Mokuba Kaiba: Oh, SETO!!

Seto: Mokuba? What are you doing here? This is Tealie's story!

Mokuba: Well, she's out somewhere or another, and she asked me to ask you to help me do the disclaimer.

Seto: Oh, no. I am not doing a disclaimer!!!

Mokuba: Fine. I'll do it. Tealie does not own Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Seto: It's a good thing she doesn't.

Mokuba: *clears throat* She does, however, own herself.

Seto: *rolls eyes* Duh.

Mokuba: *gives Seto evil eye* She doesn't mind if you use her, just as long as you do a disclaimer. Is there anything else?

Seto: I don't think so.

Mokuba: Okay, then! Enjoy the first ever Chronicle of Tealie! **************************** 1

"Yugi?" Knock, knock.

"Mmph," answered a mound on the bed.

"Yugi! Wake up or you'll be late for school!" KNOCK!!

The mound jumped. "Okay, Grandpa, I'm up!" Sitting up, Yugi Muto stretched and yawned. He was 14, but you'd never guess it by looking at him. He was short, had soft, purple eyes, and spiky, yellow hair.

"A little late, aren't you?" teased a voice from the end of the bed. Sitting there was a figure who looked almost exactly like Yugi, except for a few key differences: he had a sterner face, he was taller, his hair stuck up more, and he was translucent.

"Spirit!" Yugi whined. "Just because you had to stay up half the night trying to figure out riddles doesn't mean."

Spirit laughed. "I'm only teasing you, Yugi," he said. "Now hurry up or you'll get a detention!"

"Right!" Yugi said, putting on the finishing touch to his outfit - an ancient necklace. It was this necklace that made Yugi so special, so unique. This was the one-and-only Millennium Puzzle. The true legend is that five thousand years ago, ancient Egyptian kings played games of great and terrible power called "Shadow Games." In order to play, you needed magic - powerful magic that threatened to destroy the entire world. That is, until a powerful pharaoh locked away the magic, entrapping it within the mystical Millennium items, one of which is the Millennium Puzzle. It is because of this that Spirit can exist. Spirit is just that - an ancient spirit. His full title is, in fact, Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi, however, always shortens that to Spirit of the Puzzle, or just Spirit.

Yugi ran down the stairs into his kitchen, where a bowl of cereal was waiting. While he was wolfing it down, his Grandpa entered. He was short too, and had understanding purple eyes underneath his spiky gray hair.

"Slow down, Yugi!" said Grandpa. "You're getting as bad as Joseph!"

"Srri, Grumper," Yugi said with his mouth full.

"What?" asked Grandpa. "Swallow before you talk!"

Yugi swallowed. "Sorry, Grandpa," he repeated. "But if I'm late again, I'll get a detention."

"Another? Haven't you had two this week already?" said Grandpa sternly.

Just then, Yugi's friend Tea Gardner appeared at the door. She was much taller than Yugi, had shoulder-length brown hair, and caring blue eyes. "Ready to go, Yugi?"

Saved, Yugi thought. "Be right there!"

On his way out, he whispered "Thanks" to Tea.

"What for?" she asked, puzzled.

"For coming when you did," answered Yugi. "I could feel a lecture coming on."

"Oh," said Tea. "Well, you're welcome!"

Just then, the church bell rang. Dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong!

"Oh, great!" said Tea. "Eight o'clock! That means we've got five minutes to get from here to school!"

"Well, we better hurry then," said Yugi cheerfully. They ran down the street.

Five minutes later, Tea and Yugi just made it inside as the school bell rang.

Panting, Yugi managed to gasp, "Made it."

"Only just," said a voice slightly down the hall.

"Hey, Joey," said Yugi, still short of breath. Joey Wheeler came into view. He was a little taller than Tea, had brown eyes, and a mop of yellow hair that was always in his eyes. (This, by the way, is the Joseph Grandpa was talking about earlier.)

"Hurry up, you three," said another voice. "You'll be late for homeroom."

"All right, Tristan," said Tea. "Let us catch our breath first, will ya?"

Tristan Taylor emerged from the hall, too. He was just as tall as Joey, had one large spike in his brown hair, and had brown eyes.

"Well, let's go, then," said Yugi.

"Right," said the other three in unison.

