Chappie 4!! It'll be hard though. I'm in an angsty mood! Guess
that's what happens when you listen to Vanessa Carlton's 'Paradise' all
day. first time I heard it I cried for an hour!!! I uploaded it and I'm
listening to it now!! If you like slightly angsty songs, I strongly suggest
you buy it. Oh, and bakurasgirl, just in case you happen to come across
this sometime, I think 'Sway' would be a pretty good for 'The Rose and Ryou
and November Rain' cause I know I'll forget to review!! To the people who
are reviewing about my paragraphing, I'm really sorry. I've tried that
format, but it drives me nuts. If I had one of those stupid automatic-
paragraph thingies, then maybe I'd be in a better spot. but no!! Stupid
windows doesn't have one! Baka!!!!! *kicks computer and causes blackout*
Okay. moving on!!! And yes, I love making them all fight!! It makes it even
more funny when the yamis take over, and we all love the yamis!! Oh yeah, I
forgot the disclaimers! SO SUE ME!! Just remember who my lawyer is! *points
to Malik, who is threateningly holding the Millennium Rod* I don't own
anything. Not even this disclaimer. I ripped it off White Angel. v_v
"Harry? Can I ask you something?" Ryou asked, sitting on the grass watching the gnomes frolic about. Harry turned around, slightly surprised at how he spoke up. "Hmm? Sure. I guess." He answered. "Do you believe in fate? You know, how history repeats itself?" Harry looked at him, slightly taken aback. Then he shook his head. "I believe you make your own future. But if you don't do anything about it, I guess everyone else will push you to the past." He replied, after a bit of consideration. Ryou smiled, not that smile that he seemed to always be wearing, but a real genuine smile, as he picked up a gnome and softly stroked it before putting it back down and watched it scurry away. "Now may I ask you something, Ryou?" Ryou looked up, his soft ebony eyes wide. "You may, but I don't know if I'll be able to answer you." He whispered solemnly. "What did you remember when those dementors came?" Ryou sighed. "I was afraid you would ask that. Normally, to say, Malik, I would tell him to buzz off, that he needs to let up. But. can you keep a secret. you can't tell anyone, not even my friends, and they already know a lot more than you will." Harry closed his eyes. "Not if there's no reason to." Ryou sighed again. "Then I can't tell you. There a million reasons you should tell them, but more not to." He stood up, his head bowed, and Harry could see a few tears fall on the ground. "Goodnight, Harry."
The next morning, things weren't much better. Harry decided not to tell Harry and Hermione last night's occurrences, after considering Ryou's reaction. Ryou, Yugi, and Malik weren't on the best terms with one another. There was no way to be sure, but Ryou was positive Bakura would be furious with him for taking off the ring. Yugi was livid with Malik for talking to Ryou, even after he knew how he felt. Yami, on the other hand, was convinced that this was all Bakura's doing, that he had somehow brainwashed Ryou and made him react this way whenever that subject was brought up, and was personally proud of Malik. Harry was becoming increasingly suspicious of the three, but decided it was best to drop it, at least until he knew them better. Meanwhile, he was dreaming of quidditch night and day. His Firebolt tucked safely in his trunk, he visualized zooming about, Fred and George knocking away the bludgers, and sighting the snitch right next to Malfoy's ear. Now that Wood was gone, he was going to be quidditch captain at last. He kept this to himself though, it still being rather personal. He was interrupted though, by frequent blasts from Fred and George's room. Harry smiled to himself. Looked like they were making a batch of something new. Nothing else really could happen that day. After the dementor incident, Mrs. Weasley wouldn't let anyone out of her sight. Not even the gnomes. ~~~Later that night, though.~~~
"Malik." Ryou whispered. Malik jerked away. "Ryou? What's the matter, it's the middle of the night!!" He rubbed his eyes. "Malik, I have to tell you something. You know a couple days ago, you and Yugi interrogated me on that bruise on my right shoulder, how I told you it was a cookbook." He took a deep breath. "I lied. It was Bakura. but he didn't mean to, it was a baseball we found in the guestroom at Harry's place. He threw it to me, and instead my hand, it hit my shoulder. I'm sorry I lied Malik, I really am." Malik closed his eyes. "It's okay, Ryou." He was disrupted by Bakura, who emerged from the ring Ryou had just put on earlier. "I'm sorry, aibou. I didn't mean to hit you." He kissed the light softly on the forehead before returning back to the ring. Ryou, who was whimpering softly, laid back down and eventually fell asleep. Malik, on the other hand, immediately woke up Yugi. "Yugi, did you just see that?" He shook the spiky-haired boy awake. "No, I apparently didn't, because you just awoke me from a rather pleasant dream." He answered grumpily. "It was Bakura. I don't know Yugi, I think Ryou may be right. Maybe he has changed." Yugi opened his eyes. "What happened?" He asked, suddenly awake and alert. Malik sat down on the edge of Yugi's bed. "And then, he came out of the ring, which Ryou put back on earlier without our knowing, and said something like 'I'm sorry, light, I didn't want to hurt you.' Not exactly like that, but you know. And then he kissed Ryou on the forehead, which is definitely a first for him, and went back to the ring." He ended. "Do you think it's really possible? Could he really have changed?"
