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Fifteen years and three months later

Cleopatria's P.O.V.

I walked down to the dueling arena. Today new kids would be coming in and Sayer was going to sort them into groups. In Sayer's mind I was an adoptive daughter. To everyone else, I was a nobody. Just then I heard someone call me dyslexic (I truly wasn't dyslexic, I just read the wrong way) so I yelled, "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME YOU IMBECILE?"

They ran off before I could cremate them. So I went to the dueling arena and slipped in. Sayer saw me, "There you are Cleopatria," he was surrounded by a small group of newbies, "Everyone this is my adoptive daughter, Cleopatria. If you have any questions ask her."

None of them looked like they wanted to come near me. I walked to the bleachers and watched as Sayer dueled them one by one. Whether they won or lost, they came up and sat by me. The last one was especially powerful, maybe because she had been shunned her whole life? It was surprisingly common. I watched this duel and then I went down. Sayer asked me to show them to the assigned rooms.

On the way there I noticed that some were on the weak list. Those people wouldn't make it through a week here. But then my thoughts were interrupted by the last duelist, "So your name is Cleopatria and you were raised by Sayer?"

I nodded, "I've lived here my whole life, I don't remember my life before here."

She kept asking questions, "So do you have a nickname? What is your power? How old are you? Do you ever smile?"

I sighed, a questioner, I hate these, "No, I don't know all of my powers, sixteen today, no, and I don't believe I know your name."

She looked surprised, "My name is Akiza Izayoi, I hate my family, how can you not have a nick name with that long of a name? What do you mean by powers?"

I told the weak ones where to go and that left me, Akiza, and a couple others, "No one talks to me, so there is no need for a nickname, and I seem to find out I have another power every week."

I showed them their rooms and walked to my small room with nothing but the necessities.

A week later, I'm eating lunch in the cafeteria when Akiza sat down at my table. I was surprised, what does she think she's doing. I'm the most unpopular here because I have never felt any emotion except for discomfort and weak comfort. She smiled at me, "I decided that if I want anyone as a friend here, it's you."

I looked away from her and said, "You don't want me as a friend, I am allergic to pollution. I've never left this building, so my life has been boring."

Akiza and I talked for an hour, and we got close.

One day, Akiza came in and asked me to make her a mask. I stared at her for a second, and then started making one. It wasn't like I had anything better to do. When I finished I turned to her, "Okay, so why do you want this mask?"

She looked at the ground, "I want to duel in the street duels, but Sayer won't let me. So I thought that going with a mask would be a good idea. Do you think that it's a stupid idea?"

I shook my head, "No way! I think that you should do it! The street duels aren't patrolled by the Securities, so a lot of jerks go there to beat up others. If you go, then you can beat up those kind of people while honing your skills! It's perfect!"

She smiled at my logic, and I helped her put on her mask. Then she left, and I wandered around the building. I started to do this after I met Akiza, it was like I missed her without realizing it. I was passing the doors when I saw packages on the front step. Everyone else was busy dueling, so I was the only one down here. I started thinking about what to do. Finally I decided to hold my breath and run out to grab them. Better than waiting a long time to find out what was in them. I raced out as fast as I could, grabbed them, and ran back inside.

Five were for Sayer, one had odd drawings on it, and the rest were for resident duelists. I studied the one with the odd drawings, the shapes seemed to turn into letters spelling C-L-E-O-P-A-T-R-I-A. Cleopatria, my name. I stared at it for a good ten minutes, and then realized that Sayer would be down there soon. I raced back to my room, and opened the box. Inside was a golden watch, and it shined in a strange way. I put it on, and immediatly I could breathe easily. I never realized that I had a hard time breathing inside, so it kinda spooked me.

I started pushing random buttons, and one of the turned the watch into a fully functional duel disk. I pushed the same button and it went back to a watch. I smirked, realizing that I could now go out with Akiza. That would be awesome.

I indeed starting going out with Akiza. They started calling her the Black Rose, and they called me the Shadow. Mostly because I never left her side, never spoke, and wore all black. But it was during this time period that I discovered that I had a twin. I could feel his presence, but it was weak.