HERE IT IS! The story everyone has been waiting for! The one where we meet Ryou Bakura! And the Theif King too, but he'll be different in this one. There's gonna be a twist to this one. Bakura will also have a switch in roles lol. I've been thinking for a long while and I think it'd be a neat twist. Just remember this: Thief King Bakura was possessed by Zork when he offered his soul to the evil god, so... he won't be a thief in this one. His personality will somewhat remain, but will be the kinder version of Yami Bakura. Wow, I never thought I'd write those words.

Oh, by the way, just so you know THIS ISN'T TENDERSHIPPING AND ANYONE WHO THINKS THIS WILL BE BURNED ALIVE! Ok, I'm done. Just remember BROTHERLY LOVE PEOPLE! Review please!

The class was chattering about rumors or making a muck since class hadn't started yet. Atem was with Joey, Tristan, and Hanaski talking about random things. There was a rumor heard about a new foreign exchange student coming to class. The girls were even talking about how cute he was. Atem wasn't that interested since new students were not of his interest.

Once the bell rang, everyone kept chatting, until the teacher came up front. It took a long while, but the class finally ceased on the noise. Even Atem and his friends stopped their chatter.

"We have a new foreign exchange student from Egypt, Ryan Bakura," the teacher announced as a white-haired male stepped forward wearing the normal school uniform. He had messy hair, crystal blue eyes, and a devilish look to his face.

"Good morning," Ryan greeted, holding a devilish grin.

"Sit by me!" a random female offered.

"NO ME!" another random female offered.

"I think I can choose my own seat and besides that, you're probably gonna start giving me cooties and tempting me to lose my virginity," Ryan smirked as the teacher gave the new student a glare.

"We don't use profanity in class," the teacher rebuked as Ryan turned his eyes with a deeper smirk.

"Yes maim."

"Now how about you sit next to Atem Moto over there," the teacher pointed to the seat next to Atem.

"Watch out, Atem's an ass," one girl whispered to where the teacher couldn't hear.

"Really?" Ryan asked, looking in Atem's direction. Atem sighed in annoyance. "Than I'm definitely sitting by him."

Atem held a smirk as Ryan took his seat. The teacher started taking role while Ryan was drawing a random picture on loose leaf paper. Atem was biting the corner of his lip boredly.

"How do you survive this shit hole?" Ryan asked in a whisper.

"By playing Mr. Nice Guy, but sometimes you have to be an ass too," Atem replied as they both chuckled. Ryan showed Atem a picture of the teacher with a huge head and an ugly looking expression. He responded with a slight chuckle. "You should've seen what I posted on YouTube."

"You should show me. I'm always up for funny and hilarious videos."

"Science Lab during lunch."

"Deal. By the way, is the bitch right about you being an ass?"

"As much as Tea, over there, being a bitch ass."

"No surprise there. To me, all these chicks are bitch asses."

"Is there a problem, boys?" the teacher asked.

"No maim," Ryan replied innocently with his hand behind his back that held a middle finger.

Atem chuckled slightly and thought, 'I'm starting to like Ryan. He's probably as much of an ass as me.'

"Except he's probably worse," Yugi thought as Atem nodded.

The class continued with its lesson. When class was close to being done, the students were free to talk. Ryan and Atem decided to use this time to chatter about stuff. Atem was starting to like Ryan and he felt the same toward Atem. They started chattering about how much school stank. They even had their shares of laughter.

Ryan then noticed the millennium puzzle hung about Atem's neck. He asked, "that pendent, what is it?"

"Huh?" Atem asked before glancing at his puzzle. "It's my millennium puzzle. My grandpa found it in a pharaoh's tomb and I solved it."

"Interesting," Ryan smirked. He glanced at Atem. "Mind if I take a look?"

Atem nodded as Ryan carefully cradled the puzzle with two hands. He glanced at the puzzle and carefully rubbed the eye of the puzzle with his thumb. All of a sudden, Ryan felt a jolt of pain in his chest. He released the puzzle and clutched onto the ring around his neck that was under his shirt. Atem stared at Ryan with concern.

