Chapter Two: First Meeting
The next day, Yami grabbed a towel and a snack and ran out the door to the beach. Yugi and the rest of the gang were either on dates, or just hanging out. Yami secretly envied everyone for finding their special 'someone'. He was happy for them, but still, he was lonely.
Once Yami reached the beach, he looked out to the rocks to see if there was any sign of Rya. "Oh well, might as well go over there and wait for her." So Yami stripped off his blue jacket, and boots and jumped in. "Ah! This water's freezing!" he yelped. Nonetheless, he swam as fast as he could to the rocks Rya had pointed out before. Once he got there, he caught his breath and let the sun warm him up. Yami closed his eyes, and drank the sun in. However, his eyes opened at the sound of a splash behind him.
"Hello again!" Rya giggled happily.
"Hello. I was wondering what happened to you," Yami smiled softly.
"I'm sorry I was late. I...had something to take care of," Rya replied. They stayed silent for a while, but neither of them minded it that much. Yami began to notice that Rya was still in the water, and just resting her arms on the rocks.
"Why don't you come up here with me? The water must be cold," Yami suggested. Rya shrunk back a little. "I'm not going to hurt you," he said gently.
"I know that," Rya replied.
"Here, give me your hand and I'll help you up, okay?" Yami held out his hand to her, but simply got a saddened look in response. "What is it?" he asked.
"It's just–well I-" Rya stuttered, without being able to actually finish her sentence.
"You can tell me," Yami told her. Rya looked up into Yami's eyes to see that he was telling the truth, and wasn't like others she had met.
"Well, you see–If I show you, please promise me you won't . . . be like others I've met," Rya asked. Yami nodded in understanding and continued to wait patiently for Rya to take his hand. Rya slowly, and hesitantly reached back for Yami's hand. His soft touch caused her to smile, and her heart to beat faster. A blush rose to her delicate cheeks, causing her to quickly turn away.
"So what was so terrible that you didn't want to show me?" Yami chuckled. However, he was the only to find anything humorous.
"This," was Rya's only reply as she lifted her body out of the water. Yami gasped to see a dark blue fin rise out of the water.
A/N: Yeah, you guys probably guessed about Rya by the first chapter, hehe. I forgot to mention that I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of their characters. Yes, I know it's hard to believe. Thank you to all those who have reviewed, you are my heroes. :)