Author's note:

Hey guys! Here's chapter two. I've decided I'm going to post a new chapter every Saturday and every Tuesday or Thursday depending on how busy I am.

Let me know if there is any horrible grammar mistakes in this. I'm horrible at spelling and sentence structure so if there's anything really wrong tell me. Also I'm looking for an editor so if anyone want's to read over my horrible rough drafts feel free to contact me!

Disclaimer: Don't own Yugioh! and I don't own these characters.

Chapter 2

The next day Ryou rushed up the stairs to his room after school. "Don't bug us or you might scare Mr. Spirit away." Being yelled in his wake. Causing the Spirit to chuckle, like any of these people could scare him away.

Ryou set everything up as it was the day before same tape and hoola hoop summoning circle same torch same Ouija board. Once everything was in place he started trying to remember what exactly he had said the day before to summon the Spirit. He didn't want to say the wrong thing and call the wrong Spirit, but it was hard. He had said a lot, rambling on for a whole five minutes. How could he possibly remember everything he said? Ryou decide to just say what he remembered and hope it was enough.

"Oh powerful Mr. Spirit. Hear my call and answer. Please?" said Ryou hoping calling the Spirit's name would help since he didn't remember the rest. The Spirit had been waiting figuring it was best to show up when the kid was calling him instead of popping up out of nowhere.

The ring glowed and this time Ryou noticed. Watching in fascination as a blue mist came out of the ring's eye and circled around him once before bunching up in front of him. The blob of light blue started to change, stretching out and taking shape. Slowly gaining other colors too until a transparent copy of Ryou was floating in front of him. It was like Ryou was looking in a mirror! Though the mirror was see through, had messier hair than Ryou, and had more red in his brown eyes.

"Hi" said the Spirit not knowing what else to say and hoping he hadn't terrified the boy. He had tried to come out of the ring in the least scariest way possible. But he wasn't sure if he had still freighted the boy or not.

"Wow you look just like me!" exclaimed Ryou excitedly not the least bit put off by the Spirit. "Of course you look more ghosty than me, but that just makes you way cooler!"

"What do you mean I look just like you?" asked the Spirit looking down on himself for the first time outside of the ring. "Oh." He said he had the extremely pale skin of the boy in front of him and his hair was really white as well. Back in his past life his hair was more gray in color instead of white, of course that could have been because he never washed it. He was also wearing an exact copy of the outfit the boy was wearing.

"So Mr. Spirit since you here and I can see you does that mean you'll play a game with me?" asked Ryou suddenly nervous that his new friend might leave and not play with him.

"Sure." says the Spirit after inspecting his new form. He figured playing a few games with the child couldn't hurt. That's what friends did right? "Though I don't know if I'll be able to touch or move things in this form." The Spirit had never been in an astral form before after all and wasn't sure if he had the focus yet to touch solid objects.

"It's okay I'll move the pieces for you. Let's go pick a game!" Said Ryou heading over to his bookshelf that had a shelf of games on it. He was excited to have someone to play with, Mummy always let him win when they played, and Amane was a baby she couldn't play games yet Mummy said.

Ryou picked out Checkers. After a quick explanation of the rules to Mr. Spirit they began to play. Ryou won the first few rounds of the game, but after figuring out the strategy aspects of checkers the Spirit was having trouble holding back and letting Ryou win. It was hard sit back and let a six year old win every game.

Ryou wasn't stupid he was quite smart for a six year old. He summoned a ghost after all, so he quickly picked up on the fact that Mr. Spirit was tossing games.

"You don't have to give up the games. I won't cry if you win." Said Ryou confronting the Spirit. "My Mummy always lets me win already and I want to face some who will try to win."

"You really won't cry if I win? I find that hard to believe." Scoffed the Spirit hiding his surprise that the kid picked up what he was doing at all let alone that quickly.

"I won't, I'm a big boy. I won't cry if I lose once as long as it's a fun game." responded Ryou getting excited about the possibility of a challenge.

"Alright then. I will move this piece here and end my turn." said the Spirit starting their next round of checkers.

The Spirit was white pieces this round meaning he got to go first. This round of Checkers went faster than any of their previous rounds and Ryou was only able to get two of his pieces across the field and turned into kings. By then he had lost most of his pieces and the game ended soon after. Ryou didn't care though that the Spirit beat him. It was a really fun game and Mr. Spirit used strategies Ryou had never seen before.

