Rika: ^o^ Yay!! Here's Chapter 2!!
IMPORTANT NOTE: ok, in this fic, the evil Marik looks exactly like Malik, with small differences. the tall, evil dude with the spikey hair never existed in this, so get that freak out of your mind. you know in the show when he was pretending to be nice at the begining of the tournement? well, that's Malik, and how he's evil before that, that's Marik. no tall, evil, ugly guy. nope. none whatsoever.
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~*~*~*~*~*During 6th hour~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Now class, I'm going to assign you a partner activity for christmas break. You and the person I choose for you will make a presentation on a topic that I will give you." The teacher explained as he stood in front of his complaining students.
"Alright, here are the pairings. Joey and Tea will be doing Colonial America. Tristan and Ryou will work on Technology from the 1200's. Yami and Kaiba will do New Age Technology. Malik and Marik-"
"K'SO!!!!!!!!!!" Malik interupted.
The teacher glared at Malik and continued. "-will be working on fuedal times. Bakura and Yugi will do Ancient Egypt....." When the teacher was finished giving out partners and assignments, some of the students were happy and others...well....weren't....
"MALIK ISHTAR! IF YOU UTTER ONE MORE DEATH THREAT OR SWEAR WORD, I'M SENDING YOU TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND GIVING YOU AN ENTIRE SEMESTER OF DETENTION!!!!!!!!" The teacher yelled as Malik was cussing out Marik.
Malik stopped yelling outloud, but that didn't help poor Marik very much.
::I SWEAR MARIK, IF YOU EVEN COME WITHIN THREE FEET OF ME WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'LL LIVE TO REGRET IT!!!!!!!!!::
Marik rubbed his forehead as he started to get a headache from Malik constantly yelling at him through their mental link.
"Now, in order to make sure all goes well, you will spend all three weeks of your christmas break living at your partner's house. I've already called your parents and gardiens, so there will be no excuses."
~*~*~*~*~*In the hall after school~*~*~*~*~*
Kaiba and Yami were walking side-by-side down the hall, when Kaiba looked over at Yami and noticed the worried look on his face. Kaiba smirked.
"What's the matter, Yami? Are you afraid that we won't get the assignment done if you're stuck in my room for the next three weeks?"
Yami just smirked right back and glanced at Kaiba from the corner of his eye. "Of course not, Kaiba."
"Then what seems to be the problem?"
"It's just that I'm not so sure about leaving my Hikari alone with Bakura for three weeks."
"Afraid that your precious little pure light will be tainted by the time you get back home?"
"Exactly."
Yami and Kaiba stopped at the school gates to wait for the others.
"You shouldn't worry about it. Yugi will be fine. Bakura may be an idiot, but he's not suicidal enough to mess with the Pharaoh's light."
"From what I've seen in previous duels, I wouldn't be so sure of that. I don't think that Bakura is completely stable."
"Look Yami, stop worrying about Yugi so much. He'll be fine. Besides, the two of you still will have your mental link. You will be able to check up on him at any given time."
"But-" Yami was cut off as Kaiba put a finger over his lips.
"Listen to me, Yami. Yugi will be fine as long as he holds your Millenium Puzzel. So just stop worrying about him so much."
Yami let out a sigh as Kaiba moved his finger away from his mouth.
"I guess you're right, Kaiba. I shouldn't be so paranoid about this."
"You're not paranoid, just concerned. And I supposed that if it were Mokuba staying with that freak instead of Yugi, you'd be the one trying to calm me down."
Their conversation was cut off as Yugi, Ryou, Tristan, Joey, Tea, Malik, and Marik showed up at the front gates.
"I really hope that our History teacher gets hit by a speeding bus on a freeway durring our christmas break!!!" Malik yelled in frustration.
"Tell me Malik, why do you insist on continuously bitching?" Marik said with his eye twitching at the huge headache he had develpoed.
"KONOYARO!!! You know exactly why I'm pissed off!!!"
"I can't believe it! You're still mad at me because of that little thing?!"
"Of course I'm still mad at you!!! I'll never forgive you for what you did to me back then, Marik!!"
"Like I've told you before, Malik, it wasn't my fault!!"
Malik punched Marik as hard as he could in the side of his face, knocking Marik to the ground. After that Malik ran off, looking as if he were about to cry. Tea, Tristan, and Joey glared at the boy still sprawled out on the groung; while Yugi, Yami, and Kaiba decided to mind their own business.
