Summary
Months after Battle City has ended, Ryou Bakura's days still seem empty and alone. But, when he meets Dani, his life begins to change...but there are more secrets hidden in the shadows of which he is unaware of...yet.

Last Chapter (chapter 4)
A jewlery store break-in had stirred up the students in Domino High school one morning, for the girls were to have their voices recorded. The bandit in the night of the break-in was not cought on the security camera but strangely, they could hear the voice of the theif HERself. Therefore, the girls' voices were recorded in order to match them up in that of the burglar's. Out of the thousands of girls in Domino High, only one girl's voice matched closely: Dani's. When taken again for another recording, however, the recording was no match at all and Dani was let go, leaving hthe whole school boggled...

Now here's chapter 5! (Japanese at the bottom)(Sorry for the long wait! I had computer problems)
((Oh! Just so you know, I don't have any problems with homosexuals,Bis,trans and etc. Why? You'll see soon.))

Chapter 5-More Talents?; Helping Others:A Miracle..

"So when are you going to...you know...? Heh heh.."

"Not just yet...I still need to find out more about her...But..I assure you...It will be soon.."

"Heh heh..This plan is perfect, Koji-sama.."

"It's Masashi-sama to you!...and...I know...heh..."

In Japan, most schools have Saturday as a school day. (hard to believe but yes, that's true) That including Domino High school. On this bright saturday morning, the class is in their classoom talking with friends, as usual, while they wait for their teacher to arrive. Ryou, however,is seen sitting quietly in his seat, hands on his desk, and no important thoughts running through his head. (Unless you count Yami Bakura's constant rambling about the Sennen Items.) He closes his eyes and tries to zone everyone, including Bakura, out so he could have silence; Try to have time to himself. He sighs; It's not easy to zone out everything in your mind. Just as he was getting close to reaching that point, something tapped his forehead and fell to the floor. His eyes opened abruptly and he blinked. He looked down at the floor to see a pencil next to his seat. He blinked again.

"Huh?..."

"Gomen!" said a voice before him, "My pencil always slips out of my hand somehow..."

Ryou looked up to see Dani bowing in her seat to him,"Oh.. It's alright. I'll get it." He bent down, reached for the pencil, grabbed it, and came back up, handing it to her.

"Arigatou, Ryou-san," she smiled as she took her pencil from his hand. She then looked down at a book infront of her and placed the pencil onto it, moving it around as though drawing. She was drawing. Another talent Ryou had now discovered about her.

Ryou blinked,"You can draw?"

Dani stopped and looked back at him, smiling,"Why, yes, I can. I do all the time."

Ryou blushed slightly at her smile," ..May I see some of your drawings?"

Dani looked down at her sketch book and gripped it tightly,"..I don't know..They're not that good.."

"Don't say that.." Ryou told her,"I bet they're wonderful."

Dani gave an uneasy look down at her sketch book.

"...I..." she started,"...I guess...just a few..."

She lifted her sketch book up and flipped the pages, searching for the right drawing to show him. "I guess it'll be okay to show him only choice pictures..though...there aren't many 'nice' ones..." she thought to herself as she found a picture to show.She turned it and held it up for him to see. It was a drawing of a small boy and a puppy playing in a park or playground. Although it wasn't colored, the artwork was astounding. In little talk bubbles, like ones in manga, in a soft kanji,it read " Come on, Miki! Lets pl-" A portion of the page had been ripped off, and it took the rest of the dialouge with it. Plus, the paper was crumbled a bit. It made Ryou think that she tried to detroy it for some reason. Luckily, though, the drawing itself of the boy and the dog wasn't damaged.

Ryou smiled,"That's fantastic."

Dani looked up shyly,"You...You really think so?.."

Ryou nodded, "Of course."

Dani blushed,"A-arigatou.."

"Oh no..We have a sub today, people!" one of the boy students in the class shouted as he stood by the door looking out the into hallway. Dani and Ryou both blinked.

"Who is it this time?" Jounouchi asked.

"...Crap...it's Yamazaki-sensei..." the boy muttered.

The all the students gasped(except for Dani),"Not Yamazaki-sensei!"

Dani blinked,"Anou..."

Ryou looked to her, a sweatdrop behind his head,"Erm...Yamazaki-sensei is...well..." he trailed off.

"Wuah!" the boy blurted out as he scrambled to his desk,"He's here! He's here!"

The door then slid open and an overly-happy teacher stood there. He had small, girlish glasses, and a navy blue suit on with a red tie. He waved hyperly at the class, and said, with an almost girly voice,"Hello my students!"

