R Amythest: I know Joey fans must've wanted to kill me where I left it off
last time. . .
Yami Amythest: Heh. It was entertaining.
R Amythest: but it turns out I won anyway, so I might add a few character torture scenes.
Yami Amythest: YEAH? Well, lookie here!!!
~~~~~~~~~~Yami Amythest's torture section~~~~~~~~~~
Ryou:
I barley had the strength to make it up the stairs. My left knee was filled with pain, and my blue jeans were no longer blue. My arms felt limp. My head was throbbing intensely. I tried to go up the stairs, but I didn't have the power to lift myself up. With the last of my remaining strength, I inched my way over to the couch and collapsed.
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Yami Amythest: Well, what'd you think?
R Amythest: YOU'RE MEAN! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS PICK ON MY BISHIES?
Yami Amythest: why would I want to torture mine?
R Amythest: Ok, then. Let me even out the scales.
~~~~~~~~~~R Amythest's torture section~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yami Yugi:
The chamber was cold and dark. /Of course it is, it's a dungeon./
Of all things, the invaders took me prisoner in THIS musty room. A squeak to my left startled me. A rat scurried past me. It seemed to be running away from something. I looked up. A large form shaped into a cloaked man with a spear.
"Wh-what do you want?" I whispered hoarsely.
"Your soul," its raspy voice said in a creaking voice. It swung its spear at me. The last thing I saw was a red trickle of liquid in front of my eyes. . .
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R Amythest: WAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Yami Amythest: *sniff* poor guy. . . YOU WILL BE AVENGED!
R Amythest: but right now I think the readers are anxious for the REAL story. Ok, then readers!
**************Chapter Four: You, too?*******************
I ran up in horror as I saw Joey's form disappear over the horizon. Careful not to fall myself, I peered over the rocky ravine. Joey clung to his sword, which was stuck in the cliff.
"I'll get him!" Harp volunteered. She opened her six magnificent wings and glided down. She hovered by Joey. "Hold on!" She reached forward. Joey clung to the sword by one hand, and reached with the other. Just as he was about to reach her, his hand slipped, and he continued falling down.
"JOEY!!!!!" we all shouted. We watched in horror as his figure, an orange dot, disappeared until we could see it no more. Harp flew down after it.
"I know a way down. We must hurry!" Myst ushered.
I followed her. She led me along the cliff, until she reached a gentle slope. She slid down the slope. I followed. We ran in panic, wondering how Joey would look like when we reached him. Flat, maybe? Or just a pool of red? I shivered. It wasn't a pleasant thought, that's for sure. To our surprise, he was in one piece. A harpie lady was just barely supporting his weight, making the decline down slower. We stared in amazement.
That harpie lady looks awfully familiar. . .
/It should! It's Mai!/
"Mai?!"
Mai set Joey on the ground, then danced up and hugged him.
"I'm SO glad you're safe!"
Joey was enjoying the hug, but it was a bit tight. He got Mai to calm down.
"What are you doing here, Mai?" I asked.
Mai shrugged. "Some psycho thing happened to me. I fell asleep; enjoying the nice new 200-dollar genuine-dawn covers I bought yesterday, and then something started singing and I woke up in this strange place."
Do you know the mindlink?
Mai scowled. |Of course I do!|
can you send the scene over?
|sure kiddo.|
**MAI'S FLASHBACK**
A chanting was in Mai's ears. She teleported in her sleep and was brought to a small place by a lake. When she woke up, her reaction was somewhat like Yugi's.
"Where am I?" She glanced down her body, and gasped. "WHAT am I? I-I-I'm Harpie lady!"
"And a good thing, too," a smooth voice came from the woods. A green phantom king emerged from the trees. Mai screamed. The phantom king tensed.
"Quiet, there, lady, or you will send the moths coming."
"Moths?" Mai paused. "Hey, wait, let me control the situation." Mai reached in her pocket when she remembered she didn't have one. "Is. . . this all a dream?" she whispered.
The phantom king sighed. "No, ma'am. The two sides, light and dark, are battling again. We are told to hire warriors. Come now, we must make it to camp before the moths are up."
**END FLASHBACK**
So, we all got sent here.
"Do you know if any of the others are here?" I asked.
"No, but I do know that someone's reporting a Blue Eyes. Could be Kaiba, but who knows?" Mai shrugged. "Stranger things have happened."
"Blue eyes?" Myst mouthed. She closed her eyes. "But most dragons are on the opposing side! I know from what I've seen come across Yugi's mind that he's not with us, but. . . AGAINST us?"
I wore an interesting look. "You racked my mind?"
Myst giggled slightly. "If your heart is connected, why not your mind?"
