Hey everybody! Thank you all so very much for reviewing! You made my day! You should be expecting a new chapter, every weekend or so. Now: down to business.

Last chapter there were some formatting issues (I spent some time fixing them) and I hope that this chapter turns out better.

Again:

/Yami talking to Ryou/

/Ryou talking to Yami/

Kagome's inner thoughts.

Both Yami and Ryou may be called Bakura, but only when he's being neutral.

Thanks again for reading and ENJOY!

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"Kagome?" Mr. Takanishi said after class. "Would you please show the new student around?"

Kagome looked at the white haired boy with apprehension. Did she really want to spend time with this odd boy?

He seems kind, but sorta weird. I guess I should help him; it would be the nice thing to do. I'll just keep my distance.

"Of course, sir. I'll give him a tour," Kagome looked up at her teacher.

"You do know that the question was rhetorical, right? You don't really have a choice," Mr. Takanishi said as he looked over the brims of his glasses. "It would really help me out, however, if you could show him a little courtesy."

"Yeah, sure. I'd be happy to." Kagome walked over to the new boy. Ryou was looking out a window at the children playing across the street. He enjoyed watching them throw the leaves above their heads as they played.

/I never really got to do that./ Ryou sighed.

/Leaves aren't my style./ Bakura growled in response.

/No, I mean, I never really got to be a kid. You were always dragging me off to do something illegal and-/

/What do you mean DRAGGED you? I make the decisions when it comes to recreation. If I'm feeling charitable I may let you figure out something to do on your own, but only if I'm strapped for amusement./

"Ryou?" The white haired hikari jumped about a foot in the air.

"Whoa!" He yelped, startled by a new voice. He turned around to face an equally surprised Kagome. "Sorry," he apologized when he recognized her. "You scared me. I…thought I was hearing voices."

/Nice cover-up, fool./ Yami Bakura said sarcastically.

To Ryou's great relief, Kagome started laughing. "I know what you mean," she said. "I talk to myself all the time! Sometimes the voices in your head can help you to figure stuff out."

/Or they can trip you up./

"When is your lunch hour?" Kagome asked the now calm student.

Ryou pulled out his schedule. "Fifth hour," he responded after looking over the piece of paper.

"Excellent!" Kagome exclaimed. "It's right now; you have it the same hour that I do. C'mon," Kagome walked towards the door. "I'll show you where the cafeteria is."

Ryou followed Kagome out of the room and down a large hallway.

"So, where did you transfer from?" Kagome asked.

"Domino High school," Ryou replied.

"Did you have a lot of friends there?"

"Well," Ryou started. He focused on the memories of his old companions. He thought of Yugi, and Anzu, how they flirted and didn't even realize it. He thought of Jounouchi and Honda and how they always beat on each other. He became almost speechless thinking about the fun times they shared together. Him being part of a group.

/Too Bad. Groups aren't my kind of thing./

/Yeah, you're more of a shadowy-alley-loner kind of spirit./

"Not really, I mostly kept to myself."

"I can understand that. Were you there for long?"

"What makes you ask that?" Ryou asked taken aback.

"I…" Kagome hesitated. "I kinda snuck a peak at your record." And got a big look at your indiscretions. This kid has quite the police record.

"Oh," Ryou said looking at the floor.

/Oh?/ Yami Bakura mocked. /That's all you have to say? She read our business./

/Right, she knows too much. Now we havta kill 'er./ Ryou said sarcastically.

/Little punk's got an attitude? Well, that can be easily remedied./ Ryou could feel his Yami try to take control.

/I'll behave. I'll behave. Just relax./

"It's alright!" Kagome said cheerfully. "I think everyone deserves a second chance!"

Like InuYasha.

"So," Kagome asked. "What are you going to have for lunch?"

Ryou blushed. "Oops-" he began.

/Hold on there, fool./

/Yami! I forgot my lunch on the kitchen counter!/

/Lunch,/ Yami said slyly /Is taken care of. Reach into your left pocket./

Ryou winced. What sort of slimy disgusting thing did Bakura catch today? He was not going to try rat again. Yami swore that once you get used to the taste, you never want anything else. Ryou told him that was because when the choice is between rat or your shoes, you still need something to walk on.

Ryou, however, did as he was told and reached into his pants' pocket. He pulled out a faded leather wallet.

