Hi everyone! Here's my first fanfic Pharaoh's Twin Light. I hope everyone likes it! The story's rated the way it is just to be safe. Now on with the chapter!
Summary: There's a new girl in Domino. Who is she, and how does she connect with the Pharaoh's past?
Chapter 1 A New HomeSoraya Reikado sat in the back seat of the car, starring off into space. It was surprising how much her life had changed in a few short hours. The day had started off normally at the orphanage, school, lunch, soccer game, and then, a duel. Soraya thought back to that duel and the events that followed.
"Hey, Hikui!" a voice called out. Soraya groaned at the nickname, Hikui – short. But at 15 years old, she was short for her age. There was only one person who called her that.
"I'm not Hikui, Matt," said Soraya, turning around to see Matt Tarata behind her.
"Aw, but of course you are Soraya," teased Matt, slinging an arm playfully on top of her head. "To me, you're always Hikui." Annoyed, Soraya elbowed him in the side. He would never change.
Matt smirked and lifted his elbow form Soraya's head. "Now back to business, I challenge you to a duel and I will win!" announced Matt.
"Really," said Soraya, a smile playing across her face.
"Of course! What, you don't think I can do it?" countered Matt, crossing his arms and mock glared at Soraya. No one at the orphanage could think of a time where Soraya had lost a duel.
"No comment," said Soraya, her smile growing wider.
"So do you accept my challenge or not?"
"I accept."
"Get ready to lose."
"You wish."
The duel took place at the nearby arena.
"I start the duel by placing one monster in facedown defense mode and two cards facedown," announced Soraya, as the card holograms appeared on the field.
"I summon Battle Ox in attack mode and attack you facedown monster!" said Matt. Battle Ox raised his axe to slash the card, only to be blown back by a delicate blue skinned elf.
"Mystical Elf, your Battle Ox isn't strong enough to defeat her." Soraya said. "Fine, I place three cards facedown and end my turn." Matt said.
Soraya: 8000
Matt: 7700
"I place another monster in defense mode and end my turn," Soraya said.
"I summon 7-Coloured Fish in attack mode and equip it with Axe of Despair to attack your Mystical Elf. Now I attack your facedown monster with Battle Ox!"
"You just attacked Nimble Momonga, and because of it's effect, I gain 1000 life points and summon two more to the field." Soraya said, as the other two Nimble Momonga of her deck appeared on the field.
"I play Ookazi and end my turn." Matt said.
"I sacrifice one of Nimble Momonga to summon Curse of Dragon in attack mode, and play Raigeki to destroy your two monsters. Now I attack your life points directly with Curse of Dragon and Nimble Momonga!"
Soraya: 6600
Matt: 4700
As the duel progressed, more people stopped to watch.
"Do you think Soraya might actually lose?" one boy asked, as Matt attacked Soraya directly.
"No, I don't," replied his friend, as Soraya activated Magic Cylinder to reflect the attack.
Soon, both duelists' life points stood as follows:
Soraya: 2100
Matt: 2500
Soraya had one monster facedown, Matt had two cards in attack mode. Both had a fair number of magic/trap cards. They were stuck in deadlock, until Soraya drew her next card.
I'm going to win this now Soraya thought as she looked at her cards. "I summon Maha Vailo in attack mode and equip him with Book of Secret Arts. Thanks to his effect, his attack raises to 2350! Now I play Harpie's Feather Duster to destr-"
"Wait, I activate Magic Drain! If you cannot discard a magic card from your hand, your magic card is destroyed." Matt said.
"Fine," Soraya sent Monster Reborn to the graveyard. "That done, your magic/trap cards are destroyed. Now, I flip my facedown monster to reveal the Magician of Faith! Her effect allows me to retrieve one magic card from my Graveyard, and I choose Raigeki to destroy your monsters again!" Matt's monsters disappeared. Now with no monsters, spells or traps, Matt was wide open for a direct attack.
"Maha Vailo, attack his life points directly!"
Soraya: 2100
Matt: 150
"Hmm, 150 life points left," Soraya mused. Her gaze moved to the Magician of Faith, who looked back at her, waiting. "Magician of Faith, attack!"
Matt: 0
"I win." Soraya grinned.
Matt smiled ruefully, "Yes, you do."
They made their way back to the orphanage, Takamoto-san, the orphanage manager, walked up to them.
"Konnichiwa Takamoto-san," the two greeted.
"Konnichiwa, great duel you two." Takamoto-san replied. "Soraya, I need to speak to you in my office."
Soraya left Matt and followed Takamoto-san to his office. Soraya sat down and fidgeted with the pendant around her neck. The pendant consisted of a smoky sphere with no one distinct colour, the shimmering colours of the glasslike substance shifted in the sunlight, usually resulting mainly as a light blue-green. A single gold wing curled around the crystal. She had it for as long as she could remember.
"I suppose you want to know why you are here," Takamoto-san said.
"Hai."
"The orphanage has decided that you are ready to live on your own."
Later…
"I heard you're leaving today Hikui." Matt stood at the doorway of Soraya's room, watching her pack.
"Hai, the orphanage says I'm ready to take care of myself." Soraya said, closing her bag and picking up her deck.
Matt stared at if for a moment and shook his head. "I could never beat you with that thing," he muttered.
"But you tried, and my deck is not a thing!" Soraya replied.
Matt walked Soraya to the gate, Soraya saying her various goodbyes.
"You know that if you leave, we'll be losing our best duelist?" Matt asked when they arrived at the gate.
"Oh well, you'll be there to take up that position, ne?"
Matt sighed and took out his own deck. He removed five cards and handed them to Soraya. "Here, I want you to have these."
Soraya stared at the cards Matt gave her. "Why…how…"
Matt smiled, "Even with those in my deck, I couldn't win against you. Maybe you'll have better luck with them."
"Arigatou Matt." Soraya added the cards to her deck. "I'm ready to go now."
"Goodbye Soraya." Matt said, stepping back.
Soraya looked up at Matt, then at the orphanage that had been her home for years. "Goodbye Matt," she said before turning around and walked out through the orphanage gates.
Soraya looked at the pendant around her neck as her train of thoughts came to an end.
"We have arrived Misu." Soraya thanked the driver before he left.
Soraya picked up her bag and looked at the place she was going to live in from now on. It wasn't anything big, there were more houses on one side and a card shop on the other.
This is a nice place to live, she thought as she entered into her new home.
Okay, first chapter is done. Review and tell me how I did. If anyone wants any translations on the japanese, tell me. Or if I got any of the japanese wrong.