Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh.

Author: It's late, I'm tired. *Passes out*

Ryou walked down the cold, dark road, the streetlights had been shut off and all the stores were closed. "There's not a soul in sight but I feel like I'm being watched." He said through chattering teeth. He couldn't even remember how he got to a street he never saw before, but he was there and his mission was to find someone to help him. After what seemed to be hours of walking he came across a store with it's lights on. "Ah, finally! They must have a phone I can borrow!" He ran to through the open door and quickly scanned the store. There was nothing, no tables, no shelves to hold items, no decorations, nothing at all. "How odd, maybe they just moved in."

He continued walking around the empty room, he felt like there was something he was missing. "Huh? Did I just head something?" He paused for a moment in hopes to hear the noise again. "Maybe not, I guess it was just wishful thinking." The white haired boy sighed before turning around to exit the shop, but then the noise happened again. "It almost sounds like someone mumbling." He pressed his ear to the wall, and heard it again. This time it was clear enough for him to decipher words. 'That's a voice!' He pushed the majority of his body weight onto the wall so that he could hear anything that went on behind it.

"Heeeeyy! My deck has a bunch of strong monsters in it there's no way you could have won. No way!" A male voice whined.

"Well Joey it's because you don't own enough spell and trap cards to protect your monsters." A calm, young boys voice giggled.

"Whaaa? You're telling me I don't only need cards to power up my monster, but to also protect them? Man this game is complicated." The other voice replied.

"Well everything is complicated to you Joe." Another voice gloated.

"Ahahaha –Ey, that's not funny- hahaha" They all laughed.

Ryou smiled as well, he didn't understand what they were joking about but he enjoyed happy scenes. 'I wish I could meet these people they seem kind.' Ryou put more of his weight on the wall and felt it start to give in. Within seconds the white haired eavesdropper found himself in a completely new room covered in wall rubble. "Ouch.." Ryou winced.

"Woah are you okay?" A familiar voice asked. Ryou looked up to see a young boy look down at him with worry in his eyes. The boy had bright amethyst eyes and purplish black hair with oddly styled blonde bangs. Infact the boy's entire hairstyle itself was odd.

"Eyy, what's the big idea?" Another voice asked. A tall, slender, blonde teen stormed up behind the other boy. He had deep brown eyes, and the expression on his face didn't seem too nice.

"Be nice Joey." A young girl ran up and bent down to Ryou and put one hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright? Do you need an ambulance?" She asked. Her bright blue eyes filled with concern.

"Move outta the way Tea; old Tristan is here to save the day" A strong voice said. Tea did as she was told, and the Tristan character picked Ryou out of the wall rubble like it was nothing. He had light caramel skin, and pointy, but stylish, black hair, with warm brown eyes to match. Bakura couldn't believe how nice all these people were after he crashed through the wall, well aside from the blonde.

"I- I'm fine. I'm very sorry for intruding in such a horrible way. I was lost and found a store. It was empty but I kept hearing voices. I leaned against the wall hoping I could understand where they where coming from but the wall seemed to have collapsed." Bakura explained once he got onto his own two feet. He saw that everyone in the room was looking at him like he was insane. 'Well I did just knock down their wall' He thought, a blank look in his eyes.

"I'm sorry but we doesn't have any neighboring stores. The place you crashed in from was the outside wall." The purple eyed boy corrected him kindly.

"Ha! I knew this guy was a weirdo. You know what? He probably just was aching to duel me so badly that he broke through the walls." The "Joey" man said while pointing at himself. His attitude quickly changed when the Tea girl grabbed his ear. "You haven't won one match against anyone! And you think that some random kid would crash through the walls to duel you? Please." She groaned.

"What? I was just walking down a dark street, all the shops where closed. And the one I found led me here." Ryou explained again.

"But it's 5 in the afternoon, how was there a dark street when the sun is beating down?" Tristan asked. He turned to the purple eyed boy who held a concerned look on his face

"Well who ever you are don't worry about the damage; my Grandpa was planning to put a new wall over there anyways. It had become dangerously thin. Now this will just give him more incentive to do it." He smiled. "What's your name by the way?"

"I'm Ryou, Ryou Bakura."

"Well I'm Joey, you know I like you Bakura. You seem like a nice guy." The Blonde seemed to have teleported over to him and wrapped his arm around said nice guy.

"I'm Tea." The girl smiled.

"I'm Tristan, it's nice to meet you Bakura." The black haired boy smiled as well.

"And I-"

"Huh?" Ryou looked around to see the entire room had gone black and white. No one was moving either. "Are you guys alright?" Ryou asked he waved his hand in front of their faces but no one would move. A small portal of purple and black substance opened up. Ryou backed away in fear. 'What is that?' The portal spit out a gold item. He caught it and held it up. "What? The ring?" Soon the entire room and its inhabitants became engulfed by the portal. He watched as his new friends slowly disintegrated into the darkness. "No! Wait!" Ryou yelled as he reached his hand out to the frozen bodies but they all disappeared too quickly.

