Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Welcome To My Life ❯ Chapter One: Step Up ( Chapter 1 )

Author's Opening Notes: New fan fic from me... It's I guess a song fic... And I am hoping a one shot... Maybe two chapters... One being the set up and the second being the talent show... I hope I don't make Ryou out of character at all... He might be a little bit... Oh and I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or the song used in this story... Simple Plan owns the song... It's from their new album called "Still Not Getting Any..." which comes out on the 26th of October! But if you want to hear the song now go to... www. simpleplanonline .com (without the spaces) and you should be able to hear it there... Though you might have to sign up for their invasion crew to actually hear it. I hope you all enjoy this fic... It's a bit different from my Shuichi's Bored Writing fic so yeah... This is only one of the many song fics I plan on writing... There will be another YGO fic that is a song fic that will come out later... After I finish my other stories that is... Oh well... One last note... Bakura is the name I'm useing for the spirit of the ring... Ryou will be the name I use for the light... Jou is Joey, Yami is the spirit of the puzzle and Yuugi is Yugi, and I'm useing Malik instead of Marik for the Tomb Keeper, his yami is gone so don't even worry about him... For everyone else I'll be useing the english names... Oh and both Bakura and Yami: DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN BODIES! I need them without their own bodies in this story for reasons... Sorry... but in my next story they will have their own bodies... I promise! Okay now... ONE WITH THE STORY!

Story Summery: Ryou is entered into a talent contest by the spirit of the ring, who hopes to embarres the boy beyond anything... Ryou is upset and writes a song about how he is feeling and ends up singing it at the talent show... How will his yami react... And how will his friends come into play?

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Welcome To My Life

Chapter One

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Bakura growled as he once again attempted to force Ryou out of his soul room. The boy had locked himself in to avoid something that he refused to tell Bakura about.

'It's probably stupid... Like a girl has a crush on him or something...Figures...' Bakura thought to himself as he walked right into someone. That someone just happened to be Jou, one of Ryou's friends. Jou looked really happy about something and Bakura couldn't for the life of him, or lack their off, what it could be. That was until he noticed the sign up sheet hanging on the wall next to the blonde. 'Well what do we have here? A talent contest huh?' Bakura smirked as he noticed all the people signed up already. One spot was left...

"YUG WE HAVE TO SIGN UP TOGETHER! COME ON DUDE!"

"For the last time Jou I said NO!"

"BUT YUUGI..."

Bakura twitched slightly and turned to face the two, Yuugi knew that he wasn't actually Ryou, the boy had caught on that morning as Bakura had mouthed off to their History teacher. Bakura had a point when he had done it, but it still got him a detention. 'One I wouldn't have gotten had YOU come out of your Ra damned soul room!' He had to resist the urge of slamming his fist into the wall when Ryou ignored him. But he had something else planned. Something better then beating the boy up, or locking him away in the shadow releam. "Jou I have a crazy idea..." Bakura started getting the blondes attention along with Yuugi's.

"What ya have in that big brain of yours Ryou?" Jou was wearing a big grin and Yuugi was shaking his head, apparently he wasn't liking where this conversation was going to end up. Bakura smirked and looked over to the sign up sheet.

"Well Jou we seem to have a problem. You seem to want to sign up for the talent show and so do I. But I have a plan. How about we sign up together. You play guitar don't you?" Jou gave a nod and his smile got bigger. He grabbed Yuugi's shoulders and started to shake the boy.

"Yuugi here can play bass like a god too, so all we need in a drummer and I bet Tristan or Duke can do it!" Yuugi shook his head and his puzzle glowed for a sec. Jou took a step back and blinked, Bakura was unphased. At this point in time he wasn't freaked by the little light being taken over by the pharaoh. Yami looked over at Bakura with a slight frown on his face. Jou had gotten over his shock and had rejoined them. "Man... I hate when you do that Yami." Yami just shrugged and glared at Bakura.

"How come I think that this is one of your set ups?" Bakura shruged and watched Jou rub the back of his head a look of pure confusion on his face. Yami shook his head slightly and crossed his arms over his chest. "The act you pulled in history class was classic but a bit over the top... even for you Tomb Robber." Jou jumped back at that and shook his head really fast.

"NO WAY MAN! This is that evil spirit from that golden ring of Ryou's?" Bakura nodded and growled as Jou started to back behind Yami. Yami shook his head slightly, never taking his eyes off of the white haired teen in front of him. "Um... so are we going to enter this thing or what? Cause we'll need an actual act and we'd need to start practiceing and everything." Bakura nodded his head slightly and looked over to the pharoh who sighed and turned slightly to write something on the board.

"The Spirits? That's the best you got?" Bakura shook his head and laughed slightly before turning and heading towards the detention room. "I'll get Ryou to come out of his freaking soul room, meet in the band room so we can set a song and Jou..." He stopped in the hall way and turned around to look back at the blonde. "For the love of all the Gods... Find out which one of those morons you call friends will be playing drums." He waved slightly and walked off without another word. He could hear Jou and Yami talking but wasn't paying much attention to it as Ryou's voice boomed into his mind.

