Chapter 14.

Bakura: And she's making me do the disclaimer again. -scowls- EgyptianSoul.88. does not own Yugioh. There, happy now?

EgyptianSoul.88.: -shrugs- thank you to those who reviewed, I adore you! Anyway, hope you like this chapter! And I'm SOOO sorry for being so much later than I thought I would be…just been way more busy than I thought I'd be…

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Rain sighed softly, gazing at the ceiling in her new room and thinking over the day before. After her little freak out, and subsequent mushy-ness on her part Bakura had abruptly vanished back into the sennen ring and Ryo had made her dinner. She'd tried to tell him he didn't have to but he'd insisted. Ryo is an amazing cook… She could smell breakfast now, and wondered if it could top the Italian dish he'd thought up the night before. It's weird to think that Ryo Bakura is cooking for me…again, the fan girls would kill me, but that's ok, the way he cooks is totally worth it…hey, whatever happened to going to school here? Or is Kaiba just going to forge documents saying I graduated…I'll have to ask Anna…Haven't spent nearly enough time with her since we got thrown into this world. I feel like I need to make it up to her somehow. Oh yeah, I was going to go home to visit, I really should try to take her with me, her mom is probably insane with worry. Rain was interrupted from her thoughts when Ryo knocked on her bedroom door. She got up and opened it, revealing Ryo standing there in light blue pajamas with a sweet smile on his face.

"Hey, I made breakfast. Did you sleep well?"

She couldn't help the mini fan girl moment she had internally. Oh my God…He's too cute for his own good…I want to hug him…Huge need to hug him, but then Bakura would kick my ass…but he's so CUTE… But Bakura will kill me…Ryo is just so…Ah, screw Bakura I need to get this out of my system. Before Ryo could even think about being surprised Rain let out a little squeal and threw her arms around him and proceeding to squeeze him to death, he turned bright red and immediately attempted to escape. As suddenly as Rain had grabbed him, she let go, blushing slightly and shooting him an apologetic look.

"Sorry, I had to hug you."

"Might I ask why?" She shrugged,

"Have you ever been able to not want to pet an adorable kitten?" He stared, then just shook his head, and wandered into the kitchen, Rain followed and sat at the table, almost drooling as he placed a steaming plate of scrambled eggs, bacon and pancakes before her. "Wow, you really go all out, don't you?" He blushed again, sitting down with his own plate.

"I like to cook." He still was glancing at her warily when he thought she couldn't see, so Rain spoke after a few minutes of trying to look ladylike while attempting to shovel food into her mouth.

"Ryo, you ever wonder why you have a fan club at your school that pretty much stalks you?" He blinked.

"How did…Never mind…Um…" He just settled on giving Rain a blank look, which made her laugh.

"It's because you're cute. To the point where you dazzle the heck out of people. I think if you tried, you could have anything you want just by smiling at the right people." His blush was deepening with every word out of her mouth, by the end of the sentence his cheeks were nearly purple. Odd, but true. She paused, "Anyway, that's why I hugged you, because you're dangerously cute and I really couldn't help it…don't worry though, because I'm not like your fan girls from school. I won't do it again, okay?" He blinked, then smiled.

"Alright." He noticed her plate was empty. "Did you…like your breakfast?" Rain giggled,

"Yeah, I was hungry. Did you take cooking classes or something?" He shook his head.

"I've lived alone for a long time, so I've had to cook for myself…I found I enjoy it so I just got lots of experience I suppose." He had a faraway look in his eyes as he spoke, a hint of sadness on his face, Rain almost felt bad for asking. The phone rang, Ryo answered it and handed it to Rain. She blinked.

"H-Hello?" Who would be calling for me?

"Hi Rain! How are things over there?" It was Anna, a smile spread across Rain's face.

"Pretty good, Ryo made me breakfast." Ryo's cheeks turned red again, much to Rain's amusement. "Oh, and I tackled him."

"Uh…why?"

