I feel very bad for not updating until now, and this chapter isn't as good as the others have been but I kinda pushed it out and didn't make it as long as I'd intended. I am definitly going to update more often, that I can promise! And my chapters will get back to normal after this one, I just had trouble figuring out how to write what I wanted! Please review, because more reviews make me update faster!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh, I still don't own Sam, and I own a really beat up almost broken car so the motorcycle is not mine either! Man, I'm poor!

Warnings: None

CHAPTER SEVEN – RYOU'S GONE CRAZY!

Pandora didn't argue with Ryou at this point because she realized that she had only two options. She could struggle with him and lose possibly the only real friend she'd made because he just so happened to have a little something wrong with him, or she could go along with whatever was going on and learn more about him.

They approached the student parking lot and there was a boy on a motorcycle waiting outside, eating a burger and fries from a place outside of the school. Pandora noticed that the boy knew this side of Ryou well, because he gave a smirk between Ryou and Pandora.

"Bakura, who is this?" the boy on the motorcycle asked him.

Pandora studied this new boy, realizing that he wasn't from Japan instantly. He had long platinum blonde hair and wore a lot of gold jewelry, which seemed to be from one of the areas in Egypt and based on the way he wore his eyeliner, she pinpointed him to be from Cairo. He wore a white shirt that almost looked like a tank top and black cargo pants, and something that had caught her eye the second she had locked her eyes with his angry violet eyes, he was holding a lot back from the world. He had a secret and held a lot of pain inside. She also noticed that he had one of those Millennium Items she had seen Yugi and Ryou carry around. This one looked almost like a short walking stick, the eye on one end of the stick and a twin axe blade on either side of the orb the eye was on.

This darker side of Ryou was a bit scary to Pandora and he pushed her towards this new boy.

"That's what I wanted you to figure out, Marik" Ryou replied.

"What is your name, girl?" Marik asked her.

"Pandora. Are you the spirit from your Millennium Item?" she asked, trying to figure out why he and Ryou were playing this little game with her.

"No, I am the owner of a Millennium Item. The Millennium Rod. Bakura, however, is the spirit that dwells within Ryou's ancient item. What is your connection to the Millennium Magic?" Marik asked her.

"I don't know what you mean. Look I just moved here, today is my first day in school and I am friends with Ryou. I don't want any trouble and I really don't want to be here right now."

Bakura just laughed insanely, "You wanted to be friends with my pathetic little Hikari and yet you didn't expect trouble?"

"H-hikari?" Pandora didn't know enough Japanese to understand what he'd meant.

"My lighter half, Ryou. Well I have an idea. If you want to remain friends with Ryou and not have any problems with me, why don't you help me to take Yugi's Millennium Item, and then I will leave you and Ryou alone forever. Does that sound nice?" Bakura asked her, a smirk on his face.

"You'll leave me and Ryou alone forever?" Pandora repeated, making sure that he wasn't trying to trick her.

"Yes. You have my word. Once I have Yugi's puzzle in my hands, I will go away and never bother either of you again."

Pandora thought it over and then stuck out her hand, "Sounds like a deal to me!"

Bakura took her hand but just as he did, she pulled him towards her so that their noses were nearly touching. Bakura could feel her breath on his lips as she spoke.

"I am the last person on this Earth that you want to be playing games with, so if you go back on your word, I will send you back to the ancient Egyptian world you came from, and I'll send you there in pieces. Understood?"

Marik got off of his motorcycle and took a step towards them, not sure if he should help Bakura or not, but Pandora let him go and began heading back towards the school.

"Remember, Bakura," Pandora turned to face him again, "the puzzle is in your hands and you never bother Ryou or I again. Don't forget, we have a deal!"

Bakura and Marik stared at each other for a few seconds and then Marik spoke.

"Somehow, I get the impression that she's got a lot more to her than we thought."

"No matter," Bakura assured, "we can always play the Ryou card if she tries to betray us. He is her only friend here, and she would do anything to protect their friendship. Why else would she have made such a foolish deal? The second she hands me that puzzle, I want you to use your Millennium Rod to control her mind. I don't want any surprises from her. And then once I have these items in my possession, I will bring Zorc into this world, destroy Yugi, use the power of the Pharaoh to create my own mortal body and then once I no longer need Ryou in order to survive, I will kill him."

Marik simply smirked, not caring so much about any other part of the plan aside from the new plans to bring Zorc into the world to destroy all of human life and to make them both Gods.

Seto angrily walked back into the lunch room, his temper almost flaring up when he realized that Pandora and Ryou weren't waiting where they had been when he left. He was about to go to the office and report Pandora for stealing from him, but he saw her running back into the school from somewhere outside. He was about to start interrogating her instantly, but he realized that there was something wrong. She had a terrified look on her face and she was out of breath for running. Seto walked up to her and grabbed her arm and pulled her into a nearby empty hallway.

