Hi peoples! Met my yami, Sage! Say hola Sage!

Sage: Only the worms will feed upon your rotting corpse when it is buried under the earth and the fires of hell consume your soul.

Stop doing that.

The drive back to Yugi's place was fearfully silent. Not a word was spoken as they dropped Ryou off at his apartment. Once he was safely inside, Atem sighed.

"Why were they there?"

Joey switched the car to neutral, letting it idle. "We kept in touch. And when Mai had the baby...we invited them to see her."

Atem crossed his arms and slid down the seat some. "He hates me, Joey."

Joey let out a small laugh as he switched back to drive. "Come on, man! Yugi couldn't hate you even he if wanted to!"

"You really believe that?"

"Of course!"

Like normal, Joey didn't know how wrong he was.

Ryou was just outside his apartment door when he heard noises coming from inside. He quickly entered and made sure he shut the door loudly. If there were any intruders in his place, he wanted them to know that he knew. Everything looked in order, nothing was moved, broken or stolen. But there were still noises. Grabbing an umbrella that was by the door, Ryou picked it up and held it like a sword. It was the closest thing to a weapon that he had. He was shaking.

"Show yourself." He said as bravely as he could.

"If you insist." Came the reply.

Ryou stopped dead in his tracks. That voice...that voice.

"No." Ryou said. "No!" But it was true. From around the corner came out the White-haired thief, smirking his trade mark smirk. He took a finger and slowly pushed the umbrella away.

"Happy to see me?" He inquired. Ryou was to scared to speak. The man who had made his life a living hell for over eight years, the man who prevented him from having any real friends, relationships, was standing right in front of him.

"Th-the Pharaoh will get rid of you, like he always does."

"Is that so?" Bakura stepped forward and Ryou stepped back, trembling. He had the umbrella redirected to Bakura's heart.

"You seem to be forgetting something. All those times he had help. Backup."

"And he doesn't this time?"

"I hear little Yugi threw the poor man onto the streets. Everyone else has probably forgotten about him."

"You're wrong. In fact, we just saw everyone else."

Bakura shrugged. "No matter. If all goes well, he won't go to anybody."

Ryou bolted to the door, but Bakura grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him close. Ryou cried and fought, but Bakura elbowed him in the groin giving him enough time to whip something out of his pocket. It was a small cloth. Ryou tried to crawl away, but Bakura caught him by the ankle and shoved the cloth over his mouth and nose. Ryou tried to fight, but the chloroform was already taking it's effect. Ryou closed his eyes for a brief second but he didn't open them.

Bakura laughed. The first step in his plan to destroy the Pharaoh was complete.

Now on to step two.

Sage: Short.

I know, but that's what this story is consisted of. Short chapters.

Sage: Whatever. Because my hikari is a liar, she already posted a new story, one that was not on the list.

Guilty. I'm sorry but it was so good and I couldn't just keep it waiting~

Sage: Go to our profile. The name of the story is Thicker than Water. Please review!