Here's the second chappie. Hope you enjoy it.
"speech in Japanese"
thought speech
(notes from me)
*speech in English*
+communication with yamis+
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Arigato …
Hotaru – for support and reviews
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Cyber Commander – for the information on japanese currency. i have made the corrections.
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Hikari – thanks for offering to help me, but how're u going to do that?
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Never have, never will. I do own Ami though.
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"I place one card face-down on the field and summon 'Fire Princess' in defense mode. I end my turn."
"My turn, I draw a card and summon 'Alligator Sword' in Attack mode and attack your 'Fire Princess'."
"Activate Trap Card: 'Trap Hole'. Your monster is destroyed."
"Grr. I place one card face down on the field and end my turn."
"Hey, guys. What's up?"
"Oh, Mai and Serenity." (that's Otogi)
"Hello, Mai. Ami's dueling Jounouchi."
"Someone's dueling my big brother?"
"Who's Ami?"
"Ami's a new girl at our school."
Ami is completely oblivious to the conversation and draws a card. She puts the card she drew into her hand.
"I summon 'Cure Mermaid' in defense mode and place a card face down on the field. I end my turn."
Ami's face down card must be a trap card. I'll destroy her trap cards very easily.
Jounouchi draws a card.
"I summon 'Swordsman of Landstar' in attack mode and play Giant Trunade!"
"Your magic card activates my trap card: 'Dark Curse'."
"'Dark Curse'? What does that do?"
"Every time someone plays a magic card, the controller loses 1000 life points."
"Ha, ha. Jounouchi, you're losing to a beginning duelist!"
"Shut up, Otogi!"
Damn it, I'm down to 3000 life points. Ami's better than she claims.
"I switch my 'Swordsman of Landstar' to defense mode and lay another card face down on the field. I end my turn."
"Oh, just to tell you. Because of the special ability of my 'Cure Mermaid', I gain 800 life points every turn. And because of the special effect of my 'Fire Princess', you lose 500 life points every time I increase my life points."
"Damn you. I only have 2500 life points, now."
"Ami, you're a very good duelist."
"I'm not that good, Yugi."
"You're just being modest, Ami."
"Well, I haven't played for a long time, Anzu, so I thought I wouldn't be very good."
"Ami, you're a natural at this game."
"Thanks for the compliment, Honda."
Meanwhile, Jounouchi was arguing with Otogi.
"You only beat me because you were lucky!"
"Really…(sarcastically) then let's have another duel."
"Alright, I'll duel you again."
"Um, guys. You can't have a duel right now. Jounouchi, you're dueling with Ami."
"Oh, right Anzu." Jounouchi makes a small cough, "Ahem. So, where were we?"
"It was my turn."
"Continue."
Ami draws a card.
"I summon 'Ami the White Mage' and place two cards face down on the field. I end my turn."
"My turn," Jounouchi draws a card, "I summon 'Gearfried the Iron Knight' in defense mode and place a card face-down on the field. I end my turn."
"Because of my 'Cure Mermaid's' special ability, I gain 800 life points again. Due to 'Ami the White Mage's' special ability I gain 1200 life points. With my 'Fire Princess's' special ability, your life points are decreased by 1000. You currently have 1500 life points. If you don't do something, you'll lose next turn, Jounouchi. It's your turn."
"Curse you! How can you possibly be a beginning duelist?"
Jounouchi draws a card.
"I place one card on the field and sacrifice two of my monsters to summon my 'Red Eyes Black Dragon' in attack mode. I attack Fire Princess."
"Activate trap card: 'Gif…."
"Hah! Activate magic card: 'Mystical Space Typhoon'!"
"You lose, Jounouchi."
"What?"
"I had another face-down cards, 'Just Deserts'. For every monster you have on your side of the field, you lose 500 life points. You only destroyed one of my trap cards: 'Gift of the Mystical Elf'. Sorry."
"WHAT?! I…lost?"
"I told you, you suck."
