~Chapter Ten~

Shaina's P.O.V

I sigh as I'm looking at the window. I glance at the empty desk to me. Kaiba's. He's been missing from school for a week. It must be because of the Mind Crush. Atem comforted me that it's a way for him to heal. Guess that's true. I mean, Kaiba did kidnapped Mr. Mutou, Shana, and I, and he did locked us up in a room to get gassed.

I guess the reason why I feel so sorry for him is because I saw how vulnerable, sensitive, torn, and actually weak Kaiba acted when I've beaten him. I mean, it's a card game! People are making a big deal out of it. It's just getting into me because Kaiba is actually a deeply emotional person. Weird! But I bet he'll deny it when the Mind Crush is over.

As I'm deep in thought, Shana pokes me from behind. "Look to the front." She mutters. I look up. And what do you know? Ryou Bakura!

"Alright Ryou, sit in the empty seat next to Shaina. Oh and since you are, Shaina, can you tour Ryou around the school?" I feel all of the girl classmates staring at me enviously. I nod. He walks over to me, nervously. I give him a reassuring smile. He politely smiles back.

I look at Ryou more. Huh…he has green eyes rather than brown eyes. Oh well. He looks cuter with green eyes! But I have to keep an eye on him…

At lunchtime, I lead him to the cafeteria. "This way. You can meet my sister and friends!" I say brightly. I wave to them, and Ryou and I walk over. "Hey, it's another newbie! You better not be as jerky as Kaiba!" Joey half-jokes. I roll my eyes.

"Well, that's Joey Wheeler for you." The others introduce themselves as well. Ryou smiles. "That's nice, you and Shana are twins." Both of us smile and say in unison, "We're twins, but we're not twins." He looks at us, puzzled. We all laugh. "You'll catch on later!" Tea says reassuringly.

Ryou smiles a little more, getting a little comfortable. He glances at Yugi's puzzle. Faint recognition flashes in his eyes. "Yugi…may I please see that?" he asks. He nods. "Sure, no problem." Yugi takes off the puzzle, and hands it to Ryou. As Ryou touches it, pain flashes across his face.

"Are you okay Ryou?" I ask, watching him carefully. He manages a smile. "Y-yes…please excuse me." Ryou then quickly walks away. I watch him suspiciously. Should I confront him? No…I have to wait it out. I'll just tell my sister first. "Isn't he dreamy?" Miho squeals.

Shana's P.O.V

I'm sitting at my desk, doing homework. Even though it's exciting living in the Yu-Gi-Oh world, that doesn't mean I still can't do algebra homework.

Shaina then walks inside my room. "Shana, I have another plan." I roll my eyes playfully. "And what is it this time?" She looks at me seriously. "Ryou. Millennium Ring. Rings a bell?" My eyes widen. "Right! So what's your plan?"

"Hmm…I think we should confront The Spirit of The Millennium Ring. Warn him." Shaina says thoughtfully. "Are you crazy? He can kill us right on the spot!" I say in panic. Shaina shrugs. "We'll take a chance."

Shaina's P.O.V

Next morning, Shana and I are all walking with the gang. "Man, I still can't believe the way how you kicked Kaiba's butt!" Joey says with pride. I give an exasperated sigh. "Is this your subject every morning? And besides, give the credit to Mr. Mutou. It was his deck anyway." Joey shrugs. "I'm just saying. I mean, the nerve of that guy! I still can't believe it!"

We enter Domino High School, and ahead of us is Ryou. Miho gives a little gasp, and smoothed down her skirt. "Ryou sighted!" she says happily. I noticed that Ryou flinched. The Spirit is getting into him…

The day goes on. During gym, we're all doing our usual bootleg camp workouts from Mr. Karita. He blows his whistle like crazy. "C'mon, you all run like ladies! Pick up the pace!" I glare at him. "Sexist," I mutter high under my breath. As Ryou is running past him, Mr. Karita grabs him by the hair. Shana and I stop in our tracks.

"So you're the new kid huh? You look way to feminine, yet all the girls fawn you." We run up to them. "Back it off!" I say bravely. Mr. Karita looks up and scowls. "Mind your business, both of you. Besides, from what I heard, this kid's a troublemaker." He says tugging on Ryou's hair more.

"Stop. You have no right. I'll tell the principal." I say angrily. He glares at me, and lets go of Ryou. "I better see those girly tresses chopped off!" We all speeded away. "Thank you so much girls!" Ryou says breathlessly. "No prob. Don't take it personally. Karita is always such a jerk." Shana says.

By lunchtime, Ryou looks disturbed. "Ryou?" He looks up. "Oh. Hello Shaina." He says. "Yeah…is there anything you want to talk about? Anything at all?" I ask. Ryou shakes his head. "No. I assure you, there isn't." he replies.

I sigh. Then an idea popped into my mind. "You know…I like games. And I've heard of this thing called an RPG board game. But I've never learned how to play it…" Ryou looks at me with interest this time.

"Uh…yeah! You can teach me to play sometime!" I say. He shakes his head wistfully. "I wish I could because I love games…but when people play games with me…they fall into a coma. That's why I transfer schools a lot." He says sadly.

I rest me head on my hands. "Tell you what? How about Shana and I go over to your place afterschool? I mean, I bet they're just coincidences." I say helpfully. Ryou stays quiet for a moment, with his head down.

"Ryou…?" I call out. His head snaps back up. I notice eyes are purple now…crap, it's Bakura! "Sure why not? You can bring your friends too…" he says in a deeper voice. I really can't understand in real life why Yugi and the gang can't tell when Ryou is possessed. It's obvious to me.

I look at him cautiously. "Okay, I'll see to it…"

At the end of the day, I didn't tell Yugi and the rest. I just grab Shana, and start walking to Ryou's place. "Don't tell me!" Shana moans. "Yeah, we're going to carry out the plan!" I say.

Once we got to Ryou's place, we stop in front of his apartment. I glance over to Shana. "Okay…whatever happens…I don't know, but we're going in!" I knock on the door. Ryou, or should I say, Bakura, answers the door. He smiles fakely. "Hello…where's the rest of your friends…?" he asks, looking around. "Oh, they couldn't make it. So we came. Is there a problem?" I ask innocently.

A scowl flashes across his face, but he quickly hides it with another fake smile. "No there isn't! Come in…" Shana and I enter the apartment. We go inside the living room. Once we're settled, I glance over to Shana, and nodded.

She takes a deep breath and then says, "Ryou, we know that you have The Millennium Ring." Bakura's expression becomes uneasy. "And we know that you're not really Ryou. You're Bakura, The Spirit of The Millennium Ring. And in your past life, you were The Thief King in cahoots with Zorc." I say.

Bakura looks taken aback now. Then he scowls. "How do you know all of this? If you're after The Ring, there are consequences." I give him an intimidating glare. "No. We're not after that. We're here to warn you. Stop your quest for vengeance! The only thing that you'll get from it is hurting yourself!"

Bakura sneers. "I don't know how the both of you know all of this…but how can I trust you? It's not like you can stop me." I cross my arms. "Yeah? We know the truth behind The Millennium Items. Your village was slaughtered in order to create the essence of them." Bakura's eyes widen, and he turns away. "SHUT UP!"

Shana and I glance at each other. "I'm just saying. Listen to the voice of reason." I advise. Bakura simply grabs the both of us, and shoves us outside. "I will get my revenge and destroy the pharaoh n the process! And there's nothing you can do!" And he slams the door. I sigh. What will tomorrow bring?