Jaazi: Another chapter, FINALLY!

KK: (pouts) School keeps us busy, we can't do any writing as often as we used to!

DJ: It's even worse, cuz Jaazi won't let me torture the freshman! (scowls) Stupid Jaazi.

Damian: Oh, you're one to talk DJ. Also, Jaazi would like to thank her reviewers: Thief-Joelle, Chibikuro Rose-sama, LunaBakura-chan, DreamCherry66, Green Phantom Queen, Puffin, Hikari-Aoi, Burgers and Fries, Kari2500, Dartz'LoyalServant, HappyDevil, T.LEI, Shinigami, AnGeLoFmErCeY94, RedEyesDarknessDragonLady, Atemu's Lover, Sadistic Pistol, Icy Sapphire15, Death-Angel-123, Hathors-Favorite, AnimeLoverAngel, Yuka Kitsune, Super Sugarzoom, BlackAngelTwin1.

Jaazi: Now, ON WITH THE STORY!

Disclaimer: I own nothing. (bursts into tears) All I own is a few measly manga of the wonderfully awesome Yugioh.

Previously

Ryou on the other hand, was wondering whether he was making the right choice in taking chibi Bakura to go visit the Ishtar residence.

Chapter Five: An Unexpected Visit

Yami and Yugi were in their room. Yami was bored out of his mind. Really, he had no one to duel with, what else was there to do? Yugi, on the other hand, was completely entertained. By what? Crayons.

That's the thing Yami loved about Yugi. He was so sweet and innocent and kind and adorable and…well, lets just say, Yami admires Yugi a lot and in more ways than one. Yugi was sitting in his desk with a brand new box of crayons and fresh white paper to draw on. Yami was laying on the stomach in his bed. He had his head resting on a hand as he did his daily "Yugi-watching."

Yami and Yugi had just finished discussing Ryou and his little cousin Khalid. How odd that he bore such a resemblance to Bakura and Ryou. Also, how strange it was that they haven't heard from Bakura in such a long time. Bakura continuously visited Yami to try and best him in some challenge or another. He was usually drunk, too.This had stopped awhile ago.

Then suddenly Ryou's relative pops out of nowhere. Yami's opinion was that all of this was either part of the Tomb Robber's latest scheme to finally defeat him or his latest take over the world scheme. Yugi's opinion is that Bakura was making Yami paranoid. Yami had sulked for about half an hour afterwards. He let the subject dropped and had stopped thinking about it since it was giving him a headache. Besides, "Yugi-watching" was much more fun.

Just as the relaxing atmosphere was lulling Yami into a light slumber, a loud pop followed by a crash was heard. Yami bolted into a sitting position, eyes wide, quickly scanning the area. He didn't see Yugi.

"Oww," a voice groaned.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to, honest!" another voice apologized anxiously.

Yami glanced down. Yugi was sprawled on the floor. On top of him seemed to be what appeared to be a small five-year-old girl with long black hair and…were those cat ears? The girl had on a too-large blue-green sweatshirt and too-long green pajama pants. She also had a cat tail. She quickly sprang up and faced Yami, blinking large chibi blue-silver eyes.

"Hi! I'm Kitty Kira! But you can just call me Kitty or just Kira. Whichever one you like," she said in a bubbly tone.

Yami rushed to Yugi's side and helped him up. Yugi glanced at him gratefully before turning his attention to the girl who was now levitating in midair. Had she been on the ground she would've reached right below Yugi's shoulder. She looked up at them.

"You two must be Yami and Yugi," she chirped.

"Who…what are you? Why are you here?" Yami demanded irritably. She hurt Yugi, how dare she!

"Weeeeeell, I already said I'm Kitty Kira. I'm a sort of a wish-granting fairy/cat thing. I only grant pure wishes," she winked, "especially the romantic ones! I'm here 'cause you two saw something you shouldn't have."

Yami eyed the cat/fairy thing warily. Yugi, however, grinned. He leaned over and cautiously tugged one of Kira's ears. Kira's ear twitched causing Yugi to giggle. Kira joined him shortly after. Yami was seething by now. But he wasn't jealous, no, of course not. Riiiiiiight.

