Disclaimers: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or its characters.

Chapter Two: The Millennium Toy Puzzle

When Yugi and Stacy entered the classroom, Mr. Luiz was not present, though half the students were. Some lounged in chairs and spoke with friends while others played with gaming devices. Stacy noted the classroom was not setup the same way as the others; instead of individual desks there were three long tables with several chairs at each table.

Yugi sat at the table in the middle and set his backpack on it. Stacy sat next to him and also placed her purse on the table.

"Stacy, look!" Yugi said bringing out a rectangular golden tin box. Stacy noticed that on the box were picture inscriptions.

"Do you recognize the box?" Yugi asked. Stacy tilted her head, appraising the box. It did seem awfully familiar….

"It's the box that contains the Millennium Puzzle in Yu-Gi-Oh!" Yugi answered opening the box.

"What?" Stacy gasped. "Let me see!" She grabbed the box from Yugi's hand to study it herself. When she did so, something rattled inside. Stacy lifted the lid, peered inside and saw a golden puzzle triangle with a few pieces missing. The puzzle shone dimly under the fluorescent lights. She closed the box and studied it, immediately identifying the resemblance. Like in the show, the box had an eye on the front with mysterious looking writing.

"This… is that the Millennium Puzzle?" Stacy asked.

"Ah, the toy company Fido decided to make toys out of the Millennium Items. My father bought me this one on my birthday. He got it as a joke." Yugi said laughing. Stacy laughed along with him and stared at the Millennium toy Puzzle.

"So, you haven't finished yet?" She asked.

"Mm-mm, it's a lot more difficult than you think. But I only received this gift two days ago."

"Really? Then happy belated birthday!" Stacy said.

"Haha, thank you." Yugi said his face reddening a little. "Just a little more and I will be done with it. Then I can wear it around my neck like in the show. I wonder what people will say now…" Yugi trailed off thoughtfully. Stacy thought the idea was cute and interesting. She slid the box over to him.

"Only one way to find out! Hurry and finish it!" Yugi complied, taking the toy puzzle and pieces and started working on it. A minute later he had only one more piece to fit and that was the eye piece. But at that same moment a tall man with brown hair and black rimmed glasses entered the room. Students with gaming systems immediately hid them and others shuffled to their seats. Yugi quickly stored the puzzle in the box and stuffed it in his pack.

"Sorry I'm late; I have no excuse but I will trust some of you used this time to finish up some last-minute homework? Mine, more specifically." Some students chuckled humorlessly while others looked anywhere but the teacher.

"Well, that's okay. Whether or not you did the homework will be on you; pop quiz! Clear your desk everyone." Groans and moans filled the room as students obeyed and began clearing their space. Stacy raised her hand.

"Yes? Oh, you look new." Mr. Luiz said adjusting his glasses.

"I am. Here's my schedule. The people at the office said every one of my teachers are supposed to sign."

"Ah, that is correct. Well, aren't you lucky? But you will have to take a quiz next week. Don't worry, it will be based on the basics which you will learn a little today and then at home you can go on the internet to learn some more. As for the rest of you," Mr. Luiz said turning to the class, "Everyone will have thirty minutes to complete twenty questions. Your schedule Miss…?"

"Adams. Stacy Adams." Stacy supplied handing the man her schedule.

"Yes, Miss Adams. This is the site I highly recommend for your studies." Mr. Luiz said scribbling quickly on the paper and then handing it to her. Stacy looked at the schedule and saw beside Mr. Luiz's signature a web address.

"Okay…" Stacy said folding the paper. Mr. Luiz handed out the quiz to everyone and set the timer. Stacy didn't know what to do with herself, so she just stared at the clock but that got boring as well so she decided she would just put her head down.

"Times up! Turn your paper over and I will collect. If I see any writing utensil moving, I will immediately disqualify your quiz."

"Oh crap! I forgot to write my name!" A boy cried out. The class burst into giggles and laughs. Stacy cracked a smile. Mr. Luiz stared in the direction of the voice. A male with honey blond hair and chocolate brown eyes which were wide in dismay had a comical disbelief look on his face. Stacy did a double take, her jaw dropping open. The boy looked exactly like Joey Wheeler from Yu-Gi-Oh! She blinked several times to make sure she wasn't imagining things. Nope, the guy definitely resembled Joey.

"Joey, how many times have I reminded you students that you should always write your name before you start?" Mr. Luiz said in a scolding tone. Another double-take along with a miniature squeak. His name is Joey, too? Yugi gazed curiously at Stacy but didn't say anything. Stacy listened as Joey gave his excuse as to why he forgot to write his name.

"I-I know, but I'm always in a hurry to finish the test, so I won't forget what I studied, that I forget to write my name. Oh come on Mr. Luiz, don't tell me it hasn't happened to you before?" Mr. Luiz did not respond for a long moment but stared Joey down.

"You're kidding! It never happened to you?"

"No, it has. Fine Joey but I will only let you slide this one time. Hurry."

"Yes! Thank you!" Joey quickly wrote his name and now had a wide, brilliant smile on his face. Stacy shook her head and turned her attention to Yugi who handed his paper to Mr. Luiz.

"How do you think you did Yugi?" Stacy asked him.

"I'm pretty sure I did okay. I did the homework, but I didn't understand it well."

"What's you grade average in this class?"

"A 'B.'" Oh, that's pretty impressive. If I need any help, I could always come to Yugi.

"Okay. I will have these graded by tomorrow. We will move onto to unit five. Open your Latin books, oh right! Stacy, you would need a book. I shall assign you one, tomorrow though. There won't be any homework from the book tonight." Mr. Luiz then addressed the class, "Notice how I say from the book."

"Oh Mr. Luiz, couldn't you just give us a break?" One kid whined.

