This is my first Yu-Gi-Oh story. It does not take place in Japan, which means none of the characters are the same, and the Millennium Items aren't here either. Instead, this is America, with new characters and something different: Millennium Instruments!
Some things may remind you of the Millennium Items...like the power to control rabbits is sort of like the Millennium Rod, but whatever.
Also, after I started writing this I realized that all the names of everyone I've figured out so far are female- WHOOPS! But for the sake of the story and LibitheWolf, who inspired me to make Amaya a male, I'm leaving genders as I have them now. Good day sir.
In a school, a teacher stood before her students. She, the teacher, looked utterly bored, but for once her students seemed interested.
"As you all know, in Japan there are seven Millennium Items. However, here in America, we have six Millennium Instruments that are identified from other instruments with a green coat of paint. Please turn your attention to the slide show," the teacher sighed. She really needed a vacation.
The excited students turned their attention to the slide show. I, Leiko, also turned my attention to the slide show, but I wasn't terribly interested. The projector projecting the slide show projected an image of a white slide with the words 'Millennium Instruments' on it. How interesting, I thought.
"This is the Millennium Flute," the teacher said as she changed the slide to a picture of a green flute. "It has the ability to put any living creature to sleep, only waking up when the holder desires." The slide changed to a picture of a green saxophone.
"The Millennium Saxophone can create any kind of stench, making it a great insect repellent." The teacher then change the slide to a picture of a green tuba. "The Millennium Tuba gives the flu to anyone of your choice, even if they've had a vaccination against Influenza."
"Hey, Leiko! It's getting to the best part!" Amaya, my best friend, whispered loudly.
"I'd like to hear this, Amaya," I whispered back. Amaya, who was sitting in front of me, was getting on my nerves, as he'd been whispering random things to me all day. Plus there was the fact that Mrs. Kimura, our teacher, had never explained what the Millennium Instruments could do before. She had only explained what they were.
By now, the slide show was showing a green baritone. "-Baritone allows you to impersonate anyone or anything on your mind."
"See, Leiko? It's hilarious!" Amaya whispered with an I-told-you-so look.
"Turn around," I told him softly as Mrs. Kimura changed the slide to a green clarinet.
"The Millennium Clarinet causes anyone within listening range to go deaf if the wielder desires. And the Millennium French Horn can control the minds of rabbits," Mrs. Kimura finished with a switch to the last slide, which showed a green french horn. "No one knows who possesses any of the Millennium Instruments, as it always changes due to everyone challenging each other to random games of hopscotch for ownership of the Millennium Instruments. Any questions?"
Two kids raised their hands. The smarter kid was wondering how the Millennium Instruments were activated, while the other kid was wondering what the heck hopscotch had to do with anything and was thinking that America should just get the game Duel Monsters and copy Japan, like everything else in America.
The bell rang then, making the two kids raising their hands have to wonder about this for an eternity more.
"None? Good, now go!" Mrs. Kimura commanded, suddenly cheerful and happy.
What's gotten into her? I thought.
The other students grumbled and complained, but they finally left.
I hoped that I could lose Amaya in the crowd, but he found me anyway. Best friends tend to do that.
"Leiko, remember the Millennium French Horn?" Amaya asked me.
"Of course I do! We just heard about it 30 seconds ago!" I rolled my eyes. What a pain Amaya is. At least with his dark blue eyes and medium brown hair, he was slightly attractive. Though that has nothing to do with him being a pain other than it makes him worth hanging out with. "What about it?"
"Your french horn is green, right?" Amaya pressed.
Well, this IS true, I do have a green french horn. I pressed my purple glasses closer to my light blue eyes and the bangs from my fiery orange air and laughed. "You're suggesting I own the Millennium French Horn?"
"How many green french horns are out there? It's a huge possibility," my best friend retorted. For some reason, he was wearing a white t-shirt with a green french horn on the front and green pants made from cotton, while I was wearing a green t-shirt and jeans that were green, which isn't very usual.
What's with all the green today? I wondered. I then sighed. "If it will set your mind at ease, Amaya, drop by at my house and we'll see what happens. By the way, where did I find these jeans?" When there was no reply, I sighed again. "See you." Without waiting for a response, I walked to my next class.
A few things were changed, like the teacher having a last name, what Amaya's pants were made of, the color of Leiko's jeans, and the point of view. This was originally in third person, but I felt like changing it to Leiko's point of view.
Yes, pretty much everyone in this story has a japanese name. Even Mrs. Kimura has a japanese first AND last name. This is still America. I just wanted to give them japanese names.