Hey guys! I hope you like this story I've written up there is a lot of 'mild' language in it so that explains the rating but I hope you like it and as the story goes along I'll explain later why I chose such actions and events if necessary! Things are gonna be a bit slow at first, but they'll pick up soon. Hope you like it!

Disclaimer! My OC's deck is very similar to mine that I have created in the Yugioh Duel Links Game. I'm not going to write very many duels but I thought this would be something nice to add, and I'm sorry if I don't do a good job of describing duels.

Looking out the window of her small apartment, she could see it. Even in the darkest of nights the sleek platinum building of KaibaCorp glistened like a shining star. From a distance she could barely see the red background of the sign that hung in front with the letters "KC" colored in gold. All other lights could not compare to its gleam. A place of advance technology, and skills that were unmatched to any other place.

She was sure that there were a few people that stopped as they passed by the building that would take a second to look up at it. She herself had done it once before, standing before the iron gates, wondering what secrets are behind those silver doors. Any who had the chance to walk in through those gates could have been intimidated by the large statues of the Blue Eyes White Dragon standing before each side of the paved road near the entrance.

Even if it wasn't the tallest building in Domino City she was sure that it would still shine bright. Turning her eyes away she returned back to her desk, a few books were stacked at both far corners as the began to look over the opened one in front of her. She knew that if she was to have any hope of making it in the world she needed to ensure her fate.

Tucking back a lock of her long dark hair behind her ear she adjusted her lamp, as she focused most of the light on the center of the book. It still surprised her that after doing this every night hadn't ruined or damaged her eyesight. Sometimes she wished she didn't have to work so much, but she knew the consequences if she didn't.

Pulling out a thick spiral notebook she began to jot down notes on the lined paper, rubbing her eyes every few minutes. It was late, but she knew she couldn't stop just yet. Opening up a drawer in her desk she pulled out a fairly large stack of papers that related to her classes, as she reviewed the materials and main focuses of each section that needed to be memorized.

The sound of something rumbling caught her attention as she dropped her pen, digging in the pockets of her dark blue jeans she pulled out her phone, holding it to her ear.

"Hello?" she responded, trying to hold back a yawn.

"I knew you would still be up, don't you ever sleep?" a woman's voice on the other side of the line asked as she laughed.

"Tea, you've known me for how long and yet you forget that I don't sleep very often." she answered back as she heard her friend sigh. "Do you know when you'll be coming back to Domino City yet?"

"I should be back this coming Monday, but don't let anyone know I want to surprise them!" she sounded so excited, after all she had been in New York studying ballet for about two years now with the occasional visits to come back home when she could. "Promise you won't tell?" Tea asked.

The woman shook her head, "you know that I haven't run into your friends out here. It's a big city and I'm a very busy woman." she told her.

"You should go out more often Iris, meeting people and making friends isn't that bad." Tea told her, but that's what she's been telling her for a long time ever since they were roommates in New York. "You know you're my best friend, and I don't want you to be so lonely out there. You just moved there last year!"

"Tea I've already explained to you that I don't really have time," she instantly regretted saying those words as she heard Tea gasp.

"Iris you really should give people a chance, I'm just worried that you'll hurt yourself in the future if you don't have anyone else in your life. I know you're still really shaken up about the accident, but I promise you my friends will be by your side just they've been there for me." she explained.

It was a lot to think about, Iris stirred the idea around in her head as she rubbed her eyes. "Look we can talk about it on Monday when I pick you up from the airport, what time does your flight arrive?"

"I think at about 3pm,"

"Ok well I'll see you then, I have to let you go I need to finish my studying." Iris told her.

"Just don't overwork your brain, I'll talk to you soon!" Iris hung up the phone after that. No matter what she always knew that Tea had a point. Iris rubbed her temples as she felt her head starting to hurt a bit at everything that was stirring around in her mind.

Hundreds of people were walking around the open spaces of the airport as Iris stood with others as they await for the people on the flight that just landed to arrive. Pulling the phone out of her dark grey denim jacket she checked the time as the digital clock on her phone read '3:09'.

"Any minute now." Iris said to herself.

"Iris!" she heard Tea shout her name as she ran threw the door, bursting with excitement. She still looked the same in a way but more mature since the last time she saw her. Although her yellow sleeveless and denim shorts did give her a sense of spunk in her opinion.

"Tea!" Both of the women hugged each other as they both smiled, "kept me waiting long enough!" Iris joked as the two began to get Tea's luggage.

"Sorry I don't control the plane you know," Tea fired back as the two laughed. "Did you really go to work wearing that?" she asked as Iris looked down at her outfit. Her black tank top and black jeans were the only things she could grab in a rush this morning since she did sleep in a bit.

"I didn't work today, besides black is always a nice color." she said, pulling her long black hip length hair over her shoulder as it hung down over the left side of her. "Besides I have the week off since it's my finals week, I've just gotta make up for it next week."

"Still working long shifts again, I swear I don't know how you do it with school. That has to take a serious toll on you."

