Una: Okay, I'll put up an actual chapter.
Chapter 1
The New Transfer Student; Yami's Funk
"Let me see it one more time!"
Moto Yugi and Jonouchi Katsuya were walking along the side of the road towards Domino High. It was a fresh, winter morning in Domino City, only a couple weeks after Winter Break. Any normal teenager would only be thinking about what they did for Christmas, checking homework, or trading Duel Monster Cards.
However, Jonouchi wanted to see Yugi's cards for a different reason. The "god" cards Yugi had received months before were one-of-a-kind cards capable of destroying an opponent's life points in one blow. They held part of the secret of finding the lost memory of the spirit of Yugi's Millennium Puzzle.
"I'm not taking it out of the box, Jonouchi-kun," Yugi sighed, readjusting his backpack firmly on his back. "It's too important to bring out for a friendly game."
Jonouchi shoved his friend jovially. "C'mon, Yugi! I wanna see what it can do!"
Yugi looked around to change the subject. "Hey! Check it out!" He pointed across the street. "Someone's moving into the old Kuabara house!"
Jonouchi snorted, but turned to see. "Hey, you're right."
The movers were carrying a large, wooden box marked "Chandelier" into the house, right after three others transporting a long, mahogany table and another box marked "Fragile." Still more carried in some marked "Fine China," "Crystal Vases," and other various, expensive sounding items. The big surprise for the boys occurred when a full-length, gold plated mirror passed into the house, carefully carried by four movers.
Jonouchi whistled. "Damn! These people must be loaded! Wonder why they ain't living in a mansion!"
"Maybe they have a son going to the school," reasoned Yugi, staring at the king-sized mattress seemingly walk of it's own accord.
"Think a kid like that plays cards?"
"Kaiba does."
"He doesn't count! He's a game business owner! He has to!"
Yugi shrugged.
"YO GUYS!!!"
Honda ran up behind them and caught sight of the movers. "Whoa! Who's moving in?"
"Don't know," said Yugi. He looked at his watch. "We better get going. It's almost 8. We're gonna miss the bus!"
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The halls of Domino High bustled with students moving to and fro, talking about different things. Yugi's mind was still on Yami's lost memory. His "other self," as he still called him, had walked through the memory of his last week or so on Earth 3,000 years ago, but still could not recall everything he should. He could not even remember his name!
The teen touched the puzzle absent-mindedly. Isis told them that in order to fully restore his memory, he needs to find the re-incarnated spirits of his priests and "family members" who control items. Of course, none of his group had a clue what that meant! Kaiba was in America (with is fiancée Keiko* and brother Mokuba), Yugi still has his Dark Magician, Shadi is willing to help, as is Isis, Akunadean is dead, and Karimu is simply no where! Now there are two more souls (that of the Pharaoh's brother and queen) to find!
"Hey Yugi!"
Yugi's head snapped up as Anzu ran to catch up with her friends. "Hi Anzu," said Yugi, his heart doing a somersault.
"Heya, Anzu," said Jonouchi and Honda.
"Did you see the new girl," Anzu asked.
"Aw, it's a girl," said Jonouchi. "Darn. She might not-"
"Hold on, Jonouchi," interrupted Honda. "This may be a golden opportunity to strike gold!"
Anzu and Yugi both sweat-dropped. "Come again," Jonouchi asked.
"Think about it! This girl is worth big bucks!" He put his arm around his buddy's shoulders. "She also doesn't know anything about our reputations!"
Jonouchi's eyes narrowed. "You mean like that you started dating my sister only since Christmas? And now you're talking about two-timing her just for a few bucks?!"
Honda waved his arms. "Its only until I get a replacement helmet! My old one's banged up!"
Anzu laughed at the look on Jonouchi's face, but stopped when she saw Yugi's. "What's wrong, Yugi?"
"I'm just worried about my other self," said Yugi. "He's been getting more and more depressed lately. It's gotten almost unbearable since Christmas!" Yugi looked over his friends. "I think that everyone gathered around for the holidays really got him wishing he had memories like that about his own family."
