Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Guardians of the Watchtowers ❯ New Students ( Chapter 1 )

This fic is kinda AU-ish. The Millennium items don't exist, and neither does the game Duel Monsters. But the monsters may pop up from time to time…Since I only watch the English version, I don't know any of the Japanese names. Soooo….Yami Marik will be called Marius, and Yami Bakura will be called Bakurian. Okey dokes? Yami Yugi will just be called Yami (as usual). I hope this doesn't confuse anyone…

This is going to be a Yami/Yugi fic, so if you don't like, then don't read! I'll try my hand at fluff, though this is my first Yami/Yugi fic. I figured I'd try my hand at one since they seem like such a popular couple. ;) But I DO NOT do lemons! So sorry about that…

Oh, one more thing…if you like to chat Yugioh, Anime, or anything else, you should check out YRealm. Here's the link: http://invisionfree.com/forums/YRealm/index.php I'm a member there already (under Cerridwen), and it's a pretty cool message board forum place…You can ask questions, get opinions, or just goof around…I highly recommend it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh (duh!). And I kinda got this idea from LJ Smith's Nightworld series.

"blah" = speaking, /blah/ = thoughts

Ok…on with the fic!

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Chapter 1: New Students

It was late at night. The dark streets of Domino City were eerily silent, except for the thump of heavy boots hitting the pavement. A lone man in a long trench coat walked easily along the street, a bloodied dagger in his hand. He had just come from killing his two-timing girlfriend, no- EX girlfriend, and her worthless lover. He felt proud of himself. No one cheats on him, and lives to tell about it.

Suddenly, he heard a low growl from behind him. He whirled around, his eyes bulging with surprise as he spotted two wolves standing behind him, their lips pulled back in a ferocious snarl. He gulped a little as he saw their gleaming eyes, one pair crimson red, one pair golden yellow. Timidly, he glanced down at the dagger in his hand. One he could take, but two? No, he'd have a better chance at running. Wolves can't be that fast, right? Another low growl caused him to look up, and he watched with horror as the wolves took one step closer to him. They were advancing. Terror took over him, and he turned and bolted. He didn't dare look back. He turned into an alleyway, but as soon as he did, he realized it was a mistake: two more wolves blocked his path, teeth bared. The man gulped again and turned around, hoping to retreat back, but saw that the first two wolves were right behind him. His eyes widened in terror as the four wolves advanced, his dagger dropping from him sweaty grasp. He didn't even have time to scream…

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A crisp, winter wind nipped at Yugi Muto's small form, and he pulled his coat tighter around himself. The second semester of school was starting, but things would be different, Yugi thought sadly. His three close friends, Tea, Joey, and Tristan, were all on a foreign exchange program to America. They would be gone the entire semester. Yugi already missed them a lot.

"Yugi! Hey Yugi!" a voice called out to him.

Yugi looked up, smiling as he saw his two other friends, Bakura and Marik, running towards him. "Hey guys! How are you doing?"

Bakura and Marik fell in step beside him. "Did you hear about what happened last night?" Marik asked excitedly.

Yugi shook his head. "No. What happened?"

"A man was found gruesomely murdered in an alleyway! And get this, there were bloody paw prints all around the body!"

Yugi's eyes widened. "You mean to tell me a dog killed him?" he asked incredulously.

"Not exactly," Bakura said. "The paw prints were too large to be from a normal dog. The police think it might have been a WOLF, and maybe more than one, too. You know wolves always travel in packs…"

"Wolves?" Yugi repeated. "Whoa…no way…"

"And that wasn't the only murder last night," Marik said. "Two more bodies were found in a house nearby. But police say they were stabbed. A bloodied knife was found with the first guy, so police are gonna see in the blood matches or not."

"Whoa…" Yugi said again. "Awful way to start a new semester, isn't it?"

The two other boys nodded. Suddenly Bakura brightened. "But hey, good news is there's a special assembly this morning for the new foreign exchange students."

Yugi smiled. "That's right. We should get to the Assembly Hall then, so we can get good seats." The three boys took off towards the hall.

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"Why are we here again?" complained a teen with pointy white hair for what seemed like the hundredth time.

"Because," replied a girl, flipping her dark, red streaked hair over one shoulder, "this is where the Elders said the Illuminites would be." She was beginning to get annoyed.

"Watch out Bakurian," a sandy-blonde haired boy said. "You remember the LAST time you upset Raven…" He slapped his hands together. "WHAM! You were pinned so fast to the wall that-"

"Oh shut up, Marius!" cut Bakurian. "I can take you on any day!" His dark brown eyes glistened dangerously.

"Enough," Raven said. "Now is not the time. The old fool is almost done talking." She looked out from behind the curtain at the bald man standing at a podium.

"Finally," muttered another boy. He had red tipped black hair with blond streaks in them. He brushed back his blonde bangs from his face, something he always did when he was impatient. "Do all principals talk this long?"

