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"Now watch closely child. This isn't the best way to get Soy back here, but it's the fastest."
Ryou watched carefully, and a little fearfully. Keiko has escorted him out of her home, to where they now stood outside the house. Keiko told him she was going to get Soy to help him find his millennium ring, and insisted they had to be outside.
Keiko reached up and pulled a strand of her long hair out. She held it by one end, and then cast it out almost like a fishing line. Ryou watched curiously, wondering what this had to do with calling this Soy person. Keiko gave a small tug on the hair after a few seconds, and once again waited.
Ryou's eyes widened as he saw several trees in the forest start to fall, as if plowed down. The line of falling trees came closer, until he began to notice the houses nearest the woods doing the same thing.
Keiko gave the hair a final tug, and something was dragged through the house nearest to them, and landed at their feet.
Ryou looked down at the ground in amazement. Face down on the ground was a small figure, with long silver hair, wearing a black kimono, with pants at the bottom. What really caught his attention though, were the two silver, fox like ears on top of the figures head. And the fox like tail.
The figure stayed on the ground for several seconds, before jumping up quickly. With its face off the ground, Ryou could see it was a girl, with vibrant green eyes. Green eyes that looked, well, furious.
"What the hell was that for?!" the girl raged at Keiko, causing nearby villagers to take a few steps back. The girl glared at them, and the moved further away.
Keiko shook her head. "I'm sorry Soy. But we are in need of your assistance."
Ryou blinked in amazement. This was Soy? The one all the villagers had been talking about? But she didn't look dangerous at all. In fact, she was rather short. And had a face that every guy probably thought was pretty. Ryou might have found her pretty too, if his heart hadn't been with someone else.
"Then you could have sent someone out to get me." Soy growled. "You didn't have to drag me all the way here."
Keiko shook her head and put a hand on Ryou's shoulder. "Soy, this is Ryou. He needs your help to find something he has lost."
"Hn." Soy turned her back on them, sitting on the ground, and crossed her arms into her sleeves. "Well you can forget about it. I don't need to do anything for you."
Ryou felt his heart sink. If she didn't help, how was he going to find his millennium ring, and Bakura? The woods were too big for him to look through alone, and if someone had stolen it from him…he would never find it.
"Don't be so cross Soy." Keiko said, stilling trying to persuade Soy to help Ryou.
Soy turned her head back. "You have legs, you help him."
"Soy, you know full well I am too old for that."
To Ryou's dismay, Soy didn't respond. It didn't seem like she was going to be willing to help him anytime soon. And he needed to find his millennium ring soon. He couldn't stay here forever. Sooner or later someone would realize that he was missing.
Keiko gave him a sympathetic look, and then turned her attention back to Soy. "Well, since I dragged you all the way here, would you at least like to join us for dinner?"
There was a moment of silence. Ryou didn't understand why Keiko was inviting Soy to dinner, but he didn't question her. Soy hesitated.
"Fine." She said finally. "But don't try anything tricky."
* * *
"Getting home will not be a very simple task Ryou."
Ryou looked up from his bowl of noodles. They had gone back to Keiko's house, where the three shared a meal of noodles and meat. Soy seemed happy enough with the meal, even if she did kept glaring at Ryou.
Keiko set her bowl on the ground. "To get home you must create a ritual fire. But to do that, you must gather the gateway stones. Which unfortunately, are scattered about the world."
Ryou felt sadness come over him. He was stuck in a strange world, all alone except for an old woman and a fox-girl that kept growling at him. And he still didn't know where his yami was. The situation was starting to look hopeless, and he wondered if he would ever get home.
Soy laughed softly. "I hope you can get home. You don't belong here."
Ryou hung his head as Keiko glared at Soy. "Your anger blinds you, Soy."
Soy narrowed her eyes. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Keiko ignored her. "You can get the stones, but it will be dangerous and a long journey."
"If it means I can get home, I'm sure I can handle it." Ryou said, and he meant it. Anything to get home, and find his yami.
