- Chapter One -
The Cocky And The Desperate

Nina stared down the clock as the seconds burned out. She counted the seconds in her head, "5... 4... 3... 2... 1!" She jumped out of her seat as she raised her arms in 'victory', "YES!" She shouted so loud that you could hear the echo of her yell, all the way from down the hallway.

"Nina West! Stay here! The rest of you are excused," the teacher faced the class as they left.

Nina mugged her classmates. All of the girls were talking to the boys saying things like, "I know I can be really naughty when we're together, but I would never act like that slut! Who does she think she is? Trying to act all though with the teacher. And the teacher is male, she must be angry she doesn't have her own man! They all left her after their one night stand!" They would laugh at their own humor as they'd twirl their index finger in their hair.

"How ironic! The girl who curls her hair, makes her voice sound more high pitch, wears globs of makeup, gets mani-pedis, and cuts her skirts shorter, calls little virgin me a slut. She must be jealous that I don't need to wear stuffed bras to have boys look at me..." This time I laughed at my humor, but in my head.

"Nina! What were you thinking? Why did you have to shout, and cause a distraction for the class?" The teacher frowned.

"Well, you see, I ran into someone that I used to hang out with a long time ago, and we were supposed to be meeting up right now," Nina lied. That was just the first excuse she came up with.

"What does that have to do with the fact that you just had to stand up and yell?" The teacher looked angrier.

"I was excited, I don't know what else to say!" Nina sort of meant the part about not knowing what to say.

"Look, this is one of the two breaks I get all day. I'm going to let you go, but I'm just going to say, DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!" He slammed his fists on his desk.

"Okay!" Nina saluted, and walked out of the classroom.

She walked out to see a huge crowd of people formed in a circle. After saying excuse me for a billion times, she finally made it threw the crowd. She was amazed at what was before her eyes. There was a duel going on. But not just any duel, a duel with a boy dueling a girl! A GIRL!

Nina was disgusted by the comments people were making. They were saying things like, "Beat her! She's a useless fucking girl!"

Specifically that comment made her skin crawl with rage. "How could he say girls were worthless? A girl made him! Without a girl, none of us would've been made!"

The girl ended up losing the duel, and the boy and his friends dragged her, as they headed to the school's parking lot. She didn't even try to fight back. Nina looked around, "Isn't anyone gonna help her?!"

Everyone just ignored Nina, and headed off to do other things. Nina snarled. How could they be so useless? All everyone at this school did was flirt with each other. It was like everyone was so desperate!

"Then I'll go alone!" Nina stomped out the front door of the school. She was the boys placing the girl who still wasn't fighting back, in their car. He just plopped her onto the passenger's seat.

"HEY!" Nina called out, as she pulled out the newest duel disk from her purse, and shuffled her deck. "Let's duel! If I win, you release the girl, and never bother her again!"

"Okay, I'll agree to that since you won't win. And since I'm gonna win, you can't ever bother me again. Agree?" He grinned. All I did was nod.

"Duel!" They both said at the same time.

~ oOo ~

Yugi was with the rest of his friends. "But yeah guys, it was crazy! After she lost the duel, they dragged her into the parking lot. But I'm not sure what happened after that." Tristan explained what he saw.

"Ahhh, your bluffin Tristan!" Joey rolled his eyes.

"No, I swear it really happened!" Tristan held up his hands to show that he wasn't crossing his fingers.

"Did anyone help her, Tristan?" Yugi asked.

"Well, there was this girl... I think she was asking people to go help that girl, or something like that. I just ignored her. But, I think I do remember seeing her head outside. But I don't know," Tristan shrugged.

"You don't know, because ya lying!" Accused Joey.

"How many times do I have to tell ya Joey? I'm not lying!" Tristan looked like he was about to explode.

"Don't worry, Tristan! I believe you, because the power of friendship tells me that you're telling the truth!" Tea placed her hands on her hips.

"No. Just no," Joey and Tristan said at the same time. As they said that, Yugi got up and started walking away.

"Where are ya going, Yug?" Joey scratched his head.

"He's sick of hearing your dumb mouth, so he's taking a break far away from you!" Tristan teased.

"Oh! That's it, pal!" Joey said as he tackled Tristan.

"I'm going to help those girls. If a girl really did go outside, she could be in just as much danger!" Yugi walked outside.

Joey and Tristan stopped fighting for a second. "Aye Tea, what did Yugi just say?"

Tea sighed, "I give up!" She walked away.

~ oOo ~

Yugi walked outside, and witnessed a duel in action.

