C. Authoress: Hello Again!

Seto: Are you on a sugar high again?

C. Authoress: Nope, I THREE Reviews!

Seto: Any flames?

C. Authoress: No and don't encourage them.

Seto: But I want roasted marshmallows!

C. Authoress: Do you want me to make one of the parts with you and Jou into a full lemon?

Seto: NO!

Y.Bakura: Don't worry she can't write lemons, she's got as far as a lime I think.

C. Authoress: Doesn't stop me from practicing.

Steo: *Gulp*

C. Authoress: Anyway thank you to MagiA, Domesticated Freedom and Lynn-Chan

Yami: Is Yugi in this chapter?

C. Authoress: Yes the story is told mostly from his point of View, now I have to tell you.

"Blah" = Japanese

[Blah] = English

Blah= Welsh

/Blah/ = Telepathy.

Blah = Thoughts, emphasis, un-translated welsh.

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Warnings: Er non for this chapter but this is were I'll put warnings for Seto and Jou, even in I can't write lemons.

Yami: Why Welsh?

C. Authoress: I don't see anyone else putting a Welsh OC in Yu-Gi-Oh! (Which I don't own.) So I thought I'd try it. At least it's original.

Yami: There's no welsh OC's because it takes place in Japan you baka !!

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THE WHITE METALS.

SILVER.

CHAPTER ONE : THE WELSH GIRL.[/b]

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TWO WEEKS LATER

Yugi's first lesson of the day was English. Class started as normal. Yugi was sitting at the front of the class. Tea was behind him the seat next to her, which was empty now, would usually be held by Ryou Bakura. He was in hospital for a check up. He had sprained his ankle badly two weeks ago.

Behind her were Joey and Tristan. Seto was absent to. He had gone after getting a phone call two weeks ago. He had returned last week, in such a bad moon that now one dared approach him. And now he had left again for a business meeting. The class filled the room, only the seat next to Yugi's didn't belong to anyone.

It wouldn't remain unclaimed for long.

The teacher walked in a young nervous looking girl trailing behind. She had elbow length red hair tied back with a green band. She wore black armband on her left arm.

"Class we have a new student. I hope you will all make her feel very welcome here." The teacher said. "Everyone this is An Vet."

"Hello." She said slowly. "I am glad to be here."

"If you can just take the seat next to Yugi Moto."

Yami inside his soul room took notice hearing Yugi's name.

/What's going on?/

/New student./ Yugi explained. Yami lost interest again.

An nodded and sat down. The teacher then told them to work in pairs. Yugi was going to work with Tea when the teacher suggested that the new girl could work with him.

Yugi nodded and turned to An

"How are you at English?"

[I'm British, Welsh to be exact. So it's my first language. I don't know why the teachers are making me take it.] An said in English. Yugi blinked. He had understood 'first' 'don't know' and 'teachers'.

An repeated what she said in Japanese for him.

"Oh...you can still help me though"

An nodded. "I guess we had better follow the sheet." An said. [Hello.]

[Hello how you?]

"You forgot the [are]." An corrected. [I'm fine. How are you?]

[I am fine. Thank you.] Yugi answered.

An looked at their sheet for what topic to talk about. [What do you do in your spare time.?]

[I play...] Yugi shrugged. [I play games.]

[Do you play card games or computer games?]

Yugi didn't understand the question. An repeated it in Japanese for him.

"Card games."

An nodded. [I play card games, but not 'Duel Monsters'.]

Yugi's eyebrows shot up. [Why not?]

[I keep losing.] An shrugged and looked at the sheet again. [Whom do you live with?]

[I live in a shop with my grandfather, you?]

[I live with my Uncle in his shop too.]

Yugi was about to ask what shop, that was if he could remember the correct English words when the teacher called an end to the conversations. He handed out written assignments, to be done solo.

Yugi couldn't help but think that An was incredibly sad. He had seen it in her eyes.

In first break Joey and Yugi had a game of duel monsters. The second lesson was maths. An worked quietly, almost silently, when the teacher asked questions she didn't raise her hands, yet when he asked An to solve an equation on the black board she done it with no problem. She didn't smile but she seemed satisfied with the surprised looking teacher.

At dinnertime Yugi and the others found her sitting alone in the classroom playing a game of patience.

She looked like she was stuck. Then suddenly she muttered something to herself. She hadn't even noticed the group watching her as she moved a black jack on to a red queen that seemed to have been staring her in the face. She flipped the face down card that had been under that jack. She moved that one too. Under that was an Ace and then a blank space. She took a black king from the three cards in her hand and moved the queen and jack on to that. Uncovering more facedown cards. A second Ace was found and An quickly finished the game, she still hadn't noticed anyone was in the room as she expertly shuffled her game cards and put them back in her bag.

"That's good." Yugi said, it had been a fast game.

An started coughing she had choked on apparently nothing.

"I'm sorry!" Yugi exclaimed.

"It's okay." Au answered.

Everyone looked at An a little strangely. She had no accent none whatsoever it made her sound a little weird. They knew she was British and had expected her to sound a bit like Ryou.

