By Hikaru Hayashi
Well, I promised some crazy stuff was gonna happen in this chapter, and I'm gonna try my best to deliver! Now let's get this show on!
Disclaimer note: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! You know what I do own. So quit pestering me...
A quick note!—Sophia's parents are both doctors. Her dad, on top of being in commercialism, is a former brain surgeon. Her mother is a pediatrician, but helps out in the other departments as well. This fact, which I absentmindedly left out of their profiles, is extremely important to this chapter! Now...
Let the Frenzy begin!
Chapter 7: Strange Events
"Crap Happens..."
It was finally the weekend. Sophia planned to spend most of her free time on her computer, checking e-mails her friends back home sent her, or chilling out in her swimming pool (the water polo team had a competition next week). She woke up that morning. "It's Sunday..." she muttered to herself as she stretched her arms. "I could either, check my mail, throw on my swimsuit and go for a dive, or waste my time trying to think of ways to get Seto to like me...which ever one I choose...it's not going to help my grumpy mood."
Her phone rang so she pulled herself out of bed to answer it. "Hello, this is Sophia."
"Yo! Sophia! It's me!" came Riley's voice.
"Riley...?" she said. "You're up early. What gives?"
"Sophia...look out your window..." he sounded secretive, but Sophia heard him chuckling.
She walked to the window and looked out into the blinding morning sun. "Agh! The sun..." she muttered. At first, she didn't see anything. Then, she heard a car horn and looked down to see Riley in the drivers' seat of a 18-wheeled, sun-sparkling, newly polished, white SUV limo.
He looked up at Sophia's bedroom window, cell phone still in his hand, and waved.
Sophia stared with her mouth hanging open. She could not believe what she was seeing.
"So?" came Riley's voice over the phone. "Whatcha think? Sweet, ain't it?"
"How are you...are you really...?" Sophia said, so surprised, she couldn't even find the right question.
"I think ma plan ta cheer ya up worked!" Riley chuckled. "I don't wantcha mopin' over that fool Kaiba, all right? Sophia?"
"Riley..." she started, with a very amused look on her face. "Can you really drive that thing...?"
"Yeah!" he said. "Illegally! I don't got ma license yet."
"That's it! I'm hanging up!" She walked back to put the phone up.
"Ah, well..." said Riley before putting his dark shades on and driving off.
Sophia suddenly felt a chill [A/N: If ya don't remember, see the last chapter]. 'Uh-oh!' she thought. 'Not good...' She ran back to the window just in time to see Riley spin out of control.
"Agh! I'm gonna crash!" shouted Riley. "HELP!!" His SUV limo crashed into a tree, hard. It was instantly flattened into a compact.
"Oh no!! Riley!!" Sophia screamed as she put on her house shoes, ran onto her balcony and jumped off onto the sidewalk (landing on her feet). She ran to the crash site. 'Ooh! I hope he's all right!' she thought as she tried to dig him out of the wreck. She heard a moan.
"Ooo...OW! MA LEG!" came a voice from inside the car wreck.
'Riley...!' she thought. She had regained her hope, now that she knew her friend was still alive. "Riley! Are you all right?" she called.
A hand stuck up from the rubble and Riley pulled himself from the wreck. His clothes were torn and he had scratches all over him. Blood was dripping from the side of his face. "Does it even remotely LOOK like I'm alright?!" he said.
Sophia pulled out her cell phone to call an ambulance. 'That was scary!' she thought as she was dialing the number. 'Accidents like that don't just happen...and I felt that chill...there must be someone out there with magic powers like me! And it seems like they're up to no good!'
"Aw, nah!!" Riley moaned. "I don't have a license, not ta mention I'm not insured!! This is gonna cost a FORTUNE!!! Aw!! I am so grounded..."
"If I were you Riley," Sophia started, "I wouldn't worry about the car, I'd worry about your condition and the medical bill."
"If that was a joke..." Riley started to say just as the ambulance pulled up.
Sophia was taking a stroll through the park to get her mind off of what had happened to Riley that morning. 'If there is someone else with powers,' she thought, 'then they probably know I'm here and they probably know about me! And since they got Riley, what's to stop them from going after Izumi...or Seto!!' Just then, Sophia heard Izumi calling her.
"Oi! Sophia!!" she shouted. "Ohayo gozaimasu!! [Good Morning!]"
Sophia turned around. 'Oh no!' she thought, annoyed. 'That Anzu girl is with her...why are they friends?'
"Hi Sophia!" Anzu chirped. "How are you feeling?"
"Bad, thank you!" Sophia replied sarcastically, making Anzu a little upset.
"You don't like me much, do you?" she asked suddenly.
Sophia gave her a blank stare. 'She's just now figuring that out...?!' she thought.
"If you don't like me, why didn't you just say so?" Anzu asked coldly.
