Shukura: Hey everybody sorry for the long wait. College life is hectic and I have not had a lot of free time to work on this fanfic or any of the other fanfics that I plan on writing.

Red: Shukura here has also had a bad case of writers block

Shukura: While I hate to admit it, I did have a bad case of writers block when it came to this chapter after I had half of this chapter written.

Red: You had half of this chapter written and then you then had writers block

Shukura: Yep.

Red: That sucks.

Shukura: I know.

Red: Your turn to do the Disclaimer

Shukura: I does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of the characters used in this fanfic except for the OC Characters. Songs used in this fanfiction also belong to their rightful owners. I also mention a television series however I will not go into details describing the show however I will give a little bit of information at the end of this chapter in case anyone wants to check it out.

Red: The song used in this chapter is "Song of the Sea(Lullaby)" by Nolwenn Leroy. If you want to listen to the song, you can find it on YouTube.


Important Notes about the Story:

[ location, date, and time.]

{POV}

"talking "

'thinking'

"singing"

/mind link/


Chapter 2: Meeting the Thief And Tomb Keeper

[Modern day Japan, Domino City, Apartment complex, August 1, 10pm]

In the middle of the night at an apartment complex in room 3B, in the living room sat two young teens. One of the teens having long snow white hair and bright brown eyes. His skin color being very pale, making his eyes seem darker than they were. Wearing lavender pajama pants and matching pajama shirt that appeared to be a tad bit to big for him. A golden bracelet with the images of a staff imprinted into it on his right wrist.

The other teen having long sandy blond hair and lavender eyes. His skin having a permanent tan, making his lavender eyes stand out. Wearing gray pajama pants and matching pajama shirt that fit him perfectly. A golden bracelet with the images of an encircled triangle with five spikes imprinted into it on his left wrist. Both teen looking down into the two boxes on the table in front of them.

In front of them sat two open packages sent them from Egypt one by the pale teens' father and the other by the tan teens' adoptive older brother. Inside the one box sat an encircled triangle with five spikes attached to a leather strap making it look like a necklace and in the other box sat a staff with a ball with wings at one end. With a sigh the albino teen looked at his friend and said, " These look like the symbols on our bracelets Malik."

With a nod, Malik said, "That they do Ryou." Picking up the millennium rod, Malik continued, "I for one thought that I left the millennium rod back in Egypt when I came here to Japan. Why don't you put the millennium ring on to see how it looks on you." Ryou looked at Malik with an annoyed look as he picked up the ring and places the around his neck. As soon as the millennium ring was safely around Ryou's neck, the ring and rod both began to glow a bright yet dark light causing both teens to cover their eyes.

Soon after the light had faded the two teens opened their eyes to see two see-through teens in front of them. Both of the see-through teen had the same color skin as Malik, if not darker. The taller of the two see-through teens looked like Malik, however his hair was spiked up in all different directions, his hair making him look taller than he really is and he had a more muscular built ,wearing black pajamas that looked like Malik's. The other see-through teen had snow white hair similar to Ryou's although his was a lot more messier. His eyes looked like brownish red color however his right eye looked slightly clouded with a four stitch scar under it. He is also wearing dark purple almost black pajamas that looked like Ryou's and his built being the same as his see-through companion.

"Who are you," asked Malik and Ryou at the same time, fear apparent in their voices. The see-through teens chuckled at their reaction and then the white haired one said, "I'm the spirit that has been sealed inside of the millennium ring for five-thousand years. Also my name is Bakura, and if you piss me off you'll be sorry."

The see-through teen that looked a lot like Malik said, "I'm the spirit that has been sealed inside of the millennium rod for five-thousand years. The names Marik, nice to meet you both. Piss me off and I'll gut you with the millennium rod." "So what are your names,"asked Bakura as he took a step closer to Malik. "My name is Malik and this is Ryou,"said Malik in a timid voice as he introduced not only himself but his friend. Ryou gave a timid wave of his hand. Bakura and Marik began to laugh as they saw the fear on the two teens faces.

All of a sudden the sound of distant crying stopped the two spirit's laughter and cause the two living teens to gasp. "Oh no! Thabit,"yelled Malik at the same time as Ryou yelled,"Olabisi," and the two teens ran out of the room. Confused on were the crying was coming from Marik and Bakura followed Ryou and Malik. The two spirits followed the sound of the crying which led them to a opened door. Peering into the room a surprised look over came the two spirits faces.

