Author's note: Hello fellow readers and writers! I just watched Percy Jackson and the sea of monsters yesterday, and the inspiration for this story was born. I will not use words from the books, for that is plagiarism and makes things boring, but I may use certain ideas from the book. Maybe like the camp structure, but not how Thalia's pine tree protects it. I know some of you don't read author's notes, but if you find something that you think is too close to the book, please tell me. I may or may not agree, but I am willing to listen.
Warnings: None, besides from possible minor violence
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or the Percy Jackson series. I only own Akio (and this is not the Akio from my profile, but the Akio from my story called a Thief's love) and any other OC's I might mention. As for imagining Akio, just think of him as looking like a genderbent Anzu. There are some pictures of that on the internet, and they don't look that bad. Elecktra belongs to Sorceress of the Nile, who is kind enough to let me use Elecktra in this story ^^
"Welcome to Domino City station. Please remain seated or holding the pole until the subway has come to a complete stop. Thank you."
"Anzu, wake up. We're in Domino."
Anzu opened her eyes, slowly looking up into the ice blue eyes of her brother. She blinked, sitting back up with her arms stretched above her head. Letting out a big yawn, she looked at her brother sleepily. "We're here already? Didn't we just get on the subway a minute ago?"
"You've been asleep for two hours."
Anzu frowned, sweeping her shoulder length dark brown hair back. "We haven't been spotted yet, have we? I'm sure the monster would have notified the police by now."
Her brother shrugged, his eyes looking distant as he stared off into the other side of the subway. "I don't know, and I don't care if he did," his eyes hardened. "He means nothing to us."
Anzu nodded. "Agreed," she leaned back into the faux leather seat of the subway. The subway slowed to a stop, the people around them gathering their bags, purses, and children as they exited the vehicle. Anzu followed her brother out, keeping her head down. "Akio," she hissed. "What if someone spots us?"
Her brother, Akio, looked at her gently. "Anzu, we're miles and miles away from Kyoto. Besides, you have to wait forty eight hours before you file a missing persons report. At least, I think you have too."
Anzu frowned, clutching her twin's arm. "That's not very assuring."
"What was I supposed to tell you?"
She shook her head, patting his arm gently. "What you told me was fine, sorry," she sighed, looking around the unfamiliar city. "I just don't want him to be mad when we get back. You know how he gets when we disappear."
Akio glared at the sidewalk, holding her arm even closer. "Who cares what he thinks?" he spat out uncharacteristically. "I certainly don't. This day is about us, Imoto. We can do whatever we want, and no one can stop us."
She smiled at that, her grip on his arm relaxing a bit. "I suppose you're right," she said, her voice becoming brighter. "We can go to the mall, right?"
"If you want to."
"Yes!"
He smiled at her, only laughing when she pulled him along with a vice like grip. A map of the city was in the park, and they quickly hurried along through the busy streets to the large, grand mall that stood on the outskirts of the city, shining brightly in the sunlight. The twins walked through the doors, identical colored eyes wide as they walked around, taking in the sights of the everyday mall.
"Let's go in here!" Anzu called out, pulling him into a jewelry store. Anzu looked in awe at the jewelry, walking around slowly.
The fake jewels shinned brightly against the spotless glass counters. She looked intently at a necklace with a blue topaz butterfly on it, digging in her pocket to see if she had enough. She frowned, noticing she only had enough money for the pass back onto the subway.
"Do you wish to buy?"
She jumped, seeing a thin, long necked woman standing in front of her with a pleasant smile on her face. Anzu shook her head, stepping back from the counter. "No," she told the woman politely. "I don't have enough money, but it is very pretty."
"It is, isn't it?" The woman's eyes stared intently into the glass. "I just love jewelry; almost as much as I love people."
Anzu looked up at her, her head tilted in curiosity. "People?"
The woman nodded, her eyes narrowing into the glass case. "Jewelry is just precious, so rare and valuable," her eyes hardened as she stared at the golden necklace with the blue topaz butterfly. "It's so valuable, much more valuable than life itself."