Ten minutes later, the four of them were sitting in homeroom. Their teacher rang her bell to get attention, and beckoned with her finger. Then a girl walked in. She was about Tea's size, had straight black hair that came down to her shoulders pinned back with two butterfly clips, and piercing blue eyes. The teacher said, "Class, this is Tealie. She'll be your new classmate. Now, where to put you.Ahh! There's a seat there, next to Yugi." Tealie took her seat, but not before mouthing "Yugi" twice, first with a horrified look in her eyes, then with anger.

Tristan leaned towards Yugi and whispered, "Uh, Yug? I think she knows you." He just answered, "Who doesn't anymore?"

It was true. Ever since he had defeated Pegasus, it seemed like everyone knew him.

"Even still, she doesn't seem to like you," replied Tristan. "I wonder." He never got to say what he wondered because the teacher said, "Yugi! Tristan! Do I have to separate you? Again?" "No, Ma'am," they said meekly.

At lunch, Tristan had to admit he was wrong. Tealie came over and asked to sit with them. They became good friends, especially Tealie and Yugi.

After school, though, that all changed. While getting ready to leave, Yugi heard a voice saying, "Yugi Muto, I challenge you to a duel!" Looking up, he saw it was Tealie who had said it. "Well?" she asked impatiently. "Are you going to duel me or what?"

Suddenly, Spirit took over. Spirit noticed that a similar thing had happened to Tealie. She looked older than 14, and looked sterner and more confident. Almost as though she had a spirit living within her, thought Spirit. But that's stupid. She would need a Millennium item, for starters. Well, anyway. "Tealie, I accept your challenge. Where are we to duel?"

"Just follow me. You'll see soon enough."

When they got to an old, abandoned warehouse, Spirit, Yugi, and everyone else thought she was a little crazy. "Well, come on!"

Tealie flipped on the lights, and a virtual reality dueling arena came into view. But what surprised Yugi and Spirit was what she said next - "Now, Yugi. Now you're going to pay!"

What does she mean? Yugi asked Spirit. I'm not sure, he answered. But I guess we'll find out soon enough.

They thought they found out when Tealie made a simple motion - took off her coat. The necklace she wore was a Millennium item!

Well, thought Spirit. That explains the sudden change.

Tealie saw the gang staring at it and grinned. "Like it?" she said. "It's my Millennium Tauk."

"Doesn't that belong to Ishizu?" asked Yugi.

"Yes and no," she answered coolly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Joey angrily.

"Down, boy," said Tealie. "Good dog!"

"YOU!!!" he yelled.

"As for the question you asked earlier, the Tauk used to belong to Ishizu. She gave it to me."

"Why?" asked Yugi.

"The Millennium Tauk led her to me. She owned it, but couldn't combine herself with the Spirit inside."

"Why not," asked Yugi.

"I'm getting to that! Every Millennium item has a destined owner."

"Then."

She nodded. "It's me."

Tealie stayed still a moment longer, then shook her head. "What am I doing?" she asked herself. "Time to duel!"

Yugi (and Spirit) stepped on one side of the dueling arena, while Tealie (and the Spirit of the Millennium Tauk) stepped on the other.

"Just out of curiosity," said Yugi. "What do you call the spirit of your Tauk?"

"She-Spirit," answered Tealie.

"Why?"

"Why do you ask me so many questions?"

"I'm just curious!"

"Curiosity killed the cat."

"Good riddance. I'm allergic to cats."

"Well, I know what to get you for Christmas. Anyway, out of the seven Millennium items, only one has a She-Spirit inside."

"Oh."

"Time to duel!" they both said.

"Yugi," said Tealie.

"Yes?" he answered.

"Just so you know, I'm not dueling you for your Puzzle."

Yugi and Spirit were confused. "If you're not dueling me for my Puzzle, then what are you dueling me for?"

"That," she replied mysteriously, "I will reveal later. Your move."

"And I play the Dark Magician, in attack mode!" Yugi said. (2500/2100)

"Typical," Tealie muttered.

"That ends my turn."

"Okay, I play the Punished Eagle in attack mode, and one card face down." (2100/1700)

"Dark Magic Attack!" (2500 vs. 2100)

"Not so fast!"

"What?"

