For Love of a Demon Authoress: Ryou and Bakura's Princess (a.k.a. Aisling Kaiba)

Aisling: Here's part 2 of this! (chibi smile)

Yami: (Has duct tape on his mouth so he can't make any remarks)

Aisling: == Yay! Oh, and to clear the end part of ch.1 up, the something familiar was Ryou. Speaking of which, Ryou-chan? Will you do the disclaimer for me?

Ryou: (Nods) Aisling does not own ygo, but anything original is hers.

Aisling: Thanks, Ryou. == Now, on with the fic!

Chapter 2: Invitations

"Hey, Ryou! Wait up!"

Ryou stopped and looked back over his pale shoulder to see who it was that had called his name, waiting for them to catch up with him. It was Yugi Motou.

"Hi, Yugi. What's up?" Ryou asked as his friend joined him.

"Not much. Everyone's spending the weekend at my place. Do you want to come?" Yugi asked cheerfully.

Ryou nodded. "Sure, sounds like fun. I can't come right now, but I'll be over later," he said, his innocent chocolate brown eyes lighting up at the prospect of not having to spend the weekend alone. "My dad's off in Egypt on a dig again, anyway, so it's not a problem."

Yugi grinned. "Great! I'll see you later, then. Just be careful going home, all right? You heard about what happened at KaibaCorp last night, didn't you?

"Yeah, it's really awful. Kaiba seemed to be quite upset about it. Not that I blame him, of course," Ryou said, his expression becoming serious now.

"I don't blame him, either. But hopefully this weekened will help him take his mind off of things for a while," Yugi said.

"That probably won't be very hard to accomplish if Jou's going to be there," Ryou remarked.

Yugi laughed, shaking his head in amusement. It had been a shock to everyone when the two former rivals had finally confessed their love for each other, but not an unwelcome one. At least they didn't fight anymore, though Kaiba still referred to Jonouchi as 'puppy'.

"You've got a point, there," Yugi agreed.

"Yeah. Well, I'm going to head out, but I'll see you guys later. I'll call you when I get ready to leave my house, but it should be around 6:OO at the latest, probably," Ryou said.

"Okay, see you later. Be careful, all right?"

Ryou nodded, and the duo went their separate ways. By now the wind had picked up and was gently playing with the strands of Ryou's shoulder-length, snowy-white hair. He looked upwards towards the sky and noticed that it had become considerably darker, indicating that there was clearly a storm brewing on the horizon. He sighed and pulled his blue jacket closer around him to ward off the sudden chill in the air, hoping that he wouldn't get caught in the middle of a torrential downpour. He quickened his pace, completely unaware of the fact that he was being followed.

To Be Continued....okay, here's part two, sorry it was so short, but I promise the next part will make up for that. Dodges a shoe thrown at her Next chapter the two meet, so there'll be a little bit of vamp. action, I think, but not much. Also a little fluff, mainly on Bakura's end, though. But it'll get to the fluff b/w both of them in a few chapters, once Ryou gets used to Bakura. Dunno if there'll be anything beyond shounen-ai fluff, it depends. If you all want a lemon or lime scene later on, though, let me know, and I'll try. Oh, and I've decided that there will at least be Seto/Jou as another pairing, though I can't guarantee how much action they'll get. I'll definitely do something with yami, yugi, malik and marik, though which pairings within those 4 I'll go with, I'm not sure yet. Am still debating whether to make Yami and Marik vampires, too, so let me know if you all want me to, and I will. Well, that's all for now. R&R! Ja ne minna-san!

Ryou and Bakura's Princess