So... I've had this started for probably three months now, and I've just finished it... Why's that? I'd like to lay the Blame card, for 50. No- just kidding.
I'm really sorry I haven't updated in forever. I've gotten addicted to D-Gray Man (stupid ff keeps deleting when I put in a . instead of a hyphen...) and Fullmetal Alchemist, I still can't finish Death Note, I have all this other crap that comes with Junior year that I have to do... I just haven't had the motivation or time to write as much as I want. I'm working on it though! I know how I want this to go, I just have to figure out around everything in the middle... (how come it's always the beginning and the end that's easy and the middle's a witch?)
Anyway, Review replies! ^_^
Isana: Thanks! I'm glad you like it!
Misting Rain: I'm glad you liked it despite it being a filler. As well as the fact that you thought the information was a good thing. I was a little uncertain about putting the chapter in, but I did it because I thought you guys would like it, and you did, so thanks! ^_^
xDarklightx: Glad you liked it! ^_^
Phobias Athena: Glad you liked it, and aren't all cliffy's evil? xp
sakurademonalchemist: Don't we all want to know how Zorc got out? Well, I mean, 'we' as in you readers. However, that's something you guys won't figure for a while... kukuku...
HateAmane: Well, thanks for saying my story is horrible~! ^)^ I don't use Ore-Sama for Bakura, because even though he's arrogant, he's attempting to change for Ryou. Will he say it sooner or later? Yes. I could tell you hate Amane by your sn, and I'm sorry if this story has too much of a lack of blood&gore for your serial killer-esque tastes. Ryou won't be attacking anybody because of a girl insult. No offense, but you're a little rude. I did actually know about the Monster World Arc, so I did know about the Ring attaching itself as well as the fact that his had was stabbed on the castle spire. And as for Amane noticing that particular wound, by this point the scar would be so faded that you can't notice it unless you are actually looking for it- I know because I have a scar on my leg and I can't find it myself unless I'm actually looking for it. And even if they are in different houses they will still talk. It's like grade levels- just because you are in different grade levels doesn't mean you won't speak to your siblings. I talk to my sister who's a senior even though I'm a junior. Well, anyways, that's all I have to say~! ^)^ Thank's for calling my story horrible! Well, that's all I have to say ^)^
Bok mal: Thanks! Glad you liked it!
j bear: *blinking* You're not surprised? Aww... What gave it away? Oh well, at least you don't know who he's using... ^_^ Thanks for the review!
AleCat1230: Yeah, that's why I had him go to Voldie with the info. I figured Zorc wanted -*-*-* done, so to get -*-*-* he would go to Voldie, who's too concentrated on killing Harry and committing genocide of muggles to look to the past.
subaru1999: Thanks! That made me really happy. Some people haven't been too happy about Ryou's mom or Amane, so that makes me happy!
LightDarkandChaos: It won't change much, I gaurantee you. The Darcy thing has its own amusing side story, and shoot! I keep forgetting about Nightengale! Don't worry her species will be revealed soon enough! Thanks for the review. I'm glad you like it so far!
moonlightskymist: Yup! And boy, will you be surprised! XD
Archivist: Glad you think so. :-D Zorc's my favorite YGO bad guy, Malik and Ryou are my fav characters, and Amane is awesome! ^_^ Thanks for the review!
randomperson: Glad you tink so! Thank's for the review!
justarandomNightWorldfan: Yup-yup-yup! Here's the update! ^_^
Thank you for all the reviews as usual, and sorry about the wait~! I hope you enjoy the chappie! (And sorry for those of you who read through all the replies and were annoyed by my little rant around the middle there...)
Translations:
Gaki- Brat
Disclaimer: The usual. I don't own HP, I don't own YGO, it sucks to be me...
The Rat scurried over and around the rocks and such lying in his path in the marketplace. If he was quick enough- which there was no doubt in his mind that he was -he would be in and out with his food before the human in charge even knew that he had been there in the first place.
Was he cocky? Just a smidge; but, then again, didn't one need to be, in order to survive? A little bit of cockiness went a long way here. It not only kept you fed, but it kept you alive. How, the Rat wasn't certain, but he had been told that in passing by a shady looking Scorpion, so the Rat unwillingly believed it.
