Chapter 1: What… Just Happened?!
"Sha da da da, da da da dada, da da da, da da da da da da…" little Luna sings with her headphones in and plugged into her IPod as she builds her deck. She's a normal teen, other than the fact that she's obsessed with her favorite trading card game Yugioh. Her deck was filled with lots of powerful cards that made her practically unbeatable. She won more tournaments than she can remember and has never lost a duel. She has a love for music, dance, and art. She is the most imaginative, creative, intelligent, and sassy girl you'll ever meet. She dreamed of going into the anime and becoming one of the characters, and it came to the point where she even dressed up like an anime character for a tournament she was in. She is a happy-go-lucky kind of girl that wasn't afraid to speak her mind. She is incredibly tough and unbelievably strong for her age. Everyone at her school knew not to mess with her, and she was a straight-A student. The boys at school often fell for her because of her looks and she was quite popular, but not mean. She had a double black belt in martial arts, and was also obsessed with Egypt. At school, she often wore makeup like ancient Egyptians. She loved the band, NeverShoutNever, and the song that she was singing earlier was yourbiggestfan.
"Hmm? Why does the TV freeze right after I finish building my deck? Well, at least it wasn't before," said Luna finally looking up from her cards.
"I wonder if I can stick my hand through the TV. No, that's silly, but… it couldn't hurt to try!" she said and she stuck her hand right through the screen of the TV.
"Okay, I'm just going to grab my deck, my IPod, headphones, put it all in this purse, and see what's on the other side." Luna said to herself as she grabbed her deck, IPod, and headphones, put it in her purse, and stuck her head right through the TV.
"Wow!" she whispered to herself as she saw the inside of Kaiba Corp. She saw Mokuba walking somewhere when he noticed Luna sticking out of the TV.
"What in the world?!" Mokuba said as he faced Luna in astonishment.
"I think you mean, what in the worlds, Mokuba. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Luna said with a smile.
"Wow, you're about as corny as Joey. Hold on… don't tell me you're from another dimension. My brother Seto tells me not to hang around people like you. How did you get in here anyway?" Mokuba asked.
"I stuck my head through my TV." Luna replied.
"Ha ha, very funny." said Mokuba.
"Uhh… I wasn't kidding. Look, how about I step into your dimension, okay?" Luna said, knowing that whatever his answer might be she would still step through.
"Okay, but you do know how to get back to your dimension afterwards, right?" Mokuba asked.
"Nope but who cares?" Luna replied as she stepped through and the portal closed up behind her.
"Uh-oh." Luna said after the portal closed up behind her. Mokuba facepalmed himself while wondering how he got into this mess.
"Great, just great." Mokuba said, thinking that she was going to be stuck with him unless he let Yugi and his friends take care of her.
"So, should I stay with you for a day then go somewhere tomorrow or do you have a plan?" said Luna not knowing what to do.
"Okay, I'm a bit busy so you're going to stay with me for a night. Then I'll drop you off at Yugi's place in the morning, sound good?" said Mokuba hoping she'll say yes so he won't have to worry about her.
"Sounds good!" Luna replied with a smile. Mokuba took her to his room and told her to hang out there for awhile while he took care of some things. Mokuba ended up being gone the entire day. It was time for bed when he came back so he slept on the bed and she slept on a couch that he had in his room. When she woke up Mokuba was still asleep so she got ready for the day being careful not to wake him. When Mokuba finally woke up he was surprised to see that Luna was ready. He quickly got ready to drop her off at Yugi's. When they got there Yugi was at school so Luna decided to have a look around.
"Hello, how may I help you?" said Mr. Muto, Yugi's grandpa and owner of the game shop where Yugi lives.
"Umm… I was wondering if you sold individual cards or are they just sold in packs?" Luna asked trying to see if she could improve her deck any more than she had back in her dimension.
"Hmm… let me see here. Looks like we only have packs at the moment, but if you're looking for some good cards I could recommend some packs if you'd like." said Mr. Muto trying to be as helpful as can be.
"Do you think you could take a look at my deck? I think it's pretty good but it can't hurt to have a second opinion." said Luna with a smile.
"Sure! Sometimes my grandson Yugi would ask me the same question." Mr. Muto said looking through her deck.
