I will warn you now and that is it… This story is REALLY TWISTED! In my opinion that is. I really hope you enjoy it though… And if not… PLEASE DON'T FLAME ME! It was all my imaginations fault!!!!!! I'm also gonna be switching from one name to the other for Ryou Bakura.

Oh ya… I DON'T OWN YU-Gi-OH… Though I wish I did… Then I'd make Bakura the main character! =^-^=

Yu-Gi-Oh - Secrets From The Past

Chapter Two: Mask Of Darkness

Ryou Bakura… a girl?

The thought kept going through Seto's head the next day… He couldn't believe it… But why would he… uhh… she… be hiding in the disguise of a boy? Was she just naturally insane or was there a personal reason to hide her identity? He wanted to know more about her… in fact… he wanted to know everything about her… There was still something that drew him to her… Now he was beginning to realize what it was… He had a crush… or so he told himself.

His mind wandered back to the events of last night.

After he'd realized what was going on he'd went to sneak away but accidentally knocked over an old trashcan. It must have caught "her" attention because a second or two later she opened her window and looked out a bit nervously. By then, however, Seto was in the safety of a bush.

"Hello? Anyone there?" the voice was that of an angel to Seto. It was sweet and gentle and completely feminine. She hadn't lost her English accent either which made her voice that much more beautiful to the ear. Seto found that he was gapping. She was dressed in a long pure white nightgown and her hair was tied back with a baby blue ribbon, which matched her baby blue eyes, which she must have hidden before with contacts.

"Mr. Kaiba… MR. KAIBA!" a voice shouted in anger. Seto quickly turned his gaze from looking out the window to look into the eyes of a very angry history teacher. She had her hands on her hips and a stern look to her. The others students looked at Kaiba slightly confused. He wasn't one to not pay attention in class. Tristan and Duke, who were also in his class, looked over at him then looked at each other with shrugs. At least that kept the teacher off their backs for once.

"I… I'm sorry miss Kain," Seto said giving her a sincere look. He hadn't meant to go and space out like that.

"Hmm… Fine… Just don't let me catch you not paying attention again Mr. Kaiba," the teacher said as she walked back to the front of the class and continued her lesson. Seto sighed in relief and smirked over to Tristan and Duke who'd usually never get a warning like that.

Soon enough class was over and Seto headed out of class and into the schoolyard. He immediately began to look around for "Bakura". He had something he wanted to say to "him" and he wanted to say it now.

"Wait up you guys!" a familiar voice called out as Yugi and his friends headed out of the schoolyard. The voice was that of… Bakura.

"Hurry up slow poke," Joey said with a sigh as he put his hands behind his neck. Bakura soon caught up to them and scowled at Joey. Joey just laughed and

Seto clenched a fist and walked up to the group, "Hey Bakura... Can I talk to you for a second?"

Bakura gave him a rather confused look. It wasn't everyday that Seto Kaiba asked to speak to someone he believed to be "unimportant" and everyone knew Kaiba thought of all Yugi's friends as just that. The others also gave Kaiba confused looks but said nothing. Bakura shrugged slightly, "Ok..."

Seto motioned the other "boy" to follow him. Bakura looked back at the others and shrugged then followed Kaiba. Seto turned a corner and continued to a rather secluded part of the property. This made Bakura rather nervous. What was so important that Kaiba would need to speak with him far from prying eyes? Bakura looked back checking to see if anyone else was around, Seto did the same though for different reasons. He didn't want anyone around when he said what he needed to say.

"Ok... Kaiba... What was it that you wanted to talk about?" Bakura asked looking over to Seto and taking a deep breath. A sense of impending doom suddenly came over him.

"I know..." Seto said all of a sudden looking away from Bakura.

"Pardon?" Bakura asked even more confused then before. The feeling of doom still lingered, however, so Bakura was ready for anything... or so he thought.

(What's going on out there?) a familiar voice asked Bakura through their mind link.

(I'm not quite sure… Kaiba just suddenly asked me to come with him because he wanted to speak with me. Then all of a sudden he says he knows,) Bakura replied.

(Knows what?) his dark side asked.

(I don't know… Do you think he knows about… well… you know,) Bakura said nervously.

(That stupid mortal? I doubt it. He's much too naïve,) Yami Bakura explained.

(Maybe your right,) Bakura said.

