I think I'll be working on Can't Pay your way out of this Job! next, but I've been toying around with this update for a while. I wanted to get through day one of high school as soon as I could, to really get onto the story, but I think that this is enough for the readers to absorb in one chapter lol. I'm happy with my reviews, but geez people so many of you are reading this yet hardly any reviews! Oh well. The Female Pharaoh demands updates, therefore, updates she shall have! And Eevee, I think the peeps will be needed again, as the plot bunnies are starting to wander and wanting to make yet MORE stories!!! They must be RESTRAINED!!! R&R everyone!!!

Disclaimer: I own the plot, Pandora, and the personalities of my TWO guests in this chapter. The guests own themselves, Evelyn's personality is owned by me but Eevee owns Evelyn, because I based Evelyn off of her, if Eevee was. . .different. Yugioh belongs to a really lucky guy who can control their fates. . .wish I could do that!

Warnings: None

CHAPTER FIVE- THE CONFUSING TRUTH

Pandora walked into her choir class, waving goodbye to Ryou, and took a seat. She had already been assigned to soprano, the same spot she'd been in when she was in choir before, and she had a good idea of what she was supposed to be doing in this class. She felt someone tap her on the shoulder, and she turned around. Yugi was sitting behind her.

"Hi!" he greeted, a big smile on his face.

"Hi?" Pandora wasn't really sure what to do or say, after the incident in gym class with Joey.

Yugi seemed to sense her feelings, "Sorry about Joey, he didn't mean to make you mad. I hope that you and I can still be friends. I didn't have a problem with Ryou walking with us too, because he and I used to be friends, but you know how those things go."

She just nodded, "Well, you're okay, it's Joey I don't like."

A girl walked into the classroom and waved to Yugi, walking over to them. She had blue eyes and shoulder length layered brown hair. She smiled at Pandora as she sat down next to her.

"So, you're new here? My name is Téa! I'm a female soprano in this class too!" she introduced, happily.

Pandora looked to Yugi to make sure Téa wasn't one of those girls who pretends to like you to your face and then talks about you behind your back. Yugi smiled back at Téa and nodded to Pandora to tell her that Téa was a friend.

"Hi Téa, I'm Pandora Shindou. I just transferred from a school in France," Pandora wasn't really sure how introductions were supposed to go because not many people were interested in her life, "I guess you probably know Evelyn Shindou?"

"Sure! She's in my Geometry class. She doesn't really talk to me often but she's got the best taste in clothes! She always tells me where I can buy the best fashions for a good price," Téa continued to smile.

"Oh yeah, fashion is definitly her thing! She's my cousin, and I'm living with her for right now."

Téa looked her up and down, "You're related to Evelyn? You don't look anything alike. . .except for maybe the eyes."

Pandora just laughed, "Yeah, I get that a lot. We're cousins but we were raised in two totally different places and our families weren't very alike either. Green eyes just kinda run in our family on the girls' side."

The teacher walked in and Yugi took his seat on the other side of the room. A girl walked in a bit late, and the teacher scolded her. After the scolding, the girl sat down next to Téa. Pandora heard them whispering their 'hello's and she caught the girl's name. Her name was Miho and apparently she was also a friend of Yugi and Téa's.

Just as the lesson began, the door creaked open yet again, and two more late students tried to sneak their way in, easily being seen by their teacher. Joey had come in late along with another male student. The other student looked a little bit taller than Joey and had brown hair and eyes.

Class went by smoothly and it was time for a short break. Pandora decided to get a jump on her history work, but someone was standing behind her, in her light. She turned to see a girl with long medium brown hair and a smile on her face.

"You're Pandora, Evelyn's cousin, right?" the girl asked.

Pandora simply nodded, and the girl stuck out her hand to shake Pandora's in greeting.

"I'm Sam, one of her closest friends. She told us to keep an eye on you and make sure no one messes with you. So, how is your first day at Domino High?" Sam asked, seemingly genuinely interested.

"So far so good, but a couple of the boys here are really starting to get on my nerves," Pandora growled in Joey's general direction.

"Yeah, they'll do that to you in this school. So, make any new friends yet?"

"Well, I met this really sweet boy named Ryou," Pandora smiled a little bit, "and I think he's really cute, too!"

Sam just laughed, "Yeah, he's definitly a cutie! But, no one told you about him?"

Pandora gave Sam an odd stare, wondering what that was supposed to mean. Suddenly she wondered if there was some reason he didn't have any other friends, aside from a total jerk, that is.

"Well, there's nothing really wrong with him, but he's kinda strange. Sometimes it's almost like he's a completely different person. You met him when he was really sweet and a gentleman, right? Well, there's this other side to him, where he gets really violent and actually has been in fights."

