Author's note: Yes i know i don't own Yu-gi-oh or any of its deadbeat cousins (GX, 4GDX, Zeal, whatever else comes next...) that right belongs to whoever created it and whoever produced it on national television. Any way, Roll it! :D
Summery: What ever happened to the main characters when the show ended completely? What will happen when faith extends its hand over to a girl in the real world to help with those unfinished hopes? With a new twist! What happens when the charaters become kittens!
Chapter One: Ra? If that's you leave a voicemail
"Long ago, legend speaks of a king that rescued his people from an overbearing darkness.
This king was the strongest amongst his people and battled against the many great evils that threatened the balance of this world.
In defeating the great evil the king himself gave up his life to protect the world and sealed away the great evil and his soul together for all of time.
That was until fate intervened…"
"Oh man, I can tell this book is going to take forever just by reading the first few sentences!" Amanda huffed before falling back on her bed and letting her body sink into the soft comforter.
She yawned and rubbed her eyes, thankful that her bout of insomnia had vanished.
Falling asleep had seemed futile for most of these hot, humid, Florida nights until I picked up my summer reading books about a week ago and tried to finish all of them. I could barely hold up the last book I finished; giving up all together once I began reading the last impossibly huge book.
"I mean I like reading but come on school this is kind of overkill" I groaned as I examined the thigh width book before lying it down on the wooden floor next to bed with a loud 'thump' that made me cringe. I sighed as relaxation took over my form and my mind began to feel foggy with sleep… that was until a loud, cheap, artifice ringing sound penetrated my peaceful bliss. Narrowing my eyes I glanced over to my alarm clock I read the red tiled digits that informed me it was a little past two in the morning and furrowed my eyebrows in confusion and skepticism.
Who in the world would be calling anyone this early, not to mention calling me!
Hesitantly I picked up my cell phone and wearily examined the calling I.D. gleaming from the purple metal.
"Hello?" I called out after a moment when no one answered. I shifted restlessly from side to side as I sat cross legged.
Hanging up would have been the smarter option but from so stupid reason I just couldn't put the phone down; it was as if my hand was frozen with the cell phone glued to my ear.
Suddenly I realized after a moment that I could hear someone breathing on the other line very faintly and then the breath became to get louder and heavier. Fearing that some stalker was on the other end I resolved to say something and if they didn't answer then to hang up as fast as I could. Giving the person at the end of the line the benefit of the doubt I called out once again. "Hey who is this" my voice cracked slightly on the end of my words in a little bit of worry. Not five seconds passed before I grew impatient.
"Look bud I'm hanging up right now-" a loud animalist roar deafened me as the noise exploded from my phone and made me crash off of my bed, and onto the floor in a daze; with my ears ringing as I thought briefly that an airplane had taken off right next to me as I picked myself off the floor.
"What in the world…" I slurred. Touching my ear I winced as I probed the tender appendage and sighed in relieve that it wasn't bleeding and I could still hear; I was bloody sure that stupid phone had taken my ear off.
Quickly poking my head over the edge of my pale comforter I eyed the innocent looking phone of mutilation and suddenly backed into my wall as a bright golden light shot out from it and made the room glow a bright simmering molten gold. I cried out as I covered my eyes as the intense light nearly blinded me and I held my arms over my face.
White light penetrated my eyelids and it felt as if my room had turned into a summer sauna on full blast, making my break out in sweats instantly. As quickly as it had come, the light faded away and I tried in vain to stumble over to my bed. Temporary blinded I tripped over the giant book I threw next to my bed and with a yelp I fell in a heap. My chest connected with cold metal and I gasped as it burned against my chest. Getting on my knees I rubbed my eyes hastily with one hand as I rubbed my chest with the other.
I blinked slowly, and blinked again, and realized I was lying on my bed again with my phone by my ear. Against all better judgment I picked it up again and held it to my ear to see what had caused that incident. The line was dead but a message was blinking in the inbox.