"I guess we all take that kind of thing for granted sometimes," said Anzu. "At least we know that his family is still out there somewhere." She held up a fist. "And we won't stop looking until we find them for him! Right guys?"
"Right!"
Yugi smiled. He and Yami sure were lucky to have such loyal friends. But he couldn't help wondering if Anzu was saying this for his sake or his other self.
"Alright," exclaimed Jonouchi. "I'm pumped! Let's go searching now!" The bell rang. "Uh, maybe we should go to class first!"
They all sat in their respective seats inside their standard homeroom. All of the students were buzzing with chatter about the new girl sitting in the back of the class. Yugi turned around to look, but he was too short to see over the shoulder of the teen behind him.
"I heard she beat up a bunch of guys for staring at her wrong," one kid whispered to another.
"Oh yeah," said yet another. "Well I heard she set up her own private casino in her backyard and got arrested!"
"Wouldn't she be in juve?"
"Naw, she's too rich! Her folks work for some big corporation or something, and get lots of influence in the government!"
"Alright everyone, settle down," said the teacher. The class sat in their respective seats. "I'd like to introduce a new student to the school. Miss Tanaka, will you kindly step forward."
"I'm fine here," said a cold voice.
Yugi turned around again. This time the girl was standing, and her body clearly visible to everyone in the class. She had a nice, trim figure, spiky magenta hair with yellow tips, and tan skin. She wore a long, dark, sleeveless overcoat, white shirt, jeans, and pink gloves. But what made every boy's jaw drop were her bright purple eyes.
A paper note landed on his desk. He opened it under the table, and read Jonouchi's scribbled writing. "What a hottie!" Yugi nodded towards his friend and turned back to the girl.
"Well," said the teacher, "I figure I could introduce you proper-"
"Let me save everyone some time," she sneered. "My name is Nazo Tanaka, I'm almost sixteen, and I'm happily single. I've been kicked out of three schools in the past two years, twice for gambling, once for fighting. I don't make friends, I talk to no one, and as long as you stay out of my face, I won't get in yours."
A couple kids laughed, but she did not pay them any attention. "Miss. Tanaka," said the teacher angrily, "I'll thank you not to disrespect me in my class!"
"You're not welcome," she said quietly.
"Because you are new, I will disregard that last comment. I'm sure you don't want a referral on your first day."
Jonouchi sent Yugi another note: "The hottie is an ice queen, ne? What do ya say we try and soften her up?"
Yugi glanced around to make sure no one was looking before writing back "Maybe she needs to adjust first to her new school." He passed it back to Jonouchi.
Jonouchi didn't have time to write back before the teacher nearly caught him. Neither spoke to each other until the bell rang for break, and they met up in the hall. Anzu agreed that "All she needs to adjust are some friends!" [A/N I know that "friend" is the Yu-Gi-Oh "f" word, but what the hell!]
Anzu spotted Nazo at her locker, and in an instant, sped over to talk to her. "Hey Nazo! I'm Anzu Masaki. I'm in the same homeroom as you."
Nazo avoided eye contact. "What's your point?"
"I'd like to be your friend!"
"I don't want any."
"Aw c'mon! You can't possibly be happy without a bit of frie-!"
To the others' horror [and fans' relief], Nazo slammed her locker door on Anzu's fingers in mid-sentence. "Listen, girly-girl," she said, then whispered something Yugi-tachi couldn't hear.
Once Nazo left to find her next class, Honda ran over to check on Anzu. "Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine," said Anzu, still staring after Nazo.
"What a bitch," exclaimed Jonouchi. "I can't believe-"
"What'd she say, Anzu," asked Yugi.
Anzu stared at her hand and up at Yugi. "Guys, I think her problem runs deeper then just plain meanness." Her eyes closed. "She told me she didn't want to get hurt again."
