- Chapter Six -

Feelings I've Never Felt Before

Nina's p.o.v:

I wanted to watch what would happen once Yugi used his 'magic necklace', or whatever he called it. I watched until he said, "no peeking!" and winked at me. And being the good person I want to be, I didn't peek.

"All right, Nina." A deep voice said. "You can look now."

I opened my eyes to see a boy who looked just like Yugi but this was no boy, but a man. But the resemblance was unbelievable! He had the same...well, everything that Yugi had! But there were a few things that made them different. Yugi was a bit shorter then whoever this was, and this person had blonde strokes throughout his hair, also his voice was deeper then Yugi's.

"Nina, are you still in there?" He asked. I guess I was looking straight at him when I was thinking.

"Yeah yeah, I'm here!" I shook my head.

He just smirked at me.

"Yugi?" I asked.

"No," he started, "I go by Yami."

"Nice to meet you, Yami!" I held out my hand and we shook hands.

"It's nice to meet you too, Nina." He smiled, "I've been waiting for a while now."

"You've been waiting for four days, Yami!" Yugi thought.

"I heard that." Yami responded through his mind.

"Oops!" Yugi replied.

"What do you mean?" I asked Nina.

"You should ask that to Yugi." Yami said before transforming into the Yugi that Nina knew.

"Yugi?" Nina asked.

"That's me..." Yugi smiled with a sweat drop.

"Who's Yami? Why are you him- or why is he you? What's going on!" Nina panicked.

"Well, it has something to do with my millennium puzzle. But I don't know much more..." Yugi started, "but I know that Yami is inside of my millennium puzzle, and my puzzle has a power. I think? I'm not really so sure about all of it. Sorry."

"It's okay." Nina said.

"Well, that's that. I guess it's your turn now." Yugi said and Nina gulped.

"It's kind of a long story...you might want to sit down." Nina sighed.

"Yes, ma'am!" Yugi sat.

~ oOo ~

It all started when I went to a party with my friends, or ex friends, and my boyfriend. At the time he was my boyfriend, I mean. His name was Travis. And my friends were named Margo, Norie, and Jube.

"I can't believe you FINALLY decided to come to a party with us!" Margo shook Nina's arm.

"Yeah, don't get used to it." Nina smiled as she rolled her eyes.

"No, I agree. We've been trying to get you to come to a party for two years now. This is quite the occasion!" Norie giggled.

"It sure is. We're gonna make Nina party sooo hard tonight!" Jube grinned.

All three girls practically held on to Nina through the whole short walk to the door. "Nina, ring the doorbell, RING THE DOORBELL!" Norie squealed.

Nina rang the doorbell, and Travis opened it.

"Told you that you were gonna party hard tonight..!" Jube whispered to Nina, making her slightly blush.

"Hey," Travis smiled at Nina.

"Hi," Nina said sounding a bit embarrassed.

"You guys can't get a room if you guys aren't in the house!" Margo teased.

"R-right, you guys come right in." Travis opened the door all the way, and all three girls shook Nina and squealed as she walked through the door to her very first party.

"Omg, now what do we do now that you're actually here!?" Margo looked around the expensive looking house.

"We can dance, flirt, drink..." Jube shrugged.

Norie looked behind them and saw Travis staring at his girlfriend. It would be fair for him to spend the night with her, but since this was Nina's first party, she should spend at least a little bit of it with her best friends. "All right guys, not to be a party pooper or anything, but our time with Nina should be limited." Norie said slightly tilting her head towards Travis.

"Fine, I guess." Jube sighed.

"That means we have to make this count! C'mon Nina!" Margo said pulling Nina towards the kitchen, though the house was so big they almost missed it.

The giant kitchen was right next to the living room, which had a dj and a dance floor filled with people. Drunk, annoying, teenage people...

"So Nina, do you want rum or vodka?" Margo asked holding the two glass bottles.

"Woah woah, I came here to have a good time partying not get wasted!" Nina jumped back.

"Same thing..." Margo rolled her eyes.

"I'll take a Capri Sun, thank you very much!" Nina laughed.

"Sure, would you like that in a sippy cup?" Jube laughed, and Norie tried her hardest not to.

"We shouldn't make too much fun of her guys, I don't drink either..!" Norie smiled warmly and stood next to Nina.

"No, we should be big girls now." Nina looked at Norie.

"Okay!" Norie nodded.

"BRING OUT THE COKE!" Nina and Norie said together.

Jube and Margo gave the two girls blank looks.

"How the hell is that an upgrade!" Jube finally broke the silence.

"We want normal Coke, not diet." Norie said with a proud look.

Margo and Jube stared again, and then started bursting out laughing.

