New Girls, Old Times
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DISCLAIMER: The characters portrayed here are copyrighted characters of the Japanese animated show/manga called: Yu-Gi-Oh!, as featured in the Kids WB, but not very well (I hate the dub, but I can live with it). I, crazytomboy1, do not own any of the characters featured in this show and/or portrayed in this fanfic unless they're mine or owned by others. Note that we are using Japanese names to clear up any confusion at the moment. This fanfic is suitable for teens 13 & up due to the content and the fact that I've been on manga spree! Now, the moment we've all been waiting for...*cues a drum roll*...the fanfic!
(Kairi) So it's finally our turn to get into a fic, huh?
(Alexandra) Funny thing is; we've actually popped up in weird situations in other stories in weird costumes! *sweat drops, then whispers* Actually, it can be fun...
(Shina) Come on you two, let's show them how you fit in...
(Ami) By the way, /hikari to yami/, //yami to hikari//, and the thoughts are all in italics. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS!
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A Past Catches Up
"So this is Domino High School...The place where the King of Games goes. It's huge, isn't it, Kairi?" Her middle-length black hair with brown strands seemed to shine blue in most lights. It's strange to see such curly-hair in that style in a high school age girl. Her eyes were a startling aquamarine that seemed to be lit by a fiery glow beneath that pretty face. She had a plain bronze line necklace that looked like it was a bit charm-bare.
"It sure is, Alexandra." Her perky friend replied, running her right hand through her shoulder-length dark red hair with warm brown eyes shining. A golden hair band with a small silver charm was just above her bangs. "Say, do you remember how we got invited to this school? I know he still has that Blue Eyes White Dragon that we gave him."
"Oh, yeah. It was way back when Seto Kaiba asked us to test this Dueling Disk thingy. It's also the easiest job we've ever gotten. EVER." If you didn't notice the way Kairi's hair band shone, you'd never realize that it was different than just an accessory. In fact, you'll learn more about it later in the chapter, and I know I'm evil for not saying it now, readers!
Flashback
"All right, girls, since you've been lucky enough to be chosen by my trusted employees to test my prototype Dueling Disk; you have to play by the official Duel Monsters rules." Seto Kaiba seemed to love Duel Monsters so much; he tried to emphasize the monsters' form through computers and projections. "Oh, by the way, try not to be mean to Mokuba or I'll find different testers for my prototype."
The two girls gulped at the same time. "O-ok..."
"Here are some technical headsets. They will allow me to hear every word as you duel. You can begin when you like."
"Hey Alexa, let's switch decks for this match. We should get a feel to different decks before we start building new ones soon."
"Sounds fine with me," as Alex handed over her deck to her friend, she couldn't help but feel nervous. I wonder how she'll treat the rarest card of my deck. Oh well, nobody is exactly alike in duels, even with the same deck.
"Let's start shuffling." A few seconds later, after that was done, Kairi got a coin out of her pocket. "Call it!" Was the only thing she stated as the coin was spinning in mid-air.
"Um, tails?"
Mokuba caught the coin. "You're right Alexa, its tails."
"Good. I'll go first. This will also be for one match. Ready, Kairi?"
"You bet I am!"
"Virtual systems ready. One more thing before you start: you have to spin them like a Frisbee to not get interference from the headsets." Seto Kaiba remarked as he sat down in the spacious observation area with Mokuba. "This should be fun to watch, huh Mokuba?"
"Yeah, big brother! I still think you're the best friend in the world to me."
"DUEL!"
*DUEL 1*
ALEXANDRA: 2,000 LP KAIRI: 2,000 LP
First turn: ALEXANDRA
"I set one card face down in the monster area." Which happens to be Illusion Wall, a perfect effect monster! "Your move, Kairi." I wonder how nervous Kairi is? I'll find out!
First turn: KAIRI
"I summon Ryu-Kishin Powered in attack mode. Since I know how you like to duel, so I'm not attacking." I should wait and see how she reacts to the hand I have as I play it! "This is so cool! The monsters look alive! Where do you get your ideas for this stuff, Seto?"
"I just do."
Alexa giggled. "I'm sure he loves the game like we do!"
Second turn: ALEXANDRA
"We'll see how cool this can get when they battle! Of course, there's a strategy for everything." Quipped Alexa as she drew a card, her real personality began to show. Hm, The Stern Mystic? I don't think I'll use him just yet.
