MG: hello and here is the start of Yugioh The rise of the duel King. Now before I continue this story I would like to say I Do Not own the Yugioh series and that all copyrights go to their proper owners. Mainly Kazuki Takahashi. (the only thing I own is Kris) Also this will be a combination between the manga and the anime so please don't critizies saying "That didn't happen in the manga" or "That didn't happen in the Anime" it's a mix of both. lastly let me go over the text changes for the story

Bold and underline= the point of view the story is told by

Italicized= Spirit comunication

okay I think that is everything so without further delay...here is the first chapter of Yugioh The rise of the Duel King XD

An overview of what has happened…Kris's POV

Hi…I'm Kris Horus O'Hera, (Though in some cases I call myself Lady Hawk) You may remember me from the story of how I met a sassy spunky spirit and the adventures that we had. You probably thought that was the end of it for us…that we would go on with our normal (Well semi normal) lives hu? Well that's what we thought too, until the events that unfolded happened. You see, before I continue to tell this tale, I think a little refresher is in order. I was your normal typical girl before I moved to Domino city Japan for an operation to regain my ability to walk (Yea at the beginning I was in a wheelchair and considered myself a freak) that was when I met Yugi, Jonouchi, Honda, Anuz, and later on Yami (the spunky ghost I was talking about earlier). When I first met Yami, I had to admit I was terrified of him because of these games called Shadow games. The loser of such challenges went insane and in some cases has died. Of course everything just got more and more dangerous from there. One time we met this Egyptian named Shadi and if you want cryptic, Shadi was your man. He was able to look into peoples souls. That was the start of my awakening and realizing that I am not exactly what I thought I was. Thought it is clear that I can remember up to three years ago, I wasn't able to remember anything past the accident I had three years ago. So I don't know exactly who I was…and hence the birth of Lady Hawk. The more I hung out with the gang the closer I got to them and this really helped us out against the Kaiba brothers and the Evil spirit of the millennium ring. I've come to see them as my family and Yami well. I've grown to like Yami, even though he tries to hide his emotions. (Which is just one of my pet peeves) Anyway, after all the craziness over the past semester, (Yea all this craziness happened within a semester) it seemed like everything was back to normal. I couldn't be any more wrong…

"Hey Kris…Earth to Kris…?" Anzu was bugging me. I had my nose in a good book and once I start to read, I tend to get into the story. "Hu?" I looked up at Anzu's bright blue eyes. I liked Anzu and everything but she can be a bit pushy. "Kris are you going to duel?"

"Duel? I don't know…I tend to get a bit…competitive if you know what I mean." Anzu nodded. "You don't want to have the Lady Hawk side of you to show hu?"

"That and well it's just that….well Yami…Yami likes to try to get in my head when I duel against a tough opponent. He tries to help out but there is only so much he could do and frankly…I get a nasty headache when I duel and have a ghost teaching me as well." Anzu smirked. "So Yami is teaching you not Yugi?"

"I duel against Yugi but Yami watches and give me hints on different strategies I should try. So it's hard to concentrate." Anzu nodded. "Well how are things between you and Yami? I know you tend to have a mind connection with him and he does seem to be happier when you are with him." Anzu teased and I turned as red as blood. I thought back to that day when we beat the spirit of the ring. When I was in his soul room, seeing him shirtless (he was tending to a wound! It wasn't like I was being a perve! Trust me that is the last thing I would think about!), Yami kissed me on the lips, that was technically my first real kiss and I just melt like butter just thinking about it. But I had to keep our relationship from being well that. As cruel as that sounded, Shadi did warn me about growing too attached to Yami and to wait until the right time, but when the hell would that right time be and why must Yami make it so hard to keep it that way! "Uh Kris…your spacing out again." Anzu tapped my head. "Hu! Oh sorry Anzu…" She smiled. "Don't worry about it Kris. Besides I'm going to duel Jonouchi." I giggled, "Alright then, Kick his ass for me Anzu. Someones got to show those boys who's boss."

"That's right." So Anzu and Kris walked over to where Yugi, Jonouchi, Honda, and Ryo were at. Jonouchi looked up and smirked. "Ah so Anzu and Kris are here to watch me duel like a champ hu?"

"Nope I came to watch Anzu kick your ass Jonouchi." I teased. Jonouchi just rolled his eyes. "Alright…but I am not going to go easy on you Anzu."

