(OOC: I'm going to try making my chapters longer... starting here. I still
haven't gotten my ten reviews, but i just had to update :P. meh. I would
definitely LIKE more than THREE freaking ppl to read my story... but i
guess beggars can't be choosers. Any suggestions are definitely welcome. If
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story, just tell me and i'll be glad to add them :) )
Alyz blinked several times, her eyes adjusting to the bright lights of Casey's shop. She had been sitting in the middle of a thunderstorm with Ryou only a second ago. There was an open package of duelling cards in her hand. Ray was staring at her.
"Alyz?" he inquired. Alyz was too faint to answer. "You're all wet! Did you fall in a puddle or something outside? I didn't see it raining out."
Alyz looked at him through glazed-over eyes. She couldn't function properly. Her head was pounding... /Rinn.../ she pleaded desperately. /I can't stand up.../
Rinn expertly threw herself into control of Alyz's body, catching her balance just before she would have fainted. Alyz was out cold. Rinn smiled at Ray uncertainly. "Sorry," she said. "I kind of zoned out for a minute there."
Ray laughed. "That's okay."
Rinn looked at Alyz's damp hair, hanging around her face in loose ringlets. "Uh... I had to shower today in Physical Education," she said, attempting to explain her appearance. She smiled faintly.
Ray looked at her strangely. "Physical Education? I haven't heard anyone say that in years," he said with a laugh. "And what's with that British accent? You sound like the queen of England or something."
Rinn gulped. She couldn't help her accent. She had been speaking that way since she was born. "Sorry... I'm just practicing for the school play. I was hoping for the part of... uh... um..." Rinn stuttered. She had no idea what the school play was, but she had to think of something.
"...Juliet?" Ray suggested. Rinn sighed in relief. "Yes, Juliet! I've always wanted to play the part of Juliet, so I'm really going to try to do well at this audition," she said.
"Cool," Ray said. "I'm trying out, too, but I don't know what part I want. I just learned about the play this morning."
Just then, another customer walked in, ringing the bell that sat over top of Casey's door. Rinn jumped at the sound. "I should probably be getting home now. Good luck at your audition," she said, remembering that Alyz would probably be expected at home soon. Without waiting for his reply, Rinn stuffed the package of cards in her pocket and dashed outside. She started walking up along the sidewalk, then stopped abruptly. She had no idea how to get to Alyz's house. "This may be a problem," she said slowly.
"Is everything all right?" a voice asked from behind her. Rinn turned around slowly to face Ray, who had just exited from Casey's shop. Rinn flushed. How would she tell him that she didn't know where her own house was?
"Um... no... I'm just... uh..." she stuttered quietly.
"Hey, do you want to come over to my house?" Ray asked, suddenly. "My mom's not home... we can eat all the leftover pizza," he said with a wink. Rinn stared at him blankly.
"Pizza?" she repeated. Ray laughed.
"Oh, don't tell me you don't like cold pizza!" he exclaimed. Rinn smiled weakly. She didn't know what this 'pizza' stuff was, but it sounded toxic.
"Of course I like it..." she said slowly, then added, "Who doesn't?" Reluctant as she was to be fed such strange food, it was a way that she wouldn't have to admit that she didn't know where Alyz lived.
"My house is this way," Ray said, pointing East. "Come on."
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Rinn cringed as she took a small bite out of the greasy, smelly, drippy pizza in her hand. How disgusting! She chewed it once, twice, but found herself unable to swallow it. How could these people eat such a disgusting... thing?! Rinn felt her stomach churn and made a dash for the bathroom.
After a few rounds of emptying her stomach, Rinn returned to the kitchen where Ray was sitting, dumbfounded. His pizza sat untouched in front of him. "You must have got some of my mom's anchovy spinach pizza," he said. "Do you want something else to eat? I have some ravioli, if you're hungry."
Rinn gulped, nodding. Hopefully this food would be somewhat more... appetizing. "I am a bit hungry," she admitted. Ray got up and went to the cupboard, then produced a small, tin cyllinder with red paper fastened to it. A logo accross the top read: "Chef Boyardee" in bold white letters. Ray dropped the can on the table in front of Rinn.
"There you go. See if you can start cooking it. I'll be right back."
With that, he left the room. Rinn stared first after him, then at the tin can in front of her. /This/ was food? What had the world come to? "I get trapped in a necklace by an evil spirit for a few centuries, and look what happens!" she exclaimed, shaking her head. "The food must be inside," she mumbled to herself. Rinn picked up the can and shook it. There was definitely something inside. But how would she open it?
