Chapter Seven

Me and Ryo Talking


(A/N: First off, I'd like to thank all of you who voted in my poll! And all those votes will pay off now! Second off, I got the title of this chapter from a Miranda Lambert song, "Me and Charlie Talking" I thought it would fit.)


Kayla slipped her deck back into her Duel Disk as she walked back to her room. "That was really strange." she mumbled. She stopped suddenly as her eye caught an open door. In the room was a weak, pale haired boy laying on his bed.

Kayla almost didn't recognize him. "Bakura." She gasped. "They weren't kidding when they said he was knocked out."

She walked into his room and stood next to his bed. She could tell some differences between him and the Spirit. The Spirit had more of an aggressive and malevolent look to him, where as this Bakura had a very passive and innocent look.

Kayla felt sorry for him. She could only imagine what was going through his mind.

She placed her hand over his. His eyes suddenly shot open. He gasped, and shot up in his bed. Kayla stepped back. "Bakura, I'm sorry." She said. "I didn't mean to wake you. I just wanted to see if you were alright."

He looked at her with big brown eyes that reminded her of a puppy's. "It's alright. Not to worry." He smiled slightly. "Might I ask you your name?"

"Kayla." She said. "Did he really not remember it? How long was he possessed?"

"Kayla…" he said, trailing off into thought. His eyes widened. "Oh my god…. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

"For what?" Kayla asked.

"For what he put you through. That Shadow Game, and the reminding you of your brother. I'm sorry he did that."

"It wasn't your fault Bakura. There wasn't anything you could do."

"Please don't call me that." He said quickly. "That's what they called him. Just call me by my first name. Call me Ryo. Please."

Kayla could see pain and fear in his eyes. Being possessed by that maniac must've been like hell to him. "Alright. Ryo."

He seemed to relax at that. "Thank you."

"Look, I don't want to cause you any problems. I'm sorry about all of this. I'll just leave."

"No, wait!" Ryo said. "You don't have to. It's no problem at all. Please stay, I don't have anyone to talk to." He closed his eyes. "They… They don't look at me the same way anymore."

"You mean Yugi, and his friends?"

Ryo nodded. "It's because of him. The Spirit. He's done things that make them afraid of me now."

Kayla sat down on the bed next to him. "Ryo, they're not afraid of you. They're afraid for you. They don't know what to do when you become possessed. They can't exactly do anything to the spirit with it affecting you, am I right?"

Ryo nodded. "That doesn't change much. This Spirit is still ruining my life. He's hurt innocent people, all for these stupid Millennium Items. He's nearly killed my friends. And the worst part is I'm forced to listen to the horrible things he plans. I'm forced to see the horrific thoughts running through his mind. He sometimes makes me watch when he takes control."

He looked at Kayla, his smile now gone, and the fear showing even more in his eyes. "He had horrible thoughts when he was around you."

Kayla shivered at that. She knew there was something about that Spirit she didn't like the moment they met. "Like what?" she asked, almost hesitantly.

Ryo shook his head. "I don't want to repeat them. They were awful."

Kayla took his hand. "I'm sorry, Ryo. I'm sorry you have to live through this. I can only imagine what it must be like."

Ryo gave a small smile, and closed his hand over hers. "Thank you, Kayla. It means a lot to know someone isn't afraid of me." Kayla smiled back.

"There is something else though." Ryo said. "When he's around you, he starts to remember a name. But when he tries to trace it back to the owner of the name, he can't remember."

Kayla looked at him confused. "So, I remind him of somebody?"

"Kind of." Ryo said. "When you're around, he starts thinking of this name. Kaia."

"Kaia." Kayla repeated. That sounded almost as familiar as Shadi. "Does he think about anything else involving that name?"

Ryo shook his head. "He's been trying to figure it out for two days now. It's driving him practically insane."

Kayla thought over the name. It was really close to hers, was the Spirit trying to compare her to someone he knew? It didn't make much sense to her. But after a minute, she let it go. She'd have to think of it later.

"He's really interested in your bracelet, Kayla." Ryo said. Kayla nodded. "I've noticed."

"He's really interested in you in general. He said that he has plans for you, but he's never said it out loud. Not in front of me at least."

"Don't worry about it." Kayla said. "I'm not afraid of him."

"You're not?" Ryo asked. "You better not say that in front of him. He's really good at being frightening."

"I have enough to deal with as it is." Kayla said. "I'm not going to let him scare me. If I didn't have something important at stake here, I probably would be afraid of him. Hell, if things were different, he'd scare the ever living crap out of me. But things aren't different. And I'm not afraid."

"You're very brave." Ryo said. "I wish I could be like that. But the thing is, he frightens me and he knows it."

"You need to be strong, Ryo. You can fight back against him. I know it." Kayla put a hand on his shoulder.

Suddenly, Ryo grabbed onto Kayla's wrist and slammed her against the wall, pinning her there by her shoulder with his other hand. His face was inches from hers. His eyes turned blood red, and a fire seemed to burn in them.

"So, you're not afraid of me huh." He growled. Kayla fought to get away from him. He smiled cruelly at her. "I'll make you fear me, one way or another little Kayla. And let this be a warning to you. Our little game isn't over."

The fire left his eyes, changing quickly back to Ryo's. He released Kayla, and slumped forward. Kayla helped him sit back up. He shook his head and looked up at her. "What just happened? I blacked out for a moment." He noticed that the color was completely gone from her face. "Kayla? What's wrong?"

Kayla shook her head. "I'm not afraid of him." She repeated in her mind. She looked down at Ryo. "Nothing's wrong. You just fell over, and it kind of scared me. Maybe you should get some rest."

"Yes. I think you're right." Kayla helped him lay down again, and she started to walk out of the room. When she stood in the door way, she heard Ryo say, "Thank you again, Kayla."

"You're welcome." Kayla said. She then stepped into the hall, and headed back to her room. "I have to help him." She thought. "I can't let that Spirit torment him like this anymore. There has to be a way to help him. There just has to be."