RENA IS NOT MARY-SUE!!! Just a little point I'd like to clear up. Chapter
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duel between Rena and Seto, review my story! I've been adding tidbits on
Egyptian history, and Japanese culture in as I go to make it more
realistic. I know this author's note isn't long, but you don't really want
to read the note, you want the story! Right? Also, I made up a lot of
different cards in this chapter, and yeah, they're all mine, except for the
first few Grandpa reads off. You should be able to recognize mine though.
By the way, Pegasus' real name was Pegasus J. Crawford, not Maximillian J.
Pegasus
But, of course, this statement leads to the legal blah everyone hates:
Disclaimer: All Yu-Gi-Oh anime/manga characters are not mine; I'm simply borrowing them for my fanfiction needs.
However, Rena is mine, as she is my alter ego! Hehehe.
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"Whoa! That is the biggest house I've ever seen in my entire life," Rena said as she stood on the terrace to the Kaiba Estate.
"It's just our mansion," Mokuba said.
"Really, it's like you've never seen one before," Seto remarked.
"Well, I haven't," Rena admitted, feeling a hot tinge at her cheeks.
"Oh," Mokuba said, amazed at Rena's statement. They walked inside, and Rena noticed the butler carrying her bags in. "What the-" she started, but Kaiba cut her off.
"Listen, I need you to work here. I don't have proper facilities in the office, and you'll have the place to yourself so you can get the scroll translated. If you want a dingy apartment somewhere, I'm sure I can find you something."
"No, no, no, it's perfect. It's just I've never had someone show me this kind of.kindness before," she said awestruck.
"Believe me, this isn't for you," he said.
She looked at him as he walked away, "Yes it is," she whispered.
He slammed the door behind him. "That woman, first she tells me she hates me and now she's acting like my friend. What's wrong with her? And why do I care?" He sat down at a long mahogany desk and started typing on his computer ferociously. He wasn't going to get caught up in emotion. The only one that mattered was Mokuba, and he, the CEO of KaibaCorp, was certainly not going to let a petty crush get in his way.
"Come on Regius, let's find Rena a room," Mokuba said, motioning to the butler and running up the stairs. He led her up yet another staircase, and another, then finally turned right and ran down a corridor, both Rena and the butler in hot pursuit. Finally, he stopped at a set of doors. He threw them open and with a satisfied grunt said, "This can be your room." The bedroom was huge. A grand king-size bed stood in the middle, with a draping canopy in purple. The whole room was done in shades of lavenders, violets, and purples. There was a walk-in closet in the back of the room, and a wardrobe gilded in gold stood on a far wall. There was a telephone, and behind a piece of genuine fine art, was a television. A bureau stood by the bed on one side, and a nightstand adorned the left side. In her entire life, she had never seen such a grand room.
"It's a room fit for a queen," she gasped.
"Do you like it?" Mokuba asked.
"This is the most beautiful place I've ever been in, I absolutely love it!" she cried, bending down to give Mokuba a hug.
"Whoa, this is awesome." The butler set her two only bags on the bed, and she started to unpack.
"Can I help?" Mokuba inquired.
"Sure," she said, shoving the handful of underwear, bikinis, and bras discreetly into the bureau behind her.
"Why do girls wear these?" Mokuba asked pulling out a dark blue rib t- shirt, with "Goddess" spelled out in silver studs, and pointing to the one she was wearing now with a picture of Sailor Neptune on it.
"We just do," she said pulling off her leather thigh-length coat and taking off her favorite pair of zip-up boots.
"You sure are funny," he said folding it neatly, taking out another shirt like it, followed by a pink blouse and a pair of 3-inch shorts.
"You seem kind of funny too. You and your brother are always so quiet, you're always so very serious," she commented.
"Brother's always been like that, but I don't mind," Mokuba said.
"Then I guess I shouldn't either," she sighed. Finally, she finished unpacking.
"Brother's probably not here, so let's go find something to do," Mokuba said, taking Rena's hand and guiding her out the door.
"I could spend a lifetime exploring your house, let alone find something to do outside of it," she laughed. Seshat and Amun greeted them as they stepped out the door. "Madam, will you want this," Regius the butler asked handing her leather coat to her as she headed down the steps.
"Oh yeah, thanks!" she said brightly, then stopped and a puzzled look crossed her face, as she felt a lump in her side pocket.
"What the heck-" She must have grabbed her coat in just the right way as to feel something inside one of her more hidden pockets. She pulled out a deck of cards, each depicting their own monsters. Most had golden backs, but some had green, purple, and blue backs.
"I didn't know you were a duelist!" Mokuba cried.
"Neither did I," Rena asked, wondering just how on earth the cards could have fallen into her coat.
"What do you mean? Don't you know anything about Duel Monsters?" He asked.
"Um, not really. I've just seen them in America in game stores and shops. I just thought they were a card game," she said.
"Not just a card game, a real duel. The monsters can be projected in holographic stadiums and they're a big thing over here," he said, showing his deck to her, "Do you even know how to play?"
"Not a clue," she laughed.
"Then you need a guidebook, a game mat, and training. I don't know if brother will train you, but I know someone who will!"
