Hi!
Wow it's been a very long time since I last updated! I just moved in with my mom, so I visit my dad on the weekends, but not all of them. So it's going to be very difficult to update my stories till my mom gets the internet. Oh and also that I have been sick for over a week! Let me tell you it's not fun! I have to make up a lot of homework from all of my classes! Not looking forward to that.
Oh and I have just posted up the fourth Raindrops story. Yay! I am so happy! Also I have posted up my Kingdom Hearts one including a couple of other ones. You have a lot of spare time when you're sick.
Anyway, I would like to thank the people for reading and for reviewing this story. It makes me so happy that people enjoy reading this.
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Colorful Magic
Chapter Ten: Shadow vs. Magic!
Yugi was blind. Not by the light for there was none in the passage way, just darkness all around them. He was very surprised that he knew where to walk.
"Man, how far is it?" asked Tristan.
"Beats me." said Duke.
"I'm more concern about the lights. Someone certainly forgot to pay their electric bill for this place." commented Joey.
"Funny, Wheeler. Real funny." said Kaiba sarcastically.
"Can't you two stop arguing for at least a couple of hours? Sheesh, it gets boring after a while." said Tea.
"Stay out of this!" yelled both teens.
"Oh shut up!" yelled Malik.
Ryou and Shizuka sighed.
"Maybe we should ask Mrs. Colour if she could bring some light into this place?" whispered Shizuka to Ryou. She nodded.
Ryou whispered back, "That's a good idea, Shizuka. I'll ask her." She spoke in her normal voice now, "Mrs. Colour, do you think you could use your magic, so we can see where we are going?"
"Pff. Like she can do magic." said Kaiba.
"She can do magic, Kaiba! We saw it!" exclaimed Tristan.
"I can't believe, you all are buying into this garbage!"
"It's not garbage Kaiba. Its real." said Yugi.
"Whatever." huffed Kaiba. He was in no mood to argue.
"So can you, Mrs. Colour?" asked Ryou.
No answer.
"Mrs. Colour?" she said a little louder.
Nothing.
"Mrs. Colour?" asked Tea. "Can you hear me?"
Silence.
"Mrs. C?" said Duke.
"Esperanza?" said Joey.
Still nothing.
"Where did our little witchy friend go?" wondered Malik out loud.
"She's abandoned us, you nitwits! She left us the moment our backs were turned. She's escaped." said Kaiba.
"Wrong, Mr. Kaiba. I've been here the whole time and listening to everything that has been said. Especially what you have said."
"Where are you?" asked Yugi.
"Right here, chico." Said Esp. she pushed open a door to reveal bright light on the other side. Yugi covered his eyes and went inside with Esp and Draco; the others following behind them, one at a time.
The passage was old and wasted away, bricks and sand mixed together in the walls, ceiling and floor. Torches were hung on the sides of the walls, lighting the way, to who knows where.
"Great, another maze. Just what I needed." grumbled Kaiba.
"At least it isn't mummies and zombies chasing after us again." said Malik.
Kaiba didn't say a word.
"Come on. Let's get out of this joint." said Joey. "A few more minutes here and I'll lose my head."
"I thought you already lost it a long time ago." remarked Kaiba. Joey held his tongue and fists since Shizuka was there with them. He had to be the better person, but dang it was so hard with an arrogant jerk always insulting you every single day.
They trekked quite a ways, the torches leading and lighting their way. The corridors were becoming narrow or wide, depending on which side you were going. After all, this entire strange realm was a backwards Wonderland. A terrifying Wonderland.
Yugi was anxious on getting to the end of this tunnel. A few members of the group were starting to get irritated.
"When I get my hands on Marik, I'll make him regret the day he ever possessed my body!" exclaimed Malik, "Or taking my Rod and getting his own body!"
"Same here." said Duke.
"Especially Yami." said Tea. He was the one who started the fight with the Millennium items. When she finds him she was giving him a piece of her mind, even if she did have a crush on him, it was no excuse to do this to their friends or family.
"Guys," sighed Yugi, "now is not the time to think about that. We have to figure out how to get out of here-"
He didn't have time to finish his sentence when a glowing card came out of his deck, from his back pocket. Kuriboh popped up and flew ahead of them. Ryou's Change of Heart card was glowing too and soon the Angel was following Kuriboh.
"Hey!" cried Yugi and Ryou running after them.
"Wait for us!" yelled Joey as the others followed them.
The tunnels pathway became wider and wider as Yugi and Ryou chased the two flying Monsters. The Kuriboh and the Angel entered a big golden doorway, pillars and hieroglyphics surrounding it.