/Compliments of Mr. Takanishi./

/How did this get into my pocket?/

/Eat. I'm hungry./

Ryou shrugged, it was either that or starve his Yami. Both sounded particularly appetizing, but he knew that the meatloaf wouldn't shave his head while he slept. Yami, however, would if he got pissed off.

Kagome lead Ryou into the main cafeteria. "This," she said gesturing, "Is the place to be during lunch time. We can get WacDonalds, Taco Bells, what do you want?"

Ryou shrugged. "I don't care. What are you having?"

"I have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich," Kagome held up her brown paper lunch bag.

"Oh," Ryou said. "What do you suggest?" he asked.

"Well," Kagome started, and then led him through the entire process of ordering your meal. Ryou ended up getting something that vaguely resembled noodles and paid for it at the register.

/Thank you, Mr. Takanishi./ he thought

"C'mon," Kagome lead Ryou over to a table packed full of Japanese girls. "You can sit by us."

As Ryou sat down, many of the girls squealed with delight. "Who's your friend, Kagome?" they chattered.

"Everyone," Kagome announced, "This is Ryou Bakura. He's new here, and I'm showing him around."

They sat down at the table, and Ryou could hear the girls gibbering away. "Ooh, he's cute." "Look at that hair!" "You just want to brush it!" "What a nice butt!"

/Whoa!/ Yami Bakura said. /I knew I was good looking, but this is ridiculous./

/How am I supposed to eat this?/ Ryou said looking down at his dish. /It looks like someone ran over a snake, then cut it into strips./

"Can you believe Mr. Takanishi? He gave us a paper to do. In MATH!" Kagome complained.

"It's absurd. What are we expected to do?" one of her friends asked.

"We have to write about direct consequences and the impact they have on limits,"
Bakura said staring at his noodles, prodding them with his fork.

The girls stared at him in silence.

/Not again!/ Ryou exclaimed. /Not again with the awed silence crap./

/It's better than them staring at your ass./

"What?" Ryou asked.

"Are you, like, a math genius?" Kagome asked him with wide-eyed disbelief. "You've only been here a day, and you already know what Mr. Takanishi's talking about."

"You don't?" Ryou inquired. "It's not that hard."

"Do you think, you could, ummm-" Kagome stuttered. "Help me?"

Ryou looked at her with the same look a deer gives to headlights. A really pretty girl was asking him over to his house. His palms started to sweat.

/Yami, what should I do?/ he asked with a panicked voice.

/Why should I help?/ Yami said menacingly. /What's in it for me?/

/What do you want?/ Ryou asked heart pounding.

/I want control for the afternoon./

/What are you going to do?/

/Well, that's why I want control. I'm bored with this place, I think we'll take a walk./

No, please, anything but that!/

/You want my help or not?/

/Fine, but no street fights this time./ Ryou loosened control over his body, and Yami Bakura took over quite quickly.

/Just play it cool, weakling./ Yami Bakura said.

Kagome looked at the white haired boy. If she didn't know any better, she could have sworn that his hazel eyes just turned a shade of ruby.

"Sure," Bakura replied, doing his best Ryou impression (wide-eyed innocence). He turned his attention back to his "noodles." "When?"

"Are you doing anything after school?" Kagome asked.

"Nope." Bakura said calmly.

"Why not come over to my house and we'll work on the paper?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever," he replied stabbing his plate with his fork.

"Thanks, so much!" Kagome said. "Here's the address," She handed him a piece of paper. "See you at six?"

"Yeah, see you at six," Bakura stood up.

/Wait!/ Ryou shrieked. /Where are we going?/

/We're gonna take a walk. See the sights./

/Shit!/ Ryou swore. /We're skipping aren't we?/

/Think of it as taking in some culture./ Bakura said walking towards his locker, and dumping in his book bag. He grabbed a black trench coat and headed towards the door. /But don't worry, weakling, we'll be back in a few hours. I've don't want to miss my date./

TBC

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Excellent! I'm already writing the next chapter in my head, so be on the lookout.

Coming up: Bakura does his favorite thing---'goes shopping' and don't think that I forgot our other bishie! InuYasha just might have to come and get Kagome. The question is, who else will be there? ::cue the dramatic music:: dun dun dun!

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