In a time where so much is unknown to mankind,

it is hard to believe that places beyond the here and now exist,

but they do,

places where wars are raged and battles are fought,

and people are killed,

they do exist, and I will tell you their stories...

The prince will have to make a choice,

and the time of his decision is soon,

this decision will effect his people,

and others...

-B-l-a-c-k-e-d- -o-u-t-

Chapter one

((Enter, the demon prince))

The demon prince Yami sat a a distant table and watched as hundreds of formally dressed mortals walked around the large hall and pretended to be interested in what other people had to say. The prince had black spiky hair with deep red-purple tips and blonde streaks, accompanied by blonde bangs. He was slightly shorter than average, but that wasn't very noticeable, and nobody dared to mention it anyway, he was after all, royalty. The prince's eyes were blood red, he was famous for his malicious eyes.

Yami currently sat alone, his bodyguards were being 'discrete' which meant that they were standing quite a distance away from him, but close enough for them to keep an eye on him.

It was forbidden for a demon to be in the mortal realm, that didn't stop most of them however, and prince Yami was no exception. He was supposed to be meeting with some other demons, to privately discuss matters regarding the angel's proposal of a 'peace treaty'. Which would mean there would be no more fighting, no more angel invasions, but furthermore, there would be no more need for the demon forces.

This was a troubling thought for most, as they were what most young demons aspired to join. The demon forces were the demon military, their army; and a strong one at that, and with the demon's new found ability to fly, they would be virtually unstoppable.

Since the beginning of time demons had been put at a disadvantage, angels had been granted wings that enabled them to fly, demons however, had had no such luck. That was how the angels had eluded them for so long, without the ability to fly, demons could only defend themselves, they couldn't attack the enemy. This being because the enemy based themselves in the sky, and one has to fly to get there.

But recently - in the last century or so - demons had uncovered the secrets of the angel's ability to fly, so now not only were the demon forces strong, but they could fly. Making for an almost unstoppable attack should they choose to make an assault on the angels territory.

However now the angels have come out of the blue and said that they don't wish to fight the demons anymore, they wish for both races to be at peace. Is that even possible? When angels are happy demons are not, and vice versa.

The final decision was left up to the ruler of the demons, the mother of the prince. However the prince also had a very significant say in what happened, and he had been asked to attend the meeting on his mother's behalf and listen to all pros and cons on the topic of the angel's 'peace treaty'.

So that's where the prince of the underworld currently found himself, waiting for the rest of the demon jury to arrive, and hopefully pass his judgment on the whole ordeal.

Out of the corner of his eye the young (by demon standards) ruler-to-be spotted one of his bodyguards becoming slightly wary, this usually meant the arrival of the warlord. It was strange, the warlord was a quite a few years older than the prince (possibly centuries, but no one was game enough to ask), however the pair seemed to be almost equally matched in power, and both considered the other a rival. Maybe this is what made the prince's bodyguards wary around the warlord, maybe not.

The warlord soon came into view, he was not easily mistaken. Although he was wearing human formal clothes, like the prince, his cold blue eyes, short chocolate brown hair and his abnormally tall height made him hard to miss.

The warlord took a seat opposite the prince, both eying the other suspiciously, the prince's bodyguards were ready to strike at any attack the warlord might - or might not-make. However neither male had come to fight a pointless battle, they were here on business.

"Prince," the warlord bowed his head respectively.

"Warlord," Yami said and mimicked the warlord's tone and gestures, gaining endless satisfaction from it.

"Such childish games you play," the warlord said in a mocking tone, he smirked but gave the demon prince time to recover.

"Would you prefer all demons to be more serious like yourself, Kaiba?" Yami asked, also in a mocking tone.

The argument of opinions came to a stop as the second influential figure arrived. She seemed to appear out of nowhere, although this was normal for her. She was a seer, and the lead strategist in the war, she knew of majority of the attacks the angels would make, and exactly how to defend against them.

She was currently wearing a long tan sleeveless dress, similar to what many humans in the room were wearing, with her long black hair sitting neatly behind her. She was Isis, named after the ancient Egyptian goddess,not that anyone really knew why.

