A/N I've never used wordpad to do this so this is going to be different looking than the anything written before it. Hope the few readers are still enjoying it. I'm always looking for suggestions on what else Bakura and Ryou can get into. THANK YOU for thoses of you who review. Now on to more entertaining topics.....

Tractor Rides and Horse Guides

The days continued on like this untill well into September. They would rise early rush through breakfast, water the animals and send them to pasture, go to school, come home, make second rounds on the animals, do homework, animals, showers, dinner, bed. Bakura was dissappearing to the woods frequently and wasn't sleeping. When he did he kept muttering in his sleep. Lilly wasn't sleeping either. She kept yelling out in her sleep telling someone named Alex that they weren't going to die. Serena always rose to deal with her sister when she got to be too loud. Bakura had resided to mental torcher though. He was constantly tell Ryou he'd done something the wrong way and making him re-do it untill it met the standards. But this impaticurlar day was to be different. As Ryou sat on a bale of hay watching Serena, in her over-alls, a hammer in the little loop on her right thigh, nails stuck out of the corner of her mouth and one in her hair holding her pony tail in a bun. Serena had become a quick ally. She knew the farm and everyone who spent time there. Though she frequently forgot things and got aggitated when some one had to remind her what she'd been doing.
"Who's Alex?" Ryou asked as Serena messured a peice of plywood.
"Used to be me." she muttered. " Ah Ha twelve and a half."
"Used to?"
"Yeah, before the accident. Alex is what they called me for short. But when I came to I didn't much care for the name." she explained marking off on the wood.
"What happened?"
"I was eleven. Grandpa had bought Lilly a horse and she had just broke him. So the two of us went out in the woods on one of the kinder trails. Something ran in front of us and spooked the horses. Lilly was more experienced and got hold of Seth with ease. Chip on the other hand threw me into a tree. I was in a coma for nearly a week. When I came to I didn't remeber a thing. After that everything was different. Or so I'm told. I don't remeber much that happened before I woke up. Doctors say I'm lucky to be alive. But try being an eleven year old girl who don't know anyone at all and your so called sister is suddenly there expecting the world of you. You wish you were dead most of the time. Sometimes I wished she would beat me the way....." She trailed off as she picked up a circular saw and cut out the wooden shapes she'd been drawing. As the peices clattered to the ground Ryou wondered what Lilly had done to Serena. Something wasn't quiet right about the way she acted about the whole thing.

Lilly gripped the keys in her pocket. She was going to get to help harvest this year. Well, in complete honesty she was going to show Bakura how to work the tractors and the kids were left to harvest except weekends when Dad would help. The corn was ripe and golden, the soy beans were brown-ish gold not a bit of green around, and the garden was full of ripe veggies. Now she just had to explain how to work the old machinary. She doubted he would understand the whole, treat the machinary like a living thing and it will work for you, thing that her family belived. Lilly looked over her shoulder where Bakura was following. They had three tractors and Chris had been stuck at home helping his mom move some stuff to her class room. So it would be her, Matt, and Bakura. She sighed as she walked past the stables and the rabbit barn. The pole barn that contained all the machinary, and anything else that was used out past the barns. Her entire world revoled around the farm and there was nothing better to her than harvest season. She loved the smell of the tractors, it was a mixture of gas and oil. Her grandfather had always taught her simple repairs on everything that broke down and the smell reminded her of him.

"Lil are you sure Whitey here can manage one of theses things?" Matt asked. Lilly turned and walked backwards a few paces studying Bakrua.

"It's not up to me. Beside that Mathew don't you remeber that we can do anything we set our minds to?"

"Okay whatever Barney. But when he kills one of your dad's ole babies it ain't gonna be my fault." Lilly smirked. Matt had not faith in her when it came to theses matter. No huge surprise either.

In a matter of mintues she and Matt had pulled out the three tractors. Everything needed already hooked up to them. The newest was a John Deer and its green and yellow paint job glistened in the early morning light. The other two were old fords that had been painted over with red and grey. Rust spots beining to show. Patting 'Ole Red' she dropped to the ground.

"Bakura, this is Ole Red. She's pretty good most the time a bit moody but she shouldn't throw to big a fit. Go up first and I'll show ya how ta get 'er movin'." Bakura complied. He never seemed to like being told what to do. But, that was okay she didn't take crap from anyone. It was creepy the way he watched her. It was the same look the people at the old folks home watched her. Always trying to figure out which one she was.

I wonder if he knows how to drive. If not this will be difficult.

