This is a rewrite of the same story! It's just with better grammar and I got rid if the script-style that was throwing some people off. Also, there's a more mature explicit version on AO3 (archiveofourown, same user: Hiroakki) if you are interested! Thank you for reading!
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"Hey, Bakura," Akia called out to the new student, "will you be alright catching up with the school work?"

"It'll be a little hard..." Bakura admitted.

"Why don't you help him out, Akia?" Anzu suggested.

While saying this, Anzu winked at Akia. Akia fully got what her friend was trying to do. She knew that Anzu misunderstood that she liked Bakura, when, in fact, she was actually more interested in Jounouchi. Now, Anzu was trying to hook them up.

"That would be really nice of you, Akia," Bakura said, "but... I don't want to trouble you."

"Oh please! You're asking Akia to help? I think you've got the wrong person. She's probably the laziest student in school," Jounouchi joked.

"Shut up, Jounouchi-kun!" Anzu yelled out at her blond friend while hitting him across the head.

"I think helping Bakura will help you get more into school work, Akia. It's worth a shot," Yugi advised his sister.

"...Fine," Akia sighed in defeat, "I'll help you."

"Thank you so much!" Bakura expressed his gratitude.

"You're free today?" Akia asked, "we can get some stuff done since school's over for today."

"Well, we'll leave you guys to your studying! See you tomorrow!" Anzu said as she dragged Jounouchi and Yugi along, leaving Akia and Bakura alone in the classroom.

"It looks like everyone else is gone," Akia stated and narrowed her eye at her sneaky friends, "they'll be closing the school soon, we should go somewhere else. Where do you want to study?"

"I don't know," Bakura shrugged, "Is there a library nearby?"

"The closest one is like an hour away," Akia informed him, "I would bring you over to my place, but we probably won't have any peace and quiet over there with Yugi and my grandpa."

"If you don't mind, you can come over to my place," Bakura suggested.

"Your parents won't mind?" Akia asked.

"They won't. Besides," Bakura replied "they're not home."

"Wait... I'm going to be alone... in a guy's house? On top of that, I just met that guy today? He seems innocent enough... Besides, if it's an extreme emergency, I have my Millennium Scale with me," Akia tried to comfort herself. She knew she still wouldn't use her Millennium Scale on anyone. It was simply an excuse to make herself feel safer.

"I don't want you to feel uncomfortable, though. If you don't want to come over, I totally understand," Bakura said to her.

He didn't seem like the type of guy who would try anything funny with her.

"It's alright, I'll come over," Akia reassured him, "you need to know where we're at in the school stuff anyway."

A faint blush appeared on Bakura's cheeks as he smiled sweetly. Bakura then led her to his home. It was a normal looking place, making Akia feel more at ease at the familiarity of it.

"That's a pretty nice place you got there," Akia commented.

It was a very simple modern style house. It had two floors with just the essential rooms. Akia followed Bakura to his room. It was just as simple as the rest. Akia scanned the room quickly with her eyes. It was the first time for her to be in a guy's room, other than her brother's. She noticed how neat Bakura was. His room was more organized than hers. Then again, she wasn't the type of person who really cared about how neat her room was. There were also many books in Bakura's room, just like hers. She looked more closely at the books and she was surprised to find that many of them were about Ancient Egyptian history.

"You're interested in Ancient Egyptian history?" Akia exclaimed cheerfully.

"You could say that... My father went to Egypt a few years ago and brought me back a souvenir so I wanted to know more about it," Bakura explained.

"You know, I actually have a lot of Egyptian history books back at my place. You should come visit, maybe you'll find some interesting stuff," Akia excitedly suggested, excited to find someone who was into the same hobby as her.

"You're also interested in it?" Bakura asked, also happy that they shared that in common.

"Yeah, since I was a little kid... I even went on one of my grandpa's expeditions to Egypt and found myself my own souvenir," the girl recounted.

Bakura sat down on the floor and motioned for Akia to sit next to him. She went to sit next to him and brought her backpack full of her school books so that they could start studying.

"Your bag looks really packed," Bakura observed.

"Yeah," Akia affirmed without any further explanation, "well, let's start by getting the books out of there."

Truth was, her bag was packed because of her Millennium Scale that took up most of the space. She didn't want to show it to Bakura just yet, feeling like it was not necessary to do that right now. She tried to take out her books without showing too much of what was inside her bag. Bakura, however, had already been able to get a glimpse of the item. He didn't know what it was exactly, but he recognized it had the same material as Yugi's Puzzle and his own Millennium Ring, the one that his father had brought him back from Egypt. The Ring hosted an Evil Spirit that would take over Bakura's body without him knowing it. The only thing he'd notice is the random gaps in his memory and how suddenly it'd be night, as if he'd been in a coma for the whole day. He had a feeling it was related to the Ring, but he didn't know how.