She sighed. "I have a speech problem, I can't pick up an accent. I don't even have an accent when I'm speaking my first language. "

"So what is your first language?" Tristan asked.

"English and Welsh."

"So you can speak three languages?" Tea asked.

An nodded.

The bell went and the other students came walking in.

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Yugi watched An as she got on the bus home. It was the bus he would have go on if he hadn't decided to walk home instead.

/There's something about her. / Yami said.

/What do you mean? /

/I'm not sure, but she reminds me of something or someone. /

/You don't know what she reminds you of? /

/There is much of my past that I have lost while in the puzzle. /

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An's uncle slapped his hand down to the counter with an audible 'smack' as she walked in though the door. An froze in fear. The same irrational fear she had for two weeks now. It was strange how quickly someone could get use to fear, An didn't wonder what the fear came from she just wondered what her uncle was angry about.

Uncle Matt looked up to see the terrified An.

[An what's wrong?] He asked worriedly.

"You're mad at me, but I don't know why." An admitted thinking he might like her speaking Japanese more, he had said that she needs more practice that morning.

Matt looked confused until he saw her watching his hand.

"Oh An." He sighed. "That wasn't because of you!"

An blinked.

"That stupid paperboy. He forgot to deliver the paper to the game shop down the street. And the temp I have to cover for Dina while she's on holiday just left a message in the diary saying the owner had called to report it. She's gone now and I can't leave the shop unsupervised even if it is only down the street." Matt sighed. "I guess I'll just take the price of today's paper off the bill. And I'm going to sack that useless boy, it's the sixth time he's made a mistake."

"I'll take it down." An offered.

Matt looked up "Are you sure?"

An nodded.

"Okay, you can't miss the shop. It's just down the street, with 'GAME' written on the outside."

An nodded again took the paper from her uncle's hands and started walking.

/You don't have to be scared, Matt won't hurt you. /

The voice had started two weeks ago too, that was easer to explain. It was ether An's imagination or she was going crazy. She just hadn't made her mind up yet.

/I wouldn't let him hurt you even if he wanted to. /

Yeah right. What can a voice in a girl's head do? Well she supposed hearing voices was a little better than having holes in her memory.

An walked though the door of the game shop.

She was surrounded by Duel Monster cards. Her brother would have loved this place...maybe she should take the card game back up.

"Can I help you miss?" An older man asked.

An blinked, he looked like Yugi...could this be the grandfather he had mentioned?

An held out the paper.

"I brought your paper from Matt's shop."

"Oh, He just said on the phone that it was too late to have it brought down."

"I volunteered." An said. "I wanted to help"

Yugi's grandfather nodded. "Thank you."

"Hey An?" Joey asked.

An turned to see Joey followed by Yugi, Tea, and Tristan.

"Oh is she a friend of yours Yugi?" Yugi's grandfather asked.

"Yes, we met today."

"Hey we're going to have a game of Duel monsters why don't you join us?" Tristan asked. "Watch Joey get his butt kicked by Yugi."

"Hey!" Joey shouted.

Yugi smiled. "You don't have to if you don't want to I know you don't play."

"It's okay, I was thinking of taking it up again." An admitted. "Just give me time to pick up my deck and get permission from my Ewythr."

"Your what?" Tea asked.

"Uncle." An said over her shoulder as she walked out.

It wasn't long before she was back with her deck. It looked fairly new.

Out of curiosity Yugi's grandfather asked to have a look. "These are old. You've looked after them well for them to look this good. And they're all first editions!"

/She cares about those cards. / Yami said to Yugi.

"Andrew used to get them for me." An said.

"Who?" Tea asked.

"My big brother." An answered sadly.

"Oh." Tristan asked, not noticing the tone. "Dose he live with you and your uncle?"

"No." An said.

Yugi decided to change the subject. "Come on Joey are you going to play her or not?"

Joey jumped at the challenge and thrashed her easily.

/She's sad about something, she can't seem to put her heart into the cards. / Yami said again.

/Do you know what's wrong? / Yugi asked, being his typical self he wanted to help her.

/No./

An played Tristan next. Her defeat by Joey had felt her little annoyed by the look on her face, but that could be because of Joey's victory dance.

He only stopped dancing when he realised that An was beating Tristan.

/I guess she just needed to be reminded how to put her heart into the game. / Yami said.

/That and she doesn't want to lose again. / Yugi added

Then it was An Vs Tea. Technically An won that too but that was because An was the winner by default, Tea had ran out of cards.

Yugi played An, he tried to go easy but An seemed to know he was and told him off for it. The next card he drew was the Dark Magician.

The game was over quickly after that.

"I guess I should have kept my mouth shut." An shrugged. "I told you in English Class I kept losing."

"You play good." Yugi disagreed. "You just need more practice, and a few stronger cards. You were doing well against Joey until his red-eyes black-dragon destroyed your Mystic Elf."

An smiled but it didn't reach here eyes. She glanced at the clock. "I think I had better get home now."

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