Raven smirked. "Probably, Yami. "Old guys ALWAYS like to drone on about nothing."

"…And here are the new foreign exchange students, all the way from America!" the principal was saying. He turned and motioned for them to come out. "Come on, don't be shy!" he said cheerfully. He smiled like an idiot, an over-eager idiot to be exact.

"I'd like to rip his cheerful little vocal box out…" Bakurian muttered. Raven shot him a look, which shut him up immediately.

There was loud clapping from the students as they walked out towards the stage. As she was walking, Raven felt a faint energy of some sort. Her golden eyes swept over the sea of students, trying to pinpoint it. No luck. She glanced over at Yami. He looked back at her and nodded. He had felt it too, but also had no luck pinpointing it. They would have to look further into it later.

The principal introduced them one by one by name. "So, would you like to say anything to your new fellow students? Anything at all?"

"Not really," Raven said in a bored toned. She wanted to go find that energy source, and was getting irritated by the man's cheerful voice. She could see why Bakurian felt the need to kill him.

"Well, that's ok then," the principal said, ever so cheerfully. "There's no harm in being shy!"

The four teens rolled their eyes, and shared a look of disgust at the man's continued cheerfulness. `Humans' they all thought distastefully.

The principal looked at their clothes. "I'm afraid the black leather outfits, as `hip' as they are, will have to go. School uniforms are simply a must! And young lady," he said, looking at Raven, "that pierced stud in your nose must go! It's unfit for a young lady like yourself." He looked pointedly at the diamond stud in her nose.

Raven raised an eyebrow. "I don't think so," was all she said.

The principal shook his head, his expression growing serious with authority. "That's not a request, my dear." The cheerfulness in his voice was gone. He looked at them over the top of his thick glasses.

"We'll dress as we please," came Yami's cool, deep voice that said the discussion was over.

Raven smirked as she shook her head. Stupid man. Like he could tell them what to do. The four teens turned and walked back off of the stage. They gathered their bags and left the building, leaving behind a very shocked principal.

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At lunch that day everyone was talking about the new students. They had refused to do what the principal said! In front of the entire school!

"They look like trouble to me," said one boy.

"Yeah!" agreed another. "All you have to do is look at them, and can tell they mean trouble. Why else would they dress in black leather?"

"I bet they caused lots of trouble back home," said another. "That's probably why they got sent here, to get rid of them!"

The first boy laughed. "Yeah, trouble-causing Americans. How typical…"

Yugi was sitting with Bakura and Marik. He looked to his side and noticed the four new students sitting alone together, away from anyone else. People seemed to be avoiding them. With a sigh, Yugi turned back to his friends. "Isn't it strange how those three guys look a lot like us?"

Bakura nodded. "Yes. I've noticed it too. But they look…darker some what, wouldn't you agree?"

The three turned to stare at them. Yugi cocked his head curiously at them. Something wasn't right here, but even so, Yugi felt a strange need to get closer to the one named Yami. He wondered what they were talking about…

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Raven was idly flipping through an old spell book, annoyed that she hadn't found that energy source. /It's out there some where/ she thought. Suddenly, she felt it again, and snapped her head up. Her gaze was immediately drawn to three boys sitting together, not far from where she was. She raised an eyebrow as she saw their uncanny likeness to the three guys sitting near her. Reaching out, she poked Yami on his arm. When he turned to look at her, she lifted her chin towards the three boys. "What do you think of that?"

Yami looked in the direction of her gaze. His eyes widened when he saw the boy whose hair almost matched his own. His two friends also bared the similar looks of Bakurian and Marius. "Could they be the Illuminites?" he asked, his crimson eyes growing dark as he narrowed them.

"I'm not sure," Raven replied. "The Elders never said anything about them "looking" like us. And another thing: there are only three of them. I don't exactly see a double of myself walking around."

Marius caught the last of that. "A double of you, Raven? I sure hope not." He snickered. "Once of you is enough!" His dark grey eyes flashed mischievously.

Bakurian snickered as well.

Raven rolled her eyes. "Oh shut up you two and look over there." She waved her hand in Yugi's direction.

Both boys looked. "What?!" Bakurian cried. "Doubles of us. I don't believe this!"

"Suspicious, isn't it?" Raven agreed. "Here's the plan. You and Marius will get close to your "doubles". Find out if they could be two of the four Illuminites. They seem to be buddies anyways." She watched as Yugi and his friends stood up to leave. "In the meantime, Yami and I will get to know the little one, as well as trying to find if there is a fourth. And who that person is. Any questions?"

They all shook their heads.

"Good," Raven said. "And if they are the Illuminites…then we'll kill them," she whispered dangerously, her golden eyes glinting with the anticipations of the kill.

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Okay, done! I hope it wasn't too boring…Please review and thanks for reading! Oh, since I'm working on another project, I won't update for like a month. Sorriez…and please don't forget to check out that site! ;)