The class sweatdropped,"Hello, Yamazaki-sensei..."

Yamazaki-sensei skipped into the classroom towards his desk, "As you probably know, I'm going to be your substitute for the day! Isn't that great!"

The class sweatdropped more and remained silent.

"O-Oh..so he's a homosexual...Oh boy.." Dani thought to herself.

"/That damn gay teacher again, Hikari/" Bakura asked in his soul room.

"Yes...unfourtunately.." Ryou thought back to him.

"Now, class,LETS BEGIN!" Yamazaki-sensei shouted happily as he jumped into the air.

"We're doomed.." the whole class muttered.

The bell rang. FINALLY, it's lunch time. The usual routines go as always followed with the students. Ryou and Dani, however, stayed in their seats quietly. Ryou was having his lunch while Dani continued drawing in her sketch book she brought with her. He tried peering over her shoulder to get a small glimpse of what she was drawing, but she blocked the view each time. Was she trying to hide it? Ryou sighed after one last attempt and sat back in his seat,eating more of his lunch. Just then, Dani closed her sketch book and stood up, walking to the door and leaving the room. Ryou blinked.

"/She probably left for the bathroom...Now's your chance to look at the drawings, Hikari/" Bakura ordered in his soul room, "/ You know you want to.../"

"But..I can't do that.."Ryou thought back,"It's Dani's property.."

"/Does it look like I care/"

Ryou sighed,"Demo.."

"/Hikari, you've been trying to find out what she was drawing the whole lunch period. Now's your chance! Do it now! You've left me in too much suspense already/"

"...Fine...But only a quick look.."

"/That's it..heh heh../"

Ryou looked to his sides, making sure no one was to catch him as he reached over and grabbed Dani's sketch book from her desk. He pulled it over quickly to his desk and sat down, looking to the sides again for witnesses.

"/Not bad..Now open it/" Bakura ordered.

Ryou sighed and opened the book to a random page. A blank. He blinked.

"Err.."

"/Flip the next page, baka/"

He flipped the page and it showed the drawing of the boy and the puppy again.

"/Bleh, seen it. Next page/"

Ryou flipped the page and his eyes widened at the drawing. "..!"

The drawing was of an angel. She was kneeling on the ground and looking up to the sky. She had long, dark hair and a short, sleeveles, white dress. Her wings attached to her were drawin to look a silky, feathery soft. One wing was curled in, or just normal looking, but the other one..The other one was shortened and broken in half so the feathers were more erratic. Dani must have done it at home, for there was some color to it. On the broken wing, the whole end was colored to look like blood, a puddle of blood below it. The angel's hand had smeared blood on it, and she was crying blood tears. Ryou was appaled.

"/Well now../"Bakura started, smirking,"/..Something I like for once../"

Ryou closed the book abruptly and shut his eyes tightly.

"I...I can't believe she...she..."Ryou muttered to himself.

"/Oh, she did, Hikari. Most artists are like that. And who said you were done? There's still some time left/"

Ryou opened his eyes slowly and opened the sketchbook again. Another blank page. He skipped three pages and opened up to another..greusome...picture..This one worse than the other.

This drawing had two figures in it: An angel, and a demon. The angel took up most of the page while the demon was drawn in the top right corner. The angel wore a long, white, summer-like dress and the demon (who looks like a human with demon wings,BTW) wore a short, spikey, black dress. The greusome part of this drawing was the blood in it again. The demon in the picture had snapped one of the angel's wings in half and held the broken-off piece in her hand. Blood was scattered all over. Ryou noticed one thing in the picture that scared him a bit more...The angel drawn looked somewhat like Dani.

"..I can't look anymore.." Ryou thought as he was about to close the sketch book.

"/HOLD IT/" Bakura yelled. Ryou froze. "/...That...face.../" Bakura stared at the demon's face. She had a similar hairstyle as that of the angel's but a bit more spikey, a smirk on her face, and a small strange mark under her eye. "/...it's...familiar../"

"What do you mean?.."Ryou thought back.

"/...Could it be.../"

"She's coming back!" Ryou thought loudly to Bakura as he shut the book. It was too late to put the book back. Dani was already down the row standing next to her desk and blinking at Ryou.

"Ryou-san...Why do you have my sketch book?.."

He sweatdropped a bit."Um..uh.."

