Chapter 3: Look at all the Duel Spirits!

They walked for what seemed to be days, stopping only to rest, each men took turns to watch out for dangers. . It seemed that their home wasn't the only place that the meteor had destroyed, everywhere they went, the land seemed to be destroyed, the food became uneatable and the not a single drop of water was seen. . They wonder why this had to happened to them, have they angered the Gods and Goddess for them to bring their wraith upon them?

One early morning in the new barren and destroyed world of theirs, Seto and Yami were leading their family as Heba, Mokuba and Serenity were riding on Seto's Duel Spirit. Aknamkanon was walking beside the Duel Spirit with his hand hold Serenity's hand as Bakura, Marik and Atemu held their make shift spears in case of danger came their way. .

Serenity and Mokuba were still sadden over the loss of their tribe, their friends and their family as Aknamkanon gently patted Serenity's shoulder with a tender smile toward his granddaughter, "Now, now, kids. .There's nothing to be afraid of. ." Just as he said this Bakura saw something as he pointed with his right index finger.

"Look!" He yelled as the group looked up the rocky hill and could have sworn they saw something in a shape of a duel spirit running away. Instead of cautious like they have been, they were hopeful and

interested in seeing other people and hopeful that they will help them. .

"Did you see that?" Marik asked as everyone but Aknamkanon agreed, "Come on, let go and see if a group of people are nearby." He added as Seto and Yami nodded and began to lead their group toward the Duel Spirit but Aknamkanon ever the cautious one was worried.

"Let's not- Hey!" He snapped as Bakura and Marik pushed him as he growled at them while they continue on their way toward the unknown Duel Spirit with Aknamkanon groaning as he went to catch up with his family.

"Shh! Dad!" Heba said as she shushed her father as Aknamkanon tried to think of a reason that they shouldn't go and meet this unknown person or Duel Spirit.

"It's scaring the kids!" He said in hopes that maybe they would stopped and turn back around by Mokuba and Serenity looked at him with confused eyes.

"No it's not." Mokuba said as Yami and Seto shushed everyone as they continue on walking in the depths of the rocky barren hill as they looked around for the person or Duel Spirit. .

Seto and Yami stopped walking and looked around for anybody but so nothing," Hello?! Anybody here?!" Yami yelled in hopes that maybe somebody will come and help them. . Suddenly they heard arguing as Yami and Seto turn around and saw two men, one was taller then the other and had black hair that reached his shoulders. The other one had dark dirty blond hair as both were arguing with each other about something Yami was bout yell out for help but Seto shushed him, something wasn't right about these men. .

He motion for Yami to back up when the taller men saw Yami's hair and turn to look at Yami and Seto's family and the look on his eyes didn't sit well with Yami nor Seto. . Bakura, Marik and Atemu held their spears up as they slowly got on Seto's Duel Spirit as even they didn't feel right. .

Seto watched with cautious eyes as the man elbowed his partner as they looked at the group with a gleam in their eyes, Seto watched as the man let out a scream whooped, yes something was definitely didn't feel right as Aknamkanon even got on Seto's Duel. . Suddenly he heard more people coming as Seto and Yami looked around in alarm as they were soon surrounded by 12 more men as they were eyeing at the kids and Heba with interest in their eyes. .

Seto and Yami watched with alarmed eyes as the men began to come closer and closer when suddenly one of them jumped on a rock that was in front of Seto and Yami as the thug had a smirk on his face before he pulled out a knife and a spear with a twisted look on his face. .

"Well, well, what do we have here? New recruits?" Another thug asked with a smirk as Seto's eyes widen at those words as it brought bitter memories from the past. . the memory flash so fast by him that he knew what he must do, so it wouldn't happen to his new family now! He glared at the thugs before he looked at Yami who was raising his spear as if he had read Seto's mind. .

"NOW!" Seto screamed as Yami threw his spear as it pierced a man's chest as he and Seto quickly got on Seto's Duel Spirit as it took off running through the thugs as they let out a yell of anger before they let out whoops of excitement of a good old fashion chase! All of the men got on their Duel Spirits and took off after the Blue Eyes White Dragon that so many prizes for them as they raised their spears in excitement!

