A/N note: This is my first Yugi fic, so don't hurt me! Especially you,
Yugi. And not Yugi the cartoon Yugi, but another one. I just wanted to
say that one, there is some originality in the story and two, I like the
name Jounochi. The Jounochi in this story is NOT a guy and she is an OC
and she is a dueling card. If you don't like the idea of monsters falling
in love with OC's then don't read.
-Jou
Disclaimer: I own nothing and nothing more
***(Jou's POV)
"What am I going to do?" I asked myself, sweeping some of my dark black hair behind me. "Why does everyone think I like Celtic Guardian…I don't! I really…don't. I really love…" "Jou!" A voice called into the wind. "Jou!" Slowly, I reluctantly turned my head, breaking my gaze away from the lovely purple and pink light in the sky of the setting sun. Our world…our realm…the place where we duel monsters wait out the time to the next time our master, Yugi, plays another duel and…well…except for those exceptions…always wins. A very small, yet beautiful place if you ask me. It's an island really, one big field and forest with a castle in the middle, where we live…where I live. The castle is gray and quite plain, but it's the inside that counts. That's where marble halls and velvet of all sorts of color flow. If you walk into the front hall, there are four ways to go. One, to the dining hall that has a long hallway outside, (if you look down you can see the courtyard), two go to the lady's dorm and the other to the boys, and the final one goes down to the basement. To the dungeon. Yes, even we have a dungeon. Although it is dirty, and dusty, we have never used it.
Or at least…after I was added into the deck, I never saw anyone go down there. I haven't even been down there myself.
The lady's dorm is actually not as girlish and big as the men's are. Obviously not as girlish, but that's beside the point. Mystical and I have taken the liberty to keep it clean and nice looking. Or as nice as we can make it. Summoned Skull has a habit of tearing down whatever we put up, and putting up whatever we put down.
The men's dorm is a little…well, I guess I can't really tell you. Frankly, I've never even seen the place…gee I wonder why. ^_~
But this area was my favorite. A cliff, overlooking the sea, a rock on the very end for me to sit on…and if you come at the right time, you can see the setting sun in all its glory. To see the sunrise, well, you'd have to be pretty lucky to find a good viewing spot. Where the sun rises is choked with forest, so there really isn't a good spot. But this was my place. My place to think and confide in. Once, when I was added by Master Yugi's grandfather, I remember him looking at my and saying…
*Flashback when grandpa was building his deck*
Gentle hands picked me up from the ground and looked over my picture and description. "'Jounochi Hikari, the angel of light.'…hmm…attack…1200…defense…1000…not bad…but, what does it do?" Trembling inside my card, I looked at the elderly man. His purple eyes slicked right through me, as if he was decided to use me or not. Then, in a deafening voice he called, "Yugi! Come here and tell me what you think of this card?" A small boy, his red and yellow hair, happily bounded over and looked up. "What is it grandpa?" he asked innocently. Carefully, I was held up. "What do you think of this one?" The boy looked at me for a while and said, "I think it's pretty good, grandpa. It has an effect of sacrificing itself instead of your monster. That card must be pretty brave to do that." Nodding, "grandpa" took me and shuffled me into his deck. Then the world went black.
***
Gaia pushed his steed to go faster. "Go! Go!" he urged. "The wind is gaining on us! If we reach the meeting late, Celtic is sure to be angry with us!" The violet horse, hearing his master's urgency, pushed himself to run faster through the field of never ending grass. Suddenly, a blue light shot down from the sky and landed a few yards away from the horse's side, causing him to stop and rear up on his hind legs. "What in the name of Millennium?!" Gaia roared as the light faded, revealing a girl. Getting down from his horse, Gaia cautiously walked up to the girl. She seemed to be unconscious. Looking over to see if she was ok, she wore a blue dress with long white sleeves that split at her thighs and a longer white skirt and pants to be completed with high white boots that had a small tassel in the center or each one. To complete the picture, the girl had brown leather gloves, cut at the fingers and stopped at her elbow. Gaia looked at his horse and asked, "Do you mind a little more weight?" The horse threw his head back confidently and neighed. Gaia laughed as he picked up the girl and placed her on his horse. "I guess not."
