Book Dragon: "Sorry it took so long to update… I have to write a stupid fairy tale for school…" -_-*

Bakura: "On with the fic!"

Chapter 12: Hi Shadi!

Bakura stared wordlessly at her. His voice lost and millions of thoughts streaming threw his mind. He opened his mouth after many tries of speaking but was cut short by a sound in the woods around them. Ryelle's head shot in the direction of the noise, her eyes wider than usual scanning the surrounding forest; Bakura blinked and looked around slowly. The hairs on the back of his neck rose; he did not like this.

Suddenly out of nowhere, a pair of tan hands grabbed him by the back of his arms forcefully. He yelped out in surprise and struggled under their grasp. A man with a turban and ropes appeared at of the black forest surrounding them. Ryelle's head swung back at him; she did not move but spoke very loudly.

"UNHAND HIM!" Ryelle surprised herself; she was doing her best Yami impression. The man's head swung up and looked at her. His eyes widened in fright and only gripped his hold on Bakura. Ryelle stood up carefully; that did not go as planned. The man looked familiar to her, which would figure. The man looked up at her and spoke.

"This boy is a criminal." He said totally convinced he was. Ryelle protested.

"He hasn't… that would be the work of the soul in his Millennium Ring…" The man looked up at her in surprise.

"How do you know of the spirits in the Millennium Items?" He asked in absolute shock. He had a funny expression on his face, that Ryelle could not quiet piece together. She thought about how to explain it for a moment but stopped dead when she saw something glitter on his chest; the Millennium Key. The answer to his identity flashed into Ryelle's mind like lightning. She opened her mouth.

"Shadi let him go… or I will have to do something I will regret…" Shadi paused and looked up at her.

"How do you know my name?" He asked slowly now his voice toning in extreme caution. Ryelle did not want to answer, but she had no idea what he might do to Bakura so she answered the question.

"I know many things… unfortunately…about the…er…situation…" She stumbled with her words. Shadi blinked at her; Ryelle was now fumbling with her hands and throat. She wanted to turn around and fly away but that would just be stupid. She tried something else.

"Shadi…please… I mean no harm to anybody… just let him go…" She said this slowly; she did not want her or Bakura sent to the Shadow Realm or something. She continued.

"I… give you my word… and my word is my bond. I will not harm anyone unless it is necessary." Now she really started acting like Yami. Shadi did not say anything for a long time, but he slowly let go of Bakura who walked away slowly to the side and watched the both of them in some kind of twisted surprise and shock. Ryelle gazed at Shadi with millions of what ifs streaming though her mind; he was yet another person to deal with. If you have not guessed, already she was not really a people person. She decided she was probably going to die anyway by either Yami or TombRobber or a combo of both; she sighed and sat down in an Indian style. She continued to look at him; he was baffled. She decided to say something.

"You know… I think you're perfectly safe from me anyway… you have your own magic to protect you from mine…or what you could call it."

Shadi blinked in more confusion. Ryelle began to wonder if he thought she was an ancient spirit or something; it would figure. She sat over and looked at the both of them; they were both very confused.  Bakura's face was white, Shadi had calmed down, and he looked somewhat normal, or as normal as you could get with Shadi. He looked up at her and asked.

"What are you doing with this young one?" Ryelle blinked; she didn't even know why her wings had brought her out here. Stupid wings! They do have a mind of their own. She decided to sidetrack.

"Young one? I think he's older than me…" She held out her fingers and started counting. After a few minutes, she nodded.

"Yup, Bakura is about 1 year older that me…" Well… she was 15. Shadi blinked. Ryelle got the picture.

"I'm not Egyptian…" She said slowly; Shadi looked at the wings and back to her. She glanced at her wings quickly and sweet dropped.

"These? I wish I could explain them but I don't even know how." Bakura also looked oddly at her. She felt weird sitting up on the high rock now; she tucked her wings in and started to climb down. She had climbed rocks bigger than that one when she was younger so it was like riding a bike for her. After a few moments, she landed on the ground with a thud, a sort of odd grin on her face she had not had since she lived in her world. She looked at the both of them and scratched the back of her head nervously.

"Um… what do we do now?"

Book Dragon: "Sorry this was a bit short…"

TombRobber: "Please review!"

Bakura: *looks at him in surprise*

TombRobber: "Tell anyone I did that and your both in the shadow realm

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Bakura: 0_0U