"Well…it was more of a hug…cause he's just so sweet…"

"Seriously? I'm kind of jealous." There was a pause, "Did Bakura get mad at you for assaulting his host?" Rain twirled a bit of her hair around a finger, frowning slightly.

"I have no idea, he didn't do anything though."

"Ah, I see. Well, Seto decided to say we already graduated from school so we won't have to go to Domino high, and congrats on your new job by the way." Rain stared at the phone for a moment.

"Anna, I don't have a job. I haven't applied for one yet." Rain head chuckling coming from the receiver, she sighed.

"Rain, Yugi's been telling everyone you have a job at the game shop. One of their hired hands quite and he immediately got his grandpa to choose you for the position."

"I knew they would find a way to keep an eye on me." Rain groaned, "Those two are both a little overbearing."

"Rain, after everything we all just went through, I can't say I blame them. You didn't have to try keeping them sane while you were unconscious, both Yami and Yugi were terrified that you were going to die. You know how that would have gone, and Malik was a mess as he feels that it was his fault. It was pretty brutal." Ryo gave Rain a questioning look when she wiped a tear away, she felt terrible for causing everyone so much pain.

"I know…"

"Rain, it's not your fault." Anna knew her well…Rain chuckled slightly,

"Again, I know. I can't help but feel bad though.

"Ok…anyway, did you want to go sightseeing around domino today? I figure the next um…thing involving Yugi saving the world will probably be starting soon so we might as well have some fun beforehand."

"You think so? I suppose it couldn't hurt to get out for a bit." Rain agreed to meet Anna at the park around eleven, then they said their goodbyes. She hung up the phone and turned to Ryo.

"Hey, do you want to go around Domino with Anna and I today?" He shrugged,

"I suppose, I don't have much else to do so I can be your guide if you want." Rain smiled widely.

"Good idea, you know way more about the city than I do, that's for sure. I'd hate to get myself lost."

So Rain and Anna had their first real couple hours of fun, of course the little outing was ended early when Anna had gotten a text from Kaiba saying that she was needed back at the Kaiba household, about two seconds after the text was read, a car appeared out of nowhere and stopped right beside them. Anna gave a helpless little shrug as Rain openly wondered whether or not Kaiba had some sort of homing device on her friend. Rain and Ryo were left alone on the sidewalk after Anna got into the backseat of the car and it tore away at a speed that made Rain slightly concerned for Anna's safety.

"I think I may have a chat with Kaiba about having his staff be more careful on the roads." Ryo nodded in agreement.

"He did pull away quite quickly didn't he?" Rain scowled as she looked into the distance where the car had disappeared to, then sighed softly. "I guess we might as well get going. You have anything planned for the rest of the day?" Ryo looked at the sky, sighing softly.

"I shoulda brought my camera, then we could have gone to the docks." At Rain's questioning look he shrugged, "Well, the ocean can be very beautiful."

"If you want I can try to paint it for you. Makes for good stress relief for me, and you'll have something nice to look at." He blinked as they started walking,

"You paint?" He sounded surprised, Rain grinned at him,

"Yeah. It was the one thing I'm really good at, my art teacher even made me promise to go to the art academy back home after high school. She was determined to make me a famous artist someday." Rain chuckled to herself, "I think it was the only class I did well in actually, that and biology. I suck at math…and don't get me started on physics. Ugh…" Ryo laughed gently,

"I can't say I've ever tried my hand at physics."

"Well…it's evil." Rain tilted her head to the side, remembering her old life, attending high school felt so far away now. "My biology teacher acted more like a comedian than anything else, he was a good teacher. He made dissecting things kind of fun." Ryo made a face,

"Ew…How can dissecting anything be fun?"

"I don't know, he just said funny things as he went around the room…he teased me once because an eyeball we had to cut open squirted at me and I screamed. It got all over my shirt." Ryo choked slightly, looking slightly green,

"Can we not talk about squirting eyeballs?" Rain cackled, making him stop and stare at her for a moment.