Stupidly I played the message as I wondered if it was all just a prank call and they want to apologize or laugh; I was so shaken I didn't really care whichever one it was as long as I knew what it was. A haunting laugh echoed faintly but menacing from the small speaker phone before low, rough, garbled voices began speaking simultaneously, chilling my blood as I listened.
"As long as there is light there will always be darkness…" the demonic voices cut off as the message stopped playing.
I blinked owlishly as I stared at my phone.
Yea…not want wanted to hear at the moment, I mused to myself.
After a moment I shut off the phone before chucking the strange machine at the wall and lazily climbed into bed. But not before I spitefully kicked the huge book by the foot of my bed across the room.
"Man, that incident has made me way to pissed off for this early in the morning…night…whatever".
Sighing I shut my eyes as I tried to dismiss what had just transpired as a very stupid dream from my overworked brain.
"Great my phone is possessed" I mumbled before falling unconscious to sleep.
What the girl didn't notice, long after she was asleep and daybreak broke across the horizon, was a faint golden symbol dimly glowing from the center of her forehead.
The majestic eye of hours shimmered brightly as it pulsated one last time before dimming and fading away completely as the dawn light peeped through the curtains and across the slumbering youth's pale forehead.
Night had come and gone in the blink of an eye and the early fall morning had begun to awaken the sleepy residents of Florida with a very pleasant cold front that cooled the normally humid, warm air. Still mornings were not every ones favorite time of day with the singing birds outside…
"BLEEP, BLEEP, BLEE-"! I especially hated mornings for that reason.
The pale white comforter shifted as a mass rose in its middle and it rose as it grew and it began swaying as it let out a soft moan like a ghost.
Snapping back to reality I ignored my pounding temples as I flung my sheets away and jumped out of bed, and with a cry of desperation tackled the blaring alarm clock. Frantically pressing random buttons I cut its piercing shriek as fast as I could.
As I cradled the bulky object to my chest I laid still on the surprisingly chilly floor as my muscles tensed in recoil against the unusual cold. I listen intently with dread for the expected sound I prayed wouldn't come. Amazingly nothing came.
I let out a long sigh of relief as I relaxed…until a piercing shriek penetrated the stillness of the quite morning. Groaning I slammed my alarm against my still throbbing head in frustration as my infant brother's screams grew louder and longer with each passing second. Dragging me and my abused alarm clock back into bed I groaned as the loud sound of footsteps echoed down the hallways and a stream of vague swears and curses could be heard among the squealing cries.
"Whatever Gods that are out there, please give me a break this morning will yea?" I mumbled as I stared pointedly at the red digits of my accursed alarm clock.
The slow, routine morning began in my household as everybody tended to my brother while preparing for the day; all of them were out the door before I was half way dressed.
"GAH!"
I yelled as I stumbled on my pants and hobbled out to the living room with one bare leg and the other covered in my pants; with my tooth brush in my mouth; and my hair billowing out in all directions, I looked like a comic mess. As I caught myself from falling on my none to graceful self by clinging to the counter tops like a cat, I hoisted my black school pants up and threw on my deep green uniform shirt over my back and ran to the kitchen sink to prevent myself from swallowing the forming toothpaste in my mouth…again.
Lifting my head from the kitchen sink I whirled around once I noticed that despite my hurry, my folks had left me behind to drop off my brat of a brother first before they would remember me and debate for a while in the car whether to turn back and pick me up quickly so I wouldn't be late to school, or they would just continue speeding towards my brother's daycare, starting an argument about being late to work and thus making incredibly late anyway.
Yea for parents!
I grinned like a fool as I checked my watch as I noticed that I had some time to kill.
Groaning as I closed my eyes and stretched out my back, I heard the small popping noises of satisfaction as I breathed a deep breath of happiness before turning on my heel back towards my room.
