Chapter 1
Dear Amane,
My first day at my new school was yesterday, it was really great. There were a nice girl who even showed me around the entire school. She told me she liked my hair. I think I'm going to like this school, better than the last one at least. I really love the apartment too. I'm on the top floor and the view out the window is beautiful. I can see all of the tallest buildings and the sun shines through the windows in the morning. Domino City is really beautiful, I like it here. It's such a big city. I'm kind of surprised that I don't feel lonely at all, probably since I've been writing you everyday. I'm still trying to get used to being by myself though, and cooking for myself. I know it's only been a few days but I've already set off the smoke alarm twice. Don't worry though! I've given up on the stove and oven for now, but I can still cook everything in the microwave. They offer cooking class at my school so I'm definitely going to enroll in some of those. Oh yeah! I almost forgot to tell you, I made some friends already. Yugi and Jonouchi. They're really nice I think you would like them. Oh, I should probably tell you that I'm not at school today. I was feeling ill this morning so I had to call out of school. If I'm feeling better tomorrow I'll probably see them at school again. Since I'm not going to school today I'm going to try and finish unpacking. There's still a lot of boxes but most of the important things are already unpacked. Okay, I don't want to keep rambling or I will have nothing to write tomorrow. I miss you, sister. Tell Mom I love her.
Love, Ryo
PS: I love you.
Ryo set his pencil on the desk, staring down at the letter. He carefully folded the hand written letter in thirds and sealed it in the envelope labeled "Amane" in fancy cursive letters. A small cardboard shoebox sat on the corner of his desk, which slightly resembled a valentines box decorated by a preschooler. He had constructed the box years ago, it reminded him of her. It was purple and glued with small blue and pink jewelry tears. Her name was written in small cursive letters on the side of the purple box. It was very feminine looking but he wanted to keep it on display in his new apartment. He used to hide it under his bed when he lived with his father. He never wanted his father to find the letters back then, his father already doubted Ryo's sanity. He never wanted to test his father. Ever since the accident his father had become very bitter. Who could blame him though? And soon after the accident was when all of Ryo's friends went into comas.. almost simultaneously. It couldn't just be a coincidence, especially not when it happened at every school Ryo attended for the last few years.
Ryo had been checked out by multiple doctors, guidance counselors, and even went to see a psychologist. What did they think they would find though? Was Ryo so upset after the death of his sister and mother that he wanted to kill his friends? What is wrong with this boy? Every time Ryo would hang out with a friend, the friend would end up in a coma. Is this boy a sociopath? Is he drugging his friends? After the incidents happened at three different schools the police made Ryo see a psychiatrist, permanently.
Ryo enjoyed going to see the psychiatrist at first. Her name was Linda and she had long brown hair, her eyes were almost black, and her voice could almost lull him to sleep. It was nice to have someone to talk to, even if she would just prod him with questions most of the time. Do you dislike being around people your age? Are you ever bullied? Are you sure you don't remember anything about the night that Alan went into a coma? What about Josh? No, Ryo did think it a little strange that he couldn't remember any of those nights, but there's nothing he could do about it. He always had a bad memory and he couldn't help it, these people were trying to blame him for things he didn't do. Ridiculous. Bad luck always followed Ryo though, so he was almost used to it by now. Well, besides every friend he ever had ending up in a coma, that really was bad luck.
At school number four, Ryo was forbidden to see anyone outside of school. Everyone had already heard rumors of Ryo Bakura, the kid who used witchcraft to steal the souls of students. Don't go near him. He's cute and charming, yes...but that's how he gets you. If he can get you alone you will end up a vegetable and none of his victims have ever woken up. All he could do was keep to himself. Avoid people at all costs. One day a student at his school was found unconscious in the library, just like all of Ryo Bakura's old friends. Ryo wasn't in the library when he was found, but according to the library check in he and the student had checked in at the same time. How could he be doing this in public? What was this boy doing to the students? Of course, when he was questioned, he recalled nothing out of the ordinary in his day. He didn't even recall going into the library. Is he crazy? After this Ryo never went back to see his lovely psychiatrist. No psychiatrist would see Ryo Bakura anymore, no one wanted to risk being put into a coma, never to wake up. When the police brought him home from questioning after school that day, he found that more police were already at his home. They had searched his room for evidence.. for anything to explain this phenomenon. Did they find his kill list? His list of soon to be victims? The drawings of bloodied corpses of the students at his school? No, because none of these things existed. They found no pentagrams drawn on the walls or under the desk. Not even the tiniest piece of paper with the words "I sell my soul to the devil." was found in Ryo Bakura's room. They did find one thing though. A purple box with letters addressed to his dead little sister. That was all they needed. The letters were shown to Ryo's father. The boy is mentally unstable, you're not safe here with him. The same thing will happen to you that happened to all of these students. They were sure of this.