I had a pretty boring life.

My mother was a under cover reporter for the New Domino City news paper. Well it IS under cover so she never got any credit for the work she did, which I thought it was jank, but. She told me not to use that word because it wasn't NICE. Yeah, she was a goody-goody. Kinda nerdy, kind of clutzy too. Her name was Grace, Grace Austin.

My dad left me when I was just an infant so I don't know what he does. He's probably rotting away in some jail because my mother said he was a drug addict, had anger issues, and loved to get into fights over small things. She said she also left him because he would abuse her, so when she found out she was pregnant with me, she left him, fast! But, she did still, some how, love him.

Well, now that you know about my parents, I'll tell you my dilemma. There was this plague that hit over New Domino City a few years ago, it kept everyone at the age at which they were at. so, currently, i should be 17, but stuck at the age of 13. It's not as cool as it sounds, you stay the same age forever, but after awhile, you know, when your at my "age", you cant experience cool things like driving a car, owning a house, or having a family of your own. It hit the older ones first. My mom was 18 when she was 'frozen'. I don't know how old my dad was, she wont tell me.

Some might thing cool now, but it gets really boring later on. Trust me. I've wanted to drive a car since i was 4!

I figured since I was going to stay like this forever, I might as well look for my dad. I mean, what is there to loose other than to say, 'sorry kid, your dads dead.' My mom doesn't think I'll get far, but, who cares. I'll try anyways. I have always wanted to find out who my father was. My hair was blond, and my mother was NOT blond, more like a black. So I must get that from him. He must have been attractive because everyone tells me i am very attractive. But the one thing i do get from my mother, though was her eyes. (I secretly think she has the prettiest eyes. Don't tell her though, she would probably cry.) I was pretty tall and thin. And my name is Andrew, Andrew Austin.

Jack arose screaming, like every night since he found out she was dead. He would wake up in a cold sweat, twitch a little, and scream in his dreams. Not once had it up lifted. Yusei came crashing through the "house" and ran toward Jack. "It's ok, Jack, Jack!!!" he would scream, while holding his friends wrists, trying to restrain him. Tonight was the 18th anniversary of Carly Leaving him, and next week would be her 17th anniversary of her death. Every year it would get worse. First, he would just have the nightmares, but it started to progress. The dreams would become worse, and no matter what, he would wake up screaming.

This night, though, he didn't scream. Yusei was relieved, finally, one night where his friend got some peace. But his relief didn't last long. He screamed her name. "It's okay, it's okay. Jack wake up, your dreaming it's not real!!! It's nothing, nothing and no one will hurt you!!!!!" he yelled. Jack's screaming haulted, and his eyes shot open. He stared at Yusei with this enraged face, and Yusei looked back at him bewildered. "It's not REAL?!?!?" Jack yelled. That was more than what Jack had said to him in two months.

Jack came slowly toward him, trudging. Yusei started to retreat. "How can you say IT'S NOTHING?!!?!?!?! How dare YOU say NO ONES HURTING ME?!?!?!" Jack yelled, and cornered Yusei. He grabbed him by the collar, and swiftly lifted him about a two feet off the ground. " SHE'S HURTING ME!!! EVERY NIGHT, ALL THERE IS IS HER!!! BUT THEN SHE LEAVES ME, HERE, WHERE SHE ISN'T!!! She left me because she said she didn't love me, while I was the one who had to feel the pain! She turned the tables on me. She first loved me, and i hated her. But now I love her and she hated me!!! And YOU EXPECT ME TO FORGET ABOUT HER?!" Yusei stared at Jack, he wasn't the one to usually tell his feelings. What was wrong with him? He would usually either twitch, collapse, or say, do, and eat nothing for weeks. Not only was he confused, but he was afraid. The red tint in Jack's eyes made him think he had absolutely NO mercy right now.

