Disclaimer! I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of it's characters etc. but I do own my own original characters :)
As the sun was setting in Domino City, a small moving van came to a stop outside of a small two story house with the front lights lit dimly.
The door of the van slid open and out stepped Millie Osaka, a beautiful 17 year old with shoulder length blond hair with black streaks through it. She looked at the house with her dark hazel eyes and turned away from the sight just before she started to cry. Millie had been brought to Domino City because about two months ago her parents, who were scientists in Alaska, were killed in tremendous avalanche along with their whole crew. The last letter that they had sent contained a two hour video and a pair of earrings (they were silver sparrows). The video was all about their expedition, meeting the crew and of course it was filled of her parents telling Millie how much they loved her and they'd be down to visit in a month.
Millie had watched this video over and over and even more once they had died. Before their death, Millie lived with her Uncle, the brother of her father, and a very busy businessman, and liked it very much. Her own huge room, being spoiled and of course having the house to herself. But things changed after her parents died, her Uncle became depressed and relied much on alcohol. He began to slack in work, lose money and once he even tried suicide, he finally realized that he was hurting Millie's life and sent her to his other brother's house, Taro Hiroto, to live there. And now, here she was, awaiting her new life. Brought back to reality by her Uncle, he hugged her tightly in his arms.
"Don't cry..." at these words Millie broke down in tears. After about ten minutes, Millie and her Uncle rang the doorbell to Taro's house, the door was immediately opened by a tall, blond boy that neither recognized. With the door opened, Millie could hear shouts, laughter and the sounds of video games, then someone yelled,
"Hey! Who is it Katsuya!?"
The boy answered in confusion
"Uh, two people..."
Millie sniffed miserably,
"I'm Honda's cousin..." Katsuya smirked and yelled over his shoulder
"It's your cousin!". Millie heard a rustle and soon her cousin, Honda, was standing at the door with a bewildered look.
"Oh! My dad said you guys wouldn't be coming until tomorrow! He's not here right now..." while Honda and her Uncle talked, Millie looked under her cousin's arm and saw the blond boy, Katsuya, a boy with white hair who looked rather timid, another smaller boy with black and maroon hair playing a video game, two girls, one with short brown hair and another with long auburn hair, both holding magazines, talking and eating chips.
"Is that okay, Millie?" Millie looked at her Uncle, taken aback by the sudden question,
"What? Sorry... I was, um..." flushing a bit, Millie looked at the two guys, her Uncle smiled.
"We'll wait until Taro gets here then we can settle you in... Honda's friends, Yuugi and Katsuya are staying the night but Honda says they'd love to help move everything in." Millie nodded but became suddenly depressed and sad.
"Yeah... that sounds... great." Honda smiled and looked to Millie.
"If you want, I'll show you where you can stay..." Millie nodded and grabbed her suitcase and followed Honda into the house. Avoiding the eyes of Honda's friends, Millie walked up the stairs with her eyes down to the ground, once she was out of sight, she heard one of the girls say quietly "Who's she?".
Uncle Taro and Honda had decided to give Millie the largest bedroom upstairs that had a large bathroom connected. Inside Millie's room was beautiful, even though it was completely empty, the walls were a soft blue green, the carpet was a plush soft wine, the window was huge and it faced the front of the house. The door to the bathroom was made of bamboo and paper and slid open to reveal a huge bathroom. It instantly reminded Millie of her own Bath House, it had a large porcelain tub that could easily fit three people, surrounded by pots of lucky bamboo, a bonzai tree, tiny cherry blossom trees and a place for incense.
Off to the side was a small shower, and a large vanity mirror and off to the left was a large walk-in closet. Millie stood in awe at her room, then she heard Tristen sigh
"I had a hard time giving this room up... even though it's the same as my room and dad's, it has the best view of the whole house." Honda pointed out the window and Millie looked to see the most beautiful sunset she had ever seen, it cast the city into silhouette and made the sky a brilliant pink and orange.
"Hey, Honda what're you doing?" Millie, Honda and her Uncle turned around to see the girl with auburn hair standing in the doorway, Honda smiled and blushed a bit.
"Oh, Shizuka! I was showing my cousin her new room..." Shizuka glanced over to Millie and looked her up and down trying not to show her disapproval of her clothes (a black mini skirt, torn fish net tights, oversized boots and a black tank top that read "J- Rock Otaku" in Japanese) but failed as she couldn't take her eyes from her. Millie stood awkwardly until Shizuka spoke again.
