Whoadie: Well hope you enjoy it! Just something that popped in my head while I was sitting in my car daydreaming. ^_^
Rated: PG-13 (rating may go up)
Summary: She was invincible, the most skilled and feared assassin/thief of all time. Till she accidentally bumps into a certain white haired tomb robber, who was the best at what he does in HIS time. Will this rivalry destroy them? Or will something else begin to form between them?
Chapter 1- It begins...
It had been raining for a few days now, the ground was moist with rainwater, large puddles formed here and there, but how the storm never seemed to lighten even after a heavy downpour is what made it unbearable to those who resided in that area.
Her smirk could be seen through the darkness of the alley. She turned her head to her right slightly, she could still hear the men's voices. 'Fools...' she thought as the loud, noisy footsteps of the men drew nearer.
Her entire body was covered in what seemed a black leather suit, but her face was bare except for the wide pair of red shades over her eyes. Odd to be wearing sunglasses in the middle of the night, especially in a pitch black alley. She could see perfectly despite the blood red lenses and the black emptiness ahead of her.
Her waist length brown hair was tied back into a high ponytail, the tail portion billowed behind her as she ran. Only the rapid breathing and the click from her high heeled boots produced when they made contact with the wet cement could be heard around her.
The men's voices droned out from behind her as she increased her speed. 'I grow weary of this game.' She turned a corner to thinking she lost her pursuers, she stole a look back only to see an empty alley. She smiled in triumph but faded when she made contact with something hard.
She stumbled back mumbling curses to herself for running into a wall. She rubbed her head as she looked up to see that she had indeed not run into a wall, but a person. A boy actually. She noticed that he had spiked white hair that was slightly damp from the rain.
She gave a small grin, 'Wrong place at the wrong time hon. Can't have any witnesses.' She crossed her arms momentarily to reach into her sleeves on opposite arms. When she pulled them back a small dagger was nudged in between each finger. The sharp blades glimmered in what moonlight shone in the alley.
"Looks like you picked the wrong time to go out for a walk, boy..." Her sadistic smile faltered as she looked upon her victim. The white haired boy seemed unfazed by her daggers, in fact, he seemed almost bored. He slowly got back to his feet, recovering from their earlier run-in. He dusted himself off paying no attention to the girl, he grumbled curses about how women these days were so out of control.
His voice was raspy and low, probably from being out in the storm for too long, "It seems it is you who picked the wrong night to go bumping into strangers, mortal." His voice was unnaturally calm yet icy. When he finally acknowledged her presence, he was taken back by the small amulet that poked out from her sleeve. 'Where'd she get that!' He could feel one of the points on his Ring pointing to it. 'Hmm it seems my search is over...'
She followed his eyes down to her sleeve, her eyes widened a bit. She quickly covered her bracelet so that the amulet was well hidden beneath her leather sleeve. "I see you've noticed my new toy..." she moved into a fighting stance, holding her daggers up defensively. "Quite the sight isn't it?" 'Only this is no ordinary accessory!" She smirked inwardly as he continued to glare at her.
'What a foolish woman, to think that little trinket on her arm is a simple piece of jewelry. She probably has no idea that it contains the eye of horus, which must mean it's an unknown millennium item!' His eyes narrowed down into slits giving her a cold look. 'I must have it! I can feel it's power pulsing around me, begging to be released.'
'Why is he just standing there, you'd think someone with at least half a brain would be either running, cowering and begging for their life, or just plain passing out. No matter, he looks like he's going to defend himself, how fun.' She didn't hesitate a minute later, letting her whole right hand whip the daggers at him. She held onto the other daggers just incase he decided to move.
He watched the daggers come at him, they were smaller and thinner than the average dagger. He turned his body so that they flew by him, but grabbed one out of the air for closer inspection.
'Clever, these daggers are so thin they can just slice through the air with no problem. The smaller, the harder it is to pull free from flesh.' He looked closely, there were little grooves on the blade. 'She's even notched them just incase the victim does somehow get a hold of it, it wouldn't pull freely. Smaller, more accurate, faster, and more effective' He turned his eyes to the girl, who was watching him intensely. He could see a small trace of shock registered on her face, who wouldn't blame her? 'Who is this girl?'