"What's wrong? Did something happen to Ryou?" he asked, wondering if she'd done something to his friend.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you!" she looked around, almost as if she expected to see someone coming after her.

"You would be surprised with what I believe these days," he thought about the time he'd traveled to ancient Egypt, met his incarnation from thousands of years ago, met a girl whose spirit lived inside of his favorite Duel Monsters card and his ancient self had helped his biggest rival rule an entire country.

"Ryou changed and he was calling himself Bakura for some reason, and he took me to see another boy named Marik. They want me to steal that necklace Yugi wears and they were both really creeping me out! What's wrong with Ryou?!"

Seto just rolled his eyes, "In this school, you'll find that a lot of people believe in a lot of really silly things. Yugi has convinced several people that the necklace he wears is from ancient Egypt and he has a spirit living inside of it. It's all a bunch of nonsense. Don't get caught up in their crazy false realities or it will mess with your mind."

Pandora nodded and looked up at Seto, "I was so sure that Ryou was a sweet normal boy and now I don't know who to turn to. I guess I won't be here as long as I thought. I told you, weird things always happen to me. I can't ever stay anywhere for long because of these stupid things happening."

Pandora walked off. Seto stood there, watching her walk off and almost felt sorry for her. He still had to find his organizer but he was sure that Pandora didn't have anything to do with it. Bakura, on the other hand, might have something to do with it.

Seto was sick and tired of Yugi trying to convince Ryou that he had an ancient spirit that could take over his body, and he was sure that this incident had something to do with that. Deep down he had to admit, what he'd seen and been through was very real indeed, but part of him always wanted to deny any of the things that involved magic or Millennium Items. He was, above all else, a scientist. And magic went against everything that he believed in.

Pandora needed to talk to Yugi, even if it meant putting up with Joey. She wasn't going to steal something from someone and then give it away, but she at least needed to know why this necklace was so important to Ryou, or Bakura or whoever else she had been talking to. She couldn't deny magic so she wasn't able to say that Ryou was lying, and she couldn't prove that he really was possessed by an ancient evil spirit, so she couldn't say that he wasn't crazy, but she wanted to at least keep an open mind.

She found Yugi, Tea, Joey, Tristan, Miho and a couple other people she hadn't met yet sitting at a table, munching on food and talking. Joey noticed her walking up to them before anyone else, and instantly began to put on his happy face. Yugi noticed her next and stood.

"Hey, Yugi. Can I talk to you for a sec?" she asked, hoping she could pull him away from the others and not have to deal with Joey.

Luckily, Yugi caught the hint and stood. He approached her with a concerned look on his face and then she looked down at him.

"Yugi, I don't know what's going on but you are involved too. You're short again. Listen, something is up with Ryou. Do you know anything about Bakura?" she asked, hoping he would offer information.

"Bakura? Why do you ask?"

"Because Ryou kept saying things about him being Bakura, an ancient spirit. I wanted to know if that was why you stopped being friends. What's wrong with Ryou?"

"He's just troubled. It would probably be best if you two stopped hanging out," Yugi suggested.

Pandora nodded, realizing that a troubled person made more sense than ancient spirits. It saddened her to realize that the only friend she'd managed to make so far had something wrong with him, but she would move on. She already knew that Sam would be a good friend because she was probably the nicest out of Evelyn's group, but she didn't want to be friends with just anyone.

"Thanks, Yugi. I guess I'll just have to be careful with what I do when he decides to be Ryou again."

Yugi smiled and walked back to his table, leaving Pandora to go back over her thoughts. She saw Seto sitting alone, working on his laptop and almost considered calling a truce and sitting next to him, but then she remembered how much of a jerk he had been to her even after she'd helped him during the weekend. She decided to sit by herself as well.

Ryou felt his head pounding and opened his eyes to see that he was sitting in the auditorium, no one else was in there with him. He wondered if he'd fallen asleep during his theater class, but realized that he had been awake when the bell rang. He remembered being on stage, the few minutes after class had ended and getting ready to go to lunch, but nothing else after that seemed to pop into his mind. Suddenly he realized what must've happened. He hoped that Pandora was okay.

The bell rang and everyone at lunch stood to empty their trays and head to their next class. Pandora looked at her schedule and headed towards her next class. She was pretty sure she knew which room she was supposed to go to and got there without any trouble. When she walked through the door, she saw Seto and Ryou sitting in the back of the class room. She was about to sit at the front of the room when she heard someone call her name.

END OF CHAPTER SEVEN

Peggi: Wow I really love leaving it on a cliffhanger.

Seto: Well it would've been either me or Ryou to call you, so that's nothing new.

Peggi: Ah, but it could be someone else, and that is why I am the creator of all that is mystery and suspense!

Ryou: Bakura ruins everything!

Bakura: That's because it's fun!

Peggi: No worries, Ryou. You're still a main character!

Ryou: Yay!

Peggi: And it will stay that way, so long as my readers keep me happy with nice reviews!!! (totally begging at this point)