Sorry for taking a bit longer I was out island hopping in the lower regions of my country and boy was it fun! Then after that I had a week of fever. I thank those who reviewed me so let's carry on!

'Blah'-Hikari

"Blah"-Yami

"I've never seen a wand like yours, Ryou." Ginny said as she looked at the white-haired teen's wand.

"It's no ordinary wand, either. The core Ryou's wand has is that of a Hungarian Horntail!" Ron exclaimed. Ginny's eyes widened.

"Wasn't that the dragon Harry took on his fourth year?" Ryou read in the books that the Hungarian Horntail was one of the most dangerous dragons so it was a wonder why Harry, Ron and Hermione gasped when Ollivander mentioned the dragon.

"Let's not mention that again…" Harry groaned as the trolley passed by. Ron changed the subject.

"Hey the trolley's here!"

After getting a few things from the trolley, Ryou picked up a box.

"'Bertie Botts' Every Flavor Beans?'"

"They mean every flavor, Ryou." Ron said as Ryou popped a black bean in his mouth, which tasted like licorice.

"One time, George…or was it Fred…never mind…either way, one of them said they got a booger-flavored one." Ginny said as Ryou popped another bean in his mouth before his face turned green. He got a tissue from out of nowhere and spit the bean into it.

"You don't need to tell me that again," He said as Malik laughed.

"He doesn't have much luck, really." He said as he also popped a bean in his mouth. Ryou's smirk looked exactly like Bakura's as the tomb keeper looked like he was going to puke. Malik immediately swallowed the bean, still looking like he was going to puke.

"According to him, you don't have much luck, either. What flavor was it?" Ryou asked as he gave the tomb keeper a bottle of water which he drunk quickly.

"Vomit," Malik replied, hearing his Yami who went back to his soul room, roaring with laughter. He then took a packet that said 'Chocolate Frog.'

"I feel sorry if this little bugger's a real one covered in chocolate…" Malik muttered.

"It's not real. The wizards cast a charm on them," Harry said. "The charm only lasts one jump so be…careful." As Malik opened the packet the frog immediately jumped out the window. Bakura, who also returned to his soul room, slapped his forehead.

"The baka never listens to anyone, does he?"

'Well you know how he is.' Ryou sighed.

"But I must admit he was brave enough to swallow that vomit-flavored bean instead of spitting it out." a short pause followed the tomb robbers words.

'That's a first, Yami.' Bakura blinked.

"What's a first?"

'That you're complimenting someone else besides yourself.' Ryou replied.

"Shadows to Ryou, shadows to the tomb robber, shadows to anyone who's in that body!" Malik said as he waved his hand in front of Ryou's face. Bakura took over Ryou's body and immediately grabbed the tomb keeper's hand and shoved it down.

"Don't do that; it's annoying." The thief growled, catching Harry, Ron and Hermione's attention (Ginny left when Ryou spaced out). Malik quickly slipped his hand out of the tomb robber's.

"Don't space out then, Ryou, especially when someone is asking you to go outside the compartment." Malik hissed back, throwing a glance at the door. Bakura glared at the tomb keeper and quickly stood up. Harry blinked. Since when did Ryou's hair look like it was in a permanent invisible breeze?

"Ok then, Malik. I'll go if you want me to." the tomb robber said, giving Malik a 'go out too or die when I come back' look and went out of the compartment, slamming the door shut. After a few seconds, Malik sighed.

"I shouldn't have gone that hard on him," he muttered though his face clearly betrayed that remark. He stood up.

"I'll go and get him back." Malik said, leaving the compartment. After a few seconds of silence, Ron broke the silence.

"That was weird."

"I agree with you, Ron. That Malik guy kept on calling Ryou a tomb robber and he stole my wand..." Harry said.

"Oh you heard him, Harry! He's just a kleptomaniac; he can't help but steal things for no reason!" Hermione said.

"I don't feel like Ryou stole from him for a reason…" Ron muttered.

"Oh what, you're thinking he's on You-Know-Voldemort's side?" Hermione said.

"He seems to be a likely candidate. That Malik guy, too." Ron said.