/Yami.../
//....//
/Pardon my intrusion, but I think it best to just leave now and not get involved. She's obviously trouble/
//Well no shit, Sherlock. We're already involved, we were the moment she ran into us so it would be stupid to just walk away like nothing happened. Besides, she contains something that has caught my eye..//
/but.../
//shut up! I'll deal with you later for arguing with me and questioning my judgment!//
/..../
'How did he manage to dodge my attack?? NO ONE has EVER evaded my daggers.' This worried her, was she in over her head in this one? She shook her head of these thoughts. No, she was the best there was. She was, no IS, the best assassin/thief there would ever be. "What are you staring at?!"
He gave her a demonic smirk that usually sent others cowering, but she stood tall with a blank expression. "Your weapons are intriguing but there's something odd about them." He held the small diamond shaped dagger up in front of his eyes. He narrowed them, trying to get a closer look at the weapon. "It seems there are markings on it..." he turned his eyes to her, "EGYPTIAN markings..."
She was speechless, inside she was trembling. 'Just who was this guy?' Her outside appearance was as smooth as stone, not a hint of emotion was laid out on her face. "So? What's it to you?"
He shook his head, "I was just wondering why you would put silly lil ancient inscriptions on this piece of metal, do you actually think it would help you? Please...you probably believe in the mummy's curse too, right?" He gave an annoying high pitched evil laugh. He hoped he would get her to spill some information by insulting her.
She fumed, 'He was mocking her!' "I guess you know NOTHING about the millennium items and the power they possess." She noticed she had caught his attention. She smiled arrogantly, "So, the boy with a big mouth finds this interesting? Well I guess I'll educate you, perhaps it'll give you SOME knowledge into what brain you have. I can't really tell how big your head goes, your hair is in the way...oh wait, it's probably a wig..." She gave a short laugh, but there was no humor in it.
There was a dangerous glint in Bakura's eyes. "Insulting my hair will get you no where but a trip to the Shadow Realm, mortal."
'There he went again with the whole mortal thing, what did he think he was some GOD? Wait...did he just say Shadow Realm?' This worried her.
He took a step closer to her, his eyes narrowing down. "What, now your scared? What happened to the spunky attitude that you were displaying earlier?" As he spoke, he was shortening the space between them.
All the time he was walking towards her, she was deep in thought. Her position had relaxed, her daggers in her hand, which hanged loosely at her side. 'How does he know all of this?! I have to get back to Headquarters to deliver this information to my superiors.' She finally took in his presence and nearly screamed out in surprise.
His face was inches from hers, his eyes piercing into hers with such hunger for blood. He smirked at her reaction when she came back to reality. "You really shouldn't daydream, anything could happen in a mere few seconds."
She didn't back down, she was trapped. "How do you know about the Shadow Realm?" Her hand twitched, feeling the satisfyingly pressure from her knuckles squeezing the daggers.
He was taken back by her question, how could she ask something out of the blue when he was moments away from killing her. "Well that's easy...I've been there..."
Her eyes widened, 'how could he be there and still be alive???' This all confused her greatly.
He saw the confusion registered on her face. "I can pass between worlds, I have enhanced skills that surpass any human, and I also can find OTHER millennium items once pointed into the right direction."
She gave out a frustrated sigh, "How?"
He rolled his eyes, 'Were all women THIS stupid?' "Are you truly that dense?" He took a few steps back, he closed his eyes as he held his hand in front of his chest. A golden light started to glow between his hands. A flash of blinding light cut through the darkness of the alley, it retreated just as quickly as it came.
She had been watching the whole time, unfazed by the pure light. Her sunglasses helped her with that. She stared with disbelief at the item that hanged from his neck. Her voice was barely audible, "The ring....." ((Whoadie: By the way, that wasn't too bad of a movie! ^_^))
His hands dropped back to his side. "Wow you seem to catch on so quickly, captain obvious."
She rolled her eyes, 'Great, a psycho with a lot of sarcasm. Way to complete my day...' She was about to say something but shut her mouth. She turned her head slightly so that she could see out of the corner of her eye. 'I forgot all about them!'
