Ch.2: Lunch, cards, fighting
As the day crawled by, Yugi noticed that Phoenix happened to be in almost every single one of his classes. Finally, in English he walked over to Phoenix. "Hey." Phoenix looked up and smiled. "Hi! Weird huh? It seems I'm in a lot of the classes that you are in." "Yeah, I've been meaning to ask you about that. What's up with this?" Phoenix looked a little hurt, so Yugi quickly reacted. "I mean, um, uh, I d-don't have any problem with it, I was just wondering that's all." Phoenix looked up at the ceiling. "Well, I don't mind, that is...if you don't I mean..." "Aw, heck no! I'm glad we're in classes together. That way I can show you the ropes about this school." Phoenix looked back at Yugi and smiled. "Thank you Yugi. That does mean a lot to me." Yugi felt himself go scarlet. "I uh...well, um...." Phoenix giggled. Then class began.
Once the class was over the bell rang for lunch. Yugi and his friends headed for the cafeteria and got in line. "Hey where's Phoenix?" Tristan asked. "OH NO! Do you think she got lost?!" Joey said frantically. Then Tea happened to look through a window and saw Phoenix sitting under a tree with her sister. "Oh, hey guys, Phoenix is down in the courtyard. She's with her sister." Everyone turned to look out the window. "Well maybe we should go down and join her." Yugi said happily. "Ahhhh. I see what's going on here." Joey said elbowing Yugi in the ribs. "You LIKE her don't you?!" he said with glee. "WHAT?! N-No I never said that!" Yugi said blushing again. Tea stomped up to Joey. "Well, you weren't too afraid to show your feelings for her this morning!" Tea said irritably. "Oh! Now I know what's bugging you!" Joey said stupidly again. "You're jealous of Phoenix aren't you?!" That did it. Tea began to harden her eyes and ball her fists. "Oh shit, watch OUT! SHE'S GONNA BLOW!" Tristan yelled. *BAM! POW! PUNCH! WHACK!* in three seconds, Tea hit both Joey and Tristan. Then she loomed over Yugi, who looked like he was about to have a heart attack. "What about you smart guy?" She growled, getting huge and menacing. "You wanna comment too?" "N-n- o..." Yugi squeaked shrinking to the floor. Suddenly Phoenix arrived on the scene. "Hi guys. What's going on?" Then she noticed Joey and Tristan on the ground moaning. "Oh my goodness! What happened to these two? Were they beat up by a bully or something?" She said, placing both her hands on their shoulders. And, for a brief second, Yugi thought he saw a small flash of white dust. Suddenly, it vanished. Then Tristan and Joey started to stand up slowly. "Are you two all right? You both look like you got a severe beating from someone!" Phoenix said sounding worried. Joey and Tristan glanced at each other for a second, then Joey replied, "Nah, we just were running and tripped over each other, right Tristan?" "Yeah, no big." Tristan said with a small amount of anger in his eyes. Phoenix looked at them, checking to see if they had any other bruises. "Are you sure you're both alright?" She asked, concerned. They both nodded. "Well I just came up here to see if you guys wanted to sit with me at lunch. My sister is waiting in the courtyard. I thought we could all eat together." Phoenix said. "We'd love to. We just gotta wait for this line to speed up. But we'll meet you out there in about ten minutes." Yugi replied. (A/N: I could talk about how long the line was, but I'll just skip to the part where the "gang" heads down to eat with Phoenix.) "Oh! Good you're here!" Phoenix said happily. She nudged her sister to say something. "Hi" Blade replied. "So what was your name again?" Tea asked politely. "It's Blade." She replied quietly. "Oh, Phoenix, I've been meaning to ask you something..." Yugi started. Phoenix turned to Yugi and smiled. "Yes, what is it?" "Ummmm....I was wondering... What are those strange marks on your face? Are they tattoos?" Phoenix wasn't prepared for that question. Again, she looked over to Blade who stared with a look that could cut through stone. Everybody looked at both of them, with puzzled expressions. Then Phoenix turned to Yugi again, who was opening a cola. "Um, actually