"You're brother's a duelist too?" she asked.
"Yeah, and he's one of the best. He's world champion," Mokuba nodded, his black hair bobbing ferociously.
"I had no clue," she said. They walked in silence, until they came to a little corner shop. The name, "Turtle Game Shop," stood above it, painted in red letters.
"This is where I need to get all my stuff?" she asked Mokuba.
"Yeah, and it's also where the duelist who can train you is," he added. They walked inside. A kindly old man looked up at them and smiled, "Hello, welcome to Turtle Game Shop. What can I help you with?" He looked at Mokuba kindly, and added, "Yugi and his friends are all upstairs." Rena smiled through her puzzlement. Yugi? Who was that? Mokuba nudged Rena up to the counter, and she laid her card deck on the table, and looked at the old man expectantly.
"Would you like a trade-in?" he asked. Rena only smiled. She had absolutely no clue what he was talking about. The old man looked at her questioningly, and finally, Mokuba walked up to the counter, rolling his eyes, a very Kaiba-like gesture.
"She's a new duelist, and has absolutely no clue about the game," he said. The old man laughed, as though this explained everything. He turned to the shelf behind him and took down a small book, a folded piece of something, and a booster back of cards. He laid them out before Rena, and she looked at him. The book was titled, "Duel Monsters: Game Guide and Rulebook," and the folded item was labeled "Duel Monsters Game Mat." It had everything marked, and explained what card went where. She looked at some of the titles.
"Fusion Cards, Monster Cards, Magic and Trap Cards, Graveyard, Deck Zone, I don't really get any of it," she sighed.
"Then read the Game Guide, it'll help you figure out everything," the old man said, "Now, what kind of cards do you have?" She handed her deck to him. He thumbed through the cards and read their names out loud, "D. Human, Hane-Hane, Just Deserts, Ryu-Kishin-"
"What!" she screamed. The old man jumped back and she snatched the card out of his hand, and read the description; "A gargoyle enhanced by the powers of darkness. Very sharp talons make it a worthy opponent."
"It was a gargoyle," she breathed.
"What's the matter down here?" a young boy asked racing down the stairs. He stopped, and looked at the strange scene that stood before him. A young woman was crouched on the counter to his grandfather's shop, a card in her hand. His grandfather was spread across the wall, and Mokuba, Seto Kaiba's little brother standing there, a quizzical look on his face.
"What on earth?" Jounochi exclaimed gazing at the scene. "What's that crazy dame doing on ya' grandpa's countertop?" Rena looked at the new arrivers to the scene. One was a blonde, with an accent straight from her city. The other, the young boy, had a strange hairstyle in gold and maroon- violet. Another guy, much taller, had his hair cut short-and cropped at the top.
There was another, gentle-looking boy with wild, white-hair, and a younger female with short, brown hair. Then, the last figure stepped down. He looked just like the other boy, except he was slightly taller, and his hair stuck out in stranger positions. But what caught her the most where his eyes. The eyes nearly the same as hers with an intense glow, with an heir of dignity and prowess. She had seen these eyes before, and it wasn't in her mirror. Their eyes caught, but she broke the bond and hopped off the countertop, bowing and murmuring, "Gomen nasai, gomen nasai, gomen nasai daredomo."
"This card, Ryu-Kishin, I've seen it before, it's very familiar to me. I'm so sorry for the commotion," she said, laying the card on the table.
The old man came from his position on the wall, and chuckled, "It's quite all right, each of us has a card we know well in some way." The teenagers in the doorway sighed, and all moved forward to greet the new customer. All except the silent one. He just stared at her with his unchanging, unflinching violet glare.
"Hi!" the young boy came up and gave Rena a bow, "I'm Yugi Motou, that's my Grandpa. He owns the shop." But he was pushed out of the way by the New York accent blonde.
"I'm Jounochi," he said, his face scarlet, "Duel Monsters extraordinaire, and single might I add." His face broke out into a grin. Rena only laughed and said, "I'm not that kind of girl. Besides, you sound like you're from the States. Your accent, it's-" she started, but was stopped by the taller, brown-haired boy.
"Jounochi here likes to think he's a New Yorker. He's wanted to live there since he was a little kid," he laughed. "And by the way, my name's Honda."
Rena laughed, "I'm from New York, it's not that bad a place as long as you know where to live. I live out in Albany." Jounochi broke free from his friend's grip and ran up to her, "What's it like? You've got to tell me what it's like," he pleaded.
"Uh.sure," she said, looking and thinking, "I hope all Japanese aren't this hyper. Aren't they supposed to be calm and quiet, or is that just the women? Stupid guidebook." Finally, the girl walked up to Jounochi, and, politely smiling at Rena, knocked Jounochi upside the head.
Then she introduced herself, "I'm Anzu, and don't let Jounochi give you a bad impression on the rest of us. He's just easily excited." Then the white-haired boy came up and introduced himself. And to Rena's pleasant surprise, his English was perfect and his manners were pristine and gentlemanly.
"I'm Ryou Bakura," he said in a slightly British accent.
"You mean, you're Ryou Namida's son?" she asked, amazed.
"How did you know my father?" Bakura asked.
