DZ: But I don't feel like doing this...it's the fourth chapter and their going to-
Ryou: *clamps a hand on DZ's mouth* You're ruining the story!
DZ: Mouph ithh eeing...
Ryou: What?
DZ: Offingth, raz oo a ithcamer.
Ryou: Ok, DZ does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! On with the fic...
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Jounouchi was once again bored. At least it wasn't raining anymore, and he could watch people again, but it didn't seem to be enough anymore. At least not after the encounter with the human. Jou sighed. He still did not know how or why the human can see him, a dead person, a ghost, but he wanted to know why. Now he spent his days looking for the boy who saw him. Noah had tried to dissuade him of going off to find the human, but Jou was determined.
He walked along the sidewalk, observing the people walking around him. For a second he wished he was still alive. The people walking along looked very happy. But then, he really can't change anything, so why bother feeling like that?
Jounouchi sighed and was about to walk away when he heard, "HEY YOU!"
Jounouchi turned. And his eyes widened. It was the person from the park. Jounouchi shrunk away a bit, curiosity the only thing keeping him from running away. The tall youth walked towards him, three others following him. Jounouchi noted that two of them looked very much alike, having weird, tri-colored hair and the other with snow white hair.
Jounouchi gulped.
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Seto advanced towards the fair-haired youth. He smirked as he noticed the "dear-in-the-headlights" look the boy was having. Seto stopped in front of him. The boy didn't say anything, still staring at Seto with wide eyes.
"Seto, who is this?" Ryou asked. Yami and Yugi looked at the two of them.
"He's the one I was asking you about the other night."
"Hey, guys what are you talking about?" Yugi asked eyeing Ryou and Seto. Seto pointed at Jounouchi.
"He's the guy who was following me the other day."
Yugi and Yami looked at each other, then the direction Seto was pointing. They looked at each other again. Yugi frowned. "Seto...there's no one there."
Seto opened his mouth to speak, but a sudden call in the air grabbed hi attention.
"JOUNOUCHI!!!" Seto knew the blond heard it too, for his head snapped in the direction of the call.
Jounouchi saw Noah running towards him. The green haired boy had a distraught look on his face. "Jounouchi! Run! Hunters!"
Jounouchi frowned not comprehending what his friend was saying. He looked behind Noah to see two men chasing him. His eyes widened. Noah had finally reached him, and was now tugging his arm. "We need to get away now, Jounouchi. I think they're after you. They summoned me, but they didn't know I knew you. They wanted to lure you somewhere else. We have to run now."
The blond blinked for a moment, before nodding. He gave Seto a look before turning around and running.
"Hey wait!" Seto called. He began to run after the boy, and his friends soon followed.
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Ryou panted, running faster. He looked behind him to see Yami and Yugi right behind him. Yugi was lagging behind, his short legs not capable of having Ryou or Seto's larger strides. Before he turned his head, Ryou also noticed two others running after their group. His eyes narrowed. The aura he felt from those two...the familiarity made him uneasy. What was it? His eyes widened. Hunter...so then, that boy must be...
Ryou stopped. "Seto!" He called. "Go ahead, Yami, Yugi and I'll catch up." Ryou didn't bother to see Seto's approving wave and stopped Yami and Yugi as they passed by.
"What is it Ryou? Where's Seto?" Yugi asked.
"We have to deal with those guys." Ryou said, nodding towards the two men who were chasing them. Ryou lifted his hands, a faint blue mist coming off of it, and making a barrier infront of him and his companions. The two men stopped infront of the barrier.
"Sorry, but I can't allow you to go further."
"Oh...a witch, ne?" The speaker was tall and had spiky, silvery-white hair like Ryou. Actually, he looked a lot like Ryou, save for looking like the demonized version of him.
"'Kura! How cool! I've never met a witch before!" The other was tanned with sandy blond hair. The light lavender eyes showed a tinted innocence and his wide grin gave him a childish look. "She's cute too, 'Kura! And she has pretty hair like you!"
Ryou blushed, then sweatdropped. Once again, people thought he was a girl. He clenched his hand and shouted, "I am not a girl!"
"Coulda fooled me." His look alike snorted. "Now, please remove this barrier. We have important business to attend to."
"Nope, don't think so." Ryou smirked. "Give me a reason."
Bakura's eyes narrowed. This brat was trying his patience. "One, I asked nicely. Two, it's none of your business. And three, you don't want me to force this barrier to be removed."
"Yea, yea...'Kura can get violent." Malik nodded.
"Is that a threat?"
"Take it as whatever you want."
"I don't care about your threats. Now tell me, what are hunters doing here in peaceful ol' Domino?" Ryou raised an eyebrow for effect.
"Once again, kid," Bakura spat the last word. "It's none of you business."
"It is if my city if being desecrated by one of your kind."
"What the hell is the supposed to mean?!" Bakura shouted.
"Psh...as if you didn't know."
"Ok, that's it! This barrier's going down. I'm not liable for any of your lives." Bakura pointed at Ryou and his companions. He raised his hand to Ryou's barriers and started chanting something unintelligible. The barrier started to darken, small cracks appearing here and there. Malik started to join Bakura in his chant, and soon the cracks went larger spreading through the whole barrier.