As promised Ryou didn't cry when he lost. In fact his already big smile seemed to get even bigger. They played three more rounds of checkers all of which Ryou lost. Ryou was cleaning and setting up for their fourth game when Ryou's Mum called up about dinner. Ending their time together once again.

"Will you come down stairs with me Mr. Spirit? I want to introduce you to my Mummy and Amane." said Ryou as he put away the game. He had had a lot of fun today and didn't want his friend to leave just yet.

"Not today, maybe next time kid. I should be going now." said the Spirit not wanting to get the answer to weather Ryou's mother and sister could see his astral form just yet.

"Oh ok. You probably have to go and have dinner with your ghost family right? I'll let you go home." said Ryou disappointed, but still finding his own answer as to why Mr. Spirit had to leave.

"Ghosts don't have "ghost families", but I do have to go." corrected the Spirit as he vanished into the Ring.

Ryou was shocked by this and thought hard on it on his way down the stairs to dinner. His Mum temporarily distracted him by asking if he had fun playing with "Mr. Spirit" today. Ryou told her about how they had played Checkers and how Ryou had to move the pieces for Mr. Spirit since he couldn't move them himself. This description satisfied Mrs. Bakura and cemented her belief that Mr. Spirit was just an imaginary friend. The conversation with his Mum was only a short distraction from his thoughts though and Ryou quickly found himself lost in his own head again.

Ryou was sure Mr. Spirit would have family. Everyone had family even if they didn't always like each other they still existed. But maybe Mr. Spirit was right and he didn't have family, because he was a ghost. Ghost's don't follow all human rules they can fly after all. But if he really didn't have a family then...

"Mummy can Mr. Spirit be a part of our family?" Begged Ryou in the cute voice only kids can do and only when they want something.

Mrs. Bakura paused in feeding Amane at this question and the Spirit who had been losing interest in this night's dinner conversation regained interest. Both were surprised by this question. The Spirit, because he had been fretting about what he had told the boy and certainly didn't think that would be the response to what he said. Mrs. Bakura, because she had been worriedly watching Ryou get lost in his thoughts and not thinking that would be the reason.

"Why do you want him to be apart of our family Ryou?" asked Mrs. Bakura taking the question in stride.

"Well we were talking today about him coming downstairs to day to meet you and he said he had to leave. So I thought he had to go home to eat dinner with his ghost family. Then he said he didn't have a "ghost family". So I've been thinking and I think he should be part of our family. Since he doesn't have one, we could share ours." explained Ryou at lightning fast speeds.

Mrs. Bakura was surprised that Ryou's "imaginary" friend had said he didn't have a family. At the same time she thought Ryou's request was really sweet and kind hearted.

"Sure Ryou. Mr. Spirit can be part of our family, but that means he's going to have to come downstairs for family dinner. No more of this hiding in your room okay?" Answered Mrs. Bakura going along with the idea.

"Okay Mummy. I promise to bring Mr. Spirit down to dinner with me tomorrow and he can be part of our family!" said Ryou really excited about Mr. Spirit coming to family dinner tomorrow. He said this as he got up from the table getting ready to head up to his room.

"Hey young man I believe you forgot something." called Mrs. Bakura pointing the vegetables that were once again still on his plate.

"But Mummy." said Ryou slouching his shoulders.

"Don't you, "but Mummy" me, come back over here and finish your dinner" said Mrs. Bakura quickly falling back into their usual night time routine.

The Spirit once again pulled back deeper into the Ring. That was NOT how he expected the day to go and for the boy's mother to just go along with it. What if she could see him what if she sees him and freaks out and throws away the Ring.

He didn't know if he could return the Ring to his host just yet. The Spirit was still trying to figure out what his limitations were and what he could do without controlling the boy. The fact that he could hold his astral form for hours with little depletion of energy was a surprise to say the least. He had the idea that he could possible touch things with it if he focused, but he hadn't tried yet. He was planning to wait until Ryou went to sleep to test things out, and now he might not get to do anything with it if Ryou's mom can see him and flips out. All he could do was hope luck was on his side and she couldn't see him, thought the Spirit coming to this conclusion. He decide to test out his astral form tomorrow night and just go to bed. He was still tired after all.

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