A/N: First chapter of A Magician's Game, hope you enjoy it and thanks for the reviews, favorites, and follows~!

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Chapter One

The Die is Cast

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I went to the student council room hoping to see Rein (and hoping the meeting would be done by now), but instead I saw Makoto Naegi (he's one of the dorm representatives so he has to go to student council meetings) pacing outside the room.

"Makoto? What's wrong?" I asked as I walked up to him.

"Oh Fine! It's just…Rein's late…" Makoto said.

"She late!? But she's never late for anything!" I gasped, "I-Is it because of that fight? I heard those band of bullies were trying to fight Rein, but by the time I got to where it was taking place it was over and Rein wasn't there…"

I heard there were five bullies trying to mess with Rein so I was going to rush to help, but when I got there the bullies were being pulled into ambulances in stretchers. I guess someone helped before me, but it seemed a little extreme…Rein was nowhere to be found when I got there either. I wonder if she left when her savior started beating the bullies.

"Yeah, I assume she went back to her dorm so I had Alice go and tell her to come back, but it's been about an hour now and she's still not here…" Makoto sighed, "I just hope she's okay."

"I-I'll go check on her!" I ran down the stairs although I think I heard Makoto calling me. I had no time though! What if something happened to Rein!?

I ran over to the Devil's Dorm where my sister stayed at, whose bright idea was it to name a dorm after the devil anyway? When I got there she wasn't in her room, but luckily one of the students hanging around told me she went up to the rooftop and hasn't come down since.

I dashed to the rooftop and there Rein was texting away on her phone…geez.

"You made Makoto and me worry and all you're doing is texting!" I yelled.

"Oh hey Fine." She looked up at me.

"That's all you have to say!? I was real worried you know! I heard about the fight thing!"

"I'm fine, they couldn't even touch me."

"Really? Did someone come save you?" Rein wasn't really the strongest girl around, even when we were younger bullies would always pick on her because she couldn't fight back.

"…Yeah."

"Who?"

"Dunno."

"Oh…"

"Anyway, I'm fine, was that all?"

"Oh, um, Makoto and everyone else are waiting for you. There's a student council meeting right now."

"Oh, right, that thing…"

"What's wrong? You seem…less energetic than usual."

"Nothing's wrong I just…"

Bzzt.

Rein looked back down at her phone. She began tapping away on her screen.

"Now what?"

"Don't worry about it." Rein responded and began descending the stairs.

"Wait Rein!" I began chasing after her, "Actually there is something else. It's about the Arcana Game."

"No."

"But I haven't even said anything yet!"

"You're going to ask me to give you things so you can play and the answer is still no."

"Why!?"

"The High Priestess forbade it."

"Again with her!? What's so special about her that you'll refuse your own older sister's request!?"

"You're older by a minute!"

"Come on!"

"No!"

"Please!"

"No matter how much you beg the answer is still no! Now go back to your own dorm!" Rein began to run. She thinks she can get away from me!? Please! I'm so much faster than her! I sped up to, but to my surprise Rein swerved and went to the old academy grounds instead of the actual academy. I decided to follow her more sneakily…

She stopped near one of the old buildings and began typing away on her phone again. Before I knew it a glowing light began to appear near me and inside it was…

"A die?" I reached out to grab it, that's when Rein noticed me.

"...! Fine! Don't…!"

"Don't!? What!?" I ended up immediately dropping the die after she yelled at me, when it fell to the floor it turned red.

"…You're part of the game now."

"Huh?"

Part of the game now? What game?

Rein came up to me and grabbed me by the shoulders.

"…I'll teach you all you need to know…So make sure you never lose…okay Fine?"

"Never lose what? What game?"

"…Okay Fine, after the student council meeting I'll give you some stuff you'll need to play the Arcana Game...Just like you've always wanted…"

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A/N: End of chapter one! Yes, it has the same name of A Fool's Game chapter one (their prologue's are also named the same thing). Although after this chapter they won't be sharing chapter titles anymore. This chapter takes place a little after the end of A Fool's Game chapter two. You can find out a little more about Rein in that story.