"Guys! Yugi! Ryou!"
"Don't go in there without us!" yelled Malik.
The two teens didn't listen. They ran into the room. It was large with pillars holding up the ceiling and going down to the brownish cobblestones covering the floor. The air was thick with age, time, and intensity.
"What is this place?" asked Ryou, looking around the large room. Yugi shook his head.
"I have no idea. Now where did they go?"
Suddenly sounds could be heard from the right of them. They decided to investigate what was causing the sounds, as the others came in trying to catch their breaths. When they got closer, the sounds were louder and sounded more like…
Laughter?
"Hey cut it out!" yelled a voice.
"He's so cute. And your very pretty." said another one.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!" laughed two more voices.
"Aido! Amane!" called Ryou as she identified the first two voices. It was quiet for a second till they heard a response.
"Ryou!" called Aido and Amane happily.
"Where are you? So I can find you!" said Ryou, relief filling her voice.
"Over here!"
Both Yugi and Ryou turned their heads to the sound, located behind a pillar. They ran towards there, just for Ryou to be knocked down by two small figures.
"Ryou!" cried both twins.
"Aido! Amane! Your okay!" said Ryou hugging them both and kissing them all over their faces. Nicky and Mokuba came next, with Kuriboh and the Change of Heart right behind them.
Nicky started to snicker, looking at Ryou kissing the twins.
"Ryou quit it! Your embarrassing us." said Aido blushing, but glaring daggers at Nicky.
"I don't care. I'm just glad you're safe." said Ryou getting up from the floor, along with the twins.
"Seto!" cried Mokuba running to Kaiba.
"Mokuba." called Kaiba, with a smile on his face. Mokuba hugged his older brother. Joey just shook his head. Kaiba always made fun of him for caring for someone such as his sister or his friends, and Kaiba does the same thing to Mokuba. Oh well, he wasn't going to argue about it.
"Nicky!" yelled Tea as Nicky ran up to her. They both gave each other a quick hug.
"You have a lot of explaining to do young lady." said Nicky seriously on the outside, though on the inside he was laughing like a little kid.
"I explain when we get back home." said Tea nervously.
"You better." said Nicky though he really didn't need it, since Mokuba, Aido, and Amane had already explained the whole story to him.
"Have you guys been here the entire time?" asked Yugi to Mokuba. He shook his head no.
"No, we just got here a few minutes ago. Before, we were in some kind of graveyard. The place had headstones and stair cases hanging either right side up or upside down."
"Man, oh man, was there fog everywhere! It was so thick I would have needed a dozen flashlights just to find my own nose." explained Nicky. Mokuba and Amane shook their heads, while Aido rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"It's big enough that it's not even hard to find." mumbled Aido.
Nicky growled at him.
"Anyway, where did you find those two?" asked Mokuba glancing towards Kuriboh and the Angel.
"Oh, they came out from our decks and they are the ones who found you guys." said Yugi.
Kuriboh went up to Amane and started to snuggle close to her in the face.
"Your funny!" giggled Amane, getting a purr out of the little fur ball. Ryou and the Change of Heart just smiled while Aido and Amane began to tickle the little Duel Monster.
"So then we started to walk away from Spooksville to look for you," said Nicky continuing the story, "and we ran into-"
"Let me guess," interrupted Malik, "You ran into a big scary looking door that wasn't holding on to anything, and had a big golden eye piercing right at you?"
The four kids just stared at him, as though Malik had changed into an alien or had something stuck on his face.
"What?" asked Nicky.
"No, that's not what happen." said Mokuba.
"Oh, then what did happen?" asked Ryou.
"We ran into…" began Aido as they turned to see a large shadow come towards them.
"Him." finished Amane.
Ryou and Angel looked stun.
Yugi and Kuriboh were paralyzed with fear.
The figure was tall, dark, and gruesome. It was a Duel Monster, but a mean scary looking one. It had half of a man's body, with the lower half being a snake. It was all dark blue, with a scale like wings, and glowing red eyes.
"That's…that's…" stuttered Yugi as Kuriboh hid behind him.
"Diabound." said Ryou finishing the sentence. Aido and Amane nodded their heads. The Change of Heart went up to the ferocious beast. They looked at each other for a few seconds till the Angel jumped in his arms into a hug.
"Huh?" questioned Yugi as both he and the others looked at the strange sight before them.
Ryou smiled. "Diabound is Bakura's favorite card. Diabound and the Change of Heart have known each other for a very long time."