All in all, it was a relative easy job. He got in and out of the market stall with his meal before the stupid human even realized he had been there. So, here he was, outside of the village a little ways, eating his meal with defensive eyes. One wrong move and his food could- no, it would be gone in an instant.
A scuttling caught his ears; drawing his beady eyes to the source of the noise, the Rat discovered that it was just a Scarab. A brightly colored Scarab, at that. A glittering green and purple sheen on its hull, shining under the sun. If the bug hadn't been alive, the Rat would have taken it without a second thought.
However, not only was the Scarab alive, the Rat knew this Scarab. It was one that distrusted him, meaning he couldn't kill it even if he wanted to, as well as the fact that wherever the Scarab went, it was almost flawlessly followed by a goldenrod colored Butterfly.
Yes. The All-Seeing Butterfly, who knew of events before they happened.
Who knew, maybe she had foreseen her own death already. Maybe his and the Scarab's as well.
Chapter 10: The Rat, The Spider, and The Curious Cat
To say Bakura was mad was an understatement- a big one at that. Saying he was angry was one as well, though not as big of one as before. Furious was a close guess, but the better one was to say that the spirit residing within Ryou was outright pissed. Why? Well, why not?
Bakura had thought that with no one knowing but the gaki's sister that he was around that he would at least be able to take over Ryou's body a little bit- you know, cause a little mayhem here and there and relish in the fact that his host's good image would divert all suspicion away from him. No. Not a chance. Not a snowballs chance in hell. Why?
The stupid Tomb Keeper. The stupid Tomb Keeper and his bitch of a sister. Bakura didn't even understand why they were here. They both should be back in Egypt with the other Millennium Items. As far as Bakura's intelligence went they didn't even know that the Ring was missing because neither Ryou nor Amane said anything about it to Malik and the tomb caved in anyways, and was inaccessible.
Perhaps they thought that with the tomb inaccessible the Items were safe… No, that wasn't it. The Tomb Keepers wouldn't just let the Millennium Items alone. They'd either excavate the items themselves, or they would make sure that they never were excavated.
Either way it was a lose-lose situation for Bakura and he had no answer as to why the Ishtals were there in the first place. It was frustrating for Bakura that he didn't have an answer to one of several questions that he held at the present moment.
/Yami?/ Ryou's voice mumbled sleepily from the back of their shared mind. /Is something wrong?/
/No./ The lie flowed through their shared mind without Bakura giving it a second thought. /Go back to sleep yandounishi./ All Bakura received in response was a second sleepy mumble and Ryou was out once more, succumbing to sleep.
That was another question that was clouding Bakura's mind. The fact that Ryou was hiding something from him. He wasn't completely sure what his host was hiding from him, but subtle little clues were there. Ryou was worrying more than usual, and he had been more tired than usual. Normally Bakura would say that it was the nerves of a new school that Ryou was facing, but it wasn't.
Ryou had switched schools too many times for it to be nerves- even if he was going to a magic school. Ryou wouldn't let it bother him. No, it was something else. What it was, Bakura wasn't sure of though as Ryou was doing an exceptionally well job at hiding it. Bakura was actually proud that his host had learned to hide stuff from him so well, despite the fact that it annoyed him at the same time.
Bakura sighed and shuffled a little in his soul room. He wouldn't confront Ryou about this yet. He would give Ryou a little more time; give him the chance to speak up about it before he went in interrogating his host about what he was hiding from him.
Until then, he had bigger things to worry about. Things like a certain tomb keeper currently in the same dorm as him and his sister.
X.x.X.x.X
It was the first day of classes, and Amane sat with Harry, Ron, and Hermione at breakfast, shifting a little in the unfamiliar uniform.
"This must be weird for you, huh?" Harry asked, watching Amane as she shifter in the robe and skirt yet again. "New school and everything…"
"Yeah," Amane agreed. "The only time I switched schools before was from my muggle school to Beauxbatons when I was eleven. This is different; I don't know anybody, the uniform and most the classes are different."
"Your brother doesn't seem uncomfortable about the move." Hermione noted. "Why's that?"
