Hello again my friends!

So here I am again, on my iPod, attempting to start the next chapter. Unfortunately, I believe my last chapter was a bit of a fail. I'm sorry about that.

In other news, I haven't found the 'insert hacker' since he doesn't like Hetalia, Kuribohs, or cookies, I will have to think of another idea.

Oh! Speaking of ideas, I had a perfect idea for what to happen in one of the chapters! I know a certain SOMEONE will be pleased with it. So I had better write it down now, and then work on this chapter. But I had better do it fast before I forget what I planned for THIS chapter!

Which is absolutely nothing, I suppose.

So, let's begin!
*goes to write other chapter*

I'd better do something before she forgets...

*Comes back*
YAY IM BACK! Now what was that idea again?
*looks*
Oh it appears I have already started writing! That's good!

But I don't remember doing that...

*snickers*

Oh whatever...

Oh! I almost forgot!

A quick recap: After having tested the absence of the Millenium Ring and hanging out with Yugi and the others, Bakura and his new kitten, Kuriby, head home. On the way, Bakura bumps into Marik again, who finally figures out that the "Bakura" he's been talking to is actually Bakura's host, Ryou. Then, in a totally cracktastic chapter sequence, Bakura goes home and ponders his other self's relationship with Marik, Marik goes back to his hotel room and has two flashbacks, and Kuriby forgets to give Bakura back the card he threw at Marik to escape.

A note within the Author's Note: the hotels mentioned in this chapter are not real. Do not attempt to look up the hotels or try to get a room next toons of Marik's rooms because they don't exist. Ergo, you will be unsucessful.

Ok now...

*goes to look at other chapter*
*finds nothing*
Apparenty, she can't write the next chapter before she finishes this chapter...
So here we go...

ENJOY~!


Bakura woke up at the same time he woke up the previous day.
Speaking of yesterday...
Memory check!

Good, no memory gaps.

He looked over at the Millenium Ring on the wall opposite from him. It was still firmly nailed in place. He then looked over at the string on the chair. Still cut and still tied.

Smiling happily, Bakura went to make breakfast for himself.

"Mew."

And Kuriby.

After breakfast, Bakura lounged in his room for a few minutes, wondering what to do today. He sat in a chair for a few seconds before realizing that it was the chair that the string was attached to.

"Bloody fail, how did I not notice?"

Remembering an idea he had yesterday, Bakura suddenly had an idea of what he should do today.

He went to his desk to get something. Then he came across an unfamiliar little slip of paper that had an address on it.

Reading the address aloud, he realized that it was the address of a hotel the same distance away from him that he was from Yugi's house.

"What a weird coincidence," he said aloud, not bothering to wonder why he even had the paper or trying to remember when he put it there. He shoved it into his pocket.

Then he picked up Kuriby and put him on his head. The little kitten purred happily because he was super comfy.

Kuriby mentally made a note of the fact that this was his new favorite spot and he knew where he was sleeping tonight. (for some reason, we know what he is thinking)

Bakura grabbed some money, his keys, and his deck. Secretly, he only carried it around with him everywhere like he was Yugi because it contained his favorite card which was very dear to him. And also because he liked to be prepared. Because again, for some reason, life in Domino was just like a strange and Egyptian-history-plot-based-and-world-threatening Professor Layton game. Except instead of giving you puzzles and earning picarats, everyone wants to play a card game and earn starchips or locater cards or some other rubbish like that.

So after doing a last few whatevers

Lazyass author.

and checking the Ring and string (words that Bakura suddenly discovered rhymed), he left his home and went out.

On the floor in his room, where Kuriby had slept last night, lied the Change of Heart card.


Transition~.


At the Toky-Cari Suites hotel...

"What do you mean you 'ran out of ice cubes'?! What kind of [EFF!]ing hotel is this? I demand that you make more now!"

{"brablegrlvletalkingwecanthea r"}

"You know what?! [EFF!] it! You people are [EFF!]ing horrible! Goodbye!" And with that, Marik violenty hung up the phone.

"Frig! All of these people are frigging idiots! And the worse part is that somehow, there is [EFF!]ing no one named Steve here! Frig, I wish I could just frigging hug them all!"

Realizing what he had just said, Marik violently hit the side of his head with his hand and shouted, "Shut up and go away!"

Marik had decided last night that he would have to do something today without Bakura. He was pondering exactly what though. Bored, he decided to just have breakfast and then take his motorcycle around the city until he came up with something.

As he walked through the lobby on his way to breakfast, he looked around at everything again, for no reason.

The hotel, named the Toky-Cari Suites Hotel, was exactly what it sounded like. A Japanese-Egyptian themed hotel with stuff from Tokyo and Cairo. Coincidentally, there was a similar place back in Egypt called the Cari-Toky Suites Hotel that was pretty much a mirror image of this place.