"My my! I've never seen most of these cards! You've got a very strong deck indeed! Hmm… if you're looking to find a way to improve your deck, I think you should ask Yugi when he comes home from school. I think he'll be able to help you with this kind of stuff better than me." Said Mr. Moto as he looked at her and smiles politely.
"When do you think he'll be home?" Luna asked.
"Hmm… I think he'll be home around 2:00 ‒ 2:30. If you want to stay here until then you can." Mr Muto said.
"Thanks! Though, if I'm going to say here for a while then I might as well help out, that is, if you don't mind." Luna said with a smile.
"I don't mind at all!" Mr. Muto said happy to have the extra hand.
"So, put me to work!" Luna said ready to get started. Mr. Muto gave her a list of things to do inside and outside. She did what was inside on the list first. When she finished all the inside chores, it was about 1:00. When she went to do the outside chores, a bunch of teenage boys kept trying to talk with her, which in her eyes meant they were trying to annoy her. A gang of boys came over and, like the rest, started to talk with her.
"I don't think I've seen you around before. You new around here?" one of the boys said.
"Well if you haven't seen me around then I guess I'm doing something right." Luna replied while still doing the chores Mr. Muto had given her. The boy who had spoken growled and the one who seemed to be the leader of the gang started to talk.
"Hey, what's a pretty girl like you doing chores for some old man's game shop?" the leader said.
"Well, if you must know, I enjoy helping and it's better than talking with boys like you so if you don't mind will you stop talking to me so I may finish my chores before Yugi gets here. I would like to make a good first impression." she said after she angrily spun around and looked the leader right in the eyes as she said it. The leader got mad but then remembered what she said about Yugi.
"Heh heh heh…" the leader said with a grin.
"Wipe that stupid smile off your face. Hey, you know what, because of that I think that if I finish early I'll see if I can walk him home. After all, we have a lot to talk about." Luna said hoping that what she said would get on their nerves. The gang eventually left so she finished her chores at 2:00. She went in and asked if it would be okay to try to meet Yugi on his way home. He OK'd it and so she went down the path Mr. Muto said he usually went down. She ran down the path wanting to see Yugi as quick as possible, and since she used to go to the gym back in her dimension, she was incredibly fast. She made it all the way to the school at 2:15. She noticed that school was still going on so she caught her breath just outside school campus so she wouldn't get in trouble. School got out at 2:30 so she decided to take a look inside. Mr. Muto had told her that Yugi was in class B, so that was exactly where she went. She saw that everyone was still in his classroom so she decided to remain unseen. She saw some laughing seniors and decided to follow them, recording everything they were saying with her phone.
"Heh heh heh! I can't believe that it actually worked!" one of them said.
"Yeah! Hey, when do you think they'll notice that we broke the dismissal bell in their classroom?" another said.
"Ha, never!" the third said. They all started laughing at what the third one said and walked out of sight. Luna didn't think their little prank was so funny. She stopped recording and went to go to Yugi's classroom to tell them that school's over, and she would show the video for proof if the teacher asked, when she was blocked by the same boys she was just recording.
"How much did you hear?" one of them asked.
"How much do you think?" Luna smartly replied.
"Cute or not you're dead if you tell." the second said.
"Aww! You actually thought a threat you can't keep would stop me from telling!" she said in a cute but mocking voice.
"Oh we can keep it alright." the third said.
"Heh, prove it." Luna said walking over to them daring them to try to so much as touch her. They took her challenge and tried, but failed miserably. She dodged all their attempts making them fight themselves. Once they were done she walked into Yugi's class and said
"Hi, I don't mean to disturb your class, but, I just found it odd that you're the only class still in session."
"What do you mean?" the teacher asked.
"I mean I just heard a bell ring and saw students flood out of the building." Luna replied not mentioning the bell incident incase they were pulling a prank on her. The teacher looked at the clock and saw that it was still 1:00.
"Sorry, Miss, but school gets out at 2:30, not 1:00. Now I don't know what you saw but-" the teacher said before getting cut off by Luna saying,
"And how long has it been 1:00, because I just saw three clocks around the school saying 2:30. Oh, and I don't know if this could help my cause or not but I have video evidence that you might want to take a look at." Luna showed the teacher the video, told everyone there homework, and said "Class Dismissed." After that, she became liked by every student in the class. As everyone was leaving she thought she'd meet Yugi outside and started to leave when she was stopped by Yugi and his friends
"Hey wait up!" said Yugi trying to catch up to her. Hearing Yugi she turned around and waited for him.
