Shinimegami: Konnichiwa! I hope you all like my fic. ^.^

Yami Bakura: And I'M the main star in this one.

Yami: Not necessarily.

Yami Bakura: What do you mean?

Tristan: The rest of us are in it, too.

Yami Bakura: Shoot.

Shinimegami: Oh, and I want to give a BIG thanks to Edgar for helping me write this! Ryou?

Bakura: *holds up a big sign that reads "Applause"*

*crickets can be heard in the background*

Shinimegami: CLAP, DARN YOU!!!!!!!

Everybody: *automatically start clapping*

Shinimegami: That's better. ^.^ *turns to readers* Okay, now, this fic takes place after Yugi defeats Pegasus and rescues his grandpa and the Kaiba brothers. Yami Bakura does NOT have Pegasus' Millennium Eye, and it's not going along with the story line. So don't get all confused or anything, okay? Okay.

Yami Bakura: Can we just start this already?

Shinimegami: Alright. I hate doing disclaimers, so does anybody want to do them?

Bakura: Can I?

Shinimegami: Sure, Ryou-san!

Bakura: Okay, um, Shinimegami does not own Yu-Gi-Oh. Like that?

Shinimegami: That was great! *huggles Bakura*

Bakura: ^.^

Shinimegami: *still hugging Bakura* Okay, now on with the ficcie!

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*Yami Bakura's POV*

Tomb Robber.

That was what I was called back in Ancient Egypt. It was also all I ever did. Searching every tomb I could find and taking all the priceless items within it. I knew it was wrong, and that is probably why I did it. That was just the type of person I was back then.

Of course, that wretched pharaoh caught me raiding a tomb sooner or later. Very angry at me, he was. My punishment, of course, was to be a great and terrible one. The pharaoh took my soul and sealed me within that cursed ring. The Millennium Ring. It was put with the rest of the treasured Millennium Items, and was locked away, he hoped forever.

For five long millennia, I remained trapped within the Millennium Ring. And for five long millennia, I waited. Waited for someone to find the ring and free me of my prison. To free my body. My soul.

And finally, the ring was discovered. A mysterious man had collected it, along with all the other items. He seemed to want to give all the items to separate people. He took the Millennium Ring and brought it to a merchant bizarre and put it out on display. It seemed he was going to sell it to the person he thought should have it.

The ring stayed on display for what seemed to me like an eternity. No one seemed to have an interest in it, when a man walked over to the stand. The ring had caught his eye. The man who was selling it told him the ring had to do with Duel Monsters. Of course, in my day, we called it the Shadow Games. However, the traveler didn't seem to understand how it could possibly have to do with a game. Oh, if only he knew...

The man bought the ring eventually. He took it out of Egypt, and brought it to a whole different country, or so I assumed. I couldn't actually tell from inside the ring. When the man arrived to where he lived, he took the ring out of his bag. That was when I met Bakura.

The traveler who had bought the ring apparently bought it for his son. He said he felt the boy was destined to have the ring. And I was glad. I also felt Bakura was meant to have the Millennium Ring. And when he put it on, I felt my soul become free from the ring. I now shared Bakura's body with him.

After a while, Bakura and his father moved to Domino City in Japan. That's when I saw Yugi, and his Millennium Puzzle. I was slightly surprised that the puzzle had been solved. Most had found it impossible. But that didn't matter to me. I had remembered the legend about the Millennium Items, and had taken a large interest in it.

Yugi's grandfather's soul was taken by Pegasus a while after, and I learned of another Millennium Item. Pegasus had the all-powerful Millennium Eye. When Yugi and his friends went off to the Duelist Kingdom for that tournament, I knew I had to attend as well. No, not for that stupid tournament, but for those two Millennium Items. It turned out Bakura wanted to accompany Yugi on his quest, so I had no reason to use force to make him go.

And then the night came that I would make the Millennium Puzzle my own. I had locked their souls away and taken them to the Shadow Realm. The puzzle would have been mine, but what happened next was a surprise to me. It turned out I wasn't the only one to have a soul locked within a Millennium Item. That pharaoh had somehow received the same fate I had gotten, and had been trapped inside the Millennium Puzzle.

The former pharaoh challenged me to a duel to rescue those pathetic mortals. I accepted, and he quickly found out those mortals' souls were trapped within their favorite cards. Heh, I wasn't "Tomb Robber" anymore. Now I was Soul Stealer. I thought I had the game in the palm of my hand, but that aibou of mine betrayed me. My own soul was sent to the Graveyard, and I failed to get the puzzle. They had gotten away and thought I was gone for good. Oh, how wrong they were.

The night they had reached Pegasus' castle, I was released from the Shadow Realm. Because of their foolishness, the mortals had brought me back. I followed the boy called Tristan during the duel between little Yugi and Pegasus. Tristan had found that Kaiba boy, Mokuba, and wanted to protect him from Pegasus. Little did he know, I was back in this world, and also wanted Mokuba.

Because of my experience with shadow magic, I talked Tristan into handing Mokuba over to me. He finally agreed, but the tide turned when he charged me and knocked me unconscious. Oh, how I hate being betrayed! Tristan tried to get rid of me again by throwing the Millennium Ring as far away as he could. How absent-minded could he possibly be? Throwing the ring away wouldn't disconnect me from Bakura's body. Mortals are such fools.

I returned to Bakura after Yugi had defeated Pegasus. Bakura knew, but didn't have the courage to say anything. He knew what would come to him if he did. Pegasus kept his promise, and freed Yugi's grandfather and the Kaiba brothers. It wasn't how I wanted it to happen. If Yugi left the island, it would take me even more work to get both his puzzle and Pegasus' Millennium Eye.

Just let them wait. Soon, I will wield all seven Millennium Items, and the Shadow Games will return once again. And with all the power I will have possessed, I will rule the world. Nothing would stop me. Nothing.

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Shinimegami: And that's the first chapter! I know, I know, pretty serious in this one, but don't worry! They'll get better! After all, this is only the beginning!

Yami Bakura: Do I get all the Millennium Items and rule the world?

Shinimegami: You'll have to wait and find out.

Yami Bakura: I hate waiting.

Joey: You hate everything!

Yami Bakura: Oh, shut up.

Bakura: I don't get hurt in this story, do I?

Shinimegami: Of course not! I'd never hurt you in a fic! Or at least I'd try not to...

Bakura: That's good. ^.^

Shinimegami: Yep. Anyway, I hope you all liked the first chappie! There's more great stuff to come! Until later, ja! ^.^