Healing the broken

Disclaimer: I do not own yu-gi-oh

Rejected. That was how Grace felt. She had finally told Ryou she loved him. She had wanted to for the past year. He was polite about it but that didn't stop her from being heartbroken. She had told him about the masquerade charity ball and he said he would go. She practically ran home that night. She almost ran over her roommate, Marie Thomas. "Whoa, what with you today?" she asked with a smile. "Ryou is going to the ball tonight!" Grace gasped. "That's great!" exclaimed Marie.

The girls wore dresses of similar design. Each dress fitting to their curves. Marie wore a red dress with golden high heels, golden bracelets and earrings. Grace wore a silver dress with silver high heels and sliver earrings and a diamond necklace. Marie wore a golden mask while grace wore a silver one. The ball was held at the Cleary house. The ballroom was lit by the light of the chandeliers. The ceiling was held up by nine roman columns.

Grace found Ryou easily even though he was wearing a mask. His white hair gave him away. "Hey Ryou." Grace said causing him to jump. "Oh hello grace." He replied. "Umm can I talk to you in private?" Asked Grace very shy. "Sure." Ryou said leading her to a corner.

"So what did you want to tell me?" asked Ryou. Grace's face turned bright red. "Umm Ryou. I-I love you. I have since we first met." They both were silent. "Grace, I'm sorry but I don't feel the same about you." Ryou replied with a growing blush. Time for Grace seamed to stop. With tears stream down her face, Grace whispered excuse me and ran off.

She ran to the balcony and sobbed. She didn't her Marie come behind her. Marie tried to comfort Grace but she continued to sob. After about ten minutes did she stop crying. She turned and looked at Marie. "I am not going to let this keep me from being happy." She said while wiping the tears from her eyes. She turned to see a man with hair just like ryou's standing fifteen feet away. He was wearing black dress pants and a black jacket with a silver dress shirt. He had a silver mask. His brown eyes met her blue eyes. Marie looked to where she was looking. "He has been watching you the entire time we've been here." Whispered Marie. The man began to walk over to Grace. He was followed by another man with blondish hair and a tan. This other man wore a similar outfit to the man he was following only he had a dark blue dress shirt slightly unbuttoned.

When the first man reached Grace, he took her hand and kissed it. "Hello my name is Bakura."