Disclaimer and Author Note: Konnichiwa! Salut! Guten Tagg! Hello! IÕm back! I am really sorry, if anyoneÕs reading this... T_T .... IÕve just been absolutely blocked with this particular fic.... Okay, I donÕt own Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I really would like to!!!!!!
Chapter 11
Bakura found Rei sorting through the many books in her locker before school started.
Bakura- ÒHey, sorry about the mob... I guess youÕre more popular than you thought, hm?Ó
Rei- ÒYeah, I guess so... LetÕs see... What classes do we have again?Ó
Bakura- ÒYou donÕt know?Ó
Rei- ÒI didnÕt care.Ó
Bakura- ÒOkay, we have English 3, Japanese History, Algebra 3, Physics, Ancient History, and Music.Ó Rei finished stuffing books into her backpack and tucked her laptop under her arm, closed her locker, and turned to face Bakura.
Rei- ÒAlright. Thanks. WeÕd better get to class...Ó
Bakura- ÒRei... Are you going to be alright? With... with Emi?Ó
Rei- ÒEmi? Do you really think that bratÕs a threat to me?Ó She smirked, confidently. ÒIf she tries anything, IÕm not holding back. Got that, Bakura? YouÕre the one that should be worried, ÔKura-kun.Ó They started to walk off to class.
Bakura- ÔShe acts like I used to... in Egypt...Õ ÒIÕm not worried about a thing.Ó
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The two entered IshizuÕs classroom as soon as the tardy bell rang. Emi was seated in her usual seat, in the front. Everyone held their breath as the two girls held the otherÕs gaze. Every person in the room was desperate to see who would throw the first punch. Emi began to grin as she glared into her cousinÕs green eyes, but ReiÕs face remained calm and expressionless.
Emi- ÒWhatÕs wrong, Rei ? Miss home? Well, youÕre never coming back. Mama says so and-Ó
Rei- ÒNice day, neh?Ó Rei turned her face away after her quiet, emotionless comment and strode back to her seat by the windows, her head held high and her face blank. All of the class then understood who was the best of the two girls, the one who put her emotions aside and did not openly ask for a fight: Rei. Ishizu, having watched the entire confrontation, cleared her throat and began to teach English. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lunch Time.
At the tables, Bakura had moved from his usual seat to sit with Rei, and he was joined by Yami, Marik and Kaiba. To everyone in the cafeteria, it was rather obvious the Emi was not welcome at that table, and Emi knew that fact quite well. Once again, the four boys were dueling, and Rei was working on her laptop with a cup of herbal tea in her pale hand. Soon enough, Yami had beaten Kaiba, and Marik had defeated Bakura. So, Marik started to prepare to duel Yami, while Kaiba sulked about being beaten by the Game King again, and Bakura started to take interest in what Rei was doing on her computer.
Bakura- ÒWhat are you doing?Ó Rei took a sip of her tea.
Rei- ÒJust reviewing my recent duels... SomethingÕs missing. I donÕt know if my strategies have a flaw, or... I donÕt know... something else.Ó
Bakura- ÒWell, I know what you can do.Ó
Rei- ÒWhat?Ó
Bakura- ÒDuel me. Or, us. A new opponent can always help.Ó At the mention of a new duel, Yami, Marik and KaibaÕs attention was drawn to the pair. Finally, they would get to see Rei duel (live).
Rei- ÒAlright, but, I am not going easy on you.Ó
Bakura- ÒI wouldnÕt have it any other way.Ó
Both- ÒLetÕs Duel!Ó (I hate that line....) Lightning fast, both duelists set their decks on the table and drew their first five cards. Both kept perfect Òpoker facesÓ.
Bakura- ÒYou first.Ó
Rei- ÒLadies first, Bakura. Your move.Ó
Marik- ÒOooo... You got burned, Tomb Robber!Ó Bakura glared at him and drew his card. Perfect. He placed two cards face down and set a monster face down in defense mode.
Bakura- ÒYour turn.Ó Rei examined BakuraÕs face down monster and drew. She glanced across the board again, and laid down three magic/ trap cards, and played Neo the Magic Swordsman in attack mode, and destroyed BakuraÕs weak dark monster. Rei then flipped over a Pot of Greed magic card and drew three more cards.