"Are you okay? You look pale," Atem asked.

"I'm... fine," Ryan lied, trying to make his voice sound normal. A smile appeared on his face to assure his new friend. Atem's eyebrows rose unconvinced, especially since sweat was pouring down Ryan's face.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

The bell suddenly rung and it was time for the students to leave to their next class. Atem and his friends got up to prepare to leave for their next class. Ryan decided to join along since they were the first people he talked to. The girls started rushing to flirt with Ryan. It annoyed the heck out of him.

"Hey Ry, want me to show you around?" the first girl flirted with her bright eyes.

"Yeah, we'll give you the grand tour," the second girl said right next to Ryan.

"Actually, I'd rather hang out with these guys. They seem to speak my language," Ryan declared as he shoved the girls from him to make his way toward Atem and his friends.

"But they're assholes," a random girl from the crowd of girls said.

"That's why I want to hang out with them. One, they're assholes and two, to avoid bitches like you," Ryan smirked as the girl's mouths gaped and would've slapped him if he didn't join in with his new friends.

"Nice combat," Joey smirked. He made a slight chuckle. "I know I wouldn't be brave enough to pull that stunt."

"If there's one thing I hate, it's attention. Not that I'm antisocial, but I hate crowds," Ryan said in a glaring manner.

"I don't blame ya," Tristan agreed.

"Hey Ryan, how about we hang out sometime? Maybe we can even play a game," Atem suggested as Ryan turned his head and showed a darkened face.

"Sure... I'll hang out, I like Burger World, but no thank you on games. I hate them," Ryan declared. Everyone raised their eyebrows and brought their walking to a halt.

"You hate games?" Hanaski asked confounded.

"I... used to love games. Though... my friends... my other friends... they ended up in comas after playing my role playing game Monster World," Ryan explained as everyone gasped in horror. Atem felt pity for his friend. "I know it sounds lame, but... it's true. People from my home town avoid me because of that."

"I'm so sorry," Atem muttered. He knew what it was like to lose a friend to a coma. "I have a friend comatose too."

"Hm," Ryan humphed. His face turned the other way. "Not the same reason mine did. It was because they played Monster World with me. No... not just Monster World, any type of game I play." Anger was driven in his shaking fists and shown on his face. "You wouldn't believe me."

"People don't fall into comas because of games," Joey said factually with his arms folded. "That's just not possible."

"It's different with me," Ryan muttered. He turned his face and showed a serious one. "Just trust me, you cannot and I mean CANNOT play any games with me no matter what. I can't bare to lose another friend again and neither can..."

"Can who?" Hanaski asked.

"Neh... nothing," Ryan lied. A smile appeared on his face again and said, "anyways, how 'bout we meet at Burger World at five?"

"Sure," Atem agreed as Ryan nodded his head and headed for his next class.

Right after school, Ryan ran behind the school and made sure nobody was around. When he was sure the coast was clear, he took out a round ring that hung about his neck. In the center of the ring was a pyramid, like Atem's puzzle, and clinging spikes that surrounded the ring. It was the millennium ring, one of the seven millennium items.

"I think you should tell him," a familiar voice told Ryan, one only he could hear.

"No, I can't lose another one, Ryou. You know that!" Ryan refused. There, to his right, was a twin version of himself, only his hair was laid down and showed more innocents. His head leaned against Ryan's shoulder and seemed very shy. "I can't bare us losing another friend to these dark powers."

"It's all my fault," Ryou cried, bringing his knees up and weeping. Ryan took Ryou's chin and the boy looked directly into his eyes.

"It's not your fault Ryou. Don't EVER think that. Get that thought out of your head, understand?"

"But..."

Before Ryou could argue any farther, Ryan's firm finger laid on his soft tender lips. Ryan's hard blue eyes held seriousness to them as Ryou looked up at Ryan.

