"It's not possible! You can't have a Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Kaiba yelled at me. "I have the only ones! There were only four made and I ripped up the fourth when I won it from Yugi's Grandfather! It's not possible! You can't have a real one!"
"Your right Seto, maybe that one's a fake!" Mokuba exclaimed. "She couldn't have a real one."
"I demand a rematch! That card is obviously a fake you cheater!" Weevil cried out.
I frowned and got out the card again, showing everyone that it wasn't a fake. "I wouldn't be talking about Cheating Weevil, since you stole the rules to the tournament. Your just trying to get out of that favor you owe me. Nothing doin! You owe me a favor and you better keep your word when I call it upon you! My Blue eyes beat you fair and square!" Weevil glared at me, adjusted his glasses, then left in a huff. Everyone was staring at me, jaw dropped and everything. As the platform began going down, I gathered my cards together back into their deck and put it in my pocket. Uh oh… I thought to myself. How was I going to explain myself out of this one? Back home, all you had to do was buy the Kaiba starter deck to get a Blue Eye's White Dragon. Here, there were only supposed to be four. I nervously stepped off the platform.
Immediately, I was bombarded with questions.
"Where did you get a Blue Eyes White Dragon?" Tèa asked.
"Yeah, there are only supposed to be four, are they making more?" Tristan asked.
Kaiba pushed his way through them and grabbed me by the shoulders. "I want to know how you got that Blue Eyes! You will tell me!" He shouted, getting in my face."
"Hey Kaiba, get your slimy mitts offa her!" Joey exclaimed. I narrowed my eyes and griped Kaiba's hands with my own.
"Let go of me now." I said simply, but in a low threatening tone.
He only tightened his grip and matched his tone with mine. "I'm going to find out where you got your Blue Eyes. And what's more, I'm going to get your Blue Eyes. Name your price."
I shook my head. "I'm not selling or trading my Blue Eyes White Dragon to you. Or dueling you for it. I'm keeping it and I'm not telling you where I got it!" I exclaimed. The look in his eyes was frightening me. It was cold and dark, conniving and sinister. I tried to pry his hands off but he only tightened his grip even further, making me wince in pain. "You're just a bully!" I cried out.
"Yuuuuuuuuuugiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiooooooooooooh!" Yugi shouted. His Millennium Puzzle glowed and I saw everything. The blue lights, the Egyptian hieroglyphics, his hair and height changing and everything. No one else seemed to.
"Ok, no one else notices this!" I exclaimed. "He just grew like two heads taller, his hair changed and mph…!" Yami calmly covered my mouth with his hand.
"Ok, ok I get it, I'll shut up." I murmured through his hand. Yami nodded and took his hand away.
I saw Yami grab Kaiba's hands and slowly take them off me. He then stood in front of me protectively. "She doesn't want to give you her Blue Eyes Kaiba, and whether she tells anyone where she got it is her business."
"Keep out of this Yugi, I have to make sure that Blue Eyes is never used against me!" Kaiba exclaimed. "This is none of your business."
"Do I gotta remind you Kaiba! Yugi saved your butt! Not to mention Mokuba's! You owe him, just let it go!" Joey shouted.
"Joey's right for once Kaiba! Just let it go!" Tèa exclaimed.
Joey smirked, till he realized what she had said, and then face faulted. "Hey! I'm right more den that!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah, about as right as you are smart." Tristan commented.
"Hah! Then I must be right all the time!" Joey shouted making a V with his fingers.
"Don't flatter yourself." Kaiba commented glared at me, shook his head then turned to leave. Over his shoulder, Kaiba called back to me. "I'm only letting this go for now. But I can promise you. That I will get that Blue Eyes White Dragon and find out wherever you got it from." Kaiba sneered. Mokuba trotted obediently after his big brother.
"Hey Kaiba!" I called after him. Both Kaiba brothers stopped. "I actually found a special booster pack when I was on the island." I lied. "I asked around but nobody said it was theirs. So I kept it and opened it. The only card inside was my Blue Eyes White Dragon." I finished.
"Yeah right, like some magical booster pack would just appear on the island and have only one card in it. The rarest card might I add." Kaiba answered, narrowing his eyes. Everyone else looked like they didn't think it was too likely either.
"Stranger things happened on the island." I pointed out. "Maybe everything happened for a reason. Maybe I was meant to find the card." I said. That got everyone thinking.