"Marik! What the hell did you do to Malik to make him run off like that?!" Joey yelled.
Marik just ignored Joey and continued looking in the direction that his light ran off in.
"Hey! Don't ignor me! I'm talkin' to-" Joey was cut off by Ryou.
"Leave Marik alone, Joey. What goes on between a person's light and dark sides is their own business, and no one elses." Ryou walked over to Marik and held out his hand. "Here, let me help you."
Everyone watched as Marik looked up at Ryou and silently took his hand. Ryou helped him to his feet, and he whispered so no one else could hear, "Go after him. This may be your last and only chance to make things better."
Marik took a few seconds to look at Ryou in confusion. Then he realized that he could be right, and he ran down the street heading for Malik's house.
"Well, we'd better be going to. We'll see you guys later!" Tea said as she walked away, dragging a complaining Joey.
Just then, a black limo pulled up and Kaiba opened the door and got in. Yami looked over his shoulder hesitantly at Yugi, before Kaiba pulled him into the limo by the collar of his uniform.
::Be careful Hikari. And stay out of trouble while I'm at Kaiba's. Just remember that you can contact me if you need any help at all.:: Yugi heard his dark side say in his mind as the limo drove off.
::Don't worry about me, Yami, I'll be fine. Have fun over the christmas break!::
When the limo was out of sight, Yugi looked over at Ryou in slight confusion.
"Anno...." Yugi started.
Ryou smiled. "If you're wondering where Bakura is, he told me to tell you that he'd meet you at your family's game shop."
"Oh, alright then. I guess I'll see you later, Ryou." Yugi said as he started walking home.
Ryou turned to Tristan. "I need to speak to Yugi alone, so go to my place and I'll meet you there later."
"Uh...Ok, sure man." Tristan started walking to Ryou's house.
"Hey, Yugi! Wait for me!" Ryou called out as he ran to catch up with Yugi.
Yugi stopped and waited for Ryou to catch up to him.
"Yugi, I need to talk to you." He said as he caught up and started walking with Yugi.
"What is it, Ryou?"
"It's about Bakura."
Yugi looked over at Ryou curiously. "What about him?"
"Yugi, you know how you and Yami can read each others thoughts and feelings?"'
"Yeah, of course."
"Well, it's the same way with me and Bakura."
"That must be kindda scary, to read Bakura's homicidal and sadistic thoughts."
Ryou sweatdropped. "Sometimes Bakura does have a very....interesting way of thinking. But most of the time he's completely normal. He may be a sadistic thief, but he can be really kind, caring, and gental if you get the chance to get to know him."
Yugi stopped walking and looked up at Ryou confused once more. "But, why are you telling me this, Ryou?"
"Because, Yugi, I know Bakura better than anyone, and I can tell that this time he's not playing some sick game. He really does care about you deeply."
Yugi and Ryou continued walking as Yugi looked at the ground and spoke softly.
"I think I'm starting to understand that. I knew he was serious about this when I looked into his eyes in that dream I had. Normally, I get really afraid when I'm alone with Bakura, but that time, in his arms......when I looked into his eyes, I wasn't scared at all. His eyes were different. They usually burn with hate, evil, and malice....but right then, they shone with so much kindness and warmth that, for the first time ever, I felt so warm and safe with him near me. And for some reason, after Bakura showed up, that bleak and dark room made it seem that his presence was all around me, engulfing me in security."
Ryou smiled and laughed softly. "I'm not surprised."
Yugi looked up at Ryou, slightly confused. "What are you talking about, Ryou?"
Ryou smiled down at Yugi. "That dark room you were in was actually Bakura's soul room inside the Millenium Ring."
Yugi sweatdropped. "Well, that explains why it was so dark in there. But, how was I transported into the Millenium Ring?"
"I think that after you fell asleep, Bakura pulled your mind inside the Ring so that he could talk to you, and convince you what he wanted."
"Oh." Yugi paused for a second, "Hey, Ryou?"
Ryou looked over at Yugi again. "Yes? What is it, Yugi?"
"Um...does Bakura always think about killing people and stealing things?"
"No, not always," Ryou smiled brightly, "Sometimes he thinks about burning things down as well."
Yugi sweatdropped. "You're joking, right?"
Ryou just continued smiling. "Not at all."