Anzu stared at her, a frown lighting her face. "More valuable than life itself? Isn't that a bit extreme? I love jewelry, but that sounds a little over the top."
She continued to study the woman, her frown deepening as the woman began to look a little…odd. Her eyes looked red, with a little black dot for a pupil. Her manicured nails looked sharp, almost a little too sharp. They looked more like talons than nails, but that was silly thinking. Who would trade in their nails for a pair of talons? Crazy people, that's who.
The woman narrowed her eyes towards her, her nails clicking on the glass. "Is there a problem, young lady?" she asked in an icy tone. "Staring is considered quite rude, you know."
Anzu blushed, bowing her head a little. "Sorry," she adjusted the corner of her shirt. "I didn't mean to stare. I was just…just…admiring your earrings!"
The woman blinked at her before smiling, touching her golden hoops fondly. "Thank you," she said proudly. "I have always been fond of gold. Out of all the precious metals and gems, gold is the most precious. If gold were to vanish off this earth, I…I don't know what I'd do!"
Akio appeared next to her, touching her arm gently. "Do you want to go to the music store? I know you've been wanting to look at some dance music."
She smiled at him, nodding her head. "Sure!" she turned back to the lady, the smile still on her face. "Thanks for showing the jewelry. Have a nice day!"
She walked out of the shop and into the wide hallways of the mall. She turned to Akio, ready to say something to him, but he wasn't there.
The pressure around her seemed to drop immediately. The people around her started walking slowly, almost as slow as a snail, if not slower. She smiled, knowing what was happening. She stopped walking and stood in the middle of the mall waiting for Akio to return to her.
The second people started walking at their normal pace was when he apparated next to her, holding something in his hand. It was the blue topaz butterfly necklace that she had wanted. A smile lit her face, and she took it from him, wrapping it around her neck.
"Akio, you shouldn't have," she scolded lightly. "Stealing is wrong."
"And it's wrong that you can't have nice things," he argued back. "Or I for that matter. For once, could you let this slide?" he asked gently.
She nodded, squeezing his hand. "Yes, I can ignore this," she looked at the people walking around her. "It's funny how they never notice how you can slow them down."
"And it's funny how they never notice that you can speed them up."
Anzu laughed, punching his arm lightly. "Shut up, you know I can't help that sometimes. You know I'm not always in control of it."
"YOU THERE! THIEVES!"
Both twins turned around to see the woman from the jewelry store storm towards them, two other women behind her. She pulled Akio by the collar of his shirt, barring her teeth towards him. "You little thief! I saw that trick you did!"
Akio pushed against her, but her talons were strong. "Let me go!" he protested. "I don't know what you're talking about, you crazy old bat!"
"Bat? How dare you call me a bat!"
She shoved him to the ground, talons escaping from her stiletto shoes. The two other women grabbed Anzu, their talons digging deep into her arms, causing her to cry out. Akio tried to sit up, but the woman's talons trapped him.
The woman, though, couldn't really be called a woman anymore. The talons had grown even longer and even larger, almost as long as a medium sized picture frame. Her black hairs started to sleek back and disappear to the head of a raven with a long, sharp beak. Her body was no longer that of a woman's, but rather that of a panther, long and sleek.
"It's over, little demigod," she growled to him. "You should have known better than to steal our gold. Now, I will end your life and the life of your sister's!"
"Will you now?"
Both Anzu, Akio, and the bird/panther ladies turned their heads to see a trio of three teenagers. Two boys and one girl. The girl was the one who had spoken; standing in the center of the trio while twirling a wooden flute between her hands. A smirk lit her tanned face, causing her emerald colored eyed to gleam.
The boy standing to her right chuckled, his spikey, multi colored hair looking odd between the other two. He shook his head, his violet eyes amused. "Don't tease her, Elecktra," he looked at the lady in amusement. "Gryphons are very temperamental."
