Konnichiwa! I'm back in this fic as a different character. And don't worry; Card

Master Sakura will be updated as soon as I'm done with this fic

Yugi (appears): Read and Review. The first chapter's great. ************************************************************************ I was getting my stuff in my backpack. Being in 9th grade, we were all required to

go on Outward Bound. Mom signed my permission slip, so I had no choice but to go.

Day (his real name was Damian but we all call him "Day") decided to let me duel with

him one last time before I left for the Everglades. After making sure Mom wouldn't come

into my room, and I nonchalantly phased through my drawers to get some stuff. Our late

Dad, who came from the X-men dimension, told us Mom didn't know about him having

powers to go to other dimensions, so we would have to keep ours secret. Day's ability

was high speed when running; while mine was to walk through solid objects. Mine were

slightly more advanced; I could also put my hand into people's minds and either gather or

erase information. Of course, I only did THAT when I really needed to. An example

would be if a non-mutant saw my powers or if they saw my brother's. Despite that, we

were the only people in our family to be mutants. Our older sisters, Kat and Laurel, never

showed any signs, but I wasn't sure about my little brother, Sam. He was- (I don't like

saying this) autistic. Even though Mom and Day try to teach him to learn (Day may be

only sixteen but he's 6,2!) I usually work best with Sam. While Mom considers this a

miracle, the real reason is because I had been using my powers to feed him information.

(It's cheating; but considering he is eleven and I am thirteen, it's the best I can do.) The

saddest thing I found in there is that around the time when Dad died, he thought that Dad

was sleeping at the hospital and kept saying, "Dad.wake up." I had only been in seventh

grade at the time. Mom was the most saddened, however. She knew Dad best, and she

changed. Whoever said God's challenges made people stronger didn't know my mom.

With both my sisters gone off to college she's changed. Every weekend she calls me bad

for not helping with Sam, and that I would grow up to be a lazy bum. But now I was

going off on Outward Bound. I also found out that for a short time Dad can get down

here to visit Day or me giving us advice or just talking to us. He could even read my

diary. Checking that I had packed everything, I opened my diary with a paperclip (I had

lost the key months ago) and began writing in it:

Oct.31.03

Dear Dad,

It feels weird knowing you can actually read this entry, but that's not the

point. I'm off to the Everglades, (sarcastic) hooray! I'm actually disappointed because

it'll mean no electricity, no cooked food, no plumbing, the only good thing about it is the

wildlife and the spirit of adventure. Day was able to stand it, but I'm worried. One thing

I'm happy of is that Mom let me buy a pack of pens with flashlights. They are in metallic

red, blue, silver, black, and green. It's nearly 4:30, so as Card Captor Sakura would say,

HOE!

Will continue later,

Casey Walters

My diary was halfway full, so just in case I packed an extra notebook with holes

for the lock. Then I put on my favorite sweater (one made by my grandmother that was

red with a white tennis racket on it) then my already full backpack also with: my wallet

(filled with pictures of families and friends, with $100 from my birthday), sunscreen, two

towels, a few boxes of Cheerios (a few being an understatement), a small umbrella, a pair

of sneakers, three swimsuits, a change of clothes, etc. I ran to the TV just in time to see

the end of the third season theme song. I saw the episode after Yami and Tea find out

about the Battle City Tournament. Day and I started the duel while the show was going

on. I had seen up to the second part of Yami Marik and Yami Bakura's Shadow duel.

Day and I had both read the TV Tome episode guide; so you could say we cheated on that

one too. It was raining outside; so the static was bad on the TV but we managed. When

the duel finished just as the first commercial break came up (Day beat me because I ran

out of cards first). Then when I put my limited edition Kaiba starter deck back in its

cardboard box, I thought of the Joey starter deck that I had bought for my older brother. I

hadn't wrapped it yet, but I was planning to that night. Out of nowhere Day grabbed my

deck. "Give it back!" I said and ran after my brother all around the living room couch. It

was hard chasing him wearing a heavy backpack. That's when I got the idea of phasing

through the couch to get my deck. It worked, except that I tripped in my socks just as I

was grabbing my deck. Day got out of the way, but I accidentally phased into the TV just

as I heard it going out.

The next thing I knew I was outside of a school. Quickly I put on the sneakers.