Ryou felt his other hand burn like he had set it on a hot stove top. He looked down to see the ring had begun to glow. He tried to let it go, but it was like his body wouldn't let him loosen his grip. Soon his energy felt like it was slipping away. He dropped to the floor, and closed his eyes trying to ignore the burning pain. "Sleep." A voice whispered. "But my new friends." He whispered as the last of the purple eyed boy disappeared.

Steps: Reference Ryou's dream in the story below. Change all or the majority of "Bakura" sentences and change them to "Ryou" sentences in the story above.

Ryou's eyes shot open. He quickly rose up and looked around. "My room… It was just a nightmare." He let out a sigh of relief. He directed his attention to his clock. "Wow its 7:30. I've been asleep for a while." He couldn't help but let flashbacks of his nightmare run through his head. 'I can't believe that was just a dream. It all felt so real. Plus those people, they didn't seem like anything I could just make up.' He broke his thoughts to remember his current real-life situation.

'I hope father was able to find everyone.' He took a deep breath before pushing himself out of beed. He noticed that his drawing had been moved to his bedside table. Moments later he realized that someone had drawn on it as well.

'I wonder if Amane did this.' Ryou picked up the paper and examined it. Not much had changed except in the middle of the triangle an odd looking eye had been drawn, by what could have only been an expert artist. The shading around the eye was top notch, the lines had certain textures that'd seemed to pop out and be real. 'It couldn't have been Amane… But who then? Dad? This eye does look like something he'd find at one of his excavations.' He set the paper down and went to exit his room. Just as his hand reached for the knob, the door was knocked on.

"Ryou? Do you mind if I come in for a moment?" His dad's voice asked calmly.

"Of course father!" Ryou happily swung open the door and was greeted a warm smile. Ryou couldn't help but feel something was a little false about it this time.

"Did everything go over well with Mom and Amane?" Ryou asked. "Yes son, everything is alright. Did you have a nice nap?" Miles asked, his voice was calm and caring, but his face was filled with what a normal person would call guilt.

"Yes, I guess you did come in to check on me then?" Ryou was answered with a nod. "Does that mean you drew this eye on my picture? It looks great dad! I'm going to keep it in a special frame once I can find one." Ryou held up the picture. Miles took a step back and gasped.

"Wh-wher-.. Why did you draw that? Where did you get that idea from?" He asked horrified that his son had drawn the cursed ring he found in the ruins. 'No one has even seen that ring yet except me. How did he draw it?' Miles tried to regain his composure but sweat continued to drip down his face.

"I had a dream about it. What's wrong dad? You drew on it, why are you so shocked by it now?" Ryou cocked his head to the side. "I guess you didn't draw on it then, maybe it was Mom." Ryou spoke quietly to himself.

"No son, it's just I.."Miles stared at his son, sweat dripping down his nose. 'Give him the Ring now!' Hissed the voice in his head. "I brought you home a present, and yes I did draw that eye. Just so it would fit your gift." Miles lied.

"A present, that is similar to the ring I drew?" Ryou frowned; he wasn't one for freaky coincidences.

"Well maybe it just means it was meant for you! I found it in the tombs near a Egyptian coffin and some canopic jars. I hope you like it son." Miles smiled. He heard a dark laugh as he removed a necklace from his neck. He pulled out from his collar the exact ring that Ryou had drawn.

"Here son, this is for you." He held the ring out, his hand shaking wildly. Sweat continued to fall from his face. Was he really about to give his son an evil spirit? One who would take over his mind? That would take away any form of future life he could obtain? All to save his leftover family? He narrowed his eyesbrows. 'Yes, I must! My son, forgive me. I hope one day you can come to understand this sacrifice.' With that the Gold ring left his hands, and the start of a new life for his son began.

He watched in horror as Ryou smiled at the ring.

"Wow Dad, this looks exactly like the Ring we drew together. This is so neat, I bet it's even though you left the house you were still here in spirit. So when I was dreaming you entered my mind and showed me my future present. This is the greatest!" Ryou hugged his father, a tear falling from his eye.

"I'm so glad you could be a part of our family son." Miles held on tight to Ryou. Moments later they released each other, and Bakura put the gold chain around his neck. The ring was now his, forever.

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-Father.

Well that was the end of chapter two. R&R Thank you for reading and commenting on this. I hope I can still get criticism for mistakes I make along the way. As for that message you can try to decipher it. Downside up and turned around might help you out. But I'll be posting a translation next chapter. In the meantime please review. Any tips would be helpful. And YES Bakura might become a fan of a certain card game very soon.

Stay safe.