Yugi Mutou awkwardly adjusted his backpack, his amethyst eyes shyly traveling over the sidewalk he was currently walking on. Today was his first of high school, and he wouldn't know anyone there. The high school he was supposed to attend after graduating his old junior high school had been full; being that they could no longer accept incoming middle school graduates, the school had transferred Yugi to another high school.

It was on the other side of town, a good half an hour away from his house. Yugi sighed. Maybe one of his friends had been transferred along with him. He shook his head in disappointment, his tri-colored bangs tumbling wildly onto his face. It wasn't likely that any of his friends would be joining him. If they had been transferred, wouldn't they have at least informed him?

"Yugi?" An incredulous voice cried out from behind him.

Yugi whirled around. "Ryou! What're you doing here?"

"I was about to ask you the same thing!" The silver-haired boy assured. "I was on my way to school."

"School?" Yugi quipped, blinking in surprise. "But- isn't your high school on the other side of town?"

Ryou grinned. "Not anymore. I was just transferred a few days ago!"

"Really?" Yugi asked. He could hardly believe it! He and Ryou had been good friends at their old school, having met through a dueling tournament held in the auditorium one day. Yugi had managed to defeat the other boy with his Dark Magician card, and, having found Ryou as interested in dueling cards as much as he was, formed a friendship with him almost immediately. He beamed happily.

"So I'll have a friend at school, after all!" he exclaimed.

Ryou laughed and nodded his head. "Hai, of course."

The two continued walking to school, chattering excitedly about the newest deck of dueling cards; both relieved to have a friend with them at the new school. They rounded the corner and entered the building.

"Yugi, what class do you have first period?" Ryou asked.

Yugi paused for a second, trying to recall what classes he had. "Now I remember! Math! What class do you have, Ryou?"

"I have Chemistry first period."

They swapped class information, feeling disappointed when they realized that they didn't have any classes together until after lunch.

"I'll see you after lunch, then, Yugi!" Ryou waved.

"Okay! Bye!" Yugi waved back, walking into his classroom. Because he had still been waving as he entered the classroom, he didn't realize that someone was exiting the classroom. The two bumped straight into each other.

"Oh! Excu-" Yugi began. But after seeing the person whom he had bumped into, his words died in his throat. He looked exactly like him! Amethyst met amethyst as the two boys stared at each other, shocked. What- what was going on? Yugi hastily rubbed his eyes, convinced that he was surely seeing things. But when his eyes refocused, he still saw his mirror image watching him in a stunned silence.

"You look-" Yugi blinked.

"-like me!" the other boy finished. His voice was deeper than Yugi's. There was one difference. He was also taller. The other boy was wearing black leather pants, and he was wearing a jacket similar to Yugi's, except that it was sleeveless.

Yugi was now speechless with shock.

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Yugi spotted the glint of white hair. Ryou! He scurried over to his friend, whose back was currently turned away, and nearly tripped in his excitement.

"Ryou! You'll never guess what hap-" he began, but suddenly cut off his sentence.

That wasn't Ryou. It was someone else. Who looked exactly like the other boy. Only, this boy had colder eyes, and shadows played over his features, nearly shading his eyes. The boy slammed his locker shut with a bang and glared at Yugi.

Yugi backed up. "I'm sorry. I though you were someone else," he muttered nervously under the boy's intense glare.

The boy snorted. "That much is obvious."

And without a further word, he swept past Yugi and disappeared into a classroom.

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"Yugi! Yugi!" Yugi turned around to see who was calling his name. It looked like Ryou, but he wasn't sure anymore. He kept walking. "Yugi!" Ryou caught up to him, looking confused. "Yugi, didn't you hear me calling you?"

Yugi nodded, a chagrined blush spreading over his cheeks. "I wasn't sure it was you," he admitted.

Ryou was taken aback. "You weren't sure it was me?" he repeated. "What do you mean?"

When Yugi explained his encounter with the "Ryou" look-alike, the other boy's eyes widened. "How strange!" Ryou remarked.

Yugi nodded.

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Yugi looked around the cafeteria with any hope to find Ryou. "Yug'? Whatcha doin' here?"

Yugi turned around, recognizing the voice. "Jou?" he asked. He couldn't believe it. Jou had been transferred too?

Yugi smiled brightly and allowed himself to be lead outside where Jou was going to eat. "Hey, Yugi. Guess who I found on my way to lunch?" Jou asked, and then pointed to the tree ahead. Ryou.

The three sat down and told each other their story. They were unaware that the two look- a likes, Yami and Bakura were also ate outside with Seto Kaiba and were only a few tables away from them.

"There. Him. Over there." Yami pointed to Yugi, who was sitting between Jou and Ryou.

Bakura casually glanced over. That was the same kid he had bumped into a while ago. But, who was the one next to him? The white- haired youth had attracted his attention immediately. He made a note to find out his name.

Kaiba sighed. What was the fuss? It was only some kid. Though they looked similar, there was no reason to point and tell your friends all day about someone you bumped into. He looked at the group under the tree for the first time. If there was going to be any fuss, it should be about the blonde next to Yami's.

He glanced over at Yami to find he had gotten into a starry eyed gaze. It was then that his head perked up as he heard someone shout something.

"Yugi!"

Yugi had just stood up and he held a bag of- what appeared to be- the blonde's lunch.

Yami smiled. So that was his name- Yugi.

"You gotta take it from me, Jounichi!" Yugi held it behind his back and stuck out his tongue.

Jou stood up and it was very obvious that he was taller. Yugi backed up slowly until he was pretty sure one more step and he would trip over Ryou.

Suddenly someone had grabbed the bag out of his hands and he spun around.

"Now, who wants it?" Ryou asked, dangling Jou's lunch in front of them.

Jounichi ruffled Yugi's hair affectionately and both of them plopped down while Ryou gave back Jou's lunch.

Damn it! Bakura thought as everything as once again everything was quiet. He still didn't know the other one's name.

The bell rang for the next class and pretty soon it was the end of the school day.

Yami, Bakura, and Kaiba had already packed up and were outside. Yami was leaning on the brick wall while Kaiba had taken a seat on the ledge of the railing, facing the students pouring outside. Bakura instead had taken to just standing up.

It was then that Yugi, Jounichi, and Ryou walked out.

Bakura looked at Yami and Kaiba. "Let me guess… You got it in for Yugi," and then he looked at Kaiba, "and you with Jounichi?"

"Don't be silly, Bakura," Kaiba replied with a look of disgust.

"Sure," Bakura said disbelievingly. "Just as long as we don't result in stalking."

Both threw a hard look at Yami.

"What?" Yami asked, trying to look innocent. It didn't work.

"Bye Yugi, Ryou!" they heard Jou call to his friends.

"Same to you, Jou!" They called in unison.

So that was his name… Ryou.

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