"He's bipolar, then? Well, that's ok. I thought you meant he might try to kill me or something!" Pandora laughed, but Sam's expression didn't change.

"He did try to kill someone!" Sam was whispering now, "He used to be friends with Yugi, but he tried to kill him. He's a great guy and you can hang out with him, but you'll know when he's changing. It's almost like he's not even Ryou anymore but some evil-"

"Spirit?" Pandora thought about the conversation they'd had about the Millennium Ring he had, and wondered if the stories could be real.

"Basically. Oh, and he's gay too, so don't get your hopes up about dating him."

Pandora just stared, "Gay? I don't have a problem with that, but I just assumed. . ."

It was time for class to resume it's normal work and Pandora was a bit upset by the thought that if she wanted to ever date Ryou, those chances were blown. She sighed and smiled at Sam as she walked back to her seat.

In the Physics class down the hall, Seto was busy reading the text book and answering questions on a piece of paper. He couldn't seem to get Pandora out of his head. He knew this wasn't some sort of an attraction, but she was just so mysterious! He was a bit irritated that he couldn't finish reading her files, and now he was too busy with work to get on his laptop. He had to sit in class with her for his next class, so maybe he could observe her and learn more that way.

Somehow, those green eyes that had locked with his blue eyes twice now, were burning into his brain. He couldn't seem to get those eyes out of his head. They were so beautiful and comforting. He hated to admit it, but perhaps she really was different. All of the other girls would have made passes at him by now, but she hadn't. She didn't make him feel uncomfortable, and perhaps that was why he was so interested in learning more about her; for the first time ever, someone seemed to just not care about his social standings, but then again, she didn't seem to care much about him at all. That fact did bother him a bit.

By the time class was nearly over, Seto didn't have enough time to really do anything on his laptop, so he had a better idea. If he couldn't find out anything directly from Pandora, he would use the people who did know a little bit about her. One of his classmates would be good for just that!

He approached a girl with several different colors highlighting dark brown hair, and she looked up, almost angrily when he stopped her from drawing on the back of her classroom assignment. She looked up at him with a questioning look, and he smirked. Maggie was a tough shell to crack but once you had, she was easy to talk to, even if she knew that the information she was giving was not wanted in general interest.

"Mags, nice day, isn't it?" he asked, still getting the same cold glare as before.

"Move it, Kaiba, and let me finish my drawing. Or I'll be drawing your casket here in a minute."

"Ouch," he pulled back, a hurt look on his face that she knew was not real, "listen, there is a new girl here and she is your friend's cousin. I want information on her."

Maggie just looked at him as though he'd just grown two heads, "And you want to know more about Pandora out of the goodness of your ice cold heart? Why do you want to know, and what's in it for me if I tell you what you want to know?"

Bingo, "I'll give you two hundred bucks and ignore you for the rest of the month if you just tell me why she's here."

She thought it over for a second, looked to the clock on the wall, and decided there was perhaps just enough time. She sighed heavily before she spoke.

"Well, she's here to live with Evelyn. I don't know all the little details, but I do know that she's been moving from country to country and for as long as I've known Evelyn, she's never even brought her up until this last year. Apparently, Pandora doesn't have any legal guardians. I don't know what happened to them or if she's a runaway, but Pandora's family and Eve's never really had anything to do with each other. Ever."

Seto nodded, thinking about what he had and what he still needed, "Is it true that she was expelled from her other high schools for violence? That's the rumor."

"Rumor, yes. Not a story that simple though. She's pure trouble, and she was just plain creepy. They were actually able to kick her out because she did freaky things and everyone thought she was going to kill them all. One time, she brought things in her bookbag to burn the school down. Another time she attacked a student for no reason at all. Now answer my question. Why?"

"Simple. I don't know anything about her, and when has that ever happened to me? When have I not known something about someone at this school?"

She nooded and the bell rang, but before he could go she stopped him, "Oh and one more thing. When she was at school in Mexico, my niece knew her. They called her a bruja.Do you know Spanish?"

Seto nodded, "Yes, bruja means little witch. But why-"

"No more questions. Give me my cash."

Pandora was about to leave her choir class when she overheard Yugi talking to Joey and the other boy who had been late as well. She heard her name, and so she stopped, turning to them.

"Any interesting topics to talk about today?" she asked, walking up to them.

Joey just laughed, "Yeah, you! My boy Tristan here wants to know if you have a boyfriend."

She just smirked, "If I did, it wouldn't be either of you," she was about to walk out when something caught her eye, "Yugi, did you get. . .taller?"

Yugi looked around nervously for a second, "No. . ."

Yes you did! You were shorter before because I had to look down to talk to you! And now you're as tall as I am!"

"I've always been this tall!" Yugi looked to Joey almost as if he needed some help.

