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Chapter XII: Enter the Idiots and Seto Kaiba

Ebony's P.O.V.

" So will she be alright?" I asked again.

" Oh, she will be fine. Despite the fact that she was attacked by a bear, she only got some bruises and scratches, and also a twisted ankle, but nothing serious. No broken ribs or anything." Mr. Muto said. " I'm still surprised that she has fought a bear off."

" She's tougher than you think." I said. " She's not an average teenager."

" Do you know when she will be waking up Grandpa?" Yugi asked. I still can't believe that he, Joey, and the others are actually standing beside me, alive and real. This is so cool!

" I don't know Yugi. But it'll be sometime today or tonight." he said. " So Ebony, where do you two live at?"

" Oh, uh... We aren't from around here, we are just visiting from America." I said, sweatdropping. ' Literally, we aren't even from this planet...' I thought.

" In that case, why don't the two of you stay here for awhile? We got some guestrooms." Mr. Muto offered.

" Really? Thanks!" I said. Outside, it looks like it's going to rain. I wasn't about to travel in the rain, though Rose will not care, if I know her.

" Alright, now that's settled, I'm going to make some snacks. Come on down once you're done talking." Mr. Muto said as he walks out of the hallway, since we were outside the room now.

" So, your name's Ebony, right?" Mai said. " How come you guys were in the forest, you and that girl Rose?"

" We, uh, were just exploring it. Plus little Melody here ran off." I said, making up a excuse, as I hold Melody.

' Hey!' Melody's voice rings in my head. I just ignored her, since I don't want to look crazy by making conversation with a 'normal' cat.

" How come they don't have leashes, or collars?" Duke said, looking at Trila, and then Phoenix and Dranzer.

" Well, Rose trained them well. She has a nack with animals." I said.

' Trained, yeah right...'

' You have got to be kidding...'

' What makes you think we would want to be trained by you or anyone?' I heard from Melody, Phoenix, and Dranzer all say at the same time.

" Oh yeah, a real nack." Triston said. " That bear listened really well to her."

" Triston, lighten up, will ya?" Joey said to him.

" Thank you." I said, feeling annoyed by Triston's comment. I have always like Joey, as every other girl in our world likes Yugi, or Kaiba, or even Triston and Duke. But of course I wasn't ever expecting to stand next to Joey Wheeler himself. #insert hearts swirling around head#

" Hey, no prob." Joey said.

" So, how long are you going to stay in Japan?"

" I don't know, that's really up to Rose." I said. " By the way, how long has Rose been unconcious again?"

" About 45 minutes now." Serinity said. " But she started moving her head about 5 minutes ago."

" Say wha?" Joey said. " Ya think she's wakin' up?"

" How can she when she was knocked around like a bowling pin?" Duke said.

" Don't know, don't care. I'm going to go see her." I said as I started back up to the room. Opening the door, I could see Rose definatly moving her head. And I'm betting it's a nightmare. About her family's murder.

Rose's P.O.V., Nightmare Vision

" Mom! Dad!" I yelled out as I tried running towards everyone. My aunts, uncles, cousins, everyone was at the family reunion, and I was the only one who knows what's going to happen next! Then suddenly, I was lifted up in a sphere! " No! Let me out!" I yelled as I pounded at the wall of the sphere with all my strength. But it's pratically no use, it won't break, or even crack a hairline. I suddenly myself, just a few days ago, a normal human, playing with my cousins, unaware of what's going to happen. " Oh no, please no..." I said as tears started running down my cheeks. I feel so useless, unable to do anything to warn my family!

" DIE!" a voice yelled out of nowhere as spells were thrown in every direction, killing people on the spot. One spell was aimed at the other me.

" Gah!" the other Rose yelled as she falls backwards, but the spell hits her forehead, only going to leave a scar for the rest of her life, or more precise, my life. As soon as everyone was dead, Cosmos disappeared, laughing.

" Mom... Dad... everyone..." I said to myself as I see the other Rose move towards her... my parents. The scene disappears as I was suddenly dropped towards the ground. As soon as I hit that disappearing floor, some weird chains appears out of nowhere and binds me to the floor! " Let me go!" I yelled as the chains pulls harder on me, my limbs feeling like my circulation of my blood cutting off.

