Yea, I don't own any Yu-Gi-Oh characters…
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"Will you hurry up?" Amelia said as she entered the girl's bathroom with Crystal and Diandra entering behind her. It was lunch already and the day wasn't going as greatly as she had expected it. All the old guys were chasing after her and her sisters all day and it was bugging her. As she turned around, her eyes locked onto her sisters' and they had the same annoyed look they always had. "So Crystal, you have the Millennium Orb, you visited the future last night and came back this morning, what did you find out?"
"Will you calm down, jeez!" Diandra said to her one minute older sister. "I have to scan this place first…" As Diandra closed her eyes, the golden belt around her waist began to glow. That was the Millennium Belt's power. As she slowly opened her eyes, she said, "The coast is clear, everyone is in the cafeteria or library. Like I started, calm down! Crystal has been gone all night wondering around in the future and the past trying to figure out how to solve this destruction. Give her some time to think about it since she just got back this morning. Besides, we have all the time in the world."
With a sigh, Amelia slumped her shoulders and leaned against one of the stalls. "Are you done yet?" Crystal asked her younger sister. Amelia nodded. "Ok," Crystal continued, "I've learned that the key is in this school. I've also learned that it's a guy who is in the grade we registered in."
"Oh, that's great! Just great! That's how many guys we have to watch? Umm… 55?... 60 maybe? And incase you haven't noticed Crystal, there's only 3 of us! At least we won't have the problem of finding them, they all come to us every time one of us is seen in the hallways alone."
"Will you just let me finish first?!" Crystal partially yelled at her younger sibling from the loss of patience. "Our guy is also a champion duelist, so luckily, we have their names somewhere. My guess is that it's that Yugi Motou guy."
"I'll watch Seto Kaiba," Diandra volunteered, "since I have most of my classes with him anyways. I guess that leaves Joey Wheeler for Amelia?"
"NO!" Amelia definitely cried out. "I'll take that Ryou guy, I can tell he's a duelist. Besides Crystal, what makes you so sure that Yugi kid is the one?"
"When I told his fortune yesterday… I sensed he had another being inside of him. Plus, he also had the Millennium Puzzle around his neck. I think he knows the concept of it all, and if he really does have the Pharaoh inside of him, I'll have to find a way to get him alone and to talk. To warn him anyways of the danger. And since I have the Orb, I get the opportunity to do it." Crystal said with a sly grin on her face.
"You always get to do it! It's not my fault I have the Millennium Staff instead… that can shoot fire, and wind, and can create shields… You can have the Orb."
"Anyways!..." Diandra butted in, "I think that Ryou guy could be the key as well. I sensed two people in him instead of one. Do you think it's the ancient thief Bakura who I sensed?" Diandra asked.
"Maybe," Crystal thought, "here's how we do it. We will each rotate watching two people while the others only watch their one. I'll take that Joey guy and Yugi first. And since Amelia is so eager to watch him as well, she'll take him tomorrow. And then the next, Diandra will take him, and so forth. Ok?"
With a sigh, both Amelia and Diandra agreed on the terms. Just as Crystal was about to speak out, the bell ending lunch rang throughout the bathroom. "Jeez, you would think some people would have to empty their bladders throughout lunch." Amelia said with her usual sarcasm.
"No, not really." Diandra answered while opening the door to the girl's bathroom and letting her sisters exit. "We would need the reason to get out of class every once in a while." She said while exiting herself. "Besides, I wouldn't…" The next thing Diandra knew, she was on the ground looking up towards the ceiling. "Hey! Watch where you're going you jerk!"
"Oh, and I suppose that it was my fault you ran into me?" a deep voice came from above her.
"That was a stupid question. Of course it was your fault for running into me!" she replied out of annoyance.
"Listen here girly, if you're trying to start something, try to pick a fight you know you could win."
"Yea, sure. I've never lost a fight and I don't plan on losing it to you." Diandra said while picking herself up off the ground. As she stood up to face her opponent, she realized that it was Seto Kaiba of all people. "Even if you are the CEO of Kaiba Corp."
"So I see you've heard of me? Scared now?" he said while glaring at her.
"Not even close." She answered while trying to hold herself back. Suddenly, she felt a hand on both of her shoulders. Knowing who they belonged to, she spat out, "Seto Kaiba, this isn't over." And spun around and started walking to her next class with her sisters. As they started walking, she heard him shout, "No, it isn't Diandra."
When they were out of hearing distance, Crystal spoke up, "Wow, what a great first impression on your watchie."
"Well, it was him who started it."
"That's my little sis!" Amelia said while grabbing Diandra by the waist and swinging her in circles in the hallway around three times and putting her down, gently. "I'm so proud of you. I remember when we were younger, I always had to help you…" As Amelia kept on blabbing on about the past, Diandra and Crystal were thinking about their jobs all the way to Chemistry.
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"OHMIRA!" Diandra screamed at the top of her lungs when she reached her's and her sister's house. "HOW COULD I BE PAIRED UP WITH A LOSER LIKE SETO KAIBA!? For a stupid English project too?! RA! I swear, Amelia, give me the Staff, let me at him, let me at him… Those D@MN teachers! When will they learn who to pair up and who to not? Not only that, it's a sixty page report on what? The life styles across the world! Do you really think we can fit onto sixty pages?! I think not! Knowing the basics of the different styles enough is just to cover sixty pages, but with everything else! I could be over at his house all month!"