"I've met him on digs in Egypt!" she said, "He's one of the best! I've never seen such an efficient archaeologist!"
"Who are you?" he asked.
"I'm Rena Campbelle."
"The Rena Campbelle?"
"I didn't know I was famous," she said, a look of shock on her face to accompany her feelings.
"Father said you're one of the best! You can translate any old world language. Ancient Roman, ancient Greek, Latin, Old French, ancient Egyptian, there's even rumors you understand vizierglyphs!"
"Those rumors are true, I'm one of the only three people in the world that understand olden hieroglyphics."
"Incredible."
"Yeah, um, sure. Can we get off the subject? You're reminding me of the work I'm neglecting," she said. They shared a laugh.
"All right," Grandpa interrupted, "So you want to be a duelist?"
"Sure, I'll give it a spin."
"You need to do more than just give it a spin. You have to train, study strategy, and actually be willing to play," he reprimanded.
"Yes sir," Rena said, giving him a salute. The old man laughed, "Now, let's take a look at your deck again, and no jumping on my counter!" He thumbed through the deck, reading the names of the cards as he saw them. "Dark Hole, Terra the Terrible, Castle Walls, Fissure, Monster Reborn, a handy card I must say. Koumori Dragon, Mystic Clown, Angel of the White Dress, Blizzard, Gale, Book of Solomon, Crystal Movement, Getting A Lift, Glass Armor, Holy Javelin, Subjugation of the World, all of these cards are very impressive. Wait," he stopped and looked at the cards he now held in his hand. "What are these?"
"I'm not really the person to ask, I just found them in my coat," Rena said.
"I've never even heard of these cards, where do they come from?" he asked.
"Well, they could be my ex-fiancé's," she said, suddenly remembering just where the cards might have come from.
"Who's your ex-fiancé?" Yugi asked. He knew the answer before she even told him, though.
"Why, it was Pegasus J. Crawford," she replied. Yugi nearly had a heart attack. Jounochi just stared. Bakura gaped, and Anzu fell back and hit the floor. Honda might have caught her, had he not braced himself against the wall to keep himself from falling. Mokuba's mouth dropped open and shut, much like a fish's. Yami got a surprised look on his face, but did not take his eyes of this newcomer.
"How could you fall in love with a creep like that?" Anzu cried, picking herself up off the floor.
"I didn't. It was a prenuptial thing. He promised unlimited funding for all of my parents' future excavations for my hand.in marriage. They sold me to him, just so they could have a chance to go and do whatever they wanted. They dumped me on his doorstep against my will. Then they mysteriously "died" one day, and yet, they had kept the marriage in effect. When my parents passed away, I tried to fight to end the agreement in court, but it stayed in effect until about three years ago. They told me Pegasus had disappeared under unknown circumstances, and that the prenup had been cut, a really strange coincidence, I'm not going to miss him. He was a conceited egotist, and he really creeped me out with that whole one- eye thing of his. And the way he was so fanatic about the card game he created. It was his so predominant in his life, he had little time for living," she said, pained by the memory.
The others looked relieved, and Yugi said, "Well, your fiancé didn't just disappear, he was killed. He was trapped in the Shadow Realm and he died."
"Oh really? Fascinating. I didn't think the Egyptian Shadow Realm existed. I thought it was myth," she said.
"You don't seem upset that he died," Yugi noticed.
"I'm not," Rena laughed.
"Rena," the young man in the doorway finally spoke, "are you sure you didn't know of the Shadow Realm? Wasn't there something, something deep in your heart that told you it was real? That the Shadow Games were real, that it is all real, and that somehow, just maybe, you were a part of it?"
"Sometimes, in my dreams, and when I'm walking by myself in Egypt," she replied, wondering how this stranger could have known what was troubling her for the past few weeks, "How did you know? Who are you?"
"I am a being that has been trapped in the Shadow Realm, in the keep of the Millennium Puzzle," he said, "And you need only to know me as Yami."
"Yami?" she asked. Then, a word surfaced in her mind, and before she could think, she said, "Pharaoh?"
"I am no Pharaoh," he said, tired of the word. "I am a King."
"Of course, that's right!" she exclaimed. "In your time, there were no such thing as Pharaohs. You were the King, and the term Pharaoh was later invented by the Hebrews. The word means, 'Great or Mighty Place.'"
"Thank you, but you can still call me Pharaoh, everyone else has," Yami said. His lips turned up in a smile.
"Uh, I don't get it," Jounochi finally said. Rena smiled, "Pharaoh is a Hebrew word, it's not Egyptian. It means Great or Mighty Place. Let me put it this way, it would be like me calling the President the White House, or you calling the Emperor the Imperial Palace."
"Ha! I get it now," Jou said, but he was still scratching his head.
"I remember hearing that from my father," Bakura commented.
"It's a recently discovered fact, I can't see why he wouldn't have told you," she said, then turned to Yugi's Grandpa and asked, "What card don't you recognize?"
"All of these," he said laying over twenty cards on the table. Everyone crowded around to see them.
Yugi read some of the titles, "Fire-Eyes Maiden, Mystic Princess, Egyptian Elf and Egyptian Sprite, Ankh, Trial By Fire, Sweet Temptation, Isis' Gift."
