The Diva & The Dog (Joey Wheeler)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Diva, that's what I've been called by so many people in my life. 'She's nothing but a Diva. She acts like a Diva.' I heard as people whispered behind my back or in private. My real name is Miranda Yurinaki or better known by my stage name as Diva. Yep that's right, I'm a singer. I've performed around the world for a while now but everywhere I go I can people won't call me by my real name and they think I give off a diva attitude. If they want a diva then I'll act like one. I'm an only child and my parents are barely there in my life. They're always away doing some kind of business leaving me by myself. My manager Eric is the closest thing I have to a dad, at least he's there for me and he makes decisions that are good for me except one that through me off, school. After I did one of my concerts in a town called Domino City, he sat me down to have a talk. I was staying in a luxurious condo.
"Mandy," I liked the nickname Mandy better than Diva so Eric called me that, "I think it would be great opportunity for you to take a few months off from touring and start going to school." The look on my face must have told him 'are you kidding me?'
"Why? I can always have that tutor with me on tour. What was his name again?" I asked nonchalantly while messing with the ends of my hair.
"His name was Mr. Nakano and if you remember correctly, you made him quit after that little incident where his toupee flew out of the window." Eric said while I snickered.
"Well if he didn't yell at me then no one would have known about little his male pattern baldness problem." I said while Eric was massaging his temples.
"Mandy, this is serious. You're sixteen years old and it's important that you get an education. So tomorrow you'll be starting school at Domino High. I already got the uniform for you and in order to avoid crazy fans I got you a wig and color contacts." Eric told me as he showed me my disguise. My natural dark purple hair would be covered by a black/almost midnight blue wig. Then my unique light golden eyes would be covered by green contacts. The only real problem I had was the uniform, I am NOT about to wear that. If I was going to change my looks then I'm about to change this ugly thing.
"Eric, I'm not wearing this ugly thing." I told him.
"Then what will you wear as a substitute?" Eric questioned me. I threw him a smirk and pulled out a uniform I liked out of my closet and showed it to him.
"I guess that will work, be ready because school starts at eight thirty. Night Mandy." Eric said as he left.
"Night Eric." I said to him. For a thirty nine year old, he was still pretty cool. I got in bed and went to sleep. Maybe going to school won't be a bad thing.
The next morning, my alarm clock woke me up. 'Time to get up.' I thought in my head as I got out of bed. I took my shower, brushed my teeth and went to put on my uniform. If that school doesn't like it then so what? I liked it and that's all that matters. The last thing to do before heading off was to put on my wig and contacts. I looked in the mirror and I was amazed by how I looked, I looked like a regular girl. I heard a knock at my door and saw Eric standing there, he looked just as amazed as I was.
"Wow, you look great although pray you don't get suspended on your first day because of your uniform." Eric said.
"If they do, I don't care." I said as Eric walked me out of the condo. He gave me a map with directions on how to get to Domino High. He said it's about a ten minute walk from here so I started walking. In less than ten minutes I made it to the school and saw a lot of the students were outside relaxing until the bell rang. As I walked into the school gates all the students stopped to look at me. I think they were looking at my uniform. Most of the girls wore pink coats, white shirts, blue skirts and blue bow ties. My uniform was a black form fitting coat with pink trim, a white short sleeved blouse, pink neck tie that hanged loose, and lastly a pink plaid skirt. I had a pink headband on too. I know I had most of the guys attention, what caught my attention was a guy with dirty blond hair sitting under a tree relaxing. I don't know why he caught my attention but he just did. A group of people joined him including a kid who was very short with a start shaped hairstyle with blond, magenta and black in it. 'He must be a rebel.' I thought. I had to go to the principal's office to pick up my schedule so I went inside.
Meanwhile back to Joey. Joey was sitting under a sakura tree with his head leaned back against it.
"Hey Joey!" A voice called out to him making him turn his head in that direction. He saw his friends Yugi, Tea, Tristan, Duke and Bakura coming towards him.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Joey asked them. They could tell Joey only wanted to be by himself if he was thinking about something.
"Okay, spill it dude. What's wrong with you this time?" Tristan said knowing his friend better than anyone else. Joey let out a sigh.
"It's Mai, she told me that she didn't want us to be together anymore." Joey said while Yugi rubbed his shoulder.
"It's okay Joey, there are other fish in the sea." Yugi said trying to comfort him.
"But Mai was the only girl I ever truly loved Yug. How do you get over that?" Joey said sinking low.
"Joey, you can over this!" Tea said in a loud voice that scared Joey a little. "She's not the only girl in this universe and she certainly won't be the last."
"Besides," Duke said, "There's plenty of girls here and rumor has it there's a new girl here who definitely hot!" Everyone did a sweatdrop. The bell rang signaling the students that it time for class. Everyone went to their first hour class and the gang shared it together. As the teacher came in he had something to tell the students.
"Students, it is my pleasure to announce that we have a new student. I expect that you all will be nice to her." The teacher said as Duke jumped up and shouted.
"Yes!" Everyone looked at him like he was crazy. Joey was looking out the window barely paying attention until Yugi nudged him a little.
"I wonder what she looks like or is she nice?" Yugi said. The teacher signal for me to come in. I talked to the principal and he said I wouldn't get in trouble for my uniform. As I walked in all of the students looked at me with amazement. I just hoped no one would recognize me as Diva.
"Class this is Miss. Mandy Yurinaki. She just transferred in today and would you like to tell us a little about yourself?" The teacher asked me. I just shook my head no. Meanwhile Yugi looked over at Joey to tell him something but looked and saw Joey's head was up and staring at me. His eyes were full of hope.
"Then why don't you take a seat next to Mr. Wheeler over there." The teacher said then Joey stood up.
"That's me! Over here!" Joey shouted waving his hands in the air. I giggled and walked over there and sat next to him.
"Hey, I'm Mandy." I introduced myself to him.
"I'm Joey Wheeler, pro duelist." Joey said as he shook my hand. The thing that got me was his Brooklyn accent. It was hot and his brown eyes were cool too. I think I'm going to like this school even more.
End Of Chapter 1.