Written by Janni Pedersen, a.k.a. "JAY" and "janni-chan"
DEDICATED TO LISA HOGAN AND FUNG CHUN HONG.
Thank you for everything, buddies!- and thanks once more to Chun Hong for helping me out with info on YGO! ^___^
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NOTE: This is the first part of my YuGiOh! fanfic, and it's the first YuGiOh! fanfic I've ever written. ^^ Since I'm a "newbie" to the world of YuGiOh!, there might be some part that's kinda wrong. If you find any I should re-edit, please tell me and I'll change it ASAP ^__^. Also, I had to re-post this a couple of time, but this should be the correct and final version... YAH!! ^^
PLEASE NOTE (!): Pegasus DOESN'T have his Millenium Eye, but he's not confused in this fic (he should be because of the disease thing Malik gave him, right..?)- and he's not dead like in the manga XP.. I don't know why, he probably got over it or something ^^ This fanfic is SUPPOSED to be after Battle City Tournament, but some parts may not fit since I've never SEEN this season- oh, and the duel in part three is based on the DUELIST KINGDOM rules, not the Battle City. So no Direct Attack ^___^. And: THIS STORY CONTAINS ONLY ONE DUEL =P- and it's in PART 3. And now for the Copyrights:
Ayi P.K., Kento, Misato, Shami and the whole story are (c) me.
Yugi Muto, Tristan Taylor, Joey Wheeler, Seto Kaiba, Mokuba Kaiba, Maximillion Pegasus and other characters from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! is (c) Kazuki Takahashi., 4Kids and FUNimation.
Other characters are (c) their respective owners.
ALSO: I presumed Domino City (the City Yugi and co. live in) is placed on the Japanese island, Honshu; it's the biggest one ^^'
That's all =D
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NOTHING BUT TROUBLE...
PART 1
The orphanage was never quiet, not even at school hours. That was easy for her to state now as she was walking down the corridor, on her way to the manager's office where she had been called to a few minutes ago, during class. She seemed to be the only one out of class right now, there were no one else to see anywhere, which made the corridor awfully empty. It seemed almost scary, she thought...
The manager said it was very important... she knew what it was about though... she had run away for the fourth time this month yesterday and the manager never took that lightly...
As she stopped in front of the door to the manager's office, she sank the lump that was stuck in her throat, hesitating before finally knocking on the door... everything seemed quiet for a second, then...
"Come in!"
She took a deep breath before slowly opening the door, stepping into the office.
The manager was sitting by his desk, looking at her, dead-serious like always as she stepped in. He then sighed. "Oh, of course..." rolling his eyes while shaking his head, he grabbed some papers that were laying on the desk in front of him, got up and walked over to a table, "sit down!" he nodded to a chair and sat down on another one. The girl nodded thanks and walked over, sitting down on the chair Mr. Kento had pointed out to her. He looked at her for a few seconds, serious again, before clearing his throat, looking down at the papers he was still holding.
"I understand you ran away from the orphanage yesterday, am I correct?" he furrowed his brow as he looked her over again and she immediately looked away.
"Yes sir..."
"Why, may I ask?"
No reply... Mr. Kento sighed again, shaking his head.
"I'll let it go this time. Only because I have something even more important to discuss with you. I'm sure it'll be good news for you as you seem eager to get out of here."
The girl immediately looked up, confused. Mr. Kento just nodded.
"You're getting adopted. By a neat gentleman who's coming to pick you up this afternoon." he handed the papers to her, "you should go pack."
Everybody stopped and looked towards the manager's office as they heard the loud scream from inthere. A few seconds later, the door slammed open and she came running out of there, holding the papers, screaming and laughing like mad. The manager appeared in the door, looking pretty confused, scratching his head as all of the kids turned from looking after the girl to him.
***
"Mr. Kaiba! Hello...?"
Seto Kaiba finally turned around as the computer spoke to him.
"What?!" he almost hissed.
"Ah, finally, there you are! I was wondering how many days I had to cross off in my calendar to get to you!" the computer continued. Seto only let out a quiet snort and turned to it.
"Please, spare me.... what did you want again..?" he sighed.
"Well, I found out something about your adopted father that-"
"My adopted father?"
"Yes... he had a wife... she died, gaving birth to a girl- that actually survived... this girl had a brain disease of some sort and mr. Kaiba chose to give her up for adoption since his work and his mental condition after his wife's death wouldn't allow them the time to have a baby that needed special requirements... so she was sent to an orphanage..." the computer paused as Seto blinked, confused.
"What kind of brain damage...?" he folded his arms.
"I have no idea.... I searched everywhere, but I couldn't find any info about it at all..."
"But... waitasecond...." Seto sat back in the chair with a sigh, closing his eyes, "are you saying that I have an adopted sister?! Why didn't you tell me before now?!" he got up and slammed his fist down in the keyboard, furiously.
"Calm down! I had no idea 'till I found out that Pegasus was about to adopt a kid! When I found out that it was her, I-"
"Pegasus is gonna adopt her?!?!" Seto yelled out, "But I'm.... he can't use her to take over KaibaCorp! If he adopts her, she'll be a Pegasus!! What the heck does he want with her?!" he clenched his teeth.
"I don't know!" the computer replied, "but I strongly suggest we prevent him from adopting her!"
"No..."
"No?"
"I want to see what this is all about! I'm gonna let Pegasus adopt her and then, let's see what's going to happen." Seto clenched his fists
"But... the girl!"
"She hasn't had anything to do with the Kaiba family at since she was bornl... she probably doesn't consider herself a Kaiba... if Maximillion Pegasus adopts her, she'll be a Pegasus, and he wouldn't have access to KaibaCorporation in any way at all! So there's nothing to worry about right now... now, let's get back to work!"
***
Mr. Kento was walking down the corridor of the building where the girls dormitory was placed. The guy who were going to adopt one of the girls here had arrived, and to say the least, Kento didn't like him at all... but whoever signed the papers that allowed him to adopt the girl from his orphanage knew more about this guy than he did and he came to the conclusion that he must've known what he was doing. He stopped in front of the dormitory. He heard voices in there and paused for a second...
"I can't believe you're getting adopted... it's not fair, Ayi!"
"Misato...." this had to be the adopted girl's voice... Ayi..
"Actually she's kinda right..." another third girl joined the conversation, "I know it's not your fault, but you are our friend, and we are going to miss you.... and no former resident of this place would be allowed to come inhere again to see other kids... that's the rules.." this other girl sighed. Everything was then quiet for a few seconds.
"Listen, I know..." Ayi broke in again, "and I AM sorry... I'm gonna miss you guys too, but we'll still get to write letters and talk on the phone..."
"We know..." Misato was the last one to say something before the three girls we quiet again. Mr. Kento then sighed deeply before finally, knocking on the door, opening it. the three girls looked up at him.
"Ayi... you have to go now. The man has arrived, he's just waiting for you." Kento nodded to the door. The girls then looked at each other, all of them, biting their lips. Ayi, the only girl with brown hair instead of black nodded slowly, sighing, closing her eyes while looking down.
"Yes Mr. Kento..." she quietly replied, looking up at the two other girls, "I'll miss you two..." she half smiled at them and then, hugged both of them.
"And we'll miss you..." Misato replied, "Shami and I will write tomorrow!" she half smiled as well and Ayi nodded in reply.
"Thanks you guys..." she looked up as Mr. Kento put a hand on her shoulder, and then, looked back at the girls, picking up her backpack, the only bag containing the small amount of things she owned, "Bye... I'll see you guys later..." she smiled back and gave them a thumbs-up before following Mr. Kento who was already walking out. When they got out into the corridor, they started walking down towards Mr. Kento's office again. As Kento looked down at Ayi, she was walking, looking down at the floor with a somewhat melancholy look on her face. He sighed quietly.
"Ayi... you didn't seem very happy about getting adopted inthere..." he frowned slightly. Ayi looked up at him, shrugging.
"I am, Mr. Kento... I just don't like the fact I have to leave my only friends behind." she half smiled.
"I see..." Kento replied, "if I could do anything about the policy that doesn't allow you to come here, I would... but I didn't make that rule, the founder did. I'm sorry, Ayi."
"I know... but we'll be ok... as long as we get to write letters and call, I guess I can't complain." Ayi smiled again, this time, a little more happy, "thanks Mr. Kento... you've been a great manager... even though you've had to yell at me a few times." she laughed, putting her arms behind her neck. Kento let out a laugh as well.
"Thanks. And as long as you don't run away from your new home as much as you've been running away from this place, you're forgiven and I'll be happy." he nodded to her as they finally stopped in front of the office.
***
Maximillion Pegasus immediately got up from the couch as the door opened and the manager, Mr. Kento stepped in with a girl by his side. He smirked as he shook Kento's hand, turning to the girl.
"So... you must be Ayi..." he let his hand out at the girl. She looked at it for a few seconds, then, looked up at him, frowning slightly.
"It's Ayi." she laughed nervously, quickly trying not to clench her teeth to hard together as she shook this guy's hand. She definitely didn't like this guy, but she'd better not show that... besides, she didn't know him, he might actually be ok...
"Oh yes!" 'the guy' laughed, "I'm Maximillion Pegasus, your new father... pleased to meet you." he patted her head and Ayi did her best to smile, "let Kemo take your bag and lead you to the plane... I have something to discuss with the manager, ok darling?" he smiled at her, the most phony smile she had seen in a long time. She had to hold a shudder back as she nodded, handing the backpack to a giant guy who stepped up in front of her, letting his giant hand out to take her backpack, not even looking at her.... she was about to laugh as she saw his antenna-like hair though.
"Kemo, you just take Ayi to the cab and wait for me there. Go!" Pegasus immediately waved him off and didn't even look as Kemo and Ayi went out of the room, closing the door behind them. Kemo didn't look at Ayi either as they were walking down the corridor, towards the exit of the orphanage.
As they got out onto the street a cap was already waiting for them and Kemo opened the back door, turned to Ayi, nodding to the cab. Ayi nodded back, getting in and Kemo closed the door, walking to the other side of the cab, getting in the back as well. Ayi looked at him for a few seconds, but he just stared out into the air, not saying a word. The driver then turned his head to look at them, lifting his sunglasses.
"Where to?" he asked.
"We're waiting for someone."
Ayi almost jumped through the roof when Kemo finally spoke but quickly settled down again, blinking a few times... she'd never heard a voice that deep... she shook her head slightly, turning to look out of the window. People were walking by, all seeming incredibly busy... it was in the muddle of the rush hours anyway, so they were probably on their way home from work or going shopping. She sat back in her seat, smiling slightly. Everything felt kind of special now... she finally had a family! or so she thought...
***
"Yugi, we have a costumer down in the shop! Can you handle it?"
Yugi Muto looked up from looking through his deck as he heard his grandfather's voice from the kitchen. He immediately put his Duel Monsters Deck aside, grabbing his jacket.
"Sure, Grandpa!" he yelled back, getting up, "no problem!" he hurried down in the Game's Shop where a guy was walking around, looking, "Can I help you, sir?" he made the guy look up.
