Chapter 2: Introductions
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh, if I did they would have done this a long time ago and Ash and Serenity probably would have been paired up.
Okay when we last left off a strange vortex had opened after Yugi's Millennium Puzzle went haywire and sucked Serenity into it. She ended up in a new world and was found by Ash and his creatures. So let's start from there, shall we. Ash and Pikachu carried Serenity back to their camp and waiting there were two other people and a little blue penguin chick. The oldest was a tanned skinned brunette male wearing a green and brown traveling vest, grey pants, and blue tennis shoes. The second person was a blue haired girl wearing a white beanie. She wore a black tank top shirt with a pink skirt and pink boots.
The two looked and saw Ash and Pikachu arriving. The blunette was the first to speak. "Ash, are you alright?" She asked. He is but the person on his back sure as heck isn't. She then seemed to notice Serenity on his back. "Who's she?"
Ash was quick to answer. "She fell out of that vortex and Staraptor saved her, but she was unconscious when we found her." The brunette male came over to the group and looked at Serenity.
"She doesn't look to hurt." He stated. "Set her down over there." He said. Ash nodded and gently he placed Serenity in the tent. He then gently removed her Duel Disk from her arm and looked at it closely. His friends also looked at it. "What is that?"
"I don't know, Brock." Ash said. "It was on her wrist when we found her." He then noticed her cards in the Duel Disk's card slot. He took them out and started looking through them. Brock and the blunette looked over and looked at her cards and they were amazed by the different pictures on each card. "I've never seen cards like these before. Have you, guys?" Both shook their heads.
"Judging by the pictures and the names on them I think she's not from around here or this world for that matter." Brock stated.
"What, you think she's an alien or something?" The blunette said. The others sweatdropped when she said that.
"I don't think that's what he means, Dawn?" Ash said and then he looked back towards Serenity. "But still we can't just leave her." They all seemed to know where he was going with this; Dawn was the only one who didn't seem to like it.
"Wait, you're not suggesting…" She asked, with a hint of jealousy in her voice.
"We can't leave her here Dawn." Ash said. "We'll let her come with us and help her find her family."
"Ash's right. That would be the best idea." Brock sided with Ash. 2-1.
("Yeah let her come with us.") Pikachu squeaked. 3-1.
Dawn sighed knowing she lost. "Fine we'll ask her when she wakes up." The others nodded as they all went to their own duties. Brock returned back to the stove where something was cooking while Dawn and the penguin chick were practicing some kind of routine. Ash stayed by Serenity as Pikachu brought a wet rag over to him.
"Thanks, Pikachu." Ash brushed her hair back a bit and placed the rag on her forehead. "I hope she's okay." He thought concerned. He heard her moan something in her sleep. He could barely hear it but it sounded like she said.
"Joey…" She muttered softly. "Where are you?"
"Who's Joey?" Ash wondered. Suddenly he saw her eyes flutter open a little and then fully. She looked up and didn't see Joey or any of her friends.
She shot up and looked around and noticed she wasn't near Yugi's game shop anymore. "Where am I? Where's Joey?" Ash placed a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. She turned her head and noticed Ash and suddenly her cheeks turned red.
"It's okay you're safe." Ash said calmly. Serenity eased a little from Ash good demeanor but her cheeks were still red. "We saved you from when you fell out of that vortex." Ash told her.
"Thank you." Serenity said. "He's cuter than Tristan or Duke put together." Hmm it seems to me someone is quite taken. She snapped out of it and realized she didn't know his name. "I'm Serenity Wheeler, by the way." Ash and Pikachu thought the name was cute.
"Nice to meet you, Serenity. My name's Ash Ketchum and this is my Pokémon partner Pikachu."
("Hi!") Pikachu greeted. Serenity looked at Pikachu and thought he was really cute but also confused about what Ash called it.
"Pokémon?" Serenity questioned. Ash seemed to be ready to explain to her and to also ask her about where she came from, about her Duel Disk, and who Joey was.
"Pokémon are creatures that co-exist alongside humans." Ash explained. "There are over 400 known species of Pokémon and new species are being discovered all the time. Humans and Pokémon work together as partners and friends." Serenity seemed fascinated with knowing about what Pokémon are. "Anyway I have a few questions I want to ask you about."
"Sure." She said then seemed to finally notice her Duel Disk wasn't with her anymore. "Hey where's my Duel Disk?" Ash and Pikachu looked confused by what she said then realized what she meant.
"You mean that thing that was on your wrist?" Ash asked. One nod from Serenity told him he was right. "I took it off your wrist when I set you down, thought it looked uncomfortable." Well that's very kind. Serenity followed Ash and Pikachu out of the tent and was amazed by the scenery. Brock and Dawn noticed she was up.
"Hey glad to see your okay." Brock said.
"Guys this is Serenity Wheeler." Ash introduced. Dawn and her penguin approached first.
"Nice to meet you, Serenity. I'm Dawn and this is my partner Piplup." The little penguin chick waved at her.
"And I'm Brock, nice meeting you." Brock introduced himself.
