Chapter4:
A/N: I'm sorry for the confusion in the last chapter! Here are some things that might help: Bakura usually calls Atem 'Ou-sama' which means 'king', but he says it sarcastically; he also calls himself 'Ore-sama', which means 'I', but is the most respectful way of saying it. Also, 'Ki-sama' is the most foulest way to say 'you'. Thing is: 'Ki-sama' can also mean 'I', it depends on how it's used.
Also, since this chapter is early, it's a bit short; but that's mostly because I'm having trouble coming up with ideas (like events and such) for Charon to go through. I want her to become good friends with everyone (even though she eventually finds Anzu annoying) and to become closer to Bakura. Can anyone help me by submitting some ideas? Please, don't send in a bunch of kissing scenes, that might come later, but it's too early for that right now. This also takes place after Season3 (Battle City), but before Season4.
Listening to 'Pokemon Symphonic Medley', 'the Under', 'Pokemon Mansion', 'Early Bird' (Arjuna), 'Moonlight Densetsu', 'Watashi-tachi ni Naritakute Fujita ni Miwako' (Sailor Moon SuperS Ending1), 'Sailor Starlights Appear', 'Star-Power Make-Up!' , 'Yume wo Ijimenaide', Catch You Catch Me Remix', 'Overlap', 'Eye's', 'Sennen Power', 'Spirit of the Sennen Ring', 'Spirit of the Sennen Kingdom', 'Duel of Souls', 'Shinkan Akunadin', 'Jaaku na Ishi', 'Touzoku-Ou Bakura',
"Wh-What happened?" Ryou asked as everyone around him unfroze. He turned to see Charon staring at him.
"Where's the spirit?" She asked.
"S-spirit? What spirit?" Ryou glanced around nervously; he looked guilty.
"That spirit that was controlling your body."
"Um...er..." Ryou was now sweating—he didn't want to tell her about Bakura and who he really was; she might freak.
The Pharaoh stepped up, "He's the spirit of the Ring; an evil spirit at that! All he wants is to collect the Sennen Items to become all-powerful!"
"All-powerful?" Her eyes locked onto the Ring as she went into thought. "The Sennen Items...why does that sound so familiar...?"
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"He's so sweet...he shouldn't have been abandoned like that..."
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"You do this a lot, don't you?" Charon snapped her head up to find everyone staring at her; except for Ryou. His face was a deep red and he was avoiding her gaze.
They heard the bell ring signaling that someone had entered the shop and turned to see three Egyptians standing there—two with smiles on their faces.
"Malik!!" Yuugi cried as did everyone else; they ran up to him and greeted him. "Long time no see!"
"Yeah, I know!" Said the one in the middle. He was darkly tanned with surprisingly light blond hair and lavender eyes. A strange sight that was! (As with Yuugi's hair...)
Malik noticed Charon standing a few feet away from everyone; she was staring at Ryou as if there was something interesting about him. Then he noticed the Sennen Ring around Ryou's neck.
"Hey, Bakura, I thought you got rid of the Ring!" Ryou looked down then back at Malik.
"I keep trying to, but it keeps coming back. Now, I can't even take it off! It's almost as if it's stuck to my skin!"
"That's odd...I've never heard of a Sennen Item doing that before. Maybe the Spirit of the Ring is desperate or something?" Malik looked back over to Charon, he realized that she was staring at the Ring, not Ryou.
He suddenly felt a pressure on/in his head, but tried to ignore it. "Hey, Bakura, who's the cutie over there staring at you?" He winked and nudged Ryou with his elbow causing the poor boy to blush again.
"H—Sh—Her name's, um, Ch-Charon!" Ryou's red face grew brighter as he stumbled to remember her name. Charon seemed to drift back to reality and looked around at everyone wondering what was going on.
Malik walked over to her and put his arm around her and grinned. She could smell the sun and sand from him and looked at him with curious eyes. Malik laughed and pulled her into a noogie. "Aww! You-are-such-a-cutie!" He let her go as her cheeks began to tinge a pink color.
"Hey, Yuugi, I have to get goin' now. My dad's goin' to be angry if I don't get home by five!" Said Jounouchi as he rushed through the door with Honda Hiroto on his heels saying something about helping Shizuka clean the place up. A few seconds passed and then they could hear Jounouchi and Honda getting into a fight over Jounouchi's sister.
They sweatdropped and Anzu spoke up, "Well, I need to go home too for supper." In just a few minutes, the store was empty again—well, almost empty. There was still Yuugi, Ryou, Malik, Ishizu, and Rishid. They headed to the cramped kitchen in the back and sat at the table; Ryou taking the chair on the left of Yuugi and Malik on the right. Ishizu and Rishid waited in the livingroom.
"I wonder what that was about." Said Yuugi; he was referring to the incident about Bakura appearing. He had his chin resting on his hand with a concentrated look on his face.
