A/N: New story up! I'm finally getting around to editing this story. I do plan on updating regularly, so no worries about me disappearing on you again.

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Yu-Gi-Oh, but all the OCs and the story belong to me!

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Chapter One

"Get up, Delia!"

A hard slap on her butt jolted her awake. Delia Yasune groaned. She stared groggily in the direction of the overly cheerful voice and met a pair of gray eyes that mirrored her own.

"What's the big idea, Hara?" she grumbled without any heat and rubbed her behind where her twin sister, Hara, had hit her. She glanced at the clock on her bed stand. "It's only eight-thirty."

"Get up, you sleepyhead! I'm going to school!"

"What? School?" Delia finally sat up and rubbed her eyes. Hara was standing there in a pink school jacket with a blue bow tied around her neck and a short blue skirt. Her wavy black hair was tied back in a ponytail, but several strands escaped and framed her pixie-like face. "Wow, is that the uniform?"

"Yes. What do you think?" Hara asked and twirled in a circle.

"Uh…" It was too early in the morning for her to think of anything special to say, so she picked the generic compliment, "It's cute…"

"Really? Thanks!" Hara absolutely beamed with delight. "Now get up. Mom is almost done with breakfast." So saying, Hara hopped out of the room.

"OK. I got it," Delia shouted after her twin and reluctantly got out of bed. Geez, why was Hara such a morning person? They might be twins, but they were such opposites.

Delia took a quick shower, blow-dried her hair, and headed over to her walk-in closet. Inside, she pulled on a pair of black baggy pants and a black tank-top with a skull in the front before going downstairs.

Both Hara and her mom were in the kitchen eating breakfast. Her mom said with a frown when she walked in, "You're not wearing that when the teacher comes today, Delia. What did I say about black clothes?"

"But Mom, I don't have anything other than black," Delia complained.

"Yes you do! What about those clothes I bought for you?"

"I uh…donated them before we moved?" Delia answered nervously and cringed when her mom bellowed, "You what?"

"I wasn't going to wear them!"

Hara just sat there watching them argue, eating her breakfast as usual. It was an unofficially decree in the family that whenever two family members argue, no one can butt in uninvited.

"You're going shopping this afternoon after your lessons. And if I see one black in those clothes, young lady, you're in big trouble. And don't think you can hide anything either, because I will check the receipt and both of your closets!" After a ten minute shouting match, her mom finally gave out the ultimatum.

"Yes, Mom," Delia mumbled unhappily and sank in the chair beside Hara.

"I told you not to throw them away," Hara whispered when their mom left to change for work.

"Oh, so now you're going with the 'I told you so' thing. Come on, you wouldn't even wear them! They're all pink with Hello Kitties on them! Give me a break! I'm eighteen, not eight!"

Hara giggled. She finished her cereal. "I have to go now. Behave yourself today."

"I envy you, Hara, at least you get to make new friends," Delia grumbled, making a face.

"Mom would let you go to a normal school too if you would just stay awake, stop skipping classes and stay out of trouble. As for friends, I'm not so sure about that. Remember, I'm not outgoing like you are."

"You'll do just fine, Hara." Delia's eyes suddenly glittered as an idea hit her. "Or we can switch." She winked at Hara.

"No way! Mom would kill us! Anyway, I have to go. See you later." Hara escaped before Delia could say another world. She knew that she would give in to Delia sooner or later because she was the kind of person who couldn't say "no" permanently. She had gotten into enough trouble before because of Delia and all of her absurd ideas.

Delia sighed and finished her breakfast. She watched TV while waiting for her teacher, Mr. Grant, to arrive. She glanced at the clock and realized that she had another hour before her lesson would start. Bored out of her mind, she decided that she should go explore town with what time she had. After all, they'd moved to Domino City more than a week ago and she still hadn't explored it yet. Back in her room, she tied her waist long hair into a ponytail, put on some makeup, and grabbed her credit cards.

She happily slid down the handrail of the stairs, an action that would give her parents a heart attack. In the garage, she grabbed the keys for the Mercedes convertible and hopped in the car. At first, she simply followed the GPS and drove around town, looking at the sights, until a statue of a large dragon caught her eyes. By this time, she had decided to forget about Mr. Grant for the day and just enjoy herself to the fullest.

