I'm back, with Chapter 25 of Through Another's Eyes. As per usual, Thanks are in order:

First up to guisniperman, who's added me to his (or her) Favorite Authors list. I'm also thanking him for favoriting my story, whee!

And to urlocalpkmnnerd, I have a little blooper to admit to...my bad for mixing up your gender! I only called you "he" as default, as a lot of usernames are neutral-gendered it seems. And on to the thanks for your review; walls of text like that are nice. That, and the little bit of lolness at the bottom made me giggle. Yes, people: if you are going to review, THEN WRITE SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL! I'm also extending thanks to Gui and The Queen of Water. It makes me happy to see you guys reviewing ^^

And now to chapter 25. This one marks the beginning of the Death-T arc, which I've been itching to write! It doesn't start in this chapter, but it does start the ball rolling, as it begins in the next chapter.

Chapter 25:

Headshot

Hello, new semester. It's been a few weeks since I last left Japan, and once again I'm hoping for a normal semester.

Fat chance of that happening.

000

Selena stretched. It was a Saturday, they'd just gotten out of class*, and no homework. That combination meant a trip to the arcade for Yugi, Jonouchi, and Selena. With no small thanks to boredom, the girl in the group was no stranger to the games.

As it seemed, neither was a certain classmate.

"Who the heck is KAI?" Jonouchi asked, seeing all the top scores once they'd entered. "Whoever he is, there's no way he's got a life."

"That's rich, coming from you." Selena deadpanned, raising an eyebrow.

"Shut up." Jonouchi glowered at the game. "That's it, I'm gonna beat this KAI dude."

"Then you're gonna be stuck here forever." A kid said, coming up to them. "Because there's no way a thug like you is gonna beat Kaiba-sama."

"What'd you—" Jonouchi was about to start on the kid, but Selena had hold of his collar.

"He's half your age, Jou. Don't let the twerp get to you." She said evenly.

"Kaiba-sama…so KAI is Kaiba-kun?" Yugi asked.

"How dare you insult Kaiba-sama—" one of the kids began, but the one in charge cut him off.

"So you know him," he said. "So you must know he's unbeatable."

"I wouldn't say that." Selena said, eyeing a shooting game. "I'll bet you I can beat his high score on that game over there, in one go."

"No way! You're a girl! And that's the hardest game in the place!" a kid said.

Selena glared at him. "Then you must really want to seem me beat him out, with a comment like that."

The kid who'd spoken just stared, thunderstruck. "Okay then. If you take out Kaiba-sama's high score, you get 6000 yen**. If not, you gotta pay up."

Beside her, Yugi was apprehensive. "Selena, I don't think—"

"Deal"

Yugi groaned and facepalmed. "Oh boy…."

Without another word, Selena stepped up to the shooting game (the scheme of it reminded her of TRON), and started it up with the username SEI. She positioned herself in position, took up the controllers, and started.

Within five minutes she'd blasted through five levels.

"Halfway point in this game, right?" Selena asked idly. The leader of the gang of kids only made a weird croaking sound. "Mnh. That's what I thought…."

The next level started. About a minute and a half thought, she passed on to level seven. As she continued her powerlevelling, the looks on the kids' faces got more and more incredulous.

"L-l-last level…?" the lead kid babbled. "Y-y-y-you…."

"Beat Kaiba's score? Sure looks like it." Selena commented, eyeing the screen. "Wow…either his aim sucks, or he just doesn't try." She smirked at the lead kid. "Wanna make that bet double-or-nothing?"

"You're on!" He said. "No way you're gonna beat the last level! Only Kaiba-sama can manage that!"

"We will see." Selena said, taking up her firing position as the level started. Three minute time limit, huh? I can manage it in two….

Selena couldn't contain her laugher at heir expressions when she bean the game in less than half that time. By a headshot.

"Thank you." She said in a singsong voice as the boys paid up. "Not only did I beat Kaiba's high score, but I beat the top level in about…thirty seconds." She counted up the money before slipping it into her wallet.

"Yeow. How much did you have to play that game to get so good?" Jonouchi asked a few minutes later as they were getting sodas.

Selena pulled her Monster out of the vending machine. "Didn't." She replied, opening it. "First time."

Jonouchi dropped the coffee he'd just fished out. "Dwuh?"

Selena almost choked on her Monster as she laughed.

000

POW! Headshot! One-turn kill. I was being serious when I told Jonouchi that was my first time on that game. What I "forgot" to tell him was that I have a pistol of my own, and I'm quite the marksman.

*In Japan, they have school in the mornings on Saturdays, leaving the afternoons free.

**About $50. When they go double-or-nothing, it's raised to about $100.

Next chapter comes next month, and with it the beginning of the Death-T arc! Fair warning on this one; I do NOT intend on skipping any chapters for this arc. When it's over, I'll do one or two regular chapters-both of which are going to be funnies-and then dive into the next major story arc of the manga, to make it easier to keep up. Also, a reader of mine said that it might not be a bad idea to try and condense some of the chapters to keep the length under control. So, I'm going to do a poll for this month's chapter; do you want to see the not-so major chapters in the manga condensed, or do you want to keep the chapters equal to the manga chapters? And if you do want to see some of the chapters condensed, which ones do you definitely want to see?

If I do decide to keep the chapters equal, I'm going to be doing more that focus on Selena and her powers. I may even throw in a mini-story-arc of my own in here so that we can all get to know Melhana better. Either way, I'm looking forward to reviews!

Keep reading everyone!

~HikariHellion