"Shut the hell up, Otogi!"
"Ami, you're very good. That decoy Trap Card was a very good idea."
"Thanks for the compliment."
"You must be really good to be able to beat my big brother."
"I was probably just lucky. By, the way, who are you?"
"Oh, I'm Jounouchi's younger sister, Shizuka."
"Oh, um hello."
"And I'm Kujacku Mai. Just call me Mai."
"Um, hello Mai."
"AAAMMMMIIIIIIIIII"
"Huh? Oh, it's Mr. Motou calling me. WWWHHHHATTTTTTT??"
Everyone covers their ears.
"CCOOOOUUUUULLLLLDDDDDDD YYYYOOOUUUU PPLLLEEEAASSSSEE CCCOOOOOMMMMMMMMMEEEEEE DDDDOWWNNNNNN STTTTTAAIIIRRRSSSSSS???"
"CCCCOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMIIIIINNNNNGGGG, MMIIIIIISSSSSSSSTEEERRR. MMMOTTTOOOOOOOOUUUUU!"
Ami runs downstairs.
Everyone uncovers their ears.
"She's loud."
"Very loud."
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A few months later just after the last day of school:
Everyone comes in from school.
"We're here!"
"Oh, Yugi. Here's some mail for you. One's from Kaiba."
"Kaiba?" Ami says.
"It's an invitation to another tournament."
"It is?"
Everyone leans over to look at the letter.
"So, he's thrown another tournament, huh?" Mai says.
"Big brother, are you going to participate in the duels?"
"Of course I am. This could be fun."
"A tournament? Held by Kaiba? THE famous Seto Kaiba? And you guys know him?" Ami asks looking over Yugi's shoulder at the invitation.
"Kaiba? He's a snobby jerk." Jounouchi snorts.
"He isn't that bad. He hasn't actually hurt any of us, has he?" Anzu says defensively.
"Well, there was that one time on Duelist Island…"
"That was only because you grabbed him by the collar, Jounouchi." Honda points out.
"Whatever."
"Um, can I join the tournament?" Ami asks, "I know I'm only an amateur duelist, but I like dueling. This tournament might give me some experience."
"Only an amateur duelist?! How can you possibly be a amateur when you manage to beat me every time I duel you?"
"Because you're an amateur, Jounouchi." Mai says.
"Hey!"
"Ami, if you want to sign up, go to the Kaiba Corp. building. According to the invitation, you can sign up there. The tournament will start tomorrow."
"Thanks Yugi. Are you going to sign up?"
"No. It'll cause too many problems with a whole bunch of people wanting my Puzzle and all. Say, Ryou. Is your yami causing any problems?"
"No. He's been pretty docile."
+What did you say?+ Bakura says threateningly in Ryou's mind, +maybe I should take over your body and send a few people to the Shadow Realm.+
"Okay, maybe not docile, but he hasn't taken over my body for a while."
"Good."
"Yami?? Ami asks confused.
"Oh, me and Ryou have spirits in our Millennium Item. They're like our dark side, so we call them our yamis."
"Um, okay."
Don't get it, but who cares.
"I'm going to go sign up for the tournament, is anyone else coming with me?"
"I'm coming." Jounouchi yells.
"We're all coming, Ami." Anzu says.
"Come on, let's go already." Jounouchi says impatiently.
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At Kaiba Corp.:
"So, who's signing up?"
"I definitely am. I haven't had a chance to duel for years." (Ami)
"Big brother is, right?"
"Of course I'm dueling."
"Are you going to duel, Mai?"
"I always sign up for the tournaments."
"I might. I'm a pretty good duelist, but I never got to be in a tournament. I wasn't invited to Duelist Island and I was in America when Kaiba decided to hold the Battle City Tournament. I haven't decided, though."
"Are you dueling, Honda?"
"Me?! I barely know the rules of Dueling Monsters, Ami. I'm not dueling."
"Tea?"
"I don't know… I might try dueling, but then I might not."