"Wake up, you three! We've got to get to the station in time, and we're already off schedule!!" A panicked Hermione opened the door to see two boys calmly talking, and the other one sitting on the bed reading. "Oh? Time already?" Ryou looked up from his book. Hermione's eye's widened as she looked around, seeing the beds already made, the boys already dressed, and trunks already packed. "Wow." She whispered. "Time change." The three replied at once. Hermione nodded and closed the door, and went straight to Fred and George's room. "Why can't you two be like the new ones! They're up and ready, and you two are still sound asleep!" She yelled into the door. Hearing this, the three laughed. "Looks like we're an influence!" Malik popped. Ryou smiled a bit. "That's a new one." He giggled. "Wow, and it's not even for a duel! Go us!" Yugi false cheered. "Second breakfast anyone?" Malik asked. Ryou stuck out his tongue. "Uh, no way. coffee. still. evil." He coughed a fake cough. "Yami says more food. I say no." Yugi answered simply. Ryou could just imagine Yami sulking in his soul room. "I'M HUUUUUUNNNNGGGGGRRRRYYY!!" He would be crying. "Ryou, are you okay? If you don't want to talk that's okay, but. last night." Malik hinted. Ryou glared at him. "Okay, okay, just wondering!" Malik held up his hands defensively. "I just want to say that. maybe you're right. Maybe he has changed." Ryou looked at him for a moment. "Really?" Yugi nodded slightly. "But that doesn't mean that we won't suspect him if something strange happens. Just believe us when we say, he has a second chance." Yugi told him. Ryou smiled again, another real, authentic smile, as he replied sincerely, "Thank you, guys."
"How did you get up so early? I mean, you went to bed even later than us, you guys talking woke me up around midnight, and hear you are, up and awake, seven a.m.!!!" Ron exclaimed. "Oh, I'm sorry we woke you up last night. I had sort of a nightmare, and ended up waking everyone up." Ryou explained. Hermione shook. "Not surprising! I've been having nightmares ever since those dementors!" Ryou flinched. "Could you be so kind as to not mention those? I've been trying to forget." Hermione nodded, knowing that Harry didn't like them mentioned much either. "Yes, but I'm really surprised how many they were. Was there that much happiness surrounding us? It seemed like they were feeding on two or three extra people." Harry said. Ryou, Malik, and Yugi looked at each other nervously. "Well, the ministry was obviously nearby." Said Fred. George nodded. "True." Hermione agreed.
"You mean we have to walk through that thing!! No way!!" Malik yelped. "I don't think my dad will let me go to a new school if I get a concussion from this one." Ryou said softly. Yugi just shrugged. "Whatever. Just think of it as turning the safety settings to zero on a duel disk. The worst thing that could happen is that you get knocked out." Malik put his hands behind his head. "Yeah, does that count god cards?" He pointed out. Yugi sweat dropped. "You guys go first to prove to him that he ain't about to die." Yugi told Harry, his eyes focused on the cocky blonde. "Forget that, just make him!" Fred and George pushed him and his trolley into the wall. Ryou and Yugi watched him disappear into the wall, hearing much protesting. "See? That simple!" The twins came back out, dusting off their hands. Ryou just rolled his eyes and passed them into the barrier. "Malik, calm down! It's not like you're lost in an infinite void or something! Trust me, I know, I've been there." He said, immediately spying the boy freaking out. He hit him in the back of the head extremely hard, making him shut up. "Ah, that's much better. Now, be a good little baka and wait for Yugi, because I know the moment I get you to shut up, he's going to start up. And that gives me a very bad headache! I swear, it's like living with Aria and Aten!" Malik raised an eyebrow. "What!! I read, big deal!!" (Uh. sorry, couldn't resist! )^_^) ) Malik just let it pass, and jumped onto the train. Ryou yelled after him to no avail. Soon, everyone else had come through, and had jumped on the train.
"Hey, these are our last electricity-using moments." Malik started. Yugi's eyes widened with excitement. "Yeah. you're right." Ryou jumped in. "Malik's referee!" He called. Malik scoffed. "Why me? Why not Yugi? That way, there will be some more excitement. We both know what will happen should we duel him." He pointed out. No one but Malik noticed as the millennium ring glowed faintly under his shirt, and Bakura took over. "Duel? You can't duel, it's not allowed at Hogwarts!" Hermione explained. Yugi dropped his duel disk box he was holding. "No. duel? No. Bakura-butt- kicking? No dueling?!!!" He started to freak. "Why not!!" Malik shouted. "Because it's dangerous!!" Ron acted like this solved it all. "How can cards be dangerous!!!" Bakura exclaimed. ~~Well, when they're cards, anyway.~~ He reminded himself. The three looked at the boys. "Cards?" They asked. "Yeah!!" Yugi said, as the puzzle now glowed softly, as Yugi and Yami switched. "Duel monsters! See!!" He took Malik's deck out of his hand and gave it to Harry. "Hey!" He reached for Yami. "Did you really think I would let them touch my deck!" He asked. "Yeah," Bakura teased, "didn't want them to get a fingerprint on Osiris or Ra, now, would you?" Yami put his deck up next up to his face and cuddled it. Bakura sweat dropped. "Pathetic. Shows a real GAME KING!" He stressed. Yami quickly put his deck in his duel disk, which had somehow magically appeared on his arm. "Wanna bet!!" Bakura waved his hands. "I want to duel Malik! I don't want to duel Mr. Macho!!" Yami shrugged. "What's the difference?" He asked. He was completely ignored though, because at that moment, someone walked into the compartment. "Malfoy!" Harry stood up. Malik stood up. "Malfoy?" The boy looked at the blonde for a moment. "M- master Marik!" Malik's eyes widened with fury. "Leave now!!" He ordered. "I don't plan on messing with the likes of the Ghouls again!" He took the dagger out of his rod discreetly and flashed it in the light. "I'm sorry!" The boy squeaked as he pushed his confused cronies out of the compartment. "Wow!" Ron yelled. "How'd you get Malfoy out like that!?!!" Malik blushed. "Bakura, your turn." He said simply. Bakura took his cue. "Erase their minds!" The ring flared out, and a mysterious light filled the compartment. and then, nothing.