Marik had used the Millenium Rod on the managers of both hotels to allow him to keep a full two rooms from each. For free. He had 4 rooms FFF. For. Friggin. Free. (The suprising thing is that neither of them were named Steve. It was the only time in his entire life that he had been able to use mind control on someone not named Steve. Ever.)

As he was walking, he noticed a girl in front of him staring at him. As he passed her, the girl punched him in the arm for no reason and then turned around and walked away as if nothing happened.

"WHAT THE [EFF!]ING FRIG WAS THAT FOR?!" Marik shouted, holding his arm.


*walks in*
'Later, Marik will learn that the girl was a random girl who had read a different fanfic that Marik had been in. She invaded this one to get revenge. This is because the person known to Aquailita as the 'insert hacker' convinced her that this was unpopular and that she wouldy be noticed. She will become wrong. Also the aforementioned hacker will also insert again telling me to leave.'
*walks out*

What a lazy way to transition.
Wait a minute!
Ishizu get out of this insert!


After breakfast, Marik donned his self proclaimed 'awesomely-sexy-motorcycle-riding-gear' and headed out to do whatever the frig he felt like.


Transition~.


That was the worst 'meawhile with another character' I have ever seen.


Bakura stood in front of the jewelry shop window, looking at the necklaces. Not quite what he wanted, but they would surely have what he did way inside.

Just before he entered the store, he heard a loud noise coming from down the road. What sounded like a motorcycle zoomed by so fast that he couldn't see who was on it. Also, it blew his hair a bit violenty.
(Of course, the cuteness of Ryou's hair can never be messed up by a mere wind! So don't worry!) The kitten on Bakura's head mewed as he was jossled a bit to the side.

After gently touching Kuriby's head to calm him down, Bakura entered the store.

He asked an employee where the necklaces and chains were.

"Over there," the man said, pointing to a section that had the male accessories.

"Thanks."

Bakura browsed the different sizes, colors, and thicknesses.


Small "Transition~".


After about ten minutes of looking, Bakura had come across two different chains of interest to him. They were both the right size and length. However, one was the right thickness and the other was the right color he wanted. The one of the right thickness was gold- colored. And apparently, it wasn't actually made of real gold, it was just painted with real gold.

And how exactly do we know that?

Something inside Bakura told him not to get anything that had real gold on it.

Spoiler! The Millenium Items are made of 100% real gold!
Hey! No spoilers!
Get back in there!
*points to story*

*sulks and heads back*
Also that wasn't actually a real spoiler.

Also, the clasp was all wrong.

The other one was just the right color he wanted, but it seemed a little too thin.

Suddenly, Kuriby jumped off of Bakura's hair and ran somewhere nearby. Bakura looked over at him.

When he was sure Bakura was looking, Kuriby jumped up and motioned towards one particular chain type. Then he did the same thing again, but with a particular clasp.

Bakura gasped and looked at the kitty's selections. The chain was the perfect everything. Size, shape, and color and whatevers. It actually looked like Yugi's, but with links Hadley the size. And the clasp was perfect also. It looked like just the right size and type. It was easy to open in a hurry, but not enough to break open by force.

"Perfect!" Bakura said as he picked up Kuriby. Rubbing noses with him, Bakura told him, "You're so adorably smart!"

Kuriby mewed with delight and adorably licked him on the nose.

About half an hour later, Bakura had indicated his selected chain and length and clasp, recieved his newly created neck chain, paid the money, and was walking towards the door.

After letting Kuriby back on his head, Bakura began to exit the store. As he reached his hand to open it, he was momentarily suprised to see someone already opening it from the other side.

Bakura politely stepped aside to let the other person in when he realized who it was.

"Marik?"

"Bakura? Uh- I mean... Ryou."

Bakura's first instinct was to get the bloody hell away from there. But then he decided to not make a fuss and just talk to Marik like a normal person.

"Hello, Marik. What are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same thing!"

"Well I asked first." Looking behind him, Bakura noticed a motorcycle that had the same colors as the blur that had passed earlier. So that's who it was, he thought.

Marik felt that he wouldn't be seeing Bakura anytime soon, so he decided to just deal with Ryou and try to make a good third impression on him (since the first and second were total fails) and also get used to him, just in case this situation became more frequent. So, he politely asked him, "What's in the bag?"

Bakura picked up on the mood of the situation and realized that he should just get used to this Marik guy in case these encounters became more frequent. "Well if you must know..." He reached into the bag and pulled out his purchase. "I bought this just now."

Huh... "Why does it remind me of the one Yugi Mutou has?" Why would he buy something like that? "And what is it for?"

Trying to act cheerful, Bakura smiled and said, "Well if you must know..." The perfect time to try it on. He undid the clasp, put it aroung his neck, and then redid the clasp in the back. As expected, it was easy to quickly open and close. He let the chain hang. Then, held his fingers in a big circle and linked it with the chain. He tugged down on it, as if the circle was a pendant.

It took Marik only five seconds to realized that Ryou was pretending to hang the Millenium Ring from the chain. "Wait, what? Why?"

