"Gabriela, do you own a deck?" Yugi questioned the girl. "You seem to know a lot about Duel Monsters. Do you Duel?"

Gabriela hung her head for a minute, trying to think of the best way to answer. "I have a deck and I know some about the monsters, but I don't duel much. I stopped a few years ago. Card games just lost their pizzazz, you know. It just doesn't interest me the way it used to. I just do the drawings now. Sara said I should send them to The Duel Monsters Headquarters, but I really don't think…"

"Who's Sara?" Tristan asked.

"Sara is a pen-pal of mine. I had to move a lot so I didn't make many friends and Sara was the only one who kept up with me so well." Yugi wasn't sure why Gabriela had to move so much, but he knew better than to ask. 'When she wants us to know, she'll tell us.'

"We used to trade cards through the mail, before…"

"Do you still buy the cards?" Grandpa changed the subject.

"Sometimes. I used to have really good luck with buying the packs. That's how I got 2 Millennium Shields. That's also how I got a bunch of my favorite cards."

"Woa! Like you were psychic or something?" *Tristan*

"No! Not like that! See, I had some friends once. They were determined to find something about me that they could brag to their other friends about, like magic powers or something, since I am not a jock or cheerleader or brainiac. So once we went into a game shop, much like this one, and Sara told me to put my hand in a box and pick a card pack. I did and the first card he saw in the pack when we bought it was a Flute of Summoning Dragon. I know it sounds like a coincidence but the Lord of D. was in that pack too. Things like that kept happening over and over again."

"No way! You're lyin'!" *Joey*

"I am not lying!" *Gabriela*

"Then prove it!" *Tristan*

"I don't have any money on me!" *Gabriela*

"I have some. You can use it if you give me any rare cards you find," came a voice from the door. Gabriela turned to see a young boy with albino hair and brown eyes coming toward them from the doorway where he had obviously been listening in. Yugi seemed really suspicious of him.

"Bakura?" his eyes glazed over for a minute and he almost instantly came back to reality, seemingly more alert. /Yami, be on the alert. I don't think that's Ryou./

// I believe you're right, Yugi. But what is he doing?//

"Well? Pick a pack. See if you can still do it." Bakura, who ever he was, seemed very interested in her story. She wasn't sure she liked that. This was familiar, too familiar. She stood near a box of the packs and closed her eyes and began shifting the cards, praying this would be the time she didn't succeed. This guy Bakura was starting to creep her out.

"This one," Gabriela whispered. She turned around and almost knocked him down. 'Why is he watching me so closely?'

Bakura paid and began ripping into the package. He flipped through the cards. He seemed uninterested and Gabriela almost missed a pause in his rapid flipping. 'Oh no. Not again.' Bakura looked up from his pack and said, "Well, it's a start. I guess its not bad if you are sort of rusty."

"What did you get?" Gabriela asked nervously. 'Please let it be something small, PLEASE!'

He held up the card. A trap card. The Backup Soldier. Then he held up another card. Soul Exchange. 'Well, at least its not that bad. Everyone will say it's a fluke and I can go home and forget this whole day ever happened…'

Then he put the cards in his pocket. "It was a nice story, but complete fantasy. You should lie better if you expect people to believe it." Gabriela had a feeling that those weren't the only rare cards in his pack. She also had a feeling that this wouldn't be the last time Bakura confronted her.

"Like I said, I used to be lucky." *Gabriela*

"Used to is right." *Bakura*

"I think its getting late. I'll see you guys tomorrow." *Gabriela*

"Wait, Gabriela! We'll walk with you." *Tea*

"Yah, what are friends for, right?" *Joey*

"I'll be with you guys in a minute." *Yugi*

"Okay." *Gabriela*

When the others were outside and grandpa went to the back, Yami came out of the Millennium Puzzle. "What are you doing here, tomb robber?"

"I just thought I'd drop in to the neighbor hood game shop. What's wrong with that?"

