/AuthorNotes/
Hello everyone! Scarlet Raptor here to say hello and to thank you for reading my fifth attempt at my first story. I actually, this time, wrote out the ideas for each chapter and got up to chapter forty. Maybe it'll be more, maybe it'll be less. I just want to ask that you be patient with my updating and please, do not flame this story. Sorry, but I dislike flamers. Constructive Criticism is something I enjoy and if you find a grammar error or spelling error, please tell me. I will award you with a marvelous broken cell phone.
Yay!
I have drawings of my character, but no scanner. I'm thinking of taking a picture of the drawings with a Digital Camera and postings them.
But my drawings suck.
Thanks again.
/AuthorNotes/
Story Started: April 25, 2006 1:53:55PM
Beautiful Oblivion
The Arrival
Tea stood impatiently at the airport, holding a sign that read 'Blaire Smithson'. Just yesterday, Tea received a letter from her pen pal accepting her invitation to visit her in Japan. Finally people began to fill the docking area, chatting to one another. Keeping a keen eye for the girl she saw in countless pictures, she spotted her standing by a vending machine, grabbing a soda. On her back was a battered green/brown backpack and a suitcase was held firmly in her hand. Walking up towards her, she tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hm?" Blaire asked, turning around. When she saw Tea, her face split into a wide grin. "Hey!" she said, receiving a hug from Tea. "We finally meet!"
"You haven't changed since your last picture!" Tea teased, receiving a wider grin.
"I know, I don't change. Hell, I look the same since I was in Middle School."
"Middle school?" Tea repeated.
"Oh, I guess you would call it Junior High."
"Oh, I get you now." she paused "How was your flight?"
"Eh." Blaire said with a shrug. "Wasn't amazing, but it was bearable. Had these annoying brats kicking the back of my chair the entire time."
"That must've been a pain."
"It was. So, how'd you get here?"
"The train. You see, you can get anywhere in Domino by taking a train. Which reminds me..." Tea looked down at her watch. "We're gonna miss the next one if we don't hurry." Tea led Blaire to where the trains boarded, just making it.
"Where are all your friends?" Blaire asked, while getting onto the train.
"You'll see."
- - -
'Welcome Blair!' The banner hanging from the ceiling at Tea's house read. Blaire chuckled and pointed at her name.
"My name has an 'e' on the end." she said. Joey, who was standing at the bass of the banner with a marker in hand, sighed and scribbled a messy 'e' between 'r' and the exclamation point.
"I'm sure you know everyone." Tea said, taking Blaire's items and placing them on a nearby rocking chair. Blaire nodded.
"You sent me pictures of them all."
"She has?" Yugi asked. Blaire nodded.
"I have the most of you though." she was elbowed by Tea. "You're dueling in all of them, must be a good dueler, huh?
"'Da King of Games!" Joey shouted. "'Course, I came in second place at Duelist Kingdom."
"Oh, I know that. Tea told me all about Duelist Kingdom." Joey grinned in pride.
"So, Blaire, what's America like?" Tristan asked, trying to sound causal.
"Sucks."
"O-oh..." Tristan said, caught off guard by her answer. Blaire shrugged.
"Is it just like Japan?"
"Yes and no."
"How come no one asked me these questions?" Duke mumbled, crossing his arms "I've been to America loads of times!"
"'Dat's cause your an asshole." Joey replied. The raven-hair boy raised his nose in the air and walked over to the snack table. Blaire grinned.
"Your friends are just like mine!" she said.
"You must have good taste in friends." Joey said, walking over to Blaire. "Say, Blaire, can you teach me a few American cuss words?" Blaire raised an eyebrow.
"Cuss words?" she repeated, receiving a nod from Joey. "Sure, I guess."
"She seems to be getting along with everyone." Duke pointed out when Tea stood next to him. She nodded.
"Guess she can readjust easily."
"Seems that way." Duke paused. "Something feels, a little, off..."
"Why, what's wrong?" Tea asked, panicked. Duke held up his hands to calm her down.
"Nothing, she just seems odd to me."
"I wouldn't be talking." Tristan said from across the room.
"Hey, Tristan, 'Yo Momma'" Joey shouted, in English. Blaire snorted and Tea cracked a smile.
"I think she's getting along just fine."
-To Be Continued-