they are...birthmarks. Yeah, they're birthmarks. We were born with them." "Oh." Phoenix looked a little tense, so Yugi decided to change the subject. "Um, Blade I wanted to ask you something also." Blade slowly turned her head toward Yugi. Her ruby eyes flashed. Yugi gulped. "I uh....was um, just wondering why you...uh, wear a boy's outfit that's all." Blade rolled her eyes then quietly replied "Because I want to" "Blade!!" Phoenix growled, glaring at her. Again, Blade rolled her eyes and said "I just like boy's outfits better than the girls. I don't like girly stuff." Everyone looked at Phoenix for an explanation, which she gave them. "Blades' kinda a tomboy. She's never really worn a dress or a skirt. It's just the way she is. Pay no mind to it." Everyone nodded. Then Yugi cut in. "Oh hey guys, do you think we should introduce Phoenix and Blade into Duel Monsters?" Yugi said excitedly. "YEAH!" all of them said at once. "Um, excuse me, but what's Duel Monsters?" Phoenix asked puzzled. But she was relieved they had forgotten about her marks and talked about something else. "Yugi, bud, you were the one who came up with the idea, so you should be the sensei, since after all you are the best player!" Joey said while dipping his fries in ketchup. "Okay. Phoenix. I'll explain it to you. Basically it's this card game that lots of people are interested in now. What you do is you buy cards to collect a deck like mine see?" Yugi said pulling his deck out of his pocket. "Here, you can look at them." "Alright." Phoenix replied. As their hands met a small shock went through them. They both felt it, but neither said a word. However, once more Phoenix looked over at her sister and Blade looked up as well. They both stared at each other for a moment, and then looked away. Phoenix slowly shuffled through Yugi's deck. "What are all these numbers?" "These are the attack and defense points. Here, you pick one out of my hand and I'll explain it to you." Yugi said. "Okay." Phoenix said. As she touched the cards, again, Yugi noticed a small white light flash. Then it vanished. She slowly drew the unknown card. She turned it over. Everyone gasped. She had drawn the Summon Skull on her first try! "Whoa! If this was a match, you'd would have won it already!" Joey said excited. "Wow! Phoenix you drew my best card out of the whole deck!" Yugi said amazed. "Oh, I did? So I guess 2500 offense points is a high attack power?" Phoenix questioned. "Absolutely! And you also want to have a high defense power too, so that way if an opponent's monster has a lower attack power, then your monster will be able to withstand the attack. And it's vice-versa. If the monster you're attacking has a higher defense, then usually your attack won't hurt it. Are you getting all this?" Yugi asked, while pausing to sip his soda. "Yes. I understand what you're saying." Phoenix replied. "Oh and another thing, this game is based on what's called 'Life Points'. Each person starts out with 2000 in a match, and as each monster attacks and destroys one another, the Life Points start to go down. If one of the players runs out of Life Points or cards, then they lose the match. There are two modes you can have your monsters in; Offensive mode or Defensive mode. The Offensive mode is when you set the card in a regular position. However, when you're in Defense mode, you turn the card sideways like this. Yugi turned Summon Skull sideways to show Phoenix. "Phew. I know it's a lot to swallow, but I think you'll get it." Yugi said. "Oh, no. I understand everything you're saying. Please continue. This 'Duel Monsters' game sounds interesting." Phoenix replied with a smile. Yugi blushed slightly then continued. "Normally, you have a dueling board to set down your cards on. You can also set your monster face down when you draw it. OH! I also forgot to mention something else! The strategy to Duel Monsters isn't just attacking with creatures; the decks also should consist of 'Trap Cards' and 'Magic Cards'. When you draw these, they allow you to play tricks on the opponent to either destroy the monster, or benefit you in some way. And, another