Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. So don't sue me.

AN: Okay, so in the beginning of this fic, it's kinda boring, cuz they're in school. Please just read on, it'll get better. R&R, please no flames, I'm pyrophobic! Oh and if you want to read the whole thing at once, it should (hopefully!) be posted within the next two months, (I'm posting a chapter a week I hope.) and it should be called Headstrong as well. It'll be under my other penname, NoOnesSlave.

Chapter One

They were all in school. Ryou had a front seat and was taking math notes when a dark voice inside his head said, "Ryou, how much longer?"

Bakura was sitting in the back of the class. The thought had come from him.

"Not much longer," Ryou replied mentally. Bakura sighed and sat back in his chair, sleepier then their cat Alley (AN: get it? Alley cat?) had ever been.

"Mr. Bakura," a voice boomed, and both Ryou and his yami looked up. The teacher was standing over Bakura.

"Yeah, what?" Bakura sneered.

"Why are you sleeping in my class?"

"Because I can."

"You are being insubordinate." Red crept up the teacher's face from his neck.

"So?"

"So go to the office!"

"Fine." Bakura got up and stalked off. Ryou was suddenly embarrassed just to look like him.

The bell rang, saving Bakura this time from the principal. There was a whoop from the back of the classroom. Ryou looked back to see Jou getting out his lunch box.

This was their free period, sort of like a study hall. Ryou excused himself for a quick bathroom break. For some reason, he didn't want to be seen. But he was.

"Well, well, if it isn't the pretty-boy," he heard a voice say from behind him. Keith and his gang came up, and Ryou stopped walking.

"I don't want any trouble, Keith."

"Then give me your lunch money and there won't be any trouble. Remember what happened last time."

Ryou did remember. Keith and his goons had beat the living light out of him, hospitalizing him for days. He fished his hand into his pocket and pulled out his money.

"Good boy." Keith raised an arm, at the same time snatching the money away. He brought his hand down, sending Ryou into the wall, and walked away. Ryou's jaw ached as he made his way back to the classroom.

Yugi came over as Ryou seated himself. "What happened to you?" he asked, looking concernedly at the bruise flowering on Ryou's face.

"Nothing." Ryou looked away.

"Who did this?" Yami walked up next to Yugi.

"I... I fell and hit my face on the... toilet."

"It was Keith, wasn't it?" Jou asked from the corner.

Ryou shook his head, which made it hurt worse. Tears welled up in his eyes. Bakura walked over to his crying hikari and leaned on his desk.

"Stop crying. You are being weak."

This only made the tears come faster, the sobs a little harder. Ryou squeezed his eyes shut tight and turned his face away from his verbally abusive yami. Bakura, frustrated, turned and walked away, grumbling to himself under his breath.

KC666:So, how was it? I thought maybe I made Ryou a little too weak. But he'll get better I promise! It'll have a happy ending, I think... Anyway check my next chapter I update about once a week until I finish, then I'll just post the whole thing. Thanks for reading! Please no flames!