Jesse was trying to think of something she could have her monsters do to Anibo. Simply killing him was too easy.

" Dark Magician." She said still thinking.

" Yes?" He said.

" How long can a human last without water?" She asked.

" Few days." He said.

" Hmmm….Ah know. You two kidnap Anibo and leave him ta tha Sahara Desert. This is where you git ta have your fun ma knight." She said.

The Celtic Knight grinned.

" You git ta play with him. Don't kill yet. Just wear'im down. And you Dark Magician, you give tha illusion that there's an oasis nearby, but keep moving it away. When you grow tired of his voice, leave'im to the condors." She said.

" Is that all?" Celtic Knight asked.

" No. If he has a deck, bring it ta me." She said.

" Understood." Both said.

They disappeared to go do as she said. Jesse started laughing and fell on her rug.

" Ma mother was right. Having this much power is too dangerous. Too bad she had that 'accident'. She would have been proud ta see her daughter take over the world." She said.

~~~~~~~~~~

Yugi sat on the floor across from Yami. They were having a friendly duel. But Yugi wasn't really paying attention.

" Your move." Yami said.

Yugi didn't answer.

" Oi!" Yami said chunking a pillow at him.

" Huh?" Yugi said.

" You alive in there?" He asked.

" I was just thinking." He said.

" About what?" He asked.

Yugi laid his card on the field.

" There's a new kid. She has an accent and she's really strange." He said.

" Girls are strange." Yami said.

" This one is the strangest. She's from America. Her name's Jesse-James Piston." He said.

" What does she sound like?" He asked.

" Like Garth Brookes." He said.

" What makes her strange?" He asked finally putting a card down.

" She's mean." He said.

" She could be nervous." He said.

" That's what I thought." He said.

" Why don't you invite her over to play a game?" He suggested.

" That's the other thing. She said she was out of my league. She called dueling trivial." He said putting down another card.

" Maybe she'd like to watch one of us duel." He said.

" If you think I should." Yugi said.

" By the way, you lose." Yami said.

" What?!!" He said.

~~~~~~~~

" No…No…No…It ain't here!!"

Jesse-James threw the deck down. Her monsters had returned.

" What are you looking for?" Celtic Knight asked.

" Dragon. Blue Eyes White Dragon." She said.

" But there's only 4 of those." He said.

" Ah know. That means we're gonna be pretty busy looking for them. And we'll need help. Hmm. Who should Ah use?" She asked.

She sat on the floor and spread her deck out in front of her. She thought for a while.

" Ah thank the Black Luster Soldier and the Magician of Black Chaos will be good editions." She said.

" Whatever you say." Dark Magician said.

Jesse put her cards out in front of her. The Dark Magician lit all the candles with a wave of his staff. The Celtic Knight stood against the door.

Jesse summoned the two cards of choice. They kneeled before her. Jesse was really starting to like that part.

" Okay you two, you're gonna help me on a little scavenger hunt. Dark Magician, you and tha Soldier will go search this whole block. Celtic Knight, you and tha other Magician will search tha lockers at school. You can start….Time is it?" She asked.

" By your timetables, 10:00." Dark Magician said.

" You can start tomorrow after dark. But right now, Ah'm going to sleep." She said.

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Yugi decided to take Yami's advice and invite Jesse over to his Grandfather's shop. He made up his mind in government class. He followed the Texan out of the classroom.

" Jesse!" He said.

" What?" She asked.

" Would you like to come to my Grandfather's card shop after school?" He asked.

She tried to contain her laughter.

" Yugi, are you askin' me out?" She asked.

Yugi blushed bright red.

" Uh, I don't think so." He said.

" Good, cause don't think for a second Ah would ever go out with you or anyone else in this school." She said.

" My friends and I are going to duel and I thought you might like to watch." He said.

" ……Why are you trying so hard ta be my friend?" She asked.

" If I were the only American in a Japanese school, I'd want a friend." He said.

" That's tha difference between you and me Yugi. Ah've never had a friend and never needed one. You don't have friends out there in the real world. It's against you. Everyone is. If you can't make it alone, you can't make it. There's no one ta help you out there. It's either them or you. Ah learned that the hard way. You should too." She said.

Jesse-James stalked down the hallway. Again she bumped into the white- haired boy.

" Sorry." He said.

" Yes you are." She said.

" I'm Ryou Bakura." He said.

" Ah don't need ta know you. You need ta know me. And you will. Stay outta ma way. " She warned pushing him down.

Bakura fell into a locker.

" Nice ta meet you, BAKAra." She said.