Lunny: And another precious chapter in Renewed Time or RT as I refer to it mentally…this is pretty much filler as it explains things a little bit more and it's here to give you guys, my beloved readers, another insight to the whole ordeal. No, help in intro/outro this time as frankly no one wanted to help with filler. Bunch of jerks…
Disclaimer: I don't own…and I never will…but I can plot mayhem!
Chapter 7
A little more insight, please.
Jace sighed and looked to Mokuba, the teen was having a blast teasing the newly form couples with the others help. Looking at the time he grimaced.
"We need to get you home, Mokuba."
The teen nodded. Katsuya looked up and dashed over, pulling the teen into a hug.
"See ya later, Mokie." He said ruffling his hair fondly. The others gave small waves.
"See ya, Jou." Mokuba replied, waving back and walking to the door.
Jace, Ammut and Mokuba left. While, walking back Jace sighed.
"So, what exactly is going on here?" Mokuba asked.
"Everything's happening fast, which means; they're either getting desperate or they're overconfident that my brothers and I are weaker than before." Jace didn't know why he was talking so openly with the teen, he just felt…familiar with him.
"Who's 'they'?" Mokuba inquired, really wanting to know.
"Fallen, Minotaur, Devil, Vampire and Werewolf, I don't count Diamond, Pearl or Sapphire because they're only following their Darkness'." Jace said a tired look to his eyes. Mokuba nodded.
"Care to tell me what they want?" Mokuba tested the waters. Jace opened his mouth, but the sudden appearance of two figures on either side of them cut him off. The one next to Jace spoke first…
"What we want is the Items and the power they hold…" an elegant musical voice resounded in the sudden silence.
"Master wants his Light back and feels the Shadows could revive her." A rough voice said next to Mokuba causing the teen to jump and edge closer to Jace.
"The three kings of shadow are nothing…" the other went on; seemingly gliding on the sidewalk, a faint click of his boots could be heard.
"They're only just mere humans now." The other said, heavy footfalls making Mokuba wonder just how much the darkness was hiding from view. He settled for that he really didn't want to know. Jace glanced at them, knowing that Ammut was now on guard it wasn't wise to anger the monster when she had what she considered a child near her.
"Vampire…Werewolf…it's been ages." Jace said, remembering their auras. Vampire looked down at him, his light steps faltering slightly at the emptiness in Jace's voice.
"They call you Jace for this era…interesting name…Ibis." Vampire said, resuming his pace. Jace laughed dryly. Werewolf looked down at Mokuba; they had orders from Fallen to take the child. Use him as bait to lure the High Priest into their trap, strategically taking out one of the strongest fighters. Vampire was about to go on, hoping that Werewolf would snatch the child as he got Ibis railed up*.
"Unlike, Cobra…you can't rail me up that easily, Vampire." Jace said coldly, cutting him off. Vampire shivered despite himself, remembering why it was that the triplets were the strongest of the darkness' within the vassals. It was unwise to piss them off without their lights around…at that point even the Deities themselves rarely stepped in. Jace flicked his rapidly turning obsidian eyes down to Mokuba, eyes reverting as he remembered his own light and how Mokuba's eyes reminded Jace of them. Werewolf knew at seeing that look, they were fucked.
"Vampire…" Werewolf was only able to get that warning before shadows reared up. Slamming both males into a nearby wall. Jace snapped his head up, Mokuba jumped and looked around.
"Mace said that you two would need help." Atemu said walking out of the shadows, Bakura and Marik on either side. He lowered his right hand, indicating to the shadows not to release but at least slacken their hold. Vampire found that even if he wanted to, moving was so not an option. With a flick of the ex-ruler's wrist, the shadows revealed the two. Werewolf growled showing fangs, Mokuba was pulled behind Bakura.
Vampire was pale…extremely pale. Blood red hair fell in feathered layers to his elbows, pale void-like green eyes were set in a handsome youthful face. A thin scar that ran from above his right eye to the left side of his bottom jaw was the only mar on the otherwise flawless features. A wicked black collar seemed too tightly weave its way around his neck, the intricate design looked as if the was tightly woven black feathers. A silver sapphire hung from his left ear. A dark red shirt was peeking out from under his long leather coat, dark red leather pants and black boots were wrapped in key places by the shadows.