"Oh, no thanks! I'm just looking." the guy smiled at him. Yugi just smiled back, nodding and the guy turned away and continued looking. Yugi leaned back against the wall and looked out of the window. It was a bright and sunny day and it had been the last day of school today since the summer holidays started tomorrow.. that just meant spending more time with his friends and... more dueling. He smiled to himself... he promised Joey a duel, so they had both started looking through their decks and Yugi hoped that he'd be able to re-organize it sometime soon... but with or without re-organizing, he was sure he and his cards would be able to beat Joey no prob...
His thoughts were suddenly interrupted as a cab drove by...it wasn't the cab, it was the face of a guy inside... he remarkably looked like...
"Pegasus?!" he whispered... the cab had gone by real slow, so he had been able to check out the faces of the persons inside... a girl around his age, somebody he couldn't see for the girl and then, the guy who looked like Pegasus.... Yugi frowned, looking out of the window again.... it couldn't have been... or could it..? Then, who the heck was the girl? And why would Pegasus be driving in a cab..? It didn't make sense... Yugi then smiled, letting out a small laugh. Nah, if it really had been Pegasus, he wouldn't be in a cab, he would've been in a limo... and he certainly wouldn't have brought a kid, he probably detested kids more than anything... Yugi shook his head, rolling his eyes, still smiling... what was he thinking?
He was immediately brought back to reality by a knock on the desk. The customer had placed four Duel Monster booster packs in front of him, standing there with his wallet.
"Oh, sorry sir...." he quickly typed the prices in on the cash register, and the guy immediately paid, "thanks sir... come again soon" he grinned widely and the guy walked out of the store. Yugi then sighed heavily, looking at his watch.... 6 PM... closing time... he walked over to the door, locking it, turning the door-sign from "OPEN" to "CLOSED" and then hurried up to his room again to organize his deck before dinner, the incident with the cab already being far down in his consciousness...
***
No words were said inside the private plane as it took off from the landing strip and Ayi was just looking out of the window, having her mouth wide open in awe... she had never been on a plane before, let alone a private one and she was still very surprised that her new "father" had one... she had come to the conclusion that with his own henchmen AND his own plane, he had to be insanely rich...
"Ayi, I would like your attention for a moment, please.."
her thoughts were cut off as Pegasus spoke to her and she immediately turned to look at him.
"Oh, sure!" she half smiled. Pegasus smiled back at her, again a very phony smile.
"You know Duelist Kingdom, don't you?" he folded his arms.
"Yeah, sure!" Ayi smiled even more, "a Duel Monsters Tournament was held there! I sooooooooo wanted to go, but... well... obviously, I couldn't..."
"I see!" Pegasus laughed, "well, I launched that competition, actually." he smirked. Ayi's eyes grew.
"Really?!" she exclaimed, "but the price was... holy COW!" she scratched her head.
"I know... but that wasn't really what I wanted to tell you... you see, I live there. And your new residence is there. I'm sure you're going to love it, my child." he smiled even more and Ayi did her best to give him a convincing smile back.
"I'm sure I will!"
"Definitely..." his facial expression then turned very grave, "oh yes... do you know Seto Kaiba?"
Ayi let out a laugh.
"Of course! The best duelist next to Yugi Muto! Three Blue-Eyes White Dragon-cards, a Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, only three losses! Every duelist with respect for themselves knows Seto!"
Pegasus only nodded.
"So you do duel?"
"Yeah, the Duel Monsters game's awesome!"
"I learned from the manager that you're a very talented duelist too, am I right?"
"Well...." Ayi half smiled, looking away, "if Mr. Kento said so, I guess I am... I collect Dragon cards and I do have some pretty good ones, yes." she looked at Pegasus again, brushing some hair away from her face with her hand.
"I thought so.. since you mentioned Yugi Muto when you talked about Seto, I suppose you know little Yugi too?"
"I know he's an awesome duelist, yes..."
"Wouldn't you like to beat him?" Pegasus smiled again, almost evilly.
"Yugi Muto?" Ayi let out a laugh, "I'd never be able to beat him! He would annialate me in zero point five seconds! I could never be THAT talented!"
"Oh, I bet you'd be able to beat him!" Pegasus laughed, again evilly, snapping his fingers. Kemo immediately handed him a card.
"How?" Ayi lifted an eyebrow.
"By using.... this!" Pegasus turned the card around, and Ayi let out a loud gasp.
"A BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON?!" she exclaimed, turning white, "but... there're only five of those in the entire world!!"
"Six... I have had one hidden in my collection for years, nobody except me and my henchmen have seen it and nobody told anybody... it has never been used for battle..." Pegasus smirked. Ayi blinked rapidly in confuse.
"But...." she looked closer, noticing something else; this card.... it looked different to the other Blue-Eyes White Dragons... instead of the dragon standing in the classic pose, it was flying, having it's head towards the right, its claws fully revealed... it looked like an attack pose... she looked up at Pegasus again, "it looks different... is it real?"
"It's real, my dear!" Pegasus laughed, handing her the card, "it's a special version of the card, the only one ever created, but it's real." he then cleared his throat, "and I only ask for one thing in return from you..."
Ayi looked from the card to Pegasus, lifting her eyebrow again.
"And that is?"
"Defeat Yugi Muto, steal, and bring me his Millenium Puzzle." Pegasus looked away, folding his hands again, still smirking. Ayi frowned even more, looking away as Pegasus turned back to her. She was silent for several seconds.
"I'm sorry." she finally looked up at him again, letting the card slide across the table over to him, "I couldn't do that, not even for a card like that..." she looked away again. Pegasus lifted his eyebrows.
"What do you want, then?" he tapped his fingers on the table. Ayi furrowed her brow.
"Nothing! It's dishonest, I wouldn't do it for anything!" she didn't even look at Pegasus.
"I see." Pegasus looked down at the card, "well, keep the card anyway, you might change your mind." he shoved the card over to her again.
"I won't." again, Ayi didn't even look at Pegasus, nor the card. Pegasus just sighed.
"Well, anyhow, keep the card..."
"But-"
"Keep it, I insist! It's yours. Think of it as some sort of welcome present."
Ayi sighed heavily.
"Fine!" she looked at him, taking the card, "but I'm not gonna steal anything from anybody." she shoved the card in her pocket.
"I understand." Pegasus nodded to her, smirking. Ayi shook her head, looking out of the window again... the plane had already started to circle around. Soon, she would be on Duelist Kingdom...
***
Joey's teeth were watering as the bowl of fried noodles with beef was placed in front of him and he immediately grabbed the chopsticks and started eating. Téa, Yugi and Tristan all looked at him with their eyes wide open but quickly turned away, all exclaiming an "eeew!" as he started shoveling the food into his mouth, rapidly.
"Joey, table manners, please!!" Téa almost yelled out, still looking away from him. Joey looked up, chewing his food, looking almost surprised.
"Table manners... but I AM eating nicely!" he frowned. Yugi, Téa and Tristan let out a sigh, rolling their eyes.
"Oh well...." Téa shook her head, "you're a fool if you think you can change a guy..." she muttered, finally turning back to Yugi and Tristan who were still looking at Joey with a disgusted look on their faces along with the rest of the Noodle and Fast-food Restaurant, "so did any of you do anything exciting out of school today?" she smiled at them.
"Exciting?" Tristan coughed, "nah, school was death and so was everything else..." he sat back in his chair, looking up into the ceiling, "watching Joey eat has been the most interesting thing happening today so far..."
Joey only looked up at Tristan drinking some of his soda, narrowing his eyes before going back to his noodles.
"Yugi?"
Yugi only shrugged his shoulders, having his arms behind his head, also looking up into the ceiling.
"Watched the Game's Store for grandpa, that was about it... and I saw a guy who looked like Pegasus driving by..."
Even Joey stopped eating and turned to Yugi along with Tristan and Pegasus.
"Pegasus?!" all of them explained. Yugi stopped tilting his chair back and forth and looked at the three others.
"Listen, I can reassure you that it definitely wasn't him, guys..." he let out a laugh.
"Oh yea?" Joey lifted an eyebrow, "how?"
"Well, first of all the guy was in a cab and he had a kid with him... Pegasus would refuse to get into a cab and any kid would refuse to go with him, right?" Yugi replied, "don't worry, guys... I'm sure it wasn't him. The cab drove past so fast, it could've been a lady!"
Tristan, Téa and Joey all looked at eachother, then looked back at Yugi. Tristan then laughed.
"Hey, Yugi's right! Maxmillion Pegasus would never stoop down to the level where you get IN to the cab and tell the driver where you want to go! He's probably so snobby that he wouldn't even know how to!" he placed an arm around Yugi, "ain't I right?"
Both Téa's and Joey's facial expression softened up in a smile.
"You probably are, Tristan..." Joey replied, "beside, what would Pegasus be doing here? Going shopping with Kemo? Nah... there's no way that could've been Maximillion Pegasus."
***
"How come we took a cab anyway?"
Pegasus looked up from his food when he heard Ayi's voice.
"I beg your pardon?" he put down his fork, sitting back, looking at her.
"Well... not to be rude, but I figured a guy like you wouldn't like that stuff..." Ayi prickled a little to her steak with her fork. Pegasus looked at her for a few seconds, wondering, but then, laughed.
"Oh, I see!" he sat back, folding his arms, "well, I don't really like attention, you see... imagine a big thing like a limo going through the small towns we drove through... all too much attention, wouldn't you think?"
Ayi finished chewing the rest of her steak, nodding.
"I didn't really think of that... but you're right..." she shoved her plate a little aside, "I haven't had too much attention, so I'd probably love it." she half smiled, but quickly turned serious again, "by the way, how come we didn't use Tokyo Airport? I mean, the orphanage's in Tokyo.."
"Well, you see, the airport we used is owned by my company... we could use that and not have to wait for a runway to be free. And I prefer my own stuff over the public." Pegasus picked up his knife and fork again, "know everything you wanted to know, dear?"
Ayi nodded and was then quiet for a while...
"Oh..." she nodded to her empty plate, "can I leave the table?" she was already getting up from her chair.
"Sure, but, I'd like to discuss something with you first... take a seat again..." Pegasus nodded to her chair again and Ayi immediately sat down again, nodding.
"Sorry..."
"Oh, it's ok..." Pegasus cleared his throat, "I'd like to talk to you about the reason as to why I adopted you."
Ayi immediately frowned.
"Oh?" she folded her arms.
"You already talked about Seto Kaiba so I know that you know him... you also know he's pretty... rude, don't you?" Pegasus shoved his plate aside as well, sitting back in his chair, folding his fingers again-
"Yeah, I know he's pretty mean to everybody 'cept his brother..." Ayi didn't move, and her facial expression didn't change.
"Exactly... but enough about him for now." Pegasus cleared his throat again, "I asked the manager if they told you anything about your parents, but he told me that even they didn't know anything about your family at all... am I correct if I assume they are right?"
Ayi blinked a few times.
"You're right..."
"I did some research before I adopted you and actually, I did find out a lot about your family.." he folded his hands together, looking straight into her eyes. Ayi let out a small gasp.
"Wh-what?!"
"That's where Seto Kaiba comes into the picture again."
"What's about him?" Ayi frowned a little more.
"Why, you're a Kaiba yourself." Pegasus folded his arms, laughing.
