Hey, thanks for your reviews! They gave me a new view on my story. I don't
know what Mary-Sueish means, but I'll try my hardest to not make Aura
Riordan like that. Now, here's chapter 3. . .
The Millennium Ritual
Chapter 3: The Warning
The class was whispering excitedly at the new foreign exchange student, Aura Riordan's, arrival. Aura was just standing in the front of the room, waiting. Everyone had new thoughts on the strangely quiet Egyptian.
How did she get here? Kaiba thought to himself, angrily.
Eh, so the new kid is a girl. Thought Joey.
I wonder what Aura is like. Tea wondered.
Is Aura even an Egyptian name? Tristan thought.
She looks somewhat familiar. . . Bakura thought, pondering.
Yugi, however, had many, many thoughts. Like in his dream, the woman had green eyes, just as the new foreign exchange student, and they are both from Egypt. It must be just coincidence. Thought Yugi, I mean, it's just a dream. Mrs. Kota was commanding attention from the class, with Aura still standing in the room.
"Class, settle down, settle down. Good. Now like I was saying, this is Miss Aura Riordan, the new foreign exchange student. She had just come from Egypt, and is very tired from her jour. . ."
"I'm not tired," interrupted Aura Riordan, her voice surprisingly soft, but demanding. "If you won't mind, I'd like you to proceed on with this class, as if it was an ordinary school day, for I would not like my classmates to be uncomfortable in my presence." Mrs. Kota started to say something, but Aura put up her hand. "I'd like to be shown to my seat please." The teacher hesitated, not used to be ordered around by a student of hers. But she nodded, and said, "You can sit over there, by the window, next to Mr.Yugi Motto."
Aura nodded, and slowly walked over to the empty desk that was near Yugi. He felt a stirring in Yami's spirit room. Yami was trying to say something. But Yugi, with his mind filled with questions, couldn't understand what he was saying. Aura went to her seat, and sat down. Immediately she pulled out a tattered book from her knapsack and wrote down symbols. To Yugi it seemed it was Egyptian hieroglyphics, but he couldn't read the old text. For the rest of the period she was just writing, and Yugi still could not understand why.
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Mrs. Kota lets the class have a break for the rest of the day, so Joey and Yugi played Duel Monsters, with Tristan, Bakura, and Tea watching. Yugi sacrificed his Mystical Elf to summon the Dark Magician, who attacked Joey, leaving him with no life points left.
"Sorry Joey, you lose again." Yugi said, shrugging.
"Man, that was like the 50th game you lost to Yugi! When are gonna start trying to win the game?" exclaimed Tristan, grinning wider than a hyena. Joey growled, and suddenly pounced on Tristan. "Whoa! Easy big fella! I was just joking!"
With that said, Joey brushed off the dust on his sleeve, and then swishing his hair said, "Eh, I was just being easy on Yugi, besides, this is a friendly duel, remember?"
"It sure didn't seem like it when you lost your jinzo to the card graveyard." Bakura joked, with Tea giggling hysterically. Joey blushed, turning his face into a crimson red, which made Tea giggle harder.
"Come on you guys, give him some support. He just needs a little more practice, that's all." Supported Yugi, patting the red Joey on the back. This seemed to cheer Joey up, because he then exclaimed, "Yeah, Yug' is right. I do need more practice, if I want to go up to Yugi's level. So I think I'm gonna do one more duel."
"Oh come on Joey," Tristan said, rolling his eyes, "you know you'll just get creamed by Yugi again, so just forget about it." Joey rubbed his hands.
"Who says that I'm gonna duel Yugi?"
Tristan suddenly was alarmed, with his eyes widening. "Not you stupid," Joey said, Tristan heaving out a big sigh, "I'm gonna duel her." He pointed to Aura, who was scribbling away on the piece of paper. Now it was Tea's turn for her eyes to widen.
"You can't duel the new girl," Tea said, "she just got here, remember? And she's tired right now. . ."
"Doesn't look like it to me!" Joey said happily, and quickly ran to the other side of the room, with the rest of the gang following him. Ah, man, this is gonna be great thought Joey, running up to the new girl, who was still writing. "Ahem," Joey said, trying to get her attention. She didn't notice. "AHEM!!!???" She looked up, not at all startled by the rude intrusion. "Do you play duel monsters?" asked Joey excitedly.