"You're one weird kid, Yugi Moto," she sighed and walked off, forgetting what she'd just seen.

After she was gone, Yami let out a deep breath, "Next time I take over for Yugi's singing, I should be more careful!" he could hear Yugi screaming at him from inside the Millennium Puzzle.

Joey just shook his head, "Yug won't be too happy if people start calling you weird! Look what happened to Ryou!"

Yami turned back into Yugi, "Yeah, but I don't think she really has anyone to tell yet, except Ryou, and I know he won't say anything."

Seto saw Pandora leave her class and he handed Maggie her money once the hall was almost empty, so no one would see the exchange. She nodded in thanks and took off in the other direction. Seto thought he'd avoided Yugi and pals, but apparently they had not left with Pandora. He heard Joey's obnoxious laughter as the teen left the choir room with his friends.

"Hey look! It's rich boy!" Joey started in on Seto.

Téa and Miho asked him not to start any problems with the other teen, but Joey never listened to anyone. Not ever. Seto ignored the blonde and walked right past them, ignoring the sound of Joey's voice as he called to him to try and start some sort of fight that Joey would inevitably lose anyway.

Pandora caught Evelyn just as she was entering a classroom, and called out to her.

"Oh, hey!" Evelyn approached her.

"Hey, umm do you have any idea where this room number is? I have Theater this class and I don't know where to go!" Pandora laughed.

"Oh, okay," Evelyn took a look at the schedule, "it's right down there through those doors. There's, like a really big building out there, but it's just the auditorium. You'll see it as soon as you walk outside, it's just seperate from the school for when they hold events in there, you know, like band concerts. That way it doesn't distract anyone in the other classes," she explained.

"Thanks!" Pandora began running down the hall as Evelyn waved her off.

She was afraid she'd be late, but she made it into her class just in time. Only a minute after she'd walked into the large room did the bell ring. There was a huge stage at the front of the room and the rest of the room was filled with row after row of seats. The instructor was at the head of the room and the students were all sitting in the rows of seats. Pandora noticed that the students were allowed to sit wherever they wanted, but they were sitting in groups. There were some girls with skimpy clothes, perfect hair and way too much pink sitting in one group, next to them, a group of well built boys who looked like jocks. There was a group of kids playing some sort of card game, Yugi, Joey, Tea and that other boy, Tristan, had just entered the auditorium seconds before she had, and were sitting together in a group. There was one more group, a group of kids wearing nothing but black and had on a lot of eyeliner. She saw Ryou sitting off to the side, but Seto was sitting with him. She wasn't sure if she should sit by herself, try to put up with Seto, or try to put up with Joey. She finally decided to sit by herself, and the teacher started sending around a clipboard with a sign-in sheet on it. It was better than taking attendance the old fashioned way, because while people were signing in, the teacher could actually use that time to teach.

They were learning about improv acting, a form of acting where nothing is fully rehearsed and you have to make up your next actions and lines completely on the spot. The teacher was instructing them to do an assignment and following the assignment, they were to get into groups of three or four and would be given a topic for their improv scene, and they had to get on stage and act it out. Pandora groaned a bit and wished that she had taken an art class instead. She hated being in front of people, especially when all eyes would be on her! Again, there was problem of who to work with. She could work with Yugi or Tea, but what if Joey was in their group? She'd love to work with Ryou, but Seto would be working with her. It was definitly a gamble, but she decided to just wait it out and see how things looked.

She finished her assignment and walked it up to the front. She handed her paper to the teacher and he looked at her.

"You are the new student, yes?" she just nodded, "Well, if you have any problems understanding the work, feel free to talk to me after class. I know it can be hard coming to a new school this late in the semester, and I make exceptions for new students in these situations, but you must ask for help if you want it."

"Thank you, I'll keep that in mind!" she smiled, glad to know that at least one of her teachers was interested in her.

"I can assign you a group, since you're new," the teacher offered.

"That won't be neccessary," someone behind her spoke, "she's with us."

Pandora's jaw nearly dropped, and she turned around to see Seto looking down at her, handing the teacher his paper. Before Pandora could protest, Seto moved her along, headed towards Ryou.

END OF CHAPTER FIVE

Peggi: Wow, did anyone see that coming?!

Seto: Yes. You're predictable.

Peggi: Well, just because I love Yami more than you. . .

Seto:. . .WHAT?!

Peggi:. . .just being unpredictable is all.

Seto: (glare)

Ryou: I get to be a main character! This story makes me so happy!

Peggi: Glad SOMEONE likes it! Ryou, you are important like my reviewers. You make this worth writing. And now, for some publicity! Check out my other fics too, if you liked this one!

Seto: And now, time to end this!

Yami: When am I a main character?!

(crickets chirp)