important thing, is to attack by the proper element." Phoenix's eyes widened. "Do you mean the four basic elements?! Wind, Water, Fire, and Earth?!" she asked excitedly. "Um, yeah. But there's not just the four. There's also dark and light. Phoenix's eyes widened. Yugi noted she seemed excited about the mentioning of the elements. "You should attack according to which monster is weak against what. For example, you would use my 'Summon Skull' against water types, since water conducts electricity. There are hundreds of different combos you can use. If you really pay attention to what you're doing, you can become the top duelist. Like Seto Kaiba." Yugi said with a bit hesitation, because of Joey's feelings. "Ah, don't remind me of that slimy, creepy jerk." Joey growled. Phoenix looked startled as she bit into an apple. "Joey! Geez man! You're scaring her being so nasty all of a sudden!" Tristan said annoyed. Joey sweat-dropped. Then he turned to Phoenix and said "Hey sorry if I freaked ya out Phoenix, its just Kaiba and I hate each other's guts." "JOEY!!" all the others shouted at once. "What?! Can't I at least be honest with her?! I mean, she'd find out sooner or later! Right?!" Everyone sighed. "Well, please Yugi, continue on, but honestly, who is Seto Kaiba?" Phoenix questioned. Yugi's face became serious. "I guess you could say Kaiba is my rival... He's one of the very BEST Duel Monsters competitors. He has three rare cards that NOBODY else has. And they're the most powerful too. They're called..." But before Yugi could finish Seto Kaiba replaced his sentence for him. "They're called the Blue-Eyes White-Dragon." Kaiba said looking at Phoenix. "You must be...Seto Kaiba, correct?" Phoenix asked in a quiet voice. Kaiba's eyes flickered. "And you are?" "Phoenix Morisato." She said, matching his look with one of her own. Suddenly Joey stood up. "What are you doin here Kaiba?!" he shouted. Kaiba sneered. "None of your business, dog. I guess you can't stand to see the man who defeated you in our last duel." Joey's face color then began to rise. "Care to repeat that comment, ya slime ball?!" Kaibas lip curled. "You heard me, dueling monkey. Why don't you go crawl back under your rock like the whimpering dog you are?" In lightning flash, Joey punched at Kaiba who dodged then elbowed Joey in the stomach causing him to bowl over. "HEY!! Kaiba, you creep! Why do you always have to pick on Joey?!" Tristan hollered with clenched fists. Kaiba then turned to face Tristan. "This idiot is so naïve, he doesn't know who he's dealing with." The rest of the gang stood up. "How can you be so cruel to Joey?!" Tea challenged Kaiba. Suddenly, Phoenix stood up. "Why do you all fight so horribly? IF you have differences, why not work them out instead of just shouting insults and hurting each other?!" she said with a shaky voice. The others suddenly stopped arguing and looked at her. Phoenix's green eyes shook a little. "Do you all have to fight over something so absurd, you can't even get along? Don't you see what you're all doing? You're hurting each other. For some stupid, idiotic grudge that no one should care about!!" she cried. Everyone except Kaiba exchanged guilty looks. Phoenix walked over to Joey's body and closed her eyes for a moment. Once more, Yugi saw a small flash. He was beginning to wonder if it was his imagination, or if maybe Phoenix...but his thoughts were interrupted by Joey's groan. Slowly, he stood up with Phoenix helping him to stand. "I'm sorry Joey." She whispered to him. Then she ran off. Blade followed shortly after. As she turned to go, she said, "You all should feel stupid. Even I don't get into useless fights with creeps like him" Blade gestured towards Kaiba. His eyes hardened, then he replied, "Stay out of this, kid. I don't feel sorry for what I did." "Then that's what separates you from the rest of us, Kaiba. We actually aren't hard-hearted like you. And by the way, I'm much older than you." She said with daggers in her voice. "Ah, don't waste your breath on this baka." Joey said snarling. Blade gave him a look then turned abruptly on her heel and went after her sister.