Rinn looked around the room for some special device to open the can. There was nothing. She sighed and stood up, looking through the cupboards. Her eyes fell on a small saw with a serrated edge. She looked back at the can, then grabbed the saw and brought it back to the table. She turned the can on its side and began to saw at the round metal.
"This isn't too hard," she said to herself. A few minutes later, the can was opened. Rinn grinned at Ray as he walked into the kitchen.
Instead of smiling back at her, Ray just stared. "You just opened that can of ravioli with a saw, didn't you?" he asked. Rinn nodded, still grinning proudly. Ray whistled, shaking his head. "You people are just strange."
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The next morning, Rinn rolled out of bed with a yawn and a stretch. She had gotten Ray to look up Alyz's address in something called a 'phone book', and his mother had given her a ride home. Alyz's own mother had been somewhat angry with Rinn for not telling her that she would be late, but there wasn't too much of a fuss made.
She searched through Alyz's drawers for something to wear, but none of it seemed appropriate. She opened the closet, then, and her eyes fell upon a beautiful burgundy and black dress. She took it out of the closet and examined it more closely, then nodded to herself. This would do. She then hunted through the drawers for a pair of underwear and bra, then took these clothes down with her to the bathroom. She threw them into a pile in the corner and undressed herself, then stepped into the shower.
Rinn jumped at first when the hot water began pelting down on her. It took her a while to figure out how to get it at just the right temperature. It always seemed to be too hot or too cold. After a few minutes of standing in the steady path of the warm water, she dumped a large amount of shampoo in her hair and started scrubbing, then rinsed it off and dumped some conditioner on before rinsing that off as well.
Then she stood once more in the soothing water, letting it soak into every part of her cold body. Rinn soaped herself over, relishing the ability to touch her own skin, to feel a body that was her own-- more or less. Then she sighed, knowing that she would never truly be herself again. She looked at the sphere around her neck, which she had deliberately not taken off.
"I wonder..." she whispered. Instead of waiting for the sphere to take her through the portal, maybe there was some way for her to guide herself through. She stared at the orb, focusing on it intently. She smiled when it began to glow faintly. But that caused her to lose her concentration, and it went back to its pale silver color. Rinn sighed and focused once more. It began to swell with faint green light, and soon it was throbbing with the color. Rinn shut her eyes and focused every ounce of strength she had on the sphere. She felt a strong gust, and all of a sudden, the water pelting down on her was frigid instead of warm. She wrapped her jacket tight around her body and looked around for anyone.
There was no one in sight. The rainstorm had doubled in strength since she had last been in it, and Rinn was certain that everyone had gone for shelter. She saw a light flickering in the distance, and stumbled on against the wind for it. She was soaked from head to toe by the time she had reached the cave. The whole group was huddled around a large fire. Joey regarded her frightfully.
"Where were you?!" he demanded. Rinn caughed, sensing Alyz beginning to awaken inside of her.
"I went back," she said. "To the other world." Tristan rolled his eyes.
"Oh, more of that other world crap, eh?" he said. Rinn glared at him.
"Just leave it, Tristan," Joey said, much to Rinn's surprise. He had never stood up for them before. Joey had never had anything but negativity to say to or about Alyz or Rinn. Rinn looked at him questioningly, but he had turned to the fire and was poking the logs with a long branch.
Alyz stepped back into her body, rather surprised at the circumstances. She realized that she had been out for more than a day, and Rinn quickly filled her in with the details. She cast her eyes around the small cave, and her eyes rested on Ryou. He was looking at her solomnly, his eyes flickering with worry. Alyz stood still, waiting for more of a reaction. "Are you alright?" he finally asked. Alyz sensed a tone of worry in his voice, and nodded quickly.
"I'm fine," she said softly, then went over and sat beside Yugi.
"You were gone for almost an hour," he said. "We didn't know where you had gone."
"Sorry," Alyz said. "The portal brought me back. There was nothing I could do."
They all sat in silence once more, and Alyz sensed that she was causing somewhat of a disturbance. "I'll go get some more wood," she said, getting up and leaving.
