AUTHOR'S NOTE/SUMMARY: Yo Yo! Yay this is my first fanfic! The protaganist of this story is Ayaka Tenma, a transfer student who moves to Domino City. She will eventually get caught up in a dangerous Yami no Game where she must defeat a murderer and her own dark past, with the help of an unexpected ally. This is my first fanfic so please dont be too harsh, but constructive criticism is much appreciated! I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters besides my own. The first chapter starts kind of slow because it is just an introduction chapter but please keep on reading! Thanks everyone! Enjoy!

"Bye father! I'll see you after school!" I yelled to my father as I ran outside and slammed the door.

"Okay bye Ayaka! Have a good day today!" My father yelled back.

It was a beautiful day outside. The sun was out, it was not too hot outside, and the wind was blowing slightly. My wavy black hair swayed in the wind as I began walking towards school. It had been three months since I had moved to Domino City and began attending Domino High School. I had grown up in Tokyo and it was difficult to move away from my hometown. I stopped at a street corner and looked up at the sky. Not a cloud in it. I smiled. Even though it was difficult at first to leave my hometown, I quickly became friends with four of my classmates who had shown me around the city and made me feel part of the town even though I was an outsider..

"Ayaka!"

"Ayaka-chan!"

I turned my head to the left to see Anzu and Yugi running towards me waving their arms. I had first become friends with Anzu when I moved to Domino City. We sat next to each other and she gave me a tour of the school and we have been friends ever since. Anzu than introduced me to Yugi: a small and quiet student, but he eventually opened up to me and we also became close friends.

The golden pendant was bouncing around Yugi's neck as he ran towards me. My dark eyes were staring at the pendant. I had asked Yugi about it and all he had told me was that it was his treasure, but it was dangerous and he preferred not to get me involved with its mysterious game. Game? What did he mean by game?

"Yo Ayaka! Ready for school?" Anzu asked when they finally caught up with me.

I snapped back from my thoughts and smiled at my friends.

"Yeah sure I am ready for school" I answered.

Yugi smiled. "Ahh Ayaka-chan, always in her own world thinking to herself."

All I could do was smile. I tended to just go into my own little world when I was thinking hard about something. Yugi's pendant had been on my mind lately, but I didn't want to push the topic any farther.

"Lets head off before we are late" I suggested to my friends.

We started running towards Domino High School laughing as we caught up with other students chatting with their friends. Yep, seems like its going to be another ordinary day.

"Hey everyone!"

We turned around to see Honda and Jounouchi race towards us. We all waved at them as they caught up with us. Yugi and Anzu introduced me to Honda and Jounouchi a few weeks after I had transferred to Domino High School. Honda acted very tough and sometimes made actions without thinking. Jounouchi was seen as the class clown so to cover up this title he had a rough demeanor when you first met him. Both of them would do anything for their friends though and I quickly became friends with both of them and now the five of us were inseparable. We walked into class laughing as our sensei approached me bluntly.

"Akaya-san, you have been reassigned to a new seat behind Yugi-kun" Returning to his desk quickly after he said this.

I frowned. I had liked sitting next to Anzu and talking with her. Well at least I will be with Yugi now. I moved my bag onto my new desk and sat down. Class started and as sensei began talking I saw some writing on my new desk. I squinted my eyes to see what looked like a faded etching on the desk.

"RYOU?"

I tapped Yugi's shoulder and he turned around and smiled. "Hey Yugi do you know who this kid is? This Ryou?" I questioned.

Yugi's kind face suddenly turned sad and he looked towards the ground. Oh no, did I say something wrong?

"Yugi I..." I stammered.

He smiled again and whispered, "I'll tell you after class." I looked at him blankly and just shrugged an okay. Who was this Ryou kid? He turned around to listen to our sensei and I tried to listen too, but all I could think about was what was the big deal about this Ryou kid. Class finally ended for lunch and the five of us all gathered around my desk.

"So who is Ryou?" I bluntly asked.

Anzu, Honda, Yugi, and Jounouchi all turned their heads towards the ground. Dammit I should not of just said it so directly. Yugi finally looked towards me and answered my question:

"Ryou was a former classmate or ours, and one of our closest friends. He was very shy, but had a really kind heart and we became friends after he transferred here from a different school."

"...Former...?" I asked carefully.

Anzu continued, "Yeah, you see he got badly injured, and he fell comatose. He has been in a coma for about six months." All I could do was stare at Anzu. No wonder they did not want to say anything, one of their closest friends has been in a coma for awhile and they are really worried about him.

"Why have you guys not seen him recently? Well you know just go to the hospital and be there for him?" I questioned.

"We actually have a couple of times before you moved here, but since you transferred to our school and we became friends, its kind of distracted us from the hurt of maybe losing a good friend" Honda replied.

I looked down. I felt awful, I did not want to stop my new friends from seeing one of their friends who is in pain. I do not want to be the reason for them not to see poor Ryou.

"Why don't you guys go visit him today after school? Or maybe after dinner? Whatever works best. I know it must be hard to see your friend in pain, but I think it would be a good idea to see him." I suggested to my friends, smiling.

"But what about...?" Jounouchi was about to ask.

"Don't worry," I smiled, "I'll come with too, a friend of yours is a friend of mine."

Everyone began to perk up and we all decided that after dinner we would go to the hospital and visit Ryou Bakura. We all decided to meet up at 6:30 pm at the hospital. We all waved good-bye to each other until we met up at the hospital later tonight.