Thanks for the reviews :) (even if I only got two *cry*) And CrystalCherryBlossom, sorry if you thought I took your idea, but it really all came out of my own little head! Since calling the Millennium item in my story the Millennium Orb might make you feel like I'm copying, I'll change my millennium item ( to Millennium Falcon) considering the fact I've only posted my first chapter. No hard feelings?
Chapter two: In a Different World…"Yugi…Mutoh…"
"Huh? You know my name?" Kei stared wide-eyed at Yugi. He was standing right there talking to her when he was supposed to be an anime character seen only on TV? Yugi on the other hand stared at a beautiful girl with short dark-blue hair and silver eyes. Never had he seen such a girl. They both remained silent for about a minute until Kei decided to break the silence among them.
"How did I get here?" she asked.
"My friends and I was just having a walk along the beach when we saw you lying there unconscious. What were you doing there? And how did you know my name?" Kei had no idea how she got there.
"Beach? I…don't remember that…I was sleeping in my…I don't know."
"So how did you know my name for the third time?"
"Oh…sorry…ah…you're famous right? King of Games?"
"Oh. By the way…err…"
"Aoi." What? Why'd I say that?
"Ok, Aoi. You've been out for about three days now. I had to sleep in the living room…Do you remember where you're from or anything?" Aoi shook her head sadly.
"No. Nothing," she partially lied.
"Must be amnesia. But don't worry! Grandpa and I'll bring you to a doctor and maybe he/she would be able to help you!" he suggested cheerfully as usual.
"I don't know…" she said quietly, "I don't think…"
What in the world is going on here?? I was found unconscious on a beach in an anime world? And I'm telling Yugi my name's Aoi when I remember my name is Kei? What should I do?? Hmm…maybe if I play along I'll find some answers.
"Are you okay?" Yugi's face was right up to her's. She blushed a little at his young, innocent face and replied she was fine.
"Okay, I'll go get Grandpa." Yugi turned to leave the room. Aoi (A/N: Kei will be called Aoi now) looked back at the Dark Magician on the floor. Her hand reached out to it but she was too lazily to stand up and get it. Oh geez, hope that card knows how to fly. Surprisingly, the card flew into her hand. Okay…maybe it can. She looked around and spotted a mirror. But what really scared her was the figure she saw reflecting back at her. What the-…that's not me! That…that's Aoi! The girl in my fics? No wonder that card flew into my hand. I'm supposed to be telekinetic. Uh…ok…so that's one mystery solved even though I don't really know how this ability works. The next one should be "Why the heck am I here?" and what part of the show am I at? Before Duelist Kingdom? In Battle City? Or WAY after? Actually, if he admits to be King of Games, then that means Duelist Kingdom just ended…aww…but maybe I should look on the bright side…she smiled to herself, I got my wish for being a character in yugioh…well, a character I made up myself anyway, but it's good enough for me! Least there's finally something interesting in my life. But wait…I've seen the Japanese and English and a couple comics versions of what happened in the story! How do I know which version it is in this story? This is just terrific. She stared at the mirror again. Wow…some pointed nose I've got. The beauty of anime drawing… sigh Getting used to having a pointed nose was definitely not going to be easy for someone like her. At that moment, Yugi returned to the room with his mom and grandfather. Sugoroku's (did I get the name right?) face formed a warm smile as he saw the young, pretty girl.
"Welcome Aoi," he said in a gentle voice.
"Um…thanks. Sorry if I'm bothering you…maybe I should leave now…"
"But where would you go? You barely even remember who you are!" Yugi interrupted.
"Now, now Yugi," Sugoroku started, "she can stay here as long as she needs. Of course, under one condition," he turned to her. Aoi froze.
"The shop can really use a new helper," she sighed in relief.
"No problem Mr. Mutoh!" Aoi piped up happily, "I'll be glad to help! Just tell me what to do!" Not too long later, Grandpa had already sent her to sweeping the ground in front of the Turtle game shop. The job was boring, she was half-asleep by the time she finished. Later on that night, Aoi sat in Yugi's room, chatting with him about duel monsters.
"Wow Aoi! You sure know a lot about duel monsters! Wait till you see my best friend Jounouchi Katsuya!"
"Cool!" Aoi pretended to be surprised. She knew all about Jounouchi from watching the show. Baby Dragon…Time Wizard…super bragging-about-self kind of person …But what if I actually duel him myself?
"Hey Yugi?" she said, "When will I be able to meet your friend Jounouchi? I can't wait! I heard he was in second place at duelist kingdom! I'd really like to duel him!"
"Sure!" Yugi answered, just as excited. "Hang on…you have cards too?"
"Sure I do!" Aoi exclaimed without thinking.
"Then let's duel right now!"
"Sure! Wait a minute…" the thought hit her…do I even have my deck after traveling to this place? She reached a slightly shaking hand into the depths of her pocket, fingertips hoping to be able to grab her deck. A few seconds later, her fingers wrapped around a hard square-shaped block. She pulled it out and revealed her deck! Phew…
Aoi placed her deck and Yugi placed down his'. Then they both said 'duel'!
