Ryoko Akane was an enigma. A beautiful seventeen year old who just recently moved to Domino City, Japan from America. A lethal duelist, cunning, sarcastic, and possessing a past shrouded in shadows that she keeps carefully hidden.
Seto Kaiba was the...
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"Onee-chan is something wrong?" A voice broke through her wandering thoughts. Ryoko's head twitched as she pulled herself back to reality to face the matching quizzical looks her two younger brothers were giving her.
"I'm alright, just got lost in my own head there for a bit. No big deal, promise," she assured them gently. The three were in what used to be her room, now Noah's, lounging on the greenette's bed as they waited to arrive at KaibaCorp Island for the Battle City Finals. The two ravenettes had decided to keep Noah company while he worked on his physical therapy, he was currently squeezing a pair of neon orange stress balls and moving his arms in repetitive motions, lifting at the shoulders, bending at the elbows, rotating the wrists, squeeze the stress ball, repeat.
While he worked on regaining his mobility his younger brother and older sister were locked in a practice duel, Noah would occasionally interject with advice for Mokuba while not outright telling him what to do. Something the latter greatly appreciated. Both ravenette's would pause their friendly match to ensure that Noah rested enough in-between his exercises, and while the greenette complained about being 'babied' all three knew he appreciated the fact that he had people who genuinely cared about his well-being with no ulteriour motives. It was a welcome change, one of several if he was completely honest. Things were still a tad awkward between him and Seto, for obvious reasons, but they both had made a silent agreement to try for the sakes of Mokuba and Ryoko.
Speaking of the brunette, he was currently with the pilot, making sure that there wouldn't be anymore unexpected detours on their way to KaibaCorp Island. The others were either in the main concourse or in their rooms, select few were visiting with the comatose members in the hopes that they'd wake. Ishizu had pulled Ryoko into Odion's room shortly after their escape from the underwater fortress and told her about what Dark Marik had done before she was able to get him to return to the blimp and, in a voice that revealed how shaken she was, how Dark Marik attempted to murder Odion using the hidden blade within the Millennium Rod. Fearful for their brother's life, the two ravenettes moved the comatose Odion into Ishizu's room where he'd be safe for a little while. It wasn't a permanent solution, they both knew that, so they planned to move Odion to a different room at random intervals so Dark Marik would had a harder time finding the tall egyptian. Odion was currently tucked safely in what was originally Serenity's room, the young auburn haired girl was now rooming with Téa in the female brunette's room, the two sisters having moved him just before dinner as a precaution.
"Onee-chan are you excited for the Battle City Finals?" Mokuba asked, an excited smile on his face at the thought of the upcoming matches. Everyone who'd ever meet the youngest Kaiba could agree that no matter the situation, his smile was contagious. Ryoko gave him a smile and said, "Well I'm definitely excited, but I'm also a tad nervous. All of my potential opponents have and Egyptian God they could use and if I hope to win then I'll have to survive against all three in the end. It's a little nerve-wracking."
