Kidea: Ok yes it's time for chapter four. At last Ok, Ryou's daddy will explain and then we'll meet the other important character at the end…or next chapter. Anyway let's get on with it -

ENTRY 4

"Otou-san." I said as the tears welled up in my eyes. My father smiled warmly and I burst into tears and flung myself into his embrace. He wrapped his arms around me tightly and stroked my hair comfortingly.

"Don't cry Ryou. You need to understand what's happening, I'm here to tell you." He said as he held my shoulders, pushing me away and looking into my eyes. I sniffed and nodded. I heard Bakura get up off the floor and mumble something. Marik was still snickering at Bakura's head and tail feathers.

"Shut up Marik. It's not fucking funny." My yami snapped at the tanned Egyptian psycho. My father gave a soft laugh and looked down at me and smiled.

"I believe this needs explaining to all present." He sighed and we all found a spot in the lounge room so that he could tell us what was going on.

"This better be a good explanation." Bakura snarled and hunched over and folded his arms across his chest. My father sighed heavily and I rest my head on his shoulder.

"I think I should start from the beginning," Father said like this was going to be a long story. I was ready; I just wanted to know what was going on. Father shuffled in his seat and I glared at Marik who was still trying not to laugh at Bakura, "Eighteen years ago I was lying in the dust on an excavation in a remote part of Egypt. It had been an immensely long and hot day and I hadn't had much to drink. So as I lay there watching the sun go down behind the pyramids I saw a winged figure fly into the sun and over me. I thought I was hallucinating because of dehydration but when the figure landed next to me I knew she was real. She had long white hair and deep crimson eyes and she seemed rather frightened of me but whatever she had been flying from scared her more. I walked over to her and she tried to take flight again only to fall back to the dirty ground. I could see her wing was bleeding and yet I wasn't bothered by this odd feature. I took her to my tent and I healed her wing and checked to make sure none of her tail feathers were damaged," Father said and then looked between me and Bakura, "Oddly enough, Bakura seems to have gained tail feathers rather than you Ryou."

"Stupid feathers." Bakura mumbled darkly.

"I'll continue shall I? Slowly the girl began to gain trust in me and I learned her name was Sora. She had been flying from poachers who were after her wings, which are rather sort after on the black market. Slowly we fell in love and she fell pregnant with Ryou. Before we knew about this she said she had to return to her world. I was sad to watch her go and amazed when she came back only a week later as we prepared to leave Egypt. She told me she was carrying a child and that she wished to give birth with me by her side. So we left for Japan together and nine months later she gave birth to Ryou. She was so happy with the beautiful baby boy and she cried for hours after when she knew she had to return to her world. She was forbidden to bring Ryou with her and we came up with the story that I would tell Ryou when he became old enough to understand that his mother was dead." Father finished and he shifted his gaze to me and I sat there feeling slightly numb. I felt an arm wrap around my shoulders and looking up expecting to see father's face I was shocked to see a sympathetic looking Bakura. I sniffed and leaned into his warm touch and couldn't help but wrap my arms around his waist and cry.

"So she's not dead?" I sniffed and looked at father over Bakura's shoulder. He shook his head and I looked at everyone else to see them looking out the window in awe and I followed their gaze and shook Bakura's shoulder and pointed to the winged figure in the sun. The body loomed closer and father ran outside. As soon as the woman's feet touched the ground father embraced her and she hugged him back. I knew instantly it was my mother.

Kidea: Aww cuteness. There you go, Ryou's mother is my second explanation character and I'm thinking about finally completing Ryou's transformation in the next chapter…we'll see how I go