Nefuit: The chapters are getting longer and duller, but the next chapter
may come as a shock to some. Others have probably figured it out already.
Seto: Nefuit does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! But she does own her poem, herself, Kat, and the plot.
Nefuit: What's the rush Seto?
Seto: Your voice is getting annoying
Nefuit: *whacks Seto on the head and smiles innocently*
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Only one of their hearts weighing less than the feather
Kat woke up with a yawn, and was surprised to see her surroundings. She had forgotten about her environment change and Ryou. She whipped her head around, only to notice that Ryou was missing. Kat automatically got up and ran to the bathroom to shower and change. To her great relief, no new scars were to be found.
Ryou was wide awake at least an hour earlier than Kat. He decided to let her sleep as late as possible before missing school, the time change must have taken a lot out of her. As he heard the water running, he pulled out a few eggs, flower, and other ingredients to make pancakes. His father could be heard in another room, rustling through his papers.
Ryou sighed to himself, knowing that peace was sure not to last long. Ryou's first reaction to Kat was fear; fear of her getting hurt. Ryou had vowed to do all in his power to protect her, but he himself was not too strong. How would Kat first react to seeing another form magically appearing from nowhere? If she fought back, her life could be at stake. He then noticed the pancakes were burning and turned back to the task at hand.
"Bye father!" Ryou yelled as he dragged the groggy Kat out the door.
"Bye, Mister Bakura!" Kat managed to yelp out as she was forced into a run by a Ryou desperately tugging her arm. Kat glanced at her watch and realized why she was being dragged. Quicker than a wink, it was her that was dragging Ryou, although neither of them were very athletic, they both seemed to run at the speed of lightening. Hmmm, wonder why?
They were stopped abruptly only a few blocks from Domino High School which stood against an overcast sky. A huge, shadowy figure hung before them.
"Well, what do we have here? Two lovebirds in a rush to get to school on time. Well, you can forget that!" The shadow said. The lovebird comment made both of the mid-height teens blush, drop hands, and look away. Lovebirds, they had only met yesterday!
Suddenly, a flying fist came out of nowhere, knocking Ryou to the ground. Instead of getting up and fighting back, Ryou had been trained to accept his punishments; even when nothing had been done.
"Stop it!" Kat said, so out of her character that she surprised herself, but, unfortunately, only angered the enemy.
"If you weren't a girl, you would be in worse condition then him!" The bully pointed downward toward Ryou, who suffered a black eye and bloody nose.
"Well I am, you big jerk!" Kat said, once again shocking herself. She decided the only thing she could do is to insult him, for it was obvious that this bully had some moral. That was new to her. She signaled for Ryou to run, but to her fear, he only stood up and came between her and the bully, earning him a bloody lip.
This gave Kat just the distraction she needed. Quicker than lightening, shyness fleeted and she took off her belt and jumped behind the bully, binding his feet together. Unfortunately, she knew this couldn't hold a bully of this size for long. Their only hope was to run for it.
Kat flung herself at Ryou, jerking him roughly up and pushing him towards the school. It took Ryou a second to register what he was supposed to do but after that, Kat found it hard to keep up with the young teen. They both made it safely into the school before the bully knew what had hit him.
"Thanks, Kat. I.." Ryou started to thank her.
"You Baka!" Kat yelled, before realizing what she had said. She hated the look on Ryou's face even worse than what she had said. As tears welled in her eyes; tears of fear, of anger, of sadness, of joy over the past predicament she looked apologetically to Ryou and hung her head low in shame.
"Kat, it is alright!" Ryou said, holding her shoulders up in an attempt to get Kat to look up. "Look, we can talk later, but now we need to find the school director's office to get out schedules."
Kat sniffed and looked at Ryou with regret in her eyes. Sometimes, she was too nice, too sensitive. She decided to worry about it later and follow Ryou's words of advice. "You mean the principal?"
Ryou had forgotten she was from America. "Yes." He replied as he looked around, to his dismay, all of the door signs were in Japanese. "Uh, oh."
"I knew I should have taken Japanese as a second language! Instead I took Spanish!" She said, her voice lightening up some.
Ryou chuckled. "Well, it made sense since you were going to live in Texas, eh?"
Kat smiled and then looked around, hoping to understand some of the characters on the door. She then noticed a teacher walking through the hall and decided it was worth a shot. Ryou had the same idea.
"Excuse me, sir, but could you please direct us to the principal's office?" Kat asked, but to her dismay got a puzzled look. It was Ryou's turn to try.
