Yu-Gi-Oh! Genex: Neo

Chapter 10: Preparation Begins Old Friends Return An Old Enemy Awakens

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Misaki woke up early the next morning, wondering about the weird dream she had had the night before. In it, she had been much younger, and watching the ghost in some sort of ceremony. She had toddled over to him, and said, "Up." He smiled, and cuddled her for a moment. "Hello, Annikah. Care to dance?" The dance seemed to go on forever, until everything went dark, and she heard herself cry out, "Atemu! Help me!" But it was too late, as the murky depths closed in around her.

Shaking her head, she walked over to the dresser, and pulled out her school uniform. It was a red long sleeved shirt, with the school insignia on the collar, the skirt was white, and she wore saddle shoes, as well as a red beret.

As soon as she was dropped at school, she walked around the playground. Now that the weather was colder, the kids had opted to huddling next to the building to stay warm, or just duel before classes started. Sitting down on a vacant swing, she stared up at the pale blue sky, as the occasional jet flew overhead. What was that dream about? Did I have a past life, she mused. Just then the bell rang, and Misaki ran off to class.

Beacause Duelist Kingdom II was in 2 weeks, kids were signing up with their parents. However, it depended on what Kaiba-Sensei said. As far as he was concerened, only the top duelists from his school could go, and since he had to review the requests anyway, it really just depended on the child's skill.

After lunch, it was the first-graders' turn to register. Yugi and Anzu were talking to the receptionist, when Misaki saw them. "Mom, Dad! What are you guys doing here?" Anzu smiled at her, "We're here registering you for Duelist Kingdom II, remember?" "Oh yeah," Misaki replied, and promptly told her parents about her school day was, thus far.

As soon as Misaki's request was on Seto's computer, he immediately accepted it. He knew full well about Misaki's talent as a duelist, and he was interested to see how she fared at the tournament.

As soon as Misaki had been accepted, Yugi told her that they need to go to the airport, "Why are we going to the airport, Daddy?" Yugi smiled, "We're going to pick up some good friends of ours, the Wheelers. They have a son, Kevin, who's about your age. You'll like them, Misaki." "I can't wait to meet them then," Misaki announced, and continued to stare out the tinted windows."

When the Moto's got to the airport, they arrived at the gate just in time, because people were already getting off! "Where are they? What do they look like," Misaki asked excitedly. Anzu smiled, "Settle down, Misaki. They'll be here-""Right now, Anzu," shouted a familiar voice. "Hey, Joey," Yugi shouted, grinning at his best friend. Joey nodded at Yugi, "Its been a while Yuge. After college, we all spilt up. How's life?" "Pretty good. I've married Anzu, and we've adopted a little girl." Yugi turned to Misaki, "Misaki, this is Joey Wheeler. Joey, this my daughter, Misaki." "Hi," Misaki said cheerfully, holding out her hand. Joey shook it, "It's nice to meet you, Misaki. Just call my Joey, okay?" "Okay," was Misaki's sweet reply, when Mai called, "Joey, wait for us!" The gang turned around, and there was a young blonde woman, and with her was a boy about Misaki's age, with light brown hair, and brown eyes. "Hey Anzu, I see you and Yugi finally got married. Who's this little thing,' Mai asked looking at Misaki. "Your Shoko Asami's niece, right?" Misaki nodded, "That's right. She was my aunt, but she was killed a few months ago, and now I live with Yugi and Anzu." Mai smiled, "Well then, it's a pleasure to meet you. This is Kevin. He's about your age." She nudged the reluctant boy forward. He nodded, "Hi Misaki, I'm Kevin." Misaki giggled, "Do you play Duel Monsters?" He brightened at this, "I sure do! Dad gave me some of his old cards." They talked for some time, until the adults agreed to eat some dinner, and let Kevin play with Misaki afterwards.

Meanwhile, as night fell on Domino City, an evil shadow lurked, murmuring, "It has been far too long. Soon, I will have my revenge! Ku, ku, ku, ku....."