I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, but I do own Soy. So unless you want her, no sue.




WHAM!

That had to be about the 5th time Ryou heard that familiar sound. The sound of Soy being dragged back into the house when she tried to leave. Keiko had been arguing with her for the good part of an hour, and Soy still wasn't willing to help. She tried to leave several times, but Keiko did the thing with the hair again, and Soy was dragged back.

Ryou could see how Keiko did it now that he was up close. The hair she pulled from her head would wrap around a collar that Soy wore, acting as a leash. Soy wasn't very happy about this, but Ryou guessed that she didn't have a choice.

He wondered why he hadn't noticed the collar before. There were a few things he could see now that he hadn't noticed before. Soy had two black stripes on either side of her face, and she didn't just have one tail, but two, with black stripes at the end.

He hung his head, ashamed that he was causing so much trouble. "I'm sorry…"

Keiko looked at him and smiled. "Don't be sorry, child. Soy needs to learn some good old fashioned human decency anyway."

"Human decency?!" Soy raged. "Don't even compare me to those-"

WHAM!

"How would Takna feel if he heard you talking like that?"

Ryou suppressed a giggle. It really was funny watching Soy being dragged around. But who was Takna? From the way Soy was acting at the mention of the name, she didn't like him much. Soy was absolutely furious now, screaming at Keiko to never mention that name again.

"Enough Soy. Are you going to help Ryou, or are we going to have to keep fighting?" Keiko asked.

Soy growled something unintelligible, and rubbed her head. "Fine! I'll help the little freak find his necklace! But than that's it! Leave me alone!"

Soy growled again stormed out of the house. Keiko let her go this time.

Ryou felt relief surge through him. At least she was going to help. But he had a feeling she wasn't going to be very good company. Oh well. At least he would have Bakura back soon.



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Ryou sighed, feeling the bright sun on his face. Keiko told him that he and Soy wouldn't leave to go look for the millennium ring until the next morning. So while he waited, he decided to take a walk around. It was a very small village, and everyone there seemed extremely uptight. Nervous really. Ryou could hear them whispering about Soy.

He shook his head. He didn't understand why they were so afraid of her. How could she be so mean that she cause them to fear for their lives?

"Hey…what's your face."

Ryou was standing on the path behind him. He blinked and pointed at himself to make sure she was talking to him.

"Yeah." She said, walking up to him. "What was your name again?"

"Ryou."

She nodded. "I've been looking for you."

Ryou was confused. She didn't seem to want anything to do with him before. why was she suddenly looking for him?

"Don't be dumb." She said suddenly. "I wasn't looking for you because I wanted to. We just have some business to take care of."

Ryou frowned. "How did you know what I was thinking?"

Soy got a look on her face like a deer in the headlights. Ryou began to feel suspicious, but the look quickly faded, as if it had never been there in the first place. "I'm just good at guessing."

Ryou didn't know if he should believe her or not, but he let it go. "What did you need to see me for?"

"It's going to be dangerous getting your necklace back. So Keiko said I should get you a weapon of some kind." She paused, looking thoughtful. "Unless you can use magic or something."

Ryou shook his head and Soy sighed. "Just my luck. Fine. Try this."

She started to toss an axe at him, but thought better of it, handing it to him instead. Ryou took it and looked it over, while Soy led him to a nearby tree.

"Al right. Now I want you to chop at the tree with the axe." She said, pointing at the tree. "Just once."

Ryou nodded and shifted the axe in his hands to get a better grip. He glanced at Soy, who nodded her approve, and he swung. The axe flew throw the air and made contact with the trunk. The sharp blade made a deep gash in the side.

"Ok." Soy said, as Ryou pulled the axe out. "Now hit the same spot again."

Ryou nodded and swung the axe again. The blade made contact almost a foot away from the original mark. There was a second of silence before Soy spoke up.

"Try again."

Ryou nodded again and pulled the axe out. it was harder to get out this time, and he had to put more effort into it. but as he pulled it out, the axe slipped from his grasp and flew through the air behind him. Both watched as the axe landed somewhere in the village.

Soy sweatdropped as Ryou began to blush furiously.

"Umm…let's try something else." She reached behind her and pulled out a katana. "Try this."

Ryou reached out to take the katana, but as soon as it was in his hands, he realized he would never be able to use it. It was way too heavy.

"Alright. Do the same thing you did with the axe." Soy instructed, but Ryou shook his head.

"I don't think I can." He said, once again blushing.

Soy stared at him for a moment, before, "Why not?!"

"It's too heavy."

Soy growled and snatched the katana out of his hands. She once again reached behind and pulled out a long whip. She threw it at him, not really caring if he got hurt.

Ryou picked it up and examined it.

"You know the drill." Soy said, crossing her arms.

Ryou adjusted the whip and tried to hit the tree, but when he tried to pull the whip forward, he found there was resistance on the other end. He couldn't pull it forward, it seemed to be stuck on something. Confused, he turned around to look.

He began to blush again as he realized the whip had wrapped around Soy's neck. She gave a furious look as she tried to unwrap the whip and prevent it from choking her. Ryou quickly dropped the whip and ran over to help her unwind the whip.

She sat down on the ground as she was released from the whip. Gasping for air, she grabbed the whip and threw it. Ryou began to apologize, but Soy cut him off.

"Forget the whip!" she growled. She reached next to her on the ground and picked something else up. She handed it to him. "Screw it. Just use this."

Ryou looked the new weapon over. a bow and arrow. Hoping to prove himself to Soy, he prepared an arrow, and tried to shoot it. The arrow went about two feet, before falling to the ground.

Soy watched the arrow, dropping back to the ground on her back. She shut her eyes, not looking forward to teaming up with him.



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