"Nice meeting you all." Serenity said politely then looked at Ash. "So Ash what is it you wanted to ask me?"
"Like for one thing about your Duel Disk as you call it and those cards you had in it and where you're from." Ash said.
"Okay." Serenity said and nodded her head. They all sat at the table and listened to Serenity's story. "Well to answer your question about where I'm from a place called Domino City which I'm guessing isn't from here, right?" One shake of the others heads confirmed her answer. "Well about my Duel Disk and my cards there all part of this game that's pretty big in my world."
Ash seemed interested by this game. "What's it called?"
"Duel Monsters. I've been learning from both my brother Joey and his friends on how to play it. The object is to find ways to reduce your opponent's life points to zero. You play using monster cards, magic cards, and trap cards. When monster battle each other the one with the highest attack power wins and then the difference is taken out of the owner of that cards life points. I'd say more but I think Joey and Yugi would be able to explain better than I can." The others seemed fascinated by Duel Monsters.
"I have a question to ask. How did you end up here, exactly?" Dawn asked. Serenity thought back and then remembered.
"I was in a practice Duel against Téa when suddenly Yugi's Millennium Puzzle started acting weird and then that vortex opened up. We all rushed to get inside and I ended up tripping and got sucked into the vortex. I'm guessing after that Ash found me and brought me here." She said.
"Millennium Puzzle?" Brock questioned.
"It's this strange necklace Yugi wears all the time. My brother says it gives him some form of connection to the spirit of a 5,000 year old spirit." The others were dumbfounded by what she said. "You guys probably think I'm crazy."
"No if it's any consolation we've seen some pretty weird stuff over the years." Ash said as the others nodded. Ash then noticed Serenity look down sad. "Something wrong?" Ash asked.
"I'm just thinking about Joey and my friends. I hope they're not too worried about me." Let's look into that. Back in Domino City the group was still near the practice field still trying to figure out what happened. Joey was pacing back in forth frantically and he wasn't the only one Tristan and Duke were wigging out too. Yugi and Téa were the only ones still calm and sitting on the sidelines.
"Guys calm down before you wear make a hole in the ground." Téa said. They all looked at the brunette.
"I'm trying to calm down. It's those two pansies that are freaking out now." Joey said as he pointed to Tristan and Duke. The two of them heard him and glared at him darkly.
"We're all worried about Serenity same as you guys but panicking isn't going to help anything." Yugi pointed out.
"What's this about Serenity?" A new voice asked. They all turned and saw a blond haired woman in purple standing there. Joey was a little surprised with her arrival.
"What are you doing here, Mai?" He asked.
"I'm here for the little tournament that's happening in a couple of days." There's a tournament going on? "But what's this I hear about Serenity?" Yugi decided to step in and explain the situation.
"Téa and Serenity were in the middle of a practice duel when suddenly my Millennium Puzzle starts acting strange and then this vortex opened in the sky and Serenity got sucked into it. We're not sure where she could have ended up."
Mai looked shocked that Serenity was sucked away probably to another dimension, which she was. "We don't even know if we can get her back or get to this new world!" Tristan said obviously upset.
"Well if it was because of the Millennium Puzzle that caused her to get sent to another world in the first place, why don't you just use it again to see if you can recreate the accident that caused this to happen?" Mai asked. The others looked at each other and realized that could possibly work.
"It could work but before we go anywhere with it." Yugi said as the Millennium Puzzle began to glow. "Yu-Gi-Oh!" In the place of Yugi was the Pharaoh. "Perhaps there is a way for me to reverse the effect however it may take time to fully understand how to control it and find Serenity."
"All right take all the time you need, pal. While you're doing that I'm going to improve my deck a little for the tournament." Joey announced as he made his way back inside the game shop. "Serenity where ever you are I just hope you're safe." Fret not, Joseph she's fine. Speaking of the group in the other world was now walking to a new destination. Serenity seemed to be walking very close to Ash for some reason.
"Thanks again for letting me come with you guys." She said.
"No worries we wouldn't have just left you back there, it wouldn't be right." Ash said as he smiled at her. She smiled back. "So do think maybe you could teach me how to play Duel Monsters?" He asked. Serenity giggled a little at his request.
"I suppose I could teach you some of the things Joey and Yugi have taught me but the rest of it you'd have to learn from them." She explained. "That is if I can ever get back home." She said sadly. Ash placed a hand or shoulder causing her to twist her head to him.
"Serenity I promise I'll help you find a way to get back home and to Joey." Ash determinedly promised. Serenity smiled grateful that her new friend was willing to help her find a way to get home.
"Thank you, Ash." She said gratefully. "Not only is he cuter than Tristan and Duke he's also kind just like Joey and Yugi. Even if I can't get home I don't think it would be so bad staying here." She thought as she continued to stare at Ash.
Well that ends this chapter sorry it took so long. It seems that Serenity is starting to fall for Ashy-boy and the gang is trying to work on a way to get her back to Domino. Will it work?
Also match ups for the first round of the tournament are posted on my deviantART page in case anyone wants to see who's dueling who.
