"Down down down, up, up down up…down down down, up, up down up" Ryou's Fingers formed a G-chord on the second and third fret, he began to strum with his pick the rhythm over and over till it sounded perfect then he tried the C-chord at the same rhythm, then the D-chord, Em-chord. Finally the verses for his song were finished now he could play in the notes before it and then, show the lyrics to the rest of the band and they could play at the house of blues tonight.

But before any of that happens he had to get to school on time, He checked the clock and saw the horrifying numbers "7:50!!! Dad you were supposed to tell me when it was 7:30. I'm going to be late again." Then Ryou, put on his millennium ring and his bag over his back, scattering down the stairs with his guitar in his right hand, he turned a corner said bye to his asleep and drunk dad on the couch, and ran at light speed to get to school before the bells rang and locked him out again.

A quick turn left, a slight fall over a crack in the dirty sidewalk and 12 miles of running later, Ryou burst in the classroom door with 1 minute to spare, as he took his seat behind Yugi Moto, the bell rang as Joey Wheeler and Tristan stepped in the door.

"Late again boys, even Mr. Bakura got here on time, maybe a bit breathless but on time none the less," She gave them each pink slips and told them to go talk to the principle. "Have a nice day boys, now class, write a 5 paragraph essay on the Journal subject on the board while I finish grading yesterday's tests. No Talking."

Ryou laid his head on his desk and read the things under the journal and it said

Journal: Why was the Nile so important to the Egyptian people? And how does it affect us?

Ryou groaned and passed a paper with the music and lyrics for tonight's show up to Yugi, who opened the folded paper slowly not to make so much noise, after looking it over and finishing his Journal write, he turned and whispered to his friend Ryou

"This is complicated right here,"

Then he pointed to one part of the notes on the paper and Ryou looked at it then shook his head saying

"Sorry here let me fix it."

Then he wrote an arched line above 1 half note and a doted quarter note in 4 sections. "There now look at it." He said in a now triumphant voice, Yugi gasped and said "that's a master piece I'll let Duke see it and then we will get Malik to see it at lunch and after school we can all meet at my house to rehearse…Is that fine with you?"

"Of course it is Yugi, I'll be there around 5 o'clock 5:30 at the latest. I'll show you guys the strum when I do get there"

"Great, Wait. What are you going to do for two hours?"

"Practice and take a couple strolls in the park. What else do I do besides study?"

"Well see you at five th—"

"EXCUSE ME! Are you to boys disobeying my orders? Is your journals done? Hmm?"

The teacher was above them and scolding before they knew it, they anteed up their Journal Write Warm-Ups, and the teacher read them and nodded, backing off to her lions den, and awaiting her next prey to slip up.

Not to long after first, second, third, and fourth hour were over and lunch began, Ryou went to go get lunch and Malik, Duke Devlin, and Yugi all talked about their parts in the band with the new music, and about Ryou, Whose guitar and bag laid on the table they occupied.

"Alright so I come in Yugi at the same speed and notes as your Keyboard is going then Duke Jumps in with his drums, all the while with Ryou playing the melody quietly on his guitar, and when we all blend together in the verse he begins to sing, am I getting this right?"

"Yes Exactly right, your bass will be the lowest part in the whole song. And we each get our own short solos or we can play with one other person and have it be a longer duet. Either way isn't this song a masterpiece? Ryou said he worked all weekend on it, day and night."

"I Like it Yugi, but you know Malik's a stick in the mud sometimes."

"I AM NOT!"

"Mm-hmm just keep telling yourself that…Malik."

"No fighting you two, here comes Ryou. Remember no mention of his surprise birthday party I'm throwing at my house ok?"

"Whatever we won't be there" They both replied in unison as Ryou took his stuff off the table and sat down in his spot in between Yugi and Malik, at their stone round table. "What did I miss?" Ryou asked while handing out everyone's lunches, then digging in to his own lunch, a bean and cheese burrito, like always.

"Nah, nothing much just Malik complaining again, you know the usual." Then Duke began to eat his turkey sandwich and ignore the others, "It's not how he says I was not complaining just merely trying to understand." He was grumbling, and then took another bite out of his chicken breast; Yugi said thank you to Ryou while he nibbling on his salad, then before any of them knew it lunch was over and class began again.

Finally the last bell rang and the kids ran out of their classes eager to get to the Arcades or home, Malik, Duke along with Yugi all walked to The moto residence, while Ryou stayed behind and then walked to his home.

Upon getting there he saw no one home so he went upstairs to his room and did his home work then, picked his Electric guitar up, after replacing it in it's gig bag, he set out the door to the park with his keys and a watch. Checking the time on that watch it said '4:38' Ryou smiled and entered the park….