Day 9, Thursday

2:30 PM

Dear Diary

Mist is insane! What part of 'soul-stealing evil biker guys' does she not get? She's mad, she thinks we can stop them by ourselves! The spirit might be able to, sure... If he was still HEAR! But no, he's gone now, and I can't do anything about it, I feel so useless. Mist has gone now, she's going to find those guys and get her mum's soul back. I'm so worried about her, but she wouldn't let me go with her, she said I was too badly injured and that I couldn't fight even if my life depended on it! Though, if I'm being honest, she's probably right. But what am I supposed to do then? Just sit here and wait... no, I can't, I'm going after her, if I don't come back.... well...

Ryou Bakura

My eyes were watering as I tucked my diary back into my pocket, it was really warm now the sun burned directly above my head, the smell of salt water drifted in waves past my nose, such a shame I was heading for trouble and possibly my death. I sighed, why does this stuff always happen to me? I shook my head and concentrated on finding Mist, now if I was a smart, revenge obsessed girl who was very good at martial arts... where would I go... back to my house! It was so simple, Mist would have gone home to look for more clues, I thought about this Idea and stopped running.

No she wouldn't have, knowing Mist she would have already finished scouring the house by now, she would have gone somewhere else after woods... but where? Oh this is so frustrating!

Wait, what about my mother... she was sure acting strange when she left this morning, maybe Mist would have picked up on that... it's possible. I grinned to myself and changed direction towards our cottage, running at full speed (Which is a lot faster after the spirit did all that running every single day!)

It wasn't long before I spotted the familiar white shape of our cottage and the beautiful stretch of the sea, but more importantly, I was just in time to see Mist leave through the front door and head around the back, I ran faster.

'Mist!' I yelled, the sand lifting under my feet 'Mist!' she turned her head in confusion, and smiled when she saw me.

'Ryou, you came to find me!' she grinned; I slowed to a stop in front of her and panted heavily.

'Of-course-I-did' I breathed

'How did you know I was here?' she asked, resting her hand on my shoulder, I fought the urge to blush.

'Just a hunch'

'It was a pretty good hunch' she said sceptically

'Well, it was right wasn't it?' I countered

'True... actually Ryou, I'm glad you found me'

'Hu?'

'I need you to do something for me'

'Um, sure... what?' I asked, straitening my back.

'I need you to spy on your mother' she said firmly, my jaw dropped

'W... what!'

'Just listen for a minute, your mom has been acting really strangely lately right?'

'Yer, but...'

'No, I've been watching her for about a half-hour now, and she's been awfully cautions, constantly checking to see if anyone was watching her, she didn't see me though, so she-'

'Stop! You spied on my mother for a half-hour! That's wrong Mist' I snapped

'You're not listening to me! Your mother was playing with a piece of the green crystal we found!' She snapped back, I choked on my breath.

'She what?' I mumbled

'I saw her talking to it, making it glow, and then she walked outside and headed for the town, she took the crystal with her!' She explained quickly 'I think it was your mother who took my mom's soul!' She burst out, tears streaking down her face. I stopped breathing all together, my knees buckled and I fell onto the sand, I was shaking.

'No... She couldn't have... not her... not my mom... no... not her' I breathed, fighting back tears. The hard part was that it all made sense, mom acting strange, the two bikers who didn't appear until we did, the green crystal, my mom not coming to see me when I got hurt, even when we were back in Japan and I was badly hospitalised, she never came! My head began to hurt.

'Ryou?' Mist was shaking 'Ryou, I'm sorry... I' she looked really scared, but I couldn't concentrate, my vision was getting blurry.

Thought you'd gotten rid of me did you?

My face had hit the sand, the voice was echoing around my head.

'Who... Who said that?' Mist stammered, I think she was looking at me.

I've come back for you Ryou, we still have a job to finish.

'No' I mumbled

'Ryou?' Mist took a step closer 'Ryou what's going on?'

Ryou, I'm not giving you a choice, you will help me again

'NO!' I yelled, pushing myself up from the sand I ran towards the pier, grabbing Mist as I ran.

'Ryou, what's going on?' Mist cried, running with me.

'He's come back for me, he's back, I thought he was dead but he's back' I cried

'Who Ryou, who's back?' She whimpered

'The spirit, the spirit that possessed me for years and ruined my life, he's evil and ruthless, he's killed before and he will again, stop asking questions and RUN!' I yelled, she nodded her eyes wide and scared.

You can't run from me Ryou, wherever you go, I will find you!

'NO!' I screamed, my feet thudded against the wood of the pier as we ran to the end, we took a deep breath, and jumped into the freezing sea.

Got you!