"I'm Shizuka, Katsuya's sister... um, Honda, Yuugi, Katsuya and Ryou are getting hungry again." Katsuya groaned and looked back to Millie.
"Why don't you come down and meet everyone?" Millie nodded in agreement, but inside she didn't want anything to do with the strangers. Once to the bottom of the stairs, Millie was being stared at by the other people there, Honda made the introductions.
"Guys, this is my cousin Millie Osaka... she's gonna be living here from now on... Uh, Millie, this is Yuugi Mouto, his grandpa owns the local game shop (the boy with the maroon and blond hair waved and warmly smiled) this is Bakura Ryou (the boy with white hair smiled and said "Hello") this is Anzu Mazaki (the girl with the short brown hair waved) you've already met Shizuka and this is Katsuya."
Millie looked to Katsuya who was occupying himself with making popcorn, then a puff of black smoke emerged from the microwave right into his face, his sister and Anzu rolled their eyes in exasperation and went over to help him. Millie sat on the couch next to Ryou, feeling rather odd and out of place. Millie sat watching Yuugi and Honda compete each other at video games until Ryou asked her quietly.
"So, why are you staying here with Honda?" Millie bit her lip and looked down at her hands, she answered in a quivery voice.
"My parents... they aren't alive..." Ryou nodded
"Oh... I'm so sorry... I understand how you feel... my father is a Archaeologist, I rarely see him..." Millie said nothing and Ryou said nothing more. After a while, Katsuya, Shizuka and Anzu came into the living room with popcorn, chips, salsa and soda and dumped it all on the little coffee table in front of Millie and Ryou. Katsuya then plopped down on the couch next to Millie, grabbed soda, some chips and popcorn and shoved it all in his mouth, he smiled at Millie and she smiled weakly back, Anzu started to talk
"Millie, is it? Are you going to go to school next week? It is the last year of school for you right?" Millie nodded
"Yeah, I already visited the school..." Shizuka grinned and grabbed a soda
"Why are you staying with Honda?" everyone turned their eyes on Millie and she looked at them
"Well... my parents died and I have no other place to go..." Anzu gasped and Shizuka looked shocked, Katsuya spoke next
"How'd they... you know?" Millie looked in the boy's dark honey eyes
"Avalanche... " Millie heard murmurs of "How awful" and "Oh, God how sad..." but she had lost herself in Katsuya's eyes and it seemed he had done the same, Shizuka must have noticed because she spoke more loudly than needed
"Hey Katsuya, pass the salsa, you hog!" Katsuya broke out of the glance and Millie looked away, feeling slight embarrassment. As the night went on, Millie's Uncle, Uncle Taro, Honda, Katsuya, Yuugi, Ryou, Anzu and Shizuka all helped out in moving all the boxes, furniture and all the miscellaneous to Millie's new room, and amazingly they had it all done in one hour's time. It was almost midnight and the girls and Ryou had to leave for home, while they all said their good-byes Shizuka pulled Katsuya aside but as hard as she tried Millie couldn't hear anything she said.
They all hopped in Anzu's car and off they went, leaving Millie, Honda, Katsuya, Yuugi and the Uncles in the light of the street lamp, Uncle Taro put a hand on Millie's shoulder and smiled at her
"We'll be inside when you two are done." Uncle Taro and Uncle hugged then Uncle Taro took the boys inside leaving Millie and Uncle. Millie had tears in her eyes as she looked at her Uncle's figure, he pulled her close and stroked her hair in comfort
"Shh... it's not all bad Millie dear... It's not I'll be gone forever." he held the quivering girl and one tear rolled down his young face, Millie sniffed
"I love you so much... it- it feels like when mom and daddy died... I- I'll never see you again!" she sobbed more but her Uncle pulled away and looked at her in admiration
"Millie, I'll never be gone, I promised you that'd I'd come visit anytime I wasn't busy... so cheer up, you're starting over in a new city, new friends, a new uncle... Hell! You have a bathroom the size as your old room!"
At this Millie burst out laughing along with Uncle, she smiled at him and nodded
"All right, all right... No more tears. Deal?" her Uncle started to fake a cry and Millie punched him playfully
"No tears, my dear Millie, no tears... oh! Here, I thought you might like this." Uncle pulled out his hand of his pocket and handed Millie a necklace, it was black ribbon with silver butterflies connected to a silver rose in the middle, she smiled and put it on
"Thank you so much for every single thing you've done for me..." Millie hugged her Uncle the final time
"I love you so much, Millie... I'll be back." with a kiss and a long hug, her Uncle climbed into the moving van and started it up, then he called out the window
"Have fun in that bathroom of yours'!" Millie laughed and waved good-bye as her Uncle torn down the dark street. Millie stood there until her Uncle was out of sight, then turned the handle to her new found home. Inside the house was still noisy as the three boys played video games, when Honda saw Millie he called to her
"Hey, my dad already went to bed, he has to get a early start tomorrow..." Millie nodded and in the silence she spoke
"I'm uh, going to bed." Honda nodded, the three boys bid goodnight and Millie walked up the stairs, down the dark hall and turned the handle to her room.
