Caged Raven
Arthur: Hello! My name is Mesagi. This is my first real fanfiction ever. So . Please be kind to me! Now, I bet you are wondering how I came up with the idea for this story. And what the heck is up with the title. Well, read on to find out about the title, though it will be revealed in later chapters. Maybe. In any case, this story is based upon an RPG that a friend of mine started. I was my own made up character, Alice 'Raven' Night. My friend was playing Bakura.
Bakura: Someone actually wished to play me? I don't see why.
Mesagi: Ohh quiet you! You are a very well liked character! Just. overlooked.
Bakura: If you say so.
Mesagi: On to the story!
Disclaimer - I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or the characters in it. I do not claim them as my own. They belong to the writer . Etc etc etc. The only things I claim to myself are the story itself and the character 'Alice'. She is MINE!
The sun shone high in the sky above Domino High School. Everything was quiet and beautiful, the birds chirped every once and a while, and there were cars going down the streets. A breeze danced through the trees and caused a few leaves to become loose from the branch and dance high above the school. But even still, the silence and peacefulness couldn't last forever.
The bell signaling that lunch hour had come. A wave of students dressed in pink and black school uniforms came pouring out of the double doors that lead to the beautiful, lush schoolyard. Picnic tables, benches and the nice grassy spots under the trees quickly filled with students who ate their lunches and then started playing duel monsters.
A young teenager left the school, carrying a brown paper bag. Dark, raven black hair fell down her back, ending at mid back. Violet hued eyes peered across the schoolyard. Though she was a girl, she didn't wear the girl's school uniform. She had decided to wear the boy's outfit. Of course, that had caused the teachers to look down on her. And it had earned her an amount of respect to her peers for being different. Her name was Alice, though many around the school knew her as Raven.
It was now lunchtime and Alice was looking forward to a duel with one of the top Duelists of the school. The thing was though, she wasn't a very talkative person, and she didn't usually walk up to people. She kept to herself usually, unless she was off to talk to someone in hopes that it would end up with a challenge to Duel.
Alice walked over to an empty picnic table and sat down, putting her brown paper bag on the table. After a few minutes she had finished her lunch and was looking across the schoolyard.
Alice watched as amateur duelists sat under trees, at tables, or even out on the schoolyard and dueled. Most of them didn't even look like they knew what they were doing, a few of them had a bit of stradgity, and a few of them really did know what they were doing. She watched as a few of them played some lower level monsters. Some of them actually did have decent monsters though. The ones lucky enough to get the ultra rare cards . They were the ones she had dueled when she had first started out.
Despite all of the people calling out challenges for duels, she still sat alone at the picnic table. Most of the students knew to stay away from her. She was ruthless when it came to dueling. She didn't leave any room for mercy. But that was simply how she was. She had grown tough because of her childhood.
(Flashback)
A young girl with raven black hair sat alone on a park bench, wide violet eyes looking down at a package of cards that her mother had purchased for her with the change she had found in her pockets. The cars weren't all that popular, but the young girl loved the pictures on the packages.
She carefully opened it, excitement building. Her small, slender fingers reached into the plastic package pulled the cards from the package. She went through the cards, her eyes wide as she looked at each one. The one that particularly caught her interest was one of a girl wearing a black hat . the Dark Magician Girl. The background of the picture was all shiny, and the words were in gold.
"Mommy! Look!" she said excitedly, looking up to where her mother should be. But . She wasn't there. Her mother had left. Her sitting on the park bench.
"M .. MOMMY!" she shouted, her eyes filling with tears as she ran through the park, looking left and right for her mother.
Her mother was never found. She had simply left the young girl in the park, alone. Her father had long since left the two of them.
(End Flashback)
Since then, Alice had been living with her uncle in the slums. He was hardly ever home, usually out drinking. Alice had grown tough because of the life she had been living, and since that day at the park, she had simply detached herself from everyone and everything.
Bur right now, all that Alice was interested in was dueling, so she looked for someone to duel; someone that she thought would prove to be a worthy opponent.