As the day crawled by, Yugi noticed that Phoenix happened to be in almost every single one of his classes. Finally, in English he walked over to Phoenix. "Hey." Phoenix looked up and smiled. "Hi! Weird huh? It seems I'm in a lot of the classes that you are in." "Yeah, I've been meaning to ask you about that. What's up with this?" Phoenix looked a little hurt, so Yugi quickly reacted. "I mean, um, uh, I d-don't have any problem with it, I was just wondering that's all." Phoenix looked up at the ceiling. "Well, I don't mind, that is...if you don't I mean..." "Aw, heck no! I'm glad we're in classes together. That way I can show you the ropes about this school." Phoenix looked back at Yugi and smiled. "Thank you Yugi. That does mean a lot to me." Yugi felt himself go scarlet. "I uh...well, um...." Phoenix giggled. Then class began.
Once the class was over the bell rang for lunch. Yugi and his friends headed for the cafeteria and got in line. "Hey where's Phoenix?" Tristan asked. "OH NO! Do you think she got lost?!" Joey said frantically. Then Tea happened to look through a window and saw Phoenix sitting under a tree with her sister. "Oh, hey guys, Phoenix is down in the courtyard. She's with her sister." Everyone turned to look out the window. "Well maybe we should go down and join her." Yugi said happily. "Ahhhh. I see what's going on here." Joey said elbowing Yugi in the ribs. "You LIKE her don't you?!" he said with glee. "WHAT?! N-No I never said that!" Yugi said blushing again. Tea stomped up to Joey. "Well, you weren't too afraid to show your feelings for her this morning!" Tea said irritably. "Oh! Now I know what's bugging you!" Joey said stupidly again. "You're jealous of Phoenix aren't you?!" That did it. Tea began to harden her eyes and ball her fists. "Oh shit, watch OUT! SHE'S GONNA BLOW!" Tristan yelled. *BAM! POW! PUNCH! WHACK!* in three seconds, Tea hit both Joey and Tristan. Then she loomed over Yugi, who looked like he was about to have a heart attack. "What about you smart guy?" She growled, getting huge and menacing. "You wanna comment too?" "N-n- o..." Yugi squeaked shrinking to the floor. Suddenly Phoenix arrived on the scene. "Hi guys. What's going on?" Then she noticed Joey and Tristan on the ground moaning. "Oh my goodness! What happened to these two? Were they beat up by a bully or something?" She said, placing both her hands on their shoulders. And, for a brief second, Yugi thought he saw a small flash of white dust. Suddenly, it vanished. Then Tristan and Joey started to stand up slowly. "Are you two all right? You both look like you got a severe beating from someone!" Phoenix said sounding worried. Joey and Tristan glanced at each other for a second, then Joey replied, "Nah, we just were running and tripped over each other, right Tristan?" "Yeah, no big." Tristan said with a small amount of anger in his eyes. Phoenix looked at them, checking to see if they had any other bruises. "Are you sure you're both alright?" She asked, concerned. They both nodded. "Well I just came up here to see if you guys wanted to sit with me at lunch. My sister is waiting in the courtyard. I thought we could all eat together." Phoenix said. "We'd love to. We just gotta wait for this line to speed up. But we'll meet you out there in about ten minutes." Yugi replied. (A/N: I could talk about how long the line was, but I'll just skip to the part where the "gang" heads down to eat with Phoenix.) "Oh! Good you're here!" Phoenix said happily. She nudged her sister to say something. "Hi" Blade replied. "So what was your name again?" Tea asked politely. "It's Blade." She replied quietly. "Oh, Phoenix, I've been meaning to ask you something..." Yugi started. Phoenix turned to Yugi and smiled. "Yes, what is it?" "Ummmm....I was wondering... What are those strange marks on your face? Are they tattoos?" Phoenix wasn't prepared for that question. Again, she looked over to Blade who stared with a look that could cut through stone. Everybody looked at both of them, with puzzled expressions. Then Phoenix turned to Yugi again, who was opening a cola. "Um, actually they