Chapter 14

Ryou

After Nanase jolted back at the touch of Yugi's puzzle I was positive she had some part in the whole Millennium Item thing. I suppose Yugi agreed because he glanced at me and then said, "Well maybe she's going to be your next challenge, Joey."

"WHAT?! NO WAY I'M LOSING TO A FRESHMAN! ESPECIALLY IF SHE'S A GIRL!" Joey yelled. Yugi laughed.

"Actually, Joey, I beat you many times last year when I was a freshman." Tea said.

"Ya...well that was before Gramps trained me!" Joey said.

"Excuses excuses." Tristan said.

"Watch it..." Joey said, starting to clench his fists.

"Guys calm down." Yugi said, "Why don't we get ready for first period and then you guys can fight."

So we split up to find our lockers and then by that time the bell rang and the new school year began.

Nanase

"Dude, are you ok?" Izumi asked me on the way to first period, which was foreign language (well English since it's Japan).

"Ya I'm fine, I'm just a little nervous." I said (well it was true).

"Geez, you shouldn't be nervous, you get straight A's for cryin out loud and you already speak English well." Izumi said.

"Ya, I guess." I said. Izumi rolled her eyes, she knew I always acted this way with anything new. Anyway, we went to our classroom and sat next to each other. I noticed Izumi scanning the class for hot guys and usually I found it fun and I'd even join her but today I wasn't in the mood. The teacher came in and introduced himself as Mr. Montez (ya I know, it sounds Spanish to me too). Then we talked while waiting for announcements. The announcements started off with well duh "IT IS THE START OF A BRAND-NEW SCHOOL YEAR!" like it's a good thing and then they talked a little about club meetings and they actually had a Duel Monsters club. Why this amused me I don't know but at the moment it seemed cool to me, the person who does not even like to enter tournaments. The announcer said to meet in the cafeteria after first period. Since English is a strong point for me, like Izumi said, the class went by rather quickly and I went to the cafeteria to find Rakster, Yugi, Bakura, the New York accented one (Joey I think is his name), the one with the point hairstyle (Tristan) and a couple of other people.

"Ah, I knew you'd come." Rakster said, "If you didn't come, I would've made you come." I didn't say anything and waited quietly for the other people to show up. I noticed that Yugi and Bakura were glancing at me from time to time and it kinda made me feel uncomfortable. Luckily it didn't last long since people came and the meeting began. Rakster and some other senior (who is short) were in charge of the club and asked for our credentials (if any). Yugi, of course, won both Duelist Kingdom and Battle City. Joey finished second to Yugi at Duelist Kingdom and a respectful forth at Battle City under Kaiba (he's not in the club). Bakura had finished in the top eight at Battle City but with all the controversy they never played out the duels to see who came in 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th. Some of the other people had gone to Regionals trying to qualify for a big tournament but failed. I felt a little foolish and well bad to say I had never competed in an organized tournament big or small. When it was Rakster's turn to speak I smiled a little. I knew his dueling history and it wasn't bad but the stories were funny, in a pathetic way.

"I've been to Duelist Kingdom and Battle City." he said.

"Really? I don't remember seeing you." Yugi said.

Rakster crossed his arms, "Well you don't know what happened at those tournaments."

"What can we not know?" Joey asked.

"Well at Duelist Kingdom, no one said we had to go to the stinking castle for the finals! I only figured it out when I heard some kid say that later on." Rakster said.

""Why didn't you go after that?" another kid asked.

"I couldn't find it." Rakster said.

"IT'S THE TALLEST THING ON THE ISLAND!" Joey yelled.

"Well maybe to you it was," Rakster said, " but anyway since I couldn't find the castle, I played the eliminators a lot and I even found like five star chips in the water." Yugi and Joey looked at each other.

"Well what about Battle City?" Bakura asked.

"Well I wasn't there right on time for Battle City so I didn't hear that you needed six locator cards to qualify for the finals and that you needed to put them on your duel disk to find the site of the finals." Rakster said.

"So what'd you do?" another person asked.

"I asked around. Ya, people told me numbers like four, eight, seven, and two. I knew they were screwing with me so I called Nanase and she told me it was six. By that time I had already won ten locator cards. But either way I couldn't find the site for the finals since I thought the Disks kept track themselves, and Kaiba Corp would send me a message or something eventually.... but that didn't happen!" he said.

"Man, and I thought my luck was bad." Joey said.

The five-minute bell rang.

"Well, now that we know each other, this is the Dueling Club!" the other senior, Hoy, said. We all went our different directions. I went to my locker and then to my next class, which was Algebra. Now I couldn't stop thinking "Gosh I must be the worst duelist ever!" It distracted me so much during class that I finally asked to go to the restroom. I took my deck with me in my purse and looked at it as I walked from the classroom to the bathroom. I didn't really know where I was walking. Almost like I was in a trance, not really focusing on where I was going. I did not even notice the halls were getting darker and darker as I made my way to the bathroom. Eventually I couldnt even see where I was walking and I began to think I was never going to get to the bathroom, but where was I?

I heard a deep malicious laugh behind me. I turned around and saw a hooded man.

"Hello little Nanase." he said with an evil grin and a weird glow in his eyes.

"Who are you?" I asked.

He laughed again and said, "My dear, my identity should be the least of your worries." he said. I was officially lost.

"Nanase, you know so little about what you're involved in." he said.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"What am I talking about? Aren't you a little concerned about those flashes you saw when you met Bakura? Or the small voice you're afraid of?" he asked.

How does he know?

"Heh heh heh, your mind might be uncontrollable, but it doesn't hide things very well." he said. What does he mean when he says my mind is uncontrollable?

"I see you have your deck with you. Why don't we see how strong your dueling skills really are." he said getting out his own deck. I looked down at my arm and saw a Duel Disk there. Where the heck did it come from? I don't own a Duel Disk!

"Are you scared?" he asked in a mocking way.

"Not at all." I answered inserting my deck into the Disk. The other guy did the same.

"Let's begin," he said, "you go first."

YEY! another chapter completed! this is hard now that school is harder and I keep wanting to change my story in different ways. please keep reading and review! a lot!