"He was shuffled around schools for a while after our parents divorced." Amane answered, waving her fork as she spoke. "Dad's an archaeologist, and Ryou was moved around a lot with him until a little while ago when he was dumped by himself in Domino up 'til now." She gave a dazzling smile.
"He doesn't seem it, but nii-san's pretty strong." Amane smiled, before turning her attention back to breakfast.
He has to be, after all he's gone through.
"I can't believe we have Potions with the Slytherin's again!" Ron bemoaned, staring at his schedule in horror. "And on the first day too! As a Double!"
"And Double History of Magic and Divination too, mate." Harry agreed, staring at the schedule in his hands.
"I told you Divination was a useless elective!" Hermione huffed, staring at her own schedule- nearly identical to Harry and Ron's, except for the fact that she had Ancient Runes and Muggle Studies instead of stupid Divination. "Now if you had taken something more useful, like Ancient Runes…"
"Do you know what Amane is taking?" Harry suddenly found himself cutting through Hermione's rant on Divination. "And Ryou? I don't remember either of them saying what electives they were taking." Hermione paused.
"I think they're taking Divination…" Hermione muttered with a slight scowl. "At least, Amane was pushing Ryou to take the class. Other than that, I'm not sure."
"Ancient Runes." The trio jumped, surprised to see Amane standing over Harry's shoulder. She blinked, and gave a smile.
"You were talking about Ryou's schedule, right?" She asked, continuing without an answer. "He's taking Divination and Ancient Runes with Malik. Malik's taking Muggle Studies as well; Ryou says he's just doing it for kicks…"
"What are you taking?" Hermione asked.
"I have Divination and Ancient Runes." Amane shrugged. "Ryou didn't want to take the course alone, and Ancient Runes sounded… interesting." There was a moment of silence.
"What do you guys have?" She asked almost innocently after that, sitting down next to Harry, chatting until they had to leave for class.
The whole time though, Hermione wondered if it was only her who noticed the way Amane looked as she said she was interested in Ancient Runes.
One would chalk it up to over-active imagination, but Hermione refused. She thought before that there was something off about the twins, more so when it was revealed that they were Malfoy's relatives, but this…
This was going to take some observation…
X.x.X.x.X
There once was a boy,
His family died before his eyes.
After their deaths, he didn't know what to do,
And slowly he became lost in his lies.
Thievery became his path to life;
To overcome his hardship and strife.
In the future then one day he met,
In the market place a curious looking stranger.
He was an odd sort of person, a thief like the boy,
And from him, the young thief could sense the danger.
The stranger offered him a proposition;
Talking and smiling with a cheery disposition.
X.x.X.x.X
That poem at the end is a Scarpaw original~! I feel so proud about that~! ^)^ It's a work in progress, and there will be a stanza (or two, or none) at the end of every chapter. (Kind of like the Spider and The Fly poem that was at the beginning of the first eight chapters!) (The underlined lines are supposed to be indented, but ff is being stupid and deleting the indents, so I'm afraid you havta put up with the underlines...)
I hope you enjoyed the chapter, a short, but nice one! (I was kinda in a rush, 'cuz I wanted a new one up for you guys ASAP) And, I only have one thing left to say before I sign off:
Reviews are appreciated, but please keep complaints to yourself. If you're critiquing, that's one thing- it's another to rip things apart, nitpick on characters, and say someone's story is horrible because of a character you yourself don't like and then proceed to tell them stupid things that the author probably already knows and insult them through inference. As some of you might have seen, if you do that to me, I will drown you in niceness and then proceed to correct what you tried to correct me on.
I take criticism well, but if you're downright insulting, I won't hesitate to retaliate back. Trust me. It's happened before. A character of mine was called a Mary-Sue and I ripped the kid who said that apart because they were taking all the downsides to situation and glaring them in the face, and thinking nothing of what I might have in mind plot-wise.
Oh well. That's what you get when dealing with Debbie-Downers and Negative-Nancy's (No offense to those of you who may have been called that at one point or another.)
Anyways, sorry about my little rant~! I'm horrible about doing those when I'm mad...
Read, Review, Flame, Cry, Laugh, Tell Me What You Think~!
~~Paw-Chan Signing Out~~