Author Note: Hello again minna-san! I'm here with the third chapter of A Girl Thing. In all honesty, I can't believe that this story is so popular! I'm thankful though. Right now, I need to write a 150 word essay on teen pregnancies. Not long, I know, but what is there to write? And I have a ton of math to do. But this is more fun. Not to mention it's only six-thirty, so I have some time. Anyway, here's chapter three for y'all!

Disclaimer: Why must I do this every chapter? I mean, it should be blindingly obvious that I don't own Yu-gi-oh. I mean come ON peoples!

Thinking'

[Bakura to Ryou]
{Ryou to Bakura}
/Yugi to Yami/
\Yami to Yugi\
Last Thing: Thank you so much to all my reviewers! I really love reading your comments! And thank you to WindShine and Cirque du Macabre for putting me on your favorite authors list because of this story. (At least, I think it was this story) I hope this chapter isn't a disappointment!

*~*~*Chapter Three*~*~*

Ryou? Are you here?

Receiving no response, Yugi cautiously stepped in, followed closely by Yami.

Ryou's brain quickly contemplated the situation.

Run! No, stay and explain to Yugi what happened! No, stay and pretend to be somebody else! Or... or...

Hm? Oh! Hello! Who are you?

Ack'

Um... I'm... I'm...

Yugi smiled

Are you related to Ryou? We've been looking for him. Have you seen him?

Ryou blinked, and grinned nervously.

Y-yes. He just stepped out. To get... food! He went to get food.

Yugi looked at Yami and shrugged.

All right. But why wasn't he at school yesterday?

Ryou blanched. This was annoying, thinking of all these lies.

He didn't feel too good. Besides, I just arrived yesterday, and he felt it would be rude to head off to school and leave me all alone. So he stayed here.

That's understandable.

Suddenly, he put a hand to his mouth.

Oh, I'm sorry, I've been very rude. My name is Yugi Mutou, and this is my um... friend, Yami. We didn't mean to intrude in here, but I though that something bad had happened to Ryou, and I wanted to see if he was okay. What's your name?

My uh, my name? My name is... um... my name is Ryou...ina! My name's Ryouina.

Yugi blinked, and Yami raised an eyebrow.

Ryouina? That's kind of an odd name, don't you think?

It's foreign. My second cousin from, um... Tuva, named me. Anyway, nice meeting you!

Ryou swung around in an effort to leave and have the conversation over with, but Yami stepped forward, and spoke directly to for the first time.

Where's the tomb robber? Why hasn't he made an appearance yet?

Tomb... robber? What are you talking about? Oh! You mean that nice boy who lives with Ryou! He's in the other room.

Yami stared, and Yugi blinked in surprise. Then suddenly their eyes clouded over, a sign which Ryou knew meant they were communicating through the mind link.

\Aibou? She just called the tomb robber a nice boy Are you sure she's okay?\

/I'm sure she's fine Yami. Besides, even if she isn't, she has Ryou to watch over her. So be polite./

\She called him *nice boy*. That doesn't seem fine. But not only that, she seems strange. I can feel power coming off her, and it feels like a millennium item. To be exact, it feels like the millennium ring.\

/Yami, the ring belongs to Ryou. So she can't have a connection to it. Can she? Are you sure you're not just sensing Ryou's yami? Oh, and speaking of Bakura, don't attack him when you see him, no matter what he does. We don't want Ryouina to get scared./

\I wouldn't do that. I can keep my temper. But if he tries to do anything to you, I won't hesitate. And keep an eye on this Ryouina. Something still seems odd about her. And if anything unnatural happens, tell me.\

Bakura slowly walked in, still looking slightly dazed, and Yugi's eyes focused again. He smiled apologetically at .

Sorry about that. I was thinking of something.

Bakura snapped to attention at the sound of Yugi's voice. His eyes widened, and he snarled.

Pharaoh! What are *you* doing here? Go away!

Yami opened his mouth to give an angry reply, but stopped when he saw Yugi shake his head. Instead, he responded to Bakura's inquiry through gritted teeth.

Nice to see you too, *tomb robber* I am here because my aibou was worried about his friend.

He had no cause for alarm. So leave.

Yami glared .

Watch your tongue. I'm not in the mood to fight, but I assure you I will if you keep this up.

Bakura smirked, and stretched like a cat, staring at Yami.

You'll attack me here? In my own house? Is that really that smart, pharaoh? And besides, your precious light, or his friend might get hurt. You don't want that, do you?

What are you instigating, thief?

It all depends on how you act towards me. But I'd be careful.

Yami looked furious, and Bakura just stood in the hallway with his arms crossed. Ryou started to panic. They looked dangerous.

They're going to kill each other soon. And then the house will be destroyed as well. And I'll have to explain to father why we need to get it fixed. Again. And I don't think he's really buying the earthquake excuse. All right, this needs to stop before it gets out of hand.

Rushing down the stairs, he grabbed Yugi's hand and spoke loudly enough to distract the two angry yami's.

Um, you know. Ryou never got a chance to show me around. So I was wondering if maybe you could show me around? Is that okay?

Bakura looked surprised, Yami looked confused, and Yugi had his head cocked to one side, smiling.

Sure! It's only eleven. There isn't any school today because of a teacher meeting, so we have plenty of time. Do you want to head out now?

Ryou nodded quickly, and glanced at Bakura. He was looking at Ryou with an expression Ryou couldn't quite place. Shaking his head, Ryou grabbed his coat and headed for the door. Bakura's look unnerved him.

[Hikari.]



Yugi and Yami both looked at Ryou, startled.

Something wrong?'

Ryou shook his head and laughed weakly, in an attempt to cover up his shock

No, no. Everything's fine. I just... never mind.

All right. Come on then! I'll show you everything.

Ryou nodded again and headed for the door. Bakura was still looking at him, and Yami was still glaring at Bakura. Stepping onto the sidewalk, Ryou was stopped by another message through the mind link.

[Hikari. They don't know who you are?]

{No. And I want to keep it that way. Do you know how humiliating it would be to have everyone find out I'm a girl? I'd never hear the end of it! Don't say *anything*}

With that, Ryou turned and stalked off down the street, followed by Yugi. Yami shot Bakura a last dirty look, which was quickly returned, and headed away too.

Bakura turned, and headed in the opposite direction, but stopped after a few feet. Doubling back, he went into the house and came out again with intricately designed knife. He had searched through Ryou's memories and seen what had happened yesterday.

He was going to have a little talk with that fortune teller.

~To Be Continued~

Author Note: Bleh. That's all I have to say. No long author rants, no elaborate paragraphs, just . I don't really like this chapter, except the end. And I know it doesn't seem very funny, but my humor muse choked on a piece of broccoli and died. Yes, that is from The Simpsons. Go me.

Review.

I need a beta-reader really badly! I don't have one, and I can't really beta my own stories. Oh well.

Last thing: Did anyone catch the tiny little bit of shonen-ai? Did you? Probably not. But there was some

Last last thing: About Ryou's girl name It's not very creative, I know, but it's not supposed to be. I just made him blindly choose a name, and often when that happens, people will just choose their own names, unless they're used to lying. But Ryou probably isn't. So I made him just put an on the end of his own name. And I know he doesn't have a cousin from Tuva. But it's an out-of-the-way country, so why not use it? Yeah. That's all.