A/N: Just kind of wanted to write this. Yes, I know it's been done to death. XD And look—someone new makes an appearance! Say hi to Atem, everyone!
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! is as much mine as it is 4Kids'. That is to say, not at all, because they lost the rights. :D
Marik frowned and pointed at the three people in front of him. "Wait—you're Bakura, and you're Bakura, but you're also Bakura?"
The three Bakura's looked at each other. "Yes?"
Marik frowned. "But doesn't that get confusing?"
Thief King Bakura shrugged. "It was at first, but you get used to it after a while."
"It's more confusing for the two of us," Ryou Bakura said, gesturing to Yami Bakura. "I mean, we look practically identical. At least Thief King over there can manage to get a tan."
Thief King Bakura gloated.
Marik whistled. "Wow. I don't know how you manage to keep all that straight."
"Keep what straight?"
Marik looked over his shoulder. "Oh, hey, Yami. We're just talking about how weird it is that there are three of them. I mean, that's gotta be hard to keep track of, right?"
"Who's hard to keep track of?" Yugi asked, walking up to stand next to him. Atem followed behind him, absentmindedly polishing his Millennium Puzzle on his cape.
Marik gaped at the three of them. "There are three of you, too?"
Yami raised an eyebrow. "Yes?"
"But— how—?"
"Well, there's Yugi, who's the reincarnation," Atem said, "Yami, who's the spirit of the Millennium Puzzle, and then there's me, who's the Ancient Egyptian one." He rolled his eyes. "It's really not that hard to remember."
"That's just bizarre," Marik said, shaking his head.
Then he caught sight of Malik walking by, drinking his coffee and not really paying all that much attention to the rest of them.
"Malik!" Marik shouted, running up to greet him.
"Huh?"
Marik grabbed him around the waist and squeezed him in a bone-crushing hug. "Thank you for being unconfusing and letting me be your only alter-ego."
Needless to say, Malik was very, very confused.