Seto's Duel Spirit ran with all it's might as the group on it turn and gasped when they saw that the thugs were gaining, Atemu, Yami, Marik and Bakura would threw spears that they had at them as Aknamkanon and Heba would shield Mokuba and Serenity while Seto tried to make his Duel Spirit go faster.

The thugs would either dodged or get hit by the spears as they threw their knives and spears toward their running prey, one of the knives gave Seto's shoulder a cut as he hissed in pain as he placed his hand on it to see it wasn't that deep, just a scratched. .

Suddenly the leader of thugs yelled out a retreated as the Duel Spirits that held their chose ones began to stop and quickly turn around and began to run the other direction as Heba saw this as she looked

toward Seto.

"Seto, they're stopping!" She said as Seto made his Duel Spirit slowly stopped as it panted from the chased, Seto looked back, wondering why the thugs were retreating. . He turn and gasped and before he could move his Duel Spirit out of the way a large and older Duel Spirit which was Zera the Mant pushed Seto's Duel Spirit on it's side and knocking over Seto and Yami's friends and family. .

Seto got good look of the man that was walking beside his Duel Spirit, He was taller man and was wearing a bandanna that hid his blond hair as his dark brown eyes glared at Seto and Yami, he was wearing just a shendyt or a man's skirt that was just above the knees, he was wearing golden ankle and wrist bracelets and was barefoot. The man looked at the fallen family with a glare on his face.

"Stay out of my way!" He growled/snapped as he continue on walking. There was another man beside him, this man wear wearing almost the same thing as the first one expect he was wearing a blouse beside him was his Duel Spirit, Swamp BattleGuard. His brown hair is arranged such that a large portion spikes out from the front of his head as his brown eyes held the same glare on his face.

"You heard Keith! Move it!" The man yelled as Seto and Yami hurried to get up as the rest of the group all hurried and got on Seto's Duel Spirit but Yami and Seto as they were amazed at seeing huge groups of people as many had different types of Duel Spirits. . There were big ones, small ones, they were even ones that seem to have the marking that they had swimming ones!

Seto and Yami were so amazed by the different Duel Spirits that they bumped into two girls, one of the girls had dirty blond hair that was in a sporadic hairstyle with dark brown eyes, she was wearing a creamy white knee length tube top dress as she was barefoot, with ankle bracelets. She was holding on to a small boy's hand as he looked up at Seto and Yami while beside them was probably the girl's Duel Spirit, A Red Eyes Black Dragon. .

Her companion looked like almost like Heba only she had light fair skin as she was wearing the same thing as the taller girl and she was holding on to two little boys hands as she blushed when she saw she had bumped into Yami who was looking at her with a tiny blush on his face while beside the smaller girl was a Dark Magician Girl. .

"Watch it!" The dirty blond snapped at Seto who looked almost memorized at her beauty and her toughness as her companion gasped at her as she shook her head. . .

"Joey! It wasn't their fault. What am I going to do with you?" She said when another female joined them as Bakura got a good look of her and was memorized by the likeness that they shared. . She had white long hair that reached her shoulders with lovely brown eyes and fair skin, she was wearing the same thing as her companions, beside her was her Duel Spirit, the Change of Heart. . She was holding on to a little girl who was looking at the other girls and boys with a tired look on her little face.

"Yugi, Joey, Come on, we have to hurry! You know that Keith doesn't like it when we are stopping for no reason!" She said as she excused herself from the unknown strangers while Yugi and Joey looked (Well glared at in Joey's case) at Seto and Yami before they followed the white haired girl with the boys as Seto, Yami and Bakura watched them go. .

They kept on walking till the reached the end did they see an elderly man with his Duel Spirit, Big Kola as their eyes widen at seeing the biggest Duel Spirit they ever seen! A girl past by them as she looked at the group with a chuckle, "Walking backwards? Well, let me know if that gets you there any faster." She laughed. .