Rei- ÒI end my turn.Ó Bakura drew again. Excellent. He played the Ouija Board and placed down two letters: ÒDÓ and ÒEÓ. He played another monster in defense mode. The white haired teen ended his turn. Rei smirked. She drew quickly, flipped over two strange magic cards and a trap card the not even Yami had ever seen, and sacrificed her Neo the Magic Swordsman to bring out an extremely powerful demonic monster with large red cat eyes.
Rei- ÒI play Ice DemonÕs Rage, which destroys all Magic and Trap cards on your side of the field. Then I activate Fire DemonÕs Hatred, which destroys all of your monsters, and takes the monstersÕ attack points from your life points, no matter what position itÕs in, and adds the monstersÕ defense points to any monster of my choosing. Now I play the trap Demon QueenÕs Blessing, which allows me to add another 1500 attack points to my monster. And as your face down monster had 1200 attack points, and I add another 1500 from my DemonÕs QueenÕs Blessing magic card, I add these points to my Hell-Bound Soul monster, who already has an attack of 2900. Thanks to my Fire DemonÕs Hatred magic card, you 1200 points are deducted from your life points, and then I attack with my Hell-Bound Soul, which, I believe now has an attack of 5600. Thus, this duel is quite over. You lose.Ó Bakura stared at ReiÕs flawless strategy.
Bakura- ÒAnd you say that somethingÕs missing?Ó
Rei- ÒYeah... Just, somethingÕs wrong.Ó Rei started shifting through her deck. ÒMy mother started me on Duel Monsters. It was some rainy day when I was six, and I was really bored. She handed me some cards, vaguely explained the game, and then, she... she just said that... she thought it was my destiny, my fate, to play the game... Really weird, kinda corny, I suppose, but I was six, and I believed her. Yeah, Stupid story...Ó
Yami- ÒNo, not at all. We all believe in fate and destiny here. Well, except for Kaiba... Ò
Marik- ÒI have problems with fate. Destiny sucks. I make my own destiny!Ó
Kaiba- ÒYouÕre all lunatics and morons. Well, except for you, Rei... I respect the fact that you actually have a brain and use it.Ó
Emi- ÒHey guys! What are you talking about?Ó Emi smiled sweetly as she poked her pigtailed head into their circle.
Bakura- ÒNothing that concerns you. Please leave.Ó Bakura glared at her, daring her to start something, while Yami had his hand on KaibaÕs arm, who was rising to force Emi to leave, while Marik secretly presses the small trigger on his Millennium Rod which caused the blade to come out. Rei simply returned to sipping her herbal tea, and typing on her laptop.
Emi- ÒBut I just came over to invite you to a party that my friends and I , the most popular people in school, are throwing! Oh, and if you donÕt come, I promise to make sure that you donÕt make another friend at this school ever again. Here.Ó She handed out small invitations to the four boys, and turned to Rei and hid the rest of the invitations behind her back. ÒOh, IÕm sorry, Rei! I seem to have run out of invitations... Alright, bye!Ó Bakura stood up, stopped her and forced the invitation back into her hand.
Bakura- ÒI donÕt want it. If ReiÕs not going, IÕm not going either.Ó
Emi- Ò.... Fine. Your loss ÔKura. You lose me.Ó
Bakura- ÒGood. IÕve been trying to lose you ever since you got here.Ó
Emi- ÒFine. Are the rest of you coming?Ó
Yami- ÒI am not going to any party that you are attending, Emi Tanaka. You might scream out some horrible secret of mine.Ó
Kaiba- ÒWork. Not to mention, my little brother is much nicer to be around than you.Ó
Marik- ÒNo way. No matter how many cookies youÕll have. IÕm not going. YouÕre just a jerk. Especially to Rei, who never really did anything to deserve you being a bitch to her.Ó Emi, shocked that anyone would say such things to her (Oh my! Little brat.), turned on her heel and stormed off, becoming aware that everyone had seen her encounter with the group. Soon enough, nearly all of the invitations were being handed back to or thrown at Emi.
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Author Note! Hey people! A big thank you to Brad, who so nicely reviewed! THANK YOU BRAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to all of you people that have reviewed, and please continue reading! Sorry for the lack of updates! ItÕs just getting a bit hard to find new ideas for this story, so if anyone has ideas, please, either review or email and tell me! But I think that IÕve got the next chapter a bit planned out. Good, neh? Ja ne! Yuffie Kisaragi, materiathief06
Chapter 11
Bakura found Rei sorting through the many books in her locker before school started.