The rain had turned to hail, and it was pelting down steadily on Alyz's body. Her teeth were chattering as she searched around for some more wood. /There's some over there,/ Rinn commented. Alyz turned right and gathered up two small logs that had been left there by someone a while ago. They were soaking wet, but there was not much else to be gathered. Alyz sighed, sitting down one of the logs. She held her face in her hands. What was she going to do? Everything was so confusing. She knew that she was feeling something more than friendship towards Bakura, and she knew that he was returning her feelings. But how could it ever work out? They lived in different dimentions, after all. She didn't even know him all that well.
Leaving the logs on the ground, she got up and walked aimlessly through the woods. The hail was beating endlessly at her body and she was soaked through. Alyz closed her eyes, just listening to the steady beat of the hailstones and dwelling in her own thoughts. She stopped, standing in the middle of the forest, in the middle of a storm. "What am I doing?" she asked out loud. Suprisingly, she found herself answering her own question. "I'm waiting. But what for? What am I waiting for?"
There was no answer this time, just the pounding in her ears and the whistling of the wind through the trees. She waited silently, and she lost track of the time she spent. She just waited, and waited, though she did not know what for. She was completely void of any thoughts, any presence... Even Rinn, whose mind was connected with her own, seemed unnaturally calm. "What am I waiting for?" Alyz asked again, her eyes still closed.
Alyz heard footsteps behind her, and felt two strong arms wrap protectively around her waist. Finally opening her eyes, Alyz turned around. "For you," she whispered, more to herself than anything. He gathered her up in his arms, an embrace that was far more intimate than friendship.
"I'm here," he replied. Alyz looked up into his dark eyes. He tilted his head and gently pressed their lips together. Alyz leaned into the kiss gratefully, her arms slipping around his neck, drawing him closer to her. Ryou was more than willing to comply, clutching her to him as though he would never let her go. And if he had had it his way, he probably never would.
*Authoress's Note: *
How's Ch. 7? Good? Good. I really mean it this time though, no chapter 8 until I get a minimum of 10 reviews. Come on, people, it's really not that hard. Just look below and to the left... see that little dropdown menu? It reads: "Submit Review". Click that little button beside it that says: "Go". Yes, that one. Now click it. That's it... See? it's really not that hard...
Now, if we can get 4 more people to just follow my very easy, detailed instructions, then you can all find out what happens next. And we all want to find out what happens next, don't we, boys and girls?
chorus: "yes, Kristy-chan! We all want to know what happens next!"
You see? You should have listened to those little voices inside your head! ^.^!
Alyz blinked several times, her eyes adjusting to the bright lights of Casey's shop. She had been sitting in the middle of a thunderstorm with Ryou only a second ago. There was an open package of duelling cards in her hand. Ray was staring at her.
"Alyz?" he inquired. Alyz was too faint to answer. "You're all wet! Did you fall in a puddle or something outside? I didn't see it raining out."
Alyz looked at him through glazed-over eyes. She couldn't function properly. Her head was pounding... /Rinn.../ she pleaded desperately. /I can't stand up.../
Rinn expertly threw herself into control of Alyz's body, catching her balance just before she would have fainted. Alyz was out cold. Rinn smiled at Ray uncertainly. "Sorry," she said. "I kind of zoned out for a minute there."
Ray laughed. "That's okay."
Rinn looked at Alyz's damp hair, hanging around her face in loose ringlets. "Uh... I had to shower today in Physical Education," she said, attempting to explain her appearance. She smiled faintly.
Ray looked at her strangely. "Physical Education? I haven't heard anyone say that in years," he said with a laugh. "And what's with that British accent? You sound like the queen of England or something."
Rinn gulped. She couldn't help her accent. She had been speaking that way since she was born. "Sorry... I'm just practicing for the school play. I was hoping for the part of... uh... um..." Rinn stuttered. She had no idea what the school play was, but she had to think of something.
"...Juliet?" Ray suggested. Rinn sighed in relief. "Yes, Juliet! I've always wanted to play the part of Juliet, so I'm really going to try to do well at this audition," she said.
"Cool," Ray said. "I'm trying out, too, but I don't know what part I want. I just learned about the play this morning."
Just then, another customer walked in, ringing the bell that sat over top of Casey's door. Rinn jumped at the sound. "I should probably be getting home now. Good luck at your audition," she said, remembering that Alyz would probably be expected at home soon. Without waiting for his reply, Rinn stuffed the package of cards in her pocket and dashed outside. She started walking up along the sidewalk, then stopped abruptly. She had no idea how to get to Alyz's house. "This may be a problem," she said slowly.