"Keep those little legs moving, Kuriboh or you'll get left behind!" She yelled as a small brown creature ran pasted the group as Seto and Yami turned around and looked at the group of people with amazement in their eyes along with their family. .

"Look at all the Duel Spirits!" Serenity broke their amazement as Heba held her daughter with a smile when Seto and Yami had idea as they looked at each with a look that Aknamkanon saw their looks on their faces as was about to put his foot down.

"If you're even thinking of joining them-" He was cut off by Mokuba jumping on him in fear.

"Hey! Blue eyes!" Seto and Yami turn to see the thugs were back as they were smirking at them a few feet away from Seto and Yami's family and friends.

"Hang on!" Seto yelled as he made his Duel Spirit ran after the group of people as the thugs ran after him but stopped on the small hill as they laughed.

"We'll be waiting for you!" The thug's leader laughed as he and his thugs watched Seto's Duel spirit ran to catch up with the group of people and their Duel Spirits. . The group of people and Duel Spirits were beginning to see that night time was begin to fall as the leader of the group as Seto's Duel Spirit had caught up with them, Keith was looking around as if deeming the place was alright for the night time with the three girls that Seto and Yami bumped into earlier holding on to the children hands.. .

"Keith." Keith turn to look at his second in command as the man pointed, "There is a more protected spot

further down the-" Keith cut off his second his commanded with a huffed as he shook his head.

"We'll rest here for the night. Go ahead, Tristan." Keith said as Tristan nodded as he yelled out toward the group that they would be resting here. The group of people started to hurry and push each other, trying to get the best sleeping spot for the night.

"Oh, Tea, I wish we were at your nesting grounds now. All this pushing and shoving about, just for a place to sleep. My Duel Spirit and I are not used to this kind of behaviour." The elderly man said to the woman as he looked up to his Duel spirit who was walking while looking down to make sure it didn't step on anything or anyone. .

The woman now named Tea huffed out a laugh, "Solomon, your Duel Spirit's got big feet. Just tell it to give them a kick, GIT!" She snapped when one of the Duel Spirits was standing around in front of her before it jumped away in fear when Tea screamed at it.

The man now know as Solomon looked shocked at Tea, "Oh, my Duel Spirit couldn't possibly! Shoo! Shoo!" He said as he tried to make some room for his Duel Spirit to walk along as Tea rolled her eyes at her companion.

"Will you come on, Grandpa? You wanna get to the nesting grounds alive show some backbone." She said as she turn around never noticing Seto's Duel spirit walking up beside her. As Yami looked at Tea with a confused look on his face.

"Hey there." Yami said which scared Tea out of her whits as Yami and Seto jumped off Seto's Duel Spirit with a nervous smile on Yami's face, "Oh, sorry about that. Uh, it's just, we overheard you talking,

and, um. . " He got quiet when Kuriboh brought a rock toward Yami's feet as he looked confused as he casts a looked toward Seto who shrugged his shoulders, Kuriboh got excited as it walked in circles as Tea and Solomon were amazed.

"Well, my word. Look at Kuriboh He doesn't normally warm up to strangers so fast." Solomon said with a shocked face as Yami and Seto nodded a little uneasy toward the little Duel Spirit.

"Um yeah, I'm Yami and this is Seto, this is our family, We're all that's left. . " He introduce his family to Solomon and Tea as Solomon got a sadden look on his face as he looked up toward his Duel Spirit with a sad look on his face.

"Solomon's Duel Spirit is the last of his kind, Finding stragglers like him all along the way. ." Tea said sadly as Yami and Seto looked toward the elderly man with a sad look on their face. Heba got off of Seto's Duel Spirit as Serenity followed her mother as Heba carried her daughter in her arms.

"I heard you say something about nesting grounds?" Heba question as Tea looked at her with a tender smile as she saw the young girl in Heba's arms as Serenity smiled at her, Tea chuckled a bit.