Bakura- ÒHey, sorry about the mob... I guess youÕre more popular than you thought, hm?Ó
Rei- ÒYeah, I guess so... LetÕs see... What classes do we have again?Ó
Bakura- ÒYou donÕt know?Ó
Rei- ÒI didnÕt care.Ó
Bakura- ÒOkay, we have English 3, Japanese History, Algebra 3, Physics, Ancient History, and Music.Ó Rei finished stuffing books into her backpack and tucked her laptop under her arm, closed her locker, and turned to face Bakura.
Rei- ÒAlright. Thanks. WeÕd better get to class...Ó
Bakura- ÒRei... Are you going to be alright? With... with Emi?Ó
Rei- ÒEmi? Do you really think that bratÕs a threat to me?Ó She smirked, confidently. ÒIf she tries anything, IÕm not holding back. Got that, Bakura? YouÕre the one that should be worried, ÔKura-kun.Ó They started to walk off to class.
Bakura- ÔShe acts like I used to... in Egypt...Õ ÒIÕm not worried about a thing.Ó
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The two entered IshizuÕs classroom as soon as the tardy bell rang. Emi was seated in her usual seat, in the front. Everyone held their breath as the two girls held the otherÕs gaze. Every person in the room was desperate to see who would throw the first punch. Emi began to grin as she glared into her cousinÕs green eyes, but ReiÕs face remained calm and expressionless.
Emi- ÒWhatÕs wrong, Rei ? Miss home? Well, youÕre never coming back. Mama says so and-Ó
Rei- ÒNice day, neh?Ó Rei turned her face away after her quiet, emotionless comment and strode back to her seat by the windows, her head held high and her face blank. All of the class then understood who was the best of the two girls, the one who put her emotions aside and did not openly ask for a fight: Rei. Ishizu, having watched the entire confrontation, cleared her throat and began to teach English. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lunch Time.
At the tables, Bakura had moved from his usual seat to sit with Rei, and he was joined by Yami, Marik and Kaiba. To everyone in the cafeteria, it was rather obvious the Emi was not welcome at that table, and Emi knew that fact quite well. Once again, the four boys were dueling, and Rei was working on her laptop with a cup of herbal tea in her pale hand. Soon enough, Yami had beaten Kaiba, and Marik had defeated Bakura. So, Marik started to prepare to duel Yami, while Kaiba sulked about being beaten by the Game King again, and Bakura started to take interest in what Rei was doing on her computer.
Bakura- ÒWhat are you doing?Ó Rei took a sip of her tea.
Rei- ÒJust reviewing my recent duels... SomethingÕs missing. I donÕt know if my strategies have a flaw, or... I donÕt know... something else.Ó
Bakura- ÒWell, I know what you can do.Ó
Rei- ÒWhat?Ó
Bakura- ÒDuel me. Or, us. A new opponent can always help.Ó At the mention of a new duel, Yami, Marik and KaibaÕs attention was drawn to the pair. Finally, they would get to see Rei duel (live).
Rei- ÒAlright, but, I am not going easy on you.Ó
Bakura- ÒI wouldnÕt have it any other way.Ó
Both- ÒLetÕs Duel!Ó (I hate that line....) Lightning fast, both duelists set their decks on the table and drew their first five cards. Both kept perfect Òpoker facesÓ.
Bakura- ÒYou first.Ó
Rei- ÒLadies first, Bakura. Your move.Ó
Marik- ÒOooo... You got burned, Tomb Robber!Ó Bakura glared at him and drew his card. Perfect. He placed two cards face down and set a monster face down in defense mode.
Bakura- ÒYour turn.Ó Rei examined BakuraÕs face down monster and drew. She glanced across the board again, and laid down three magic/ trap cards, and played Neo the Magic Swordsman in attack mode, and destroyed BakuraÕs weak dark monster. Rei then flipped over a Pot of Greed magic card and drew three more cards.
