Muahahahaha, here I go again.

"Yugi?"

::nods head::

"Oh."

Hehe...

mmmmmmm

Everyone stared at the lightly tanned girl dressed in a red tank and black cargoes as she walked down the hallway, her long black hair bouncing ever so slightly. She paid no attention to the whispering; keeping her head high, she was set on making her way to the administration office. Upon entering it, she noticed and old, overweight woman with thick glasses, a wrinkly face, and silvery gray hair, typing something into the computer on her desk. Glancing at her name tag, she cleared her throat before saying, "Excuse me, Ms. Jones, I'm here to pick up my schedule."

"Ah, yes, new student here? What's your name?"

"Lily Chan."

Eyeing her outfit suspiciously, she handed her a sheet of paper and said, "Here you go. You might want to change into the uniform first."

"Where do I get one?"

"All new students pick up uniforms the week before the start of school. I'll have to go to the back room and check if I can find them for you," she replied as she walked out the door.

"All new students pick up uniforms the week before the start of school," Lily made a face and mocked her once she was out, "yeah, well excuse me for living."

Returning, she said, "Here you are. The bathrooms are three rooms down on the left. I suppose I should just give you a map?"

Forcing a smile while stuffing the clothes into her bag, Lily responded, "Thank you, a map would be quite useful."

"Have a good day," the secretary said as Lily exited.

"It'll be dandy," she muttered to herself, "Three rooms down and here we are. ::entering:: ah, well this is just great. A nice little shirt to go with my nice little preppy skirt, and a clean-cut jacket. Today's sure gonna be fun. Geez, somebody kill me already."

She exited the bathroom just as the bell rang.

"Woohoo. Class number one: English; wonderful, I get to walk to the opposite side of the school! Sounds super fun," she grumbled and started walking. The second bell rang, signaling the start of class, and Lily was lost. "Stupid rooms. Don't even have the decency to write the stupid numbers somewhere you can actually see. One, two, three, four...this should be it. Here goes nothing." Greeted with stares as she opened the door, Lily excused herself and asked, "Hi, sorry to interrupt, but uh, is this English with Mr. Brown?"

"Yes, I am Mr. Brown. You must be the new student ::looking at a sheet of paper:: Lily?"

"The one and only," she smirked and eyed everyone in the class.

"Very well, class, this is Lily, a new student. Please make her welcome. I won't count this tardy against you today, but make sure that you come to class promptly at 7:30 every day. Please take a seat behind Mr. Kaiba, third row, fourth seat."

Forcing another smile, Lily went to her seat. Once she faced the other way as she was walking down, she rolled her eyes. This is going to be one long day.

"All right, class, let's get back to Shakespeare shall we? Who can tell me what the seventh line symbolizes?"

"Yeah, that I couldn't care less about this class," Lily mumbled to herself, and only Kaiba heard it, making him chuckle inwardly.

Fifty minutes of lecture seemed like days, and boy did Lily rejoice when the bell rang. Glancing at her schedule, she saw her next class, history. Oooh, more fun coming my way. She took the last seat in the corner after briefly talking to the teacher, Mr. Hill. Joey and Tea walked in and were about to greet the unfamiliar face when the bell rang, and they quickly took their seats. Lily was looking out the window, trying to figure out what she would do for lunch. She had quickly made a sandwich at her new apartment before walking to school. The only thing was where she would eat, after all, she hadn't made any friends yet, but that Kaiba kid was sure lingering on her mind...

Meanwhile, Joey was whispering to Tea, "Hey, ya think she'll go out wit me?"

"Did you ever consider, Joey, how much better your grades could be if you stopped thinking of girls for a moment?"

"No."

"::sigh::"

"Attention class, we have a new student from America, Lily, please stand up."

She obeyed.

"Would you like to tell us a little something about you?"

"No. I came here from California yesterday."

"Hobbies?"

"Is this some sort of interrogation room? Uh, singing."

"Wonderful. Let's get started on today's lesson, shall we?"

And so the class went by, ever so slowly, torturing Lily to the point of insanity. Two more classes went by before lunch, and they all pretty much went the same way. The teacher would introduce her and she'd give everyone a fake smile. She had art and physical education. In art, she had a harder time avoiding conversations with people, and in PE she had the worst time. Yugi and his friends kept on talking and trying to be nice, which bugged the crap out of her. To top it off, Joey kept trying to impress her and she found it rather annoying.

::ring::

Finally, lunch.

She left before they could ask her if she wanted to eat with them. Lily found a nice bench shaded by a maple tree. She took out her mp3 player and started to listen to music and munch on her sandwich. Rule #1: When sitting by yourself, make it look like you know what you're doing and don't want to be disturbed, and the absolute thing you must avoid is looking lost, cuz that just makes you look dumb. Following that, she hummed the tune a bit and closed her eyes to relax. Joey almost approached her, but was talked out of it by Tea, who sensed that she probably didn't want their company. She didn't really like her much either, since she gave off such an unfriendly attitude, not really covering up that she didn't want to be at this school.

