Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, so don't you dare sue me! But I do own the "new students" – you'll discover their names if you read the fic – so don't steal them.
This starts out right before the Battle City Tournament.
'stuff' thinking
Chapter 1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The final bell just rang on the first day of the school year. Students started piling out of their classrooms at Domino High. Duke Devlin waited in the hall for his friends to come out. He stood next to a girl with long, curly, white hair in a ponytail and blue eyes. Yugi Muotu, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, and Téa Gardner walked out of their classroom.
"Hey, Duke," greeted Tristan. "You didn't wait for us last year."
"That's because this year, my class has a new student," Duke told him. They saw the girl beside him for the first time.
"Hel-lo!" said Joey, staring at her. "Who might you be?"
The girl giggled. "Hi. My name's Marissa Millennium," she told them. She extended her hand, and Joey shook it.
"Hi. My name's Yugi," said Yugi. "These are my friends Joey, Tristan, and Téa."
"It's very nice to meet you all."
"She moved her all the way from Egypt," Duke said. Everyone else's eyes went wide.
"Egypt?" exclaimed Téa. "That's quite a trip. Why did you decide to come here?"
"Well, I've was learning English as my foreign language in school," Marissa explained. "My mom decided it would be good for me to get hands-on experience using the language."
"Foreign language?" asked Joey.
"Yeah, dufus," insulted Tristan. "They don't speak English in Egypt." He slapped Joey on the shoulder.
"Well, if you're so smart, tell me what language they do speak." Tristan was dumbfounded. "So there, Tristan!"
"Isn't it Arabic, or something like that?" asked Téa.
"Exactly," said Marissa.
"I thought it was something like Heroflics," Joey said.
"Hieroglyphics?" asked Marissa. Joey nodded. "That's only the written language of our ancient culture. I still had to learn it in school, though."
"You know hieroglyphics?" asked Yugi.
"Yep. It actually isn't all that hard to learn."
"I got an idea," Duke said. "Why don't we all go down to Burger World."
"Great! Let's go," Tristan said as he started down the hallway. The rest followed.
"Mmm, I love hamburgers," spoke up Marissa while they were walking. Joey looked at her inquiringly, almost stopping dead in his tracks.
"You mean they have hamburgers in Egypt?" he asked, scratching his head.
"Of course," she answered matter-of-factly. "McDonald's aren't just in America, after all."
"I knew that…" He blushed slightly, while she smiled comfortingly.
"But it is one of the most popular restaurants in America," Duke cut in. (A/N: Or at least it seems so.) "Americans eat a lot of burgers."
The next day, Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Téa were seated in history when the door opened to reveal none other than Ryou Bakura.
"Hey, guys," Ryou called. He walked over to Yugi and his friends.
"Long time no see," Tristan called back. Ryou sat down at a desk next to them.
"Yeah, where have you been?" asked Yugi.
"I had pneumonia," answered Ryou. "That's why I wasn't in school." They nodded their heads understandingly.
"How do you spell 'pneumonia'?" Joey asked seriously. Everyone else was dumbfounded.
"All I know is that it begins with a 'p,'" replied Téa.
"But that doesn't-"
"Quiet, please!" yelled the teacher. Soon, all the kids were silent. "We have an new exchange student joining us today. Please welcome your new classmate, Keline Magentos," (kh-lean ma-gain-toas ('toas' as in the beginning of 'toast')) the teacher continued.
The door opened once again. In walked a boy about the kids in the class' age. He carried an old-looking, brown briefcase. He had hair the length of Ryou, except with the color of chocolate, tan skin, and eyes the color and hardness of coal. Of course he wore the school outfit, but he also had on...
"Yug, I didn't know gloves were in the dress code," Joey whispered to Yugi.
"They aren't," Yugi replied. He looked at the new kid's hands, which were covered by black, leather gloves.
"Why does he get to wear them, then?" Yugi only shrugged.
Keline Magentos said nothing; only frowned as if he dreaded being where he was. The girls sighed in awe. They whispered to their nearby friends about how cute he was. The teacher told him where to sit. He walked to the desk majestically, sat down, and leaned his briefcase on the chair. The girl who now sat behind him looked like she was about to faint. Joey and Tristan looked at each other and stuck out their tongues. This aroused giggles from around the classroom.
"QUIET!" yelled the teacher. Instantly, silence shrouded the class. "Open your math books to page 427 and do #1-39, odd, while I correct the quizzes." The kids all obeyed. Every now and then, the girls would sneak peeks at Keline, then flutter their eyes and sigh. Ten minutes later, they checked their answers. Once, the teacher called on Keline asking, "Mr. Magentos, the answer to number 17, please."
"The square root of 59 over 2," Keline answered in a tone that said, "I'm incredibly board and that answer was obvious so you could have asked anyone." He had a hard-to-place accent. All the girls gushed to each other on how it was so cute.
Eventually, the lunch bell rang. The students collected their materials and piled out of the classroom. Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan, and Ryou stepped out the door just in time to see Duke and Marissa emerge from their classroom as well. Both waved to the others, who introduced Ryou to Marissa and vice-versa.
Suddenly, there was a loud thunk. Everyone looked over to the source of the sound. Who stood there was none other than Keline Magentos – a.k.a. the new kid. He had dropped his briefcase, which was now lying on the floor beside him. His eyes were open wide. He was staring at Marissa. She stared back at him with the same amount of surprise.
"Riss?" he asked cautiously and quietly, almost as if out of breath.
"Kay?" she asked back.
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