Author's Note:

Hey everybody! Thanks for checking out my story. Alright this is going to be an Ryou and Bakura centered AU as mentioned in the description. This literally could be K if I didn't plan any Bakura memories in the future. So literally anyone who knows Bakura's backstory can read this. Ryou's six and Amane is two and Bakura is 3,000 to 5,000 give or take a few decades.

Note: Bakura might, no defiantly will be OOC not major, but he's certainly not like his Anime self. NO Abridged personalities not because I don't like them I just don't think I can write them. No one knows what Mrs. Bakura or Amane's personalities would be like so I'm flying blind and making it up as I go along. So this is just my version of them feel free to use it or make your own.

Credit: I don't own Yugioh! sort of obvious

Major credit to "Some Fucking Nerd" from tumblr. A lot of the head cannons I used in this fic come from their tumblr account How to Train Your Yami. I'm trying to make a story from a few of there ideas and headcannons. I am NOT trying to steal there work or ideas.

Check out their tumblr account here: howtotrainyouryami or somefxkingnerd

Chapter 1

"Oh powerful spirits. Here me and answer," said Ryou as he looked around the room hoping to catch a glimpse of a ghost. When nothing immediately happened Ryou tried again with a different phrase usually used in horror movies.

He was sitting in the dark in his bedroom in front of a summoning star made from scotch tape. He was using one of his hoola hoops as the border and a torch as the center candle. (His Mummy said it was unsafe to light fires in his bedroom unsupervised) He held the Ouija board between himself and the summoning circle hoping to make contact with something paranormal. The Ring unnoticed by Ryou started to glow.

The Spirit of the ring was getting bored he had already looked through all the memories of any importance this young mortal could have and was now stuck thinking about his plan to get revenge on the Pharaoh again. Now that he had a host his plans could finally go into motion of course the young age of said host would limit what he could do now. Which meant he would have to wait. If there was one thing the Spirit of the Ring had plenty of was patience and time. That didn't mean he couldn't get bored. So when he felt a strange pulling he didn't hesitate with entertaining himself with investigating it.

The tug led the Spirit out of the ring to his young host who was unknowingly calling the Spirit. "Spirit please answer me through this Ouija board if you are here." Ryou stated after calling for a spirit for a few minutes and getting a weird feeling. Which he assumed meant the ghost was here. The Spirit did just that moving the Ouija board to spell out one of the English words he had learned in the last week in his host's mind. "No" answered the spirit deciding he wanted to be difficult with his new host.

"Rude" responded Ryou before finally realizing it had worked he had contacted an actual Spirit! "Hi Mr. Spirit! My name is Ryou and I am six years old and live with my Mummy, Daddy, and baby sister Amane in a country called England, will you be my friend? I don't have many friends. The kids at school say it's cause I like ghosts and ghosts are scary. You're not scary you're a friendly ghost right Mr. Spirit? I'm sure you are even if you are a little rude, I'm sure it's just cause you're dead and aren't used to talking to other people yet, but you can talk to me. My Mummy says I have really good manners, I could teach you. Will you be my friend Mr. Spirit? Please," Ryou said FINALLY stopping to take a breath.

The Spirit was slightly impressed with how fast the kid talked, but also overwhelmed with how much the kid said. He hadn't had a real conversation with anyone in eons and having just learned the language last week wasn't helping him keep up at all. Nevertheless he was able to follow along well enough to answer the kids last question. "YES"

When Ryou read this he got super happy and excited rambling on really fast again how they were going to be the best of friends and have so much fun. The spirit was relieved of the excited child when Ryou's mother called him down to supper. Ryou quickly said goodbye and that he would contact the Spirit again tomorrow before turning off the torch to "cut" the connection.

That night at dinner all Ryou could talk about was how he contacted a ghost and how they were now best friends. Amane didn't really listen to Ryou's story being a toddler and all. But his Mummy listened and thought it was nice that Ryou finally had a friend even if it was just an imaginary one.

"What's your new friends name Ryou?" his Mother asked as she fed Amane and herself.

"I don't know. I call him Mr. Spirit, but I can ask him tomorrow for you. I promised to contact him again." said Ryou as he ate his meat and applesauce while avoiding the vegetables of course.

"Well I hope you and Mr. Spirit have fun playing together tomorrow." Mrs. Bakura said as she finished her dinner and help Amane finish hers.

"We will!" said Ryou as he scooted off his chair hoping to leave before him Mummy noticed the vegetables.

"Now Mr. Ryou I don't believe that plate is sparkly clean just yet." said Mrs. Bakura knowing what Ryou was trying to pull seeing as he did it every night.

"But Mummy" Ryou said starting to explain as the voices started to get drowned out as the Spirit started to move farther into the Ring.

The Spirit hadn't ever watched one of the family dinner's until that night and he had to admit it wasn't as annoying as it could have been and certainly better than being in this Ra be damned Ring. The entire day was more entertainment then he had experienced in the last century. He hadn't planned to reveal himself to his host just to be an invisible shadow that wasn't noticed until the Pharaoh showed up and his plan was put into motion. He certainly hadn't planned to say yes to being the boy's friend. Really the spirit had no idea what overcame him to do THAT.

It certainly changed the Spirit's plan the boy now not only knew of his existence, he also expected the Spirit to interact with him. The Spirit for once didn't know what to do. Ignoring the boy was out of the question especially if the kid pulled whatever he did that night to summon him. But if he truly interacted with the boy there was a high likelihood he would scare the kid and mentally scar him for life. If the spirit did that the boy would get rid of the Ring and the Spirit would have to wait a few more millennias for another host and by that point the Pharaoh very well could have moved on and then the Spirit's revenge would never come to pass. The Spirit couldn't let that happen, the voices seemed to agree for they started crying out ever louder than their usual constant moaning.

With that the Spirit decided what he was going to do. He was going to play nice, be this boy's little imaginary friend it was obvious that's what the mother thought he was. When the boy grew up he would vanish into the back of his mind, so the boy too thought he was simply a childhood imaginary friend. Then when the time came and he located the Pharaoh he would rush forward take over the oblivious boy and get his revenge. A simple plan with a simple flaw, the Spirit getting attached to his host and his host's family. Of course that would never happened reasoned the Spirit when challenged by the darkness. For when has a parasite like him ever gotten emotionally attached to his host.

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Challenge accepted.

Closing:

I don't have a planned way of releasing these chapters. I already have 10 chapters written so I plan to spread them out a little. This story won't be heavy on the magic side. Ryou and Bakura won't leave London for at least another 15 chapters. I'm probably going to make the Anime a second story entirely. This is just going to be a bunch of fluff with maybe a few hurt/comfort scenes. Hope I've explained what to expect in this fic. I don't want to spoil it!

Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Darkhorse out!