Chapter 1 - A simple meeting

Author rant---

Ren: I am pleased to announce the start of another Yu Gi Oh fan fic! It includes me and my best bud Shikyo! I wanted to also state that I do not own any of the characters of Yu Gi Oh! ......sadly.....but I do hope that you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it! Read and review!

Jonouchi: *whispers* if you do review.......*shifty eyes* tell her it sucked......

Ren: *veins pop* I HEARD THAT!

Jonouchi: eep

Ren: COME BACK HERE!!! *chases with squeaky hammer*

Jonouchi: NO! NOT THE SQUEAKY HAMMER! SAVE ME SOMEBODY!

Ren: BWUAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! RUN! RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN!

Ren Suzuran was a normal 16 year old girl. She attended Lamar High School with her best friend Shikyo Akutenshi. Ren was about 5'5 in height with deep dark chocolate brown hair that reached past the small of her back. Her eyes where the same as her hair but where concealed partially by the glasses she wore to see the world around her. It angered her that she had to wear such a confounded thing on her face to see, all day every day. Unfortunately Ren did not have the best of sight......the last time she had gone to the Optometrist they had told her she was almost considered legally blind. Even so she did not let this get her down and continued about life like a normal person. Shikyo on the other hand was about 5'3 in height and had sandy brown hair. It was cut short so that it framed her face. She was not troubled with glasses or anything of the such, so anyone could tell that her eye color was a light hazel brown. Both girls where the same age and had many common interests, though it was hard to say which was more insane. They had a very scary obsession with Yu Gi Oh that would make most people afraid. To them Yu Gi Oh was like....God.....it literally ruled their lives. Ren had always told Shikyo that she believed that the Yu Gi Oh anime was actually real in some other dimension. How all the characters and everything that had happened really existed, where they all lived and breathed. Shikyo pondered the thought once in a while and always concluded that it was not real but was just a fantasy, an illusion of something that could never be true. This was all about to change one hot day in June......

Ren skipped happily along on the sidewalk humming a merry ditty as she twirled her purse beside her. She had just watched one of her absolute favorite episodes of Yu Gi Oh on TV that morning, the first episode. It was obvious that this was a Saturday, but not why she was up and about so early at 8:00 in the morning. Normally she would just stay in all day and search for anime stuff on the Internet, but today was different. The peppy young girl was walking in town for no reason at all......just searching for stuff here and there and buying nothing. It was rare to see her out and about, really ever. Many of the people she passes backed away being shure to keep their distance from both her and the swinging purse. In this overlarge purse, she carried all her Yu Gi Oh cards along with the first two Yu Gi Oh manga. It was hard to believe that a purse this large could be swung around so casually without snapping and hitting some unsuspecting citizen in the head. As she went about her business she repeated one word over and over in a sing song voice.....

"Otogi! Otogi! Otogi!......,"continuously in rhythm to the swinging of her purse as she skipped along. Not really paying attention to where she was going she bumped into someone knocking both her and the unfortunate bystandered backwards to hit the pavement. Ren recovered quite quickly being used to these types of accidents happening rubbing her head in pain. She stood slowly holding her head in her left hand, she noticed the figure still on the floor and jumped in surprise.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going! Please accept my deepest apologies!"

"I will if you could so kindly stop babbling and help me up."

"Oh! Yes....let me help you up! Terribly sorry about that! Really am...." She bent down slightly and extended her hand to catch his lifting him upwards. When she saw his features more clearly she stood stalk still in shock, the person before her looked just like Bakura...... Not just one of those fans who dress up as a character to go to a Anime Convention.......he looked like the real Macoy.

"Hey......HEY! Are you ok?" The Bakura-look-a-like began to wave his hand in front of her face to snap her out of her daze. Ren's eyes became large in relization of what was happening, this was the sign she had been waiting for.

"Ah! Oh my.....I'm so sorry about that, kinda zoned out there for a second. I hope you can forgive me. The least I can do is offer you a cup of coffee or something."

"Well......I don't know......oh shure. What the heck."

Ren had not been expecting this answer from the stranger, she had thought if he was anything like the Bakura from the anime he would have told her off rudely or something. Thanking the lord Buddha silently that she had brought some form of money with her she began to stare at the man walking next to her. That was when she noticed something, he did not have the weird look about him. Well.....this was Bakura, considering his hairstyle and color, but he did not have that sort of evil aura or voice to him. He seemed calm, kind, and innocent almost. They arrived at the cafe sooner then she had expected, it was a quaint little shop full of happy couples with a comfy feel to it. The strong aroma of coffee hit her automatically when she entered through the door, looking around she noticed the short line in front of the cashier stand.