I suddenly saw everyone staring at me, in an odd way. I blushed, yet again. Joey ran around singing a STUPID song.
"Yugi and Myst, sittin' in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!!!! FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES LAUGHTER, THEN COMES THE BABY!!!!!!! WHOOOO-EEEE!!!!"
He suddenly caught everyone staring at him.
Joey just then noticed Mai hugging his waist. What a pleasant view that must've been. Joey blushed heavily.
/Mai. . ./
|Yes Joseph?|
/Can you get off?/
|Anythin' for you, hon.|
. . .did Mai just call Joey what I think she did?
\Sure as syrup, Yugi.\
Myst gave me a look that was irresistible. If I had any doubt before about our love, there wasn't any now. I tried to veer off the subject.
"So where's the Green Phantom King now?" I asked Mai.
Mai shrugged. "I don't know. He's not a reliable tour guide. He tells me occasionally to fly up into a tree until he's back. This time he told me to hang around in that bush up there." Mai pointed to a small branch sticking out of the cliff. It was barely big enough to fit a petite angel, much less a harpie lady. "But I just suspended myself in midair, amusing myself by plucking leaves off the 'bush' when I heard Joey yell." Mai hugged Joey again.
"Not a reliable 'tour guide?'" a smooth voice said. We turned our heads toward the forest, from which the voice was coming from. The green phantom king emerged.
"For one, I'm not a tour guide, and second, I'm quite reliable whenever there's trouble!" he snapped in that somewhat 'smooth' accent. We all sweatdropped. He growled. "I do have my reasons for 'disappearing,' but that is for ME to know and for YOU to find out."
/Yug'? I don't find him pleasant./
|He does get a bit snappy sometimes. He's not a good person to first meet here.|
=Do you 'humans' always talk behind backs?=
\Leafe, don't you think you should go out and continue doing what you do best?\
=Whatever ma'am.=
'Leafe,' the Green Phantom king, marched back into the woods. Almost as soon as he reached it, he was invisible.
/How does he DO that?/
\Joey, it's camouflage. They don't call him king of the forests for nothing.\
/KING OF THE FORESTS?/
may I remind you it's the middle of the night and it's no time for bickering?
/LIKE I CARE?/
While Joey was arguing with Myst about Leafe's title, I counted our group. One-two-three- and four, counting me, are present. Wait, there were four of us BEFORE we met Mai. Guys, is anyone missing?
\*gasp* Where's Harp?\
|Here! And it's HARPIE, thank you!|
/No Mai, she means Harp, the wingweaver./
|Who?|
/Never mind, you never saw her./
yeah, Harp is missing! The last time I saw her was when she dived down for Joey!
We looked around. There was no Harp in sight. Suddenly. . .
~AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~
The high-pitched scream pierced the eerie silence. It echoed in our minds.
"Harp!" Myst, Joey, and I shouted. We knew it was no good, however, because we could only hear her in mind, she must've been far, far away. . .
HARP! Harp, can you hear me?
~. . . help me. . ..~
Her last feeble calls of help faded away. Our faces were flooded with worry, even Mai's.
*****************
R Amythest: I think I'll leave it where it is; just to make you guys hang on a cliff. . .
Yami Amythest: it's not supposed to be literal. . .
R Amythest: oh well. For you people who liked Harp, believe me, it had to be done.
Yami Amythest: and now. . .
R Amythest: for 'The Cards You Might Not Know' section!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cards You Might Not Know~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: Green Phantom King
Stats: Real, Legend of Blue Eyes, common
Points: 500/1600
Type: Earth
Creature: Plant
Level Stars: 3
Description: This youthful king of the forests lives in a green world, abundant with trees and wildlife.
What it looks like: He (obviously, if it was a she it'd be a queen) has green hair about 15 inches long, and. . . er. . . here's the weird part. He has bushes growing out of his back and his headband is a bunch of leaves on a vine. His hands are basically tree branches shaped like hands. His eyes are red, and that makes it all look just weird. All in all, he's a plant turned human. As I said earlier, they don't call 'im King of the Forests for nuttin'.
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R Amythest: I think everyone knows harpie lady well, right?
Yami Amythest: they should. It's Mai's favorite card.
R Amythest: Just in case you don't, just for a bit of info to keep up the story, its attack/defense is 1400/1300. If you know that it ought to make story flow a lot easier.
Yami Amythest: that's all for now, right?
R Amythest: Correct. OK, you heard her! SHOO! SHOO! Get reviewin'! Don't just stand here like deer in headlights!!! Go and click that 'Go' button right there, and make sure the purtty purple says 'Review Story,' 'Add Author to favorites,' 'Add Story to favorites,' or 'Add to author alerts,' nothing else, OK?
