Just pretend that Ma'ar, Mornelithe Falconsbane hadn't really died, but had been sent to another dimension; the YGO dimension. Also, this will be a HP crossover as well. Thoughts: '.........' I don't own any of these characters, they either belong to Mercedes Lackey, JK Rowling, and whoever the hell owns YGO. I only own poor immortal Caduceus. Poor Caduceus. (Cad-oo-cius)

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Prolog

"Why are you doing this? What will you gain from doing this Ryou?" A figure, hunched over on the floor asked, his home city lay in flames in the backdrop.

"It's quite simple. All the tormented souls that survived the onslaught, such as yourself, will be given a type of immortality. They will neither live nor die, but will simply exist, unable to do anything but watch as their loved ones perish. And I will grow stronger from their pain. It's an ingenious plan, I will gain supreme power and no one will be able to stop me!!" Ryou hissed.

"W-What are you?" the figure asked.

"Why Caduceus, don't you remember you dear friend Ryou Bakura?" Ryou asked sarcastically. "If you must know, I am a Blood Mage. A dark Adept Blood Mage, to be more precise, a descendant of the great mage Ma'ar himself. I have come to claim my birthright and will make the world my own," Ryou said matter-of-factly.

"No," Caduceus whispered, "no,"

"Yes, and now you shall be forever banished to the darkness," Ryou grinned manically.

"Goodbye, Caduceus."

"NOOOO!!!!!"

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Ryou woke up shivering. 'Weird, I haven't had that dream in a long time. At least not since the Sunpriests preformed that exorcism.'

//Ryou, are you alright?// Bakura's worried voice came through the mind-link.

/I'm fine, just had a bad dream./ Ryou sent some reassurance through the link.

//Do you want to talk about it? Things like that can scar you for life you know.// Ryou made a face.

/Bakura, things like this don't leave scars./

//Oh//

/Just get some sleep./

//Alright//

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Please R&R....but if you've reached this point, I'm going to assume you have already done the first R, so...you get it. This is a product from I-have-this- stuck-in-my-head-and-I-can't-concentrate-on-my-other-fics syndrome.