-1The bell rang, and everyone darted out of their last class of the day. Students were walking home, taking their bikes, or taking buses. Domino High was out for a 5 day weekend, and that means parties. Not for 17 year old Bakura Hiragatsu. He had work to get done once he got home. Grumbling, he walked out of the school, shuffling his feet on the hard pavement. Growling, he wished for something interesting to happen. " Why is it that I got to train, and on such a nice day?!" Bakura growled a little too loud, causing people to back up.
Bakura wasn't what you would call "Nice guy". He wore a leather jacket, and black jeans. A black sleeveless shirt was underneath his jacket. He wore long, black combat boots, that tore apart the pavement underneath his feet. He had chains that hung off his jacket, and jiggled everytime he took a hard step. The deep, black eye make up he wore, gave him a look like he had just awoken from the grave. He would normally snarl, and that keep everyone at a safe distance from him.
"Bakura!" a cheerful voice called out. Mr. Gloom and Doom himself turned around to see two figures running up toward him. One was a girl with long, light blue hair. Her blue eyes were concealed by her bangs, but were visible. She wore square glasses, that were normally low on her face. Normally found in a long striped t-shirt, and very baggy pants. You could mistake her for a boy, if she didn't talk, and she cut her long hair.
Behind her was a similar sized boy, with equally long light blue hair. Often mistaken for a girl, or even her sister, this was in fact Bakura's youngest brother, Ryou. He wore a t-shirt that had "Weird Kitten" written on the front. He had odd colored eyes, for one was sea green, and the other was a deep shade of red. It actually scared people to see someone like him.
"Hello Ryou, and Rika...," Bakura replied dully, as the two caught up to him.
"Why didn't you slow down?! Don't you remember that Ryou's got a heart condition?!" Rika snapped in Bakura face, waving her finger.
"Yes I remember. I am, after all, his Brother!" Bakura snapped, just as loudly. If there was one thing that Rika and Bakura do, it was argue. They are friends, but you never would have guessed, since they bad mouth each other senseless. "What do you children want anyway?"
"What?! Children!?"
"That's what I said, yes..."
"Why you!!!" Rika geared up to punch, but Ryou put his hand over hers, and sighed gently.
"Let's just go back to the house. We need to tell Lani that we are going to be late for dinner again," Ryou said, quietly.
"Whatever...," Bakura scoffed in Rika's direction, who fluffed up like an angered cat.
"One of these days, I'm gonna..."
"You're gonna what?!" Bakura whipped around, his red eyes piercing her blue ones. Rika froze up inside, swallowing whatever ounce of courage she had left. "That's what I thought. Now let's go," Bakura turned, and walked off. Ryou shook his head solemnly, and followed. Rika shook her head, as if snapping out of a daze, and stumbled slightly trying to catch up.
On the way home, Bakura and Rika were still arguing about nonsense, and Ryou was walking ahead, so he didn't get roped into their chaos, again. They were nearing the little dojo that they lived in, and walked up the pathway, some of the dust picked up around them, due to them shuffling their feet. Ryou stepped up onto the deck, and removed his shoes lightly. After he picked them up, he went inside. Bakura undid a zipper on his boots, and tossed them to the side. Rika removed her sandals, and placed them by Ryou's in a little booth.
"We're home!" Bakura snarled, as he shoved Rika out of the way.
"Watch it, you dirty...!"
"Pardon...," Bakura smiled smugly, cutting the rest of her insult off. "But this is my house, isn't it?"
"Umm..."
"That's what I thought," Bakura strutted in, Rika fuming behind him. Rika looked at Ryou, as if saying "Your brother's gonna get it!" Rika's head drooped, and she walked to the kitchen.
"Hello, Lani-sama!!" Rika hugged Lani, who had a pot in here hands.
"Be careful. It's hot," Lani smiled, placing the pot down on the stove, and returned the hug.
"You should have burned her. That would have taught her," Bakura was seating, his back against the wall, smiling smugly.
"You know, one of these days, I'm not gonna be nice to you much longer!" Rika growled.
"I'm shaking...," Bakura got up, and went into his room.
"Lani, where's Doroboo-sama?" Ryou questioned, picking up his bag, and pulling out a small, black book. Lani wiped her hands on her apron, and smiled.
"Outside, Ryou-chan."
"Why is it that he is always outside when I'm here?!" Rika had a small outburst.
"Because he knows your coming, so he hides, " Bakura's voice could be heard from the bedroom.
"That's it!!" Rika ran to Bakura's room, and the sound of shouting could be heard.
"I'm going to let him know that we are going back to Seto's today." Ryou stood up, and bowed to Lani before leaving the room. He opened a sliding bamboo door, and stepped outside. The wind graced his face, as if saying that something powerful was coming. Ryou shook off the thought of anything negative. Walking down the three steps, he called for his oldest brother. There was no response, which caused Ryou to worry.
The wind was picking up, which startled the boy, from it was the middle of spring. "Doroboo! Where are you?" Ryou cupped his hands to his mouth, and shouted around the yard. The wind was picking up even more now, and his words were drowning in them. "Doroboo!!!" Again Ryou's words were lost among the heavy blowing of the wind. It got so bad, that Ryou could barely walk any further without being blown back. He opened his mouth, only to have wind strongly gust its way in, blocking off more words.
then, as if by magic, the wind stopped. Ryou's hair was now blown all over the place, and he looked a little stunned by what just happened. "What is it, little brother?" a voice from behind him questioned.
"Doroboo!"
"You were calling me?" a tall, thin man stood. He had dark blue hair, that resembled the darkest time of night, and it was short. No longer than neck length. It was spiky, much like Bakura's. His cold, midnight eyes were focused on the little boy. He smiled slightly, and picked up the frightened boy. "You do remember that I come out here to train, right?"
"Y-Yes, but I wanted to know, if you wanted to come with us to Seto's."
"Visit my old sensei? Well, it has been months now. Sure. I guess I could tag along. I just need to see if Lani is going to need help with dinner." Both of the boys walked into their home. Bakura was still arguing with Rika, and Doroboo looked a little shocked to see her. "Hello, Rika. Nice to finally see you again."
"Doroboo!!" Rika shoved Bakura to the side, and jumped toward the taller male, little cat ears popped out of her hair. She hugged him tightly, and laughed. "It has been forever since I saw you!!" Rika was in tears.
"Well, you do know where to find me."
"Yeah, but I was told that I wasn't allowed out there."
"Oh yeah...By whom?"
"Bakura," Rika turned toward the black haired teen, who stood up. He looked a little nervous, as the taller of the males walked over toward him.
"Is that so?" Doroboo looked down at Bakura, who was looking up to him.
"Hi!" Bakura squeaked, smiling as if he had done something wrong.
"Do you need help in there, Lani-sama?" Doroboo looked toward the kitchen.
"No I don't, cousin Kazuki. You were thinking of going over to Seto's tonight?"
"Yes."
"O.k. See you later."
"Bye!" everyone said, and bowed.
"So, you said she couldn't see me?" Doroboo looked at Bakura, who cowered slightly under his gaze.
"Well, I guess you could say that...," Bakura smiled at his brother.
"O.k. That's all I needed to hear." Bakura sighed with relief, and in a flash, Doroboo pulled him off his feet. "I guess I could carry you the rest of the way there, as punishment."
"Put me down, right now!!!!!" Bakura screamed out, flailing in his grasp. Rika busted out laughing, and Ryou chuckled quietly.