"I would be offended if you did Jonouchi." They sat down and started to duel. Yami decided to come out in spirit form and talk to me. "Hey Kris…why didn't you challenge Jonouchi…it would be good practice."

"Yami you tend to distract me when dueling…" Yami rolled his eyes. "I try to help you…it's not my fault that you get all starry eyed when I give you strategic ideas."

"You whisper it in my eyes Yami…that tends to distract me…and I don't get starry eyed!" Yami smirked. "You turn red when I whisper in your ears though…It makes me wander…"

"OY! Don't you start getting perverted on me Yami! You know the deal! None of that stuff okay!"

"Ha ha ha…alright Kris alright….You know I love to tease you. The reactions I get are very enjoyable, especially when the subject is slightly provocative."

"Oh go jerk off in the puzzle or something Yami…I think Jonouchi and Yugi's little videos are starting to get to you too." Yami looked confused at that comment. "Jerk off? What is that?" I turned red. (I forgot that Yami is a bit out of touch with certain sayings and lingo's) "Well…you know what…I'm not even going to explain that…you'll just have to...uh….Just forget it…you don't want to know."

"I might have to ask Jonouchi about that phrase then…"

"Oh trust me Yami…you're better off not knowing." Looking back at the duel, Jonouchi had summoned Rock Ogre Grotto in attack mode and was ready to attack Anzu. "Okay Anzu! With this attack I win the duel!" Anzu smirked. "Not so fast Jonouchi…I activate this spell card. Wind of the gods! This will erode your monster away and leave you wide open for an attack. Happy lover attacks and I win the duel!" Anzu smiled with pride in beating Jonouchi. "AHK! DAMN IT! I LOST AGAIN!?" I patted Jonouchi on the back. "You tried your best Jonouchi…that is all that matters." Jonouchi gave a pout though. "But I keep losing…I must be doing something wrong." Yugi gave a smile. "Jonouchi…can I look through your deck real quick?"

"Yea sure." Jonouchi handed over his deck to Yugi and Yugi started to go threw he deck. Yugi gave a funny look as he flipped threw Jonouchi's cards. "Uh…Jonouchi…there is nothing but monster cards in your deck." Jonouchi beamed with pride. "Of course, I stuffed my deck with the strongest monsters I could find!" I just shook my head in disbelief. "Oh Jonouchi…I swear…" Yugi handed Jonouchi back his deck. "Jonouchi the biggest strategy of the game is to combine your monsters with trap and spell cards…If you only have monsters, then your opponents will easily defeat you every time." Jonouchi thought about this. Then he grabbed Yugi by the shoulders giving him a serious face. "Yugi! You've gotta teach me! Train me to become a better duelist!" I smiled. Yugi was a great teacher when it came to duel monsters and I should know. "Hey Yugi…isn't the final duel match airing on T.V tonight?" I asked. I had gotten into watching the tournament on T.V and that had sparked my interested in the game. "Oh yea your right Kris…you know since its Friday…we should all get together at the shop. That way I can teach Jonouchi and we get to watch the finals." Anzu and Honda nodded in agreement, Ryo gave a sad smile. "Sorry guys…My dad is coming over to visit so I won't be able to make it." Yugi smiled. "Okay Ryo…that's fine." With that we sat back down at our seats and waited for the school say to end.

That afternoon, the gang walked over to the game shop where Grandpa Motou was sweeping outside. The shop sign was on the closed side. I smirked. "Hey Gramps…closing shop early for the finals?"

"Of course I don't want to be shop-keeping while the tournament is going on…hm I see you and Yugi decided to have the whole gang come over for the finals." Yugi gave a big smile. "Yep! I thought that would be fun."

"Alright come on in." we all made our way through the shop area and into the living room. That was when Grandpa Motou stopped Yugi. "Oh Yugi…this package came in for you."

"A package? Who is it from?"

"I don't know…there wasn't a name or address." Yugi took the package. We sat down and turned the T.V on. I looked over and noticed that Yami had decided to come out in spirit form. "So you've decided to watch the tournament too hu?"

"It gets to boring in my soul room...Besides I've been following the matches as well."

"I still say you should have entered." Yami gave a sharp sighed. "Kris you and I both know why I won't compete."

