Chapter two: Acceptance
Morning break. Immediately, Bakura and Kerah were surrounded by curious guys wanting to look a little closer at the pretty new girl.
"Comin' through, comin' through. Hey, Bakura!"
Joey bulled a way through the throng. Yugi followed.
"Hello, Joey, Yugi! This is my cousin, Kerah."
Joey eyed Kerah. "So this is what you were going to tell us bout? That she's an albino?"
"Yes. I should really have warned you all..." he turned to his cousin. "Do you still have that amulet that my dad gave you?"
"Yes, Ryou, but why?"
Bakura gestured to Yugis Puzzle, and his Ring. "Yugi might want to see it. He's got an artefact just like it."
"Okay.." Kerah reached for a silver necklace chain that hung around her neck and pulled it out. Hanging from it was an amulet, about half the size of the Rings main circle.
The Millennium Ring glowed slightly in its prescence, and pointed to it.
Immediately, Yami materialised again.
"Yugi..."
"I know."
The amulet had the Eye on it, that embossed all of the Millennium Items.
"I thought there were only seven!"
"I thought that too. Evidently not."
"Maybe it's a fake..."
"No. I can sense its power from here. That amulet is malevolent, and powerful."
Bakura pulled Yugi to one side. "Is it real? The Ring sensed it, so..."
Yugi was slightly frightened by the hungry look in Bakuras eyes.
"Um..." He looked to Yami for assistance. Yami shook his head slightly. "I don't know. We'll see..."
The Spirit of the Ring, looking out through Bakuras eyes, frowned.
"You don't know..?"
"No."
Bakura sighed and returned to his cousin. "Kerah, I'll show you around. Thanks, Yugi!" For nothing, said the Spirit in his head.

The rest of the day passed as normal. A bit more staring, a bit more whispers, as Kerah was accepted into their circle of friends.
At the end of the day, as class ended, Kerah was putting her books away when a tall, mean boy in the grade above bashed into her, knocking her to the ground.
"Whoops... Sorry, whitey. Didn't seeya there." He walked away, laughing.
Joey narrowed his eyes. "Just gimme a minute, and I'll teach dat guy some good manners..."
"No. Leave it. I'm OK." Kerah gotup and began to collect her books from the floor where they had dropped. Yugi and Bakura bent down to help.
Kerah retrieved a duel disk from where it had fallen from her bag, under a desk.
"Oh.. You play Duel Monsters too?"
Kerah was surprised. "Yes... I really love the game." She handed Yugi her duel disk to hold while she placed her books back.
Yugi examined her Duel Disk, Yami looking over his shoulder. It was a golden color, and it had... "That is the Millennium symbol..." noted Yami. And, indeed, there it was, the Eye that adorned all the Millennium Items straddling the place where there should be a red dome.
"Yeah, I customised it a bit. To match my amulet, you know?" Kerah had noticed Yugi looking at the decoration.
She took her Duel Disk back off him and slotted it in place on her arm.
"Hey, Kerah, what about a duel?" said Joey. He wanted to show off, as usual.
"Sure, but not now. I got myself a part-time job to keep me going while I stayed. Maybe tomorrow, at lunch." Kerah walked away.

"Hey, Grandpa, I'm home!" Said Yugi, walking through the door of the Kame Game store. He manuvered the shelves, expecting to see his Grandpa behind the counter, but instead seeing - Kerah.
"Oh, hey, Yugi. Your Grandpa took me on as a counter girl for a while."
Yugi smiled. "Did he? Great!" He walked over to the side of the counter, where a set of stairs led up to the flat above the shop. He entered his room, then slung his bag off, flopping down on his bed. "Yami?"
"Yes, Yugi?" The Pharaoh materialised, again, leaning against the wall.
"I think I understand what you meant when you said a malevolent prescence. It made me feel slightly ill when I walked past her."
"Are you alright now?"
"Yes... It was only brief." Yugi took off his Millennium Puzzle, placing it on his bed and drawing his deck from the pouch on his belt where he kept it. He flicked through the cards, stopping on the Dark Magician. He looked at it for a while, then sighed and put his deck away, picking up his Duel Disk from beside his bed and slotting it onto his arm.
"Hey, Yugi!"
"Yugi?"
Joey and Teas voice floated up the stairs.
"Coming!" Yugi got up and snatched up the Puzzle, putting the chain around his neck as he ran down the staircase.