(Besides… If he tries anything… like telling the Pharoah and his friends… well… lets just say he'll be left in the dark… for the rest of eternity,) his dark half laughed slightly at the thought.

(Don't you dare send him to the shadow realm Yami,) Bakura scolded.

(Humph… fine… You never let me have any fun,) the yami sighed.

(Like you ever asked or even listen to me anyway,) Bakura said.

Seto narrowed his eyes suddenly and turned towards Bakura grabbing him by the neck and shoving him against the wall of the school knocking the other boy out of his thoughts. Before Bakura could scream or say anything Seto cupped his hand over his mouth. Bakura let out a muffled scream but couldn't do much else. Suddenly a bright light appeared from Bakura's shirt revealing the millennium ring. Seto growled slightly knowing by now what that meant. He quickly grabbed the ring and ripped it off of Bakura's neck holding it tightly. It stopped glowing and Seto pulled Bakura off the wall and twirled him around roughly so that Bakura was facing away from him where Seto could grab him arms with his free hand. Ryou struggled to get free but Seto was much stronger.

Seto practically dragged him away from the school into a slightly forested area. He made sure to hide in the shadows so no one would see him. Once far enough into the forested area Seto threw Bakura to the ground. Bakura winced and slowly picked himself up into a sitting position.

"Scream and you'll regret it," Seto growled, "I know your secret and if you don't do as I say so will everyone else."

"Wh... What are you talking about?" Ryou asked wide-eyed.

"So what's your real name?" Seto asked turning and looking away.

"What are you talking about Kaiba? You know my name... It's..." Bakura began.

"Don't give me your lies!" Seto growled walking over and grabbing him by the arm, "Who are you?!"

"My name is Ryou... Ryou Bakura," he winced as Seto tightened his grip.

"Don't lie to me you bitch!" Seto shouted all of a sudden. That got Bakura's attention. His eyes widened and he looked up at Seto with fear in his eyes. A second later he narrowed his eyes and kicked out with his free leg kicking Seto to the ground forcing him to lose his grip. Without hesitation Ryou jumped up and ran.

"Get back here!" Seto shouted narrowing his eyes as he picked himself up off the ground and made chase. Thankfully for Seto, Bakura had always been a bit... clumsy. This was proven when he tripped over a fallen tree trunk and fell to the ground. Seto smirked as he caught up to Ryou. He knelt down seeing that his pray wasn't moving. He… or rather… she… was unconscious.

Meanwhile, Yugi and the gang were still waiting for their friend. Bakura hadn't told them to go without him so they'd decided to wait for him.

"What's taking them so long?" Joey asked.

"Maybe they've finished and Bakura just left without us," Tristan suggested.

"He would have told us to leave without him," Yugi replied.

"Lets just go see what's keeping them then," Duke said.

"But that would be rude," Tea says.

"And? It's just friends looking out for each other," Mai replies.

"And you know so much about friendship don't you Mai," Duke said pretending to yawn. Mai didn't look too impressed. She roughly swatted him across the head then headed off in the direction Kaiba and Bakura had gone.

"Wait up Mai!" Joey called out running after the blond haired girl.

Soon enough they where around the corner… All of them. They looked around but saw no sign of their white haired friend. Where could he have gone? Or rather… Where could they have gone? Yugi was starting to get an odd feeling in the pit of his stomach.

(Don't worry Yugi. I'm sure Bakura is fine. He probably thought you'd all left,) Yami said to his Hikari. Even he was a bit worried though.

"Oh well… Bakura can take care of himself. Lets get going," Duke said. He wasn't exactly close to Bakura. He didn't like quiet people too much. He always believed them to be hiding something. He was the type to leave everything out in the open and let people judge him like that. It left less to chance that way.

"Duke… Bakura's our friend… We just want to make sure he's ok… I don't trust Kaiba that much," Tristan said.

"Maybe we should call him at his house?" Yugi offered, "Maybe he did go home."

"Ya… Lets go," Tea said, "I'm sure he's fine. Besides. If he's in any danger that spirit of his will help him. After all. If something happens to Bakura it happens to the spirit as well."

"Tea's right. Remember the battle city tournament. His spirit saved him. If Bakura dies then so does the spirit," Yugi said.

"It's settled then. Lets go," Mai said as she turned to walk away.

"To the game shop!" Joey shouted as he ran off. Tristan narrowed his eyes slightly and ran after him. Tea sighed and rolled her eyes,  "Boys…"