"I don't know...the Spirit of the Ring sure seems interested in Charon." Ryou, who had the same look as Yuugi upon his face, replied.
"We're going to have to keep a close eye on her." Ryou nodded sadly.
"Well...then I guess I should switch schools again..."
Yuugi snapped his head to stare at a depressed Ryou. "You don't have to do that!"
"But...I don't want her getting hurt." Ryou look around the kitchen to make sure that Charon wasn't listening in. "She's probably in her own world again." He thought as he directed his attention back to the table.
"I don't want her getting hurt either; but there's got to be another way to protect her!" Ryou nodded again.
Charon looked around her at her surroundings as she walked down the hall. She hadn't sensed the spirit since earlier, when time froze. She entered the kitchen to find Yuugi and Ryou talking in hushed voices. "Anno..." She said quietly.
Ryou and Yuugi looked up, "Um...why don't I show you my cards?" Yuugi suggested hurriedly as he and Ryou stood up and led Charon up to Yuugi's room.
"Cards?"
"Yeah, haven't you heard of Duel Monsters?" Yuugi asked.
Charon looked down at her feet, "No."
"That's ok! Me and Ryou can show you how to play them!" Yuugi gave his warmest smile and Charon gave him her half-smile.
They entered his small room and Yuugi walked over to his desk where a golden metal-like box stood, opened it, and pulled out a deck of cards. He sat down on he bed and she followed suit as he began setting random cards down and explained the rules.
"So...each player has 4,000 life points at the beginning of the game? And...you would have to sacrifice two monsters to summon an eight level monster?" Charon wanted to make sure she got the rules down.
"Yep! Just remember, Fusion Monsters can't attack on the same turn they were fusioned!" Yuugi put his deck back into his golden box with a weird eye on it as it was starting to get late. "Well, grandpa's going to be home soon, so I better hurry and get cleaned up to help mom with supper!" He exclaimed as he walked over to his closet and pulled out a white shirt and bluejeans.
"I must be getting home too. I think Charon must be hungry. She hasn't had anything to eat since breakfast!" Ryou followed Yuugi out the door with Charon close behind them.
"Sayonara, Mrs. Mutou!" Ryou said as he bowed, with Charon mimicking him; she was unsure of what she was supposed to do. Her parents had never taught her anything like this when she was little, but she had seen a lot of people do it before.
"That was fun, don't you think?" Ryou asked; his cheeks were flushed from having spent time with his best friend and felt a lot more relaxed now than he did when they first arrived.
""Y-yeah!" Charon's skin now had a little more color to it as well, she couldn't remember the last time she felt so...good. She had always been afraid to make friends because of her status and appearance, but, the people she just met seemed to care less! She smiled as she imagined them in her mind: Jounouchi and Honda fighting over Jounouchi's sister, Kawai Shizuka; Anzu hitting them over the head with a frying pan; Yuugi rushing over to them to see if they were okay, and Malik laughing at the whole situation. She almost started laughing herself.
"Hey! Wait up!" They turned to see Malik running toward them with Ishizu and Rishid walking calmly behind him.
"Malik-kun, I thought you were going to visit with Yuugi a while longer." Ryou said as Malik stopped before them.
"Well, I was just wanting to ask you something."
"Yeah?"
"Well, Ishizu's driving me crazy about doing my keeping the house clean, eating meat (Malik shuddered at the thought) so I can 'put some meat on my body' as she puts it, and so on! I just can't stand it anymore!" He paused.
"So...what do you want me to do? I don't see anything wrong with that." Malik stared at Ryou like he was the one going crazy.
"Well, I was kinda hoping to move in with you and your girlfriend instead of living with Ishizu." Malik got the 'shifty eyes' and looked back at Ishizu and Rishid who were talking quietly.
"Um...I don't see anything wrong with that, but, it might get a little cramped with the three of us in my apartment." Then he realized what Malik had called Charon and felt his face burn, "Sh-she's not my girlfriend!"
Malik rolled his eyes, "Whatever, can we just go now?"
"Aren't you going to tell Ishizu and Rishid?"
"They already know that I was going to ask you."
"Don't you have any bags or anything?"
"Nah, if I need something, I'll just go to Ishizu's and get it or buy it or whatever."
"Ok..." Ryou sweatdropped, "It seems like you planned ahead of time!"
"Yeah, but we'll be living here only for a year or so, Ishizu's wanting to do something else with the Egyptian Exhibit at the museum and work with the government. We'll be going back to Egypt after that, though." He explained.
"Oh, well, I still think you should tell them that you're coming to stay with me." Ryou pestered.
Malik grumbled, "Fine," and dragged himself over to his siblings. He came back and said, "Let's go!"
Ryou and Charon looked at each other, then sighed at him. "This is going to be a long night, isn't it?" Ryou said.
"Yep."
Ok, so this is done. I feel like I could've done better in a few places, can anyone point them out to me? My English teachers (last year) wouldn't help me with anything and I get lost a lot. Please send in more reviews!
