Trial By Nightmare

Trial by Nightmare

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Ryou sat in the passenger side of Tea’s car staring out the window. His head throbbed from
drinking too much vodka the night before. The last place he wanted to be right now was school.
He’d spent his entire high school career studying hard. He even earned a full scholarship to the
college of his choice on his graduation. But ahat hat hard work seemed like such a waste to him
now. After the years of brainwashing by the Spirit of the Millennium ring,(whom we’ll refer to
after this point as Bakura), he learned that doing well in school won’t win your duels, and it won’t
teach you the skills for surviving in the real world. What Bakura had taught him made sense, how
else could a 5000 year old spirit still be around? It’s not like they had a Domino Community
College in ancient Egypt. Since the end of his freshman year in college, he kept to himself alot.
The only person he really hung out with was Marik Ishtar, and Marik was no angelic influence.
Marik lived with his sister Ishizu in a small apartment above a liquor store. At night, Marik and him would
sneak downstairs and swipe a few bottles of booze. They would than take the booze back to
Ryou’s house and duel for drinks instead of life points. On occasion they would get drunk and
prowl the streets of Domino looking for fights, duels, or really hot women. Ryou’s friends from
high school didn’t approve of his new lifestyle, but on ocassion they would still visit. Tea was
still a holier- than- thou- goody- two shoes, so she visited the most. Ryou had grown very tired with
her friendship speeches, and told her off many times, but she was persistant and wasn’t willing to
give up on him.

Tea stopped the car and shifted it into park.
“Ryou? We’re here now”

“Oh goody” Ryou grumbled sarcastically.

They both got out of the car and walked to the front entrance of the community college. There
they met up with Yugi Motou and Duke Devlin.
//Oh great, the morality squad// Bakura’s voice echoed in Ryou’s head.
//Want to take over?// Ryou answered back mentally.
No reply from the spirit. That must mean no. Bakura was good for talking alot of shit, but when
Ryou really needed him, the spirit was a smart ass and wouldn’t come forth.
Ryou followed Tea, Yugi and Duke to their first class. He took a seat in the very back of the
classroom, as far from eveybody as he could. He looked around the room at all the students and
groaned. They all looked so pathetic. Their noses in their books, or flipping through notes. He
noticed a vey strange looking guy sitting 4 chairs down from him. He was dressed in all black
and could have passed for something out of the movie “Queen of the Damned”.
//I could kick his ass// Bakura chucklnsidnside Ryou’s head.
Ryou rolled his eyes
//Bakura, fuck off. You’re annoying me.//

