Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A Pair of Problems ❯ Ryou & Bakura- Chapter One: Fiend Found ( Chapter 1 )

A Pair of Problems: Ryou & Bakura

Chapter One: Fiend Found

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A black motorcycle zipped down the nearly empty morning highway. Long albino hair streamed out behind the black-clad fiend, no helmet restricting it's movement. The rider did a dangerous pass under a truck to get to the exit he wanted. There he flew down another nearly empty street to a small school building. There he stopped and got off his bike. Purple eyes flashed as he took off a pair of blackened sunglasses and placed them inside his jacket as he unzipped it. A gold ring-like object on a soft brown string fell loose from the protection of his jacket, landing across his shirt front. The fiend walked into the building and to the office, to sign in.

"Good morning, Baku." A pretty woman at one of the secretary desks said, seeing the fiend.

Bakura rolled his eyes in mild annoyance at the pet name. "June. How was your weekend?"

"Oh, fine." The woman shrugged. "Yours?"

"Well enough." Bakura replied, slipping, unconsciously, into the slight British accent he'd picked up from Ryou years ago. He pulled his mail from his box. "Well, I'll be seeing you later." He said, walking from the office. As he walked up the stairs to the second floor, he glanced through the mail. When he walked into his classroom, he dropped the whole pile into his trash bin, then took of his jacket and tossed it onto the hook in the closet. Last he flopped into his chair and started shuffling papers around, waiting for his students to come.

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"But, Mr Yami, how would they use magic? It doesn't exist!" Jess, one of Bakura's students, argued.

Bakura made a face. Why must Jess argue with him about everything?! "What proof do you have that magic doesn't exist?"

"What proof do you have that it does?" Jess threw back.

"He knows me." Everyone in the room looked up to where the man known as Yugiou, a famous gamer from Japan, stood. The class gaped at the man. Their teacher knew the greatest duelist in the world?! That didn't make any sense! Bakura Yami had told his whole class, when asked at the beginning of the year, that he knew nothing about this duelist and his friends, except what he heard on the news.

Bakura narrowed his eyes at the ancient Pharaoh. "What the fuck are you doing here?!" He shouted. The class looked between the two, surprised that their teacher would speak that way to a famous gamer.

Yugiou rolled his eyes. "Bakura, Ryou sent me to find you. You need to come home." He sighed, having a feeling this would happen.

"Why would he want me around?" Bakura sneered. "He can take care of himself. Ask him."

The Game King lost what little hold he'd had on his temper suddenly. "Not when he's dying, you Ra-damned thief!" He shouted.

Bakura's eyes widened. "Excuse me?"

Yugiou let out another sigh, regaining his hold on his temper. The thief always managed to put him in a bad mood. "Your hikari is dying, and the doctors can't do anything. Marik and I have been looking for you everywhere."

Bakura turned and pulled his jacket out of his closet, his face pale, then he turned back to his class with a dark look. "Jess, you want magic?" The girl nodded. Bakura pulled out a Magic and Wizard's card and showed it to the class, then mumbled an Egyptian incantation under his breath. Maryokutai appeared next to him. "No hologram projectors in this room. Maryokutai is totally real." He mumbled one more soft word and the monster disappeared. "Maybe I'll show you more tricks when I get back." He put on his jacket and walked to Yugiou. "I need to sign out."

"Fine." They left. The class turned in on itself and started talking about what they had just witnessed.

Jess was the only silent one, still staring at the spot where her teacher had done his trick. ~Then, he is the one who dueled Yugiou at Battle City!~ She realized. Bakura claimed to dislike Magic and Wizard's. Her teacher was a mystery that none could figure out. His past was hidden by himself. This was the first glimpse of truth they'd received...

And it was a frightening revelation...

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The principle glared at Bakura as he entered the office, Yugiou hidden behind the taller darkness, although not on purpose. "Bakura, don't you have a class right now?" He asked.

"Something came up. I have to go home. Yugiou came to get me."

The principle looked up at Yugiou with shock while Bakura signed out. "Yugiou Mutou, famous King of Games in Japan?" He gaped.

Bakura let out a strangled cry. "Why couldn't Marik have found me instead?!" He asked no one in general.

"How long will you be out?" The principle asked, turning back to one of his best teachers.

"As long as I must." Bakura met the man's eyes. "I'll call when I'm coming back." Then he left the room, Yugiou following. "Where to?" He asked the Pharaoh.

"The park." Yugiou shrugged. Bakura arched an eyebrow questioningly as they walked out of the building. "Seto's waiting. What do you drive?" Bakura pointed to his motorcycle. "Good. It'll fit in the copter with mine." He pointed to a bright red motorcycle by the parking lot entrance.

"Riiight..." Bakura rolled his eyes, then flashed the other an impish grin. "I'll race you there."

"You're on!" Yugiou jogged to his bike and got his helmet on while Bakura zipped his jacket, ensuring the safety of his Item.

Then the fiend got on his bike and rode over to Yugiou. "I'll give you a head start, since I live here."

Yugiou narrowed his eyes. "Road rules do apply, Bakura." He warned.

"Are you gonna go anytime today?" Bakura replied drily.

"Fuck it." Yugiou drove out the school entrance, going by the main roads, as Bakura knew he would.