He tilted his head curiously at her silence. He followed her eyes behind her, but only saw darkness. He tapped into his Ring's ability to hear more acutely. He could faintly hear footsteps headed this way. 'How could she hear that? I didn't even feel her use her item...strange...' Her voice snapped him out of his thoughts. "What?"
"I said we'll have to continue this later I have to-" she was cut off when a dart hit her arm. "Shit, I let down my guard for a second and this happens." She pulled the dart out, throwing it onto the ground angrily. She seemed to sway on her feet while holding her head. "Looks like you were right about the whole things happening in a matter of seconds when your head is somewhere else." She gave a small smirk before she collapsed into his arms.
He was too shocked to do anything. The sound of voices and running feet brought him back to reality. 'Damn, guess I'll have to steal the item from her and run for it.' He reached down to take the bracelet from her wrist but jerked his hand back. His hand was badly burned from touching the bracelet, he glowered at the item. 'Stupid protection spell...she's not as dumb as I thought she was. Guess I'll have to take her with me if I'm going to get that item.'
He bent down to grab her legs, he cradled her to him in his arms. It somehow felt right to be holding her, he shook his head of the thoughts. 'Grrr not now, infatuations can wait' He heard a metallic ring from the ground, he looked down to see her daggers scattered in the rain puddle.
"Perfect..." He set her down on top of some damp boxes, he watched her body sink down. 'Guess she was too heavy...' He sweat dropped. He bent down, picking up the small daggers. "Ouch! She should have some sort of handle on them dammit!" He held his bleeding fingers to him, glaring at the blades. "Screw it." He picked them up, ignoring the stinging pain of the metal cutting into his flesh.
"It's been awhile since I've used these..." he held the daggers up expertly, tapping into his Ring again. He squinted through the pouring rain and darkness, with a lil help from his millennium item he was able to see the attackers.
'Rare hunters. Interesting. Oh well, their fault for trying to take something that should rightfully belong to me' He let the daggers fly at them. He relaxed when he heard the sickening thud of the bodies making contact with the ground. He smiled menacingly before he turned back to the girl's body. "Looks like you owe me one, woman."
He gently picked her up, he stared down at her noticing that her sunglasses had fallen off. A few wet brown locks of hair clung to her forehead. Her face was pale from being cold and wet, her lips were a dark red from being cold soon they would be blue. He noticed there were red highlights in her long hair, he couldn't tell before since one it was dark, and two he really didn't care to notice when they were close.
He felt his breathing quicken as he looked down at her. She was remarkably beautiful. He growled at the chuckle in his head.
//shut up!//
/I didn't say anything.../
//Don't lie to me, I HEARD you laughing//
/Well it's just you were about to kill her and now your commenting how good she looks. Plus, the ironic situation with you wanting to kill her and ending up saving her just sums it all up. So of course I'm laughing!/
//.....I'll kill you....//
/what else is new...anyways, my parents are still in Egypt researching on some new discovery so the house is going to be empty for awhile. Bring her there/
//well duh! Where else do think I would take her? The Pharaoh's? *snort*//
/....well sorry for interrupting your 'moment' with her./
//I didn't like your tone, you'll pay for talking back to me later//
/I'm already in trouble for other things, so does it matter?/
//Oh that's right, I almost forgot. Thanks for reminding me//
/.../ ((Whoadie: poor Ryou...*sniffles*))
He closed the link between him and his aibou, he had enough of his whining for one day. Beating him up was to make him understand that HE was the superior one and that HE was to have respect. Sometimes he just beat him up just for the hell of it, a good way to release anger.
He looked down at the girl again, "Why are Malik's mind slaves after you?" he moved some strands of hair out of her face, realizing what he had done, he quickly snatched his hand back as if he was burned. 'What's WRONG with me?!?! Grr it's this damn girl's fault' He growled to himself but still pondered over the question.
He began his walk back to Ryou's home, well apartment. He walked silently, ignoring the rain that poured all around him and on him. He didn't mind storms, he sort of enjoyed them. They fit his nature perfectly, destructive and powerful. He continued his walk only now he was staring at the girl. "Who are you?"
