Well, here’s Bakura to tell all you fans how I feel about your wonderful reviews.  *pokes Bakura with stick * 

Bakura:  Bakurasgirl loves you all.  Happy, Bakurasgirl?  There, I said it.  I said l-…l-…I can’t say that word again!  I’m EVIL!!!

Me: You sure are, baby!!

Ryou:  Here are Bakurasgirl’s review responses in all their glory!

Invader Mya and her yamis: Aww, did Bakura change you into a chibi?  I’ll have to talk to him about that.

Chimera: Yes, Anzu is pure evil.  I fully agree.

Crystaldragon98: I feel sorry for Ryou, too, when she throws him.  I mean, the kid’s not feeling well and her voice can give anyone a banging headache.  Unfortunately, he will keep having contact with her.  The story’s not the same without Anzu bashing.

Firefaerie: Well, welcome back, Psychoangel.  I hope you fixed the problem with ad blocker.  I wouldn’t mind if Yami was my sis’s babysitter as well, but try to have patience with her. I know it’s hard. 

Bakura: What are you, a psychiatrist? 

Me: I can’t help it if I want to help people out. Got a problem with that, Yami Bakura?

Bakura: Now you’re sounding like Anzu. 

Me: …..*glare *Go to your soul room before I get angry.

Bakura:  ……I’ll be good.

Neko Oni: Aww..a bouncing chibi Ryou.  Ryou will lighten up in the fic.  I promise. 

Shadowfire: I read and reviewed the story you recommended.  It was very good.  Please continue.

Yami Tsuki Tenshi: I already had all these chappies written before I began to post it.  Now I actually start to have to write these chappies.  I write them during my break and on the train to work, so I do have time to write.

Ryou: Yugioh is not property of Bakurasgirl, but she belongs to my heart. 

Bakura:  But she’s Bakurasgirl, not Ryousgirl.

Ryou:  You would never say something like that.

Bakura:….Not in this fic.

Say it, Bakura!!! Say it!!!

       Yugi sat beside his Yami.  Ryou was awake on Yami’s lap leaning over watching Bakura intently.  Joey looked outside the window after he returned from the bathroom.

“I  don’t see a dog,” Joey said.

“It was the only way to get her out of here…and to stop me from increasing the rating of this story for a terrible beating.”

Joey walked to Yami and looked at Ryou.

“He don’t look too good.”

“Of course not, you idiot, Anzu just threw him into the air like a doll!” Bakura said standing against the door.  Anzu’s shrill calls to the imaginary puppy continued outside sending car alarms off and dogs howling.

“I’m not an idiot!” 

“He’s just tired,” Yami  said moving his jacket over so Ryou didn’t have to sleep on his buckled shirt.  “Let him sleep.  Anzu can wake the dead, though.” 

“HE’S TIRED?!  He has no right to be!  He woke me up crying!  Screaming!  Twice!  He refused to eat the breakfast I gave him!”

“What did you feed him?” Joey asked behind Bakura.

“Cereal.  Fruit.”

“He can’t chew, genius,” Yami grumbled covering Ryou as he trembled from Bakura’s voice. 

“So are you going to tell us what happened, tomb robber?”

“How should I know?  I saw a woman in my dream and she tried to convince me to be loving and comp- compass-.  I can’t say that word!  She cast a spell on him and I have had nothing but trouble with that mewling, laughing, annoying brat!”

The group looked at Ryou on Yami’s lap with his eyes half closed and his right arm hanging at Yami’s side.  The group looked back at Bakura suspiciously.

“Well, he was annoying this morning.”

“Did she say how to cure him?”

Bakura heaved a sigh and glanced at the floor.  He had to say it and he hated that word with every fiber of his being.  “There’s only one way to cure him.  I have to be n-…n-…nice to him.  I have to learn to be com-pas..I can’t say it!” Bakura stomped in his own childish tantrum.  “I have to be nice to him.  I have to learn compassion.”

The group looked at Bakura and in unison broke out into hysterical laughter.  Yami was desperately trying to curb his desire to die laughing.

“STOP!  I am not to be laughed at!”  The group laughed harder.  “I am the evil spirit of the ring!!!  I demand respect!  I demand dignity!”

Yami covered his mouth to stop from screaming in laughter, tears streaming down his eyes.  Yugi and Joey were turning red.

“A pretty thing like you can have whatever she wants!” Yugi said practically incoherent.  Joey gradually stopped gasping for breath. 

“You have much to learn about being nice, Tomb Robber,” Yami said rubbing his tears away.  The group fell silent.

“If Ryou can be cured only when Bakura learns how to be nice, he’ll be an adult by then,” Joey said giggling again.

“Very funny, Wheeler.  Don’t you have a fridge to raid?”  Bakura turned to Joey.  \

“Watch it, you!”

“You want a piece of me?”  Bakura said putting up his fists.

“You want to learn compassion?  I’ll teach you a lesson, but you won’t like it!”  Joey sprang at Bakura sending them into a wrestling match.  Yugi winced as Joey punched Bakura’s jaw sending him back.  Yami closed his eyes when Bakura punched him in the gut.