"Are you alright?" Ryo just shook his head at her before continuing towards their apartment complex.

"I'm beginning to wonder about your sanity." Rain raised an eyebrow.

"This coming from you?" Ryo gave her what could probably pass for a glare…if you were squinting. Rain rolled her eyes, " Well, you are mister Occult stuff lover…not to mention the overall oddness of your life."

"I…that…oh, shut it. You're worse than I am." Rain smirked as they finally made it to their apartment door,

"I know, but you're so fun to bug." Ryo just sighed as they shuffled into his home, Rain had a moment where she realized, for the billionth time, that she lived there too. She wandered into the living room and sat on the couch, flicking on the television as she did so. There wasn't much on, she settled for what looked like a sitcom of some sort. It was either that or the news, and since she didn't feel like listening to them talk about Kaiba corp., along with replaying bits from battle city while listening to someone trying to explain away the injuries and vast amount of technical issues caused by unknown interference aka shadow magic, she'd settled for a random TV show. After a little while she must have fallen asleep because the next thing she knew, someone was roughly shaking her awake.

"Get up woman! Gods, you sleep like the dead!"

"I'm awake so piss off!" Rain lashed out, still half asleep. She opened her eyes fully, realizing Bakura appeared to be ready to smack her. She put her arms above her head to block the blow, but he just growled and lowered his arm much to her relief. This had to be the third time he'd almost hit her and she briefly wondered if he would ever actually follow through, then she glared at him.

"What's your problem?" He scowled at her, clearly still pissed at her for being so hard to wake up. Or maybe it was because she'd yelled at him…but whatever.

"Did you not notice the power has gone out?" Rain stared at him in disbelief,

"Um…no, I was asleep…" At the look he gave her, Rain looked around the room, she noticed the only light was coming from a few lit candles on the living room table and the daytime light coming from the few windows in the apartment. "Is that seriously why you woke me up?" He grabbed her by the arm and dragged her to the window, swiftly opening the blinds and shoving her towards it. Rain's eyes widened as a random ghoul of some sort flew by the window while people ran in fear in the street below them. Rain caught a glimpse of a dragon of some sort in the distance. She stared for a good amount of time in awe before Bakura cleared his throat in irritation. When she looked at him, he fixed her with an intense stare.

"Notice anything different?" The sarcasm was literally dripping from his words. Rain scratched her head.

"No, why do you ask?" Then she cackled, because the look on his face had been totally worth the possibility of pissing him off further. He made a strange growling sound in his throat.

"What do you think is causing this? And I could have swore I saw Yugi's god cards." Rain looked back to the window,

"I wouldn't worry about it if I were you, just avoid dueling anyone who seems weird to you and we can just stay here and watch the show. The gang is going to have to stop another crazy person from destroying the world, but it's nothing to do with you or your plans, so we can just wait until it's all over." Bakura just raised a brow as she spoke,

"So your pretty much telling me to ignore the things going on, ignore the pharoah when he vanishes to Ra knows where to fight someone else, and just take it easy?" Rain smiled at him, while conjuring a small ball of flame that tickled her hand as she played with it.

"Yep. That's exactly what I'm saying." He frowned,

"Why should I do this?" Rain stared at the flame in her hand, it danced across her fingers, beautiful but so dangerous. She sighed, thinking about how little time they both had left if he followed through with his plans for revenge. Does he know I'll die if he's defeated? Should I tell him? I don't think it would stop him…he's still too driven…too controlled by Zorc… How can I tell him that I want to enjoy the time we have together as much as I can, I don't want to have to run off with the others to save the world again when I know I could die within a few years.

"Because… I think everyone needs to take a break sometime, even you Bakura. Besides, the pharoah won't be able to try to get his memories back until after this new evil is defeated anyway and that's what you're waiting for right?" Yeah, no…I couldn't do it. I can't bring myself to mention it. Apparently she'd sounded more bitter than she thought because Bakura gave her a look, eyes narrowing.