(Okay, I'll try. again.)
"Baka! They're knocked out!" Yami scolded.
"I much prefer Yugi, pharaoh. Goodbye." He said simply before he was replaced by Ryou. Yami sighed and allowed Yugi to take over.
"That was a total waste of time!" Malik said in false cheeriness. "How much you wanna bet they wake up remembering everything, including the dagger! Oh, and what about Isis? I wonder what she'll think of this!" He panicked. "She's going to kill me. Not to mention that she'll take this stupid rod away. Man, it would be fun to use this on enemies, too. Make them make a fool of themselves in class, or have them eat the same steak as Bakura."
"Shh! I think he's waking up!" Ryou pointed to Harry. Sure enough, Harry started stirring around, and opened his eyes. "Good morning Harry!" Ryou greeted.
"What in the world happened?" He asked. Ryou shrugged.
"I dunno. I just woke up as well. I just hope everyone's okay. Think it had something to do with a bleached-blond kid with a wacky hairdo." Harry immediately looked to Malik. "No! No!" Ryou laughed. "Think his name Malfun or something."
"Malfoy." Malik said solemnly. "His name was Malfoy. Little son of a-" He was cut off by Yugi.
"Malik, five minutes ago all you could rant about was Isis. Why don't you think about her before speaking for once!" He warned. "What you really need to worry about is what in the world you are going to do. Until we get to school, we have to figure out exactly what happened, and then correct it!!" He stressed the 'it', trying to get the point across.
"Stealing one from Ryou's book, buzz off!" He flicked Yugi.
"Still here." Said Harry, getting slightly annoyed at being left out. (Life never is fair, huh, Harry-kun!) "And if it was Malfoy, watch out. You make an enemy of him, you make a evil mosquito." Yugi blinked. "You know, he buzzes around and annoys you all day, and when you try to slap him, he just flies away and blames another one."
"Oh." Ryou said. "I think I'm going to go find Seto. Maybe we'll be lucky for once and Mokuba found someone else to hang out with. Dude. that would be more than slightly freaky." He walked out of the compartment, followed by laughter.
"Anyway, I guess we'd better work on waking these guys up. I don't think we'll look good carrying in two unconscious people on our backs. Dunno how many times I've been blamed for carrying Ryou. I swear, for the karma- believing sort, he sure does have bad luck." Malik said. "Do you have anything? If not, I've got a bloodstained dagger." He teased. "Put that under their noses, they're bound to wake up. Same knife that killed the pharaoh five thousand years ago. Weren't many doctors that could do heart surgery then." He laughed, earning a glare from Yugi.
"And what did that pharaoh do to deserve that?" The boy shoved himself into Malik's face.
"He imitated you, that's what!" He pushed Yugi away. "And I think Isis said he was already pretty much dead. After all, it was only a body, there was no soul left!"
"So! What about his wife? Or perhaps the fact that when the high priest's little brother walked in to make sure he was still alive, he was next found screaming down the hall screaming something about Anubis or Osiris or something!" Yugi pointed out.
"First of all, he didn't have a wife, he had a husband!! And second, you don't have to drag in that little kid again! Besides, that kid was a nuisance, words of the pharaoh himself!!!" Malik argued. Harry rolled his eyes.
"Could you please shut up about something that happened more than a millennia ago and help me wake these two up!" Harry shouted.
"Oh yeah." The two said at the same time. Malik dove into Ryou's trunk to find something to wake them up.
"Careful, you may find more than a few robes in there." Yugi warned. Malik soon discovered that for himself as he pulled out a greenish colored skull.
"Lovely." Malik said with pure disgust as he wrapped it up carefully in a white sheet he found. "Aha! They're either licorice or." He sniffed the black candle he had just found. "Um. Rose?" He raised his eyebrows. Yugi took it and nodded his head.
"Yeah. Black rose. That's nice. Here." He tossed it to Harry, who caught it expertly. "Good catch." He commented as he pulled Malik out of the seemingly bottomless trunk. Harry sniffed it and pretended to fall over.
"Yes, this should work." He coughed. He started waving under Hermione's nose, when Ryou, followed by the brunette they met yesterday, appeared.