Honda continued, "Cyber Warrioress, Lovely Princess, Cardkeeper, Angel's Kiss, Seth's Revenge, Eye of Horus, Anubis Mask. Jounochi kept going, "Retaliation, Ancient Magic, Lovely Princess, and The Double Faces of Bastet and Sekhmet."
Yugi looked up at Rena, "All these cards are incredibly powerful, and especially these last four."
She looked at them and read their names, "Goddess of Wisdom, Goddess Beautiful, and Earth Goddess, and this magic card, Dark Angel's Kiss." She read the description of the Magic card, "Obliterates your opponents hand."
"Nani?" everyone cried simultaneously.
"That's what it says," she whispered. "With this card, I could destroy my opponent's deck."
"What about the other Angel's Kiss, what does it say?" Yugi asked. She picked it up, "Search either your own or your opponent's graveyards, and choose five monsters to replace your current hand. This is considered a Special Summon."
"Wow, it's really strong too," Yugi, whistled.
Honda picked up a card, "Hey, what's this one?"
"It's just a Polymerization Card," Jounochi replied.
"Then, couldn't you combine all three of those goddesses to make a kind of Super-Goddess?" Anzu asked.
"I suppose," Rena said, "I'm still not quite sure how this whole game works just yet."
"I can show you," Yugi said. "Why don't you read through your guide, and we can talk about this tomorrow."
"Sounds good to me," she replied. She looked at her wristwatch, "Whoa! It's already six o'clock!"
"We'd better get home before Seto does!" Mokuba said, looking at her worriedly, "What if he gets upset?"
"Then I'll deal with him. But you're right you need to get back. I need to get back," she said.
"We need to get back," Mokuba finished.
"Do you need a place to say, miss?" Yugi asked her.
"No, and please call me Rena. It's bad enough all I hear from Kaiba is 'Miss Campbelle.' And I'm living with him too, which is kind of aggravating."
Yugi nearly had a heart attack again, and Anzu fell, but Honda caught her. Mokuba simply rolled his eyes and sighed, "Let's get going."
"Uh, yeah. Ja ne guys! See you tomorrow!" she called from the door. They ran down the block and across the street. Suddenly, a loud honk stopped them both short. A familiar limo pulled up behind them, and a man stepped out and opened the door. Seto Kaiba was sitting there the usual patronizing grin on his face.
"Get in," he muttered. The panting duo climbed in and they sped off. "So, what have you two been up to today?" he asked. Mokuba squirmed under his brother's stare. "We went out." Then, he had an idea, "Rena's a duelist," he said. At this Seto looked at Rena, then laughed.
"You think you can be a duelist?" he asked.
"I figure it's worth a shot," she said.
"And what kind of monsters do you have?"
"The Fire-Eyes Maiden is my favorite."
"What card is that?"
She decided to make him mad. She remembered the reaction she had gotten earlier this afternoon when she had told her little story, so she tried it now.
"My fiancé gave them to me.I guess."
Seto jerked, "You have a fiancé? Who is he?"
"That expression was priceless in its own," she thought, "But let's have some more fun." She tried to keep from laughing, "My fiancé is Pegasus J. Crawford."
"NANI????" Seto cried. He jumped up, but fell back down again as his head hit the car roof. Rubbing it tenderly, "You were going to marry Pegasus? What did you possibly see in him?"
Now, Rena laughed, "Damn those prenuptial agreements, huh?" Seto relaxed a little, content with the fact there still was no one who even cared Pegasus was dead. After all, he didn't. She proceeded to tell him the story, and the reaction was just as she thought it would have been.
"All new cards? I wonder how fare in a duel. Would you like to duel after dinner?" He asked, eyeing her deck.
"Uh, I don't know how to play yet."
"Oh my Kami-sama, you can't even duel yet?" he rolled his eyes. "I can't believe you! Fine, use your silly rulebook."
Chousen? For Shouri!
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I decided to stop the chapter here, because it's longer than most, except four, and it's dinnertime. That, and I'm bored. I'll continue Chapter Six after I eat, ok? And if I get fifteen reviews, Chapter Six will be up by Sunday! By the way, isn't flabbergasted just THE coolest word in the entire world, come on, I know it is. Oh yeah, new poll: What're the better pairings?
Sailor Uranus and Ryou Bakura. (It's like a masculine/feminine relationship role reversal. And hey, opposites attract.)
Honda and Anzu
Anzu and Yugi
Yami and Anzu
Seto and Anzu
Jounochi and Anzu
Jounochi and Mai
Honda and Sailor Mars
Seto Kaiba and Sailor Jupiter (I have no idea where this one's coming from.)
Seto Kaiba and Sailor Neptune
Bakura and Sailor Mercury.
Or, Yami and Yugi. (Main characters are NOT gay!) (No offense to gay people!) I'm shutting up now.
