Past Repeating - Book 1

Heart of the Cards

The sun was floating high up in the sky, shooting its warm rays down upon the high school. It was break time in Domino High and all the students had ditched their school books for a basketball or the seating chart to sit next to their friends. Many people ran outside to play basketball with the guys while other students stayed inside and hung around with their friends. Like a group of teens at a desk near the window.

"C'mon Joey! Make a move!" Yugi Mutou encouraged his friend Joey Wheeler from his seat opposite of his blond headed friend. Yugi and Joey were playing the card game Duel Monsters. It was a pretty interesting game, considering the fact it was so complex with all the spell, trap, and monster cards. This game included cunning and strategic methods to defeat opponents. Yugi was known as a pretty good player by his friends, mostly because he was more skilled. Joey was only a beginner at the game, and right now, it seemed as though he couldn't decide on what to play.

Yugi wore the Domino High School uniform, consisting of blue pants and a blue blazer thrown over a white shirt. A beautiful, golden upside-down pyramid pendant was hanging around his neck by a smooth rope. It shone mysteriously beneath the light of the room. Yugi's kind smile was just as incandescent as the sun. All the boys wore the same uniform he was wearing, and the girls wore a blue skirt with a pink blazer, a blue bow on their collar.

Yugi had the prettiest of amethyst eyes, always shining with care, kindness, and perception. Although he was short for his age, he still stood out from the rest of his classmates with his unique hairstyle. His hair was black with magenta highlights and his golden yellow bangs framed his face. His smile was his best feature, always brimming with happiness.

"Hmm..." Joey looked through his whole hand of cards, a little confused on which card he should play, but he didn't hold a nervous gaze. Oh no, he held a determined one, like he would find the card he was looking for soon.

Joey Wheeler was tall, just like the other two friends of the boys, and he had soft, blond hair. He was the jock of the group, the funny and intimidating guy. In fact, him and Tristan could be passed as twins. They were almost the same except for their looks. If there would ever be any trouble, they would both fight through it with their fists drawn, like guardians of their friends. Both of the taller boys had brown eyes, but Joey's looked a lot like honey under the sun, while Tristan's looked a lot like chocolate.

Tristan Taylor, another one of the boys' friends, popped up behind Joey who was thinking so deeply that he didn't notice him standing there. Until his head was caught in a friendly headlock.

"Awww. Isn't he cute when he's thinking?" said Tristan playfully, ripping Joey's glare from his cards.

The blond gave him a smirk with a vein pounding on the side of his head. "Hey Tristan," he said, greeting his pal. "Yugi here is teaching me how to play Duel Monsters."

Tristan blinked in confusion, still not loosening his grip on the blonde. "Drooling Monsters?" he asked, mishearing.

The vein on Joey's head pounded even more and he lightly shoved his friend away with his hand. "DUEL Monsters, you nimrod!"

Tristan fell back into step with another friend of theirs. This one was special. She was the glue to their friendship and she always knew there was some way to get through everything life threw down at them. She was Yugi's first friend and she would stick by everyone no matter what. She wore the high school's uniform for girls, and it brought out her ocean blue eyes and brown hair very nicely.

"Sheesh," said Tristan, brushing himself off from the shove Joey gave him. He didn't seem all too impressed by it, and it didn't mean for Joey to go on ahead and just shrug him off.

Téa Gardner, the girl Tristan was standing next to, gave him an apologetic smile in courtesy of Joey. "They've been at it for a while," she explained. "Joey is starting to get the hang of the game, but Yugi's like an expert. He's been trying to beat him all day but can't seem to figure out a way to get around Yugi's cards."