A/N: It's been a long time since I sat down to write a story, much less a fanfiction. However, I've been watching the original Yu-Gi-Oh series (just finished season 1, working on season 2) again. I haven't written a YGO fan fic since... oh my, lets see, middle school? If I recall correctly it was called 'Yugi and The Skater' and it was rather popular around these parts when I was still on the up and up. This is going to be a fic with a OC as the love interest of one, but there is going to be quite a bit of coupling in this fiction. I DO NOT OWN YU-GI-OH OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS! However, Nyxia Nolfi is my creation and mine alone. Now, I hope you enjoy my way back into the fan fiction world.

Symphonic Desires

Chapter One

High school can be a time of joy and sadness, love and hate, and sometimes, life and death. Now, I know that sounds cliché, but it is the truth. Domino City holds two learning facilities; Domino High School, home to "King Of Games" Yugi Mouto and CEO Seto Kaiba, and the Domino City Ladies Academy. Two schools a world apart, drawn together by young adults few and far between.

"Yugi. Wake up." A gentle, yet firm voice echoed into the young senior's dreams, slowly pulling him back into reality, "We have to go to school Yugi. First day of your senior year, and you're sleeping in?"

"Ugh... Yami, why? I don't want to..." Yugi grumbled, rolling over in his bed. In the short time since he had 'retired' from dueling, and Yami had been set free from the Millennium Puzzle, he had grown; both in size and in bravery. He and Yami looked identical, though Yami had started to come into his own in the new times. Though Yugi still favored the spiked look from his younger days, Yami had pulled his purple and gold locks into a down-ponytail and had donned a designer pair of glasses, though he did not need them to see, it had given him a wondrous way to blend into his new identity as Yugi's "long lost twin brother".

"No more games Yugi, get up." Yami grabbed the sheets and pulled with all his might, causing Yugi to tumble out of bed, "I know you're still in the summer mind set, and that this will pass, but for now, let me once again be your inner voice. Get up, Grandpa is waiting."

"You're right Yami, I'm sorry." He stood and sighed, gathering his new clothing for the day, "It's just hard to believe that, not only is summer over, but after today, time is going to dwindle down until I go off to college and leave everyone... I was just hoping it wouldn't be over so soon, you know?"

"It's alright. I understand, now lets go." Both smiled as they clamored into the kitchen for breakfast with their Grandpa. "Looking forward to seeing everyone again? It's been a long summer."

"Thats true." Yugi grinned, "With Joey and Mai off in Europe, Tristan and Serenity on their beach vacation, and Tea off at her summer dance school, summer did kind of drag on..."

"Meaning you slept through ninety-percent of it." Solomon laughed.

"Grandpa, who's side are you on?" The trio laughed as they finished their morning meal, excitedly awaiting the new school year and the adventures that awaited them. Little did they know however, that both of their lives were about to change in ways they never would have considered.

Not to far across town, Nyxia Nolfi was already on her way to the Dominio City Ladies' Academy, grimacing with every step she took towards the institution, 'Horrible, just horrible. First I have to find a new job because that blasted new girl took my place at the dance studio, and now I've got to go back to this place for another year.' She shook her head, "This year is going to be something else."

The Domino City Ladies' Academy was a prestigious institution, generally only attended by the rich and lazy, but for Nyxia it was nothing but a place that crushes dreams in hopes of molding the minds of it's students into drones. Many students who attended lived their lives after graduation in cushy desk jobs where they would never have to do a days worth of real work; and that was if they didn't just leach off of their parents until they married up in society or take over their parent's company. Nyxia had originally worked hard to get into the Academy, working three jobs every summer of her young-adult life to come up with tuition; and all she had gained from all her hard work was the laughter of the higher ups when she claimed she only wanted to attend for their music program. Their jeers haunted her for the past three years as they forced her into classes to make her more lady-like, claiming that she would never be more than an upper-middle-class man's wife, or maybe if she straightened up; the mistress of a wealthy man. Nyxia clutched the music-note necklace her late mother had given her and sighed, "Oh Mom... How am I ever going to reach my dream if no one is willing to give me the chance to play?" Unfortunately, in her train of thought, she had forgotten to watch where she was stepping, and she crashed into someone and was propelled back into the ground, "I am so sorry, I should have watched where I was going... I lost my train of thought and-"

"No, it's alright, I wasn't paying attention either." As she looked up into the wall of force's face, she blushed, trying to gather her things quickly, "Oh, let us help you." She took a double take, and realized she wasn't seeing things; there were two of them; and to her, they were the men of her dreams.