Give me your top five favorite SM/YGO crossover pairings, or your five fave pairings out of all of them. Or make up your own, that I didn't include! Tell me in a review so I can get my Chapter Six up!!!!!!!!! Okay, I'll give you mine; I like Honda and Mars, Seto and Michiru (Neptune), Bakura and Sailor Mercury, Jounochi and Mai, Yami and Anzu. My absolute fave is Seto and Neptune they fit perfectly together. The quite beauty with ability, grace, and strength; paired with the handsome and mysteriously silent character that is the man Seto Kaiba.
But, of course, this statement leads to the legal blah everyone hates:
Disclaimer: All Yu-Gi-Oh anime/manga characters are not mine; I'm simply borrowing them for my fanfiction needs.
However, Rena is mine, as she is my alter ego! Hehehe.
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"Whoa! That is the biggest house I've ever seen in my entire life," Rena said as she stood on the terrace to the Kaiba Estate.
"It's just our mansion," Mokuba said.
"Really, it's like you've never seen one before," Seto remarked.
"Well, I haven't," Rena admitted, feeling a hot tinge at her cheeks.
"Oh," Mokuba said, amazed at Rena's statement. They walked inside, and Rena noticed the butler carrying her bags in. "What the-" she started, but Kaiba cut her off.
"Listen, I need you to work here. I don't have proper facilities in the office, and you'll have the place to yourself so you can get the scroll translated. If you want a dingy apartment somewhere, I'm sure I can find you something."
"No, no, no, it's perfect. It's just I've never had someone show me this kind of.kindness before," she said awestruck.
"Believe me, this isn't for you," he said.
She looked at him as he walked away, "Yes it is," she whispered.
He slammed the door behind him. "That woman, first she tells me she hates me and now she's acting like my friend. What's wrong with her? And why do I care?" He sat down at a long mahogany desk and started typing on his computer ferociously. He wasn't going to get caught up in emotion. The only one that mattered was Mokuba, and he, the CEO of KaibaCorp, was certainly not going to let a petty crush get in his way.
"Come on Regius, let's find Rena a room," Mokuba said, motioning to the butler and running up the stairs. He led her up yet another staircase, and another, then finally turned right and ran down a corridor, both Rena and the butler in hot pursuit. Finally, he stopped at a set of doors. He threw them open and with a satisfied grunt said, "This can be your room." The bedroom was huge. A grand king-size bed stood in the middle, with a draping canopy in purple. The whole room was done in shades of lavenders, violets, and purples. There was a walk-in closet in the back of the room, and a wardrobe gilded in gold stood on a far wall. There was a telephone, and behind a piece of genuine fine art, was a television. A bureau stood by the bed on one side, and a nightstand adorned the left side. In her entire life, she had never seen such a grand room.
"It's a room fit for a queen," she gasped.
"Do you like it?" Mokuba asked.
"This is the most beautiful place I've ever been in, I absolutely love it!" she cried, bending down to give Mokuba a hug.
"Whoa, this is awesome." The butler set her two only bags on the bed, and she started to unpack.
"Can I help?" Mokuba inquired.
"Sure," she said, shoving the handful of underwear, bikinis, and bras discreetly into the bureau behind her.
"Why do girls wear these?" Mokuba asked pulling out a dark blue rib t- shirt, with "Goddess" spelled out in silver studs, and pointing to the one she was wearing now with a picture of Sailor Neptune on it.
"We just do," she said pulling off her leather thigh-length coat and taking off her favorite pair of zip-up boots.
"You sure are funny," he said folding it neatly, taking out another shirt like it, followed by a pink blouse and a pair of 3-inch shorts.
"You seem kind of funny too. You and your brother are always so quiet, you're always so very serious," she commented.
"Brother's always been like that, but I don't mind," Mokuba said.
"Then I guess I shouldn't either," she sighed. Finally, she finished unpacking.
"Brother's probably not here, so let's go find something to do," Mokuba said, taking Rena's hand and guiding her out the door.
"I could spend a lifetime exploring your house, let alone find something to do outside of it," she laughed. Seshat and Amun greeted them as they stepped out the door. "Madam, will you want this," Regius the butler asked handing her leather coat to her as she headed down the steps.
"Oh yeah, thanks!" she said brightly, then stopped and a puzzled look crossed her face, as she felt a lump in her side pocket.
"What the heck-" She must have grabbed her coat in just the right way as to feel something inside one of her more hidden pockets. She pulled out a deck of cards, each depicting their own monsters. Most had golden backs, but some had green, purple, and blue backs.
"I didn't know you were a duelist!" Mokuba cried.
"Neither did I," Rena asked, wondering just how on earth the cards could have fallen into her coat.
"What do you mean? Don't you know anything about Duel Monsters?" He asked.
"Um, not really. I've just seen them in America in game stores and shops. I just thought they were a card game," she said.
"Not just a card game, a real duel. The monsters can be projected in holographic stadiums and they're a big thing over here," he said, showing his deck to her, "Do you even know how to play?"
"Not a clue," she laughed.
"Then you need a guidebook, a game mat, and training. I don't know if brother will train you, but I know someone who will!"
"You're brother's a duelist too?" she asked.
"Yeah, and he's one of the best. He's world champion," Mokuba nodded, his black hair bobbing ferociously.
"I had no clue," she said. They walked in silence, until they came to a little corner shop. The name, "Turtle Game Shop," stood above it, painted in red letters.
