A/N: Well so far I have a vote for continue :D So I'll go ahead and post the next chapter and see how it goes.
Disclaimer: I still don't own
NOTE: Takes place the day after the first chapter ends.
Chapter Two
"Ryou, I'm sure you're being over-dramatic, get out there and make some friends." Ryou's father spoke calmly from over the phone.
"Oh sure dad, who should I make friends with? The gang leaders or maybe the drug dealers?!" Ryou demanded to know.
"Now Ryou, you're not going to make any friends with that attitude." His father reprimanded.
"Da-" Ryou started with an irritated sigh.
"Oh, I have to go, I'll call you soon, the money will be there on Monday." His dad said before leaving his son with the dial tone.
"Thanks for nothing." Ryou mumbled shoving his phone in his pocket.
Ryou yanked his shoes on and stomped out and slammed the door. He hurried down his walkway and turned left at the sidewalk heading down the street. He needed to get away, go for a walk and calm down. He was both upset and irritated that his dad wouldn't listen to a word he said about his new home.
I'll work on the homework after I clear my mind. Ryou decided before continuing down the sidewalk. Ryou continued to walk thinking over his fathers words, it appeared he's stuck in this town. He kicked a rock into the road and continued down the street paying little attention to the street lights turning on above his head.
"Hey." Ryou heard, he turned quickly heart hammering away in his chest. Directly behind himself he found the speaker. Yugi's cousin Yami was sitting on a crumbling graffiti covered wall.
"Oh, Hi Yami." Ryou said turning to completely face Yami, his heartbeat calmed down and let he let out a breath of relief.
"What'cha doin?" Yami asked tilting his head.
"Walking, clearing my head." Ryou said shrugging.
"Why?" Yami asked hoping down from the wall, he stumbled a little before righting himself.
"My dad." Ryou answered reasoning that Yami probably wouldn't recall the conversation in the morning.
"Ah." Yami said nodding his head in understanding. Ryou was sure that he didn't actually understand but he nodded anyway.
"Sometimes bad things happen, and you just have to make the best of it, can't let it get you down." Yami continued.
"My dad is making me stay here, he told me to make friends." Ryou explained
"So make friends, not everyone is bad here, even the ones that seem bad may not be." Yami replied
"You better head home though, it's getting late." Yami said nodding towards the flickering streetlights.
"You should too." Ryou said deciding Yami wasn't so bad.
"Sure." Yami replied walking away. Ryou stood still for a few minutes shaking his head at Yami's retreating form.
Ryou sighed feeling slightly better he decided he would make friends, not with the drug dealers or gang members, but with people like Yugi. People that were clean and not involved in the gangs. Ryou continued walking lost in his thoughts.
"Yo!" Ryou froze he knew that voice. Joey.
Ryou turned his head, sure enough Joey stood a few feet away. Joey stood with his feet apart, playing with something in his hands, Ryou noted that Joey had several friends, and that he was pretty much trapped. He didn't know the town that well yet and he doubted he could outrun four people who probably had plenty of practice running from the cops.
"You lost me one of my recruits!" Joey shouted advancing on him.
A car screeched to a stop. Ryou stared seeing Akefia, Bakura, Malik and Marik in the car.
"Get in!" Marik shouted to him.
Ryou thought over his options, stay and deal with an angry gang member or he could hop in the car with more gang members and some drug dealers. He watched as Joey held up.. A gun a gun! Ryou made his choice, the car was more likely that he would live. He hoped in closing the door behind himself. Bakura sat in the drivers seat with Akefia next to him. Marik and Malik sat in the back seat where Ryou had climbed in.
"Who the fuck said you could interfere, This is between Ryou and me, He lost me a recruit!" Joey shouted aiming the gun.
"Oh god, drive!" Ryou shouted turning his head from Joey back to the front of the car where Bakura sat with a sinister grin.
"Oh please Yami was never yours!" Malik the blonde with the tamer hair shouted back.
"oh god, I'm going to die." Ryou whispered watching as Marik the wilder haired blonde disabling the safety of his own gun.
Ryou barely finished his sentence before Joey and his friends started shooting. Ryou yelped as Marik grabbed him and shoved him towards the floor of the car before returning fire. Ryou covered his head as best he could trying to stay focused enough to not get shot. The ringing in his ears was deafening. He heard the glass shatter and felt as some of it from the rear window rained down on him.
"My fucking car!" Ryou heard Akefia shout. The light turned on as Akefia opened his car door.
Akefia joined the gun fight with his own weapon, where he got it Ryou didn't know, he just tried to press himself closer to the floorboard. Soon a door slammed shut and the car started to move.
"You good?" Marik asked pulling him up into the seat.
"I- I think so." Ryou managed to get out.
"You're bleeding." Ryou said looking at Marik's hand.
