AUTHOR'S NOTE: Well...Bakura is not so nice in this chapter. Beware! Bad things are going to happen to some characters! I also do not own Yu-Gi-Oh (sorry, forgot to put that in my first chapter). Let me know what you guys think. Any reviews if you like it or you want to give me some advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys!

The sun shone brightly the next day, giving Domino City a gentle warmth on this beautiful day. School was about to start in twenty minutes and everyone sat outside waiting for Ryou.

"This is odd. Usually Ryou is the first one at school. I cannot believe he is not here yet" Yugi commented.

"Maybe he slept in for once. That guy always wakes up so early" Jounouchi stated.

"Hey everyone!"

The group turned their heads to see Ryou running towards them waving his arm. He stopped in front of them and sighed heavily. After he caught his breath he gave them a weak smile.

"Where were you Ryou? Don't you always get up early? asked Honda.

Ryou placed his hand on his head and kept smiling, "Oh yeah. I stayed up really late last night. Guess I just overslept today."

"That sure is odd for you," Anzu laughed, "Well guys, you want to head inside?"

Everyone lazily got up and walked slowly into Domino High school, not noticing that Bakura was slyly grinning right behind them.

"I wonder who will be my next victim" Bakura thought to himself.

School finally ended and the group ran outside, waved good bye to each other, and went their separate ways. Honda and Anzu lived close by each other, so they walked home together everyday. They came to an alley between two large buildings that they used as a shortcut to get to school everyday and started to walk through.

"Honda," Anzu began to say as she wrapped her arms around herself, "I have a bad feeling."

"What are you talking about? We walk through this alley everyday, there aren't any dangerous people here."

"I know I know. But I get the feeling we are being followed."

"Followed? If we were being followed we could see or hear them easily. There is no place to hide here! Anzu you need to calm down."

"I guess your right."

Honda placed his hand on Anzu's shoulder and smiled, "Don't worry. I'll protect you."

Anzu smiled back, but still felt uneasy. They kept walking down the long alley until they heard a thud that sounded close to them. Anzu jumped at the noise.

"What was that?"

"Don't worry Anzu, my book just fell out of my book bag. You go on ahead, I'll catch up to you."

Anzu nodded and kept walking. She still felt very uneasy, but saw the end of the alley up ahead. As she reached the end, she felt comfort in the warm sun beating down on her, but something was wrong. Honda had not caught up to her yet.

"Honda! Hey Honda! Stop being so slow, lets get home!" Anzu screamed down the alley.

No response.

"Honda..."

Still no response.

"Honda this isn't funny. Lets get going!"

When there was still no response, she decided to go back and find out what he was doing. She walked slowly back through the alley. She was terrified, walking cautiously and jumping at every little noise she heard. As she approached the part where she left Honda, she saw something large on the ground that she had not noticed before. Her heart stopped once she realized what it was.

"Oh my god..."

It was Honda. Lying face down in his own blood. Anzu ran to his body and flipped him over, gasping as she saw his wide open eyes looking so scared. Blood was dripping down his face and mouth. He had been brutally stabbed five times; twice in the back and three times in the chest. Blood was everywhere and started to get on to Anzu's clothing. Tears streamed down her face.

"Oh my god Honda! No Honda you can't be dead! You just can't be!" she screamed.

Anzu gently set the body down and stood up shaking. She knew she had to call the police. Who could do something like this? Honda did have enemies, but she didn't think any of them would go this far. She walked backwards towards the alley exit, staring at the corpse of her deceased friend until she hit something, or rather, someone...

"Hello Anzu."

She was shaking furiously now. She knew that voice, she knew it all too good. She turned around slowly, her eyes were wide with tears streaming down her face.

"Did you miss me?"

"Ryou? No you aren't Ryou, you're Bakura! How did you get back here? I saw Yugi defeat you myself!"

"You're making me sad Anzu. You won't even say hello to me. Well no matter...," Bakura smiled, "...you are mine now."

"How did you get back here? Where is Ryou?"

"I used my last bit of power to get back to Domino City. Oh Ryou. Let's just say, he's playing a little game."