"Wattkid isn't a very intimidating monster at all..." Nina said after she placed Wattkid in attack position. "However..." She said as she brought out the spell card Double Summon, and then summoned Baby Dragon, "Baby Dragon is actually strong enough to kill your Lizard Soldier."

The boy had 1,100 LP, but Baby Dragon made it drop to 1,000. "Ha! I still have 1,000 life point! Which means, that the chances of me winning are 1,000%!"

"Not so fast, you're forgetting about Wattkid, who has exactly 1,000 attack points! Also, your math sucks. Anyhow, I attack your life points directly! Go Wattkid!" Nina pointed to the boy, and Wattkid attacked, leaving him with zero LP. "I win, like I knew I would! Now, you better leave that poor girl alone, or else... Let's just say this wasn't my best hand." Nina began walking back into the school.

The boy turned around, "Hey! Where's the girl?!"

"About that, the only reason I dueled you was so she could have a chance to escape without you knowing. I mean, it was the perfect plan since you had your back turned, and everything! Besides, I knew you weren't going to keep your end of the deal, so I have her the opportunity, and she escaped by herself," Nina was being completely honest.

"Hey... But, that's not fair!" The boy whined.

"What's not fair, is that you kidnapped a girl for losing a duel, you pervert!" Nina snapped, and then walked away.

"She was a coward. A wimpy girl can't beat a man at a duel! And all women crave what I was going to give her," he frowned.

"First of all you're the coward for not noticing her escape, secondly I just beat you and I'm a girl, and lastly not all women are like that," Nina stood her ground.

"Yeah, right. I know everything about women!" The boy crossed his arms.

"Cocky much," Nina said with almost no emotion whatsoever. After she said that, she began to walk away when she the behinds of her knees go numb. She fell flat on her stomach area, and turned around. She was that the boy was holding a wooden bat. "Why... You bastard," Nina scrunched up her face.

"The part of the deal was to leave that girl alone, but now I want you." The boy say over Nina's body. Nina tried to get up, but failed every time. The boy tried to touch Nina in certain areas, but she kept using her hands to block him.

The boy grabbed the bat again, "I think I need to break your hands now."

"I hate you..." Nina said as she was out of breathe from fear.

"Fine, when you're able to breathe again I'll break your hands."

"Yami, we need to do something!" Yugi cried. Nina was in his class. He knew that she was strong, though he never talked to her, but even for a strong person this... Looked really hard to deal with.

"I agree," said Yami, as they switched places. Yami began walking towards them. The boy was on top of Nina, and his face was getting really close to hers.

Nina began breathing quicker and quicker. Nina ended up fainting from breathing so fast. While she was unconcious, the boy was about to touch her in a restricted area when, "stop right there!" Yami demanded.

"Why should I? I don't see why I have to!" The boy grabbed the bat, and tried to hit Yami with it.

Yami avoided the attempt, and said, "then you need to open your mind!"

The boy felt like his vision broke, and just sat there. Yami called the police, and the boy, who was actually named Ender Willson, was arrested immediately.

Meanwhile, Yami and Yugi switched places again, and Yugi realized that he needed to get Nina to the school nurse to check the back of her knees, and her breathing.

"But how will I get her there?" Yugi thought as he looked around.

"Carry her," said Yami.

Yugi looked at her sleeping body, "Yami, I'm not sure if I can do this..."

"Why? Do you think she'll be too heavy for you?" Yami laughed, as Yugi slowly nodded. "Trust me, Yugi. You're stronger then you know."

And so, Yugi placed one arm under her legs, and the other arm under her back, and carried her princess style. Yami noticed that Yugi was blushing. "Yugi," Yami said.

"Yeah?" Yugi answered.

"Do you like Nina?"

"WHAT!? What makes you ask that?" Yugi blushed even more.

"It's okay, I promise I won't tell her," Yami laughed again.

"There's nothing to tell her. I don't like in that way, " said Yugi who was still blushing.

"Don't worry, I think she'll like you back," Yami said in a reassuring tone, "But she'll like me a little more!" Yami laughed, as Yugi just smiled.

He made it to the school nurse, and they took her into the back room, so Yugi left. As he left, he was thinking about Nina. He hoped that she would be okay. For some reason, today he found her so... so... beautiful. That made him wonder if Yami's question was valid. But then Yugi washed those thoughts out of his mind, as he went back to class. After all, all of this had happened in less than half an hour.

~ oOo ~

A/N: Hi, guys. This is technically my 2nd fanfic, but I just deleted the first one because I didn't like where it was going. Also, make sure you leave reviews to let me know if I made any grammar/punctuation/spelling mistakes, how I'm doing on my stories now, and what I can improve on. Until next time!