"She means, where is the school director's office?" Ryou asked hopefully. Receiving a smile from the Instructor. He couldn't help but smirk in Kat's direction, she looked defeated.
"It is in that direction" The Instructor said in flawless English, much to the teen's shock.
"All right. You win!" Kat said to Ryou as they headed down the hall.
"Well, I owed you for back there." Ryou replied.
"That isn't much of a payback!" Kat said, laughing. Ryou joined in her laughter as he opened the principal office's door, ushering Kat in.
The Principal started talking to Kat and Ryou in Japanese, and the two looked at each other in defeat. The principal picked up on this quickly, however, and said, "You two don't speak in Japanese?"
"No ma'am." Both teens answered slightly ashamed. After all, they did live in a place that spoke an unknown language.
"S'ok!" She replied, handing them schedules. "These classes teach in English. You understand there."
Kat and Ryou's faces lit up. After all, they could at least make passing grades now.
"You find most everyone her speak English. You be at home. But, you better hurry, or else you be late." She finished and shooed the teens off.
"What is your first class?" Ryou asked Kat, who looked down at her schedule, thankfully in English as well as Japanese.
"I'm just glad I speak English instead of another language. I have math in room 201 first." Kat answered.
"Me too!" Ryou said. Unfortunately, only two other classes after that matched.
Ryou and Kat headed towards their math class together, only late by half a minute. Ryou politely opened the door, allowing Kat to enter first. The teacher walked over to the two new comers, introducing herself.
"Class?" the young teacher asked, awaiting their attention patiently. "We have two new students, Ryou Bakura and Kat Rekhit."
This statement shocked Ryou, he never asked Kat for a last name, how disrespectful of him. He then noticed the actual name. Where exactly did Kat move to Texas from? He made a mental note of this for future interrogation.
The teacher pointed out the only two spare desks in the crowded schoolroom. Ryou headed towards the back, while Kat sat up front with the girls. As they both took their seats, the students began to whisper about them.
The morning went pretty uneventful for Kat and Ryou since they shared no more classes. Neither of them were having in luck on the friends front; but they both fell back on the same thing, each other.
Kat ran to her next class and took a seat. She wanted to get there early to save Ryou one close by, then they could proceed onto lunch together. Ryou walked in, out of breath, he had raced there to save Kat a seat. He needed to talk.
"Kat, I wanted to ask you." But he was cut off by the rest of the class' entrance. He sighed and gave up, deciding to talk to her at lunch.
"Look over there!" Kat said, happily. This was their free period and Kat had spotted two teens playing a game of Duel Monsters. She and Ryou got up to go watch, along with a good percentage of the class. They both watched, fascinated, as an odd looking kid defeated the tall blonde by polishing off his Flame Swordsman with a Dark Magician. The gathering crowd depleted until the only ones left were the two duelers, Ryou and Kat, and two other teens.
"Oh, Hello!" The odd-looking kid noticed Ryou and Kat's presence for the first time. Ryou and Kat returned the greeting, a little shyly. "You two must be the new students everyone has been talking about. My name is Yugi, this is Honda, Jounouchi, and Anzu."
Hellos where passed around and acquaintances made. Kat and Ryou both smiled inside. Maybe they would be accepted into this pleasant lot.
"What are your names? Where are you two from?" Yugi asked politely.
"My name is Bakura Ryou." Ryou said, using traditional Japanese name policy. "But you can call me Ryou. I just moved here from England."
"My name is Kat Rekhit." Kat also answered, realizing she shouldn't have said her last name. She also forgot to state her last name first. "Please, call me Kat. I am an exchange student from the Americas. I was taken in by Ryou and his father."
"Welcome to Domino High!" Jou said happily. "If anyone gives you trouble, just come to Honda and me."
Ryou and Kat exchanged nervous glances. Ryou then noticed that his ring was glowing slightly under his shirt and begged for nothing to happen. He turned to Kat, who had her eyes closed and chanting. What in the world is she doing? Ryou thought.
After the duel and introductions, their free period ended and Ryou and Kat headed to lunch. Both had brought their lunches to avoid the Japanese food. They took a seat at a table in a corner; Ryou's request.
"Kat, I have been meaning to ask you." Ryou was once again cut off, Yugi, Jou, Honda, and Anzu walked up and asked to join them. Kat gratefully answered yes. She didn't feel like talking to Ryou about herself, not yet.
"What the heck is that?" Honda said, staring at the hamburger Kat was about to take a bite into.