"All right then...."
"But there is one thing that Bakura thinks about that doesn't involve violence."
Yugi looked over at Ryou curiously. "And what's that?"
"In fact, Bakura's thinking about it right now." Ryou added as an afterthought, as if he didn't even hear Yugi speak.
"Well, what is it?" Yugi asked impatiantly as they stopped in front of his family's game shop.
"Something that he cares for a lot and has been obsessing over for some time now."
"Come on, Ryou, tell me!!!"
Ryou smiled, "Alright, I'll tell you. It's-"
"Nothing that you should concern yourself with right now." Bakura cut in as he casually leaned against the opened door of the shop.
Yugi jumpped. "B-Bakura! I didn't see you there!"
Ryou just grinned. "Hello Bakura."
Bakura pushed away from the door to stand in front of Yugi and Ryou "What are you doing here, Ryou?"
Ryou only smiled pleasently as he looked up at his dark side. "A better question would be, 'why are you here'? I have every right to be here, because I walked home with Yugi. You, on the other hand, are just here because you want to see Yugi, so you can ask him where you're going to sleep while you're here."
Yugi and Bakura both sweatdropped and stared at Ryou.
"Aibou, are you aware that you've just answered my question, and your own?" Bakura asked with a raised eyebrow.
Ryou nodded happily. Well, I should be going now. Bye Yugi, good luck!" Then he ran off in the direction of his house.
Bakura looked over at Yugi, smirked, and said "It looks like it's just me and you now." before turning and walking into the game shop.
Yugi sighed and muttered as he followed Bakura. "This is going to be the longest Christmas break ever...."
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;-; i know it's short, please don't hurt me! *hides*
Seiya: *sweatdrops*...*turns to readers* What Rika means to say is that she would be very pleased if you would Reveiw,
Yaten: Yeah, so you can tell her how bad this sucks.
WAHHH!!!!! Yaten's being mean again!! Bakura!!!!!!!!!!!
Bakura: *pops up* *evil grin* Time to play. *holds out Millenium Ring*
Yaten: o.O.....*runs like hell*
Bakura: *drags Yaten with him to the Shadow Realm*
Seiya: ^.^;;;;;;;; uh.....just review......
IMPORTANT NOTE: ok, in this fic, the evil Marik looks exactly like Malik, with small differences. the tall, evil dude with the spikey hair never existed in this, so get that freak out of your mind. you know in the show when he was pretending to be nice at the begining of the tournement? well, that's Malik, and how he's evil before that, that's Marik. no tall, evil, ugly guy. nope. none whatsoever.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
~*~*~*~*~*During 6th hour~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Now class, I'm going to assign you a partner activity for christmas break. You and the person I choose for you will make a presentation on a topic that I will give you." The teacher explained as he stood in front of his complaining students.
"Alright, here are the pairings. Joey and Tea will be doing Colonial America. Tristan and Ryou will work on Technology from the 1200's. Yami and Kaiba will do New Age Technology. Malik and Marik-"
"K'SO!!!!!!!!!!" Malik interupted.
The teacher glared at Malik and continued. "-will be working on fuedal times. Bakura and Yugi will do Ancient Egypt....." When the teacher was finished giving out partners and assignments, some of the students were happy and others...well....weren't....
"MALIK ISHTAR! IF YOU UTTER ONE MORE DEATH THREAT OR SWEAR WORD, I'M SENDING YOU TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE AND GIVING YOU AN ENTIRE SEMESTER OF DETENTION!!!!!!!!" The teacher yelled as Malik was cussing out Marik.
Malik stopped yelling outloud, but that didn't help poor Marik very much.
::I SWEAR MARIK, IF YOU EVEN COME WITHIN THREE FEET OF ME WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'LL LIVE TO REGRET IT!!!!!!!!!::
Marik rubbed his forehead as he started to get a headache from Malik constantly yelling at him through their mental link.
"Now, in order to make sure all goes well, you will spend all three weeks of your christmas break living at your partner's house. I've already called your parents and gardiens, so there will be no excuses."
~*~*~*~*~*In the hall after school~*~*~*~*~*
Kaiba and Yami were walking side-by-side down the hall, when Kaiba looked over at Yami and noticed the worried look on his face. Kaiba smirked.
"What's the matter, Yami? Are you afraid that we won't get the assignment done if you're stuck in my room for the next three weeks?"