"What do you mean we saw something we weren't supposed to see?" Yami said, still scowling. Kira stopped giggling and looked at the two of them sadly.

"I'm here 'cause Ryou and Bakura made a wish. Ryou wished that Bakura could find love and happiness even if it wasn't with him. A truly unselfish wish. Bakura wished that he could show Ryou how much he cared for him and be himself around him without ruining his 'tough-guy' image. Soooo, I turned Bakura into the chibi he used to be! Honestly, I didn't know my magic was going to do that, but it is working out so far!" Kira explained.

"Um, you still didn't tell us what we saw…" Yugi inputted shyly.

"Oh! I was getting to that. You saw Bakura in chibi form and you were this close to figuring it out on your own. No one's supposed to know when wishes are being granted. People might get greedier and more suspicious than they already are. I'm afraid I'll have to erase that part of your memory…I'm really sorry," she sniffled.

Before Yami or Yugi could react, Kira pulled out a pouch. From it, she extracted some odd glittering blue powder. She gently blew it into their faces. Then, she disappeared with a small pop.

Yugi sneezed five times in quick succession. Yami blinked rapidly. They turned to look at each other quizzically.

"What…what were we just doing?" Yugi asked, very confused. Last he remembered, he was at his desk coloring. Yami shrugged.

"I don't know. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, aibou," Yami responded as he flopped ungraciously into bed to take a well-deserved nap.

Chibi Bakura was unusually quiet today, Ryou noticed. He had a tight grip on Ryou's left hand and would occasionally look up at him. The way he acted though, was as if he wasn't all there. Which wasn't far from the truth, but Ryou didn't know that.

Chibi Bakura, however, did not noticed that he was suddenly quiet. Of course, that could be because he was chattering away to a voice in his head and occasionally turning to the side to speak with Diabound.

"Wow…I can't believe Diabound was actually that…puny."

" (giggle) What are you talking about, Bigger Me? Diabound is just Diabound. Silly."

"Stop giggling like such a sissy! Little brat."

"B-Bigger Me…don't you l-like me?"

"Oh shit! NO, don't cry! I didn't mean it!"

"Yay!"

"Bakura?"

Chibi Bakura felt someone shaking his shoulder gently. He blinked out of his daze and looked up into the worried face of Ryou. Chibi Bakura smiled.

"Are you okay?" Ryou asked, frowning slightly.

"Don't you DARE say a word about me! Your hear me? NOT A WORD!"

"Um…yes? I was just…talking to…talking to Diabound! Yeah, I was talking to Diabound!" Chibi Bakura said excitedly. A light blush tinted the bridge of his nose as he said, "Diabound thinks you're very pretty and you make a very good princess."

"Awww, thanks Kura," Ryou smiled and gave him a peck on the forehead. This caused the chibi to get a full on blush and stumble a bit in surprise. It also caused someone to get rather jealous.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? Ryou's MINE! How dare you steal his affections!"

Chibi Bakura winced. Bigger Me sure did like to yell a lot. After shaking his head slightly to get rid of the ringing sound caused by Bigger Me's yelling, he looked up and realized that they had arrived at someone's house. Chibi Bakura blinked. When had they arrived? Chibi Bakura shrugged.

"What the fuck are we doing at Ishtar's place?"

"I-is this your friend's place?" Chibi Bakura asked Ryou. Ryou nodded as he knocked the door. What happened next happened so fast, Chibi Bakura had to replay it four times in his head to figure out what had happened.

As soon as Ryou's fist began to leave the door (having just finished knocking), it was slammed open. A blonde blur barreled into Ryou, tackling him so hard they both landed five feet away from where they had been standing. The blonde blur had been screaming, giggling, laughing, squeaking, and rushing his words so that they were all slurred together and incomprehensible. It scared Chibi Bakura so much, he began to sniffle. Worse yet, it hadn't even noticed Chibi Bakura's presence.

