Zoe: Hello, fellow fans. I have yet returned to an attempt to bring you more fanfictions. As some of you may already know, two of my Yu-Gi-Oh fictions were taken off of this site, but enough rambling. I'm sure you would like to hear the story now.

But first-

Disclaimer: Zoe does not own Yu-Gi-Oh, or anything else she may fit into this fiction. Plus she does not own any subliminal messages placed into this fiction (whistles innocently).

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Ryou Bakura walked into his house, throwing his backpack down beside the door. His father was still not home yet-he was still on his business trip to Australia. He set one foot on the stairs and looked up. There was no noise at all coming from his room. Usually his yami; or darker side would be listening to music or watching television. This concerned Ryou, so he walked upstairs to check. He opened the door to find his yami sleeping on his bed. Ryou lightly grinned and shook his head. He must've not had any sleep the night before. Ryou turned off the light, and went back downstairs to turn on the television. A news report came on right in the middle of a talk show.

"Breaking news: A shootout was held at the Partley Tower in East Domino City, killing at least five people and injuring seven earlier this afternoon."

Ryou held a shocked expression. "Partley Tower?" he thought. "That's not too far away from here."

The news lady kept talking. "It is unknown how the shootout was started, but it was in between a mysterious person in a black coat and some sort of gang. Many office workers were involved in the shootout, including many injured ones. The mysterious person escaped the scene before law enforcements could arrive, and his whereabouts are still questionable. There has been a warning placed all over Domino City to watch out for this man, and if you see anything unusual, please contact the police immediately. Now back to your regular programming."

"That can't be good...." Ryou whispered.

The phone rang. He reached over to the coffee table to pick it up. "Hello?"

His friend, Yugi Mutou was on the other line. "Hey, Bakura."

"Hi, Yugi. What was it that you needed?"

"Just wanted to know if you've been watching the news."

"Yeah, I just saw the report. That's pretty serious. I wonder who that person was."

"Me too. But anyways, how would you like to come over for a while? There's nothing to do over here, and I'm sure you don't have any plans, right?"

Ryou looked over at his backpack, which was chocked full of homework. He had been sick with the flu for the last two days, which was too much for his teachers. He sighed, trying to ignore his conscience. He picked the receiver back up.

"Alright. I'll be right over."

"Tell your yami to come too," Yugi said.

"He's sleeping right now. I don't know if I should wake him."

"That's okay. You don't have to. See you in a little bit, Ryou."

Ryou hung the phone up, and walked upstairs to his room. He kneeled next to the bed, and shook his yami. Yami Bakura tried to retaliate against his efforts, but failed. He opened his eyes and glared at his other half. Ryou gave his reasoning.

"Yugi wants us to go to his house. I'd rather not leave you here, there has been a warning placed around town."

"What warning?" His cranky, irate voice answered back.

"There was a shootout at Partley Tower earlier. Some mysterious person was involved, and he escaped the scene."

"So you're afraid of me staying home alone?"

"You mean you don't want to go?"

Yami Bakura rolled his eyes. "I know what it is. You're too much of a pansy to walk over there by yourself."

"I'm taking father's other car." Ryou let out his protesting voice.

"Fine, then. I'll go with you. Only because I know you'll probably wreck the car without my guidance," he scoffed.

"I can drive just fine, thank you."

A person sat up in a tree, watching the boy and his probable twin walk out of the room. The person acknowledged that one of them was wearing the prized Millennium Ring-a treasure that the person had been searching for years. A smirk flashed across the person's face, an obvious resolution to the fact that the person found what they had wanted.

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::::Scene: Yugi's house::::

"Watch out, Joey! You'll spill the soda on my cards!" Yugi cried in agony.

Joey Wheeler pulled his soda away, and glanced startlingly at Yugi. "Sorry, Yuge. I guess I wasn't paying attention."

"That's okay, Joey. Please be careful, though."

"So what did this guy look like?" Zoe asked Ryou, the both of them sitting on the couch, inattentively watching Yugi and Joey trade cards.

"They didn't say much; just that he wore a black coat. Probably a trench coat, if they didn't even know exactly what he looked like."

"That sucks," said Zoe's yami, Zaylen. "So now there's going to be tons of people freaking out over some guy."

"Bakura, what are you doing?" Zoe asked Ryou's darker half, who was staring blankly out of the window.

