"Professor, meet our problem."
"Hello to you as well!" Dumbledore said, his eyes glittering. "We were just discussing you. Pull up a chair."
"Oh, I imagine you were. Yami sent the Dark Magician to find out who was spying on us. I don't guess it was too big of a problem, if he didn't report back to me as well." Yugi said in a cheerful tone. "Although I guess it was a bad time to send them off, with you finding out and everything. But I do need some of those CD's back; some were borrowed. "He laughed.
"I don't know about you, Yugi, but I needed a sane Yami-free week. And then I need to send him home to pretend to be me for Christmas... and to make up a lie about why I wasn't home on my birthday either, although I should see if Otogi covered for me. My dad's a diabolical magic-hater." Ryou explained quickly. "Doesn't make sense that he's an archeologist if he hates magic so much."
"Nah, just shows how different related people can be." For some reason, they all busted out laughing, Harry, Ron and Hermione with blank looks on their faces.
"It's nothing..." Malik said. "Sort of a joke between us..."
.................................................................................................. ............................................................................ ............................................................................ ............................................................................ ........................... "Dang it, I should've known. Isis and Rishid are on their way because we sent off the Yamis." Malik cursed. Sure enough, the cord on Ryou's ring snapped as the ring headed into the fireplace, stopping at the first flame as Malik's siblings stepped out of the flares. Ryou rolled his eyes as he got up to get it.
"Maybe the yamis are gone, but I'm so not feeling sane." He muttered. "Hi Isis, hi Rishid!" He greeted. "Nice to see you, despite the occasion." Everyone else nodded at their past teacher.
"Good... morning, I think!" Isis chirped.
"Yup, morning. Isis, Rishid, you can leave, because we're the ones who sent off Bakura and Yami." Malik told them. "Mainly for sanity reasons. You understand, right?" Rishid's eyes went wide.
"You sent them off!! You idiot, Malik, what have you done!!! Yami and Bakura, together, in the shadow realm, what the heck were you thinking!!!" He spouted. "You might as well tear it down, because that's basically what's gonna happen! Why don't you throw Priest Seth and the assassin in there as well!"
Seto cleared his throat.
"Get over it!" Malik spat.
"Gee, well put, Malik." Ryou said sarcastically. "Malik didn't send them off... well, he did, but I told him to. Anyway, you can rest assured that if the Shadow Realm gets blown up, Yami and Bakura will be very thoroughly chewed out, because along with those monsters that I care about, my entire CD collection goes too!!! Not to mention several microwaves and a TV, plus whatever Yami stashed in there to hide from me or someone else!!" He casually brushed his hair out of his face. "I think I'd best leave..." He sort of half-murmured as he got up.
"Uh-uh, Ryou, we have to put up with this, so do you." Yugi said as he tried to guide his friend back to his chair.
"Why should I?" Ryou snapped. "I didn't ask for a Sennen Item, or to share my soul with a kusoyaro like Bakura, or for any of this stupid stuff! I didn't want it, but I got it! Please, just leave me alone!!" He rushed out the door they had come in.
Harry asked, "What in the world was that all about?"
Yugi sighed. "Ryou's going through a tough time. He's been spending a lot of time at night shuffling through his soul-chamber, sifting through all his memories. He's reevaluating his friends and enemies, trying to figure out who he can trust. Yami, Malik, Bakura and I probably aren't high on his list, thanks to a bit of the past."
Malik cast his eyes down, "It's a bit complicated. Ryou seems to be a worldwide victim, first for Bakura, then me, then Bakura and me... He had two voices running around in his head, and neither one of them had the decency to be his guardian angel! I'm surprised he hasn't already cast us aside, after what we did... Ryou Bakura has every reason in this world to hate me."
Ron, Harry and Hermione couldn't think of what to say. Hermione was the first to regain her words.
"But... what did you do? How could you speak to him inside his head?!"
Malik didn't say anything.
"Oh, fine!" Jou said. "Malik over here's got the power of mind control. His little ax thing lets him go into people's mind and sort of can sort of put a shield in front of the real you while he's on the outside. He couldn't do it quite right to Ryou, though, 'cause he already has two souls and an Sennen Item that can kick butt too. So he only got Ryou, not Bakura, but 'cause Ryou is a part of Bakura, Bakura had to sort of listen to him too, but had control over the actual body and stuff. Malik did it for the God Cards, and Bakura did it for the Sennen Items."
"Right, both trying and failing miserably to take over the world. "Yugi nodded.
"Hey, they weren't miserable! Just because blimps and God Cards don't mix doesn't make an attempt to claim my family's title to all powerful Pharaoh any less valiant! And Bakura had more Sennen Items than you did at the time!" Malik defended.
"Uh. Huh. Huh." Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, alright, okay, I'm a bit psycho, I've already been told!"
Sorry! Ack, this took way too long!