Sophia stared at her. She had had it with Anzu's slow reactions and her obvious logic. "'Cause you're the type that would run away and cry if I said the exact words, 'I hate your guts'. But I'm gonna do it anyway!! I HATE your guts, you naïve little brat! There! Now, how are YOU feeling?"
Tears came to Anzu's eyes. She ran away crying.
"Hey...that wasn't nice, Sophia," Izumi said, giving Sophia a glare before running off after Anzu.
Sophia shrugged. She started to walk away, when she felt that chill again. 'Oh! Izumi!' she thought. She ran in the other direction to catch up to Izumi. On her way, she'd barely dodged getting hit by a tree. "Eek!" she shrieked as he ducked to avoid it. The tree kept falling, almost hitting Anzu on the head. 'Good for her...' Sophia thought.
"Anzu! Look out!" came Izumi's voice as she ran up to her and pushed her out of the way.
'NOOO!' Sophia thought as she was getting up.
The tree hit Izumi instead, knocking her to the ground.
Sophia ran to her friend, who had a tree crushing her arm and was half- unconscious. "Izumi! Say something!!"
Anzu crawled over to Izumi. "Izumi, daijoubu? [Are you alright]"
Izumi giggled weakly. "Hai, I'm okay...it's just a scratch..."
Sophia pulled out her cell phone and called an ambulance. 'This is the second time!' she thought as she was dialing. 'Bad things usually happen in threes...I'd better find Seto before anything happens to him!'
"Hello, may I help you?" came a familiar voice on the other end.
"MOM?!" she shouted. "What're ya doin'?!"
"I'm helping!" she replied.
"My friend is hurt..."
"We are on our way!" replied Mrs. Carmichael. The line ended. She knew what she had to do next. "Anzu..." she said.
Anzu looked up. "Huh? What is it?" she asked.
"I need you to look after Izumi for me!" she said as she ran off.
'Be safe, Sophia...' Anzu thought.
Sophia ran across the town as fast as she could. She kept having to stop to save people from accidents, like cars swerving off of the road, and people trapped in burning buildings that were burning for no reason at all.
She kept running until she got to the lake. 'There are a lot of people here today,' she thought. 'I gotta find Seto!' She was starting to think he was at his place, when she caught sight of someone who could tell her where he was.
It was his brother, Mokuba.
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How's that fer ya! The next chapter is going to have a weird twist and I don't think you wanna miss it. Ja ne!
Well, I promised some crazy stuff was gonna happen in this chapter, and I'm gonna try my best to deliver! Now let's get this show on!
Disclaimer note: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! You know what I do own. So quit pestering me...
A quick note!—Sophia's parents are both doctors. Her dad, on top of being in commercialism, is a former brain surgeon. Her mother is a pediatrician, but helps out in the other departments as well. This fact, which I absentmindedly left out of their profiles, is extremely important to this chapter! Now...
Let the Frenzy begin!
Chapter 7: Strange Events
"Crap Happens..."
It was finally the weekend. Sophia planned to spend most of her free time on her computer, checking e-mails her friends back home sent her, or chilling out in her swimming pool (the water polo team had a competition next week). She woke up that morning. "It's Sunday..." she muttered to herself as she stretched her arms. "I could either, check my mail, throw on my swimsuit and go for a dive, or waste my time trying to think of ways to get Seto to like me...which ever one I choose...it's not going to help my grumpy mood."
Her phone rang so she pulled herself out of bed to answer it. "Hello, this is Sophia."
"Yo! Sophia! It's me!" came Riley's voice.
"Riley...?" she said. "You're up early. What gives?"
"Sophia...look out your window..." he sounded secretive, but Sophia heard him chuckling.
She walked to the window and looked out into the blinding morning sun. "Agh! The sun..." she muttered. At first, she didn't see anything. Then, she heard a car horn and looked down to see Riley in the drivers' seat of a 18-wheeled, sun-sparkling, newly polished, white SUV limo.
He looked up at Sophia's bedroom window, cell phone still in his hand, and waved.
Sophia stared with her mouth hanging open. She could not believe what she was seeing.
"So?" came Riley's voice over the phone. "Whatcha think? Sweet, ain't it?"
"How are you...are you really...?" Sophia said, so surprised, she couldn't even find the right question.
"I think ma plan ta cheer ya up worked!" Riley chuckled. "I don't wantcha mopin' over that fool Kaiba, all right? Sophia?"
"Riley..." she started, with a very amused look on her face. "Can you really drive that thing...?"
"Yeah!" he said. "Illegally! I don't got ma license yet."
"That's it! I'm hanging up!" She walked back to put the phone up.
"Ah, well..." said Riley before putting his dark shades on and driving off.
Sophia suddenly felt a chill [A/N: If ya don't remember, see the last chapter]. 'Uh-oh!' she thought. 'Not good...' She ran back to the window just in time to see Riley spin out of control.
