Disclaimer: Much as I wish I did, I don't own Yu-gi-oh. Nor did I come up with most of the characters I'm using. But three characters I am using that you won't recognize; Kyrii, Slog, and Syro do belong to me. This is my first time writing a fic like this, so please be gentle. Also, if you see any grammatical errors, only part of this was revised, so if you see anything, please notify me and I'll fix it.
Author's Note: This whole thing will take a long time to finish, but don't worry, it will be interesting, so PLEASE read and review.
Kyriia
" I wonder why she's here?"
"No idea, but she probably doesn't even have one decent card in that deck of hers. She probably stole it with her starchips"
"I dunno, she looks pretty tough, for a thief"
Kyrii's hands automatically balled into tightly clenched fists. "That's it," Kyrii thought "I am seriously gonna hurt the next person to throw an insult at me. "
And the chance came all to soon, next second, a boy with greenish hair and light skin and eyes said in a loud, whiny, voice, "I bet she wouldn't last two seconds in a match against me."
Another boy scoffed "Watch it Weevil, I beat you last year, you weren't even a finalist," the boy reminded him.
The boy with the whiny voice, apparently Weevil' let out an angry growl that sounded to Kyrii almost like a cross between a dog whimpering and a snake's hiss. Then the impact of the name sunk in, "Weevil? Weevil Underwood? Wasn't that? Yes, this year's Duel Monsters Regional Champion, and the kid I tied in our last duel, right after the championships last year, when everyone had gone home."
A smirk spread across Kyrii's lean face, if this really was Weevil, then victories in this tournament weren't going to be so hard after all, if she could tie him once, surely she could beat him now, when she was a much stronger duelist. So Kyrii decided she would pay a little visit to Weevil again, just to whittle him down to size, he seemed to have gotten a rather big head after winning the regional championships this year. Kyrii turned on her heel and walked towards the place where Weevil's voice had come from. It was easy too, she thought later, the crowd parted immediately after seeing her face.
At last Kyrii came to a group of four boys sitting in a circle talking amongst themselves, and they, evidently, seemed to be talking about her. It was then that Kyrii noticed the faces of the other boys, besides Weevil.
She recognized the first boy, sitting on Weevil's right, as Rex Raptor, the so-called "dino duelist" who was Weevil's final opponent in this year's Regional Championships. Rex was known for using mainly dinosaur cards in a game called duel monsters, (hence the nickname "dino duelist") and he was very powerful because of them.
On Weevil's left was a boy Kyrii recognized as Slog Tonen, (a.k.a. Fiend Slave) the last finalist for the Regionals last year. He had wiped out Rex right from the start, using his powerful fiend type cards. Slog had been crushed in the same tournament, however, in the final match by the duelist sitting on his left, Syro Brant.
Syro also had a nickname, but it was by far the most powerful, he was known as "dragon master." Syro had won the last two regional championships, but for some reason didn't enter this year. Syro had said the only reason was that he'd won the last two Regionals, and already had a great rep, so what was the point of entering again? He would just crush the other players within ten minutes, just like he'd done last time. Most duelists in the last two championships hated to admit it, but Syro wasn't exaggerating. Syro had destroyed Weevil when they dueled him last year and Weevil was not too keen on accepting this fact. Indeed, it was humiliating for Weevil, having made it to the top ten last year looking unstoppable, then having Syro stomp him out of the tournament in five turns.
Kyrii was now standing over the small cluster of boys, but they seemed not to notice her, this was probably because Syro was retelling the story of his and Weevil's last duel against him at the tournament last year, remembering every last detail. Weevil was sitting there, listening, and looking humiliated.
"And then I activated my Ice Glacier trap card, freezing his pathetic poison moth and stomped it out with my Crawling Dragon, thus winning the match and wiping the smirk off Mr. "Bug Master's" pitiful face." Syro was repeating dreamily, then he looked up at Kyrii and said loudly "and speaking of pitiful, look what found it's way onto the boat."
He pointed at Kyrii and the other three looked up and saw Kyrii standing there, defiance on her face, and fire in her icy blue eyes.
"Welcome Kyrii, how nice of you to join us," Weevil said his look of humiliation gone, replaced by a devious grin. "But," Weevil continued, innocently, "aren't you on the wrong boat?" The boys around him sniggered.
"Yeah Kyrii, the Losers were boarding their ship on the next dock over," the boys' sniggers got louder. This comment had been from Rex whose voice sounded much like Weevil's only less whiny and more gravelly.