"And who pray tell can you be?" She asked politely, also not noticing the excitement in his voice. Joey stuck out his chest, and said proudly, "Joey Wheeler, second runner up in Duelist Kingdom! One of the best duelists in the world!" Kaiba, a few seats across from them, snorted. Tea and Tristan rolled their eyes, and Bakura shook his head, with Yugi's head down in embarrassment. Aura nodded, and said, "Ah yes, I've heard of you. You and Yugi are quite famous down at Egypt." She stood up. "Pleasure to meet you. I am Aura Riordan. Now what is the question that you wish to ask?"
"Do you play duel monsters?" he repeated, nearly jumping up and down. Kaiba put down his book to listen.
"I am familiar with the game." She replied.
"Do you have a deck?"
"Yes."
"Do you want to duel?" Aura thought for a moment, and then replied, "Yes. Let us duel." She turned to her knapsack, pulling out a rectangular box, with her deck in it. Joey already had his out. They both sat on chairs, pulled up against the desk, each on either side. "Let's duel!" they said.
The duel was over in 5 turns. Aura started, setting one monster card faced down defense position on the field, and one facedown card. Joey summoned his Flame Swordsman by sacrificing a weaker monster, and attacked Aura's facedown card. It was immediately destroyed. Next Aura set another face down monster card in defense position. Joey then attacked it again, which the face down card was the Millennium Shield, which decreased Joey's starting 4000 life points down to 2200. Then Aura revealed her face down card soul exchange, and sacrificed Joey's Flame Swordsman and Millennium Shield to summon the Six-Winged Guardian, and with its attack power over 2200, immediately decreased his life points to 0. Aura was the victor, with Joey steaming over his loss victory.
"THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!" screamed Joey, his cards still in his hands. Aura was sitting down calmly. "HOW COULD YOU BEAT ME IN ONLY SIX TURNS?"
"Five turns," corrected Aura.
"WHATEVER! I'M ONE OF THE TOP DUELISTS IN THE WORLD! HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEATEN ME? HOW?" Joey shouted.
"Because," Aura said, "I've been playing Duel Monsters longer than you have Joey. My mother taught me." When she said the word "mother", it seemed to Yugi that her face was much, much sadder. He also figured out that in the entire day she didn't smile at all. After a few moments, Yugi asked quietly, "What happened to your mom?"
She hung her head down. "I do not want to speak of it." She said. Joey stopped his whining, and stared at her. Tristan, Tea, and Bakura stared at her also, wondering what she meant. Even Kaiba felt sorry for her, for he knew what happened to her mother. Suddenly the bell rang, meaning that the school day was over. Quickly Aura grabbed her cards and stuffed it in its case, placed all of her papers in her knapsack, and ran through the door. Yugi noticed a sparkle by her eye. Was she crying?
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The gang went outside to the schoolyard, feeling quite sorry for Aura. Even though they did not know the meaning of her quick getaway, they knew it was something about her mother. Like as if a huge rain cloud was hanging over their heads, they slowly walked away from each other after saying good-bye. Even though Yugi felt sorry for her, he still found her someone not to be trusted. He just didn't know what to make of her. Yugi decided to talk to Yami about it when he came home, when suddenly someone grabbed him by his arm and pulled him to a dark alleyway. When Yugi turned to face the culprit, he saw that it was Aura. "Shh," Aura said, her hand over Yugi's mouth, "don't worry; I'm not going to hurt you. I just wanted to give you a warning." Yugi tried to say something, but quickly got shushed by Aura. "Listen very carefully. Someone is coming to Domino City, I don't know who, and I don't know why. But I do know that they are trying to kidnap three pure hearted people. They're especially looking for you." She paused, thinking she heard something in a nearby trash can. It was a cat. She continued. "They're going to get you Yugi. And two other people as well. I'm not sure why, but you have to keep your eyes open. If you don't, who knows what might happen. Remember our conversation. Don't trust anyone you don't know." Then, she pushed Yugi out into the street, and when Yugi turned to ask more questions, she was gone, as if she was never there.
To be continued. . .
Sheesh this was a long chapter! Sorry it took so long to update. Hope you enjoyed it. And remember, REVIEW!!!! (I know I got the card The Six-Winged Guardian's name wrong, but oh well.)
