Yeah. NOBODY sent me reviews. This time, I just thought, "for the love of Ra, just post them all and celebrate your birthday peacefully!" so I did. Mind you, I only do this on VERY special occasions. Don't expect me to do this ever again. Got that?

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. That just about covers it.

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Chapter Seven: The Yami and the Hikari

"Something's not right about her," Ryou told Yugi after school. "There's something she did last night that I can't drive out of my mind."

"What did she do?" Yugi asked, showing interest.

"Well, I was going home after you called that meeting last night, and some bullies started to pick on me. She came and told them to pick on someone their own age, then she threw off her jacket."

"Yes, that part I know."

"But underneath, she was wearing a tank top and tight black pants. Sound familiar.?"

""Wait, Yugi! That's MY style!""

"What? Your style? Why would she be acting like you?"

""I don't know, Yugi, I don't know.""

That was when Sii arrived.

"So, where do we start?" Sii asked Yugi sweetly. It was after school, and they were at the Turtle Game Shop. Sii was obviously waiting for her first lesson.

Yugi looked up. "Oh, sorry, I was just.thinking," he finished lamely, knowing how bizarre it would have sounded if he had said "talking to Yami".

Ryou lit up. "Hey, for starters, what's your favorite card?"

Sii started squirming. "Well, actually, I have two. Does that matter?"

Ryou had his usual innocent smile. "No, two is fine. What are they?"

Sii was still squirming a little. "Dark Magician and Change of Heart."

Yugi and Ryou stared at her in horror.

"What?" Sii looked at their expressions, growing more uncomfortable. What did I say wrong? she thought worriedly.

Yugi and Ryou recovered quickly. "Oh, it's okay. It's just that Dark Magician is my favorite card."

".and Change of Heart is my favorite card," Ryou finished for Yugi.

Sii looked a bit happier. "Really? That's cool! I wonder how it would be like to use those cards against one another."

"Trust me, Dark Magician against Dark Magician is not fun. I've tried it before," said Yugi, recalling his duel against Arcana a long time ago. The duel had lasted a long time, with their Dark Magicians pitting against one another.

"Change of Heart against Change of Heart would be completely pointless. I control you, you control me. In circles," Ryou added in. He didn't like the idea of his favorite card against itself either.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. That would be kind of stupid," Sii admitted. Then she started giggling. "What if we both played Dark Magician to attack each other, then we both used Monster Reborn at the same time? That would be funny!"

"And completely pointless. Hey, how much do you know about Duel Monsters?"

Sii started reciting the rules she knew about Duel Monsters, which were almost all the rules.

"You're ready. Want a practice match against me?" Yugi was only creating a fake offer, for the real purpose was to duel her for her necklace. He wanted to get it over with as soon as he could.

"Sure!" Sii agreed with a big smile on her face.

"Here." Yugi tossed her a Duel Disk. He put on his own.

Sii confidently put the Duel Disk on. She had a different smile on her face, now more courageous and less innocent.

They went outside onto the sidewalk and set the battle arena and Life Points.

"Let's Duel!"

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Tea didn't know where Yugi was. Wasn't he supposed to be here now? She thought.

"Hey, have you seen Yugi anywhere?"

"Nope," came the lazy responses of Joey and Tristan, who were pigging out on potato chips. They were always such pigs.

"Do you even care? Yugi could be in some sort of danger! He wouldn't miss a sleepover!" Tea had planned a sleepover. She loved to throw parties because she thought that it cheered people up. Actually, most were just trying to avoid her rage.

Joey stopped eating for a moment and turned to Tea. "Look, didn't he tell you that he had to meet up with some girl at the Turtle Game Shop this afternoon? You shouldn't wait for him." Joey turned back to his food. "Hey, Tristan! You cheat! You ate it all when I wasn't lookin'! No fair!" They started another childish fight.

"What did you say, Joey?!?" Tea asked angrily. "Oh, whoever that girl is better watch out because I'm out to get her for stealing my Yugi!" She stormed off to Ra knows where.

Joey and Tristan stared after her. When she was out of sight, and when they were out of danger, Tristan glared at Joey. "Didn't you forget to tell her that the girl was a middle schooler?"

"Oh, erm, whoops."

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Tea stomped over to the Turtle Game Shop. When she got there, she peeked into the window, but couldn't see anybody except Yugi's grandpa and some weird costumer.

"Don't tell me you two lovebirds are dating!" she yelled. She walked off to the sidewalk with Grandpa and that weird costumer staring after her like she was crazy.

Tea walked some more. Finally, she spotted Yugi's jacket. "So, you're over here, is that it?" She turned the corner of the sidewalk. But instead of a date, she saw an angry duel raging on.

"I play Celtic Guardian in attack mode! Celtic Guardian, destroy his Giant Soldier of Stone! That drops your life points down to 2800, Yugi!"

Yami drew a card and smirked. "I'll sacrifice Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress and Koumori Dragon to play Dark Magician! Dark magician, destroy Celtic Guardian! Dark Magic Attack! That will drop your life points down to 1400, Sii!"

"What's going on here?" Tea asked. Intentionally to herself, but both Yami and Sii heard her.

Sii pointed to Yami. "Yugi here has made Sii feel bad and uncomfortable! She was almost ready to cry! Don't you know how easy it is to hurt her feelings?"

Yami looked at her, surprised. "You mean to say, you aren't Sii? If you're not, then who are you?" "Sii" glared at him. "I do not know my own name, but I am like you. I am the spirit of the Millennium Necklace!"

Tea, Yami, and Ryou (yes, he was there) gaped at her. This girl.who I've been calling "Sii" all this time.is she really "Yami Sii"? That would explain the change of attitude.Yami thought.

Yami Sii, or whoever she was, continued to glare at Yami. "I am dueling you not to gain your Millennium Puzzle, but to crush your pride and to make you promise not to hurt my hikari!"

That did it. Yugi activated the Puzzle and came out. "Sii, we aren't trying to hurt you! Please, listen to me! Bakura and I were just surprised at your favorite cards and didn't know what to say! We still welcome you with warm hands! Why are you so sad?"

Yami Sii paused for a moment. Then she looked down, seemingly in shame.

"What was her favorite card?" Tea asked Ryou.

"The Dark Magician and the Change of Heart."

"Seriously?"

"Yes. That's why we were so shocked. I had no idea it hurt Sii so much. Oh, Sii!" he called gently. "If you can hear me, I'm sorry! We didn't mean to hurt you!"

The girl looked up. Tears were streaming down her face. "Really?"

Ryou nodded. "Really."

The tearing girl looked at Yugi. She couldn't take it anymore. " I SURRENDER!" she cried, slamming her hand against her deck in the surrendering position. She was still crying quite a lot. "I'm sorry I was so mean to you! I'm sorry! Please forgive me!"

Yugi and Ryou both felt that this wasn't the raging Yami Sii anymore. This seemed more like the Sii that they knew. Ryou ran up to her, just as she fell to her knees crying. "All is forgiven, Sii. All is forgiven."

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How sweet. ;_^ Ryou's way too innocent. Yeah, you may notice that Bakura is called Ryou in this chapter. It's a mistake, and I'll fix it anytime I have the time to. Okay?