"No!! What are you doing with that!" He leaped to get it from Harry. "Malik!! I hope you realize how much these cost!" He accused.
"Wouldn't matter. I don't have any money. Besides, how much did you *pay* for them, anyway?" Ryou sweat dropped.
"That doesn't matter!! What matters is that you went trunk-digging, and you know that job is specially reserved for me!! Why don't you go pick on Yugi's trunk! I bet you wouldn't be half as disgusted with his stuff! Probably cards and Egypt posters is all." He pointed out. Yugi looked hurt.
"I have more than that! Better than a bunch of fully prepared voodoo dolls!" Yugi yelled. At this point Seto stepped in.
"People, I live with an eleven-year-old brother, not to mention suffered a couple of fangirl attacks within the last six hours. I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I'm not about to put up with your crap. Ok?" He stated calmly. Malik nodded.
"Ah, yes. I see. And I suppose you have better entertainment?" He asked. Seto looked around.
"I brought my duel disk." Harry shook his head in defeat.
"Let me guess, you brought a couple of suitcases full of these cards you keep talking about, and you want to kill each other. again." He said. Yugi nodded.
"I'd say that hit the nail on the head." Ryou added. "I'll duel you, Kaiba! Better than a sure loss, as much as a *part* of me hates to admit that." He insinuated. "But, as long as you don't draw those blue eyes." His eyes slanted as he once again allowed Bakura control.
"I don't need a couple of dragons to beat you, Bakura! I could beat you with your puny deck in two minutes tops!" Seto threatened. Bakura laughed.
"Sure, but I don't think Harry will appreciate a duel right now. I suggest you getting something out to wake those two up with." He smirked. "Certainly the famed Seto Kaiba has something to wake them up with. No super-strong cologne in those bags?" Seto rolled his eyes.
"Why don't you!? You're the one with the candles!"
"Are you willing to pay for those? You wake them up!"
"We've been awake for the last ten minutes, we just were seeing how much you guys could argue!!!" Ron finally spoke up, followed by Hermione.
"But, considering you guys couldn't agree, we got sick of it and just got up. It was amazingly funny though, watching you guys argue. Now, do you mind filling us in on what in the world just happened?" Hermione queried. Bakura pretended to look thoroughly puzzled.
"I don't know. We were trying to figure out ourselves exactly what happened." He wasn't lying. Bakura had that ability to not lie, but not let people know the truth at the same time. Neither Ryou nor him had ever remembered a Malfoy before, and by the looks of it, neither had Yugi or Yami. Malik seemed the only one to know, and he wasn't exactly in the right place to tell. If he was a Ghoul, then why in the world was he in England? And why did Ron seem to know him? It was all a mystery to Bakura, but I guess it wouldn't be for long. As a tomb robber, he was one of the best at getting needed information. Not to mention Ryou's sudden bursts of emotion would leave Malik desperate to talk to him, so apparently this would be easier than he thought.
"Gods, I feel like I'm back with the Ghouls again. Why does everything have to be black!" Malik cried. He was upset by the fact that they had to wear uniforms. Ryou laughed.
"At least they don't have little lavender eyes on the hoods. Then you'd definitely look like a Ghoul. Yugi would too! I can just imagine. evil Yugi. taking everyone's rarest cards, and having three sets of Exodia like that one Rare Hunter that beat Jou had." He joked. Yugi laughed.
"Grandpa sure wouldn't like that. Probably croak the moment he saw the shape of the hood. And then I'd make Bakura use monster reborn and bring him back, and he would croak again on the fact that I had a new Exodia set. That would be funny. Heh he. he doesn't even know about the Ghouls, but the color black would scare him. I can just imagine." Yugi said. Ryou smiled.
"At least he's not here. Hey, Malik, do you have a comb? My hair isn't used to switching so much." Ryou whispered. Malik cracked a smile and went into Ryou's trunk and got the comb towards the top. Ryou stuck his tongue out. "Yours is better!" He pouted.
"Well, that's why you need to move to Cairo with me and Isis!" He teased. "But then little Yugi will be lonely. you can forget that idea. But still, you guys need to come more often." Ryou frowned.
"That would mean following my dad. I don't like my dad. That simple." He told them. "Besides, I'm perfectly happy in Japan. It's not very formal, unless you count school. Anyway, I don't like Egypt either. It's way too hot, I wouldn't be able to stand it!!" He shivered, which wasn't very appropriate for the previous sentence, but it got the point across.
"The train's stopped, you guys. I don't know if you need to go with the first-years to be sorted or what, but we'll be watching the ceremony to see where you get! See you!" Hermione waved.
"First years over here! First years over here!" A rough voice called. Malik shrugged.
"Guess we go with him." He said. Ryou and Yugi just followed the voice to see. a giant. Seto cowered behind Ryou, who was just laughing.
"Um. Stop it, baka! Do you know where we go, sir?" He asked, giggling. The man smiled.
"Ah, you must be the new students. You come with me, go on." He told them in a friendly voice. The boys nodded and followed the rest of the younger students.
"I feel like I'm ten again." Malik commented. Ryou giggled a bit.
"Are you sure you aren't? You act like it." He teased.
