Disclaimer: I don't own YGO, and I don't own the ideas I borrowed from Reaper.

Posted: 5/4/11

AN: Malik is the hikari

AN: Hi, it's been awhile. Sorry for the really long wait, I've been stuck on how to continue after the last chapter. I changed quite a few things around in the past chapters so you might want to read them again. It's still the same story line though, but now I have it planned out. Hopefully I'll be able to finish this story soon. I am also still working on my other story. Enjoy.

AN: Also I would really appreciate if you informed me of any inconsistencies I might have made while changing things around.

Ryou The Reaper

By Fired Icicle

Chapter Nine: I Wanna be a Billionaire

By the time Ryou got ready in the morning he still hadn't seen nor heard from Bakura. But he wasn't worried; Bakura and the two morons could take care of themselves. Besides he was sure they would show up when he least wanted them to.

Ryou figured his first course of action should be to find the daughter. However, it occurred to him that he should first head over to Yugi's to check on Yami. In the likely event that Yami hadn't returned he owed his friend an explanation.

The game shop where Yugi lived was pretty close so he only had a short walk. The first thing he noticed when he arrived was the closed sign on the door. The second was the loud commotion inside, a bit like a party. Ryou tried his best to ignored it and knocked.

A few seconds later the door was opened by a rather tired looking, but grinning Yugi.

"Hey, Ryou," Yugi said his smile getting bigger. "How are you?"

"Um, good." Ryou replied warily. Neither Yami missing or safe at home would make Yugi happy. A missing Yami equaled a worried Yugi and a returned Yami equaled a P.A.B (pissed at Bakura) Yugi. So why was he grinning?

"How about you?" Ryou asked cautiously. "How are you?"

"Good. Good." Yugi replied grinning widely. "Guess what? Guess!"

"Um, what?"

In response Yugi threw his arms up in the air and shouted at the top of his lungs. "I'm a billionaire!"

"What?" Ryou asked, now totally confused.

"The wicked witch is dead!"

"Huh?" That didn't help Ryou's confusion at all, so Yugi explained.

Late last night, or rather early morning, Yugi's grandpa had gotten a call from the local authorities informing him of his ex-wife's death at the hands of a madman. She had no heirs and Solomon was still listed as an emergency contact and beneficiary in the will.

"How awful." Ryou said.

"Not really," Yugi replied, now jumping up and down. "She was a total bitch."

Ryou's mouth opened in shock. He'd heard swearing plenty before. Bakura, all the Ishtars, most of his friends, pretty much everyone, including himself. But never would he expect it from Yugi.

Yugi rolled his eyes. "See, that is what it looks like when you swear. I have plenty of reason to call her that. Grandma was a horrible mean woman, and the world is a much better place without her!"

"Still," Ryou managed once he got over his shock, something he was quite adapt at. "She's dead isn't she? Aren't you always saying every life is precious?"

"Not this one, her karma was long over do." Yugi grinned again. "Besides, Grandpa got all her money. We've got billions! Come in, come see what I got."

"Um." Ryou muttered as he followed Yugi into the shop.

The first thing he noticed was the rather large cardboard box. Large meaning at least ten feet by five feet. It was about 2 feet thick.

"Um, what's that?" Ryou asked Yugi while staring at the box. It hardly fit into the room. In fact, it seemed that several shelves had to be pushed to make room.

"It's a TV!" Yugi said excitedly. "Grandpa bought it for me. I can't wait to use it! I also got every gaming system known to man!"

"Ah. I see." All Ryou could see was that any TV that needed a box that big was very large. "I'm sorry Yugi, but I have to go. I only came to…" Ryou trailed off.

"What?" Yugi muttered distractedly as he petted the box.

"Yugi, where is Yami?" Ryou asked.

Yugi shrugged. "Out somewhere."

"Have you seen him since yesterday?"

"I don't know. Why?" Yugi asked as he wandered behind the box.

All Ryou could think was that if that box fell it would flatten Yugi like a pizza. "Doesn't matter, tell you later. Bye." Ryou backed towards the door. Just as he was about to leave he stopped.

"Yugi, what happened to your Grandma?" he asked suddenly. "How did she die again? And how old was she?"

Yugi poked his head out from behind the box. "I don't know how she died. Grandpa just said that she was killed by a madman. As for her age, she was 15 years younger than Grandpa, so that would make her 77. Why do you want to know?"

Ryou frowned. 'Madman' sounded a lot like the soul he was after, but that didn't make sense. She was old, but not that old. Maybe there was something else linking the victims besides old age. And…

"YOUR GRANDPA'S 92!" Ryou shouted suddenly.

"Yep." Yugi said popping the p. "He looks good for his age doesn't he?"

Ryou nodded. "Um, where did your Grandma live?"

"Not very far. You know the old pervert Yamaji's house?" Ryou nodded. "It's the blue house across the street from it."

"Ok. Thanks."

"Why do you want to know?"

"Uh, no reason. Just curious. I'll see you later."

"OK. Bye! I have to go set up my TV now!" Yugi closed the door in a hurry leaving Ryou standing there amazed.

Ryou decided to go visit Yugi's grandma's house to see if he could find any connections. 15 years is the age difference between Yugi's grandpa and grandma. No wonder it didn't end well.

Lost in thought he wasn't prepared for the tackle that took him down.

Wow. Talk about taking forever to update!