Meanwhile...
Ryou sat in his soul room, his back pressed against the wall and his knees pulled to his chest. He was going to be beaten again. His most recent bruises and cuts were still visible and had not had time to heal properly. He groaned as he waited for his fate to come, which seemed mind numbingly long.
He clenched fists full of his white hair as he sat there in the dark. 'Why must he be so abusive? I've done nothing to him...' His body shook with silent sobs, but no tears fell.
As he sat there during those long silent minutes his mind wandered back to a certain brown haired girl. 'She seemed so familiar...but where have I seen her before?' His mind flashed back a few days ago.
*Flashback*
There on his coffee table in the living room sat his morning newspaper, his parents must have dropped it off before they left for Egypt. He never really cared for current events so he only glanced at it before turning away.
//Wait...go back.//
/Why? Nothing new ever happens in Domino City, perhaps a new tournament started. Wow that's big news *rolls eyes* /
//Don't question me, baka! Do you honestly think I would be interested in a Duelist tournament?//
/Yes.../
//*frustrated sigh* Just go recheck it!//
/Fine fine/
Ryou walked back to his coffee table, he looked down at the newspaper with lazy eyes.
/well?/
//WELL?!?! ARE YOU BLIND?! READ DUMBASS!//
He looked down at the bold print that made the headline today. He gasped, "No way..." It read, "NEW TOMB WAS DISCOVERED! ANCIENT ARTIFACT STOLEN!"
//Yes way! Look at the picture!//
/Hey look my parent's are on there *grins*/
//*sweat drop* Look BEHIND them genius, another burial place for a millennium item, see! A map! It connects to the main tomb that contained the 7 millennium items. Looks like that bastard Shadi didn't do such a good job protecting them, he let mortals find it.//
/Interesting...so...why does it matter? It's not like we can do anything about it/
//Well this morning the Ring picked up something entering Domino City.//
/The item is here?! HOW?/
//How the hell should I know? My Ring only enhances so many things, it doesn't exactly make me psychic, moron//
/Well what do you suppose we do?/
//What do you mean "WE" Since when are you interested in items and power?//
/I'm not, ancient relics shouldn't be tampered with and if what you say is true then the holder could be in danger or worse...put others in danger. We must either find the possessor of the item and somehow take it away and give it to Shadi. He'll know what to do with it/
//*Is about to blow* WHAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!! LOOK HERE MR. GOODY-TWO-SHOES, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE HOLDER OF THE ITEM. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I MUST OBTAIN IT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY! THE WHOLE WORLD COULD GO TO HELL FOR ALL I CARE FROM THE DUMBASS WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO CONTROL IT'S POWER, I JUST WANT THE ITEM!!! AND TO EVEN MENTION THAT PRICK SHADI AROUND ME JUST WILL PUT YOU IN A WORLD OF PAIN!!!//
Ryou was cringing at every word his Yami yelled. Beads of sweat rolled down the side of this face.
/I-I-I-I-I'm sorry... I was just trying to be he-/
//*cut him off* Helpful?! YOUR USELESS!! HELPING WHO!!! EVERYONE ELSE? HA! Listen to me, after years of experience and dealing with the ugly side of the world you learn to only look out for yourself and yourself alone. You have to remember something about humans, they lie and cheat. So you can trust no one in order to survive. Got it?//
/Yes Yami.../
//GOOD! Now, I'll need a few days of planning and concentration so I can find this item. Then I'll take over and find it, understood?//
/I understand...Good luck on your hunt/
//Psh! Like I need it! *he closed the link between them//
*End of flashback*
'Oh no...' The words in his Yami said echoed in his head //By any means necessary...// 'She'll be killed!' He stood up clenching his fists at his side. "But what can I do?" He gritted his teeth from hearing his Yami's voice in the back of his mind. //Your useless...//
'I'll show him and everyone else that I'm not some burden that needs help all the time!'
Whoadie: DUN DUN DAAAAA! What's Ryou going to do? And who is this girl? What's going to happen? Find out in my next chapter! ^_^ YAYNESS! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it! CIAO!