Flopping onto my soft bed I quickly turned on the television as I began skimming channels for morning shows. After a moment it seemed as if my eyes had taken on the previous weights of weariness still left over from sleep. My eyes drifted shut as some odd yet familiar soundtrack to an opening for a cartoon show began blaring from the living room television.
It seemed only like minutes, and right as my mind was drifting off to dreamland, a loud obnoxious bagging noise jolted me awake. My heart leaped in my throat as I jumped off the recliner in reflex and wide-eyed.
I looked back and forth as I clutched the chair's arm rest.
I paled for a minute as I glanced over to the front door and watch it wearily for any more signs of forced entry.
Feeling my heart thudding in my ears I gimmicked with every step I took as I inched towards the door; my foot falls seem to sound loudly in my ears despite how light I treaded on my bare toes. Once I faced the door I gripped its handle and let another slow and precarious moment past as I counted the seconds before I peeked outside through the colorful stain glass windows on the door; fearing there was a robber on the other side.
My heart squeezed itself tightly in anticipation and then almost exploded in relief when I saw that my front door step was void of all strange visitors.
Letting out a strangled chuckle I quickly unlocked and unlatched the bolted door only to be greeted with the brightly brilliant and blinding sunshine of the morning once I threw open my door.
Clutching my eyes I groaned before leaning against the door frame to rub them free of sleep completely. Blinking my contacts back in I glanced down at my cheaply stupid welcome mat with that goofy smiley face with the fancy cursive red letters that always made me grin but instead I frowned as the cheap joke matt was replaced instead by an equally cheap, white, cardboard box.
Curiously I leaned over the package placed squarely on my door step and sat in a crouch as I stared at the completely blank and mysterious box.
'Where are the logos or 'careful fragile' signs?' I wondered as I searched all around for a paper or slip that the mail man might have left behind for the person who should have been the one to get this thing.
Finding nothing under the box, the mail box, or even under my favorite welcome mat I huffed in annoyance before sighing in a bit of trepidation as I attentively picked up the surprisingly heavy box before elbowing myself and the large box into the door as gently as I could; hey I didn't know what was in there!
Shutting the door with my foot I heaved the large thing over to the kitchen table and sat it down as gently as I could. I studied the box a second time, finding nothing once again I resolved to leave the stupid thing alone.
"It's probably something for Mom's or Roger's work" I mused as I turned halfheartedly back towards the den my ignored curiosity tickling the back of my mind like a little feather.
Stepping through the threshold of the living room I heard a scuffing noise and a hiss that stopped me in my tracks, blinking owlishly I looked around in wonder at were the noise was coming from.
Suddenly a louder, more aggravated hiss and the sound of something falling to floor made me run back over towards the kitchen area. Skidding on the smooth wooden floor I stumbled into the kitchen to see the cheap box turn over onto its side that was now on the floor. I blinked confused yet again to how a simple box fell over by itself. I edged closer to it fear mixing with my growing curiosity at each small step I took towards the wired box. I paused as I swore I heard another disgruntled noise come from inside the cardboard box and with a quick decision I scoped up the package and before I could think twice about what I was doing I ripped off the tape and hastily opened the flaps to behold the strangest thing ever.
"What the…" I breathed as I leaned over and peered into the small cramped confines to see nothing but multicolor soft fluff. Holding my breath I reach out and stroked one of the white stripes of tuffs when suddenly something very sharp bit my finger.
"Ouch!" I yelled as I jumped up and held my bleeding finger inside my mouth. Enormous dark grey eyes peered over the flap of the white box and I could see numerous little fluffy paws struggling to achieve purchase on its smooth sides, despite the sharp little nails I could hear scraping on the cardboard. Taking a step closer I let out a breath I hadn't realized I had been holding and sighed as I took my now not bleeding finger out of my mouth.
"You have got to be kidding me!" I mumbled in disbelief as I observed the hyperactive bundles of fluffiness bouncing around in the small cramped box. All of the kittens within the box paused in their antics mid way and snapped their heads up to me and I could have swore all of the huge eyes widened even more.
