Disclaimer: No, I don't own Yugioh or anything ASSOCIATED WITH YUGIOH! This disclaimer thing is beginning to bug me now…

Hey Ho! Chapter 2 of my 'I Am Special' fic is up, hope people love it because he gets to meet his friend today on the way to school… but no more than that. Anyway, hope you like it. Xoxoxo

'Bakura! Please… I'm sorry! I won't do it again… I promise…! Onegai Bakura! Onegai!'

Bakura laughed cruelly as he kicked Ryou once more in the stomach. 'I told you not to apologise! Now, get up.' Ryou instinctively curled up into a ball and trembled.

Bakura scowled. 'I said GET UP! WEREN'T YOU LISTENING?' He grabbed a handful of Ryou's hair and balled it up in his fist. Ryou yelped as Bakura dragged him mercilessly upwards. 'Apologising is for WEAK people. You are WEAK. Say it!'

'I'm weak, Bakura! Now please… I have to get to school… please…' Ryou whimpered, looking frightened. Bakura laughed.

'Yeah, you've got to get to school, Ryou. You better go.' He smirked and Ryou backed carefully away from him before grabbing his bag and rushing out of the house, not bothering to close the door. He reached the end of the corner and slowed, panting tiredly.

He straightened up and started walking, although he felt sick after Bakura's kicks. Perhaps he could tell the nurse he was ill and he could get off school for a while. He shook his head and mumbled to himself. The nurse would want to know why he had those fresh bruises and then the school counsellor would ask about 'family problems'. Nobody could help him. Best to keep it to himself.

As he was thinking, he heard the 'cling, cling!' of a bicycle bell behind him. He looked around. Someone in the same uniform as his own was cycling madly towards him, and didn't look like they could stop. 'Watch out! Get out of the way!' The person riding it yelled but it was too late. They'd smashed into Ryou and sent him sprawled across the ground.

The person gave a little shriek as they fell of the bicycle and landing a few yards away from Ryou. 'Ouch…' Ryou groaned, and lifted himself up onto his elbows. It appeared the person riding the bike was female. He stood up gradually, brushing the dirt from his trousers. He walked over to the girl, who was struggling to get back up again. Ryou saw that her bicycle had crushed her foot and lifted it off her easily. It was a very light bike.

She sighed with relief but yelped as she tried moving again. 'Ow…' She muttered, looking up at Ryou. He smiled. He bent down and offered her his hand.

'Need any help?' He asked politely, as the girl grasped it and tried to drag herself upwards.

'Yes, thanks. Here, sorry for knocking you over, I didn't mean to.'

'That's OK, I'm not hurt.' He said softly. He grabbed the girl's other hand and lifted her onto her feet. She couldn't put her left leg down. 'Here, is your leg hurt?' He asked, looking concerned.

'Yeah.. my wheel must have crushed it on an awkward angle, but you go ahead, I can catch up later.'

'No, I can't leave you here. Put your arm around my shoulders and I'll help you walk. I think we have to leave your bicycle.' The girl looked up at him. Ryou hadn't noticed how pretty she was. Her hair was a red-gold colour with bright scarlet eyes and a perfectly rounded face. He struggled not to gasp.

'Thanks a lot, by the way for helping me.' She said suddenly. He came out of his trance. 'I'm Lola, I'm new at Domino High School. What's your name?'

Ryou looked down at her. 'Um… Ryou. You're new here? I can show you around if you want.' She smiled happily up at him.

'Really? You'd do that? That'd be really helpful. Thanks!' Ryou smiled, glad they were getting along. She limped beside him for a while and they didn't say anything to each other before they were in sight of Domino High's gates.

'Wow… is that it? It's really big!' Lola looked up at the school. Ryou was surprised by her breaking the quietness between them.

'Um… yeah, it is. Really large, I mean. Do you know how to get around?'

Lola looked up at him and blushed. Ryou's heart did a little flip. He couldn't like her? Surely not. He loved his Yami. Yes, Bakura. He loved Bakura. But that blush did something to him. He'd never felt like that before. 'Actually… I was hoping you could show me around today… if that's OK, because I wouldn't want to intrude if you're hanging out with your friends or something…'

Ryou fought off the urge to beam happily. 'No, no. It would be great! I'd love to show you around, seeing as you're new.' Lola smiled happily.