"What's on your mind that you aren't saying? Something is bothering you." Rain swallowed before, much to his surprise, bolting to the cell phone that Ryo had plugged in earlier that day in the kitchen. Just as she got to it, the phone rang, scaring the crap out of her.

"Uh…Hello?" She answered, as Bakura glared from the doorway. saved by the phone…

"Rain! Something's happened!" She frowned,

"Are you alright?" It was Yugi and he sounded shaken.

"Yeah…just…well, we were at the museum and Yami was trying to get his memories back when something really weird happened!" Rain sighed, she knew what had happened, but she let Yugi explain it to her. How the god cards had been stolen and monsters were all over the city. How he and Yami had dueled a guy who could summon a god with no sennen item, the strange things that had been said during the duel. He told her everything. Even how the guy had been sealed into a card when the duel had ended. " And he used some weird card called the seal of orechalcos! It was almost like a shadow duel!" She gave another sigh as he finished.

"I uh…noticed the monsters outside…Keep me updated, ok Yugi?"

"Are you coming to the game shop?"

"…Is it ok if I sit this round of weirdness out? I just figure it'll be less dangerous than just hopping into things…Though, if you need me at all, I'll be more than willing to come help you, I just…Have this feeling that if one of these weird folks rope me onto a duel I'll lose my soul and get trapped in a card…just like the guy you beat today. I don't duel…So I have a feeling I would be easy pickings for them." There was silence on the other end, then she heard Yami's voice.

"So…You will stay home while we sort this out?"

"Well…sort of…Ryo can keep me company…I just…Want to try to avoid danger for a bit instead of running right to it." She heard Bakura snort,

"Alright…just make sure you stay put and don't go venturing out in the city."

"Um…Ok Dad"

"Rain."

"Fine. Like I'd risk being eaten by a dragon or something anyway…" Just then there was a beep, Rain noticed Anna's number on the other line. "I've got to go, Anna's on the other line."

"Ok, call me if anything happens."

"Same to you!" Rain switched to the other line, while Bakura seemed to be growing increasingly irritated.

"Hey Anna."

"Hey! What did I tell you about the next thing happening soon? Did you see the size of some of those monsters! Kaiba's going crazy cause of all the reporters trying to blame him for this!" Rain rolled her eyes,

"Yes Anna, you were right. Good job, and yes. I did see the monsters, they are a tad hard to miss." Rain walked to the other side of the kitchen.

"Are you alright Rain? You seem cranky." She could feel Bakura's eyes burning into her back as she spoke,

"Yeah, I'm fine…just…been thinking about stuff, ya know?" Anna was quiet for a moment,

"What kind of stuff? Because you don't sound fine." Rain winced, Anna could always see through her…She hadn't talked to her about her conversation with Ishizu because she knew Anna would worry about it more than she was…She didn't want Anna to worry. But at the same time, she knew she should have told her, they usually didn't hide anything from each other.

"I…I'll tell you another time, ok Anna? I promise I will."

"Promise?"

"Yeah."

"Ok…I'm going to go attempt to rescue Seto from the mob of people he's dealing with, we've already seen Yugi, are you going to meet us at the game shop? That way we can go with them when they head off to defeat Dartz."

" No one's with you right now? Because you're saying an awful lot about this…they don't even know who Dartz is yet."

"Rain, I'm alone. Mokuba's in the next room."

"Ok…well, I…I'm not coming with you guys for this one." Rain waited for Anna to demand for her to come, but to her surprise her friend didn't.

"Ok, I figured you wouldn't want to…I'm assuming you'll be staying here in Domino with Ryo and jerk face? Rain rolled her eyes,

"Yes. And that's not a very decent insult Anna."

"You'd better call Yugi. Let him know you're staying here while we all go off to save the world again."

