Yugi found it hard to sleep that night. He kept think about her.. but was he thinking about *her*, or was he thinking *about* her. Either way, it was keeping him up all night. Why was this mysterious new girl so important to him? He did not know. Neither did his other soul, Yami. His only hope was that tomorrow would bring him more answers...

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When Yugi left his Grandpa's shop, he realised that there was an odd crowd gathering around the square.

"What's going on?" he thought aloud.

"It's a duel!" a stranger replied. Thanks to Yugi's small size, he managed to scamper himself through the crowd, until he was at the front. What he saw surprised him.

"I summon, my Red Eyes Black Dragon! Heh, no amateur can ever beat me when my Red Eyes Black Dragon is on the field, especially when you only have 100 lifepoints and haven't even played a monster yet!" Joey grinned, and flicked his hair back.

"Red Eyes, attack with Inferno Fire Flame!"

"I activate my Mirror Wall! Reflect his attack back at his Red Eyes Black Dragon!"

Joey flinched, as he watched his monster's attack points drop down to 1200.

"Will that be the end of your turn?"

"Yeah, but don't think you can beat me just by halving my monsters attack points!"

"Hmm," The girl smiled under mahogany hair.

"I play Brain Control, which lets me control one of your monsters, and since you only have one I really don't have a choice,"

Brain reached over and grabbed Joey's Red Eyes and placed it on her field.

"Now I play Dragon Nails, which increases the Dragon's attack points by 700. Red Eyes, attack his lifepoints!"

The dragon blasted a ball of flame, which lowered Joey's attack points down to 100.

"I guess we're even now, huh? But, just to be safe, I play Hinotama, which inflicts 500 damage to directly to my opponents lifepoints... and I believe I win!"

Joey's jaw dropped as his lifepoints ticked down to 0.

"Ah, don't get too over yourself; I'm having a bad day, that's all... and I guess I owe you this..."

Joet whimpered as he handed his Flaming Swordsman to the girl.

"No, it's okay, you keep it. I collect magic cards, and the only monsters I use are Magicians." She smiled, and held out her hand. Joey stared for a minute, then shook it.

*Phew, I'm so glad my friends didn't see that duel, or else-*

"Hey, Joey!" Yugi cried. "Over here!"

Joey's face turned a funny colour as he approached his friend.

"H-hi, Yug... wh-what are you doing here?"

"Oh, I decided I just wanted to roam a bit, then I saw a big crowd and decided to check out what was going on..." Yugi looked to the side a bit, then said in a more serious voice, "And it might sound weird to you, but I felt like I knew that girl you were dueling,"

"Yeah, of course you do! She's that new kid in our class... what's her name? Oh, I forget... hey Yugi, where ya goin'?"

Yugi approached Aydee, smiled and stuck out his hand.

"Hi, I'm-"

"I know who you are..." Said Aydee, in a dark voice. Joey rushed behind Yugi, preparing to act if she tried anything. Yugi stiffened, not knowing what she might do. Then, as if coming out of a trance, she said in a chirpy soft voice, "You're Yugi Motou, the boy I sit next to in class! You're also the number one ranked duelist in Duelist Kingdom... nice to meet you!" And she shook his hand. But as her hand touched his, she felt another presence within him, and this made her jolt backwards.

"Is there something wrong?" Yugi asked, concerned.

"Oh, no.. I'm fine. Why don't we all go get some breakfast or something? Cause I sure am starving."

"Yeah, I'm in on that!" Joey butted in. Yugi smiled faintly, knowing what his friend would do. Aydee was just simply amused. But still she wondered, what secret Yugi was hiding...

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