Joy: Thanks to all that reviewed! Here comes ch. 3!
Bakura Steps In
Joy was sound asleep when Bakura came into the living room. How utterly annoying. Neko's light is asleep. And Ryou never fixes breakfast until everyone in the house is awake. This seems to be a delimna... Bakura smirked. ...to which I have the perfect solution. He left the room and a few minutes later came back with a pitcher of water, which he promptly poured over the unsuspecting girl's head.
Joy jumped into a sitting position with a gasp. Then she went into a fit of coughing for a few minutes. When she had gotten control of her breathing, she spotted Bakura and immediately sent him a glare that would make Hitler cower in fear. The spirit was unaffected, wearing a malicious smile on his face.
"You asshole!" She leaped off the couch intending to jump on him, but he vanished before she connected. She ended up falling quite ungracefully to the ground with a thump. "Ooof!"
Ryou chose that time to come downstairs. "Joy, are you okay? What happened?" he asked, going over to her and helping her up.
"And why are you all wet?"
"Your stupid dark threw a bucket of water on me!"
"Oh my! I'm so sorry about that." Bakura! I can't believe you did that!
Oh come on, hikari. It really is not that hard to believe, now is it? You should have seen her face! He started laughing.
And do not apologize for me, especially when I am not sorry.
Bakura, it was a horrible thing to do! You should come out and apologize yourself!
Bakura reluctantly came out - in spirit form. "Ryou wants me to apologize, so I will just to shut him up." Ryou gave him a look. "I am sorry you were not able to see the look on your face!" With that Bakrua burst out laughing as he faded back into the ring.
"Ryou...give me the Ring," Joy said, her face set firmly on the object.
"Um...what are you going to do?" Ryou asked timidly.
"Have some fun. You get to watch."
You better not, host, Bakura warned.
Why not? You deserve it. Ryou slipped the Ring off his neck and handed it to Joy, who in turn put it around her own neck.
Hey, Bakura. She greeted him with a sneer.
Do not make me send you to the Shadow Realm, mortal.
Gee, Bakura. You aren't worried, are you? The mighty tomb robber isn't afraid of little old me, now is he?
"So," Ryou said, "you wanted to talk to me? Or was it a ploy to get the Millennium Ring?" he asked with a small smile.
"I just needed to get out of my house for the night. The air was getting thin over there." Joy sighed as she and Ryou went to the kitchen to start breakfast. "Kaiba and Marik were fighting in my living room. They completely destroyed it."
"That's not good," Ryou said. "Why did they do that?"
"I think they were fighting over me. I...broke up with Kaiba."
Ryou blinked. "You did? But why? I thought you two were a perfect match."
"I did too until I caught him kissing his secretary." Ryou's eyes grew wide. "He says it's all a big misunderstanding and and all. I don't know what to think. I truly want to believe him because I love him. Even after all that has happened over the last month. I still love him, Ryou." Joy sighed. "To make matters even more interesting, Marik told me that he loves me, too. And you know what? I might have feelings for him, too."
"Wow, that is a tangled web, isn't it?" Ryou said. Joy sighed.
"I just wish Kaiba would show me he loves me. To tell you the truth, he doesn't even say it anymore. Three words, Ryou. That would be a wonderful start. I don't even know how he feels at this point."
Foolish mortal and her foolish problems...you are making me ill here.
Joy glared at the Ring. So, Bakura, how can I make your existance worse than an eternity in the Shadow Realm? "Hey, Ryou, is Yugi at the Game Shop?"
"I think so, why?"
"Well, there's this annoying little girl that lives across the street from him and she would just LOVE a new Ring."
Bakura paled. The girl in question was a spoiled little thing that had a habit of throwing all her toys into her swimming pool or breaking them. Plus she had the annoying habit of nonstop talking. Once she talked for over twenty-four hours, never once stopping. Bakura hated that little girl.
"Hmm...Bakura playing hopscotch would be an interesting sight," Ryou mused.
You traitorous host! And you...you know, I could take the liberty of showing you a nasty part of the Shadow Realm.