Kyrii had a massive urge to reach over and start pounding Rex into the floor (with the training she had, she could do it too) but, with much difficulty, she managed to control herself and to keep a straight face. She knew Rex and Weevil were referring to Kyrii's one and only Duel Monster's defeat, which had been handed to her by Weevil in the third last round of the regional championships this year. The score had been amazingly close, but Kyrii had still lost and Weevil had been rubbing it in her face the whole rest of the championship. That's why Kyrii had demanded a rematch after the whole thing was over, when everyone had gone home. The rematch had ended with her creaming Weevil, but since it was and unofficial duel, Weevil had refused to admit it had ever happened. In fact, Kyrii knew that the only reason Weevil had even won the first time was because he had cheated, and in a clever way too. Right before her match against Weevil, she'd put her deck down so she could go outside to get some fresh air. When she got back, everything seemed normal, but while she was dueling Weevil, she found all of her best cards had been replaced with basic bug monsters. She had managed to keep the game close and pressured Weevil at every turn, but even so, she lost. After the duel was over, Kyrii turned her back once again for a few minutes, and when she checked her deck again, everything was normal. So when Kyrii accused him of cheating and reported it to the judges, she couldn't prove anything. He had given the cards back, but Kyrii made him duel her again, after everything was over, with her best cards included, and since he was a coward and took Kyrii's threats seriously, Weevil had no choice but to accept. So Kyrii battled him again, and beat him badly, but since no one but Weevil and herself saw it, Weevil claimed it had never happened.
Kyrii's fists began clenching and unclenching, each fist tighter than the last, leaving deep imprints of her nails in each palm. The four boys watched her, ignoring the warning glare Kyrii was giving them, then erupted into gales of cruel laughter at her childish anger. She seethed for a few seconds, then smiled sweetly; she'd come up with the perfect comeback.
"Did I do something funny?" Kyrii said blankly, pretending she didn't know what they were laughing about. "Oh, I get it! You said something funny Rex, that thing about losers. Coming from you, Rex Fossil, that comment is funny, because I lasted a lot longer then you did in my duel against Centipede over here," She jerked her head in Weevil's direction, "then you ever would," both of the boys she'd insulted looked extremely miffed.
"The name's Rex Raptor" Rex snarled at Kyrii, "get it right or get out." Kyrii scoffed,
"Same difference, with the cards you're using, they might as well be fossils anyway."
Slog and Syro laughed and Kyrii whirled on them before Rex could say anything else. "Well, well, well, look who's laughing now, Sloth the Fiend, You're going to miss you're closet shift you know. Three year olds are always afraid monsters are going to jump out and scare them at night. And Puff the Magic Dragon," she pointed at Syro, as he was the only one still laughing. "I think you'd better get back to Honalee, little Jackie Paper misses you. No, strike that, no one could miss you except you're mom. Maybe."
All four boys jumped to their feet, ready to shout insults and comebacks of their own, but Kyrii just tilted her head and gave them a "you're-so-pathetic" glance, turned abruptly, and disappeared into the crowd.
Kyrii fought her way to the deck, and looked down into the dark depths of the sea below her. She sighed, and unhooked one of the three silver clasps on her sky blue cloak, revealing the blue and white plaid vest and the pressed, button-down white dress shirt underneath. She also had on a pleated skirt made out of the same material as her vest, and white, linen stockings, all part of the standard Caraway uniform. Caraway Monarch was the boarding school that Kyrii had attended for two years, even though she didn't like it. Obviously she didn't go there because she wanted to, but she didn't go there because her parents made her either. In fact, the sad truth was, she didn't have parents anymore, and she hadn't for the past five years. But Kyrii had been pretending that she did have parents when she went to Caraway, she had to.
The truth was, Kyrii was running from someone, and if that someone caught her, the consequence would be a fate worse then death. That's why when she finally escaped she had to change her name, and run. She had to keep running, she couldn't stay in the same place for more than two years at a time, if she did, he would catch her "No," Kyrii said to herself, "I mustn't think of that, I'm here, I should be happy. But." No, she couldn't be happy! She was in danger here, and his spies were everywhere. "Why did I even come aboard this dreadful ship? I'm walking right into a trap; I know it!" Kyrii sighed and absentmindedly plucked a hair from her head and watched it float away on the evening breeze. Why couldn't anything in her life? If only she was back at home with her brothers. If only she hadn't gone outside that fateful day five years ago! If only "Hi!" a voice suddenly jerked Kyrii from her thoughts.