"Harry, do you think they're on Voldemort's side?" Hermione asked.

"Well…when I saw that trinket Ryou had, the same pain I have every time Voldemort's near seemed to double." Was all that Harry said.

"Besides, Hermione, those two just came to Hogwarts this year. Isn't that weird already that they didn't come here during the first year?" Ron added.

"Why don't we just give them a chance for now?" Hermione said. Silence was heard soon after. Again, Ron spoke up.

"Alright, Hermione, we'll give them one chance."

"What in Ra's name were you thinking tomb robber, talking to Ryou at a time like that…They could've found out about you!"

"And calling my Hikari a kleptomaniac didn't give that away?" Malik sighed.

"…Ok, next time, we should think of what we say before actually saying it."

"You don't need to tell me that, tomb keeper, I already know I can do that." Bakura hissed.

"And what of your host, tomb robber? Surely you know he can't lie to save his soul." both the tomb robber and keeper stayed silent.

"…Then I will have to take over and do the talking for him. It's the only way I can think of." The thief decided. "Remember, Malik, we're alone in this wizarding world. We can't trust anyone here with our magic," he whispered. "It's every Item holder for themselves here."

"I know that," the tomb keeper snapped. Bakura sighed.

"Look, let's just forget that little incident never happened and go back there; they might think we're plotting against them because they might think we're minions of that dark lord this wizarding world's afraid of." Malik agreed as the tomb robber let Ryou take over again, both of them walking back to the compartment.

"We're back!" Harry looked at Ryou and blinked, confused. Didn't Ryou just look angry and mean a while ago? Harry bit his lip and repeated his thoughts out loud. It was now Ryou's turn to be confused.

"What are you talking about, Harry?" Malik slightly chuckled. So much for not lying.

"Oh yeah…Ryou has these mood swings every now and then. Sorta like a schitzo…or a person who seems to have split personalities." Malik explained.

"One more crack like that and I'm sending him and his Yami to the shadow realm."

"Somehow I don't believe you…" Ron said. Ryou quickly took a glance at the window and saw that it was getting darker.

"The sky's getting a bit darker, isn't it?" Ryou said softly. Hermione then stood up and left the compartment to leave the boys to change into their robes. Ryou set Lucifer on the rails and took his robes from his trunk.

"Whoa, Ryou did you get into a nasty fight or something?" Ron asked, seeing the scars that practically covered the white-haired teen's body.

"Um…no, Ron…in fact…I don't really remember getting scars like this…" Ryou said unconvincingly as he slipped on his robe. He knew where the scars came from: they came from his Yami at his worst. But so fortunate for Ryou, they seemed to buy it. Malik, on the other hand, just slipped his robes on top of what he was wearing, knowing his tattoo would catch more attention.

"I wonder who this year's Dark Arts teacher is…" Harry said.

"Dark Arts teacher?" Ryou repeated.

"Yeah. There's a new teacher every single year. The job's cursed, I'll tell you that." Ron continued. Malik blinked.

'You heard what that redhead said, Yami.'

"Hikari pretty is not possibly thinking that…" Marik trailed off as Malik twiddled with his fingers. Ryou, on the other hand, was shuffling through his card deck.

'Yami, you don't think that…'

"I don't think that, Hikari. It's not possible."

'But we didn't see him on the train now, did we?'

"…That is a good point, but still!"

"What are those, Ryou?" Ron said, snapping Ryou out of his thoughts.

"These? Well, they're duel monster cards. It's a game quite popular from where I am. Malik over there plays it as well." The white-haired teen answered. "Maybe we can show you how to play it some other time."

"Though I suggest not using little buddy Ryou's deck," Malik said as he shook his head. "The first five cards you'll draw from his deck will give you nightmares for the rest of your life." Ryou glared at him lightly before putting Lucifer back in his cage.

"My deck isn't that scary…" he muttered under his breath as he shuffled the said card deck and looked through them once more.