Yami Amythest: Heh. It was entertaining.
R Amythest: but it turns out I won anyway, so I might add a few character torture scenes.
Yami Amythest: YEAH? Well, lookie here!!!
~~~~~~~~~~Yami Amythest's torture section~~~~~~~~~~
Ryou:
I barley had the strength to make it up the stairs. My left knee was filled with pain, and my blue jeans were no longer blue. My arms felt limp. My head was throbbing intensely. I tried to go up the stairs, but I didn't have the power to lift myself up. With the last of my remaining strength, I inched my way over to the couch and collapsed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yami Amythest: Well, what'd you think?
R Amythest: YOU'RE MEAN! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS PICK ON MY BISHIES?
Yami Amythest: why would I want to torture mine?
R Amythest: Ok, then. Let me even out the scales.
~~~~~~~~~~R Amythest's torture section~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yami Yugi:
The chamber was cold and dark. /Of course it is, it's a dungeon./
Of all things, the invaders took me prisoner in THIS musty room. A squeak to my left startled me. A rat scurried past me. It seemed to be running away from something. I looked up. A large form shaped into a cloaked man with a spear.
"Wh-what do you want?" I whispered hoarsely.
"Your soul," its raspy voice said in a creaking voice. It swung its spear at me. The last thing I saw was a red trickle of liquid in front of my eyes. . .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
R Amythest: WAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Yami Amythest: *sniff* poor guy. . . YOU WILL BE AVENGED!
R Amythest: but right now I think the readers are anxious for the REAL story. Ok, then readers!
**************Chapter Four: You, too?*******************
I ran up in horror as I saw Joey's form disappear over the horizon. Careful not to fall myself, I peered over the rocky ravine. Joey clung to his sword, which was stuck in the cliff.
"I'll get him!" Harp volunteered. She opened her six magnificent wings and glided down. She hovered by Joey. "Hold on!" She reached forward. Joey clung to the sword by one hand, and reached with the other. Just as he was about to reach her, his hand slipped, and he continued falling down.
"JOEY!!!!!" we all shouted. We watched in horror as his figure, an orange dot, disappeared until we could see it no more. Harp flew down after it.
"I know a way down. We must hurry!" Myst ushered.
I followed her. She led me along the cliff, until she reached a gentle slope. She slid down the slope. I followed. We ran in panic, wondering how Joey would look like when we reached him. Flat, maybe? Or just a pool of red? I shivered. It wasn't a pleasant thought, that's for sure. To our surprise, he was in one piece. A harpie lady was just barely supporting his weight, making the decline down slower. We stared in amazement.
That harpie lady looks awfully familiar. . .
/It should! It's Mai!/
"Mai?!"
Mai set Joey on the ground, then danced up and hugged him.
"I'm SO glad you're safe!"
Joey was enjoying the hug, but it was a bit tight. He got Mai to calm down.
"What are you doing here, Mai?" I asked.
Mai shrugged. "Some psycho thing happened to me. I fell asleep; enjoying the nice new 200-dollar genuine-dawn covers I bought yesterday, and then something started singing and I woke up in this strange place."
Do you know the mindlink?
Mai scowled. |Of course I do!|
can you send the scene over?
|sure kiddo.|
**MAI'S FLASHBACK**
A chanting was in Mai's ears. She teleported in her sleep and was brought to a small place by a lake. When she woke up, her reaction was somewhat like Yugi's.
"Where am I?" She glanced down her body, and gasped. "WHAT am I? I-I-I'm Harpie lady!"
"And a good thing, too," a smooth voice came from the woods. A green phantom king emerged from the trees. Mai screamed. The phantom king tensed.
"Quiet, there, lady, or you will send the moths coming."
"Moths?" Mai paused. "Hey, wait, let me control the situation." Mai reached in her pocket when she remembered she didn't have one. "Is. . . this all a dream?" she whispered.
The phantom king sighed. "No, ma'am. The two sides, light and dark, are battling again. We are told to hire warriors. Come now, we must make it to camp before the moths are up."
**END FLASHBACK**
So, we all got sent here.
"Do you know if any of the others are here?" I asked.
"No, but I do know that someone's reporting a Blue Eyes. Could be Kaiba, but who knows?" Mai shrugged. "Stranger things have happened."
"Blue eyes?" Myst mouthed. She closed her eyes. "But most dragons are on the opposing side! I know from what I've seen come across Yugi's mind that he's not with us, but. . . AGAINST us?"
I wore an interesting look. "You racked my mind?"
Myst giggled slightly. "If your heart is connected, why not your mind?"
I suddenly saw everyone staring at me, in an odd way. I blushed, yet again. Joey ran around singing a STUPID song.
