Chapter 2

"So...who's Bakura?" I asked Ryou as we neared the museum.

"B...Bakura...he's...um...he's..." but Ryou didn't get to finish his sentence because my mom was standing on the steps calling and waving at me. I looked over at Ryou and noticed that he looked relieved that he didn't have to tell me who Bakura was as we climbed the stairs to greet my mom.

"Mom...do you have to do that? Why can't you be a normal mother and wait til I get inside! You really like to embarrass me don't you?" I grumbled as she pulled me into a hug.

"Sorry dear. I just wanted to catch you before you went home." she smiled at me, then looked at Ryou and smiled. "Oh...and who is this?"

"This is Ryou mom...Ryou..." I stopped. I didn't remember if he told me his last name. I looked at him.

"Bakura..." he mumbled quietly. 'Bakura?' I thought to myself. 'But isn't that...'

"Well its nice to meet you Ryou." my mom said with a smile. "Why don't you come inside. We just finished setting up the Egyptian exhibit. You can be the first to look around." Ryou shook his head.

"Maybe another time. I have to get home now. I'll see you at school tomorrow Alex." Ryou quickly said and ran down the stairs and towards his home. Alex sighed and turned to her mom.

"Hey mom, you wouldn't believe who I ran into today at school." I said. She looked at me as we started in to the museum.

"Amanda Clayton. Remember her? She was like my best friend in grade school." I said excitedly. My mom just smiled and nodded.

"I knew her mother was out here. Thats why I en-rolled you in that school. Nice surprise huh?" I smiled and nodded and told her the rest of my day. An hour or two later, I hugged my mom and told her that I needed to get my homework done.

"Okay dear. Tell your father that I need him here for a bit before I lock up for the night. I received something really old today and Im not quite sure what it is."

"Okay mom...I'll let dad know." I told her as I grabbed my bag and headed out of the museum.

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The next morning I had to run to school because I woke up late from staying up late doing homework. I made it to my class and into my seat just as the bell rang. I saw Yugi waving at me and I smiled and waved backed. I looked at the desk next to me and found it empty. 'Maybe he'll show up later...' I thought to myself.

Morning classes came and went fairly quickly and was glad when the bell went for lunch, but I wondered where Ryou was. I packed my stuff up and left the class. I saw Yugi talking to Jounouchi. I slowly walked up to them.

"...I'm worried Jounouchi. This is like the third time this week he's missed school." I overheard Yugi telling Jounouchi.

"Don't worry Yug...maybe he's feeling sick."

"I don't know Jou..." I saw Yugi go pale. "Jounouchi...what if..."

"Yugi...don't think like that!" Jounouchi interrupted him. Yugi sighed and shook his head. I glanced at the clock and realized that I'd meet up with Amanda, so I took off running towards the cafateria. I saw her sitting a table talking on her phone again. I walked up to the table and sat down. Amanda looked at me.

"Took you long enough." she joked with me.

"Sorry." I said. She smiled at me, then went back to talking on the phone.

"Look Yami...Alex finally showed up and I want to get as much time catching up with her as I can...but I'll call you after school. I love you." She smiled as I'm guessing, this Yami person told her he loved her back. Amanda quickly hung up and put her phone in her purse.

"So...how are things? I haven't seen you in so long and when I got an e-mail from my mom telling me that you'd be moving here, I've been excited. Tell me what you've been up too all this time." she smiled at me.

"Not much really. Just a lot of moving around. My mom's so busy with the Egyptian exhibit and every museum wants the exhibit to be shown."

"Don't you hate all the moving around? Must be hard for you." she said as she took a bite of her salad. I sighed.

"Yeah..I guess it is because just as soon as I make friends we have to move. So I try not to make friends."

"Well...you'll have to make friends here cause I hear your staying here for awhile." I looked up at her surprised.

"What? How do you know?"

"Mom told me in the e-mail. Your mom said that the exhibit may just stay right here in Domino City. Pretty cool huh?" I continued to stare at her flabbergasted not knowing what to say. Amanda laughed and finished her salad. I ate my lunch, which was just a simple sandwich, which mom or dad threw together last night.

"Amanda...Ryou's not here and I overheard Yugi talking to Jounouchi and he's worried about him. Is Ryou in trouble or something?" Amanda looked at me and sighed.

"Ryou's...um...Yami says that Bakura could be hurting Ryou and Yugi is all worried about it."

"Hurting him? Like as in verbal abuse or physical abuse?" I asked.

"We're not sure Alex. He just says that he fell down the stairs, or didn't catch the ball in time before it hit him in the face..."

"Where are his parents? Don't they know about it? And who is Bakura? I asked Ryou yesterday and he didn't tell me."

"His father's hardly home and his mother died along time ago. So no...Im guessing his father doesn't know." she grabbed her bag and stood up. "I don't know how to explain to you about who Bakura is, but if you want you can come hang out with Yami and me at the pizza joint. Yami would be able to tell you who Bakura is." I heard the bell ring and I grabbed my bag and followed Amanda as she led me to my next class.

"So do you want to join us?" I nodded. "Okay then...I'll meet you at your locker after school." she said as she quickly gave me a hug. I smiled.

"Thanks Amanda." She smiled back and turned and walked away. She quickly turned around again.

"My advise to you Alex...is just forget about Bakura. Ryou is a big boy and I'm sure he can look after himself." she said quickly and left. I sighed as I walked into my class and took my seat. 'I have to help Ryou...' I thought to myself as I started coping the notes off the board.