Prompt: Who?

Rating: K

Pairings: None

Disclaimer: I owned it in my dreams once but then my alarm clock went off and I had to go to school so I still don't own it. I also don't own the name Spirit. I stole it from tons of other fanfic writers but I won't be using it anymore so borrowed it without asking?

Ryou was fine calling the spirit of the ring the spirit or Spirit when spoken to directly. He had done so when he was a literal spirit and he didn't see why he couldn't do it now. The spirit responded to the name although Ryou rarely talked to him since he became flesh a month ago. He tolerated the spirit but he didn't particularly like him so he kept his sentences short only directly talking to him when dinner was ready or reminding him to lock the door when he went out. They stayed out of each others way which did not cause names to become a problem.

It was a problem to Ryou's friends though. Jounouchi had pointed out that they couldn't continue using The Spirit of the Ring as a title because it was too long and that since he wasn't technically a spirit anymore, he should at least have a name. Ryou had countered with that Jounouchi didn't even like the spirit and since he wasn't going be in his company, the name shouldn't matter. It was Yugi that had won him over stating that it might help Ryou lessen his hate towards the spirit.

That is how Ryou, Jounouchi, Yugi, and the spirit ended up in Ryou's living room. Ryou was surprised that the spirit had even agreed to sit down and talk about names. Of the few things Ryou knew about the spirit, he knew that he didn't like Jounouchi and "the pharaoh's brat". Was a name really that important to him?

"So, what is your name?" Jounouchi was the first to break the silence in the apartment.

"Bakura Touzoku-ou" The spirit replied easily.

"Your name is not Thief King." Ryou responded back not surprised that the spirit would give himself such an arrogant first name. "And you took Bakura from me."

"Actually landlord, that was my family name 3000 years ago as well."

Ryou rolled his eyes. He didn't believe him. The spirit had lied about plenty and while he was tamer since he was given his own body, Ryou knew people didn't become truthful over night.

"That part is true." Yugi piped up. "Atem confirmed it."

"Well looks like the pharaoh has done one useful thing." The spirit remarked which everyone in the room chose to ignore. No one expected the two to become best friends and Yugi had told Ryou a few weeks ago that Atem didn't like the spirit either.

"Two Bakuras would cause confusion." Ryou stated. He knew it was slightly selfish but he was attached to his name. It was part of his family and he didn't want it tainted again with the spirit's darkness.

"OK. What do you call each other?" Jounouchi asked.

"Spirit."

"Landlord."

"Landlord?" The blonde looked at the two is slight confusion which only received two nods in unison. "Well we can't call Bakura that and we can't call you Spirit."

"Right, you're the one that doesn't like ghosts and the occult." The spirit smiled at Jounouchi's discomfort and Ryou realized why his friend was so insistent to give the spirit a name. He was frightened. "I don't see why I can't be called Touzoku-ou."

"Because no one will like or hire someone whose name means thief king." Ryou responds.

"I don't want to be liked and who said I was getting a job?" The spirit shoots back.

"If you are going continue to live here, me. You are eating into my budget."

"I told you I could take care of that."

"Your idea of taking care of that is robbing the grocery store. I don't need to be banned from another place thanks to you."

"You two fight like brothers." Yugi noticed which received him a glare from both Bakuras. Ryou had forgotten that he was in the company of others or he would never bicker like that. It was something he only did in private.

"Hey!" Jounouchi jumped up and if he were a cartoon, Ryou would not have been surprised to see a light bulb flashing above his head. "Bakura, you're a transfer student right?"

Ryou nodded. He didn't see why that would matter. He had transferred to Domino after the spirit had placed his former friend's souls into figurines. It had nothing to do with his name.

"I know you're from the next town but where is your accent from? It isn't Japanese." Jounouchi continued with his train of thought.

"England." Ryou responded still confused. His family had left England when he was five to be closer to his mother's family in Japan. It didn't surprise him that he still had traces of the accent but why was that of significance?

"Perfect!" Jounouchi exclaimed. "It is common in English countries to call someone by their first name. We could let him have Bakura and you could be Ryou. I mean Bakura is his family name too."

Ryou didn't like the plan. He may have originally been born in England but most of his life had been spent in Japan and Ryou was a respectful boy. He wouldn't call his friends by their first name without permission and he wasn't sure if he was comfortable yet being called his.

"Bakura, if you don't like it, we don't have to." Yugi spoke again. "But we have been through a lot together. It isn't like we are strangers."

"Fine." Ryou agreed. Yugi did raise a good point. He was there through most their adventures, even if he wasn't conscious at the time. It would take awhile for Ryou to get used to it but he would manage.

"It is settled then!" Jounouchi smiled and made his way to the door. "Come on Yugi; let's see if that shipment of cards has come in. See you around Ryou and Bakura!"

"Bye!" Yugi smiled following his friend out the door.

After they left, Ryou turned back to the living room and was greeted with the site of the spirit, or rather Bakura, smirking on the couch.

"You wanted this result." Ryou stated.

"I always get what I want." Bakura laughed. "And this time I didn't even have to do anything."

A/N: Names are pretty touchy things. Also I've been trying to write Ryou less emo (I'm old. I'm allowed to use that term) and after you live with someone after a month, even if you hate them, you start bickering a bit and Bakura doesn't have shiny gold forged with human objects to send the world in destruction. I might go into that in further prompts. Obviously I am not doing the prompts in order as Who? is prompt 79 and while I made it come directly after Beginnings, not all the prompts are going be linear.

Hope you enjoyed!