"Ummm....hey.....I was kinda wondering what your name is.....if you want to say...."

"Ryou. My name is Ryou, and what praytel is your name?"

"Oh! My name.....name....my name is Ren Suzuran."

"How nice. Well then.....shall we continue?"

"Yes! Ok, I'll go get us our coffee stuff.....ummmm.....what do you want?"

"A Carmel Frapachino please, medium."

"Ok! I'll be right back!"

Ren had noticed something about this Ryou.......he was not as rude or mean looking when she had bumped into him, now he was kind and gentle. She was surprised when she found herself suddenly staring at the cashier, who was seeming to be a little irritated about something. Ren still hadn't know how she got there but ordered anyways.

"Excuse me Miss. What do you want?"

"Oh! I would like one medium Carmel Frapachino, and........and.....a chocolate chip Frapachino please."

"Ok. That will be $6.24."

"Wow.....ok......hold on......just gotta find me my money....." Ren began to dig crazily through her purse to find her money! It was in one of those old Harry Potter Jelly Bean bags which at the moment was hiding from her. Finally after about five minutes of searching she found it and took out $6.24 to placed it on the counter. The cashier took the money and placed it in the cashier register, then began going about filling up two large cups with coffee. Coming back towards the register the cashier placed both frapachinos in Ren's hands, they where cold and had begun to make her hands shiver slightly.

"Thank you, come again."

"Thank you! Ok Ryou.....where are you....." Ren's eyes scanned the cafe to see Ryou sitting in the corner on a large cherry colored couch. She reached Ryou with no problems at all and placed his frapachino on the glass table top in front of him, then took a seat next to him on the large sofa.

"Thank you."

"Oh! No problem!" Ren waved her hand back and forth casually as she began to sip at her own frapachino, it was very cold and made her shiver a bit. "Whoa.....that's cold."

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah.....just a little cold is all.....hehehe"

"Let me see....." Ryou took Ren's hands in his and began to rub them gently to create warmth. Her eyes had slowly began to droop without even noticing, silently she laid her head on Ryou's shoulder. That was when the millennium ring suddenly began to glow bright, the cafe around them faded away into the darkness and was replaced by a different scene.

~Meanwhile~

Shikyo had been very sleepy that morning and was not awaken when the alarm had gone off at 6:00 A.M that day. As she arose from her bed in a daze she glanced at the clock to see it was already, 10:00....... She had missed all the Yu Gi Oh episodes that day and she wouldn't get to see them until they showed repeats. This made Shikyo beyond mad, she was pissed. This had never happened to her before, usually every morning she woke up at 6:00, ate breakfast, then watched cartoons all morning! Shikyo got dressed in a hurry and picked up the phone to call her friend Ren. Her friend always taped the cartoons every morning regardless of if there where new episodes or not. Dialing the numbers on the phone in a rush she glanced at her alter to Yami on her dresser, it consisted of a few candles with incense and a whole lot of pictures with Yami.

"Hello? Who is this?" The phone suddenly spoke out.

"This is Shikyo. Could I please talk to Ren?"

"Oh.....I'm sorry Shikyo. Ren left the house a few hours ago. You could try her cell if you want. But I'll be shure to tell her you called when she comes back."

"Thank you. I will try her cell. Good by."

"By."

Shikyo hung up the phone and began to re-dial Ren's cell number in a bluster. The phone began to ring, then it went into her answering message. Shikyo dropped the phone on the receiver, grabbed her purse Ren had given her for her birthday and ran out of the house to find her friend. Even though she had no idea as to where to start looking first it gave her a sense of pleasure to be outside on a nice day. She only wished she hadn't ruined it by missing Yu Gi Oh that morning, but that would not get to her.

The leaves on the trees billowed in the wind whilst the sun cascaded the cement pavement as clouds lazily roved across the bright sea blue sky. It was a calm serene feeling to walk against the warm breeze of summer as birds chirruped merrily from up above. The smell of buttercup blossoms tingled the senses as bees and dragonflies buzzed about in no particular fashion. Tranquillity was the only word that could express what it felt like at that moment to walk on the heated path to seemingly nowhere. Her eyes began to fall slowly and stayed closed for longer periods of time as the scenery grew fuzzy. She softly thumped against a solid object as her eyes where closed it shocked her slightly. Arms reached out to catch her as she began to stagger backwards, holding her protectively. She opened her eyes, and in front of her all she saw was fabric of a blue color. Tilting her head upwards her gaze met with the most beautiful violet eyes she had ever seen. The arms slowly released her as the figure backed up a few steps slowly raising his head to reveal to her what she thought was an illusion created by her imagination. This person looked exactly like Yugi down to the millennium puzzle around his neck! Shikyo took a few steps back in surprise of this new found discovery, her "god" was standing right in front of her!

