Chapter Four – More God Cards?
"Hey! Over here!" Tea called.
Kanika, Sanura and Femi turned from their lockers and saw their new friend Tea. She was with Joey and Tristan but Yugi, Ryou and Namu weren't anywhere to be seen. The girls closed their lockers – they had figured it was best to hide their Millennium items from any praying eyes.
"Hi, do you want us to show you around?" Tristan offered, "It might help a little seeing you're new here".
The girls smiled and thanked him. Just after all of them had left the building Yami, Bakura and Marik poked their heads around the corner of a corridor and came out. All of them had their items, which were all shining. Bakura held up his ring and smirked as the needles twitched in the direction of the girl's lockers.
"You were right, Yami", Bakura said in his raspy voice.
"We must have them, Yami, or they may get in our way", Marik said, his long spiked-up hair swaying as he approached the lockers.
"Wait, Marik. Don't be so hasty", Yami said, grabbing his arm, "We should see what these girls are here for before we do anything yet".
Bakura looked at Yami and then down at his ring – why was Femi here and how had she not changed? He was desperate to find out ...
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"And this is the cafeteria, which always has a line and the food is really bad", Joey said, crossing his arms and nodding sadly, "No one in their right mind would think of going in there ..."
"Oh, so that's why I saw you buying a bag of chips in there?" Tristan asked, eyeing Joey.
"Hey, I was desperately hungry, man", Joey spat, grabbing Tristan's jacket, "And besides, you used to eat that food in there, too!"
"Say what?!" Tristan growled.
Then the argument started. Tea was embarrassed that these two ego-driven males were making fools of themselves in front of the new girls. She was just about to split them up when Namu appeared behind them, grabbed their collars and pulled them apart. Ryou and Yugi were standing behind him.
"Hey, Namu, put me down!" Joey ordered, flailing around.
Namu laughed.
"I'm sorry, Joey, but if I do that you'll turn on Tristan again", he said, shaking his head.
Yugi and Ryou laughed when Joey and Namu started arguing this time. Tea managed to get Tristan off Namu so he wouldn't get dragged into it and they approached Yugi and Ryou with the girls in tow.
"So, have you gotten anymore new cards, Yugi?" Tea asked.
"Not really. I've still got the same deck as always", he said, fanning the cards out in his hands, "The only difference is that I have Obelisk in there ..."
Kanika looked at Sanura and Femi – Obelisk? He had one of the most powerful monsters in his deck ... how did he have it? Obelisk was one of Pharaoh Yami's prized monsters, next to Slifer and Ra. She lost her train of thought when she head Ryou speaking.
"Yes, and you gave me Slifer the Sky Dragon", he said, holding it up, "You should have kept it, Yugi, you disserve it".
"Save it, Ryou, you might need it", Namu said, holding up his deck, "Don't forget, you may have Slifer, but I have the Ancient God Ra!"
It was then Bakura showed himself and he smirked.
"Is that a challenge, Marik?" Bakura asked.
"Let's duel!" Marik said, placing his deck down on a table.
"Oh, wow! I haven't watched a good duel in a long time", Tea said happily and turned to the girls, "Have you ever heard of Duel Monsters? It's very popular in Domino City".
"Yes, we are very familiar with it", Femi said.
"Indeed, we have cards of our own", Sanura said, pulling her deck from her jacket pocket and showing her a card, "Trouble is, we cannot trade these because they are in Ancient Egyptian scribe".
Tea looked cross-eyed at the card – it was a picture of a cat wearing a gold crown, a gold collar with diamonds and it was sitting on a golden carved thrown with cushions on it. The writing was in fact un-readable.
"What IS this card?" Tea asked, raising an eyebrow.
"It is Bastet the Cat Queen", Sanura explained, taking the card back, "Femi has Hathor of Love and Kanika has Nut the Sky Goddess".
Yugi smiled and stepped up to Kanika, who blushed and stepped back.
"Then would you have the honor of dueling me?" he asked her.
"Uh ... okay", she said quietly.