As she entered, Millie kicked off her shoes, zigzagged around the boxes, found her unmade bed in a corner and laid down without making it, next to the bed was her night stand and on top was her three favorite pictures, one of her mom and dad, another of Millie, her mom, dad and Uncle about a year ago and the last picture was one of Millie and Uncle ten years ago. The last was Millie's favorite because that was when Uncle had taken her in when her parents got their job to Alaska, Millie picked up the picture and looked at her Uncle's young face, he was only 28 now and he still had the same flawless face. Millie's eyes began to tear up and she curled up on her bed, picture against her chest, still fully dressed and she cried herself to sleep, unbeknownst that her Uncle had done the same this night.
The next morning, Millie woke up about 9 o'clock with the picture stuck against her face and her clothes wrinkled. She set the picture on her night stand, opened her window blinds and saw the city lit up in the new sun. Carefully, she opened the window to let some cool air in (it's fall) and breathed in the crisp air.
With some difficulty, Millie went through the boxes and finally found the four boxes with her clothes in them. She hauled them into her huge closet, opened them all and finally choose an outfit ( a black and navy top with the straps off the shoulder, smaller straps holding it up, it was cut down to her breasts where a bow tied, it cut off at the end of her ribs in a suit tail style; she chose a navy mini skirt with a large black belt hanging to the side, her socks cut off at the knee and they were black and white checkered and last she put on was her necklace, Sparrow earrings, watch and her Converse sneakers). Lastly, Millie brushed out her hair, and pulled it into two tight buns at the back of her head.
She hopped down the stairs feeling somewhat giddy and bounced into the kitchen where the boys were up and eating breakfast, as she walked in, all three boys stopped talking and stared at Millie. Millie smiled
"Good morning, boys." she walked over to the pot of bubbling coffee and spoke
"Could I have some?" Honda nodded and handed her a cup, she poured it and sat down at the table. Yuugi was the first to talk
"H- How did you sleep?" Katsuya and Honda snorted in their coffee and Yuugi flushed red, he stuttered
"W- what!? I didn't hear you two ask her how her first night was!" Katsuya leaned over to Millie
"How was your night, sweets?" Honda laughed and Yuugi scowled, Millie raised her eyebrows at Katsuya
"I slept well, thank you for asking Yuugi." Yuugi blushed more and Katsuya frowned
"Hey..." Millie got up and eyed Yuugi
"So, what are you guys doing today?" the boys looked at each other and they shook their heads, then Millie smirked
"Well, if you guys decide you want to help me unpack, I'll be upstairs." then she left with a wink and walked out of the kitchen, hearing Katsuya and Honda laughing at Yuugi.
Millie went into her room and set down her cup on her bed stand, while searching for her stereo, Yuugi came into the room
"Um... Millie?" Millie looked up from a box and smiled, pushing her bangs out of her face
"Oh, hey Yuugi, what'cha need?" Yuugi shifted his feet
"You were telling us that you needed help-" Millie started to laugh and she stood up
"Aw, thanks! I thought you guys would just ignore me." Yuugi laughed nervously and blushed, Millie smiled, stood up and walked up to him
"You know, you're as tall as me." Yuugi looked up, he smirked
"I think I'm actually taller... not by much." Millie, taken by surprise, stood on tiptoe and made a sour face
"Humph... well I guess you're right."
"I wanted to know more about you, Millie." Yuugi said without thinking, Millie stared at him then shook her head and walked over to a box
"Nothing interesting, really..." Yuugi took it she didn't want to talk about it, so he went over to a box and opened it finding a stack of CDs, manga, posters and books, Millie looked over her shoulder
"You can put that to the side... I won't be using it yet." Millie was then taken by surprise when something slapped her butt, she whirled around and saw Katsuya behind her grinning and holding what looked like her bed sheet, Millie gave him a sour look, walked over to him and grabbed the sheet
"You can stay out of my boxes, Yuugi and Honda are mature enough to help."