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Yugi slammed the door in frustration. "That's the fifth trap tonight!" He stepped down a few of the stone steps inside his friend's mind. "Boy, whatever you wanted to hide back in the past, you sure set up enough traps to keep it hidden!"
His voice echoed slightly more then usual. 'Wonder why that is,' he thought. "Oy! Mou hitori no boku! Where are you?"
"Technically, everywhere," came the deeper, richer voice of his counterpart.
Yugi's eyes traveled skyward. Yami sat on another set of stairs upside-down to Yugi with is hands on his knees and staring at nothing. "Maybe we should just stop, Aibou."
"Nani? Why?"
"We're not getting any father then we did months ago."
Yugi's jaw dropped. "No way! You're not serious, are you?" Mr. Confidence? Giving up?
Yami propped up his face with his hands, elbows on his knees. "Face it, you and I have searched this room every night for the past month and a half! If we haven't found anything by now-"
"Then we'll keep looking until we do!" Yugi's voice started getting desperate. "C'mon, mou hitori no boku! There's still more doors we haven't opened! And there's always a way around a trap!" His voice still echoed, and Yugi figured maybe it meant Yami felt lonely and depressed. "Why don't ... Why don't I bring a bomb next time to blow up the barricades?"
Yami's head jerked up. "You want to blow up your head!?!"
"I was only kidding! Or, we could just rush in each door and hope for the best without looking back."
Yami stared at him in disbelief. "Now you're being ridiculous!"
"I'm trying to cheer you up by getting your mind off - well - your mind!" Yugi thought harder. "I could convince Kaiba-kun to build a time machine. Then we'd travel back to ancient Egypt and ask someone what you name is."
Yami blinked twice, then smiled. "If you accomplish that, I'll make you pharaoh!"
"Your turn! You think of something silly!"
The spirit of the Pharaoh rolled his eyes, but thought hard to satisfy his friend. A small, transparent image of a door appeared, with an equally transparent, middle-aged man kneeling over it and picking its lock. His suitcase had the word "Locksmith" written in kanji on the side.
Yugi laughed. "Not bad! But you'd better be more creative then that!"
Yami frowned. "This is stupid! Why are you requesting such frivolous lunacy?"
Yugi held up a finger, winking. "It's not lunacy! If there's no creativity, there's no possibility for strategy, ne?"
"You got me there!"
"So, prove you have a more creative mind then me!"
"You're on!" Yami stared at the fading image and transformed it into a group of black-and-white townspeople (whom Yugi recognized from old Frankenstein movies) with torches and pitchforks breaking down a door.
"Better," said Yugi, urging Yami to go on.
Yami took a moment to consider, then morphed the townspeople into something far grander. One third of them turned into Ra, another third into Obelisk, and the last into Osiris. Riding on Obelisk were Jonouchi and Honda, fighting for control of steering. Anzu, atop Osisris, hit Granpa Moto for trying to grab her bust. Leading the party were Yugi and Yami, guiding them all to Egypt.
Yugi's eyes widened. "Su-goooooiii!!!!"
Yami jumped down to Yugi's set of stairs and waved the image away. "The alarm is about to ring. You still have school."
Yugi pouted. "Darn! I'd rather stay here a few more hours! There's a history test today."
"I know! I quizzed you when you got here!" Yami's expression turned serious. "Aibou, keep an eye on the new student, alright?"
"Nazo Tanaka? Why?
"I'm not sure," said Yami earnestly. "I felt something about her … She might have some kind of power. Just do me that favor."
"No problem!"
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Yugi: Bakura Ryou comes back to school from a month's absense, but tells me that he still doesn't feel well, and it MIGHT have something to do with his yami! But the bad Bakura has been locked up in the Shadow Realm! Not only that, but now my god cards are missing!!
Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh: Panic Attack! Ryou's Ailments
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Bardock: Aw man, Una, you're not gonna copy the same thing you do with my fic, are ya?
Una: No, not exactly. Because there are previews of the next ep in the Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh!, so I'm copying that! Meaning Yami will do what was in the last ep.
Bardock: *pouts* That is so cheap!
