Mistress of the Millennia

By Kaehimi

*Summary*A strange girl shows up, and Yami thinks there's something unusual about her because she has abilities that normal people don't. To make matters every more complicated, Yami Bakura takes an interest in her...*

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! *but I own Casina*

Note: This would never happen, but...

"The Homework Assignment"

As soon as school was over, Yugi and his friends ran out the door. "Woah, wait up!" Joey yelled as he chased after Yugi.

"Can't," Yugi yelled back, running as fast as he could. "I am supposed to pick Casina up from her first day of school. I'm already late, her school gets out earlier than ours."

"Well, don't rush yourself so much. You'll hurt yourself!" Téa laughed.

Yugi, Joey, Téa, and Bakura skidded past a corner and stopped in front of a large building, the Elementary School. No one was there except for a lone girl in pink, sitting on the front steps reading a book. "HEY CASINA!" Joey yelled as he waved to her. Casina looked up and smiled.

She slung her bookbag onto her back, picked up her book, "How to Play Duel Monsters", and ran over. "Hi guys!" She smiled and threw herself into Yugi's outstretched arms, nearly knocking him over. "I missed you!"

"Hey, Casina!" Yugi let go and started walking down the street.

"How was your first day of school, kid?" Joey asked.

"It was..." Casina's bright grin faded. "Ummm..." Casina kicked a rock in her path.

"Is something wrong, Casina?" Téa inquired.

"You don't look so great," Bakura noted.

"Yugi, is there something different with me from other kids?" Casina asked, still kicking the same rock down the sidewalk.

"Not that I know of," Yugi answered. "What makes you think so?"

"Oh nothing," Casina replied. "Hey look at the book I got from the school's library!" She suddenly seemed happy again.

"How to Play Duel Monsters," Téa read. "That's nice."

"It has tons of strategies," Casina smiled.

"Casina, just believe in the Heart of the Cards and you can do anything." Yugi said.

"I know, Yugi. I just like reading it." Casina smiled as she opened the thick book in her arms. "I'm already on page 206!"

"Hey..." Joey started, "How can a little kid like you read such an advanced book like that?"

Casina looked up, "Why not?"

"Where did you learn to read?" Bakura stared at Casina.

"You have to learn to read?" Casina seemed confused. "I just opened the book and I could understand it. What's wrong with that?"

Yugi stopped suddenly and stared at Casina. "Casina, how old are you?"

"Six."

"What grade are you in?"

"Yugi, did you forget already? Second." Casina laughed.

Yugi, Bakura, Joey and Téa exchanged glances and then all stared at Casina. "What?" Casina asked, confused.

"Nothing, never mind." Yugi answered.

"Okay..." Casina sounded disbelieving. "Come on, race you to the game shop!" She said as she took off down the street.

"HEY!" Yugi yelled and started chasing her.

"Not fair," Joey said.

"You got a head start!" Téa added.

"Oh great, not another run." Bakura sighed as he too began running.

After quite a long run, which was very good exercise, Yugi and his friends finally reached the Game Shop, Yugi's home. "Where is Casina?" He wondered out loud as he opened the door slowly. He stepped cautiously into the room and put his backpack on the table. "I'm home!" He yelled, but no one responded. Yugi walked into the next room and yelled as a blur pounced on him. "AHHHH! I've been attacked!" Yugi fell back and crashed into Joey, Téa and Bakura.

Casina looked at the trouble she had caused by jumping on Yugi and burst into laughter. "You should have seen your face, Yugi!" She couldn't stop laughing, and laughter is contagious. Pretty soon, everyone was laughing.

"Don't scare me like that, Casina!" Yugi scolded her. "Attacking me like that, sheesh!" He said as he began laughing again.

When everyone settled down and sat somewhere in the living room Casina spoke up. "Oh, and your Grandpa went out to run some errands, so he'll be back in a while. Casina opened her backpack and took out her homework, which were a few sheets on grammar, adding, subtracting and spelling.

"Need any help?" Yugi asked, looking over her shoulder.

"Nope, this is really easy!"

"Okay, let get started on our homework then." Bakura said, and everyone agreed.

Casina zipped through her math and language homework and was finished in a few minutes after she started. She glanced over at Bakura's advanced algebra homework. "Bakura, you got the first, sixth, and seventeenth problems wrong." She informed him. "You see, when you cancel it out, that part goes with it, so your answer is wrong because you have to do this to it." Casina said, writing out the correct procedure and ending up with the right answer. She folded the paper up into a paper airplane and threw it at Bakura's head. It got caught in his hair and Casina giggled. "Be right back. I'm hungry!" Casina ran out the door into the kitchen for a snack.

Curious, Bakura opened the note and looked over Casina's answer. His eyes got wide as he saw her correction. "She's right." He gulped and handed the paper over to Yugi. Joey and Téa read over Yugi's shoulder and were also shocked.

Yugi began to glow and suddenly, Yami appeared. "Who is she?" He asked, expecting someone to know.

"We still don't know. We entered in school under my name." Yugi couldn't take his eyes off Casina's paper.

Téa picked up the paper and walked over to Bakura's side of the coffee table. "You did do it wrong, Bakura." She said, looking at Bakura's homework. "But how did she know?"

No one knew, but they didn't have time anyway as Casina walked slowly into the room with a bunch of cups and a bottle of juice. Yami disappeared just in time to avoid being seen. "Anyone up for something to drink? I'm parched." Casina put the cups down on the table and tried to open the bottle.

"Here, let me help you with that, kid." Joey grabbed the big bottle and opened the juice.

"Thanks." Casina smiled as she gulped down her cup of juice. "Yum!" She laughed and then turned to Yugi, Joey, and Téa. "Since you were doing your homework together, you should probably check your answers too." She pointed out.

"Casina, how do you know how to do this?" Téa asked gently.

"Why not?" Casina seemed unsure that she knew much more than the average kid did.

"You're only six and you know this stuff!" Joey yelled.

"What's wrong with that?" Casina turned to face Joey.

"Casina," Yugi started. "You might want to have a talk with your teacher to see if you can learn something more challenging than what you are learning now."

"Yeah!" Casina's eyes shimmered. "That's what I was thinking about. Everything seems...easy." Casina squeezed her eyes closed for a second-her sign of frustration.

"Right, I'll go speak with your teacher tomorrow." Yugi volunteered, being the nice person he was.