Kon'nichiwa!

I have started witting this story, again about Dark Magician Girl/ Mana. I hope you like it.

Notes
-This not not an official sequel to 'Control'.The settings are similar to that of its ending, so it can be taken as one. But please note that I may one day write an official sequel.
-My first language is not English,so I apologize if the writing isn't verygood.
-Some of the names may be spelt incorretly through-out. I use the Japanese romanji spellings. Please tell me if they are different in English.
-this is in the POV of Dark Magician Girl.

I fingered the fine silver chain under the thick cloth that held another jewel. The chain was very precious to me, given to me by my elder sister who had died when I was still Mana, over five thousand years ago. It had been her dying gift, and I would alwayssavor it.

I was sitting beside Master in a meadow in a less crowded area of the Dominion of the Beasts. Leaning back on the slope we were on, I persistently asked him about doing more advanced training.

"So, Master… do you think I can try Transformation spells, yet?" A few years have passed since I arrived here. I still wanted to become an elite spell-caster, even if I had to serve Pharaoh in a different way. Either way I would protect and fight for him with my magic, only with less danger. Although I am not sure quite how accurate that is. It seems that everyone that duels him wants his soul, or his power, or his puzzle, or – you get the point. And to think that I thought that this card game was safer than the duels in Egypt.

"Well, Dark Magician Girl–" Abruptly he stopped speaking, a strange expression on his face. I knew what it meant. "I must go now. We'll speak of this later." With a swish of his robes, he picked up his staff and disappeared.

I sighed, overcome with the curiosity of what his answer would be. I plucked up a delicate flower, admiring its pretty light pink color. I knew that it was very advanced magic, but if I could do this, it would prove that I was an accomplished magician and that Magician's Valkyria wasn't just saying that. I sat back, twirling the stem in my fingers. Lying back, I wondered when Master would be back…

I suddenly sat up. I could feel myself being summoned in a duel, ribbons of energy pulling at me. I was happy to have this chance; I haven't dueled in quite a bit. I freely let it pull me into the midst of battle. I was summoned by Magical Academy, replacing Queen's Knight. I waved energetically at her as we passed and I took her place in battle. I felt power surging through me from Magical Academy's effect. I appeared facing sideways, using my arm to throw away the graduate- style hat.

Hearing Pharaoh speak, I stood beside him cheerfully. "And now, my Dark Magician Girl shall rid the field of all your monsters and lead me to victory." I blushed slightly at the confidence he held in me. I hope I didn't fail him. I couldn't speak in this form, so as an answer, I lifted my left hand to my visor in a kind of salute.

"Oh, really? And just how will one monster destroy seven?" an old man in a black robe sneered. Seven? Isn't the limit of monsters on one side of the field five? Confused, I pushed my visor farther back from over my eyes and looked around. This duel was very strange, indeed. There was this weird glowing circle all around us. It gave me shivers down my back. This weird circle was also on the foreheads of the seven monsters on my opponent's side of the field. I stared into their unusually soulless eyes. What was going on?

"First, she'll receive an extra three hundred point boost thanks to the Dark Magician in my graveyard." What? Normally, I would be very happy to have twenty-eight hundred attack points, the same as the Magician of Black Chaos, but the news that Master already went to the graveyard depressed me. As I felt his familiar magic helping mine, I lifted my wand, ready for battle. A little revenge was fine, right?

"Your little girl will need more than a few extra points to stand up against my warriors. She's a bit out of her league." Little girl? I glared angrily at him. I was so sick of every opponent calling me something insulting because I was a girl! Oh, I hope I get a chance prove him wrong!

Pharaoh chose not to reply, instead looking hopefully at his deck. Oh, please draw the card that you need… Closing his eyes, he drew his next card. I knew from his triumphant expression that it was either the card he needed or a card just as good. "Now, I activate this: Diffusion Wave- Motion!" Yes! This would help me win the duel for him! I felt my wand powering up, glowing a bright pink, creating a strong wind, billowing out my skirt and cape as well as both duelists' clothes. "And now, go Dark Magician Girl!" I leap into the air, and on his command, spun and leashed my attack: "Dark Burning Attack!" Waves of pink light sped toward the man. All of his rather ugly statues and soldiers shattered at the impact. "The more monsters you have the more life-points you lose!"

The other man was nearly speechless, "I-I-I lost!" With much difficulty, I resisted the urge to stick out my tongue at him. That would show him! This 'little girl' beat him!

The colors started running into each other in a certain pattern, and I knew that I was fading away, to go back in to my world. I opened my eyes to see myself lying on the ground like I was before. I sat up, rubbing my eyes slightly. It's later than I thought and that duel exhausted me. I was never this tired after a duel, I suppose theweirdgreen circle-thingstole away our strength. I look around, expecting to see Master. But, there was no one here. Where is everyone? Oh well. I got up, heading to go home. Master is probably there. When he came back, I probably wasn't there anymore. I trudged upthe hill and was almost at the entrance when I heard a voice behind me. I turned and saw a familiar purple-clad magician.

"Master!" I waited until he caught up before starting off again, falling in step with the taller magician. "Where were you? I didn't see you when I came back."

"I came back and saw that you were gone, so I left to see if I could find you. I didn't know you were summoned in a duel, though. Congrats, by the way." I blushed slightly at the comment. It wasn't too often I got summoned a duel and won it for Pharaoh. Plus, Master's praise meant a lot to me, coming from one of the best mages in the whole land.

"Thanks, Master. But when I entered the duel, I didn't see you. What happened?" Every monster has the ability to watch their owner duel. At the beginning, I was excited and watched every second of Pharaoh's duels. Nowadays, I watch it much less frequently.

To my surprise, Master flushed. I looked at him curiously. What happened? I was just itching to know what happened in the duel before I showed up. He sped up a bit, trying to evade the question. "Come on, it wasn't that bad, was it?"

"I was beaten by Warrior Dai Grepher! It only has seventeen hundred attack points!" Master sounded insulted. I was incredulous, not believing that Master was beaten by a monster that has eight hundred less attack points than him.

I wisely decided that I shouldn't ask. Maybe I'd ask someone else tomorrow for the details. "By the way Master, what was the weird green circle thing?"

To my surprise, Master's shoulders slumped a bit. "That was something called the 'Seal of Oreikarukosu". At my confused look, he said, "Dark Magician Girl, if you would skip skipping history classes, then maybe you would know." I grinned rather sheepishly at him. Just because I no longer skived magic lessons, didn't mean that I would willingly sit through long lectures about the millions of years of history. By this time, we reached our house. Master paused on the porch, shook his head at me and proceeded to explain it, "It is something that steals souls of monsters and people and gives the power to a great beast called Leviathan. It once almost destroyed both worlds. Now that it's back, even the greatest mage can't predict the future."

I looked sadly at the world around us. I loved living in this world with my friends, yet still able to fight for pharaoh. I didn't want the peace here to be broken because of one stupid monster. I grew determined. I will do everything I can to prevent that from happening. "That won't happen, Master! We can fight back, right?"

"I don't know, Dark Magician Girl." With that, Master swept inside, leaving me alone outside. I stood there a long time, deep in thought, until I, too, went inside.

Thanks for reading,
Jisushika-chan

April 23, 2006