Hey, guys. I'm so sorry I took like almost a year to update this story ( you must hate me lol. Anyways lots has been going on, I changed a lot since the last time I updated, and mayb that's why I didn't update 4 a long time. Well here's the fifth chapter, hope you like um sometime in the chapter you might notice a change in the way a write since it's been a long time. B4 u go onto the story though, id like it if u would check out these names im thinking up 4 my dog I SHOULD {nudge, nudge, mom&dad} b getting over the summer. Please place your vote in your review 4 this chapter, thank you, lol :P

Boy: Ryou, Yoshi, or Inu Yasha (Inu 4 short)

Girl: Chika, Mika, or Sango

Vote 4 each boy and girl, plz and thx (

Chapter 5 – New friend ..... or maybe more than a friend

Sometime after lunch, Riley arrived to check up on Amunet.

The door bell rang, and Marik got up from watching Jerry Springer with Bakura to answer it.

"Hello, Master." Riley said with a bow.

"What're you doing here? What's wrong? Don't tell me your parents found out about your existence to the Rare Hunters." Marik asked in panicky voice, Riley never showed up at his door step unless it was important.

"No, nothing like that. I'm just here to see Amunet." Riley replied.

"Oh, alright. Come in. She's in the backyard with Mila." Marik said, feeling calmer now.

Riley bowed again, and walked through the house to the backyard.

Amunet and Mila were sitting on the porch talking in hushed voices. They stopped, and looked up when they heard the back door close.

Amunet eyed Riley. "Hi." He said.

"Who are you?" Amunet asked.

"You may not remember me, you were practically unconscious when we met face to face. I'm Riley." He introduced him self to the girls.

"Oh yeah. I still owe you that slap across the face, but you're lucky my good arm's sprained."

"While we're on that topic, how are you now? You looked really bad when I found you in the woods." Riley said, sitting down in a porch chair opposite to the girls.

"I'm alright, it'll be two months till I can live like a normal person again, but I'm not in critical condition." Amunet replied.

Riley nodded, and a ring on Amunet's left hand caught his eye. "So, what's it like to be engaged?" He asked.

Amunet's eyes widened, and she hid her left hand under a cushion. "It sucks." She said coldly.

"Getting married this young must be stressful." Riley said.

"I'm not getting married." Amunet said stubbornly.

"You're going to have to, they'll make you."

Amunet looked away. "I'll find a way. No one makes Amunet Ishtar do anything she doesn't want to."

"Whatever you say." Riley replied.

"You sound doubtful. I hate Perry, and I sure as hell am not going to marry him." Amunet insisted, crossing her arms, sticking her nose up in the air.

"I used to hang out with him, you know, before I joined the Rare Hunters." He said.

"So?" Asked Mila crossly.

"You know he likes you a lot eh? For... let's see." Riley, began to count with his fingers. "Yeah, that's it, six years."

"Good for Perry. I don't care. I'll never forgive him for what he did to me." Amunet said.

"It's your choice." Riley shrugged. "A lifetime is a long time to get to know someone better."

"Mmm, mmm," She replied, shaking her head, pale blonde hair flowing gently. "Nope. It'll never happen."

"You are the most stubborn human being on this earth." Riley said.

"Well that's just stupid. Have you met everyone on this earth?" Amunet asked smartly.

"No. But I'm pretty sure you're in the top 10." Riley replied.

"Whatever." Amunet said.

"This is getting really boring, you guys wanna do something?" Riley said, thinking the subject was just getting plain weird.

"Sure. What exactly did you have in mind?" Mila asked.

"Maybe we could go hang out at the park for a bit." He said.

"I'll go ask my dad." Amunet said, getting up from the porch chair, and heading in through the sliding glass door.

"Father?" She called.

"In the living room." He replied.

Amunet arrived in the living room to find Marik and Bakura still watching Jerry Springer.

"Father, can I go to the park with Riley and Mila?" She asked.

"Which one?" Marik asked still staring at the screen.

"The park you always used to take me to, you know, the one just up the street." Amunet replied, gesturing to the far end of the street out of the window.

"Fine. But be very careful." He gave in.

