"Dang it, dang it, DANG IT! I'm going to be SO FRACKING LATE! I completely forgot that Bakura was coming over today, and on top of that, I spent so much time getting ready to go home, that I missed the bus back to the orphanage! I'm such a dimwit! Now Miss Marian and Bakura will be worried sick about me! AND I have to run! I hate my brain… and my low stamina…"
Hey there! I'm Kiara; Kiara Night Gale. I'm 11-years-old, I live in Domino City, and I'm an orphan, so I live in an orphanage. …Well, that's only half-true. You see, my father's still alive. He gave me up after trying to take care of me for a year, and my mother died in childbirth, so… He basically had no one to help him raise me. Miss Marian, who's kind of like a mother to me, tells me that he's very rich. Daddy and I care about each other a lot, though. We're pen pals! Every year for my birthday, he sends me loads of Duel Monsters cards, along with a cheque. The cheque is a really handsome donation to the orphanage. I really have no idea what Daddy's name is, though.
Daddy's also the one that gave me my Millennium Item: the Millennium Girdle. A girdle's kind of like a really fancy-dancy belt. I got the Millennium Girdle for my 10th birthday, along with Duel Monsters cards. The Millennium Girdle allows me to make physical contact with something or someone that I can see, but can't reach. For example, if I wanted to slap someone across the face, I'd just raise my hand, as though to hit something, focus on that person's cheek, and slap. However, I just can't shake the feeling that that's not all my Girdle does… Daddy tells me that he has a Millennium Item, too, and that someday, they'll bring us together. I can't wait!
Anyway, I finally reached the orphanage, severely out of breath. I practically keeled over. "Ha, ha… Can't… believe… ha… that I… ran all… ha… the way… from school… ha, ha… to the… orphanage…" I looked over to the door, and there he was: my very best friend, Bakura, just waiting there for me. With what little energy I had, I walked over to him and gave him a big hug. Bakura hugged me back.
"You're late, Kiara," Bakura said. "You should've been here 32 seconds ago. That's when the bus arrived." Bakura chuckled, impressed that I had run so fast. "Catch your breath, and then talk. Here, I got you a bottle of water while I waited." Bakura handed me a cold bottle of water. I gladly took it, and drank.
When I had finally caught my breath, I said, "Thirty-two seconds? Wow! That's amazing! I'm so great! Ha, ha!" My quickest so far was 1 minute and 7 seconds, so 32 seconds was quite a step. "Come on Bakura. Let's go inside." I took his lovely, pale, slender hand, and led him inside the orphanage. My home.