"WHAAAT!?" Joey shouted in shock. "You guys went to get the sneakers and found the owner poisoned!? Did you send him to the hospital!?"
"Yeah." Yugi said and I nodded.
"Looks like we can't beat him up." Tristan said.
"I don't know how but…one of the sneakers has a hole in them." Yugi told them and I whistled innocently.
"WHA?" Joey asked but calmed down. "Heh… these sneakers are great! The hole is like a medal of honor!"
"I don't get it." Tristan mumbled. I stopped walking and looked at them.
"Hey uh… guys." They looked at me. "I… I have to tell you guys something, but it will have to wait for tomorrow. When we're all together."
They nodded.
"Sure."
"Okay."
"Whatever."
The next day at school on the roof…
"Right well… um…" I began. They looked at me. "You may not believe me when I say this, and I really don't blame you, but who would?" I asked and laughed nervously.
"Spit it out." Joey said. I gulped and began fiddling with my fingers.
"I'mnotfromthisdimension!" I shouted. Tea,Tristan,Miho,Yugi,and Joey blinked.
"What?" They asked.
"I'm not from this dimension…" I trailed off seeing their shocked gazes.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Tristan asked me.
"Well, uh… you are all manga and anime characters where I come from?" I flinched. "I'm sorry but it's the truth! GO ahead and shun me! Punch me or kick me! It's what I deserve for lying to you guys! It's not like I wanted too!" I had tears in my eyes. "I… you… I don't know why but I was watching Yu-Gi-Oh! during a storm, I got electrocuted, woke up behind the school and bumped into Yugi! Then you all became my friends, I figured if I told you guys the truth you would hate me! A-and… and I didn't want to lose my only f-friends…" My voice cracked.
I felt a hand on my head and looked at Joey.
"Sure you may be from another world but that means nothin'!" He said. I blinked in shock.
"You're our friend." Tea began. "We're not going to hate because of that."
"So that was what you meant." Yugi said. I looked at him.
"What do you mean?" He confessed to eavesdropping on me.
"What's Battle city? And duelist Kingdom?" He asked. I would've put a ghost to shame.
"Oh t-that. Well…there are tournaments in the future and… I think it'd be best to wait till they come up." I said. It felt like a huge weight on my shoulders had been lifted.
"She has a point you know." Tristan told them. The bell rang.
"We're going to be late for class!" Tea exclaimed.
Miho opened her locker and found some letters in there.
"Popular as always I see." Tea said. Miho held out the letters.
"You can have them." Tea waved her hands in front of her.
"Wait! Wait!"
"Well it's annoying." Miho told her. I watched them trying to figure out if we were following the manga or anime.
"I'm jealous you get that much." Said an orange headed girl. I glared. She opened her locker and letters and candy began pouring out. "Oh, my. I get sick of dealing with this everyday." The brunette next to her knelt down.
"Unless you do something about your beauty it's hopeless Kaoruko."
"I suppose." They began laughing. I rolled my eyes and walked over to open my locker.
Anime it is. I thought and gasped when I found chocolate in my locker. "Chocolate!"
I took out the chocolate and popped it in my mouth. "You too huh?" Tea asked. I blinked at her.
"What?" I asked. She looked in my locker and gasped.
"Miho!" Miho ran over. When she saw my locker she gasped.
Inside lie a bouquet of roses with a note attached. She reached in and read,
"My dearest Naru, you stole my heart.
The moment I saw you it fell apart.
Accept these roses and chocolate as gratitude.
For I am nothing but your humble servant.
Love Kayoi Kururugi."
Tea gasped. "A love poem!" I frowned, grabbed the poem and tossed it in the trash.
"I don't really like poems." I said. "They make me sleepy."
"Yugi!" I called when I saw him in the gym.
He turned. "Naru! Tea!"
"What are you guys doing here?" She asked.
"Joey is entering the popularity contest!" Yugi explained. I gasped.
"Already! I swear, why won't they just decide if it's manga or anime!?" I exclaimed. They looked at me.
"You know what's supposed to happen today?" I nodded.
"Yeah, … but back to the contest." I said.
"Got a problem with it?" Joey asked. I chuckled nervously.
"Naru! Are you applying too?" Yugi asked me. I blinked.
"I wasn't really planning on it, why? You want me to?" I asked, confused. He nodded.
"Yeah! And what about you Tea?"
"Yeah! The prize is tickets to a Broadway Musical!" She exclaimed. "It's been tough cause I couldn't get any!"
"I'll cheer for you guys!" Yugi said, pumping a fist in the air.
"Yugi! You're cheering for me." Joey told him.
Yugi and I noticed Tristan sitting on the sidewalk depressed. We ran over.
"Tristan! What's wrong?" He asked. Tristan bounded over and began to beg.
"Yugi! Naru! Please listen!" He shouted and began to cry.
After listening to what Tristan said we began to look for Miho.
I pointed at a store. "Yugi! Over there."
"Miho!" He shouted. She turned around and waved.
"Yugi? Naru!? What is it?!" She called. We walked over.
"We finally found you!" I exclaimed. "About the contest…"
"Naru is entering too?" She asked. I blinked.
"Y-Yeah… but why aren't you participating?"
"The prize tickets are to a famous musical!" Yugi finished.
"I don't like musicals." She replied.
"I see…" Yugi trailed off.
"Hey, do you want to get something to drink?" She asked suddenly. "I feel thirsty." She began to walk off and Yugi's puzzle sent out little golden rings. I looked up and froze.
Bakura. I thought. I watched as the boy's brown eyes cleared and he gasped.
"Did…did I do something to you just now?" He asked. Yugi shook his head.
"N-no."
He sighed in relief. "I see. I'm sorry. Sometimes I lose my memory," He placed a hand on his heart. "I'm glad nothing bad happened."
"Yugi! Naru!" Miho called. "What are you two doing!?" Bakura… my bad Ryou turned and Miho ran out.
I watched as she gained hearts in her eyes, in amusement. She ran up.
"Hey, I'm from Domino High, My name is Miho Nosaka. This Saturday the school is having a popularity contest! I'm definitely going to win, so please take the role of escorting me!" Yugi's eyes widened and Ryou closed his and walked away. "Be sure to come! I'll be waiting!" We turned to Miho. "Alright! Miho is going to do her best!"
I sighed. "Poor poor Ryou." I said. "I hope the spirit isn't being too hard on him."
Miho walked away saying Fight over and over again.