It was summer again. Ryou just loved the summer holiday. First of all it was a holiday and second it was the longest one for the school year. The only bad thing about it was staying at his grandmother's house… The boy just hated old houses and all the strange noises were driving him crazy. Anyway all of his friends were going to be there so what was sleeping at the old creepy attic compared to all the fun time he was going to have.
Finally Ryou arrived in front of his grandmother's house. The trip took two long hours and he was exhausted. It was 5 o'clock and his parents said they were leaving the same day, so he was going to be able to see his friends the same day. 'Cool, I'll wait for them to leave and go out to see who's here!' Ryou thought to himself cheerfully…. Another two hours passed by and Ryou had already unpacked his things, his parents were leaving and he went to see them off. Now he was wondering the streets of the village, which were incredibly empty. Since he didn't find anyone of his friends, he decided to go to Malik's house and look for him there. Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around immediately.
"Ah, Malik! You scared me! Don't do that again…." Said Ryou trying to calm down.
"Ok, ok Ry! He he, you are so easy to scare "
"You better not repeat that, or I won't be alive the next time." said Ryou giggling.
"Ok, I won't…. You're no fun Ry. Let's go, all the others are waiting for us to play hide and seek. " Malik said going ahead, dragging Ryou by the hand.
"But, Malik, it's going to be dark soon"
"Come on Ryou, don't be such a baby! Are you scared … Ha you're afraid of the dark aren't you"
"NO! I'm not…. Shut up and let's go…"
5 minutes later…
"Hi, Ryou, Malik are you ready to play" Yugi looked very eager to start the game already and so were the others. Rebecca, Tea, Joey, Tristan even Duke and Kaiba's little brother Mokuba were there.
"Ok, let's start then!" Said Mokuba excitedly.
"Ok…" Said Malik with a smirk "We'll hide and… Ryou will seek""But…"
"No buts Ryou, come on now cover your eyes and count to 50 "
"I'll kill you after this Malik" Ryou whispered to himself.
"Everybody hide now! And remember that it's against the rules to hide inside gardens and shops!"
And so the game started. After few minutes Ryou was done counting and started searching. First he found Joey and Tristan behind one garbage can, Tea and Rebecca were behind a car down the street, Mokuba and Yugi were on a tree and Duke was behind the same tree, climbing trees wasn't one of his powers. It was getting dark and Malik was yet to be found. The other kids went home for dinner and so Ryou was left alone to find him. He decided to head back and try to find Malik on his way home.
Ryou was near his grandmother's house when he saw him staring at one of the two old houses across the street. The Egyptian boy saw him and motioned him to come closer.
"Malik, I thought you were playing with us. Why are you staring at this old house?"
"Hadn't anyone told you?! You have new neighbors Ry. See there is a car parked infront of the house and up there, at the second floor, a light is turned on."
"Yeah as I think of it…I've never seen this car before" Ryou said thoughtfully. "So have you seen them? How do they look like? Where do they come from?"
"I don't know…" was the only thing Malik said never removing his gaze from the house.
"What do you mean you don't know??" Said Ryou shocked.
"I mean, I don't know…. No one has seen them ever since they moved, we only saw the car but never saw them, and the other kids are scared from the house so we never went in."
"Well, we'll see them sooner or later" said the white haired boy and headed to his house.
"So, why not sooner??" asked Malik excitedly and grabbed Ryou by the hand.
"No! Malik, I'm not going to break in some old house… and besides they're home now."
"Who said anything about breaking in… we'll just look through a window. Come on you chicken!"
"I'm not a chicken" now he was angry "Ok… we're going! But this is the last time I listen to you and your stupid ideas" and Ryou pulled him by the hand through the garden door.
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"So, here's the plan. You see this boxes here, I'll help you climb on them and you'll look inside through that little window up there" Malik said satisfied with the plan.
"And why again it has to be me climbing the boxes??" Ryou asked with frustrated voice.
"Because Ry, you're lighter than me…"
"Ok, ok …" and Ryou began climbing, Malik helping him and holding the boxes.
"So? What do you see?"
"Malik I think we should go now, I'll tell you everything on the way home" Said Ryou worriedly.
"Come on tell me!"
"I'll tell you just, lets get out of here!"
"Ok, but climb down fast I think I heard someone coming " And as he turned around he saw two dark figures approaching them. "Faster Ryou!" But the white haired boy lost his balance and fell down losing consciousness. The egyptian panicked and left the boy behind running as fast as he could, maybe he would be able to find help.