Yoyo guys! Sorry for the late update, but I'm back to school again > Bakura and his new Hikari may just be the humour of this fic ^^ You'll see when yaz read it...
Oh, and thanks Sorceress Vanessa for the Hikari's name. It's just spelt a tiny bit differently ^^

Response to Reviews:
Sorceress Vanessa: Thanks for the well-wishin' every time yaz review ^^ I know, you can take care of Ryou for me for a while, he's not needed for a good while ^^
Ashla: MUHAHA! This chappys long, praise me!
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TaleneIsMyYami: I wouldn't mind if yaz flamed, no biggie ^^ Yupyup, Yami's cool, maybe he'll have a little veiwing near the end ^^
CrazyAboutYugi: Bakura bad guy! No hurtie Ryou! *Hits him. Bakura glares at her and she runs away like lightning* Well, at least he lossens up a little in this ^^;
Red Roses2-chan: I doubt 7 pages... but this one is at 4 ^^; Duel disk? Whacha mean?
Dagger5: I gotta find a way to bring Ryou in... Ya!Yugi forever!
Yugi: do you ever stop saying that...?
Nope =^^=
Yugi: -_-;;
WolfKeeper989: Continued and Updated, though laer then expected ^^;
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mori: Mike's a good one, my sis thought of that one too. I'm not really sure what he'll be yet, and he ightn't even be in it as often.. Ah well
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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

"This is talking"
'These are thoughts'

Chapter Three - Bakura's New Partner

Bakura groaned and held his head. This new guy was driving him crazy!

Of all the people in the world, Ryoura Bakura had to be the one to possess the Millennium Ring. He was nothing like Bakura's last hikari, he was over-energetic, and a bit slow, but worst of all, he took advantage of Bakura's slim knowledge of this time.

"You know what?" Ryoura jumped over the back of the couch and sat next to the translucent form of Bakura. He was wearing a blue baseball cap, blue pants, black shoes and a baggy black t-shirt that had blue stamp-like letters on it spelling the word 'Rejected'. Why he liked this outfit Bakura never knew. "Food doesn't exist anymore, you live off electricity."

Bakura looked over at him. "You tried that one already, and I don't care what you say, I am NOT sticking that fork," He pointed at the fork on the table in front of him. "Back in that plug hole!" He pointed across the room. He still felt weird after the last electric shock, and had made a mental note not to trust him so easily.

"Well you're not any fun." Ryoura folded his arms and sunk into the chair, pouting.

"Don't do that."

Ryoura grinned. He knew Bakura hated when Ryoura acted childish. Why? Because they looked practically identical. He just pouted more to annoy him.

Bakura growled and stood up, raising his hand. "You've become a bit to annoying for my taste, time for you to learn who's boss around here." With that a ball of green magic appeared in the palm of his hand and he through it forward at Ryoura, but suddenly, he was struck back by something and fell the floor. He held his head and sat it. It was his own blast that hit him! "You... you can already use Shadow Magic?!" He looked up at Ryoura, shocked, but secretly impressed.

Ryoura looked down at his hands. "Oh... guess your right, never done that before. Want some pizza?" He asked standing up and heading to the kitchen.

"But where did you learn it?" Bakura asked, curiosity getting the better of him.

Looking back, Ryoura shrugged. "I dunno, it just came to me. No biggie anyway, so are you hungry or not?" He turned back forward and went into the kitchen.

Bakura just sat there, stunned. Thousands of years of practising Shadow Magic, and this newbie was able to repel it?! "Ooo, I really don't like him!" Bakura thought angrily.

The only thing that kept his from returning to the Shadow Realm was the strong sense of Shadow Magic within the city, the magic of the Millennium Puzzle, and a weak hikari.

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"Wow..." Breathed Yujhi. He couldn't believe everything the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle was telling him. The Shadow Realm? Duel Monsters coming to life? Magic? It all seemed impossible. Yet, somehow, he knew it was true, he could feel it from the depths of Yugi's soul room.