"This is where I need to get all my stuff?" she asked Mokuba.
"Yeah, and it's also where the duelist who can train you is," he added. They walked inside. A kindly old man looked up at them and smiled, "Hello, welcome to Turtle Game Shop. What can I help you with?" He looked at Mokuba kindly, and added, "Yugi and his friends are all upstairs." Rena smiled through her puzzlement. Yugi? Who was that? Mokuba nudged Rena up to the counter, and she laid her card deck on the table, and looked at the old man expectantly.
"Would you like a trade-in?" he asked. Rena only smiled. She had absolutely no clue what he was talking about. The old man looked at her questioningly, and finally, Mokuba walked up to the counter, rolling his eyes, a very Kaiba-like gesture.
"She's a new duelist, and has absolutely no clue about the game," he said. The old man laughed, as though this explained everything. He turned to the shelf behind him and took down a small book, a folded piece of something, and a booster back of cards. He laid them out before Rena, and she looked at him. The book was titled, "Duel Monsters: Game Guide and Rulebook," and the folded item was labeled "Duel Monsters Game Mat." It had everything marked, and explained what card went where. She looked at some of the titles.
"Fusion Cards, Monster Cards, Magic and Trap Cards, Graveyard, Deck Zone, I don't really get any of it," she sighed.
"Then read the Game Guide, it'll help you figure out everything," the old man said, "Now, what kind of cards do you have?" She handed her deck to him. He thumbed through the cards and read their names out loud, "D. Human, Hane-Hane, Just Deserts, Ryu-Kishin-"
"What!" she screamed. The old man jumped back and she snatched the card out of his hand, and read the description; "A gargoyle enhanced by the powers of darkness. Very sharp talons make it a worthy opponent."
"It was a gargoyle," she breathed.
"What's the matter down here?" a young boy asked racing down the stairs. He stopped, and looked at the strange scene that stood before him. A young woman was crouched on the counter to his grandfather's shop, a card in her hand. His grandfather was spread across the wall, and Mokuba, Seto Kaiba's little brother standing there, a quizzical look on his face.
"What on earth?" Jounochi exclaimed gazing at the scene. "What's that crazy dame doing on ya' grandpa's countertop?" Rena looked at the new arrivers to the scene. One was a blonde, with an accent straight from her city. The other, the young boy, had a strange hairstyle in gold and maroon- violet. Another guy, much taller, had his hair cut short-and cropped at the top.
There was another, gentle-looking boy with wild, white-hair, and a younger female with short, brown hair. Then, the last figure stepped down. He looked just like the other boy, except he was slightly taller, and his hair stuck out in stranger positions. But what caught her the most where his eyes. The eyes nearly the same as hers with an intense glow, with an heir of dignity and prowess. She had seen these eyes before, and it wasn't in her mirror. Their eyes caught, but she broke the bond and hopped off the countertop, bowing and murmuring, "Gomen nasai, gomen nasai, gomen nasai daredomo."
"This card, Ryu-Kishin, I've seen it before, it's very familiar to me. I'm so sorry for the commotion," she said, laying the card on the table.
The old man came from his position on the wall, and chuckled, "It's quite all right, each of us has a card we know well in some way." The teenagers in the doorway sighed, and all moved forward to greet the new customer. All except the silent one. He just stared at her with his unchanging, unflinching violet glare.
"Hi!" the young boy came up and gave Rena a bow, "I'm Yugi Motou, that's my Grandpa. He owns the shop." But he was pushed out of the way by the New York accent blonde.
"I'm Jounochi," he said, his face scarlet, "Duel Monsters extraordinaire, and single might I add." His face broke out into a grin. Rena only laughed and said, "I'm not that kind of girl. Besides, you sound like you're from the States. Your accent, it's-" she started, but was stopped by the taller, brown-haired boy.
"Jounochi here likes to think he's a New Yorker. He's wanted to live there since he was a little kid," he laughed. "And by the way, my name's Honda."
Rena laughed, "I'm from New York, it's not that bad a place as long as you know where to live. I live out in Albany." Jounochi broke free from his friend's grip and ran up to her, "What's it like? You've got to tell me what it's like," he pleaded.
"Uh.sure," she said, looking and thinking, "I hope all Japanese aren't this hyper. Aren't they supposed to be calm and quiet, or is that just the women? Stupid guidebook." Finally, the girl walked up to Jounochi, and, politely smiling at Rena, knocked Jounochi upside the head.
Then she introduced herself, "I'm Anzu, and don't let Jounochi give you a bad impression on the rest of us. He's just easily excited." Then the white-haired boy came up and introduced himself. And to Rena's pleasant surprise, his English was perfect and his manners were pristine and gentlemanly.
"I'm Ryou Bakura," he said in a slightly British accent.
"You mean, you're Ryou Namida's son?" she asked, amazed.
"How did you know my father?" Bakura asked.
"I've met him on digs in Egypt!" she said, "He's one of the best! I've never seen such an efficient archaeologist!"
"Who are you?" he asked.
"I'm Rena Campbelle."
"The Rena Campbelle?"
"I didn't know I was famous," she said, a look of shock on her face to accompany her feelings.