She smiled a bit as she watched a platinum-hared boy walking, studying from a history book. God, what a bookworm . But she had seen him around before, hanging with Yugi and the rest of his friends. And she knew that Yugi and Joey were fairly good duelers, so maybe, this guy would be good at it too.
The boy sat down, leaning back against the wall. He turned the page and tilted his head a bit, obviously wrapped up in his studying. There were a few girls giggling and looking at him. Of course, they were his little pep squad. Fan girls of his. They were always following him around, like some twisted High School girl version of cat and mouse.
She stood up from her spot at the table, grinning a bit as she began to walk towards him. Hmm, he wasn't exactly her idea of a 'master duelist', but even still, she wouldn't give up. It had been far too long since she had been in a decent duel.
As Alice approached him, he simply scooted over from his spot at the wall. He figured that all she wanted was a place to sit alone, by the wall. That was usually the case when anyone ever walked over to him.
"Hello . Y' name's Bakura, right?" she asked, looking down at him, leaning forward and tilting her head to the side. Bakura looked up at her with violet eyes, blinking.
Now, though girls usually followed him around, they didn't tend to actually talk to him. Even still though, he wanted to be polite to her. He had seen her around before. "Yes, that is my name," he replied, his voice touched with a hint of a British accent. "I believe your name is Alice, correct?"
The raven hared girl smiled and nodded. "Yeah, that's me. Though most people 'round here call me Raven," she responded. She then sat down beside him. She would get him to Duel, or at least, she hoped that she would be able to. "So . Seen ya around. Hangin' with Yugi and the rest of those guys, or with your nose stuck in a textbook. Do anything aside from studying?"
Bakura blinked a bit and nodded then, a slight, shy smile crossing his face. "Yes, I do play Duel Monsters, though not often." His voice was kind, as usual. He always was. Alice didn't really like that all too much. So . annoying. But she was going to put up with it. She wanted to get in a Duel today. It had been nearly a week since her last duel, and she didn't want to get rusty.
"Ahh, so, what's your favorite card? Mine's the Dark Magician Girl." Of course, she knew what his favorite card was. Most of the kids in the entire school knew what his favorite card was. She had made note to take note of these little things. Things like that could be little conversation quirks that could turn the conversation in your favor.
"I like the Change of Heart card," he replied, a gentle, kind smile on his face. Yeah. It was a useful card. Though Alice herself hadn't been lucky enough to find one yet.
Alice smiled a bit and leaned back against the wall, brushing a few strands of hair away from her face and pushing it back over her shoulder. Beneath her shirt a shimmer of gold could be seen.
Bakura saw this and blinked, looking curiously at the shimmer of gold. Without a second thought he reached for it. Of course . That wasn't exactly the smartest thing in the world. To Alice, it certainly didn't look right. She looked at his hand and then to him, then down to her shirt. Her eyes widened then she let out a laugh. She noticed the shimmer as well, smiling slightly. She had been jumping to conclusions. There was no way that Bakura would do something like that.
"Ahh, so you wanna see what that is! Got it yesterday at a street vender for five bucks." she pulled a string from under her shirt, revealing a small, golden anhk dangling from the chain.
To be continued.
Mesagi: Muwahahahahahahaha! The Arthur here . Cliffhanger much? Well . This is all I could come up with for the moment. Maybe later I'll do a more detailed version.
Bakura: Hey, why did you say I was so well liked? I don't have fan girls .
Mesagi: Yes you do! You have looooots of fan girls! Look over there! *Points at mob of screaming fan girls holding up signs that read 'We love you Bakura!'* See?
Bakura: Ohh dear! They seem . Crazy! *He starts running and rabid fan girls chase after him*
Mesagi: Ohh, what the heck . I'll join in the fun! Don't forget to R&R! Tell me what you think. If I get good reviews, I'll continue the story. * trailing off while running after Bakura with other screaming fan girls*
In the next chapter, Yami Bakura comes out to try and steal the Anhk! Could the Anhk be the Millenium Anhk?