And I could drop the Ring off the Niagra Falls. She heard Bakura growl. Down boy. "Come on, Ryou. Let's go see what Yugi's doing on this fine Sunday morning."
...Meanwhile...
Yugi sighed as he flipped through the channels. He heard Yami chuckle through their link. Bored, aibou?
Completely.
Perhaps you could find something to amuse yourself. Maybe a duel with one of your friends.
Just then there was a knock on the side door leading into the house. Yugiwent to answer it to find Joy and Ryou. "Hey guys! Yami and I were just thinking about you."
Why does that kid have to be so damn nice all the time? I bet I could wiipe that ridiculous grin off his face.
Shut up, Bakura.
Make me, Bakura challenged.
Joy smirked. "Hey, Yugi, do you and Yami want to see my frizbee trick?"
Yami appeared in a body. "What is a frizbee?" he asked.
"It's a disc-like object that people fling around," Ryou tried to explain.
"I see."
"But I don't have a frizbee," Yugi said.
"Don't worry, we can use this instead." Joy held up the Millennium Ring. "I was thinking little Shea would love to have this fly into her backyard."
Yami laughed. "Boy, Bakura must have really made you angry to threaten him with that. Even I could not handle Shea for more five seconds."
"I bet Bakura would love playing with Shea. They have so much in common. They both have no idea when to shut up."
Watch it - I could take over your body, Houyoku. And then I could arrange for you to babysit that child for a week.
Now it was Joy's turn to pale. You wouldn't. If you came out Yami would stop you.
Not if did not realize I was in control.
Like you could pretend to be me.
Tch. You are right. I could never be as annoying as you. You speak of all these problems, but they can be easily solved. I bet I could solve all your problems by nightfall.
"Bakura claims to be able to solve my problems by nightfall," Joy said to the group.
"Hmph. He would only succeed in creating more problems, Joy," Yami said. "Pay no attention to that baka tomb robber."
Joy was suddenly shoved into her soul room quite forcefully. "Like you could do anything, Pharaoh no baka!"
"I could do better than you, roba ana!" (A.N. That means 'asshole')
Ryou stepped in between the arguing spirits. "Bakura, stop arguing with Yami and give Joy control."
"Hmph. Why should I? She was going to give the Ring to a bratty child."
"I think she should," Yami said.
"You stay out of this, pharaoh!" Bakura ordered.
"Hmm...I wonder what Katilli would say right about now..." Yugi wondered out loud.
"She would say how furious she is with her husband." Everyone turned to see Katilli in the doorway, her arms crossed and looking very upset.
Damn.
Ha! I hope she kicks your ass!
Silence mortal!
Give me control and I might convince her to go easy on you.
Like I trust you. Besides, I can handle this on my own.
Be my guest.
"Well, Bakura. What do you have to say about all this?" Katilli asked.
"Neko, my angel of the night. I will explain all of this."
"This should be good," Yami said with a smirk.
"I thought I told you to stay out of this, Pharaoh no baka!"
"And when you have any power over me, I will obey that order, tomb robber." Bakura gave Yami a death glare, then pulled Katilli into another room.
"Now...Neko, your light asked me to help her with some sort of problem she's been having."
I did not!
Silence! Bakura snapped.
"Oh, she did, did she?" Katilli responded, raising a skeptical eyebrow.
"Of course! And I intend to help her."
"Hmmm...I think I need to speak with her."
Bakura looked indignant. "You mean you do not trust me with your light?"
Katilli blinked. "It...It's not that, husband. I just..."
"If you trust me, then you will let me do as I will."
Ooohh. Real smooth, Bakura.
Obviously, mortal. Betting out of trouble was part of my job in Egypt.
"Well...all right. Just make sure no harm comes to her. I'll teleport to the mansion."
"Fine." Katilli vanished.
You do realize what this means, don't you, Bakura?
Huh?
You have to solve my problem now.
...DAMN IT!
Joy: The next chapter will be about Bakura carrying out his plan that he thinks is going to solve all of Joy's boy troubles. Will it? Or will Bakura make things worse like Yami says? Stay tuned for the next chapter! And hey! Remember to review!
