Disclaimer: Must I continue this? *sighs ruefully* I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its counterparts…yadda yadda yadda…oh…do keep in mind, this is three years after where the episodes are at now (to my knowledge at least), so the characters have changed and aged some…and it's also ten years after the prologue…

Chapter Two – Enter: Domino City

The train came to a slow stop as it finally reached it's destination in Domino City. Téa and Yugi stood among the crowds of people, waiting for Téa's pen pal to emerge from the overloaded car. When it seemed as if all the passengers had exited and no one else was coming, a girl with long blonde hair and gravity defying bangs hanging in her eyes emerged from the train, carrying two bags with her. Her stormy sapphire blue eyes with light sprinkled around the pupil glanced around the station, searching for a recognizable face it seemed. Her eyes passed over a tall brunette girl and a short multi-colored hair boy once, then twice, until her eyes finally locked with the boy. He seemed to look familiar. His amethyst eyes gave away his innocence as he looked back at her. He slowly nudged the girl standing beside him, said something, and slightly nodded his head in Serena's direction. The girl looked to where her friend had said, and a smile immediately illuminated her face.

"Serena?" she called over the noise of the station.

"Téa?" the blonde called back to her.

The two girls smiled at each other and met half way with a hug. To the both of them, it felt like meeting an old friend.

"Serena, this is my friend Yugi. Joey was in the middle of a duel, so he and the others stayed behind," Téa said, as the three of them made their way away from the station.

"It's nice to meet you Serena. Téa's been talking all about you and how excited she was that you were coming to participate in the duel. She said you were the top duelist at your school," Yugi said, taking one of Serena's bags from her.

"And it's nice to meet you, Yugi…you wouldn't happen to be Yugi Motou would you?" she asked, recognition finally dawning on her as the one who had won the Duelist Kingdom tournament, as well as the past two Battle City tournaments.

"Yes, that's me," he said, a smile on his face.

"You're the number one duelist…beating my uncle at Duelist Kingdom must have been difficult considering he created the modern day game. He also used his millennium eye to see the cards in your hand…I'm sure you knew that, but he's changed. He's a truly wonderful person. It was just hard for him to lose my mom and his wife within two years," she said softly.

"Pegasus is your uncle?" Yugi asked surprised. It had never been mentioned that Pegasus had a sister…or a niece.

Serena explained the basics of her past – her mother's death, meeting her uncle, and going to boarding school. She wasn't ready to open up to these two people beyond the surface, but she felt in her heart of hearts that she could easily trust them.

~*~*~*~*~

"Grandpa, this is Serena," Yugi said as they walked into the game shop where the others were to meet them.

"It's nice to meet you Mr. Motou," Serena said as she reached the counter and held out her hand, smiling into the kind eyes of the elderly man.

"Please, call me 'Grandpa'," he replied, shaking her hand and smiling back. "You must be the young girl from Téa's letters."

"Yes, that's me. When do the actual Battle City duels begin?"

"In one week Serena. We should take you to get registered before they close it off tomorrow," Yugi said, noticing for the first time the emblem on the necklace she wore.

"Oh, that's ok Yugi; I registered already through the mail. I received my packet a week ago," Serena replied, also noticing the emblem on Yugi's upside-down pyramid hanging around his neck. Serena knew the insignia; it was a millennium item, much like her uncle's eye and her own necklace. Self-conscientiously, her hand went up to touch the ruby eye on her neck, a slight blush playing on her features. She had no reason to doubt him; her dream had shown the puzzle to her, telling her he would be a true friend, and his friends would be true friends as well. As she got to know him and Téa, and the others she had yet to meet, she knew she would be able to open up and reveal her past to them. Given enough time to learn to trust them, maybe, just maybe, she could trust other people too.

"Hey Téa, is this your friend?" a voice said, pulling Serena from her quiet thoughts. Another blush crept up her face as she wondered just how long she had stood there with her hand near her neck, quiet, and her eyes staring into space.

"Everyone, meet Serena," Téa said, smiling at Serena who in turn, smiled at the three new faces before her. They were introduced to her as Serenity, Joey, and Tristan.

"We can't stay 'cause I'm going ta go get some practice and kick some duelist's butt, but we wanted ta drop by and say 'hey'," Joey said, smiling at Serena. She's a babe.

"We?" Tristan clarified.

"Yeah, I need my support so I can have witnesses ta tell the world dat Joey Wheeler is one of the greatest duelists alive."

"So humble too," Téa said, rolling her eyes.

"It was nice ta meet ya Serena," Joey said, grabbing Tristan, whose arm was around Serenity, leading them away from the game shop.

"Joey is always like that. You get used to it after a while," Téa said apologetically.

Serena smiled and allowed a small laugh to escape her.

She probably thinks we're a bunch of nuts, Yugi's mind spoke to the spirit within his puzzle.

Possibly so Yugi, but she doesn't know any one else in Domino City, so she's not going to go anywhere, Yami returned.

"Would you like a tour of the city?" Téa asked, breaking the silence which had begun to settle on the group.

"Sure…but, where do I put my bags?" Serena asked, laughing softly again.

"You can leave them here. We'll just come back and get them before you go to Téa's," Yugi said, taking both the bags and placing them behind the counter. "We won't be too long Grandpa," he called over his shoulder.

"Yugi, what time is it?" Téa asked as they headed away from the game shop.

"It's almost two Téa, why?"

Téa groaned inwardly and out. "Serena, I have to be at work in fifteen minutes, do you mind if Yugi shows you around? I only have to work a few hours because this is my last day," she asked, hope evident in her eyes.

This would be the perfect time to find out about his millennium item, she thought contentedly. "That'd be fine Téa," she said, smiling genuinely.

"Come to the game shop when you're off," Yugi said simply. Now I'll have a chance to ask her about her millennium item.

Don't pry too much, only ask what she's willing to answer, Yami said pointedly.

Right!

Casual conversation went on for awhile, while the two teens waited for the right time to bring up the millennium items, not wanting to feel like they were speaking out of the blue. Serena was learning her way around the town and was becoming more and more excited about the upcoming duel. Enough time passed to where the two could no longer push aside what they both really wished to talk about.

"That is a millennium item, right?" they both asked each other bursting into laughter at the rapidity and unusualness of their out-of-the-blue question. Now they had something to talk about.

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