"/Think of something,hikari/"

"Uhh...Two other students were having a fight..and bumped into your desk. Your sketch book fell to the ground but I picked it up and held it for you so it was safe." He held the sketch book up to her.

Dani paused a moment, looking into Ryou's eyes as though scanning him like a laser. She shook her head and smiled, taking the sketch book from his hands, "Thanks for watching it."

Ryou gave a quick sigh of relief."No problem."

"/That was close. Good save there. Heh./" Bakura said in his soul room smirking.

The bell rang and the students started cleaning up and heading back to their desks. Dani sat down and Ryou sighed. Then Ryou thought about what Bakura was saying: How the demon woman in the drawing looked familiar to him. "That's impossible.." he thought,"Besides, who COULD it remind him of?.."

After school, the students cheered as they left. It was finally the weekend. (sure, it doesn't seem like much, only one day, but to japanese students, it's alot) As Ryou entered his apartment, slipping off his shoes, and slipping on a pair of slippers, he sighed, tired from the day. Back against the door, he slid down to the floor and closed his eyes. Peace and quiet.. Well, close enough to it as he can get. Ryou's moment was interrupted by something tapping his head. He opened his eyes and blinked. Then he reached his left hand up onto his head and felt a piece of paper lying there. He took it off his head and brought it down to read it. In a rushed kanji, it read:

Reminder-

Go food shopping after school.

"D'oh!" Ryou grumbled, smacking his forehead in fustration. He slid his hand back over his hair and stood up, slipped off his slippers, put on his shoes, and walked out of his apartment towards the food store. A few moments later, he returns to his apartment to grab an umbrella, remembering that it was going to rain later. Then he heads back out.

On Ryou's way back from the store, it started to rain. As he carried two bags in his right hand, he held his umbrella in his left. He stocked up on the few nessecities like milk, bread, some veggies, and of course, creampuffs. There weren't many people on the street because of the rain, just many cars zipping past and splashing water onto the sidewalks. Ryou saw a car coming, headed straight for a puddle next to him in the street, and gasped. As the car drove past in the large puddle, it splashed water high up into the air towards Ryou. Luckily though, Ryou used his umbrella like a shield and blocked himself of the oncoming water.

"/Damn fools of this century../" Bakura grumbled.

Ryou sighed, returned his umbrella over his head, and continued walking. When he walked, something in the corner of his eye caught his attention. He stopped to look. When he looked, he gasped. Across the street he saw Dani. She was wearing the white shirt and black jeans she wore when she and Ryou first met. Something was different, though. She didn't look too well. She took short steps while her left hand clung to the wall, keeping her balanced...almost. Ryou looked at both sides of the street to make sure no cars were coming and hurried across it to get to Dani. Dani coughed hard.

"Dani?" Ryou questioned,"Dani, it's me, Ryou. Daijobu desu ka?"

She coughed again,her right hand clutching her chest.

"R...Ryou?..." she muttered before she coughed again.

Ryou walked over to her and moved the umbrella over her head.

"Dani, you're getting sick.Let me help you home.."

She looked up at him,her cheeks red and her eyes half open. The slight blush was the only color found on her face; she was so pale.

"No...really..I'm fine..I just..." she muttered out before she lost her balance and fell into Ryou's arms (well, more like his chest). Ryou blushed a bit and helped her stand.

"Easy..here." He took her right arm and wrapped it around his shoulders to support her. Then he wrapped his own arm, after switching the umbrella to his other hand, around her to hold her up. "Come now, walk with me.."

Ryou started to take small steps, going slow enough for Dani. She went along with him slowly, almost gasping for air after each step. It turned out to be a longer walk than Ryou thought. About every five minutes, she would have to stop to cough a rough chest cough, then keep moving. But, that didnt matter.She was terribly sick. If she didn't get to her home soon enough she could just about catch a pneumonia. Luckily, however, Ryou brought her to her apartment in time. She handed him the key shakily.He took it, unlocked the door, and walked into her apartment.

It was a fairly decent apartment. It reminded Ryou of his own in a way. But there were many differences. The main difference was: mostly everything was either black or white. Carpet white; Table black; Tall lamp white; Couch black. Everything contrasted. It almost made things confusing. Ryou looked around and found the door to the bedroom. He walked Dani over into the room and was amased at the difference it was from the living room and others. It was still the same color scheme, but only the walls were white. Everything she owned, dresser,bed, desk, etc.,was black. Ryou shook his head and made his way to the bed, placing the grocery bags on the floor, along with the now closed umbrella, and helped lie Dani down gently.