"At least my strategies work…" Malik muttered back. "In duel monsters, two people battle out against each other with their deck and the one who finishes the other's life points win. A deck consists of at least forty cards. In the deck are monster cards, which you use to attack the opponent's life points, magic cards, which help the player's life points and monsters, and trap cards, which usually destroy the opponent's monster, magic or trap cards." Malik explained, getting his deck out and showing the cards Drillago, Monster Reborn and Mirror Force to the boys. "My deck consists of cards that would do direct damage to the opponent's life points and my strategy is based on immortality."

"What kind of deck and strategy does Ryou have?" Harry queried. Malik shivered.

"Ryou's deck is based on the occult. His strategy is to freak the opponent into forfeiting the match." He said cynically. Ron slightly laughed as Ryou glared at him once more.

"I repeat; my deck isn't that scary." Malik laughed.

"Really now, tomb robber? Why don't we have a little game then?" Malik said as he shuffled his deck. "We pull out the card on the tops of our decks and let Ron and Harry see who's card is more terrifying. Surely your deck would win."

"Tch, like Ore-sama cares, but Ore-sama will do it anyway." The thief who'd taken the 'courtesy' to take over Ryou's body said. "You would do the judging, won't you two?" Ron nodded slightly as Harry blinked. Ryou had that cocky attitude again...

'Yami, you're being cocky again…'

"Urusai, yadonushi. Let this old thief have some fun…" he said as he put his hand on the top of his deck, Malik doing the same. They stared each other, sizing each other up. It was quite a moment before they both drew their cards.

"Draw!" they said at the same time, showing their cards. Malik held the Lekunga card while Bakura…held the Change of Heart card. Malik's right eye twitched.

'Shoot, I forgot he had that card…' Marik just shook his head.

"You barely have any luck, Hikari. The only time when this such luck comes is when I take over your body and you try to stop Me." Malik only mentally glared at his Yami and the tomb robber only smirked.

"Surely Change of Heart doesn't look like it came out from a graveyard now does it?" Bakura said as Harry looked at said card and Malik's card.

"Well there's definitely something wrong with Malik's card." Ron said as he looked at Lekunga carefully before looking up at him. "Are you sure you weren't identifying Bakura's deck with yours?"

"I know my card deck, Ron. I made the strategies." He simply said as he put the card back in the deck and put the deck in his pocket.

"Looks like the train stopped; I'll go with the other prefects," Ron said as he went out of the compartment. Harry nodded before turning to the foreigners, blinking confusedly as he saw that Ryou was talking a bit with Malik normally. Ryou looked at Harry and smiled lightly at him

"Go on ahead Harry. I think we're supposed to meet up with the other first years," said the white-haired teen. Harry nodded, still confused.

"Ok then. See you at the feast." With that, he left the compartment as well. After a few seconds Bakura came back, the Change of Heart card slowly changing form. In seconds, The Earl of Demise card was in the tomb robber's hand and Malik's jaw dropped down to the floor.

"You…you cheated!" Bakura laughed at the tomb keeper, opening the compartment door.

"You didn't say I couldn't change the card's appearance. Now come on before we miss everything." He said as he walked into the out of the compartment, Malik quickly following him.

After being awed by the huge castle in which the two would be staying for a few months, the first years and the two Millenium Item holders waited in front of two huge doors on Professor McGonagall's orders. As they waited, the Millenium Ring glowed from under Ryou's robes. It stopped soon after the white-haired teen took it off.

"He's just getting restless, Malik. Nothing to worry about." Malik snorted.

"He's always restless. Either that or that ring of yours has found yet another Item." Ryou seemed to be thinking hard before he spoke up again.

"You don't think your sister's the new Dark Arts teacher, do you? I mean, Yugi did give the necklace to your sister as he gave you back the rod…" Malik's face now had a worried expression on it.

"Oh Ra if it is, I'm going to kill myself with the rod." Ryou put the ring back on and poof! It was instant possession by the tomb robber.

"I think I'd enjoy seeing you kill yourself with the rod." The tomb keeper frowned.

"I think I'd enjoy wringing both of your necks if you two had separate bodies." He hissed, directing it at the tomb robber and his Yami. A pause came after that before Ryou regained control again and gave Malik the ring. The tomb keeper blinked.

