"Heart's Desire"
Chapter Two
"Time to Duel"
Cherry: I got no reviews! Why? (whimpers)
Yami: It's not the end of the world. There's still more to come.
Yugi: Yeah, Cherry. Give them time. They'll review.
Cherry: (sniffles) Yeah, I guess you're right. How could such hot guys like you be wrong?
Yami: (vanishes back into the Millennium Puzzle)
Cherry: Aw, damn! Well, I've still got you Yugi!!
Yugi: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Cherry: (grabs Yugi again) You can't disappear into the puzzle like Yami can! You're stuck with me, your compulsive, virtually obsessive fan girl!
Yugi: Please, go back to chasing Inu-Yasha!!!
Cherry: Whoever said I gave him up? But you're here right now, and he isn't! (squeezes Yugi)
Yugi: START STORY!!! START STORY!!!!!
\Yugi to Yami/ \\Yami to Yugi// ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Yugi invited Kaelyn to sit with him and his friends at lunch that day. She was more than happy to join them; she loved to make friends, but she always had a hard time doing so because of her nasty temper and bad attitude. She really rather liked Yugi, though, and wanted to meet the people he was close to.
The gang waited for Yugi at their usual table. They seemed a little surprised when the new girl walked over with him. In class all morning, she had been a bit snippy to other students, and she tended to snap her answers when the teacher called on her. They were surprised that someone like that would get along with someone like Yugi.
"Hey, guys!" Yugi said brightly when he and Kaelyn sat down. He didn't seem to think there was anything unusual at all.
"Hey Yuge!" Joey said. "Err, aren't ya gonna introduce your friend to us?"
Yugi half-smirked. "Kaelyn, these are my best friends in the world, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, and Tea Gardener. Everyone, this is Kaelyn Usher."
"Nice to meet you," Tea said politely, if a little uncomfortably. Kaelyn caught her tone of voice.
"Hey, don't worry," she said. "I know that I was acting like a real bitch in class, but I'm not going to growl at any of you. Yugi's friends are my friends."
"How did you two meet, because it's obvious that you knew each other before class today," Tristan pointed out.
Kaelyn gave Yugi a rueful grin, and Yugi gave her an embarrassed one. "Since I was panicking about being late this morning, I didn't watch where I was going, and when I came around a corner, I ran into Kaelyn headfirst."
"Knocked us both down, but he apologized and helped me up. That was when I recognized him as the famous duelist Yugi Moto. I've always been a fan of his, because I heard he duels with honor and is always kind to his opponents when they lose. I really respect that."
Yugi turned slightly pink.
"Anyway, he showed me the way to school, and we talked along the way. We became friends instantly."
"You like ta duel?" Joey asked.
Kaelyn grinned. "It's my all-time favorite game."
"Then how about dueling me? No big thing, just something for fun," Joey challenged.
Kaelyn gave Joey a dangerous-looking smile, which made Joey wonder if he'd just challenged his way to disaster. "You're on, Wheeler. I hope you're a good loser."
~*~*~
Tristan, Tea, and Yugi stood around as the two set up in the dueling arena in the gym, placed there courtesy of Seto Kaiba. Yami was watching too, through Yugi's eyes. He sensed something odd about the girl, and was curious about the way she dueled.
"You go first, Joey," Kaelyn said, her voice sounding very much like the soft hiss of a serpent.
"Okay then," Joey said. "First I lay one card face down, then I play Baby Dragon in attack mode."
Kaelyn drew a card and looked at her hand, then at Joey's side of the field, then her hand again, then the field. She grinned.
"Too easy," she whispered. "I play my favorite card, Dark Magician Girl, in attack mode!"
"Dark Magician Girl?" Joey yelped.
"And, I add to her power the Book of Secret Arts, raising her attack points by three hundred! Plus I'll place one card face down on the field, just as you did. Now, I attack with my Dark Magician Girl!"
"Wrong!" Joey said, grinning. Kaelyn blinked. "I could tell from the way you were acting that you were gonna be a tough opponent right off the bat, so I laid this card down just for you!"
He picked up his face down card, and showed it to her. It was Acid Trap Hole.
"Acid Trap Hole?" Kaelyn squeaked.
"Yep! It's my special way of welcoming you to our school!"
The Dark Magician Girl, however, continued right over the hole and destroyed the Baby Dragon.
"What the? Why didn't it work?"
