I am so sorry about this chapter; there is hardly any blood or angst, but I can't have that start now, otherwise I would be killing a Ryou off every two chapters, and that would be very boring and predictable. Every Ryou is different, so this one is a happier, more carefree Ryou. Please do not kill or hurt me; I promise this will get more angsty! Read on!
Twenty five years after Ryou's death
A baby screamed. He had just been born, and he was brought into his mothers arms. "He's just beautiful," said his mother, Hiriko Y. Kaiba. The Y stood for Yamashima, her mother Sami's last name. "Welcome to the world, my precious child…Ryou…" Hiriko had heard her mother use that name often. That Ryou had been her dear friend, and had been missing for so long. Her mother hadn't believed the rumors that Ryou had killed her friends Yugi, Tea, Serenity, Joey and Tristan. How right she was…
She held the child up to her boyfriend, Tairon Valentine. They were both only young, twenty years of age, but they knew they had made the right decision in keeping this baby. Hiriko smiled as her parents Sami and Seto walked in. She told them the child's name, and Sami grinned, remembering all the times she'd had with Ryou. Oh well, times had changed, she was no longer young, but a forty one year old Grandmother.
They all crooned over Ryou, the child was so adorable, and had white hair and brown eyes exactly like the deceased Ryou had. Hiriko supposed it was a bit odd for a child with blonde parents, but she loved him all the same. Sami was still smiling, but she sensed something odd, and looked closer at baby Ryou.
She gasped as she saw a dark aura around the child consuming him. She pressed her lips together and said nothing, but all the same; she was scared. Hiriko returned to the house with the sleeping baby, and laid him down to sleep.
Sixteen years later
Ryou played his guitar silently in the corridor of his school, Domino High, and waited for the classes to begin. It was his first year at that school; he'd been expelled from his last one for playing with his band on the school roof. Oh well, now he, Yugi, Joey and Tristan came to Domino High, and as long as they were together, they didn't care. They needed a female singer for the band, and that would be hard to choose, as the voice needed to be outstanding. He heard graceful footsteps coming up the hallway.
"Hi, are you new here?" asked a girl with long blonde hair, dark tanned skin, lavender eyes and lots of golden jewelry. "Yeah, my name's Ryou, just started this year," he answered smoothly, "What's your name?" he asked. "My name is Sami Ishtar. I've heard about you, you're my father's best friend's grandchild, right? Oh, my father's best friend is Sami Yamashima, I was named after her." She replied.
"Yeah, my Grandmother is Sami Yamashima," Ryou answered. "So, that would mean your father is Marik Ishtar? My Grandmother's always going on about him; she always goes to Egypt to visit him. Has he moved here?" Sami thought about the question. "Yes, we moved here late last year, this is my third month of Domino High."
Ryou paused, taking in every inch of her body, and then asked her something. "Hey, can you sing well? My band needs a girl to be a singer in our band. Wanna come to the auditions; they're on after school today?" "Okay," Sami answered. "I love to sing, and I write my own songs as well. Oh, gotta go, I'll see you there, okay? Bye!" And with that she walked off, Ryou saying goodbye to her.
All of a sudden, Ryou was pitched headfirst to the floor, and there was a rage inside his head, growing stronger, consuming him…a darkness…a shadow… He heard bloodcurdling screams and terrible yells of pain, and bodies flashed in front of his eyes! He moaned and pushed his way up; the visions of rotting corpses having ended. He had a terrible headache, though. 'What on Earth was that?' he wondered.
He eventually let it go, and put his focus on his school work for the rest of the day, before the bell went. He still didn't know about the shadow that was watching his every move, smirking, and thinking about the qualities of his new 'precious light'
He is ignorant; the youth at hand draws a visage of death across his mind.
Empty, he dismisses the shadows as mere illusion and trickery.
He has no knowledge of the shadow he should have left behind,
Nor that he is a victim of a curse called immortality.
Well, I'm sorry about the lack of gore and angst, but I cannot start a new life and have him be tortured right away, if I did that then Ryou would die every two chapters! Anyway, please review, even if it's not up to your preferences of angst and blood, I promise in chapters to come, there shall be more!
Thanks:
ttSerenity –OMG, I am so sorry I didn't respond to your review, I didn't get it until after I posted this! Sorry! I'm glad it sounds exactly like Akefia! Thanks for the review!
Dark Magician Girl Hikaru –Yes, unfortunately (for him, not us) Ryou can never die! It shall be an endless pattern of living and dying and being reborn! Unless I get sick of it and end it. Who knows…besides the shadow, of course…Thanks for the review.
Stormrose Dewleaf -I really apologize to Aurora, because this isn't as gory and angsty, but I promise that in later chapters, it will be! Don't hate me! Ryou isn't weak, but as Ryou has a major issue with denial, he was in denial of his strength and heart. Poor denial infested angel…Hopefully, the ending will be happy for Ryou, but if not, he can come and stay with me for all eternity. I read morning dove, it was great! Thanks for the review!
Computerfreak101 –At the moment, this is staying PG, because it's very lame now, and no blood and corpses in this chapter. DAMN! I wanted blood and angst. Oh well, I myself must be patient, for I can't exactly kill two Ryou's in three or four chapters, I love him too much for that! Thanks for the review!
If I missed any reviews, you sent it after I posted this.
Love Sami, Ryou's Hikari.
