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Blood Shed Past

Game of Self



Yugi trudged into Ms. Dublin's classroom. He sat down in front of her desk. Ms. Dublin sat behind her desk. Yugi was extremely nervous. Ms. Dublin smiled at Yugi.

"Yugi, why don't we play a friendly game to get to know each other." Yugi looked at Ms. Dublin. 'A . . . game?'

"O . . . K."

"Yugi, you know the game Truth or Dare correct?" Yugi nodded. "Well, this game is like that only you don;t ask truth or dare." Yugi raised an eyebrow. "You see, all you need to say is 'Ms. Dublin, show me what's in your purse.' And I would have to do that. Or 'What is you favorite color?' and I would have to tell you. We each take turns when asking. And we don't go off topic. Understand?" Yugi nodded. "Alright, I'll go first. Yugi, during chemistry you were drawing something. Let me see it." Yugi reached into his backpack and pulled out the doodles. Ms. Dublin looked at them. "These are pretty good." Yugi smiled.

"Ms. Dublin, you were typing something during chemistry. Can you let me see it?" Ms. Dublin nodded and typed a few things into the computer. She opened a file and then turned the computer to show Yugi. Yugi just stared at the screen.

"It's in a dead language."

"Oh . . . ."

"Yugi, do you like to be all alone with your grandpa and not have you parents there instead?" Yugi looked away. It took him a few minutes to answer.

" . . . I love my grandpa . . . but I wish sometimes that I had my mom." Ms. Dublin's eyes saddened.

"I . . . know how that feels . . ." Now it was Ms. Dublin's turn to look away. After a few minutes of silence Yugi spoke.

"Do you play Duel Monsters?" Ms. Dublin smiled.

"Yes I do. Would you like to play? So we don't get very uncomfortable." Yugi hesitated for a moment. Ms. Dublin smiled once more. "Don't worry, it's just a friendly little game. We don't even have to keep score. Just keep playing till we run out of cards." Yugi smiled.

"O.K." Yugi reached into his bag and pulled out his deck. Ms. Dublin opened her desk drawer and pulled out a black leather box alittle bigger than a card. She opened the box and pulled out a deck. The two shuffled and placed their decks down. "Do you want to go first?"

"It doesn't matter to me Yugi." Yugi nodded.

"Then I'll go. I place one card face down and I also play Curse of Dragon in Defense mode." Ms. Dublin looked at her cards for a second. 'Hmmm . . . Yugi is a great duelist. And he has Yami. So I'll have to watch my step. Let's see . . . Doma The Angel Of Silence, Mystic Plasma Zone, Shift,Change of Heart, and Commencement Dance.' Ms. Dublin pulled out the Change of Heart and Doma The Angel of Silence.

"So Yugi, what are your plans for the break. I play one card face down and another card face down in defense mode. Your move." Yugi smiled.

"I'm just going to run the shop. Nothing other than that. How 'bout you? I attack with Curse of Dragon." Ms. Dublin flipped the card over to show her Doma The Angel Of Silence. She then put it in the graveyard. "I play Catapult Turtle in defense mode. Your turn."

"Me? I don't have anything planned. Aren't you going to do something with your friends? I play Celtic Guardian in defense mode. My turn is over." Yugi looked away for a moment blinking away a few tears. This action did not go unnoticed by Ms. Dublin.

"My friends are going on a trip somewhere with their families. Tea is going to New York, Joey is visiting his sister, Tristen is visiting his grandparents, and Grandpa is on a trip. How come you don't have any plans? Aren't you going to hang out with . . . I dunno . . . your Air Force buddies? I play one card face down and attack your Celtic Guardian." Ms. Dublin laughed and put the card in the graveyard.

"No. I was never in the Air Force. That was my husband." Ms. Dublin looked at her card. 'Mystical Elf . . . I need a few more cards for this strategy I'm going to use . . .' "I play Mystical Elf in defense mode. Have you had to spend many Christmases like that? Alone?" Yugi shook his head. He always had someone to spend Christmas with. Mostly his grandpa.