Yami was trying not to loose his patience. "Nothing. I just thought it was odd for you to come in and nearly frighten Gabriela to death. Of course, who wouldn't be frightened of a face like that?" Bakura's face twisted into a sneer.

"Why did you invite Gabriela, as you call her, here?"

"Yugi invited her because she obviously needed a friend. What more of a reason does he need?"

"I suppose you're right." He ran out the door and vanished. Yugi went to catch up with the others. Yami was fairly confused. What did Bakura mean?

*~*~

Gabriela waved to the others as they walked away. Then she turned inside and locked the door. Then she noticed a package on the window. She ran back outside to get it. She sat down at the table and started to open it. 'Who could this be from?' She shook it. It sounded hard and about the size of her fists. She finally got the box open and started shifting through the styro-nuts inside to find what ever it was. She hand brushed something solid and she grasped it. Her hand came out of the box and she saw a beautifully carved cat with one large eye on its face. The Eye of Horace, she mused or was it Ra?

Cats were considered the guardians of the underworld by Egyptians. It was in a sitting position and staring with it's one unblinking eye. It looked like it was crying with the two lines beneath its eye like that. It looked elegant and reverent, all golden and poised.

Gabriela turned the cat in her hands. There was writing on the bottom. Hieroglyphs. 'Darn! Maybe those hold the secret to who it came from, but how can I find out if I don't understand Egyptian?' She put it on her night stand as she drifted to sleep that night. 'I'll save my questions until in the morning, when I'm not so tired.'

*~*~

Yugi sat up in bed. /Yami?/

//What is it, Yugi?//

/I just felt that something happened./

//Well, it's quite likely that we won't find out what happened until tomorrow.//

/Yah, you're right. Yami? Do you happen to remember anything from your life about…cats?/

Yami looked at him confused for a minute before realizing that he was already asleep.

*~*~

Gabriela woke up that morning. The nightmares had visited again. This time she saw herself screaming. No, it wasn't her. It was another girl. One with wavy hair like her, but with raven streaks in it. She looked like a gypsy.

She got up and looked at the cat. 'Maybe it will bring me luck,' she thought as she put it on. She thought she saw it light up quickly, but dismissed it. 'It's just an old necklace.' She put on a school uniform and got ready to leave again.

*~*~

School that morning was same old same old. She was going to sit alone again when she noticed the others were motioning to her to sit with them. She had almost sat down when she heard someone yell about beating up "that lil white haired freak." She got up to see what was going on, as were the rest of the gang.

She saw a younger, innocent looking Bakura cringing on the floor, lip bleeding and cheek turning purple. It made her angry. This Bakura was almost like Yugi. She felt stronger and suddenly she was watching from somewhere else. She watched herself change. The "her" she was now watching was older and more mature looking. She was wearing what looked like a red leather tank top, skin tight red pants of leather and a black coat that reached her ankles. She had chestnut hair with black streaks in it and green eyes. She could hear an older voice that sounded like her say, "If you would like to keep your face intact, I would suggest you take a hike." She heard a whistle from one of the bullies.

"Lookie here, boys. Ain't she a cutie. You wait right there, sweet cheeks, while we finish up some business and then we'll take good care of ya." She heard a few snickers from that direction.

"Why keep a lady waiting? I can take care all 4 of you at once. Saves time."

A few "oo"s came up from the bullies and their leader stepped forward. "You're either gutsy or crazy, either way, I'll take ya on. Ready?"

She gave him one nod and ran at him. She punched him in the jaw, the stomache, grabbed his shoulder, flipped him over her head, and slammed him into the ground. Her hand was wrapped around his neck and he was making gurgling noises. He passed out and the others ran off.

She was in her body again. She looked down at Bakura. He was so different now. His eyes were wide with fright. He looked young and innocent. Not like before. She held out her hand. "Its okay. I won't hurt you. I'm Gabriela. I believe you are Bakura."