The building behind the dragon statue had a large sign in the front stating: Kaiba Land. She watched as all sorts of kids and adults kept coming in and out of the building. Curious, she parked her car and went inside. As soon as she saw the dueling arenas, she smiled. She'd heard of duel monsters. Apparently it was the most popular game right now. Personally, she had never tried it before, but she figured that now was as good as any time to familiarize herself with the game.

She found a store that sold the cards and picked around with the shopkeeper's help until she thought she had enough. She then assembled her deck following the instruction booklet the shopkeeper had given her while eating lunch. Once she was finished, she remembered that she had to go shopping to get clothes.

She didn't get why her mom hated black clothes so much. Well, it may have something to do with the fact that Delia wore nothing but black, but that was her style and her mom should stay out of it. If her mom wasn't the one holding the purse, Delia would never listen.

It took Delia a good four hours to just get a few outfits. She was very picky about clothing. Afterwards, she returned home and prepared herself for a good scolding from her mom for skipping "school". She parked the car in the garage and grabbed her bags. Opening the door carefully, she scanned around the open area and didn't spot her mom. Smiling to herself, she slipped through and tip-toed toward the stairs when someone coughed behind her.

"Just where do you think you're going?"

Damn!

Delia turned slowly with a nervous smile only to see Hara standing there with a wide grin. Sighing with relief, she kept walking toward the stairs and said accusingly, "Don't scare me like that!"

Hara soon caught up with her. "I wouldn't have scared you if you didn't skip today."

"What? How'd you know about it?" Delia flung her stuff in her closet and sank down on her bed.

"Mr. Grant called. You're lucky I was the one who first heard the message and not Mom."

"You deleted it, right?" Delia asked hopefully.

"Yes, of course. But Delia, if you skip even when you're homeschooled, Mom and Dad are not going to let you return to a normal school."

"I know. I know. It won't happen again," Delia said contritely. Then she smiled. "So how was school?"

"Uh…It was great." The stupid grin was back on Hara's face.

"Come on! I want details! Details! I know it's great from that look on your face," Delia said with impatience.

Hara paled a little. "Do I really look that happy?" she asked, a little disturbed.

"Yes, now get on with it!"

"Well, I did make some friends, but guess what?"

"What?"

"I saw Duke there! You can't believe how surprised I was!"

"Duke?" Delia's eyes widened. "As in the Duke Devlin that left a year ago without so much as saying a good-bye to us?" Her voice had risen sharply by then.

"Yes, that Duke." Hara looked rather scared by Delia's sudden outburst.

Delia didn't mind her sister. She was definitely pissed off at Duke. The three of them had practically grown up together. She had considered Duke her best friend. Then, one day, without so much as a word to her, he moved. She hadn't heard from him for over a year. Now that she knew his whereabouts, he was sorely going to regret not contacting her for this long.

"What did he say?" she asked Hara with narrowed eyes.

"He didn't really talk to me. I think he's avoiding me."

"Of course he would. Just wait until I see him! I'm going to make him as miserable as I felt when he left without saying anything!" Delia vowed.

"And…" Hara blushed. Her anger suddenly forgotten, Delia looked at her twin with amusement and surprise. Hara was not the kind of girl to blush when talking about school, unless there was a guy involved. Now that was a different story.

"And…?" Delia asked when Hara didn't continue, brimming with curiosity.

"I met this guy," Hara said in a tiny whisper.

"Ah… A guy." She knew it! "Man, he must be good to have you blush like this on the first day of school."

"No! That's not it!" Hara was even more embarrassed. "Don't get me wrong. I don't like him or anything. He's a real jerk, but he's just really hot and smart." Hara's voice had turned dreamy by the end.

Don't like him. Yeah right. "Oh, a hot and smart jerk. What else is new? Last time I checked, the hot and smart jerk you dated broke your heart." Delia rolled her eyes.

Hara turned furious at the mention of her ex. "Delia, how could you say that? I'm never telling you anything again!" Hara stuck up her nose and looked away, which was the best she could do.

"I'm sorry, Hara. I didn't mean that. So, what's his name?"

Hara glared at her for a second before sighing. She really was too nice. She wasn't the kind of person that could stay angry at another person for too long, especially not Delia. "Seto Kaiba."

Kaiba, why does that sound so familiar? Delia searched her brain for the answer, but none came. "So what does he look like?"

"Well, he's…"

"Delia!"

Their mom suddenly appeared outside of the room, cutting off whatever Hara was going to say. She was absolutely livid. Delia could only think of one reason. Guess their house wasn't the only place her teacher had called.