"You guys are lame." Margo said.

"Come talk to us when you want to party like big kids. C'mon Margo, let's hit the dance floor!" Jube said as the two party animals danced their way two the dance floor.

"Rude much," Nina smirked.

"Agreed." Norie added.

It was silent for a few seconds.

"I just don't understand. I come to every crazy party with Jube and Margo because they're my friends, and it's always the same. It never changes. It's always the same annoying people doing annoying things with people they don't even know. See what I mean?" Norie pointed to a girl twerking.

"Yeah, I know what you mean!" Nina said, pouring her and Norie cups of soda.

"Hold that thought," Norie started and then pulled out a marker from her pocket, "to write our names, I don't want anyone drinking our soda and then having us getting any diseases!" She smiled.

Nina wrote her name with her nice bubbly handwriting, and Norie wrote her name in cursive.

"Anyway, it's all so disappointing. Why would people our age act like this? We're only freshman..." Norie took a sip of her drink, "sometimes I wonder why we're even friends with Margo and Jube. But then I remember all we've been through together. We've been besties since fifth grade!"

"To be completely honest, I wonder that too. A lot, actually. But then I think about it...Travis and I are nothing alike, but we're dating! He's popular, cool, charming. While I'm...the exact opposite." Nina looked down at her cup.

You might want to keep that in mind, Yugi. That's kind of important.

"Nina, even if you aren't just like Travis that doesn't make you a horrible person! All the girls totally envy you! I mean, it's not every girl here who gets to say she's dating Travis Stone! You should be saying you're lucky!" Norie winked.

"Calm down!" Nina rolled her eyes.

Norie laughed. "Anyway, I have to go to the bathroom from drinking all of that Coke. Do you mind waiting for me outside? There are some creeps here..." Norie looked at some sketchy people in the corner.

"Sure thing, let's go. Because it might take a while to find." Nina joked about how big the house was, making Norie laugh.

I know this story hasn't really gone anywhere so far. But here's where things start to get interesting...

Norie exited the bathroom, and the two girls walked the a hallway that lead back to the kitchen. Things were pretty quiet, until..."NINA!" Jube yelled as she and Margo ran towards their other friends.

Nina was about to ask what was going on until she got interrupted.

"WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN!? YOU'RE MISSING IT!" Margo shouted.

"We were just having a bathroom break..." Norie said with a sweat drop.

"There's no time for that! We gotta go!" Margo said as she pulled Nina, and Jube pulled Norie.

"What is going on!" Nina frowned.

"Guess who just came!" Jube smiled at Nina.

"I don't know...the tooth fairy. Just tell me!" Nina demanded.

"You know how this is you first party, so everything has to be super memorable?" Jube asked.

"Geez, don't remind me." Nina rolled her eyes.

"Well, Travis being the good boyfriend he is, after you told him you secretly love dueling, he paid Rex Raptor and Weevil Underwood to visit your first party! You know, since Travis is super nice to you and treats you like a queen." Margo said.

I noticed that Jube have Margo a look after that, which made me wonder if she knew something...but I decided not to say anything.

Nina and Norie couldn't believe their eyes, right before them were two champions dueling each other!

After I saw that, I thought it was going to be the greatest night of my life! I thought I would actually be happy about going to a party! But I didn't know what was going to happen soon after that, and that was how the worst night of my life started...

~ oOo ~

"Wait...that can't be how it ends. Please tell me more!" Yugi pouted.

"I'm not sure if I can do this, Yugi. The only people I ever told this story to were Norie and Mai. And that's because I needed to, this isn't just a little story I casually tell people like how I'm telling you..." Nina looked sad.

"I promise you can tell me, whatever happened that night already happened. The night is over, and it can't hurt you anymore. And if it tries to, it'll have to go through me..." Yugi said as he grabbed Nina hand and held it tight, yet gently.

Nina felt like throwing her hand out of his. But instead, she stared at Yugi's hand holding hers. She wanted to say something. But instead, she held his hand back.

She slightly gulped to herself, but she also felt safe. As much as she hated to admit it, she felt safe with Yugi holding her hand.

"Okay. I'll continue..." Nina sighed.

~ oOo ~

"I can't believe what I'm seeing!" Nina's face lit up.

"Yeah, these two are really good duelists!" Norie added on.

"I hope I get to meet them..!" Nina smiled as she was lost in thought, watching the duel.

I wanted to meet Rex and Weevil after the duel, but they had a huge crowd of fan girls around them. So I decided to wait for the crowd to die down.

"Enjoying the party, Nina?" Nina turned around and saw Travis behind her.

"Oh, Travis!" Nina hugged her boyfriend. "I'd never thought I'd say this, but I'm having so much fun!"