"Shut up! You're one to talk! You okay back there, Seto. Kinda quiet for a know-it-all, aren't you?" Seto glared at him.
"Oh, puh-lease! How was I supposed to know giants existed!!"
"I seem to remember, according to you, neither did Yami or Bakura." Ryou pointed out.
NEXT CHAPPIE!!: SORTING!!!! ! Oh, and I'm saving all my reviews, but some of them from Chapter one got deleted by my brother!! *evil glare* So if I forget to personally thank you sometime, blame it on him! Ja ne! OVER 4000 WORDS!!!! OH YEAH!!!
"Harry? Can I ask you something?" Ryou asked, sitting on the grass watching the gnomes frolic about. Harry turned around, slightly surprised at how he spoke up. "Hmm? Sure. I guess." He answered. "Do you believe in fate? You know, how history repeats itself?" Harry looked at him, slightly taken aback. Then he shook his head. "I believe you make your own future. But if you don't do anything about it, I guess everyone else will push you to the past." He replied, after a bit of consideration. Ryou smiled, not that smile that he seemed to always be wearing, but a real genuine smile, as he picked up a gnome and softly stroked it before putting it back down and watched it scurry away. "Now may I ask you something, Ryou?" Ryou looked up, his soft ebony eyes wide. "You may, but I don't know if I'll be able to answer you." He whispered solemnly. "What did you remember when those dementors came?" Ryou sighed. "I was afraid you would ask that. Normally, to say, Malik, I would tell him to buzz off, that he needs to let up. But. can you keep a secret. you can't tell anyone, not even my friends, and they already know a lot more than you will." Harry closed his eyes. "Not if there's no reason to." Ryou sighed again. "Then I can't tell you. There a million reasons you should tell them, but more not to." He stood up, his head bowed, and Harry could see a few tears fall on the ground. "Goodnight, Harry."
The next morning, things weren't much better. Harry decided not to tell Harry and Hermione last night's occurrences, after considering Ryou's reaction. Ryou, Yugi, and Malik weren't on the best terms with one another. There was no way to be sure, but Ryou was positive Bakura would be furious with him for taking off the ring. Yugi was livid with Malik for talking to Ryou, even after he knew how he felt. Yami, on the other hand, was convinced that this was all Bakura's doing, that he had somehow brainwashed Ryou and made him react this way whenever that subject was brought up, and was personally proud of Malik. Harry was becoming increasingly suspicious of the three, but decided it was best to drop it, at least until he knew them better. Meanwhile, he was dreaming of quidditch night and day. His Firebolt tucked safely in his trunk, he visualized zooming about, Fred and George knocking away the bludgers, and sighting the snitch right next to Malfoy's ear. Now that Wood was gone, he was going to be quidditch captain at last. He kept this to himself though, it still being rather personal. He was interrupted though, by frequent blasts from Fred and George's room. Harry smiled to himself. Looked like they were making a batch of something new. Nothing else really could happen that day. After the dementor incident, Mrs. Weasley wouldn't let anyone out of her sight. Not even the gnomes. ~~~Later that night, though.~~~
"Malik." Ryou whispered. Malik jerked away. "Ryou? What's the matter, it's the middle of the night!!" He rubbed his eyes. "Malik, I have to tell you something. You know a couple days ago, you and Yugi interrogated me on that bruise on my right shoulder, how I told you it was a cookbook." He took a deep breath. "I lied. It was Bakura. but he didn't mean to, it was a baseball we found in the guestroom at Harry's place. He threw it to me, and instead my hand, it hit my shoulder. I'm sorry I lied Malik, I really am." Malik closed his eyes. "It's okay, Ryou." He was disrupted by Bakura, who emerged from the ring Ryou had just put on earlier. "I'm sorry, aibou. I didn't mean to hit you." He kissed the light softly on the forehead before returning back to the ring. Ryou, who was whimpering softly, laid back down and eventually fell asleep. Malik, on the other hand, immediately woke up Yugi. "Yugi, did you just see that?" He shook the spiky-haired boy awake. "No, I apparently didn't, because you just awoke me from a rather pleasant dream." He answered grumpily. "It was Bakura. I don't know Yugi, I think Ryou may be right. Maybe he has changed." Yugi opened his eyes. "What happened?" He asked, suddenly awake and alert. Malik sat down on the edge of Yugi's bed. "And then, he came out of the ring, which Ryou put back on earlier without our knowing, and said something like 'I'm sorry, light, I didn't want to hurt you.' Not exactly like that, but you know. And then he kissed Ryou on the forehead, which is definitely a first for him, and went back to the ring." He ended. "Do you think it's really possible? Could he really have changed?"