***
"Hey, wake up…" A female voice…like water…
"Is she alive?" Another male voice…reminded me of the trees and the forest…gentle…yet brave…like…a guardian angel…
"I hope not! Then…can we kick her?!" Obviously…sneering and nasal…
"Shut up Summoned Skull-head. No one wants your opinion." Another…one I could not find a name for…
A soft hand fell on my forehead…slowly, I opened one eye so slightly, it still looked like I was closing my eyes. I saw…violet?
"Make me Dork Magician!" Snickering followed and then, "You haven't left her side since Gaia found her! Do you like her?"
The hand quickly was retracted and…a dangerous growl…
"I said, shut up, Skull…"
"Ok, ok…good gods…no need to get so uppity about it…"
"Can you two not fight for a change?"
At the same time, the indescribable voice and the sneering one said in unison, "No!"
Opening my eye a little more, my vision blurred, but I made out a teen in a purple robe kneeling by me, but looking at a…walking skeleton was the only thing I could come up with. An elf who looked like he lived in the forest, and an elf woman, her skin fair blue and in a light green dress. All were looking at the skeleton. Pushing myself up, I felt that I was still alive and intact. "…Where?" I asked softly. "Am…I?" Quickly, all eyes turned to me. The one in purple looked at me and smiled. "You're home." He said.
"Home?" I echoed. "Where's that? I don't remember having a home…" The blue elf knelt beside me and asked sadly, "Your deck…who's was it? The starters? The thunder? Did you come from a booster pack? You know…the package you were in before you came here." Slowly, I shook my head. "Package? What? Booster- I…I don't understand. I was with a elderly man one minute and then…I'm here." The male elf looked curiously at me. "You don't know where you're from?" he asked. "That's odd…maybe she was traded…" The one dressed in purple shook his head. "No one's missing. We would've known. There's no way…unless…unless she was given to master Yugi…" Finally, my vision slid into focus and I looked around. I was on a bed in a room with two windows on one side and the door on my left. There was a lot of furniture and the floor had a blue rug that covered most of the floor. "Hey…who are you?" I asked. "I mean…I don't know where I am…and my name…" The male elf looked at me. "Yes, what is your name?" he asked. "It's all right. You can trust us. I am Celtic Guardian, or as some call me, Cel." The female elf smiled and said, "Mystical Elf." The purple one said, "I'm Dark or Dark Magician…" Jerking his head towards the skeleton, Dark Magician said, "That's Summoned Skull. Just call him Summoned Skull-head." Turning and winking at Summoned Skull, he smiled. "Right?" Summoned Skull made an extremely rude noise and went off. Nodding I said, "I…I think…I think my name is J…Jou…Jounochi…yes…Jounochi. Jounochi Hikari."
***
Turning to see whom it was, I grinned. "So," I called over the wind, which was slapping my hair in my eyes. "Dark Magician! How did you find the time to come and see the lowly me?" Dark, or Dark Magician, caught up to me, bending over onto his knees and breathed heavily. "J-Jou…" he stammered. "I-…I caught…you…" Reaching over to grab my arm, he panted, "C- C'mon…Gaia and Celtic are waiting for us…" Just before he got me, an evil thought came to my head. Jumping back so he missed me, I took off down the other side of the cliff. "Not yet you didn't!" I cried happily, high on happiness and the trill of being alive. Slowly getting up and giving me a tired look, Dark moaned out loud. "C'mon Jounochi Hikari!" he half-whined, half-played. "I'm tired and I need to get back to the others and you have to come with me to a meeting!" Clasping his hand together and bowing low he whined loudly, "Pleeeeeeeeeeeease?"
Laughing, I sat down from laughing so hard covering my mouth with one hand, the other holding me up. "Maybe!" I called back. "But you gotta come catch me first!" Getting up to run again, I didn't notice that Dark was muttering something under his breath until it was too late. "Crud!" I cried as vines suddenly shot out of Dark's wand and entangled me by my arms and legs. Lifting me in the air so I couldn't struggle, they slowly brought me an inch away from Dark's triumphant face upside down. Smiling at me with his blue eyes, he teasingly reached out and grabbed my shoulder. "Gottcha." He said. Glaring with my arms folded over my chest, I growled, "You…cheat." Letting me down with a wave of his wand, he defended himself. "Did not!" he joked. "I was merely catching you."