Arthur: Hello! My name is Mesagi. This is my first real fanfiction ever. So . Please be kind to me! Now, I bet you are wondering how I came up with the idea for this story. And what the heck is up with the title. Well, read on to find out about the title, though it will be revealed in later chapters. Maybe. In any case, this story is based upon an RPG that a friend of mine started. I was my own made up character, Alice 'Raven' Night. My friend was playing Bakura.
Bakura: Someone actually wished to play me? I don't see why.
Mesagi: Ohh quiet you! You are a very well liked character! Just. overlooked.
Bakura: If you say so.
Mesagi: On to the story!
Disclaimer - I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or the characters in it. I do not claim them as my own. They belong to the writer . Etc etc etc. The only things I claim to myself are the story itself and the character 'Alice'. She is MINE!
The sun shone high in the sky above Domino High School. Everything was quiet and beautiful, the birds chirped every once and a while, and there were cars going down the streets. A breeze danced through the trees and caused a few leaves to become loose from the branch and dance high above the school. But even still, the silence and peacefulness couldn't last forever.
The bell signaling that lunch hour had come. A wave of students dressed in pink and black school uniforms came pouring out of the double doors that lead to the beautiful, lush schoolyard. Picnic tables, benches and the nice grassy spots under the trees quickly filled with students who ate their lunches and then started playing duel monsters.
A young teenager left the school, carrying a brown paper bag. Dark, raven black hair fell down her back, ending at mid back. Violet hued eyes peered across the schoolyard. Though she was a girl, she didn't wear the girl's school uniform. She had decided to wear the boy's outfit. Of course, that had caused the teachers to look down on her. And it had earned her an amount of respect to her peers for being different. Her name was Alice, though many around the school knew her as Raven.
It was now lunchtime and Alice was looking forward to a duel with one of the top Duelists of the school. The thing was though, she wasn't a very talkative person, and she didn't usually walk up to people. She kept to herself usually, unless she was off to talk to someone in hopes that it would end up with a challenge to Duel.
Alice walked over to an empty picnic table and sat down, putting her brown paper bag on the table. After a few minutes she had finished her lunch and was looking across the schoolyard.
Alice watched as amateur duelists sat under trees, at tables, or even out on the schoolyard and dueled. Most of them didn't even look like they knew what they were doing, a few of them had a bit of stradgity, and a few of them really did know what they were doing. She watched as a few of them played some lower level monsters. Some of them actually did have decent monsters though. The ones lucky enough to get the ultra rare cards . They were the ones she had dueled when she had first started out.
Despite all of the people calling out challenges for duels, she still sat alone at the picnic table. Most of the students knew to stay away from her. She was ruthless when it came to dueling. She didn't leave any room for mercy. But that was simply how she was. She had grown tough because of her childhood.
(Flashback)
A young girl with raven black hair sat alone on a park bench, wide violet eyes looking down at a package of cards that her mother had purchased for her with the change she had found in her pockets. The cars weren't all that popular, but the young girl loved the pictures on the packages.
She carefully opened it, excitement building. Her small, slender fingers reached into the plastic package pulled the cards from the package. She went through the cards, her eyes wide as she looked at each one. The one that particularly caught her interest was one of a girl wearing a black hat . the Dark Magician Girl. The background of the picture was all shiny, and the words were in gold.
"Mommy! Look!" she said excitedly, looking up to where her mother should be. But . She wasn't there. Her mother had left. Her sitting on the park bench.
"M .. MOMMY!" she shouted, her eyes filling with tears as she ran through the park, looking left and right for her mother.
Her mother was never found. She had simply left the young girl in the park, alone. Her father had long since left the two of them.
(End Flashback)
Since then, Alice had been living with her uncle in the slums. He was hardly ever home, usually out drinking. Alice had grown tough because of the life she had been living, and since that day at the park, she had simply detached herself from everyone and everything.
Bur right now, all that Alice was interested in was dueling, so she looked for someone to duel; someone that she thought would prove to be a worthy opponent.
