a/n: After you read this chapter, please review it! I would very much appreciate it. Please keep your mind open to this, it will get better. I have tried to keep to the characters as much as possible, and if there is something you think doesn't fit, please tell me in your review.
(Disclaimer) I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. If I did, this would be on TV instead of being a fanfiction.
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"Great duel, Yugi!" Tea exclaimed.
"Yeah, you were awesome!" Joey said.
"Thanks," Yugi said, grinning as his friends patted him on the back.
"Oh, he wasn't that good," Tristan said bitterly. He had lost terribly to Yugi in their practice duel a few minutes earlier. The others laughed at his annoyed face.
Yami smiled to himself inside his soul room. He loved dueling and Yugi gave him the chance. But even more than that he enjoyed seeing Yugi so confident.
"Hey, what's that?" Tristan's voice pulled Yami from his thoughts.
Yugi looked where his friend was pointing. "It's a girl!"
Yami moved to the window of his soul room where he could look through Yugi's eyes. He could see a girl lying in the grass by the road a few yards away. As the five friends moved toward her, Yami could see her features more clearly. She had hair that was deep red in color and was wearing jeans and a blue tank top.
"She's not moving! Is she all right?" Tea asked, picking up her pace. She looked far too still to be just asleep.
When Yugi got to her, he dropped to his knees and looked at her for a minute. "She's just sleeping," he concluded.
Tea stood there, shocked. She'd never seen anyone sleep that soundly before.
As if in response to what Yugi had just said, the girl's eyes fluttered open. When she saw some one standing over her, she cried out and scrambled away.
"Who are you?" she asked, clutching the polished stone around her neck.
"I'm Yugi, this is Tristan, Tea, Joey and Bakura," he replied, indicating each one as he introduced them. "We were just passing by. We didn't mean to disturb you."
She relaxed and released the stone. "It's all right. Goodness knows how long I've been out here anyway. I'm Kai-Tara."
Yugi extended his hand to help her up and she took it. She smiled at him when she got to her feet.
"It's getting dark," Kai-Tara said, looking at the sky. "Do you need a place to stay? There's really no place else for you to go. This town's pretty small."
Yami left the window and tried to remember what he had been doing.
"That would be great, thanks," Bakura said.
"Yeah, okay," Tea said.
"My house is right here," Kai-Tara said, pointing to the small cabin behind her. She started up the lawn and the others followed.
"It's not very big, so it'll be tight," she said apologetically as they entered the front door.
"It's fine," Yugi said, smiling. Kai-Tara smiled back, then proceeded to show them where they would spend the night.
"The boys can sleep in here," she said, indicating a rather small room with a bed that was one of the only pieces of furniture in there. "I'll leave you to fight over who gets the bed," she laughed. "I'll bring in some extra blankets for those on the floor."
"Tea, you and I can sleep in my room," she said, walking directly across the hall and indicating the room. "You get the bed since you're the guest."
Tea smiled. "Thanks."
"Hey, Kai-Tara," Joey said.
She stopped him by putting up a hand. "Please, call me Kai."
"Right. Do you live here alone?" he proceeded.
There was a sudden change in her expression as she nodded. "My parents died when I was very young so I came to live here with my grandmother. Then last year she got in her car to go to the store and she never came back." She grabbed her necklace again and gripped it tightly.
"Oh," Joey said, wishing he hadn't said anything.
"I like your necklace," Tea said, attempting a change in conversation.
"My grandmother gave it to me about a week before..." Kai trailed off. She avoided their eyes and Tea suspected she was trying not to cry.
"Oh," she said. This was not what she had intended to do. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Kai said, snapping out of it and letting go of the stone. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"So, do you have anything to eat around here? I'm starved!" Tristan said.
Kai laughed. "Yeah, but nothing suitable for guests. How about we go to Randy's Pizzeria in town? I don't want to poison you!"
They laughed and agreed. Kai led the way out the front door, grabbing her purse on the way.
"It's on me!" she said as her new friends followed.
"I like the way that sounds!" Joey said and Kai laughed.
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"Hey Carlos," Kai said to the guy behind the counter at Randy's Pizzeria.