Once I had stood up again, I huffed. "Holding me upside down by magic is not catching. You need to run." Grinning, Dark lightly reached out and grabbed my hand. "There," he said. "Now I got you." Smiling, I turned to him. "I guess I'll let this one slide. But better watch out for next time!" Then turning serious, I said, "So, what's the big news?" Dark's smile was quickly replaced with a frown. "Celtic wants everyone to a meeting. Again." Sighing, I asked, "About what?" Dark didn't smile at my face, which made me worry. He's usually so playful. Looking away, I said, "So Cel wants up to meet. So?" I think of Dark often…he's smart, he can do magic, he's nice to me, he always looked out for me…But what I was unaware of, that because I was thinking about him, I was blushing a little. Damn, I blush too easily!
"Jou…" he said solemnly. "Jou…" he repeated again as if he couldn't bring himself to say what he was about to say. "Jou…!" Sadly, he suddenly threw his arms around me. "Jou!" he cried into my shoulder. "Jounochi!" Gasping, I gripped his shoulders. "Dark!" I cried. "Dark, get a grip! What happened?" Pulling back to see his sad eyes that looked like he was about to cry any second, he looked at me in the eye.
His eyes were always so full of life…a lovely sky blue…
"Jounochi…" he said gasping for air. "Jounochi, I wanted…to tell you…" At this moment, I could feel myself going a slight pink. "Dark…" I said. "What is it…?" Thinking quickly, I asked, "Did someone get hurt?"
"No."
"Is someone in trouble?"
"No."
Getting frustrated, I yelled, "Is someone getting married?!"
Dark stared at me for a minute before he said, "No." Shaking him, I yelled, "Well, what is it?!" Dark stared into my eyes and said as if forcing himself to say it, "You…"
Blushing badly, I leaned away from his face. "M-me?" I choked.
Dark nodded slowly. Then he finally said, "I wanted to tell you…"
Blushing really badly, I leaned my head as far back as I dared, seeing how Dark is the strongest card our duelist, Yugi, has. "Y-yes?" I hacked again.
"You're blushing."
Not catching it at first I stammered, "What are you trying to sa- hey! I am not! I am NOT blushing, thank you!"
Dark's smile appeared again. "Oh yes you are!" he teased. "You went red as soon as I said the words, 'Celtic Guardian'! Ohhh! Does this mean…" he gasped, dripping with fake shock. "Does our little Jounochi Hikari…love…CELTIC GUARDIAN?! OOHHH MYYYY!!!" I can feel myself going red again! "I-I do not!" I practically screamed. "H-he…everyone…it's a rumor that Celtic likes Mystical Elf! So why would I like him?" Dark laughed and looked at me. "Awww…don't feel bad, Jou." He teased. "Everyone knows it's just a rumor! And besides…" he said, his gaze turning soft. "I don't think you should feel bad. Everyone knows that Mystical has a crush on Cel. But Cel…" Brushing back a few of his hairs from his face, he grinned. "No one knows if that I'll-never-tell-you-anything elf likes her back." Sighing, I walked around him and sat on my rock overlooking the sea. "Well, I don't." I told him. "You know as well as I that every female card that Master Yugi has, and all the others from Miss Tea and Mai like him too. The Magician of Faith…Harpy Lady…one, two, and three for that matter…"
Dark grinned and sat behind me so we were back to back. "So, you don't like Mr. Wonderful?" Dark shook his head and said, "You…you know he looks at you all the time." Even though I have a sense to tell when someone is lying, I didn't even pick up the way Dark's voice was tense and strained. Sighing, I shook my head. "Well I don't," I said wistfully. "I have another." Dark opened his mouth to say something, but I guess he closed it because he made a small noise and turned away. "I'm glad." He said finally. Turing around in surprise, I asked, "Why? Why would you think that?" Dark looked away so I couldn't see his face. "N-no reason!" he said. Call me a liar, but I swore I saw him blush for s second. Oh well. It's not like he would learn to love me. I'm a low-level card; I have the worst magic ability, and no defense. What's a high ranking card like Dark have a reason to even look at me, much less be my friend. Anyway, we both sat there for a minute…not really saying anything…until Dark got up and turned to help me up. "We better get back." He said. "It's turning dark." Grinning, I took his hand and pulled myself up. "Well you should fell right at home shouldn't you?" I teased.