Bakura chuckled to himself and put his sunglasses on. "Idiot. I warned you, but you'd never back away from a game." He turned his bike and rode it to behind the school. He zipped past the kids on the track, waving when a couple shouted to him, knowing him by his hair and dress. He drove his bike into the woods, driving around trees and over logs with ease. He was using his Sennen Ring to find the things in his way.

His Ring warned him of the fence that separated the school's property from the city park long before he saw it. He used the Ring to find a way to get over the fence and zipped over there. His bike sailed through the air from the tree trunk that had fallen on top of the fence and created the ultimate, natural ramp.

Once on the other side, the trees thinned out and Bakura focused his Ring on finding Seto. ~Soccer field.~ He found, then turned his bike in that direction. He broke through the trees and slowed his bike down to grab the ball rolling into the woods. He stopped his bike as the kid ran to him. "Here." He handed the kid the ball.

"Thanks, Mr. Bakura!" The kid laughed. It was a neighbor of his. "Where are you going?"

Bakura pointed to the helicopter and waiting CEO. "Home, to Japan. My friend came to find me."

"Why?" The kid asked softly. He knew that Bakura refused to speak of, or to, his friends back in his old home.

"A very close friend of mine is dying. He sent my friends for me." Bakura smiled slightly and ruffled the kid's hair. "I'll be back, don't worry."

"Bring me something?" The kid begged.

"It depends. What do you want?" Bakura inquired.

"That is Seto Kaiba, right?" Bakura nodded. "And he came with Yugiou Mutou." Again, Bakura nodded. "How about autographs?"

Bakura smiled softly. "Let's get them now." He patted the seat in front of him. "On. Be sure to hold on to your ball tightly."

"Yeah!" The kid hopped on happily. Bakura fed the motor and took off across the field to the helicopter. There he stopped with a grin.

Seto rolled his eyes at the troublesome yami. "Where's Yugiou?" He asked in slight annoyance.

"Ra, damn you! Bakura, how did you get here so fast?!" Yugiou shouted as he got to them.

"He's right here." Bakura replied to Seto, then turned to the pissed Pharaoh. "The school property and the park property are back-to-back. I came through the back way."

"Road rules, you cheat!" Yugiou cried.

"I don't like the road." Bakura grinned. Seto covered a smile while Bakura's passenger giggled.

Yugiou glanced down at the kid. "Who's this?"

"Jack, these are Yugiou Mutou and Seto Kaiba. Seto, Yugiou, this is Jack Kingsly, my neighbor. Mind giving him your autographs?" Bakura asked the two.

Yugiou groaned. "I despise you, Bakura." He informed the thief, getting off his bike and taking off his helmet. "Come here, Jack. I think I have paper in the copter." He led the boy into the copter as Bakura got off his bike.

"We need to get these into the back." Seto said, nodding to the bikes.

"Sure." Bakura rolled his bike up the ramp Seto had pulled down while the CEO went to get Yugiou's bike. "So, where is Ryou? The hospital?" Bakura asked once they were both in the back.

"Nope, he's at home."

"Why?"

"He refuses to die in a hospital." Seto shrugged.

Bakura punched the wall angrily, startling Seto. Yugiou and Jack peeked into the back cautiously. "He won't die." Bakura turned around, purple eyes blazing. "My hikari will not die. Imhotep as my witness, I will not let Ryou pass on." Bakura swore. The Sennen Ring glowed with the promise.

"Let's go, then." Yugiou suggested.

"Yes." Bakura glanced up at the sky. **Ryou...**

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~~A/N: Okay, so it wasn't as short as I'd originally thought, but I added as I typed, so of course it'll be longer!! Uhm, Chapter 2 is done and named, Chapter 3 is named and in the works, neither typed yet. Both should be out shortly. (Possibly at the same time as the first two parts, since none of this fic is up yet... -_-*)

*stares at Ryou* WHAT ARE YOU DOING, GETTING SICK!?!?!? *sighes* That was a random thing that wasn't supposed to happen, but I had to find a way to bring Bakura back to Japan. With their connection cut, Ryou can't just call out to Bakura anymore, so being terribly ill was the only way I could get our fav thief back!

Also, you all will probably be killing me by the time we get to the third chapter!! *hides* I didn't mean to do it!!! (You'll see....)

DISCLAIMER: YGO! Not mine. Bakura and Seto are total bishies, but I don't have the money to buy them. (SHIMATTA!!!) Jeorge is mine and, yes, he'll be back.(Well, the character is. I took the name from this guy who sits next to me in Earth Science cause I think it's a cool spelling!! ^_~)

Note: Bakura and Ryou's eye colors are taken from the first season. Yami's eye color will probably be the same, but he looks better with red eyes anyway.... Everything else will, probably, be from the second season, unless I say otherwise.

Another Note: Marik is Yami Malik. I hate typing out Yami Malik everytime, so I'll refer to him as Marik. Also, all the yami's took on the names of their hikaris, except Bakura, who just took on the last name Yami.

One Last Note for Disclaimer: Any OOCness is apologized for, but the prologue was placed about one year AFTER the show(so far) and this is between five to ten years AFTER that. I realize the Kaibas and the Bakuras(I think) go to America after this season. I also realize that the Ishtars go back to Egypt. Guess what... SCREW THAT ENDING!!! This is, hereby, an AU fic. This means it takes place in an alternate universe. Excuse that. I'll try and keep the OOCing to a minimum, though.

Ja!

KJ