I sat up and held back a scream. The room caving in played over in my head and I shuddered, before noticing two things. A) I was in a non-destroyed classroom and B) it wasn't the one that was struck by lightning...or any other classroom in my school. "What?" I looked around for some answers and held back a laugh. All the girls was walking around in pink sailor fuku's, the guys in blue uniforms that looked like they were made of ...leather? Suddenly the uniforms looked much to familiar and I looked down, sighing relieved before screaming and jumping out of my chair.

"WHY AM I IN A SAILOR FUKU?" An old woman at the head of the room, presumably the teacher, glared at me.

"Sit back down Ryou!" I sat down, before pulling at a strand of my smooth white hair as I always do when I'm thinking... wait my hair's not white, or straight. I put my hand up and the witch sighed.

"Yes Ryou you can go to the bathroom." I did a small bow of appreciation, before running to the bathroom, and even though I'd never seen nor been to this place before I knew exactly where to go. I ran to the mirror and took a second staring at my reflection before screaming at the top of my lungs.

"WHY DO I LOOK LIKE A GENDER BENT RYOU BAKURA?" I paled, taking off the pink jacket and revealing the millennium ring, resting on a white shirt. I pouted, already knowing what had happened.

"WHEN I SAID I'D BE RYOU I WAS JOKING!" I heard a dull chuckle in the back of my mind. "Let me die."

/That can be arranged/

"Poor Ryou...poor poor me." Sighing, I walked back to the classroom...my subconscious mind knowing exactly where it was. The bell went and everyone ran out of the room almost trampling me, but when the dust settled I heard something I never thought I'd be happy to hear.

"What the he'll are you two playing?" I looked at the group of 5 and almost did a fangirl scream. At first it looked like the beloved characters I worshiped every day, but on closer inspection I realised they were Leigh, Mitch, Ben, Alannah and Sophie...4 people in my class and Georgia's brother. All of them looked like a combination of
themselves and a Yu-Gi-Oh character but the best change was Ben, who instead of being a brown haired 10 year old was a blonde 16. Mitch, who's hair came to a Tristan style point, went and picked up a packet that had once held cards.

"Drooling monsters?" Ben jumped up, and as a Yu-Gi-Oh fan himself, tackled the brunette.

"DUEL MONSTERS YOU NIMROD!" I smiled, Ben was such a Joey. Leigh pulled at a strand of once blonde hair, almost as if trying to figure out how it became tri-colored. I felt a small twinge of pity for the boy, because if my hunch was correct...this was going to be a long nightmare for him. And even though it was against the laws of...whatever we were stuck in, I felt like giving Leigh a warning. I wrote down a quick paragraph of 'happy' thoughts, before folding a paper plane and throwing it straight at the table. Alannah, her once long red hair now long and purple, picked up the plane and looked in my direction...but I was long gone. Alannah unfolded the plane and skim read the note, before passing it to Leigh.

Hello Leigh and friends

You're in my world now

I recommend going to 'The Game Shop'

Leigh, don't concentrate and you will find it.

He will have 'something rare'

And if you wonder who I am and where we are, three syllables

Yu-Gi-Lex

And Ben, Ryou Bakura

Hugs and kisses

P.S Leigh, guard that gold doo dad in your bag with your life

P.P.S Ben, get some new cards. Your deck is crap

"What's it say?" Leigh looked up confused, summarising the letter to the others.

"Apparently it's from Yu-Gi-Lex. She said we're in her world and to go to the game shop,where we will find something rare." Everyone just sat there confused, when Ben stepped forward.

"Who's Yu-Gi-Lex?" Mitch turned to the boy.

"Who are you?"

"Ben Woodhead, Georgia Woodhead's little brother." The blonde said with an air of pride. Mitch just groaned. "Greeeeat, another Woodhead." Sophie rolled her eyes, and being the mature one of the group, stepped forward to answer the taller boys question.

"To answer your question Yu-Gi-Lex is what we call A.J Jones, Georgia's best friend?"

"Yeah, she helped me learn to duel." Leigh held back a laugh.

"Another Yu-Gi-Oh fan?" Ben glared at the boy.

"If that letter's true then my duelling skills will come in handy. 'You're in my world'. A.J's only world is Yu-Gi-Oh, and if we look around this is the perfect scene for episode 1. Plus your hair has three colours in it, and from school photos I know it's not always like that." Leigh ran his fingers through his hair, and when no traces
of dye appeared, his raised his eyebrow.

"So let's say this is true. As the expert, where would you go?" Ben thought for a minute, snapping his fingers. "Yugi's grandfathers game shop! That's where the whole season starts." Leigh thought for a minute, and not seeing the harm in going, shrugged.

"Lead the way." Everyone looked at Leigh in shock, but the boy gave them the 'what have we got to loose' look. Ben was about to walk out of the room, when Leigh stopped him.

"What's 'the gold doo dad'?" Ben looked at the shorter boy, as if he'd just asked the stupidest question ever.

"The millennium puzzle. The soul of the great nameless pharaoh is tied to the puzzle. He helped Yugi throughout the whole show." Leigh thought about the response as everyone followed Ben outside, not aware of the tall brunette silently following the group.

"Hello? Anyone here?" Leigh led the group into the game store.

"Leigh! Mitch! Sophie! Alannah!" Everyone turned to the man behind the desk, and couldn't believe it.

"Daniel?" Daniel, usually the short super genius of the class, was now a…short super genius with grey hair? Tristan shook his head, almost as if trying to understand the situation.

"Will someone tell me what's going on?" Alannah patted the brunette on the back, a half amused look on her face.

"Trust me Mitch, even if we knew why would we tell you?" Leigh decided to take control of the situation, and decided to try out what the letter said.

"Hey Dan, you wouldn't have anything rare to show us?" Daniel scratched his head, before snapping his fingers.

"Yes I do! Now I don't how I got this but apparently it's really rare." Daniel pulled something out of his pocket, a small wooden box. Placing it on the desk, he carefully opened the box and pulled away at fabric folded around something flat. Was it a piece of paper? Ben saw the content and ran to the desk.

"Wow! A Blue Eyes White Dragon…I mean the Blue Eyes White Dragon!"

Everyone looked at the boy strangely, but he didn't seem to notice. The tall brunette that had been following them from the start entered the small game shop unnoticed, just in time to hear the others talking. Sophie raised an eyebrow.

"It's a trading card?" Ben glared at the girl, who stepped back.

"This 'trading card' is the rarest card in the world. There are only 4 others in existence, making this worth over millions of dollars!"

"What?" Everyone jumped back in shock, and the previously silent stalker stepped forward.

"Then I must have it." All eyes were on the brunette, who didn't even flinch. Raising his head, everyone gasped in shock. "I am Joel Gawne, and that card is mine." While the others were too shocked to react, Daniel placed a protective hand over the box, pulling it back to himself.

"Sorry Gawnie, not for sale." Joel growled, knowing the old fool wouldn't be cooperative. He turned to walk out of the game store.

"You'll regret this."