"His little sister?!" Ayi almost got a heart attack, "Seto Kaiba's little sister?! Mokuba Kaiba's older sister?!... but... HOW?!" she almost hyperventilated, "if I'm in the Kaiba family, how come I don't live with the Kaiba brothers?!" she blinked rapidly.
"Well, first of all, you're only their adopted sister... Mokuba and Seto were adopted by a man named Kaiba; he was your real father..."
Ayi blinked confused.
"I see..." she looked up at Pegasus again, "but why was I put up for adoption and Mokuba and Seto adopted by him.?"
"Well, you have the answer to that yourself, don't you? You were born with a brain damage, am I correct?"
"Sort of... but what the heck-"
"Your parents simply couldn't take care of a child with a brain disease of any kind... your mother died while giving birth to you, and your father was a very hard-working and a very sad man after his wife's death. when the doctors told him that you had one but they couldn't tell what kind, he immediately gave you up to the orphanage, and there, you grew up... but he gave you up, they didn't tell anybody at the orphanage who he was, he just left you there in a basket with a note that said your name was Ayi and that you had a brain disease of some sort and that was it... no surname, nothing but that." Pegasus looked straight at her, not moving his eyes at all. Ayi looked away, frowning, being silent for a moment.
"But... but how do YOU know then?" she then asked, still frowning.
"I did some research on the Kaiba family and stumbled over you as a very small paragraph in some info about Mr. and Mrs. Kaiba."
".. So that is why you adopted me? Because I'm a Kaiba?!" she accidentally let out a small cry.
"Actually, your relationship to the Kaiba family might come in handy later! After all, you're the only REAL Kaiba!" Pegasus smirked, "as for the main reason; it's the one I told you on the plane."
"I already told you I wouldn't try to steal anything from Yugi Muto, let alone his Millenium Puzzle!" Ayi growled, clenching her teeth. Pegasus only laughed loudly.
"No, you're not going to steal! You're going to win a duel first, and if he doesn't wanna give up the millenium puzzle as a prize, then, we can talk about stealing! My henchmen will come and take it from him by force! And that doesn't only count for Yugi, but for anybody who has one of the Seven Millenium Items."
Ayi narrowed her eyes and then, got up, slamming her hand down in the table, glaring at Pegasus across the thirty feet long table.
"Forget it!" she hissed, "I'm leaving!" she quickly walked out of the giant dining room with Pegasus's laughter echoing behind her.
"You're going to break sooner or later!" he shouted after her, still laughing like a madman, "by the way, there's no way you can get out of this castle! There'll be guards at every exit door and window!!"
As she got into the room that she had been introduced to as 'hers', she quickly shoved all of the stuff that she had unpacked before dinner down into her backpack again. She hurried over to the giant closet that was placed alongside the broad wall, looking inside. She noticed something that looked like a brown blanket. She grabbed it and looked it over... it was a brown robe, looking like the ones that she had been told that Marik Ishtar's Rare Hunters wore... she clenched her teeth in anger... so Pegasus had been serious when he said he wanted her to be a Rare Hunter, or in this case, a Millenium Hunter...
"That's not gonna happen, buddy!" she growled, smirking as quickly put on the robe, pulling the hood over her head, covering her face, "time to get outta this place..." she ran over to the window, looking down... a flashlight was immediately pointed at her and she noticed two guys wearing black suits and sunglasses looking straight into her eyes as her face was lit up. She let out a frustrated roar, turning back into the room. She then noticed some baseball equipment inside the closet... Pegasus probably knew she used to play a lot of Baseball in the orphanage, which gave her an idea... she grinned widely as she picked up the bat and the ball.
"Baseball time...." she threw the ball up in the air, catching it again as she walked over to the window...
The two guys looked at eachother as Ayi disappeared from the window into her room again. They then shrugged their shoulders and turned their back to the wall again...
"What d'you think she was doing?" one of them finally asked after a few seconds of silence.
"Beats me, probably getting some fresh air.."
"Maybe... I just-"
They were both cut off by a small pop that almost sounded like a knock on a door, and turned around, quickly. A small crack followed and then-
"OUCH!!!!" one of them fell over, and then, everything was quiet.
"Hey... you ok..?" the other guy quietly asked... no reply..., "the man must be knocked out... but-"
he was cut off by another pop and as he looked up, he noticed a white, round thing come towards him, rapidly. Then, everything got black...
Ayi tried not fall over, laughing like a madman as she watched the second guy fall over, knocked out by a baseball like the first one. She watched them for a few second, but none of them moved... they had to be out cold...
"Phase one complete..." she smirked, turning around grabbing the mattress from the bed, throwing it out of the window. She did the same to around six pillows, six blankets, some pillow and blanket covers and another extra mattress from the closet. She looked down. The knocked-out guys' flashlights was on the ground, lighting most of the stuff down there up, allowing her to see that everything she had thrown out had ended up in a pile, twenty meters down on the ground, just under the window. She took a deep breath, turning away from the window again.
"I can't believe I'm doing this... this is something for James Bond and Actionman to do, not for a school girl... hope it'll work..." she turned back, getting up into the windowsill, looking down again, "why do I hafta be afraid of heights..." she hissed through clenched teeth, closing her eyes, "here goes..." she covered her mouth with her hands, jumping out of the window... she screamed as she fell towards the ground, but her hands strangled most of the sound and as she landed in the pile of sheets, mattresses and pillows, she hadn't drawn any attention to herself except for the attention given to her by the animals in the trees the castle was placed by... after collecting herself, she quickly got up and started hurrying through the woods- she knew which way to run after looking through the window- towards the water....
***
"... and now for the weather. People living near the Duelist Kingdom island and most of Honshu island will experience severe thunder and wind, so hang on everybody! Otherwise the-" the radio in the kitchen was turned off and Yugi shook his head, looking out of the window as another lightning tore the darkness outside apart. The thunder quickly followed and Yugi got up from his bed where he was laying on his stomach reading a book, ran over and closed his window, looking outside with a small shudder.
"I hate thunder..." he muttered, rolling down the blindfolds, "hope Pegasus's castle gets hit by a lightning..." he smiled to himself, turned around, stretched and walked out of his room, out into the kitchen.
***
Ayi swore under her breath as she was making her way through the rain, wind and thundering. She was running alongside the beach, having a hard time keeping up her pace. She stopped and narrowed her eyes, trying to look through the darkness and the rain... a lightning finally came and she let out a happy squeak as she noticed a small landing bridge with a small boat tied to it up ahead. She quickly ran towards it and it didn't take long to get there... waves were washing over the bridge, making it hard for her to actually get to the boat, but when she finally got to it, she noticed it had a sail and a motor.
"At least I don't need to row..." she muttered to herself, jumping down into the boat, sitting down by the motor and the tiller. She grabbed the rope and untied the boat and turned on the motor. Nobody would be able to hear it because of the wind and thunder anyway... she shot towards Honshu, the closest island, and luckily the one the orphanage was placed on and the one she knew the best, only going in the right direction because of her memories from the plane...
***
"Master Pegasus! She's GONE!!"
Pegasus looked up from his comic book as Kemo slammed the door to the dining room open, running inside, "two of our men were knocked out and we found a pile of sheets, blankets, mattresses and pillows right outside her window!"
Pegasus lifted an eyebrow.
"And you're standing here?" he folded his arms.
"I... sir... everybody is searching the island, but there's no clue yet! I only came here to tell you, sir..."
"Well, get out and search for her, your moron! How far can she have gone?!" Pegasus got up from his chair.
"We don't know sir, the two men that were knocked out outside her window don't remember what time it happened and her tracks are all gone because of the rain and wind so the dogs can't find her...."
"Well, take a helicopter!" Pegasus threw the comic book back onto the table, walking over to his window, "it can't be so hard!"
"We wouldn't be able to take any helicopter or plane, sir.... the weather is too extreme..." Kemo stepped back a little.
"Well go search by FOOT then!!" Pegasus yelled, turning to Kemo again, his eyes flaring with anger.
"Yes sir...." Kemo turned around and started running out of the room. Pegasus looked at the closed door for a few seconds, having his teeth clenched. He then turned around, looking through the window again.
"Very clever, my dear... your skills are beyond me, I must say... but don't worry... you'll be back here in no time..." an evil grin crossed over his face and he turned back to the table and sat down, turning back to reading his comic book, not wiping the grin off for hours...
***
The storm didn't seem to decrease at all as Ayi made her way through the giant waves, hoping she was still heading towards Honshu- it would probably take several days to get to any of the other islands so she was praying she was heading the right way... She was soaked and it was freezing cold, but she still kept her mind focused on handling the boat, so she didn't really notice at all. She just kept her teeth clenched together and her eyes narrowed, hoping, praying. That was all she could do...
"Please, let me get through this in one piece..." she whispered to herself, "even if I get through and Pegasus catches me again, I'll be happy just to get thro-"
Before she was able to complete the sentence, a giant wave suddenly washed over the boat, knocking it over, sending a screaming Ayi straight into the water. Everything was dark around her and she was thrown around like a small toy, and was fighting hardly to keep her head above the water, dog-paddling the best she had learned, instinctively fighting to get through the waves. Suddenly, she was pulled under... her robe was stuck on something under water... she opened her eyes underwater; the boat had started sinking and it was pulling her with it- she fought franticly to get up to the surface again and suddenly, she heard a ripping sound- then she dog paddled towards the surface and she quickly got there and started doing her best to go towards Honshu island...
Everything was pitch black and it was all like a dream... Then, finally, after what seemed several days or even weeks, she felt sand underneath her hands and her knees. She used her last strength to crawl up as far on the beach as she could, until she was sure the sea wouldn't be able to wash her out again and then, collapsed, all worn out... she laid there for a couple of minutes and then, everything got black...
***
"YEEEEHAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
Tristan made his way through the empty streets on his motor-bike, pressing it to the limit of speed as he joyfully screamed and laughed, making people look out from their windows, some of them yelling after him, furiously and tired as it was only seven in the morning. He enjoyed every inch of this though... even though Joey and probably Yugi and Téa too defined 'school summer holidays' as 'sleeping till two in the afternoon', he loved just getting up when the birds did, get on his motor bike and drive through the streets, not having to worry about running over anybody as everybody else would most likely be asleep..
The wind was in his hair and the motor-bike was moving smoothly along the beach road as he suddenly noticed a small lump of something laying in the sand on the beach... at a distance, it looked like a giant dead animal, but as he noticed the thing was wearing a backpack and an oversized brown robe, he almost fell off the bike. He immediately slammed the brakes, let motor-bike be motor-bike and jumped off, running down the hill to the beach, down towards what had to be a person. When he got to the lump, he realized he was right... turning it around, he looked right into the face of a girl... he looked around, almost franticly... there was nobody around, and he realized he had to deal with this on his own...
"Oh man..." he slapped his forehead, looking at the girl again, "why me...?" he sighed and tilted the girl so she laid on her side... he placed his hand right before the girl's nose and mouth and waited.... he let out a sigh of relief as he realized that she was breathing fine, but the way her arm was laying worried him... an arm in fine shape wouldn't be able to bend like that... as he slowly let his hand run up her arm, he was sure; it was broken at least one place... but she was alive...