"Kai! Good to see you! Who are your friends?" Carlos replied.
"Yugi, Tristan, Tea, Joey and Bakura," she replied.
"I've heard of guy magnets, but this is ridiculous!" he joked.
"Carlos!" Kai exclaimed, going slightly pink in the face. Yami chuckled at the young man's joke. "We're best friends. This is what I get for having a guy for a friend," she joked.
Carlos grinned. "What type of pizza will you have?" he asked.
"Pepperoni all right?" Kai asked, turning to her friends.
"Yeah, okay."
"Sure!"
"That's a large pepperoni then," Kai said.
"Comin' right up Miss. Kai," Carlos said with a sweeping bow.
Kai rolled her eyes but Tea couldn't help noticing that her friend was a bit red in the face.
"Come on. Let's go get a seat," Kai said. She led them to a nice window table and they sat down. "Carlos is always like that. He's weird," she explained with a laugh.
"I think he's nice," Tea said.
"Yeah, he is," Kai agreed, giving Carlos a sideways look. She grinned as he looked her way and tossed the dough in the air with a spin.
"So, what are you doing here?" Kai asked, looking at Yugi.
"We're looking for a good practice spot for dueling," he replied.
"Oh. I take it you haven't found one yet?" Kai asked.
"No, we're still looking," Yugi said.
"Well, we have a park here if you guys want to practice."
"That'd be great!" Tristan exclaimed.
"Yeah, thanks, Kai!" Tea said.
"But don't expect to duel me. I don't have a deck," Kai said with a small laugh.
"Oh, that's okay. You can watch us if you want," Yugi said.
"Okay," she replied, but Tea thought she seemed less than enthusiastic.
The rest of dinner was eaten in a pleasant silence and Kai and Carlos waved to each other before they left.
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a/n: That's the first chapter in my first fic, Dilemma. PLEASE review and tell me how you like it. I intend for this to get better and more interesting. Maybe not in the next chapter, but DEFINITELY in the one after that. Please review! I am welcoming any suggestions and if I use them, I will give credit where credit is due. Flames are also welcome, though I'm not sure how you could flame something that has barely enough there to make a worthwhile chapter. Write whatever you think of my fic so far please.
(Disclaimer) I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. If I did, this would be on TV instead of being a fanfiction.
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"Great duel, Yugi!" Tea exclaimed.
"Yeah, you were awesome!" Joey said.
"Thanks," Yugi said, grinning as his friends patted him on the back.
"Oh, he wasn't that good," Tristan said bitterly. He had lost terribly to Yugi in their practice duel a few minutes earlier. The others laughed at his annoyed face.
Yami smiled to himself inside his soul room. He loved dueling and Yugi gave him the chance. But even more than that he enjoyed seeing Yugi so confident.
"Hey, what's that?" Tristan's voice pulled Yami from his thoughts.
Yugi looked where his friend was pointing. "It's a girl!"
Yami moved to the window of his soul room where he could look through Yugi's eyes. He could see a girl lying in the grass by the road a few yards away. As the five friends moved toward her, Yami could see her features more clearly. She had hair that was deep red in color and was wearing jeans and a blue tank top.
"She's not moving! Is she all right?" Tea asked, picking up her pace. She looked far too still to be just asleep.
When Yugi got to her, he dropped to his knees and looked at her for a minute. "She's just sleeping," he concluded.
Tea stood there, shocked. She'd never seen anyone sleep that soundly before.
As if in response to what Yugi had just said, the girl's eyes fluttered open. When she saw some one standing over her, she cried out and scrambled away.
"Who are you?" she asked, clutching the polished stone around her neck.
"I'm Yugi, this is Tristan, Tea, Joey and Bakura," he replied, indicating each one as he introduced them. "We were just passing by. We didn't mean to disturb you."
She relaxed and released the stone. "It's all right. Goodness knows how long I've been out here anyway. I'm Kai-Tara."
Yugi extended his hand to help her up and she took it. She smiled at him when she got to her feet.
"It's getting dark," Kai-Tara said, looking at the sky. "Do you need a place to stay? There's really no place else for you to go. This town's pretty small."
Yami left the window and tried to remember what he had been doing.