"We talked already, I told him I'd be there if he needed help." They said their goodbyes and Anna promised to tell her when they would be leaving, then, still ignoring Bakura, Rain closed the phone, putting it back on the counter. Bakura was still glaring at her, she moved to pick up the phone again to call Anna back just for the hell of it, but he stormed forward and tore the item from her hand, slamming it back onto the counter and making Rain jump slightly.

"Rain. Speak. Enough of this game." She scowled at him.

"I'm not a dog, I don't' do tricks." He ran a hand through his hair, looking like he was about ready to pull it out of frustration.

"Tell me whatever it is that you're obviously keeping from me or I'll find a way to force it out of you. I'm telling you right now that me using force will not be pleasant." He smirked evilly. "For you anyway." Rain shook her head,

"There's nothing…" He leaned forward, a threatening look in his eyes, placing his hands on the counter on either side of her so there was no escape.

"Tell me now. Because I'm beginning to get irritated with this and I'm finding myself tempted to do something involving some rope, fire and my favorite knife that I'm sure you'll find unpleasant." Rain blinked, she was pretty sure he was serious about that.

"What exactly…are you tempted to do?" His eyes narrowed,

"Use your imagination." Rain shivered, he smirked at her. "So, what's on your mind?"

"…Can't you just let it go? I really don't want to talk about it…"

"No, you know me better than that by now, I should hope." Rain sighed heavily,

"I'm not saying anything, you can threaten all you want." He slammed the counter again, making Rain flinch slightly.

"Tell me or we'll see how you like it being a doll for a few hours!"

"A doll?" He gestured to the living room.

"Ever heard of monster world?" Rain shuddered as she remembered reading the manga. She glanced at his left hand.

"Did it leave a scar?" He raised a brow, then glared at her once again.

"Tell me or I'll force my way into your dreams again."

Rain didn't speak, just gave him an I'm-not-telling sort of look. Bakura leaned closer with a smirk, the look on his face slightly deranged as he suddenly gripped her shoulders harshly.

"If you don't tell me, and it turns out to be something I can use against the pharaoh…" He was so close Rain could feel his breath on her face. "I'm going to tie you up, with metal chains of course…And I'll make you scream for me…there will be no escape, because I'll take everything from you. Your power, your friends, your family, your innocence…absolutely everything will belong to me." Rain closed her eyes as his fingers dug into her flesh, why did she have to love this man?

"I thought you weren't into that sort of thing." She muttered, he chuckled darkly.

"I do what I have to do to achieve my goals." She wanted to cry, could feel her tears fighting to make themselves known. Fine, whatever. I'll tell him…not like he'll care anyway.

" I don't want to die but you're going to kill me." There was no emotion in that statement. He stared at her for a moment,

"What the hell makes you think I'm going to kill you?" Rain took a slow steady breath,

"Well…I…I had a talk with Ishizu…She saw something that she thought I may have wanted to know."

"What did she see?"

"We are the power of balance-"

"I knew that." Rain glared at him,

"Let me speak. The power of balance consists of light and darkness, if either light or darkness disappears, the other can no longer exist in this world." His eyes narrowed and Rain could have swore she heard a growl.

"So what?" Rain took another deep breath, refusing to look at the tomb robber as she spoke her next sentence.

"When you face my brother, you will truly die, thus it is highly likely that you will be condemning me to a slow painful death the moment you are defeated. I'll probably last a year, hell, maybe two if I'm lucky. We don't know the details, but I'll pretty much waste away into nothing." She looked down at the floor, and for a moment all that was heard was soft breathing. Then it was like the air itself changed. Bakura grabbed her and threw her across the room. Rain crashed into the floor and thudded into the fridge, wincing. Would her injuries ever be able to heal properly? She sat up as he moved towards her with the agility of a fox, leaning down and slapping her across the face. She put a hand on her cheek in shock. He'd actually hit her, not just a threat. Just threw her across a room and slapped her! He took her chin in his hand and forced her to look into his eyes. Shit he's pissed