So they sat down at a table next to Marik and Bakura, who were still at it, and they shuffled and cut each other's deck. Yugi drew his first five cards and smirked – he already had a good hand. Kanika drew her five – she had the Dark Magician Girl, Monster Reborn, Nut, Female Celtic Guardian and the Pink Kuribo. Kanika kept a blank face as she placed Monster Reborn face down and put Female Celtic Guardian into play. Yugi blinked.
"A female Celtic?" he asked, "I didn't know that one existed".
"In Egypt they do", Kanika said.
Yugi looked at his hand, then he too put his Monster Reborn face down and played his Celtic Guardian. Everyone who was watching gasped when both Yugi and Kanika played their Magician cards. Then Yami took over.
"Who are you and how do you have the opposite's of my cards?" he asked, staring at her, "Do you have the power to see the future or something?"
Kanika's mouth dropped slightly. Did he know? No, she had to continue and play dumb because she now knew who this boy was – it was her Yami inside someone else's body and Yugi wore the Millennium Puzzle to prove it.
"No, I am sorry. It must be just coincidence", she said, shaking her head, "Now I play this card Nut the Sky Goddess in attack".
Yami gasped – it had twelve stars along the top just like Obelisk. Namu and Ryou were now watching and they too couldn't believe it.
"How is that possible?" Yami asked, leaning over the table to see the card, "How can another card other than the God's have twelve stars? It can't be ..."
Kanika picked up her cards and put them back in her pocket.
"I am sorry if you are angry", she said sadly, "But the idea of the game is to win, is it not?"
"Well, yes ... I just didn't expect a card like that", Yami said, and he changed back to Yugi, "I appreciate the duel though".
Kanika smiled and then the bell for next class went. Everyone left the outside area except Yami, Bakura and Marik.
"More Egyptian God cards?! Exactly how many God's were there, Yami?!" Marik growled, grabbing Yami's shirt and glaring at him.
"I don't know, Mari, now take your hands off me", Yami ordered, brushing his hands away.
"No use worrying about it now", Bakura said and he changed to Ryou, "Come on, we must be going".
"Hey! Over here!" Tea called.
Kanika, Sanura and Femi turned from their lockers and saw their new friend Tea. She was with Joey and Tristan but Yugi, Ryou and Namu weren't anywhere to be seen. The girls closed their lockers – they had figured it was best to hide their Millennium items from any praying eyes.
"Hi, do you want us to show you around?" Tristan offered, "It might help a little seeing you're new here".
The girls smiled and thanked him. Just after all of them had left the building Yami, Bakura and Marik poked their heads around the corner of a corridor and came out. All of them had their items, which were all shining. Bakura held up his ring and smirked as the needles twitched in the direction of the girl's lockers.
"You were right, Yami", Bakura said in his raspy voice.
"We must have them, Yami, or they may get in our way", Marik said, his long spiked-up hair swaying as he approached the lockers.
"Wait, Marik. Don't be so hasty", Yami said, grabbing his arm, "We should see what these girls are here for before we do anything yet".
Bakura looked at Yami and then down at his ring – why was Femi here and how had she not changed? He was desperate to find out ...
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"And this is the cafeteria, which always has a line and the food is really bad", Joey said, crossing his arms and nodding sadly, "No one in their right mind would think of going in there ..."
"Oh, so that's why I saw you buying a bag of chips in there?" Tristan asked, eyeing Joey.
"Hey, I was desperately hungry, man", Joey spat, grabbing Tristan's jacket, "And besides, you used to eat that food in there, too!"
"Say what?!" Tristan growled.
Then the argument started. Tea was embarrassed that these two ego-driven males were making fools of themselves in front of the new girls. She was just about to split them up when Namu appeared behind them, grabbed their collars and pulled them apart. Ryou and Yugi were standing behind him.
"Hey, Namu, put me down!" Joey ordered, flailing around.
Namu laughed.
"I'm sorry, Joey, but if I do that you'll turn on Tristan again", he said, shaking his head.
Yugi and Ryou laughed when Joey and Namu started arguing this time. Tea managed to get Tristan off Namu so he wouldn't get dragged into it and they approached Yugi and Ryou with the girls in tow.
