Sorry it's taken a while to update, I've been on Haiatus (REALLY fancy way to say 'writers block') So here's chapter 3! Enjoy

Joey looked around Kei's room, at the many books she owned. He ran his finger over a row.

"You have a lot of books!"

"Yeah!" Kei called from the room joining hers "Mostly spell books! A few novels and textbooks too!"

"Uh huh…" Joey tilted his head to the side to read the book titles 'Little pocket book of spells', 'The witches bible', 'Tarot cards for beginners' and loads more.

"Ok, what do you want to start with?" Kei emerged from the room dressed in a green tank top and blue baggy pants with her hair down. Joey just stopped in his tracks.

"Umm….I dunno…" He blinked a few times

She turned to him "How about…Joey?"

"Huh? What?"

"You're um…" She blushed "Staring…"

"I am? Whoops sorry" He scratched his head "Hey, why don't you show me some magic? Show me what you can do"

"Um…well…I don't know what to show you"

"Show me a spell!" He said like a little kid "Show me a spell and I'll…I'll teach you duel monsters!"

"A spell…well…" She looked at the bruise on Joey's cheek and walked over to him "Don't move, ok?"

Joey nodded and Kei raised her hand to his cheek, hovering it over the bruise. "This is the spell that I intone, flesh to flesh, bone to bone, sinew to sinew and vein to vein, each one to their own again" She was quiet for a few more seconds then the bruise healed up, she opened her eyes and studied her work "Good as new" She smiled. Joey touched his cheek then turned to the mirror.

"Cool…" He rubbed the spot gently "It tingles, is that normal?"

"Yeah, it's normal" She laughed "Looks better too"

"How does it work?" He turned back to Kei

"Concentration, I had to imagine your face without the bruise"

"Anyone can do it?"

"Yeah" She nodded "Anyone, if they put their mind to it"

"Now, for my half of the deal!" He grinned

"Deal? You don't have to Joey"

"But I want to" He sat down and pulled his deck from his pocket "Sit!" He commanded. Kei sat down in front of Joey as he dealt out his deck "20 cards each"

"Sounds fair" Kei nodded

Joey slowly explained the rules and taught her while they dueled. She quickly began to master the rules of magic, trap, and monsters with special abilities. It soon began to get dark when the lights went out.

"Great" Kei sighed "A power cut" She stood up and walked to her cupboard. She rummaged through and pulled out a box of tea-light candles. "They're only small but they'll do" She arranged them in a circle around her and Joey. She lit one and the rest lit up as well.

"That is cool" Joey said looking around at all the candles

"Yeah, took me ages to do it without setting anything on fire" She laughed and sat back down "Your move isn't it?"

"Yep!" He played Red Eyes Black Dragon in attack mode "That's it for now"

"Ok" Kei pulled a card from her half-deck and looked at her hand. There wasn't much to choose from "Hmm…I play Rocket Warrior in attack mode and use it's invincible mode to cut your dragons attack power in half" She smirked

"Whoa…" Joey blinked "But I'll still attack anyway and play graceful dice" He rolled a die "Yeah! A 2! Now my monster is back at full power"

Suddenly half the candles blew out and Kei held her head.

"What's the matter?"

"Don't know…let's not do this anymore ok?"

"Ok, we won't" Joey looked at her concerned "You ok?"

"Yeah, it was a weird piercing pain when you declared your attack"

"We'll play again tomorrow if you want ok?"

"Sure sounds fun"

"I better go home, my ol' man will freak" He stood up "Rest up"

"Will do, be careful on the way home"

Joey nodded and left. Kei watched him from her window until he was out of sight.

"What happened?" She said to herself "Was it just a coincidence?"

The next day Joey slowly made his way to school. For the first time this month he was going to be early. He suddenly felt a sharp tug on his arm. He looked down finding Kei clutching his sleeve.

"You deaf Joey? I've been calling you"

"Sorry" He grinned "Just thinking"

"What about?"

"Nothing much" He shrugged

They turned the corner to the final stretch to school. A group of five boys were waiting and advanced on them.