"You bitch, telling me I'm going to lose so blatantly." His words came out in a hiss, eyes seeming more red than brown. Rain felt terror bubbling up within her, but she refused to show it. He smirked, "When I win, make note that I say when…NOT if, you will be alive. I will have everything and my revenge will be fulfilled." Rain glared into his eyes,

"If you kill my brother and bring about the hell on earth that will follow, I will kill myself to destroy you." Shock registered on his face and his eyes turned back to the reddish brown they'd been before, he let go of her and stood. Rain didn't move, just watched him. Was that Zorc just now? He didn't look as demonic as in the dream but…I definitely got some serious evil vibes from him…more evil than normal. Those eyes…and Bakura usually never loses his temper…not fully. No…It wasn't just him there…the part of the demon within him just came to the surface because of what I said. It really pissed it off. Rain had an urge to smirk at the thought of pissing off Zorc, if that was what had happened, it had been worth the abuse she'd received.

"Rain. You don't mean that do you?" Rain stared up at him, there was slight confusion on his face. She raised a brow.

"Which part?" He frowned,

"Most of it."

"Um…well, I'll die if you go to hell or the afterlife…and if I die, same thing will happen to you. The reason it didn't happen properly before is, I'm assuming, you were dormant, there was other magic involved, and neither of us actually went to the afterlife."

"And you'll kill yourself if I win?" Rain scowled,

"If you follow through, you won't be the only one who wins. The demon you made a pact with will pretty much destroy the whole world. Since your souls are currently merged somewhat, I think if you die permanently, he will be sent back to hell and I want him gone."

Bakura didn't even act surprised when she brought up Zorc. She assumed he knew she knew.

"You would kill us both to destroy him." Rain gave him a look,

"Bakura. Your eyes turned red entirely when you decided to throw me across the room and hit me along with throwing threats left, right and centre. My theory is that it wasn't just you. I know you better than that and you don't lose it like that ever. I managed to make the demon angry, and he acted out through you. He's feeding off your anger and hate like a parasite and I hate him." The tomb robber gave Rain a hard look, then just shook his head and helped her to her feet.

"Nothing is controlling me Rain." She knew he wouldn't accept it, even if it was probably true. "You just got me upset…I wasn't expecting your words to affect me like they did and I reacted badly." Rain just shook her head, he touched her cheek. "I didn't mean to hit you that hard." At this Rain laughed,

"The fact that you hit me at all pisses me off. You think it doesn't bother me, knowing I'm going to die relatively soon if you don't get over this revenge thing? Hell…Even if you do get over it I'm still screwed."

"What do you mean?" Rain met his eyes,

"Bakura, you're a spirit. You can't stay in Ryou's body forever, he needs to be able to live his life. Your body died a long time ago, so naturally, you would have to go to the afterlife and I would follow shortly after. I think it's the gods way of making things run as they should again."

He didn't speak for a moment, just tilted his head to the side thoughtfully and stared at her.

"You're a fool." The statement was blunt and to the point. Rain just blinked in surprise and wandered into the living room to sit on the couch. Screams could still be heard outside, along with some crashes that didn't sound too great.

"How exactly am I a fool this time Bakura?" He followed her into the room and sat beside her, Rain wondered briefly if she was insane for not running away from him at this point. He had just attacked her within the last ten minutes after all.

"You accept your fate, you don't fight it. Even if it means death for you. I personally, won't give up until it's all over. The need for revenge weighs on me too greatly for me to just stop. That is why, even if you may die, I'm going to destroy the pharaoh and anything that gets in my way. It just has to be done." Rain stood, throwing her hands in the air in exasperation.

"I'm fighting it as hard as I can Bakura! How can you not see it? I want to live! I want you to live! I want my brother to live! It's not possible to have all the things I want, that is what I'm accepting. But I'm not just bending to fate's will easily."

