A Change of Heart

Chapter 1

I bit my lip as I slowly followed my sister through the crowds on a large ship, she had heard that the infamous Yugi Moto, the boy who defeated Seto Kaiba, was on the ship that was heading towards Duelist Kingdom. I was curious as to why my sister was wanting to meet this boy, normally if she did something like this, it would be to intimidate her opponent or flirt with them. I hoped it was neither, I didn't want to start making enemies already.

I then stopped behind my sister, peaking around her as I saw two boys standing by the railing of the ship. "Is that him?" I quietly asked my sister, seeing a short boy with tri-colored hair talking to a taller guy with blonde hair.

"Mhmm... Be quiet for a moment, I want to hear what their talking about." Mai said with a smirk and I frowned, wringing my fingers together behind my back as we both listened to the boys conversation.

"I'm glad that they let you onboard, Joey." The boy, who I assumed to be Yugi, said to the blonde-haired guy, both of them leaning over the railing of the ship.

"Only because you sacrificed one of your Star Chips for me." Joey said, smiling down at his friend, "But if any of the other players find out we have one Star Chip each, they could try to take advantage of us." Joey said, causing Yugi to laugh quietly.

"Then be quiet about it."

I looked up at Mai, who had a small smirk tugging at her lips, "Mai..." I said slowly and she just waved a hand.

"I know Rin, I won't do anything..." Mai turned to looked down at me before looking back at the boys, "I'm just going to go introduce myself." She said before she began to walk over to the boys, and not wanting to be left alone, I quickly followed her.

"Kind of exciting, isn't it Yugi?" Joey asked, looking up at the sky, Yugi doing the same.

"Yeah it is."

"Well, what do we have here?" Mai asked as she walked over to the boys, with me nervously following after her. "So, you're the Yugi kid everybody's talking about, huh?" She asked, ignoring the blonde who was ogling her with a blush on his face.

"But I'm amazed that a squirt like you," Mai walked closer to the boys while I stood behind her, shuffling my feet with a frown on my lips, "Beat someone like Kaiba."

"What she means to say," I stepped forward a bit, casting my gaze to the floor when the boys looked at me, "Is that she's impressed and that she wishes to duel you in the future." I said quietly and Mai lightly patted my head.

"What she said." Mai said, giving me a look, "But in a not-so-nice way."

I gave my sister a sheepish grin and we both turned out attention to Joey, "Hey, Miss, I'm a really good friend of Yugi, the Master Duelist." He said, giving my sister a close-eye smile, "In fact-"

"Look-" Mai rudely cut him off, and ignored the scolding look I gave her and the apologetic look I gave the two boys, receiving a small smile back from Yugi, "You're either a champ or a chump, cut this guy lose." Mai said to Yugi, jabbing her thumb at Joey, who sweat dropped.

"He's fashion-challenged and deserves to be crushed in the games." Mai said and I sighed as she slung her bag over her shoulder and began to walk away.

"Please, crush me."

"I'll crush you all eventually." Mai said, looking over her shoulder, "Or my sister will, the name's Mai."  She said before she walked away.

"Sister?" Joey looked at me, "You're her sister?" He asked, getting into my personal bubble and making me fidget nervously.

"U-u-um... Yes?"

"Awright!" Joey exclaimed, not noticing that I was mentally panicking with him being so close to me, "So, does dat mean you got her number?" He asked, making me sweat-drop and give him a strange look.

"Um..." I trailed off and I sent pleading eyes to Yugi, who immediately took Joey's attention off of me and I immediately walked away to explore the rest of the ship and I suppressed a shudder at the chilly air.

"I-its so cold..." I whispered, and this time I couldn't stop the shudder that ran through me. I didn't know why, but I felt this eerie presence and it was rather unnerving.

I looked around a bit, seeing that I was alone on this side of the ship and I tilted my head, wringing my fingers. "Is anyone there...?" I called out and getting no response, I turn around to hurry back to my sister Mai, but then I heard soft foot-steps behind me.

"Hello?" I heard a soft voice behind me and I turned my head, seeing a white-haired guy with doe-like brown eyes. "I heard you calling out to someone, are you alright?" He asked quietly.

I fought the urge to blush as I nodded slightly, "Y-yeah, I'm fine..." I stuttered, "I thought I had seen something, but I guess it was my imagination." I said, lightly scuffing the wood with my shoe.

The boy just nodded before he tilted his head, looking at my gauntlet, "So, you're a duelist?" He asked and to avoid embarrassing myself in front of this guy, I simply nodded, wringing my fingers together nervously.

"I'm a bit of a duelist myself." He said, before giving my a small, slightly embarrassed smile, "But I don't play much..."

"Oh, well. If you want, I could possibly give you some tips...?" I asked shyly, but then I blinked quickly. Why was I offering this to a stranger?

"I might take you up on that offer." He said with a small smile, "Name's Ryou Bakura, but you can just call me Bakura." He said, rubbing the back of his head with a faint blush dusting his cheeks. I noticed he had a British Accent.

"I-it's a pleasure to meet you, Bakura." I said my lips twitching into a small smile, "Rin Valentine..." I held out my hand and we shook hands.

I flinched a bit and Bakura gave a small frown, tilting his head, "What's the matter?" He asked and I just gave him a tiny smile.

"J-just the cold..." I then turned my head when I heard Mai calling for me and I bowed, "S-so sorry! I need to go meet with my sister..." I said and with a quick wave I quickly left and upon meeting up with my sister, we went into one of the private rooms that she got from Rex Raptor and prepared our decks and once that was done, I went to sleep.