Seing that Marik understood, Bakura lowered his hands and continued. "Well, I broke the string. That seems to happen alot. So instead of just having an easy-to-break string holding the Ring up and having to retie or replace it every time it breaks, I decided to get this removable chain which is sturdier and I can take off or put on whenever I want. Also it looks cool." He mummbled that last part.

Marik didn't know what to say to that except, "Well that's nice, I suppose." The conversation seemed to grow dead and boring. Marik decided that he wanted to leave before he screwed things up again. "Well I guess I'll be going then," he said as he turned to go, forgetting why he even wanted to go inside anyway.

Bakura thought for a moment. He realized that he should just let this guy stay with him, just because he didn't really have anything better to do. And also because Marik seemed like he was bored as well and really wanted to hang out with him, even though he wasn't exactly the Bakura that Marik was looking for. Still...

"Marik, wait," he called out.

"Hm?" Marik turned around.

"You know, you could... I guess you can hang out with me today if you want," he said, hoping this wouldn't turn out badly.

Marik was taken by suprise at Ryou's offer. Did he really just ask me that? he wondered. "Are you sure?" he asked sceptically. "Do you really want me to hang out with you?"

"Sure, I won't mind. As long as you don't try anything on me."

"What?! Why would I try anything? What are you implying?!"

Nope, not doing this. I am not letting that get written.
*blushes a bit*
Oh well whatever... I guess we can put it in.
*folds arms and cringes a bit while blushing*

"What do you think I am implying?!" Bakura asked. He was referring to what had happened yesterday morning, when Marik had grabbed his arm and shook him, but now he was curious to see what he would say.

"I am NOT gay!" Marik shouted.

"I never said you were," But I thought it. "I just don't want you attacking me or something."

Marik looked a bit embarrased. "Oh... Um... Okay then. Ahehehe...*nervous laugh*"

Bakura looked at him weird. At least he hadn't thought I meant he would try something on the Ring's Bakura. That would've been weird. And then I would be wondering what that "something" was.

Bakura shuddered.

*blushes*
*hopes he didn't accidentally insert that*

Marik noticed the shudder. "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing!" Bakura said, smiling. He brushed off that part of the conversation. "Anyway, were you planning to go anywhere before I showed up?"

"Not really." He didn't tell Ryou, but he was actually hoping Bakura would show up at some point today. However, that seemed unlikely because Ryou had left his Ring at home. "Were you?"

"Well I was planning to go home and drop this stuff off," Bakura said, indicating the bag. "But I guess I don't have to." He took the receipt out of the bag and put it in his pocket. "I guess I'll let you decide first."

Marik was about to ask if he could just move his motorcycle somewhere when he suddenly had an evil idea! I am going to turn Ryou into my own little Marik prodigy! Now even if Bakura doesn't want to go along with my ideas, then at least a part of him will. Litterally! Ahahahahahaaaaa!


*walks in again*
Hello again.
Apparently Aquailita is cutting this chapter in half because she wants to put a 'cliffhanger' here that isn't actually a cliffhanger, and also because this is getting too long.
Also, I was supposed to say something here that I do believe is actually part of the stuff I actually have to say, but I don't know if I'm getting paid to say. Unfortunately, she forgot what that was before I could learn what it is and say it here for her.
Whatever.
And I wonder who that 'someone' is that is going to be happy in a few chapters. It better be me. I'm still bored.
*walks out again*


So anyway! Yeah... I'm not sure what I think of this chapter. I think it turned out good, but I don't really know. So I'm just going to say it turned out okay.

Oh and I have a question for you to answer in your review. When the time comes that YamiBakura comes out, do you want me to refer to him as Bakura and the other Bakura as Ryou, or would you rather me call him Florence and leave Ryou as Bakura? In fact, how do you want me to refer to either of them? Any combination of the things people call them is fine, including Bakura, Ryou, RyouBakura, YamiBakura, Bakura Ryou, etc. As long as it makes it easier for you to understand who is who.
I will give you enough time to answer. I won't post the chapter it happens until I get enough responses.

This is part 1 of a chapter. I decided that this was getting too long, so I just cut it where I did and decided to continue later.

Another thing: in his mind, Marik is refering to this Bakura as 'Ryou' in order to not confuse himself. However unless clearly indicated, outside of Marik's thoughts, the name 'Bakura' has always refered to Ryou, because YamiBakura isn't really Bakura; he just uses the real Bakura's first name.
*hopes I didn't confuse anyone*

Another note: recently, I have watched more of season 2. And apparently, Marik really DOES see Bakura Ryou, both when YamiBakura was in control while looking like him and when the real Bakura back in control. But for our purposes, that never happened.

Then why did you mention it?

GET THE BLOODY FRIG OUT OF MY EndingAN YOU DAMN BASTARD-PERSON!
*throws cookie at him but missies*
BLOODY FRIG!

So um... Oh gosh I think I forgot what else I was going to include in here.

Oh well. See you next chapter!

BYEEEEE~!