"I'm activating the Mountain Field Magic Card! It powers up my Punished Eagle to higher than the Dark Magician! Punishing Talon Attack!" (2730 vs. 2500)

Boom!

"Dark Magician is no more!"

Life points - Tealie 2000, Yugi 1770.

"Your move, Yugi," said Tealie cozily.

"And I play De-Spell to de-activate Mountain, bringing Punished Eagle's attack strength back down to 2100," said Yugi. "Then, I play Gaia, The Fierce Knight in attack mode! Attack!" (2300 vs. 2100)

Life points - Tealie 1800, Yugi 1770.

Tealie just stood there with a horrified look in her eyes.

"Tealie. .?"

"What is it this time?" she answered angrily.

"Why are you dueling me?" asked Yugi.

"Why do you care?" asked Tealie.

"You said you would reveal it," he answered.

"I guess I did. Maybe it'll make sense if I tell you my last name."

"Well?"

"Be patient!" What Tealie said next surprised everyone. "Kaiba," she said.

A bystander might have thought the warehouse exploded. "WHAT?!?" everyone except Tealie yelled.

"You heard me," she said. "My last name is Kaiba."

"But," Yugi faltered. "We've known Kaiba."

"Seto," Tealie interrupted.

"Kaiba."

"Seto."

"Kaiba."

"SETO!!"

"Fine. We've known Seto for a long time, and we thought he only had a brother."

"That's because I only just moved in with them."

"Why didn't you live with them before?"

"It's a long story."

"We have time."

"Fine. You know we're orphans, right."

"Yes."

"Well, when our parents died, Seto and Mokuba went to one orphanage, while I went to one for girls. We didn't want to be separated, but they threatened to not only take me away, but also separate Seto and Mokuba. None of us wanted that to happen. So I went, and got adopted pretty quickly and changed my name."

"You mean you weren't always Tealie?"

"Actually, my name was always Tealie. It was my last name that changed."

"What was it?"

"That's NOYB."

"What?"

"None Of Your Business." (A/N: Yes, there is a reason for her defensiveness. I'll reveal it in my next story, "Tealie's Mysterious Past.")

"So then what happened?"

"When I was in the seventh grade, I started to do web searches on my brothers. Of course, I didn't know their last name was Kaiba, and they didn't know my name. You wouldn't believe how many people are named Seto and Mokuba! After a couple years of searching, I finally found them. And that's it, I guess."

"So basically, she's dueling Yugi to become a Kaiba," commented Joey.

"Sort of," Tealie admitted. "But there's a bit more to it than that."

"And that is?" Spirit asked through Yugi.

"She doesn't have to say it," muttered Joey.

"And that's supposed to mean." asked Tea.

"It means that she's a greedy, selfish brat like her brother," Joey answered.

"THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!!!" exclaimed Tealie, her eyes flaring.

"Calm down," said Yugi soothingly. "Just tell us what the 'bit more' is."

"The 'bit more' is the way Seto's been acting! I try to have a human conversation with him, my twin brother, and all he can talk about is you, and how he was beat by you! IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"But you're not Seto," Yugi reminded her.

"Don't remind me," she half-said, half-hissed.

"So you don't have to hate us. You don't have to deny friendship."

"Yeah." Tealie said uncertainly. He was starting to wear down her mental barrier, whether she liked it or not.

"So, what do you say?" Yugi said, smiling. "Let's ditch this duel."

Tealie nodded. "'Kay."

A couple seconds later, Spirit and She-Spirit had retreated, and Yugi and Tealie got off the dueling platform. They were left looking at each other. Yugi broke the silence first. "So, Tealie," he said.

"Yeah?"

Yugi stuck out his hand. "Well, how 'bout it? Friends?"

Tealie grabbed it. "Friends."

They shook on it, and then everyone went home. Tealie had four new friends, and the duel was forgotten.

THE END

Tealie: So what did you think? If you liked it, please review! If you didn't, well, review and tell me what I could improve on!

Seto: You could always tell me where you mysteriously disappeared off to.

Tealie: Ummm.I'll get back to you on that one. Anyway, I'm still trying to think of a name for She-Spirit.

She-Spirit: *suddenly takes over* And my name is definitely not Yami Tealie, so don't even think of sending her that suggestion!!

Tealie: *takes back over* What she said. Anyway, see you next Chronicle!!