are...birthmarks. Yeah, they're birthmarks. We were born with them." "Oh." Phoenix looked a little tense, so Yugi decided to change the subject. "Um, Blade I wanted to ask you something also." Blade slowly turned her head toward Yugi. Her ruby eyes flashed. Yugi gulped. "I uh....was um, just wondering why you...uh, wear a boy's outfit that's all." Blade rolled her eyes then quietly replied "Because I want to" "Blade!!" Phoenix growled, glaring at her. Again, Blade rolled her eyes and said "I just like boy's outfits better than the girls. I don't like girly stuff." Everyone looked at Phoenix for an explanation, which she gave them. "Blades' kinda a tomboy. She's never really worn a dress or a skirt. It's just the way she is. Pay no mind to it." Everyone nodded. Then Yugi cut in. "Oh hey guys, do you think we should introduce Phoenix and Blade into Duel Monsters?" Yugi said excitedly. "YEAH!" all of them said at once. "Um, excuse me, but what's Duel Monsters?" Phoenix asked puzzled. But she was relieved they had forgotten about her marks and talked about something else. "Yugi, bud, you were the one who came up with the idea, so you should be the sensei, since after all you are the best player!" Joey said while dipping his fries in ketchup. "Okay. Phoenix. I'll explain it to you. Basically it's this card game that lots of people are interested in now. What you do is you buy cards to collect a deck like mine see?" Yugi said pulling his deck out of his pocket. "Here, you can look at them." "Alright." Phoenix replied. As their hands met a small shock went through them. They both felt it, but neither said a word. However, once more Phoenix looked over at her sister and Blade looked up as well. They both stared at each other for a moment, and then looked away. Phoenix slowly shuffled through Yugi's deck. "What are all these numbers?" "These are the attack and defense points. Here, you pick one out of my hand and I'll explain it to you." Yugi said. "Okay." Phoenix said. As she touched the cards, again, Yugi noticed a small white light flash. Then it vanished. She slowly drew the unknown card. She turned it over. Everyone gasped. She had drawn the Summon Skull on her first try! "Whoa! If this was a match, you'd would have won it already!" Joey said excited. "Wow! Phoenix you drew my best card out of the whole deck!" Yugi said amazed. "Oh, I did? So I guess 2500 offense points is a high attack power?" Phoenix questioned. "Absolutely! And you also want to have a high defense power too, so that way if an opponent's monster has a lower attack power, then your monster will be able to withstand the attack. And it's vice-versa. If the monster you're attacking has a higher defense, then usually your attack won't hurt it. Are you getting all this?" Yugi asked, while pausing to sip his soda. "Yes. I understand what you're saying." Phoenix replied. "Oh and another thing, this game is based on what's called 'Life Points'. Each person starts out with 2000 in a match, and as each monster attacks and destroys one another, the Life Points start to go down. If one of the players runs out of Life Points or cards, then they lose the match. There are two modes you can have your monsters in; Offensive mode or Defensive mode. The Offensive mode is when you set the card in a regular position. However, when you're in Defense mode, you turn the card sideways like this. Yugi turned Summon Skull sideways to show Phoenix. "Phew. I know it's a lot to swallow, but I think you'll get it." Yugi said. "Oh, no. I understand everything you're saying. Please continue. This 'Duel Monsters' game sounds interesting." Phoenix replied with a smile. Yugi blushed slightly then continued. "Normally, you have a dueling board to set down your cards on. You can also set your monster face down when you draw it. OH! I also forgot to mention something else! The strategy to Duel Monsters isn't just attacking with creatures; the decks also should consist of 'Trap Cards' and 'Magic Cards'. When you draw these, they allow you to play tricks on the opponent to either destroy the monster, or benefit you in some way. And, another important