping him with the shrine or living life through one of her many books. She put her phone back in her bag and began walking back to the school building.

On her way to her next class she realised she did not have the science book she needed for class so she detoured swiftly back to her locker and hoped she would not be late. She fumbled about her locker trying to find the right book and while she did she managed to drop another on the floor. The bell for next class rang, cursing under her breathe she picked up the book, threw it in the locker and shut the door. She turned on her heels but stopped immediately, letting out a gasp when she saw something completely out of the ordinary.

Only a few metres away from her stood what appeared to be a ghost. The ghost of a young man, a spirit of some sort. Rita's eyes stayed locked to it, it had yet to move and seemed to be waiting for her to do so first.

Bakura stood in front of the girl, she looked right at him, not through him like everyone else but at him, as if she could see him.

Why could she see him? In 5000 years he had yet to cross someone, aside from the Pharaoh, who could see him unless he had taken over his host's body.

'Impossible!' Bakura thought. 'There's no way she could see me.'

He took a step forward and when he did he noticed Rita was quick to take a step back. Bakura stopped, his eyes narrowed.

"You can see me." he spoke.

The second bell sounded signalling the start of class. Rita didn't answer the strange man but instead sprinted past him and to her class.

She ran as fast as she could not looking back. When she got to class she was out of breath but managed to apologise to the teacher for being late, making up some excuse about getting lost on the way. The teacher accepted her excuse and she took her seat quickly, her hands shook while she pulled her science text book from her bag. She tried to take down the notes the teacher had begun to write, somewhat unrecognisably on the board, but she just could not concentrate. She studied the room looking to see if the ghost has followed her there. She couldn't see him but instead noticed another boy at the other end of the class. He was a quiet boy, a loner really, she had seen him around before but was yet to know his name, and it appeared as he sat by himself, he had no friends. She got chills down her spine as she realised he looked identical to the ghost she had just seen in the hallway, yet this 'real version' was slightly more innocent looking. Rita thought she could have convinced herself it was actually him that she saw should the ghost have not spoken to her nor displayed a long, intimidating scar under its right eye.

Rita noticed the young boy in class look up toward her, he smiled at her but she put her head back down and continued writing.

Thankfully for Rita, her ghost did not disturb her in class.

After school she met with Yugi and his friends and soon they made it on their way to the Kame Game Shop. Joey thought it wise to fill Rita in on the rules of duel monsters along the way and it made her forget her disturbing afternoon at school.

"The two main ways to win in duel monsters Rita is to eliminate your opponents life points to zero, or by having them draw a card without having any more cards left in their deck. A strong deck not only has strong monster cards but also spell cards and trap cards."

Rita nodded as he explained.

"You seem to know an awful lot about duel monsters Joey, do you compete in any tournaments?" she asked.

"You bet I do! I was runner up at Duelist Kingdom and in the semi-finals at Battle City!" he boasted.

"Wow really?"

"Didn't Yugi tell ya he's the world champion?"

Rita looked to Yugi who just blushed.

"Really?" She asked again.

"You'll hardly see these two not playing duel monsters." Tea laughed.

"Do you play also Tea?" Rita asked.

"Not very well." Joey laughed.

"Hey!" she pushed him to the side. "I used to beat you all the time until Yugi's Grandpa taught you!"

"Well, I feel privileged to be learning from the best." Rita laughed.

It wasn't long before the group arrived at the game shop. Rita was quickly introduced to Yugi's grandfather as their new friend and an aspiring new duellist. They all chipped in, including Grandpa, to help her construct her very first deck. Rita pointed out a few cards she liked the look of including D.D. Warrior Lady. On selecting that card she decided to construct her deck around a light attribute.

Once her deck had been constructed they went upstairs to the living room and Joey challenged Rita to her first duel. Joey seemed to go easy on her however, she was still not victorious.

"Don't worry Rita, I never won my first game either but you played great! I've just been playing longer than you."

"Joey's right Rita," Yugi began "With a little more practice you'll be an expert."

"It's a lot harder than it looks." Rita concluded.

"Bring your deck to school tomorrow and I'll give you another game at lunch." Joey suggested.

Rita nodded. "Alright, that sounds good."

She looked outside and noticed the sun had begun to set.

"I better get going." Tea said. "My mom will be worrying."

"Yeah, me too." Tristan agreed.

Rita stood with them both and Joey and Yugi walked them to the door.

"Tristen is going to take me home on his motorbike." Tea informed Rita. "Where do you live?"

"Not far from here." Rita responded "I'm just going to walk. "It will only take me about ten minutes." She estimated.

"Alright, see you tomorrow!" Tea called.

"Bye Tea! Bye guys!"

"Bye Rita" they all chorused.

Rita headed down the street in the direction of her home. She pulled out her mobile and called her father to let him know she was on her way. He seemed to be relieved she was coming home, she knew all he would have done was worry all evening. She ended the call and stopped walking to enable her to put the phone back away in her shoulder bag. On looking back up she was frightened to see she was no longer on the street but somehow in the shadows of the night. There was nothing around her, no buildings nor people just… darkness.

Her heart raced as she saw a figure emerge from the shadows before her. She couldn't see the face of the person but her subconscious told her already knew who it was. Her suspicion was confirmed as the scarred ghost from earlier in the day was made visible before her.

"What do you want?" she asked; her voice quivering with fear.

Hi everyone, thanks for all the follows and favorites. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, gee Bakura is such a creep (but such a gorgeous creep none the less!)

Wow it is almost the end of the year! How crazy is that! I need to make a resolution, any ideas? I always think I'll start a journal or diary of something and I write like one entry on New Year's Day and then completely forget about it. Has anyone actually kept a resolution? My other thought was to start a bucket list (I watched the movie The Bucket List the other day) but I wouldn't really know what to put down apart from places I'd like to visit… anyway let me know if you have any awesome ideas for my bucket list or even just cool places to visit. I've always wanted to go to Barcelona because my favourite author is from there and he writes all his books with his character's living there. Carlos Ruiz Zafon if anyone is interested. Great writer.

New chapter soon. (But only if I get some reviews teehee)