"Long ago, during the time that the gods were planning on to create life on earth, Heaven and Hell were at war. They fought over the land that would be shadowed and lightened. They were brought into battle and as they fought, Heaven became almost like hell and lost their wings. No angel was supposed to be brought into battle if it meant killing. The angels grew selfish and bitter and the balance of Yin and Yang was destroyed. That is, most of it. There was one untainted angel left, she was trapped between the cracks of the mortal realm, and she cried out for help. No help came until a young demon found her and pulled her out. They were told to never touch hands but the young man felt so sorry for the little angel. Suddenly, and orb of light encircled them and they were never seen as the same again. As the orb of light faded the two were gone, but not destroyed. They had created a new life in a matter of speaking. A demon and an angel formed together. Ryou are you getting all of thi--" Bakura looked at his reading partner who had gently fallen asleep on his partner's shoulder. Bakura twitched almost annoyed. Once again he poked Ryou's head lightly and he woke up.

"Wuh—what? Oh hi!" Ryou blushed knowing that he had fallen asleep. Bakura frowned. "I'm sorry about that." Ryou scratched his head and looked at the book again. "Should I start reading again?" Ryou loved reading about devils and angels. The problem was that he easily fell asleep in class when it was boring or comforting. Bakura shook his head in a no. Ryou whined "Why not!" Bakura pointed at the clock. Class was over. "Oh okay we can read it two days from now." Ryou said reluctantly.

"We have swimming classes next. I overheard the teacher saying you can't swim?" Bakura gave Ryou an awkward stare. Ryou twitched and shook his head. "You can't swim." Bakura attempted to confirm. Ryou nodded shyly. It was clear he had an irrational fear of water. Bakura made a sorry face and smiled. "Nothing to be ashamed of. So you just going to sit on a chair or something?" Ryou nodded again. He sighed and walked off to the door when Ryou caught his wrist. "What is it Ryou?"

"Maybe just this time I'll swim. My mom got me swim trunks and I can't waste them." Bakura laughed lightly, and grabbed Ryou's hand and walked along. Ryou blushed a little.

'He's so immature and so unconfident. He's like a child that doesn't want to go to school. He seems so childish. So kind hearted and innocent. Sure he can swear but none the less he seems innocent enough.' Bakura thought. Bakura and Ryou got changed and went out to the school pool. Ryou quivered as he saw all of his friends out there swimming. Yugi saw Ryou and waved.

"Ryou! You want to join us in swimming?" Yugi yelled from the deep end. He was so small but he could swim all the way to the 15 deep. Ryou felt bad for not being able to swim. Bakura grabbed Ryou's hand, pulling him into the shallow end that went up to their knees. Ryou looked down to see his knees shaking wildly. It was cold and terrifying.

"Ryou." Bakura whispered inaudible. He started to get a feeling this fear wasn't just because of some nerves. It could have been something that he remembered happening in the past. "Ryou." He said more audible. Ryou responded by looking Bakura in the eye. "What happened that made you so afraid of water?"

"I-I-I am not afraid!" Ryou was shaking wildly looking back down at the water as they began to walk into the deeper end hand in hand. "I just don't know how to swim!" Bakura was extremely doubtful.

"Huh..." Bakura frowned. "Great story! Now tell me the truth?" Bakura looked at Ryou whose eyes were at the water. "Ryou." He said once more. "Tell me please so I can help you. At least give me a hint or something!"

"Fine!" Ryou looked in the other direction and rolled his eyes. He sighed and said, "When I was a little boy I went swimming somewhere in Canada, the Okanagan Lake or something. This was before I moved to Japan." Bakura nodded for him to continue. "I went into the lake and went too deep. I fell over and might I add this time of day it was really crowded. I tried to get up and..." Ryou twitched. "This is really stupid. I..." Ryou couldn't finish. Bakura nodded. Something told Ryou to continue. "I got stepped on in the head lost my breath and drowned. I woke up on the beach and my mother explained to me what happened."

"You drowned and someone bride style carried you to the shore and gave you the mouth to mouth thing." Ryou nodded in shame, Ryou looked up and at Bakura in surprise. "How do I know this?" Bakura asked Ryou in confirmation for what he was about to say. Ryou nodded. "Well... Now that you jogged my memory of the past it was..." Ryou stared in awe. "Well I couldn't carry you in any other way. Don't worry I wasn't the one who stepped on your head." Bakura slapped his head mentally. 'Stupid move stupid move.' "I won't let you fall in the water. I promise your head won't get stepped on." He now mentally punched himself in the head. 'Just stop it I tell you!' He thought to himself. Ryou gulped and that snapped him out of his own little phase. "Ryou just stay calm and don't look down! Look at me for a moment." Ryou did as he was told to. "Now I want you to tell me exactly how you feel."

"Well..." Ryou thought long and hard. "I feel sick to my stomach. Is that good enough?" Ryou whimpered as the water went up to his neck. He shot his head up in a futile attempt to keep his mouth and nose from the water.

"No that won't do. Let me try a new method. Bend your knees." Bakura looked down at Ryou and saw that he was shaking his head. "Please. Hold your breath and go under. I'll still have your hand and if someone almost hits you I'll pull you up." Bakura smiled and nodded to him in assurance. Ryou nodded and smiled innocently. Ryou's legs began to weaken and he took the plunge and shut his eyes. He felts the strain and shot back up, not being used to holding it under water. "Good! You went under water! Before you became afraid of the water did you--woah!" Bakura was quickly shoved away from Ryou and the elder boy fell into the water. Before Ryou could do anything to help his face was plunged downward. He inhaled the air and felt his heart almost stopping as his eyes dulled. He wasn't dead but the repeat put him in shock.

Anzu sneered above him and didn't let go of his still body, as he was motionless. Bakura got up and pushed Anzu away, giving Ryou the chance to get up as Bakura pushed her onto the surface of the swimming grounds. He ignored her for a good moment and turned to see Ryou hadn't come up. He ran in, shoving people away and he quickly pulled him up. The young boy gasped for air and coughed hard.

"You're alive right?" Bakura whispered as he helped Ryou out of the water, pulling him onto a chair. He patted Ryou's back until he slowly stopped coughing. Ryou looked at Bakura and smiled to show that he was all right. Bakura frowned and Ryou just blinked, Ryou couldn't talk for a while. "I let you down and broke a promise, for that I am eternally sorry." Bakura hung his head in shame. Ryou blinked again and his face stopped glowing with cheers and it became dark with remorse. Bakura looked up with his smile still vanquished. "If I knew the bitch was going to be here I wouldn't have forced you to come today." Ryou shook his head and smiled.

Bakura tried to make out what he tried to say but all he found in his mind was 'Olive Ku' Bakura smiled back trying his best to act smart.

"That's nice." He tried to make it seem like he knew what he said. Ryou's smile faded and tears swelled up in his eyes. He mouthed out a few more words. 'What you meat at ice olive Ku' Bakura attempted to comprehend what he was saying. "I don't understand." Ryou unfortunately had no idea Bakura didn't know what he was mouthing. He got up, staring at Bakura for a good while and shook his head in disappointment and tears cascaded. He walked away. "What! What did I say? I'm sorry!" No response, "I'M SORRY!" he just continued to walk.

TBC

What did he say? Let's see if you people can find out! 