"Agh! I'm gonna crash!" shouted Riley. "HELP!!" His SUV limo crashed into a tree, hard. It was instantly flattened into a compact.
"Oh no!! Riley!!" Sophia screamed as she put on her house shoes, ran onto her balcony and jumped off onto the sidewalk (landing on her feet). She ran to the crash site. 'Ooh! I hope he's all right!' she thought as she tried to dig him out of the wreck. She heard a moan.
"Ooo...OW! MA LEG!" came a voice from inside the car wreck.
'Riley...!' she thought. She had regained her hope, now that she knew her friend was still alive. "Riley! Are you all right?" she called.
A hand stuck up from the rubble and Riley pulled himself from the wreck. His clothes were torn and he had scratches all over him. Blood was dripping from the side of his face. "Does it even remotely LOOK like I'm alright?!" he said.
Sophia pulled out her cell phone to call an ambulance. 'That was scary!' she thought as she was dialing the number. 'Accidents like that don't just happen...and I felt that chill...there must be someone out there with magic powers like me! And it seems like they're up to no good!'
"Aw, nah!!" Riley moaned. "I don't have a license, not ta mention I'm not insured!! This is gonna cost a FORTUNE!!! Aw!! I am so grounded..."
"If I were you Riley," Sophia started, "I wouldn't worry about the car, I'd worry about your condition and the medical bill."
"If that was a joke..." Riley started to say just as the ambulance pulled up.
Sophia was taking a stroll through the park to get her mind off of what had happened to Riley that morning. 'If there is someone else with powers,' she thought, 'then they probably know I'm here and they probably know about me! And since they got Riley, what's to stop them from going after Izumi...or Seto!!' Just then, Sophia heard Izumi calling her.
"Oi! Sophia!!" she shouted. "Ohayo gozaimasu!! [Good Morning!]"
Sophia turned around. 'Oh no!' she thought, annoyed. 'That Anzu girl is with her...why are they friends?'
"Hi Sophia!" Anzu chirped. "How are you feeling?"
"Bad, thank you!" Sophia replied sarcastically, making Anzu a little upset.
"You don't like me much, do you?" she asked suddenly.
Sophia gave her a blank stare. 'She's just now figuring that out...?!' she thought.
"If you don't like me, why didn't you just say so?" Anzu asked coldly.
Sophia stared at her. She had had it with Anzu's slow reactions and her obvious logic. "'Cause you're the type that would run away and cry if I said the exact words, 'I hate your guts'. But I'm gonna do it anyway!! I HATE your guts, you naïve little brat! There! Now, how are YOU feeling?"
Tears came to Anzu's eyes. She ran away crying.
"Hey...that wasn't nice, Sophia," Izumi said, giving Sophia a glare before running off after Anzu.
Sophia shrugged. She started to walk away, when she felt that chill again. 'Oh! Izumi!' she thought. She ran in the other direction to catch up to Izumi. On her way, she'd barely dodged getting hit by a tree. "Eek!" she shrieked as he ducked to avoid it. The tree kept falling, almost hitting Anzu on the head. 'Good for her...' Sophia thought.
"Anzu! Look out!" came Izumi's voice as she ran up to her and pushed her out of the way.
'NOOO!' Sophia thought as she was getting up.
The tree hit Izumi instead, knocking her to the ground.
Sophia ran to her friend, who had a tree crushing her arm and was half- unconscious. "Izumi! Say something!!"
Anzu crawled over to Izumi. "Izumi, daijoubu? [Are you alright]"
Izumi giggled weakly. "Hai, I'm okay...it's just a scratch..."
Sophia pulled out her cell phone and called an ambulance. 'This is the second time!' she thought as she was dialing. 'Bad things usually happen in threes...I'd better find Seto before anything happens to him!'
"Hello, may I help you?" came a familiar voice on the other end.
"MOM?!" she shouted. "What're ya doin'?!"
"I'm helping!" she replied.
"My friend is hurt..."
"We are on our way!" replied Mrs. Carmichael. The line ended. She knew what she had to do next. "Anzu..." she said.
Anzu looked up. "Huh? What is it?" she asked.
"I need you to look after Izumi for me!" she said as she ran off.
'Be safe, Sophia...' Anzu thought.
Sophia ran across the town as fast as she could. She kept having to stop to save people from accidents, like cars swerving off of the road, and people trapped in burning buildings that were burning for no reason at all.
She kept running until she got to the lake. 'There are a lot of people here today,' she thought. 'I gotta find Seto!' She was starting to think he was at his place, when she caught sight of someone who could tell her where he was.
It was his brother, Mokuba.
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How's that fer ya! The next chapter is going to have a weird twist and I don't think you wanna miss it. Ja ne!