"What am I gonna do now...?" Tristan let his hand run through his hair, nervously, looking around again... nobody was there... he looked down at the girl again... she was smaller than him, but he still wouldn't be able to carry her, let alone get her to the hospital on his motorbike... he clenched his teeth together in frustration, getting on his feet again... "I have to get help!" he stated... he then snapped his fingers, "Joey's at his mom's place for the summer holidays... that means he's closest from here... he'd probably be able to help me!" he turned to the girl again, "I'll see you later, kid... I'll be right back...."
***
Ayi's eyes snapped open as she heard a motorbike speed up, a short distance away. She quickly sat up as the noise echoed in her head, watching a guy on a motorbike speeding away from the beach, not looking back at her... as everything was quiet again, she dried the sand and sleep out of her eyes and looking around... she was on a beach... and judging by the way the waves and the wind went that night, it definitely wasn't Duelist Kingdom! She smiled widely as she realized this, but the smile quickly disappeared as a sharp pain shot through her arm, almost making her eyes tear up. She looked at the arm and tried to bend it, only making the pain even worse. She sighed heavily, rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Of course... my arm is broken and-" she cut herself off with a gasp, got her backpack off as fast as her broken arm allowed her to and opened it, quickly grabbing a small metal tin, opening it, grabbing the cards that were inside... all of them were perfectly dry... her new Blue-Eyes White Dragon too... she put it in the tin before the dinner at the castle, luckily... she picked it up and looked it over, frowning a little.
"You've been a lot of trouble, my friend... but since Peggie insisted, I guess I do own you..." she kept looking at it for a few more seconds. She then shook her head again, putting it back into the tin, taking out the other cards, looking them over. All of them seemed ok... she smiled again as she put them back in the tin as well and stuffed it all back in her backpack, getting up, letting out a small groan as a wave of pain went through her arm again. She collected herself, pulled the hood of the robe over her head, covering her face again, looked around and then, started walking down the road, towards the city...
***
"Joey, get up!! You have company!"
Joey finally awoke as he heard his mother's voice outside his room.
"Company?! Now?! Who is it?" he sat up, grabbing his jeans.
"It's Tristan... he said it was important..." his mom replied.
"ARGH!" He slammed his head down into the pillow again, "tell him to wait 'till eleven thirty-ish!"
"Joey, don't make me come inthere and drag you out of bed myself!"
"No! OK, OK!!!" he yelled out, muffled by the pillow but still loudly, "I'm coming!" he shoved his blanket aside, getting his jeans and his jacket on, letting a hand run through the hair to make it at least just a little decent. He then got out and started walking down to the door, muttering and swearing under his breath, yawning and rubbing his eyes. He then opened the door, glaring right into Tristan's eyes.
"You are so dead!" he hissed, pointing at him. Tristan lifted an eyebrow.
"That can wait! Sleep when you get old! I saw a kid down at the beach... she was pretty messed up and knocked out cold... we have to get her to the hospital or something!" he grabbed Joey and pulled him outdoor. Joey blinked rapidly, but then turned, and closed the door, almost right in his mother's face as she was standing behind him, listening.
"A kid?!" he frowned, "are you sure?"
"I went down there and looked! Trust me, it IS a kid! Come on!" Tristan grabbed Joey by his sleeve and dragged him over to his motorbike. Joey stepped back as Tristan got up on it and started the roaring engine.
"Whoa, no way man! I'm NOT gettin' up on that- AH!" he was cut off as Tristan pulled him up on it as well and started speeding down the road with a screaming Joey, clinging to his shoulders.
It only took around two minutes for them to get to the beach and when they got there and Tristan stopped the engine, Joey was shaking like mad but had stopped screaming. He got off the motorbike along with Tristan, slowly staggering after him as he ran down towards the place where he saw the girl. Tristan suddenly stopped and Joey caught up with him after a few seconds, grabbing onto his shoulders again as he was about to fall over.
"Tristan... I'm gonna kill you..." he growled, almost turning green in his face.. Tristan only turned to him, and then, looked around.
"I don't understand..." he finally said. Joey lifted an eyebrow.
"I said I'm gonna kill you! Strangling, impaling, something like-"
"That wasn't what I meant! She's gone!" Tristan hissed. Joey blinked, confused.
"She is..?" he stepped up beside Tristan, looking around again.
"Yea! She was right there!" Tristan pointed to a place near some dead bushes.
"Wow... but didn't you say she was knocked out? How come she-"
"How the heck would I be able to know, doofus!" Tristan slapped his forehead, rolling his eyes, "well, maybe it was just some orphan sneaking around... but her arm was broken..."
"Well... she's gone now, so maybe she wasn't that bad off anyway... we can't do anything Tristan, let's just go home... I wanna sleep..." Joey yawned and stretched. Tristan looked at him, hesitating for a few seconds. Then, he nodded.
"Ok..."
***
Pegasus watched as the helicopter landed, not far from him. The rotor blades slowly stopped moving and two of his henchmen came out, one of them, carrying something in his hand. He handed it to Pegasus- it was a piece of brown fabric...
"And this is..?" Pegasus lifted his eyebrow.
"We found out that one of the boats were missing, sir. We found it near Honshu though. Sunk, some of it broken off. That piece of fabric was stuck on a sharp edge where the boat was broken, and the two knocked out guards remember seeing the girl in the window, wearing the brown rare hunter robe before she escaped..." the guy replied.
"Has she drowned?"
"We don't think so, sir. The boat sunk pretty close to land and we didn't find any body... of course, there're chances that she's drowned, but we don't think that's the case, sir... and we already doubled the men searching by foot on Honshu."
Pegasus frowned for a few seconds but then smiled.
"Wonderful. Well, keep searching! Double the helicopters on Honshu as well. Once you find her, contact me right away and bring her here!" he laughed, then turned around and walked into the castle again along with Kemo and some other henchmen.
***
"THERE SHE IS!!!!"
Ayi gasped as she heard the yell behind her, and turning around, she noticed four men, all wearing black suits and sunglasses, coming running towards her. She let out a small shriek and started running down the street, trying to mix with as many people as possible, but the men still seemed to follow, getting closer and closer to her...
"Pegasus's henchmen, of course!" she hissed, rolling her eyes, still running insanely, turning at every corner she got to, hoping to lose them...
After around five minutes of running, she was almost too tired to run, but her fear kept her going. Everybody getting in the way of the henchmen were shoved aside and it wouldn't be long before they got her as she wasn't able to push her way through as well as they were... she tried to speed up and ducked a little... if she was lucky, she'd be able to disappear in the crowd...
"Hey, where'd she go?!"
She could hear them, but they couldn't see her... she grinned. Perfect...
"How would I be able to know, just keep pushing through!!"
She looked around... if she could just get into a building somewhere... finally, she noticed it; a store was right ahead of her, if she'd be able to get inthere, maybe they'd completely lose track of her... as soon as she got to the store, she opened the door and almost zipped inthere. She looked around for a few seconds... it had to be a game's store... card store would've been more appropriate... hundreds of boxes of Duel Monsters decks and booster packs were placed on the shelves all around in the store... nobody was there though and she quickly ducked behind the desk... suddenly, she felt a pat on her shoulder and she let out a cry, turning around, facing a young boy of her own age but a great deal shorter.
"Wha-WHAT?!" she almost yelled.
"Err... sorry... but..." the guy stepped back a little, "costumers aren't allowed there... it's-"
"I.. I..."
"But-"
"BE QUIET!!!" she cried, pointing at the window. The guy stepped back several footsteps, stared at her for a few seconds, but then turned around looking out of the window. He too almost let out a scream as he noticed the two henchmen, looking into the store in the window. He stared at them with his mouth wide open, but... they didn't seem to be after him... they barely looked at him... then, they walked to the door and Ayi quickly crawled further in behind the desk... they came in... the guy just stared at Yugi as they walked up to him, towering over him like two giants.
"Hey, shorty, did you see a girl with a broken arm, wearing a brown robe run past here? We're looking for her you see..." one of them folded his arms, almost glaring at the guy. He still just looked at the two with his mouth wide open. He then shook his head and Ayi let out a silent sigh of relief..
"Oh... well, sorry to disturb you then.. bye kid." the henchman nodded to him, and both of them turned around, walking out of the store, "she must have continued down the street..." one of them said.
"Great, more pushing!" the other one sounded annoyed to say the least, "man, I was so sure that I saw her run in here!"
The door then closed. Ayi still stared after them...
*they're gone* she thought, *finally... they're gone...* she closed her eyes, sighing again.
"Those were Maximillion Pegasus's henchmen..."
She almost let out a scream as she heard the voice behind her and she quickly turned around, facing the guy from before. He was standing, looking straight into her eyes.
"You must've really annoyed Pegasus if they're after you..." he continued, looking at the door again.
"I..."
"Yugi, what's going on?"
Another voice from behind made Ayi let out another scream. An old man had come down from the stairs right in front of her, and he now stood, looking at her, blinking, "who is she?"
"I don't know, gramps..." the little guy replied, "she came inhere... Pegasus's henchmen were after her, they just left..."
"Pegasus? After her?" he looked from the little guy to her again, "oh my, you poor thing! Yugi, take her upstairs to the kitchen, then I'll close the shop..."
"Ok, grandpa..." the little guy, or Yugi as he was refereed to watched the old man, or his grandfather walk past him. He then turned back to Ayi again, offering her a hand, smiling.
"Thanks.." Ayi bit in her lip.
"It's ok... we'll try to help you."
Ayi couldn't help smiling back, accepting his hand with the hand that wasn't broken, getting up. Yugi then nodded to the stairs, "follow me... grandpa will be right up... what's with your arm by the way..? They said it was broken and, no offence, but it doesn't look right..." he looked at her as they were walking up the stairs.
"I know... It is broken... long story."
"I see... we'll just ask gramps to get a doctor to look at it, it's gonna be ok." Yugi smiled at her over his shoulders, and Ayi did her best to smile back.
*Doctors... I hate doctors...* she shuddered.
When they finally got to the kitchen, Yugi offered her a chair by the table and sat down as well, looking down the stairs, waiting for his grandfather. As Ayi collected herself and was looking this Yugi over, she noticed the strange necklace he was wearing and was finally able to 'connect the dots'... Yugi... a grandfather, the necklace... it had to be...
"Yu...Yugi... Yugi Muto?!" she almost fell down from the chair. Yugi turned to her, blinking in confuse.
"You know me?" he motioned to himself.
"I noticed your necklace... sorry, millenium puzzle and... man, why didn't I see that?" she let out a laugh, "every duelist should know you! You're the champ!"
"Aw... thanks..." Yugi almost blushed, "you duel?"
"Yeah, I do." Ayi half smiled, "that's the problem..."
"Problem..?" Yugi looked puzzled.
"Well... you see, I'm an orphan and I lived in an orphanage in Tokyo... I was adopted.. by... Pegasus..." Ayi shuddered.
"You were adopted by Maximillion Pegasus?!" Yugi exclaimed.
"Yes... you see... it's a very long story..."
"We've got plenty of time..." Yugi's grandfather suddenly stood in the door, "take your time, child." he sat down on a chair.
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END OF PART 1...
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Thanks SO much for reading =D Hope you like ^____^
Part two will be coming up VERY soon! ^^ It's written, I just need to edit it into HTML, that's all! ^^ I actually only need to write part three which is most likely the FINAL part =)
Well, anyway, again, I hope you liked... and please review, PLEEEAAASE!! ^____^
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JANNI P, AKA., janni-chan.