Amunet smiled and went out the door with Mila and Riley.

As much as Amunet tried not to admit it, she did get to like Riley better as she got to know him.

They hung out on the monkey bars and talked for hours.

"Here comes trouble." Mila said, her expression changing suddenly.

Amunet and Riley looked in the direction Mila was.

There was someone walking towards them, and Amunet had to squint her eyes against the setting sun to see who it was. Once recognition dawned on her, she immediately climbed behind Mila, and grasped her shoulders. "Please don't let him come near me." She pleaded.

"It's okay, he won't try anything with us around." Mila replied.

"What do you want?" Riley asked him.

"To talk to Amunet." Perry replied.

"Well she doesn't want to talk, so leave her alone." Mila said to him.

"I can talk to her if I want to, she is my fiancée." Perry stated.

Amunet whimpered; she hated how hostile that sounded.

"Amunet can still make her own choices, you can't control her every hour of the day. Now leave before I have to make you." Riley said.

"Oh I'm so scared, the little pip squeak is threatening me." Perry said sarcastically.

"Remember me? I was the boy who jumped on your back, probably saving Amunet's life, you screwed up psycho." Riley said.

"Yeah, you really beat her up bad. She's been in pain for days." Mila said.

Perry stared at Mila, then looked at Amunet cowering behind her back. "I thought I told you not to tell anyone, or a worse beating would have your name on it." He said slowly, starting to advance.

Amunet screamed, and climbed from the monkey bars onto the playing equipment.

Riley and Mila stood in front of each way to where she was.

"You can't protect her forever. Soon, I'll have her all to myself, then, you're in big trouble." Perry said, staring at Amunet behind Riley. And with that he turned and left.

Amunet just stood for a second.

"You alright?" Mila asked.

She burst into tears, and fell to the floor of the playing equipment, leaning her head against the little pretend car wheel children liked to play with. "I'm so scared." Amunet confessed.

"I would be too." Riley said, putting a comforting arm around her shoulders.

Amunet talked with them for a while and let all her feelings out.

"How about we go to the beach for a bit?" Riley said. "That should cheer you up."

Amunet nodded, and they helped her up.

The beach wasn't far, maybe a five-minute walk from the park, and it was beautiful because the sun was just setting on the horizon.

"It's beautiful." Mila breathed, watching some seagulls land in the water and swim.

"I come here a lot. Mostly to surf." Riley said.

Amunet's stomach lurched. "You surf?" She asked, remembering the boy she had seen that day with Mila.

"Yep, since I was four years old." He replied.

"That must be fun." Amunet said.

"Yeah, it is. What do you like to do here?" Riley asked.

"Just walk along the beach, go swimming. There's also this whale I like to visit, his name's Dipper." Amunet replied.

"A whale? You've befriended a whale?" Riley asked sceptically.

Amunet nodded her head, and whistled. A spout of water flew up into the air far out at sea, and a fin with a white spot surfaced, swimming towards the shore.

Amunet took off her sandals, rolled up her jeans, and waded out into the water, patting Dipper. She waved to Riley and Mila, telling them to come.

They waded out beside Amunet, Riley looking a bit nervous.

"I can't guarantee you won't get wet." Amunet said. Just then, another spout of water came, showering them all lightly. "See?" She laughed.

Dipper snorted impatiently. "I think he wants to take us on a ride." Amunet said, climbing onto Dipper's back.

Mila followed, leaving a space in front of her for Riley. "Come on, don't be a sissy." She said, holding out a hand for him.

Amunet and Mila helped him up onto Dipper's back. "Are you sure his is safe?" He asked as Dipper started to move.

"Of course it is. Dipper would never hurt me or any of my friends." Amunet replied. Suddenly, Dipper lurched into a faster speed.

Riley panicked, and did the first thing he could think of to stop himself from falling off, he wrapped his arms around Amunet's waist. When he realized what he was doing, he withdrew, and blushed. "Sorry." He mumbled.

Amunet just laughed. "That's okay, it can be pretty scary on your first time, but you get used to it."

