Ryou looked up and smiled when he heard Soy approaching. She had been gone for nearly a day, and Ryou had been a little worried about where she was.

"Hi Soy." He said. Sot smiled and sat down next to him.

"Hey. So how is everything? You and Bakura been ok?" she asked. Looking back, realized that it wasn't too smart of her to leave them alone. Even if they were safe by the Ferris wheel.

Ryou nodded. They didn't have any problems at all. In fact, Soy's absence had given them some time alone. "We've been fine."

"Is Bakura in the ring?"

Ryou shook his head. "No, he's taking a bath at the stream."

Soy raised an eyebrow. "And why aren't you there with him?" she said, implying what she already knew. Ryou blushed.

"We didn't want you to be scared if you came back and no one was here."

Soy smiled and stood up, "I'm going to go check on him. You'll be ok?"

When Ryou nodded, Soy headed back into the woods, sniffing the ground to find the spirit of the ring. It didn't take her long to find him; he was taking a bath in a small stream not too far from where they had made camp.

Soy sat down on the bank of the stream, knowing he wouldn't get the wrong idea from her being there. After all, he and Ryou were together, and besides, Soy was, in a matter of speaking, his sister.

It didn't take long for Bakura to realize she was there. He turned around, still in the water, and looked at her. "And?"

Soy didn't answer right away. "If I told you something, would you promise not to tell Ryou?"

Bakura was quiet for a second. He wasn't sure he wanted to keep anything from Ryou, but then, maybe it was important. Maybe Soy had a good reason for not telling Ryou. Or maybe she didn't.

"If it's going to hurt Ryou, than no." he said.

Soy shook her head. "It won't. Please?"

Bakura nodded. After all, what was the worst that could happen? If he felt it was important that Ryou knew, he would just break his promise to Soy.

Soy took a deep breath, trying to get the nerve up to tell him. This wasn't a very easy topic to discuss after all. She sighed. "Bakura…Ryou and I…"

For a spilt second, Bakura had a horrible feeling about what she was going to say. Those words did not sound good. "You're what?"

Soy closed her eyes. "Bakura, Ryou is my brother."

Everything seemed to go silent as Bakura tried to grasp what Soy was saying. It didn't make any sense. Ryou didn't have any brothers or sisters. He wasn't even from this world. And besides, Soy's brother was dead, she had said that herself.

"What do you mean?" he asked at last.

"It's…basically just that. He's my brother." She said quietly, playing with some grass near her feet.

Anger over took Bakura. How dare she play a trick like this? What right did she have to go around and pretend it was true? He was furious. What was her problem?

"You're a liar!" he growled, letting his anger be known. He was in no mood to be nice to her.

"Bakura…"

Bakura wasn't finished. "Don't you ever say that to Ryou. Or I'll kill you, understand?"

"BAKURA!" Soy yelled catching his attention. "I'm not joking around!"

Bakura narrowed his eyes. "Your brother is dead." He said flatly, not caring if it hurt her or not. "So Ryou can't be your brother."

Ryou is by brother reborn." Soy said, narrowing her green eyes. "Don't you understand? Reincarnation!"

Bakura shook his head, water flying off of his silver hair. "Prove it."

"Well beside the obvious resemblance Ryou bears to my brother," she said, "there is also the fact that I transformed when I saved you both before."

That got Bakura's attention. "What?"

"When my hair turned black and my eyes changed color, that only happens if I am protecting a family member." She explained.

"I thought you didn't remember the transformation."

Soy shook her head. "Of course I remembered." She said. "I just didn't want to even try and explain it."

Bakura had to admit it was a pretty good reason, but he still didn't want to believe her. "What else?"

She fiddled with her long hair, looking thoughtful. "Do you remember this morning? When I ran off?"

Bakura nodded. Of course he did. He had been a little worried too. "Yes."

"I ran away because he had a black feather on his nose." She said. "A black feather that I sent out to find my brother."

Silence fell once again, as everything slowly sunk in, and started to make sense to Bakura. It was so hard to believe, but then again, some how, he wanted to believe it. He and Ryou were like two sides of the same coin. Two parts of the same person, so if Ryou and Soy were blood relatives…so was he.

He had never really had a family before. In Egypt, his parents had died when he was very young, and he never could remember much about them, so having a sister was appealing to him. He looked at Soy. He could see complete honesty in her green eyes.

"So it's true?" he said, very quietly, and Soy lifted her head.

"Yes." She replied.

Bakura started to come out of the water, and Soy handed him his clothes. "You're my sister then."

She smiled. "At least half sister."

He finished getting dressed. "Why don't you want Ryou to know? If he knows, maybe he'll want to stay here with you."

Soy shook her head. "If he stays, think of all the people who will miss him back home. And I don't want to burden him with this."

Bakura frowned. "But if he leaves…"

"It will only mean heart break for me."



Whelps. There we are. Kind of short, kind of sad, but it had to be done. So know Bakura knows, but neither Soy nor Bakura want to tell Ryou. How sad. Please tell me what you thought, ok?