Una: Please review!
Chapter 1
The New Transfer Student; Yami's Funk
"Let me see it one more time!"
Moto Yugi and Jonouchi Katsuya were walking along the side of the road towards Domino High. It was a fresh, winter morning in Domino City, only a couple weeks after Winter Break. Any normal teenager would only be thinking about what they did for Christmas, checking homework, or trading Duel Monster Cards.
However, Jonouchi wanted to see Yugi's cards for a different reason. The "god" cards Yugi had received months before were one-of-a-kind cards capable of destroying an opponent's life points in one blow. They held part of the secret of finding the lost memory of the spirit of Yugi's Millennium Puzzle.
"I'm not taking it out of the box, Jonouchi-kun," Yugi sighed, readjusting his backpack firmly on his back. "It's too important to bring out for a friendly game."
Jonouchi shoved his friend jovially. "C'mon, Yugi! I wanna see what it can do!"
Yugi looked around to change the subject. "Hey! Check it out!" He pointed across the street. "Someone's moving into the old Kuabara house!"
Jonouchi snorted, but turned to see. "Hey, you're right."
The movers were carrying a large, wooden box marked "Chandelier" into the house, right after three others transporting a long, mahogany table and another box marked "Fragile." Still more carried in some marked "Fine China," "Crystal Vases," and other various, expensive sounding items. The big surprise for the boys occurred when a full-length, gold plated mirror passed into the house, carefully carried by four movers.
Jonouchi whistled. "Damn! These people must be loaded! Wonder why they ain't living in a mansion!"
"Maybe they have a son going to the school," reasoned Yugi, staring at the king-sized mattress seemingly walk of it's own accord.
"Think a kid like that plays cards?"
"Kaiba does."
"He doesn't count! He's a game business owner! He has to!"
Yugi shrugged.
"YO GUYS!!!"
Honda ran up behind them and caught sight of the movers. "Whoa! Who's moving in?"
"Don't know," said Yugi. He looked at his watch. "We better get going. It's almost 8. We're gonna miss the bus!"
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The halls of Domino High bustled with students moving to and fro, talking about different things. Yugi's mind was still on Yami's lost memory. His "other self," as he still called him, had walked through the memory of his last week or so on Earth 3,000 years ago, but still could not recall everything he should. He could not even remember his name!
The teen touched the puzzle absent-mindedly. Isis told them that in order to fully restore his memory, he needs to find the re-incarnated spirits of his priests and "family members" who control items. Of course, none of his group had a clue what that meant! Kaiba was in America (with is fiancée Keiko* and brother Mokuba), Yugi still has his Dark Magician, Shadi is willing to help, as is Isis, Akunadean is dead, and Karimu is simply no where! Now there are two more souls (that of the Pharaoh's brother and queen) to find!
"Hey Yugi!"
Yugi's head snapped up as Anzu ran to catch up with her friends. "Hi Anzu," said Yugi, his heart doing a somersault.
"Heya, Anzu," said Jonouchi and Honda.
"Did you see the new girl," Anzu asked.
"Aw, it's a girl," said Jonouchi. "Darn. She might not-"
"Hold on, Jonouchi," interrupted Honda. "This may be a golden opportunity to strike gold!"
Anzu and Yugi both sweat-dropped. "Come again," Jonouchi asked.
"Think about it! This girl is worth big bucks!" He put his arm around his buddy's shoulders. "She also doesn't know anything about our reputations!"
Jonouchi's eyes narrowed. "You mean like that you started dating my sister only since Christmas? And now you're talking about two-timing her just for a few bucks?!"
Honda waved his arms. "Its only until I get a replacement helmet! My old one's banged up!"
Anzu laughed at the look on Jonouchi's face, but stopped when she saw Yugi's. "What's wrong, Yugi?"
"I'm just worried about my other self," said Yugi. "He's been getting more and more depressed lately. It's gotten almost unbearable since Christmas!" Yugi looked over his friends. "I think that everyone gathered around for the holidays really got him wishing he had memories like that about his own family."
