Ice Screams.

Disclaimer: KK doesn't own YuGiOh or the Radio Drama "Ice Screams" Tho she wishes she owed the Radio Drama then YuGiOh U___U

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Chapter One: Knee High

////////// Malik's P.O.V //////////

I've been in the bar for three days, since the accident. Most of the people I saw on the first day I came are still here. I sit at the bar table, finishing my drink, getting ready to flag the waitress for another one. I'm not a hard drinker. I fact, only a handful of people I've known have ever seen me drunk. I know the people in the bar are dying to know what happened. But that would defeat the purpose of drinking, I would have to remember.

I guess it all really began sixteen years ago. I was twelve and so were my friends Bakura & Amane. "Ever notice the colder it is, the longer it takes the bus to come?" I asked, braking the silence. "What?" Amane sneered. "Are you in a hurry to get to school?" Amane had green eyes and brown hair. She was cute. Cute the way a twelve year old perceived another twelve year old. "Well, if I'm knee high in snow at below freezing temperatures, ya. I'd kind of like to get to school," I answer.

"I hear you there." Bakura said, brushing snowflakes from his hair.

"My little brother Ryou gets to go to Toronto for two days. It's not fair!" Amane said suddenly. "I knew they liked him better!" This sentence confused me. "What?" I asked.

Amane sighed, calming down. "When Ryou was born, he was very sick, My mom spent a week nursing him back to health, Ever since, my mom's been.. Protective of him."

Bakura snapped out of his brief zone out. "What are we talking about?"

"Amane's little brother Ryou."

Bakura was taller than me, and he looked a lot like Ryou. It creeped me out. I swear, they HAD to be related. They both had white hair and pale skin, though Ryou had more of a soft look to him. Ryou was nine at the time.

A car rolled us in front of us. Ryou was in the back seat. Amane's mom rolled down the window.

"Now Amane, I'll tell Aunt Julie you'll be staying with her for two days." she said. "But it's not fair!" Amane protested. "Why can't I come to?"

"Now Amane, I don't want to get into an argument about it again, we'll see you in two days."

"Have fun at school...!" Ryou taunted from the back seat. The car drove away into the snowy fog.

"I hate my little scum brother!" Amane almost screamed. "Calm down," Bakura said. "So what? He's only going to miss two days of school."

A day rolled around and by late night Mrs. Robin, the gossip queen of the town, decided to take a stroll. She walked by Amane and Ryou's house. And in the house there was a light on where it shouldn't have been. And, as being the gossip queen you have to have a sense of curiosity.

So Mrs. Robin, being a good friend of Amane's mother, didn't hesitate and stepped inside. Thankfully, the door was unlocked. "Hello?" Mrs. Robin began. "I saw the light on inside and I thought I'd greet you, I thought you weren't coming back until tomorrow." No sound. "Hello?" She called again.

Mrs. Robin heard a noise coming from the kitchen. When she got to the kitchen, she saw that the back door was wide open. "God it's cold in here," she said as she closed the door. Now her mind was thinking of every possible explanation. Was there a robber in the house? A dog? Did they just get back and went to unload? From the corner of her eye Mrs. Robin saw something moved. She turned and screamed at what she saw.

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Oh, my, god, it's a cliff hanger. Ahem, anyway the chapters are so short cause I want it to be a chapter story. R & R please, tell me what you thought! I know, I know, this story hasn't exactly gotten under you skin yet, but be patient!

-KK