"That trap should have stopped her attack, and destroyed her monster on top of that!" Tea said.
Yugi was confused too, until he remembered that she had played a face down card too. "Her face down card! That's what did it!"
She smirked. "Right. I admit I panicked for a moment when I saw Acid Trap Hole, but my card allowed me to prevent it from working."
"How?" Joey demanded. Kaelyn picked up the card and showed him.
"It's a Magic card called Mystical Space Typhoon, and it allows me to destroy one Magic or Trap card on my opponent's side of the field. I chose to destroy your Acid Trap Hole. Not only could my Dark Magician Girl attack safely, but you've lost 1100 Life Points in one attack."
Tristan let out a low whistle. "That's a strong duelist. Just one move, and she's already got Joey on the ropes."
"Let's wait and see what happens," Yugi said. "You know how well Joey can make comebacks."
"Alright, it's my turn now," Joey said, drawing a card. He grinned at what he now held in his hand, then at Kaelyn.
"What are you looking so happy about?" she snapped.
"I'm happy about this!" Joey yelled. "Go, Red Eyes Black Dragon!" (A/n: In my story at least, Yugi returned the Red Eyes to Joey after the tournament.)
The ferocious dragon made its appearance. Kaelyn gasped.
"I'll also play two cards face down. Now, Red Eyes Black Dragon! Attack the Dark Magician Girl!"
The Red Eyes blasted a jet of fire at the Dark Magician Girl, effectively wiping her out. Even though Kaelyn only lost 100 Life Points, she still was vastly upset over the loss of her favorite monster, and it was very obvious that she was.
"My Dark Magician Girl!! HOW DARE YOU!!!!" she screeched, her voice hurting everyone's ears. "You will pay for this dearly, Wheeler! I promise you!!"
Yugi suddenly felt something from Yami that was extraordinarily like apprehension. \What's the matter Yami? / he asked.
\\I have a very strange feeling about that girl, Hikari, // Yami answered. \\We must be very careful around her. There's something odd about her eyes . . . //
Kaelyn drew her next card, looked at it, and gave Joey a dark look. Yugi suddenly saw what Yami must have noticed. Kaelyn's eyes suddenly seemed to be turning dark and hazy, but at the same time, they appeared to glow with power.
"You're finished now, Wheeler!" Kaelyn announced. She held up her card and everyone gasped.
"Oh no! That's . . ." Joey began.
"That's right! It's one of my favorite Magic Cards. Tremendous Fire! It's true that I'll lose 500 Life Points from this card, but you lose 1000, which is more than enough to finish you off!"
"Aw no! I lost!" Joey said.
He and Kaelyn stepped down from the dueling platforms. Joey was obviously upset over having lost the duel so fast, but the duel had been so intense right from the start that it seemed to have lasted a lot longer.
"That was a good match," he said courteously to Kaelyn.
The new girl smiled, all sweetness again, the demonic look gone from her eyes. "Thanks Joey! Same to you! That was one of the shortest duels I've ever been in, but it most certainly was also one of the most intense!" She looked at Yugi. "Maybe I could duel someone else later on, though, after I've had a little more practice. I don't think I'm quite an expert of the game yet."
Yugi forced a smile. "I'm looking forward to when you decide to challenge me," he said honestly.
Kaelyn gave him a sunny smile, but Yugi noticed that her eyes flickered to the puzzle. It was only once, and just briefly, but the look that flared in her eyes when she did told him that Yami was right; there was something odd about the short young woman that he had befriended that morning.
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Cherry: I love leaving things in suspense! I love cliffhangers!!
Yugi: (is still being squeezed) I love to breathe!!!
Cherry: (realizes that she never let go of Yugi) Oops! Sorry Yuge!
Yugi: (is busy gasping for air)
Yami: (reappears) Well, that another chapter down, and lots more to go, knowing you.
Cherry: Hey, what would you know, hiding from me in that puzzle?
Yami: I'm not a coward, but I'm not stupid either! I wasn't about to let you get me into one of your bear hugs!
Yugi: Great for you! She nearly killed me!
Cherry: Oh, hush you two! Now people, please, review my story this time!!! I really want someone to acknowledge the existence of my Yu-Gi-Oh! story! Please! Reviews!! Yugi, tell them to review! If I don't get any, I'm gonna need a comfort hug!
Yugi: ACK! REVIEW!! REVIEW!!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!