Old as they were, they fit me perfectly, and they were just worn out. It also felt hot, so I

took off my sweater and put it in my backpack. Someone called me. I looked up and my

jaw dropped. With a group of two boys and one girl, there was this kid with tri-colored

hair: gold, red, and black. I was thinking, It can't be. The blond-haired boy asked me,

"Hi! What's the name?" "C-Casey", I stammered as I shook his hand. I know I had seen

this teen before, heard his New York accent. I just couldn't place it. "Isn't Casey a boy's

name?" he asked. The brunette told him, "Casey can be a girl's name too, Joey." The tri-

colored hair boy nodded. "Grandpa once had a girlfriend named Casey from what he told

me." Then I knew it had to be him. "Hey I know you!" I exclaimed. "You're Yugi Moto

and-" I jerked my finger towards Joey, "Joey Wheeler right? First and second place at

Duelist Kingdom, right?" "Yup" Yugi answered. Joey started to act pleased. "Finally

someone gives me credit? I'm going to enter Kaiba's tournament and beat him to the

ground!" This wasn't anime, but I could tell from the looks on everyone else's faces they

would have sweat-dropped. Or have dots for eyes. "Okay." "I'm Tristan and this is Tea."

the male brunette pointed to the girl and we all shook hands. "So what brings you to

Domino City, Casey?" Yugi asked. "Well, I got here by accident." This I replied without

thinking. "Huh?" Tristan said. "Well-uh- you see, my family was here to visit some

relatives, but I got separated from my brother as we were walking around the city because

there was too much traffic for a taxi. Sometimes I think about random things, and that

makes me distracted", I explained, lying through my teeth. Hopefully no one would see

through my falsehood. "You wouldn't happen to know any Walters', would you?" I

asked, trying to sound hopeful. Joey put a hand to his head. "well, the problem is that in

this city there are about 50 Walters'", he answered embarrassed. I definitely would have

fallen over if it had been anime. "So, there's a new tournament going on?" I decided to

ask, in order to change the subject. Tristan nodded, "Battle City. Only thing is that Joey

didn't get an invitation to it." "What? I'm going to win this tournament?' Joey declared

"But Joey, don't you remember the last time Kaiba beat you?" Tea asked. Joey freaked

out at the memory of that, as far as I could tell. "Don't worry, Joey; you're a much better

duelist now" Yugi assured his friend, and he went on with that dialogue which I had

heard five times having seen this episode the same amount of times. Then we all ran to

catch up with Joey to a registration area. The man, who I knew was the Rare Hunter, was

at the registration desk. I wanted to shout out who he was, but for the sake of the plot, I

kept quiet. Minus the fact that I helped Tristan hold back Joey from attacking the

computer when it read he had only one star. I was strong from PE, holding Sam whenever

he had tantrums, and playing tennis with my teacher Meg. I had to admit; even the Rare

Hunter was embarrassed when Joey grabbed his duel disk. But I was surprised when he

asked me if I wanted to register "How come?" I stuttered. He looked over me; believe

me, he was one of the guys that made you look uncomfortable whenever he was near you.

"First of all you have a dueling deck in your hand, and I bet you could win a tournament

with that charm." I blushed in embarrassment. I wanted to shout, "Flirt!" but as my friend

at school Courtney put it, flirting was considered flattery. "I'm probably not even listed,

but my name is Casey Walters." He typed in my name, and to my surprise said I had only

one star, but my rarest card was unable to be tracked. Well, duh, I thought of my rarest

card; Blue Eyes White Dragon. I knew that it was rare in this world; so I didn't say

anything except, "Okay." As we walked out, Yugi asked if I was disappointed about not

qualifying for a tournament. "Nah, I'm a lousy duelist; considering my brother beats me

every time. Last time it was just because I ran out of cards since we had cut my deck.

Joey then said he had to go to the hospital to see his sister because it was the night of her

operation. "How did you get the money?" I asked. "From winning that money at Duelist

Kingdom", he answered. That's when I realized it; Joey may be a klutz but inside he was

like my older brother. Then Yugi asked me if I had a place to stay "No", I answered

grimly. Then he offered that I could stay at his place at the Turtle Game Shop. "I don't

really want to be an inconvenience", I blushed, because Yugi was my favorite character

on the show. It was because of his childlike innocence. True, I was taller than him by a

few inches, but I like him. But he dragged me to his grandfather's game store and Mr.

Moto was very nice to me. "Well, I could do some chores for you since I need to earn my

keep", I started, but Mr. Moto was one step ahead of me. All I had to do was vacuum the

kitchen and unload the dishwasher. Not too bad, since I did this at home. When I was

done, Mr. Moto showed me an extra room and bathroom upstairs where I could sleep. I

thanked him, then took a bath and wore my change of clothes. Then I started writing in

my diary a full account of what just happened. Then I sighed and looked at the pictures of

my family. "Is this a double dream? I've had these before, and when I wake up I will be

at home." But I wasn't so sure as I went to sleep.