"Oh, you're going to be spend your break with him? I play one card face down." Raven shook her head. She drew a card. 'Yami. Useless right now.'

/I heard that!/ Ravonia snapped.

//Not you, the card!//

/Oh . . . nevermind . . . / Ms. Dublin could have sworn that she heard Ravonia grumbling about renaming some cards. She placed Shift face down.

"I play one card face down and end my turn."

"Why not?" Ms. Dublin drew a card. 'Finally! First step to start on the attack! My Black Pendant!'

"Sorry Yugi but you'll have ask me that for your next turn. Tell me, do you often have to run your grandpa's shop?" Yugi shrugged.

"No not really, only when he goes on trips. Now, why aren't you going to be spending you time with you husband?" Raven sighed.

"I play Yami raising my Mystical Elf's attack by 200 and I also play Black Pendant, an equipment card raising my Mystical Elf's by 500. Now with a 2700 defense power. I do spend time with him in a way. Yugi, I a widow." Yugi looked down.

"I'm sorry . . ." Raven laughed.

"Don't be. I've been one for ten years. I've . . . adjusted to it." Yugi smiled at her.

/Aibou, why do you think that she is powering up just one monster? Isn't that a little foolish? If that one monster is destroyed then she loses a valuable equipment card./

//I don't know . . . we're playing for fun, it doesn't matter.//

"I play another card face down. Aren't you going to spend time with your kids?" Raven looked down.

"I . . . never had any kids with my husband. We were only married a year before he died. I don't think I'll ever marry again. He was the only man I'll ever love. I mean, sure I love any family members but . . . I really don't think that I would be able to feel anything for another man. I gave everything I had. And he gave me everything he had." Yugi felt horrible. He didn't mean it bring up any painful memories. Raven looked up and smiled. "But . . . I have adjusted to that too. Now Yugi, you were distracted during class. Why?" Yugi paused and looked down. 'Should I tell her . . . I did agree to this game . . . and I know more about her than most people . . . I think . . . I guess it would be nice to talk to someone . . . ' Yugi looked up at Ms. Dublin.

"I had a nightmare . . ." Yugi winced expecting Ms. Dublin to tell him that nightmares weren't real and that he was being silly. But she didn't. She had put her cards down, propped her elbows up on the table, rested her head on her hands and watched him with serious eyes.

"Go on." Yugi nodded and took a deep breath.

"I know it was just a nightmare and that I shouldn't worry but . . . the feeling it left me with . . . it was so . . ."

"Horrible?" Yugi nodded. "I have had nightmares such as that. Sometimes . . . I dream of horrible things happening to someone else. Nightmares, ones that seem so real . . ." Raven shook her head. "Sometimes nightmares can just get under your skin and never leave." There was a moment of silence. Raven stood up. She put away her deck and got her purse.

"Where do you live? I need to drop you off." He told her his address as they walked down to the teacher parking lot. She walked up to a deep red 300. She turned off the alarm and unlocked the car. Ms. Dublin walked around to the back off the car and pooped the trunk. "You can put your bag in the trunk if you want." Yugi shrugged and put it in there with her stuff. She closed the trunk and got into the car along with Yugi. Yugi just finished putting on his seat-belt when Ms. Dublin start to drive. Yugi held on to dear life to whatever he could. 'What the hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They actually gave her a license!!!!!!!!!!!!' To those of you that would find it strange for Yugi to swear there is a perfectly good reason for it. Ms. Dublin drives like a maniac. To her there is a only one speed limit. As fast as the car can go. And for her, as long as she doesn't hit anything it's legal. And poor Yugi was too busy praying to God that he doesn't die to notice that she had stopped in front of his house. After a few minutes of her staring at him Ms. Dublin sighed and poked him. Yugi jumped five feet.

"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ms. Dublin sweatdropped.

"Uh . . . Yugi . . . we're here." Yugi looked and saw that the car had stopped moving. He got out of the car so fast that Ms. Dublin blinked and he was outside. She popped open the trunk and Yugi took his stuff out.



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Yami: I fear for those who she writes about . . . . . .

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