"Really, Honda. You know what a hamburger is!" Jou said laughing. Anzu, Yugi, and Honda joined in.
"Ignore me, I was just trying to throw you two off!" He then pointed at his lunch tray, which also had a hamburger on it.
"Oh." Ryou and Kat answered at the same time. Maybe Japan wouldn't be so bad after all.
The rest of the day went by, pretty uneventful. Pretty soon classes were over and Kat met Ryou at his locker. Kat plastered on a smile, though it took some effort.
"What is wrong, Kat?" Ryou asked, his voice really concerned.
"It is nothing, just homesick." Kat said, trying to brighten up. "Yugi and his gang asked us to come to the game shop now. His Grandpa owns it and Yugi offered to teach us duel monsters."
"Actually," Ryou said, voice lowered to a whisper, "I already know how to play, but I don't feel like it."
"Me too." Kat looked down, receiving a shocked expression from Ryou. Duel Monsters hadn't made it to the US yet. They both decided to go anyways, and avoid playing.
After Kat and Ryou returned home, Ryou decided to try asking one more time.
"Kat?" Ryou started
"I am really tired, Ryou. Can we talk later?" Kat said, climbing into her bed.
"Sure." Ryou said. He decided to wait a few days before asking again.
The rest of the school week went by pretty uneventful. They dealt with the average bullies, half the time Ryou pulled them out, the other half Kat, but Ryou always got banged up pretty bad. But to Kat's surprise, he never complained. Their afternoons were spent at the Turtle Game Shop with Yugi and the others, and Kat kept avoiding Ryou's questions.
But this would all change very soon.
Ryou: Oh! A cliffhanger! What happens next?
Nefuit: You just have to wait.
Ryou: Will I like it
Nefuit: ...
Ryou: Uh Oh!
Please R&R!
Oh, this poem line is the most abstract it will be. Brace yourself for a history lesson. In Ancient Egyptian religion, the soul must go to several gods and goddesses, name them, and tell them something they did not do. (IE: I did not kill anyone) After that, a god (Whacks herself on the head, I forget which) Holds the scales, weighing their heart (not the physical heart, but the soul) against the feather of truth. If their heart weighs less than the feather, the get to enjoy the afterlife. SO. This line means that Ryou is good and Bakura is bad, since his heart is heavier than the feather.
Seto: Nefuit does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! But she does own her poem, herself, Kat, and the plot.
Nefuit: What's the rush Seto?
Seto: Your voice is getting annoying
Nefuit: *whacks Seto on the head and smiles innocently*
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Only one of their hearts weighing less than the feather
Kat woke up with a yawn, and was surprised to see her surroundings. She had forgotten about her environment change and Ryou. She whipped her head around, only to notice that Ryou was missing. Kat automatically got up and ran to the bathroom to shower and change. To her great relief, no new scars were to be found.
Ryou was wide awake at least an hour earlier than Kat. He decided to let her sleep as late as possible before missing school, the time change must have taken a lot out of her. As he heard the water running, he pulled out a few eggs, flower, and other ingredients to make pancakes. His father could be heard in another room, rustling through his papers.
Ryou sighed to himself, knowing that peace was sure not to last long. Ryou's first reaction to Kat was fear; fear of her getting hurt. Ryou had vowed to do all in his power to protect her, but he himself was not too strong. How would Kat first react to seeing another form magically appearing from nowhere? If she fought back, her life could be at stake. He then noticed the pancakes were burning and turned back to the task at hand.
"Bye father!" Ryou yelled as he dragged the groggy Kat out the door.
"Bye, Mister Bakura!" Kat managed to yelp out as she was forced into a run by a Ryou desperately tugging her arm. Kat glanced at her watch and realized why she was being dragged. Quicker than a wink, it was her that was dragging Ryou, although neither of them were very athletic, they both seemed to run at the speed of lightening. Hmmm, wonder why?
They were stopped abruptly only a few blocks from Domino High School which stood against an overcast sky. A huge, shadowy figure hung before them.
"Well, what do we have here? Two lovebirds in a rush to get to school on time. Well, you can forget that!" The shadow said. The lovebird comment made both of the mid-height teens blush, drop hands, and look away. Lovebirds, they had only met yesterday!
Suddenly, a flying fist came out of nowhere, knocking Ryou to the ground. Instead of getting up and fighting back, Ryou had been trained to accept his punishments; even when nothing had been done.
"Stop it!" Kat said, so out of her character that she surprised herself, but, unfortunately, only angered the enemy.