Yami just smirked right back and glanced at Kaiba from the corner of his eye. "Of course not, Kaiba."
"Then what seems to be the problem?"
"It's just that I'm not so sure about leaving my Hikari alone with Bakura for three weeks."
"Afraid that your precious little pure light will be tainted by the time you get back home?"
"Exactly."
Yami and Kaiba stopped at the school gates to wait for the others.
"You shouldn't worry about it. Yugi will be fine. Bakura may be an idiot, but he's not suicidal enough to mess with the Pharaoh's light."
"From what I've seen in previous duels, I wouldn't be so sure of that. I don't think that Bakura is completely stable."
"Look Yami, stop worrying about Yugi so much. He'll be fine. Besides, the two of you still will have your mental link. You will be able to check up on him at any given time."
"But-" Yami was cut off as Kaiba put a finger over his lips.
"Listen to me, Yami. Yugi will be fine as long as he holds your Millenium Puzzel. So just stop worrying about him so much."
Yami let out a sigh as Kaiba moved his finger away from his mouth.
"I guess you're right, Kaiba. I shouldn't be so paranoid about this."
"You're not paranoid, just concerned. And I supposed that if it were Mokuba staying with that freak instead of Yugi, you'd be the one trying to calm me down."
Their conversation was cut off as Yugi, Ryou, Tristan, Joey, Tea, Malik, and Marik showed up at the front gates.
"I really hope that our History teacher gets hit by a speeding bus on a freeway durring our christmas break!!!" Malik yelled in frustration.
"Tell me Malik, why do you insist on continuously bitching?" Marik said with his eye twitching at the huge headache he had develpoed.
"KONOYARO!!! You know exactly why I'm pissed off!!!"
"I can't believe it! You're still mad at me because of that little thing?!"
"Of course I'm still mad at you!!! I'll never forgive you for what you did to me back then, Marik!!"
"Like I've told you before, Malik, it wasn't my fault!!"
Malik punched Marik as hard as he could in the side of his face, knocking Marik to the ground. After that Malik ran off, looking as if he were about to cry. Tea, Tristan, and Joey glared at the boy still sprawled out on the groung; while Yugi, Yami, and Kaiba decided to mind their own business.
"Marik! What the hell did you do to Malik to make him run off like that?!" Joey yelled.
Marik just ignored Joey and continued looking in the direction that his light ran off in.
"Hey! Don't ignor me! I'm talkin' to-" Joey was cut off by Ryou.
"Leave Marik alone, Joey. What goes on between a person's light and dark sides is their own business, and no one elses." Ryou walked over to Marik and held out his hand. "Here, let me help you."
Everyone watched as Marik looked up at Ryou and silently took his hand. Ryou helped him to his feet, and he whispered so no one else could hear, "Go after him. This may be your last and only chance to make things better."
Marik took a few seconds to look at Ryou in confusion. Then he realized that he could be right, and he ran down the street heading for Malik's house.
"Well, we'd better be going to. We'll see you guys later!" Tea said as she walked away, dragging a complaining Joey.
Just then, a black limo pulled up and Kaiba opened the door and got in. Yami looked over his shoulder hesitantly at Yugi, before Kaiba pulled him into the limo by the collar of his uniform.
::Be careful Hikari. And stay out of trouble while I'm at Kaiba's. Just remember that you can contact me if you need any help at all.:: Yugi heard his dark side say in his mind as the limo drove off.
::Don't worry about me, Yami, I'll be fine. Have fun over the christmas break!::
When the limo was out of sight, Yugi looked over at Ryou in slight confusion.
"Anno...." Yugi started.
Ryou smiled. "If you're wondering where Bakura is, he told me to tell you that he'd meet you at your family's game shop."
"Oh, alright then. I guess I'll see you later, Ryou." Yugi said as he started walking home.
Ryou turned to Tristan. "I need to speak to Yugi alone, so go to my place and I'll meet you there later."
"Uh...Ok, sure man." Tristan started walking to Ryou's house.
"Hey, Yugi! Wait for me!" Ryou called out as he ran to catch up with Yugi.
Yugi stopped and waited for Ryou to catch up to him.
"Yugi, I need to talk to you." He said as he caught up and started walking with Yugi.
"What is it, Ryou?"
"It's about Bakura."
Yugi looked over at Ryou curiously. "What about him?"
