I've been playing around with a new idea for a while, so please go see it and tell me what you think. It's called, Tears of the Nile. ^_^ Thanks!




"Oh, come on Ryou!" Kiju yelled as she tugged on Ryou's ankles. As soon as she had mentioned shopping, the boy, err, girl had clamped on to a leg on the table, doing everything possible to keep from going.

"Ryou! You can't wear boys clothes anymore!" she yelled.

"I'll be a tomboy!" Ryou replied, gripping the table harder. He didn't want to go out in public, especially to a mall where the chances of running into someone he knew were the highest.

Kiju sighed and dropped his ankles. "Fine. I'll call your Yami and have him talk you into going."

That got Ryou to his feet fast. The last thing he wanted was Bakura knowing about this. Although, keeping it a secret was going to be a pretty big task. "Wait, how do you know about my Yami?"

Kiju rolled her eyes. "I'm Fate. Duh." She began to straighten up the table, since Ryou had destroyed it in an attempt to get away from her. "Are you ready to go?"



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"Excuse me, Princess Ryou, but your going the wrong way."

Kiju put her hands on her slender hips as Ryou blushed and headed away from the boys clothing section of the department store. It was such habit to go there, he hadn't even been thinking. He walked over to where Kiju was standing.

"I can't get used to this." he mumbled, looking around at all the girly clothing.

"Ah, you'll be fine." The angel of fate answered, pushing him forward. She stayed behind him the whole time, making sure that the silver haired girl didn't try to escape. After a few minutes, she began to realize that Ryou was just walking around.

"Excuse me Ryou!" she said, causing him to turn around. "But we aren't here to browse."

Ryou blushed. "But I have no idea what to pick."

Kiju reached over and pulled a baby blue shirt and hip hugging jeans off of a near by rack. "Let's start with these. Go try them on."

Ryou took the clothes and looked at them like they were full of spiders. He didn't even want to think about putting them on. Doing that would be like surrendering to his new female form.

He looked at her with his big brown eyes. "I can't…"

Kiju just smiled and shoved him into the near by dressing rooms. "I want to see you when you're done getting changed." She said cheerfully, as she shut the door behind him. She leaned against the wall and waited patiently.

Ryou looked at the clothes like they were a foreign object. He had no idea of to put on pants that tight. Nor did he want to. He was blushing madly just from being in a girl's dressing room. Sighing, he pulled his hoodie over his head, knowing he couldn't resist Fate's wishes.

Outside, Kiju looked around at the rack of clothing, trying to pick out ones that would look nice on Ryou. She wanted him to look absolutely beautiful. Then she spotted a familiar face.

"Well, well. If it isn't Matt Carpenter." She said mockingly, spotting the false face of the boy. He wasn't a real human, just someone that helped her out from time to time.

Matt smiled and nodded. "Where is your newest project, Kiju?" he asked.

She jerked her head toward the dressing room. "He's in there."

"And how is he taking the new form?"

Kiju smiled. "Lets just say that I'm glad I'm immortal." She heard a shuffling sound coming from the dressing room. "Looks like he's done."

Matt quickly changed forms, going from looking like a human, to a small dog, about an inch tall that perched on Kiju's shoulder. Sure enough, a few seconds later, Ryou emerged from the dressing room.

He had his head down and was blushing furiously, but nonetheless, he looked great.

Kiju gave a squeal of delight. "You look great, Ryou. Blue is definitely your color." She smiled and lifted his chin. "You look better when you smile too."

Ryou felt his face getting even redder. It was bad enough getting changed, and seeing his naked torso for the first time, and know he had to smiled and pretend he liked it?

"Look at yourself in the mirror." Kiju said, turning him around by his shoulders and facing him towards a mirror.

Ryou refused to look at first, but he finally raised his head. He had to admit, he didn't look THAT bad, but still, he wanted to be a boy. He looked at Kiju's reflection, wishing that she would turn him back to a boy.

Matt drew in a breath and whispered in Kiju's ear. "Kiju…move. You're making his reflection less beautiful."

Kiju reached up and flicked the tiny dog off her shoulder, sending him flying. "Well Ryou, we have one outfit, but you need more. And you need shoes."

"And don't forget makeup."

Both Kiju and Ryou turned at the sound of the voice. As soon as Ryou saw who was standing there, he nearly fell over. He couldn't believe his bad luck.

Kiju smiled warmly. "That's right."

The new comer stepped forward and shook hands with Kiju. "I'm Mai." She said.

Kiju nodded. "I'm Kiju and this is my friend Ria." She said, pointing to Ryou. Ryou blushed. At least Kiju hadn't used his real name.

"Your pretty, Ria," Mai said, "but with some makeup, you could be breath taking."

Ryou felt himself blushing even harder. "Thank you."

Mai smiled. "I can give you some tips if you want."

Ryou started to answer no, but Kiju interrupted. "That would be great. Thank you." She said happily.

Ryou felt like melting into the rug.

Mai took out a pen and scribbled something down on Kiju's hand. "That's my number. Give me a call sometime, Kiju. And good luck with your shopping." She turned and left, waving over her shoulder.

Kiju smiled and turned to Ryou, who appeared to be trying to kill her with his mind. "Come on Ryou. Let's finish up here. After this, we have to get you some underwear."

Ryou slumped to the floor, hoping his face wouldn't catch on fire.





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