"HiRyou!Youhaven'tvisitedusinsoooooolong.We'vemissedyou!Youleftusalllonelyandsad!WhyRyoudon'tyoulikeusanymore!" The Blur (as Chibi Bakura had now dubbed it) said.

"M-Malik! Get off! I can't breath…or feel my legs!" Ryou cried desperately.

Malik didn't seem to have heard him. Chibi Bakura completely forgot his sniffling when he saw that Ryou wasn't enjoying himself. His princess was not happy, which meant he wasn't happy either. Bigger Me seemed to agree with Chibi Bakura.

"Damned Malik…he's always been too touchy with Ryou. Ryou's OUR princess, right?" Chibi Bakura nodded in agreement.

Glaring, Chibi Bakura stomped over to Malik and Ryou. Chibi Bakura gave Malik a good, hard kick in the ribs. Malik let out a loud yelp as he toppled off of Ryou and onto the ground.

"What the…hey, who're you?" Malik said when he met the very angry chibi's gaze.

"You hurt my princess," Chibi Bakura replied scowling cutely.

"P-princess?" Malik snickered. Ryou blushed at the nickname.

"Malik, it's not funny," Ryou muttered. Chibi Bakura clambered over and sat on Ryou's lap, arms crossed over his chest, glaring at Malik.

"Um, are you going to invite us inside Malik?" Ryou asked as he picked up the chibi into his arms.

"Sure! Come in!" Malik exclaimed, grabbing Ryou by the arm and dragging him inside.

"May we see Isis, if she's not busy?" Ryou asked, sitting down on the living room couch.

"Not until you tell me who that is," Malik said pointing the chibi. Before Ryou could respond they were interrupted by yet another blonde blur. Only this time, it tackled Malik to the ground.

"Hiikaaaaaari-miiiiiiiine! Who was at the door?"

"It's just Ryou and some kid. Mariku, GET OFF OF ME!" Malik screeched. Mariku complied but sulked the entire time.

"So, who's the kid?" Malik asked again.

"I'm Khalid!" Chibi Bakura exclaimed proudly, "I'm going to be the super-est best thief ever! I'll be King! And you better be nice to Ryou or I'll send Diabound after you!"

Malik and Mariku simultaneously looked at each other, blinked, looked back at Chibi Bakura and Ryou. The fact that they did this all at the same time, as if rehearsed, freaked out Ryou and Chibi Bakura.

"That sounds like something Bakura would've said," Malik mused.

"Baku-thief did mention a monster named Diabound before…" Mariku added.

"You two shouldn't tackle people, it's impolite. Hello Ryou, little Khalid," Isis said, appearing suddenly.

"I'm not little," Khalid protested.

"Hello Isis. I really need to speak with you. It's about Bakura…and Khalid," Ryou said worriedly.

"Very well. Malik, Mariku, take little Khalid out for some ice cream or something," Isis said distractedly. Ryou wasn't sure if that was a good idea, but stayed quiet.

"Okay! Let's go, little King of Thieves," Malik said happily. Mariku smiled at him, showing off a bit of his fangs. Chibi Bakura's eyes widened.

"N-no! I w-wanna stay with Ryou!" he replied, "And I'm not little!" he added as an after thought.

"Go on, Khalid. You'll be bored if you stay here. Isis and I have to talk about some grown up things," Ryou pleaded gently.

"O-okay," he said dejectedly. Malik, noticing the small one's distress, leaned over and whispered into his ear.

"Look at it this way. If we leave, we can get your princess a present," Malik said. Chibi Bakura perked up a bit at this and smiled. With that the three of them left the house. Isis turned to Ryou with a caring smile.

"Now, tell me. I can see that you've been hiding this within yourself for awhile," Isis said softly. Ryou's eyes began to tear up.

"I-Isis…it's just…," Ryou began to sob at this point. Isis wrapped Ryou into a loving embrace. He was practically family after all. She let Ryou cry into her shoulder.

"So, what do you want to do first, Khalid?" Malik chirped.

"Does little-thief want to go and break the law?" Mariku asked eagerly. Malik smacked him over the head.

"I wanna get Ryou a present and---oof!" Chibi Bakura picked himself up from the ground. He had run into someone. He looked up to see who it was. He had to look really, really high up.