Yugi tilted his head and looked confused at Yugi. "Wait a sec, shouldn't you be in class right now?"

Tilting his head in a similar way to Yugi, Yujhi showed he was also confused. What was Yugi talking about? Wait a second... he'd fallen asleep in the middle of school! That's how he ended up here. "Crud! How do I get out of here?!"

Yugi laughed as him and pointed to the door separating his soul room from the corridor outside it. "Get back to your soul room first, you should be able to wake up no problem from there."

Yujhi glared back a Yugi laughed at him, but ran out all the same. "I'm in huge trouble for this..."

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"Yujhi Mouto!"

"Ah!" Yujhi suddenly fell off his chair and landed on the floor, rubbing his head and sitting up. He blushed a little as a few people laughed at him, then looked up at the teacher, who stood with her arms folded. He grinned nervously and sat back up on his chair.

"Detention after school Yujhi." was th teachers only comment before she turned and walked back to the top of the class. Yujhi groaned and slouched onto his desk, narrowing his eyes as he heard someone else laughing at his misfortune. "Shut up Yugi..."

"Well that's not very polite now, is it?" was Yugi's response. Yujhi could tell from the tone in his voice he was grinned, so he just ignored him.

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Yugi sighed and lay back on the ground, staring up into the darkness of the room, which seemed to have no ceiling. "Mouto..." He whispered to himself. He knew that was a familiar name, but he didn't know where from. It was the same with Joseph's and Steven's surnames.

He closed his eyes and sighed, feeling like he'd released all his strength in doing so. He yawned and rolled over, quickly falling asleep and ignoring the uncomfortable feeling of the stone floor.

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"Those stupid robots... they were built for cleaning and yet they didn't do a stroke of work..." Yujhi mumbled to himself as he walked home after detention. The robots were after having a great time giving Yujhi the filthiest jobs they could before he was allowed to leave. Yujhi looked down at the Millennium Puzzle, which was hanging around his neck by a gold coloured chain, and sighed. "Wonder what kind of evil Yugi was talking about..."

"Yo Yujhi!"

Yujhi coughed and struggled to keep himself from falling as Ryoura came up behind him and never knocked him over while putting an arm around him. "Hey Ryoura."

"Whacha doin' leaving school at this time buddy?" Ryoura asked in a confused, but always overly-energetic, attitude.

"Got detention." Yujhi shrugged as he straightened himself up and they started to walk down the street.

Ryoura looked at him, a little surprised. "Whoa... major bummer."

"Who are you to talk, you get detention every day." Yujhi said, grinning as Ryoura shrugged.

"Ya, but I'm used to it. Ya see dude?" Ryou asked, and Yujhi nodded. Ryoura's eyes caught the Millennium Puzzle and he looked at it. "Whoa! Where'd you buy that thing?!" he asked jumping and pointing at it.

Yujhi gave Ryoura a strange look but smiled. Why was he always so hyper? "Well, it's sort of a family heirloom. Been passed down for centuries. It's called the Millennium Puzzle"

"Millennium Puzzle huh?"

"Yup."

"Then I suggest you hand it over..."

Yujhi jumped and spun around to face Ryoura, but sort of wished he hadn't. Ryoura wasn't acting normal. Well, normal for Ryoura. His voice was deeper, a lot deeper, and his eyes looked a lot less friendly, almost evil. "R-Ryoura?"

"I am not Ryoura you fool." Bakura's voice almost hissed as he grinned at the boy in from of him. "Now hand over the Puzzle or you will be hurt..."

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To Be Continued

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Ryoura is pronounced Rai-ou-ra, more or less how it's spent.
Awww, no Steve or Joe in this chappy, didn't realise that... ah well, maybe I'll have 'em in the next chappy ^^
Heehee, do you guys like Ryoura as much as I do? He's overly-hyper =^^=
Yesh, their all black and blue, I'm starting to think this story should be called:
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Age of Gangsters
_;; Nah, that sucks, I'll stuck to Soul Destruction ^^
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