"Hello to you as well!" Dumbledore said, his eyes glittering. "We were just discussing you. Pull up a chair."
"Oh, I imagine you were. Yami sent the Dark Magician to find out who was spying on us. I don't guess it was too big of a problem, if he didn't report back to me as well." Yugi said in a cheerful tone. "Although I guess it was a bad time to send them off, with you finding out and everything. But I do need some of those CD's back; some were borrowed. "He laughed.
"I don't know about you, Yugi, but I needed a sane Yami-free week. And then I need to send him home to pretend to be me for Christmas... and to make up a lie about why I wasn't home on my birthday either, although I should see if Otogi covered for me. My dad's a diabolical magic-hater." Ryou explained quickly. "Doesn't make sense that he's an archeologist if he hates magic so much."
"Nah, just shows how different related people can be." For some reason, they all busted out laughing, Harry, Ron and Hermione with blank looks on their faces.
"It's nothing..." Malik said. "Sort of a joke between us..."
.................................................................................................. ............................................................................ ............................................................................ ............................................................................ ........................... "Dang it, I should've known. Isis and Rishid are on their way because we sent off the Yamis." Malik cursed. Sure enough, the cord on Ryou's ring snapped as the ring headed into the fireplace, stopping at the first flame as Malik's siblings stepped out of the flares. Ryou rolled his eyes as he got up to get it.
"Maybe the yamis are gone, but I'm so not feeling sane." He muttered. "Hi Isis, hi Rishid!" He greeted. "Nice to see you, despite the occasion." Everyone else nodded at their past teacher.
"Good... morning, I think!" Isis chirped.
"Yup, morning. Isis, Rishid, you can leave, because we're the ones who sent off Bakura and Yami." Malik told them. "Mainly for sanity reasons. You understand, right?" Rishid's eyes went wide.
"You sent them off!! You idiot, Malik, what have you done!!! Yami and Bakura, together, in the shadow realm, what the heck were you thinking!!!" He spouted. "You might as well tear it down, because that's basically what's gonna happen! Why don't you throw Priest Seth and the assassin in there as well!"
Seto cleared his throat.
"Get over it!" Malik spat.
"Gee, well put, Malik." Ryou said sarcastically. "Malik didn't send them off... well, he did, but I told him to. Anyway, you can rest assured that if the Shadow Realm gets blown up, Yami and Bakura will be very thoroughly chewed out, because along with those monsters that I care about, my entire CD collection goes too!!! Not to mention several microwaves and a TV, plus whatever Yami stashed in there to hide from me or someone else!!" He casually brushed his hair out of his face. "I think I'd best leave..." He sort of half-murmured as he got up.
"Uh-uh, Ryou, we have to put up with this, so do you." Yugi said as he tried to guide his friend back to his chair.
"Why should I?" Ryou snapped. "I didn't ask for a Sennen Item, or to share my soul with a kusoyaro like Bakura, or for any of this stupid stuff! I didn't want it, but I got it! Please, just leave me alone!!" He rushed out the door they had come in.
Harry asked, "What in the world was that all about?"
Yugi sighed. "Ryou's going through a tough time. He's been spending a lot of time at night shuffling through his soul-chamber, sifting through all his memories. He's reevaluating his friends and enemies, trying to figure out who he can trust. Yami, Malik, Bakura and I probably aren't high on his list, thanks to a bit of the past."
Malik cast his eyes down, "It's a bit complicated. Ryou seems to be a worldwide victim, first for Bakura, then me, then Bakura and me... He had two voices running around in his head, and neither one of them had the decency to be his guardian angel! I'm surprised he hasn't already cast us aside, after what we did... Ryou Bakura has every reason in this world to hate me."
Ron, Harry and Hermione couldn't think of what to say. Hermione was the first to regain her words.
"But... what did you do? How could you speak to him inside his head?!"
Malik didn't say anything.
"Oh, fine!" Jou said. "Malik over here's got the power of mind control. His little ax thing lets him go into people's mind and sort of can sort of put a shield in front of the real you while he's on the outside. He couldn't do it quite right to Ryou, though, 'cause he already has two souls and an Sennen Item that can kick butt too. So he only got Ryou, not Bakura, but 'cause Ryou is a part of Bakura, Bakura had to sort of listen to him too, but had control over the actual body and stuff. Malik did it for the God Cards, and Bakura did it for the Sennen Items."
"Right, both trying and failing miserably to take over the world. "Yugi nodded.
"Hey, they weren't miserable! Just because blimps and God Cards don't mix doesn't make an attempt to claim my family's title to all powerful Pharaoh any less valiant! And Bakura had more Sennen Items than you did at the time!" Malik defended.
"Uh. Huh. Huh." Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, alright, okay, I'm a bit psycho, I've already been told!"
Sorry! Ack, this took way too long!