She smiled a bit as she watched a platinum-hared boy walking, studying from a history book. God, what a bookworm . But she had seen him around before, hanging with Yugi and the rest of his friends. And she knew that Yugi and Joey were fairly good duelers, so maybe, this guy would be good at it too.
The boy sat down, leaning back against the wall. He turned the page and tilted his head a bit, obviously wrapped up in his studying. There were a few girls giggling and looking at him. Of course, they were his little pep squad. Fan girls of his. They were always following him around, like some twisted High School girl version of cat and mouse.
She stood up from her spot at the table, grinning a bit as she began to walk towards him. Hmm, he wasn't exactly her idea of a 'master duelist', but even still, she wouldn't give up. It had been far too long since she had been in a decent duel.
As Alice approached him, he simply scooted over from his spot at the wall. He figured that all she wanted was a place to sit alone, by the wall. That was usually the case when anyone ever walked over to him.
"Hello . Y' name's Bakura, right?" she asked, looking down at him, leaning forward and tilting her head to the side. Bakura looked up at her with violet eyes, blinking.
Now, though girls usually followed him around, they didn't tend to actually talk to him. Even still though, he wanted to be polite to her. He had seen her around before. "Yes, that is my name," he replied, his voice touched with a hint of a British accent. "I believe your name is Alice, correct?"
The raven hared girl smiled and nodded. "Yeah, that's me. Though most people 'round here call me Raven," she responded. She then sat down beside him. She would get him to Duel, or at least, she hoped that she would be able to. "So . Seen ya around. Hangin' with Yugi and the rest of those guys, or with your nose stuck in a textbook. Do anything aside from studying?"
Bakura blinked a bit and nodded then, a slight, shy smile crossing his face. "Yes, I do play Duel Monsters, though not often." His voice was kind, as usual. He always was. Alice didn't really like that all too much. So . annoying. But she was going to put up with it. She wanted to get in a Duel today. It had been nearly a week since her last duel, and she didn't want to get rusty.
"Ahh, so, what's your favorite card? Mine's the Dark Magician Girl." Of course, she knew what his favorite card was. Most of the kids in the entire school knew what his favorite card was. She had made note to take note of these little things. Things like that could be little conversation quirks that could turn the conversation in your favor.
"I like the Change of Heart card," he replied, a gentle, kind smile on his face. Yeah. It was a useful card. Though Alice herself hadn't been lucky enough to find one yet.
Alice smiled a bit and leaned back against the wall, brushing a few strands of hair away from her face and pushing it back over her shoulder. Beneath her shirt a shimmer of gold could be seen.
Bakura saw this and blinked, looking curiously at the shimmer of gold. Without a second thought he reached for it. Of course . That wasn't exactly the smartest thing in the world. To Alice, it certainly didn't look right. She looked at his hand and then to him, then down to her shirt. Her eyes widened then she let out a laugh. She noticed the shimmer as well, smiling slightly. She had been jumping to conclusions. There was no way that Bakura would do something like that.
"Ahh, so you wanna see what that is! Got it yesterday at a street vender for five bucks." she pulled a string from under her shirt, revealing a small, golden anhk dangling from the chain.
To be continued.
Mesagi: Muwahahahahahahaha! The Arthur here . Cliffhanger much? Well . This is all I could come up with for the moment. Maybe later I'll do a more detailed version.
Bakura: Hey, why did you say I was so well liked? I don't have fan girls .
Mesagi: Yes you do! You have looooots of fan girls! Look over there! *Points at mob of screaming fan girls holding up signs that read 'We love you Bakura!'* See?
Bakura: Ohh dear! They seem . Crazy! *He starts running and rabid fan girls chase after him*
Mesagi: Ohh, what the heck . I'll join in the fun! Don't forget to R&R! Tell me what you think. If I get good reviews, I'll continue the story. * trailing off while running after Bakura with other screaming fan girls*
In the next chapter, Yami Bakura comes out to try and steal the Anhk! Could the Anhk be the Millenium Anhk?