After a few mintues on explaination, they set off toward the feilds. Today's main goal was to get the corn in. Serena had been left with Ryou to build a few nest boxes for the chickens and rabbits. But knowing her Lilly gave great doubt that would get done. Matt led the line Bakura in the middle then Lilly. She'd given them each walkie-talkies so that if anything happened they'd be able to get a hold of each other. Lilly had her walkman with her and was set for a long day in the feilds. Bakura was uneasy at the wheel and she watched him carefully for the first half hour or soo before turning up Patsy Cline and drifting into her own world.

They'd been in the corn feild for nearly four hours and he was getting hungrey. It wasn't very hard or intresting work but it allowed him to think.Here latly thinking meant that girl in his dreams. She'd been showing up more often and with the new little voice in the back of his mind making him second gessus every little thing he did he was quickly growing crazy. Or was it crazier?

This is completly stupid. There is no point in dwelling on her. She's never even said her name.

He was losing himself in silent ranting when something caught his eye off in the distance. It was unmistakably Seth and Loki. Thoses two horses got in more trouble than anything he'd ever met. Besides himself of course. As he watched the two horses darting around in the open length of land that led to the woods he kept his tractor on a straight path.

"Bakura, what are you watching?" came Matt's voice over the little devious hooked onto the bar that went across infront of him. Matt seemed to be a pretty good kid. He would do anything anyone told him todo though. It would make him a good partner in crime if it weren't for his fasination with screwing everything up.

"Seth and Loki." he answered the other boy. There was a long moment of silence except for Ole Red.

Wait a second. They've stopped.

"Bakura, turn off and get down here we've gotta go put them back." came Lilly's voice. He did as he was told. Lilly had to control everything. She kept everyone in order on the farm. Aside from giving orders she was always queit. But there was something strange about her. She reminded him of someone he just couldn't place who. As he hit the ground Lilly was standing next to Matt digging bailing twine from her pockets. The two were quick to cut and knot together four long pieces. " I'll get Seth can you two handle Loki?"

"Yeah we've got 'im." Matt answered his boss. Bakura followed the two out of the maze of corn stalks. Keeping close behind them not to get lost. It was far to confusing in the rows all looking the same. But they'd started at the back of the furthest feild and were heading in toward the barns so it was simple to go straight ahead and make your way out. As they went deeper into this jungle their pace quickened. Before long they broke free.

"SETH AND LOKI. COME HERE BABIES!" Lilly called the two horses looked up and turned toward their master coming at a gallop toward the group.

"Easy boys. Slow down a bit." Matt coaxed as the two horses came toward them. Bakura watched amazed as the two horses stopped and allowed Lilly and Matt to use the twine to as makeshift reins. Lilly pulled herself onto Seth's back.

"Matt, help Bakura mount and you go get the other two and I'll call you in a second to tell you what else we need." Matt nodded as Lilly leaned down over Seth's neck and whispered in his ear. The black stallion set off quickly toward the pature known simply as "Doom". It had been repaired in so many places that it always looked brand new. They didn't even bother painting the fences. Seth and Loki would only break it down in a few months time.

"Here put your foot in my hand and I'll lift ya up." Matt said kneeling down next to the dark chocolate horse. Silently and hesitantly Bakura complied. Once he sat on the horse Matt stood and moved to the head of Loki. "Bakura hold with your knees and move with him. Don't panic no matter what he does. If he gets to fast simply tell him to ease up. He'll do most the leading." Matt said looking up at him. He then looked into Loki's eyes. "Take to the break big guy." he slapped the horses rump and they were off.

I HATE RIDING! This is ridiculus. This stupid animal isn't going to really take me to the break in the fence. These people are insane. he screamed in his mind as the horses speed picked up. They sped faster toward Doom. They were going to crash right through.

"Whoa. Loki stop now boy." came Lilly's welcome voice. Bakura had faced dangerous beyond the mortal man's imagination and yet riding these speeding god named horses made him about wet himself. But Loki ignored her and jumped the broken bits of wood and kept galloping around Doom. "Loki either come back here and stop or you don't get fed today or tommorrow and you will not leave your stall once I get my hands on you."

She's threatening to ground the horses. She's lost it. It'll never work.

At that moment Loki slowed and walked toward Lilly. In disbelif he slid off the side of the horse while Lilly untied him.

"Sorry, bout that. Loki only acts like that when him and or Seth don't like someone. They've got a strange sense of who's worthy to ride." she said stepping to the outside of the fencing before plucking her walkie-whatever off her belt hook and calling into Matt.