"Ha, ha. Very funny."
Laughing in the sunset, we both got up and walked towards home.
-Jou
Disclaimer: I own nothing and nothing more
***(Jou's POV)
"What am I going to do?" I asked myself, sweeping some of my dark black hair behind me. "Why does everyone think I like Celtic Guardian…I don't! I really…don't. I really love…" "Jou!" A voice called into the wind. "Jou!" Slowly, I reluctantly turned my head, breaking my gaze away from the lovely purple and pink light in the sky of the setting sun. Our world…our realm…the place where we duel monsters wait out the time to the next time our master, Yugi, plays another duel and…well…except for those exceptions…always wins. A very small, yet beautiful place if you ask me. It's an island really, one big field and forest with a castle in the middle, where we live…where I live. The castle is gray and quite plain, but it's the inside that counts. That's where marble halls and velvet of all sorts of color flow. If you walk into the front hall, there are four ways to go. One, to the dining hall that has a long hallway outside, (if you look down you can see the courtyard), two go to the lady's dorm and the other to the boys, and the final one goes down to the basement. To the dungeon. Yes, even we have a dungeon. Although it is dirty, and dusty, we have never used it.
Or at least…after I was added into the deck, I never saw anyone go down there. I haven't even been down there myself.
The lady's dorm is actually not as girlish and big as the men's are. Obviously not as girlish, but that's beside the point. Mystical and I have taken the liberty to keep it clean and nice looking. Or as nice as we can make it. Summoned Skull has a habit of tearing down whatever we put up, and putting up whatever we put down.
The men's dorm is a little…well, I guess I can't really tell you. Frankly, I've never even seen the place…gee I wonder why. ^_~
But this area was my favorite. A cliff, overlooking the sea, a rock on the very end for me to sit on…and if you come at the right time, you can see the setting sun in all its glory. To see the sunrise, well, you'd have to be pretty lucky to find a good viewing spot. Where the sun rises is choked with forest, so there really isn't a good spot. But this was my place. My place to think and confide in. Once, when I was added by Master Yugi's grandfather, I remember him looking at my and saying…
*Flashback when grandpa was building his deck*
Gentle hands picked me up from the ground and looked over my picture and description. "'Jounochi Hikari, the angel of light.'…hmm…attack…1200…defense…1000…not bad…but, what does it do?" Trembling inside my card, I looked at the elderly man. His purple eyes slicked right through me, as if he was decided to use me or not. Then, in a deafening voice he called, "Yugi! Come here and tell me what you think of this card?" A small boy, his red and yellow hair, happily bounded over and looked up. "What is it grandpa?" he asked innocently. Carefully, I was held up. "What do you think of this one?" The boy looked at me for a while and said, "I think it's pretty good, grandpa. It has an effect of sacrificing itself instead of your monster. That card must be pretty brave to do that." Nodding, "grandpa" took me and shuffled me into his deck. Then the world went black.
***
Gaia pushed his steed to go faster. "Go! Go!" he urged. "The wind is gaining on us! If we reach the meeting late, Celtic is sure to be angry with us!" The violet horse, hearing his master's urgency, pushed himself to run faster through the field of never ending grass. Suddenly, a blue light shot down from the sky and landed a few yards away from the horse's side, causing him to stop and rear up on his hind legs. "What in the name of Millennium?!" Gaia roared as the light faded, revealing a girl. Getting down from his horse, Gaia cautiously walked up to the girl. She seemed to be unconscious. Looking over to see if she was ok, she wore a blue dress with long white sleeves that split at her thighs and a longer white skirt and pants to be completed with high white boots that had a small tassel in the center or each one. To complete the picture, the girl had brown leather gloves, cut at the fingers and stopped at her elbow. Gaia looked at his horse and asked, "Do you mind a little more weight?" The horse threw his head back confidently and neighed. Gaia laughed as he picked up the girl and placed her on his horse. "I guess not."
***
"Hey, wake up…" A female voice…like water…
"Is she alive?" Another male voice…reminded me of the trees and the forest…gentle…yet brave…like…a guardian angel…
"I hope not! Then…can we kick her?!" Obviously…sneering and nasal…
"Shut up Summoned Skull-head. No one wants your opinion." Another…one I could not find a name for…
A soft hand fell on my forehead…slowly, I opened one eye so slightly, it still looked like I was closing my eyes. I saw…violet?
