Marik stepped over the doorstep and took in the ruined house. He breathed deeply and spoke.
" Ahhhh. I love the smell of destruction in the morning! Well technically it's the afternoon but aww well; on to business. What is it that you couldn't do without the valuable help of Marik Ishtar?"
All Bakura's good intentions of cleaning the house and recuperating Elvis vanished as Marik's hyperactivity oozed into him; they were replaced by thoughts of the unopened crate of whisky in the back cupboard and the locked draw of Smarties in the kitchen that lay in wait.
Ryou sat up on his bed and turned down the Blink 182 CD that he had playing in the background. He listened hard. He could have sworn he'd heard Marik's voice downstairs. If that maniac had truly come over then Ryou thought it was about time that he broke his cover and went to sort them out as best he could. He got off his bed and opened the bedroom door to get a better idea of what was going on downstairs. He heard an explosion and the smashing of glass echo up the stairs. He charged out of his room and hurtled down the stairs and into the living room. He peered through the dust and sparks and saw a glimpse of the Millennium Rod then a flash that could only have come from the Millennium Ring then when the dust cleared he saw Marik and Bakura wrestling on the floor and Elvis stumbling in and whimpering pathetically as the magic shot through the air. Ryou ducked as a shot went for him then walked slowly towards the wrestling pair. A cry of horror went up and Ryou looked over to the front door where Duke stood with his mouth agape with Joey and Tristen gawping behind him. Bakura and Marik broke apart and stood up and laughed shiftily. The mood was ruined when Marik turned to Bakura and shot him from a blast from his Millennium Rod. All that was left was a screaming baby with a heavy metal ring around his neck. Ryou walked over and picked up baby Bakura. He held him close but then tried to prise him off as the baby began to chew on his hair. Marik chuckled and moved out of the way as Elvis came and sat on Ryou's foot. Ryou winced then yowled as baby Bakura bit a little too close to his head, began pulling his hair, then started to thump him round the head with his little fists. Ryou spoke angrily.
" What did you turn him into a baby for?"
Marik smirked then replied.
" He called me a psycho-maniac with a serious sugar and alcohol dependency!"
He stuck his tongue out at baby Bakura then vanished in a puff of Shadow Realm smoke. Ryou winced as baby Bakura gave an almighty screech as the Hikari attempted to remove the Millennium Ring. Elvis ambled over and dropped his full weight on Ryou's foot. The Yami bit his lip and smiled weakly at Duke who still couldn't find words. Finally he stuttered out a response to the sight before him.
" RYOU! WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS?"
Joey laughed and butted in.
" I'd say it was a Yami, his Hikari and a dog named Elvis."
Duke growled and leapt on Joey and Tristen desperately tried to pull him off as Ryou struggled with baby Bakura, Elvis looked around happily and the words to "Reckless Abandon" (1) faded down from Ryou's room.
(1) This is the Blink 182 song Ryou was listening to.