The Millennium Ritual
Chapter 3: The Warning
The class was whispering excitedly at the new foreign exchange student, Aura Riordan's, arrival. Aura was just standing in the front of the room, waiting. Everyone had new thoughts on the strangely quiet Egyptian.
How did she get here? Kaiba thought to himself, angrily.
Eh, so the new kid is a girl. Thought Joey.
I wonder what Aura is like. Tea wondered.
Is Aura even an Egyptian name? Tristan thought.
She looks somewhat familiar. . . Bakura thought, pondering.
Yugi, however, had many, many thoughts. Like in his dream, the woman had green eyes, just as the new foreign exchange student, and they are both from Egypt. It must be just coincidence. Thought Yugi, I mean, it's just a dream. Mrs. Kota was commanding attention from the class, with Aura still standing in the room.
"Class, settle down, settle down. Good. Now like I was saying, this is Miss Aura Riordan, the new foreign exchange student. She had just come from Egypt, and is very tired from her jour. . ."
"I'm not tired," interrupted Aura Riordan, her voice surprisingly soft, but demanding. "If you won't mind, I'd like you to proceed on with this class, as if it was an ordinary school day, for I would not like my classmates to be uncomfortable in my presence." Mrs. Kota started to say something, but Aura put up her hand. "I'd like to be shown to my seat please." The teacher hesitated, not used to be ordered around by a student of hers. But she nodded, and said, "You can sit over there, by the window, next to Mr.Yugi Motto."
Aura nodded, and slowly walked over to the empty desk that was near Yugi. He felt a stirring in Yami's spirit room. Yami was trying to say something. But Yugi, with his mind filled with questions, couldn't understand what he was saying. Aura went to her seat, and sat down. Immediately she pulled out a tattered book from her knapsack and wrote down symbols. To Yugi it seemed it was Egyptian hieroglyphics, but he couldn't read the old text. For the rest of the period she was just writing, and Yugi still could not understand why.
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Mrs. Kota lets the class have a break for the rest of the day, so Joey and Yugi played Duel Monsters, with Tristan, Bakura, and Tea watching. Yugi sacrificed his Mystical Elf to summon the Dark Magician, who attacked Joey, leaving him with no life points left.
"Sorry Joey, you lose again." Yugi said, shrugging.
"Man, that was like the 50th game you lost to Yugi! When are gonna start trying to win the game?" exclaimed Tristan, grinning wider than a hyena. Joey growled, and suddenly pounced on Tristan. "Whoa! Easy big fella! I was just joking!"
With that said, Joey brushed off the dust on his sleeve, and then swishing his hair said, "Eh, I was just being easy on Yugi, besides, this is a friendly duel, remember?"
"It sure didn't seem like it when you lost your jinzo to the card graveyard." Bakura joked, with Tea giggling hysterically. Joey blushed, turning his face into a crimson red, which made Tea giggle harder.
"Come on you guys, give him some support. He just needs a little more practice, that's all." Supported Yugi, patting the red Joey on the back. This seemed to cheer Joey up, because he then exclaimed, "Yeah, Yug' is right. I do need more practice, if I want to go up to Yugi's level. So I think I'm gonna do one more duel."
"Oh come on Joey," Tristan said, rolling his eyes, "you know you'll just get creamed by Yugi again, so just forget about it." Joey rubbed his hands.
"Who says that I'm gonna duel Yugi?"
Tristan suddenly was alarmed, with his eyes widening. "Not you stupid," Joey said, Tristan heaving out a big sigh, "I'm gonna duel her." He pointed to Aura, who was scribbling away on the piece of paper. Now it was Tea's turn for her eyes to widen.
"You can't duel the new girl," Tea said, "she just got here, remember? And she's tired right now. . ."
"Doesn't look like it to me!" Joey said happily, and quickly ran to the other side of the room, with the rest of the gang following him. Ah, man, this is gonna be great thought Joey, running up to the new girl, who was still writing. "Ahem," Joey said, trying to get her attention. She didn't notice. "AHEM!!!???" She looked up, not at all startled by the rude intrusion. "Do you play duel monsters?" asked Joey excitedly.
