Hi! This has been lying around in a notebook for a while, and I wanted to get it typed up and posted so I wouldn't lose it. Sorry I'm not working on the important fic.
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Ryou looked up at his new school. It looked very similar to his last one. He sighed.
"Wonderful." He muttered. "As soon as I make friends, my father transfers me to be closer to family." Ryou had met his father's sister yesterday, and he was not very impressed. Atsuko Urameshi was a drunkard, and her house was a mess. She said that she had a son, but Ryou hadn't seen him yet, and he'd been there for a whole weekend. Her son also went to this school, so he supposed he'd be meeting his cousin sometime today. Ryou entered the building and headed over to the main office to get his class number, then went to his classroom.
The teacher introduced him to the class, "This is the new student, please welcome him everyone, and treat him well," Ryou bowed "Hello, I am Ryou Bakura, pleased to meet you." Kuwabara glanced at the new student, then went back to passing notes with his friends. Keiko stared at Ryou, wondering if his hair color meant that he was a demon, but then decided that it didn't really matter, and she'd find out when she found out.
Yusuke was not in the classroom, but rather on the roof, so he made no observations on Ryou at this point.
Ryou sat down at his assigned desk, which was at the front of Kuwabara's row, and began to take notes on the teachers lecture.
At lunch, Keiko, being the nice person that she was, decided to talk to Ryou, and perhaps invite him up to the roof to eat. This was not intended in any way, shape, or form to see if Yusuke or Kuwabara thought there was anything wrong with Ryou and especially not intended to make Yusuke jealous.
"Hello," said Keiko, after making her way to Ryou's desk.
Ryou didn't say anything for a moment, then he smiled and said "Hello, what's your name?"
"I'm Keiko Yukimura, it's nice to meet you" replied Keiko, smiling back.
"Was there something you needed?" asked Ryou, curios to her intentions.
"I was wondering if you'd like to eat lunch on the roof with my friends and I." Keiko answered.
"That sounds wonderful" said Ryou "I would love to." Ryou stood and joined her, flinching a bit when he stretched his stomach. Keiko led him up to the roof, easily ignoring his flinch, where Yusuke and Kuwabara were waiting.
As soon as they got to the roof, Yusuke came up and flipped Keiko's skirt. Ryou jumped out of surprise just as Keiko yelled "Yusuke! You pervert!" and slapped him.
"Ow, Keiko!" griped Yusuke. "That hurt!"
"You deserved it Urameshi." said Kuwabara.
"You're making a bad impression on the new student!" yelled Keiko, slightly upset.
Ryou just stared at the spectacle.
"Oh!" said Kuwabara, "You're that new kid."
"What new kid?" said Yusuke, slightly peeved.
"You would know if you hadn't skipped class this morning!" shouted Keiko.
Ryou slowly edged over towards a different part of the roof, trying to avoid becoming a participant in the verbal brawl. He sat down once he was a reasonable distance away, and took out his lunch. Kuwabara came over and sat by him, continuing to watch the spectacle that was Yusuke and Keiko fighting. Ryou glanced over at the red head, and realized he didn't know his name.
"What is your name?" he asked.
"Wha-?" said Kuwabara, startled. "Oh. I'm Kazuma Kuwabara. You're Ryou right?"
"Yes." Ryou smiled, ignoring the sudden commentary in his head.
-Yadonushi, what are you doing?-
~- Just talking to a classmate.~-
-Just don't make any plans for the weekend, because you won't be conscious for most of it-
Ryou sighed, flinched, then turned to resume conversation with Kuwabara.
"So," began Kuwabara, "Why'd you transfer in the middle of term?"
Ryou's smile faltered, but he kept it up.
"My father wanted me to be close to family while he was away." he said. "He also said something about my friends being a bad influence."
"That's to bad." said Kuwabara.
Now, by this time, Yusuke and Keiko had temporarily stopped their feuding, and were listening to the conversation.
"Where are you staying?" asked Keiko.
"At my aunt's house." answered Ryou.
"What's her name?" queried Keiko, still curious.
"Atsuko Urameshi." Ryou replied.
"WHAT?!" shouted Kuwabara and Yusuke.
Ryou just stared at them, wondering what he'd said wrong.