Keiko nodded and began to poke at the fire. "Which brings us to a more urgent business. Your missing necklace." She put the fire poker down and looked at Soy, who was lying down on the ground, eyes closed. "I would like you to tell us about it Ryou, so Soy can help you look."
Soy sat up. "Hey old woman, I said I wasn't going to help!"
Keiko gave her a scolding look. "Stop howling Soy."
Ryou began to think about his Millennium ring. He knew exactly what it looked like, but he was having trouble putting the image into words. He finally came up with something, and began to tell. Keiko was listening closely, but Soy couldn't seem to care less.
As he described it, Ryou began to feel a deep longing. He had never been without Bakura for such along time. It had only been a day or so, but it felt like much longer. It felt like an eternity, and like half of his soul was missing. He almost wanted to cry at the thought that he would be stuck here for the rest of his life.
"Does it talk?"
Soy's voice jolted Ryou out of his train of thought. "Pardon?"
"I said, does it talk?" Soy repeated, looking at him like he was a moron.
Ryou was confused for a second. The ring didn't talk, but…Bakura! Soy might have heard Bakura calling out from the ring. But how? Only he was able to hear it. Unless Soy was mistaken somehow.
Soy apparently got annoyed waiting for Ryou to answer, so she grabbed a stick from the fire and began to draw a picture in the dirt floor. When she was finished, she pointed. "Does it look like that?"
Ryou looked over at her picture. To his surprise, it was startlingly accurate. "Yes! That's it!"
Keiko nodded. "Very well then Soy. You will take Ryou to its location tomorrow."
Soy blinked at her. "Could you repeat that? I must not have heard you right."
"With those big ears of yours, I know you heard me just fine."
"I'm not helping!"
Ryou felt the small hope that had crept into him crushed. He should have known that it was too good to be true. Why should he have even thought that Soy would want to help him?
"You will help him, Soy." Keiko said firmly.
Soy shook her head. "No."
Ryou hung his head, feeling despair creep over him.
Well there's the next part. I hope you enjoyed. ^_^ Please review so I know whether or not to keep going. And thank you to everyone who reviewed for the first chapter! You guys are the best!
"Now watch closely child. This isn't the best way to get Soy back here, but it's the fastest."
Ryou watched carefully, and a little fearfully. Keiko has escorted him out of her home, to where they now stood outside the house. Keiko told him she was going to get Soy to help him find his millennium ring, and insisted they had to be outside.
Keiko reached up and pulled a strand of her long hair out. She held it by one end, and then cast it out almost like a fishing line. Ryou watched curiously, wondering what this had to do with calling this Soy person. Keiko gave a small tug on the hair after a few seconds, and once again waited.
Ryou's eyes widened as he saw several trees in the forest start to fall, as if plowed down. The line of falling trees came closer, until he began to notice the houses nearest the woods doing the same thing.
Keiko gave the hair a final tug, and something was dragged through the house nearest to them, and landed at their feet.
Ryou looked down at the ground in amazement. Face down on the ground was a small figure, with long silver hair, wearing a black kimono, with pants at the bottom. What really caught his attention though, were the two silver, fox like ears on top of the figures head. And the fox like tail.
The figure stayed on the ground for several seconds, before jumping up quickly. With its face off the ground, Ryou could see it was a girl, with vibrant green eyes. Green eyes that looked, well, furious.
"What the hell was that for?!" the girl raged at Keiko, causing nearby villagers to take a few steps back. The girl glared at them, and the moved further away.
Keiko shook her head. "I'm sorry Soy. But we are in need of your assistance."
Ryou blinked in amazement. This was Soy? The one all the villagers had been talking about? But she didn't look dangerous at all. In fact, she was rather short. And had a face that every guy probably thought was pretty. Ryou might have found her pretty too, if his heart hadn't been with someone else.
"Then you could have sent someone out to get me." Soy growled. "You didn't have to drag me all the way here."
Keiko shook her head and put a hand on Ryou's shoulder. "Soy, this is Ryou. He needs your help to find something he has lost."
"Hn." Soy turned her back on them, sitting on the ground, and crossed her arms into her sleeves. "Well you can forget about it. I don't need to do anything for you."