"They look like a married couple." said Tristan. "Don't they?"
"Mmm."
"Just don't make any sudden movements around him and you'll be fine." said Aido.
"Why?" asked Duke walking up to them. He then jumped back, when the terrifying creature snarled and growled at him. The Angel had to calm him down and reassure Diabound that nobody here was a threat.
"That's why." said Amane. All of them were trying to recollect their breaths from the scare.
"Overprotective, isn't he?" asked Esp.
The others turned around to see Esperanza walking towards them. While they had treaded carefully while approaching Diabound , she didn't. She walked up the creature with confidence and dignity. The both looked at one another, square in the face.
"Big fella, aren't you?" asked Draco.
Diabound roared.
"Nasty temper too." Said Esp. "Must come from the master."
"And feo. Don't forget feo!" cried Draco.
"Don't say that." said Esp.
"Why? What does it mean?" asked Tea, never once losing her sight of the upset monster.
"Now is not the time to-"
"Means ugly. And do I mean ugly!" said Draco.
Diabound roared even more loudly, its Snake head/tail hissing in rage. Both of its eyes glared at Draco and Esp, baring its fangs at the two. The gang froze in place, not knowing what to do. The Change of Heart couldn't even stop the maleficent beast's temper.
"If you are trying to intimidate us," said Esp to the Stone man and snake, "You are doing a very lousy job."
The beasts roared again. Kuriboh hid behind the twins. Everyone else gulped nervously.
"Haven't you heard it's rude to treat ladies with disrespect?" questioned Draco. Diabound stopped. Esp decided to speak.
"Now it you don't mind, lead us to your Masters. We like to get this over with."
Diabound looked down at Esperanza and Draco. The gang not once moving from their spots.
"Could you, por favor, please?" asked Esp, not once losing her composure, "After all we have little chicos here, and I'm sure that their families would worry about them." She said motioning to Nicky, Mokuba, Aido, and Amane. Especially the twins.
Diabound looked at Ryou and the twins. Then he turned back to the Change of Heart. The Angel nodded her head.
The great Stone Snake Man slithered to a tunnel, signaling for everyone to follow him.
"Yahoo! Will be out of here in no time!" yelled Joey. Shizuka bobbed her head in agreement.
"When we do, pizza is on me." said Tristan. He paused for a moment, and then checked his pockets and wallet. Small little moths could be seen coming from the leather wallet. "On second thought, it's on Duke."
"Hey! I paid for it last time!" cried Duke, "It's your turn anyway!"
"Buddy," said Tristan grabbing Duke's shoulder, "Come on, be a pal, and help your friend out."
"Since when did we become such best buds?" asked Duke, sarcasm filling every inch of his voice. Tristan then became angry and started to yell, leading into a big fight between the two.
"Ie Curumba." sighed Esp.
"They certainly make life interesting." said Draco to everyone else.
"It gets annoying after a while." sighed Tea.
They kept on walking as they followed the great big Duel Monster. The passage way started to get wider and light could be seen from the exit. Diabound slithered to the side, letting the others go before him. Yugi gasped.
The room was enormous, the same size as the other one they were previously in. Yet there was an exception to this one: on the sides of the wall were piles and piles of gold and coins scattered everywhere: Jewels, emeralds, and diamonds in random piles, yet showing off its splendor in the giant piles of gold coins.
Everyone's eyes popped out and their mouths began to drool. Literally.
"Yahoo! We've hit the jackpot!" yelled Tristan gleefully.
"Big time!" cried Duke, as he joined Tristan and Joey who were throwing the gold coins into the air and catching them.
"Imagine all the burgers we can buy with this!" cried Joey.
"Forget the burgers. We can buy a whole line of burger joints and every fast food restaurant in the country!" exclaimed Tristan.
"Your right!" yelled Nicky.
Kaiba shook his head, as he watched the whole scene in front of him. "Idiots."
"You can say that again." mumbled Tea. "And I'm related to one of them."
"Hey!" exclaimed Nicky, while Mokuba rolled his eyes and the twins laughed at him. Everyone either sigh or just ignored them.
Yugi, through the whole commotion was looking around the place. He noticed a pathway that didn't have gold or jewels in its way.
"Yami!" yelled Yugi.
Up on the pathway, it led to a rising ledge. On top of it was a bright shiny throne, made of solid gold! Writing could be seen on the sides of the throne. Hieroglyphics thought Yugi. It was defiantly an Egyptian throne.