"Oh my god. What did you do to him?"

Bakura began to laugh. The demonic laugh sent chills through Anzu.

"At least he's alive and well, unlike your little friend there."

"I know it was you! You bastard! You had no reason to kill Honda!"

"You know me so well Anzu," Bakura laughed as he took out the bloody knife, "But you are wrong, I do have a reason to kill your friend. And you are next my dear."

Bakura lifted the blade to his lips and licked the bloody knife. Anzu stared in horror as blood began to drip down his face. His evil smile grew larger as he began to walk closer to her.

"You see Anzu, Yugi humiliated me in that duel back in Egypt, and it cost me almost everything. Than Yugi's little cheerleaders came together and watched Yugi defeat the Pharaoh, who finally had all his memories and returned to the underworld. You were all sad to see your friend go, but it was generally a happy ending. Everyone lived happily ever after, right? Well guess whose back to ruin the fairy tale ending..."

"You're insane."

Bakura laughed even more demonically now, "Your words hurt me Anzu."

Bakura kept walking towards her. She slowly walked backwards until she hit the cold brick wall of the building. He kept walking until there was little space between their bodies.

"I see the fear in your eyes Anzu. It makes me so excited."

"Please Bakura, let me live. I never did anything to you. Please."

"Live? To do what? Go off to New York and fulfill some silly little dream of becoming a famous dancer in America?"

"How did you..."

"I have my sources," Bakura smirked as he licked his lips, "You are just going to drop everything and head on over to America in order to pursue some dream? You are more pathetic than I thought Anzu."

"But I have so many people that believe in me. I know I can do it. I know I can!"

Bakura's demonic laugh turned demeaning, "Oh you mean your little friends? They will say anything to make you happy. They don't really believe in you. Don't you know the chances of you becoming successful? Your dream will end in failure Anzu, believe me I am going to do you a favor."

He lifted the knife right in front of Anzu's face. Honda's blood dripped on to her cheek and she cringed as it slowly streamed down her face.

"I've got to say Anzu. That's a good look for you." Bakura laughed.

"Please Bakura. Let me live. Let me live..."

"I'll make you a deal. Lets have a little chase. If you can get back to your house and be safely inside before I catch up to you, I will leave you alone. But if I catch you before you get inside your house, you're mine. I'll even give you a ten second head start. Do we have a deal?"

Anzu nodded, "We have a deal."

"Than you better start running."

He moved back to give her space. She began to sprint for her life. She only had a ten second head start. She ran out of the alley and began weaving through the pack of people on the sidewalk. He wouldn't dare have the knife out in front of this many people. Her legs were burning as she approached her neighborhood, but she knew she had to get to her house before he caught her. She didn't dare look back. She finally got to her house and desperately searched through her book bag to find her keys. She felt her keys when a letter caught her eye. She grabbed the letter which was from the dance school in New York she wanted to go to. She opened it as she placed the keys in the lock, but stopped as she read the only thing that mattered in the letter:

We are sorry, but you have not been accepted in to our university. We thank you again for applying and hope you have success in your future.

She dropped the letter and began to shake violently. Her shaking hand still holding the keys in the doorknob.

"He was right. I cannot believe he was right. My dream...I failed."

"Told you so!"

She gasped as she heard the demonic voice behind her. The blade pierced through her back and she fell to the ground, staring into the monster's eyes.

"Well Anzu, a deal is a deal. I love seeing my opponent so defeated. Enjoy hell."

He raised the knife and began stabbing her repeatedly. She screamed out in intense pain, but this just gave Bakura more motivation to keep going. He finally stopped his rampage and looked at his mutilated victim. Blood was everywhere: on her, on the porch, on the door, and on him. He looked at his bloody hands and smiled.

"Guess I better go clean up."

He walked off the porch and nonchalantly walked away, leaving the corpse of Anzu to be found by her parents later that day. He had no remorse for his actions, in fact, he enjoyed killing her. And seeing her so defeated made it even more worthwhile.

"That's what you get when you dance with the devil," he snickered, "Now...who should be next?"