"There you go.." Ryou said,covering the blanket over her,"Where do you keep the wash cloths?"

Dani lifted her hand up and pointed weakly to the doorway,"Hall...closet..."

Ryou nodded and headed out of the bedroom towards the hall closet. He opened it and looked around.

"Wash cloths...Wash cloths...Oh!" Ryou gasped slightly as he found them.

He took one wash cloth and headed for the bathroom right next to the closet. Amazingly, everything in the bathroom was all white.There was no trace of black at all. Ryou ran the wash cloth under hot water. Once he was done, he ringed it out so it was a bit damp but still warm. Then he walked back to Dani's room and placed the wash cloth on her forehead.

"This should help quite a bit..." Ryou told her softly.

Her eyes were closed and her face was still flushed, but she smiled slightly.

"Ari...gatou.."

Ryou nodded and smiled back shyly.

"/How vulnerable.../"Bakura muttered in his soul room,smirking.

"Ugh...Yami." Ryou thought back,disgustedly.

"/Heh heh heh../"

"Is there anything else you need?.." Ryou asked her gently.

She shook her head slightly,"Iie, kekko desu.."

Ryou looked at her uneasily,"You're sure?.."

Dani nodded slightly and smiled a bit,"Hai..Ryou-san. I just...Need some rest.."

Ryou sighed and nodded.

"Alright..But, if you need anything.."

Ryou reached over to his grocery bag and pulled out the reciept. Then he pulled out a pen from his pocket and, leaning against the nightstand, wrote down something. Once he was done he slid the reciept next to the telephone and put his pen away.

"...I gave you my phone number..If you neeed anything at all,just give me a call,okay?.."

Dani nodded weakly.

Ryou sighed again and grabbed his things. Then he turned to face her.

"I hope you feel better soon."

"Domo..Arigatou...Gozaimashita.."

Ryou smiled shyly again and turned around. He felt it hard just to leave her there in her condition, but she told him she would be alright. He headed out the apartment door and closed it quietly,heading back home.

The next day,Sunday, Ryou was sitting on his couch,back against one of the arms and legs across the cushions, reading another book. It was called Your Truths, My Lies. He had already finished the previous one and moved on to another book he was waiting to read. After reading a paragraph, Ryou sighed and looked around, taking a bit of a rest. He sighed again at the warmth he was feeling from the sun shining through the blinds on the window onto his body. Everything was nice and quiet;Practically silent. Even Bakura had been quiet. Ryou looked around his living room wondering how it could be so quiet. He then saw the glass box on the table. Inside was the Monster World playing figures of Yugi, Jounouchi, Honda, Anzu,Yami, Pokii and the dragon, and himself. He smiled slightly at it, remembering that day. That day when he brought it into class to show Yugi,Jounouchi,Honda, and Anzu. That day, he gained friends. And now, he has another friend. Dani.

The telephone rang suddenly and Ryou almost jumped off the couch. He blinked and placed his book on the table. Then he rushed over to the telephone and picked it up.

"MoshiMoshi?"

"Ohayo Gozaimasu,Ryou-san."

Ryou blinked realizing it was Dani's voice,"Oh,ohayo,Dani-san."

She giggled a bit,"I just wanted to tell you that I'm feeling so much better."

Ryou sighed in relief and smiled,"Well,that's good. I'm glad."

"...Thank you so much...For helping me.."

Ryou blushed slightly,"You're welcome."

"...Well...I'll see you in school, I suppose."

"Alright. Good-bye,Dani-san."

"Good-bye,Ryou-san."

A click was then heard and Ryou hung up his phone. He turned to face the window and let the sun shine on is body. He, for once, felt good about himself. He had helped a friend who needed his help. If only the world could be as caring. But that's just how things were. It'd be concidered a miracle if one person cared for another. Maybe, if the Earth tilted in a different direction, so would the people living on it. They'd tilt towards a better life for everyone. But, as we all know, nothing is that easy anymore..

End of Chapter 5.

Thank you for reading!
God it took me FOREVER to finish this chapter. And i apologize for such a long wait. my computer crashed and we had to get a new one.

so don't kill me! XD

Japanese Translations,twar:

Iie, kekko desu-No,Thank you.

Domo arigatou Gozaimashita-Thank you very much

MoshiMoshi-hello (mainly used on the telephone)

Ohayo gozaimasu- same thing as just "ohayo"-good morning

again, thank you for being patient, and reading my fic Please review! Thank youuuu bye!