~What in the bloody hell did you just do?~ Bakura could tell that his little light was angry. He never swore unless he was pushed way beyond the point of reason, and with Ryou... that was VERY hard to reach. Bakura couldn't help but snicker. He ignored the boy until he was in the detention room and seated in the back, pretending to be reading a book. ~For the love of all that is good in this world Bakura... WHAT DID YOU DO? I let it pass that you got ME a detention, and that you actually back talked to one of my FAVORITE teachers... But this? Bakura please tell me you didn't do what I think you did...~ Bakura could hear the tears in his lights eyes as the last sentence was muttered. He couldn't help but feel a bit of sorrow for the boy, that was before he remembered that he had been FORCED to attend school for the boy, plus put up with Tea's ramble on and on. This was pay back.

~If you already know what I did then why the fuck are you asking?~ He smirked slightly and faked interest in his book a bit so the teacher didn't think anything was going on. ~You know Ryou... If you hadn't of forced me to come to school for you today none of this would have happened.~ Bakura felt Ryou become red in the face at that comment and knew he had hit something.

~I was AVOIDING the talent show! Our music teacher thinks I have an amazing voice and wants me to sing in front of the WHOLE school!~ Bakura grined as he could since Ryou blushing at the very thought of singing in front of the whole school.

~Well your going to have to deal with it... What's done is done... And you have a band meeting with Yami, Jou, and what ever moron they get to play drums for your band in about 5 minutes.~ Bakura smirked as he pushed the boy into control of his body. Ryou growled and placed the book his darker hald was attempting to read back into his back pack and stood up. The detention teacher smiled and waved to Ryou before he disappeared around the door. He wondered if he could get away with just heading home and faking sick for the next week. ~Fat chance! Jou is really looking forward to this talent show... Wouldn't want to disappoint your friends now would you?~ Ryou sighed and headed to the music room. He opened the door to see a very interesting site. Yami was sitting on the heater with the bass on and strumming it, Jou was standing by an amp and adjusting it, and Duke was at a drum set adjusting the thing to his standards. ~Well? GO IN MORON!~ Ryou growled a little to loud and Yami looked over to him. A small smile on his face.

"Ryou... I didn't think you would make it." Ryou smiled sweetly at Yami before removing his back pack and setting it to the side. He noticed a mic standing in the middle of the set up the boys had going and blushed and gulped his throat tightening. Yami noticed and frowned slightly. "Ryou are you okay?" Ryou nodded and smiled.

"I'm fine Yami thank you." Yami nodded and stood up to walk over to where an amp was set up for him. Duke then whistled to get everyones attention before he sat down on the stool behind the drum set.

"Anyone have any idea what we're going to preform for this snooze fest they call a talent contest?" Jou shook his head and continued to mess with the amp. Yami sighed and zooned out a sign he was talking to Yuugi. Duke then looked to Ryou who was more interested in the floor. "Well smartie? You wouldn't happen to be able to write a song would you? Since I know if we leave it in the mutts hands he'd forget about it." Jou growled at Duke but let the mutt comment slide. Ryou blushed and he heard his yami laugh out loud.

~Smartie? Isn't that a candy?~ The spirit was laughing really hard as Ryou blushed a bit more. He looked over to Duke and nodded slightly before clearing his throat.

"Yes... I think I can write a song before the contest." Duke smiled and stood up. He grabbed his jacket and bag and headed for the door.

"Well that's great... Give me a call if you guys want to actually win this thing." Jou flipped Duke off as the dice master walked out the door muttering something about poor losers and no talent lackies. Ryou growled and turned to face the other two his hands on his hips.

"Listen here... I can write a song... Give me a few days and it'll blow you out of the water. Since there is no way I can work my way out of the mess my stupid yami got me into I might as well make the best of it. The winners get a hundred bucks for each member of the act. Plus a trip to Kaiba Land. I'm not much for the amusement park but the money... well I do need some new computer parts." Ryou took a deep breath and blinked slightly not hearing anything from his darker half. He looked up to see Yami and Jou staring at him with wide eyes.

"Whoa Ryou! When did you get balls?" Ryou sweat dropped at Jou's comment but shook it off. "Now all we have to do is get a drummer, I tried with Duke but... I bet we can do MUCH better!" Yami nodded and Ryou looked to the ground. This was going to be a long week.

~Ishtar is coming tonight...~ Ryou blinked slightly as his head shot up and a smile grew on his face. Malik had been studing to play the drums for a while now. He snapped his fingers and his smile grew as Yami and Jou looked up at him from putting their equiptment away.

