Chapter 2
The Meeting
The voice droned through the hall invading every ear it past. With these words the room fell silent not a word was spoken. Ryous mind was once again bombarded with questions who was this man? What news had he come to share with his father? And most importantly how did his father know this man? Things just didn't make sense.
His father seemed to sense the tension in the air and without a further delay his father ordered everyone out of the hall except of his wife and chief advisors and of coarse the peasant who was still standing in the doorway. But Ryou didn't budge for he was determined to find the answers to the questions that had filled his head.
His father took note of this and as soon as the nobles' waiters and other children had left the room. His father then turned to Ryou as if about to say something but Ryou was too quick for him and spoke first "what's going on" cried Ryou trying to hold his temper down, his father looked at him with pleading eye's before replying with "Ryou I'm sorry but I cant share this with you just yet, but I may later for I am still in the dark at this point, however I understand that this has probably triggered allot of questions but I believe now is not the time for this, so run along and go meet Bakura, and I'll see you later" with this his father gave him a forced smile and turned back to the people left behind. This did not sit well with Ryou he was an only child not to mention a prince and almost always got what he wanted, but something was different and his need to see Bakura was growing so without another word Ryou slipped off his chair and crossed the room as quietly and as quickly as possible. Slightly slamming the door to show he was not happy.
Once out of the room he immediately set out towards the gardens in search of his loyal friend Bakura, Bakura could easily be described as an Arrogant prankster and A bit of A smart-alecky, he was skilled with a sword And bow. He had long white hair just like Ryou but his was wild whereas Ryous was tamed and well brushed. Ryou skidded to a halt just before a large elegant stair case which lead down to the main palace garden doors.
The stair case was made made of white marble. Ryou slowly descended down the stairs and gave a brief nod to the two guards as they opened the white French doors revealing a garden like no other it had tropical Mediterranean theme, large healthy palms lined the pathways. Large elegant statues could be found everywhere towards the left hand side there was A massive man made waterfall, where the water cascaded down numerous rocks to meet its destination in the pool below it.
Slowly Ryou made his way across the lawn, in search of Bakura, his eyes travelled everywhere. Till they fell upon two palace nobles that where in deep conversation, about what hade happened in the dinning hall. Ryou knew these two men and couldn't stand either of them both was very well off yet still scabbed off his father for every thing. They were both similar in appearance to rats all they were missing where the tail, fur and whiskers. Ryou couldn't help but laugh at his thought which caused the two nobles to become Aware of his presence. The two men's faces darkened slightly as they turned to face him. 'Now what would the young prince being doing out in the palace garden' Asked one of the nobles slyly, 'I should ask you the same thing' retorted Ryou 'seeing As you don't live here and all, some may consider you as uninvited guests' Ryou finished impressively. One of the nobles just glared At him before saying 'some should keep to their own business young prince for we wouldn't want anything to happen to you' he said mockingly. With that the two men crossed the lawn towards the palace.
Ryou waited a few moments before starting his search up Again for Bakura, his search went on for around 5 minutes before his eyes rested upon A snowy mane behind A small hedge. Slowly As quietly as possible he made his way towards his friend. Once he was in range he prepared to pounce onto his friend, but before he was into his crouching position, Bakura turned around and gave him A large mocking smile, before saying 'now here's where you went wrong'.