DISCLAIMER! I do not own the Yugioh anime, characters, manga or anything else you may recognize! The Abridged series belongs to LittleKuriboh (just in case)!

A/N: Um… so, I'm not exactly sure how this came about. The ideas are always sketchy and I develop them as I write… yeah, that's probably why they never turn out as I want them too… or turn out bad. This WAS supposed to be a oneshot. Still, hope you read and review to let me know what you think (no flames please. If you have something to say, do word it in a non-flame manner). Thank you! Unless specified, Ryou will be referred to as 'Bakura' or 'Bakura-kun' by everyone that's not Lin!

BEWARE THE OOCness, ATTEMPT AT RAPE (in a future chapter), AND CUSSING! As you'll notice, there will be some significant differences from the original. Then again, that's probably why this is a fanfic.

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As the new students, of course they would get a lot of attention. She didn't know why she felt so uncomfortable even when she had been expecting it. She only felt bad for her friend, who was having worse luck then her, considering his gentle demeanor didn't allow him to shoo people away. But perhaps that wasn't a bad thing, after all, the cute little boy with the Millennium Puzzle had come over to talk to them… or to her friend. His friends didn't seem too bad she supposed. Maybe she didn't need to be so protective now.

Yugi looked at the girl, the other transfer student and he wondered if she was listening to their conversation. If she was she gave no indication. He was glad to have two new additions to the class, perhaps they both liked to play games. At least he hoped they would be nice enough to not be mean to him or his friends.

"Lin?" the white-haired boy asked. She simply turned her head to look at him and raised an eyebrow. He sighed and said, "Be nice."

She seemed slightly surprised at this. "I wasn't aware I was being mean," she told him. He gave her a look. "Okay, I get it. Sheesh, you'd think I just strangled someone," she said with a roll of her eyes. "At least tell me you were talking about something interesting," she added.

"You mean you weren't listening?" Jounouchi asked her.

"I don't see why I should be. After all, I-"

"Lin," the boy, Bakura Ryou, said in a warning tone.

"-I have a tendency of daydreaming," she finished dully. It was obvious that wasn't how she was going to finish her sentence. Bakura looked amused. "What? It's true enough," she defended and her lips quirked.

"Lin-san?" Yugi tried. When she looked at him he asked meekly, "I can call you that, right?"

She blinked at him before shrugging. "I don't see why not."

"Do you like games?" the small boy asked.

"Sure," she answered as if this was trivial. Granted, she thought it was.

"What kind of games?" the small boy, Yugi she thought was his name, asked.

"Well, I like board games, but that's Ryou's specialty. Mine is card games. But I like trying any type of games," she said with a shrug. Still, she thought it was strange that someone would be so interested in the type of games she liked.

"What about Capsule Monsters?" the brunet boy asked her.

"I like to play it, sure. But that's more Ryou's game. I'm more into stuff like the Digimon card game and Duel Monsters, with a preference in Duel Monsters," she said nonchalantly.

"You're pretty good at Capsule Monsters though and even Monster World," Ryou interjected.

"Not as good as you. Besides, you're pretty good at Duel Monsters, so we're even," she said with a smirk.

"Well, you're lucky then. Yugi just loves games," the brunet girl answered.

"Really? That's great," Ryou answered and Lin made no comment. She didn't need to comment, she wasn't much for meaningless conversation after all, unless it was with Ryou.

It was then they were surrounded by other boys and girls. Ryou shifted nervously and Lin only sighed. Oh, here it came. Again, she'd have to play the mean girl, considering Ryou kind of had trouble saying no. "So, you're Lin, right?" one of the boys said. His tone sounded rather rude.

So it was her turn to start. "That's Perry to you, you dolt," she replied curtly.

"Hey, it was just a question," he said as the group surrounding them stared.

"And I was just implying you should have some manners," she retorted looking bored.

"Well, you're being rude yourself, so you shouldn't chastise someone for not having manners," another boy added.

"I'm rude to those who do not show the proper respect," she said focusing that unwavering gaze on the one who had made the comment. "Now, if you don't mind, I have better things to do than receive underserved admonishment from boys I care not to get to know," she told them bluntly. Her eyes were lifeless as she looked at the boys of the group, with the exception of the small boy and his friends. The boys left in group, murmuring. She didn't care, it was the reason she played the mean girl role. The faster she could get rid of the brainless fools, the better.

That conversation having settled, now it was poor Ryou's turn. "So, you're Bakura Ryou, right? You're from England?" one of the girls said. Lin fished through her bag for her book. She always had one with her. Well, given, she could relax a little. Girls were generally less rude than the boys, she hoped that like last time, Ryou would be able to keep them off. She began reading, aware of the fact the small boy with the Millennium Puzzle and his friends were still there but hadn't said anything. Now, let's see how long it would take. She opened her book and began reading, though she listened to the conversation.