As time went by, the sun went lower and lower, and Dipper's speed kept gradually picking up, until they were going as fast as a car.

Amunet closed her eyes, and spread her arms, letting her hair flow out behind her.

"Hey this is actually kinda fun!" Riley exclaimed.

Amunet, Riley and Mila laughed. "I think we'd better go back. I have to be home by nightfall." Amunet said.

She leaned over Dipper, and whispered to him. "Home, Dipper." He snorted and turned around.

Once they reached the beach, Dipper stopped, and they slid off the whale's back.

"Thanks, Dipper." Amunet said, rubbing his nose. He nudged her affectionately, and swam off.

Mila and Riley walked Amunet home, in case Perry was following them.

Amunet and Mila said bye to Riley at the front door, then, went in and closed the door, locking it behind them. Amunet closed her eyes for a moment, then, walked into the living room.

It was dark, so she flicked the light on. On the coffee table was a note from her father.

Bakura and I have gone on a hunt, you can both order out for supper. We should be back by 11 Love, Dad.

Amunet looked underneath the note, there was 30$ in bills for her and Mila. "What do you want to order?" Amunet called to Mila, who was in the kitchen getting a drink.

"Well, how much do we have to spend?" Mila asked, walking in to the living room, looking at the money in Amunet's hand. She smiled. "Let's treat ourselves."

"Okay, we'll check out the delivery restaurants." Amunet said, getting the phone book from a shelf.

They flipped through the pages, and decided to order from a Chinese restaurant.

Amunet was told that the delivery shouldn't take longer than 20 minutes, so she and Mila decided to start watching a movie.

"Okay, we've got, almost everything, on DVD." Amunet said, looking at all the movies.

"Do you have Lord of the Rings?" Mila asked.

"Which one, the Fellowship of the Ring, or the Two Towers?" Amunet asked.

"You have the Two Towers? Already? I thought it doesn't come out for like another month!" Mila exclaimed.

"Yep, we've got it. Special order, if you know what I mean." Amunet smiled.

Mila smiled back. "The Two Towers it is, then. I never got the chance to see it in the theatres."

"It's really good, more action than in the first. They cut out quite a bit of the book, though." Amunet said, setting the DVD player up. She had read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy when she was 7 and loved it ever since.

About 20 minutes into the film, the doorbell rang, making Amunet jump. She went to the front door, and looked through the glass peep-hole, to make sure it was the delivery guy. Sure enough it was, but she was still stuck to the suspicion that it might be Perry, so Mila ended up opening the door and paying for the food, while Amunet hid in the living room.

Mila closed the door and fastened all the locks, returning to the living room. "It was just the delivery man, no costume or tricks. Loosen up, girl." She said, setting the food on the coffee table in front of the couch.

Amunet came out of her hiding place, and sat on the couch with Mila, grabbing the remote. "Well it's best to be safe than sorry. You could be my decoy." She said.

"Oh I'm honoured, now I'm a crash dummy." Mila said sarcastically.

Amunet laughed, and un-paused the movie.

About half way through the movie, Amunet got an ice pack, and put it on her broken rib, like Odeon had suggested.

At 10:30, Marik and Bakura walked in through the door, and followed the sounds to the living room.

"How many times have you seen this movie now?" Marik asked Amunet.

She shrugged not keeping her eyes off the screen. "Maybe 10." She replied.

"More like 20, I've been keeping count." He said, sitting down on the couch beside his daughter.

Amunet shrugged again, and continued watching. Bakura sat down as well, and they all watched the movie.

When an army of Elves marched up the causeway into the Hornburg, Marik spoke. "Big deal, it's a bunch of chicks with bows." He said.

Amunet elbowed him in the side. "They're not a bunch of chicks, they're Elves from Lórien, remember that place, from the first movie?" She said.

"Oh yeah. Who's that guy?" Marik asked, pointing at the screen.

"He's Haldir, the Elf who took the Fellowship to Caras Galadhon." Amunet replied.

"I remember him... what's Caras Galadhon?"

Amunet rolled her eyes. "It's that Elf city, with the stairs going up the trees, and Galadriel. Now stop asking questions."