"Make me Dork Magician!" Snickering followed and then, "You haven't left her side since Gaia found her! Do you like her?"
The hand quickly was retracted and…a dangerous growl…
"I said, shut up, Skull…"
"Ok, ok…good gods…no need to get so uppity about it…"
"Can you two not fight for a change?"
At the same time, the indescribable voice and the sneering one said in unison, "No!"
Opening my eye a little more, my vision blurred, but I made out a teen in a purple robe kneeling by me, but looking at a…walking skeleton was the only thing I could come up with. An elf who looked like he lived in the forest, and an elf woman, her skin fair blue and in a light green dress. All were looking at the skeleton. Pushing myself up, I felt that I was still alive and intact. "…Where?" I asked softly. "Am…I?" Quickly, all eyes turned to me. The one in purple looked at me and smiled. "You're home." He said.
"Home?" I echoed. "Where's that? I don't remember having a home…" The blue elf knelt beside me and asked sadly, "Your deck…who's was it? The starters? The thunder? Did you come from a booster pack? You know…the package you were in before you came here." Slowly, I shook my head. "Package? What? Booster- I…I don't understand. I was with a elderly man one minute and then…I'm here." The male elf looked curiously at me. "You don't know where you're from?" he asked. "That's odd…maybe she was traded…" The one dressed in purple shook his head. "No one's missing. We would've known. There's no way…unless…unless she was given to master Yugi…" Finally, my vision slid into focus and I looked around. I was on a bed in a room with two windows on one side and the door on my left. There was a lot of furniture and the floor had a blue rug that covered most of the floor. "Hey…who are you?" I asked. "I mean…I don't know where I am…and my name…" The male elf looked at me. "Yes, what is your name?" he asked. "It's all right. You can trust us. I am Celtic Guardian, or as some call me, Cel." The female elf smiled and said, "Mystical Elf." The purple one said, "I'm Dark or Dark Magician…" Jerking his head towards the skeleton, Dark Magician said, "That's Summoned Skull. Just call him Summoned Skull-head." Turning and winking at Summoned Skull, he smiled. "Right?" Summoned Skull made an extremely rude noise and went off. Nodding I said, "I…I think…I think my name is J…Jou…Jounochi…yes…Jounochi. Jounochi Hikari."
***
Turning to see whom it was, I grinned. "So," I called over the wind, which was slapping my hair in my eyes. "Dark Magician! How did you find the time to come and see the lowly me?" Dark, or Dark Magician, caught up to me, bending over onto his knees and breathed heavily. "J-Jou…" he stammered. "I-…I caught…you…" Reaching over to grab my arm, he panted, "C- C'mon…Gaia and Celtic are waiting for us…" Just before he got me, an evil thought came to my head. Jumping back so he missed me, I took off down the other side of the cliff. "Not yet you didn't!" I cried happily, high on happiness and the trill of being alive. Slowly getting up and giving me a tired look, Dark moaned out loud. "C'mon Jounochi Hikari!" he half-whined, half-played. "I'm tired and I need to get back to the others and you have to come with me to a meeting!" Clasping his hand together and bowing low he whined loudly, "Pleeeeeeeeeeeease?"
Laughing, I sat down from laughing so hard covering my mouth with one hand, the other holding me up. "Maybe!" I called back. "But you gotta come catch me first!" Getting up to run again, I didn't notice that Dark was muttering something under his breath until it was too late. "Crud!" I cried as vines suddenly shot out of Dark's wand and entangled me by my arms and legs. Lifting me in the air so I couldn't struggle, they slowly brought me an inch away from Dark's triumphant face upside down. Smiling at me with his blue eyes, he teasingly reached out and grabbed my shoulder. "Gottcha." He said. Glaring with my arms folded over my chest, I growled, "You…cheat." Letting me down with a wave of his wand, he defended himself. "Did not!" he joked. "I was merely catching you."