End flashback due to Yugi and Ryou running towards the school.
"Oof! Alright, who did that?" Kairi and Alexa(ndra) were on the ground flat on their faces, and this really didn't put Alexa in a good mood, and when she saw Ryou...*gulp!*...That made things worse! Alexa managed to force a fake smile. "Ryou, it's been quite some time!"
Ryou sweat dropped out of confusion and was scared of what Bakura might have done if he wasn't blocking the soul room door. "Hey Alexa, you did get transferred! It'll be fun dueling you during lunch, I think."
"Hey, aren't you that girl who gave me the Dark Magician card some time ago? It's my favorite now!" Yugi just beamed and ran up to Kairi who had a noticeable sweat drop on the back of her head at the moment.
"You've had that card for so long, and H-it's in great shape for the time you've had it! I'm glad to see that you like that Dark Magician, it took quite a few tries in a raffle."
I'll deck Ryou if he tries to challenge me again! Of course, I prolly won't have the chance; because we're both new to this school...Cruh (fuck) this damn moving all the time! "Hey there Ryou, why so depressed? Aren't ya glad to see me, your childhood pal?"
Ryou cringed at that phrase. After the way you treated Bakura with a hairbrush? I thought that you were nicer than that, but I'm not complaining 100%. "You've built a deck for dueling, haven't you? I'd really like to play!" /Please Bakura, may I?/
Yami Bakura snorted from his soul room. //No, I want a rematch at her! I still have nightmares about the time she styled my hair!//
Ryou blushed inwardly. /Well, you did look very appealing then, and you still do, Bakura./
//I'm still dueling her, and not as a shadow game version!// Yami Bakura was in his soul room, mumbling to himself about how stupid he felt, making Ryou worry.
/Ok, fine with me! But don't be going back on that promise./ "How about during lunch break? We all have free time then!" The smile that came on his lips wasn't his usual smile, but it was damn close though! Yami Bakura was just waiting behind it!
"Okay then, I'll trounce you a few more times then, and maybe get beat, maybe!" Alexa blanched inwardly. Cripes, another rematch? Kami-sama, he's determined!
Kairi sweat dropped and sighed. "Every time we get together, this always happens! Always fighting, make it stop!"
"Um, sorry to break it to you guys," everyone's attention was turned to Yugi. "But we're already late for class."
"Ah, shoot." Kairi ran towards the school like a shot, Alexa close behind for reasons the boys didn't see clearly.
Ryou was half-dragging Yugi along so they could keep up with the girls. "Hey, you two better not try to lose Yugi and me, I could make up an excuse for our tardiness!"
Okay, since I don't want to be killing any more time than necessary, I'm skipping to lunch! You can see Alexa and (Yami) Bakura dueling with each other, the advantage going back and forth between the two of them. For sanity's sake, you let your mind do the dueling, but I'll provide the winner, ok?
Alexa was looking at his magic and trap area, it looked like the Destiny Board was going to win it for him in one more turn, leaving her 4,000 LP untouched and him the winner with only 1,000 LP. Crap, I need to win against this 'colder' Bakura...I trust in my deck! Currently, she couldn't attack due to him playing the field magic card Gravity because all of her monsters were 4 stars and up on the field. As her hand reached for the deck, the whole 'mob' that was watching had made bets, some were pitying her, and others cheering in general. Jackpot! Giant Trunade...Just what I needed. "Ryou, your plan backfired, I'm killing two birds with one stone!"
Bakura chuckled. "Nice bluff, but are you really that eager to extend your defeat? I think you're going to surrender while you still have the Life Points to do so!"
Alexa sighed, and gave him a mocking smile. "I play Giant Trunade...Buh-bye to your Destiny Board and stupid field magic card...Back to the drawing board for that strategy!" Jounochi was chuckling at that point, only to be bopped by an irate Kairi.
"Jou, be nice to her, learn some manners!"
"Are you nuts?! Destroying the Spear Dragon you revived with Call of the Haunted..." Now I've seen it all... Still, after that happened, Alexa was still grinning like nuts. "You shouldn't be so darn cocky about getting rid of my Destiny Board if it cost you your most powerful mon-"
"I now play Monster Reborn, bringing back Spear Dragon to lead the assault on your cards and LP!"
"Argh, that was too underhanded for me to understand! I'll rebuild my deck once again, and take you down someday!" Before Alexa could make another snide comment, the raider slammed his soul room door shut to mope, and let the real Ryou have his body back.
