$~I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, nor its characters. I also don't own Alex Rider, nor the Alex Rider series. All I own is the OCs(if there is a name that isn't in the anime series, then the character is mine.)~$
My name is Ryou Bakura. I'm 17, with white hair and brown eyes, and I'm the second smallest person in the group, right after Yugi Muto. I live with my spirit brother, Yami Bakura (or just Bakura) in a apartment complex. My life has been pretty average for awhile; nothing to complain about. Sure, Bakura tortures me every now and again, but I'm used to it.
Then, my whole life was turned upside down, and all thanks to a beautiful girl.
~September 23~
I was awaken on a Saturday morning by Bakura body slamming on me in bed. "Oui, wake up, Ryou! Dianna said she doesn't want our food to get cold!" And with that, he ran out.
"Ugh, dammit Bakura... I can never sleep peacefully when you are around." I groaned into my pillow. As I sat up and stretched, I saw that the tree outside my window had almost lost all of its leaves, making the once gorgeous orange leaf tree look like a skeleton.
'I might go for a walk after breakfast.' I thought while getting dressed. Downstairs, Bakura and Dianna were eating as I walked into the living room.
"Welcome back to life," said Dianna, who was always quoting or saying something odd. "How'd you sleep?"
"Just dandy, until I was jumped on by Bakura." I said, slumping down on floor, and started eating.
"Well, it's not my fault that you are deaf when you're asleep." Bakura protested with a full mouth.
I rolled my eyes. "Sure. Anyway I'm heading to the library. Either of you want to come?"
They both looked at me as if I was crazy.
"Yeah, I didn't think so." I got up, put my plate in the sink, grabbed my jacket from the closet, and headed out. "Don't destroy the place while I'm gone!"
"We'll try not to!" they both chimed as I closed the door.
The library, which was a few blocks away, was a large building, at least two stories high, and filled with books for anyone and everyone, about anything and everything. Kia Jones, Yugi's girlfriend, worked there in the history section, specializing in Egyptian history. You could always find her reading about something on Egypt when she's on her break.
Today was no different. She sat in the front area, reading about ancient Egyptian burial rituals, one of her favorite topics.
"Hey, Kia!" I said, walking up to her. "How are you?"
"Pretty good," she said without looking up, since she learned how to know who is talking to her while she's reading. "How've you been?"
"Can't complain. Hey, are the the new Alex Rider books here, yet?"
"They just came in this morning. They're with the others."
"Coolio. See you later." I said, walking off.
Kia chuckled. "We are not in the 70's anymore, Ryou."
I looked along the shelves for the books, thinking about what Kia had said, and sighed. 'No one will ever understand me...'
I had found the book that I was looking for, and was reaching for it, when someone else took it from the other side.
"Hey!" I said, walking around to the other side. "I was just about to-" I started, but then stopped. The person who had taken the book was a young girl, about 16, with wavy brown shoulder length hair and sapphire blue eyes. She looked at me, and then blushed.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Did you want to read it?" She asked, holding the book out.
"Uh, n-no, that's okay. You can read it first. I'll wait." I said, smiled shyly.
"Oh, okay. Thanks..." She started to walk away, but then stopped. "Hey, how about we read it together?"
"Really? Sure, I'd love to!" I exclaimed, earning a 'shh' from an elderly couple. "I'm Ryou Bakura, by the way." I said, quieter.
"I'm Janice Westing. Pleased to meet you." She said, blushing as she took my hand. "I'm new to the neighborhood."
"Well then, I'd be honored to be your first friend here."
"Coolio. I'm honored to have you as a first friend."
We sat down in a huge bean bag chair, and began to read. And as we were reading, I could tell that we were going to be great friends.