They stayed at a standstill and six differently colored eyes watched me warily some I could tell in alarm and fear while with the others I couldn't tell so much.
My surprise turned to confusion then to annoyance then to anger.
"Who the hell left a box full of random as hell kittens on my door step!" I yelled to the air as I vented my aggression and angrily scooping up the innocent looking box I stalked towards the front door and threw it open to revile no one around to be seen.
"Dumbass!" I snarled to the fresh morning wind and after a moment of waiting for someone to jump out and realize their mistake they left on my lawn I slammed the door forcefully shut with my free hand as I began stalking over to my kitchen again.
The various kittens I held under my arm held a variety of expressions I didn't even know kittens could possess; two looked shell shocked and scared while another two looked surprised and weary and the last two looked to be a cross between amused and angry. The moment I sat the box down again they all began hissing, snarling, and whimpering as two practically vicious kittens began attacking the others. I blinked in surprise before quickly reacting by scoping up the smallest kitten that one of the more vicious ones had pounced on. I held it up to my chest, away from the other seemingly angry kitten that I'm sure had every intention to harm the littlest one by a strange crazy gleam in its eyes.
"Yo, little kitty chill out would you? You make the devil look tame." I scolded it as I looked down to observe the strange kitten I was holding; the blondish cat I had just snapped at just glared at me. This cat was the indeed the smallest out of the litter and was colored with various shades of black as its coat seemed to hold a strong outline of a maroon color which ended around the tips of the ears that turned a shockingly bright blonde. Wide, innocent looking, amethyst eyes shocked me the most; not just by the strange color but by the purity and child like curiosity they held that seemed to speak volumes.
"Heh heh your too cute little guy!" I chuckled as I stroked his little head, which he in turn seemed to have made the kitten abandoned all trepidation of me and he began to purr softly as he rubbed his head against my hand. Another small meow turned my focus back towards the box and I noticed a larger kitten that seemed to look strikingly similar to the kitten I had in my arms now. Placing the smaller kitten down on the table next to the box I smiled at him
"Don't wander off to far now" I mused as I rubbed his head before turning to his identical twin. This one looked just like the first kitten but this one's coat differed slightly in that blonde streaks could be seen running down his forehead and his entire ears were completely a shade of lighting yellow. What really set him aside from his smaller counterpart though were his own eyes. Whereas the younger looking kitten held a sense of childlike innocence within his lighter purplish eyes this one held a look of a regal façade and integrity within his darker, almost magenta colored pupils that were rimmed with thick black band of kohl black around his intense eyes. I raised my brows in interest as I gently scratched his ear
"You're a strange looking one too…but in a good way!" I mused as held out my hand; he started quietly up at me for a moment before softly pawing my finger in acceptance. I smiled as I placed him next to his smaller twin; I noticed the younger one rush over to the elder and nuzzle him affectionately while the bigger one gently pawed the others head.
I felt like sighing at the cute reunion but a loud squeal of pain had me and the multicolored kitties snapping our heads back over towards the box.
"Uh oh" I gulped as I rushed back over to the box to see another disturbing sight. The four kittens left seemed to be in another all out brawl with more or less the two bigger kittens assaulting two other slightly thinner kittens.
"For the love of God enough!" I shouted at the remaining four; they stopped in their tracks and I used my size to my advantage as I roughly tore the snow white kitten from the tangle and held it to my chest protectively and as a second though I quickly scoped up the smaller of the two blonde kittens. The blond kitten yelped piteously as I held it a bit too tight.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry, I was a bit too caught up" I apologized hastily as I held the two kitten closer to my face to examine them.
I ignored the other two cats as they hissed and howled after me while I calmly walked back towards the den table where I had left the first two brother kittens. After placing the pale sandy colored kitten down I patted his head softly and took note of his purplish eye color as well, though his was a lighter lavender hue surrounded by that thick rim of kohl black fur as opposed to the twin brothers deep maroon color irises. I smiled genitivally at the hesitant cat, only to frown as I heard the white kitten I had yet to put down whine in pain and watch him lick his bleeding paw.