"Huh?" Kyrii whirled around, and standing in front of her was a small boy, maybe about fourteen. She bent down a bit, (she was maybe eight inches taller than the boy was) and carefully studied the boy's face. He had a gentle face with big, dark purple eyes, a small nose, and frizzy, out of control hair that matched his eyes in the back, with a touch of black and tufts of yellow in the front. He had on a white shirt a little like the one Kyrii was wearing, a dark blue over coat with matching pants, and a broad smile. But it looked like his most unique feature was what looked like an ancient artifact that seemed to be a pyramid flipped upside down with a picture of an eye in the center. As Kyrii looked closer, she noticed faint little jagged lines running throughout the curio, and realized it was actually a puzzle. A puzzle with an eye? Then it dawned on her, surely this had to be the legendary Millennium Puzzle! She'd heard of this powerful relic, it was brother to the other six Millennium Items, but that meantKyrii turned away for a moment and her hand flew to her chest, where the small ridge, just barely visible, jutted out from under the folds of her cloak.
Kyrii took a few deep breaths in, forced a smile, and turned back to the boy, who looked a bit confused. "What's wrong?"
He asked, apparently torn between curiosity and concern. "Nothing, it's just, well" "come on Kyrii, think!"
"You–you look familiar." "Terrible cover-up story," Kyrii thought, but the boy laughed and, seeing Kyrii's sheepish expression, said
"It's okay, many people think that way. My name's Yugi Muto by the way," he added. Curiosity bubbled up inside Kyrii's stomach; she tried to force it down, but said
"The Yugi Muto? Victor over Seto Kaiba?"
"That's me."
"Oh, that-that's what I thought." "Yugi wields the awesome powers of the Millennium Puzzle!" Kyrii thought, "No wonder he's got such a reputation." There was a small pause, and Yugi, after studying Kyrii's face a few moments said thoughtfully:
"You know, you look awfully familiar too. And I'm not just saying that, you remind me of someone" Kyrii swallowed hard, fear steeping through her,
"What if he figures it out and tells one of them? What if he finds out I'm"
But at that moment, a voice rang across the boat:"Hey Yug! Whatcha doin'?"
Both of them turned simultaneously as a sandy-haired boy a few inches shorter than Kyrii fought his way through the crowd, waving at Yugi. "Hi Joey!" Yugi said, smiling, as the Joey reached the deck, "where were you?"
"I was just off doin' some trades. I got some really cool cards too!" Joey counted them off on his fingers as he said the names of the cards "Salamandra, Kuni with Chain, Baby Dragon"
"That's great! I've been over here mostly, and I made a new friend, but she hasn't told me her name yet," Yugi cast a sideways glance at Kyrii.
"Oh." Said Kyrii, feeling foolish, "Kyriia, Kyrii, whichever you want to call me." Yugi was smiling, but Joey looked uneasy,
"Yugi? Could you come with me for a second?" Yugi looked puzzled but he could easily read the pleading look in his friend's eyes,
"Sure Joey," he turned to Kyrii, "we'll be right back." Kyrii looked curiously after them for a few seconds after they disappeared into the crowd, but eventually turned and looked out into the night again.
Joey led his friend to a little spot further down and stopped outside a small room. There were no people there, so they could talk in peace. "Yugi? Why are you hanging out with her?"
"Who?"
"Kyrii!" Joey sounded impatient and concerned at the same time. Yugi was confused; Joey usually got to know someone before judging them.
"What's wrong with her?"
Joey fidgeted restlessly, seemingly trying to find the right words, "well, okay, look: a rumor is going around the boat that a tall girl with blue eyes and brown hair is a thief and that everyone should beware of her. And I'm pretty sure that girl is Kyrii. I'm not tryin' to stop you from makin' friends, but I'm too concerned about ya not to ya. So listen Yug, just be careful, alright?" Yugi smiled faintly,
"Don't worry Joey, if you give her a chance, I'm sure Kyrii is a great person. But thanks for the warning. Now come on! Let's go back and talk to her."
Kyrii looked over her shoulder and saw the two comrades walking towards her, "Wow," she thought "they really decided to give me a chance. It's been a long time since that happened." The duo had almost reached her when they were stopped by one of Kyrii's many enemies, Syro. He shot a hateful glance at Kyrii from the side and started to engage Yugi in conversation. She threw a nasty look Syro's way, she knew he would make an idiot out of her if she tried talking in front of him, so that was all she could do. She did have the ever-tempting option of going over and smacking him, but that wouldn't leave a perfect impression on her Yugi and Joey. So Kyrii was left with no choice but to retreat into the darkness, as she had done ever since she was forced into her new life. So with out a second though about it, she turned and marched away without even looking back.