"If you weren't a girl, you would be in worse condition then him!" The bully pointed downward toward Ryou, who suffered a black eye and bloody nose.
"Well I am, you big jerk!" Kat said, once again shocking herself. She decided the only thing she could do is to insult him, for it was obvious that this bully had some moral. That was new to her. She signaled for Ryou to run, but to her fear, he only stood up and came between her and the bully, earning him a bloody lip.
This gave Kat just the distraction she needed. Quicker than lightening, shyness fleeted and she took off her belt and jumped behind the bully, binding his feet together. Unfortunately, she knew this couldn't hold a bully of this size for long. Their only hope was to run for it.
Kat flung herself at Ryou, jerking him roughly up and pushing him towards the school. It took Ryou a second to register what he was supposed to do but after that, Kat found it hard to keep up with the young teen. They both made it safely into the school before the bully knew what had hit him.
"Thanks, Kat. I.." Ryou started to thank her.
"You Baka!" Kat yelled, before realizing what she had said. She hated the look on Ryou's face even worse than what she had said. As tears welled in her eyes; tears of fear, of anger, of sadness, of joy over the past predicament she looked apologetically to Ryou and hung her head low in shame.
"Kat, it is alright!" Ryou said, holding her shoulders up in an attempt to get Kat to look up. "Look, we can talk later, but now we need to find the school director's office to get out schedules."
Kat sniffed and looked at Ryou with regret in her eyes. Sometimes, she was too nice, too sensitive. She decided to worry about it later and follow Ryou's words of advice. "You mean the principal?"
Ryou had forgotten she was from America. "Yes." He replied as he looked around, to his dismay, all of the door signs were in Japanese. "Uh, oh."
"I knew I should have taken Japanese as a second language! Instead I took Spanish!" She said, her voice lightening up some.
Ryou chuckled. "Well, it made sense since you were going to live in Texas, eh?"
Kat smiled and then looked around, hoping to understand some of the characters on the door. She then noticed a teacher walking through the hall and decided it was worth a shot. Ryou had the same idea.
"Excuse me, sir, but could you please direct us to the principal's office?" Kat asked, but to her dismay got a puzzled look. It was Ryou's turn to try.
"She means, where is the school director's office?" Ryou asked hopefully. Receiving a smile from the Instructor. He couldn't help but smirk in Kat's direction, she looked defeated.
"It is in that direction" The Instructor said in flawless English, much to the teen's shock.
"All right. You win!" Kat said to Ryou as they headed down the hall.
"Well, I owed you for back there." Ryou replied.
"That isn't much of a payback!" Kat said, laughing. Ryou joined in her laughter as he opened the principal office's door, ushering Kat in.
The Principal started talking to Kat and Ryou in Japanese, and the two looked at each other in defeat. The principal picked up on this quickly, however, and said, "You two don't speak in Japanese?"
"No ma'am." Both teens answered slightly ashamed. After all, they did live in a place that spoke an unknown language.
"S'ok!" She replied, handing them schedules. "These classes teach in English. You understand there."
Kat and Ryou's faces lit up. After all, they could at least make passing grades now.
"You find most everyone her speak English. You be at home. But, you better hurry, or else you be late." She finished and shooed the teens off.
"What is your first class?" Ryou asked Kat, who looked down at her schedule, thankfully in English as well as Japanese.
"I'm just glad I speak English instead of another language. I have math in room 201 first." Kat answered.
"Me too!" Ryou said. Unfortunately, only two other classes after that matched.
Ryou and Kat headed towards their math class together, only late by half a minute. Ryou politely opened the door, allowing Kat to enter first. The teacher walked over to the two new comers, introducing herself.
"Class?" the young teacher asked, awaiting their attention patiently. "We have two new students, Ryou Bakura and Kat Rekhit."
This statement shocked Ryou, he never asked Kat for a last name, how disrespectful of him. He then noticed the actual name. Where exactly did Kat move to Texas from? He made a mental note of this for future interrogation.
The teacher pointed out the only two spare desks in the crowded schoolroom. Ryou headed towards the back, while Kat sat up front with the girls. As they both took their seats, the students began to whisper about them.
The morning went pretty uneventful for Kat and Ryou since they shared no more classes. Neither of them were having in luck on the friends front; but they both fell back on the same thing, each other.
Kat ran to her next class and took a seat. She wanted to get there early to save Ryou one close by, then they could proceed onto lunch together. Ryou walked in, out of breath, he had raced there to save Kat a seat. He needed to talk.
