Ryou bowed to the teacher before straightening to take the sheet, reading it over. "Malik, what is your first class?"
The blond Egyptian grinned, "Divination, you."
"Same." Ryou grimaced, "Now how do we get to the room." the white boy wondered, ignoring the fuming spirit that was standing next to him, and the panicking Egyptian across from him. " I know! We need to find a portrait to show us to the correct direction."
Malik nodded, "Lets ask that one!" He randomly pointed in the opposite direction and pulled a resisting Ryou along with him to ask. The portrait Malik had chosen was of a very thin knight astride a horse, the man in the painting wore a silver suite to protect him from the rage of enemies.
"Do you know where I could find the Divination room by any chance?" Malik demanded rudely.
"You Knave!" The painting screamed, "You pathetic fool, why don't you challenge me on equal ground.
Chapter Seven
Malik stared at the painting, struck into silence as the painting ranted and raved like a lunatic at the two students. He laughed. He laughed until he was rolling on the floor clutching his stomach in pain as tears rolled down his face unheeded. "The… painting… is … challenging… us." He managed to gasp out.
"I am glad you find yourself so amused," Ryou smiled in amusement at his friends antics. "But it still doesn't help us find the divination room you realize."
Malik paused in his laughter to consider that statement. "Well then, let's just skip. I don't see the reason to go to school anyway; I've been doing fine with just Isis and Rashid."
Ryou stared at him. "Malik, you cant just skip school. It is very important to your future, even if you are just going to be taking over the protection of the tombs you may still learn things that you can use to improve your job. Besides I want to go to class."
"How dare you ignore me! Face me you coward!" The painting continued to rant, shaking its sword at them.
Ryou ignored him and moved to another painting to ask for directions. The next one was quite polite and glad to lend a hand by giving the proper directions.
Ryou and Malik rushed down the dark hallway racing towards the ladder suspended through the ceiling. "You go up first." Malik immediately demanded, smirking at the whitenette. When Ryou looked ready to refuse Malik taunted Bakura. "Don't tell me a tomb robber is afraid of a little height."
With an invisible flash the spirit took over the body of his host. "Of course not, Tomb Keeper; I may not fear heights, but my weak little host does." The spirit sneered, his eyes gaining a cruel light. "But you must be scared of them, for you to go so far as to taunt me into going first." Without waiting for a reply the thief nimbly climbed up the ladder, leaving the seething Egyptian behind.
Choking from the intense smell of the incense, Bakura glanced around. It was one of the rare times he would be in control while entering the class. Ryou had never trusted him to make good impressions, even if the spirit had regained some of his sanity.
/Don't blame me./ Ryou defended himself. /You never made a good impression on me. How am I supposed to trust you to meet someone for the first time? One mistake and everything is ruined./
/Be quiet./
"Hello," A beaded shawl wearing woman stepped out of the fog filled class room. "Take your seats, take your seat." Her large bug like eyes peered out the thick lens at the spirit, the women raised her hand slowly letting it shake and wobble in the air. "You have the blessing of the inner eye child." She announced. The Spirits eye twitched. Who was this bat calling a child? He was an ancient tomb robber, the women herself was just a babe to him.
/Yami, / Ryou pleaded with his darkness. /She doesn't know that. You can't blame her for something that's not her fault in the first place. /
The spirit refused to answer; instead he just shoved Ryou back into control and went to his soul room to sulk at being called a child.
Ryou blinked as his he quickly became reacquainted with his body, and began to listen to the women's misty voice as she explained the purpose of the class. Despite the fact Ryou had stood up for her in front of his Yami, he was still plagued with the lingering thought that she was quite batty. He glanced over towards the table where the Golden Trio sat, and stared for a moment. Why was Hermione here? Earlier he was sure he had seen her heading in the opposite direction, so how was she here now? It was a mystery to solve at a later date. It wouldn't do for the trio to become even more suspicious of his actions, after all the Thief King was still very unstable.
"Here Ryou, look at my leaves." Malik shoved his cup under the albino's nose, interrupting his thoughts. "These pages tell you what the shapes you see mean," He explained quickly before, inevitably, surrendering to his hyper nature began to bounce in his seat. "Tell me what you see."
Ryou slowly took hold of the proffered cup, steadfastly ignoring another third year that had shattered his own cup. Carefully tipping it, he examined the inside. The narrow cup was tall enough that the round bottom was shaded by the tall walls of the cup, and the tea leaves were darkened to the point that it made them difficult to see. He sighed; it wasn't going to be as easy as it looked.
Tipping the cup another way he studied the figures in the leaves that were newly revealed.
"Interesting." The boy murmured to himself, obviously talking to himself. He stared at the blonde Egyptian across from him. "Your future is very interesting."
"What do you mean by interesting? Come on Ryou, do you think it's too much to ask for a normal future? I don't even have the Millennium Rod anymore."
Ryou smiled, "Malik, you know the shadows guard their keepers with the upmost care, it doesn't matter if you no longer hold an item. You have, therefore you fall under the shadows guidance. And if you would calm yourself I will tell you what I see."
Malik shrunk into himself, properly chastised at the albino's disapproving gaze that reminded him so much of his older sister. "Alright then."
Ryou closed his chocolate eyes for a moment composing himself for the pressure that fell upon him when he read the future. "I see an OCTOPUS – a warning. Raven = ill omen, warning. CLOUDS - gloom; sadness. DICE - destiny and change, go with the flow. EYE - a protective symbol; insight into a long standing problem. CLUB - situation calling for alert caution. Vulture = lay low and beware of enemies. SWORD - caution against sharp words or revealing personal information. SPIDER WEB - potent symbol of fate; beware of traps. BRIDGE - a life-changing event or person. Look for nearby symbols. WOLF - you will be challenged or betrayed by someone. YOKE - domination or control you should not allow. CUP - be patient, this is not a time to assert yourself. AXE - you have the power to overcome difficulties." Ryou paused and glanced at Malik. "This is what I see."
Malik stared at the other boy, the information swirling in his mind as he pieced together the meaning of the reading. It didn't look good for them. "Ryou, I don't think coming here got us away from the madness of our lives." He state seriously, calmly staring at his friend. Who, in comparison, was utterly horrified at such a severe understatement.
"You think? Malik, this world has been anything except normal from the first day we got here!" Ryou's voice rose to a squeak, without warning his voice deepened into a more gravelly tone. "Yes, Tomb Keeper, I had thought you intelligent enough to notice that." The spirit grinned from his hosts body, twisting lips in a mockery of a smile.
Malik shuddered, refusing to rise to the bait and smirked in return. Ryou blinked as the spirit left as suddenly as it had come, "What-"
"It's the Grimm!" The professor screeched suddenly, causing teacups to shatter at the awful sound. "My dear boy, what a terrible fate you have." She crooned to the boy.
"Isn't that Harry?" Ryou murmured staring at the scarred boy intently. He had a strange spirit. /Do you feel that Yami? Isn't his soul tainted? /
The darkness was silent for a moment, no doubt observing the odd soul. /I am surprised Hikari, that you would notice such a thing. It is true the boy's soul is tainted in such an interesting way, I would enjoy stealing the spirit for myself…/ The spirit trailed off.
/Oh. / Ryou mentally shrugged as he turned back to his friend. /If you do, try not to get me involved? It's hard enough that the wizards are already suspicious, we don't need any attention. Understand? /
The spirit didn't answer, though his acceptance was broadcasted over the bond. Groaning the host turned back to his friend. "What do we have next?"