Chapter Two
"Time to Duel"
Cherry: I got no reviews! Why? (whimpers)
Yami: It's not the end of the world. There's still more to come.
Yugi: Yeah, Cherry. Give them time. They'll review.
Cherry: (sniffles) Yeah, I guess you're right. How could such hot guys like you be wrong?
Yami: (vanishes back into the Millennium Puzzle)
Cherry: Aw, damn! Well, I've still got you Yugi!!
Yugi: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Cherry: (grabs Yugi again) You can't disappear into the puzzle like Yami can! You're stuck with me, your compulsive, virtually obsessive fan girl!
Yugi: Please, go back to chasing Inu-Yasha!!!
Cherry: Whoever said I gave him up? But you're here right now, and he isn't! (squeezes Yugi)
Yugi: START STORY!!! START STORY!!!!!
\Yugi to Yami/ \\Yami to Yugi// ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Yugi invited Kaelyn to sit with him and his friends at lunch that day. She was more than happy to join them; she loved to make friends, but she always had a hard time doing so because of her nasty temper and bad attitude. She really rather liked Yugi, though, and wanted to meet the people he was close to.
The gang waited for Yugi at their usual table. They seemed a little surprised when the new girl walked over with him. In class all morning, she had been a bit snippy to other students, and she tended to snap her answers when the teacher called on her. They were surprised that someone like that would get along with someone like Yugi.
"Hey, guys!" Yugi said brightly when he and Kaelyn sat down. He didn't seem to think there was anything unusual at all.
"Hey Yuge!" Joey said. "Err, aren't ya gonna introduce your friend to us?"
Yugi half-smirked. "Kaelyn, these are my best friends in the world, Joey Wheeler, Tristan Taylor, and Tea Gardener. Everyone, this is Kaelyn Usher."
"Nice to meet you," Tea said politely, if a little uncomfortably. Kaelyn caught her tone of voice.
"Hey, don't worry," she said. "I know that I was acting like a real bitch in class, but I'm not going to growl at any of you. Yugi's friends are my friends."
"How did you two meet, because it's obvious that you knew each other before class today," Tristan pointed out.
Kaelyn gave Yugi a rueful grin, and Yugi gave her an embarrassed one. "Since I was panicking about being late this morning, I didn't watch where I was going, and when I came around a corner, I ran into Kaelyn headfirst."
"Knocked us both down, but he apologized and helped me up. That was when I recognized him as the famous duelist Yugi Moto. I've always been a fan of his, because I heard he duels with honor and is always kind to his opponents when they lose. I really respect that."
Yugi turned slightly pink.
"Anyway, he showed me the way to school, and we talked along the way. We became friends instantly."
"You like ta duel?" Joey asked.
Kaelyn grinned. "It's my all-time favorite game."
"Then how about dueling me? No big thing, just something for fun," Joey challenged.
Kaelyn gave Joey a dangerous-looking smile, which made Joey wonder if he'd just challenged his way to disaster. "You're on, Wheeler. I hope you're a good loser."
~*~*~
Tristan, Tea, and Yugi stood around as the two set up in the dueling arena in the gym, placed there courtesy of Seto Kaiba. Yami was watching too, through Yugi's eyes. He sensed something odd about the girl, and was curious about the way she dueled.
"You go first, Joey," Kaelyn said, her voice sounding very much like the soft hiss of a serpent.
"Okay then," Joey said. "First I lay one card face down, then I play Baby Dragon in attack mode."
Kaelyn drew a card and looked at her hand, then at Joey's side of the field, then her hand again, then the field. She grinned.
"Too easy," she whispered. "I play my favorite card, Dark Magician Girl, in attack mode!"
"Dark Magician Girl?" Joey yelped.
"And, I add to her power the Book of Secret Arts, raising her attack points by three hundred! Plus I'll place one card face down on the field, just as you did. Now, I attack with my Dark Magician Girl!"
"Wrong!" Joey said, grinning. Kaelyn blinked. "I could tell from the way you were acting that you were gonna be a tough opponent right off the bat, so I laid this card down just for you!"
He picked up his face down card, and showed it to her. It was Acid Trap Hole.
"Acid Trap Hole?" Kaelyn squeaked.
"Yep! It's my special way of welcoming you to our school!"
The Dark Magician Girl, however, continued right over the hole and destroyed the Baby Dragon.
"What the? Why didn't it work?"
