Chapter 3! I'd like to thank Fanasy and, again, Rei for reviewing me. And Little Brother Pyro too (I knew it seemed weird. I knew that but it wouldn't click when I looked it over. It had been bugging me… I'll fix that. Thanx.) Anyway, I'm glad you guys like it. Now on with this fic….
Disclaimer: How many times do I have to say it…. *sigh*
Yami-Hikari
Hikari-Yami
'Thoughts'
White Haired Angel
Chapter 3
*Ryou's POV*
I learned so much about her during the walk home. She lived in Shinjuku [1] before she came here. In school she was so quiet but now she seemed so full of life. She reminds me of… myself. Before I met everyone and go to know them.
You like her… I almost jumped at suddenly hearing his voice in the back of my head.
Bakura, you scared me. I could feel him grin.
I tend to do that. I scoffed, causing Miranda to give me a strange look.
"Ryou…"
"H-hai?" She shook her head.
"Nevermind." I mentally sighed to myself, hearing Bakura laugh at me.
You would think that's funny. More snickering. I swear, sometimes I just don't know if I can take it anymore. Finally, we had found ourselves in front of Miranda's house. Blinking, she looked at me.
"We're… here. That seemed to take less time then I thought." I turned my right wrist over and pulled down my sleeve a bit revealing my watch.
"We've been walking for about an hour and a half."
"Oh… hmmm." She walked up to the door and opened it. "Tadaima, obachan!" [2] She looked over to me, smiling. "Come on." Blinking, I pointed to myself. "Yeah, you. Come on."
Way to go, Lover boy.
Oh, hush. Even more snickering. Now turning my attention back to the white-haired girl, I followed.
"Obachan?" She wandered off, searching for the said person. She came back with a small note. "I guess she went out," she mumbled, reading. Now I felt nervous.
*Miranda's POV*
She's not home. I looked down at the note, reading it to myself:
Miranda,
I needed to go to the store. I should be home in an hour or so.
Love,
Obachan
I sighed. Oh, well, guess I have the house to …myself. I looked up to see brown eyes staring at me, confused. I opened my mouth to tell him what the note said but nothing seemed to want to come out. What's wrong with me?!
"S-she went out," I finally managed.
"Oh, well, if you want me to leave, I will. I'm sure she wouldn't like it if she found me here alone with you. You know how guardians are."
"Iie, don't leave. Onegai shimasu. [3]" I frowned at the thought of being alone. Before I realized it, he was standing in front of me.
"Well, no need to pout about it," he said, smiling warmly at me. I smiled back.
"Okay, well, are you hungry?" I turned and went into the kitchen, hearing Ryou follow. "We have Ramen."
"Sounds good." [4]
"Where did she put them?" I searched a few cabinets till I saw them on the top shelf of one. "Now why and how did she put them up there?" Shaking my head, I walked over and started the water then grabbed a step ladder. These shelves were evil, I swear. Climbing up, I grabbed two, but apparently someone didn't like me today because I slipped and fell back.
"Miranda!" Squeezing my eyes shut, I was waiting for when I would hit the floor but instead I felt someone catch me. Opening me eyes I saw… that boy. The one who looked like Ryou. "Miranda, daijobu desu ka?" [5]
"D-dare desu ka?" [6] I whispered. I mean, sure, I knew who he was but… he wasn't here just a minute ago. It's as if he appeared out of thin air. He just stared at me, setting me down. I turned around to see Ryou looking very concerned. "Ryou?"
"You remember Bakura, ne?"
"Hai, demo… I don't remember him being with us… Did I hit my head?" Ryou chuckled sympathetically.
"Iie, you didn't. Bakura, he…. well…" I looked from him to Bakura and back.
"Ryou?"
"Miranda, this might be hard to explain and you might not even believe me…" Suddenly, the water I set before started to whistle. I walked over turning it off. Turning back around, I saw Ryou's bright red face. I looked at Bakura and hoped one of them would speak to break the silence. At least that prayer was answered.
