A/N: Thank you for the reviews. : ) Here is the next chapter. A little angst here, if you will...

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh GX. However, I need Banner's name in Japanese... I own Manjoume and the OC's appearing this chapter.

Manjoume: She does not own me! Don't listen to her! Set me free!

Aniki

Chapter 2

Trouble At Duel Academy

About a week had passed, and Ryo had a chance to talk to Sho.

On that particular day, Sho found a letter underneath his pillow. It had been from Ryo but Manjoume had placed it under his bed since he was also in the Slifer Red dorms. It had said:

'Sho,

Meet me at the lighthouse tonight around 9 pm. Come alone. We need to talk.

Ryo'

Sho was worried. Had something happened? He didn't explain anything in the note and it didn't sound too rushed...

Oh well. He'd learn what this was all about around nine o' clock.

Now, to get ready...

Manjoume had dragged Juudai off to a duel so he wouldn't get the chance to see Sho. Of course, he didn't tell him WHY he was dragged off, because he'd go right back to Syrus, he was sure of it. So he just stayed silent.

Juudai probably never suspected he was up to something anyway. But he wanted to do this for 'his' Aniki,

"Hey Manjoume, why so far away from home, huh?" Juudai asked, wondering why they were so far away from the Osiris dorms.

"Uh... well... you see..." Manjoume shook his head. "Ahh, it's nothing!"

"Alright, well get your game on!"

Around nine o' clock, the duel had just about begun, and Ryo was at the lighthouse waiting for Sho. He wasn't nervous, no not at all.

Yeah right.

He was about to tell his brother he loved him more than any brother ever should. It was a crime but he loved him anyway.

He could hear footsteps and the sound of monsters attacking each other not too far, so he assumed Manjoume and Juudai were still duelling. The footsteps obviously belonged to Sho.

When Sho approached him, he looked rather nervous himself. "O-Onii-san?" he asked in a shaky voice. "What's up?"

Ryo placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, making him jump, but then he was more comfortable. "Sho, I need to talk to you."

"About what?" Sho asked.

Ryo was about to respond, when a crash was heard and Sho shrieked out in fear, ducking behind Ryo for protection. Ryo held his little brother's shaking hand tightly as two tall and dark figures appeared. One had long black hair with red streaks, and emerald green eyes. She wore a long dark gown with a black cape behind it. A black pendant was at her neck. The man beside her had dark coal black eyes, and short brown hair, wearing the same cape as the woman but had black pants and shirt on instead.

Ryo hid his brother protectively behind him. "What the hell do you want? Who the hell are you?"

"My name is Hiroshi (1)," the man replied with a slight sneer, causing Sho to shiver behind him. Ryo held his hand tightly.

"And my name is Iva (2)," the girl replied, her hair blowing in the wind. "We've come for him."

"What...?" Ryo asked, then realized what they've meant. 'Sho...' he thought to himself fearfully. "What the hell do you want with him?!"

"He will be... our sacrifice..."

TBC...

(1) - Hiroshi - generous in Japanese terms
(2) - Iva - God's great gift, yew tree in Japanese terms

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