The room looked like a typical nursery as it had a crib, changing table and other thing that you would find in a nursery. There was also a twin sized bed in the room. But what surprised the two spirits were the four occupants in the room. A tan infant with short white hair was currently crying as it was being gently rocked in Malik's arms. Ryou currently was sitting on the twin sized bed hugging a little girl about three years old, with darker skin than Ryou's but lighter than Malik's tan skin and with the same color hair as Marik and Malik

The two spirits just stood there and watched as the two teens tried to comfort the two crying children. Ryou started to humming a melody before singing:

"Hush now - my story

Close your eyes and sleep

Waltzing the waves

Diving the deep

Stars are shining bright

The wind is on the rise

Whispering words

Of long lost lullabies"

Humming the melody as Ryou was singing, Malik began singing as well.

"Oh won't you come with me

Where the Moon is made of gold

And in the morning sun

We'll be sailing

Oh won't you come with me

Where the ocean meets the sky

And as the clouds roll by

We'll sing the song of the sea"

"Those two sound like girls," whispered Bakura, as Malik started so sing by himself.

I had a dream last night

And heard the sweetest sound

I saw a great white light

And dancers in the round

Castles in the sand

Cradles in the trees

Don't cry – I'll see you by and by

Marik nodding in agreement with Bakura's statement as Ryou joined Malik in singing.

"Oh won't you come with me

Where the Moon is made of gold

And in the morning sun

We'll be sailing

Oh won't you come with me

Where the ocean meets the sky

And as the clouds roll by

We'll sing the song of the sea"

The two spirits started to hum along as the two continued to sing.

"Rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling...

Oh won't you come with me

Where the Moon is made of gold

And in the morning sun

We'll be sailing free

Oh won't you come with me

Where the ocean meets the sky

And as the clouds roll by

We'll sing the song of the sea," the two teens sang in a low voice as they finished the lullaby.

Both children had fallen asleep before the lullaby was even finished. Ryou tucked in the little girl as Malik tucked the infant back into his crib. The two than walked towards the door and gestured for the two spirits to go into the hallway. With all four of them now in the hallway and the door to the children's room now slightly closed, Ryou said," Sorry, but it's really late and we need to get some sleep. So please be quiet."

Ryou walked to the door opposite of the children's room on the left side of a small table that happened to be in the hall way against the wall and placed the millennium ring on the table. "Yeah We don't need to wake up Olabisi and Thabit. We can all talk in the morning hopefully before the kids wake up,"said Malik as he placed the millennium rod down on the table beside the millennium ring and walked into the room to the right of the table.

Bakura and Marik both sighed as Ryou and Malik went into their rooms for the night. "Something tells me that the key to our freedom and the return of all of our memories lies within those four," said Marik. Bakura nodded in agreement and said, "For some reason that infant, Thabit looks familiar. Like I have seen him before. Well I will see you in the morning Marik." With that Bakura disappeared back into the millennium ring. "That girl, Olabisi, I think I know her as well as Ryou. Hopefully we can get some answers soon," Marik said to himself. In an instant, Marik disappeared into the millennium rod. Unknown to the occupants of the apartment, the bracelets, the millennium rod and the millennium ring started to glow throughout the night.


[August 2, 6:00 am]

The following morning, the bright light from the morning sun filtered through the windows, Ryou's face scrunched up as the light hit him in the face causing him to wake up. Upon opening his eyes he came face to face with a sleeping Marik. 'Why is Marik in my bed? How is he solid, ' thought Ryou as he tried to sit up, but he found that he couldn't do to the fact Marik had an arm around his waist. With a sigh Ryou gently begins to shake Marik's shoulder in order to wake him up. Marik grumbled and tighten his grip around Ryou's waist.

The door to Ryou's room opened and the little girl from the night before walked into the room. Ryou being able to just barely look over Marik's shoulder looked at the girl and asked, "Olabisi, sweetheart, can you help me wake him up please?" Olabisi nodded than walked up to the bed and climbed onto it. Feeling the movements that Olabisi was making, Marik opened his eyes to see Ryou in his arms and Olabisi beginning to climb over him. With Ryou keeping his eyes on Olabisi so that she doesn't get hurt, Marik quickly grabs Olabisi and puts her in between him and Ryou.

Olabisi burst into a fit of giggles when Marik grabbed her and put her in between the two occupants of the bed. "What are you doing crawling on top of me,"asked Marik as he smiled at the young girl, unable to be mad at her for waking him up because of how cute she looked as she giggled. "Mama asked me to help wake you up," said Olabisi in between her giggles as her bright brown eyes shine with glee. Marik looked up at Ryou and asked, "Mama?" With a bland look Ryou said, "Don't ask."

The look on Marik's face clearly showed that he would ask later, however a few things suddenly crossed his mind. 'How in the name of Ra am I solid,' Marik thought as he sat up in the bed. No longer being held in Marik's arms Ryou got up out of bed and headed to the door. "Well I'm going to make breakfast, "said Ryou as he stepped out the door. Olabisi and Marik both got up and followed Ryou all the way to the kitchen.