"I… I just wanted to thank you for getting us dismissed." Yugi said trying to catch his breath since he finally caught up to her.
"No problem. I was out helping out your grandpa at the game shop when I asked if I finished early if I could see if I could walk with you on your way home from school. And from me "You see, I wanted to ask you if, if you don't mind, me staying with you for a day while I try to find a place of my own. It's okay if you don't believe my story or want me to stay. I'll just go to phase two early and get to finding a place to stay." Luna said heavily blushing. The Pharaoh became as happy as an eight-year-old that had just been given a pillowcase full of candy. Yugi saw his expression and knew how to answer.
"Stay as long as you like. I'm happy to help, and I think after helping my grandpa so much today he'd be more than happy for you to stay." Yugi said with a smile.
"Wait, really?!" Luna said with a surprised smile. Yugi nodded in happily in agreement and Luna jumped up and gave Yugi a big hug. Yugi was surprised at first but then smiled.
"Oh! S-sorry!" Luna said as she stopped hugging him and blushed of embarrassment.
"Why did she just hug Yugi? And why is she blushing so much?! Grr!" Tea asked the boys giving Luna a death stare obviously angry that Luna hugged Yugi. "Cool it, Tea! Come on, she got us out of school and fought off a gang by herself. At least give her this one. Besides, there are a lot of other guys after her. She might find one she thinks is better than Yugi and leave him. There's nothing for you to worry about Tea." said Tristan. Tea quickly slapped Tristan for saying that there might be someone better than Yugi.
"Easy Tea! I thought you were all talk but you can sure pack a punch when you want to. Hmm… you can pack a good punch but avoid fighting. That's because you're very peaceful but when necessary you won't hesitate to fight for those you love. That's what makes you such a good friend. I'm sorry if I made you feel uneasy earlier. I'll try not to step on your shoes, and I hop we can be friends." Luna said politely and with a gentle smile.
"How can I say no when she's being so nice?" Tea thought as she said "of course we can be friends!" with a smile. Luna smiled happy that she didn't offend her by hugging Yugi, who Luna knows has a crush on Yugi. Luna asked Yugi if she could go inside. Yugi said that since her duel was over they should all go inside. Yugi told the others to come to his room instead of standing outside. Luna and the others followed him to his room Luna walked in carefully while everyone else walked in casually and sat down.
"You can sit down, Luna." Yugi told her noticing that she was still standing. Luna quickly sat down where she saw space.
"So, now do you want explain what happened yesterday?" Joey asked. Joey got looks from everyone but Bakura and Luna after he said that.
"You're right, I've delayed telling all of you for too long. You all have the right to know. I was at home in my dimension trying to form the strongest deck possible. After I finished my TV started frizzing up and being the curious person I am I decided to stick my hand through. Once I found out that my hand actually went through I stuck my head through—don't ask why, because I don't know. Anyway when I stuck my head through I saw the inside of Kaiba Corp. Mokuba noticed me and we had a little chat. I stepped all the way through the portal and then it closed up behind me. Mokuba then took me to his room and I stayed there for the night. In the morning he dropped me off here and that was when I started helping out Mr. Muto. I ran into that gang most of you saw earlier, then ran over to your school after getting permission from Mr. Muto that I could walk Yugi home from school. And well, you know the rest." Luna said.
"Wait, so you're from another dimension and you just got here yesterday?!" said Bakura trying to comprehend everything she just said.
"Hmm… she could be useful in my plan." thought Yami Bakura.
"So, where will you be staying now?" Tea asked, but it was a question that Joey, Tristan, and Bakura wanted an answer as well.
"She'll be staying here with me. Grandpa won't mind the extra hand and someone I know wouldn't let me say 'no.' " Yugi said with a smile. Luna knew about the Pharaoh and assumed that the Pharaoh was the "someone that wouldn't let him say 'no.' " She looked at Yugi and started to blush but hadn't noticed it until Joey had said "We've got a blusher!" Him saying that made her look at Joey and blush even harder now that Joey had brought it to everyone's attention.
"Way to go, Joey. You embarrassed her." said Tristan in a sarcastic voice.
"I-its fine." Luna said obviously embarrassed.
