Chapter 3: The Lunar Amulet and Domino High
"This stupid alarm clock." Kamiri muttered. She had the same dream she has been having ever since she started The Lunar Amulet. She glanced over at the box.
"Maybe I could finish it today." A very loud knock on her door made her fall off of her bed, and on her butt.
"Who is it?" she called, rubbing the spot where she landed.
"Yo, Kamiri! Come downstairs for breakfast!" it was Russet, the red-haired girl who greeted her last night. "Coming!" She walked downstairs to see Sunfall, Russet, who was stuffing her face, and another boy, close to her age. 'That must be Ash.'
"Good morning Kamiri, sleep well?" Sunfall asked
"I-I had the same dream again."
Russet raised her head from the food in curiosity.
"Nyeh? What dream are ya talkin' 'bout?" {YGOTAS reference!}
"I've been having a dream where I'm surrounded by darkness, but there is a voice calling my name. Whenever I turn around, I see a figure with glowing blue cat-like eyes. It always opens its mouth to say something, but it only speaks the 'beeping' noise of my alarm clock."
Sunfall whispered something that she couldn't hear, but didn't bother to ask. However, Russet noticed this, and asked "Whad'ya say Sunfall?"
"Oh! I-I asked Ki-Kamiri a question. Kamiri, did I give you your deck yet?"
"Deck? Do you mean my Duel Monsters deck?"
"Yes, I have it right here."
He pulled her deck out of his pocket and slid it to the other side of the table. "By the way Kamiri, we enrolled you in the school here, Domino High. I just thought we'd tell you." The boy spoke "My name is Ash; I'm Russet's big brother. Sunfall told us you have The Lunar Amulet." Kamiri's mind spun with confusion. Why did he change the subject?
"Kamiri, why don't you go finish it? Because you're almost done with it right?" Sunfall spoke up
"He's right." Something inside her chimed 'Who's that?' she spoke inside her mind "Finish the Amulet, and you'll find out." It snickered. 'Fine' she walked to her room, and took out the box that held the most precious thing she had. She opened it, showing the solid diamond pieces, and what she has completed.
Time Skip
It had been 4 full hours since she had pulled out the Amulet. She only had 5 pieces left. "I'm almost finished!" she exclaimed. She placed pieces on the left, then the right, until she had only 1 piece left.
"The final piece!" it was a pure, ebony metal, and it weighed a lot for its size. It was shaped like a crescent moon.
She stopped. The room suddenly felt cold around her. It was almost like there was someone else in the room. She turned around, but there was nobody there. She felt her snowy-white tail come out, and curl up in fear.
"Wh-who's there?" No answer. She looked back at the amulet, and clutched the moon in her hand. She picked it up by the little chain, and placed it in. A blinding light filled her room, and forced her to place her hands over her eyes. She suddenly felt her mind being separated from her body, and being spun like a tornado.
"T-that was not supposed to happen!" Kamiri said shakily.
"Where am I?" she glanced around the room. She was not back at the house. The room was the same, but there were toys scattered all over the floor. Weird thing is, they are all of the toys she has ever gotten in her life. She walls were covered in Duel Monsters posters, and drawings. She noticed in the far room, that there was an alchemy table, with herbs in piles on it, showing her love of healing, that her parents taught her.
She headed for the door, but when she opened it, there was something terribly wrong. She wasn't in the hallway anymore. There was only one door in front of her, which she dared not go in there. What she mainly focused on were the ends of the hallway. It was only darkness, but she wanted to test that theory.
She walked over and stuck her hand out, only to have it pulled back. Her hand had disappeared in the darkness.
'Only one thing to see now.' She thought as she looked back at the door. It was metal, with a very intriguing design on it. It was detailed with hieroglyphics, which she couldn't read, vines, and stars, but in the center, was a large crescent moon.
"That the exact same one on the amulet!" she exclaimed
"Indeed it is." A voice said as the door creaked slightly open.
"I-I-is someone there?" she asked, her voice filled with fear.
"There is no need to be afraid, Kamiri. I am a friend, not a threat."
She placed a hand on the doorknob, and twisted slowly. Inside, there was only darkness and mist. "Just my imagination." She muttered "Wait! Look again, for I am right here in plain sight." Turningaround once more, she gasped at what she saw. It was a female, only standing a couple feet above her height, with glowing sapphire eyes. But the thing that scared her most was that she looked A LOT like her.
Her hair was a darker blue than hers, and seemed to sparkle, as if stars where in it. She had a thick lock of hair covering her right eye. And her skin was ghostly pale, just like hers. And her clothing matched too, they both had the same black hoodie, with denim jeans, and black boots.
"See? I am just like you." She spoke
"What…..the…..heck?!" she stuttered. She froze when she saw something moving beside her feet.
"What is that?!" she said pointing at her feet.
"Oh! That's my tail, it kinda just appears sometimes. Like yours, after all, we are the same."
