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What happened last time

The day of Bakura's duel, three days until Yami and Bakura's bet end

"Now, let the duel begin." Bakura didn't bother to make it a Shadow Game. He didn't have the time.

They drew their cards…

Back to the story

They drew their cards…

"Go B-chan!"

Bakura fell over to the floor. "Stop calling me B-chan!" he yelled towards Ryou, who had come to cheer him on in the duel.

"Oh… sorry," said Ryou with an apologetic look on his face. His face turned into a smile as he threw his hands in the air, yelling: "Go Snow Bunny!"

Bakura sweat-dropped. God, he couldn't concentrate at all. It would be a miracle for him to still win. Why had he let that damn kid come again? Oh yeah, Ryou insisted.

He sighed and looked at Ryou, who in turn smiled at him and gave him the thumbs up. Bakura rolled his eyes and concentrated on the duel.

Throughout the entire duel Ryou would distract Bakura with his cheers. Bakura was on the losing hand and Isis smiled, glad that Ryou was here to make her win.

Bakura sighed. "Ryou-kun please, leave me alone," he begged his hikari.

'Yeah right,' his thoughts taunted him. 'Like the kid would ever listen to me. No… of course he wouldn't listen to me. He only listens to that damn midget YUGI. Ra, it's always Yugi. Yugi Yugi Yugi. Gods, I'm starting to sound like a jealous boyfriend.'

He shook his thought away and was surprised when Ryou answered him.

But of course the answer was: "No."

Bakura growled. "Why not?"

"Because I only leave when sweet B-chan gives me a little kissy."

Bakura's jaw fell. Ryou walked up to Bakura, not caring if the yami was in the middle of a duel, and bent over. "You look so cute when you (Snow Bunny smacks me. Bakura: Don't you dare let Ryou say that word, or else… Me: Okay okay, I'll edit it.) - edited -,B-chan." Ryou quickly stole a kiss from his yami's lips and walked off.

Bakura slowly lifted a hand and touched his lips. 'That kid stole a kiss… He stole a kiss from me, the King of Thieves.' Was he getting old? Probably. But Bakura would never admit that. 'Ra kill me…" was Bakura's last thought before Ryou completely disappeared out of view.

On the other hand, Isis no longer held a stunned expression after such little scenes from Ryou and Bakura. She smiled inwardly.

'Bakura… if this is how your relationship with Ryou is, then you're not my enemy after all…'

The two of them continued their duel. The end was near and the battle became fiercer and fiercer. Of course, in the end one always wins… And one loses… Isis smiled.

She took off her Necklace and walked over to Bakura. "Here, you deserved it."

Bakura cocked an eyebrow. "Not that it matters, but shouldn't you be disappointed right now?"

Isis closed her eyes and slowly shook her head. "The Millennium Necklace may hold magic beyond one's wildest imagination. But even though I lost it, the duel has taught me something that holds much more value than any magic in this world. It has shown me that Darkness can be balanced out with Light."

Bakura snorted and rolled his eyes in annoyance. "You talk nonsense, Priestess."

Isis turned around and began to walk away. But before disappearing she turned her head around. "You'll understand someday, Bakura…" she said over her shoulder. And she left, with Bakura staring after her.

That night, Bakura's household

'Okay,' thought Bakura. 'I will never ever wear such a girlish Necklace in public.' Currently he was sitting in his bedroom busy figuring out how the hell the Necklace around his neck worked. The Ring of course had been demanded back by Ryou.

"B-chan, dinner is ready!"

"I'm coming!" Bakura yelled back. "And stop calling me that!"

He got up and was about to take off the Necklace when it suddenly began to glow… Bakura was thrown back in time.

FLASHBACK

Kaiba started to chant the spell that Marik had taught him to get out of the Shadow Realm. The mist started to fade away and he, Joey and Serenity were in the middle of a somewhat deserted restaurant.

Joey turned around and saw Marik laying all over Malik on a table, his boyfriends pants pulled down to his ankles. "MALIK!"

Both Egyptians snapped out of their bliss and Malik looked at Joey in shock. "J-joey… I-" Joey turned and ran away in tears.

"Joey wait!" Malik pushed Marik off him. "Joey!" Malik ran after him, but tripped over his own pants.

"Malik…" Marik began.

Malik got back up and began pulling his pants back on. "NO! You shut up! You set me up, didn't you bastard! You planned this all along to break me and Joey up!"

"No I just-"

"DAMN IT, I HATE YOU!" Malik ran out of the building in tears. Marik looked at his hikari running away.