Oh yea and if you want, send me some ideas! I'd appreciate it.
Rated: PG-13 (rating may go up)
Summary: She was invincible, the most skilled and feared assassin/thief of all time. Till she accidentally bumps into a certain white haired tomb robber, who was the best at what he does in HIS time. Will this rivalry destroy them? Or will something else begin to form between them?
Chapter 1- It begins...
It had been raining for a few days now, the ground was moist with rainwater, large puddles formed here and there, but how the storm never seemed to lighten even after a heavy downpour is what made it unbearable to those who resided in that area.
Her smirk could be seen through the darkness of the alley. She turned her head to her right slightly, she could still hear the men's voices. 'Fools...' she thought as the loud, noisy footsteps of the men drew nearer.
Her entire body was covered in what seemed a black leather suit, but her face was bare except for the wide pair of red shades over her eyes. Odd to be wearing sunglasses in the middle of the night, especially in a pitch black alley. She could see perfectly despite the blood red lenses and the black emptiness ahead of her.
Her waist length brown hair was tied back into a high ponytail, the tail portion billowed behind her as she ran. Only the rapid breathing and the click from her high heeled boots produced when they made contact with the wet cement could be heard around her.
The men's voices droned out from behind her as she increased her speed. 'I grow weary of this game.' She turned a corner to thinking she lost her pursuers, she stole a look back only to see an empty alley. She smiled in triumph but faded when she made contact with something hard.
She stumbled back mumbling curses to herself for running into a wall. She rubbed her head as she looked up to see that she had indeed not run into a wall, but a person. A boy actually. She noticed that he had spiked white hair that was slightly damp from the rain.
She gave a small grin, 'Wrong place at the wrong time hon. Can't have any witnesses.' She crossed her arms momentarily to reach into her sleeves on opposite arms. When she pulled them back a small dagger was nudged in between each finger. The sharp blades glimmered in what moonlight shone in the alley.
"Looks like you picked the wrong time to go out for a walk, boy..." Her sadistic smile faltered as she looked upon her victim. The white haired boy seemed unfazed by her daggers, in fact, he seemed almost bored. He slowly got back to his feet, recovering from their earlier run-in. He dusted himself off paying no attention to the girl, he grumbled curses about how women these days were so out of control.
His voice was raspy and low, probably from being out in the storm for too long, "It seems it is you who picked the wrong night to go bumping into strangers, mortal." His voice was unnaturally calm yet icy. When he finally acknowledged her presence, he was taken back by the small amulet that poked out from her sleeve. 'Where'd she get that!' He could feel one of the points on his Ring pointing to it. 'Hmm it seems my search is over...'
She followed his eyes down to her sleeve, her eyes widened a bit. She quickly covered her bracelet so that the amulet was well hidden beneath her leather sleeve. "I see you've noticed my new toy..." she moved into a fighting stance, holding her daggers up defensively. "Quite the sight isn't it?" 'Only this is no ordinary accessory!" She smirked inwardly as he continued to glare at her.
'What a foolish woman, to think that little trinket on her arm is a simple piece of jewelry. She probably has no idea that it contains the eye of horus, which must mean it's an unknown millennium item!' His eyes narrowed down into slits giving her a cold look. 'I must have it! I can feel it's power pulsing around me, begging to be released.'
'Why is he just standing there, you'd think someone with at least half a brain would be either running, cowering and begging for their life, or just plain passing out. No matter, he looks like he's going to defend himself, how fun.' She didn't hesitate a minute later, letting her whole right hand whip the daggers at him. She held onto the other daggers just incase he decided to move.
He watched the daggers come at him, they were smaller and thinner than the average dagger. He turned his body so that they flew by him, but grabbed one out of the air for closer inspection.
'Clever, these daggers are so thin they can just slice through the air with no problem. The smaller, the harder it is to pull free from flesh.' He looked closely, there were little grooves on the blade. 'She's even notched them just incase the victim does somehow get a hold of it, it wouldn't pull freely. Smaller, more accurate, faster, and more effective' He turned his eyes to the girl, who was watching him intensely. He could see a small trace of shock registered on her face, who wouldn't blame her? 'Who is this girl?'