Kamiri was looking at her doppelganger with a WTF look.
"B-B-B-but…. H-how?"
"I see that you are confused. Well, then you may as well return to your mind. I'll see you tomorrow, Kamiri."
A bright white light blinded her from everything else, and she found herself back in her room, with her head on her desk, her alarm clock saying that the time is 10:00 AM.
"Hellooo? Kamiri? It's me Russet! It's Monday, here's your outfit!" she yelled through the door. "Okay, coming!" she yelled. She picked up the Amulet, placed it around her neck, threw her sky-blue bag around her shoulder, and opened the door. Russet was standing there, with clothing in her hands
"Here, put it on when we get to school. You're in all of my classes, so I'll be able to show ya around."
"O-okay." She knew exactly how this school was going to go. Everyone in the entire school, the boys looking at her like she was an alien, and the girls shoving her around and mumbling secrets about her.
Time Skip
When Kamiri got to the girls locker room, she put on what was called, "The Girls Uniform". This was so unfair. At least at her old school, they got to wear whatever they want. It was a pink cardigan with a blue tie, a blue skirt, white stockings, and brown shoes.
"Well, do ya like it?" Russet said, raising her eyebrows up.
"No, not really. It just doesn't seem…..me."
"It doesn't seem me either! Why do have to wear this monstrosity anyway?!" The other her spat out angrily in her mind
'Hey, is that you?'
"Yes, I told you that I'd see you again."
'Sure….uh…what do I call you?'
"Call me Lostheart for now."
'O-okay. Kinda depressing name, don't you think?'
"No time for explanations, we have to get to our 'classes." She spat.
"Kamiri, come on! This is our first class!" Russet yelled
Time Skip
It was the last class of the day, and in 2 desks of the classroom, Russet was dueling Kamiri.
"Now I summon Tiger Axe, 1300/1100, in attack mode! Now Tiger Axe, destroy her Amazoness Blowpiper!"
"I play a trap! Mirror Force, reflect her attack!"
Russet's Tiger Axe was defeated, and her life points dropped down to zero.
"Well, that's the….what 72nd time ya beat me? You're impossible!"
"Ha-ha, I'm not 'impossible'; it's just that you don't have a very good deck." Kamiri said
As they were resetting another round, they were unable to see a pair of caramel eyes watching their game.
'Wow….she's got da same card I have.' He was interrupted by his own dueling partner, and best friend, Yugi Muto.
"Joey? Joey! Earth to Joey, hey it's your move!" Yugi complained, tiered of waiting.
"Huh? Oh! Sorry Yug, it's just hard wid' all these cards, it's hard to focus." He said in his thick Brooklyn accent, much similar to Russet's.
"Or, he's just checking' out the Brooklyn-ginger girl." Tristan said, locking his arm around joey's neck, and raising his eyebrows up and down.
"Nyeh shut up Tristan! I'm tryin' to focus" he spat angrily. He was interrupted by Yugi rubbing his head in pain.
"Hey, everythin' alright pal?" he asked
"Yeah Joey, I'm alright, it's just something's wrong with my head and the Millennium Puzzle…. but anyway, on with our duel!" he said excitedly
"Yo, Kamiri, everythin' okay wid ya head?" Russet asked, noticing her rubbing her temples.
"Yes, Russet, everything is just fine….." she trailed off, noticing a brunette male, in the corner of the room, reading a book. He wasn't even reading anyway, he was looking over at the other kids, who were also playing Duel Monsters.
"Anyway, I was hopin' that we could find a game shop after dis' and get me some new cards! By the way I remember you sayin' somthin' bout' a SUPER RARE card in ya deck."
"Yeah, however I've never played it before." She said sadly, seeing Lostheart come out in spirit form.
"You have not, but I have." She spoke
"You have?" she said out loud, making some people in the hall turn and look at her weirdly.
"Talk to me in your mind!" she hissed, literally "The other people are going to think you're insane!"
"Hey you!" a voice said. She turned around and saw the 4 people that she thought were never going to talk to her.
"M-may I help you?" she asked
"Keep your voice steady." Lostheart murmured
"Yeah, we overheard you and your friend saying something about a Game Shop. Well, my Grandpa owns one, and we were wondering if you could come along, we saw you two playing Duel Monsters."
"Yep! And Kamiri here is a pro!" Russet exclaimed, throwing her arm around Kamiri's neck
"Russet….." she complained
"Well that's good to know, by the way I'm Yugi, Yugi Muto." He said sticking his arm out, and smiling like there was no tomorrow.
"I'm Kamiri Icetalon. N-nice to meet you" she said taking his hand and blushing a light pink, unknowing the brunette female's glare at her. He took her hand and blushed as well. As they parted, her spirit friend spoke up.
"Hurry up, smooth talker…." Lostheart muttered, folding her arms.