I growled in frustration at the predicament.
"I'm so going to punish those two." I muttered darkly as I stalked over to my bathroom; once inside I began rummaging through the medicine draw with one hand as I held the injured kitten with my other. Picking out a roll of gauze and a bottle filled with some hydrogen peroxide I closed the drawer with my hip and gently placed the skittish kitten down onto the marble countertop.
"Hello little man I'm sorry about this I should have paid more attention. Hah hah great… now I don't even know how to wrap this, some future vet I'm turning out to be eh?" I rambled as I held out the small paw before me and poured the peroxide over the deep bite mark one of the other little savages had given him.
He hissed as the medicine fizzed over his wound but remarkably stayed still. I looked up at the snow white kitten as I tried various ways of dressing the gauze over the now clean wound. The kitten began to observe his surroundings as I studied his delicate features. Big, chocolate colored eyes observed my bathroom tiles with interest as I finished dressing his scratch and I considered to myself whether this kitten was a boy or girl due to its petite form.
"I don't think you're a girl you react like a boy to me" I corrected myself as I nodded my head; I swear the kittens eyes expressed an immense gratitude as his ears perked up atop his soft yet spiky long fur.
"Meow murrr"
"You're welcome" I smiled as I held out my hands, the now calm kitten that now approached me without any trepidation in his body language and I promptly scoped him up. Still smiling I placed the snowy kitten with the multicolored duo and the lone platinum blonde kitten that had all gravitated onto my coach while I was gone. I gently tried to pick up the blonde cat but he scurried away from my hands and watched me wearily.
"Look I just want to see if you're hurt to so I can bandaged your wounds" I called over to him, trying to keep my voice as kind as I could even though my patience was wearing thin. He and I seemed to have a miniature staring contest until he came a bit closer until after a few more moments was directly before my outstretched hand.
"You'll live buddy" I slowly petted his silky fur coat and grinned in approval as I quickly examined him from head to paw.
I laughed as he rolled over onto his back and purred loudly in happiness as I rubbed his stomach
"Well you definitely came around pretty quickly" I chuckled to myself.
"Now for your crazy kin" I mused out loud. All four kittens abruptly began hissing and whining the moment I left back toward the seemingly still box on top of my kitchen table. Walking into the threshold I gasped as I saw the moving box that the wayward duo of kittens had been shoving against as it began to tilt dangerously on the very edge of the wooden table.
"Damn!" I shouted as the box finally tipped over and began failing towards the hard tile floor below. I jumped and dove for the screeching box, skidding on the tile as I caught it right side up in my lap. Breathing a heavy sigh in relief I looked down to see two very stunned fluffy faces peering back up at me in surprise.
"Man! You two are a couple of terrors." I huffed as I quickly sat down with the box in my lap. Brushing myself free of cat hair and dirt I narrowed my eyes and leaned over the box to address the two kittens.
"Listen!" I paused as I jabbed my finger at them for emphasis
"You guys almost just became kitty pancakes on my tile floor and just scared ten years off my life, what were you thinking, you could have really hurt yourself!" I thundered at the two kittens as they shrunk farther inside the box seemly in fear.
I stopped to catch my breath as my blood boiled under my skin; I hadn't been that worked up in a long time. I grunted in pain and stood up trying not to wobble as my vision grew blurry
"Now look what you made me do…" I grunted out faintly as I tipped over the box accidentally when I fell to the ground and clutched my chest in pain. "Oh no I didn't take my meds this morning, I need my medicine…shit" I murmured as my words began to slur together and my world started to go dark.
"Oh shit help…" I repeated as I lost consciousness and the last thing I noticed was two pairs of big eyes, one Flintstone grey and the other a deep violet hue, that were widen in alarm and confusion as I slowly lost my grip on my consciousness.