"And who pray tell can you be?" She asked politely, also not noticing the excitement in his voice. Joey stuck out his chest, and said proudly, "Joey Wheeler, second runner up in Duelist Kingdom! One of the best duelists in the world!" Kaiba, a few seats across from them, snorted. Tea and Tristan rolled their eyes, and Bakura shook his head, with Yugi's head down in embarrassment. Aura nodded, and said, "Ah yes, I've heard of you. You and Yugi are quite famous down at Egypt." She stood up. "Pleasure to meet you. I am Aura Riordan. Now what is the question that you wish to ask?"
"Do you play duel monsters?" he repeated, nearly jumping up and down. Kaiba put down his book to listen.
"I am familiar with the game." She replied.
"Do you have a deck?"
"Yes."
"Do you want to duel?" Aura thought for a moment, and then replied, "Yes. Let us duel." She turned to her knapsack, pulling out a rectangular box, with her deck in it. Joey already had his out. They both sat on chairs, pulled up against the desk, each on either side. "Let's duel!" they said.
The duel was over in 5 turns. Aura started, setting one monster card faced down defense position on the field, and one facedown card. Joey summoned his Flame Swordsman by sacrificing a weaker monster, and attacked Aura's facedown card. It was immediately destroyed. Next Aura set another face down monster card in defense position. Joey then attacked it again, which the face down card was the Millennium Shield, which decreased Joey's starting 4000 life points down to 2200. Then Aura revealed her face down card soul exchange, and sacrificed Joey's Flame Swordsman and Millennium Shield to summon the Six-Winged Guardian, and with its attack power over 2200, immediately decreased his life points to 0. Aura was the victor, with Joey steaming over his loss victory.
"THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!" screamed Joey, his cards still in his hands. Aura was sitting down calmly. "HOW COULD YOU BEAT ME IN ONLY SIX TURNS?"
"Five turns," corrected Aura.
"WHATEVER! I'M ONE OF THE TOP DUELISTS IN THE WORLD! HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEATEN ME? HOW?" Joey shouted.
"Because," Aura said, "I've been playing Duel Monsters longer than you have Joey. My mother taught me." When she said the word "mother", it seemed to Yugi that her face was much, much sadder. He also figured out that in the entire day she didn't smile at all. After a few moments, Yugi asked quietly, "What happened to your mom?"
She hung her head down. "I do not want to speak of it." She said. Joey stopped his whining, and stared at her. Tristan, Tea, and Bakura stared at her also, wondering what she meant. Even Kaiba felt sorry for her, for he knew what happened to her mother. Suddenly the bell rang, meaning that the school day was over. Quickly Aura grabbed her cards and stuffed it in its case, placed all of her papers in her knapsack, and ran through the door. Yugi noticed a sparkle by her eye. Was she crying?
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The gang went outside to the schoolyard, feeling quite sorry for Aura. Even though they did not know the meaning of her quick getaway, they knew it was something about her mother. Like as if a huge rain cloud was hanging over their heads, they slowly walked away from each other after saying good-bye. Even though Yugi felt sorry for her, he still found her someone not to be trusted. He just didn't know what to make of her. Yugi decided to talk to Yami about it when he came home, when suddenly someone grabbed him by his arm and pulled him to a dark alleyway. When Yugi turned to face the culprit, he saw that it was Aura. "Shh," Aura said, her hand over Yugi's mouth, "don't worry; I'm not going to hurt you. I just wanted to give you a warning." Yugi tried to say something, but quickly got shushed by Aura. "Listen very carefully. Someone is coming to Domino City, I don't know who, and I don't know why. But I do know that they are trying to kidnap three pure hearted people. They're especially looking for you." She paused, thinking she heard something in a nearby trash can. It was a cat. She continued. "They're going to get you Yugi. And two other people as well. I'm not sure why, but you have to keep your eyes open. If you don't, who knows what might happen. Remember our conversation. Don't trust anyone you don't know." Then, she pushed Yugi out into the street, and when Yugi turned to ask more questions, she was gone, as if she was never there.
To be continued. . .
Sheesh this was a long chapter! Sorry it took so long to update. Hope you enjoyed it. And remember, REVIEW!!!! (I know I got the card The Six-Winged Guardian's name wrong, but oh well.)