"Wake up, you three! We've got to get to the station in time, and we're already off schedule!!" A panicked Hermione opened the door to see two boys calmly talking, and the other one sitting on the bed reading. "Oh? Time already?" Ryou looked up from his book. Hermione's eye's widened as she looked around, seeing the beds already made, the boys already dressed, and trunks already packed. "Wow." She whispered. "Time change." The three replied at once. Hermione nodded and closed the door, and went straight to Fred and George's room. "Why can't you two be like the new ones! They're up and ready, and you two are still sound asleep!" She yelled into the door. Hearing this, the three laughed. "Looks like we're an influence!" Malik popped. Ryou smiled a bit. "That's a new one." He giggled. "Wow, and it's not even for a duel! Go us!" Yugi false cheered. "Second breakfast anyone?" Malik asked. Ryou stuck out his tongue. "Uh, no way. coffee. still. evil." He coughed a fake cough. "Yami says more food. I say no." Yugi answered simply. Ryou could just imagine Yami sulking in his soul room. "I'M HUUUUUUNNNNGGGGGRRRRYYY!!" He would be crying. "Ryou, are you okay? If you don't want to talk that's okay, but. last night." Malik hinted. Ryou glared at him. "Okay, okay, just wondering!" Malik held up his hands defensively. "I just want to say that. maybe you're right. Maybe he has changed." Ryou looked at him for a moment. "Really?" Yugi nodded slightly. "But that doesn't mean that we won't suspect him if something strange happens. Just believe us when we say, he has a second chance." Yugi told him. Ryou smiled again, another real, authentic smile, as he replied sincerely, "Thank you, guys."
"How did you get up so early? I mean, you went to bed even later than us, you guys talking woke me up around midnight, and hear you are, up and awake, seven a.m.!!!" Ron exclaimed. "Oh, I'm sorry we woke you up last night. I had sort of a nightmare, and ended up waking everyone up." Ryou explained. Hermione shook. "Not surprising! I've been having nightmares ever since those dementors!" Ryou flinched. "Could you be so kind as to not mention those? I've been trying to forget." Hermione nodded, knowing that Harry didn't like them mentioned much either. "Yes, but I'm really surprised how many they were. Was there that much happiness surrounding us? It seemed like they were feeding on two or three extra people." Harry said. Ryou, Malik, and Yugi looked at each other nervously. "Well, the ministry was obviously nearby." Said Fred. George nodded. "True." Hermione agreed.
"You mean we have to walk through that thing!! No way!!" Malik yelped. "I don't think my dad will let me go to a new school if I get a concussion from this one." Ryou said softly. Yugi just shrugged. "Whatever. Just think of it as turning the safety settings to zero on a duel disk. The worst thing that could happen is that you get knocked out." Malik put his hands behind his head. "Yeah, does that count god cards?" He pointed out. Yugi sweat dropped. "You guys go first to prove to him that he ain't about to die." Yugi told Harry, his eyes focused on the cocky blonde. "Forget that, just make him!" Fred and George pushed him and his trolley into the wall. Ryou and Yugi watched him disappear into the wall, hearing much protesting. "See? That simple!" The twins came back out, dusting off their hands. Ryou just rolled his eyes and passed them into the barrier. "Malik, calm down! It's not like you're lost in an infinite void or something! Trust me, I know, I've been there." He said, immediately spying the boy freaking out. He hit him in the back of the head extremely hard, making him shut up. "Ah, that's much better. Now, be a good little baka and wait for Yugi, because I know the moment I get you to shut up, he's going to start up. And that gives me a very bad headache! I swear, it's like living with Aria and Aten!" Malik raised an eyebrow. "What!! I read, big deal!!" (Uh. sorry, couldn't resist! )^_^) ) Malik just let it pass, and jumped onto the train. Ryou yelled after him to no avail. Soon, everyone else had come through, and had jumped on the train.
"Hey, these are our last electricity-using moments." Malik started. Yugi's eyes widened with excitement. "Yeah. you're right." Ryou jumped in. "Malik's referee!" He called. Malik scoffed. "Why me? Why not Yugi? That way, there will be some more excitement. We both know what will happen should we duel him." He pointed out. No one but Malik noticed as the millennium ring glowed faintly under his shirt, and Bakura took over. "Duel? You can't duel, it's not allowed at Hogwarts!" Hermione explained. Yugi dropped his duel disk box he was holding. "No. duel? No. Bakura-butt- kicking? No dueling?!!!" He started to freak. "Why not!!" Malik shouted. "Because it's dangerous!!" Ron acted like this solved it all. "How can cards be dangerous!!!" Bakura exclaimed. ~~Well, when they're cards, anyway.~~ He reminded himself. The three looked at the boys. "Cards?" They asked. "Yeah!!" Yugi said, as the puzzle now glowed softly, as Yugi and Yami switched. "Duel monsters! See!!" He took Malik's deck out of his hand and gave it to Harry. "Hey!" He reached for Yami. "Did you really think I would let them touch my deck!" He asked. "Yeah," Bakura teased, "didn't want them to get a fingerprint on Osiris or Ra, now, would you?" Yami put his deck up next up to his face and cuddled it. Bakura sweat dropped. "Pathetic. Shows a real GAME KING!" He stressed. Yami quickly put his deck in his duel disk, which had somehow magically appeared on his arm. "Wanna bet!!" Bakura waved his hands. "I want to duel Malik! I don't want to duel Mr. Macho!!" Yami shrugged. "What's the difference?" He asked. He was completely ignored though, because at that moment, someone walked into the compartment. "Malfoy!" Harry stood up. Malik stood up. "Malfoy?" The boy looked at the blonde for a moment. "M- master Marik!" Malik's eyes widened with fury. "Leave now!!" He ordered. "I don't plan on messing with the likes of the Ghouls again!" He took the dagger out of his rod discreetly and flashed it in the light. "I'm sorry!" The boy squeaked as he pushed his confused cronies out of the compartment. "Wow!" Ron yelled. "How'd you get Malfoy out like that!?!!" Malik blushed. "Bakura, your turn." He said simply. Bakura took his cue. "Erase their minds!" The ring flared out, and a mysterious light filled the compartment. and then, nothing.