"Yugi, you know how you and Yami can read each others thoughts and feelings?"'
"Yeah, of course."
"Well, it's the same way with me and Bakura."
"That must be kindda scary, to read Bakura's homicidal and sadistic thoughts."
Ryou sweatdropped. "Sometimes Bakura does have a very....interesting way of thinking. But most of the time he's completely normal. He may be a sadistic thief, but he can be really kind, caring, and gental if you get the chance to get to know him."
Yugi stopped walking and looked up at Ryou confused once more. "But, why are you telling me this, Ryou?"
"Because, Yugi, I know Bakura better than anyone, and I can tell that this time he's not playing some sick game. He really does care about you deeply."
Yugi and Ryou continued walking as Yugi looked at the ground and spoke softly.
"I think I'm starting to understand that. I knew he was serious about this when I looked into his eyes in that dream I had. Normally, I get really afraid when I'm alone with Bakura, but that time, in his arms......when I looked into his eyes, I wasn't scared at all. His eyes were different. They usually burn with hate, evil, and malice....but right then, they shone with so much kindness and warmth that, for the first time ever, I felt so warm and safe with him near me. And for some reason, after Bakura showed up, that bleak and dark room made it seem that his presence was all around me, engulfing me in security."
Ryou smiled and laughed softly. "I'm not surprised."
Yugi looked up at Ryou, slightly confused. "What are you talking about, Ryou?"
Ryou smiled down at Yugi. "That dark room you were in was actually Bakura's soul room inside the Millenium Ring."
Yugi sweatdropped. "Well, that explains why it was so dark in there. But, how was I transported into the Millenium Ring?"
"I think that after you fell asleep, Bakura pulled your mind inside the Ring so that he could talk to you, and convince you what he wanted."
"Oh." Yugi paused for a second, "Hey, Ryou?"
Ryou looked over at Yugi again. "Yes? What is it, Yugi?"
"Um...does Bakura always think about killing people and stealing things?"
"No, not always," Ryou smiled brightly, "Sometimes he thinks about burning things down as well."
Yugi sweatdropped. "You're joking, right?"
Ryou just continued smiling. "Not at all."
"All right then...."
"But there is one thing that Bakura thinks about that doesn't involve violence."
Yugi looked over at Ryou curiously. "And what's that?"
"In fact, Bakura's thinking about it right now." Ryou added as an afterthought, as if he didn't even hear Yugi speak.
"Well, what is it?" Yugi asked impatiantly as they stopped in front of his family's game shop.
"Something that he cares for a lot and has been obsessing over for some time now."
"Come on, Ryou, tell me!!!"
Ryou smiled, "Alright, I'll tell you. It's-"
"Nothing that you should concern yourself with right now." Bakura cut in as he casually leaned against the opened door of the shop.
Yugi jumpped. "B-Bakura! I didn't see you there!"
Ryou just grinned. "Hello Bakura."
Bakura pushed away from the door to stand in front of Yugi and Ryou "What are you doing here, Ryou?"
Ryou only smiled pleasently as he looked up at his dark side. "A better question would be, 'why are you here'? I have every right to be here, because I walked home with Yugi. You, on the other hand, are just here because you want to see Yugi, so you can ask him where you're going to sleep while you're here."
Yugi and Bakura both sweatdropped and stared at Ryou.
"Aibou, are you aware that you've just answered my question, and your own?" Bakura asked with a raised eyebrow.
Ryou nodded happily. Well, I should be going now. Bye Yugi, good luck!" Then he ran off in the direction of his house.
Bakura looked over at Yugi, smirked, and said "It looks like it's just me and you now." before turning and walking into the game shop.
Yugi sighed and muttered as he followed Bakura. "This is going to be the longest Christmas break ever...."
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;-; i know it's short, please don't hurt me! *hides*
Seiya: *sweatdrops*...*turns to readers* What Rika means to say is that she would be very pleased if you would Reveiw,
Yaten: Yeah, so you can tell her how bad this sucks.
WAHHH!!!!! Yaten's being mean again!! Bakura!!!!!!!!!!!
Bakura: *pops up* *evil grin* Time to play. *holds out Millenium Ring*
Yaten: o.O.....*runs like hell*
Bakura: *drags Yaten with him to the Shadow Realm*
Seiya: ^.^;;;;;;;; uh.....just review......