"Is everything all right?" a voice asked from behind her. Rinn turned around slowly to face Ray, who had just exited from Casey's shop. Rinn flushed. How would she tell him that she didn't know where her own house was?
"Um... no... I'm just... uh..." she stuttered quietly.
"Hey, do you want to come over to my house?" Ray asked, suddenly. "My mom's not home... we can eat all the leftover pizza," he said with a wink. Rinn stared at him blankly.
"Pizza?" she repeated. Ray laughed.
"Oh, don't tell me you don't like cold pizza!" he exclaimed. Rinn smiled weakly. She didn't know what this 'pizza' stuff was, but it sounded toxic.
"Of course I like it..." she said slowly, then added, "Who doesn't?" Reluctant as she was to be fed such strange food, it was a way that she wouldn't have to admit that she didn't know where Alyz lived.
"My house is this way," Ray said, pointing East. "Come on."
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Rinn cringed as she took a small bite out of the greasy, smelly, drippy pizza in her hand. How disgusting! She chewed it once, twice, but found herself unable to swallow it. How could these people eat such a disgusting... thing?! Rinn felt her stomach churn and made a dash for the bathroom.
After a few rounds of emptying her stomach, Rinn returned to the kitchen where Ray was sitting, dumbfounded. His pizza sat untouched in front of him. "You must have got some of my mom's anchovy spinach pizza," he said. "Do you want something else to eat? I have some ravioli, if you're hungry."
Rinn gulped, nodding. Hopefully this food would be somewhat more... appetizing. "I am a bit hungry," she admitted. Ray got up and went to the cupboard, then produced a small, tin cyllinder with red paper fastened to it. A logo accross the top read: "Chef Boyardee" in bold white letters. Ray dropped the can on the table in front of Rinn.
"There you go. See if you can start cooking it. I'll be right back."
With that, he left the room. Rinn stared first after him, then at the tin can in front of her. /This/ was food? What had the world come to? "I get trapped in a necklace by an evil spirit for a few centuries, and look what happens!" she exclaimed, shaking her head. "The food must be inside," she mumbled to herself. Rinn picked up the can and shook it. There was definitely something inside. But how would she open it?
Rinn looked around the room for some special device to open the can. There was nothing. She sighed and stood up, looking through the cupboards. Her eyes fell on a small saw with a serrated edge. She looked back at the can, then grabbed the saw and brought it back to the table. She turned the can on its side and began to saw at the round metal.
"This isn't too hard," she said to herself. A few minutes later, the can was opened. Rinn grinned at Ray as he walked into the kitchen.
Instead of smiling back at her, Ray just stared. "You just opened that can of ravioli with a saw, didn't you?" he asked. Rinn nodded, still grinning proudly. Ray whistled, shaking his head. "You people are just strange."
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The next morning, Rinn rolled out of bed with a yawn and a stretch. She had gotten Ray to look up Alyz's address in something called a 'phone book', and his mother had given her a ride home. Alyz's own mother had been somewhat angry with Rinn for not telling her that she would be late, but there wasn't too much of a fuss made.
She searched through Alyz's drawers for something to wear, but none of it seemed appropriate. She opened the closet, then, and her eyes fell upon a beautiful burgundy and black dress. She took it out of the closet and examined it more closely, then nodded to herself. This would do. She then hunted through the drawers for a pair of underwear and bra, then took these clothes down with her to the bathroom. She threw them into a pile in the corner and undressed herself, then stepped into the shower.
Rinn jumped at first when the hot water began pelting down on her. It took her a while to figure out how to get it at just the right temperature. It always seemed to be too hot or too cold. After a few minutes of standing in the steady path of the warm water, she dumped a large amount of shampoo in her hair and started scrubbing, then rinsed it off and dumped some conditioner on before rinsing that off as well.
Then she stood once more in the soothing water, letting it soak into every part of her cold body. Rinn soaped herself over, relishing the ability to touch her own skin, to feel a body that was her own-- more or less. Then she sighed, knowing that she would never truly be herself again. She looked at the sphere around her neck, which she had deliberately not taken off.
"I wonder..." she whispered. Instead of waiting for the sphere to take her through the portal, maybe there was some way for her to guide herself through. She stared at the orb, focusing on it intently. She smiled when it began to glow faintly. But that caused her to lose her concentration, and it went back to its pale silver color. Rinn sighed and focused once more. It began to swell with faint green light, and soon it was throbbing with the color. Rinn shut her eyes and focused every ounce of strength she had on the sphere. She felt a strong gust, and all of a sudden, the water pelting down on her was frigid instead of warm. She wrapped her jacket tight around her body and looked around for anyone.