"Father said you're one of the best! You can translate any old world language. Ancient Roman, ancient Greek, Latin, Old French, ancient Egyptian, there's even rumors you understand vizierglyphs!"
"Those rumors are true, I'm one of the only three people in the world that understand olden hieroglyphics."
"Incredible."
"Yeah, um, sure. Can we get off the subject? You're reminding me of the work I'm neglecting," she said. They shared a laugh.
"All right," Grandpa interrupted, "So you want to be a duelist?"
"Sure, I'll give it a spin."
"You need to do more than just give it a spin. You have to train, study strategy, and actually be willing to play," he reprimanded.
"Yes sir," Rena said, giving him a salute. The old man laughed, "Now, let's take a look at your deck again, and no jumping on my counter!" He thumbed through the deck, reading the names of the cards as he saw them. "Dark Hole, Terra the Terrible, Castle Walls, Fissure, Monster Reborn, a handy card I must say. Koumori Dragon, Mystic Clown, Angel of the White Dress, Blizzard, Gale, Book of Solomon, Crystal Movement, Getting A Lift, Glass Armor, Holy Javelin, Subjugation of the World, all of these cards are very impressive. Wait," he stopped and looked at the cards he now held in his hand. "What are these?"
"I'm not really the person to ask, I just found them in my coat," Rena said.
"I've never even heard of these cards, where do they come from?" he asked.
"Well, they could be my ex-fiancé's," she said, suddenly remembering just where the cards might have come from.
"Who's your ex-fiancé?" Yugi asked. He knew the answer before she even told him, though.
"Why, it was Pegasus J. Crawford," she replied. Yugi nearly had a heart attack. Jounochi just stared. Bakura gaped, and Anzu fell back and hit the floor. Honda might have caught her, had he not braced himself against the wall to keep himself from falling. Mokuba's mouth dropped open and shut, much like a fish's. Yami got a surprised look on his face, but did not take his eyes of this newcomer.
"How could you fall in love with a creep like that?" Anzu cried, picking herself up off the floor.
"I didn't. It was a prenuptial thing. He promised unlimited funding for all of my parents' future excavations for my hand.in marriage. They sold me to him, just so they could have a chance to go and do whatever they wanted. They dumped me on his doorstep against my will. Then they mysteriously "died" one day, and yet, they had kept the marriage in effect. When my parents passed away, I tried to fight to end the agreement in court, but it stayed in effect until about three years ago. They told me Pegasus had disappeared under unknown circumstances, and that the prenup had been cut, a really strange coincidence, I'm not going to miss him. He was a conceited egotist, and he really creeped me out with that whole one- eye thing of his. And the way he was so fanatic about the card game he created. It was his so predominant in his life, he had little time for living," she said, pained by the memory.
The others looked relieved, and Yugi said, "Well, your fiancé didn't just disappear, he was killed. He was trapped in the Shadow Realm and he died."
"Oh really? Fascinating. I didn't think the Egyptian Shadow Realm existed. I thought it was myth," she said.
"You don't seem upset that he died," Yugi noticed.
"I'm not," Rena laughed.
"Rena," the young man in the doorway finally spoke, "are you sure you didn't know of the Shadow Realm? Wasn't there something, something deep in your heart that told you it was real? That the Shadow Games were real, that it is all real, and that somehow, just maybe, you were a part of it?"
"Sometimes, in my dreams, and when I'm walking by myself in Egypt," she replied, wondering how this stranger could have known what was troubling her for the past few weeks, "How did you know? Who are you?"
"I am a being that has been trapped in the Shadow Realm, in the keep of the Millennium Puzzle," he said, "And you need only to know me as Yami."
"Yami?" she asked. Then, a word surfaced in her mind, and before she could think, she said, "Pharaoh?"
"I am no Pharaoh," he said, tired of the word. "I am a King."
"Of course, that's right!" she exclaimed. "In your time, there were no such thing as Pharaohs. You were the King, and the term Pharaoh was later invented by the Hebrews. The word means, 'Great or Mighty Place.'"
"Thank you, but you can still call me Pharaoh, everyone else has," Yami said. His lips turned up in a smile.
"Uh, I don't get it," Jounochi finally said. Rena smiled, "Pharaoh is a Hebrew word, it's not Egyptian. It means Great or Mighty Place. Let me put it this way, it would be like me calling the President the White House, or you calling the Emperor the Imperial Palace."
"Ha! I get it now," Jou said, but he was still scratching his head.
"I remember hearing that from my father," Bakura commented.
"It's a recently discovered fact, I can't see why he wouldn't have told you," she said, then turned to Yugi's Grandpa and asked, "What card don't you recognize?"
"All of these," he said laying over twenty cards on the table. Everyone crowded around to see them.
Yugi read some of the titles, "Fire-Eyes Maiden, Mystic Princess, Egyptian Elf and Egyptian Sprite, Ankh, Trial By Fire, Sweet Temptation, Isis' Gift."
Honda continued, "Cyber Warrioress, Lovely Princess, Cardkeeper, Angel's Kiss, Seth's Revenge, Eye of Horus, Anubis Mask. Jounochi kept going, "Retaliation, Ancient Magic, Lovely Princess, and The Double Faces of Bastet and Sekhmet."