"Well, it's getting late. I'll see you in a few days." said Bakura getting up to leave.
"Don't you have school tomorrow?" Luna asked.
"No, today's Friday. We won't have school for two days." Said Tea.
"Oh, right. I didn't know what day it was." said Luna feeling a little silly for asking.
"Well, I think I should be heading home too." said Joey as Tristan agreed. Yugi thanked them for coming and said good-bye.
"Tea, before you go I'd like to have a word with you… alone." Yugi said to Tea. They stepped outside of the room and waited for everyone to leave. Once everyone was gone they whispered so they could be sure that Luna didn't hear anything they said.
"Tea, I think Luna's hiding something, I don't know what exactly but I know there's something she's not telling us. Tomorrow I'm going to take her around the city to get her more comfortable around me. If I do that she might open up to me and tell me what she's hiding. If that doesn't work then I might have to confront her and hope she tells the truth. I don't want the others to know. If they do they might accidentally tip her off, and that's something I can't risk at the moment. I wanted you to be the first to know because I knew I could trust you with this." Yugi whispered to Tea.
"But Yugi, what if she was lying. I mean, coming from another dimension?! She could be leading you right into a trap!" Tea whispered to Yugi thinking it's not worth the risk.
"I know, Tea. It's a long shot but I have to be sure. I just have to know. You'll be the first to know if anything goes wrong, just trust me on this. Okay?" Yugi told Tea trying to reason with her.
"Alright, but remember, I'm trusting you, not her." Tea said with a sigh.
"Thank you, Tea." Yugi said happy that she sort of approved of him spending the day with Luna tomorrow. Tea said good-bye and left while Yugi went back into his room. When he came back he saw that Luna hadn't moved a muscle since he left to talk with Tea. This made him feel better because he knew she couldn't have possibly eavesdropped on there conversation. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. Luna quickly found out while they were talking that she gained superhuman hearing when she went through the portal. Luna thought since she heard everything that she could just tell him now what she was hiding, but then, she wouldn't get to go on a date with Yugi. She chose to forget about it, act like nothing happened, and look forward to tomorrow.
"So what was that all about?" Luna asked.
"Uhh, I just had something to say to her before she left. It didn't concern you so I didn't think you had to hear. That's all." Yugi said nervously.
"Okay, first of all, you're a terrible liar. Second of all, I know it was about me because I saw Tea getting a bit jealous when I hugged you earlier, which was why I backed off and when over to talk with her afterwards. By the way, I don't know if you noticed this but when Tea sees standing here I think you can tell what his answer was." Luna said with a gentle smile.
"Did you say you were helping out my grandpa?!" Yugi said very surprised.
"Yeah. You see, Mokuba dropped me off at your place this morning after…" Luna said pausing as she saw Seto Kaiba.
"How about I tell just you back at your place?" she said not wanting to let Kaiba know what happened yesterday.
"Okay." Yugi simply replied. The gang finally figured out where Yugi was and caught up to him.
"Hey Yugi, where were ya?"Joey said not noticing Luna.
"Wait a minute… you're that girl that just saved us from school! What class are you in anyway?" Joey replied noticing Luna.
"I'll answer all your questions once we make it back to Yugi's place." Luna wanting to get going. And luckily for her they walked and talked all the way off school campus. When they were half way to Yugi's they were stopped by the same gang she had ran into earlier at the game shop.
"Well well, looks like she weren't lying when she said she was picking up Yugi." one of them said.
"Wasn't." Luna said annoyed at their lack of good grammar and their extreme stupidity.
"What?" said the one who spoke first.
"It's wasn't, not weren't. Lack of good grammar proves me that you are both mindless slobs and a waist of my time. I told you earlier 'no' and I don't necessarily enjoy fighting but if you are in my way and are looking for a beating I will happily show you your place. Is that clear, or do I have to dumb it down to your level of stupidity?" Luna said in a serious and severely annoyed voice. She could easily put them in their place and she knew it.
"Sorry, looks like my ears ain't working, did you say 'show us our place,' looks like we're the ones who are going to have to show you your place." the leader said.
"I, for one, highly doubt that you could even get a mark on me, let alone beat me up. But, if you think I'm lying then why don't you find out yourself. Oh, and it's aren't, not ain't." Luna said extremely annoyed. The gang of losers, as Luna thinks of them as, was also getting annoyed at the fact that she kept correcting them and decided to fight. The leader charged but Luna leaped as fast as lighting into the air. Her feet pounded of his back when she landed, leaving him lying on the floor. As he started to get up she flipped off so that she was facing him again.