DEDICATED TO LISA HOGAN AND FUNG CHUN HONG.
Thank you for everything, buddies!- and thanks once more to Chun Hong for helping me out with info on YGO! ^___^
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NOTE: This is the first part of my YuGiOh! fanfic, and it's the first YuGiOh! fanfic I've ever written. ^^ Since I'm a "newbie" to the world of YuGiOh!, there might be some part that's kinda wrong. If you find any I should re-edit, please tell me and I'll change it ASAP ^__^. Also, I had to re-post this a couple of time, but this should be the correct and final version... YAH!! ^^
PLEASE NOTE (!): Pegasus DOESN'T have his Millenium Eye, but he's not confused in this fic (he should be because of the disease thing Malik gave him, right..?)- and he's not dead like in the manga XP.. I don't know why, he probably got over it or something ^^ This fanfic is SUPPOSED to be after Battle City Tournament, but some parts may not fit since I've never SEEN this season- oh, and the duel in part three is based on the DUELIST KINGDOM rules, not the Battle City. So no Direct Attack ^___^. And: THIS STORY CONTAINS ONLY ONE DUEL =P- and it's in PART 3. And now for the Copyrights:
Ayi P.K., Kento, Misato, Shami and the whole story are (c) me.
Yugi Muto, Tristan Taylor, Joey Wheeler, Seto Kaiba, Mokuba Kaiba, Maximillion Pegasus and other characters from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! is (c) Kazuki Takahashi., 4Kids and FUNimation.
Other characters are (c) their respective owners.
ALSO: I presumed Domino City (the City Yugi and co. live in) is placed on the Japanese island, Honshu; it's the biggest one ^^'
That's all =D
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NOTHING BUT TROUBLE...
PART 1
The orphanage was never quiet, not even at school hours. That was easy for her to state now as she was walking down the corridor, on her way to the manager's office where she had been called to a few minutes ago, during class. She seemed to be the only one out of class right now, there were no one else to see anywhere, which made the corridor awfully empty. It seemed almost scary, she thought...
The manager said it was very important... she knew what it was about though... she had run away for the fourth time this month yesterday and the manager never took that lightly...
As she stopped in front of the door to the manager's office, she sank the lump that was stuck in her throat, hesitating before finally knocking on the door... everything seemed quiet for a second, then...
"Come in!"
She took a deep breath before slowly opening the door, stepping into the office.
The manager was sitting by his desk, looking at her, dead-serious like always as she stepped in. He then sighed. "Oh, of course..." rolling his eyes while shaking his head, he grabbed some papers that were laying on the desk in front of him, got up and walked over to a table, "sit down!" he nodded to a chair and sat down on another one. The girl nodded thanks and walked over, sitting down on the chair Mr. Kento had pointed out to her. He looked at her for a few seconds, serious again, before clearing his throat, looking down at the papers he was still holding.
"I understand you ran away from the orphanage yesterday, am I correct?" he furrowed his brow as he looked her over again and she immediately looked away.
"Yes sir..."
"Why, may I ask?"
No reply... Mr. Kento sighed again, shaking his head.
"I'll let it go this time. Only because I have something even more important to discuss with you. I'm sure it'll be good news for you as you seem eager to get out of here."
The girl immediately looked up, confused. Mr. Kento just nodded.
"You're getting adopted. By a neat gentleman who's coming to pick you up this afternoon." he handed the papers to her, "you should go pack."
Everybody stopped and looked towards the manager's office as they heard the loud scream from inthere. A few seconds later, the door slammed open and she came running out of there, holding the papers, screaming and laughing like mad. The manager appeared in the door, looking pretty confused, scratching his head as all of the kids turned from looking after the girl to him.
***
"Mr. Kaiba! Hello...?"
Seto Kaiba finally turned around as the computer spoke to him.
"What?!" he almost hissed.
"Ah, finally, there you are! I was wondering how many days I had to cross off in my calendar to get to you!" the computer continued. Seto only let out a quiet snort and turned to it.
"Please, spare me.... what did you want again..?" he sighed.
"Well, I found out something about your adopted father that-"
"My adopted father?"
"Yes... he had a wife... she died, gaving birth to a girl- that actually survived... this girl had a brain disease of some sort and mr. Kaiba chose to give her up for adoption since his work and his mental condition after his wife's death wouldn't allow them the time to have a baby that needed special requirements... so she was sent to an orphanage..." the computer paused as Seto blinked, confused.
"What kind of brain damage...?" he folded his arms.
"I have no idea.... I searched everywhere, but I couldn't find any info about it at all..."
"But... waitasecond...." Seto sat back in the chair with a sigh, closing his eyes, "are you saying that I have an adopted sister?! Why didn't you tell me before now?!" he got up and slammed his fist down in the keyboard, furiously.
"Calm down! I had no idea 'till I found out that Pegasus was about to adopt a kid! When I found out that it was her, I-"
"Pegasus is gonna adopt her?!?!" Seto yelled out, "But I'm.... he can't use her to take over KaibaCorp! If he adopts her, she'll be a Pegasus!! What the heck does he want with her?!" he clenched his teeth.
"I don't know!" the computer replied, "but I strongly suggest we prevent him from adopting her!"
"No..."
"No?"
"I want to see what this is all about! I'm gonna let Pegasus adopt her and then, let's see what's going to happen." Seto clenched his fists
"But... the girl!"
"She hasn't had anything to do with the Kaiba family at since she was bornl... she probably doesn't consider herself a Kaiba... if Maximillion Pegasus adopts her, she'll be a Pegasus, and he wouldn't have access to KaibaCorporation in any way at all! So there's nothing to worry about right now... now, let's get back to work!"
***
Mr. Kento was walking down the corridor of the building where the girls dormitory was placed. The guy who were going to adopt one of the girls here had arrived, and to say the least, Kento didn't like him at all... but whoever signed the papers that allowed him to adopt the girl from his orphanage knew more about this guy than he did and he came to the conclusion that he must've known what he was doing. He stopped in front of the dormitory. He heard voices in there and paused for a second...
"I can't believe you're getting adopted... it's not fair, Ayi!"
"Misato...." this had to be the adopted girl's voice... Ayi..
"Actually she's kinda right..." another third girl joined the conversation, "I know it's not your fault, but you are our friend, and we are going to miss you.... and no former resident of this place would be allowed to come inhere again to see other kids... that's the rules.." this other girl sighed. Everything was then quiet for a few seconds.
"Listen, I know..." Ayi broke in again, "and I AM sorry... I'm gonna miss you guys too, but we'll still get to write letters and talk on the phone..."
"We know..." Misato was the last one to say something before the three girls we quiet again. Mr. Kento then sighed deeply before finally, knocking on the door, opening it. the three girls looked up at him.
"Ayi... you have to go now. The man has arrived, he's just waiting for you." Kento nodded to the door. The girls then looked at each other, all of them, biting their lips. Ayi, the only girl with brown hair instead of black nodded slowly, sighing, closing her eyes while looking down.
"Yes Mr. Kento..." she quietly replied, looking up at the two other girls, "I'll miss you two..." she half smiled at them and then, hugged both of them.
"And we'll miss you..." Misato replied, "Shami and I will write tomorrow!" she half smiled as well and Ayi nodded in reply.
"Thanks you guys..." she looked up as Mr. Kento put a hand on her shoulder, and then, looked back at the girls, picking up her backpack, the only bag containing the small amount of things she owned, "Bye... I'll see you guys later..." she smiled back and gave them a thumbs-up before following Mr. Kento who was already walking out. When they got out into the corridor, they started walking down towards Mr. Kento's office again. As Kento looked down at Ayi, she was walking, looking down at the floor with a somewhat melancholy look on her face. He sighed quietly.
"Ayi... you didn't seem very happy about getting adopted inthere..." he frowned slightly. Ayi looked up at him, shrugging.
"I am, Mr. Kento... I just don't like the fact I have to leave my only friends behind." she half smiled.
"I see..." Kento replied, "if I could do anything about the policy that doesn't allow you to come here, I would... but I didn't make that rule, the founder did. I'm sorry, Ayi."
"I know... but we'll be ok... as long as we get to write letters and call, I guess I can't complain." Ayi smiled again, this time, a little more happy, "thanks Mr. Kento... you've been a great manager... even though you've had to yell at me a few times." she laughed, putting her arms behind her neck. Kento let out a laugh as well.
"Thanks. And as long as you don't run away from your new home as much as you've been running away from this place, you're forgiven and I'll be happy." he nodded to her as they finally stopped in front of the office.
***
Maximillion Pegasus immediately got up from the couch as the door opened and the manager, Mr. Kento stepped in with a girl by his side. He smirked as he shook Kento's hand, turning to the girl.
"So... you must be Ayi..." he let his hand out at the girl. She looked at it for a few seconds, then, looked up at him, frowning slightly.
"It's Ayi." she laughed nervously, quickly trying not to clench her teeth to hard together as she shook this guy's hand. She definitely didn't like this guy, but she'd better not show that... besides, she didn't know him, he might actually be ok...
"Oh yes!" 'the guy' laughed, "I'm Maximillion Pegasus, your new father... pleased to meet you." he patted her head and Ayi did her best to smile, "let Kemo take your bag and lead you to the plane... I have something to discuss with the manager, ok darling?" he smiled at her, the most phony smile she had seen in a long time. She had to hold a shudder back as she nodded, handing the backpack to a giant guy who stepped up in front of her, letting his giant hand out to take her backpack, not even looking at her.... she was about to laugh as she saw his antenna-like hair though.
"Kemo, you just take Ayi to the cab and wait for me there. Go!" Pegasus immediately waved him off and didn't even look as Kemo and Ayi went out of the room, closing the door behind them. Kemo didn't look at Ayi either as they were walking down the corridor, towards the exit of the orphanage.
As they got out onto the street a cap was already waiting for them and Kemo opened the back door, turned to Ayi, nodding to the cab. Ayi nodded back, getting in and Kemo closed the door, walking to the other side of the cab, getting in the back as well. Ayi looked at him for a few seconds, but he just stared out into the air, not saying a word. The driver then turned his head to look at them, lifting his sunglasses.
"Where to?" he asked.
"We're waiting for someone."
Ayi almost jumped through the roof when Kemo finally spoke but quickly settled down again, blinking a few times... she'd never heard a voice that deep... she shook her head slightly, turning to look out of the window. People were walking by, all seeming incredibly busy... it was in the muddle of the rush hours anyway, so they were probably on their way home from work or going shopping. She sat back in her seat, smiling slightly. Everything felt kind of special now... she finally had a family! or so she thought...
***
"Yugi, we have a costumer down in the shop! Can you handle it?"
Yugi Muto looked up from looking through his deck as he heard his grandfather's voice from the kitchen. He immediately put his Duel Monsters Deck aside, grabbing his jacket.
"Sure, Grandpa!" he yelled back, getting up, "no problem!" he hurried down in the Game's Shop where a guy was walking around, looking, "Can I help you, sir?" he made the guy look up.