"Yeah, I guess stranger things did happen to us." Tèa agreed.
"Yeah, like the time we had that crazy dream where Bakura went nuts and Joey grabbed me for protection." Tristan said, remembering.
"You big doofus! You're the one who grabbed me!" Joey argued.
"Lets not talk about who grabbed who, just doesn't sound right." I pointed out. "I'm all for leaving if that's alright with you guys. No offence to you Kaiba, but this place gives me the creeps.
Kaiba shrugged. "Whatever." He replied as we began walking out. "Oh and Jade…" He said "You know I'm going to get your card sooner or later, you just better watch yourself." He commented.
"And I suppose you just said that to make yourself look all big and scary?" I asked him. "I'm not giving you the card, get it?! You'd tear it up, just like you did with Yugi's Grandpa's card."
Kaiba nodded. "So then it would never be used against me."
"But then the pretty card would be destroyed. Nope, not gonna let that happen." I answered. Kaiba growled and told us to leave already, before he had to call security.
"I will get that card, that's a promise!" I heard him mutter as we were leaving.
"But Seto, she said she wouldn't sell it or anything." Mokuba protested.
"I'll find a way Mokuba, I always get what I want." Kaiba answered.
"Yeah Seto you're the best!" Mokuba exclaimed.
I tried ignoring them as best as I could. I reached into my pocket and clasped my deck in my hands. I found that Yami was staring at me. "Thanks for the help." I whispered, he nodded at me and once again became Yugi. I didn't bother to point out the change. Bakura explained what had happened with Weevil and I as we walked. When we were outside Tristan pulled me aside.
"Come on now, where did you really get that card?" He asked me.
"Oh, so we have a non believer in our midst eh." I answered.
"I Don't believe in that kind of stuff, a psychic told me that I would get a nice girlfriend and I haven't even had a date!" Tristan answered.
"Awe you've gotta be kidding me Tristan. A great looking guy like you who's got a great personality doesn't have a girlfriend?" I said, smiled and winked at him.
Tristan blushed and Joey began laughing. "What are you laughing at?!" Tristan exclaimed. The two started bickering and arguing.
"Don't you two ever stop?" Tèa sighed in annoyance. "I don't know about any of you, but I'm going back to my own house." She said.
"Yeah, we have been away for a while, would be nice going back. Bakura said.
"Yeah…" Joey said reluctantly. I wondered if he even missed his life at home.
So we parted ways. Yugi and I headed toward the gameshop.
"You're sure its ok with your Grandpa that I can stay in the attic?" I asked Yugi.
"Yah, he said it's ok, if you wouldn't mind doing some chores to help out around the place." Yugi answered.
"Of course I'll help out around the apartment Yugi, do cooking and cleaning and stuff." I answered.
"You can cook?" Yugi asked me.
I nodded. "I took a course in school called Independent living where we got to do a lot of cooking. Crepes are my specialty." I told him.
"What are crepes? I've never had them before." Yugi inquired.
"They are thin pancakes; they go really good with this blueberry cream I know how to make." I said.
"Do you think you can cook that tonight? Grandpa just got home from the hospital and it would be nice if some one cooked dinner for him. And I don't know how to cook." Yugi admitted sheepishly.
I giggled. "I can make that no problem. Do you have the ingredients flour, milk, blueberries, cream cheese, butter and stuff?" I asked him.
"Maybe we should do a little shopping before we get back." Yugi suggested. So off we went to the nearest convenient store. "By the way Jade, can I see your duel monsters deck?" Yugi asked me as I pulled the ingredients off of the shelves.
"Uh…sure, guess there's no harm in it. It's not like were ever going to duel over some life altering thing." I agreed and gave it to him.
Yugi looked it over. "Wow, you have a lot of the same cards I have, strange..." Yugi commented.
"Yeah, what a coincidence hehehe..." I muttered nervously.
"And, it did seem strange that you noticed the differences between me and the spirit of my Millennium puzzle when no one else ever does."
"I find that hard to believe too." I agreed.
"You're not really from America are you? How do you seem to know so much about everything? What are you really doing here?" Yugi asked. I bit my lip. Figures he would have found out. I took out the Millennium key from underneath my tanktop and showed it to Yugi. "Another Millennium item!" Yugi gasped.
"Shhhh! I'll talk about it with you later!" I hushed him.
"Oh yeah, right." Yugi agreed. We gathered the rest of the ingredients needed and were just about to get in line when I spotted the soda. Since Yugi was the one paying for all the ingredients, I needed to ask him first.