Yugi looked up at Rena, "All these cards are incredibly powerful, and especially these last four."
She looked at them and read their names, "Goddess of Wisdom, Goddess Beautiful, and Earth Goddess, and this magic card, Dark Angel's Kiss." She read the description of the Magic card, "Obliterates your opponents hand."
"Nani?" everyone cried simultaneously.
"That's what it says," she whispered. "With this card, I could destroy my opponent's deck."
"What about the other Angel's Kiss, what does it say?" Yugi asked. She picked it up, "Search either your own or your opponent's graveyards, and choose five monsters to replace your current hand. This is considered a Special Summon."
"Wow, it's really strong too," Yugi, whistled.
Honda picked up a card, "Hey, what's this one?"
"It's just a Polymerization Card," Jounochi replied.
"Then, couldn't you combine all three of those goddesses to make a kind of Super-Goddess?" Anzu asked.
"I suppose," Rena said, "I'm still not quite sure how this whole game works just yet."
"I can show you," Yugi said. "Why don't you read through your guide, and we can talk about this tomorrow."
"Sounds good to me," she replied. She looked at her wristwatch, "Whoa! It's already six o'clock!"
"We'd better get home before Seto does!" Mokuba said, looking at her worriedly, "What if he gets upset?"
"Then I'll deal with him. But you're right you need to get back. I need to get back," she said.
"We need to get back," Mokuba finished.
"Do you need a place to say, miss?" Yugi asked her.
"No, and please call me Rena. It's bad enough all I hear from Kaiba is 'Miss Campbelle.' And I'm living with him too, which is kind of aggravating."
Yugi nearly had a heart attack again, and Anzu fell, but Honda caught her. Mokuba simply rolled his eyes and sighed, "Let's get going."
"Uh, yeah. Ja ne guys! See you tomorrow!" she called from the door. They ran down the block and across the street. Suddenly, a loud honk stopped them both short. A familiar limo pulled up behind them, and a man stepped out and opened the door. Seto Kaiba was sitting there the usual patronizing grin on his face.
"Get in," he muttered. The panting duo climbed in and they sped off. "So, what have you two been up to today?" he asked. Mokuba squirmed under his brother's stare. "We went out." Then, he had an idea, "Rena's a duelist," he said. At this Seto looked at Rena, then laughed.
"You think you can be a duelist?" he asked.
"I figure it's worth a shot," she said.
"And what kind of monsters do you have?"
"The Fire-Eyes Maiden is my favorite."
"What card is that?"
She decided to make him mad. She remembered the reaction she had gotten earlier this afternoon when she had told her little story, so she tried it now.
"My fiancé gave them to me.I guess."
Seto jerked, "You have a fiancé? Who is he?"
"That expression was priceless in its own," she thought, "But let's have some more fun." She tried to keep from laughing, "My fiancé is Pegasus J. Crawford."
"NANI????" Seto cried. He jumped up, but fell back down again as his head hit the car roof. Rubbing it tenderly, "You were going to marry Pegasus? What did you possibly see in him?"
Now, Rena laughed, "Damn those prenuptial agreements, huh?" Seto relaxed a little, content with the fact there still was no one who even cared Pegasus was dead. After all, he didn't. She proceeded to tell him the story, and the reaction was just as she thought it would have been.
"All new cards? I wonder how fare in a duel. Would you like to duel after dinner?" He asked, eyeing her deck.
"Uh, I don't know how to play yet."
"Oh my Kami-sama, you can't even duel yet?" he rolled his eyes. "I can't believe you! Fine, use your silly rulebook."
Chousen? For Shouri!
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I decided to stop the chapter here, because it's longer than most, except four, and it's dinnertime. That, and I'm bored. I'll continue Chapter Six after I eat, ok? And if I get fifteen reviews, Chapter Six will be up by Sunday! By the way, isn't flabbergasted just THE coolest word in the entire world, come on, I know it is. Oh yeah, new poll: What're the better pairings?
Sailor Uranus and Ryou Bakura. (It's like a masculine/feminine relationship role reversal. And hey, opposites attract.)
Honda and Anzu
Anzu and Yugi
Yami and Anzu
Seto and Anzu
Jounochi and Anzu
Jounochi and Mai
Honda and Sailor Mars
Seto Kaiba and Sailor Jupiter (I have no idea where this one's coming from.)
Seto Kaiba and Sailor Neptune
Bakura and Sailor Mercury.
Or, Yami and Yugi. (Main characters are NOT gay!) (No offense to gay people!) I'm shutting up now.
Give me your top five favorite SM/YGO crossover pairings, or your five fave pairings out of all of them. Or make up your own, that I didn't include! Tell me in a review so I can get my Chapter Six up!!!!!!!!! Okay, I'll give you mine; I like Honda and Mars, Seto and Michiru (Neptune), Bakura and Sailor Mercury, Jounochi and Mai, Yami and Anzu. My absolute fave is Seto and Neptune they fit perfectly together. The quite beauty with ability, grace, and strength; paired with the handsome and mysteriously silent character that is the man Seto Kaiba.