Gee…I'm starting to act like a real anime character. Making everything look so exaggerating! She sweat dropped.
"Alright, I'll go first," said Aoi. She placed a monster in face-down position along with two face-down cards.
||Yugi, I'm getting weird vibes off this girl, let me duel her. ||
| What do you mean weird vibes? She looks perfectly normal to me. Besides, this just a fun duel. |
||Alright…but I'll be watching closely. |
|Okay. |
"Hello!" Aoi asked for the fourth time, "earth to Yugi are you there?"
"Oh! Sorry I dozed off Aoi!"
"Then go already King of Games! You're making me nervous!"
"Sorry." Yugi drew a card. "I summon Curse of Dragon in attack mode! And I attack your face down monster!"
"Hey but…don't you need to…"
"Need to..?"
"Oops! Nothing! My face-down monster was Mystical Elf! So both monsters remain unharmed!" My gosh! Can't believe I almost forgot they don't need sacrifices in the cartoon! But that means…Battle City hasn't begun yet! Good…I could use some practice before I get any chance of bumping into a god card! And speaking of god cards…is Osiris in my deck right now?
"Ok!" said Yugi, "I place one card face-down and end my turn.
Aoi: 2000 (2 face-down)
Mystical Elf: 800/2000 (defense mode)
Yugi: 2000 (1 face-down)
Curse of Dragon: 2000/1500 (attack mode)
"My turn!" Aoi stated and drew a card, "I summon Neo, the Magic Swordsman equipped with Sword of Deep Seated (increases 500 ATK) in attack mode. And I attack your Dragon!"
Aoi: 2000 (2 face-down)
Mystical Elf: 800/2000 (defense mode)
Neo: 2200/1000
Yugi: 1800 (1 face-down)
"Wow Aoi, you're not bad!"
"Why thank you! I have been practicing! Now prepare to lose!" she joked.
"Not in a million years I won't! I'll never give up! Even if this is just duel for fun! I say, you should get prepared to face the wrath of my Dark Magician!" Aoi gasped. Who would've thought Dark Magician would come up this soon?
"Dark Magic attack on Neo!"
Aoi: 1700 (2 face-down)
Mystical Elf: 800/2000 (defense mode)
Yugi: 1800 (1 face-down)
Dark Magician: 2500/2100
But no worries, she reminded herself, I have just the monster in my hand to destroy Dark Magician…since there's no need for sacrifice.
"Yugi, I'm going to win this duel!"
"Alright!" Yugi replied brightly, not knowing what she really meant, "let's see you try!"
"Sure…" she began, "I summon, the Blue-"
"YUGI!"
"GAH! Who was that?!" Aoi asked. Footsteps were heard rumbling up the stairs, then the voice of Jounouchi called out.
"Hey Yug! Yug! Ya up there buddy?"
"Jounouchi-kun!"
"Hiya Yug!" he greeted, followed by Honda, and Anzu. "Hi!" they both said.
"Who are you?" Anzu asked, staring at Aoi. The group's attention immediately adjusted towards Aoi's direction.
"I'm…" she quickly pushed the Blue eyes back into her hand, "Aoi, Aoi Takano."
"Cool name. I'm Anzu Mazaki, and this is Jounouchi Katsuya and Honda Hiroto," said Anzu, smiling.
"Wow Yug, you guys were having a duel?"
"Yeah that's right," Yugi answered, "and a great duel too! Come on Aoi, let's keep going!"
"Uh…" she said, secretly peeking at her dragon, "Yugi, I surrender, I'm no match for you!" her hand was already on top of her deck.
"But…"
"No, really!"
"Alright then," he nodded.
||Yugi, this girl is dangerous. Don't let her get too near you. ||
|Yami, what are you talking about? |
||That card…didn't you hear her? She said 'Blue' ||
|What about it?|
||I have a very bad feeling about what she was going to say after that word if Jounouchi-kun hadn't showed up when he did. |
|What did you think she was going to say? |
||…The Blue Eyes White Dragon. |
|But…but that's impossible! There are only four in the world! Kaiba's got all three and the fourth one's been ripped! Where would she get one!?|
||I don't know…that is why the both of us should be very careful around this Aoi, I believe she can be hiding a terrible secret. |
|But Yami, everyone has their own secrets! You can't expect a new friend to tell you everything! |
||I know Yugi. But this is different. Please-be careful. |
|Okay... |
"Yugi!!!!" Aoi shrieked, "Stop freaking us out already!" Yugi was jerked awake from his trance.
"Huh?"
"Welcome back Yug," Jou gave him thumbs up.
"Did I…doze off?"
"Yeah, big time buddy,"
"Sorry."