Once I had stood up again, I huffed. "Holding me upside down by magic is not catching. You need to run." Grinning, Dark lightly reached out and grabbed my hand. "There," he said. "Now I got you." Smiling, I turned to him. "I guess I'll let this one slide. But better watch out for next time!" Then turning serious, I said, "So, what's the big news?" Dark's smile was quickly replaced with a frown. "Celtic wants everyone to a meeting. Again." Sighing, I asked, "About what?" Dark didn't smile at my face, which made me worry. He's usually so playful. Looking away, I said, "So Cel wants up to meet. So?" I think of Dark often…he's smart, he can do magic, he's nice to me, he always looked out for me…But what I was unaware of, that because I was thinking about him, I was blushing a little. Damn, I blush too easily!
"Jou…" he said solemnly. "Jou…" he repeated again as if he couldn't bring himself to say what he was about to say. "Jou…!" Sadly, he suddenly threw his arms around me. "Jou!" he cried into my shoulder. "Jounochi!" Gasping, I gripped his shoulders. "Dark!" I cried. "Dark, get a grip! What happened?" Pulling back to see his sad eyes that looked like he was about to cry any second, he looked at me in the eye.
His eyes were always so full of life…a lovely sky blue…
"Jounochi…" he said gasping for air. "Jounochi, I wanted…to tell you…" At this moment, I could feel myself going a slight pink. "Dark…" I said. "What is it…?" Thinking quickly, I asked, "Did someone get hurt?"
"No."
"Is someone in trouble?"
"No."
Getting frustrated, I yelled, "Is someone getting married?!"
Dark stared at me for a minute before he said, "No." Shaking him, I yelled, "Well, what is it?!" Dark stared into my eyes and said as if forcing himself to say it, "You…"
Blushing badly, I leaned away from his face. "M-me?" I choked.
Dark nodded slowly. Then he finally said, "I wanted to tell you…"
Blushing really badly, I leaned my head as far back as I dared, seeing how Dark is the strongest card our duelist, Yugi, has. "Y-yes?" I hacked again.
"You're blushing."
Not catching it at first I stammered, "What are you trying to sa- hey! I am not! I am NOT blushing, thank you!"
Dark's smile appeared again. "Oh yes you are!" he teased. "You went red as soon as I said the words, 'Celtic Guardian'! Ohhh! Does this mean…" he gasped, dripping with fake shock. "Does our little Jounochi Hikari…love…CELTIC GUARDIAN?! OOHHH MYYYY!!!" I can feel myself going red again! "I-I do not!" I practically screamed. "H-he…everyone…it's a rumor that Celtic likes Mystical Elf! So why would I like him?" Dark laughed and looked at me. "Awww…don't feel bad, Jou." He teased. "Everyone knows it's just a rumor! And besides…" he said, his gaze turning soft. "I don't think you should feel bad. Everyone knows that Mystical has a crush on Cel. But Cel…" Brushing back a few of his hairs from his face, he grinned. "No one knows if that I'll-never-tell-you-anything elf likes her back." Sighing, I walked around him and sat on my rock overlooking the sea. "Well, I don't." I told him. "You know as well as I that every female card that Master Yugi has, and all the others from Miss Tea and Mai like him too. The Magician of Faith…Harpy Lady…one, two, and three for that matter…"
Dark grinned and sat behind me so we were back to back. "So, you don't like Mr. Wonderful?" Dark shook his head and said, "You…you know he looks at you all the time." Even though I have a sense to tell when someone is lying, I didn't even pick up the way Dark's voice was tense and strained. Sighing, I shook my head. "Well I don't," I said wistfully. "I have another." Dark opened his mouth to say something, but I guess he closed it because he made a small noise and turned away. "I'm glad." He said finally. Turing around in surprise, I asked, "Why? Why would you think that?" Dark looked away so I couldn't see his face. "N-no reason!" he said. Call me a liar, but I swore I saw him blush for s second. Oh well. It's not like he would learn to love me. I'm a low-level card; I have the worst magic ability, and no defense. What's a high ranking card like Dark have a reason to even look at me, much less be my friend. Anyway, we both sat there for a minute…not really saying anything…until Dark got up and turned to help me up. "We better get back." He said. "It's turning dark." Grinning, I took his hand and pulled myself up. "Well you should fell right at home shouldn't you?" I teased.
"Ha, ha. Very funny."
Laughing in the sunset, we both got up and walked towards home.