Hello and welcome! This is a chapter dedicated to the train journey to Hogwarts. Slightly shorter than the previous chapters but still six pages long. Beware the randomness!

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Chapter 3

After losing Malik and Marik in a passing group of kids Ryou and Bakura were finally alone. After Bakura found a compartment full of first years and told them to get out (more like screamed at them) and Ryou had reprimanded him for it, they finally had a chance to make out, which had been Bakura's plan all along.

Ryou let out a soft moan as Bakura sucked one of his nipples. Bakura smirked, wondering what other sounds his hikari could make. His hand reached for Ryou's pant's zipper but his hand was whacked away.

Ryou glared up at him. "Bakura we can make out but we are not having sex on this train," he stated firmly.

"Why?" Bakura asked innocently.

"Why? Because if anyone opens the door what are they going to see? Do you really want to scare an eleven year old for life – or at least more than you already have?"

"Maybe," Bakura said evasively.

Ryou sighed. His yami could be so difficult sometimes. "Let me put it another way Bakura," Ryou said. "If anyone catches us having sex then we are never going to do it again. Understand?"

Bakura looked crestfallen. "You just had to go and ruin the mood didn't you," he said sulkily.

"Does that mean I can have my shirt back?" Ryou asked hopefully.

Bakura thought about this for a moment. "No."


Malik and Marik grinned at each other from across the compartment. They had lost Bakura and Ryou but they had found someone much better to annoy. The group of third years in the compartment with them kept giving them nervous glances.

"So Marik what's your victim total so far?" Malik asked conversationally.

"Well this year my sister sent me to anger management classes so the numbers have started to go down. Last month I only butchered five people," Marik replied casually.

"Really? Wow it has gone down. Last year wasn't it one a day?"

"Yeah, according to the doctors that was because I needed a way to keep track of how many days went past or something. They say I have a mental problem and that I have lost all emotions ties that stop people from killing one another."

"So does that mean that at any moment you could get pissed and kill anyone of us in this compartment?"

"Yeah that about sums it up."

Both blondes smirked and turned with psychotic grins towards the students. They then stood up and left the terrified children to go give another group nightmares.


Seto glared at the laptop on his knee. For some reason the nearer they got to their destination the slower it worked. Seto had run virus scans but even they were going at a snail's pace. Was this what Bill had been talking about when he said that magic wouldn't work at Hogwarts.

Seto scoffed and continued trying to do his work. He was distracted though by the stares he was receiving from the girl next to him. He looked up and spat out a, "What?"

The girl pointed at the laptop. "What's that?" she asked.

"A laptop," Seto replied.

"A labhop?"

Seto's eye twitched. "Laptop – as in a portable computer."

"Conputr?"

Seto edged slowly away from the backwards freak that had never even heard of a computer. He saw that everyone else was staring at the laptop with the same confused fascination as the girl.

Seto stood up and made a dash for it before the freaks could infect him with their technological ignorance.


"What did you call these Harry? Cauldron Cakes?" Jou asked.

"Yeah that's right," Harry replied.

"They're great! I wish I had some more," Jou said wistfully.

"Don't eat too much or you'll spoil your appetite for the feast tonight," Hermione warned.

"Feast?" Jou asked, instantly perking up.

"I don't think anything could spoil Jou's appetite," Yami commented as he took a bite of his own cake.

"Yami don't talk with your mouth full," Yugi scolded gently.

"Sorry aibou," Yami replied, his cheeks tinged pink.

"I thought you guys weren't able to speak Japanese any more," Ron said confused.

"If the Japanese word is being used in as a name then it does not apply to the rule," Hermione explained. "Same if you're referring to a place or an object with a Japanese brand name."

"Oh," was Ron's clever reply.

"You have a wonderful way with words don't you Weasley," a sarcastic voice commented from the door.

Everyone turned to see a boy with white-blonde hair who was guarded by two thuggish looking boys. "Piss off Malfoy," Ron spat.

"My, my, you're so crude Weasley anyone would think you grew up in a pig sty. Oh, wait a minute, you did," Malfoy threw back arrogantly.

Hermione and Harry had hold tight to Ron's arms to stop him from punching Malfoy. The other occupants of the compartment could easily see that the two groups didn't like each other. They could also see that they weren't going to be the best of friends with the blonde boy.

"There was no reason to insult Ron like that," Yugi said in the red head's defence.

Malfoy turned to them for the first time and stared. "What the hell did you do to your hair? Did a cauldron blow up in your face?"

Yami's eye twitched. "It's natural," he ground out.

"Really? What kind of freak of nature are you?"

Before Yami could send the infuriating teen in front of him to the Shadow Realm, Malfoy was knocked over as Seto rushed into the compartment. "These people are cavemen," Seto said in a disturbed voice. "None of them have ever heard of a computer!"

Malfoy stood up and glared at the freaked out CEO. "What's your problem? Why the hell did you knock me over? Apologise!" Malfoy demanded.

