Yuan Fen

by magnolia glass

Bakura had always had little to brief contact with his host and Ryou is content to keep it that way...until one day the thief proposes that they play a game with stakes that are too tempting to refuse. Not that Ryou has a choice anyway. Rated M for possible violence later. YB/RB *FORMERLY TITLED: AIBOU*

10. Intermission

Intermission:

I thought about doing this at the end of chapter 8, but I was so tired that evening I was afraid I wouldn't be coherent. So, time to dole out some appreciation.

Oh geez, how am I going to start?

Thanks AnnaMNR,Silver-Haired-Thief and YamiBakura1988 for reviewing so much from the very beginning. I love all my reviews they give me an idea of what I need to do more of. I thank all my anon reviews and any newcomers.

All the faves and favorites are also really touching. I am stoked that people like this so much. It's my first shot at anything yaoi.

Thanks everyone that commented on the characterization and told me that I seemed to be sticking to canon. That means so much to me. You have no idea. The most important thing to me is keeping these guys believable and staying true to the characters that we came to like so much in the first place.

And I'm also noticed a few questions from the reviewers, so I'm going to answer those.

Guest: I'm sorry I have no idea what you are talking about. I never wrote a Yu-Gi-Oh /Harry Potter story. The only other I have is Soul of Red Eyes. I really wish you have just dropped this in my inbox though.

Yamistarr22: It is tendershipping, you are correct. I'm not sure I'm going to go deep into puzzleshipping,. It's hard sometimes to tell how things are going to come out before I write them. If it works, I'll put it there. However, Yami and Yugi are going to stay in the story because I need them for I-can't-say-without-spoiling.

Guest Jax: It would be interesting to bring Marik in. Of course, this is pre-Battle City, so very interesting. Again though, it's hard to say whether or not it'll work before I write it out. And I don't want to over crowd the story with too many characters. But we'll see.

Actually, I may take a break from Yu-Gi-Oh after this and Soul of Red Eyes. As for the pairings I like..

Y BakuraxBakura R.

MaixJounouchi

I don't mind puzzleshipping or puppyshipping when done well. (This is my humble opinion please don't throw stones and tomatoes at me.) Any pairing can be done when it's written well and the characters are believable. The biggest challenge I think a lot of pairings face in writing is keeping them in character. But that can be said of ALL pairings canon and non when you think about it. And plots. Plots are hard! That's why I'm stuck on Soul of Red Eyes right now. I feel so bad not for not updating but I don't want to write just anything.

After the YGO fiction there's a Kingdom Hearts fiction I would like to start with Larxene and Demyx. As soon as I figure out what it's going to be about….haha. Plots, I'm telling you…