Love's Puppet

Chapter 1: Strangers

A/N:

The dedication of this fic goes to Evil Robina because she asked me nicely to write it. Robina, thanks for all your help, ideas and inspirations. Ifly ;)

Robina: Oh, w00t you're writing ma fic!

Driven: Hah, after much time wasting on editing and planning

Robina: Shut up and write the freakin' thang!

Note to all readers, as always my A/Ns are done in bold, the thought of people are typically done in italics and you can find the biographies to my OCs on my profile. I've never written with OCs as mains before, so I'm trying my best to steer away from the Mary Sue area.

All Characters are 16, except for Yugi, in this Yugi is Yami's little brother, who is fifteen. Don't like. Don't read.

Please forgive me for any missed spaces, my keyboard's being bitchy.

No one had payed an over amount of attention to Mel in her first three days as an exchange student from California at Domino High School. There'd been waves, smiles and the typical 'how are you?'s from other students but no real notice had been taken. Of course, that didn't bother Mel in the least. She wasn't worried about making new friends, she preferred to be alone. With a yawn, the black haired girl leaned back against the tree, vaguely aware of a group of guys playing basketball in the courts a few metres away. She sighed and put her eyes on her book, chapter 14, in which the heroine was about to discover a terrible secret. She managed to read 3 chapters before the bell rang, announcing that it was time for math, her last class of the day.

She grabbed her bag and went to class. It didn't take long before the class was gathered in the room, seated and working. Mel sat in a desk near the front, next to a wall, there was a window next to her which blessed with the pointless view into an empty hall. The teacher, a middle aged balding man called Mr Lewis, sat at his desk, watching over them. Mel looked down at the trigonometry; she began to quickly fill in the answers. It didn't take long for the class noise to heighten; Mel blocked most of it out and let her mind wander to a black bird outside.

The teacher slammed his pen on the desk, "Quiet! I'm leaving the room for a few moments, be good!"

The class stayed silent until they could no longer hear Mr Lewis' footsteps in the distance, whereupon they began chattering louder than ever.

Ashlyn leaned over Mel's shoulder, quickly copying down answers. Ashlyn was Mel's friend, who had also been an exchange student. They were friends, but very different, Ash was a lot louder and more outgoing than Mel, she was very interested in meeting new people.

A few minutes later Mr Lewis returned, clutching a student by the collar. Mel watched as the two stood out in the hall, suddenly grateful for the window. Mr Lewis was speaking to a boy, who was taller than Mel, and wore the Junior uniform, signifying he was in year eleven, just like she was, except he'd taken of the jacket. There was a pyramid shaped pendent around his neck on a silver chain, his scowling face was accented with dark violet eyes, and framed with golden bangs and seven blacked spikes of hair, sheened with magenta. He was standing, hands on his hips as Mr Lewis yelled at him.

"Violence at this school is out of the question! You should now that! It is unacceptable!"

The teen rolled his eyes and said bitterly, "You tell that to the bastard who won't leave Yugi alone! They deserve everything they get!"

Mr Lewis was furious, "You're in even more trouble now, for swearing, mister! How dare you make excuses for yourself!"

The boy gritted his teeth and turned and walked away.

Mr Lewis waked after him, "You get back here!"

"Who was that?"Ash asked.

"No idea," Mel said, "Haven't seen him around before..."

"Where were you at lunch? I couldn't find you..." Ash said, copying down a few more answers, she hated math.

"By the basketball courts, under a tree," Mel said vaguely.

Ash smirked, "Reading no doubt?"

Mel nodded, "Of course."

Ash laughed and sat back at her desk as Mr Lewis came in, looking rather flustered. Mel smiled, guessing he hadn't been able to catch the boy.

RIIIIING

"All right, pack up, dismissed, pages 200-2005 for homework..."Mr Lewis sighed as the class rushed out. Mel packed up and walked out, not paying much attention as Ash rushed up behind her as they walked down the hall, chattering wildly.

"Anyways, bye, Mel! See you tomorrow!" Ash rushed off.

"Yeah, bye," Mel waved. That guy...for some strange reason she almost felt sorry for him...she hoped he wouldn't get in too much trouble...wait, why did she care? She brushed it off and kept walking.

Yami always stayed calm, but he hated knowing people were bullying his little brother Yugi. From wher he was sitting on the front fence of the school, he looked around the crowd, "Yugi! Over here!"

Yugi looked a lot like his big brother, but a lot shorter, his fringe wasn't crooked like lightning bolts like Yami's was, it was wavy, and his face was softer, more forgiving and kind.

"I'm sorry for getting you in trouble," Yugi said.

"No, it isn't your fault, Yugi, it's those asses that won't leave you alone, they don't have the guts to bully someone their own size!" Yami fumed.

"Don't worry about it, let's just go home, Yami," Yugi sighed.

Yami jumped from the fence, suddenly noticed someone. A girl, not in uniform...black hair and combat boots and a scarf, blue shirt and short pants...he guessed she was an exchange student, they didn't have to wear uniform. He and Yugi began walking home.

"Those dicks need to learn a lesson..."Yami said bitterly.

"Yami, no! No violence, please!" Yugi cried.

"Urgh, Yugi, you're goodness and innocence astounds me! How can you say that?"Yami played with his chain.

"Easily, I know they bully me...but violence is wrong, Yami!"

"Yugi! These idiots lay into you everyday! Do they have a reason? No! Just that you're smaller than them!" Yami grinded his teeth together.

"They don't even do it that often!" Yugi pleaded, "Really!"

"Well they shouldn't do it at all..." Yami said softly as they reached their house, where they lived with their grandpa.

"Neither should you, you just get in trouble," Yugi said.

"Ah, yeah, I guess..." Yami sighed as they went inside.

Mel reached the house of the people she was staying with, "Hello?" She smiled, as she went in. She was greeted by a girl with short brown hair.

"Oh hey, Mel! I'm Tea, Sorry I haven't been home, I had an extra few days staying with my grandma."

Mel nodded awkwardly, "So you're is the room next to the one I'm staying in?"

Tea smiled, "Yeah, is your room okay?"

"Heh, yeah..."Mel said, she hated making conversation, "Um, I gotta go, I have a heap of homework to get started on.

"Okay, sure!"

Mel retreated to her room. Of course she wouldn't be doing any homework. She just didn't want to talk. She took out her sketch book and a pencil and began drawing a picture f the bird she'd seen in math. She'd been looking at it before she saw him...who was he? She shook her head, why did it matter? He was just another idiotic guy at school, no...he wasn't...he was different, that's why she was so curious.

A/N: There you go, there it was. Hope you like.

Robina: Driven doesn't own Yugioh! But she does have part ownership of the OCs, along with me!

Driven: Check out LadyBanana666 on Deviantart, that's Evil Robina and she's done some pics of Ashlyn and Mel, the links to which I may put on my Fanfic profile.

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