Kairi was flippant at how cocky Alexa was at her win. "Oh, Alexandra...Don't be so hard on him! Didn't you notice how close to winning Ryou was? It's no laughing matter at all!"
Ryou just looked at Kairi like she was a person not to get in a bad mood, like Bakura, and he shook his head. "No, you should loosen up Kairi...That was so much fun, Alexa! I feel better prepared for my next duel!"
He was smiling again, and basically the whole mob stared as Kairi dragged Alexandra away by the hand, and went under a cherry tree's shade. "Kono bakanen! Why do you have to push Ryou so far, even if he isn't being used by the Sennen Ring?!"
Alexandra sweat dropped and leaned in to whisper to Kairi. "Not too loud, the items have ears you know that well enough!" Kairi looked perplexed, which didn't happen often because of her 'weird' hobbies. (AN: What's so wrong about being a spell-casting girl enthuse?) "Okay, maybe not in that sense, but you know that they can hear the outside world, you know?"
"I already did, you can say it as much as you like." Kairi reached up and straightened the gold hair band on her head, still talking on. "This, for one way! You know that I spent 5 years of looking for something as special as I could imagine!" Alexandra backed up a half step and started to string together a line of choppy Egyptian curses mixed in with the occasional English, French and Japanese cuss words; which succeeded in making Kairi irate. "Okay, just for that, you bad girl..." Alexandra shut up and sweat dropped as Kairi turned towards Ryou and Yugi with a genuine smile on. "Hey guys, I'd like you to come over to our house today! You don't have to if you don't want to, ok?"
Bakura was just about to come out of the ring and scream at Kairi, but Ryou had a quicker time answering just before the switch could be made. "Kairi, I'd love to go, we had a lot of fun last time." /Ha, I beat you to the answer!/
Bakura jumped up near the door to his own soul room, shocked. //Are you really that naïve? Alexandra was just cursing a few seconds ago; and I understood over half of it!//
Yugi did his trademark grin again. "I'll go, the both of you seem really nice!" I'd really like to duel Kairi...I can't wait for the end of the school day!
Okay, time to skip to the end of school. I know I'm nuts, but next time I update; I'll include a Seto, Alexa, and Kairi talk. When I say update, I mean going over with a fine-toothed comb. That's the end of my mini-rant, thanks for keeping calm throughout it!
Yugi and Ryou were looking at shock that it was a small modest-looking house. Ryou was the first person to speak. "I thought I was going to see a bigger house, with the way that Alexa does her egotistical routine." /There, I said it...Happy?/
In his soul room, Bakura was busy laughing his spiritual ass off. //V-very much so!// Alexa had stormed into the house and slammed the door before another word was said.
Kairi sighed, but then looked at Ryou because of his actions. "The truth stung her, but she's not that bad. Did you really need to be that blunt?"
Yugi blinked twice, and suggested that the 3 of them go inside. Once in there, the two boys are staring at a bigger place than the outside boasts. (AN: Think of a fancy apartment, with one hell of a library and 5 stories tall. You go from there readers!) "Whoa...I could swear the house wasn't that big from the outside, I knew there's something strange going on..." Yugi, mumbling to himself, bumped into Kairi, making her jump. "Gomen, I didn't mean to bump into you!"
"Hm? Iie, gomen nasai...I wasn't paying attention either. Do you have a preference of soda flavors?"
Both of the boys perked up at this, although Ryou was flipping through a random book about Ancient Egypt. "Oh, I'll take a lime soda, with two straws." I'll hit Alexa with the wrappers if she shows herself...She was too rough on Bakura then, I guess. If not, then I can at least share on the patio with Bakura!
Yugi looked at Kairi confused for a few seconds, and then replied. "Do you have orange soda? Grandpa won't let me have it...He says I'm too hyper already!"
//Aibou, don't you think your grandfather might be correct to think that?// Yami was cooing mentally to Yugi, and while both boys were preoccupied, Kairi walked into the big kitchen.