"Then why do you say you love me?" Rain glared at him,

"Oh believe me, I've tried not to. Maybe I should see how dating another guy would work out, hmm? Maybe Malik, I'm sure he'd be willing to give it a try. Or maybe-" Bakura cut her off.

"NO!" He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his lap, wrapping his arms around her waist to keep her there. "You're mine. No other man can have you, I'll kill whoever tries." Rain rolled her eyes.

"So…What makes you want to any possible boyfriend I may get?" He didn't answer, just buried his face in her hair.

"Bakura?"

"What?"

"I would probably love you whether fated to or not." He blinked as she turned in his arms to face him, a strange look in her eyes.

"You may be kind of evil…crazy, and giant jerk most of the time…But there's more to you than that. You've been through hell, you're determined…and can be kind of sweet in a crazy axe-murderer sort of way…" He just gave her a look.

"None of what just escaped your mouth made any sense." Rain rolled her eyes.

"Whatever. I'm not going to give up trying to get you to let it go you know." He smirked,

"And I'm never going to let anything go." He just kissed her in response, probably to get her to shut up, but she wasn't going to complain. She relaxed in his arms and groaned as he deepened the kiss.

CRASH

Both of them jumped, and Rain pretty much flew off the couch. Bakura just glared at the scaled leg of some sort of creature that had shot through the window. Something was climbing their building.

"Do we have to get interrupted every time?" He growled before grabbing Rain's arm and hauling her from the apartment. Rain grimaced as he decided to take the stairs.

"Why?" He looked over his shoulder at her with amusement on his face,

"You trust the elevator when there's a beast destroying the building?"

"Ok…You have a point." Rain was panting by the time they made it to the bottom. There was another crash from above them and Bakura pinned Rain against the wall with his body as a chunk of metal fell where she'd been standing a moment before. She gave him a dazed look as he let her go. "Uh…Thank you."

"We've got to go." He threw the door at the bottom of the stairwell open with a bang and they both ran outside. There were creatures everywhere, Rain couldn't help but stare.

"Where are we going?" He rolled his eyes,

"Away from them!" He pointed at a couple mean looking trolls down the street, Rain squeaked as he picked her up and ran. They were headed towards Domino park when a figure stepped out in front of them. Bakura stopped a few meters away from the man, who looked about thirty. The man was eyeing them both with a predatory gaze, Rain almost felt bad for the guy as Bakura took a step forward with a smirk on his face.

"Get out of the way, if you didn't notice, we were in a hurry." The man chuckled,

"I don't think so. I can see you have a strong soul…And the world does not need those of your ilk here, so I think I'll do it a favor and give you a better purpose." Bakura's smirk widened.

"And what purpose would you give me?" The man cackled,

"Wouldn't you like to know!"

"He's going to try to take your soul Bakura." He glanced back at her, then back at the man.

"I see…" He muttered, "Well, I'm going to assume you're challenging me to a duel?" The man cackled and they both readied their duel disks.

"I suppose I should know the name of the man whose soul I'll be taking?" Bakura chuckled darkly at the question.

"I am but a thief and a stealer of souls…my name is not important to the likes of you, mortal." Rain couldn't help but shiver at those words. Didn't he say that in duelist kingdom? I love that I got to hear him say it person…gave me chills…How am I still having weird thoughts like this? He's not a movie star for goodness sake…The man seemed vaguely unsettled for a moment, then just shrugged.

"So be it. Your confidence will be gone along with your soul when I win this duel." Bakura gave a chilling laugh at the comment,

"We'll see…Now, let the duel begin!"

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Yeah, I hope this chapter wasn't too bad…I didn't really like it…we'll see what Anna and the rest of the gang will be doing in the next chapter…and Rain might possibly molest Bakura…maybe…I promise to warn you if I get drunk for new years and decide to finally write a sex scene…ahem…anyway, sorry again for the wait. Hope you all had an awesome Christmas! Have a party tomorrow! See you all in the new year! -gives Bakura and Malik some fireworks- Ok, Hand em out boys. Review and get free fireworks!