"I'm just going to watch my big brother. I'm a beginner at Duel Monsters, I don't know how to duel very well. Come to think of it, I think I've only dueled once in my entire life and that was only because I was forced to."
"Oh. Do you duel, Ryou?"
"No. I'm not very good at dueling. I'm also afraid that if I participate in this tournament, the spirit of the Millennium Ring might come out and try to get the Millennium Items again."
"Again?"
"It's a long story."
"Hey, are we going in or what?"
"We're coming, Jounouchi. Be a bit more patient!"
"Sorry, Mai."
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The next day outside Kaiba Corp – 10:00 AM:
*Note: People who signed up-
Ami Meian
Kujacku Mai
Otoji Ryuuji
Katsuya Jounouchi
Anzu Mazaki
"The tournament should be starting anytime now."
"Good I've waited for so long, Yugi."
"Be patient, Jounouchi."
Suddenly big screens all over the city light up. Kaiba's glaring face flickers onto the screen.
"Welcome to Battle City II. I'll make this as quick as possible. You will be dueling with the duel disks you were given when you signed up. You have two days to gather 6 Locater Cards that will qualify you for the Finals. Only 8 duelists are allowed in the Finals. Follow the rules or face the consequences. If you don't know the rules, go to the Kaiba Corp Building for more info. Now, let the duels begin!
Nearly everyone on the streets start dueling with the nearest duelist they see.
"Let's go look for other duelists!"
"Yugi." A cold voice said.
Everyone turned around to see a tall boy in a white trench coat staring down at them.
"Um, hi." Ami says nervously.
The boy ignores her.
"Oh, hi Kaiba." Yugi says.
"Why didn't you sign up for the tournament?"
"It'll cause too much trouble. You wouldn't understand. You never did believe my stories of Egypt."
"Those superstitious stories? Heh. Those are so fake. You'll change your mind about not dueling sooner or later." Kaiba walks away and Ami notices a little boy following him holding a suitcase.
"Who's the little boy trailing Kaiba?"
"Mokuba? He's Kaiba's little brother." Anzu tells Ami while look in at her duel disk.
"Oh, I see." Ami turns around to see Duke inserting his deck into a duel disk on his wrist, "Duke? I didn't know you were participating."
"Oh, I decided it might be fun to be in a tournament."
"Do you want to split up now?"
"I don't know…"
"Oh, come on Yugi. What could happen? Malik, Dartz (he hasn't appeared in the English series yet), and Pegasus aren't going to bother us. Bakura has a deal with Ryou, so he won't come out and try to steal the Millenium Items. Your 'yami' has regained his memory and nothing exciting is going to happen" Jounouchi says
"I guess it's okay to split up…"
"Alright! Let's go everyone! Move out!"
"Calm down, Jounouchi." Ami said before she ran off.
"Wait, Ami! I'm coming with you!"
"Huh? Anzu?"
"I'm coming with you. You don't know the city that well. You could get lost. Besides, dueling alone isn't very fun."
"Um, okay."
Everyone splits off and goes the direction they want to go. Mai gets into her car leaves by herself, and everyone else goes after Jounouchi. Ami and Anzu run off together.
"Alright, let's find someone to duel! How many locater cards do we need?"
"we need ten for this tournament. Last time we only had to have six."
"Okay then, why don't we get started."
Ami sees someone that seems familiar walk toward her.
Hey, isn't that Chijin? Ami stared at a man walking down the street. No, that can't be him. What would he be doing here? I must be imagining things.
"Ami? Who're you staring at?"
"Chijin…" Ami whispers as the man walks pass to her. The man suddenly stops.
"How the heck do you know my name, little girl."
"I'm not that little, mister." Ami glared at the man.
She was getting really pissed off at the man. Anzu just stood quietly nearby watching the two of them glare at each other.
"Answer my question! How do you know my name?"
"Sheesh. You just looked like someone I knew. What a coincidence, you have the same name as him. Let me guess, your last name is Kaitou."