"Not. Your. Fault," Ryan declared like stamping those words into Ryou's head. "Do you understand?"

Ryou nodded as Ryan smiled and held the spirit of the ring tighter. Ryou had been a part of Ryan's life for almost a year or so. Long ago, Ryan was given the millennium ring by his father who was an archeologist. It was the day he met Ryou Bakura, who was a twin duplicate of himself, but held innocents. Ryou would drive Ryan absolutely insane with his smiles, childish manners, and snuggles every night. Through time, Ryan had learned to love Ryou like his own dear brother and even got to the point where he snuggled, hugged, and other ways of showing love to Ryou. They were close indeed.

One day, Ryan finally had found the money to buy the game Monster World, a role playing game. Him and his friends played it. At first, things seemed to be fine: his friends were happy and playing about while Ryou watched the whole ordeal. He enjoyed watching his brother play with his friends on an innocent game. Then, a tented glow appeared on the millennium ring and Ryou acted... different. It was as if he was possessed by something evil. That was when Ryan realized the evil powers of the millennium ring. Ryou was no longer the Ryou Ryan knew and loved dearly. He was someone else. Whoever this evil spirit was, he took a hold of Ryou, and then locked Ryan in his soul room while his friends' spirits were captured and locked in their avatars.

Ryou had cried that night and kept whining about how it was all his fault. Ryan moved from country to country, made new friends, and tried to avoid playing Monster World. He even went as far as playing other games, but even that didn't work. This evil spirit took over Ryou and put all his friends into comas. Ryou would be crying in his brother's arms, yet again. Ryan kept convincing his new-found friends that they can NEVER play games with him, but never listened and doomed themselves into their avatars.

Ryan couldn't do this again, he couldn't bare losing another friend. Ryou was already feeling bad as it is. It didn't matter what it took, Ryan was never, and NEVER play any games with his new friends. He decided that he would avoid it even if it meant avoiding his new friends a little more.

After Ryan returned home from hanging with Atem and his friends, who were still convincing him to play a game, he looked in the mirror and smiled at his reflection. Ryou sat on the bed with his hands loosely held together while staring at the floor. Ryan smiled before sitting on the bed next to Ryou and wrapping his arms around the young shy boy. Ryou smiled and a giggle left his nose.

"I promise you, we won't lose anymore friends," Ryan promised while playing with Ryou's hair. Suddenly, Ryou's expression changed to a darker one.

"Of course not. Non of your friends were ever lost," Yami Ryou smirked deviously. Ryan knew the sound of that voice, it wasn't his brother. He broke away from what was once Ryou and now was someone else.

"Bring my brother back, you shit head!" Ryan glared angrily.

"Is that any way to treat your kind and loving brother?" Yami Ryou asked mockingly.

"YOU'RE NOT RYOU! RYOU DOESN'T LOCK SOULS AWAY IN YOUR D***ASS DOLLS!"

"But isn't that what you want? For you and your friends to play forever and ever?"

"DON'T F*** WITH ME, BITCH!"

"Language," Yami Ryou rebuked mockingly. His smirk grew wider as he folded his arms and looked out the window. "This time, I have plans I don't fail to keep. Atem has the soul of Yugi, the spirit guardian. He is the one in my way to true victory and power. I must capture his soul and destroy it!"

"YOU WILL DO NON OF THE SORT YOU MOTHER F***ING LUNATIC!"

"Oh, but I must in order to gain true power and your body is the key to my ticket to that power," Yami Ryou smirked as his eyes glowed darker.

"I will say it once and I will say it again. BRING. RYOU. BACK," Ryan glared darkly with anger and hatred in his tone.

Yami Ryou laughed mockingly as the millennium ring started glowing around Ryan's neck. He gasped as his body started glowing golden and Yami Ryou's laugh echoed the room. Ryan couldn't move his body, not a muscle. Despite this, he kept his cold, hard glare as Yami Ryou slid his hand across Ryan's neck.