"It is the most beautiful place there is, sister." Tea said as Heba and Serenity were interested to hear more as Tea added, "It is say that is were the Gods and Goddess gave birth to the Duel Spirits and that it had been saved from the meteor."

"Do you think we will find more like our Duel Spirits there?" Serenity asked innocently as Tea chuckled as she nodded.

"Oh, the last few days, I've seen 'em all shapes and sizes. Who knows what we'll find." She said as she started to pet her Duel Spirit which was Happy Lover as it cooed at her Chosen one before Tea added, "The hard job now is just getting there." She said.

"And we're being driven unmercifully." Solomon said adding to the conversation as Yami and Seto looked at each other.

"By Who?" It was Bakura who asked as, he jumped off Seto's Duel Spirit as he joined next to Yami and Seto as Solomon looked at him as he and Tea kept quiet for a few seconds before it was Tea who answered him. .

"Keith the groups' head honcho." Tea said with a frowned on her face as Seto, Yami and Bakura looked at each other as Solomon added.

"We can hardly keep up. An older man like myself and for my Duel Spirit. . It's. . . Well, it's positively indecent." Solomon said as The three teens were confused to why they couldn't tell this Keith about how they weren't being help.

"Then tell him, What's the worst he can do?" Bakura said as he fold his arms on his chest when they heard a huffed as they looked to see those girls away only this time they didn't' have the kids and two males that had pushed Seto's Duel Spirit to the ground in the beginning. .

The two males pushed Seto and Yami out of the way as they growled, "Hey! What's their problem?!" Yami snapped as Tea leaned close to his ear as if afraid that those two men would come back.

"That's Keith, and that's his second in command Tristan. ." She said as Yami nodded before he began to run up toward Keith and Tristan with Seto and Bakura to back him up.

"Excuse me! Keith, you got a second?!" Yami said as Kieth and Tristan stopped to turn to look at two look likes to Yugi and Ryou while there was another male, Tristan growled at the teens that were coming close to them..

"Get lost kids!" He snapped as Keith chuckled.

"Relax Tristan." He said as he looked at the three teens with a frown on his face, "Who are you?" He asked or more like demanded.

"Um, I'm Yami, this is Seto and Bakura. ." Yami introduced his cousin and friend as Keith seemed to nodded toward the names before he frowned.

"Why aren't you uphill with the young bloods?" He asked/demanded as Yami quickly came up with an idea.

"Well, We were back here talking to these guys. I guess they... They're having a hard time keeping up. So, you know, maybe you could slow it down a bit?" Yami suggested with a smile. .

"Hmm, that's not a bad idea, what do you think Keith." Joey said as Seto was looking at her with a tiny smile. .

"Hmm, Let the weak set the pace. Now, there's an idea." Keith said sarcastic before he added, "Better let me do the thinking from now on, Boys." He said with a glare on his face as he turn around to walk away as Yami glared at him.

"Hey! they need help back here." He snapped as Keith stopped to chuckle as he turn to side glare at Yami, Seto and Bakura.

"Watch yourself boys, you might just get hurt!" He snapped as he continue on walking toward the group of people who were setting up their resting spots. .

"Don't worry, that's how our brother treats newcomers." Ryou said with a chuckle that made Bakura want to hear more of it. .

"No matter how charming they are." Yugi said with a breath taking smile that made Yami feel a blush coming on his face.

All three girls then walked after their brother as Marik came up behind his friends and brother with a smirk on his face, "You three, sure know how to catch a girl's eye, there, stud." He said as Bakura and Seto glared at him while Yami rolled his eyes.

"I wouldn't be catching nobody's eye if I was you, especially Keith's sisters. You just keep your head down,

and you mind what Keith tells you." Tea said as she was getting herself comforted on the ground with Solomon following her movement.

"Since when do the elders take orders from the likes of the younger ones?" Aknamkanon said with a raised eyebrow as Tea as she chuckled and shook her head toward Aknamkanon.

"Keith had swatted elders bigger than you, pops." She joked as the group all chuckled while Aknamkanon rolled his eyes.

