"talking"

'thinking'

/Yugi/, //Yami//

{Ryou}, {{Bakura}}

*Tara*, **Malik**

Chapter 6

"Uh…Yugi where's the bathroom?" Tara asked.

"Around the corner second door," he replied.

"Thanks."

/Hey Yami! Have a nice nap?/

//::yawn:: Yes aibou I did. Did you have a good day at school?//

/Yeah it was great! Tara's mad cool!/ Yami smiled at Yugi's excitement.

//Why are you so happy aibou?//

"What the hell?! Yugi! Why is there a person who resembles you?" Tara cried in shock?

"Yami! You came out?!" Yugi exclaimed.

"I didn't know you brought anyone home."

"Oh well, I guess it's easier to explain now than later. Tara I know you'll probably think I'm crazy, but he is the spirit from my Millennium Puzzle. His name is Yami and Ryou has a spirit inside his Millennium Ring," he explained in one breath.

"Okay. Hi I'm Tara nice to meet ya!" For the first time Yami turned to look at her, and was shocked.

"Nice to meet you too," she said shaking her hand.

"You can put your bags on the floor for right now," Yugi said.

"You know it's good you're here it's gunna be easier," Tara said to Yami. What is?" Yugi asked.

"Fixing up your room," she smiled at the shocked look on him face.

'Who is she?' Yami thought.

"Really?!" Yugi shrieked.

"Yeah. I figured you liked my room so much that I would make yours similar to it."

"Cool! This'll be great!" Yugi said as the phone rang.

"I'll get it aibou," Yami said grabbing the phone.

"Hello"

"Yami? Is Yugi there?" Ryou asked.

"Yes he is, but he's busy at the moment why?"

"I guess I could tell you. Two new students arrived at school today: Tara Ishida and her cousin Malik Ishtar. Bakura says that they seem kinda familiar, like they were from the past."

"Yes I too felt like that when Yugi introduced me to Tara. I also feel some strange power from her."

"Yeah Bakura said that too. Wait!! She met you?! How?"

"I didn't know that Yugi invited her over and she walked in after I cam out of the puzzle. I believe Yugi will tell her about Bakura tomorrow or later tonight. They've already started to fix up Yugi's room."

"Fix his room? How?"

"I don't know but I should help them. Thank you for telling us this Ryou. See you later."

"Your welcome, see ya."

"Who was on the phone?" Tara asked when Yami hung up.

"Ryou."

"Why?" asked Yugi.

"I'll tell you later aibou. So how and why are we fixing your room?" Yami asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Because Tara's is soo cool, you should see it!" cried the small tri-color haired teen. Tara laughed as she bent done to get her bag.

"What colors do you want?" she asked unzipping the bag.

"Um…………black, red, and purple," answered Yugi.

"You're in luck. I just bought those colors the other day. You guys might want to change into some work clothes," Tara went to her other bag and pulled out some items. "I'll be right back."

"What did Ryou want Yami?" Yugi asked when Tara left.

"He said that Bakura felt the same thing I did this morning when Ryou met them. He also said that Bakura told him they felt familiar like they were in our past or something. He's right, I might not have met Malik yet but Tara does feel familiar," Yami explained.

"Oh," Yugi said sadly.

"Now that doesn't mean they're evil aibou."

"Yeah! You're right as usual."

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"So what do you think?" Ryou asked Bakura.

"I don't know. They feel so familiar that they could be friends. But they have such a strong aura that they could be enemies," Bakura replied looking at the old woman on the next bench feeding the birds. Ryou jumped when a pair of strong muscular arms wrapped around his waist.

{BAKURA!!!}

Bakura turned around at his hikari's distressed call.

"Fancy meeting you here," a husky voice whispered in his ear. Ryou felt the heat rush to his cheeks as he realized who the owner of the voice was.

"Malik?" he asked meekly. If Bakura weren't in such shock he would've smirked.

"You remembered me. That's good. Who is your friend? He said unwrapping his arms from Ryou's waist. Instantly he missed the younger boy's warmth, but ignored the feeling as he moved in front of the boy.

"I'm Bakura, who are you?" 'He looks like Marik.'

"I'm Malik Ishtar. I just moved here from Egypt with my cousin Tara," he said looking at the two ivory haired boys. "I didn't know you had a brother Ryou." Ryou chuckled nervously averting his eyes from the Egyptian.

"He doesn't," Bakura stated crudely. He stared at the blonde in front of him ignoring his hikari's panicked gaze.

"So who are you then?" Malik asked cautiously. 'He's not going to…'

"I'm an ancient spirit from Egypt." Ryou's eyes widened as he blurted out incomprehensibly words.

'He did.'

"Um…ok. That's kinda weird. A spirit from Ancient Egypt?" hr closed his eyes and jumped back when he opened them. Bakura was gone. "What just happened?" he asked the shocked boy in front of him. Ryou's eyes widened even more when the Egyptian placed his eyes on him.

"Ummm……I got to go," Ryou said running off. Malik waited till Ryou was out of sight before smirking.