Yugi Mouto walked slowly down the street. His feet dragged and made a constant scraping sound with each stride. His destination: Sabrina's house. It was now several hours after school had let out, and with each step, his heart sank a little lower. He wasn't paying a friendly visit tonight. Instead, he was on a very serious mission. His feet came to a stop outside her door and he looked at the wood blankly. /Are you sure we have to do this, Yami? Maybe Bakura isn't even interested in Sabrina./

Yes, Yugi. Bakura is an evil soul who likes to do nothing but hurt the people Ryou cares most about. Yugi sighed and raised his hand. He knocked twice and then waited.

Sabrina sat in the living room staring at her empty math paper. It wasn't that she didn't understand how to do it; it was that she was too happy to concentrate. In two short days she was going on a date with Ryou. Suddenly, a knock sounded at the door. Sabrina looked up at the clock on the wall. Her parents weren't due home for at least two more hours. Quickly, she got up and answered it. Yugi Mouto was the sight that greeted her. A smile sprang across her face. Sabrina was ecstatic. Yugi was one of Ryou's best friends. Finally, she could tell someone her news before she exploded. "Yugi!" she squealed and leapt forward, wrapping the small boy in a hug. "I'm so glad you're here!" Yugi was in shock, not sure exactly what to do. Sabrina pulled back but kept her hands on his shoulders. "I can't wait to tell you what happened after school today." Yugi just stared at her, confusion written all over his face. "Come inside," she said and released him. He did as he was told and Sabrina shut the door. As soon as it closed she started rattling off what had happened, getting it all out in one breath. Yugi just stared at her in amazement.

/Did you understand a word she just said/ he thought to Yami.

Yami shook his head. No, but she's got quite a lung capacity.

Finally, Sabrina took a deep breath. "So, what do you think?"

Yugi shook his head. "Repeat everything you just said, but this time at a normal speed."

Sabrina blinked and turned bright pink. "Sorry," she said. "I was just so excited." She told Yugi the whole story over again, this time in more than one breath.

A few minutes later, Yugi and Sabrina sat in her livingroom. "So you're going on a date with him Saturday?" Sabrina nodded and Yugi looked worried. /This is bad, Yami./ Yugi thought.

Yes,agreed Yami, but we can't make her break off the date.

/But who knows what Bakura has planned/

I understand, Yugi, but we can't force someone to do anything that is not of their own free will. The best we can do to help her is to warn her and hope that she makes the right decision.

Yugi nodded in agreement. "Sabrina," he said, "there's something that you should know about Ryou..." Sabrina blinked in confusion. "He's not who he pretends to be."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sabrina asked.

"He can be very dangerous." The seriousness on Yugi's face was real as he looked her in the eye, but Sabrina couldn't help herself; she burst out laughing.

"Yeah, right...Ryou, dangerous!"

"It's the truth, Sabrina." Yugi insisted, "Sometimes Ryou turns evil for no apparent reason."

"What? Does a little alien inhabit his brain or something?" she laughed.

"Actually, he's posessed by a dark spirit from ancient Egypt."

That only made Sabrina laugh harder. She held her ribs in pain and gasped for air. "Oh, you're a riot, Yugi. A great actor too. You looked so serious, I almost believed you. Did Joey put you up to this?"

"No. Nobody put me up to anything. I'm telling you the truth."

Sabrina just shook her head and stood up. "I think you'd better go now, Yugi," she said through light laughter and headed for the door. Yugi got up and followed her. She opened the door and he stepped out onto her front steps.

"I'm not asking you to believe me," he said. "But please be careful."

Sabrian started to chuckle again but decided to humor him. "Alright, Yugi. Is there anyway I can tell when Ryou's about to go evil?" She let out a little laugh on the last word, but kept it in check for Yugi.

Yugi shook his head. "There're no warning signs. He changes in a heartbeat. But when he does change, you can tell the difference."

The corners of Sabrina's mouth twitched a little, but she held a straight face even thought her cerulean eyes still sparkled with laughter. "I'm listening," she assured him.

"His personality changes entirely." Yugi told her. "As kind as Ryou is, his dark side is that evil, and his voice will change. It will turn sinister."

Sabrina nodded. "Alright, Yugi, I'll keep a look out. Bye now," she said and waved, shutting the door.

/I hope she really does keep an eye out/ Yugi thought.

We've done all that we can to help her for now. Yami told him.

/Yeah. I just hope it's enough/ he thought and then headed home.

Ryou's Apartment- aproximately 4:30 p.m.

Bakura unlocked the door to the apartment Ryou lived in and stepped inside. Angrily, he stomped into the living room and glared at nothing in particular. During the walk here he had calmed down a great deal from the rage he had felt no less than a half hour ago, but he was still angry and frustrated. With a quick flash of light, Bakura released Ryou from the soul room. It was time that Ryou remembered who was the one in charge.

Ryou was ripped from the soul room and put back into control of his body so quickly that he was left momentarily disoriented. He swayed and caught himself on the wall that was to his right then looked around in fear. He couldn't remember what Bakura had done, but now he was at home. He shot a glance up at the clock on the wall above him. It read 4:35. Ryou sighed in relief. Not enough time had passed from the time he lost control until the time he got it back for Bakura to have done anything to Sabrina. "Oh, my head..." he moaned. Quick transfers of control always left his head pounding.

"It's about to get a lot worse than just you having a headache, Ryou." Ryou gasped and spun around in horror. There, standing right behind him, was Bakura, but what filled Ryou with dread was the fact that his yami was corporeal. "This false body won't last much longer than a few hours, but that's all I need to put you in your place." Ryou swallowed heavily and put his back to the wall. "Although I must thank you, Ryou. Had you not been fighting against me, I may never have found out Sabrina's name."

"Shut up!" Ryou shouted. "Don't you ever mention her name again! You're not good enough to speak her name!" Ryou was surprised at himself. He had never talked to his yami like that before.

Bakura's eyes narrowed dangerously. "I see that I'll have to teach you a longer lesson than I thought, but, before I do, I wanted to tell you...You have a date with Sabrina on Saturday at eight."

"WHAT?"

"I took the liberty of accepting her offer for you." His voice turned dark. "Now you listen to me, Ryou. You are going on that date on Saturday and if you refuse to do exactly as I say...I'll lock you in the soul room and accompany her to the movies myself-and I'm sure you can imagine what can happen to one of your friends in the dark."

Ryou's eyes got wide. The dark made it easier to tap into the shadows and the shadows linked to... "The Shadow Realm," Ryou whispered.

Bakura smiled evilly, showing his fangs. "Good. You know what'll happen if you disobey me, but don't think that just because I'll still get to 'spend time' with Sabrina, that there won't be consequences for your disobedience earlier." With that, Bakura made for his host.

Against the wall, Ryou cowered in fear. His mouth opened as if he was going to scream, but his terror froze his voice. All he could do was watch with horror filled eyes as Bakura's shadow loomed up over him.