(Okay, I'll try. again.)
"Baka! They're knocked out!" Yami scolded.
"I much prefer Yugi, pharaoh. Goodbye." He said simply before he was replaced by Ryou. Yami sighed and allowed Yugi to take over.
"That was a total waste of time!" Malik said in false cheeriness. "How much you wanna bet they wake up remembering everything, including the dagger! Oh, and what about Isis? I wonder what she'll think of this!" He panicked. "She's going to kill me. Not to mention that she'll take this stupid rod away. Man, it would be fun to use this on enemies, too. Make them make a fool of themselves in class, or have them eat the same steak as Bakura."
"Shh! I think he's waking up!" Ryou pointed to Harry. Sure enough, Harry started stirring around, and opened his eyes. "Good morning Harry!" Ryou greeted.
"What in the world happened?" He asked. Ryou shrugged.
"I dunno. I just woke up as well. I just hope everyone's okay. Think it had something to do with a bleached-blond kid with a wacky hairdo." Harry immediately looked to Malik. "No! No!" Ryou laughed. "Think his name Malfun or something."
"Malfoy." Malik said solemnly. "His name was Malfoy. Little son of a-" He was cut off by Yugi.
"Malik, five minutes ago all you could rant about was Isis. Why don't you think about her before speaking for once!" He warned. "What you really need to worry about is what in the world you are going to do. Until we get to school, we have to figure out exactly what happened, and then correct it!!" He stressed the 'it', trying to get the point across.
"Stealing one from Ryou's book, buzz off!" He flicked Yugi.
"Still here." Said Harry, getting slightly annoyed at being left out. (Life never is fair, huh, Harry-kun!) "And if it was Malfoy, watch out. You make an enemy of him, you make a evil mosquito." Yugi blinked. "You know, he buzzes around and annoys you all day, and when you try to slap him, he just flies away and blames another one."
"Oh." Ryou said. "I think I'm going to go find Seto. Maybe we'll be lucky for once and Mokuba found someone else to hang out with. Dude. that would be more than slightly freaky." He walked out of the compartment, followed by laughter.
"Anyway, I guess we'd better work on waking these guys up. I don't think we'll look good carrying in two unconscious people on our backs. Dunno how many times I've been blamed for carrying Ryou. I swear, for the karma- believing sort, he sure does have bad luck." Malik said. "Do you have anything? If not, I've got a bloodstained dagger." He teased. "Put that under their noses, they're bound to wake up. Same knife that killed the pharaoh five thousand years ago. Weren't many doctors that could do heart surgery then." He laughed, earning a glare from Yugi.
"And what did that pharaoh do to deserve that?" The boy shoved himself into Malik's face.
"He imitated you, that's what!" He pushed Yugi away. "And I think Isis said he was already pretty much dead. After all, it was only a body, there was no soul left!"
"So! What about his wife? Or perhaps the fact that when the high priest's little brother walked in to make sure he was still alive, he was next found screaming down the hall screaming something about Anubis or Osiris or something!" Yugi pointed out.
"First of all, he didn't have a wife, he had a husband!! And second, you don't have to drag in that little kid again! Besides, that kid was a nuisance, words of the pharaoh himself!!!" Malik argued. Harry rolled his eyes.
"Could you please shut up about something that happened more than a millennia ago and help me wake these two up!" Harry shouted.
"Oh yeah." The two said at the same time. Malik dove into Ryou's trunk to find something to wake them up.
"Careful, you may find more than a few robes in there." Yugi warned. Malik soon discovered that for himself as he pulled out a greenish colored skull.
"Lovely." Malik said with pure disgust as he wrapped it up carefully in a white sheet he found. "Aha! They're either licorice or." He sniffed the black candle he had just found. "Um. Rose?" He raised his eyebrows. Yugi took it and nodded his head.
"Yeah. Black rose. That's nice. Here." He tossed it to Harry, who caught it expertly. "Good catch." He commented as he pulled Malik out of the seemingly bottomless trunk. Harry sniffed it and pretended to fall over.
"Yes, this should work." He coughed. He started waving under Hermione's nose, when Ryou, followed by the brunette they met yesterday, appeared.
"No!! What are you doing with that!" He leaped to get it from Harry. "Malik!! I hope you realize how much these cost!" He accused.
"Wouldn't matter. I don't have any money. Besides, how much did you *pay* for them, anyway?" Ryou sweat dropped.
"That doesn't matter!! What matters is that you went trunk-digging, and you know that job is specially reserved for me!! Why don't you go pick on Yugi's trunk! I bet you wouldn't be half as disgusted with his stuff! Probably cards and Egypt posters is all." He pointed out. Yugi looked hurt.
