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(meep) is spirit talking in another language

"meep" is speaking in english

'meep' is Bakura speaking in another language

-meep- is thought

there will be others.

Chapter 3: The tale of Spirit

"What happened?"Ryou asked, "Who are you? Where's my family?"

"Hikari, calm down,"Bakura said, "We'll explain everything at my house."

"What about your family?" Ryou asked.

"My family's been dead for a long time now,"Bakura said, "We need to get you away from the house before anymore of those spiders come back."

Ryou wouldn't budge from his position on the floor. The poor child was too frightened. Spirit just sighed.

"Ryou," Spirit began, "You have to trust us. We're not against you. We want to protect you."

"No!" Ryoui cried, "Leave me alone! You want to kill me!"

'Spirit, what are we going to do now?' Bakura asked, 'He won't trust us.'

(Just go as what I did with you when you first met me,) Spirit said.

'You mean give her a gift?'Bakura asked.

(Yes, it will calm him down and he will trust us,) Spirit said.

'It's worth a shot,'Bakura said. So he took out a small stuffed dog and handed it to Ryou.

"Ryou, here's a stuffed toy for you,"Bakura said, "I would've given it to you sooner but the spider got in the way."

"Uhh, thanks. I guess,"Ryou said, "But don't you want to kill me?"

"Of course not," Bakura said, "We want to become your friends. So will you trust us?"

Ryoulooked at Bakura's blue eyes to see if he was lying or not, then he took his hand trusting him.

"Yes, I will trust you,"Ryou said putting back on his innocent smile.

"Okay,"Bakura smiled back. So they walked over to Bakura's house. When they got to the yellow house, they sat on the couch and chairs in the living room.Ryou spoke up first.

"Can you tell me what's going on?" he asked.

"We'll tell you everything you want to know,"Bakura said after giving everyone a soda.

"First, I want to know where my family is," Ryou said looking down to his Sprite.

"It will be hard for you to believe but," Spirit got a deep breath, "they were killed."

"What do you mean?"Ryou asked tilting his head to the side.

"That spider killed your family," Spirit said, "I saw their bodies on the ground in the room across from your room."

"It's impossible!"Ryou cried out, "They can't be dead! They just can't be!" He cried in his hands.

-Poor Ryou,-Bakura thought, -He's just an innocent and now he doesn't have a family. Sigh. I am going to help him. I'll be his crying shoulder. I will help him.-

Bakuragot out of his seat and went to Ryou. He put his arms aroundRyou's waist and gave him a hug.

"Don't worry Ryou," he said, "We'll protect you no matter what. I promise."

"Okay,"Ryou sniffed, "I also want to know who you are."

I'll tell you about me," Spirit said, "And Bakura, you best stop hugging him or he'll be hugged to death."

"Eheh, sorry,"Bakura said when he stopped hugging Ryou. A blush crawled up his face. Spirit smirked at this.

"Well first off, my name is Spirit or in old times Sorey Nurome Sonoki," Spirit said, "And yes Ryou, the rumors you heard were true. I was the son of the famous blacksmith, Inman J. Sonoki. And Inman Road was named after him."Ryou ohed from this.

"I was born on August 22, 1829 in the same house you lived in," Spirit continued, "I learned at a very young age how to fight and to do blacksmith work. I'm part American on my father's side and part Japanese on my mother's side.

"I never had a single friend in my lifetime because of how I looked," Spirit continued on with a sad look on his face, "I had long white hair and gray eyes that all of the kids called me old from. So I stayed home with my work and books. My father said I had more knowledge than most kids my age.

"On July 18, 1846, a very wealthy bridge builder came to Nixa wanting the land for his own," the sadness in Spirit's eyes were showing more, "He was going to give them a lot of money for their land yet everyone declined. He walked to the market to see if anyone was selling their land but no one was. He then bumped into me when I was doing my noon shopping. He looked at me and got a glint in his eyes. Because of my feminine features, he thought I was a girl. The man asked if I was married and I said I was happily married to my wife, Nichole. He asked if I could sell the land to him, he would marry me. I got scared at that. I was used to being called a girl, but he was going too far on asking me to marry him. So I said I was a guy, no, and he could suffer a horrible death alone. He got angry at this and grabbed me by the arm tightly. He got caught by a sheriff for hurting a child. He left a bruise on my left arm and a broken rib which are still there. I got help at home from my wife not knowing that the man was seeking out revenge.

"One night, a bridge builder dressed up as a sheriff came to the house and arrested me for cursing out a wealthy man," his voice was cracking up now, " he took me to the Hawkins Bridge and placed a rope around my neck and rope around my wrists.

"People started coming to the bridge," tears were swelling in Spirit's eyes, "The man told the people that they needed order and would get what I got. He then pushed me off the bridge. I-I was hung there for several days before I finally died. I watched for a year as all of the people died trying to get revenge for me. I got tired of all the deaths, so I took matters in my own hands. So in the middle of the night, I took the man to the Hawkins Bridge and hung him there. He died in the morning and I was sort of satisfied.

"A witch came to my grave after learning what happened," Spirit said, "she said that she would let me have my body back whenever I wanted it in exchange, I would protect the child that would be living in my house. So I agreed to that. So for 157 years, I waited for that child which is you Ryou."

"Why am I to be protected?"Ryou asked.

"What I learned from the witch was that you had the power to defeat the man's relative," Spirit said.

"What powers?"Ryou asked.

"The powers of the most powerful witch,"Ryou said, "She had esp, the power of the elements, and the ability to talk to spirits."

"Oh, ok,"Ryou said.

"Is there any other questions you want answered?" Spirit asked.

"Yes, what was the language you two were speaking in and what was that spider"Ryou asked.

"The language was an Ancient Japanese language which we learned for several years," Spirit said, "We could teach you if you want."

"Okay,"Ryou said, "I would like to learn it and what about the spider?"

"The spider is the rochino spider. Rochino meaning 'evil poison' in Ancient Japanese. It's more dangerous than the brown recluse and the black widow together. When someone gets bitten by the spider the poison burns the insides, then the outside and all of your organs get burned. In my year, all of the victims were killed after the first day," Spirit said, "Is there anything else?"

"No,"Ryou said.

"We'll need to teach you how to use your magic,"Bakura said.

"Okay,"Ryou said.

End of Chapter 3

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