"Miranda, come here," Bakura held his hand out as if waiting to take mine. Walking over, he took my hand and led me into the living room, telling me to sit. I did so and waited for an explanation. "Now listen carefully, I'm going to tell you everything but don't ask anything till I'm done. Clear?" His voice had an edge to it that left no protest so I just nodded. I then realized that Ryou was still in the kitchen. Great, I'm in a room alone with Bakura. Now I'm really nervous. So now Bakura was telling me about some Millennium Ring that Ryou had and that he's some 5,ooo year old ancient spirit that managed to form a body. [7] Realizing he was done, I began with the obvious questions.
"Why should I believe this?" It came out as whisper and I had lowered my gaze. He leaned over and lifted my chin.
"Because as crazy as it might sound. It's true. Ryou wanted to explain this when he got to know you better but I couldn't have you fall and hurt yourself now could I?" [8]
'Wow! He looked so evil before in class. Now he looks so …sweet. Like he cares…' I thought. Then, as though he was told, Ryou came in. He looked at me, biting his lower lip.
"You understand why I thought you wouldn't believe me?" I nod.
"I'll leave you two." Before I could protest he …vanished.
"Ryou, where did he…"
"The Ring." He sighed, walking over and sitting in Bakura's previous seat. "Miranda?"
"Hm?"
"Please tell me that you won't avoid me."
"Nani?" That had caught me off guard.
"You don't think that's weird."
"Well, I do. Sorta. Demo…"
"I thought you were going to steer clear of us because of this." I shook my head wildly. I was praying all day to whoever would listen that we would be in the same classes. This didn't change that. "Oh, good. So? How about that Ramen?" I perked up.
"Oh, yeah." I was about to get up when the door opened.
"Tadaima, Miranda!" Obachan! I looked at Ryou.
"Uhh, stay right there." I hurried over to the door and greeted her. "Hey, you went shopping?"
"Hai. How long ago did you get here."
"I got in about 20 minutes ago or so." She nodded and handed me a bag.
"Could you put that away for me?"
"Sure." She looked behind me.
"Miranda-chan?"
"Hai?"
"Who's this young man?" I spun around to see Ryou shyly waving.
"Oh, well, this is Ryou. He's in some of my classes and he walked home with me." I smiled at Ryou then turned to see Obachan staring at me. She then walked over to Ryou.
"Well, it's very nice to meet you, Ryou. I'm Miranda's obachan. You can call me Haruka." [9]
"Umm, okay. If that's what you would prefer."
"Aren't you sweet. Um, Ryou, this might sound weird but can you come with me a moment." He looked at me then back.
"Okay." I blinked as Obachan turned to me and took the bag back.
"Wait in the living room, dear." Still confused as to what she was up to, I obliged.
*Haruka's POV*
I walked into the kitchen, setting down the bags on the table. I began to pull out groceries that needed to be refrigerated as I spoke.
"Ryou, do you realize that Miranda likes you?"
"I kinda figured. If anything a little voice told me so." I gave him a weird look. "It's an inside joke." Turning back to the food, I continued.
"You know, she hasn't smiled since her parents died."
"She never told me that. She's been smiling all day. At least as far as I know. When did …her parents die?"
"When she was 6."
"Oh," came the whispered response. I looked at him.
"Now don't go feeling sorry for her. She's been depressed enough in her life."
"Reminds me of myself," he mumbled to himself but I pretended not to hear. I had no right to pry.
"I just wanted to tell you because it makes so happy to see that she's happy. I want her to be happy. You understand…"
"Yeah, my otusan is like that too. Whenever he's home."
"What do you mean?"
"He's an archeologist so he's always on some dig."
"Oh, you must get so lonely…"
"Sometimes…"
*Ryou's POV*
You know how you feel when you don't know someone and even though they're right there you feel alone. I don't feel that way around Haruka. She's so nice.
"Oh, you must get so lonely…"
"Sometimes…"
You still have me…
I know.
"Well, if you ever want to just hang out because you're lonely, you're more than welcome here."
