GuessWhatThisIs: I don't own...aw, heck with it. I don't own anything but this story.

It's summer again! I'm in the same summer program, but this is my last year. I'm lucky I have today off.

I'm continuing my story...I REALLY hope I haven't lost all my readers. --U Anyway...here is the next chapter!

To clarify a bit more on when this story is happening, I'll tell you this: shortly after Marik took control of Bandit Keith and attempted to win the puzzle, he's going to try the same scheme again.

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Yugi stood nervously in front of Domino High, waiting for Adela and rocking back and forth on his feet, all sorts of freaked out thoughts running through his mind.

"What was I thinking, Yami may know her but I don't, I've never dated in my life, I hope Grandpa doesn't embarrass me, I bet she thinks I'm stupid, what'll Joey and Tristan say?!?!"

As if on cue, Joey seized Yugi's head from behind.

"Hey, Yugi! You ran out so fast after last period. Heh, I saw you talking to that girl, Adela at lunch. You asked her out, didn't you? You did! I can see it in your face! Haha! You know, you two do make kind of a cute couple."

Yugi blushed up to the roots of his spiky hair as Joey laughed his head off. "Shut up, Joey. You wouldn't understand."

Joey calmed down a bit and smiled. "I understand a bit more than you thing. It's a girl thing, I can tell you like her. I'll leave you to it." He gave Yugi a wave and started off home.

Yugi smiled too. He knew he was lucky to have a friend like Joey. Even though he was still nervous, Joey had loosened him up a bit.

"Hi!"

Yugi jumped and turned around. There stood Adela, wearing the Domino High school uniform. Yugi had never thought that horrible girls' uniform could look good on anyone. She had brown hair down to the middle of her back with darker bangs on the sides of her face. Her big, shining, brown eyes stood out as she looked at Yugi. Her whole person positively radiated bubbly happiness.

"Oh, gosh. . ." Yugi smiled and sweatdropped nervously.

Adela cocked her head to the side. "Are we still going to your grandpa's game shop? I'm pretty hopeless at games, but all my friends say that they've heard you're really good. You could teach me."

Yugi tried to relax. "Yeah. . .shall we?" Together they walked down the street to Yugi's house.

A shadowy figure watched the happy new friends walking, with a low snicker.

"A new girlfriend. . .perfect."

"What's that you wear around your neck, Yugi?"

"Oh. . ." Yugi fingered the Puzzle. "Well. . .it's my Millennium Puzzle. I take it with me everywhere."

Adela looked startled for a moment, but quickly regained her happy smile. "That's interesting. . .I never go anywhere without my pendant." She smiled at the round pendant on a chain around her neck, set with a large reflective topaz. Suddenly she stopped. In the distance before them stood a dark figure, it's long clothing rippling in the wind. Whoever it was, he was obviously waiting. . . for something. "Who's that?" Adela squinted into the distance.

Yugi looked up, and his heart leapt unpleasantly. He remembered those clothes. . ."No. . .not here. . .not now. . ."

"What?"

Before any reply could be made, dark robed figures were all around them. "Wha-" Two seized Adela by the wrists, and she struggled, delivering a sharp kick into the shin of one man. He grunted in pain, and she tried to flee, but another threw his whole weight on her, and she toppled to the ground. Yugi tried to run to her, but one abruptly grabbed him by the shoulders and drove his knee into his stomach. With the wind knocked out of him, Yugi fell to the ground. The last thing he heard was a high pitched shriek as the robed men dragged Adela away. Then he blacked out.

When he awoke a short time later, the first thing he did was feel around his neck. The Millennium Puzzle was still there. "Why didn't they take it?" he thought frantically. Then with a wave of horror, he remembered what they did take. He looked all around himself. Adela was gone.

"Yugi!"

Yami's voice pushed itself into Yugi's thoughts.

"Yami they took Adela!"

"Calm down, aibou! We'll find her."

"Look!" Yugi rushed over to a crumpled note. It merely said, "warehouse." Yugi knew where the note was telling him to go. Close to the warehouse he'd dueled Bandit Keith in was another warehouse just like it. He knew that was where they'd taken Adela, and where they wanted him to go. He stood slowly up, and then started to run as fast as his sore stomach would allow him.

"I'm going to get her, Yami."

"I'm with you, aibou."

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Yay, it's getting good. The short fight scene is one of my favorites. I hope you're enjoying what I have so far. I'll be back. . .sooner or later with the next chapter. I'm going to have to write a duel in there. . .I hope it comes out okay. I've never written a duel before, but I've played a lot. There shouldn't be much difference. Send me some requests for cards you'd like to see in the duel, and whether they should be in Yugi's or his opponent's deck See you soon! Read and Review!