Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. Maybe I will, but for now I still don't. TT

"Bakura? are you alright?" Yami whispered, trying to keep his cool. But the pharaoh knew something was wrong.

"Aaaah, if it isn't the pharaoh himself. Came to say goodbye to your friend?" The same evil laugh heard earlier repeated itself.

"Yami Marik. I knew it was you.. somehow you managed to escape the shadow realm." Yami twitched a bit, but didn't want to show his surprise.

"Just call me Marik." The sand haired yami tugged Bakura closer to him. He held the millenium rod in his hand and stared at the helpless Bakura who was trying to reach Yami, but obviously couldn't. Marik just smirked.

"Don't worry, my little friend, I'll take care of you." He shoved Bakura aside, who oofed and stayed on a corner, closing his eyes.

"Leave Bakura out of this. He did nothing to you!" Yami took a step further to Marik, who just started snickering.

"Mariik..!" Yami pratically yelled his name.

"Ahah, calm down pharaoh. I came back to get revenge. I'll kill you for what you did to me. You won't send me back to the shadow realm, because I'm staying right there. And since I can't take control of my weaker half anymore.. I simply used some energy I left on the millenium rod to make me a body."

"What about Bakura? What do you want with him?" Yami clenched his fists. He didn't want to see any of his friends hurt again.

"I do not care about the weakling, but about the spirit of the ring." Marik slowly approached Bakura and ripped off his ring. Bakura shivered and stood up.

"Give it back.. Marik!" Yami could see the boy was slightly shivering. He was a bit scared of Yami Marik, especially after what he had done at battle city.

"Don't bother trying.." Yami helplessly watched Marik hit Bakura on the head with his rod.

"Shut up. It's mine now." He walked back to Yami, that wide grin still on his face.

"I should banish both of you to the shadow realm, but I have other things to attend to." The yami left.

"Me and my friends will get you back for this, Marik. You won't be so lucky!" Yami yelled. Bakura couldn't help but chuckle, even with all that has happened to him so far. Yami unclenched his fists and stared at the snow haired form.

"What is so funnny, Bakura?"

"Hah.. he wants Yami Bakura.. but he's not in the ring anymore.. it's of no use to me or him anymore! He got a body the same way Marik did! He can only go back in the ring if he is willing to.." Bakura walked to the exit of the cave, wanting to get out of here fast.

"Well, isn't that convenient." Yami smirked and Yugi took control again.

"Bakura, you're alright?" Yugi rushed to his friend.

"Yes, it's all right. thanks Yugi. Now let's go home I have to see how Yami Bakura is doing.."