"I have more than that! Better than a bunch of fully prepared voodoo dolls!" Yugi yelled. At this point Seto stepped in.
"People, I live with an eleven-year-old brother, not to mention suffered a couple of fangirl attacks within the last six hours. I'm tired, I'm hungry, and I'm not about to put up with your crap. Ok?" He stated calmly. Malik nodded.
"Ah, yes. I see. And I suppose you have better entertainment?" He asked. Seto looked around.
"I brought my duel disk." Harry shook his head in defeat.
"Let me guess, you brought a couple of suitcases full of these cards you keep talking about, and you want to kill each other. again." He said. Yugi nodded.
"I'd say that hit the nail on the head." Ryou added. "I'll duel you, Kaiba! Better than a sure loss, as much as a *part* of me hates to admit that." He insinuated. "But, as long as you don't draw those blue eyes." His eyes slanted as he once again allowed Bakura control.
"I don't need a couple of dragons to beat you, Bakura! I could beat you with your puny deck in two minutes tops!" Seto threatened. Bakura laughed.
"Sure, but I don't think Harry will appreciate a duel right now. I suggest you getting something out to wake those two up with." He smirked. "Certainly the famed Seto Kaiba has something to wake them up with. No super-strong cologne in those bags?" Seto rolled his eyes.
"Why don't you!? You're the one with the candles!"
"Are you willing to pay for those? You wake them up!"
"We've been awake for the last ten minutes, we just were seeing how much you guys could argue!!!" Ron finally spoke up, followed by Hermione.
"But, considering you guys couldn't agree, we got sick of it and just got up. It was amazingly funny though, watching you guys argue. Now, do you mind filling us in on what in the world just happened?" Hermione queried. Bakura pretended to look thoroughly puzzled.
"I don't know. We were trying to figure out ourselves exactly what happened." He wasn't lying. Bakura had that ability to not lie, but not let people know the truth at the same time. Neither Ryou nor him had ever remembered a Malfoy before, and by the looks of it, neither had Yugi or Yami. Malik seemed the only one to know, and he wasn't exactly in the right place to tell. If he was a Ghoul, then why in the world was he in England? And why did Ron seem to know him? It was all a mystery to Bakura, but I guess it wouldn't be for long. As a tomb robber, he was one of the best at getting needed information. Not to mention Ryou's sudden bursts of emotion would leave Malik desperate to talk to him, so apparently this would be easier than he thought.
"Gods, I feel like I'm back with the Ghouls again. Why does everything have to be black!" Malik cried. He was upset by the fact that they had to wear uniforms. Ryou laughed.
"At least they don't have little lavender eyes on the hoods. Then you'd definitely look like a Ghoul. Yugi would too! I can just imagine. evil Yugi. taking everyone's rarest cards, and having three sets of Exodia like that one Rare Hunter that beat Jou had." He joked. Yugi laughed.
"Grandpa sure wouldn't like that. Probably croak the moment he saw the shape of the hood. And then I'd make Bakura use monster reborn and bring him back, and he would croak again on the fact that I had a new Exodia set. That would be funny. Heh he. he doesn't even know about the Ghouls, but the color black would scare him. I can just imagine." Yugi said. Ryou smiled.
"At least he's not here. Hey, Malik, do you have a comb? My hair isn't used to switching so much." Ryou whispered. Malik cracked a smile and went into Ryou's trunk and got the comb towards the top. Ryou stuck his tongue out. "Yours is better!" He pouted.
"Well, that's why you need to move to Cairo with me and Isis!" He teased. "But then little Yugi will be lonely. you can forget that idea. But still, you guys need to come more often." Ryou frowned.
"That would mean following my dad. I don't like my dad. That simple." He told them. "Besides, I'm perfectly happy in Japan. It's not very formal, unless you count school. Anyway, I don't like Egypt either. It's way too hot, I wouldn't be able to stand it!!" He shivered, which wasn't very appropriate for the previous sentence, but it got the point across.
"The train's stopped, you guys. I don't know if you need to go with the first-years to be sorted or what, but we'll be watching the ceremony to see where you get! See you!" Hermione waved.
"First years over here! First years over here!" A rough voice called. Malik shrugged.
"Guess we go with him." He said. Ryou and Yugi just followed the voice to see. a giant. Seto cowered behind Ryou, who was just laughing.
"Um. Stop it, baka! Do you know where we go, sir?" He asked, giggling. The man smiled.
"Ah, you must be the new students. You come with me, go on." He told them in a friendly voice. The boys nodded and followed the rest of the younger students.
"I feel like I'm ten again." Malik commented. Ryou giggled a bit.
"Are you sure you aren't? You act like it." He teased.
"Shut up! You're one to talk! You okay back there, Seto. Kinda quiet for a know-it-all, aren't you?" Seto glared at him.
"Oh, puh-lease! How was I supposed to know giants existed!!"
"I seem to remember, according to you, neither did Yami or Bakura." Ryou pointed out.
NEXT CHAPPIE!!: SORTING!!!! ! Oh, and I'm saving all my reviews, but some of them from Chapter one got deleted by my brother!! *evil glare* So if I forget to personally thank you sometime, blame it on him! Ja ne! OVER 4000 WORDS!!!! OH YEAH!!!