Yet what Yugi and the others were staring at, were the ones on the throne. Bakura was on the left side, the Millennium Ring around his neck, while in his hand he was twirling a jeweled dagger. Marik was on the right side leaning on the throne, the Millennium Rod spinning in his hand, and smirking. Sitting on the throne was Yami, the Millennium Puzzle around his neck as well. His posture was elegant and Pharaoh like.
"Yami!" cried Yugi again. Him and the others went up to the three Darks. Diabound, Change of Heart, and Kuriboh turned back into their card forms and went back into their masters decks.
"Yugi?" asked Yami. His posture had now straightened up with his fingers gripping on the armrests, confusion written all over his face. Same thing for Bakura and Marik.
"Ryou? Aido? Amane?" asked Bakura. All three went into his arms, into a group hug.
"Malik? What the Hell are you doing here?" questioned Marik. Malik approached him, anger plainly seen on his face.
"What am I doing here? You brought us here, you idiot!"
"I did not!" yelled Marik.
"Did too!"
Malik and Marik fought, with them throwing insults at each other, a few cuss words added here and there, in which Ryou and Bakura covered the twin's ears. Same thing was done to Mokuba and Nicky. They certainly didn't need to learn more bad words.
"We couldn't have." said Bakura.
"You did, Kura." said Ryou. Aido and Amane shook their heads in agreement.
"That's impossible! The only one we brought into the Shadow Realm was that wretched woman." explained Yami. "How could you have been brought here as well?"
Then Yami was pushed out of his chair, landing on his face. Yugi and Tea helped him up, while Marik and Bakura laughed. The others scowled at them.
"I can tell you."
The three Darks growled as they turned back to the throne. There sitting on the throne now, was Esp relaxed as ever; Leaning on the armrest, with her arm on top of it, with her hand leaning on her cheek. Her legs swaying from side to side. Draco was on top of the other armrest, glaring at Yami, Bakura, and Marik. Not Esp, for she was very calm.
"You see, nino," she began, "with anger and hatred, they block and distract your concentration on certain things. Thus not only bringing me here, but the others as well."
Marik snorted.
"Anger is a powerful thing, but it always leads to…dangerous results." She said.
"You don't know what you're talking about!" shouted Bakura pointing the dagger at Esp.
"Bakura! Please!" begged Ryou. She didn't want him to hurt anyone. Yugi looked at Esp. She didn't seem affected by his threat. She was still calm.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, gringo." said Draco smirking.
Yami and Marik were shocked, but not as much as Bakura! Especially since the dagger flew out of his hand, and he didn't even throw it! The dagger was flying into the air, heading straight for Esp, until she caught it with her right hand. She looked at it, then seconds past, when the dagger turned to ash.
"Do you want to take back that last statement?" asked Esperanza, as she slowly opened her hand, letting the ashes fall gently to the ground.
"And you said it was all mumbo jumbo." murmured Joey to Kaiba.
"Shut up, mutt."
"Wow." awed the twins.
"Who are you?" asked Nicky.
Esp smiled. "I am one of the most powerful and respected sorceress in the entire planet."
"Don't you mean the universe, my bonita?" said Draco.
"But of course. Gracious, my murcielago."
"Enough chit chat!" shouted Yami. "Magic or no magic, you still have messed with the wrong people."
"Yami!" cried Yugi.
Esp sighed, while Draco spoke: "What in King Ferdinand's and Queen Isabella's Kingdom did my mate ever do to you?"
"A lot." growled Marik.
"Like what Marik?" asked Malik steamed.
"Just…just…"
The stuttering had gone on for a while between the three Yami's, trying to come up with an explanation, till laughter could be heard. Yugi spun around to see Draco laughing his little head off, while Esp smiled. Her fingers were underneath her headband.
"So that's the reason." She said, removing her fingers and straightening up her red headband again. "So childish, really."
"Yami glared, "If you think you know…"
"You feel threaten." said Esp.
"Huh?" asked everyone else, very confused.
"The main reason, Pharaoh why you don't like us, is the fact that we are on your territory. Though me and my murcielago never caused any trouble, the fact is that you don't want any competition." Explained Esp. Yugi thought about it and it did seem to explain a lot about Yami's attitude towards the Spaniards.
"Pff! We could take you out, like a bug, woman!" spat Bakura.
"You may beat me with your strength and size." Said Esp, "But what I lack in size I make up for with my wit and my magic."
Yami grabbed the Puzzle. "Then let's put that theory to the test." He said.
"Haven't we had enough excitement for one day? Huh, guys?" said Tristan to the three Darks. He certainly had!
"I'm with him, man." said Joey.