"Wow. You're tall. Hey, Mister Tall-Man, what's your name?" Chibi Bakura asked. He heard snickering behind him, but his attention was focused on the tall man.

"That's none of your business brat," the man snapped and attempted to sidestep him. Unfortunately for him, Chibi Bakura grabbed onto the man's really long coat.

"Wow, how does your cloak go up like that?" Chibi Bakura asked, eyes wide, "My cloak doesn't do that," he said tugging onto the man's jacket.

Chibi Bakura began to climb up the cloak. He was halfway up the man's back when a pair of long arms tore him away and held him arms length away.

"Brat, you'd better have a good reason to have done that. Especially to someone like me," the man said icily.

"Aw, Kaiba, loosen up. He's just a kid," Malik said quickly.

"Yeah, Mister Tall-Man," Mariku said laughing. Kaiba glared at the three.

"Tch, whatever. Idiots," Kaiba retorted. He flipped out his cell phone, "I demand you get my limousine fixed this instant. It's already been ten minutes and I am losing my patience," with that said, Kaiba flicked his cell off and stormed off.

Chibi Bakura frowned as he pulled something out of his little red cloak. It was a thin, rectangular shaped thing, rather flimsy in his opinion. He nibbled on a corner of it to see if it was edible. Inside his head, Bigger Me was cackling.

"I can't believe…great, almighty Ra! Maybe you're not so bad! Do you have any idea what you've done? I can't believe it!" Chibi Bakura frowned.

"But…I was looking for money…Bigger Me, what is this thing? Mister Tall-Man had it in his money-purse…" The only response Chibi Bakura got was mad laughter.

"Khalid, what do you have in your hand?" Malik asked, eyes wide. Mariku snatched it out of Chibi Bakura's hands.

"Little-thief got Set-priest's credit card," Mariku cackled.

"You…oh, Ra! You just…" Malik was speechless for a moment.

"Can we buy Ryou a present with this? Mister Tall-Man didn't have any gold in his money-purse. M-maybe we could trade this for something pretty for Ryou?" Chibi Bakura asked a bit disappointedly.

"Oh, we can get so much more than that. You did good. You practically stole Kaiba's entire amount of money with that!" Malik said gleefully.

"I did? Yay! Let's go buy Ryou a present!" Chibi Bakura said, clapping his hands happily. Mariku smirked and picked up Chibi Bakura. He placed the little chibi on his shoulders.

"Little-thief is very good at stealing," he complimented as they all walked off to the nearest mall.

"…and then Bakura disappeared. In his place was this little chibi. I don't know what happened or where Bakura is or who the little boy is. I think…maybe the little boy was Bakura, but I'm not sure and I just want my yami back," Ryou finished explaining. Isis nodded.

"Yes, you're right. That boy is who Bakura used to be before tragedy struck his life. There is magic involved in this, but I'm afraid I cannot reverse it," Ryou let out a choked sob at this, "But you mustn't worry. Bakura will be back. The magic surrounding him is not harmful. Quite the contrary, it is made to help those. You'll just have to let this play out. When the time is right, Bakura will return and the small child will be back where he belongs also."

"But where did Khalid come from?" Ryou asked.

"Khalid died the day his village was attacked. That day, all semblance of a childhood fled. In it's place was Bakura. Khalid is merely the childishness Bakura was denied of experiencing. Khalid is the true Bakura, untainted by misery, loss, greed, and hatred," Isis answered.

Ryou was silent. He pondered over this, waiting for Malik, Mariku, and Chibi Bakura to come back.

TBC

Jaazi: Okay, this chapter was rather rushed. I'm not really satisfied, but I really wanted to post up another chapter before the weekend was over.

KK: She can't update any sooner because of school.

DJ: Tch, school. It's overrated. I mean, I never took it, and look how I turned out.

Damian: Yes, look at how she turned out. She became a homicidal kleptomaniac. That is why everyone must stay at school, lest you turn out to be like DJ?

DJ: (growls) Just review already, dammit and leave me alone!