"I... Ah... I..." The boys shared a glance as they picked up the last of her things and handed them to her, "I'm Nyxia. T-thank you for helping me gather my things..." Her face was getting redder and redder every moment as she held out her hand. Yami took the lead and shook her hand with a smile.

"I am Yami, and this is Yugi." Yugi waved a little, a bit taken aback by the young girl. Her short silvery hair was covered in the dust from the ground, and her eyes were different colors; one a deep amethyst and the other an ocean blue... but more than anything her shaky smile glistened in the sun like the full moon among the stars, "I've never seen you around school, or even around town, are you new to the area?"

"Oh, uhm... No, I was raised here... Kinda. I go to the Ladies' Academy on the outskirts of town..." She swung her rabbit-shaped bag over her shoulder, "I uhm... I have to go. I can't be late again." With that, she bolted past, not realizing her necklace had come unclasped. Yami watched it fall to the ground, but by the time he had gathered it in his hands to give it back, she was gone.

"Well... that was different." He adjusted his glasses quizzically, "I am so use to Mai and Tea's personalities that a shy woman seems... odd."

"I agree with you Yami..." Yugi nodded, "Hey, what did she drop?" He approached Yami and stared down at the music-note necklace in his hand, "Pretty... looks kind of expensive though, and she's long gone..."

"Well, I can take it to the Academy after classes; I don't have any after school cleaning or anything to do today, so I wasn't planning on doing anything." Yugi nodded, almost wishing he could have been the one to take the necklace back, but knowing that if he tried to argue against Yami's decision it would seem suspicious; besides, he had Tea... and if she knew he even spoke to possibly-single woman, she would murder him.

The two walked to school, eager to finally see their friends after the long time apart. Joey and Mai met them at the door. "Yami! Yugi! So good to see you two again, it feels like it's been forever!" Mai giggled, her hand tightly clenched in Joey's, "I wish you could have seen Europe with us, it was amazing."

"Yeah, it really was." Joey grinned, "Aw man Yug, I missed you... Both of you!" He was still a little off when it came to Yami and Yugi being different people; even with the changes Yami had made in order to stand apart from Yugi sometimes made no difference to Joey; he just didn't see him. Mai however, had taken all the time to discover every difference between the two, and they proceeded to make every gay-sex joke about the two she could think of, even writing a story in her mind about how Yami had fought every part of his fate in order to gain his own body, just to be with little Yugi. That was a tale that still freaked everyone out except her. "Oh look! Tea! Tristan!" Joey waved frantically, trying to draw attention away from his blunder forgetting bout Yami.

Mai and Yami stood apart from the group for a moment watching as Tea, Yugi, Joey, and Tristan caught up with each other and, just as they had freshman year, it seemed as if they forgot the rest of the world, because once again they were together. "I'm glad to see Yugi so happy Mai. He was very sluggish all summer without his friends to keep him company."

"I can imagine, on our vacation Yugi was almost all Joey could talk about. I always forget how inseparable those four usually are. Oh well, the things we do for love right Yami?" She smiles and flipped her hair back, and Yami noticed even though Joey was among his friends, he could not take his eyes away from Mai, "Look at him, giving me those sultry glances, you'd think we were still a secret." She pat Yami on the shoulder and joined the group, lightly clutching Joey's arm.

"I wish you could see some of the pictures I got of Serenity on the beach Joey, you're little sister's all grown up and she's even more beautiful near the ocean than she is everywhere else." Tristan smiled, thoughts of his love showing easily through his actions.