"Yea I know…it's a good reason." That was when Jonouchi asked Yugi the same question. "Yuge…why didn't you enter the tournament? I know you could have smoked these guys with your deck." Yugi gave a small sigh. "I know…but both Yami and I just feel like we shouldn't enter unless he was in it as well." Anzu gave a sad look. "You mean Kaiba…is he still…?"

"Yea…Kris and I have been visiting him everyday to make sure he was fine. They moved him to the mansion and Mokuba has been quiet about it." I looked over and nodded. "Yea…I feel bad for Mokuba…he really is a sweet boy it's just he's worried for his brother that is it." Yugi then continued. "Besides it is my dream to face off against Kaiba in a duel again. This time fair and square, and Yami feels the same way about it." Anzu smiled. "Wait so you and Yami can talk to each other?"

"Not quite but I can feel what he feels and we both feel the same about Kaiba, a fair duel with him would be nice." Jonouchi crossed his arms and frowned. "I don't care if Kaiba comes back…I wouldn't trust that jerk in a thousand years!" then the tournament came on. "Hey look it's starting!" we all got quiet and watched. "For many duel monster fans out there it all comes down to this one moment! Here comes the finalists. From west Japan 'Dinosaur' Ryuzaki! And from east Japan 'Insector' Haga!" I shivered at the word insect. "Yuck…I hate bugs." Yami looked over and gave a sigh. "Kris? Why do you hate bugs?"

"I've…had a bad experience with bugs…I'm not going there." The announcer continued his commentary. "The duelist will take their place in the duel arena, developed by Industrial Illusions. The Dueling will now commence." Jonouchi was confused. "Industrial Illusions? I've never heard of that company." I looked over at Jonouchi. "They are an American gaming company. Kind of like Kaiba corporations, they came up with a holographic tech similar to Kaiba's holographic tech but it's bulky so the arenas are larger. But it does make the battles look cool." Jonouchi gave me a weird look. "How did you know that much about Industrial Illusions?" I rolled my eyes. "My stepfather use to own O'Hera's gameing industries in America. Industrial Illusions was our rival in the west coast and we ran the south for the gaming industry. Now that title goes to Kaiba corp." Jonouchi, "Oh yea…you gave Kaiba that your stepfathers company after Death-T." I nodded. "It was my way to repay the Kaiba brothers for paying for my surgery. So now they have a Headquarters in Orlando, Florida." Then we dropped the subject and continue to watch the duel. Jonouchi smirked. "I bet that Dino guy will win," Yugi disagreed. "I don't know Jonouchi…even though Ryuzaki has a powerful dino deck…Haga's insect deck has some tough combos to deal with."

"Yugi…I honestly hope that Ryuzaki wins. I just can't stand bugs…" I pouted. Yami looked over and laughed. "One of these days you should definitely tell me what got you so freaked out about bugs."

"Yami…later okay."

"Promise?" Yami gave a smirk that made me blush. Damn it why does he always do that when he wants something. "I promise…when the time is right I will tell you."

The duel continued on and Ryuzaki had summoned two-headed king Rex on the field. Haga then summoned basic insect and set a card face down. Jonouchi smirked. "Looks like Ryuzaki is going to win." Then when he attacked, Haga countered the attack with the trap he set. "Hyo Hyo Hyo! I counter that attack with infinet dismissal, your lizard is sucked into a vortex. Never to be seen again." The Dino was sucked into the vortex and powered up his bug to win the duel. "AW MAN! THAT BUG FREAK WON!" I yelled out of anger. "Someone is a little mad about the out come."

"Of course! I hate bugs so much!"

"So tell me again why you hate bugs?" I didn't realize that Yami had tricked me so I ended up spilling the beans. "Because when I was taking a shower a huge roach flew and landed on me! That happened when I lived in Florida and ever since then I have been terrified of bugs!...Wait OH SHIT YAMI YOU TRICKED ME!"

"Well….now I know…ha ha ha…taking a shower hu? That bug had it out for you."

"Oh shut up you nosy ghost!" The announcer declared Haga (Much to my dislike) the champion and the award was presented to him by the CEO of Industrial Illusions, Mr. Maximillion Pegasus. "Well looks like that's that…" Jonouchi sighed. "Anyway…Yugi lets start training!"

"Okay!" then Grandpa Motou laughed. "Oh Yugi…did you forget about that package?"

"Oh yea…let's open that first before we start." There was something in my mind that sensed that this package had a darker intent. I just hope I was wrong.