Werewolf sat there, softly growling at the group in front of him. His darkly tanned skin was marred by a scar on either cheek starting at the corner of his eyes and ending just under his chin. Graying black hair was held in dreadlocks that were pulled back into a ponytail. A single black diamond earring was in his left ear, dangling to about his jaw line clearly seen. The straps of a black tank could be seen from under his leather long coat, baggy black jeans and dark brown combat boots were obscured by the shadows. The same collar that was tight around Vampire's neck was around his as well, though his was wider and less elegant that Vampire's.
Atemu's glare caused the growl to stop and Vampire to flinch away, exchanging looks they were reconsidering the 'merely human' comment beforehand. Bakura and Marik looked at Atemu, Jace stepped back observing with insanely amused eyes. Atemu brought the two to their feet.
"Touch Mokuba , Shizuka or ANY of our Hikari's…and the shadows will be the least of your worries." He threatened, something in the back of his mind warning him that they might go after Katsuya's younger sister. The two visibly shook, after dropping them they were gone. The four turned and walked with Mokuba to where Seto was waiting for him. Seto never saw them as Mokuba ran to him, telling him that he needs to talk to Yuugi and the others. Ammut leaped onto his shoulders, purring in pure joy of seeing him. Seto petted her and looked to where he saw a pair of red eyes, burgundy, soft violet and jade watching. He inclined his head in thanks.
As the four walked back, Jace was beside himself in excitement.
*-Elsewhere-*
Fallen leaned back, the ruble serving as some forbidding throne. Sitting on a platform upon nothing but the platform itself, holding her regal air, was Ishizu. The Millennium Necklace floated above her in a spell-orb, just barely out of her reach. When Vampire and Werewolf returned empty-handed, Fallen's eyes darkened. Leaning on one hand he held the other up in a gesture for them to explain themselves. Vampire exchanged a look with Werewolf, then the slender male stepped forward.
"Master, the child was with one of the vassals, Ibis."
Fallen drew in a hiss of disappointment, the two shuddered.
"Our deepest apologies, Master. Ibis was backed up by the King of Chaos."
Another hiss, this time sounding like there was venom behind it. Vampire flinched, a shallow wound appearing on his left cheek. Fallen was losing his temper, Vampire bowed lower hoping that by degrading himself Fallen would be amused. It worked.
A dark hum was heard, Vampire rose halfway. Fallen flicked his foot to tell Vampire to rise fully. He complied.
"What now Master?" Vampire asked.
Silence.
"Very well, Master. We will search for the dual Item wielder; Shadi."
Turning he glanced to Ishizu.
"You'll get company soon enough." He smirked. She held her chin high and locked eyes with him, Vampire huffed and walked out. Werewolf trailed him, always unnerved at how Vampire and Devil seemed to understand their Master.
Once a good distance away from Fallen's Throne, Vampire held open his arms and caught Sapphire.
"My darling light, what is wrong?" Vampire cooed, stroking the silver locks. Sapphire clung to him slipping his arms under the coat. Vampire growled low, looking back to Werewolf who had his arms wrapped around Diamond. Vampire assumed that Devil was with Pearl, those two already having their own 'fun'.
"Werewolf, we have a good 5 hours before Master expects us to do anything…why not give in to baser needs?" Vampire suggested loving the soft moan he drew from Sapphire as he lightly traced down his spine. Werewolf growled, sending shivers through Diamond.
The two disappeared from the hall and retired to their rooms…for a good 4 hours.**
*-Back to The Group-*
Jace and the four Yami's returned. The Hikari's embracing their respected Yami. Jace shivered, excitement coursing through his blood. Mace sighed.
"Just great, he's railed up." The elder said, rubbing his temples. Kace paled and looked to Marik.
"Oi, Tombkeeper…grab his shoulder…don't worry he won't slice your hand off." He said pointing to the now insane looking Jace.
Marik looked back and forth. Mace growled low.
"Look, if he stays like that then your Hikari's are in trouble…he'll kill them." Kace went on to explain.
Marik nodded and walked to Jace, clasping his shoulder the Yami felt something pulse through his veins. Malik instinctively went to Marik's side, feeling his insanity spike. Marik blinked as Jace visibly relaxed and patted his hand to signal him to let go. He did.
"Thank you, King of Shadow." Jace said, breathing out.
"Huh?" Marik and the others looked confused.
"Another explanation is in order now…just fucking great…the 'Shadow Realm' is technically the Void Realm. Most call it Shadow Realm because that's what's always trod upon, Shadows. The other two parts of it is 'Darkness' and 'Chaos'. I better not be the one explaining this shit to Kaiba." Mace said, growling out the last bit.