thing, is to attack by the proper element." Phoenix's eyes widened. "Do you mean the four basic elements?! Wind, Water, Fire, and Earth?!" she asked excitedly. "Um, yeah. But there's not just the four. There's also dark and light. Phoenix's eyes widened. Yugi noted she seemed excited about the mentioning of the elements. "You should attack according to which monster is weak against what. For example, you would use my 'Summon Skull' against water types, since water conducts electricity. There are hundreds of different combos you can use. If you really pay attention to what you're doing, you can become the top duelist. Like Seto Kaiba." Yugi said with a bit hesitation, because of Joey's feelings. "Ah, don't remind me of that slimy, creepy jerk." Joey growled. Phoenix looked startled as she bit into an apple. "Joey! Geez man! You're scaring her being so nasty all of a sudden!" Tristan said annoyed. Joey sweat-dropped. Then he turned to Phoenix and said "Hey sorry if I freaked ya out Phoenix, its just Kaiba and I hate each other's guts." "JOEY!!" all the others shouted at once. "What?! Can't I at least be honest with her?! I mean, she'd find out sooner or later! Right?!" Everyone sighed. "Well, please Yugi, continue on, but honestly, who is Seto Kaiba?" Phoenix questioned. Yugi's face became serious. "I guess you could say Kaiba is my rival... He's one of the very BEST Duel Monsters competitors. He has three rare cards that NOBODY else has. And they're the most powerful too. They're called..." But before Yugi could finish Seto Kaiba replaced his sentence for him. "They're called the Blue-Eyes White-Dragon." Kaiba said looking at Phoenix. "You must be...Seto Kaiba, correct?" Phoenix asked in a quiet voice. Kaiba's eyes flickered. "And you are?" "Phoenix Morisato." She said, matching his look with one of her own. Suddenly Joey stood up. "What are you doin here Kaiba?!" he shouted. Kaiba sneered. "None of your business, dog. I guess you can't stand to see the man who defeated you in our last duel." Joey's face color then began to rise. "Care to repeat that comment, ya slime ball?!" Kaibas lip curled. "You heard me, dueling monkey. Why don't you go crawl back under your rock like the whimpering dog you are?" In lightning flash, Joey punched at Kaiba who dodged then elbowed Joey in the stomach causing him to bowl over. "HEY!! Kaiba, you creep! Why do you always have to pick on Joey?!" Tristan hollered with clenched fists. Kaiba then turned to face Tristan. "This idiot is so naïve, he doesn't know who he's dealing with." The rest of the gang stood up. "How can you be so cruel to Joey?!" Tea challenged Kaiba. Suddenly, Phoenix stood up. "Why do you all fight so horribly? IF you have differences, why not work them out instead of just shouting insults and hurting each other?!" she said with a shaky voice. The others suddenly stopped arguing and looked at her. Phoenix's green eyes shook a little. "Do you all have to fight over something so absurd, you can't even get along? Don't you see what you're all doing? You're hurting each other. For some stupid, idiotic grudge that no one should care about!!" she cried. Everyone except Kaiba exchanged guilty looks. Phoenix walked over to Joey's body and closed her eyes for a moment. Once more, Yugi saw a small flash. He was beginning to wonder if it was his imagination, or if maybe Phoenix...but his thoughts were interrupted by Joey's groan. Slowly, he stood up with Phoenix helping him to stand. "I'm sorry Joey." She whispered to him. Then she ran off. Blade followed shortly after. As she turned to go, she said, "You all should feel stupid. Even I don't get into useless fights with creeps like him" Blade gestured towards Kaiba. His eyes hardened, then he replied, "Stay out of this, kid. I don't feel sorry for what I did." "Then that's what separates you from the rest of us, Kaiba. We actually aren't hard-hearted like you. And by the way, I'm much older than you." She said with daggers in her voice. "Ah, don't waste your breath on this baka." Joey said snarling. Blade gave him a look then turned abruptly on her heel and went after her sister.