The bell rang again, and the lunch break was way too short for her tastes. She grudgingly went to math class. Taking her favorite seat in the back corner, her face lighted up a bit when Kaiba walked through the door, but she struggled to hide it. She had no time to act silly and secretly hoped he'd take a seat near her, and to her luck, he sat diagonal from her seat. She'd have to find more about this guy. After class they were walking the same way and Lily was surprised that she had chemistry with him, too. She took a seat on the high tables next to him. Unluckily for her (but not for us), so was Joey and Tea. Tristan was in that class too, but he hadn't formally met her yet and was anxious to meet the girl Joey was so hyped up about.

"Class, we're starting off the year with a lab tomorrow."

The whole class groaned.

"Whoever is sitting next to you is your lab partner. Feel free to change seats now if you like. I'll give you two minutes. Go."

Lily turned to Kaiba and gave a real smile, "Mind if I stay here?"

"No."

Short and sweet. This was the class she'd be able to find out whether he was as cool as his first impression gave off. Maybe this won't be so bad after all. And it was the final period of the day.

"Ey Kaiba, get out."

"Why?"

"Cuz I wanna sit there."

"And why would that be, Wheeler?"

Not wanting to get in a fight with Kaiba, Joey turned to Lily. "Look Lily, I'm doing you a favor here. You don't have to sit next to Kaiba scum-ball over here; you can be my lab partner."

"Whether he's scum or not is for me to find out, all right? Why don't you and Tea just leave me alone?"

A smirk formed on Kaiba's lips, "you heard the lady."

"You're making a big mistake here."

"Well, it's mine to make."

With that he left, somewhat angry, somewhat sad.

"Since today is the first day of school, we're only going to have a short lecture. Blah blah blah, etc...::30 minutes later:: you may have the last twenty minutes to start, and maybe for some of you finish, your homework."

Lily finished quickly, having taken a chemistry class last year back in the states. Kaiba, being the smart kid that he was, finished quickly as well.

"So when do we get out?"

"In ten."

"Thanks."

She sensed Kaiba was not one to talk much, so she started up her music and hummed until people turned around annoyed with a 'SHHHH.' She just laughed. The bell rang and all she said was "finally," and walked out the door towards the bathroom. She had to get out of that ridiculous uniform and back to the comforts of her own clothes before stopping by her locker.

Lily hit the mall right after that. She had just moved yesterday, so she needed to buy a new cell phone, not that anyone would call her, but she figured it might be handy. She needed to pick up some more groceries and clothes, not to mention those pesky supplies the teachers requested.

Maybe I should just blow that off. It's not like I care and anyone's checking up on me. Then again, I'd get all worked up and I think I deserve some chill time. Oh, I guess I should or otherwise he'll make me go to a new school, and who need's that?

After picking up a new cell and two pants and three tops, she made her way to the supplies store where she ran into Yugi and the gang. She almost successfully avoided them; she was in the checkout line, too.

"Lily! Hey, didn't expect to find you here."

"Hi Joey, Tea, Yugi, uh, I don't think I know you guys."

"I'm Tristan, pleasure to meet you."

"Who's the cute one next to you?"

"Duke Devlin, and you are?"

"Lily. Nice meeting you. See you around ::wink::"

Joey noticed that and kinda started to freak out and said, "Hey wait, sorry about what happened in class earlier today. How 'bout I take you out for a movie or dinner or, uh, both or something to make up for it?"

"Are you asking me out?"

"Er, I guess, I mean, yes. Yes I am."

"Oh, well in that case ::pretending to think:: no."

"No?"

"Yeah, I don't go out with pathetic guys," Lily replied with a smirk and walked out with her bags.

OUCH.

"Lily!" Tea yelled.

She spun around casually and responded, "Yeah?"

"You may not want to go out with Joey, but you don't have to be so mean! He's a great friend you know, and he's trying to be nice, since you're new, but you're not helping. I don't know where you came from but around here nobody insults my friends and gets away with it."

"You're right. You don't know where I came from or anything about me for that matter. Who are you to judge me? You've got no idea what I've been through, okay? So don't come over here like you're princess friendship trying to defend your pals from me the evil, mean monster. And geez, Tea, relax a bit, won't you? I was just having a bit of fun anyway. Go back to your boyfriend Yugi over there."

With that she stormed off, leaving Tea speechless.

ok, so there wasn't much action w/ Kaiba this chapter, and although she kinda says that Duke is cute, which he is, but I digress, he won't come up much. until later. unless i really feel like it.

there are and are going to be references to other pieces of literature, a.k.a allusions, or people or stuff like that. there's only one in this chapter, but whoever can find it gets...a hug? haha, but i'd be impressed if someone found it. ok, so if nobody finds it, then i'm gonna put it up next chapter so i'm not accused of plagarism. hint hint its a QUOTE. haha.

next chapter we find out more about our dear protagonist, Lily. oh yeah, there's not going to be anything about duels and such. cuz i can't write that stuff, mainly because i don't know much about that part...i mean, i'll mention it, but i won't write out moves and stuff.