The boy shook his head. "No, I'm Ryou. Nice to meet you Gabriela. Huh?" His Millenium Ring started glowing and pointed at Gabriela's chest. The One Eyed Cat started glowing faintly too. "Gabriela? What's that?"

"To tell you the truth, I couldn't quite say..." Then she blacked out. Ryou knew that if she had met Bakura, she didn't need to meet him again. He ran to find Yugi and the others, accidentally leaving the unconscious Gabriela alone.

The next person to walk by was no other than Seto Kiaba himself. He remembered the girl from the day before. He looked around, noticing the bully who was starting to come around. He thought that they had been beating up each other and now she needed help. He knocked the bully out again, then picked the young, probably a 16 year old, he thought, girl and walked to the nurse's office.

When Ryou finally got back with the gang in tow, Gabriela was long gone and so was the bully. "She was right here when she passed out. It was strange, one minute she was a tough looking fighter, then the next she was like a young, innocent girl, just as scared as I was. And that cat thing…"

Yami could hear what was going on and came out of the puzzle. "What cat thing, Ryou?"

"It looked sort of like a Millinium Item, but it wasn't any of the seven that we know about. It was a one-eyed cat with the same eye as we have on our items."

"Yugi, what was it you were asking me about last night? Something about cats?" *Yami*

"I had a dream. It was something about a cat. It lifted its paw and opened the Shadow Realm and released some strange monsters I'd never seen before." Yami nodded. This sounded vaguely familiar.

~*~

Black Star- Wow! I had some wonderful reviews! I never expected such an outcome on the first shot! Amazing!

Yami Star- Great! Now her ego will be the size of the moon for a month. Why did you tie me to a roller chair, again?

B.S.- You seem to have this uncontrollable thing for Yami, and its scaring him. I have to make sure that the stars of the show aren't pestered. ^_^ Its in the "Rules of Being a Writer," hand-booklet. ; P *puts duct tape on Yami Star's mouth*

Yami- Thank Ra for the Book and its followers. ~_~. She nearly had me last time.

Black *- Hey guys, Did I tell you all Happy New Years yet? We should have a party or something! ^_^ We can play spin Yami Star! She's already tied down, why not have some fun with her? ~_^

Yami- I like the party idea, but lets skip the game. _ I really don't think that she would let us live it down if she got out of that chair.

Seto- Well, I'm happy I was actually in this chapter! Why are all my parts so small in this one?

Black*- Umm….I am trying to keep you from being over exposed.

Seto- ^o^ that's a laugh!

Black*- No, seriously! You are in the beginning of so many stories, it would be boring to have your best performance in the beginning acts, get it?

Seto- Yah, right. ~_~().

Black*- That and I haven't exactly figured out where you are going to stand with our heroine. ^_^()

Yami- Umm…0_0() Black Star does not own Yugioh. Please Review!

~*~ Next time on Card Creator Gabriela

Bakura was in his soul room, thinking about the young girl. 'She travels a lot, she has that strange ability, she even saved Ryou. She looks so much like…No. It's simply not possible. Jeri wasn't put into a Millennium Item like Yami and I. Is it possible that her spirit is still angry with me? I must not wait to find out. This Gabriela girl must go! Before Jericho can find her or realize that she is her reincarnation. I am sure I could get Yami to help. He probably only remembers when she was in my circle. Its not too late to finish this.' He got up and checed were Ryou was. 'In the nurse's office? Again, Ryou?'

[Ryou! What are we doing in the nurse's office again?]

{The young girl, Gabriela, she's out cold.}

[How?]

{She knocked a bully out and then she just collapsed.}

[I'm taking control for a while.] Ryou didn't have any time to fight before his Yami had pushed his way into control again.

'I hope Yugi and the others know that Bakura's back and not me.'

"Gabriela?" Bakura was pretending to be Ryou. "Gabriela, are you alright?"

"Hum?" Gabriela's eyes fluttered open. "Ryou, or is it Bakura? I forget."