"Yugi, I'm thirsty, can I please get a soda? I'll pay you back with chores and things." I said.
Yugi smiled "It's just a soda, sure you can get one. No need to pay me back." He said. "Think I'll get one too."
"Thanks Yugi." I smiled. I looked over the choices. They weren't even full bottles of soda, only the little ones. Coke, Grape delight, and Pepsi. On the Grape delight bottle caps, I saw that there was some kind of contest going on. At first, I didn't pay much attention; after all, nobody ever won those kinds of things anyway. And if they did, it was just small prizes like buy one get one free or something. But it was the prize that caught my attention. "Win a Limousine?" I said out loud.
"That would be a really cool prize." Yugi sighed.
"Yeah, but no one ever wins those." I commented. Still, Yugi was right, that was an unusual prize; a limousine would be something really cool to have. I reached out to grab a bottle when I felt almost guided, to reach far back and take the soda bottle on the far left. I put my Millennium key back under my tanktop, as it had started to glow. I wondered why it was doing that, and suddenly had a newfound hope for those never won contests.
We paid for the groceries and headed to the Game shop. "Grandpa I'm home!" Yugi shouted running up the stairs. We set the groceries down on the kitchen table.
"Hello Yugi, back so soon?" Solomon Moto said, coming into the room. "Ah, is this the girl you were telling me about?"
Yugi nodded. "Yup, Grandpa, meet my new friend Jade."
"A pleasure to meet you Mr. Moto." I said bowing politely.
He too bowed to me. "What a nice polite young lady. But there's no need for formalities, just call me Grandpa or Gramps. All of Yugi's other friends do."
"If you like, I could start dinner now." I said.
"My, my, you cook too?" Gramps asked me.
"Yeah Grandpa, she's gonna cook some crepes for us." Yugi replied.
"Oh good, haven't had crepes in a long long while." Gramps replied. I set to work setting the table, getting the ingredients out as well as getting out a bowl, a pan and a stirring spoon and spatula. I made the blueberry cream and the crepes and served them.
As I sat down to eat my own, I saw Yugi looking his over skeptically.
"This smells wonderful my dear." Gramps commented. They both tried a bite and I smiled with relief as they told me the crepes were excellent. "Now, we should talk about your payment in staying here and helping out with the game shop and doing work around here."
"I'll work really hard for you sir." I said.
Gramps nodded. "How does 100 dollars a week sound to you? Plus free room and food?"
My jaw dropped. "That's really too much…I couldn't…" I started to say before Gramps raised his hand to silence me.
"Make more food like this every night and I'd be glad to give you a raise." He smiled kindheartedly. "But you must work hard and do the chores I list for you every day." Gramps told me. He finished his crepe as I agreed. "I must get your recipe that was delicious."
"Yeah Jade this is really good." Yugi said with his mouth full.
I smiled. "Glad you like it." I said and began clearing away the dishes. I began washing them in the sink. After I was done, I felt thirsty so I got out my soda from the fridge and poured myself a cup. I looked at the top of the cap and remembered the contest to win the limo. I looked under the cover and gasped, dropping the cup to the floor. Since it was plastic, it didn't shatter. But, since I wasn't all the way done, soda was spilled all over the floor. "I won? I won!" I screamed in delight.
"What's wrong aaaah?!" Yugi cried, rushing into the room, slipping on the soda and crashing right into me.
I was going hysterical, laughing like crazy and feeling lightheaded. I hugged Yugi tightly and shoved the cap near Yugi's face. "I won the contest Yugi! The limo is mine yeah!!!!" I cried.
"That's great Jade but…you don't have to squeeze the life out of me…" Yugi wheezed.
"Oops, sorry." I apologized, released him and helped him up. And I should probably clean this mess up too." I said, getting paper towels and cleaning up the spill.
"What's all the commotion about?" Gramps asked, coming into the room.
"YugiboughtmeasodaandonthesodacaptheresacontestandIopenedupmysodaandIwon the prize!" I said, too fast for anyone to really keep up.
"Settle down my dear, now what was it you said?" Gramps asked me.
I took a deep breath. "I won a contest, the bottle cap has a phone number on it and if I call them, I've won a limo!" I exclaimed.
"Well then, you must call in and claim your prize." Gramps told me. "Phone's in the other room."
