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There was a loud thunk. Everyone looked over to the source of the sound. Who stood there was none other than Keline Magentos – a.k.a. the new kid. He had dropped his briefcase, which was now lying on the floor beside him. His eyes were open wide. He was staring at Marissa. She stared back at him with the same amount of surprise.

"Riss?" he asked cautiously and quietly, almost as if out of breath.

"Kay?" she asked back. "It's...it's really you!" She went over to Keline and wrapped her arms around him. He hugged her back, and she started to cry with tears of joy. "Kay, Kay...I can't believe after all this time...Kay, I've missed you so much."

"I don't know how much longer I could have lasted without you, Riss."

"Wait a sec," Joey interrupted. "You two know each other?"

Keline let go off Marissa. She wiped a tear from her eye and smiled. "Joey, guys," she said to the group. "Remember how I told you I had a boyfriend back in Egypt?" They all nodded, except for Ryou, who had no idea what was going on. "This is him."

"But I thought you said he was still in Egypt," Yugi pointed out.

"I just came here a few days ago," explained Keline. "And it wasn't until about a week ago that I was told of the trip."

"You mean you're father had one of those nonsense ideas again?" Marissa asked him.

"Yeah. But my aunt said she had business her as well."

"What do you mean by 'nonsense ideas'?" asked Tristan.

"Keline's father has a split personality," answered Marissa. "So every now and then his other side takes over and has this crazy idea."

"Ah, I understand."

"How did you learn English on such short notice?" Téa asked Keline.

"I'm a quick learner," he replied. "But I don't know many scientific words or any other big words, which is why I get to speak Arabic at home."

"Lucky!" Marissa said, playfully slapping him on the shoulder. "I have to speak English ALL the time!"

"Although, because of my disability, my father stuck me in this grade."

"You mean you're not supposed to be a sophomore?" asked Joey.

"No. I would be a junior if I were back in Egypt. That means I'm a whole year older than all of you, so you'd better pay attention when I talk to you." Everyone laughed.

"Hey, guys, sorry to interrupt," Ryou said suddenly. "But at this rate, we won't reach the cafeteria by the time lunch is over."

"Oh my gosh, you're right!" exclaimed Téa. "Come on, we have to hurry!"

Téa, Joey, Ryou, Yugi, and Tristan ran off to the cafeteria. Marissa waited for Keline to pick up his briefcase. Then they followed the others. When they reached the lunchroom, Marissa showed Keline how to get lunch. Then they sat down with Yugi's group. Halfway through his meal, Keline pushed his plate away and placed his briefcase on the cafeteria table. Then, he flipped it open. Inside were rows of Duel Monsters cards. I didn't look like it, but the cards were actually in two trays that swung outward. They revealed a laptop computer that rested comfortably in the briefcase. It started to boot up automatically.

"Wow!" exclaimed Tristan. "These are really cool Duel Monsters cards."

"I'm guessing you have a passion for Duel Monsters," Yugi said.

"He sure does," Marissa replied for Keline. "He's quite the expert duelist."

"I'd like to duel you sometime," stated Joey, picking up a Magic Jammer.

"How good are you?" Keline asked from behind his computer.

"Not very," Téa answered for him.

"Hey! I'm a very good duelist!" argued Joey.

"Then you must have trained a whole lot since the last time we saw you duel," teased Ryou. They all laughed together, except for Joey.

"You'd better not be hacking," warned Marissa, eyeing Keline and the laptop suspiciously.

"Hacking?" asked Yugi before the other could reply. "You mean hacking into computer systems and such?"

"Yeah," answered Keline. "What other kind of hacking is there?"

"I thought only genius-type people could do that," Tristan said.

"And your point is...?"

"You mean you're a genius?" exclaimed Téa.

"And a very modest one at that," Marissa added sarcastically.

"But there's more than one type of genius out there."

"I'm the kind that can hack into, build, reprogram, and run high-tech computer systems," replied Keline. "I also can learn foreign languages and math concepts really fast."

"Prove it!" challenged Joey.

"What?" asked Keline.

"Prove that you're a genius."

"How am I supposed to do that?"

"Hack into Kaiba Corporation," suggested Tristan.

"Okay. What's their web address?"

"I think it's www dot Seto Kaiba dot com," answered Yugi. Keline began to type quickly on his laptop.

"That was too easy," he said after a few minutes.

"It certainly was awfully quick," complimented Ryou.

"You're done already?" asked Téa.

Keline nodded. He looked at the screen again, and his eyes widened slightly. "It seems Kaiba Corporation is going to hold a Duel Monsters tournament soon." He started to type again.

"Awesome!" exclaimed Joey. "Now I can show you my expert dueling skills."

"What are you doing now?" Yugi asked Keline, noticing that he was typing.

"Signing myself up for the tournament," Keline answered. "I wouldn't want to be left out."

"Can you sign me up, too?" inquired Marissa.

"You're a duelist, too?" shouted Tristan.

"That's right. In fact, my uncle works for a company that manufactures the cards. So I can get discounts on some of them."

Just then, the end lunch bell rang. Keline closed his briefcase, after finishing signing Marissa up for the tournament. The group stood up and threw their trash away, then headed for the door.

"So how do you like Domino so far?" Marissa asked Keline as they walked. He merely shrugged in response. "I'll take that as an 'It's okay, but you'd much rather be home.'" He snorted. Marissa knew him too well.

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