"That trap should have stopped her attack, and destroyed her monster on top of that!" Tea said.
Yugi was confused too, until he remembered that she had played a face down card too. "Her face down card! That's what did it!"
She smirked. "Right. I admit I panicked for a moment when I saw Acid Trap Hole, but my card allowed me to prevent it from working."
"How?" Joey demanded. Kaelyn picked up the card and showed him.
"It's a Magic card called Mystical Space Typhoon, and it allows me to destroy one Magic or Trap card on my opponent's side of the field. I chose to destroy your Acid Trap Hole. Not only could my Dark Magician Girl attack safely, but you've lost 1100 Life Points in one attack."
Tristan let out a low whistle. "That's a strong duelist. Just one move, and she's already got Joey on the ropes."
"Let's wait and see what happens," Yugi said. "You know how well Joey can make comebacks."
"Alright, it's my turn now," Joey said, drawing a card. He grinned at what he now held in his hand, then at Kaelyn.
"What are you looking so happy about?" she snapped.
"I'm happy about this!" Joey yelled. "Go, Red Eyes Black Dragon!" (A/n: In my story at least, Yugi returned the Red Eyes to Joey after the tournament.)
The ferocious dragon made its appearance. Kaelyn gasped.
"I'll also play two cards face down. Now, Red Eyes Black Dragon! Attack the Dark Magician Girl!"
The Red Eyes blasted a jet of fire at the Dark Magician Girl, effectively wiping her out. Even though Kaelyn only lost 100 Life Points, she still was vastly upset over the loss of her favorite monster, and it was very obvious that she was.
"My Dark Magician Girl!! HOW DARE YOU!!!!" she screeched, her voice hurting everyone's ears. "You will pay for this dearly, Wheeler! I promise you!!"
Yugi suddenly felt something from Yami that was extraordinarily like apprehension. \What's the matter Yami? / he asked.
\\I have a very strange feeling about that girl, Hikari, // Yami answered. \\We must be very careful around her. There's something odd about her eyes . . . //
Kaelyn drew her next card, looked at it, and gave Joey a dark look. Yugi suddenly saw what Yami must have noticed. Kaelyn's eyes suddenly seemed to be turning dark and hazy, but at the same time, they appeared to glow with power.
"You're finished now, Wheeler!" Kaelyn announced. She held up her card and everyone gasped.
"Oh no! That's . . ." Joey began.
"That's right! It's one of my favorite Magic Cards. Tremendous Fire! It's true that I'll lose 500 Life Points from this card, but you lose 1000, which is more than enough to finish you off!"
"Aw no! I lost!" Joey said.
He and Kaelyn stepped down from the dueling platforms. Joey was obviously upset over having lost the duel so fast, but the duel had been so intense right from the start that it seemed to have lasted a lot longer.
"That was a good match," he said courteously to Kaelyn.
The new girl smiled, all sweetness again, the demonic look gone from her eyes. "Thanks Joey! Same to you! That was one of the shortest duels I've ever been in, but it most certainly was also one of the most intense!" She looked at Yugi. "Maybe I could duel someone else later on, though, after I've had a little more practice. I don't think I'm quite an expert of the game yet."
Yugi forced a smile. "I'm looking forward to when you decide to challenge me," he said honestly.
Kaelyn gave him a sunny smile, but Yugi noticed that her eyes flickered to the puzzle. It was only once, and just briefly, but the look that flared in her eyes when she did told him that Yami was right; there was something odd about the short young woman that he had befriended that morning.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Cherry: I love leaving things in suspense! I love cliffhangers!!
Yugi: (is still being squeezed) I love to breathe!!!
Cherry: (realizes that she never let go of Yugi) Oops! Sorry Yuge!
Yugi: (is busy gasping for air)
Yami: (reappears) Well, that another chapter down, and lots more to go, knowing you.
Cherry: Hey, what would you know, hiding from me in that puzzle?
Yami: I'm not a coward, but I'm not stupid either! I wasn't about to let you get me into one of your bear hugs!
Yugi: Great for you! She nearly killed me!
Cherry: Oh, hush you two! Now people, please, review my story this time!!! I really want someone to acknowledge the existence of my Yu-Gi-Oh! story! Please! Reviews!! Yugi, tell them to review! If I don't get any, I'm gonna need a comfort hug!
Yugi: ACK! REVIEW!! REVIEW!!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!