I practically ran to the other room screaming. I dialed up the number and claimed my prize over the phone. I was going to pick up my limo the next day. "I can't believe I actually won something like that. No one ever wins those kinds of things!" I said as Yugi led me up the stairs to the attic. Then I remembered the weird feeling I had when picking out the soda. And how my Millennium key had started glowing. "Wonder if it had anything to do with my Millenium key…?" I wondered out loud.
"Millennium key?" Yugi asked me in surprise. "I remember Shadi that Egyptian man that came into my mind had a Millennium key."
"Oh yeah, I promised to tell you about that didn't I." I remembered. He got out a pillow and blanket from a nearby linen closet.
"Mmmhmmm." Yugi nodded and opened the attic door. He turned on the light. Inside was like an extra room. Not really cluttered or cobweb ridden at all. Just a little crowded with exotic things from far away places. There was even a window and chest of drawers. But I noticed there was no bed or anything.
"Is there a cot or mattress or something I can sleep on?" I asked Yugi.
"No but there's a hammock up here somewhere." Yugi answered.
"Coolness, I get to sleep in a hammock!" I exclaimed and smiled. We began rummaging through some old boxes. "Wow, your grandpa must have really been a world traveler." I commented as we found the hammock and began setting it up, hanging it between two wooden beams. It was the biggest hammock that I had ever seen, It was a cloth one instead of one made from intertwined rope, and probably big enough to fit three people let alone one.
"Yeah, he even went to Egypt and helped in an archeological dig." Yugi told me. "Will you tell me about your Millennium Item now?" Yugi asked me.
I sighed and sat down on the hammock. I patted the space next to me and Yugi sat down next to me.
"Well Yugi, I'm from another dimension." I started saying. I wasn't about to tell him that his whole world was an anime cartoon world televised for all to see. I didn't want him to get freaked out. I explained how my Millennium key worked, its relationship to Shadi's, how it was placed into the dancer girls body using the white light transfer ritual, how I had come into this world because the key had been drawn to the energy from the Millennium eye, puzzle and ring, plus the arrival of the comet that opened the portal between our two worlds drawing me inside and the key came out of my body. Yugi looked on at me wide eyed, occasionally nodding. I didn't mention Yami Bakura's part in the whole thing. Didn't think he needed to know, I mean it was ok now, Yami Bakura was locked away in another dimension, hopefully forever. "So I've decided to stay in this dimension for a while." I finished up.
"Wow, that Millenium key sounds really powerfull. Just imagine what would happen if It fell into the wrong hands." Yugi commented. "If someone evil were to possess it, they could bring monsters from other dimensions, and really mess things up here. Make sure you take good care of that key."
"You have nothing to fear Yugi. I'm a good person that would never use my key for evil. And I'll never let anyone take it from me. I'll be a good guardian to it." I said.
Yugi nodded. "But don't you miss your family and want to go home?"
I sighed and looked away. "Of course I do Yugi. But, something here holds me back, and I can't just go home. The key would go back inside my body and lie dormant until the next millennium and by then I'll be dead and the key will be reincarnated into the next person, unbeknownst to them."
"What holds you back? Is it your feelings for Joey?" Yugi asked me.
I turned beat red and face faulted out of the hammock. "Wwwwhat ever gave you that idea?" I stuttered, grinning sheepishly and rubbing the back of my neck.
"Awe come on Jade, its not like everyone hasn't seen you two together." Yugi smiled. "Actually, you two seem pretty happy when you're together."
"Really Yugi, you think so?"
Yugi smiled and nodded. "I don't think Joey's ever had a girlfriend before. It's really nice that you care so much about him."
I smiled and blushed. "Hey, when I get the limo tomorrow, it's going to need some painting, do you and your friends want to help?" I asked Yugi.
"Painting?" Yugi asked.
"Sure, guy on the phone told me it's a black limo. I want to paint fire on the hood, and dolphins and planets on the back and sides of it." I answered. "I love artwork; it would make the limo look wicked awesome!"
Yugi chuckled. "Sure thing, I'll ask the guys at school and we'll meet you afterwards. Grandpa's got some old unused paints too."
"Cool." I grinned. "Right now, I'm going to bed though, see you tomorrow Yugi." I said as I kicked off my sandals, drew the blanket around me and fluffed up the pillow.
"Goodnight Jade, sleep well." Yugi said to me and closed the door and shut off the lights. I settled myself into a peaceful slumber.