"Ah, Tristan, c'mon buddy, it's still weird enough you got together with my sister, I'd still like to pretend you didn't spend all summer together." Tristan pulled Joey into a headlock and mussed his hair, "Ach! Tristan, man, stop it! Yugi, help!" Everyone laughed, even Yami, as everything fell back into place the same way it always did when school began again.

Nyxia tore through her bag and locker searching for her lost necklace in a panic, 'Oh god, oh god, oh god! My mother's necklace! I can't have lost it... Oh that's all I have left... please be here, please!' She was close to tears, and when the bell rang for her first class, her FAVORITE class, she considered skipping to go search her way to school for her necklace.

"Whats wrong Little Nyxi, lost your teddy bear?" Angelica Masters grinned, the acid in her voice causing a tremor of laughter among her friends; Angelica pretty well owned the Ladies' Academy... No one stood up to her without facing expulsion or worse.

"No Angelica... I'll go, sorry." She sulked off to class, tears rimming her eyes, mourning the loss of the only connection she had to her late mother. Classes drug on for Nyxia as she hoped maybe someone had turned her necklace in to the police... But it was an expensive piece, so the idea that someone would turn it in instead of selling it, was slim to none, and the only thing she could do to keep her mind off of it was to think of the gorgeous violet-eyed twins from that morning. After joining the Ladies' Academy, her ability to socialize with men had dwindled to the point of non-existence... Not that she had been all to high on the charts to begin with. After homework had been assigned and classes had finally been dismissed, she slowly walked through the empty outdoor halls of the school, violin in hand, planing a rendition of Claude Debussy's " Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun," normally done on piano.

This was her daily ritual, one she had never in all her time at the academy strayed from... Until she saw him. Standing at the exit gate was Yami Mouto, a small smile on his face as he watched her play. She nearly dropped her violin. "Oh gosh! Uhm... Y-Yami, right? I... Uhm... Hi." She stammered, "I, uh... How did you find me? Rather... why?" She quickly put her violin away, afraid in her awkwardness that she may drop it.

"Nyxia, I believe this may be yours." Yami stepped towards her, hand held out; her treasure lying atop a small silky cloth, "I did my best to make sure it was not harmed, the way you fiddled with it this morning, I assumed it was important." Once again, her eyes filled with tears, but this time, happy tears.

"Oh! Yami! You... Oh my god, it must have fallen off when I hit you this morning... The clasp has always been a tad faulty... Thank you so much." In her nervous haste, she dropped it again, trying to put it on.

"Let me help you." He picked it up from the grass once more and stepped behind her, carefully setting the cool metal against her skin as he readjusted the chain and clasp; for a moment she froze at the feel of skin on skin. He could sense her hesitation as she turned to face him, and his face turned a light shade of scarlet, "Hopefully, it won't fall off again..."

"There must be a way for me to repay you, Yami. If you hadn't returned this, I probably would have fallen into a depression worse than a bipolar cheerleader who lost her date to the prom." He raised an eyebrow, "Oh, sorry for the analogy... I tend to spout off random thoughts when I'm nervous... I haven't had social contact with a guy since middle school." They shared a smile as she tugged at her hair, "Oh! I know, why don't you come to my apartment tonight; I'll make dinner or something. I've lived on my own for a while, so I am a pretty good cook." She paused as he seemed to hesitate, "You can bring your brother and some friends if you want. It can be a social thing. I just want to repay you, and this seems the best way."

"That sounds nice, Nyxia. I'll take your offer."

"Ah! Good!" She fumbled her jacket pocket for paper and pulled a pen from behind her ear, "This is my phone number and address. It's a nice little apartment, and I promise I'll make it worth the amazing deed you've done for me."

"Can I walk you home? I mean, it will make it easier to find my way tonight." For the first time since his original life, Yami stammered, not quite sure what he was doing.

"...Sure. I would like that." Nyxia smiled and picked up her violin case, "Lets go."

End Chapter One