"Jack, it's ok. Just let me go, alright." Yusei said. "It's O.K.?" Jack yelled in his face. "You don't know what I've been through!! What I've had to deal with. Take Akiza. Do you think you would take it lightly, for her to say she didn't love you, to say she hated how you treated her. How you didn't care about her?! How to be fooled by a simple GIRL?!?! Then she killed her self!! And it's all your fault." Jack said. "You don't know what I've been through, and i am jelous of you for that. You're able to hold the one you care about most dear. To be with the one you truly love." "It's all my fault." he muttered as he fell to the floor, taking Yusei down with him.

JACK

'Who just fell on me?' Jack thought, getting out of his nightmare relatively early. He opened his eyes. Yusei's black hair was the first thing he saw.

"GET OFF ME!!!" Jack yelled, pushing Yusei off of him. "God, dude, you have a girl friend!!!" Jack stood up, and looked down to Yusei. He was looking up at him with a face that made him say," God, what's wrong with you? You look like YOU had the bad dream for once." Still, Yusei said nothing, so he turned and went back to sleep, no matter how much it hurt, it was the only place he could see HER.

ANDREW

"Dude, I think it's awesome your competing in the Fortune Cup this year, man, knock em' dead!" Andrews's friend, Tristen, said with his cheery voice while fixing my runner. "Yeah, I'll bring you back an autograph from Jack Atlas. Well, two. One for you and one for me." Andrew smiled. "Wouldn't it be cool if I won?" Andrew said, day dreaming about becoming The King. A small smile spread across his lips. "I don't know dude, his Red Dragon Archfiend is really big and VERY powerful. It's almost impossible to beat now, and he also got a new, more powerful deck. Good luck trying to defeat The King." Tristen said, laughing now. I had to join in, his laugh was so contagious.

My mom peered around the corner. "What's so funny?" She said, smiling. "Nothing!" they both said, giggling under their breath. "Ok, Andrew, I'm going to the grocery store for a few errands. You two boys don't burn this house down, ok?" She said, looking suspiciously at the giggling boys. "Ok mom, ok Mrs. Austin." they said.

"So, I'm guessing you haven't told your mom about the competition than, huh?" Tristen said after he heard my mom shut the door behind her. "Are you kidding me? My mom doesn't even let me watch it, let alone compete in it." "Yeah, I wonder what her deal with it is." Tristen said. "Yeah, all I want to do is watch my favorite duelist duel. I mean, Jack Atlas is AWESOME!!!" I said saying Jack's catch phrase. "You know," Tristen noted,"You kind of look like Jack Atlas. I mean all accept your eyes, you look like a mini replica of the real deal." "Well I am his biggest secret fan." I said "Yeah, I guess." Tristen agreed.

The Next Week, the day of the Fortune Cup.

ANDREW

My heart was pounding as one duelist after another was defeated by me. My heart was racing, and my palms were getting sweaty as I watched my name getting closer to Jack's. The one thing I never understood was why he never said his catch phrase anymore and why he hardly ever spoke. He didn't even explain his cards anymore, new and old. And there seemed to be some sadness that seemed to be behind his attractive face. He hadn't smiled in almost 10 years I noticed.

When my name matched with Jack's, my heart pounded harder than before. Wow, he really did look like Jack!!!

When Jack shot out, he didn't even look, at Andrew. He just looked forward. He didn't look at the score board, he just stared forward. He wanted to see his hero's face in person, but, he guessed wrong.

JACK

He didn't see anything. All he needed to was the track and his deck. He never needed to look at the score board anymore, he didn't want to see his opponent, but he heard it was some mini look-a-like. He closed his eyes and thought of her in happy places, like their first date at the amusement park. That both hurt and made him happy at the same time.

One card after another, he was winning over his opponent over 2,000 life points. A few more rounds and this punk would be gone. Then he could go back, and just waste his free time thinking about her.

Note: This is my first story, so please tread lightly. That WAS the first chapter. Confused. Trust me, if you follow the story, it will make more sence. Well, I hope you liked it.... did it in under an hour, so not my best work, but not my worst. Please review!!!! Bye!!!