"Oh, no thanks! I'm just looking." the guy smiled at him. Yugi just smiled back, nodding and the guy turned away and continued looking. Yugi leaned back against the wall and looked out of the window. It was a bright and sunny day and it had been the last day of school today since the summer holidays started tomorrow.. that just meant spending more time with his friends and... more dueling. He smiled to himself... he promised Joey a duel, so they had both started looking through their decks and Yugi hoped that he'd be able to re-organize it sometime soon... but with or without re-organizing, he was sure he and his cards would be able to beat Joey no prob...
His thoughts were suddenly interrupted as a cab drove by...it wasn't the cab, it was the face of a guy inside... he remarkably looked like...
"Pegasus?!" he whispered... the cab had gone by real slow, so he had been able to check out the faces of the persons inside... a girl around his age, somebody he couldn't see for the girl and then, the guy who looked like Pegasus.... Yugi frowned, looking out of the window again.... it couldn't have been... or could it..? Then, who the heck was the girl? And why would Pegasus be driving in a cab..? It didn't make sense... Yugi then smiled, letting out a small laugh. Nah, if it really had been Pegasus, he wouldn't be in a cab, he would've been in a limo... and he certainly wouldn't have brought a kid, he probably detested kids more than anything... Yugi shook his head, rolling his eyes, still smiling... what was he thinking?
He was immediately brought back to reality by a knock on the desk. The customer had placed four Duel Monster booster packs in front of him, standing there with his wallet.
"Oh, sorry sir...." he quickly typed the prices in on the cash register, and the guy immediately paid, "thanks sir... come again soon" he grinned widely and the guy walked out of the store. Yugi then sighed heavily, looking at his watch.... 6 PM... closing time... he walked over to the door, locking it, turning the door-sign from "OPEN" to "CLOSED" and then hurried up to his room again to organize his deck before dinner, the incident with the cab already being far down in his consciousness...
***
No words were said inside the private plane as it took off from the landing strip and Ayi was just looking out of the window, having her mouth wide open in awe... she had never been on a plane before, let alone a private one and she was still very surprised that her new "father" had one... she had come to the conclusion that with his own henchmen AND his own plane, he had to be insanely rich...
"Ayi, I would like your attention for a moment, please.."
her thoughts were cut off as Pegasus spoke to her and she immediately turned to look at him.
"Oh, sure!" she half smiled. Pegasus smiled back at her, again a very phony smile.
"You know Duelist Kingdom, don't you?" he folded his arms.
"Yeah, sure!" Ayi smiled even more, "a Duel Monsters Tournament was held there! I sooooooooo wanted to go, but... well... obviously, I couldn't..."
"I see!" Pegasus laughed, "well, I launched that competition, actually." he smirked. Ayi's eyes grew.
"Really?!" she exclaimed, "but the price was... holy COW!" she scratched her head.
"I know... but that wasn't really what I wanted to tell you... you see, I live there. And your new residence is there. I'm sure you're going to love it, my child." he smiled even more and Ayi did her best to give him a convincing smile back.
"I'm sure I will!"
"Definitely..." his facial expression then turned very grave, "oh yes... do you know Seto Kaiba?"
Ayi let out a laugh.
"Of course! The best duelist next to Yugi Muto! Three Blue-Eyes White Dragon-cards, a Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, only three losses! Every duelist with respect for themselves knows Seto!"
Pegasus only nodded.
"So you do duel?"
"Yeah, the Duel Monsters game's awesome!"
"I learned from the manager that you're a very talented duelist too, am I right?"
"Well...." Ayi half smiled, looking away, "if Mr. Kento said so, I guess I am... I collect Dragon cards and I do have some pretty good ones, yes." she looked at Pegasus again, brushing some hair away from her face with her hand.
"I thought so.. since you mentioned Yugi Muto when you talked about Seto, I suppose you know little Yugi too?"
"I know he's an awesome duelist, yes..."
"Wouldn't you like to beat him?" Pegasus smiled again, almost evilly.
"Yugi Muto?" Ayi let out a laugh, "I'd never be able to beat him! He would annialate me in zero point five seconds! I could never be THAT talented!"
"Oh, I bet you'd be able to beat him!" Pegasus laughed, again evilly, snapping his fingers. Kemo immediately handed him a card.
"How?" Ayi lifted an eyebrow.
"By using.... this!" Pegasus turned the card around, and Ayi let out a loud gasp.
"A BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON?!" she exclaimed, turning white, "but... there're only five of those in the entire world!!"
"Six... I have had one hidden in my collection for years, nobody except me and my henchmen have seen it and nobody told anybody... it has never been used for battle..." Pegasus smirked. Ayi blinked rapidly in confuse.
"But...." she looked closer, noticing something else; this card.... it looked different to the other Blue-Eyes White Dragons... instead of the dragon standing in the classic pose, it was flying, having it's head towards the right, its claws fully revealed... it looked like an attack pose... she looked up at Pegasus again, "it looks different... is it real?"
"It's real, my dear!" Pegasus laughed, handing her the card, "it's a special version of the card, the only one ever created, but it's real." he then cleared his throat, "and I only ask for one thing in return from you..."
Ayi looked from the card to Pegasus, lifting her eyebrow again.
"And that is?"
"Defeat Yugi Muto, steal, and bring me his Millenium Puzzle." Pegasus looked away, folding his hands again, still smirking. Ayi frowned even more, looking away as Pegasus turned back to her. She was silent for several seconds.
"I'm sorry." she finally looked up at him again, letting the card slide across the table over to him, "I couldn't do that, not even for a card like that..." she looked away again. Pegasus lifted his eyebrows.
"What do you want, then?" he tapped his fingers on the table. Ayi furrowed her brow.
"Nothing! It's dishonest, I wouldn't do it for anything!" she didn't even look at Pegasus.
"I see." Pegasus looked down at the card, "well, keep the card anyway, you might change your mind." he shoved the card over to her again.
"I won't." again, Ayi didn't even look at Pegasus, nor the card. Pegasus just sighed.
"Well, anyhow, keep the card..."
"But-"
"Keep it, I insist! It's yours. Think of it as some sort of welcome present."
Ayi sighed heavily.
"Fine!" she looked at him, taking the card, "but I'm not gonna steal anything from anybody." she shoved the card in her pocket.
"I understand." Pegasus nodded to her, smirking. Ayi shook her head, looking out of the window again... the plane had already started to circle around. Soon, she would be on Duelist Kingdom...
***
Joey's teeth were watering as the bowl of fried noodles with beef was placed in front of him and he immediately grabbed the chopsticks and started eating. Téa, Yugi and Tristan all looked at him with their eyes wide open but quickly turned away, all exclaiming an "eeew!" as he started shoveling the food into his mouth, rapidly.
"Joey, table manners, please!!" Téa almost yelled out, still looking away from him. Joey looked up, chewing his food, looking almost surprised.
"Table manners... but I AM eating nicely!" he frowned. Yugi, Téa and Tristan let out a sigh, rolling their eyes.
"Oh well...." Téa shook her head, "you're a fool if you think you can change a guy..." she muttered, finally turning back to Yugi and Tristan who were still looking at Joey with a disgusted look on their faces along with the rest of the Noodle and Fast-food Restaurant, "so did any of you do anything exciting out of school today?" she smiled at them.
"Exciting?" Tristan coughed, "nah, school was death and so was everything else..." he sat back in his chair, looking up into the ceiling, "watching Joey eat has been the most interesting thing happening today so far..."
Joey only looked up at Tristan drinking some of his soda, narrowing his eyes before going back to his noodles.
"Yugi?"
Yugi only shrugged his shoulders, having his arms behind his head, also looking up into the ceiling.
"Watched the Game's Store for grandpa, that was about it... and I saw a guy who looked like Pegasus driving by..."
Even Joey stopped eating and turned to Yugi along with Tristan and Pegasus.
"Pegasus?!" all of them explained. Yugi stopped tilting his chair back and forth and looked at the three others.
"Listen, I can reassure you that it definitely wasn't him, guys..." he let out a laugh.
"Oh yea?" Joey lifted an eyebrow, "how?"
"Well, first of all the guy was in a cab and he had a kid with him... Pegasus would refuse to get into a cab and any kid would refuse to go with him, right?" Yugi replied, "don't worry, guys... I'm sure it wasn't him. The cab drove past so fast, it could've been a lady!"
Tristan, Téa and Joey all looked at eachother, then looked back at Yugi. Tristan then laughed.
"Hey, Yugi's right! Maxmillion Pegasus would never stoop down to the level where you get IN to the cab and tell the driver where you want to go! He's probably so snobby that he wouldn't even know how to!" he placed an arm around Yugi, "ain't I right?"
Both Téa's and Joey's facial expression softened up in a smile.
"You probably are, Tristan..." Joey replied, "beside, what would Pegasus be doing here? Going shopping with Kemo? Nah... there's no way that could've been Maximillion Pegasus."
***
"How come we took a cab anyway?"
Pegasus looked up from his food when he heard Ayi's voice.
"I beg your pardon?" he put down his fork, sitting back, looking at her.
"Well... not to be rude, but I figured a guy like you wouldn't like that stuff..." Ayi prickled a little to her steak with her fork. Pegasus looked at her for a few seconds, wondering, but then, laughed.
"Oh, I see!" he sat back, folding his arms, "well, I don't really like attention, you see... imagine a big thing like a limo going through the small towns we drove through... all too much attention, wouldn't you think?"
Ayi finished chewing the rest of her steak, nodding.
"I didn't really think of that... but you're right..." she shoved her plate a little aside, "I haven't had too much attention, so I'd probably love it." she half smiled, but quickly turned serious again, "by the way, how come we didn't use Tokyo Airport? I mean, the orphanage's in Tokyo.."
"Well, you see, the airport we used is owned by my company... we could use that and not have to wait for a runway to be free. And I prefer my own stuff over the public." Pegasus picked up his knife and fork again, "know everything you wanted to know, dear?"
Ayi nodded and was then quiet for a while...
"Oh..." she nodded to her empty plate, "can I leave the table?" she was already getting up from her chair.
"Sure, but, I'd like to discuss something with you first... take a seat again..." Pegasus nodded to her chair again and Ayi immediately sat down again, nodding.
"Sorry..."
"Oh, it's ok..." Pegasus cleared his throat, "I'd like to talk to you about the reason as to why I adopted you."
Ayi immediately frowned.
"Oh?" she folded her arms.
"You already talked about Seto Kaiba so I know that you know him... you also know he's pretty... rude, don't you?" Pegasus shoved his plate aside as well, sitting back in his chair, folding his fingers again-
"Yeah, I know he's pretty mean to everybody 'cept his brother..." Ayi didn't move, and her facial expression didn't change.
"Exactly... but enough about him for now." Pegasus cleared his throat again, "I asked the manager if they told you anything about your parents, but he told me that even they didn't know anything about your family at all... am I correct if I assume they are right?"
Ayi blinked a few times.
"You're right..."
"I did some research before I adopted you and actually, I did find out a lot about your family.." he folded his hands together, looking straight into her eyes. Ayi let out a small gasp.
"Wh-what?!"
"That's where Seto Kaiba comes into the picture again."
"What's about him?" Ayi frowned a little more.
"Why, you're a Kaiba yourself." Pegasus folded his arms, laughing.