"A-arigato, Haruka-san."
"Just Haruka, okay." I nodded. "Would you like to stay for dinner."
"Oh, I don't know…"
"Come on. Miranda would love that."
Your call…
You can stay… I looked over into the living room.
"Okay, I'll stay."
"Good. Now go on. Get outta here." I raised an eyebrow.
"You just told me to stay."
"Oh, you're a funny one."
Hysterical His voice was dripping with sarcasm.
Ha…ha Shaking my head, I walked into the living room. As soon as I entered, Miranda stood.
"So? What happened?"
"She just wanted to talk."
"I know. About what?"
"About …my dad." She crossed her arms. "Well, we did." It was then I realized she had changed. She was now wearing a light blue tank top and blue jeans. "Now I feel fancy," I said, sitting down.
"Huh?" I tugged at my uniform. "Oh. Gomen nasai."
"Oh, it's okay. Your obachan invited me to dinner."
"Honto?" [10] She sat down next to me.
"Hai."
"Is… Bakura going to come out?"
"I don't know. He does what he wants."
"So… you're his hikari and he's your…Hey, does that mean that Yugi and Yami are the same?"
"Now you're getting it. Bakura was a Tomb Raider while Yami was the Prince of Ancient Egypt." [11]
"Sugoi!" [12]
"You seem really interested."
"I am. So he's always going to be with you?"
"I guess. I really don't know." I noticed my bag. "So? Did you finish all that homework in Geometry?"
"Are you kidding.? She assigned page 248-249, ne?"
"Uhhh, hai."
"There in the back of the book. Numbers 1-31 odd." I stared at her. "Nani? I already know how to do it. Why bother?" I started to laugh at this.
"I guess. That's clever."
"Why have the answers back there and not use them?" She shrugged. [13]
"Dinner, you two."
Are you coming?
I'll give the old woman a heart attack
Bakura…
You know how I am. And I don't socialize too well. Especially with old people.
She's not that old
Still. Go eat. I sighed.
*Miranda's POV*
It's kind of weird how he gets that glazed look. Like he's not there anymore. I'll get used to it.
"Ryou?" His head snapped up in my direction.
"Hai?"
"Come on." He smiled, following me.
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After dinner, Ryou had to leave but I didn't like the fact he was going alone. It was really dark out by now. Before he walked out the door he leaned over and whispered,
"Don't worry. I won't be alone." I nodded.
"At least call when you get in, Ryou-kun."
"Alright. If it'll make you feel better. Ja ne." With that, he left. Not bad for my first day.
TBC…
Index: (There's a lot…*sweatdrop*)
1. Shinjuku is located in Japan
2. Tadaima - I'm home
3. Onegai shimasu - please (or just onegai)
4. I love Ramen. (gomen, had to day that)
5. Daijobu desu ka? - Are you alright? (I believe 'Daijobu' alone means 'I'm alright' …I think.)
6. Dare desu ka? - Who are you?
7. I don't know if they can do that from what I saw in the show but its my fic so they can form their own bodies.
8. Bakura is going to be out of character in this (OOC)
9. I'm calling Miranda's obachan (grandma) Haruka from now on.
10. Honto - Really
11. See my story 'Ancient Past' (It's complete)
12. Sugoi - can mean 'cool' or 'awesome' ~pronounced 'sue-goy'
13. My Geometry teacher does that. Every homework assignment is only the odd #'s so we all just copy from the back. *shrug*
Another chapter done. Yay! *clears her throat* Anyway, I would REALLY love it if you would review. It makes me want to keep going. So use the button on the bottom of the screen.
Bakura: Why am I OOC.
Hotaru: Because… I want you to be. And you're so kawaii when you care.
Bakura: *blushing* Oh, shut it…
Hotaru: Review and I would like to wait till I get a good number of reviews before I continue. Again, I would like to thank Little Brother Pyro, Fantasy and Rei. Glad you both like it. And for more information on these original characters: Miyu, Yoko, Miranda, and Tamashi… Please read 'Meet the Gang'