~ § ~
It was one in the morning, everyone was asleep at Yugi's house, but Aoi sat on her bed, looking through her duel monsters deck. I'm going to need my best cards if I'm to survive here…now why didn't I grab all my god cards before going to sleep that night? But then again, I'll be changing the storyline…and if I do, would it be like what I've heard? That I wouldn't be able to return home to my own world? Wait a minute; didn't I already change the storyline just by barging into this world like this? Oh brother…what am I suppose to do? Who am I really supposed to be here? Why am I here? She looked at the god card Osiris in her hand. What will happen if they find this in my deck? Will that Malik guy be after me? sigh Perhaps I should relax for now…never knew adventures can make me this worried.
~ § ~
"It's a surprise!" Aoi awoke to Yugi's cheerful morning voice. She walked over to Yugi's room and peeked inside. He wasn't talking to anyone-at least not anyone that was visible to the normal human eye. Must be the pharaoh guy Yami. She thought. Let's see…if he says it's a surprise then that means, this story is at the episode where Yugi and Anzu/Tea *is this the Jap or English version?!?!* go out on 'date' then meets the Johnny Steps guy, then Anzu wins in a dancing match against him but he comes back and Yami duels him and at the end of the day Anzu and Yami go to the Museum and the episode ends! Gee watching yugioh so much really pays off! So then that also means Isis Ishtal is here too! Hey! I wanna see the part where she talks to Yami at the museum! Can't belive I missed that part on TV earlier, but now, I'll be able to see it in first person's view! Not through some TV screen! This is just way too cool! Her eyes turned to the clothes that were spreaded out on Yugi's bed. Ooohhh…Looks like Yugi's got some fashion taste! She giggled mentally.
~ 10 am, Domino station ~
Aoi followed Yugi all the way to Domino station until he reached Anzu at the entrance. Yugi held up his hands and summoned Yami from his soul room, he stood there, expecting to be in a dueling arena, which turned out was not.
"Wha-Yugi! This isn't a duel!" he said out loud, flapping his arms, "Let me-" Anzu looked over. He immediately stood back up like a nice gentleman and managed an awkward, "Hello," to Anzu.
Aoi followed the two down the street and into a café where they sat down and called for some drinks. She herself sat down on a table near them and continued to spy on them.
"Lately, I've been feeling a stranger to myself," said Yami. Anzu said something back to him and showed him a magazine with the picture of an Egyptian tablet. After exchanging a few more words, the two left. They walked past streets and went into duel monster shops. Watched a movie and headed for the arcade. Inside, Anzu was challenged into a dancing match against the sarcastic Johnny Steps, not too long later, she beat him and left with Yami. Aoi was amused while watching the two walk and talk together, they looked so much like a couple! She thought. Even though Yami was a couple millennia older than Anzu. Then Johnny, once again, interrupted them and asked for a duel. Yami accepted the challenge for Anzu so they walked off towards Kaiba land.
~ § ~
"No way!" Johnny yelled, "I'm a dancer not a duelist!" Anzu stopped him.
"Yugi takes a slight lead and you give up? I can't stand people who don't face their problems!" Aoi waited for Johnny to leave and finally decided to walk out. Anzu, who saw her first smiled.
"Hi guys!" Aoi waved, "How's the date coming along?" she joked.
"Wha-what date?!"
"Heh heh, I'm just kidding, don't be so worried Anzu. I was looking for Ya- I mean Yugi for some extra tips on duel monsters and happened to wander right into where you two were!"
"Well, what a coincidence," said Yami.
"Sure is!"
"So, you wanted me to give you a few dueling tips?"
"Um…yeah, but not now! You can tell me after we get back to your house!"
"Alright, let us return then."
"Not until I get you over to the museum! Yugi counted on me to help you find out about your past, and that's exactly what I'm going to do!" Yami looked worried.
"But…" his eyes took a quick glance at Aoi who got the message instantly.
"Oh no…you don't have to worry about me! I'll just forget everything I see! It's um…uh…a bad habit! I have a terrible memory! Really! I wanna hang out with you two! Really!" she pleaded.
"But…"
"Please?" Aoi put on puppy-dog eyes. A light shade of red appeared on Yami's cheeks.
"…Fine…" now Anzu was worried. What'll happen if Aoi finds out about the spirit's past and tells everyone? He'll be in great danger!
"Come on, Anzu, let's go."
"Oh…right…"
~ § ~
"Well, here we are!" Anzu exclaimed at the front steps of the museum, "Are you sure you're ready?"
"Yes, remember, it's my destiny." Anzu glanced at Aoi nervously. Aoi, who was able to feel Anzu's eyes on her muttered a small 'c'mon let's go! Hurry up!" and hurried up the stairs with Anzu and Yami behind her.
Aoi couldn't help it; in her mind was an image she couldn't erase. Isis looking serious above them and themselves in a picture running up the stairs. On the bottom of the screen was labeled the words To be continued…just like when she finished watching every episode of a show back at home. Home…she wondered, wonder if I'll ever get back there again.
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