*CRASH*
Ryou closed his eyes, but didn't do anything else. He felt some stinging pain in his cheek and left arm. He opened his eyes, and looked behind him to see if Yami and Yugi were alright. Yami was shielding Yugi, and, though there were some rips on Yami's clothing, they were fine.
He looked at the hunters, to see that they were gone. Ryou frowned. At least I bought that boy some time. I hope he got away.
"Ryou?" He heard Yugi call for him. "Ryou, what happened?"
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Seto chased after the boy until he had to stop. He grasped a nearby tree, and tried to get back his breath. After a while, he looked up to see if the other boy was still in sight. Seeing no one, he walked around the forestry of the park to see if the boy was still there.
He heard some voices to his left and started to follow the sound.
"That was him!" A semi-panicked voice yelled. "I know it's bad! And those hunters! They're after me!"
Seto heard a pause, and then the first voice spoke again. "No! It's not the other guy I'm worried about! He looks harmless, it's the hunters I'm worried about. They're hunters, Noah! HUNTERS!!!"
Another pause, "No! Juri will freak out! Please don't tell her, Noah! She might..."
"Who might what?" Seto heard himself ask. Jounouchi whipped his head around to the side. Seto stepped forward through the clearing, his eyes locked on Jounouchi. He kept noticing Jounouchi looking back and forth between him and somewhere by his side as he approached. "Who are you talking to?"
"He can't see you." Jounouchi said to his side. Seto stopped a couple of feet in front of him and raised a brow. Jounouchi pointed by his side. "You can't see him, can you?"
Seto looked to where Jounouchi pointed and squinted his eyes, straining to see something he did not think was there. After a few seconds of trying, he looked back to Jounouchi and shook his head. Jounouchi sighed. "Why can you see me? Why?!"
"Why shouldn't I be able to see you?"
Jounouchi looked at Seto weirdly. He cocked his head, studying him for a moment. Seto saw his eyes widened, "You don't know...you don't know, that's why..."
"I don't know what?" Seto snapped, getting annoyed with the boy. Riddles were not something he liked to decipher. "What are you talking about?"
Jounouchi, who seemed dazed, snapped his attention back to Seto. "I-I I'm...I'm a ghost."
There was a long pause in the clearing, as if time had stopped.
"I'm sorry, I must have heard you. What did you say?" Seto said uneasily.
"I'm a ghost." It came more steadier than the first time. Seto laugh a bit nervously.
"You must be joking. Why should I believe you? I don't even know you."
"Hey pal!" Jounouchi said forcefully. He pointed a finger at Seto for emphasis. "You're the one who followed me! Now get it through your thick skull! My name is Jounouchi Katsuya and I died six months ago! I'm dead! I'm a ghost! A ghost! I! AM! A! GHOST!"
Seto shook his head, getting really angry. He had no patience for such jokers. He reached out to grab Jounouchi's outstretched hands, but to his surprise, and utter dismay...
his hands went right through Jounouchi's.
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DZ: Oh god, I finally got it out. I had to force myself to right that...I didn't really know, coz this part was tricky. Everyone was acting OOC, so I don't know how I should have continued with it. *bangs head on the table* Sorry it took long time.
Jou: Well, now for the reviews (moving along).
DarkOpalDragon: Aww, thankies, Ry-chan. Much love from you! ^_^ Ah, post something up really soon, mmkay! Luv ya! See ya tom.
Blue Lagoon Loon: Mal-hehe, it fits him. LOL, ha! NEways, dun worry bout Jou-chan! I won't let em get him! At least not yet *wacky grin*
Emily: Hmm...well, I've only seen up to ep 108 of the anime, and I haven't really seen any Seto/Shizuka in it, but I dunno. Maybe they end up together. But I dun care. It's called a fanfic for a reason.
Kaiba-fan: Sankyuu! Review again! (minor alterations to "Thank you! Come again! LOL)
Princess Strawberry: Uh.. T_T sorry for making you wait long. But hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Taito-kisses: *waves her own banners* Yesh! Ghosties to everyone! (unless you are creeped out by them, sowwy) Hehehe, thanks!
Kitsune Hashiba: LOL, dun worry, I go straight for the R too! ^_^
Flambè, Master of Pyromaniacy: Hehehe, most agreeable. If only Kaiba actually had a love interest *sighs* LOL, but yes, it's a fanfic, so anything in bounds of imagination if fair game. And I think you just gave me an idea for a new fic (hehehe, K/J/Blue Eyes Girl love triangle!). Anyways, good thoughts.
Krazy Kazuko: Yes, yes...I know...I really need to get a beta reader or sumpin'. Anyways, that's actually from Romeo and Juliet. But it's fairly close, and I do see where you can mistake is as. Thanks for the review!
DZ: Okay...that's it...er yea...
Jou: You, that's a really crappy part to end it.
DZ: Cliffie?
Ryou: Does that count? Is it a cliffie?
DZ: No clue, but ah...yea...
Ryou: You like to say that ne?
DZ: Yea...Oh, I just remembered something!
NOTE:
Anyone want to join a Yu-Gi-Oh! Yaoi RPG?? If your interested e-mail me. We need a lot of characters. A lot. For now only Ryou and Bakura are taken (I play Bakura!). We haven't started yet, and I hope it doesn't die off on so...that would suck. Anyways, if you do want to join, e-mail me. Ciao!
DZ: Yep, I think that's it. Please read and review!