END FLASHBACK

Bakura shook his head trying to shake away the dizziness. He guessed he still had to get used to the Necklace's powers. He decided to contemplate later over the new acquired information, he didn't want Ryou to get mad and let him eat vegetables. Bakura shivered at the thought. He quickly went to eat.

The next day, two days until Yami and Bakura's bet end

'I need to find the Tomb Keeper…' Bakura thought.

He knew what he had done wrong now. He had concentrated too much on Marik and thought that Malik would just give in. He was wrong. The bell had rang just moments ago and Bakura raced to the lockers. There was the boy!

"Tomb Keeper!" Bakura called out.

Malik looked up with a dull expression on his face. "What do you want?"

"I … need to … talk to you," Bakura said through a few pants.

Malik looked at him, curiosity slightly visible on his face. The Tomb Robber wanted to speak to him? "What about?"

Bakura sighed. "How about, I'll take you out to hang for a day and then I'll tell you."

Malik shrugged. "Sure."

Yami came, he was chatting with Yugi about what they would do later that day. He opened his locker and a little note fell out of it to the floor. Yami bent over and grabbed the note. He read it. "A challenge?" he said to himself.

"I'm done packing," said Malik. "Let's go."

Bakura nodded.

Somewhere in Domino

Malik and Bakura went out of a clothing shop. Malik had bought some black pants and a black sleeveless shirt that went just above his belly.

Bakura hadn't bought anything. He preferred stealing. He'd stolen most of the money from all the people in that shop. And all the other shiny things that hold value.

"So," asked Malik. "" What did you want to talk about."

"How are things with you and Joey?"

Malik froze there at the spot. Bakura stopped walking. He sighed. "Don't tell me you're still not over the dog yet. Come on!"

Malik glared at Bakura. "I'd better leave…"

But before he could even take a step Bakura had grabbed his arm. "You never even loved him in the first place…"

Malik jerked his arm back from Bakura's grasp. "You're spouting crap."

"I'm not as blind as you're family and 'friends', Malik. You liked the dog, but you never loved him."

"Stop telling me bullshit, Tomb Robber!" Malik ran past Bakura.

Only to stop at the sight before him. Joey and Kaiba walking hand in hand out of some restaurant talking and laughing with each other. (Do you still remember that date from chapter29?) Both had an ice-cream in their hand that they were licking.

"You've got some ice-cream on you're nose," said Kaiba. And he gently wiped it away.

Joey smiled as a slight blush crept up his face.

Malik just stared until the two disappeared from his view.

That night Bakura's household

Bakura ate in the disgusted way he always eats. Ryou kept smacking his head for his table manners. After dinner Bakura had lots of bulges on his head. And Ryou also ordered him to do the dishes. He didn't know why he put up with Ryou. Gods, he wanted to strangle the kid! Ryou wasn't a cute hikari. Ryou was the devil on PMS.

So after breaking a few dishes, and being smacked by Ryou again, and then kissed by Ryou to 'ease the pain' as the hikari called it, and an hour of blu- (smack) Bakura was ready to take a hot bath. While he was taking a bath, he thought back of the day with Malik.

FLASHBACK

Malik just stared until his ex-boyfriend Joey and Seto disappeared from his view. And he kept staring.

Bakura slowly lifted his hand and touched Malik's shoulder. "Are you okay?" he asked quietly.

Malik turned around to look at Bakura. "Yeah, I'm fine…"

Bakura narrowed his eyes at him. "You sure? You're not going to cry, right?

Malik laughed. "I'm not that big of a pussy, Bakura. I'm happy for them. Joey deserves to be happy. Besides…"

Bakura lifted an eyebrow, urging Malik to continue.

"… besides, I guess… you were right."

"I was right?"

"Yeah," Malik nodded. "I guess I never really did love him."

END FLASHBACK

After the bath Bakura was ready to go to crawl in bed… Until the Necklace started to glow again. Bakura put the Necklace around and was immediately send to a…

FLASHBACK

Yami got to his locker. He and Yugi were chatting with each other. Yami opened his locker and a note fell out of it. He read the note.

Come to the airport tomorrow at 18.00 and bring your card-deck and Puzzle.

"A challenge?"

END FLASHBACK

Bakura froze. If that duel would take place… He was sure to lose the bet with the damn midget-pharaoh! He had to stop this somehow.

But… how to stop a psychopath who wants to kill himself and a challenge-addicted arrogant pharaoh?

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