"His little sister?!" Ayi almost got a heart attack, "Seto Kaiba's little sister?! Mokuba Kaiba's older sister?!... but... HOW?!" she almost hyperventilated, "if I'm in the Kaiba family, how come I don't live with the Kaiba brothers?!" she blinked rapidly.
"Well, first of all, you're only their adopted sister... Mokuba and Seto were adopted by a man named Kaiba; he was your real father..."
Ayi blinked confused.
"I see..." she looked up at Pegasus again, "but why was I put up for adoption and Mokuba and Seto adopted by him.?"
"Well, you have the answer to that yourself, don't you? You were born with a brain damage, am I correct?"
"Sort of... but what the heck-"
"Your parents simply couldn't take care of a child with a brain disease of any kind... your mother died while giving birth to you, and your father was a very hard-working and a very sad man after his wife's death. when the doctors told him that you had one but they couldn't tell what kind, he immediately gave you up to the orphanage, and there, you grew up... but he gave you up, they didn't tell anybody at the orphanage who he was, he just left you there in a basket with a note that said your name was Ayi and that you had a brain disease of some sort and that was it... no surname, nothing but that." Pegasus looked straight at her, not moving his eyes at all. Ayi looked away, frowning, being silent for a moment.
"But... but how do YOU know then?" she then asked, still frowning.
"I did some research on the Kaiba family and stumbled over you as a very small paragraph in some info about Mr. and Mrs. Kaiba."
".. So that is why you adopted me? Because I'm a Kaiba?!" she accidentally let out a small cry.
"Actually, your relationship to the Kaiba family might come in handy later! After all, you're the only REAL Kaiba!" Pegasus smirked, "as for the main reason; it's the one I told you on the plane."
"I already told you I wouldn't try to steal anything from Yugi Muto, let alone his Millenium Puzzle!" Ayi growled, clenching her teeth. Pegasus only laughed loudly.
"No, you're not going to steal! You're going to win a duel first, and if he doesn't wanna give up the millenium puzzle as a prize, then, we can talk about stealing! My henchmen will come and take it from him by force! And that doesn't only count for Yugi, but for anybody who has one of the Seven Millenium Items."
Ayi narrowed her eyes and then, got up, slamming her hand down in the table, glaring at Pegasus across the thirty feet long table.
"Forget it!" she hissed, "I'm leaving!" she quickly walked out of the giant dining room with Pegasus's laughter echoing behind her.
"You're going to break sooner or later!" he shouted after her, still laughing like a madman, "by the way, there's no way you can get out of this castle! There'll be guards at every exit door and window!!"
As she got into the room that she had been introduced to as 'hers', she quickly shoved all of the stuff that she had unpacked before dinner down into her backpack again. She hurried over to the giant closet that was placed alongside the broad wall, looking inside. She noticed something that looked like a brown blanket. She grabbed it and looked it over... it was a brown robe, looking like the ones that she had been told that Marik Ishtar's Rare Hunters wore... she clenched her teeth in anger... so Pegasus had been serious when he said he wanted her to be a Rare Hunter, or in this case, a Millenium Hunter...
"That's not gonna happen, buddy!" she growled, smirking as quickly put on the robe, pulling the hood over her head, covering her face, "time to get outta this place..." she ran over to the window, looking down... a flashlight was immediately pointed at her and she noticed two guys wearing black suits and sunglasses looking straight into her eyes as her face was lit up. She let out a frustrated roar, turning back into the room. She then noticed some baseball equipment inside the closet... Pegasus probably knew she used to play a lot of Baseball in the orphanage, which gave her an idea... she grinned widely as she picked up the bat and the ball.
"Baseball time...." she threw the ball up in the air, catching it again as she walked over to the window...
The two guys looked at eachother as Ayi disappeared from the window into her room again. They then shrugged their shoulders and turned their back to the wall again...
"What d'you think she was doing?" one of them finally asked after a few seconds of silence.
"Beats me, probably getting some fresh air.."
"Maybe... I just-"
They were both cut off by a small pop that almost sounded like a knock on a door, and turned around, quickly. A small crack followed and then-
"OUCH!!!!" one of them fell over, and then, everything was quiet.
"Hey... you ok..?" the other guy quietly asked... no reply..., "the man must be knocked out... but-"
he was cut off by another pop and as he looked up, he noticed a white, round thing come towards him, rapidly. Then, everything got black...
Ayi tried not fall over, laughing like a madman as she watched the second guy fall over, knocked out by a baseball like the first one. She watched them for a few second, but none of them moved... they had to be out cold...
"Phase one complete..." she smirked, turning around grabbing the mattress from the bed, throwing it out of the window. She did the same to around six pillows, six blankets, some pillow and blanket covers and another extra mattress from the closet. She looked down. The knocked-out guys' flashlights was on the ground, lighting most of the stuff down there up, allowing her to see that everything she had thrown out had ended up in a pile, twenty meters down on the ground, just under the window. She took a deep breath, turning away from the window again.
"I can't believe I'm doing this... this is something for James Bond and Actionman to do, not for a school girl... hope it'll work..." she turned back, getting up into the windowsill, looking down again, "why do I hafta be afraid of heights..." she hissed through clenched teeth, closing her eyes, "here goes..." she covered her mouth with her hands, jumping out of the window... she screamed as she fell towards the ground, but her hands strangled most of the sound and as she landed in the pile of sheets, mattresses and pillows, she hadn't drawn any attention to herself except for the attention given to her by the animals in the trees the castle was placed by... after collecting herself, she quickly got up and started hurrying through the woods- she knew which way to run after looking through the window- towards the water....
***
"... and now for the weather. People living near the Duelist Kingdom island and most of Honshu island will experience severe thunder and wind, so hang on everybody! Otherwise the-" the radio in the kitchen was turned off and Yugi shook his head, looking out of the window as another lightning tore the darkness outside apart. The thunder quickly followed and Yugi got up from his bed where he was laying on his stomach reading a book, ran over and closed his window, looking outside with a small shudder.
"I hate thunder..." he muttered, rolling down the blindfolds, "hope Pegasus's castle gets hit by a lightning..." he smiled to himself, turned around, stretched and walked out of his room, out into the kitchen.
***
Ayi swore under her breath as she was making her way through the rain, wind and thundering. She was running alongside the beach, having a hard time keeping up her pace. She stopped and narrowed her eyes, trying to look through the darkness and the rain... a lightning finally came and she let out a happy squeak as she noticed a small landing bridge with a small boat tied to it up ahead. She quickly ran towards it and it didn't take long to get there... waves were washing over the bridge, making it hard for her to actually get to the boat, but when she finally got to it, she noticed it had a sail and a motor.
"At least I don't need to row..." she muttered to herself, jumping down into the boat, sitting down by the motor and the tiller. She grabbed the rope and untied the boat and turned on the motor. Nobody would be able to hear it because of the wind and thunder anyway... she shot towards Honshu, the closest island, and luckily the one the orphanage was placed on and the one she knew the best, only going in the right direction because of her memories from the plane...
***
"Master Pegasus! She's GONE!!"
Pegasus looked up from his comic book as Kemo slammed the door to the dining room open, running inside, "two of our men were knocked out and we found a pile of sheets, blankets, mattresses and pillows right outside her window!"
Pegasus lifted an eyebrow.
"And you're standing here?" he folded his arms.
"I... sir... everybody is searching the island, but there's no clue yet! I only came here to tell you, sir..."
"Well, get out and search for her, your moron! How far can she have gone?!" Pegasus got up from his chair.
"We don't know sir, the two men that were knocked out outside her window don't remember what time it happened and her tracks are all gone because of the rain and wind so the dogs can't find her...."
"Well, take a helicopter!" Pegasus threw the comic book back onto the table, walking over to his window, "it can't be so hard!"
"We wouldn't be able to take any helicopter or plane, sir.... the weather is too extreme..." Kemo stepped back a little.
"Well go search by FOOT then!!" Pegasus yelled, turning to Kemo again, his eyes flaring with anger.
"Yes sir...." Kemo turned around and started running out of the room. Pegasus looked at the closed door for a few seconds, having his teeth clenched. He then turned around, looking through the window again.
"Very clever, my dear... your skills are beyond me, I must say... but don't worry... you'll be back here in no time..." an evil grin crossed over his face and he turned back to the table and sat down, turning back to reading his comic book, not wiping the grin off for hours...
***
The storm didn't seem to decrease at all as Ayi made her way through the giant waves, hoping she was still heading towards Honshu- it would probably take several days to get to any of the other islands so she was praying she was heading the right way... She was soaked and it was freezing cold, but she still kept her mind focused on handling the boat, so she didn't really notice at all. She just kept her teeth clenched together and her eyes narrowed, hoping, praying. That was all she could do...
"Please, let me get through this in one piece..." she whispered to herself, "even if I get through and Pegasus catches me again, I'll be happy just to get thro-"
Before she was able to complete the sentence, a giant wave suddenly washed over the boat, knocking it over, sending a screaming Ayi straight into the water. Everything was dark around her and she was thrown around like a small toy, and was fighting hardly to keep her head above the water, dog-paddling the best she had learned, instinctively fighting to get through the waves. Suddenly, she was pulled under... her robe was stuck on something under water... she opened her eyes underwater; the boat had started sinking and it was pulling her with it- she fought franticly to get up to the surface again and suddenly, she heard a ripping sound- then she dog paddled towards the surface and she quickly got there and started doing her best to go towards Honshu island...
Everything was pitch black and it was all like a dream... Then, finally, after what seemed several days or even weeks, she felt sand underneath her hands and her knees. She used her last strength to crawl up as far on the beach as she could, until she was sure the sea wouldn't be able to wash her out again and then, collapsed, all worn out... she laid there for a couple of minutes and then, everything got black...
***
"YEEEEHAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
Tristan made his way through the empty streets on his motor-bike, pressing it to the limit of speed as he joyfully screamed and laughed, making people look out from their windows, some of them yelling after him, furiously and tired as it was only seven in the morning. He enjoyed every inch of this though... even though Joey and probably Yugi and Téa too defined 'school summer holidays' as 'sleeping till two in the afternoon', he loved just getting up when the birds did, get on his motor bike and drive through the streets, not having to worry about running over anybody as everybody else would most likely be asleep..
The wind was in his hair and the motor-bike was moving smoothly along the beach road as he suddenly noticed a small lump of something laying in the sand on the beach... at a distance, it looked like a giant dead animal, but as he noticed the thing was wearing a backpack and an oversized brown robe, he almost fell off the bike. He immediately slammed the brakes, let motor-bike be motor-bike and jumped off, running down the hill to the beach, down towards what had to be a person. When he got to the lump, he realized he was right... turning it around, he looked right into the face of a girl... he looked around, almost franticly... there was nobody around, and he realized he had to deal with this on his own...
"Oh man..." he slapped his forehead, looking at the girl again, "why me...?" he sighed and tilted the girl so she laid on her side... he placed his hand right before the girl's nose and mouth and waited.... he let out a sigh of relief as he realized that she was breathing fine, but the way her arm was laying worried him... an arm in fine shape wouldn't be able to bend like that... as he slowly let his hand run up her arm, he was sure; it was broken at least one place... but she was alive...
