When they arrived at Yugi's house, it wasn't Yugi who met them at the door. It was a blond haired, violet eyed girl wearing a skimpy pink dress and a blue apron much too big for her skinny figure. Her hair was tied up in a messy bun and in one hand she held a brownie batter covered spoon. Judging by the vibrant color of her cheeks, she was embarrassed to be caught like this.
"Hi." Jaden said, smiling down at her. "Is Yugi here?"
"Uh, yeah. Just, um, come on in." She stepped aside and led them into a rather messy living room. Dolls and books were scattered all over the floor, as well as stuffed animals, a few crayons and some half-finished drawings of Duel Monsters and Duel Disks. The girl picked up some of these on her way to the stairs. "DAD!" she hollered up, "THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE TO SEE YOU!"
"One minute, Ara!" Yugi called back. In a few moments, he appeared at the bottom of the staircase, hair still as spiky as ever.
"Jaden! What a surprise! And you are?" Yugi turned to Destiny and extended his hand.
"Destiny Jenson." she said, shaking his hand. "Pleased to meet you."
"Pleasure's all mine. My name's Yugi Muto." He put his arm around the girl. "This is my 8 year old daughter Ara. Her twin sister and my wife are out shopping at the moment."
"We're fraternal but not identical!" Ara butted in.
"Ara sweetie, why don't you go bake your brownies?" Yugi said in his best Daddy's-busy tone. Ara nodded and skipped off. Yugi sat down.
"So my Kuriboh-haired friend, what brings you over to this neck of the woods? Mrs. Kuriboh want Dueling lessons?"
"YES!" shouted Destiny.
"No." said Jaden, almost as soon as Destiny had spoken. He told Yugi their whole story, from his first embarrassing fight with the Rare Hunters (Yugi laughed), ending with the events of the previous night.
"Marik, huh?" Yugi said when Jaden was done. "Yeah, he's a slippery one. I thought once Atem returned to his past life, Marik would leave me alone, but no. It took 4 years, 12 restraining orders and 20 duels before he finally called it quits. In fact, the first time Tèa and I went on a date, he burst through the restaurant window and told me to duel him. That was certainly a memorable first date!"
"So we can stay here for a while?" Destiny asked hopefully. Yugi was as interesting to her as a squirrel is to a dog.
"Of course you can. I'm just warning you: You'll have to share a floor with Ara and Leyla."
That night, they discovered what Yugi meant. The twins were roommates, and whoever thought of that idea must have been crazy. All night, the girls were either fighting ('Hey! You got your books on my side of the room!' 'Did not! That's my side!' 'You did too!' 'Did not!' 'Did too!' 'Did not!' 'Did too!') or dancing around their room singing and shouting, as eight year old girls are bound to do. At the breakfast table, Jaden gave Yugi a discreet hint about creating a curfew for the girls. For the rest of their visit, Destiny and Jaden got a good night's sleep.
Probably the worst chapter, but I promise the next one's better!