"Are you ok miss?"

"Wha? Umm....yeah, I'm ok. Sorry about bumping into you though."

"It's ok, no harm done."

"Are you knew around here or something?"

"Yeah. I just.....arrived here not to long ago and kinda got lost. No idea where I am."

"Egads.....well.....I could show you around town if you wanted me too....."

"That would be great!"

"Ok! So, lets go into town and show you all the shops!"

"Shure! Hey....do you know of any good game shops around?"

"Yeah. There are a tone of them where we're going. So lets go!"

Shikyo grabbed hold of the strangers hand and began to walk toward town. It was only a few blocks away from where she lived so they didn't have to go very far. Once upon arriving a question struck her, what was this mans name......

"Ummm.....I have a question I need to ask you......"

"Ask away!"

"What is your name?"

"Yami, and what is your name if I may so boldly ask?"

"My name is Shikyo Akutenshi! It's nice to meet you Yami!"

"Same to you."

They shook hands in a friendly manner and continued with the hunt for game shops. Glancing up and down the street of shops Shikyo noticed a small bagel shop, she hadn't had breakfast that morning and it was coming back to haunt her now. A small gurgling sound emitted from her stomach, a small blush crepted up on Shikyo's cheeks in embarrassment. "Hehehe......I guess I'm kinda hungry.....how about you Yami?"

"I could use a bite to eat."

"Let's go to that nice looking bagel shop! I heard it's suppose to be new and the food is great!"

"Shure thing."

They ventured across the street towards the quaint little shop upon entering to find it full of people up and about. Sweet aromas of different kinds reached her nose abruptly making her head spin in and out of focus. Through the hustle and bustle Shikyo noticed the variety of bagels and muffins on the back wall on separate shelves. The muffins shined in the iridescent lights like holly relics, calling to her hunger stricken stomach. Drool had begun to from on the side of her mouth as she gazed longingly at a large blue berry muffin. It was just waiting to be eaten, all yummy and moist.

"Hey Shikyo.....what do you want?"

"Huh?" In the time Shikyo had zoned out they had already arrived at the cashier register. Her head swiveled left and right looking at the array of breaded foods till she decided she did want that large blue berry muffin she had been drooling over earlier. Pointing at it with much anticipation Shikyo devoured the muffin on reflex when it was in her hands. He watched her with a loving gaze, he adored her beyond anything else. She was perfect, like a beautiful angel. The two of them walked to find a seat at a small comfortable couch, they finished their meals making small comments here and there. Soon they where into a full fledged conversation on ancient Egypt, Yami however, was an expert. He had answers to almost every single question Shikyo had to ask. It was obvious Shikyo was enjoying Yami's company, no matter how much she tried to hide it. Her face flushed once an a while from certain things Yami would say about the pharaoh's bride and how Shikyo reminded him of her, though her beauty far exceeded the Egyptian queen. After a while of Yami's flattery they had come to the subject of the millennium puzzle around his neck. Shikyo had asked many questions about the puzzle, but Yami was only able to answer one....

"Hey Yami.....what did you wish for when you finished the puzzle?"

"I wished that I would have great friends......and that one day I could meet my one true love destined for me....." His face was red like a cherry when he finished. Shikyo smiled and held the puzzle in her hands. Looking at the golden eye at the center she rubbed it fondly bending closer.

"I think your wish has come true......." The puzzle gleamed brightly at that moment, blinding her. She shielded her eyes, letting go of the puzzle. Her sight was growing fuzzy and then the world went black for poor Shikyo as she was transported to the realm of Yu Gi Oh............

Ren: BUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I finished the chapter.......FINALLY!

Jonouchi: Dear god that was horrible!

Ren: Hey! You watch it bub.......I happen to like it very much!

Jonouchi: You would wouldn't you.......you and BAKURA! HAH! YOU DIDN'T THINK I WOULD SEE THAT DID YOU?!

Ren: SHUT UP! *throws shoe at Jonouchi*

Jonouchi: AH! *ducks*

Ren: Next time I won't miss!

Jonouchi: *sticks out tounge* Neah neah!

Ren: ........one of these days......anywho.....email me if you wish to know more about the plot or characters or want to talk about anime in general! I love to talk about anime.....as long as it ain't yaoi, shonen ai, hentaii, or yere.....and I kinda draw the line a lemon and lime.......everything else is a-ok! See you in the next chappie! Click the little button to the left of the screen to review! Thanx a bunch!