Katsuya shrugged and put on a pouting face
"Fine... what can I do then?" Millie tossed him her Nintendo DS
"Play with that." Katsuya cast a confused look at Honda and Yuugi, who were both snickering to themselves, then he laid on the floor sulking and began to play the game.
Between the three of them, Millie, Yuugi and Honda had put together Millie's room in less than two hours, Millie put up her posters of Anime, J- Rock bands and American bands. Honda set up her stereo, computer and television and Yuugi made her bed, and kept Katsuya occupied with dueling games.
Once they were all finished, Millie looked around and smiled in satisfaction, she sighed
"Now it's like home..." it was silent until Honda's cell phone rang, he opened it and answered
"Hello? Oh, hey Anzu..." there was a pause and Honda nodded
"Sure! We have nothing else to do here... yeah, she's here-" Millie looked up in question
"I'm sure she'd love to... yeah, yeah we'll met you there, all right bye." Honda closed his phone and stuck it in his pocket. He looked at the curious faces
"Anzu and Shizuka want us to meet them at the Arcade, you guys wanna go?" Yuugi and Katsuya jumped up as an immediate yes and the three boys looked at Millie who shrugged, Katsuya took her arms and pulled her out her door
"Come on! You'll have fun! Get to see the city, meet people and play games." Millie wiggled from his grasp and grabbed her purse
"Fine, fine... I'll go."
The four jumped in Honda's car and sped away from the house and into the city, Millie sat in the back with Katsuya, who gave her a lecture and tour about the city. Just as Millie was going to strangle him, they had arrived at the Arcade and Millie had never seen such a large building, dedicated to video games, she turned to Katsuya
"Do they have DDR?" Katsuya nodded
"Of course they do! I'd say Anzu is the best." Yuugi chimed in
"She sure showed Johnny Steps who's boss." Millie grinned and thought to herself
"Well, let's just see how good she is when I come in." getting out of the car, the group went indoors and started searching for Shizuka and Anzu.
Inside the Arcade was noisy and crowded as usual, but it still had that touch of "awesomeness" as Katsuya had put it. Millie looked around in fascination at the games she had never even seen. Off to the side was a little cafe that looked out to the far end of the Arcade, where about six DDR machines were set. Millie first noticed a couple sitting in the cafe, talking quietly and sipping tea or soda. The guy seemed so familiar to Millie but she just couldn't place him. Katsuya's sudden exclamation startled Millie.
"Why the hell is he here!? Can't we go out without seeing him?" Millie saw the guy face the group's way and then she knew. He was Seto Kaiba, CEO of Kaiba Corps. and he looked to be with his girlfriend. She looked curiously at the group with bright, pale blue eyes. Yuugi waved slightly.
"Hello, Seto, Kaiti!" neither of them replied, but Seto gave them a nice flip off before he returned to Kaiti. Millie snorted in laughter as Katsuya and Honda stood fuming with anger and Yuugi stood looking depressed. Millie grabbed Katsuya as she began to walk to the DDR machines, where she spotted Anzu. Millie frowned at Anzu's display. Her perfect long legs gracefully dancing, her booty shorts dangerously short, and her tube top that could barely support her unsupported boobs as they danced along. Millie looked around at the speculating crowd, mainly guys. Their mouths hung open slightly, their eyes following not the screen but the dancing flesh of ass cheeks and boobs. Some cheering girls hung around, like Shizuka, but some were just envious as they gossiped with their friends. Millie sighed and was about to turn away when Anzu called to her.
"Hey! Millie! Come up here and dance with me!" a few girls turned around and gave Millie a odd look. Millie looked to Katsuya, but he was over at the crane machines and swearing up a storm. Millie was grabbed by the hand and thrown up on stage by Shizuka, and Anzu looked next to her.
"So, you ready to meet the best dancer in Domino City?" Millie grinned and kicked off her shoes, handing them to Yuugi.
"Sure, let's go Anzu."
The two girls danced on the hardest and almost fastest song they could find on the machine, though it was mostly chosen by Anzu. Lights flashed and the crowds cheered as Millie and Anzu danced in perfect unison to the steadily increasing beat. Anzu gasped and kept glancing at Millie, who was not missing a step. "Perfects" and "excellents" flashed on both of the girls' screens and the crowd was gathering around them, watching and cheering. When the song finally ended, both girls were huffing and flushed, trying to catch their breath. The final score board flashed brightly on the screen:
Anzu: A
Millie: A+
Millie laughed happily as Shizuka and Yuugi jumped on the stage, glomping her with hugs. Anzu walked over to Millie, still pink in the face.