"Oh please, did you forget that when I was still studying in New York that I worked two damn jobs and still took four classes. Either something is wrong with me or I'm invincible."

"Or crazy." Tea remarked as they giggled.

There was a moment of silence between them as they continued to walk towards the baggage pickup area. "So Tea...I've been thinking about what you told me the other night…" Iris spoke as they stopped.

"About what?"

"You know making new friends….maybe, if you're cool with it um….maybe I could hang out with you and your friends…." it was hard for Iris to say it as she didn't really know how to put it into words properly.

Tea smiled, "you really mean it?"

Her question caught Iris by surprise as she just stared blankly at her. "I didn't mean to push you to make this decision I just got worried about you, you are my friend and with you out here by yourself most of the time I just want to make sure you're not alone."

Iris grinned, "trust me this is my decision." Looking down at the pale blue carpeted ground she did start to worry. Was she ready?

Tea was seated in one of the six cushioned outdoor chairs at the large table in front of the coffee shop as she took a sip from her drink as she patiently waited, her heart was racing and her head spinning today was a big day. She could barely sleep last night due to the anticipation and what was riding on the needed success of today.

She checked her phone as no new messages were received. "I hope I didn't keep you waiting long." a man's voice said above her as she eagerly jumped out of her seat, hugging him instantly. He hugged her back instantly as they shared a moment.

Looking up she gazed at his deep purple eyes that gave his face a more distinguished look, as his gold bangs framed his face. His black and purple spiked hair still remained the same as it always was like when they were kids, though she could never get use to not seeing him wearing his Millennium Puzzle around his neck but only the black strap choker around his neck. It gave him an edgy look that went well with the blue band around his upper right arm and matching blue belt that held up his black jeans.

"It's so good to see you again," she told Yugi as she gave him a peak on the cheek. Fixing her lilac summer dress they both sat down as he held her hand, "I really appreciate you guys all coming out here today." she told him as Yugi looked around.

"Everyone's excited to see you again," he told her. His voice was so similar to Atem's but also very different, it wasn't as deep but it still carried a strong sense of courage and strength. "But where is everyone?"

Tea glanced around, "I told everyone else but you to get here a bit later, there's someone I want you to meet first." she told him as she got up and ran inside the coffee shop. Yugi didn't know if this was good or bad, the way she said it didn't sound clear on how she felt.

Coming back out he saw her pulling the arm of another woman, both her hands were in the packs of her dark blue skinny years as her black v-neck shirt was scrunched up a bit from where her hands were. Her long black hair hanged in front of her split evenly on both shoulders as her bright blue eyes looked down. "Yugi this is my friend Iris, my roommate from New York." Tea introduced them. "I wanted you to meet her before the others get here."

Sitting down next to Tea, Iris still felt a bit out of place. Meeting new people was definitely a skill she was lacking. "Nice to meet you, Tea's told me a lot about you. You don't know how much it means to me to have you look out for her while she was in New York." Yugi said to her as she smiled.

"Well to be honest I was only in New York with Tea for a year, I've been living here in Domino City after that." Iris explained.

"I see, but either way I'm still glad you were there for her."

Iris shrugged her shoulders, "she was there for me. Afterall what kind of friend would I be if I wasn't there for mine."

"Well said, so tell me why-"

"Hey Yugi! Tea!" a man's voice shouted from a distance as the trio looked out towards the sidewalk as they could see a large cloud of beige dust rapidly beginning to approach them. Iris looked over at Yugi and Tea as she could see that they both knew what was coming their way.

Iris could see a man with thick dirty blonde hair in a white shirt as both the sleeves were blue, she was surprised that his strides didn't rip his dark blue jeans. He was glaring at the man running next to him as his spiked brown hair didn't seem to sway or move at the speeds they were running. The long brown coat he wore over his white shirt and black jeans almost acted like a cape.

They watched as the two were so busy staring each other down that they both missed the small ledge that surrounded the coffee shop in a semi-circle. Both of them hit the ground at the same time as instantly grabbed each other, "what the hell were you thinking Tristan!? You tripped me!" the blonde one shouted.

"No way man you tripped me Joey!" Tristan yelled back at Joey as they both looked about ready to fight right then and there.

"Would you knock it off!?" Tea told them both as they both quickly got to their feet and dusted themselves off. "I see you guys are still competitive with each other." Tea joked as both Tristan and Joey just laughed.

Iris just looked at them as she cringed a bit, she had never really encountered anybody like them before. She already knew this was going to be an interesting day. "Who's this?" Joey asked as they trio sat down.

"This is Iris," Tea introduced. "She was my roommate back in New York, but now she's going to school here in Domino City."

"Nice to meet you," Tristan said to her as she didn't know how to respond. "So how long have you been here in Domino City?" he asked.

"I've lived here my entire life, but I earned a full years tuition at the school in New York where Tea and I met. Since I was only there for a year I transferred to a college out here, and been staying busy." Iris explained.