" See how I easily destroyed them?" laughed Cosmos as he suddenly appeared in front of me. My eyes narrowed at the sight of him.

" You... you bastard..." I growled. Cosmos laughs again.

" Pathatic, White Cheetah. Soon, you shall join them. And Malshano will be part of my army!" Cosmos yelled as he disappears again.

" Come back here coward!" I yelled into the blackness. Tears started falling off my cheek as golden spheres appears above me far away, each one containing a shadowy figure. My eyes were blurry of tears as I look up at them. " Damn you Cosmos... I'll get my revenge, I swear it." I said quietly to myself. " I will not stop until you are either banished into the Demon world, or dead..."

" Anybody got what she said?" I heard from outta nowhere.

" No, she said it too quietly," another voice said.

" Guardian, wake up. Your friends are waiting for you. Wake up..." I heard before everything started to disappear. And it didn't come from where the others voices were at...

Rose's P.O.V., Reality

" And she awakens!" I heard as my eyes fluttered open for a few miliseconds before closing them again from the brightens of the room.

" Ebony?" I said as my eyes adjusted to the light now and opened them after struggling a bit with them. Then I bolted up after a few seconds. " What happened to the bear?" I said, but my ribs then started hurting.

" Whoa whoa whoa Rose. Don't do that, or else you're just going to be in pain," Ebony said. " Careful."

" It has been exactly an hour since she was unconsious. Amazing that she woke up after all that," I heard from somewhere around the room. It sounded alot like Duke in Yu-Gi-Oh...

" Okay, who is here...?" I said, since my eyes went black on me after sitting up so fast.

" Rose, may I introduce you to Duke, Joey, Triston, Tea, Mai, Serinity, and Yugi," Ebony said. My eyes had cleared up before she just named off the people here.

" Say whata?" I said as I looked over. And there they were. Then I remembered seeing them before blacking out. " Oh, right." I said a bit sheepishly.

" You're crazy, you know that?" Mai said as she comes into the room.

" Oh, I'm crazy?" I replied. " Yeah, it's only meant having a twisted ankle and a few bruised ribs. It's sooo much fun to wrestle with a 1000 pound bear," I said sarcastically as I pushed the damn covers off.

' Don't we sound so cheerful?' I heard Kate thought-speak in my mind.

' Don't even start with me,' I told her. " Ebony, is Melody alright?"

" Hey, she's alright. She's right here," Ebony said as she holds Melody up.

' Rose, she was telling them that it was my fault for this whole incident!' Melody complained.

' Melody, you know that we can't really tell them that we're from another world, right?'

' I know, but-'

' Melody, be quiet,' I told her before she could complain any futher.

" You risked your life for a cat. I'm sorry, am I missing something here?" Mai said.

" No, you got the concept right. I risked my life for my cat, so what? Is it a crime to help my cat these days?" I snapped.

" Rose, no need to bite their heads off," Ebony said, though I know she doesn't mind me snapping at Mai. She has a crush on Joey, and as it is in the series, Mai and Joey is paired up together. So, yeah, you get the idea.

" Alright, alright, I'll shut-up for now," I said. " Just no more cracks about getting killed for my animals." I told Mai. I could see Ebony trying hard to not smile. I know she was enjoying seeing Mai getting chewed out by someone, who is me.

" Alright, so now that she's awake, why don't we head downstairs?" Duke said.

" And how 'dis Rose get down da stairs? Answer that, genius," Joey said. " She's got a twisted ankle."

" Hey, you know somethin'? I don't need help walking," I said as I stand up.

" You sure Rose?" Serinity asked from the doorway.

" Yes, I'm completly sure."

" Alright, now that's settled, let's get goin' already. I bet that lunch is ready." Triston said.

" Are you forever going to think about your stomach?" Tea said, irritated.

' Ebony, we're surrounded by idiots...'

' Only some of them are the idiots. Joey, Serinity, and Yugi are the only ones that isn't being stupid.'

' Good point.'

After getting up, I followed them, though at a slow pace, since my ankle is shooting pain up my leg everytime it hits the the floor.

" Hey, will you pick up the pace back there?" Triston yelled from the stairs.

" Hey, I'm moving so fast, it only seems I'm still over here," I shot at him. Damn jerk...