He glared at her for a moment, and then turned back around. "Thinking."

Zoe sighed, and looked back at Yugi and Joey, who were still trading cards. There was a knock at the door, so Ryou went to answer it. Mai Valentine stood there, greeting everyone, and walking in.

"How would you guys like going to a party tonight?" she asked. "It's at Club Blue Fire."

"Club Blue Fire?!" Joey exclaimed. "That club's for 21 and over!"

Mai grinned. "I have I.D.'s...."

Zaylen laughed. "I'm in! Who else is?"

Everyone, including Yugi's yami unhesitatingly raised their hands, all except for Yami Bakura.

"Oh come on, Bakura," Mai persuaded. "It'll be a blast."

He sighed, mumbled something unintelligible, and raised his hand. Everyone smiled, and Zaylen gave a round of applause.

"So is there anyone else going?" Zoe asked.

Mai looked around. "Well....I'm trying to squeeze in Tristan, Serenity, and Duke.....but I think that's it. Anyway, all of you meet at my place at eight, and we'll head out."

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::::Scene: Ishtar House::::

Malik Ishtar sat on the couch, watching television. He looked up at the clock, and saw that it was 7:39P.M. His sister, Isis, should've been home about ten minutes ago. His older brother, Rishid was doing laundry on the back porch, unaware that the girl was late.

The phone rang, and Malik looked at Rishid through the kitchen window that led to the back porch. It didn't seem like he could hear the phone, so Malik picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Malik," his sister replied. "Sorry if I'm late. I got a flat tire, and had to go to the shop."

"Oh, my gosh! Are you alright?!" Malik exclaimed.

She chuckled. "Yes, I'm fine. They put on a new tire, so I should be home in about a half and hour."

"Okay..."

"Oh, and I brought dinner, too. So tell Rishid not to worry about the chicken pasta salad."

"Alright."

"Bye, brother."

"Bye."

As soon as Malik hung up the phone, it rang again. He rolled his eyes, and turned back around to pick it up. This time it was one of his friend's, Emmi.

"Hey, Malik. What's up? Is Isis there?"

He looked outside the window, as if expecting her right at the moment. "No, she's on her way home."

"Oh, okay then. Leave her a note, and tell her you went to Mai's house. I'll pick you up."

"Why?"

"There's a party at Club Blue Fire tonight! Everyone's going. Can you believe I'm getting Seto to go?"

Malik stood there for a minute. Seto Kaiba never went to any parties, even if Emmi begged him. It must've been a really good party.

"Who all is going?" Malik asked her.

"I'm not exactly sure, because most of us are either going to sneak in or use fake identification cards to get in. But there will be a lot of couples. Me and Set, Zaylen and Yami Yugi, Tea and Yugi, Joey and Mai, and Kairi and Ryou."

That was quite a number of people for a party. He figured that since Zaylen was going, Zoe would too.

"Alright," he replied. "I'll tell Rishid to tell Isis when she comes home. What time will you be here?"

Emmi clicked her tounge, then answered. "I'll be there in five minutes. Hurry."

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"Ryou, will you hand me that brush, please?" Kairi asked him as she put on her earrings.

He did so, and watched on as all of the girls stood in front of the mirror at Mai's house, dressing up for tonight. Six of them stood in front of the small mirror, Zaylen being preoccupied by fixing Joey's sister, Serenity's hair. All of the guys sat on the couch, laughing and telling unnecessary jokes. Yami Bakura stood in the kitchen doorway, unparalleled to the sociality. This was unusual, because usually he would at least be joking around with them.

"Hey, Yami!" Joey addressed Yugi's darker half. "I bet you can't chug this bottle of soda!"

Joey tossed it to him, and right as he opened it, the soda burst into a flood of fizz all over him, and Yugi and Tristan, the two people sitting next to him. Laughter broke out through all the men, while Yami exploded and went after Joey, who rushed to the hallway.

"Would you guys settle down?!" Mai shouted from the bathroom.

Zoe fidgeted with her necklace. "When's Emmi going to get here?"

"She said she was going to pick up Malik and Isis, and she would be right over," said Zaylen.

Coincidentally, Emmi burst through the door with Malik. "All right, people, let's go. Seto's waiting outside in the limo, and I had to do some extra begging to get us all V.I.P. tickets!"

Jaws dropped along with hairbrushes and cans of soda.