"I believe we are almost ready to begin," Isis stated and took a seat.

"The only person left to come is the demon queen," Yami said off-handedly, he didn't really know her all that well, although it was said that she was cold and ruthless, almost like the warlord.

In demon monarchy the demon queen was not necessarily the mother of the prince, she was the strongest female demon to date. Another female demon was allowed to challenge the demon queen, and should the challenger come out victorious, then she was awarded the title, 'Demon Queen'. The demon queen was expected to attend all important meetings, and was often invited to gala events as part of the royal party.

"She will not be joining us tonight," Isis commented in a smooth and fluent tone.

"What could possibly be more important than deciding the future of her people?" Kaiba snapped, he didn't really like the demon queen, and usually left the room when she entered, due mostly to his lack of tolerance.

"She will formally apologize tomorrow, however she is currently busy elsewhere defending her title," Isis said calmly, basically what the seer had said was that some other female demon had showed up and wanted to rip the demon queen to shreds.

Judging by the way Isis spoke of the situation, Yami guessed that the demon queen hadn't told Isis any of this and that Isis had foreseen it, which wasn't uncommon.

"Then I presume that we can begin?" the demon prince inquired.

"Not quite yet," Isis replied, "another warrior will be sent in her place, on behalf of the demon forces,"

"Might I inquire as to who?" Kaiba asked, in his most business-like tone.

"He has arrived, and should be with us shortly," Isis said completely ignoring the warlord's question.

Sure enough in a matter of moments, a man of average height with silver-white hair and deep brown, almost black, eyes appeared. His skin was tanned and he bore a large scar running close to his eye on his right cheek, with two smaller scars intersecting the first further away from his eye. He was wearing a similar attire to both the prince and the warlord, however his harsh appearance had earned him a few strange looks from the mortals, not that it bothered him particularly.

"Now my prince, we can begin," Isis said, smiling calmly, it was probably easier for her to keep calm around the new arrival than for the other two accompanying her. "Bakura, if you would be so kind as to take a seat, we can start,"

Surprisingly the white haired male sat down, very gracefully considering, he had a distinctly disinterested expression firmly in place. Yami studied his expression for a moment, the prince couldn't really blame him, although, he would never admit that he too found these tiresome meetings somewhat boring.

Demon prince Yami was unsure of how long the white haired demon would tolerate the meeting, he had a reputation for being restless, he also had a reputation for turning on his men for his own gain. Bakura was a legendary warrior among demons, parents told their children stories of the great Bakura who - it was rumored - convinced an angel general that he wished to join their ranks, then slaughtered him and his men mercilessly.

The white haired fiend had been around for quite a while, no one really knew how old he was, he had been around since what seemed to be the dawning of time. But the demon prince doubted that he was among a group of demons called the first. As the name suggests, the first were the first demons to actually differentiate themselves from angels, for a long time demons were just called angels who turned from their people, but the first established the demon people as different from the angels.

"Very well, let us begin, I believe the warlord should inform us all of the complications and advantages the peace treaty will bring," Isis finished and all eyes darted to the warlord, who didn't hesitate for a moment.

"The peace treaty would mean that no more fighting would occur between angles and demons, however fighting has been a central part of demon life since the dawn of time, to stop it may cause confusion and rebellions among the demon forces, and the demon people for that matter," Kaiba finished, he was used to giving this speech, he had said this same speech what felt like a hundred times.

"My seers and I have foreseen no more angel attacks, however it may be possible for them to block any visions of their attacks from reaching us, although we are unsure of how they could do this," Isis bowed her head respectively at the end of her statement.

"I have been told by the captain of the guard that we barely have enough guards to guard the palace and all prime targets for angel attacks," Yami added, he had actually overheard that statement, but it sounded much better if he said he had been told.

"It would be in our best interests to speak with the leader of the angels personally, as they have left much to question in their proposed peace treaty," Kaiba said, it looked as though a decision had been made when an unexpected, and surprisingly plausable, point was made by the forth party,

"True, but would the leader of the angels actually want to speak with those who have been their enemies since the dawn of time, I can't help but get the impression that they are simply proposing a peace treaty to get us off their backs and out of their way, so they can influence the mortal realm however they wish," Bakura finished, this was not the first time he had been a part of an important meeting, he had learned from past experiences how to get his message across.

