Top 10 Best Mature Yu-Gi-Oh Fanfics

by tenderwulf · Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura

11 years after the Ceremonial Duel, Atem and Bakura inexplicably find themselves back in Domino. When they meet their previous hosts, they realize how much things have changed: Yuugi, the now world-renowned King of Games, is going through a marriage crisis, Ryou is struggling to balance studies, wor

by wildcranberry · Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura

The damning silence dragged on for too long while the weight of Yugi’s infraction hung in the air. He stayed where he had collapsed on his aching knees, not daring to look up. He would have groveled if he had not become so paralyzed by fear and the King’s gaze on his shoulders. “You are peculiarly s

by KimpatsuNoHoseki · Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura

Harry didn't know where the Shadows came from, just that they were always there for him. However, a chance meeting with others who have Shadows of their own, leads to a better life for him.

by lightningpelt · Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura

Yugi Mutou enjoys wearing decorative chains—for both their aesthetic appeal and their irony, considering his recent transition from slave to Betrothed of Pharaoh Atem. Ryou Bakura, meanwhile, serves both his Pharaoh and exiled Thief King. But neither the Thief King nor his servant counted on the inv

by espioc · Joey Wheeler/Seto Kaiba

Seto Kaiba is a different man after losing his brother. Joey invades his life and tries to bring him back. (not as depressing a fic as the tags make it out to be.)

by lapiccolacoccinella · Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura

Bakura has been gone for five years, leaving Ryou in relative peace. But Ryou is finding his life increasingly lonely, and Bakura is told that he can't be judged in the Afterlife until he lives a life free from Zorc's influence. So the two are forced to meet again, this time in separate bodies. R

by Ehtar · Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura

Ever since receiving a strange artifact from his father, Ryou Bakura’s life has changed. He gains the friends he’s always wanted, and the bullies are disappearing. At night, though, he dreams of the life of a thief in ancient Egypt. A young boy who was the sole survivor of his village’s slaughter, w

by Echinoderma · Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura

When Ryou turns 23, he cuts his hair.

by lightningpelt · Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura

Chapter Fourteen: In which Pharaoh and King reach something resembling an understandingChapter Fifteen: In which the Thief King attends a royal banquet for the first timeChapter Sixteen: In which the Pharaoh and the Thief King have a proper duel, and make an appropriately high-stakes wagerA collecti

by zuzeca · Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura

After receiving the Millennium Necklace during the events of Battle City, Yugi attempts to use it to see the events of the past, and inadvertently sets off a chain reaction of ancient magic. Now, separated from his partner and trapped in a dangerous pocket dimension spawned from Ryou’s mind, Yugi mu