"I guess we all take that kind of thing for granted sometimes," said Anzu. "At least we know that his family is still out there somewhere." She held up a fist. "And we won't stop looking until we find them for him! Right guys?"
"Right!"
Yugi smiled. He and Yami sure were lucky to have such loyal friends. But he couldn't help wondering if Anzu was saying this for his sake or his other self.
"Alright," exclaimed Jonouchi. "I'm pumped! Let's go searching now!" The bell rang. "Uh, maybe we should go to class first!"
They all sat in their respective seats inside their standard homeroom. All of the students were buzzing with chatter about the new girl sitting in the back of the class. Yugi turned around to look, but he was too short to see over the shoulder of the teen behind him.
"I heard she beat up a bunch of guys for staring at her wrong," one kid whispered to another.
"Oh yeah," said yet another. "Well I heard she set up her own private casino in her backyard and got arrested!"
"Wouldn't she be in juve?"
"Naw, she's too rich! Her folks work for some big corporation or something, and get lots of influence in the government!"
"Alright everyone, settle down," said the teacher. The class sat in their respective seats. "I'd like to introduce a new student to the school. Miss Tanaka, will you kindly step forward."
"I'm fine here," said a cold voice.
Yugi turned around again. This time the girl was standing, and her body clearly visible to everyone in the class. She had a nice, trim figure, spiky magenta hair with yellow tips, and tan skin. She wore a long, dark, sleeveless overcoat, white shirt, jeans, and pink gloves. But what made every boy's jaw drop were her bright purple eyes.
A paper note landed on his desk. He opened it under the table, and read Jonouchi's scribbled writing. "What a hottie!" Yugi nodded towards his friend and turned back to the girl.
"Well," said the teacher, "I figure I could introduce you proper-"
"Let me save everyone some time," she sneered. "My name is Nazo Tanaka, I'm almost sixteen, and I'm happily single. I've been kicked out of three schools in the past two years, twice for gambling, once for fighting. I don't make friends, I talk to no one, and as long as you stay out of my face, I won't get in yours."
A couple kids laughed, but she did not pay them any attention. "Miss. Tanaka," said the teacher angrily, "I'll thank you not to disrespect me in my class!"
"You're not welcome," she said quietly.
"Because you are new, I will disregard that last comment. I'm sure you don't want a referral on your first day."
Jonouchi sent Yugi another note: "The hottie is an ice queen, ne? What do ya say we try and soften her up?"
Yugi glanced around to make sure no one was looking before writing back "Maybe she needs to adjust first to her new school." He passed it back to Jonouchi.
Jonouchi didn't have time to write back before the teacher nearly caught him. Neither spoke to each other until the bell rang for break, and they met up in the hall. Anzu agreed that "All she needs to adjust are some friends!" [A/N I know that "friend" is the Yu-Gi-Oh "f" word, but what the hell!]
Anzu spotted Nazo at her locker, and in an instant, sped over to talk to her. "Hey Nazo! I'm Anzu Masaki. I'm in the same homeroom as you."
Nazo avoided eye contact. "What's your point?"
"I'd like to be your friend!"
"I don't want any."
"Aw c'mon! You can't possibly be happy without a bit of frie-!"
To the others' horror [and fans' relief], Nazo slammed her locker door on Anzu's fingers in mid-sentence. "Listen, girly-girl," she said, then whispered something Yugi-tachi couldn't hear.
Once Nazo left to find her next class, Honda ran over to check on Anzu. "Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine," said Anzu, still staring after Nazo.
"What a bitch," exclaimed Jonouchi. "I can't believe-"
"What'd she say, Anzu," asked Yugi.
Anzu stared at her hand and up at Yugi. "Guys, I think her problem runs deeper then just plain meanness." Her eyes closed. "She told me she didn't want to get hurt again."
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Yugi slammed the door in frustration. "That's the fifth trap tonight!" He stepped down a few of the stone steps inside his friend's mind. "Boy, whatever you wanted to hide back in the past, you sure set up enough traps to keep it hidden!"