"You're staying with Yusuke's mom?!" exclaimed Keiko.
"Wait..." said Yusuke "you're my cousin?!"
"Yes to both questions, I think." replied Ryou.
"Are you the mysterious missing son that I've heard about?" asked Ryou.
"Yup! I'm Yusuke Urameshi!" said Yusuke.
"I'm Ryou Bakura," replied Ryou. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"You've managed to tolerate my mom?" asked Yusuke, surprised.
"Yes." answered Ryou, "Although I rather dislike her drinking habit."
"Meet me after school." said Yusuke "It's really best to stay out of the house as much as possible."
After Ryou had left with Keiko, Kuwabara stared at Yusuke.
"Why are you bringing him with us?" he asked, confused.
"'Cause I want to have Genkai's opinion of my cousin. Didn't you notice? There's something a little off about him." Yusuke replied.
"Hmm... Okay." said Kuwabara.
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After School
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Ryou, Keiko, and Kuwabara met Yusuke at the gate. Keiko looked very upset that Yusuke had not returned to class. They walked Keiko to her family's restaurant, then headed to the border of town. Ryou looked more and more worried as they neared the edge of town.
'I hope they aren't going to try and beat me up.' he thought.
Shortly afterwards they arrived at the shrine steps, and began to climb. It took them quite a while, and Kuwabara and Yusuke were surprised that Ryou wasn't very out of breath by the time they arrived at the top of the stairs.
"So, Yusuke," began Ryou "What are we doing here?"
"Ah... Uh..." Yusuke choked "To meet some of my friends."
"Really?"
"Yup."
They headed towards the back of the shrine.
"Who's this?" asked Genkai as she appeared out of thin air.
Yusuke and Kuwabara jumped, still surprised even after all the times this had happened. Ryou, however, only opened his eyes a bit wider.
"This is my cousin, Ryou Bakura." answered Yusuke, for once deciding not to yell.
"Is he another dimwit?" asked Genkai.
"I dunno, granny." Yusuke taunted.
Their conversation degenerated from there.
Ryou looked back and forth as Genkai and Yusuke began to verbally brawl. After a short period of time, a redheaded high schooler walked up, looking slightly amused at the fight. As the boy walked up a voice spoke out. "Who's the human?"
Ryou jumped and spun around. Kuwabara also started, but less severely.
"Gah! Shorty!" he exclaimed.
Ryou looked downwards and saw a black-haired boy with an odd starburst of white in his hair. The boy glared up at hime with starling red eyes.
"Good. Everyone's here." said Genkai, disengaging from her bout with Yusuke.
"So, what's your cousin doing here?" asked Genkai.
"Ah," began Yusuke "He's scared of my mom, so he doesn't want to go home."
"Who's going to baby-sit him, while I give you your mission information."
"Baby-sit?" asked Ryou, sounding only slightly offended.
"Don't worry about it Bakura." Yusuke said, brushing him off.
"fox, you do it, you already know what's going on." Genkai decide.
"Alright." he said, smiling calmly.
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"So what's the toddler want us to do now?" yawned Yusuke.
"A new spirit energy came into range. It is believed to be the fugitive Ba-Khu-Ra. He tried ending the world a few millennia ago, and he had defiled several tombs causing several people to not make it into the Reikai."
"Wow." said Kuwabara "So what kind of demon is he?"
"Hn." said Hiei. "He isn't."
"What?" exclaimed Yusuke.
"Thief King Ba-Khu-Ra, as he call himself was human. He was imprisoned in a relic upon his death and Reikai's government hoped he would stay there. However, it appears that he can now possess whoever hold the relic."
"How'd he do that?" asked Kuwabara.
"According to Koenma, the relic he was sealed in allows the user to imbue things or people with pieces of their soul." droned Genkai.
"That wasn't very smart." said Kuwabara.
"Well, duh." said Yusuke.
"Now, since you're all here," began Genkai expectantly "you may as well help fix up the shrine a little."
"No way granny!" protested Yusuke.
... and they were arguing again.
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"So... your name is?" Ryou asked.
"Shuichi Minamino." answered Kurama. "You are Ryou Bakura?"
"Yes."
Ryou fidgeted as awkward silence descended once again.