"Yugi and Myst, sittin' in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!!!! FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES LAUGHTER, THEN COMES THE BABY!!!!!!! WHOOOO-EEEE!!!!"
He suddenly caught everyone staring at him.
Joey just then noticed Mai hugging his waist. What a pleasant view that must've been. Joey blushed heavily.
/Mai. . ./
|Yes Joseph?|
/Can you get off?/
|Anythin' for you, hon.|
. . .did Mai just call Joey what I think she did?
\Sure as syrup, Yugi.\
Myst gave me a look that was irresistible. If I had any doubt before about our love, there wasn't any now. I tried to veer off the subject.
"So where's the Green Phantom King now?" I asked Mai.
Mai shrugged. "I don't know. He's not a reliable tour guide. He tells me occasionally to fly up into a tree until he's back. This time he told me to hang around in that bush up there." Mai pointed to a small branch sticking out of the cliff. It was barely big enough to fit a petite angel, much less a harpie lady. "But I just suspended myself in midair, amusing myself by plucking leaves off the 'bush' when I heard Joey yell." Mai hugged Joey again.
"Not a reliable 'tour guide?'" a smooth voice said. We turned our heads toward the forest, from which the voice was coming from. The green phantom king emerged.
"For one, I'm not a tour guide, and second, I'm quite reliable whenever there's trouble!" he snapped in that somewhat 'smooth' accent. We all sweatdropped. He growled. "I do have my reasons for 'disappearing,' but that is for ME to know and for YOU to find out."
/Yug'? I don't find him pleasant./
|He does get a bit snappy sometimes. He's not a good person to first meet here.|
=Do you 'humans' always talk behind backs?=
\Leafe, don't you think you should go out and continue doing what you do best?\
=Whatever ma'am.=
'Leafe,' the Green Phantom king, marched back into the woods. Almost as soon as he reached it, he was invisible.
/How does he DO that?/
\Joey, it's camouflage. They don't call him king of the forests for nothing.\
/KING OF THE FORESTS?/
may I remind you it's the middle of the night and it's no time for bickering?
/LIKE I CARE?/
While Joey was arguing with Myst about Leafe's title, I counted our group. One-two-three- and four, counting me, are present. Wait, there were four of us BEFORE we met Mai. Guys, is anyone missing?
\*gasp* Where's Harp?\
|Here! And it's HARPIE, thank you!|
/No Mai, she means Harp, the wingweaver./
|Who?|
/Never mind, you never saw her./
yeah, Harp is missing! The last time I saw her was when she dived down for Joey!
We looked around. There was no Harp in sight. Suddenly. . .
~AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~
The high-pitched scream pierced the eerie silence. It echoed in our minds.
"Harp!" Myst, Joey, and I shouted. We knew it was no good, however, because we could only hear her in mind, she must've been far, far away. . .
HARP! Harp, can you hear me?
~. . . help me. . ..~
Her last feeble calls of help faded away. Our faces were flooded with worry, even Mai's.
*****************
R Amythest: I think I'll leave it where it is; just to make you guys hang on a cliff. . .
Yami Amythest: it's not supposed to be literal. . .
R Amythest: oh well. For you people who liked Harp, believe me, it had to be done.
Yami Amythest: and now. . .
R Amythest: for 'The Cards You Might Not Know' section!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cards You Might Not Know~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: Green Phantom King
Stats: Real, Legend of Blue Eyes, common
Points: 500/1600
Type: Earth
Creature: Plant
Level Stars: 3
Description: This youthful king of the forests lives in a green world, abundant with trees and wildlife.
What it looks like: He (obviously, if it was a she it'd be a queen) has green hair about 15 inches long, and. . . er. . . here's the weird part. He has bushes growing out of his back and his headband is a bunch of leaves on a vine. His hands are basically tree branches shaped like hands. His eyes are red, and that makes it all look just weird. All in all, he's a plant turned human. As I said earlier, they don't call 'im King of the Forests for nuttin'.
~~~~~~~
R Amythest: I think everyone knows harpie lady well, right?
Yami Amythest: they should. It's Mai's favorite card.
R Amythest: Just in case you don't, just for a bit of info to keep up the story, its attack/defense is 1400/1300. If you know that it ought to make story flow a lot easier.
Yami Amythest: that's all for now, right?
R Amythest: Correct. OK, you heard her! SHOO! SHOO! Get reviewin'! Don't just stand here like deer in headlights!!! Go and click that 'Go' button right there, and make sure the purtty purple says 'Review Story,' 'Add Author to favorites,' 'Add Story to favorites,' or 'Add to author alerts,' nothing else, OK?