"Malik Ishtar is coming in tonight to stay with me for a few weeks while his sister does some touring. Odion is going with her." Jou looked more confused then he had even in his life and Yami just crossed his arms over his chest waiting for the point. Ryou sighed and sweat dropped. "He's been studing the drums for some time now... He's really good! I'm sure he'd LOVE you play for us." Jou smiled brightly and grabbed his bag heading for the door. He muttered something about great work and that he had to run to work. Yami shook his head and Jou fell out of the door way and into the hall, then he turned his attention back to Ryou.

"Are you sure you want to do this Ryou? You can just back out... I know Jou will understand." Ryou shook his head and smiled brightly. He was going to show his yami up. No matter how much it embarresed him to attempt he could sing.

"No Yami... I want to do this... I'll start the song as soon as I get home." Yami nodded and grabbed Yuugi's bag and headed for the door waveing to Ryou before leaving. Ryou looked around the room and sighed. He was right when he thought it was going to be a long week.

~You better hurry up and get home. Malik will be there in twenty minutes.~ Ryou sighed and grabbed his bag off the floor before heading out the door. He decided to run all the way home to avoid any people.

Twenty minutes later he had reached his house. He was upset it had taken him twice as long, but seeing as he had run into Tea and had sat threw her rant about Jou not including her in their talent show act. He was tired now and new that Malik would be showing up at any moment. He was right to. As soon as that thought hit a taxi pulled up and Malik hopped out running up to his friend to give him a hug. Ryou blushed slightly and hugged back.

"Ryou it's so great to see you! Why are you standing out side and all sweaty?" Ryou blushed a bit more before pulling his key out and unlocking the door. Malik walked in first with his bags and Ryou followed. They both kicked their shoes off before sitting down on the couch. "So are you going to answer me?" Malik laid back looking at Ryou with a smile on his face. Ryou sighed and leaned back staring at the ceiling.

"I ran all the way home from school cause I figured I could get here before you and make something to eat. But I ran into Tea and listened to her whine for about ten minutes." He sighed and closed his eyes drapping his arms over his face. "It was horrible. I mean who in their right minds would have a dancer on stage during their rock set? It makes no point... And was was she sitting in the middle of the sidewalk ranting anyways?" Malik let out a laugh and shook his head.

"I wish I knew what YOU were ranting about Ryou." Ryou blinked and blushed a bit before sighing.

"Well... Jou, and Yami and me are signed up for a talent show that takes place next week. The problem is we don't have a song to do or a drummer. And Tea is mad cause we didn't ask her to be in our act. She just wants the hundred dollers." Ryou sighed again before standing up and going to the kitchen. "You have got to be hungry shall we order pizza?" Malik shook his head and joined Ryou in the kitchen leaning on the counter.

"So you need a drummer... No problem... I'll do it! Now the song... You're a smart kid you'll be able to write one in no time at all... Now about Tea... Just ignore her." Ryou smiled and nodded before picking up a menu from the local pizza place and handing it to Malik. He looked it over and licked his lips slightly. "Just a cheese pizza." Ryou nodded and smiled dialing the phone. He heard Jou's voice and smiled slightly.

"Hey Jou, I need a large cheese pizza and a 2 litter of cherry coke." Ryou smiled a bit more and laughed slightly at his friend on the other line. Jou was repeating eveything with a VERY fake english accent trying to mock Ryou's. Malik sighed and headed into the living room and ploped down on the couch and turned on the tv to some cartoons. Ryou soon joined him. "Pizza should be here in about an hour. I'm going to go and take a shower and get my guitar and notebook and try to write this song... I'd say make your self at home... But it looks like you already have." Malik nodded and Ryou headed to take a shower.

After his shower Ryou got dressing in some light black pants and a white button up shirt. He grabbed his guitar out of the closet and a notebook from his deck. He hadn't played his guitar in a very long time and hoped he still remembered how to. When he walked down staires he heard Malik talking to someone and wondered who it was. When he entered the living room he found Jou their with a big smile on his face. Ryou grabbed some money from a jar that was hidden on the bookselve and paid for the pizza and soda. Jou waved and then left leaving the two to eat and write the song Ryou had to.

When the pizza and soda was finished Malik yawned and headed up to bed. Ryou sat curled up on the couch with the guitar in hand continueing to write down lyrics as they came to him and notes when he got something good. It was nearly 3am when his yami broke into his thoughts. ~If you don't get some sleep your not going to be able to move much tomorrow.~ Ryou snorted slightly before he yawned. ~See your tired. Go to freaking bed. And don't think of back talking me.~ Ryou closed the link with his yami and yawned once more before closing the notebook glad he had finished the lyrics and the melody. Now it was just up to the others to make the song sound whole.

Ryou decided to sleep on the couch and pulled the blanket from the back of it to wrap around himself. If he was lucky he could get enough sleep to not act like a zombie in the morning.

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Author's Ending Notes: I've decided to end this hear and have the next week fly by... This was going to be a one-shot but I guess 2 chapters isn't so bad... It's like 3am here now and I need sleep and food... two words before I head to bed... PLEASE REVIEW!