"Um, yes," he answered uncomfortably and Lin couldn't help but smirk.

"Well, since you're new here, we should show you around," another said and they went into a fit of giggles. Lin rolled her eyes but made no comment. She knew her friend was cute, but the girl's needed to be more in control of themselves.

"Thank you, but it's all right. I was actually talking to them," Ryou said meekly with a slight blush as he indicated the group with the small boy. Lin thought it wouldn't be long before one of them said something mean or rude. After all, someone like the small boy, who looked like a nerd, usually got looked down upon by people, especially giggly girls like these.

"But I'm sure you can meet more interesting people," yet another girl said. And there it was, implying these people weren't interesting enough to hang around with. Lin saw nothing wrong with the small boy and his group of friends. Okay, maybe she did, but Ryou seemed to have taken a liking to them (minus the whole Millennium Item thing), so who were these girls to say?

"W-well," Ryou began and Lin could feel his gaze on her. She sighed and put her book down. Her head turned to look at the girls, who seemed to become aware that she was looking at them.

"Out of curiosity, do you girls have the sixth sense?" Lin asked them with a raised eyebrow.

"Don't all girls?" the one who had asked Ryou if he'd come from England asked.

Lin always found this troublesome. She had to change the way she spoke to the girls according to behavior. In a group, there were girls who were rude and those who weren't, and so Lin had to answer accordingly. This one seemed okay. "Well, apparently not. Tell me, what impression do you get if I say, 'are you listening?'"

"Obviously that you're trying to get the attention of the person you were speaking to," the third girl who had spoken, the rude one, answered.

"Or that you want to know if I understood what you were trying to say," the first girl replied.

Lin fixed her eyes on the nicer girl and gave a teeny, tiny smile. "As you can see, not all girls have the sixth sense. However, you seem to have it, and I know you made sense of my friend's comment." She tried to be nice about it.

"I know," the girl replied. "I just…"

"Don't worry, I know. But sometimes it's not good to rush into things," Lin advised.

"Are you listening? We were trying to talk to him," the third girl now reminded.

Lin rolled her eyes and looked at said girl with a hard look. "And if you didn't realize, he didn't want to talk to you. He obviously was having a better time talking to them and not you. If you don't understand that then you don't deserve to talk to him… or show him around the school grounds. Now, do me a favor and save us both the trouble of this senseless conversation and leave," Lin told her.

"I really do prefer to stay here," Ryou said quietly. With a huff and a glare at Lin, the girl's left.

The first girl who had spoken smiled slightly and with a blush said, "I'm Yuki."

"Pleasure," Lin and Ryou said simultaneously and the girl only nodded and left.

"Finally, a girl with sense," Lin said returning to her book with a shake of her head.

"Thank you Lin," Ryou told her and she didn't need to look at him to know he was smiling.

She smirked, her eyes never leaving the book. "Sure thing Ry, it's what I do, keep people out of glomping distance." She heard chuckles from the small boy and his group.

"That was a new one though," he commented.

"Hey, if I'm going to play the 'mean girl' role, I might as well have fun with it," she answered with a shrug.

"Is this why Bakura asked you to be nice?" the blond boy asked. She didn't answer as she knew Ryou would be the one to explain the fact she was there to keep Ryou safe and keep those overbearing girls off his case. He also explained she didn't like boys fawning over her and so she was mean to them right off the bat so they wouldn't bother her later.

"Well, at least there's someone else with sense," the brunet girl said.

"My kindred spirit," Lin muttered sarcastically but was loud enough to be heard. Her eyes hadn't left the book and she turned a page.

"Lin," Ryou said warningly.

"What?" she asked and looked up. They had a kind of staring match and Lin sighed. Her face took on a trace of guilt and sheepishness. "Okay, maybe the sarcastic tone slipped," she admitted before turning back to her book.

"So, you're naturally mean?" the blond boy asked and his friend's tried to shush him.

"No, just on the defensive," she answered her eyes never leaving her book.

"So, do you like us that you're not mean to us?" the brunet boy asked.

Her head lifted but she looked at Ryou. Then she sighed and said, "I don't interfere when Ryou wants to befriend people." She returned to her book.

"Um, are you two related?" the brunet girl asked.

"No, we're just friends," Ryou said uncomfortably. Yugi, noticing how uncomfortable Bakura was, changed the subject. For the rest of the time, Lin didn't speak unless spoken to.

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