"How did you guess?"
"I just did."
"Missy… I'm warning you…" The man named Chijin backed Ami into an alley, "If you don't answer my question," Chijin takes out a knife, "You will sorely regret it."
Anzu follows Ami into the alley and gasps when she sees the knife.
"Ooh, I'm so scared, someone save me!" Ami says sarcastically.
Anzu, figuring Ami can probably take care of herself if she wasn't scared of the blade that is being pointed at her, stayed far away from the two people and did not interrupt.
"Don't be pert with me now, girl."
Ami snorts.
"What're you going to do? Slash me open with that knife? Go ahead and try." Ami smirks.
This girl is starting to scare me.
Chijin advances on the girl. You're going to pay for disrespecting your elders. (this guy is seems like someone into Confucianism! wierdo.)
"Humph." Ami backs up and suddenly her leg flashes out kicking the man's knife out of his hand and far down the alley.
"What the?!" Chijin stares at the knife where it had fallen 20 feet away.
"You are one of the biggest imbeciles I know," Ami says trying to control her temper, "abandoning your wife and daughter to fend for themselves."
"How do you know about that?" Chijin asks taken back
"Not only that, but you take away the one and only son your wife had!" Ami yelled completely giving up trying to control her anger.
Chijin stared at once calm little girl yelling at him.
"I've found you and you are finally going to pay for all you've done!"
What in the world is going on? I don't even know this girl and she knows my name and what has happened in my life! Now she's attacking me! Who the heck is this girl?!
Ami starts attacking the man. Chijin is at first able to dodge Ami's relentless assault until Ami's punches and kicks became a complete blur. Ami beat him up until he was on the floor from exhaustion. She then left.
God that girl is tough! Who the hell is she?!
The man then picked himself from off the floor and stumbled off giving Anzu only a passing glance as he passed her.
"Wow. Where'd you learn to do that, Ami?" Anzu asks staring after the man stumbling away.
"Oh, from various places."
"When you said to look for a duel, I didn't know you were talking about a fight like that." (Anzu's not dense, she's joking.)
"That was not the type of duel I wanted to have. But then, I didn't expect to see him. I haven't met him for years."
"By the way, how'd you know him?"
"That's a secret." Ami starts walking away.
"Come one, why can't you tell me?"
Anzu runs after Ami.
"Cuz."
"What did you mean by he's abandoned his wife and daughter, Ami?"
"None of your business unless you want me to beat you up too."
"Oh, come on. Tell me."
"could you please stop pestering me with question I don't want to answer before I lose my temper again and punch you in the face?"
"Alright, alright. Back off. I wasn't being nosy."
"Yes you were."
"No I wasn't."
"You were."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Hey!" someone suddenly yells interrupting their bickering. Ami and Anzu turn around to see a tall red-haired, hazel-eyed boy.
"You girls duelists?"
Ami and Anzu nod to the boy.
"Good, will one of you duel me?"
"Okay, I will. This one will be my second duel in Japan."
"Alright!"
The two of them walk in the opposite direction until they were at least 10 ft. away from each other.
"What about me? I want to duel."
"Too late." Ami teases.
"If I win this one, I'll duel you, miss." The boy says.
"um, okay."
The boy turns around to face Ami.
"My name's Kasen Hidama." (Kasen - 'fire arrow' Hidama – 'falling star')
"Nice to meet you. My name's Ami Meian."
"Now that we've introduced ourselves…"
"Let's duel!" the both of them say at the same time.
The two duelists insert their deck into their duel disks and activate it.
"Ladies first." Kasen says to Ami with a mock bow."
"Fine, I'll go first."
"I lay one monster face down and place two cards face-down."
"My turn, " Kasen draws a card, "I play Flame Manipulator in attack mode and place a card face down on the field. Flame Manipulator, attack the face-down monster."
"Activate face-down card: 'Life Giving Shield'!"
"Activate trap card: 'Giant Trunade'!"
