Tball777- I'm back for the second chappie!

Ryou- Finally! What is going to happen to me?

Tball777- You'll see... Be patient!

Marik- We used up all our patience waiting for you to update!

Tball777- Well, if you want me to leave-

Everyone- NO!

Tball777- ^_^() Hmm... Who should I choose for the disclaimers? How about Jou- kun!

Joey- Why did you say my Japanese name?

Tball777- Cuz I can... That's reason enough for me! ^_~

Joey- *grumbles* Fine! Tball777 does not own Yu-Gi-Oh. Maybe in her dreams, though. She must have a lot of those to come up with these evil- Erm... I mean... Wonderful stories!

Tball777- Ya got that right! ^_^

Tball777- Last thing, I PROMISE! My good friend from school just started writing here. Her name is Kaibacorp345. Could you please go read her fics? Thanks a bunch for the ones who do!

On with the ficcie!

Ryou crossed his fingers as the Eggo waffle slowly turned a shade of golden brown in the toaster. Seeing that it probably wasn't going to blow up, he went into the living room and found his cat, Sakura, asleep on the couch.

She was a beautiful, angel white cat with almost impossibly soft fur. Her nose was a perfect shade of pastel pink, and the tips of her ears were a slightly darker shade than the rest of her, almost like silver. Ryou thought of the day that he found her...

He was on a field trip with his school, and by popular demand they had gone to see the flowering cherry trees. He wistfully remembered that this was before he was cursed with the ring and Bakura. He had moved away from the rest of the class to eat his lunch in peace, when he heard a slight mew. He looked around, and thought he was hearing things. It came again, and when he looked up, he saw the tree he was eating lunch under had a small kitten in it. She was obviously stuck, though Ryou hadn't the slightest idea how she had gotten up there in the first place. The kitten looked at him, and he looked back. Then, without warning, she jumped down and onto Ryou, the force sending him careening, almost into a tree. Ever since, they had been very close, like the best friend Ryou had never had.

Sure, he had Yugi and them, but he wasn't really all that close to them. Everyone at school avoided him, or just didn't notice him. He never had the courage to talk to anyone he didn't know, and in return, everyone thought he was weird.

'Pretty pathetic when your closest friends aren't in your inner circle...'

Ryou reached out and softly stroked the top of her head. She woke with a start, but upon seeing it was only him, she gave a slight 'Mew' in greeting and nuzzled his hand. Ryou smiled softly, but his mind was obviously elsewhere.

A slight ding came from the kitchen, and Ryou raced in, Sakura at his heels. He didn't see anything aflame or wildly sparking, so he cautiously opened the toaster to find a perfect waffle. He sat down, and began to eat when Sakura padded over, plopped down next to him, cocked her head and mewed pathetically. Ryou sighed and lowered his milk glass to the floor. She purred and looked at him as if to say 'thanks', and began to lap up the milk.

Ryou thought about going for a walk. Bakura probably wouldn't mind... At least he hoped not...

'That reminds me, where is he? He hasn't insulted me today...'

"I think I'll go for a walk, Sakura... Want to come?"

Sakura looked at him and then back to her milk as if to say, 'I'm eating, it's a Saturday morning, and it's COLD!' Ryou smiled, stroked her head, grabbed his jacket, and headed out the door. Sakura stared at his departing figure, her instincts telling her that something bad was going to happen soon. She disregarded all earlier doubts and scrambled out of the door after Ryou.

Tball777- There! Chapter two! Sorry nothing much happened, this was mostly a building chapter. Whenever I do one of those, it means the next one is normally a doozie! ^_^

Bakura- It better be...

Tball777- Or what?

*Tball777 and Bakura start to fight*

Yugi- Well, I'll do the honors then. Please, please, please R&R! She updates sooner if she gets reviews... *chibi eyes*

Yami- Ja Ne!