“Hey, you two!  Knock it off!  Don’t fight in the store!  Take it outside!”  Bakura released Joey who punched his arm.  They opened the door and Anzu ran in again.  NOOOOOO!!!!!

Joey and Bakura pushed her out.

 Yami Yugi stood up and walked to Bakura glaring at him again in impatience.  Bakura had a lot to learn.  This was not going to be easy, either.  “Well, Bakura.  You got yourself into this mess.”  Yami offered Bakura the bundle in his arms.  “You handle it.”

Bakura glared angrily at Yami.  Ryou was awake again from the commotion and looked at Bakura with his large puppy dog chocolate brown eyes.  Bakura folded his arms.  Yami continued to hold Ryou.  Ryou leaned forward in Yami’s hands and reached out for Bakura.  When Bakura did not move, Ryou flexed his fingers trying to grab onto Bakura’s shirt.

Bakura took Ryou under his arm again.  Yami rolled his eyes and made Bakura hold Ryou in his arms.  Ryou nestled into Bakura’s chest again.  Ryou smiled at Bakura using his hand to playfully slap Bakura’s face.  “What?  What makes you think I can take care of him?”

“Yami, is that really a good idea?  What if Bakura hits Ryou?”  Joey said looking at Bakura suspiciously.

“Yes, Yami,” Yugi said standing up. “What if Bakura hurts him?  You said yourself Ryou may be sick.”

For an instant, Bakura’s narrowed eyes stopped their anger.  Was it true?  Was Ryou sick?  He remembered his dream.  Bakura turned on the shower and threw Ryou into the freezing water.  Ryou screamed as the water’s grip stung him.  Bakura splashed his hikari as Ryou began to shiver. In the water, Ryou’s body twisted and contorted in pain.  Bakura remembered how badly Ryou shivered.  His lips were blue.  Ryou’s screams of agony filled his ears.  That certainly would have made him ill.

“We’ll have to call Ryou’s doctor to get an appointment.”  Yugi and Yami kept Ryou’s doctor’s number on hand seeing as they needed to have it for emergencies, especially after Bakura’s beatings.   

“I never said we wouldn’t help, aibou.  We will show him how to take care of Ryou until this spell is lifted.”

“Why can’t you do it, pharaoh?”  Bakura growled.

“If we do this for you, you will never learn your lesson and Ryou will remain this way.  You are his parent now.”

Bakura looked down at Ryou who smiled up at him playing with Bakura’s white hair draped over his shoulders. 

“But, Yami, you looked so cute with Ryou!”  Yugi chuckled.  Yami shook his head and crossed his arms. 

“I am not changing him, aibou.  I absolutely refuse.”  Yami’s eyes narrowed as he turned to Bakura again.  “But I will make certain that you do nothing to hurt him.  If I see one bruise on him or one red mark caused by your angry hands, you will have to contend with me!”

Bakura growled as Yami regained his chair.  The room was silent for a moment.  How dare that pharaoh threaten him!  He had no idea who he was dealing with!

Yugi broke the silence. “Well, he can’t stay in those clothes.  He needs new ones.”  Yugi ran to duel monsters shirts his grandpa had for sale.  His grandpa thought it would be great revenue for the store to order children’s shirts and outfits with duel monsters.  Yugi found a small blue shirt with the Change of Heart, Ryou’s favorite card, and showed it to Bakura.  “It’s our extra small Change of Heart shirt!”  Joey ran to the hat rack and found a blue hat with “It’s Time to Duel!”  written in black.  Joey put it on Ryou’s head and laughed.  Ryou brought his hands up and gripped the hat.  Chibi Ryou laughed and clapped his hands squealing happily.

“See?  He likes it,” Joey said patting the chibi’s head.

“What about pants?”

“There is a store around the corner that sells baby stuff.  I have something he can borrow in the meantime. I’ll also call Ryou’s doctor.”  Yugi ran upstairs and returned with a small pair of pants.  “These were mine as a kid, but they’ll have to do for now.  I wish I had something else.  He has an appointment tonight.  (I know that never happens at my doctor’s, but I want to get on with the plot).  We’ll have to get money on the way, too.”

Anzu…NOOO!!…burst into the room again and saw Bakura with Ryou.  Yes, readers, chibis can sense evil.  “Did you say shopping?  I want to go shopping!  What a friendly activity!  I would loooooooovvvve to go shopping with my bestest buddies and the CUTSIE-WOOTSIE-WOO-WOO HONEY!”  To everyone’s horror, Anzu was singing her Friendship song. “Friendship…Friendship…Just the perfect blendship….”  Anzu reached for Ryou, but Bakura turned and growled at her.

“Fine.  We can go shopping,” Bakura sounded really annoyed.  “But you keep that brat in line, Yugi, and I don’t mean Ryou.”

Anzu:  I’M SO GLAD I’M IN THIS!  EVERYBODY LOVES ME!  YEAH, FRIENDSHIP!!!!

Bakura:….

Ryou:…..

Me:……

Readers:…….

Bakura: …….…*banishes her to Shadow Realm * 

Malik:  ………………..*screams from the shadow realm * NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bakura:  Readers, help me!!!  The next chappie is Anzu going shopping with us!!!!  Ra, help me and give me strength!!