His voice echoed slightly more then usual. 'Wonder why that is,' he thought. "Oy! Mou hitori no boku! Where are you?"
"Technically, everywhere," came the deeper, richer voice of his counterpart.
Yugi's eyes traveled skyward. Yami sat on another set of stairs upside-down to Yugi with is hands on his knees and staring at nothing. "Maybe we should just stop, Aibou."
"Nani? Why?"
"We're not getting any father then we did months ago."
Yugi's jaw dropped. "No way! You're not serious, are you?" Mr. Confidence? Giving up?
Yami propped up his face with his hands, elbows on his knees. "Face it, you and I have searched this room every night for the past month and a half! If we haven't found anything by now-"
"Then we'll keep looking until we do!" Yugi's voice started getting desperate. "C'mon, mou hitori no boku! There's still more doors we haven't opened! And there's always a way around a trap!" His voice still echoed, and Yugi figured maybe it meant Yami felt lonely and depressed. "Why don't ... Why don't I bring a bomb next time to blow up the barricades?"
Yami's head jerked up. "You want to blow up your head!?!"
"I was only kidding! Or, we could just rush in each door and hope for the best without looking back."
Yami stared at him in disbelief. "Now you're being ridiculous!"
"I'm trying to cheer you up by getting your mind off - well - your mind!" Yugi thought harder. "I could convince Kaiba-kun to build a time machine. Then we'd travel back to ancient Egypt and ask someone what you name is."
Yami blinked twice, then smiled. "If you accomplish that, I'll make you pharaoh!"
"Your turn! You think of something silly!"
The spirit of the Pharaoh rolled his eyes, but thought hard to satisfy his friend. A small, transparent image of a door appeared, with an equally transparent, middle-aged man kneeling over it and picking its lock. His suitcase had the word "Locksmith" written in kanji on the side.
Yugi laughed. "Not bad! But you'd better be more creative then that!"
Yami frowned. "This is stupid! Why are you requesting such frivolous lunacy?"
Yugi held up a finger, winking. "It's not lunacy! If there's no creativity, there's no possibility for strategy, ne?"
"You got me there!"
"So, prove you have a more creative mind then me!"
"You're on!" Yami stared at the fading image and transformed it into a group of black-and-white townspeople (whom Yugi recognized from old Frankenstein movies) with torches and pitchforks breaking down a door.
"Better," said Yugi, urging Yami to go on.
Yami took a moment to consider, then morphed the townspeople into something far grander. One third of them turned into Ra, another third into Obelisk, and the last into Osiris. Riding on Obelisk were Jonouchi and Honda, fighting for control of steering. Anzu, atop Osisris, hit Granpa Moto for trying to grab her bust. Leading the party were Yugi and Yami, guiding them all to Egypt.
Yugi's eyes widened. "Su-goooooiii!!!!"
Yami jumped down to Yugi's set of stairs and waved the image away. "The alarm is about to ring. You still have school."
Yugi pouted. "Darn! I'd rather stay here a few more hours! There's a history test today."
"I know! I quizzed you when you got here!" Yami's expression turned serious. "Aibou, keep an eye on the new student, alright?"
"Nazo Tanaka? Why?
"I'm not sure," said Yami earnestly. "I felt something about her … She might have some kind of power. Just do me that favor."
"No problem!"
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Yugi: Bakura Ryou comes back to school from a month's absense, but tells me that he still doesn't feel well, and it MIGHT have something to do with his yami! But the bad Bakura has been locked up in the Shadow Realm! Not only that, but now my god cards are missing!!
Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh: Panic Attack! Ryou's Ailments
.
.
Bardock: Aw man, Una, you're not gonna copy the same thing you do with my fic, are ya?
Una: No, not exactly. Because there are previews of the next ep in the Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh!, so I'm copying that! Meaning Yami will do what was in the last ep.
Bardock: *pouts* That is so cheap!
Una: Please review!