Hey! I'm bored and inspiration has yet to hit me for my other stories. So, for now, I will be working on this when I'm bored. F.Y.I, it might be quite random, but that's a given. Anyways, Chapter Two of Master, Commence! The words in bold will be explained about their meaning at the bottom, okay? Okay!
Recap
Yugi changed back to his former form from before. I believe it's the one he was born in, making it his natural form. He walked up to me, stopped roughly three paces from me, and kneeled like they did in ancient Egypt. Right knee blow him, left knee in front of him, right fist over his heart, eyes closed, and head bowed, face facing the floor.
"At long last I have found you, Master."
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P.O.V. Yami
I stood there, dumbstruck. He did just call me 'Master', right? What the hell is going on!
You're all probably wondering what he was talking about when he said, "This is what I am and I am the last of my kind, who were hunted by humans five years ago," right? Well, five years ago, on the date July eighth, 2050, Humans discovered the existence of Shapeshifters. They had also recently discovered us Creatures of the Night, the year 2041. After years of peace between humans and the newly discovered Shapeshifters, one human and his accomplice, who hated Shapeshifters with a burning fire, devised a plan that would be the downfall of Shapeshifter.
On a seemingly peaceful night, the duo snuck into the town where many Shapeshifters lived in peace with humans. They located a house with only two occupants, a man and his wife. At this time, the wife was in their garden in their backyard. The man was inside, relaxing after work. The wife was unaware when the human crept behind her and sliced her throat. His accomplice was still hiding, waiting for his chance to fulfill his part of the deal. He did not have to wait long. The wife screamed, but soon died. The man, after hearing the scream, ran outside. When he saw her dead, lifeless body on the ground, surrounded by her blood, he was consumed by his rage. Blindly he attacked the human who had attacked his precious wife. In the end, the human lost his life. During the entire thing, his accomplice recorded only the fight, careful not to get the wife's dead body in the frame.
Not long after, he took the film and showed it to the local police force. Sadly, they believed him. When the case was brought to the current president's attention, it only got worse. He set a new law that Shapeshifters were to be executed on sight. Months later, it was believed that there wasn't a single one left. Not too long later, the police found out why the male Shapeshifter in the film attacked the human. It was only then that they noticed the small sign of a dead body of a Shapeshifter, the wife in the video.
The next day, the remaining man of the two was publicly executed. They never were able to compensate for what they did. It was made a national law that if anyone ever saw a Shapeshifter, they were to help him or her in any way possible, for there were barely any left alive after the raid. What surprises me is that one of the Mutou family survived. The first target of the raid was the royal family and its relatives and servants. So, how did he survive while all others perished?
Yugi's P.O.V.
I found him! I found Master! After years of fruitless searching, I finally found him! At first I was afraid that they got to him first. I guess Ra really does love my kind. After the raid, we thought we were forsaken by Ra. Thank you, almighty Ra. I won't leave him ever again. Just as I promised his father before the raid begun. I will protect him and teach him of his role of King. It has been so long since I last saw Master, I wonder if he remembers me? I'll ask.
"Do you remember me, Master?"
"How could I remember you? I've never met you before. If I did, then I don't remember," Master replied.
I guess I have to show him. I close my eyes and feel my skin shift and change texture. I feel my bones disappear. I feel my muscles morphing and placing themselves correctly. I feel my body slim down and elongate and I feel my tongue lengthen. When I open my eyes, Master is much taller than before. No, that's not right, I got much smaller.
"Remember me now, Masster?"
Yami's P.O.V.
Yugi changed shape, again. I see what he changes into. I can't be though. I could've sworn he died the night of the raid. Yet, here he is, right in front of my eyes, very much alive. Same skin color, same eye color, same voice, same rare, non-existent snake breed. The same...Yoru.
His body is two meters long, and is a solid, mid-night black with a deep, dark amethyst sheen. His eyes have changed to that of Yoru's, a deep, bloody red, one of which rivals my own oddly colored eyes. His tongue, when it darts out, it's a dark foreboding violet. His long fangs looked to be some sort of clear crystal or glass, which had a small line of black right through the middle, his venom. Even though it covered a bit of the beautiful yet deadly incisors, no damage was to be found. Yami knew it never would, but if it touched anything living, it was met with a repelling death, one which was gruesome to watch. I should know, I've seen it in action.