"Yes, Mom?" Delia gulped.

"How dare you skip on the first day? And you want me to send you back to a normal school? At this rate it'll never happen! You hear me? Never!" Mrs. Yasune roared. Delia literally recoiled in fear.

"I'm sorry! Mom, if you just let me go back to school like a normal kid, I won't fall asleep or cause any trouble anymore. I swear!"

Her mom regained her composure slowly and said in a clipped tone, "No, you haven't yet proven yourself to me yet. Now be a good kid and let Hara do her work. Tomorrow, if you skip again, you'll find yourself with another bodyguard. Also, as punishment, you're not allowed to leave the house tomorrow." Then she spun on her heels and left.

"A bodyguard," Delia repeated the words with horror, completely ignoring the part about her punishment. She definitely did not want any bodyguards, not after the last time.

Years ago, when she was younger, she was kidnapped once. After the kidnapping, her parents had hired bodyguards for her, who literally followed her everywhere, even to the restroom. She'd felt so stifled by them that she actually got sick. The doctor had told her parents that she was under too much stress, so her parents had disposed with the bodyguards. Yet, now, just the thought of having bodyguards still gave Delia nightmares. She decided that she'd definitely restrain herself tomorrow and stay home.

Since Hara was busy with her homework, Delia had no one to play with. Soon, she was bored out of her mind, which happened very easily these days. She watched some anime and decided to go to bed early, since she had nothing else to do anyway.

The next morning, when she woke up, Hara and her mom was already gone for the day. She ate breakfast and waited patiently for Mr. Grant to come, who arrived exactly at ten o'clock. She sat through four hours of torturous math, science, English, Japanese, and history. She literally screamed with once it was over and Mr. Grant left. At least now she no longer had to deal with the bodyguard problem.

As for her punishment, Delia really tried. She did. However, she just couldn't stay in the house. It was only two in the afternoon. What was she suppose to do with the rest of the day cooped up inside? In the end she told herself as long as her mom didn't find out, she wouldn't be in any trouble. Thus, she found another school uniform in Hara's closet and put it on. It was a bit tight, since she was a bit taller and more muscular than her twin, but it would have to do.

Delia followed her GPS and drove to Domino High all the while planning her revenge. Duke Devlin, by the time I'm done with you, you'd wish you were never born.

Her lips curved into an evil smile as she pulled up in the school parking lot twenty minutes later. She passed the front office with no problem. She remembered Hara telling her something about the second floor so she headed there. Then, she had no idea where to go. Fortunately, she caught sight of Duke just disappearing around another hallway so she followed him with quick strides. However, just as she turned right, she bumped into another student. She lost her balance and fell on her butt.

"Ouch! Watch it, will you?" She jumped up and snapped at the person. Now she'd lost sight of Duke as well, not to mention her butt really hurts.

She looked over the guy she had bumped into, who was now blocking her way. He had beautiful blue eyes. Sharp intelligence and annoyance now shone through them. He had short brown hair that somehow complemented his eyes. He was also unbelievably tall. She barely reached his shoulder. She sensed confidence and power radiating off of him in waves, which shouldn't have affected her any, since she'd spent her life surrounded by arrogant and powerful people, but it did. Something about this guy was different than the others circulating in her world.

At first, he looked rather stunned, though she had no idea why. Then he recollected himself and his expression returned to one of annoyance. He glared down at her and then at something else. She followed his gaze and saw that she was stepping on a cellphone. Oh crap!

"It's not my fault! You're the one who bumped into me!" Delia said before he could utter a word.

"Just get out of my way!" He practically pushed her away and stormed off. His other hand reached into his pocket and pulled out another cellphone. She glared after him as he dialed some number and started talking. She heard him say, "Mrs. Yasune? I'm sorry. I was cut off, but…"

Mrs. Yasune? Mrs. Yasune? Why is this guy talking to my mom? Delia mind whirled with the possibilities, each one more absurd than the other, but there really was no logical reason that he should be talking with her mom. He was a high school student, damn it! What would her mom want with this dude?

Without even thinking about the possibility that it could be another person with the same name, Delia snatched the phone away from the guy and asked him with hostility, "Who are you?"

A/N: Somewhat of a slow start, but I don't suppose you really need the answer to the question ^.^, so it's not really a cliffhanger. It will pick up in the next chapter. Oh yeah, and the rating might change or might not. I haven't decided yet.

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