Celtic Guardian

BUMP! The Fairy King bumped into someone, sending her toppling to the ground. Rubbing her head was...

... her. Adena.

She hugged me; she buried her face on my shoulder, her hands touching my back. "I thought you were a goner." Her soft voiced was muffled by my green shoulder plate. And to be honest, I thought she was a goner too. So I soothed her sand-colored hair and kissed her head. I felt peaceful with her by my side... until I saw my Master and his friends jawdropping; their eyes wide and their fingers shaking.

"YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND?!"

Trying to keep calm, I smiled and nodded.

The silly prankster girl, Vanessa, wiggled her magenta eyebrows mischievously. "I'm not surprised."

The grownups and children screamed once again: "HOW COME?!"

"He's a homie* o' mine." After a not-so-dramatic pause, she spoke again: "Male friend. You're lucky, lover boy. And did you just use a hair grower?"

I remembered my drastically change, and replied while taking off my helmet: "No."

"So Capsule Monsters had restarted?" came from Lord Solomon.

"Yes." I said, taking a rubber band from a secret pocket and tying my hair in a low ponytail. "And you have to release capsules. Only one won't be enough to survive."

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Hinotama Soul chirped with pride and satisfaction as the little fireball looked at his current masterpiece: a campfire surrounded by Master and his friends.

I almost cracked up when Lord Ashton asked his mentor: "Mr. Joey, what are you doing?" The blonde human, who has grown a fine mustache, has a spoonful of tortilla chips on the fire and was drooling out of excitement and hunger. "Ain't it obvious?" he replied with his Brooklyn accent. "Makin' baked tortilla."

On the other hand, Van took a handful of her long magenta hair and cut it chin-length. After staying still for a while and a deep sigh, she tossed her hair into the campfire.

The tables had turned. Now Van had done something she'd never do.

Why did you do that? Curse of Dragon asked the female WARRIOR, her yellow snout covered with tomato sauce and mayonnaise.

A drop of nervous sweat rolled down the girl's forehead. "Uh... to not easily fuss... about hair covering eyes... in battle."

The bony female dragon smirked**. You changed so quickly.

"At least your master in Egypt 5018 AD is not Douche bag King You-know-who. If that douche bag is YOUR master, you're in big trouble. Where's Monsieur Mahaad?"

Just when Van asked the shirtless**** magician appeared from a nearby waterfall, his purple hair that had started to turn white all wet. "We don't bring any tents." he said.

Ryyn's gray eyes gleamed with ideas. "Kurrou, do you bring the handy-dandy mobile homes? We can use those."

Kurrou nodded, a sign that he was grateful he bought them.

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SPONGEBOB: 12 O'CLOCK MIDNIGHT

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Van

After such incidents last afternoon, you think I would sleep peacefully, right?

Wrong.

I couldn't sleep well that night. Once or twice I tossed my Pikachu pillow to the wall of my handy-dandy mobile home because of dreams filled with blood, horror, despair, and such. After each nightmare, I would wake up with sweat all over my pale blue nightgown. In the end, I gave up and used the elevator to go for a night walk.

When I stepped outside, there were no clouds on the midnight black sky; it looks like you can reach the stars.

And of course, there was a shadow with transparent butterfly wings on one tree.

Great. Please note: no sarcasm included.

"Your Majesty Truesdale?" I called out.

"Hmm?" he fluttered down from the oak tree, shaking off the snow from his golden bowl-like hair.

"May I night watch?"

"No. You should work tomorrow."

"I thought it's a soldier's job, not a king's."

"Oh."

Awkward silence filled the air, until the Fairy King spoke. "Van?"

"Yes?"

"Go back to sleep."

I nodded, finally feeling sleepy and walking back to the mobile home.

*Homie: male friend.

**If dragons can smirk, of course.

***OK, Mahaad fangirls. Ready... Set... *internally drools*

A little info for you peeps so you can remind me when I forget a character or two! Here are the participants and their monsters:

Yugi Mutou:

· Kuriboh

· Gaia the Fierce Knight

· Dark Magician

· Celtic Guardian

· Hinotama Soul

Tourey Shantori:

· Dark Swordswoman

· Little Elf

· Holy Magician

· Holy Little Magician

· Pitch Black Warwolf

Téa Gardner:

· Dark Witch

· Seiyaryu

· Happy Lover

· Magician of Faith

· Dark Magician Girl

Ashton Shantori:

· U.A. Might Slugger

· U.A. Midfielder

· U.A. Rival Rebounder

· U.A. Dreadnought Dunker

· U.A. Playmaker

Joey Wheeler:

· Red-Eyes Black Dragon

· Flame Swordsman

· Baby Dragon

· Divine Knight Ishzark

· Alligator Sword

Maynard Shantori:

· Aromseraphy Angelica

· Aromage Jasmine

· Aromage Cananga

· Aromage Rosemary

· Aromage Bergamot

Tristan Taylor:

· Thunder Kid

· Shovel Crusher

· Thunder Dragon x2

· Cyber Commander

Sasuke Shantori:

· Shiranui Samurai

· Shiranui Spectralsword

· Shiranui Squire

· Shiranui Spectralsword Shade

Solomon Mutou:

· Curse of Dragon

· Summoned Skull

· Zombie Warrior

· Penguin Soldier

· Spirit of the Books

Ume Shantori:

· Chemicritter Carbo Crab

· Chemicritter Hydron Hawk

· Poly-Chemicritter Hydragon

· Poly-Chemicritter Dioxogre

· Chemicritter Oxy Ox

Minna Shantori:

· Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer

· Chow Len the Prophet

· Anarchist Monk Ranshin

· Master Kyonshi

· Submarine Frog

Kurrokochi Shantori

· Muka Muka

· Obsidian Dragon

· Golden Ladybug

· Esper Girl

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