Chapter I; After the Storm

It all happened so fast. The typhoon, the massive, strong, current. Elizabeth felt warm sand under her body. Her burgundy curls a mess, and ruined from being tossed around in the current. She tried with what energy she had in her body to get back up but to no avail. Her arms gave and her gold and green fins turned into legs. Liz's eyes grew dark. She needed to tell her mother where she was. Akeimi Rotaru, the sea nymph, her mother, but Liz felt so tired. She let her eyes close, as she fell asleep on that beach. Her body was bruised, and god it hurt to move. Her mother would heal her straight away, but she wasn't here. She was an okay swimmer, but not a fast one like her mother, of course the ocean carried her away. Her eyes were closed, but she heard everything that was going on on the beach, it faded in and out. Elizabeth couldn't move, couldn't speak either.

Elizabeth felt the cold water of the ocean sloshing at her feet, the warm grit of sand on her cheek. She began to hear voices, then the engine of a motorcycle? Liz had forgotten that she was half naked. Oh how it hurt to move. Liz just wanted her mother, yes that sounded childish, but if there was anyone who could patch her up immediately it was her mom. Anyway, she heard footsteps approaching her. Elizabeth just couldn't move. She heard a voice, trying to speak to her.

"Miss?" it said.

The voice was obviously male. Elizabeth felt fabric being draped over the bottom half of her body. Next thing she knew she felt like she was being picked up and carried. Who was this person? The man who was carrying her had fun looking black hair with gold highlights, his name was Yusei. Yusei carried Elizabeth to his runner, and took her home. Poor Liz, had no idea. As a half nymph she was naturally afraid of humans. Mostly because she would catch her mother crying over the loss of a human she called Atemu, or Yami. Since Elizabeth was that man's child her mother was extremely protective of her. She advised Elizabeth to never fall in love with a human, that they're nothing but trouble. Oh how right she was.

When Elizabeth opened her eyes she bolted upright. The man who had helped her jumped slightly, then looked at her in concern. He went to try and calm her down, but the sea nymph flinched and tried to get away from him. She didn't want to be with a human. Not now anyway. She looked up at him and her eyes softened a little. He was indeed good looking. His eyes were so blue. Hers were green like the deepest green emeralds.

"You have to rest, Miss," Yusei said with concern.

She only now remembered that she was in nothing more than a seashell bra. She looked at her chest. Elizabeth was most desirable, as her physique went, her breasts were the perfect size for her body. Liz crossed her arms over her chest to try and cover her lovely cleavage. Yusei leaned over to her and wrapped her in a blanket.

"We'll get you some clothes. For now you're gonna have to get by with some of mine," he said.

He had put some fresh clothes beside her. They were terribly oversized for the petite Elizabeth. She put them on anyway, for her own comfort. Later Elizabeth awoke again. This man. He was so very kind to her. He had stayed beside her the whole night. She looked over to his sleeping form, propped up in that chair. Elizabeth's heart softened as she dressed herself in his clothes. Liz looked at him as she dressed. In the over sized t-shirt and the jeans that she had forgone, but used the blanket she was covered in to make a skirt, for now. Those jeans he gave her were way too big, they kept sliding down her rounded hips, that was why she had opted for a makeshift skirt. She took a blanket from the bed she was lying on to cover his broad shoulders. A card fell from her shirt and landed on him. Liz didn't notice that. Yusei's eyes opened. She was sitting on the bed now just deep in thought. Yusei picked up the card. It was in perfect condition. When he flipped it over to get a good look at what card it was his eyes widened.

"Blue eyes white dragon?" he exclaimed, "you have a blue eyes?"

Elizabeth looked up and gasped. Her card! She quickly snatched it out of the man's hand. That card was precious to her. It belonged to her mother's best friend, and the man who helped raise her. He had given her mother his dueling deck when he passed away but made it clear that Liz was to get his most precious cards, the three white dragons that slumbered in his deck. As such she had those. Liz always kept the three white dragons tucked in her seashell bra, they, along with all the cards her mother and she, herself had inherited, were enchanted to never be damaged by any elements, especially water and ice. Elizabeth tucked the card away, refusing to look at the man in the eyes.

"I'm sorry, but I understand." he said softly, "that is a precious card to you. If they're that precious to you than I will help you keep them safe."

Yusei liked this girl already. She was gorgeous, and she had great love for her cards. Still. He didn't even know this woman's name. That concerned him. She was clearly still afraid of him for some reason. His clothes were not flattering on her but they didn't make her look terrible, despite all the bruises on her body. Wow she was pretty. When he tried to approach her she flinched and backed away from him. Yusei hung his head slightly, poor guy had no idea what he did wrong to make her feel so scared of him. He looked into her lovely emerald green eyes and smiled. Liz blushed. He had a lovely smile. No. She wasn't going to get close to this human. Or so she thought. She was already beginning to soften towards him. She didn't know his name, but he didn't know hers either. Well, that was unfair.

"Thank you for the healing," she said softly, and timidly, "but I can't thank you properly because I don't know what to call you."

Liz was blushing. She'd observed humans before, just never talked to them. Not since her adopted father Seto, and his brother Mokuba, and her father's friends. Since they all passed away she was just living with her mother in the ocean, like a good nymph. Yusei smiled when she began to speak to him. That was a good sign, she was comfortable enough to talk to him.

"I'm Yusei Fudo." he said introducing himself, "what's your name, Miss?"

The half nymph looked at him. Yusei? So that was his name. Liz didn't want to give her full name to the guy, she didn't want to cause an uproar. She knew her father was famous, she just wasn't too sure how famous he was. King of Games sure, but what did that mean to the humans here? In the sea he was known as the one who saved the world, but not a whole lot more than that. He was just a human. Her mother loved him with her whole heart and soul. Elizabeth always wondered why she didn't choose to become mortal and die with him, but whenever she looked in the mirror she knew the answer. Elizabeth resembled her father in her hair color and facial structure in a sense, though she had her mother's feminine features.

"My name? It's Elizabeth," she tittered softly.