"I could hold that hooligan's brain in the palm of my-" Aknamkanon began but was cut off by Seto who sighed sadly as he shook his head.

"No, Aknamkanon, she's right. Better to keep our heads down with this bunch then have Heba, Serenity and Mokuba in danger by those things." Seto said as he pointed toward the group of thugs as they were fighting among themselves. .

"Well, you consider yourself lucky that's all that's following us." Tea said as she looked toward the group of thugs as they fought one another. .

The night flew past like a flash as the sun was barely rising up as the group of people were all barely and tiredly getting up. .Marik, who had been awake started to wake up Bakura, Seto and Yami with a smirk on his face as they all groaned at being awoke at a ungodly hour.

"Hey wake up. . Enough with the beauty sleep! You three are ravishing already!" Marik said as he woke up three teens who were yawning at the ungodly hour.

"Marik, what do you want?!" Seto snapped as tried to go back to sleep but Marik shook his shoulder as he began to pull his brother and friends up with a smirk on his face.

"I believe you all left a wake-up call for the dawn of time. Come on! Move it!" He yelled as Yami, Bakura and Seto all groaned when he began to pull all three of them up as they all yawned.

"What the hurry?" Yami asked wondering what Marik was inching to get them up. .

'Something's up. The Group gathering without us. Let's check it out." Marik said before they heard Tristan's voice. .

"Rise and shine! Keith says everybody goes." They turn to see him pulling an elderly man up with a glare on his face, "Come on. Get up. On your feet!" He snapped as the elderly man tiredly got on his feet as Marik rolled his eyes.

"Huh. The charm never stops around here." He said with sarcastic tone in his voice, Tristan must have heard him as he turn to look at Marik and his friends.

"You say something?" He demanded/asked as Yami eyes widen as he shook his eyes as Marik hid behind Seto with a smirk. .

"Uh, no. . no, sir." Yami said as he elbow Marik in the sides as Tristan walked up toward the group with a glare on his face.

"Unless you got a death wish, you and your band boys better get moving!" He snapped as he pushed all four teens out of his ways as he went to go and wake up the rest of the group of people. .

"Boy was that guy ugly or what!" Marik said as Seto and Yami rolled their eyes as Bakura snickered. Marik then looked ahead and elbowed Seto and Yami while pulling Bakura to look ahead.

"Hey, it's your girlfriends!" He said with a smirk as Seto, Yami and Bakura rolled their eyes at their brother/friend but they look to see Yugi was holding on to two little boys hands, Joey was holding on to a little boy while Ryou was holding on to a little girl's hand while all them were walking with group of people.

"What are you talking about?" Seto asked as Marik snickered as he pointed to the three girls.

"You know what I'm talking! Yugi's beautiful amethyst eyes, Ryou's fair skin and Joey's big chest!" He ducked to avoided Seto's fist as he snickered while Yami and Bakura rolled their eyes but all three of them had blushes on their faces. .

"Yeah, we made a real impression on them." Bakura said with a roll of his eyes. .

"What you three need is a little help from the love teacher." Marik said with a smirk, Bakura, Yami and Seto all looked at Marik, a little worry to what he was going to do. .

"What are yo-" Seto didn't finished when Marik started to wolf whistle toward the girls and started to yell out cat call names before he hid behind Seto with a smirk.

Yugi, Joey and Ryou stopped with the kids and turn to look at the boys as they stopped and chuckled nervously. Yugi and Ryou were giggling but Joey raised an eyebrow, she then looked at the children, "That children, is what's know as three perverts" She said with a smirk as Yugi and Ryou gasped her name.

"Come on, Keith is waiting for us." Joey said as she walked on while holding on to the boy as Ryou and Yugi shook their head before they followed their sister with the kids.

"And with that, the ice is broken." Marik said with a smirk before he was gasping for breath as Bakura and Seto were chocking him with big annoyed faces on as Yami sighed as he pulled his cousin and friend off Marik.