"Kat, I wanted to ask you." But he was cut off by the rest of the class' entrance. He sighed and gave up, deciding to talk to her at lunch.
"Look over there!" Kat said, happily. This was their free period and Kat had spotted two teens playing a game of Duel Monsters. She and Ryou got up to go watch, along with a good percentage of the class. They both watched, fascinated, as an odd looking kid defeated the tall blonde by polishing off his Flame Swordsman with a Dark Magician. The gathering crowd depleted until the only ones left were the two duelers, Ryou and Kat, and two other teens.
"Oh, Hello!" The odd-looking kid noticed Ryou and Kat's presence for the first time. Ryou and Kat returned the greeting, a little shyly. "You two must be the new students everyone has been talking about. My name is Yugi, this is Honda, Jounouchi, and Anzu."
Hellos where passed around and acquaintances made. Kat and Ryou both smiled inside. Maybe they would be accepted into this pleasant lot.
"What are your names? Where are you two from?" Yugi asked politely.
"My name is Bakura Ryou." Ryou said, using traditional Japanese name policy. "But you can call me Ryou. I just moved here from England."
"My name is Kat Rekhit." Kat also answered, realizing she shouldn't have said her last name. She also forgot to state her last name first. "Please, call me Kat. I am an exchange student from the Americas. I was taken in by Ryou and his father."
"Welcome to Domino High!" Jou said happily. "If anyone gives you trouble, just come to Honda and me."
Ryou and Kat exchanged nervous glances. Ryou then noticed that his ring was glowing slightly under his shirt and begged for nothing to happen. He turned to Kat, who had her eyes closed and chanting. What in the world is she doing? Ryou thought.
After the duel and introductions, their free period ended and Ryou and Kat headed to lunch. Both had brought their lunches to avoid the Japanese food. They took a seat at a table in a corner; Ryou's request.
"Kat, I have been meaning to ask you." Ryou was once again cut off, Yugi, Jou, Honda, and Anzu walked up and asked to join them. Kat gratefully answered yes. She didn't feel like talking to Ryou about herself, not yet.
"What the heck is that?" Honda said, staring at the hamburger Kat was about to take a bite into.
"Really, Honda. You know what a hamburger is!" Jou said laughing. Anzu, Yugi, and Honda joined in.
"Ignore me, I was just trying to throw you two off!" He then pointed at his lunch tray, which also had a hamburger on it.
"Oh." Ryou and Kat answered at the same time. Maybe Japan wouldn't be so bad after all.
The rest of the day went by, pretty uneventful. Pretty soon classes were over and Kat met Ryou at his locker. Kat plastered on a smile, though it took some effort.
"What is wrong, Kat?" Ryou asked, his voice really concerned.
"It is nothing, just homesick." Kat said, trying to brighten up. "Yugi and his gang asked us to come to the game shop now. His Grandpa owns it and Yugi offered to teach us duel monsters."
"Actually," Ryou said, voice lowered to a whisper, "I already know how to play, but I don't feel like it."
"Me too." Kat looked down, receiving a shocked expression from Ryou. Duel Monsters hadn't made it to the US yet. They both decided to go anyways, and avoid playing.
After Kat and Ryou returned home, Ryou decided to try asking one more time.
"Kat?" Ryou started
"I am really tired, Ryou. Can we talk later?" Kat said, climbing into her bed.
"Sure." Ryou said. He decided to wait a few days before asking again.
The rest of the school week went by pretty uneventful. They dealt with the average bullies, half the time Ryou pulled them out, the other half Kat, but Ryou always got banged up pretty bad. But to Kat's surprise, he never complained. Their afternoons were spent at the Turtle Game Shop with Yugi and the others, and Kat kept avoiding Ryou's questions.
But this would all change very soon.
Ryou: Oh! A cliffhanger! What happens next?
Nefuit: You just have to wait.
Ryou: Will I like it
Nefuit: ...
Ryou: Uh Oh!
Please R&R!
Oh, this poem line is the most abstract it will be. Brace yourself for a history lesson. In Ancient Egyptian religion, the soul must go to several gods and goddesses, name them, and tell them something they did not do. (IE: I did not kill anyone) After that, a god (Whacks herself on the head, I forget which) Holds the scales, weighing their heart (not the physical heart, but the soul) against the feather of truth. If their heart weighs less than the feather, the get to enjoy the afterlife. SO. This line means that Ryou is good and Bakura is bad, since his heart is heavier than the feather.