"I'm gonna need to borrow your body for a while, Ryan," Yami Ryou smirked evilly as he used that same hand to turn Ryan's head toward his eyes. "After all, I need that source of power and the only way to get it is by capturing Yugi's soul."

"NOOOOOOO!"

The next day at school, Ryan was absent. Atem and his friends agreed to visit with Ryan and perhaps convince him to play a game with them. Even though convincing him yesterday didn't work, there was no wrong in trying again. They all walked together to Ryan's apartment, whose address was given to the gang when they were hanging with Ryan at Burger World.

As soon as the gang made it to the door of Ryan's apartment, Atem rung the doorbell. The door opened and Ryan was shown with his usual smirking. Though, Atem didn't know why, but he felt there was something off about Ryan today. Atem didn't know what, but there seemed to be a dark vibe to Ryan today.

"Welcome, please come in," Ryan greeted as his friends came through the door. "I've been thinking about what you said yesterday and you're right, perhaps I was just overreacting."

"Really?" Hanaski asked excitedly. "So, you don't mind playing with us?"

"Why not?" Ryan shrugged with a dark smirk in his lips. "In fact..." He walked into his room and showed a large table that seemed like a 3D map of some sort. "I already set up the game, Monster World. You want to play?"

"Definitely!" Atem smirked excitedly as Ryan smirked even deeper with a dark tent to it.

"I've already made avatars for you," Ryan said, showing little wooden doll figures that looked like Atem and his friends. They liked their avatars and even complimented on Ryan's handy work. He gave his friends character sheets to fill out for their characters. "Fill these out, so I can know what type of character you are."

"Cool!" Tristan grinned as he took out the first sheet. Ryan showed a dark smirk across his lips along with an evil chuckle.

While filling out his sheet, Atem felt something odd within the puzzle. It was as if it was reacting to something, like feeling a dark presents. Yugi appeared by his brother and felt, in his gut, that something bad was going to happen. Atem sensed this and knew it was the millennium puzzle. For some reason, the puzzle was reacting to something, but what? Ryan kept his smirk as everyone gave him their character papers. They were written:

Atem

Race: Half-elf

Class: Beast Tamer

Weapons: None

Equipment: Elf Cloak

Abilities:

Speed – 17

Wisdom – 18

Strength – 9

Courage – 18

Hit Points – 22

Level 1

Joey

Race: Human

Class: Warrior

Weapons: Short Sword

Armor:

Leather Armor

Leather Shield

Abilities:

Speed – 16

Wisdom – 8

Strength – 20

Courage - 21

Hit Points – 25

Level 1

Hanaski

Race: Elf

Class: Magician

Equipment:

Elf's Staff

Elf's Cloak

Elf's Hat

Abilities:

Speed – 20

Wisdom – 17

Strength – 9

Courage – 14

Hit Points – 18

Level 1

Tristan

Race: Human

Class: Magic Gunman

Weapon: Magic gun

Equipment:

Cloak

Magic Bullets

Abilities:

Speed – 18

Wisdom – 10

Strength – 14

Courage – 19

Hit Points – 23

Level 1

Everyone was happy with the characters they chose and the abilities, class, weapons, and race they wanted to be. Everyone set up their little avatars with the equipment and weaponry that were needed. Atem started chuckling while Tristan was setting up his character. He cocked his eyebrows before furrowing them.

"What?" Tristan asked.

"Your avatar's head looks like a balloon," Atem chuckled.

"At least it doesn't look like a porky pine," Tristan smirked as Atem rolled his eyes at the teasing.

"Actually, I think all our avatars look awesome," Hanaski grinned.

"I suppose I can't disagree with you there," Atem shrugged as everyone set up their pieces on the game board of Monster World.

"Now, I will play as the Dark Lord. You all must work together to defeat me while I control the game," Ryan explained with a devious smirk. "Let the games begin." Little did they know, this game was a shadow game.