"Activate face down card: 'Magic Effect Arrow'!"
"What?!"
"You are just like Jounouchi. You fell for the same trick! Because of Magic Effect Arrow, your Magic Card is destroyed and you lose 500 life points."
"Dammit!
"My turn." She draws a card, "I summon Cure Mermaid face up in defense mode and place another two cards face down. I'll end my turn."
Kasen draws a card.
"I summon 'Darkfire Soldier #1' in defense mode and place a card face down. Your turn."
"Okay," She draws a card, " I gain…" (note: Kasen's a fire duelist. Uses all fire type monsters.)
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A few minutes later:
"I win."
"You're very good, Ami. Here's one Locater Card and the only card you would probably want from my deck." Kasen gives Ami 'Fire Princess'.
"Oh, thanks. I wasn't planning to take any of your cards, but I like this card. Thanks for the card."
"Hey, will you duel me, now?"
"I will if it's just for fun."
"Why?"
"Ami took my only Locater Card."
"This sucks."
"Well, bye girls."
"bye!" the two girls call out waving.
Kasen runs off.
"Well, what do we do, now?"
"We find a duelist, of course."
"I know, but where do we go?"
"Let's just walk around 'til we see a duelist."
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After Anzu's got 2 Locater Cards and Ami's got 3 Locater Cards:
"It's not fair! You got more Locater Cards then me."
Ami smiles at Anzu.
"We better go home. It's 7:00. It's dinner time."
"You can eat dinner with us at some restaurant. We just need to find Yugi and the others. They told
me to meet them back at the game shop right after you ran off."
Ami turned red.
"You were so impatient we didn't have time to tell you where to meet at the end of the day. Let's
go find everyone else and go eat dinner."
"But, what if my mom gets home and doesn't find me there? She'll be worried about me."
"That's okay. You can borrow my cell phone to call your mom."
"Thanks, Anzu."
"Don't you have a cell phone, Ami? I thought every girl these days had one."
"We couldn't afford one."
"Oh. Well, here's my phone."
Ami calls her mother at her office.
*Hey, Mom?*
*Ami?! Is that you?*
*Yup.*
*Where are you? It doesn't sound like you're at home.*
*No, Remember about the tournament I told you about, I'm in the city still. I borrowed a cell phone from one of my friends, Anzu.*
*Well, get home as fast as you can. It's getting late.*
*Um, Mom. The reason I called you…*
*Yes?*
*Can-I-eat-dinner-with-some-friends?* Ami says really fast.
*Friends?*
*Yeah.*
*I guess so…*
*Thanks, Mom. Love ya.*
Ami hangs up.
"So, what'd she say?"
"She said okay."
"Yay! Let's get to the game shop to meet with the others."
The two girls walk away.
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On their way to the game shop:
"How much longer is it going to take to get to the game shop?"
"Not much. We're only around a quiter of a mile away from there. Are you that tired, Ami?" Anzu turns to look at Ami.
"Ami? Ami, Where are you you? This had better not be a joke. It's getting dark and this is creeping me out! Come out already! AMI! AAAAMMMIIIIIII!!!!!! WWHHEERRREE RR UUUUUUUUUUU????!!!! CCCOOOMMMEEE OOOUUUTTT FFFRRROMMMM WWWHHHEEERRREEEVVVEEERRR YYYYYOOOOOOOUUUUUU AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEE!!!! THHHHHIIIIIIISSSSSSS IIIIISSNNNNNNNN'TTTTTTTT FFFFFFUUUUNNNNNNNNNYYYY!!!
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It's a cliffie! I left a cliffie, I left a cliffie, I left a cliffie. *dances around room and knocks over a whole bunch of things* ^.^
Anyways, I thought yami no ami (ami's yami) would appear in this chappie, but guess not, so you'll meet her in the next chappie. .
You'll find out what happens to Ami next chappie, too. ^_^
That's all for now. Plz review. I'm desperate for reviews!