/Yami.../
//....//
/Pardon my intrusion, but I think it best to just leave now and not get involved. She's obviously trouble/
//Well no shit, Sherlock. We're already involved, we were the moment she ran into us so it would be stupid to just walk away like nothing happened. Besides, she contains something that has caught my eye..//
/but.../
//shut up! I'll deal with you later for arguing with me and questioning my judgment!//
/..../
'How did he manage to dodge my attack?? NO ONE has EVER evaded my daggers.' This worried her, was she in over her head in this one? She shook her head of these thoughts. No, she was the best there was. She was, no IS, the best assassin/thief there would ever be. "What are you staring at?!"
He gave her a demonic smirk that usually sent others cowering, but she stood tall with a blank expression. "Your weapons are intriguing but there's something odd about them." He held the small diamond shaped dagger up in front of his eyes. He narrowed them, trying to get a closer look at the weapon. "It seems there are markings on it..." he turned his eyes to her, "EGYPTIAN markings..."
She was speechless, inside she was trembling. 'Just who was this guy?' Her outside appearance was as smooth as stone, not a hint of emotion was laid out on her face. "So? What's it to you?"
He shook his head, "I was just wondering why you would put silly lil ancient inscriptions on this piece of metal, do you actually think it would help you? Please...you probably believe in the mummy's curse too, right?" He gave an annoying high pitched evil laugh. He hoped he would get her to spill some information by insulting her.
She fumed, 'He was mocking her!' "I guess you know NOTHING about the millennium items and the power they possess." She noticed she had caught his attention. She smiled arrogantly, "So, the boy with a big mouth finds this interesting? Well I guess I'll educate you, perhaps it'll give you SOME knowledge into what brain you have. I can't really tell how big your head goes, your hair is in the way...oh wait, it's probably a wig..." She gave a short laugh, but there was no humor in it.
There was a dangerous glint in Bakura's eyes. "Insulting my hair will get you no where but a trip to the Shadow Realm, mortal."
'There he went again with the whole mortal thing, what did he think he was some GOD? Wait...did he just say Shadow Realm?' This worried her.
He took a step closer to her, his eyes narrowing down. "What, now your scared? What happened to the spunky attitude that you were displaying earlier?" As he spoke, he was shortening the space between them.
All the time he was walking towards her, she was deep in thought. Her position had relaxed, her daggers in her hand, which hanged loosely at her side. 'How does he know all of this?! I have to get back to Headquarters to deliver this information to my superiors.' She finally took in his presence and nearly screamed out in surprise.
His face was inches from hers, his eyes piercing into hers with such hunger for blood. He smirked at her reaction when she came back to reality. "You really shouldn't daydream, anything could happen in a mere few seconds."
She didn't back down, she was trapped. "How do you know about the Shadow Realm?" Her hand twitched, feeling the satisfyingly pressure from her knuckles squeezing the daggers.
He was taken back by her question, how could she ask something out of the blue when he was moments away from killing her. "Well that's easy...I've been there..."
Her eyes widened, 'how could he be there and still be alive???' This all confused her greatly.
He saw the confusion registered on her face. "I can pass between worlds, I have enhanced skills that surpass any human, and I also can find OTHER millennium items once pointed into the right direction."
She gave out a frustrated sigh, "How?"
He rolled his eyes, 'Were all women THIS stupid?' "Are you truly that dense?" He took a few steps back, he closed his eyes as he held his hand in front of his chest. A golden light started to glow between his hands. A flash of blinding light cut through the darkness of the alley, it retreated just as quickly as it came.
She had been watching the whole time, unfazed by the pure light. Her sunglasses helped her with that. She stared with disbelief at the item that hanged from his neck. Her voice was barely audible, "The ring....." ((Whoadie: By the way, that wasn't too bad of a movie! ^_^))
His hands dropped back to his side. "Wow you seem to catch on so quickly, captain obvious."
She rolled her eyes, 'Great, a psycho with a lot of sarcasm. Way to complete my day...' She was about to say something but shut her mouth. She turned her head slightly so that she could see out of the corner of her eye. 'I forgot all about them!'
