Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Without A Voice ❯ Without A Voice ( Chapter 1 )

Without A Voice   She had just moved to Domino City after being in a tragic accident in which her voice box was badly damaged, to the point of being unable to speak. Once she had bought a place to live, she registered for school and awaited the next day. She took out her dueling deck and looked at each card wishing that she could still speak. She knew she couldn’t duel if she couldn’t tell her cards or her opponent what her move was. After putting her dueling deck away and getting ready for bed, she went to sleep.   When she arrived at the school the next day, she went to pick up her schedule which took a good fifteen minutes before the secretary understood enough to retrieve her schedule for her. When she found her first class, the teacher told the class that they had a new student named Kristy. The teacher looked to her kindly and said,   “Now Kristy, please tell the class a little bit about yourself.”   Kristy looked at the ground with a sad expression and the teacher asked,             & nbsp; “Kristy?”   Kristy dug in her school bag and brought out a notebook writing a note to the teacher about the accident and that she couldn’t speak. She also showed him the doctor’s papers of the diagnosis and the scar on her neck from where they tried to save her voice box. Kristy also wrote how old she was, where she was from, and that she had just moved to Domino City. The teacher looked to the note, then to Kristy, and then to the class.   “Ahem, please take a seat behind Tristan.” The teacher said before looking at the note and telling the class of her age, where she came from, and that she had just moved there.   One of the bullies whispered sarcastically,             ;   “What, is the new student too stupid to speak up for herself?”   Kristy looked down at her desk in shame, forcing herself not to cry. Shortly after the class they all headed to their next classes and Kristy took her time because she didn’t want to have the same result for every class. Unfortunately, the next three classes were the same way and finally when lunch rolled around, she sat at a table in the way back corner by herself.   At Yugi’s table, Yugi and his friends asked about Kristy, and since Tristan was the only one who had her in a class so far, he explained what happened in his first class.   “So, she didn’t speak at all?” Yugi asked. “No, she just showed the teacher a bunch of papers and he told her to sit down behind me.” Tristan answered.   Suddenly, a racket brought their attention to Kristy’s table where the same bully that had commented to her in her first period class was teasing her. Before Tristan or Jou could move to help her she pushed him aside forcefully and ran out of the lunch room in tears. Jou was angry in seeing what had happened and he confronted the bully about it.   “What was that all about Butch?!” Jou asked angrily. “I was just having a little fun.” Butch said coolly. “By teasing someone you don’t even know?!” Jou replied coldly before he and his friends left to find Kristy and try to comfort her.   They found Kristy on the roof of the school looking out on the city longingly and looking at one of her cards. “Hey Kristy” Tristan said gently.   Kristy was startled by the group and she dropped the card she was looking at. The wind blew the card over to the group and Yugi picked it up. When Yugi looked at the card he realized that it was the Summoned Skull. Kristy nearly ran over to get the card back and was surprised that Yugi gave the card back to her.   ‘Usually, a kid would take the card and keep it; I don’t understand why this kid returned it to me so quickly.’ Kristy thought confused.   When she looked at Yugi he asked,             & nbsp; “Is he your favorite card?”   Kristy just nodded her head and held the card close to her. Tristan then introduced everyone to her and they walked back with her into the school and into their separate classes.   ‘Tristan’s friends seem nice, but I don’t know if I should befriend them. The last friends I had used me and then didn’t want to be my friends anymore after the accident.’ Kristy thought as the class came to a close.   “Hey Kristy, do you want to come with me and my friends to my house?” Yugi asked as he met Kristy at her locker.   Kristy shook her head no and waved goodbye as she headed out the door and walked home.   /Yami? / Yugi asked through their link. //What is it Aibou? // /I’m worried about Kristy. / //Why’s that, she seems like a nice girl. // /I know, but the whole time we were talking to her, she never said a word. / //She’s probably just shy. // /I don’t think that’s it. I think there’s something more to it. / //Maybe we can figure it out tomorrow at school. // /Okay/ //Aibou, you worry too much// /And you don’t? I was just hoping to make a new friend, but I don’t think that she’s too eager to be friends with anyone/ //I’m sure we’ll figure it out tomorrow// /You’re right/   And with that, Yugi shut off the mental link and started his homework with his group of friends. As the night drew on it started getting late and Yugi had to say goodbye to his friends as they headed to their own homes. For her first week of school, Kristy had to use gestures and what she knew of sign language (which wasn’t much) to communicate to her teachers and fellow students. It didn’t take long for Kristy to realize that her life had become a game of charades in which she had to use her hands to communicate to anyone. Kristy turned Yugi down a second time when he asked her again if she’d like to come over to his house. Kristy was in no hurry to make friends since she was afraid that Yugi would do the same thing her other friends did. When she got home that night, she sat in her room and once again took out her cards. She picked up her favorite card and thought,              ;  ‘I wish I was strong enough to fend off the bullies that tease me.’   Suddenly she heard,             & nbsp; ‘But you are strong.’   Startled, she looked around the room but no one was there. When she looked back at the card in her hand it was glowing. Kristy was so surprised, that she dropped the card and ran to the other side of the room. To her astonishment, she looked up to see the Summoned Skull standing before her and advancing towards her.   ‘How did he know what I was thinking? There’s no way he heard me verbally because I can’t speak.’ Kristy thought in a panic. ‘I can’t explain it, but we monsters can communicate with you telepathically.’ The Summoned Skull answered her. ‘When you lost your voice we had to find another way to communicate with you.’ He finished. ‘So you can hear my thoughts?’ Kristy thought slowly. ‘Yes; now you should go to the game shop and get some cards to strengthen your deck; since you can communicate with us again you’ll probably be expected to duel. Who knows, you might find a friend there.’ The Summoned Skull teased. ‘I doubt it.’ Kristy thought as she took his advice and got her shoes on to head to the game shop. The Summoned Skull returned to his card and she put it in her deck and carried it with her.   Kristy walked slowly down the street as she thought of what cards might strengthen her deck. Before she knew it, she was standing in front of the game shop and she walked in hesitantly. Kristy went to the back of the store so that no one would see her. When she looked at the cards on the shelf, she decided on a booster pack and walked up to the counter where she saw someone that surprised her. There, standing behind the counter was a man that looked very much like Yugi but he was taller and he looked more confident. Kristy put the pack on the counter and he rang up the total; that’ll be $3.00. Kristy handed him the money and opened up the pack. As she looked through the cards, she started jumping up and down causing Yami to sweat drop. Yami then saw which card she was so happy to get; it was the Celtic Guardian. She turned around and used sign language to thank Yami and walked out the door.   //Yugi? // /Yes Yami. / //I think I found out why she never speaks// /Really?! / //Yeah, she’s either mute, or that scar on her neck shows that her voice box was too injured by something to be saved. // /O…Kay/ //Keep an eye on her, and try to become friends with her. // /Yes master. / //Ha ha very funny. But seriously// /Okay, will do/   And with that their short conversation ended. Kristy walked down the street happy about getting good cards when someone pushed her down and she dropped the new cards. She bent down quickly to pick them up and realized that her second favorite was missing; she looked around frantically trying to find it when a voice caught her attention.            &nb sp;  “Looking for this?” A boy said with a snobby tone.   Kristy went to grab it when he pulled it away from her.             &nb sp; “Not so fast. You have to duel me to get it back.” The kid said teasing her.   Kristy didn’t hesitate to agree since there was no way in hell she was going to let this sleaze-ball get away with her Celtic Guardian.   