Marik fell silent, and they continued to watch the movie.

When the credits started rolling, Amunet stretched and got up. "I'll never get tired of that movie." She said, putting the disc carefully in its case.

It was near midnight now, and she walked around the house, locking every single door and window. Then, double-checking to make sure, before heading for her room.

Amunet locked her window, and closed the blinds, then, took out her box set of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. She opened 'The Hobbit.' "I haven't read this in years." She said to herself. "I think it's time to read it again."

Amunet braided her hair, and put on her pyjamas. She, then sat down on her bed, and started to read 'The Hobbit.'

After a few chapters, she decided to got to bed, it was about 2 in the morning.

She slept in the next morning, and was only awoken at about 11, when Odeon wanted to check her injuries and see if anything improved.

"Amunet, wake up." Marik whispered, shaking her slightly.

Amunet groaned and sat up, rubbing her eyes. "What?"

"Odeon has to check to see if anything improved." Marik replied.

Amunet looked at the doorway to see Odeon waiting. "Okay." She said.

Odeon looked at her arm first. "It's much better now, you can use it more often, just don't strain it. Now for your throat, does it hurt anymore?" He said.

Amunet shook her head. "Not as much as it use to, it's easier to swallow now."

"Alright, I think she can lay off the antibiotics now." Odeon concluded.

Amunet made a noise of joy, and Marik nodded his comprehension.

Almost on cue, right after Odeon had said that her rib was much better and she shouldn't worry too much about it; the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" Amunet said happily.

Rushing to the door, she opened it. It was Riley, and he carried two surf boards and wore a T-shirt over his swimming trunks.

"Hey," He greeted cheerfully.

"Hi!" Amunet replied, happy she might have something to do today. "What're you doing here?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to come to the beach today. My dad's a doctor and he said your broken rib should be alright now. I've been meaning to give you surfing lessons." Riley purposed with a warm smile.

"Awesome! I'd love to come! I'll just go ask my dad." Amunet said, turning on her heel to find her father.

"Dad! Can I go to the beach with Riley?"

"How long?" Marik asked.

"Um, till sundown I guess." Amunet answered.

"Okay, but bring some warm clothes in case it gets cold."

"I will, thanks, dad!" Amunet got her bathing suit and some towels from a hamper, then, set out the door.

In the warm, white sand of the beach, Riley taught Amunet all the basic moves to surfing.

"Okay, so you stand up like this when a wave's coming, right?" She asked.

"Yup, but spread your feet a bit more, that'll help you keep your balance." Riley explained, showing her the correct position.

"K," Amunet said, mimicking the move.

"Alright, that's about it. I think you're ready to hit the waves." Riley stated, staring out over the rolling waves of the ocean.

Amunet fell several times on the baby waves, making Riley laugh out loud. She surfaced for what seemed like the millionth time, and spat out sea water, coughing slightly and pushing her wet hair off her face to glare at Riley as he sailed away on his surfboard and looked back at her laughing.

"Are you falling on purpose?" He asked.

Amunet smiled. "Well, duh! I'm trying to "accidently" lose this stupid ring!" She exclaimed, holding up her left hand.

Riley just gave her a stern look and she sighed heavily. "I know, I know."

"Okay, so maybe surfing isn't among your many talents, let's do something else." Riley said, picking up his surfboard in the shallow water.

"Fine," Amunet answered, swimming closer to shore.

Sitting on the shore, they talked together about anything at all, the typical teenaged life. Several times Riley would mutter something so low she couldn't hear him, and it seemed he wanted it that way.

"You're so funny!" Amunet laughed, beaming brightly at another one of Riley's stories.

"You're so beautiful," He murmured.

"What was that?" Amunet asked, pushing some of her hair behind her ear.

"Nothing, so what were you saying?"

Amunet resumed her subject and it gradually turned to boys.

"Have you ever gone out with someone? Like for real, as in you really loved them?" Riley asked.

Amunet shook her head, platinum blonde hair shaking over her shoulders, glistening in the sun.

"Me neither... umm, I was thinking..." Riley trailed off nervously.

"Thinking what?" Amunet asked.