Just than a tall husky man wearing a black suit entered the classroom and satthe the large grey desk
infront. He picked up a clipboard and began calling off names.
“Jackie Allen”
“Here” a voice responded from the front of the room.
“Lynn Anderson”
“Here” a womans voice replied.
The professor sighed as he called the next name
“Ryou Bakura”
Ryou glared at the professor as he spokeeah”eah”
The professor looked up at Ryou in disbelief.
“So we finally meet” he said somewhat cockily.
Ryou took a deep breath and scowled
“The pleasure is all yours” he hissed.
“Hmpf” The professer grunted as he continued role call. Ryou already hated this prick, and he
hadn’t even been in class 5 minutes. Once role call was complete, the professor told everbody to
get out their text books. They were going to read pages 167-189 in class. Ryou strained his eyes
to see what book the other students had out and searched his backpack for the same one. He
looked at the cover and grimaced.
"Ancient Civilizations" was writen in bold face on the cover.
// Oh great, this class should be a cinch.// he thought to himself as he found his
page.
“The pyramid texts are a collection of spells that were meant to ensure the ressurection of the
pharoah and his union with the gods of the sky.”
//My ass!// The spirit of the ring burst in. // Those texts were meant to PROTECT the pharaohs
from the gods they’d pissed off in life! If this dim-wit professor believes this book, he’s a fool. The
pharaohs were never on good terms with the mighty Egyptian gods.”
Ryou looked up from the book and glanced around the room. He noticed Yugi staring intently at
his book. Why wasn’t he speaking up and making note of the inaccuracies? Was the spirit of the
pharoah in his Millennium puzzle on vacation or just plain stupid? Ryou looked back at his book
and began to feel his hangover get the best of him. Slowly, his eyes closed and he drifted off to
sleep.
“RYOake ake up!”
Ryou slowly opened his eyes and was met by a pair of innocent violet eyes.
“Wha..? Where..uh.......did I fall asleep?”
Yugi chuckled and nodded his head
“Yeah, you did. Do you want to come to the cafeteria with Duke and I before our next class? You
look like you could use some caffeine”
Ryou blinked his eyes a few times than stretched his arms.
“Uh, sure.” he yawned as he got up.
Yugi handed him his back pack and chuckled
“Great”
Ryou followed Yugi, Duke, and Tristan Taylor (whom Ryou thought was the biggest dork he’d
ever met) to the cafeteria.
After they’d bought their share of snacks and drinks, they sat at a table in the corner.
“Man, that Mr. Dupius is such a prick.” Tristan grumbled as he munched on his chips.
“I think he’s gay” Duke smirked.
“He’s only doing his job” Yugi commented.
//Oh great, the morality squad strikes again// Bakura groaned in Ryou’s mind.
“Yes, Yugi, that’s true, but his teachings are all wrong” Ryou commented. knowknow” Yugi nooded. “But he’s only teaching what he was taught. And besides, we just have to
pretend to go along with the book, we dont have to believe it.”
Ryou sipped his coffee and looked down at Yugi
“Yes, but doesn’t it piss the pharaoh?”
Yugi’s cheeks grew red as he reached under the table for his book bag.
“Let’s just say the Pharaoh is well entertained during Dupius’s classes.” he grinned as he pulled a
copy of “Penthouse” from his bag.
Ryou’s eyes grew wide. He co’t b’t believe sweet little Yugi even owned a nudie magazine,
especially a raw one like Penthouse!
“OoOoH! Let me see!” Duke exclaimed as he snatched the magazine out of Yugi’s hands.
“What I wouldn’t give to have a girl to that infont of me” Tristan sighed as he peeked over Dukes
shoulder.
//I have to see this// Bakura said adamently to Ryou.
Ryou listened to his darker half and peeked over Dukes other shoulder.
“Hmm, this explained why your eyes were pasted to your text book during class”
Yugi’s cheeks grew 5 shades redder and he snatched the magazine from Duke’s hands and
shoved it back into his book bag.
“I have to admit Yugi, you’re the last guy I expected to have a copy of Penthouse.” Tristan
grinned as he opened his Snickers bar.
“A copy? What do you mean? I’m a subscriber!” Yugi protested.
“The wonders of this guy will never cease” Tristan chuckled as he looked at his watch.
“Shit. I better scram, Psyc101 in 5 minutes. Mrs. Granbo beats you with a ruler if your late.”
“Later” Ryou nodded absently.
“See Ya” Yugi smiled
“Cio” Duke nodded as he flashed him the peace sign.
After Tristan left, Yugi turned to Ryou.
“So what’s your next class?”
Ryou scratched his head.
“Uh.....Damn. I don’t know.”
“Do you have your schedule handy?” Duke asked.
Ryou fumbled around his pockets, and came up with a crumpled piece of paper.
“Is this it?” he asked as he handed it to Duke.
Duke opened it up and looked it over. Than he looked back up at Ryou.
“Yes, this is it. It says you have photography next. I’m in that class too, so just follow me.”
“Okay” Ryou responded.
“Oh no, look at the time, I have to get to Sociology.” Yugi groaned as he gathered his
belongings.
“Later” Ryou nodded.
“Cio” Duke grinned as he flashed Yugi the peace sign.
Just as Yugi was leaving, a tall slender woman with golden blond hair walked into the cafeteria.
“Whoa....hot babe at 3 o’cl Duk Duke gaped.
Ryou looked up and his jaw dropped. She carried herself with confidence and grace.
“They didn’t build ‘em like that in high school now” Duke grinned.
“Who is she?” Ryou asked.
“Chasey Hammond. Yes, Mr. Franklin R. Hammond, Dean of Students youngest daughter. She’s
a senior this year. But don’t get any ideas dude, she’s out of our league. She only dates jocks and
rich guys. Besides, I heard she’s dating Seto Kaiba.”
“Well that just sucks” Ryou sighed as he watched her turn around and leave.
“Well dude, we’d better get to class too” Dude said as he gathered his books.
As they made their way to class, Ryou fantasized about what it would be like to be with Chasey.
//You know Ryou, with my help you could send Kaiba to the Sh Rea Realm.// Bakura reminded him.
//That’s a bit extreme Bakura” Ryou replied through their mind link.
//Bah, the shadow realm is never too extreme” Bakura hissed.
//Just fuck off// Ryou said outloud.
“What?” Duke looked back and ask as they reached the classroom.
“Nothing, just clearing my throat” Ryou sighed.
He could hear Bakura snickering in his head.

The morning seemed to drag on forever. His hangover hadn’t gotten any better, infact he felt
even worse. As luck would have it, he had them same morning schedule as Duke. So once their
last class of the morning was over, they walked out to the parking lot for lunch. Tea and Yugi
were already outside sitting at a picnic table enjoying some fast food they’d bought across the
street at McDonalds. The look of the greasy fries made Ryou’s stomach churn.
“Hey guys!” Tea smiled brightly.
“Hey” Duke nodded back.
“How’s it going Ryou?” Yugi asked.
Ryou shrugged his shoulders and sighed.
Duke walked over to his car and unlocked the doors.
“Wanna go for a ride?” he asked Ryou.
“Fuck yeah” Ryou said without hesitation. He got into Duke’s car as fast as he could. He didn’t
care where they went, as long as it wasn’t another class.
*********

//Where in the hell are you letting this freak take us?// The spirit snarled to Ryou.
//Who cares? It's not like he's going to kill me.// Ryou retorted.
//I highly doubt he'll kill you either, but look at him! The guy looks like a fucking fag! If he tries anything,
I don't care what you say; I'm taking over and I'll dice him into dog food.// Bakura growled.