Ryou closed his eyes. He didn't want to see the approaching waterfall. There was no use making himself more scared before he died. He felt a sharp pain in his back, and sadly realized that it was the last thing he would ever feel.

He felt the water drop off from beneath him, but to his shock, he didn't fall. He could feel the water dragging at him, but he wasn't moving anymore. Slowly, he opened his eyes. At first, he couldn't see anything but the rushing water.

Soy tugged at the chain attached to her wrist. Sure, it wasn't a great idea to use her scythe blade to pull him in, but it was better than letting him go over the edge. She yanked the chain again, and he slowly moved toward the shore.

"Gee, this is worse than fishing." She mumbled, pulling him in. Soy had to be careful not to get Ryou caught on anything in the water. Otherwise, she might get pulled in too.

Soy dragged Ryou up onto the banks of the river and dragged him out. She dropped him down on the grass and peered at his face, trying to see if he was alive. His eyes were closed, but that didn't mean he was dead.

She sniffed at him. He didn't smell of death, so he must be still alive. But he might not be for long. She had to at least see if he was able to wake up. After a moments thought, she took one of her tails and waved it in front of his nose. After a few seconds, his nose began to wrinkle from the tickling.

"I know your alive." She said. "You can't fool me." Soy began to wave her tail a little harder.

A small smile began to creep onto his face. He tried to keep it away, but it was too hard. So he sat up and opened his eyes. He began to cough, and Soy sat back on her haunches.

"You aren't allowed to die, you know." Soy said.

Ryou looked at her. "I'm not planning on it." he coughed a few more times. "You saved me."

Soy looked away. "Yeah, well." She reached over and pulled the blade out of his shoulder. Ryou rubbed the wound as Soy began to wrap the chain up again.

Ryou looked at her. He didn't understand why she acted like the way she did.

Soy stood. "Your fine. Now come on."

Ryou nodded and climbed on her back again. Soy began to run off into the woods again.

"How far away is it?" he asked.

"Not far." Sot answered. "Just relax ok. You're so stressed." She glanced back at him. "So stressed that your hair turned white."

Ryou blinked at her. "I was born with my hair like this."

Soy shook her head. "Right. You probably dyed it."

"No. It's natural."

"I can't be. The only people that have that color hair are-"

Ryou looked at her. "Are what?" he wondered why she didn't continue.

Soy looked up at the treetops. "The only people with hair like that are…freaks." She lied.

Ryou sighed. She was insulting herself as well. Her hair was the exact same color as hers. But he let it go. He didn't feel like getting into a fight right then.

Soy stopped. "Here we are."

Ryou climbed off of her back. They were at the base of a large tree. Soy walked up to the base of the tree. Ryou walked up behind her. He didn't see the millennium ring anywhere.

"Where is it?" he asked.

Soy pointed to the ground.

For a second, Ryou didn't understand. Then realization hit. "You buried it?"

Soy nodded. He was acting like that was strange. "Of course."

"But why?"

"Because it wouldn't shut up." she sniffed at the ground. "Why don't you make a fire while I dig it up?"



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Ryou sat by the fire, while Soy dug at the ground like a dog. He had gathered wood for a fire and Soy had lit it. now all he had to do was wait for Soy to be finished.

He was so lost in thought he barely noticed when Soy tossed the ring at his feet. He shook himself out of his daze and picked it up. Soy settled back down onto her haunches and looked at him.

"Are you happy now?" she said, as he examined the ring.

Ryou didn't answer. He was too busy trying to reach his Yami through their mental link.

[Yami, can you hear me?]

There was a few seconds of silence, before his Yami materialized next to him.

"Where have you been aibou?!" Bakura exclaimed. "you disappered!" he moved forward to give his hikari a hug, but stopped. He looked over to see Soy, who was still sitting on her haunches glaring at them, growling softly.

"Soy, what's wrong?" Ryou asked, as she began to edge away from them.

Soy looked from Bakura to Ryou. This was the first time she had ever encountered something like this.

"You have another twin?" she said finally.

Ryou blinked. "His not my twin." He quickly set about explaining his yami to her, and she calmed down a bit.

Bakura scoffed at her. "So we're apart for a few days and you find a girlfriend?"

Soy barked out a laugh as Ryou blushed and shook his head. "no, Soy was just helping me."

[You're the only one for me, Yami.]

Bakura smiled. [I know.]

Soy shook her head. "You are all very creepy. I'm going to get us some food." She stood up and started to leave. "Try not to die Ryou." She hesitated. "You don't die either, ok Ryou number 2?" she jumped into the trees and disappeared.

Ryou sighed as Bakura slipped his arms around his waist. It was comforting to have his yami back. He smiled and glanced back. "So do you have any idea what going on, Yami?"

Bakura shook his head. "No idea. You probably know more than I do."

Ryou sighed and looked at the fire. "I think the only one that understands anything is Soy."

Bakura frowned. "There's something not right about her." He had a odd feeling from her every since she had found the millennium ring. And the fact she buried it didn't make him feel any better about her.

"I'm fine. It's you guys that aren't right."

The two looked up as Soy jumped down from the trees, carrying a small deer across her back. She set it down and wiped some blood from her hands. "You like deer I hope. It's very fresh."

Ryou felt the blood drain from his face. He was not looking forward to eating.



Please tell me what you think. ^.^ And sorry that I'm putting Ryou through so much. ,~.~, It hurts me too. I love Ryou. Please leave a review!