"Akia... In your bag..." Bakura pointed at her bag.

"Oh crap! He saw it! Wait... why is that bad? Maybe I'm just being paranoid..." She reasoned with herself.

"Oh... this?" She nonchalantly answered, taking out her Millennium Scale to show it to Bakura. The feather somehow always stayed on its plate, never falling off.

"I actually have something similar," Bakura said.

"You do?" Akia replied, excited and surprised that there were more of these items.

Bakura took out his Millennium Ring from under his school vest. It was attached around his neck.

"So... There are actually more of those items around," Akia observed.

"I might sound crazy to you, but it feels as though there's another presence inside this Ring..." Bakura shared his worries.

"Just like what Yugi told me... Is every one of those items like that? Then, why don't I feel any presence in mine? All I feel from my item is something similar to a dark aura, but nothing like another presence," Akia pondered.

Bakura's Millennium Ring suddenly started glowing.

"What's happening?" Akia curiously asked.

"Akia! This is dangerous! You have to get out of here!" The boy urgently warned her.

Even though Bakura didn't know what was happening either, he had a feeling that whatever was inside the Millennium Ring reacted to Akia's Millennium Scale. He also had a feeling that whatever it wanted with the Millennium Scale wasn't going to be anything good. Akia was feeling very confused, but she also felt some sort of danger in Bakura's tone. Just as she was getting up, a hand caught her ankle, making her fall flat on her face. She turned around and found Bakura's hand holding her ankle. He looked different, darker.

"What are you? Bakura's evil twin?" She questioned him, feeling confused at his quick change.

"Smart little girl," the one controlling Bakura said in a lower, more menacing voice than the former, "you figured out that it wasn't sweet little Bakura anymore. However, I'm not related to that weakling."

"What do you want from me?" Akia asked.

Bakura pinned her wrists to the ground with his hands, hovering over her, and gave her an evil-looking grin. Now that Akia had a better look at him, his hair was more spiked up than before. His eyes were definitely not sparkly anymore. He started lowering his face until she could feel his breath on her lips.

"What I want? It's simple," he started, "first, I want your Millennium Scale. Second, I want an explanation regarding why I feel like I've met you before."

"Well you won't get either of them. How would I know why you get the impression that you've met me before?" Akia retorted, acknowledging the fact that she also had the same impression.

She then noticed that she was still holding her Millennium Scale. She did tell herself that she would use it as a last resort if anything happened. This was definitely the case here. She just needed to bring it close to Bakura's heart.

"It's not like I'm giving you much of a choice. I'm taking the Millennium Scale," he said in a commanding voice.

"Get off!" Akia yelled out as she succeeded in kneeing him in the stomach which caused Bakura's hands to let go of her wrists. She took that chance to bring her Millennium Scale to his heart. It was the first time she used it, so she didn't know what to expect. The empty plate started moving. It was as if something extremely heavy was put on it, because it went plummeting down.

"You...!" That was the last thing the man said before he passed out on top of her.

"Wait. Is Bakura going to be okay? Did I just do something stupid? Oh please, be okay!" Akia panicked internally.

"Bakura... Bakura... Please wake up..." She gently nudged him.

Slowly, Bakura started to open his eyes. Those were definitely the big sparkly brown eyes that Akia found extremely adorable. He slowly sat up just to be pinned back down by Akia's hug.

"You're alive!" Akia exclaimed.

"A... Akia! W-W-What happened?" He loudly stuttered.

Bakura was as red as a tomato. He did not expect a hug right after opening his eyes from a coma. He then heard sniffling. He realized that Akia was crying. He wrapped his arms around her and patted her back.

"D... Don't cry. I'm fine, don't worry..." He comforted her, still very aware of how close she was to him.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to use my Millennium Scale on you, but I didn't know what else to do!" She frantically apologized.

"It's okay," Bakura kept trying to soothe her, "we're both alright, that's what counts."

Akia finally let go and tried to dry off her tears. Bakura also gently dried off a few of her tears with his finger. He didn't like seeing her cry.

"Bakura... There's some weird other person inside your Ring. He's... dangerous," Akia warned him.

"I figured as much... I'm really sorry you had to go through this," Bakura apologized to her, feeling extremely guilty about the fact that she may have been hurt.

"I'm okay... I don't think we'll be able to get any work done today, though," she reassured him

"It is getting late..." Bakura realized as he looked out his window.

"I can help you out tomorrow if you want," Akia suggested.

"I want to, but..." Bakura hesitated, "what if he attacks you again?"

"Well I know now how to handle it. Besides, I doubt he will try the same thing again."

"Alright. Can I walk you home? It's a little dark outside."

"Sure, I'd like the company."