"Shut it!" she hissed, making them all look at her like she had a second head, while Joey, the blond one that Russet often spoke of, was glaring at her angrily.
"Jus' who are you talkin' to, shorty?!" he demanded
"I-I'm sorry, I w-wasn't talking to you" when she said that, he looked at her weirdly
"But den', who were you talkin' to?" he asked, them all giving her the same look, except Russet, who looked like she knew what was going on.
"U-u-um….. I-I was…. Um talking to someone in my head?" She said nervously, putting her hands over her mouth
"See that necklace she has on? It allows here to talk to her spirit um…. Friend" Russet spoke.
"Oh, dat's cool. Yug here has an old thingy too."
Yugi looked at her as if saying "You too?" on his face. She gave him a look, before he glanced at his puzzle, making a boy, which looked almost exactly like him come out transparent-like. Then it hit her like a rock. He has the Millennium Puzzle!
"U-u-um….. I-I was…. Um talking to someone in my head!" Kamiri exclaimed, making all of them look at her weirdly. Yugi couldn't hear the next thing Russet said, all he could think about was that she could talk to a spiritual companion, just-like-him. He looked at her and thought 'you too?' he looked at his Millennium Puzzle, and felt his spirit come out
"Something wrong, Yugi? You look confused, but a little…..moony." he murmured the last part so his vessel couldn't hear.
'I'm just thinking about what Kamiri said'
"Yugi, who's that?" he said, pointing at a blurry figure beside Kamiri
She looked about 1 inch shorter than his spirit, and she had dark, starry blue hair, and sapphire eyes, which were the same shape as his spirits.
'Just forget about it' Yugi said
"Anyway….how 'bout we go to your Grandpa's Game Shop!" Russet said happily
"Yeah and maybe Grandpa can show us this super awesome rare card!" Yugi chirped
"Are you sure that your Grandfather will be okay with extra company?" Kamiri asked
"Oh I'm sure he will, after all, he loves to extra company" The girl whose name was Tea said, clasping her hands together.
Time Skip
"Grandpa! I'm home!" Yugi called
"Hehe and I see you've brought company!" Grandpa chirped
"Hey Gramps, can you show my friends you're AWESOME SUPER RARE card?" he pleaded
"Rare card? You mean my special card? Hmmm…." He said, unsure if he could trust them
Yugi clasped his hands together saying "Please, please Grandpa" while Joey said "Pretty please?"
"Ha-ha, how can I refuse?" he asked them playfully.
"You kids are in for a treat, I don't take this card out often." He pulled out a box "Ready? Here it is" he said holding up a rare card that was the 1 of 4 cards there is. It was the Blue Eyes White Dragon, 3000/2500.
"I have a card with the same attack strength!" Kamiri spoke.
"Really? May I see it please?" Grandpa asked curiously
"He-he, sure…see?" she said holding up the one and only Undead Dragon, 3000/2000.
"Hmm… what's your name little one?"
"Kamiri Icetalon…"
"How awesome! We get to see 2 super rare cards!" Yugi happily spoke, just as someone forced the door open.
"Hello, may I help you?"
"If you can't, then it certainly wouldn't surprise me." An icy voice spoke
"Kaiba!" they all exclaimed
"Doesn't he have a big business company to run? What's he doing here?" Tristan questioned
"Not that it's any of your business, but I came to see the card." He said
"Hey you're into Duel Monsters too? That's great, maybe we can all duel together sometime." Joey said happily
"Me? Duel you? I would have more of a challenge playing solitaire." Kaiba scoffed
"What?" joey said in disbelief.
"I am the number 1 rank duelist in the country, and favorite to win the Duel Monsters Championship. Ha… you wouldn't last 2 minutes in a duel with me." He snarled
"Ooh, I'm shakin', how 'bout we settle this with fists, not cards" Joey spat at him while Yugi said "Whoa, take it easy, Joey."
"But Yugi, Kaiba's askin' for it."
Kaiba glanced at the desk, and then said "Could it be? Is that the Blue Eyes White Dragon, in a dump like this?"
"Well, that's enough window shopping, is there anything else I could help you with?" Grandpa snapped
Kaiba growled annoyed, then slammed a suitcase on the desk, and opened it, showing rare, powerful cards
"Listen old man, give me your Blue Eyes White Dragon, and I'll trade you all of these."
"Ah, nice… but no thanks."
"What?!" they all said in unison
"Fine, if you won't trade, then maybe you'll sell it. Name your price, whatever it is, I can pay for it."
Skipping Grandpa's Faithful Speech
"You'd feel the same even if it were a common card, right Grandpa?"
"Exactly, you see, this precious card has bonded with my heart."
"Fine, I've heard enough of your nonsense, senile, old fool." He hissed, and then slammed the door behind him.
FeatherSky0606: Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Reviews PLZ :3 I'm starting to think this story is too cheesy, but don't worry! Things will get interesting later on. :D
