I didn't hear from him again for another two days. I could still feel him stirring though, almost like a thought in the back of my mind. And that is where he lingered, until one morning as I was getting ready for school.
"Where are you going?"
I jumped, I hadn't heard his voice in days, and he startled me.
"I'm going to school."
"Hmm…" was his only reply.
I took the Ring off my neck, and laid it on my nightstand.
"I'll see you after school." I said, not sure if he could actually hear me or not.
School went, well, like school. It may sound strange to you, but I rather like it. My teacher is nice, I have great friends, and the work is easy. At least to me. Of course, with my small size and white hair, I get picked on a lot, but I try to ignore that. I always hope that that will make it stop, but it never does. They never hurt me… too bad. So I just try to live with it. I bring that up because it was during one of these times that I got to see my spirit for the first time. I was on my way to school. I had almost made it without incident, and thought maybe I would this time, when Jounouchi stopped in front of me so suddenly it made me trip and fall.
"Ha! What, you can't even walk right?"
Jounouchi and his friend Honda were two of the meanest bullies in school. They picked on everyone, and didn't seem afraid of anything or anyone. I just stayed on the ground, hoping they would get bored and go away- no such luck. He grabbed me by my collar and pulled me up.
"Here," he sneered, "let me help you up."
It was at this point I felt sort of a… pulling, I guess you could call it. Like a pulling on my soul. Literally. And then suddenly standing beside me… was me. Well, he sure looked a lot like me. His hair was a little rougher and his eyes were darker, and he had a scar running down his right cheek. But other than those small differences, he could have been my twin. He was just glaring at the boys, who stood there and to me looked pretty scared. I was still in shock. Was this my spirit? As soon as the spirit had shown up, Jounouchi had thrown me on the ground like I had suddenly become contagious or something. I was still there, unmoving, not knowing what to do. The spirit walked right up to the two and stared Jounouchi straight in the eye.
"This body is mine. So keep you hands off."
Now, I'm sure under normal circumstances, they would have just laughed him off. But I think staring a spirit in the face changes things. I mean, I didn't mention it, but the spirit appeared as just that. A spirit, transparent and all. Though I'm sure you could probably guess that. They were gone in a flash. Now, I didn't realize until after this was all over that I had taken off the Ring before I left for school. With trembling fingers I reached up to my neck to confirm my suspicions. A leather cord around my neck led to the Ring. The spirit was just standing there now, a look of triumph on his face.
"H… how… how are you here?"
He looked over at me as if he'd just realized I was there. He walked over to me and leaned over so we were at eye level. He had a smirk on his face that looked so very evil and made me shiver.
"Don't you worry about that my little host." And then he disappeared.
I could suddenly feel him inside me again. It was such a weird feeling. I was left sitting on the ground, trembling, trying to take in all I had just seen. I got up and went back to my house. There was no way I could go to school today, and for once I was glad I lived alone. As soon as I got back home, I headed straight upstairs. I hadn't heard anymore from my spirit, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to. I had no doubt now that being "friends" was definitely not what he had in mind. But what did he want?
A/N: Okay, chapter 3 done- yay! And… if anyone is wondering, I decided to go with the manga version, or at least, part of it. I've learned that Ryou being from England is only in the dub. Does that mean he lives in Japan in the manga? (If someone could let me know I'd appreciate it.) That's why I used Joey and Tristan's Jap. Names, even though I don't think they knew each other at this age. (If they didn't, just pretend they did. ) Anyway, with that out of the way, I hope you are enjoying this so far, and I'm really trying to make it longer! Please review! I will really try to make the next update as fast as these have been, but these were already written before I even posted the prologue, so, all I can say is I'll try!