Rei- ÒI end my turn.Ó Bakura drew again. Excellent. He played the Ouija Board and placed down two letters: ÒDÓ and ÒEÓ. He played another monster in defense mode. The white haired teen ended his turn. Rei smirked. She drew quickly, flipped over two strange magic cards and a trap card the not even Yami had ever seen, and sacrificed her Neo the Magic Swordsman to bring out an extremely powerful demonic monster with large red cat eyes.
Rei- ÒI play Ice DemonÕs Rage, which destroys all Magic and Trap cards on your side of the field. Then I activate Fire DemonÕs Hatred, which destroys all of your monsters, and takes the monstersÕ attack points from your life points, no matter what position itÕs in, and adds the monstersÕ defense points to any monster of my choosing. Now I play the trap Demon QueenÕs Blessing, which allows me to add another 1500 attack points to my monster. And as your face down monster had 1200 attack points, and I add another 1500 from my DemonÕs QueenÕs Blessing magic card, I add these points to my Hell-Bound Soul monster, who already has an attack of 2900. Thanks to my Fire DemonÕs Hatred magic card, you 1200 points are deducted from your life points, and then I attack with my Hell-Bound Soul, which, I believe now has an attack of 5600. Thus, this duel is quite over. You lose.Ó Bakura stared at ReiÕs flawless strategy.
Bakura- ÒAnd you say that somethingÕs missing?Ó
Rei- ÒYeah... Just, somethingÕs wrong.Ó Rei started shifting through her deck. ÒMy mother started me on Duel Monsters. It was some rainy day when I was six, and I was really bored. She handed me some cards, vaguely explained the game, and then, she... she just said that... she thought it was my destiny, my fate, to play the game... Really weird, kinda corny, I suppose, but I was six, and I believed her. Yeah, Stupid story...Ó
Yami- ÒNo, not at all. We all believe in fate and destiny here. Well, except for Kaiba... Ò
Marik- ÒI have problems with fate. Destiny sucks. I make my own destiny!Ó
Kaiba- ÒYouÕre all lunatics and morons. Well, except for you, Rei... I respect the fact that you actually have a brain and use it.Ó
Emi- ÒHey guys! What are you talking about?Ó Emi smiled sweetly as she poked her pigtailed head into their circle.
Bakura- ÒNothing that concerns you. Please leave.Ó Bakura glared at her, daring her to start something, while Yami had his hand on KaibaÕs arm, who was rising to force Emi to leave, while Marik secretly presses the small trigger on his Millennium Rod which caused the blade to come out. Rei simply returned to sipping her herbal tea, and typing on her laptop.
Emi- ÒBut I just came over to invite you to a party that my friends and I , the most popular people in school, are throwing! Oh, and if you donÕt come, I promise to make sure that you donÕt make another friend at this school ever again. Here.Ó She handed out small invitations to the four boys, and turned to Rei and hid the rest of the invitations behind her back. ÒOh, IÕm sorry, Rei! I seem to have run out of invitations... Alright, bye!Ó Bakura stood up, stopped her and forced the invitation back into her hand.
Bakura- ÒI donÕt want it. If ReiÕs not going, IÕm not going either.Ó
Emi- Ò.... Fine. Your loss ÔKura. You lose me.Ó
Bakura- ÒGood. IÕve been trying to lose you ever since you got here.Ó
Emi- ÒFine. Are the rest of you coming?Ó
Yami- ÒI am not going to any party that you are attending, Emi Tanaka. You might scream out some horrible secret of mine.Ó
Kaiba- ÒWork. Not to mention, my little brother is much nicer to be around than you.Ó
Marik- ÒNo way. No matter how many cookies youÕll have. IÕm not going. YouÕre just a jerk. Especially to Rei, who never really did anything to deserve you being a bitch to her.Ó Emi, shocked that anyone would say such things to her (Oh my! Little brat.), turned on her heel and stormed off, becoming aware that everyone had seen her encounter with the group. Soon enough, nearly all of the invitations were being handed back to or thrown at Emi.
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Author Note! Hey people! A big thank you to Brad, who so nicely reviewed! THANK YOU BRAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to all of you people that have reviewed, and please continue reading! Sorry for the lack of updates! ItÕs just getting a bit hard to find new ideas for this story, so if anyone has ideas, please, either review or email and tell me! But I think that IÕve got the next chapter a bit planned out. Good, neh? Ja ne! Yuffie Kisaragi, materiathief06