He tilted his head curiously at her silence. He followed her eyes behind her, but only saw darkness. He tapped into his Ring's ability to hear more acutely. He could faintly hear footsteps headed this way. 'How could she hear that? I didn't even feel her use her item...strange...' Her voice snapped him out of his thoughts. "What?"
"I said we'll have to continue this later I have to-" she was cut off when a dart hit her arm. "Shit, I let down my guard for a second and this happens." She pulled the dart out, throwing it onto the ground angrily. She seemed to sway on her feet while holding her head. "Looks like you were right about the whole things happening in a matter of seconds when your head is somewhere else." She gave a small smirk before she collapsed into his arms.
He was too shocked to do anything. The sound of voices and running feet brought him back to reality. 'Damn, guess I'll have to steal the item from her and run for it.' He reached down to take the bracelet from her wrist but jerked his hand back. His hand was badly burned from touching the bracelet, he glowered at the item. 'Stupid protection spell...she's not as dumb as I thought she was. Guess I'll have to take her with me if I'm going to get that item.'
He bent down to grab her legs, he cradled her to him in his arms. It somehow felt right to be holding her, he shook his head of the thoughts. 'Grrr not now, infatuations can wait' He heard a metallic ring from the ground, he looked down to see her daggers scattered in the rain puddle.
"Perfect..." He set her down on top of some damp boxes, he watched her body sink down. 'Guess she was too heavy...' He sweat dropped. He bent down, picking up the small daggers. "Ouch! She should have some sort of handle on them dammit!" He held his bleeding fingers to him, glaring at the blades. "Screw it." He picked them up, ignoring the stinging pain of the metal cutting into his flesh.
"It's been awhile since I've used these..." he held the daggers up expertly, tapping into his Ring again. He squinted through the pouring rain and darkness, with a lil help from his millennium item he was able to see the attackers.
'Rare hunters. Interesting. Oh well, their fault for trying to take something that should rightfully belong to me' He let the daggers fly at them. He relaxed when he heard the sickening thud of the bodies making contact with the ground. He smiled menacingly before he turned back to the girl's body. "Looks like you owe me one, woman."
He gently picked her up, he stared down at her noticing that her sunglasses had fallen off. A few wet brown locks of hair clung to her forehead. Her face was pale from being cold and wet, her lips were a dark red from being cold soon they would be blue. He noticed there were red highlights in her long hair, he couldn't tell before since one it was dark, and two he really didn't care to notice when they were close.
He felt his breathing quicken as he looked down at her. She was remarkably beautiful. He growled at the chuckle in his head.
//shut up!//
/I didn't say anything.../
//Don't lie to me, I HEARD you laughing//
/Well it's just you were about to kill her and now your commenting how good she looks. Plus, the ironic situation with you wanting to kill her and ending up saving her just sums it all up. So of course I'm laughing!/
//.....I'll kill you....//
/what else is new...anyways, my parents are still in Egypt researching on some new discovery so the house is going to be empty for awhile. Bring her there/
//well duh! Where else do think I would take her? The Pharaoh's? *snort*//
/....well sorry for interrupting your 'moment' with her./
//I didn't like your tone, you'll pay for talking back to me later//
/I'm already in trouble for other things, so does it matter?/
//Oh that's right, I almost forgot. Thanks for reminding me//
/.../ ((Whoadie: poor Ryou...*sniffles*))
He closed the link between him and his aibou, he had enough of his whining for one day. Beating him up was to make him understand that HE was the superior one and that HE was to have respect. Sometimes he just beat him up just for the hell of it, a good way to release anger.
He looked down at the girl again, "Why are Malik's mind slaves after you?" he moved some strands of hair out of her face, realizing what he had done, he quickly snatched his hand back as if he was burned. 'What's WRONG with me?!?! Grr it's this damn girl's fault' He growled to himself but still pondered over the question.
He began his walk back to Ryou's home, well apartment. He walked silently, ignoring the rain that poured all around him and on him. He didn't mind storms, he sort of enjoyed them. They fit his nature perfectly, destructive and powerful. He continued his walk only now he was staring at the girl. "Who are you?"