Flashback
I was two hundred years old, merely a child at the time. At the time, we were of Egypt royalty. Yoru was a recent gift given to me by the faithful Mutou family, which had served us wholly for more than a millennia. Many people thought he was a Shapeshifter like his family, for he could talk and change his size. He never changed shape, but he could change size. He was always by my side. Sometimes he'd trail behind, or change his size, to be almost unnoticeable, and loosely wrap around my neck, like a black necklace, or around my head, like a crown. He was my only friend. Don't get me wrong, I was a really sociable child, but since I was, in a sense, royalty, I was not allowed to fraternize with other children my age. We'd play and do other things, such as sneaking out of the palace. It happened when we decided to venture out of the grounds, again.
As we went around the city, we were followed. I never noticed, but Yoru did. When we hit an alley with no outlet, he blocked our only exit. I could tell what he wanted by the way his lustful eyes roved over my petite and young body. I remembered what my parents called these types of humans, pedophiles. The scum of society. Since I was a child, all my unique powers had yet to come, so my only protection was a seemingly weak snake. Key word there, seemingly. What I did not know was that my gift, Yoru, was also my sort of protector. Every one of us royalty were given one around the age of one hundred to two hundred years old in human years, in our years though, it was between one to two. Every hundred years for you, is a year for us. Anyways, my point is, is that Yoru was dangerous, very dangerous, especially when concerning his charge, me.
As the man took a step, Yoru, who was resting on my head again, slid down, hissing, while slowly, yet surely noticeably growing. Before the man or I could react, Yoru set up some sort of barrier. For what I could tell, it would allow no human to notice us using any of the five senses, nor would it allow them or the man for that fact, past its glowing walls unless Yoru wanted them or the man to do so. The man tried to run, but was thrown back by the barrier, one he could not see. He was a trapped mouse and Yoru was the hungry cat. I was just the innocent on-looking fly.
Yoru was now much bigger than any full-grown man, even one of massive proportions. He –Yoru- slowly circled the 'mouse', red eyes gleaming with the want to see his blood splattered on the walls and the ground of this very alley. He opened his mouth and spoke to his unfortunate victim, with a steady voice.
"You wish harm onto my charge, my Masssster. For that, you will pay for dearly." He lunged in and coiled himself around the man, but he wasn't on planning on suffocating him, nor ripping him to shreds. No, what he was going to do would be much, much, much, worse. His prey was going to suffer hell, his pain that tenfold of what the devil would do to him. My father didn't have the resources to do so. Yes, my dad is the ruler of hell, underworld, or whatever you call it. I'm next in line, but more about that later.
Yoru's head hovered over his 'mouse's' head. He opened his giant black maws and let a single drop of venom, the color of death, drop onto his scalp. The effect was instant.
Yoru quickly let the man go, shrunk back down, and positioned himself on my head again, but I paid no attention to him. My attention was riveted on the man, writhing in white hot pain, on the alley floor. I didn't get to see what was wrong with him, until I saw the top of his head. In the single spot Yoru dropped his venom, his hair was gone, along with his skin, the surrounding skin, slowly being eaten away, was bubbling like boiling water and disappearing. I could not stand to watch it anymore, so I ran. The barrier, when I ran towards it, let me through so no met no resistance. I ran home. After the incident, I wasn't quite comfortable around for a while. It wasn't until my mind rationalized that he was only protecting me, did I learn to be alright when around Yoru.
End Flashback
"I thought you died in-"
"The raid? Never," Yugi said. He changed back into his natural form and continued.
"I was saved by Ji-chan. You remember him, right? He was your teacher, Solomon Mutou. Unfortunately, he didn't make it."
I can't speak. I mean, I try to, but my mind is too stunned to even register my commands. I just nod my head to show I understand.