'Cool! So… um… do we have different classes or something?' Ryou thought a minute.

'I don't know. We get different timetables each day so I wouldn't really know. But I'm in most of the classes here, so I'll probably be with you sometime I guess.' Ryou noticed a slight blush forming on Lola's cheeks again.

'Um… great! When do classes start?'

Ryou's eyes widened. He hadn't noticed the time! They were five minutes late! 'We're late! Quickly, follow me!' He started running with Lola behind him. They rushed through the gates of the school and skidded into the Reception Office, the secretary looking sceptically at them.

'Ryou Bakura? Late again, I see. Oh and is this Lola? We have you down as Lola Forsythe. Is that correct?'

Lola nodded breathlessly.

'Good. Well, here are your timetables. You're both in double French this morning and you have Madame Gisele. Oh and Ryou? You'd better go and see the nurse about those bruises, how did you get them?'

The secretary looked inquisitively at Ryou. Lola faced him and gasped. Apparently she'd never noticed them. 'Um… I tripped on the curb and fell on my face this morning. It always happens… very clumsy…'

The secretary looked disbelieving but sent him up to the nurse to get them treated anyway after he'd showed Lola to Room 136.

After Ryou had showed her to Room 136, Lola stopped just outside the door. She was nervous. What if they didn't like her? What if…

She slapped herself mentally. Stop being so stupid, she thought, of course they'll like you. Reaching forward timidly, she knocked politely on the door and opened it. A class of about fifteen teenagers like herself looked at her.

The teacher, who had been writing something on the board, turned round to look at her. She had sharp features with lank black hair that showed her ears and thin black-wired glasses.

'Lola Forsythe?' Lola blushed and nodded dumbly.

'You're late Lola. And in my classroom, we don't do things that way. We turn up on time and come prepared. Where are your French books?'

'Um… I'm new here, Madame, and I don't have any French books. I didn't know which classes I had today.'

Madame Gisele scowled at her. 'But you didn't bother to phone the school in advance for your timetable?'

'I don't have the number to the school, Madame, I didn't know we were supposed to phone.'

'And what about your parents, Ms Forsythe? They didn't bother to ring us? I'm sure they know what precautions this school expects it's new pupils to take.'

Lola looked away from the teacher. 'My parents died when I was little, Madame, I live in a Halfway House.'

The students started to mumble. 'Well then you should have come up to the school in advance Ms Forsythe. You are sixteen and expected to – '

She was interrupted by someone bursting through the door, panting tiredly. It was Ryou. Lola could tell he'd run all the way down from the nurse's office.

'RYOU BAKURA!' Madame Gisele yelled. Ryou looked up at the teacher timidly. 'THAT IS THE FIFTH TIME IN A ROW YOU HAVE BEEN LATE! EXPLAIN YOURSELF!'

'I was up at the nurse's office Madame, I've got a note explaining my lateness.' He held out a tiny slip of paper. Madame Gisele took it and threw it in the bin.

'Pfuit.' She muttered and scowled at the both of them. 'Go and take your seats please, before I get any angrier. We sit in alphabetical order in this class Ms Forsythe, so you are sitting next to… Ms Lily Heron. Also, we speak in French in this class, so no English accepted in writing nor verbal.'

Lola nodded and sat down, but no sooner had she done so a paper note landed on her desk. She picked it up and unfolded it. It was from Ryou.

Sorry. You shouldn't have gone through that. It wasn't your fault.

She smiled. She replied.

That's OK. She didn't know I was new.

Ryou looked at her and smiled. Lola noticed though that it wasn't a real smile. He seemed sort of scared and looked kind of sad.

Hey you look sad. What's up?

Nothing. Well, I'm just a bit stressed at the moment at home. And the salve on those bruises doesn't help. It stings.

Don't worry about it, it'll go away, and the stress, it's not like

She didn't get to finish her note. Madame Gisele had swiped it from her desk. 'SENDING NOTES IS NOT TOLERATED IN MY CLASS MR BAKURA AND MS FORSYTHE! DETENTION AFTER SCHOOL! BOTH OF YOU!'

Lola scowled. So far her day had been pretty bad. But then, she thought, things can only go from worse to better. Right?

Weird chapter. I'm liking Lola she rocks. Anyway please review otherwise NO UPDATE! Oh and secrets of the soul too. REVIEW! Mwahahahaha.