Meanwhile...
Ryou sat in his soul room, his back pressed against the wall and his knees pulled to his chest. He was going to be beaten again. His most recent bruises and cuts were still visible and had not had time to heal properly. He groaned as he waited for his fate to come, which seemed mind numbingly long.
He clenched fists full of his white hair as he sat there in the dark. 'Why must he be so abusive? I've done nothing to him...' His body shook with silent sobs, but no tears fell.
As he sat there during those long silent minutes his mind wandered back to a certain brown haired girl. 'She seemed so familiar...but where have I seen her before?' His mind flashed back a few days ago.
*Flashback*
There on his coffee table in the living room sat his morning newspaper, his parents must have dropped it off before they left for Egypt. He never really cared for current events so he only glanced at it before turning away.
//Wait...go back.//
/Why? Nothing new ever happens in Domino City, perhaps a new tournament started. Wow that's big news *rolls eyes* /
//Don't question me, baka! Do you honestly think I would be interested in a Duelist tournament?//
/Yes.../
//*frustrated sigh* Just go recheck it!//
/Fine fine/
Ryou walked back to his coffee table, he looked down at the newspaper with lazy eyes.
/well?/
//WELL?!?! ARE YOU BLIND?! READ DUMBASS!//
He looked down at the bold print that made the headline today. He gasped, "No way..." It read, "NEW TOMB WAS DISCOVERED! ANCIENT ARTIFACT STOLEN!"
//Yes way! Look at the picture!//
/Hey look my parent's are on there *grins*/
//*sweat drop* Look BEHIND them genius, another burial place for a millennium item, see! A map! It connects to the main tomb that contained the 7 millennium items. Looks like that bastard Shadi didn't do such a good job protecting them, he let mortals find it.//
/Interesting...so...why does it matter? It's not like we can do anything about it/
//Well this morning the Ring picked up something entering Domino City.//
/The item is here?! HOW?/
//How the hell should I know? My Ring only enhances so many things, it doesn't exactly make me psychic, moron//
/Well what do you suppose we do?/
//What do you mean "WE" Since when are you interested in items and power?//
/I'm not, ancient relics shouldn't be tampered with and if what you say is true then the holder could be in danger or worse...put others in danger. We must either find the possessor of the item and somehow take it away and give it to Shadi. He'll know what to do with it/
//*Is about to blow* WHAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!! LOOK HERE MR. GOODY-TWO-SHOES, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE HOLDER OF THE ITEM. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I MUST OBTAIN IT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY! THE WHOLE WORLD COULD GO TO HELL FOR ALL I CARE FROM THE DUMBASS WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO CONTROL IT'S POWER, I JUST WANT THE ITEM!!! AND TO EVEN MENTION THAT PRICK SHADI AROUND ME JUST WILL PUT YOU IN A WORLD OF PAIN!!!//
Ryou was cringing at every word his Yami yelled. Beads of sweat rolled down the side of this face.
/I-I-I-I-I'm sorry... I was just trying to be he-/
//*cut him off* Helpful?! YOUR USELESS!! HELPING WHO!!! EVERYONE ELSE? HA! Listen to me, after years of experience and dealing with the ugly side of the world you learn to only look out for yourself and yourself alone. You have to remember something about humans, they lie and cheat. So you can trust no one in order to survive. Got it?//
/Yes Yami.../
//GOOD! Now, I'll need a few days of planning and concentration so I can find this item. Then I'll take over and find it, understood?//
/I understand...Good luck on your hunt/
//Psh! Like I need it! *he closed the link between them//
*End of flashback*
'Oh no...' The words in his Yami said echoed in his head //By any means necessary...// 'She'll be killed!' He stood up clenching his fists at his side. "But what can I do?" He gritted his teeth from hearing his Yami's voice in the back of his mind. //Your useless...//
'I'll show him and everyone else that I'm not some burden that needs help all the time!'
Whoadie: DUN DUN DAAAAA! What's Ryou going to do? And who is this girl? What's going to happen? Find out in my next chapter! ^_^ YAYNESS! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it! CIAO!
Oh yea and if you want, send me some ideas! I'd appreciate it.