"Consider that a warning. I could easily knock you all out right now, but I don't like to show off." Luna said calm and with knowledge of pressure points. The gang feeling insulted all charged at her simultaneously, and in return she used her ninja like speed and knowledge of pressure points to knock them all out in two seconds flat.
"Remind me not to get on your bad side." said Joey.
"I can believe you took them out so quickly!" said Tristan.
"Never judge a book by its cover. It's a good phrase to remember." Luna said smiling at their astonishment.
"I don't think we ever caught your name." said Tea.
"My name's Luna. Sorry I didn't tell you sooner." Luna said politely.
"It's okay. At least we know it now." said Yugi smiling.
"So, why were they after you anyway?" said Tristan.
"I was outside helping out at Mr. Muto's game shop when they started talking to me. I told them to go because I had work to do and they were wasting my time when they started annoying me some more. Then I started walking away and I told them I was going to pick you up instead of waiting for you to come home from school. When I started walking away the leader had a grin on his face so that was when I decided that I should make sure they didn't give you any trouble on your way home."
"I thought you were going to answer all our questions when we got to Yugi's." said Joey.
"I was, but that was when Kaiba was around. I didn't want to get Mokuba in trouble for what happened yesterday." said Luna.
"So, what happened yesterday?" Tea asked.
"Sorry! That question I will answer when we get there!" Luna said smiling. They continued to walk and talk the rest of the way there. When they arrived Yugi was very impressed with the work she did.
"Wow! You did all this?!" Yugi said walking in to see a sparkling clean game shop.
"Hello Yugi! Surprised? I was too after I saw how quick and thorough she was!" Mr. Muto said proud of her phenomenal work.
"She wanted you to have a look at her deck to see if you could find a way to improve it." said Mr. Muto.
"Well I don't see why not. After all, it's the least I could do to repay you for saving us from school and from that gang." said Yugi. Luna smiled and handed Yugi her deck.
"Wow! I've never seen most of these cards before!" said Yugi looking at her deck.
"Well, the only way I might find a way to improve your deck would be by a duel." said Yugi.
"Then what are we waiting for? Lets duel!" Luna said wanting to duel someone. Someone entered the shop.
"How about you duel me instead?" said the man who just entered. Luna thought she recognized him and she was right. It was Bakura.
"Alright! Right now I don't care who I duel as long as I duel." Luna said. Bakura held up a duel disk and Luna remembered she didn't have one. She reached into her bag and found a duel disk.
"How did that get there?" Luna asked herself.
"Okay, let's duel outside though." Luna said holding the door open for everyone to go outside. Once they were outside they got ready and dueled. Luna won the duel against Bakura on her second turn.
"Whaaa! How did she beat him so quickly!" Joey and Tristan said.
"I told you. Never judge a book by it's cover." Luna told Joey and Tristan. Luna then walked over to Bakura and told him nice duel and that she had fun.
"So pharaoh, do you like her or what?" Yugi asked the pharaoh.
"She's pretty, kind, honest, smart, strong, and a great duelist?! I think I'm in love!" the Pharaoh told Yugi staring at Luna while smiling contently.
"So where do you think she lives?" asked the Pharaoh.
"Well, maybe you should ask." replied Yugi smiling.
"What?! No, could you ask for me?" the Pharaoh said blushing.
"Alright, I'll ask." Yugi told the Pharaoh. Yugi walked over to Luna.
"So, Luna. Do you live around here?" Yugi asked.
"No. To tell you the truth, I'm from another dimension and can't get back. When I came through the portal I was in Kaiba Corp. Mokuba let me spend the night in his room and dropped me off here this morning. When you weren't home I decided to help out until you got back to try to make a good first impression." Luna said.
other girls hanging around or trying to flirt with you she becomes one of three things jealous, protective, furious or all three and frankly I don't want to be on the receiving end of her when she's like that. " Luna said with a playful smile.
"She gets mad when other girls hang out with me?" Yugi asked while Luna looked at him like it was obvious, which to her it was extremely obvious.
"Duh!" she said in a playful tone.