There was no one in sight. The rainstorm had doubled in strength since she had last been in it, and Rinn was certain that everyone had gone for shelter. She saw a light flickering in the distance, and stumbled on against the wind for it. She was soaked from head to toe by the time she had reached the cave. The whole group was huddled around a large fire. Joey regarded her frightfully.
"Where were you?!" he demanded. Rinn caughed, sensing Alyz beginning to awaken inside of her.
"I went back," she said. "To the other world." Tristan rolled his eyes.
"Oh, more of that other world crap, eh?" he said. Rinn glared at him.
"Just leave it, Tristan," Joey said, much to Rinn's surprise. He had never stood up for them before. Joey had never had anything but negativity to say to or about Alyz or Rinn. Rinn looked at him questioningly, but he had turned to the fire and was poking the logs with a long branch.
Alyz stepped back into her body, rather surprised at the circumstances. She realized that she had been out for more than a day, and Rinn quickly filled her in with the details. She cast her eyes around the small cave, and her eyes rested on Ryou. He was looking at her solomnly, his eyes flickering with worry. Alyz stood still, waiting for more of a reaction. "Are you alright?" he finally asked. Alyz sensed a tone of worry in his voice, and nodded quickly.
"I'm fine," she said softly, then went over and sat beside Yugi.
"You were gone for almost an hour," he said. "We didn't know where you had gone."
"Sorry," Alyz said. "The portal brought me back. There was nothing I could do."
They all sat in silence once more, and Alyz sensed that she was causing somewhat of a disturbance. "I'll go get some more wood," she said, getting up and leaving.
The rain had turned to hail, and it was pelting down steadily on Alyz's body. Her teeth were chattering as she searched around for some more wood. /There's some over there,/ Rinn commented. Alyz turned right and gathered up two small logs that had been left there by someone a while ago. They were soaking wet, but there was not much else to be gathered. Alyz sighed, sitting down one of the logs. She held her face in her hands. What was she going to do? Everything was so confusing. She knew that she was feeling something more than friendship towards Bakura, and she knew that he was returning her feelings. But how could it ever work out? They lived in different dimentions, after all. She didn't even know him all that well.
Leaving the logs on the ground, she got up and walked aimlessly through the woods. The hail was beating endlessly at her body and she was soaked through. Alyz closed her eyes, just listening to the steady beat of the hailstones and dwelling in her own thoughts. She stopped, standing in the middle of the forest, in the middle of a storm. "What am I doing?" she asked out loud. Suprisingly, she found herself answering her own question. "I'm waiting. But what for? What am I waiting for?"
There was no answer this time, just the pounding in her ears and the whistling of the wind through the trees. She waited silently, and she lost track of the time she spent. She just waited, and waited, though she did not know what for. She was completely void of any thoughts, any presence... Even Rinn, whose mind was connected with her own, seemed unnaturally calm. "What am I waiting for?" Alyz asked again, her eyes still closed.
Alyz heard footsteps behind her, and felt two strong arms wrap protectively around her waist. Finally opening her eyes, Alyz turned around. "For you," she whispered, more to herself than anything. He gathered her up in his arms, an embrace that was far more intimate than friendship.
"I'm here," he replied. Alyz looked up into his dark eyes. He tilted his head and gently pressed their lips together. Alyz leaned into the kiss gratefully, her arms slipping around his neck, drawing him closer to her. Ryou was more than willing to comply, clutching her to him as though he would never let her go. And if he had had it his way, he probably never would.
*Authoress's Note: *
How's Ch. 7? Good? Good. I really mean it this time though, no chapter 8 until I get a minimum of 10 reviews. Come on, people, it's really not that hard. Just look below and to the left... see that little dropdown menu? It reads: "Submit Review". Click that little button beside it that says: "Go". Yes, that one. Now click it. That's it... See? it's really not that hard...
Now, if we can get 4 more people to just follow my very easy, detailed instructions, then you can all find out what happens next. And we all want to find out what happens next, don't we, boys and girls?
chorus: "yes, Kristy-chan! We all want to know what happens next!"
You see? You should have listened to those little voices inside your head! ^.^!