Chapter 1

A few weeks had passed since incident of battle city. You know... the spirit of the millennium ring cutting up my arm and almost getting me killed by Slifer The Sky Dragon, then stepping in to save me last second.

His actions confused me, I understand that he needs a host to survive and that is probably why he protected me, but I can't help finding myself hoping that he did in fact care about me as a person, even if it was only a little. But he rarely speaks to me, and as a result I know little to nothing about him so it is impossible for me to even begin to guess his motives or what he really thinks of me.

I need a way to get to know him. Perhaps I could find some answers online?

Before proceeding to do anything I sat in silence for a few minutes, checking to see if I could sense his presence.

He'd probably just mock me if he knew what I was doing.

But since the spirit was nowhere to be found I quickly logged into my laptop in hope of finding some help online.

But what exactly should I search? "How can I tell if a 3000 year old spirit considers me a friend or if he doesn't care?" Or maybe "How can I make an ancient being like me?" yeah like that would work...

I laughed at myself, finding my own thoughts more amusing than they should be, before reminding myself I should probably take this more serious and act quickly before the spirit decides to awaken again.

I tried over and over, using slightly different words and completely different sentences, mostly along the lines of "How to befriend a spirit" but that didn't work, all I could find was silly fairytale witch-craft solutions and rituals, which I was almost certain were not real.

Perhaps I am going about this the wrong way... Maybe I should leave out the fact he's a spirit and just find a way to befriend PEOPLE, after all he is a person too really.

I smiled to myself at my little revelation as I typed my next question.

How to get someone to like you.

The results were a lot better! No more hocus-pocus nonsense was coming up, however the majority of the suggestions seemed almost impossible to accomplish without already having some friendship to begin with. Truth be told I was starting to 'accept' that I may not be able to change things, then I found it.

How to make anyone fall in love with you in 36 questions...?

I clicked on the article with interest, it was supposedly scientifically tested and had showed positive results supporting that this questionnaire of sorts actually worked.

Ok so I didn't actually want my darker half to fall in love with me, and I seriously doubted that a questionnaire could create something as powerful as love between people, but I have to admit it did make sense that it would have some form of effect, people establish relationships, romantic or platonic, by learning about one another over a period of time... And it wasn't totally crazy to think that, with the right questions, that process could be sped up considerably.

Well it has to be worth a try.

I quickly photographed all of the questions with my phone before logging out and closing my laptop.

The difficult part is going to be getting him to speak with me...

'Spirit? Are you there?" I asked softly through our mind link, chances are he blocked off his end but it was at least worth a try.

Ok so it wasn't so surprising that he didn't respond, but it was rather annoying. Guaranteed if I had done something stupid he would have reacted, he would probably tell me how much of an idiot I was... But of course when I actually want to speak to him he is nowhere to be seen.

At that moment I had an idea...

If I do something stupid or dangerous he is bound to come out!

I paced around my apartment several times deciding what to do, eventually deciding to head to my small kitchen where I proceeded to fill my sink to the bring with cold water.

Reminding myself that it was for good reason I submerged my face into the icy water, scrunching up my face as it sent shivers down my spine. I decided that I would hold my breath for a few seconds should he not respond instantly, but not long enough to risk damage.

"What are you doing landlord!" The commanding voice of the spirit erupted through our mind link.

I practically leapt back upon hearing the voice, he's been around for years but it still scares me to hear a voice and see no one around. I shook my damp hair out of my face as I thought up an excuse.

"I uh..." I paused and took in a few sharp breaths before blurting out the first thing that came to mind, without taking a second to think about how stupid it sounded. "I saw my reflection in the water and thought someone was drowning!"

I mentally slapped myself at that.

Well he definitely won't take me seriously now... Great.

"Please tell me you are not being serious landlord." His voice sounding almost disappointed as he appeared beside me.

"No," I sighed "Truth is I just wanted to ask you something."

Might as well try the honest approach

He raised an eyebrow at me, he appeared almost curious... His silent landlord was attempting to speak with him!? This was in fact a rare occurrence, but I didn't think it was as surprising as he did.

"Go on." He said plainly as he floated closer to me.

Failing to remember the question off the top of my head I spun round to grab my phone and quickly check the photographed questionnaire.

"Uh... Given the choice of anyone in the world, who would you want as a dinner guest?"

He quickly sighed and floated away from me, then turned back glaring at me with an ice cold stare.

"Such a pointless question landlord."

Oh crap. He's losing interest... I can't fail this early on.

"I know... It's just someone asked me the question earlier and I was curious about what you would say." I quickly blurted out, hoping to save the failing conversation.

For a few minutes the spirit appeared to be contemplating what his answer would be, then his signature smirk danced across his lips and he gave his answer.

"Why the Pharaoh of course., without his little human host or group of fangirls to interfere"He sounded menacing as he spoke, but oh so deathly serious.

I through my head back and sighed.

"I should have known that would be your answer." I looked him in the eyes, hoping he would see how disappointed I was with his predictable and childish answer.

There was what felt like a decade of silence that passed by before the spirit dissipated, returning to the sanctity of his soul room and leaving me to mope around, feeling lonely until I was tired enough to attempt to sleep.

As I lay in my bed, eyes shut waiting for the darkness of my dreamless sleep to come to me I heard the faint voice of my dark half. I opened my eyes to see his figure sitting on the end of my bed looking at me as though he was expecting something.

"What is it?" I asked, closing my eyes and nuzzling my head back into the warmth of my pillow.

"I asked what your answer was."

His words were simple, yet they confused me. He had never been concerned with learning about me before...

I didn't need to think about what my answer would be, I already knew.

"...I said you." I yawned and pulled my covers further over my head. "I'd like to know more about you."

Saying those words was the last thing I remembered before I drifted off to a land of sleep, oblivious of the smile the spirit was sporting as he once again returned to his soul room.