An arena arose in the middle of the street and she took one of the platforms. Her opponent stood across from her looking smug and made the first move with the Hitotsu-Me Giant. Kristy played her Summoned Skull and said mentally,   ‘Summoned Skull, attack Hitotsu-Me Giant!’   Suddenly, the opponent’s monster blew up and he stood there gaping.                “How did you do that? You didn’t even say anything!”   Kristy just smiled and had her Summoned Skull destroy each monster he put on the field since they were all weak. Kristy won the duel and grabbed her Celtic Guardian back thinking to her new card   ‘I’m so sorry you had to go through with that.’ ‘Hey, you got me back and that’s all that matters.’ He replied to her as she smiled and skipped happily on home.   That is, until a hand lashed out and dragged her into an ally. When she was spun around by her attacker, she saw at first who she thought was Ryou, but when she looked into the person’s eyes, she noticed that they were cold and cruel looking. She suddenly started to fear for her life.   “If it’s true what they say about you being unable to speak, then that means you won’t be able to scream when I trap you in the Shadow Realm.” The man said while opening a portal.   The last thing Kristy heard was maniacal laughter before everything went black. Kristy came to seeing the same cold, cruel eyes looking at her. She bolted up and backed away from him.   “If you think for one minute that you can escape me, then you are sadly mistaken.” The man said with a cold tone and a smirk. ‘Who is this moron?’ Kristy thought “The name’s Bakura.” The man replied. ‘How did he know what I was thinking?!’ Kristy thought surprised that he responded to her thought. “We’re in the Shadow Realm, anything’s possible.” Bakura replied. “Now hold still so that I can beat you to a pulp.” He continued.   Just as he went to strike her and she cringed expecting a mighty blow, he was yanked back and thrown by someone or something. Kristy looked up to see the Dark Magician standing before her and who she thought to be Yugi at first, behind him. Kristy didn’t know what to think, it wasn’t every day that she was thrown into another dimension and nearly beaten up before being saved by a duel monster and a Yugi look alike. The man walked over to her and asked,   “Are you okay?”   When Kristy nodded her head he offered his hand so he could lead her out of the Shadow Realm. Kristy hesitated thinking, (Note: ‘…’ Kristy. “…” Yami.)             & nbsp; ‘I don’t even know this guy and he expects me to trust him?!’           &n bsp; “You can trust me I won’t hurt you, my name’s Yami.” He said to her.             ‘You can hear my thoughts too? How’d you know I was here?’ Kristy thought to him. “I sensed a disturbance in the Shadow Realm and came to investigate when I saw that Bakura was about to hit you.” ‘You look a lot like Yugi and Bakura looks a lot like Ryou; are you brothers or something?’ “No, Yugi and I share a body and so do Ryou and Bakura.” ‘Oh. I think I’m ready to go now, I’m feeling kinda tired. Thank you for helping me Dark Magician and Yami.’ Kristy thought taking Yami’s hand. ‘When we exit this place will you still be able to hear my thoughts?’ “I’m afraid not, I can only hear the thoughts of Yugi when I’m not in the Shadow Realm.”   And with that final thought, they exited the Shadow Realm and appeared in the game shop. Kristy hugged Yami in thanks before exiting the shop and heading home. This time though, she got there safely. Bakura however, was not happy about losing his new abuse victim and swore revenge.   “Ryou gets strong enough to defy me every day; I need someone else to take my anger out on.” Bakura said to himself.   Little did Bakura know, Ryou was also getting good at tapping into his thoughts without him knowing; using a back door so to speak. Ryou planned on letting Yami and Yugi in on his dark’s plans after school the next day.             &nb sp; The next day at school, Yugi greeted Ryou with his usual cheerful tone.             “Hey Ryou!” “Yugi, I need to speak to you and Yami after school today, it’s very important.” Ryou said to Yugi with a serious tone that said ‘this is a major priority.’ “Oh, ok.” Yugi said before heading to his first period class. /Yami? Did you hear that? / //Yes Yugi, I heard. // /Good, we’ll speak with Ryou after school then. /   With that Yugi went through the school day and waited anxiously for the final bell to ring. When the end of the day finally came, Yugi rushed to his locker, grabbed his books, and met Ryou outside to go to the game shop together.