"That's good then." Crystal said calmly. "That would give you enough time to analyze him to see if he's the key or not. Then with me being paired with Yugi, it's all even. As for Amelia…"
"Don't even say it…" Amelia grumbled from the corned of the living room where the girls had dropped their things and sat on each of their couches. "If Diandra wasn't yelling so much, I'd be doing the same thing. I can't believe he paired me up with… Yuck! I can't even bare to say his name."
"I'll say it for you. Joey Wheeler."
"Please Crystal, I'm not watching him, can you go back and have me suggest being with Ryou instead of him with that Téa girl?"
"How many times do I have to tell you? I can't alternate the past. If you're really that desperate, then go talk to Mr. Shinoshi yourself."
"Bu… bu… but he's a bald man! You know how frightened I am of them. Since they have no hair to cover their scalp, when they lean in on you when you're talking to them, it's like their eyes bulge out at you. And I swear he wears dentures and doesn't brush them!"
"If you're really that desperate to change, go talk to him, because my answer will still be "no" no matter what time period you're in." With that done, Crystal stood up and went into the kitchen and yelled, "What do you want?"
"Dr. Pepper and popcorn." Diandra and Amelia yelled back almost instantly.
About five minutes later, Crystal came out with a tray that had a large bowl of butter popcorn and three cups. As she sat them down on the table and grabbed a handful of popcorn, she turned to Diandra and asked, "How come you were late to get to the office this morning?"
"Oh," Diandra blushed and took her drink before continuing, "I ran into Yugi Motou and kind of knocked him over. I didn't really see him because I was trying to call Miroshu to see what time he was coming home from work and trying to put on my jewelry at the same time and I wasn't really looking at where I was going."
"See, I told you she would over sleep." Amelia said to Crystal while uncrossing her legs and sat in her seat Indian style. "Pay up."
As Crystal took out her wallet and gave Amelia her credit card, Diandra spoke up and said, "And yes, I remember our lil' bet too Amelia." And stole the card from her sister's hand.
"Hey!"
"Don't "Hey!" me Amelia. You didn't think I'd remember, but I did. You said if you ever won a bet against Crystal, I'd get the card you had in your hand right at that moment."
"And as for me…" Crystal said while snatching the card out of Diandra's hand, "I get this back because I remember our bet saying that if you ever won a bet against Amelia, I'd get the card you had in your hand right at that moment. So there." Crystal said while putting her credit card back into her wallet and taking a sip of her drink.
"You planned this." Amelia said.
When Crystal didn't respond except for a little giggle while eating some popcorn, Diandra got up and gathered her school things. "Speaking of plans, I have to go to Seto Kaiba's house for an early start on our extra extended essay."
"I know it won't be so bad." Crystal said to Diandra as she walked out the door.
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All throughout the first day of school, Yugi kept to himself, except when it came to lunch that is. As he set his lunch box down at their usual table, he saw Joey and Tristan dueling and Téa and Ryou gossiping about one thing or another.
"Is there something wrong?" Yami asked from inside of his head.
"Well, it's just that that Crystal girl looks so familiar."
"Yea, I know what you mean. It felt as though I've seen her from somewhere before."
"Could she have been the fortune teller?"
"Be reasonable, the only way for her to know is if she really has ESP and can see into the future, or she had a Millennium Item. And I would have sensed if she had one or not."
"Not really…"
"Yugi, are you ok?" Ryou asked, disrupting Yugi and Yami's conversation. "You seem, a bit out of it."
"Oh, umm… yea, say Ryou, what do you think of the three new girls?" Yugi asked.
"You mean Crystal, Diandra, and Amelia?"
"Yea, those three."
"Diandra is really down to earth and really smart; you should have seen her in History today. Crystal has this odd sense of humor that only Diandra and Amelia can understand and as for Amelia…" Ryou sighed as he said her name. "She's just great in general. I mean, I'm not one of those stalker guys that will hang outside every door to the room she's in, but I'll watch her every now and then…"
Stifling a giggle, Yugi continued eating until the bell signaling the end of lunch rang. Throughout the rest of the day, Yugi's spirits were up until they got into English. The first thing that came out of Mr. Shinoshi's mouth was, "I know it's your first day and all, but I believe in starting a new school year with an essay." After everyone was finished groaning, he paired everybody up and gave each pair their topic. When Yugi saw that his partner was Crystal, he got kind of excited. When Mr. Shinoshi called out Crystal's and his name together, he looked at her and she smiled and winked at him. He couldn't stop himself, but he blushed. By then, the class was over and everyone exited with their partners, planning on which days they should work on their essays together. As Yugi was about the exit the room, he felt a hand on his shoulder. When he turned around, he saw Crystal behind him with a smile on her face.
"Hey partner, I guess we're paired together."
Again, Yugi blushed and replied, "Umm, yea… umm, do you want to come over this weekend to work on it?" he asked while looking on the ground.
"I thought you'd never ask. I'll be around your place, say, noon-ish?"
"Yea, ok."
"Umm, where do you live?"
"Oh, at the Turtle Game Shop. Don't worry, it's just a few minutes walk from here. How about after school tomorrow, I'll show you where and then we can go get something to eat… if you're hungry then?"
"Thanks Yugi, I think you're the most decent guy in this school. Ok, see you after school tomorrow."
As Crystal walked off in the opposite direction towards her last class, Yugi stood there, shocked to see that he had just made a date with one of the cutest girls in school. As he just gaped at the spot where Crystal was standing, he heard a voice in his head say, "Wow, I guess you feel pretty lucky?"
"Actually, yes, I do." Yugi said while turning around and walking to his last class for the day.