Okay, now to 'get' the drinks! "There's that spell book! Kami-sama, why does Alexa move my books so much?" She quickly flipped through the pages until she had found the 'relatively simple spell' that had caught her eyes last week. "Okay, this'll be as easy as keeping En's (AN: Change of Heart) card from hitting the ground in the shadow realm while she's in play!" After a few motions of her hands, and some tough to say phrases, no matter what language it's said in, the two sodas appeared like the boys requested. "Ah, that was fun...Sodas are waiting in the kitchen, I've already put the bottles back in the fridge!" She walked over to the living room, seeing the two boys absorbed in the book that just happened to come along with her headband when she bought it. "Oh, so you're interested Ancient Egypt too? That's a wide-growing trend ever since Duel Monsters was made!" Of course, Kairi knew better, using restraint was hard, since getting the sodas proved to be tiring. It'll be less tiring the more I do the spell.
Ryou looked a little depressed at the sight of the sodas though. "What, no wrappers?"
Yugi giggled a little, which would have annoyed Bakura if he wasn't so scared about the 'bad dreams about hidden combs' he had while around Kairi and Alexa...Even when he was fully aware he wasn't dreaming! "You shouldn't be that mean to Alexa, she beat you in a duel without losing any LP!"
Both Ryou and Kairi flinched at that moment, but Kairi didn't have to worry about spilling any soda. "You know where the patio is, past the kitchen and out the sliding window doors." She watched as Ryou smiled and went out to the patio as always. I wonder if you've made up with Bakura after that stunt we pulled with the combs...
"Why won't you let me onto the patio, Kairi?" Yugi seemed to be pouting.
"Gomen, demo 'first come, first served'." Kairi stated matter-of-factly. "It can only seat two people, and I don't think it'd be fair to Ryou-kun, ne?"
Yugi blanched at that. "Right, I guess..." /Yami, I wonder if she knows about the Sennen Items?/
//I wouldn't be too sure about that, Yugi, but half of the time, she's given you that same treatment!// Yugi quickly did a fake smile, leaving for the living room. Kairi was staring at Yugi from the kitchen like he had gotten a shock from the lamp's socket!
Out on the patio, you can see Ryou basically taking small sips from one of the straws in the soda glass. "Bakura, you've got to chill out around Kairi! She didn't like it when Yugi said that comment towards us, realize that?" He was a bit sad that Bakura wasn't joining him. "Oh, come on, be blunt for once!"
Did I hear right? My hikari isn't as weak as I thought, if he uses my advice right back at me! "Well, some things are left unsaid to a degree. Why'd you get two straws anyway?" Bakura sneered, but then looked at Ryou's face, an overwhelming sadness flowing from Ryou's side of the link, and he sighed inwardly. What in the name of Ra is this world coming to?! "Fine, I'll join you...But don't think I'm changing my opinion on the two girls that easily!" They sat on the patio, Bakura still enjoying himself when sort of feeling forced on by Ryou's cuteness.
Later on, Ryou went back into the living room where Kairi and Yugi were playing Duel Monsters. Yugi won, of course.
"Ack! That'd make seven losses straight! I really need to take strategy lessons from Alexandra again..."
"Oh, but you nearly won that time. If you had one more turn, you'd have won!"
Ryou had been watching the last duel. "Wow, that was really close, Yugi!"
Suddenly, Kairi's watch went off, beeping like crazy! Kairi paled and started picking up random sports gear off the floor at an alarming rate. "Oh no...Soccer practice!"
Ryou didn't look too convinced. "You keep track of Alexa's schedule also? I'm a bit surprised with all the classes you have..." The two boys looked at each other with the same expression, 'she's nuts!'
"Uh, I really don't have time to explain, where's the damn cleats?!" With that exclamation, both of them jumped up, because they were expecting to see Kairi. Instead, Alexa was looking for her cleats in the same disgruntled manner Kairi was, and she now had a little gold bow and a silver arrow charm on the bronze necklace. "I don't have all the damn day to lounge about doing nothing!!" The two shocked boys fainted, and she found the cleats under the living room table. "Bakura, keep your fucking mouth shut, I'm late to soccer practice!"
Dashing out of the door, she left the two spirits dumbfounded, looking at each other. Bakura broke the still silence with a sharp remark. "I told you so, you stupid Pharaoh!"
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(Shina) Everyone, I know it's not like me to leave a cliffhanger in here in the first place, but Alexandra really did leave for soccer practice, dragging Kairi along with her...
(Ami) Yeah, they just took off, leaving the two yami's in their house with the other...Not a very smart idea, ne?
(Rei) *sweat drop* Now isn't the time to be like rivals in this fic, you can bash each other in chapter 2, ok? *silence* Good, until then, r&r!