"I can see you're a bit….unsure perhaps? Well, I'll leave for now. When you're ready, come see me at my house. I'm sure Kaiba can help you with it," He says. He then walks out. I'm frozen for exactly ten seconds before I come back to reality. I realize what said and run out after him.
"Yugi," I call out as soon as I left the building. I quickly lock up and run into the streets. I can't see him anywhere. It's times like this that being Prince –soon to be King- of Hell comes in handy. I try to smell his scent first. Next I use sight to see the scent. It leads down an alley. I follow the trail, but it stops. No, it disappears. I try to feel his presence…. That can't be right. If it is, he's right above on one of the roofs. I'm an idiot. HELOOOO! He's a fucking Shapeshifter! Of course he could be up there. Again, I'm an idiot, a major one. How could I forget that detail?
I look up and there he is, but as some sort of….bird? What the hell is he supposed to be?! Wait a second…. It looks like a Skull Red Bird, one of the many Creatures of the night. Except this one is black. I use my sight to zoom in on his face. Just what I thought, a black beak and violet eyes. He is also the size of a crow; to make sure humans like you foolish readers, don't know what he is.
He takes off of the building, into flight. The ethereal glow the moon gives off, outlines his shape in the dark clouds above. I try to run after Yugi, but eventually, I lose sight of him, again…. Dammit! I go home, alone and angry. Well, Kaiba's home anyway. Hmm, maybe I could antagonize him.
Yugi's P.O.V.
The small, soft breeze ruffles my dark feathers as we stare at each other. I can tell he's upset. His crimson eyes swirl with emotions, sad, hope, upset, happy and many more can be seen. The one that is most prominent though, is confusion. I don't blame him. I disappear for thousands of years then suddenly come back? To him, it must seem as if I've come back from the dead. I need to let him think everything over. Besides, I need to teach him of his role as King and of the new powers he's bound to get since his father is close to dying
Regrettably, I leave. My wings flap so I can take off. I can feel the powerful gusts of wind my wings produce. I leave for the clouds so he can't follow me. As soon as I feel his gaze leave my figure I turn towards the direction to my humble home. I reach my dwelling within the hour. As I close the door and take a few paces, A large golden wolf tackles me to my floor. The dog opens his mouth, but he doesn't bark, whimper, or pant. No, he speaks. As in, speaking like a human.
"Hey dere Yug," He says.
"Hey Joey," I say with forced enthusiasm. "I would really appreciate it if you got off of me. As it is you're crushing me." Joey looks at me. I hope he doesn't notice.
"What happened," he says gravely. "I swear, if you got jumped again, I'm gonna kick some asses. Who did it? Tell-"
"I found Master." Everything is deathly silent. It's then that I notice everyone else absent from the living room where they usually are. I was the only one that had work. No one is allowed to leave the house without me or my permission. After all, I am their Watcher, it's my job.
Let me elaborate. A Watcher keeps an eye on the newly Changed, people who were changed into various Creatures of the Night, that are either assigned or are ones we find found. We make sure they keep their powers in check and we train them. A Watcher, as the name states, watches a newly Changed for at least five years, even longer if needed to, for not all of them get all their powers at the same time. I was assigned four different charges and the other four are ones I found.
Joey is the golden wolf. He's, what you would call, a Werewolf of sorts. He can change into any canine that is related in some way to the wolf species. He was changed two years ago and he has decided to live with me after the five years are up. His two main forms are his human and wolf forms. He is currently 18 years old.
Duke would have to be Joey's opposite. He's a Werecat. Just like Joey he can change into any animal that's related to the cat. His two main forms are his human and Black Panther forms. He was changed a year and a half ago. He has decided that after the five years are up, he will live near me. 'he is currently 19 years old.
Noah is what you would call an avian-human mix, like from James Paterson's 'Maximum Ride' series. His wings are a pure bright white and he was changed two months ago. His birthday was yesterday which would make him nine.
Mai is the one who has been changed the longest. She was changed four years and nine months ago. She is a Succubus. She is almost ready, but needs to work on containing her hunger. She, just like Duke, is also 19
The last four have an interesting story to them.
Me: Tired and can't do anymore. Be happy though! Well, see ya later. Chao!