"That would be great, thanks," Bakura said.
"Yeah, okay," Tea said.
"My house is right here," Kai-Tara said, pointing to the small cabin behind her. She started up the lawn and the others followed.
"It's not very big, so it'll be tight," she said apologetically as they entered the front door.
"It's fine," Yugi said, smiling. Kai-Tara smiled back, then proceeded to show them where they would spend the night.
"The boys can sleep in here," she said, indicating a rather small room with a bed that was one of the only pieces of furniture in there. "I'll leave you to fight over who gets the bed," she laughed. "I'll bring in some extra blankets for those on the floor."
"Tea, you and I can sleep in my room," she said, walking directly across the hall and indicating the room. "You get the bed since you're the guest."
Tea smiled. "Thanks."
"Hey, Kai-Tara," Joey said.
She stopped him by putting up a hand. "Please, call me Kai."
"Right. Do you live here alone?" he proceeded.
There was a sudden change in her expression as she nodded. "My parents died when I was very young so I came to live here with my grandmother. Then last year she got in her car to go to the store and she never came back." She grabbed her necklace again and gripped it tightly.
"Oh," Joey said, wishing he hadn't said anything.
"I like your necklace," Tea said, attempting a change in conversation.
"My grandmother gave it to me about a week before..." Kai trailed off. She avoided their eyes and Tea suspected she was trying not to cry.
"Oh," she said. This was not what she had intended to do. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Kai said, snapping out of it and letting go of the stone. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"So, do you have anything to eat around here? I'm starved!" Tristan said.
Kai laughed. "Yeah, but nothing suitable for guests. How about we go to Randy's Pizzeria in town? I don't want to poison you!"
They laughed and agreed. Kai led the way out the front door, grabbing her purse on the way.
"It's on me!" she said as her new friends followed.
"I like the way that sounds!" Joey said and Kai laughed.
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"Hey Carlos," Kai said to the guy behind the counter at Randy's Pizzeria.
"Kai! Good to see you! Who are your friends?" Carlos replied.
"Yugi, Tristan, Tea, Joey and Bakura," she replied.
"I've heard of guy magnets, but this is ridiculous!" he joked.
"Carlos!" Kai exclaimed, going slightly pink in the face. Yami chuckled at the young man's joke. "We're best friends. This is what I get for having a guy for a friend," she joked.
Carlos grinned. "What type of pizza will you have?" he asked.
"Pepperoni all right?" Kai asked, turning to her friends.
"Yeah, okay."
"Sure!"
"That's a large pepperoni then," Kai said.
"Comin' right up Miss. Kai," Carlos said with a sweeping bow.
Kai rolled her eyes but Tea couldn't help noticing that her friend was a bit red in the face.
"Come on. Let's go get a seat," Kai said. She led them to a nice window table and they sat down. "Carlos is always like that. He's weird," she explained with a laugh.
"I think he's nice," Tea said.
"Yeah, he is," Kai agreed, giving Carlos a sideways look. She grinned as he looked her way and tossed the dough in the air with a spin.
"So, what are you doing here?" Kai asked, looking at Yugi.
"We're looking for a good practice spot for dueling," he replied.
"Oh. I take it you haven't found one yet?" Kai asked.
"No, we're still looking," Yugi said.
"Well, we have a park here if you guys want to practice."
"That'd be great!" Tristan exclaimed.
"Yeah, thanks, Kai!" Tea said.
"But don't expect to duel me. I don't have a deck," Kai said with a small laugh.
"Oh, that's okay. You can watch us if you want," Yugi said.
"Okay," she replied, but Tea thought she seemed less than enthusiastic.
The rest of dinner was eaten in a pleasant silence and Kai and Carlos waved to each other before they left.
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a/n: That's the first chapter in my first fic, Dilemma. PLEASE review and tell me how you like it. I intend for this to get better and more interesting. Maybe not in the next chapter, but DEFINITELY in the one after that. Please review! I am welcoming any suggestions and if I use them, I will give credit where credit is due. Flames are also welcome, though I'm not sure how you could flame something that has barely enough there to make a worthwhile chapter. Write whatever you think of my fic so far please.