"Well, I had to impress my babe!" Travis winked at her and she blushed.

"I love you, you know." Travis smiled.

"I love you too, Travis." Nina smiled back.

"Okay, then prove it."

"Excuse me?" Nina raised an eyebrow.

"I made your first party amazing, you can't say I don't love you. Now you need to prove it to me. Prove that you love me." Travis grinned.

"How?" Nina questioned.

"Dance with me." Travis pulled Nina to the crowded dance floor.

"Oh, c'mon Travis! You know I don't dance!" Nina whined.

"That's why if you did, it would prove that you love me!" Travis laughed.

"Ugh, fine!" Nina said as she started dancing, and Travis followed.

"You know, for someone who never dances you're pretty good at it." Travis smiled.

"Oh, stop it!" Nina laughed.

Margo, who was watching Travis and Nina from not too far away, felt jealous and left to the kitchen. She looked around the counter, and saw a cup with Nina's name on it, "bingo!" Margo grinned and poured vodka into the cup. Way too much vodka...

I had danced with Travis for about an hour now, and I was a bit thirsty.

"Hey, I'm gonna go get some of my soda," Nina walked away, but Travis gently grabbed her by the arm.

"I love you," he said, kissing her on the cheek.

"I love you, too!" Nina smiled and headed to the kitchen.

Nina looked for the cup with her name on it, grabbed it, and downed it super fast. It wasn't until she put the cup down that her head felt light, and everything was dizzy.

"Travis..?" She tried to walk to him, but fell and passed out.

I'm not exactly sure of what happened while I was unconscious, but I remember waking up in a room I didn't know. Luckily, Travis was sitting right by my side.

"Are you okay?" Travis asked Nina.

"I okay as a duel monster!" Nina sounded...not like herself.

"Uh...you sure?" He's asked with a sweat drop.

"No...myheadhurts..." Nina slurred her words.

"Okay." Travis left the room.

"What happened to me..? Someone had to have spiked my drink...but who?" Nina thought as she slowly gained back consciousness. Not all the way, though.

Travis came back into the room with a glass of water and Advils. "Here."

"Thanks," Nina said as she put the pill in her mouth and then swallowed the water.

A few minutes past, and I felt better. Or a little bit better, at least.

Nina walked down to the party, and her friends came up to her.

"Are you okay, you sure took a fall!" Jube said.

"Yeah Jube, I'm fine." Nina replied with a hiccup.

"Perfect. She's drunk..." Margo grinned to herself.

"Okay. Well text me if you don't feel good later, because I'm leaving now." Norie said, finishing her drink.

"Norie, does your drink taste funny? Like someone spiked it?" Nina asked tapping the top of Norie's nose.

"Uh...no." Norie cringed.

Margo gave Norie a glare, but looked away as soon as she saw Nina looking at her.

"Bye!" Norie smiled as she left the giant home and everyone said goodbye.

"Excuse me ladies, I gotta hit the restroom!" Travis said as he left.

"Oh of course, Travis!" Margo said twirling her hair.

"Woah, guys! What's going on there?" Jube pointed to the living room.

The three girls walked to the living room, and saw people playing spin the bottle.

"Hey, would ya look at that..? I wanna play..." Nina said with another hiccup.

"Yes, you should so totally play, Nina!" Jube cheered her on.

"Yeah, Nina. Go play! " Margo grinned.

"Okie dokie! " Nina walked and sat in the circle.

Ironically, she got to spin it first. It ended up landing on Rex Raptor.

Slowly, Nina and Rex leaned in for a kiss as everyone in the crowd went crazy.

I was so drunk at the time, I didn't even know what I was doing...

After Rex and Nina kissed, Nina got up.

"I'm feelin a little tired..." Nina sat on a chair and shut her eyes.

"Woah, Rex did you just kiss Nina West? Isn't she Travis' girlfriend?" Weevil asked Rex.

"Yeah," Rex responded.

"Was she a good kisser?" Weevil asked.

"Uh...I don't know why you would care, but yeah."

"Hmm..?" Weevil smirked as he thought about something.

I must've fallen asleep on that chair, because I didn't remember anything after I sat down, until...

"Hello there, you're Nina West. Correct?" Weevil smiled.

"Yeedle doo, that's me!" Nina said.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

"Drowsy."

"Good..." He said before grabbing her waist and pulling himself on her lap, then kissing her.

He lowered his hands from her waist to her bottom, and tried to touch a restricted area.

"Mmm!" Nina shook her head, and pushed him off of her.

He jumped right back into her and pulled off her jacket.

"NINA!?" Jube shouted as her and Margo walked up to the chair.