"I'll explain it to, Seto." Jace said, breathing deeply. Marik looked at him and saw that Jace's skin actually had gray markings that trailed from beneath his jaw and disappeared under his shirt. Jace looked at him and smiled. Mace went on.
"It was said that there were three rulers of the three parts, brothers. The eldest was The King of Chaos, the middle brother was The King of Shadows and the youngest was The King of Darkness. Before the Items came to being, someone sealed The King of Shadows into the Millennium Spellbook. Thus we assume that when the Items were created, portions of The King were placed into them…his son was born as the split persona of Malik Ishtar. Don't ask us how, we just know."
"What about the other two, Kings?" Ryou asked.
"After the disappearance of their brother, the Deities suspect that they found suitable consorts and went on to have human descendants. The Kings themselves have revived fully inside their kingdoms, the Items have being lost freed the Shadow King, and so the three are sealed within Dark Crystals awaiting their son's to arrive. Until, their awakening Marik, Bakura and Atemu as their son's…in some weird fucked up way…are the current King's of The Void Realm." Mace said, crossing his arms and leaning on a nearby armrest.
Katsuya raised an eyebrow.
"You expect us to believe that?" he asked.
Mace shrugged.
"It'd make our lives easier…and it'd explain why Marik even exists." The elder replied, off-handedly.
Yuugi shook his head.
"It'll most likely get easier to believe as we go on this adventure. But, wait why…?" the tri-colored haired Hikari trailed off, looking at Jace.
"To explain my earlier reaction…simply put my brothers and I are Yami's…if a Yami is around their Hikari for a while…they start to develop a need for them. My brothers and I haven't gotten to that point, but we're close. Anyways, what happened was the shadows within me acted up and I was unable to control them. Bloodlust and all blocking my chain of clear thought."
"Why did Marik's touch help you?" Malik asked biting his bottom lip as Marik nuzzled his neck.
"Three parts means three types of Yami's exist. Shadow Yami's tend to be insane and bloodthirsty, around our Hikari we're tame and slightly off balance. Chaos Yami's like Kace tend to be deadly and ruthless, around their Hikari they're calm and playful. And Darkness Yami's like Mace tend to be distant and blunt, around their Hikari's they're protective and warm." Jace explained, Katsuya got it.
"And as the Kings they're touch regulates the shadows within you guy's right?" Katsuya said, shocking everyone.
"Well, wonders never cease, Kaiba's Puppy has some smarts…." Mace said, his brother Kace nodded.
Katsuya bristled.
"I am NOT his Puppy!" the blond exclaimed, clearly peeved at the nickname. The two immortals weren't convinced.
"Uh huh…" Kace said, massaging his shoulder. Malik raised an eyebrow.
"Out of mere curiosity, do you guys really look like that? I mean you look like the relatives of our Kkwy's." the Egyptian said. The triplets looked at one another; none had realized that they hadn't changed back. Kace glared up and mentally cursed the Deities.
"Revert us to our original forms or else you guys so need to send someone else down here." Kace growled out. Everyone watched as it seemed if the color washed out of their hair. Their skin darkening and thin markings appeared, gray lines on Jace, white spirals on Kace and black zigzags on Mace, the markings never touched their faces. Jace's hair was now dark purple, Kace's was dark green and Mace's was dark blue. They seemed more…powerful. Joey whistled.
"Nice change guys…"
The triplets smirked. Gramps walked up the stairs a robed Egyptian behind him. Yuugi gasped.
"Shadi!"
"Yes, young ones. I'm afraid that in my coming here then that means for you all-"
"They're going after Item wielders now. That means we have to up our game, you all need to get ready to fight. For us, that'll take some time to prepare."
End
Lunny: And that's it! So, there's the insight for you readers. Let me know if there are any other things that have you wondering…
*They call the triplets by the name that they last remember. To avoid confusion from now on only when the badguys are speaking to the triplets will you read these names.
**If ANYONE seriously wants me to type out these lemons…I might do it in bonus chapters AFTER the stories done and over with. I'm already planning on a lemon for each shipping…oh shit, no one read that right? Good.
Also, if you see like three chapters out for this story BEFORE Sunday..its because I want to get this and "Night School" on the same number of chapters. REVIEW PLEASE!