"Its nothing, it's from when I brushed the glass off of the seat." Marik said laughing and licking the blood off of his hand.
"I can't believe that fucker shot my car!" Akefia seethed.
"He's dead, I'll fucking kill Joey!" Akefia continued his rant.
"C-can you t-take me home?" Ryou asked still shaking.
"But the night's just getting started." Bakura protested with a laugh.
"P-please" Ryou pleaded.
"Take him home." Marik spoke up watching Ryou.
"Alright, where do you live?" Bakura asked dropping the matter.
"By Yugi, do you know where that is?" Ryou asked softly. Now they will know where I live, Ryou thought to himself.
"Yep." Malik said offering the shaking boy a small grin, before he settled back in his seat. Bakura took a quick turn throwing Ryou against Marik.
"S-sorry." Ryou stuttered.
"You're good." Marik answered with a shrug.
"Right here." Ryou said as they drove near his house.
"Do you guys want to come in?" Ryou offered biting his lip.
"I can fix your hand too." Ryou said addressing Marik who got out of the car so Ryou could slide out.
"Sure, why not." Malik said climbing out of his door.
"So I'm thinking a huge truck next time." Akefia said getting out of the car and waiting for Bakura to join him.
"I'm down." Bakura said following the group into Ryou's house.
"Drinks are in the kitchen, I'll grab the first aid kit." Ryou said rushing down the hall.
"Got any alcohol?" Malik asked when Ryou came back to fix Marik's hand.
"Uh.. I don't drink." Ryou said feeling oddly embarrassed by his admission.
A knock on the door pulled Ryou's attention from cleaning Marik's hand.
"I'll get it." Bakura offered walking over and yanking the door open.
"It's Yugi!" Bakura called out a moment later.
"Let him in." Ryou said finishing with Marik's hand.
Yugi walked into the room staring, he caught Akefia's eye and looked away blushing.
"Kaiba's calling." Bakura told Akefia, who laughed.
"Does he use?" Ryou asked Yugi.
"No." Yugi whispered back.
"Now, Now Kaiba we can't stop selling to someone just because you ask." Bakura argued into the phone.
"I don't care what you can offer me." Bakura said rolling his eyes at his brother, Akefia who showed something on his phone to Bakura.
"I gotta go Kaiba, another deal just came in." Bakura said into the phone with a smirk.
"Nope, I won't tell you who." Bakura said before hanging up.
"You guys coming?" Akefia asked glancing at Marik and Malik.
"Yes." Malik said following Bakura out the door.
"Bye Yugi." Akefia called out with a nod in Yugi's direction.
"Bye Akefia." Yugi said blushing and looking at his shoes.
"Thanks for fixing my hand." Marik whispered close to Ryou.
"N-no Problem." Ryou stuttered again before blushing. He was relieved when Marik left closing the door behind himself.
"What's with you and Akefia?" Ryou asked as he went about cleaning up his living room.
"Nothing.." Yugi said blushing.
"Okay." Ryou said grinning at his friend.
"So why were they all here?" Yugi asked.
"I went for a walk, I ran into Yami by the way." Ryou said.
"How is he? I can't get a hold of him." Yugi asked quickly.
"He seemed fine, maybe a little high but I could be wrong." Ryou answered.
"You're probably right though." Yugi said with a sigh.
"Well I talked to him for a few minutes then he left and I ran into Joey, he had a gun." Ryou said shaking at the memory.
"What did he want?" Yugi asked paling.
"He's mad at me, he said I stole his recruit." Ryou said.
"Yami?" Yugi asked. Ryou nodded.
"Then they all showed up and I got in the car, I was hoping they would drive away." Ryou said beginning to shake.
"Bakura didn't move the car though, Marik had a gun, I think they all did." Ryou whispered.
"Their all usually strapped." Yugi said frowning and hoping his cousin never gets dragged into that.
"Joey started shooting and Marik shoved me down into the floorboard and more people started shooting, they shattered Akefia's window." Ryou said remembering Akefia's anger.
"Oh boy, well school will be fun tomorrow, thankfully tomorrow is Friday." Yugi said.
"Yeah, then there was more shooting and Bakura finally drove off." Ryou said.
"I think Marik likes you." Yugi said with a grin.
"No." Ryou argued shaking his head and willing himself not to blush.
"Yes, they stopped to help you, and Marik protected you when he threw you down to the floorboard." Yugi said grinning again.
"Well then I think Akefia likes you." Ryou argued teasing his friend.
"No." Yugi said shaking his head and blushing. Ryou smiled letting the topic drop again.
"Do you want to stay over again?" Ryou offered.
"Yes." Yugi said smiling up at his friend.
I'll just have to try harder to avoid all the drug dealers and gang members, no more going out like that. Ryou decided, thinking that was the safest bet.