Joey scratched his head, "I know you said you lived here your entire life, but I don't recall you going to our school when we's were still there." Joey spoke out as he couldn't recall seeing her previously.

Iris heard Tea sigh, "that's because Iris went to a different school then we did, not everyone here goes to the same place."

"She's right," Iris said, "my father thought it would be a good idea to send me to a private school here in Domino." Holding back the painful memories that were starting to rise, Iris put on a smile as she just wanted to make it through this day without having a break down. She was actually starting to warm up a bit, granted it did feel weird but even she admitted that it was a nice change of pace then her usual routine.

"Oh I see,"

"So you are you also studying to be a dancer?" Yugi asked. Iris took a sip from her coffee as she shook her head.

"No, I'm actually studying to become an accountant. I work as a teller at a nearby bank, my boss understands my situation and helps teach me so I can become a personal accountant." she summed up, even though there was more to it, but she didn't want to divulge anymore.

Joey and Tristan seemed to be in a bit of shock, but quickly shook that look off their faces. "Sounds pretty challenging." Tristan stammered as he tried to think of how many rules and numbers had to be done in order to make it in a position like that.

"I think my brain is fried trying to comprehend." Joey said painfully as he shook his head and had a big grin on his face. "Hey Iris!?" He almost jumped out of his chair as he pulled his deck from his pocket and placed it on the table. "You duel?"

Pulling out a deck of her own, Iris placed her deck on the table. "A little bit, I'm not that good but if you want to have a match for fun I'm up for it." she offered. She wasn't kidding when she said she didn't duel very often, actually barely even. Her deck was composed of some good cards, but she hadn't really dueled.

"Don't worry I'll go easy on you, we'll only have 2000 life points each. Like you said it's just for fun."

"Then let's do it."

Drawing four cards in each of their hands both Iris and Joey glanced at each other, pulling a coin from his pocket, "we flip a coin, whoever's right goes first. Your choice."

Iris barely nodded her head as Joey flipped the coin, "tails." Catching the coin, Joey slapped it on his head as he showed it to her. "Heads, look like you get first move."

"Alright and I'll start by sending out this little guy, Baby Dragon in attack mode!" Placing the card on the table vertically she saw the orange dragon he played looked definitely as it was named. "I end my turn."

Drawing a card Iris looked carefully at her hand, two monsters she knew would be hard to wipe out, two trap cards and one spell. "I play Maiden of the Macabre in attack mode, I also play the continuous spell Banner of Courage, bringing her power from 1700 to 1900. I also place one card face down."

"Looks like you don't have to go easy on her Joey, you're just trying to be nice." Tristan joked as he could see Joey's hand looked pretty good.

"Now my Maiden attacks your Baby Dragon, meaning you take 700 points of damage." Iris said as Joey removed Baby Dragon and placed it above his deck face up. "That leaves you with 1300 points left Joey."

"I feel like you tricked me alright then, I place the Spell Card Pot of Greed. It's a magic card that allows me to draw two cards from my deck." Drawing the two cards Joey pulls one from his hand, "Now I'll bring out Garoozis in Attack Mode."

"Joey can take out her Maiden with that his monster, Banner of Courage only works when she's going to attack him or his monsters." Tea whispered.

"True, but let's see what happens." Yugi said to her as they all watched.

"Your Maiden's attack is back down to 1700 which means you can say bye to your little friend." Joey said as Iris flipped up her face down card.

"Not so fast, since you've declared an attack on my Maiden you've activated my trap card Inspiration. Which gives my Maiden of the Macabre 700 attack points bringing her up to a total of 2600, so you take 800 points of damage and your monster is destroyed leaving you with 500 points." Iris explained as she and Joey put a card in their graveyard.

"Wait how? You're Maiden only has 1700, add 700 that makes it 2400."

"That might be true, but Maiden of the Macabre has an ability that whenever she destroys a monster she gains a spell counter increasing her attack by 200 points with each counter."

Iris drew a card, "And now my Maiden will attack you directly wiping out the rest of your life points."

"Just a few turns and you've already beat me." Joey said as they both put their cards back into their decks. "You're actually good,"

"Oh please I just got lucky that's all, besides I know you were just going easy on me."

"So that's what we agreed, at least I know you're strategy a bit with those cards of yours

"Tell you what Joey, next time I'll battle you for real in a real arena." Iris said.

"Why bother battling Wheeler in an arena when he can't even beat you over a cup of coffee?" a man's voice said as they all turned towards the sound of it.

Standing close by the silver buttons on his white sleeveless long coat, the sleek black long sleeve he wore beneath it really brought out its shine as Iris could clearly see some muscle definition under it. She saw that he had a few straps around his arms as they did help to show that he did seem to have strong arms and that he had few around the shins of his dark pants. A section of his brown hair was in his face as his dark blue eyes were what mainly caught her attention, by how cold they were.

Iris felt her heart pain a bit as she was still mystified by the man, then it hit her. She knew exactly who she was looking at, even the silver belt around his waist gave it away, "wait...you're...you're Seto Kaiba!"