"I'll send you a letter when I have time," Seto said dismissively.

Malfoy was going to argue further but he was once again knocked over as Bakura barged into the compartment with a shirt that wasn't his own in his hand. "Quick, open the window," he ordered.

Everyone stared and didn't move to do as he had commanded. Malfoy stood up again but was pushed into Goyle when Ryou entered red faced and shirtless. "Bakura give me my shirt back now!" he demanded.

Bakura put the shirt behind his back and asked innocently, "What shirt?"

Ryou narrowed his eyes. "Give it back or I'll keep my earlier promise," he threatened.

Bakura paled slightly. "You wouldn't," he said, trying to sound confident.

"I would," Ryou replied, standing strong.

Bakura moodily shoved the shirt into Ryou's chest. Ryou put it back on and gave his yami a triumphant smirk.

Malfoy had once again regained his composure and shouted, "What is this, push Draco over day?"

"Go tell it to someone who cares," Bakura said irritably.

Once again Malfoy was about to reply when insane cackling and screaming were heard. Ryou and Bakura looked at each other simultaneously and said, "Malik and Marik."

Before anyone could comment Marik slipped past Malfoy and asked, "Bakura can I borrow a knife?"

Bakura pulled a fine, black handled dagger from his back pocket and handed it over. "I want it back you know," he told Marik.

Marik nodded, a psychotic grin plastered on his face. "You should come join us – these wizard people are so easy to scare. You drop the hint that you have a mental condition in conversation and they run screaming when you jump on the seat and scream that we're all gonna die. You should try it – it's fun."

Nobody commented as Marik ran back out into the carriage corridor shouting, "Malik! I got a knife!" By the time everyone had recovered from the incident Malfoy and his cronies had left.

Yami put his head in his hands. "By the time we get to this school everyone's going to think that those two are complete psychopaths," he groaned.

"They'll have an accurate impression then won't they," Bakura replied cheerfully.

"Do you really want everyone to avoid us like the plague?" Yami asked.

"If it means we don't have stupid kids following and gawking at us then yes."

"I agree with Bakura on this," Seto put in.

"You would," Yami muttered, shaking his head.

Yugi pattered Yami's shoulder in a comforting manner. Yami looked up and smiled gratefully. The hikari smiled back at him. They then realized that they were staring and that Yugi still had his hand on Yami's shoulder. They quickly turned away, their cheeks slightly pink.

Bakura looked at Ryou and smirked. /I think someone's in love/ he thought slyly.

/Want to play matchmaker/ Ryou thought back.

/Why not, it'll make this year more interesting./

/What about the others/ Ryou asked.

/Others/ Bakura questioned.

/Don't tell me you've not noticed./ When Ryou didn't get a response he mentally sighed and explained. /Malik and Marik are perfect for each other. They're both crazy and they both understand each other more than I think anyone else will ever be able to./

/So we have to try and get those two together? No problem./

/And last but not least Seto and Jou./

/The mutt and the priest/

/If they can argue so much over such trivial things then they obviously must be in love./ Ryou reasoned.

Bakura mentally groaned. /This may be harder than I first thought./

/What if we made a kind of bet/

/Like what/

Ryou blushed. /If we can get them together you can have me in any position you want./

Bakura perked up at this. /Really/

/Yeah./

/In that case, when do we start/

The mental conversation was ended when both boys noticed that hands were being waved in front of their faces. "Earth to Ryou, come in Ryou. Dude you were spacing out," Jou said when he stopped waving his hand.

"What were you two talking about?" Yami asked. He noticed Ryou's blush and asked, "Was Bakura having naughty thoughts?"

/Other way round Pharaoh/ Bakura thought.

/Well it was close. I wonder what made Yami think that – we haven't told any of our friends that we're together./ Ryou replied.

An idea appeared in Bakura's head on how to reply and hopefully get a little jealousy out of Seto. "I was just asking Ryou if he thought Jou would look sexier in leather or lace," he said nonchalantly.

There was an embarrassing pause before Seto growled, "That was sick, inappropriate, and humiliating. I'm the only one allowed to humiliate the puppy!" He then stormed out of the compartment.

Bakura looked at Jou (whose brain had once again started to function) and got the impression that he wasn't welcome. "It was only a joke!" he cried before grabbing Ryou's arm and dragging him out into the corridor.

There was silence. "You people are weird," Ron said. Hermione elbowed him in the stomach. "Ouch. I was just telling it like it is!"

A moment later Malik pocked his head round the door and asked, "Did I miss anything?"

"Only a stuck up brat, a perverted Bakura, a freaked out Seto, an indignant Seto and Cake," Yugi replied as if these sort of things happened every day.

"We missed cake?" Malik said, sounding disappointed. "Oh well. I better go and give Bakura back his dagger before he gets homicidal. You know how he is with sharp and shiny things. See ya!"

There was once again silence before Ron said, "I've changed my mind – you people are weird and scary."


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