"Hm, almost as much as Bakura."
"I heard that," the other boy growled, his dark brown eyes narrowing. "Shut up, Elecktra."
The girl, Elecktra rolled her eyes. "Fine," she grumbled, stepping towards the lady holding down Akio with easy steps. "Alright, you stupid bird, let the boy go, and maybe, just maybe, I won't kill you."
The bird woman cackled. "Like I'd listen to a daughter of Hekate!" her grip on Akio tightened. "This brat here stole from me!"
Elecktra glanced down at Akio, a black eyebrow raised in question. "This boy obviously didn't know what you were," she brought the flute to her lips. "He probably doesn't even know what he is."
"Lies! He does so!"
Akio looked up at the girl helplessly. "Un, whoever you are, could you please help me?" he looked at Anzu. "And my sister!"
Elecktra grinned, the flute lying under her lower lip. "Of course we'll help you. You're lucky that we're here today. Otherwise, you might be dead right now."
The gryphon lady screeched something to the other gryphons, who immediately flung Anzu into the wall of the mall. They flew towards the spikey haired boy and the boy called Bakura, their talons stretched out and ready to kill. The multi colored hair boy smirked, bringing out a blade and swiped it towards the gryphon as she soared past.
Elecktra lept into the air, spinning around and giving the gryphon a kick with her right foot. This knocked her away from Akio, who immediately got up and ran towards Anzu.
"Little bitch," the gryphon roared, raising a talon towards Elecktra. "That hurt!"
Elecktra smiled cheekily up towards her. "It was meant to!" she brought her flute to her lips, blowing something into it, her fingers tapping against the finger holes. Spikes rose up from the ground, almost stabbing the gryphon, but she flew away faster than the speed of light. Elecktra frowned, trying to look for the gryphon, but a gust of air sent her flying backwards as the gryphon soared past her.
"That hurt!" she snapped toward the giant bird, blowing into the flute again. The sound was not audible to the human ears, but gryphon could apparently hear it. She screeched, flailing in the air wildly as she fell to the ground. Elecktra pulled something out of her pocket, a small sword, and ran towards the gryphon as she fell towards the ground. She jumped on it, stabbing in the heart.
The creature shrieked, trying to swipe at the girl, but Elecktra jumped away, just as the creature disappeared into black dust. "One down," she grinned and turned towards her companions. "And two to go."
The gryphon fighting Bakura shrieked in anger. "That was my sister!" she squawked something to her other companion, who narrowly avoided a swipe from Bakura's scythe. They flew up into the air, avoiding the screaming civilians who had stopped to stare at the sight and out the main entrance.
The multi colored haired boy sighed, sticking his blade into his holster before turning to Elecktra. "Well that was easy," he commented. "But they made a lot of damage."
"That they did, Atem," the girl sighed, sticking her flute into her bag. "But more importantly, we need to take care of these two."
Akio looked up at them, an arm wrapped around Anzu as he helped her stand to her feet. "Who are you?" he asked, seeing as Anzu was still in shock. "What the hell just happened?"
Elecktra sighed. "What you two just saw was a hallucination. It was a trick. Those three women were never here. They were in your imagination."
Anzu blinked, looking towards her brother with a frown. "Lame," she finally decided, looking at the girl.
"Very lame," Akio agreed. "Tell us what's going on. We know what we saw, and there is nothing you can say that can change our minds."
The white haired boy, Bakura, glanced at Elecktra. "Why don't you just wipe their memories of this event?"
Elecktra crossed her arms, her green eyes narrowing as she studied the twins. "No, Bakura," she started slowly. "I don't think wiping their memories will do anything."
"Why not?"
She sighed, nodding her heads towards the twins. "Sit down," she said evenly. "We need to explain some things to you and it might be a little…well, shocking."
Well, is that okay for a beginning? Tell me what you think by reviewing! And maybe, just maybe, could I get a few follows? Pretty please?