"So, have you gotten anymore new cards, Yugi?" Tea asked.
"Not really. I've still got the same deck as always", he said, fanning the cards out in his hands, "The only difference is that I have Obelisk in there ..."
Kanika looked at Sanura and Femi – Obelisk? He had one of the most powerful monsters in his deck ... how did he have it? Obelisk was one of Pharaoh Yami's prized monsters, next to Slifer and Ra. She lost her train of thought when she head Ryou speaking.
"Yes, and you gave me Slifer the Sky Dragon", he said, holding it up, "You should have kept it, Yugi, you disserve it".
"Save it, Ryou, you might need it", Namu said, holding up his deck, "Don't forget, you may have Slifer, but I have the Ancient God Ra!"
It was then Bakura showed himself and he smirked.
"Is that a challenge, Marik?" Bakura asked.
"Let's duel!" Marik said, placing his deck down on a table.
"Oh, wow! I haven't watched a good duel in a long time", Tea said happily and turned to the girls, "Have you ever heard of Duel Monsters? It's very popular in Domino City".
"Yes, we are very familiar with it", Femi said.
"Indeed, we have cards of our own", Sanura said, pulling her deck from her jacket pocket and showing her a card, "Trouble is, we cannot trade these because they are in Ancient Egyptian scribe".
Tea looked cross-eyed at the card – it was a picture of a cat wearing a gold crown, a gold collar with diamonds and it was sitting on a golden carved thrown with cushions on it. The writing was in fact un-readable.
"What IS this card?" Tea asked, raising an eyebrow.
"It is Bastet the Cat Queen", Sanura explained, taking the card back, "Femi has Hathor of Love and Kanika has Nut the Sky Goddess".
Yugi smiled and stepped up to Kanika, who blushed and stepped back.
"Then would you have the honor of dueling me?" he asked her.
"Uh ... okay", she said quietly.
So they sat down at a table next to Marik and Bakura, who were still at it, and they shuffled and cut each other's deck. Yugi drew his first five cards and smirked – he already had a good hand. Kanika drew her five – she had the Dark Magician Girl, Monster Reborn, Nut, Female Celtic Guardian and the Pink Kuribo. Kanika kept a blank face as she placed Monster Reborn face down and put Female Celtic Guardian into play. Yugi blinked.
"A female Celtic?" he asked, "I didn't know that one existed".
"In Egypt they do", Kanika said.
Yugi looked at his hand, then he too put his Monster Reborn face down and played his Celtic Guardian. Everyone who was watching gasped when both Yugi and Kanika played their Magician cards. Then Yami took over.
"Who are you and how do you have the opposite's of my cards?" he asked, staring at her, "Do you have the power to see the future or something?"
Kanika's mouth dropped slightly. Did he know? No, she had to continue and play dumb because she now knew who this boy was – it was her Yami inside someone else's body and Yugi wore the Millennium Puzzle to prove it.
"No, I am sorry. It must be just coincidence", she said, shaking her head, "Now I play this card Nut the Sky Goddess in attack".
Yami gasped – it had twelve stars along the top just like Obelisk. Namu and Ryou were now watching and they too couldn't believe it.
"How is that possible?" Yami asked, leaning over the table to see the card, "How can another card other than the God's have twelve stars? It can't be ..."
Kanika picked up her cards and put them back in her pocket.
"I am sorry if you are angry", she said sadly, "But the idea of the game is to win, is it not?"
"Well, yes ... I just didn't expect a card like that", Yami said, and he changed back to Yugi, "I appreciate the duel though".
Kanika smiled and then the bell for next class went. Everyone left the outside area except Yami, Bakura and Marik.
"More Egyptian God cards?! Exactly how many God's were there, Yami?!" Marik growled, grabbing Yami's shirt and glaring at him.
"I don't know, Mari, now take your hands off me", Yami ordered, brushing his hands away.
"No use worrying about it now", Bakura said and he changed to Ryou, "Come on, we must be going".