In the kitchen Ryou and Olabisi began working on making breakfast as Marik sat in one of the chairs at the kitchen table. 'If I'm solid then that might mean Bakura is solid too.,' Marik thought. "So, who are you mister,"asked Olabisi as she looked at Marik. Marik looked at her and said, "My name is Marik." Olabisi smiled and said, "My name is Olabisi." Ryou looked at Marik and said, "It is a good thing that I like cooking so I don't mind making extra food this morning." Marik muttered a small thank you as he continued to think about how it was possible for him to solid and whether or not Bakura became solid or not. Ryou continued to cook as Olabisi helped him.


[Malik's Room]

As the bright morning sun filled the room, Bakura woke up to find that he was not in the millennium ring but in a bed surrounded by warmth. Sitting up Bakura looked around the room. As he looked at the room he felt movement beside him on his right. Bakura looked down to see Malik curled up against him. 'What in the name of Ra is going on here. ' Bakura thought as he looked down at Malik. As quickly and as quietly as he could, Bakura got out of the bed.

However his movements caused Malik to stir. With a groan Malik stretched and opened his eyes to see Bakura staring at him. "What are you doing in my room? And how are you solid," asked Malik. Bakura shrugged his shoulders as he said, "I don't know. All I remember is going into the millennium ring last night after you and Ryou went to bed."

Malik got out of bed and looked down at the bracelet on his wrist and said, "Maybe the stories about the bracelets are true. I'll tell you later, right now I need to check on Thabit. " Bakura gave Malik a nod as he followed Malik out of the room. The smell of food and the noise coming from the kitchen told them that they were not the only ones awake. Malik walked into the open nursery and looked down into the crib to find Thabit awake. Picking Thabit up, Malik said, "Well my little thief its time for breakfast." Thabit giggled and said, "Beakfast!" Malik turned to the doorway to see Bakura smirking at him. The three then headed to the kitchen.

Walking into the kitchen they see Ryou putting waffles, scrambled eggs and bacon on four plates and waffles and scrambled eggs on two smaller plates. "Good morning ," said Ryou and Olabisi at the same time as Marik just nodded his head as Ryou put a plate of food in front of him. Malik walked over and put Thabit in his highchair and then sat down to the right of the highchair while Bakura sat down on the left side. "Good Morning," said Malik as Ryou put a plate in front of him than an other plate in front of Bakura. Olabisi sat down to the right of Marik as Ryou put one of the smaller plates in front of her and the other smaller plate on the tray of the highchair for Thabit. Ryou sat down to the left of Olabisi with his plate of food in front of him. "Well, we all better eat before our food gets cold," said Ryou.


[6:30 am]

After finishing breakfast all of the dishes were placed in the sink and Olabisi took Thabit into the living room to watch Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics as they did every morning after breakfast.. Ryou, Marik and Bakura remained in their seats as Malik washed the dishes since it was his turn to do the dishes. As Malik washed dished he said, " There is a total of three bracelets. The one Ryou is wearing is connected to the Millennium Rod and the one that I'm wearing is connected to the Millennium Ring. The third bracelet belongs to our friend Yugi and it is connected to the Millennium Puzzle which I believe he might solve soon if he has not already solved it."

Bakura growled at the mention of the Millennium Puzzle. Ryou looked at Bakura and asked, "What's wrong?" Malik giggled as he said, "Bakura most likely don't like the Pharaoh who sealed his soul inside the Millennium Puzzle and sealed his memories to save his people." At those words Bakura looked up at Malik and said, "The Pharaoh sealed his memories." Malik gave Bakura a nod as he finished the dishes and said, "He most likely does not remember his own name. But the two of you remember your own names even though the three of you have been sealed inside the Millennium items for the same amount of time."

Malik sat down in his seat at the table as Ryou asked, "Do either of you remember the Pharaoh's name?" Bakura shook his head in a negative response while Marik said, "I remember his name but I cannot tell you. If I tell anyone it will be the Pharaoh himself." The other three at the table gave Marik a look of understanding. Malik looked at Ryou and said, "I think it is time to cash in that favor that Kaiba owes us."

Ryou gave Malik a nod as he got up and picked up the phone off of the kitchen wall by door way. Malik looked at Bakura and Marik and said, "Let's go check on the children while Ryou make the phone call." The two former spirits followed Malik into the living room to check on Olabisi and Thabit. Ryou picked up the phone and dialed Seto Kaiba's number. After a minute later Ryou said, "Malik and I need to cash in that favor you owe us."


Shukura: Hey everybody sorry for long wait for this chapter. College life has been hectic, but now that it is summer I might be able to have more time to write. Hopefully, Chapter 3 will be up soon. However, I can't make any promises. The show that I mentioned in this chapter is Grimm's Fairy tale Classics. It is a Japanese anime anthology series by Nippon Animation. You can find the episodes on YouTube. Please Review.