"You were great! Where'd you learn to do those moves?" Millie shrugged and walked over to a small table to put on her shoes.
"My uncle and I used to play it all the time... when he was home... but even I played it by myself when no one was home." Yuugi helped Millie stand up as she straightened herself out. When she turned around, Millie was face to face with a giant stuffed, and rather angry, Kuriboh.
"Ah! What in the hell is that!?"
"It's a Kuriboh! What'd ya think it was?" Katsuya responded as he dropped the toy on the table. Millie looked down at it and frowned,
"Well it's hard to tell what something is when it's in your face!"
"Obviously it's a Kuriboh, what, have you never played Duel Monsters?"
Millie narrowed her dark eyes and stepped up to Katsuya.
"I know what a stupid Kuriboh is, and I just happen to be a Junior Champion in Duel Monsters back home."
Katsuya smirked and pulled out his deck in one big dramatic move, Shizuka looked around nervously,
"Um, Katsuya? You're getting weird looks..."
Millie raised an eyebrow at Katsuya,
"What are you doing?"
"I'm challenging you to a DUEL!"
Yuugi looked at Joey in exasperation,
"Katsuya... you don't really challenge someone for-"
"Take out your deck Yug! We'll have a two way duel! Us against her."
Millie looked from Katsuya's crazed face, to Yuugi's startled one, to the crowd slowly starting to form. She scowled at Katsuya,
"I don't have my cards on me like you idiot!"
Honda, Shizuka, Anzu and Yuugi jumped in fright as Millie stalked off to the little cafe. Katsuya yelled after her,
"Yeah! That's what I thought!"
"Shut up, you're just being stupid." Anzu nastily shot at Katsuya.
Millie walked into the cafe and sat down at the small table, farthest from the door.
"Stupid kid... who the hell does he think he is? Just because he shoved that thing in my face... if I had my deck, I could have taken him out easily."
Millie was so deep into her thoughts, that she didn't hear someone talking to her. It was Seto's girlfriend, Kaiti.
"Um, excuse me? Miss?"
Millie looked up startled,
"Oh! Hi... I'm sorry, I was just.. thinking... um, did you need something?"
Kaiti shook her head and laughed,
"No, no, I just wanted to tell you how fascinating you were on the DDR machine, no one's been able to best Tea Gardner in some time."
"Oh, well thank you... um, Kaiti is it? I'm Millie."
Kaiti bowed politely and soon Seto joined her at her side. It was strange for Millie to see how tall Kaiti was to Seto, she almost reached his eyes. Seto gave Millie a stony glance.
"Who's this, Kaiti?"
Kaiti introduced the two and Millie stood up to bow to Seto and almost immediately he spoke.
"Let's go Kaiti."
Seto walked out of the cafe, followed by Kaiti, who gave Millie a wave of good bye. Millie sat back down, not noticing a little boy behind her.
"I am best friends with his brother, you know."
Millie jumped out of her seat and fell on the ground, staring up at the boy and her heart beating twice as fast.
"Who the hell are you!?" Millie exclaimed, now trying to stand up. The boy was almost as tall her, had spiky brown hair with lighter tips and black eyes and was holding a dark duffel bag over one shoulder. His clothes were old but they weren't worn out yet, and his eyes had a odd look of sickness in them.
"I am Saji Haraku, I am ten years old and go to school with Mokuba Kaiba."
Millie looked at Saji in confusion, then cautiously introduced herself.
"I'm Millie..." Saji smiled and held out his hand which Millie shook.
"I saw you dancing, it was pretty cool... I come here a lot, I always see Yuugi Motou, Katsuya Jounouchi, Shizuka Jounouchi, Honda Hiroto, Anzu Mazaki and Ryou Bakura here all the time too. And Seto Kaiba and his girlfriend Kaiti Sukai."
Millie was very unsure of this kid, she didn't know how to respond to him. But luckily Honda entered the cafe and spotted Millie.
"Hey, Millie... Millie?"
Millie turned to her cousin,
"Oh, hey Honda, I was just talking to Sa-"
When Millie turned back around, Saji had vanished. Honda raised a questionable eyebrow,
"Who?"
"Didn't you see a little boy here? I was talking to him..."
Honda looked around slowly and shook his head,
"No... you were here by yourself... you looked like you were spacing out, are you okay?"
Millie shook off the eerie feeling and stood up, "I must have been daydreaming."
"The guys wanted to check out the merchants' today, it's the last day they're in town... I've heard of some cool stuff they have... if you wanna go?"
Millie smiled at Honda and nodded.