"I understand where you are coming from Bakura, but I am inclined to disagree, our seers would be able to detect something like that-" Isis was about to continue when Bakura interrupted again.

"You said before that it could be possible for the angels to block things from your seers," Bakura seemed to go back into his disinterested state after making his point.

"Yes, but we are unsure of any possible methods they could use, we don't know for a fact that that is what the angels are doing," Isis argued.

"But we don't know for a fact that they aren't doing that," Bakura continued to argue his point, he was never one to back down from a challenge.

"I believe Isis is trying to stress the fact that there is no actual proof that the angels are plotting against us, and the mortal justice system states that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty," Yami thanked his endless lessons about politics and lectures on the justice systems of both demons and humans.

"Yes, but the demon justice system states that the defendant is guilty until proven innocent," Bakura smirked, humans were stupid and trusting, everything he was not.

"Angels do not work by our justice system," Yami continued arguing.

"And we should not work by theirs!" Bakura shouted, drawing a few unwanted stares, but nothing that might blow their cover. There was a short pause before the brunette warlord spoke up, effectively moving the debate forwards.

"I believe that the treaty would not go down too well with the people, so as warlord I am opposed to the treaty," Kaiba was the first to make his decision.

"As lead strategist it is my opinion that the treaty could work to our advantage, I believe that the treaty should go ahead," Isis passed her judgment, looking calm and collected, as per usual.

"I believe I have already made my position against the treaty clear," Bakura was the next to give his judgment.

Now Yami was left in a difficult position, if he disagreed with the treaty then the chances of it going ahead were slim to none, but if he agreed with it then there would be a tie in the votes. He had the reigning vote here however, so if he decided that the treaty would go ahead, chances were it would go ahead.

"I understand that both arguments are very strong," at this remark the demon prince could hear Bakura snort, but he kept going, "I am inclined to place my support behind the treaty, however I understand the negative repercussions that it could have on the demon race, so it is my wish to see the treaty go ahead, but I would like to enact warlord Kaiba's plan to actually arrange a meeting with the angels to discuss the finner details of the treaty,"

"With all do respect I am in favor of ending this meeting and getting back to our own realm," Isis stated and with that the quartet, plus the prince's bodyguards left the crowded space.

The group of demons moved quickly and quietly around to the back of the hall and made sure no one was looking before tearing open a portal back to their own world. The warlord was the first to enter, he had work that needed finishing, the demon prince soon followed him along with his bodyguards, which left the lead strategist and the legendary warrior.

"Where was the demon queen? She shouldn't have taken that long, the opponent I foresaw was weak and overly confident, why did she not come?" Isis questioned, Bakura shrugged disinterestedly.

"Maybe she was overly confident as well and actually got beaten," Bakura spat sarcastically, he really didn't care what happened to the demon queen, it was of no importance to him whether she won or lost.

"I doubt it," Isis dropped her calm and collected face, she now showed just how impatient and annoyed she was, "the demon queen should have finished the challenger off within minutes and come to the meeting, where was she?"

"Busy?" Bakura offered, again taking a sarcastic tone.

"Doing what?" Isis spat, this whole situation was beginning to irritate her, and Bakura wasn't helping that one bit.

"Doing what ever it is that demon queens do," Bakura rolled his eyes and stepped through the portal leaving Isis to her musings.

'She should have come, but she didn't, why not? I'm beginning to wonder...' Isisthought to herself, but quickly stepped through the dark portal when it began to close.

-B-l-a-c-k-e-d- -o-u-t-
TK: well, I'm not sure, tell me what you all think... it isn't formatted the way I wanted it to be,ff . net saw to that -.-;; ah well...

SK: R&R no flames

TK: Before I disapear I'd like to ask anyone who reads to tell me what you think, I may/maynot continue this fic, so your opinion would be greatly appreciated! Later!