Ryou felt his heart sink. If she didn't help, how was he going to find his millennium ring, and Bakura? The woods were too big for him to look through alone, and if someone had stolen it from him…he would never find it.
"Don't be so cross Soy." Keiko said, stilling trying to persuade Soy to help Ryou.
Soy turned her head back. "You have legs, you help him."
"Soy, you know full well I am too old for that."
To Ryou's dismay, Soy didn't respond. It didn't seem like she was going to be willing to help him anytime soon. And he needed to find his millennium ring soon. He couldn't stay here forever. Sooner or later someone would realize that he was missing.
Keiko gave him a sympathetic look, and then turned her attention back to Soy. "Well, since I dragged you all the way here, would you at least like to join us for dinner?"
There was a moment of silence. Ryou didn't understand why Keiko was inviting Soy to dinner, but he didn't question her. Soy hesitated.
"Fine." She said finally. "But don't try anything tricky."
* * *
"Getting home will not be a very simple task Ryou."
Ryou looked up from his bowl of noodles. They had gone back to Keiko's house, where the three shared a meal of noodles and meat. Soy seemed happy enough with the meal, even if she did kept glaring at Ryou.
Keiko set her bowl on the ground. "To get home you must create a ritual fire. But to do that, you must gather the gateway stones. Which unfortunately, are scattered about the world."
Ryou felt sadness come over him. He was stuck in a strange world, all alone except for an old woman and a fox-girl that kept growling at him. And he still didn't know where his yami was. The situation was starting to look hopeless, and he wondered if he would ever get home.
Soy laughed softly. "I hope you can get home. You don't belong here."
Ryou hung his head as Keiko glared at Soy. "Your anger blinds you, Soy."
Soy narrowed her eyes. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Keiko ignored her. "You can get the stones, but it will be dangerous and a long journey."
"If it means I can get home, I'm sure I can handle it." Ryou said, and he meant it. Anything to get home, and find his yami.
Keiko nodded and began to poke at the fire. "Which brings us to a more urgent business. Your missing necklace." She put the fire poker down and looked at Soy, who was lying down on the ground, eyes closed. "I would like you to tell us about it Ryou, so Soy can help you look."
Soy sat up. "Hey old woman, I said I wasn't going to help!"
Keiko gave her a scolding look. "Stop howling Soy."
Ryou began to think about his Millennium ring. He knew exactly what it looked like, but he was having trouble putting the image into words. He finally came up with something, and began to tell. Keiko was listening closely, but Soy couldn't seem to care less.
As he described it, Ryou began to feel a deep longing. He had never been without Bakura for such along time. It had only been a day or so, but it felt like much longer. It felt like an eternity, and like half of his soul was missing. He almost wanted to cry at the thought that he would be stuck here for the rest of his life.
"Does it talk?"
Soy's voice jolted Ryou out of his train of thought. "Pardon?"
"I said, does it talk?" Soy repeated, looking at him like he was a moron.
Ryou was confused for a second. The ring didn't talk, but…Bakura! Soy might have heard Bakura calling out from the ring. But how? Only he was able to hear it. Unless Soy was mistaken somehow.
Soy apparently got annoyed waiting for Ryou to answer, so she grabbed a stick from the fire and began to draw a picture in the dirt floor. When she was finished, she pointed. "Does it look like that?"
Ryou looked over at her picture. To his surprise, it was startlingly accurate. "Yes! That's it!"
Keiko nodded. "Very well then Soy. You will take Ryou to its location tomorrow."
Soy blinked at her. "Could you repeat that? I must not have heard you right."
"With those big ears of yours, I know you heard me just fine."
"I'm not helping!"
Ryou felt the small hope that had crept into him crushed. He should have known that it was too good to be true. Why should he have even thought that Soy would want to help him?
"You will help him, Soy." Keiko said firmly.
Soy shook her head. "No."
Ryou hung his head, feeling despair creep over him.
Well there's the next part. I hope you enjoyed. ^_^ Please review so I know whether or not to keep going. And thank you to everyone who reviewed for the first chapter! You guys are the best!