A/N: Sorry for the long delay, but I've been really busy with school and stuff. But! This chapter is longer than most so it should be a real treat. Be sure to review!

Ryou awoke the next morning to the sound of his phone ringing. He was lying in the middle of the hall, right in front of the door and the phone was on the wallabove him. Slowly, he pushed himself up onto his hands and knees and climbed the wall, grabbing hold of the phone. "Hello?"

"Ryou, where have you been? I've been calling you all morning!" Sabrina sounded frightened.

Ryou was suddenly wide awake. "Sabrina! You're alright? Nothing happened last night?"

"Other than this strange storm, no, why?"

Ryou sighed in relief. "No reason. What did you mean 'strange storm' ?"

"Look outside." Sabrina told him. "The whole city's going nuts."

Ryou ran to the livingroom and pushed the curtains to the side. Sure enough, outside, a storm surged. Lightining jumped from cloud to cloud and thunder clapped so loud that the window shook. "What's going on?"

"Noone knows, but people are starting to report sightings of duel monsters in the streets."

"What?"

"We're all meeting at Yugi's to figure out what we should do."

"Alright, Sabrina. I'll be there in ten minutes." With that, he hung up the phone and went for his coat in his bedroom. He only caught a glance of himself in the full length mirror, but he froze. Something was missing. Suddenly, it hit him, the Millenium Ring was gone. Ryou shook his head. He would worry about the ring later. Besides, he was sure it would return to him. He grabbed his coat and ran for the door, but he stopped dead when he pulled it open.

"Good morning, Ryou." Bakura greeted. Ryou's hand flew to his chest and he looked down. "Looking for this?" Bakura asked and pulled his trench coat open revealing the Millenium Ring hanging around his neck.

Ryou's eyes went wide. "But...How?"

"The window I opened in the soul room was a link between worlds. When you shattered it you opened the door and connected the world of monsters to this one. Since my soul was trapped, when you shattered the window, you released me."

"But I thought you were trapped in the Ring."

"I was. The Millenium Items are a part of the world of monsters, so I must thank you for connecting the worlds because now I have my own body." Ryou took a backward step and Bakura followed him in and shut the door. "Of course you realize that I no longer have a use for you." He said while reaching for Ryou.

Sabrina stood at the window drumming her fingers nervously. Ryou had said that he would be here in ten minutes. It was nearly twenty minutes since she had called him. "Sabrina, come sit down." Yugi told her.

"I'm just so worried." she said, "With everything that's going on...I just...have a really bad feeling."

"As well you should." Someone on the t.v. said. Everyone gasped and turned toward the screen. Bakura smirked at them from the other side. "Hello, little Yugi."

"Bakura!" Yugi exclaimed. Sabrina bit her lip and pushed her back against the window.

"I'm not the only one here." Bakura said and looked over his shoulder. The camera panned to his right to reveal Ryou's unconscious form. He was bound to a telephone pole with his hands behind his back. His green jacket, white T-shirt, and blue jeans were dirty and torn as if he had been dragged around. Everyone gasped.

"That's Ryou!" Joey exclaimed.

As if on cue, Ryou moaned and raised his head from where it had been resting against his chest. He blinked once before gasping when he saw where he was. He saw Bakura wearing his black trench coat and striped shirt, in front of a television camera. There was only one reason they could be there: he was talking to Yugi. "Yugi! It's a trap!" he shouted.

Bakura spun on him with a glare. "Silence!" he shouted and held his hand out toward Ryou. The Millenium Ring glowed and Ryou suddenly felt pain. Tiny cuts began to appear on his exposed arms and face and his clothes became tattered. Ryou cried out and pulled against the ropes holding his hands in place.

"ryou!" Sabrina exclaimed and ran to the t.v. She fell to her knees on front of it and grabbed the sides. "Stop it, please! You're killing him!" Bakura ignored her and tears filled her eyes. "Stop it!"

Suddenly, Yugi's puzzle glowed. "That's enough, Bakura!" Yami ordered. Sabrina loked over her shoulder and gasped along with everyone else. Yami was indeed present, but so was Yugi.

"Yami!" Tea' exclaimed. Yami blinked and then looked around in shock. He was in his own body. Not a false one, for he didn't feel himself feeding off of Yugi's energy, but his own body.

Bakura started to laugh and everyone turned their attention back to him. Ryou was unconscious and bleeding from the multiple cuts and Bakura was looking directly at Yami. "I see you figured out my little secret, Pharaoh."

"Whatdaya mean?" Joey asked.

"The worlds must be connected." Yami murmered.

"Very good, Pharaoh. The worlds are indeed joined and slowly merging into one. See for yourself." Then, the camera panned to the sky. The clouds were swirling counter clockwise and seemed to be creating a vaccuum. Duel monsters poured from it in an unyielding stream. "What you are looking at is the doorway between the worlds. As long as it remains open the two worlds will continue to merge until they are one." The camera moved back to Bakura. "You can thank your friend Ryou for this. Because of his desire to protect Sabrina he shattered the window the window that I opened to see what I was doing,"

"What about what you did to Ryou?" Yugi asked, "You cut him up without touching him. You've never done that before."

"I wasn't able to until now. Since the worlds are merging, however, the powers of my Millenium Ring are increasing as are the powers of the Millenium Puzzle and the rest of the Millenium Items. Once they reach full strength, they will call to each other and unlock the door to ultimate darkness. I won't need to gather them together to achieve my goal." At that he laughed. "Better hurry Pharaoh, unless you want a repeat of Egypt." Yami growled and clenched his fist. "See you at Domino City Square in an hour." Bakura said and the channel went black.

"What did he mean ' a repeat of Egypt'? I thought you two couldn't remember anything from that time."

"We can't." Yami answered, "we just know that it was completely destroyed."

"So you're saying that the world will be destroyed too?" Tea' asked.

Yami nodded. "We must stop him."

A/N: Well, that concludes this chapter. But what is Bakura planning? And where has Amunet disappeared to? You'll have to wait and find out. Until next time.