Disclaimer: Yu-gi-oh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.

A/N: Well, this is it. The last chapter of Ryou's birthday! I hope you have fun with this last (short) chapter.

Yugi stared down at the chaos reigning on the game board while a smug Yami Bakura reclined against the foot of the dungeon master's castle. How could one spirit cause so much confusion in one day? The blacksmith was interrogating everyone about his missing ladder, the bartender was to the point of throwing everyone out of the bar if he didn't get his quill and paper back, and townspeople everywhere were wondering about the strange fragments found magically floating on what seemed to be water.

"What did you do?" Yugi gasped. He certainly hadn't expected this when he forced Yami Bakura's soul into the RPG. He was quite sure Ryou wasn't going to be happy when he got back.

The figurine flashed an evil grin before looking up at the boy. "I had fun." Well, at least for the last bit, with everyone running around like crazy people. Then, he felt right at home in this board game.

Yami Bakura looked mildly amused as the bartender finally snapped, sending people scurrying from the bar and back to their houses. "And STAY OUT!!" he yelled at them. The spirit allowed himself another smirk.

"Why did you need paper?" Yugi wondered. It didn't make any sense at all to him that the spirit would need to write anything down.

"That is for me to know," he said with a snicker, "and you to find out…" He enjoyed watching the shiver travel down Yugi's small frame. Yugi couldn't help but flinch at Yami Bakura's words.

He was about to give in to his curiosity about the ladder too, when the door crashed open, making him jump and whirl around.

"Sorry," Ryou muttered. "Fan-girl…"

Even Bakura grimaced at that. He'd had so many encounters with fan-girls to last him another three millennia.

Ryou took the time to examine his game. "Looks like I was right about the dice," he commented offhandedly.

"You're not upset?" Yugi asked, fearing the worst.

The white-haired hikari gave a shrug. "I knew it wasn't going to be pretty." With that, he turned to Yugi and whispered, "Why do you have to put him back?"

Yugi sighed; he'd been expecting this question. "He always finds his way back anyway. It's better to know when he does."

"Oh…" Ryou wasn't thrilled with the idea, but had to admit it made sense. "I guess you should probably get on with it then."

Yugi placed his hands around his Millennium Puzzle and it began to glow. Ryou hoped that the spirit being put back wouldn't be as disastrous as when he was ripped out. Just to be sure, he stood away from anything he could fall onto. Yugi shot him a questioning glance, and Ryou nodded.

Just like before, there was a bright flash, and Ryou threw his arm over his eyes to keep from being blinded again. Even so, he had to blink away the shimmering spots. "Is that it?" Ryou asked, noticing a dying light from his Ring.

"Yeah…" Yugi said, smiling sadly. "So, did you have fun while it lasted?"

Ryou responded with a bright grin. "Yes, I don't remember the last time I was actually alone, even if it did get interrupted…Thank you."

Yugi giggled. "No problem. I'll see you tomorrow at school?"

"Of course!" Yugi walked slowly out of the apartment while Ryou turned off the computer to his RPG. He located the ladder easily enough, but it took him a while to find the paper and quill in the figurine's pocket. He couldn't make out any of the squiggles on the paper. They were probably hieroglyphics, Ryou supposed. He placed the items back and gathered up the pieces to his smashed dice. Even through the clean-up, Ryou couldn't help but smile, trying his best to remember everything that had happened. Finally, he gave up and went to bed, wishing for happy dreams through the night.

The End

A/N: And so ends Ryou's day! And that ends my very first completed chapter fic ever! Thanks to everyone who read and my reviewers who pushed me to finish this. Please review and say if you liked it or not. I'll try to get started on the sequel to this soon, but college is crazy. I wrote this chapter after finishing two three-page papers for tomorrow! The sequel will be my first attempt at horror, so if you don't like stuff like that, you should probably stay very far away…Be back soon (I hope).