Riley stumbled over his words for what seemed like forever, until finally: "I was wondering if you're interested in becoming, like, you know...more than friends. Like..." He broke off into a sigh. "Would you go out with me, please?"

Amunet merely smiled. "I thought you'd never ask,"

Riley finally looked up from his feet to stare into Amunet's eyes.

She leaned forward a bit to peck his cheek, then smiled warmly.

"So that's a 'yes', right?" Riley asked.

Amunet smiled and nodded. Riley returned the smile and leaned forward to kiss her lips.

'Oh my God, my first kiss,' Amunet thought nervously. 'What do I do?' She slowly did what she thought was right and put her arms around his neck. Amunet felt Riley's hands on her waist and butterflies fluttered in her stomach.

"How sweet. Forbidden love." A voice mused coldly from behind.

The kiss broke, and both Riley and Amunet swung around sharply. To probably everyone's surprise Amunet sighed in frustration.

"Would you piss off for once and let me have my own life?"

Even Perry was taken aback by the strong words, but soon regained his composure.

"I am your life,"

"No you're not,"

"Look at your left hand!"

"What? This?!" Amunet yelled, yanking the ring off her finger. "This means nothing to me!" She threw the ring as hard as she could at Perry and got up. "Come on, Riley, take me home." Amunet said, taking Riley's hand.

"You're not going anywhere, you ungrateful little wench!"

Amunet and Riley turned their heads to see Perry starting after them. They walked faster, then finally ended up running towards Riley's bike with Perry in hot pursuit.

"Quick! Get on!" Riley cried, helping Amunet onto the passenger seat of the bike.

Perry reached them and started fighting to get to Amunet.

"You slut! Bloody whore!" He yelled, while Riley held him off.

"Riley!" Amunet cried in worry as Perry kneed him in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him.

"Wait till I get my hands on you!" Perry cried, launching himself at her.

But Riley wasn't giving up just yet. He got up again and punched Perry in the face, yelling "Leave her alone!!"

Taking advantage of Perry's momentary half-consciousness, Riley hopped on the bike behind Amunet and peddled as fast as he could up the street.

Coming to a screeching halt outside of Amunet's house, they sat there, frozen, breathing heavily, still in shock of what had happened just down the street.

Amunet saw her father in the window staring curiously, and Riley spotted Perry running up the street, hungry for revenge. They glanced at each other.

"You, get into your house and lock all the doors and windows, stay as far away from any of the windows as possible, okay?" Riley ordered.

Amunet nodded, and swallowed. "What about you?"

"I'll be fine, don't worry about me. I'll make it home. Just please don't leave the house without your father or someone." Riley answered.

She nodded again, then paused, before hugging him and running inside the house.

"What was that all about?" Marik asked, making Amunet jump after she had locked the door.

She paid no heed to him and ran down the hall to lock the backyard door, then all over the house, making sure every possible entrance was secure and blocked.

"Amy, what the-." He demanded when she brushed past him to lock the bathroom window while he followed her around the house.

A sudden loud knock at the door made Amunet jump horribly and press her back against the wall.

"No! Dad! Don't answer it!" She cried.

"Why not? Who is it?" Marik asked.

"It's Perry! Don't!!" Amunet pleaded.

"Why not? What harm is there in it?" Marik said.

"Because... because... oh, Ra. Dad, it WAS him. I lied to you." Amunet confessed.

Marik's hand froze before reaching the doorknob. "What was him?" He asked, even though he knew what she was talking about.

"It was him. Perry attacked me. I only lied to you because he said he'd beat me up even worse next time if I did." Amunet explained, tears running down her face, and she slid down the wall to collapse on the floor.

"You heard me, bitch! The engagements off! Finito! Never gonna happen! EVER!!! Not my daughter and your psychotic son!" Marik yelled, slamming the phone down on the receiver while Amunet sat on the couch beside him. He then turned to his daughter, and comforted her. "It's over. You don't have to worry anymore. Just go on and live your life the way it was before. No more Perry or engagement rings."

She nodded and sniffed.

"We'll sneak into movies on Friday. Ride on the roller coaster till we throw up." Marik joked.