"If this is a gift; thank you very much." Ryou rolled his eyes and shoved the ring in his hands.

"It's not a gift and besides; even if I did give that to you as a gift it would come back to me," the white-haired teen pointed out. "If you remember what they said, Harry, Ron and Hermione said we'd be sorted by a hat that would look into our minds. I don't want him putting me somewhere where he's supposed to be so I'm letting you keep the ring until I'm sorted." Malik pouted and gave back the ring.

"Hey, I have my Yami to keep at bay. You need to do your job as well and keep your Yami at bay." Malik said as Ryou sighed and put the ring back on. Only then did they realize they were the only ones out in front of the door that led to the Great Hall.

"We have two who are from different countries. The first one from Cairo, Egypt is Malik Ishtar." Professor McGonagall announced. Ryou nodded at Malik as he cautiously walked up to the hat that was set on a stool. The professor put it on his head as he reached the stool.

'Hmm…interesting…very interesting…' the hat said in his head.

"…Hikari pretty, if this is one of Bakura's tricks you could've told Mariku earlier."

'Shut up, Marik!'

'Two minds? Peculiar…very peculiar indeed…'

"Whatever, hat, just sort Mariku and Hikari pretty and screw with the white-haired Hikari's mind."

'Marik!' the tomb keeper hissed.

'Well the both of you are cunning like Slytherin so-' the hat trailed off as he quickly cut himself off. "GRYFFINDOR!" the hat bellowed as Malik swept it off his head and joined Harry and his friends.

'Thanks, Yami. I had no time to use the rod on that hat.'

"No problem, Hikari pretty."

"The last one from Domino City, Japan is Ryou Bakura." Ryou walked to the stool, quickening his pace right after he tripped, which happened when he only took his first two steps.

'Another one with two minds?'

"FUCK!" Ryou jumped at the cursing of his Yami and the voice of the hat.

'Yami, please refrain from swearing…'

"Can I help it if I cuss like a fucking sailor!"

'Ahem…' the hat said, making its presence known once more.

'Excuse my Yami, he's just restless. Just sort us in Gryffindor and we'll be on our very merry way…'

'Of course I-' again the hat was cut off. "GRYFFINDOR!" Ryou quickly took off the hat and joined Malik and co.

"You didn't have to do that," Ryou whispered.

"Would it be better if you were not with me?" Malik asked and Ryou bit his lip and took a small amount of time to think his answer over.

"Good point." Malik smirked as Dumbledore started his speech.

"A few notes to the students…" Ryou and Malik intently listened to the rules he stated.

"Now we have a new teacher who is also a foreigner. Sadly he is taking care of some problems and therefore cannot… Ah, looks like he had some time left…Please join us here professor." Professor Dumbledore said, gesturing to the doors of the Great Hall.

"Don't mind if I do." Walking to the teacher's table regally in robes was Yugi, or rather, Atemu. "Students this is Professor Motou. He will be your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher." Malik's eyes widened and his jaw dropped down to the table. Bakura had again taken the courtesy of taking control of his Hikari's body as the pharaoh sat down next to Professor Flitwick.

"OH F---" A hand slapped over the tomb robber's mouth before he could finish the last word. He shot a glare at Marik who'd also taken the courtesy of taking over.

"Hikari pretty appreciates it if the swear book doesn't open right now…" he hissed as Bakura took the opportunity to swear in every single language he knew (which was so far Egyptian, English and Japanese) in his mind.

"What the fuck does that fucking pharaoh know about the fucking Dark Arts?" Bakura yelled, yet again giving control back to his Hikari. Ryou looked to see why his Yami was cursing like a banshee sailor and, like Malik (who had regained control again), his eyes widened.

"I really hope he doesn't start trouble when I'm in the Dark Arts class…" Ryou said.

"You're only worried about that, Ryou?" Malik asked, surprised. "I'm hoping the three don't start a Shadow game or else this whole castle and it's inhabitants won't live to see Ra shine his light…" he whispered back.

Author's Notes: That really didn't come up as a surprise…please review; flames will be used by my lawyer. Don't know who my lawyer is? Check my profile…Peace out!

-LazyShamanist