"I can't believe you never noticed." she said as she continued using a playful tone. Yugi then felt a little silly for not ever noticing it.
"Well, I think it's getting late. We should get ready for bed now." Yugi told Luna.
"Okay. Then I only have one question: who gets the bathroom first?" Luna asked.
"You can go first. I can change in here while you change in the bathroom." Yugi said.
"Thanks Yugi!" replied Luna as she grabbed her bag and started to walk out when she remembered that she didn't know where it was.
"First door to your left." Yugi told her when she stopped.
"Thanks." Luna replied softly as she went to the bathroom to change. While Yugi changed in to his pajamas in his room he talked to the Pharaoh.
"Do you really think she's hiding something Yugi?" the Pharaoh asked not believing what Yugi had told Tea.
"Yeah. I mean, do you really think that a portal just happened to open up after she finished building her deck. And what if she's working with Bakura and staged the whole thing up? There are just too many questions to ignore and I can't help but suspect something's up. It just seems a little to much of a coincidence that a portal just happened to open up at that time at her house." Yugi said.
"Yugi, are you saying it's a setup?" the Pharaoh asked.
"What I'm saying is that I'm going to have to take a chance on tomorrow to make sure." Yugi said. Yugi was finally finished getting changed when he heard a knock "Um Yugi… it's Luna… can I come in?" Luna asked standing outside the door to his room.
"You can come in now." Yugi replied. After he said that Luna opened that door and stepped in. She was wearing an adorable nightgown and her hair was a little longer than her chest and a little wavy which made her look even cuter. Both Yugi and the Pharaoh started heavily blushing when they saw her.
"Sorry, but it was the only nightgown I could find in my bag." Luna said a little embarrassed seeing how much Yugi was blushing after he saw her.
"No no! You're fine!" Yugi said blushing a little harder.
"So where will I sleep while I'm here?" Luna asked.
"Wherever you want, I guess." Yugi said not really knowing how to answer.
"I don't mind sleeping on the floor, and I don't usually need anything to cover up in so I think I'll just use my bag as a pillow and I'll be all set!" she said looking at the floor and then at Yugi.
"Are you sure you're okay sleeping on the floor?" Yugi asked.
"I'm sure, but thanks for asking anyway." Luna said in a somewhat reassuring way. Yugi smiled and turned off the lights as Luna said goodnight and thanked him again for letting her stay there and they both fell asleep. Luna woke up before everyone else, like usual, and checked her bag for something to wear. Ever since she came through the portal, whatever she's wanted it has always been the only thing left in her bag when she would reach in. So she trusted in her bag to surprise her with something good. In the meantime, she decided that she should try to keep her place on top by training, the only question was: where? With that question in mind, she decided to scout the city for a private place to train. She quickly went to the bathroom to change. When she looked in the mirror, though, she noticed that her appearance was totally different than that in her dimension. Instead of her usual look, her hair seemed to change style every day, she styled it a short crown type (number two), that was when she noticed that her hair was white like Bakura's, and her eyes were a dazzling violet.
"I really do seem to look like a moon." she thought gazing at her reflection. Then she noticed that she looked like a female Bakura with a different hair style.
"How did I not notice this when I was getting ready for the day the first night I got here or last night?! This is ridiculous! I look like Bakura's sister! Wait, Bakura doesn't have a sister, well if he had a sister this is what she would look like. Okay, now I'm talking to myself over a conversation that has no point. Okay, let's just get changed and scout out a place I might be able to train in. And if it's good enough I might be able to stay there instead of here, because, let's face it, asking for help isn't my speciality." she sounded as if she was talking to someone and quickly got changed. The Pharaoh had woken up when Luna left the room and he followed her without her knowing and heard everything she had told herself, and if the Pharaoh wakes up Yugi does too so he heard everything as well. They decided to follow her when she got out. The outfit her bag had chosen for her were black pants, a black belly shirt, a black leather jacket that she zipped up, some black stud earrings, and a black choker. The outfit made Luna look like a runaway or punk, especially with her earbuds in. It was then that Yugi realized how much she looks like Bakura.
"Now that she said it she does look like she could be Bakura's sister." Yugi told the Pharaoh. Right after he said that to the him it seemed to take a moment before he realized the resemblance. They continued to follow her without saying a word, and she was zoned out in her music so she hadn't noticed them.