"What am I gonna do now...?" Tristan let his hand run through his hair, nervously, looking around again... nobody was there... he looked down at the girl again... she was smaller than him, but he still wouldn't be able to carry her, let alone get her to the hospital on his motorbike... he clenched his teeth together in frustration, getting on his feet again... "I have to get help!" he stated... he then snapped his fingers, "Joey's at his mom's place for the summer holidays... that means he's closest from here... he'd probably be able to help me!" he turned to the girl again, "I'll see you later, kid... I'll be right back...."
***
Ayi's eyes snapped open as she heard a motorbike speed up, a short distance away. She quickly sat up as the noise echoed in her head, watching a guy on a motorbike speeding away from the beach, not looking back at her... as everything was quiet again, she dried the sand and sleep out of her eyes and looking around... she was on a beach... and judging by the way the waves and the wind went that night, it definitely wasn't Duelist Kingdom! She smiled widely as she realized this, but the smile quickly disappeared as a sharp pain shot through her arm, almost making her eyes tear up. She looked at the arm and tried to bend it, only making the pain even worse. She sighed heavily, rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Of course... my arm is broken and-" she cut herself off with a gasp, got her backpack off as fast as her broken arm allowed her to and opened it, quickly grabbing a small metal tin, opening it, grabbing the cards that were inside... all of them were perfectly dry... her new Blue-Eyes White Dragon too... she put it in the tin before the dinner at the castle, luckily... she picked it up and looked it over, frowning a little.
"You've been a lot of trouble, my friend... but since Peggie insisted, I guess I do own you..." she kept looking at it for a few more seconds. She then shook her head again, putting it back into the tin, taking out the other cards, looking them over. All of them seemed ok... she smiled again as she put them back in the tin as well and stuffed it all back in her backpack, getting up, letting out a small groan as a wave of pain went through her arm again. She collected herself, pulled the hood of the robe over her head, covering her face again, looked around and then, started walking down the road, towards the city...
***
"Joey, get up!! You have company!"
Joey finally awoke as he heard his mother's voice outside his room.
"Company?! Now?! Who is it?" he sat up, grabbing his jeans.
"It's Tristan... he said it was important..." his mom replied.
"ARGH!" He slammed his head down into the pillow again, "tell him to wait 'till eleven thirty-ish!"
"Joey, don't make me come inthere and drag you out of bed myself!"
"No! OK, OK!!!" he yelled out, muffled by the pillow but still loudly, "I'm coming!" he shoved his blanket aside, getting his jeans and his jacket on, letting a hand run through the hair to make it at least just a little decent. He then got out and started walking down to the door, muttering and swearing under his breath, yawning and rubbing his eyes. He then opened the door, glaring right into Tristan's eyes.
"You are so dead!" he hissed, pointing at him. Tristan lifted an eyebrow.
"That can wait! Sleep when you get old! I saw a kid down at the beach... she was pretty messed up and knocked out cold... we have to get her to the hospital or something!" he grabbed Joey and pulled him outdoor. Joey blinked rapidly, but then turned, and closed the door, almost right in his mother's face as she was standing behind him, listening.
"A kid?!" he frowned, "are you sure?"
"I went down there and looked! Trust me, it IS a kid! Come on!" Tristan grabbed Joey by his sleeve and dragged him over to his motorbike. Joey stepped back as Tristan got up on it and started the roaring engine.
"Whoa, no way man! I'm NOT gettin' up on that- AH!" he was cut off as Tristan pulled him up on it as well and started speeding down the road with a screaming Joey, clinging to his shoulders.
It only took around two minutes for them to get to the beach and when they got there and Tristan stopped the engine, Joey was shaking like mad but had stopped screaming. He got off the motorbike along with Tristan, slowly staggering after him as he ran down towards the place where he saw the girl. Tristan suddenly stopped and Joey caught up with him after a few seconds, grabbing onto his shoulders again as he was about to fall over.
"Tristan... I'm gonna kill you..." he growled, almost turning green in his face.. Tristan only turned to him, and then, looked around.
"I don't understand..." he finally said. Joey lifted an eyebrow.
"I said I'm gonna kill you! Strangling, impaling, something like-"
"That wasn't what I meant! She's gone!" Tristan hissed. Joey blinked, confused.
"She is..?" he stepped up beside Tristan, looking around again.
"Yea! She was right there!" Tristan pointed to a place near some dead bushes.
"Wow... but didn't you say she was knocked out? How come she-"
"How the heck would I be able to know, doofus!" Tristan slapped his forehead, rolling his eyes, "well, maybe it was just some orphan sneaking around... but her arm was broken..."
"Well... she's gone now, so maybe she wasn't that bad off anyway... we can't do anything Tristan, let's just go home... I wanna sleep..." Joey yawned and stretched. Tristan looked at him, hesitating for a few seconds. Then, he nodded.
"Ok..."
***
Pegasus watched as the helicopter landed, not far from him. The rotor blades slowly stopped moving and two of his henchmen came out, one of them, carrying something in his hand. He handed it to Pegasus- it was a piece of brown fabric...
"And this is..?" Pegasus lifted his eyebrow.
"We found out that one of the boats were missing, sir. We found it near Honshu though. Sunk, some of it broken off. That piece of fabric was stuck on a sharp edge where the boat was broken, and the two knocked out guards remember seeing the girl in the window, wearing the brown rare hunter robe before she escaped..." the guy replied.
"Has she drowned?"
"We don't think so, sir. The boat sunk pretty close to land and we didn't find any body... of course, there're chances that she's drowned, but we don't think that's the case, sir... and we already doubled the men searching by foot on Honshu."
Pegasus frowned for a few seconds but then smiled.
"Wonderful. Well, keep searching! Double the helicopters on Honshu as well. Once you find her, contact me right away and bring her here!" he laughed, then turned around and walked into the castle again along with Kemo and some other henchmen.
***
"THERE SHE IS!!!!"
Ayi gasped as she heard the yell behind her, and turning around, she noticed four men, all wearing black suits and sunglasses, coming running towards her. She let out a small shriek and started running down the street, trying to mix with as many people as possible, but the men still seemed to follow, getting closer and closer to her...
"Pegasus's henchmen, of course!" she hissed, rolling her eyes, still running insanely, turning at every corner she got to, hoping to lose them...
After around five minutes of running, she was almost too tired to run, but her fear kept her going. Everybody getting in the way of the henchmen were shoved aside and it wouldn't be long before they got her as she wasn't able to push her way through as well as they were... she tried to speed up and ducked a little... if she was lucky, she'd be able to disappear in the crowd...
"Hey, where'd she go?!"
She could hear them, but they couldn't see her... she grinned. Perfect...
"How would I be able to know, just keep pushing through!!"
She looked around... if she could just get into a building somewhere... finally, she noticed it; a store was right ahead of her, if she'd be able to get inthere, maybe they'd completely lose track of her... as soon as she got to the store, she opened the door and almost zipped inthere. She looked around for a few seconds... it had to be a game's store... card store would've been more appropriate... hundreds of boxes of Duel Monsters decks and booster packs were placed on the shelves all around in the store... nobody was there though and she quickly ducked behind the desk... suddenly, she felt a pat on her shoulder and she let out a cry, turning around, facing a young boy of her own age but a great deal shorter.
"Wha-WHAT?!" she almost yelled.
"Err... sorry... but..." the guy stepped back a little, "costumers aren't allowed there... it's-"
"I.. I..."
"But-"
"BE QUIET!!!" she cried, pointing at the window. The guy stepped back several footsteps, stared at her for a few seconds, but then turned around looking out of the window. He too almost let out a scream as he noticed the two henchmen, looking into the store in the window. He stared at them with his mouth wide open, but... they didn't seem to be after him... they barely looked at him... then, they walked to the door and Ayi quickly crawled further in behind the desk... they came in... the guy just stared at Yugi as they walked up to him, towering over him like two giants.
"Hey, shorty, did you see a girl with a broken arm, wearing a brown robe run past here? We're looking for her you see..." one of them folded his arms, almost glaring at the guy. He still just looked at the two with his mouth wide open. He then shook his head and Ayi let out a silent sigh of relief..
"Oh... well, sorry to disturb you then.. bye kid." the henchman nodded to him, and both of them turned around, walking out of the store, "she must have continued down the street..." one of them said.
"Great, more pushing!" the other one sounded annoyed to say the least, "man, I was so sure that I saw her run in here!"
The door then closed. Ayi still stared after them...
*they're gone* she thought, *finally... they're gone...* she closed her eyes, sighing again.
"Those were Maximillion Pegasus's henchmen..."
She almost let out a scream as she heard the voice behind her and she quickly turned around, facing the guy from before. He was standing, looking straight into her eyes.
"You must've really annoyed Pegasus if they're after you..." he continued, looking at the door again.
"I..."
"Yugi, what's going on?"
Another voice from behind made Ayi let out another scream. An old man had come down from the stairs right in front of her, and he now stood, looking at her, blinking, "who is she?"
"I don't know, gramps..." the little guy replied, "she came inhere... Pegasus's henchmen were after her, they just left..."
"Pegasus? After her?" he looked from the little guy to her again, "oh my, you poor thing! Yugi, take her upstairs to the kitchen, then I'll close the shop..."
"Ok, grandpa..." the little guy, or Yugi as he was refereed to watched the old man, or his grandfather walk past him. He then turned back to Ayi again, offering her a hand, smiling.
"Thanks.." Ayi bit in her lip.
"It's ok... we'll try to help you."
Ayi couldn't help smiling back, accepting his hand with the hand that wasn't broken, getting up. Yugi then nodded to the stairs, "follow me... grandpa will be right up... what's with your arm by the way..? They said it was broken and, no offence, but it doesn't look right..." he looked at her as they were walking up the stairs.
"I know... It is broken... long story."
"I see... we'll just ask gramps to get a doctor to look at it, it's gonna be ok." Yugi smiled at her over his shoulders, and Ayi did her best to smile back.
*Doctors... I hate doctors...* she shuddered.
When they finally got to the kitchen, Yugi offered her a chair by the table and sat down as well, looking down the stairs, waiting for his grandfather. As Ayi collected herself and was looking this Yugi over, she noticed the strange necklace he was wearing and was finally able to 'connect the dots'... Yugi... a grandfather, the necklace... it had to be...
"Yu...Yugi... Yugi Muto?!" she almost fell down from the chair. Yugi turned to her, blinking in confuse.
"You know me?" he motioned to himself.
"I noticed your necklace... sorry, millenium puzzle and... man, why didn't I see that?" she let out a laugh, "every duelist should know you! You're the champ!"
"Aw... thanks..." Yugi almost blushed, "you duel?"
"Yeah, I do." Ayi half smiled, "that's the problem..."
"Problem..?" Yugi looked puzzled.
"Well... you see, I'm an orphan and I lived in an orphanage in Tokyo... I was adopted.. by... Pegasus..." Ayi shuddered.
"You were adopted by Maximillion Pegasus?!" Yugi exclaimed.
"Yes... you see... it's a very long story..."
"We've got plenty of time..." Yugi's grandfather suddenly stood in the door, "take your time, child." he sat down on a chair.
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END OF PART 1...
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Thanks SO much for reading =D Hope you like ^____^
Part two will be coming up VERY soon! ^^ It's written, I just need to edit it into HTML, that's all! ^^ I actually only need to write part three which is most likely the FINAL part =)
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JANNI P, AKA., janni-chan.