Amunet laughed. "Thanks, dad." She smiled.

That night, Riley called to be sure Amunet was safe and sound.

"Hey, you okay?" He asked as Amunet picked up the phone.

"Yep, just fine, thanks." She replied.

"So what you doing?"

"Not much, hanging around." Amunet said, taking the phone to her room.

"The doors and windows still locked?"

"Hell, yes." She plopped down on her bed.

"Good, so..."

They talked on the phone for hours to the point where Amunet thought everyone in her house had gone to bed. The alarm clock on her bedside table read "1:20 a.m"

"It's getting late," Amunet said lowly so she wouldn't wake anyone up.

Everything was so quiet.

"Are your lights off?" Riley asked.

"Yes," She answered.

"You better hope the bogey man doesn't come out to get you." He joked.

Amunet laughed. "Yeah, right."

"I'm serious, he likes to eat pretty girls like you," Riley laughed.

"You weirdo." Amunet giggled.

The light in the hall switched on.

"Oh, shit, I think my dad's up. I gotta go, ok?" She said.

"Okay, bye... I love you.." Riley replied.

There was silence for a few seconds. "I love you too... bye." Amunet answered.

"Bye." Riley said, and she hung up the phone.

Amunet hid the phone and switched her T.V on to a comedy station.

The door opened, and Marik walked in. "What're you doing up so late?" He asked, rubbing sleep out of his eyes.

"I'm not tired." She replied.

"What were you laughing at? It sounded like you were talking to someone."

"I was just talking to myself and this show's funny, ok? Only someone without a sense of humour wouldn't laugh." Amunet said, gesturing towards the television screen.

"Okay, well get to bed soon, please." Marik said, turning to close the door.

"Night," Amunet replied.

At 3 in the morning, Amunet was jerked awake by a tapping on her window. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, looking up at her window. It took a while for her vision to clear but when it did, she gasped, almost screaming.

There was a note taped to her window from the outside. She stood on her bed to get a better look at what the note said.

'Better watch your back, bitch.'

Amunet clapped a hand to her mouth and shook her head in fear, backing away from the window.

A rock came crashing through the glass, nearly missing her head and making Amunet scream, falling off her bed onto the floor.

Lights switched on all over the house and her door swung open.

"Amunet!" Mila shrieked, running to her side.

Bakura and Marik looked from Amunet to the shards of glass lying on her bed, to the window which had a smashed hole in it, and a note attached to the unbroken part of the window.

Bakura leapt up onto Amunet's bed, and carefully put his arm through the hole to retrieve the note on the other side.

He handed the note to Marik and they read the note together, exchanging glances.

"Oh, Ra," Marik said, grabbing Amunet's arm and lifting her to her feet.

"Ow! My ankle! Watch it!" She cried as she stumbled out of the room.

Once everyone was out of the room, Marik slammed the door shut and locked in from the outside.

"You can't stay in there, tonight. It's too dangerous." He said, making sure the door was locked and secure.

"She can stay with me, Mr.Ishtar. My room doesn't have any windows, and it's right beside Odeon's." Mila suggested.

"Good idea, Mila. Amunet, for the next week at least, you are not to leave the house at all without Odeon or any strong escort."

"But, dad-."

"No buts! It would be far too risky. Even in the house I want you to be with someone,"

Amunet grumbled and stomped off towards Mila's room.

She couldn't sleep all night, she just tossed and turned then eventually gave up, taking out her deck and shuffling it over and over, trying to find the same card she had the last time.

'Hmm, I wonder if you can summon a monster in real life. Like not on the battle field; maybe then dad would let me go out on my own.' Amunet thought, staring at her Dark Magician girl.

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there, I hope you liked it. There will be MUCH more l8er ( anyways please review and tell me what you thought it would mean a lot to me :D o, and if u've forgotten, PLEASE VOTE ON A DOGGY NAME:

Boy: Ryou, Yoshi, or Inu Yasha (Inu 4 short)

Girl: Chika, Mika, or Sango

Also give me suggestions if u have an idea 4 another name (gotta b Japanese name though oki?)