"It's not what it looks like!" Nina pushed Weevil off as she got off of the chair.

"You're cheating on Travis..." Jube gave Nina a disappointed look.

"I was walking by and saw she was asleep , so I wanted to check on her. Next thing I knew, she started harassing me because she was drunk!" Weevil frowned.

"Not cool Nina, I'm telling Travis!" Margo ran to find him.

"But that's not what happened!" Nina panicked.

"That's so low, Nina. If I had known this is how you would've behaved at parties, we would've never invited you." Jube frowned and went after Margo.

"Hehehehehe!" Weevil laughed.

"Why would you do that!?" She yelled at him.

"Don't flatter yourself..." Weevil rolled his eyes and walked away.

Yeah, that was bad. But what happened after that was even worse.

Nina was about to go after Weevil to give him a piece of her mind, but then, "NINA!" Travis grabbed Nina by the arm and pulled her into a nearby bedroom.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!" He locked the door and threw her into a chair.

"Travis...it's not what I looks like, I swear!" Nina was about to cry.

"Shut up! You...you said you loved me. You proved it...well, you sure had me fooled Nina!" Travis frowned.

"Travis, just listen!" Nina cried.

"NO! First Margo told me you fucking made out with Rex, then you practically have sex with Weevil! You ho, typical for a stupid woman!" Travis yelled.

"I did NOT-"

Nina was interrupted by Travis slapping her in the face.

I don't feel comfortable sharing every single detail of what happened in that room that night, but I will say that he used me. Beat me. Ever since then, I've been feminine. I found out that when he was on his so called 'bathroom break', he was drinking with his friends in the front yard. While he was with me in the room, people came up to Weevil telling them they had seen us. He told them that I was a slut, trying to do things with him and Rex. Since everyone thought I was basic and they were jealous of me, and thought Travis was everything, they believed him. And since the party was hosted by Travis, one of the most popular boys in school, most of the kids in our school were there. Weevil told them all this, and now...I get bullied. Every single day...

~ oOo ~

I gave Yugi a relieved smile.

"I've never actually took the time out of my day to explain that story to someone before..." I said.

"I'm proud of you!" Yugi smiled. "And sorry..."

"Thanks." I smiled. "Anyway, about a week later I got into a fight with Margo. We stopped being friends, and Jube took Margo's side, so I stopped being friends with them. Norie, who was my best friend, stayed by my side the whole time. Unlike Travis, who never even apologized. Since this happened when we were freshman, over the summer he started dating Margo! But that's not the only thing that happened over summer. This was in my old city, but during the summer my dad made me move here. And...and the night we moved...Norie was hit by a drunk driver...and I never got to say goodbye..."

"I'm sorry Nina, I couldn't even imagine the amount of pain you've been through..." Yugi said. "You're very brave."

"Maybe..." I said. "But I feel like most of that is my fault! I never should've agreed to go to that stupid party!"

"Nina, even if you didn't go to that party, you still would've moved away. Then, you would've been was and missed your friends." Yugi said in a gentle tone.

"You're right...and Margo could've flirted with Travis while I was gone! And Norie still would've died." I realised. "Thank you, Yugi. I feel like you've lifted a burden off of my shoulders!"

"I'm glad I could help!" Yugi smiled.

"But..." I started. "If I never went to that party, I wouldn't be as strong as I am today. And I also wouldn't have been able to help Bethany. But, it would be nice to have never been bullied..."

"Like I said before Nina, it'll have to go through me..." Yugi said with his kind voice.

"And me!" Yami added, though only Yugi could hear.

"Thanks, Yugi..." I said feeling grateful. "And you too, Yami. If you're listening..."

"You're welcome! From both of us!" Yugi laughed.

"Are you ready to head back now?" Yugi asked me.

"Yep!" I smiled as I walked back with my friend.

I looked down and noticed that we were still holding hands.

"Maybe I don't mind..." I smiled to myself as she kept walking. "Maybe."

I was actually glad I did this today, especially with Yugi. It felt good to finally let go. I felt relaxed. Maybe with my new friends, I'll have a new beginning?

I looked back to where Yugi and I were sitting. The sun was setting, the wind was blowing the green grass, and I finally felt free. It was beautiful.

~ oOo ~

A/N: Hey guys! Yes, I am still alive. And I am soooo sorry for taking so long! I went on a vacation to Peru for a month, then I got the flu, then I had school work to catch up on since I was on vacation, them I was also working on my other fan fictions. But...it's finally here! Anyway, I think from now on, I'm going to update my fan fictions in the order I created them. This way they should all have somewhat of a schedule. Anyway, thank you for reading! Until next time!