"Nope, you kids need to be pushed. Stacy, share with Yugi for now. As I was saying, turn to page 113 and look at the story…" Class dragged on and on, almost for eternity it seemed to Stacy. Finally, the bell rang and students sprang up from their seats and out the door.

"Whoa, I know this class is boring but jeez. Surely their next class isn't as good." Stacy commented. Yugi laughed. "Yeah, I don't think so either. But lucky for us we have lunch next!"

"Really? Yay!" In her previous school, Stacy would spend her lunch period in the library and either study or read a book for entertainment. One of the things she was looking forward to when she transferred schools was the library. She just had a love for books. Yugi took from his bag the tin box and opened it. He grabbed the puzzle and the last piece to the puzzle.

"With this last piece, I'll finally be finished." Before Yugi could place the piece, however, someone snatched it from his hand.

"Hey! That's—!" Yugi started. It was Joey. He sneered at Yugi as he threw the piece up and down.

"Joey! Please return that!" Yugi pleaded outstretching a hand. Joey slapped his hand in a sloppy high five and cackled.

"What is this Yugi? You play this kind of child's toy? If you're going to play something like this, play something more complicated! Not this baby crap." Joey tightened his fist around the piece.

"Hey! Return that piece now! His father bought him that so called 'child's toy' as a gift!" Stacy shouted. Joey turned his sneer on the girl, "Hey, girlie, you're a newbie here so this doesn't concern you."

"Excuse me?" Stacy demanded her anger spiking.

"Joey, please, just return the piece." Joey sighed and stretched the closed fist containing the piece toward the boy. "Fine, fine. Take it." Yugi went to retrieve the piece but Joey threw it over his head.

"Whoa! Next time, give me more warning Joey." A voice said from behind. Stacy looked and saw a boy with dark brown hair and equally dark brown eyes. She froze in place. Oh no… you have got to be kidding me…. Can you guess why Stacy is so shocked? Go ahead, guess. The boy had the identical appearance of Tristan Taylor from, well you know, that show. What the hell is going on here? Did I get transported to the Yu-Gi-Oh world somehow? But that can't be right, that sort of thing only happens in fictitious stories!

Stacy faced the Tristan look-alike and glowered at him.

"Return that piece?" She growled.

"Tristan!" Yugi said almost in defeat. Of course his name is Tristan. Damn it, I think I really am in the Yu-Gi-Oh world! Tristan sneered at Yugi before taking off outside. His friend followed after, cackling. Stacy just stared helplessly at them and turned to Yugi.

"Hey, Yugi, aren't you going to go after them?" Stacy asked an unmoving Yugi.

"Huh? Oh… I would… but it wouldn't do any good… those guys are bigger than me and…" Yugi trailed off. It was true they were bigger, a hell of a lot bigger.

"But that shouldn't stop you!" Stacy said. Yugi didn't move, however, so Stacy grabbed her purse and raced out of the classroom. She looked both ways before finding the boys at the end of the hall.

"Hey! I believe you have something that belongs to a friend of mine." she said walking up to them. They snickered, eyeing each other.

"Would you look at that Tristan? Yugi actually has a girl coming to retrieve something of his. How pathetic is that?" Tristan chortled.

"Listen, we're doing this for Yugi's own good; we're teaching him a lesson." Joey said throwing the piece up and down.

"A lesson?"

"Yes, a lesson on how to be a man. Firstly, men don't play with children's toys!" Joey opened a window and threw the piece into the bushes.

"Hey!" Stacy shrieked running towards the window.

"Secondly, men don't let women come in and solve their problems for them; that's one of the most disgraceful things a guy can do." Tristan said.

"I agree one-hundred percent. Don't worry, Yugi will thank us later, right Tristan?" Joey said snickering.

"Yup, in the long run." The two boys laughed and began walking away.

"You jerks! What the hell did Yugi ever do to you?" Stacy demanded angrily. Joey stopped walking and faced Stacy, his expression serious.

"That kid… pisses me the hell off with the way he acts. That's all."

"What? That's it? You're mad because he's nice?" Stacy asked in dismay.

"Tch, what did I say girlie? You're still just a newb here. Don't get in business you don't know." Stacy tightened her fists. Son of a….

"Oh? What's going on here?" Stacy looked behind her to see a boy with black hair tied in a ponytail. He had five boys standing behind him. They all had intimidating appearances but the one in the middle had the most threatening look. Oh my goodness, if she received any more shocks from all these people looking like characters from an anime….

"Oh, uh, nothing's going on here Emmett! Nope, nothing!" Tristan said chuckling nervously. Joey didn't say anything but stared at the Emmett guy with an unreadable expression. Wait a second, Emmett? Not Ushio? Because that's exactly who the guy in the ponytail resembled.

"Really? Nothing?" The Ushio look-alike stared at Stacy. "Girl, tell me if these boys speak the truth." Stacy hesitated for a split moment before smirking and saying, "These boys just threw out something very precious to my friend! And I wasn't going to let them slide with it!" Stacy said pointing at the two.

"Is that so?" Emmett said narrowing his eyes.

"N-no! The girl's lying! She's new to this school she has no idea what she's talking about!" Tristan said desperately, holding his hands up to his face.

"I'm sick and tired of you guys saying that! Say it one more time and I'll—"

"Whoa, whoa, what's going on here? What are all you students doing here? Everyone get to class or wherever you need to be! Hurry!" A teacher commanded. Stacy didn't realize it but a crowd had gathered but was now dispersing. Stacy 'tch' under her breath and turned away, pushing her way through the crowd. Those guys… this isn't the end!


I know Joey threw the Millennium piece in the water but there are going to be some slight changes from the manga. Reviews greatly appreciated!