"Now that's a first. Wheeler is begging for there not to be a fight." said Kaiba.
"Kaiba." growled Joey, controlling his anger. He had to be a good example for his sister, but damn! He wanted to beat Kaiba up to the New Year!
"This is really not the time to fight." Said Esp, "Why don't we leave, this warp realm and leave the fight for another day? Say, oh maybe never?"
"Please Bakura." said Ryou softly pleading with Bakura with her eyes, the twins doing the exact same thing. Yami went over to Yugi who nodded his head. Both Bakura and Yami sighed, giving in.
Marik didn't.
"Fine! Back out on me then, you weaklings! I'll just have to do it myself!" he shouted. Marik pointed the Rod at Esp and Draco. They did not flinch, but stayed calm. "Be prepared to face my ultimate power, woman!"
"Marik!" cried everyone else. Malik was pist.
"You no good, stupid Yami! You're making a fool out of yourself!"
"Shut up Malik!" yelled Marik. "This isn't your fight."
"And what fight are we talking about?" said Esp. "Because for your information nino, as I told you before back in the park I am not looking for a fight."
"Still a coward." Spat Marik as the Rod began to glow bright with small sparks of its magic forming around it.
Draco hissed at him. Esp remained calm sitting on the throne.
"Did I forget to mention…that we are not human?" she said.
A powerful wave of purple magic light, emulated the Rod, a surge of purple black energy blast went straight for them!
"Marik!" yelled Malik but it was too late. The energy blast had already struck them!
The misty smoke soon evaporated from where Esp and Draco stood. Yugi gasped. They weren't there anymore! The throne and walls were scorched from the blast.
"What the Hell did you do?" screamed Duke.
"Hmph!" said Marik. "I don't see any magic. She was all talk."
"No, I'm not, nino." whispered Esperanza into Marik's ear, causing him to jump. She and Draco were right behind him!
"What…how…but…" stuttered Marik falling to the ground.
Esp smiled, showing her very pointy teeth, "I told you that my magic was stronger than yours"
"How very true." murmured Nicky.
"You bombed." said Draco, making a real high pitched whistle with his hand going high, then all the way down, smacking his other palm. "Kapow!"
Esp reached out her tan hand to Marik. "Come on up. It's time we really leave this place."
"And quickly." shuddered Draco, making Yugi confused. Why were they constantly telling them they had to leave? I mean the Shadow Realm is a dangerous place and all, but those two keep saying that me and our friends had to leave immediately. Does she know something that none of us know about?
Marik grabbed Esp's hand, but instead of going up, he tossed her over his head to the ground! She landed, and sat up on her knees looking at the floor.
"Esp!" yelled Yugi and went up to her.
"Yugi don't touch her!" exclaimed Yami, while Bakura gave Marik a hand, lifting up on to his feet.
"Who bombed now, huh?" smirked Marik. "What, I don't hear anything coming from you?" he said putting his hand to his ear.
"Maybe her head band is on too tight, giving her the inability to speak!" laughed Bakura. He walked over to the fallen Esperanza, extracting his hand to pull the red head band off. Suddenly Bakura's arm was grabbed, by a clawed hand. Esp's clawed hand.
She slowly lifted her head up, to see face to face with Bakura and Yami. What Yugi saw made him gasp. Her scarred brown eyes were now really animal like. Sharp fangs appeared as she grinned at the shocked children.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you gringo." She said, her fangs bearing, "You might get bitten."
"Gulp. What are you?" asked Duke freaking out a bit.
"I told you I wasn't human. Now I'm going to let you off with a warning. This time." She said letting go of Bakura's arm. The claws still sharp on her fingertips where her nails used to be." My mate on the other hand…"
They turned to hear gasping noises coming from Marik's mouth. He wasn't able to breath, with a pair of pale strong hands around his neck.
A man of ash skin and silver gray hair had his hands locked around the Ishtar's throat. Marik's violet eyes met those of red purplish eyes; Angry pist off eyes of and animal.
"How dare you." growled the man, bearing his fangs at Marik, "For laying your hands on my mate! Then hurting her! I won't allow this." hissed the man.
"Enough Draco." Said Esp wiping the dust off her clothes. "I am perfectly fine. So por favor, put the nino down, unharmed."
Draco roared at her. "I didn't interfere the last time. Now he's mine to punish, my love."
"Then just to let you know if you hurt one little hair on his body, then you will be sleeping on the couch for the next two weeks." She said.
That made Draco drop Marik. Literally.
Malik went past Draco, kneeling over to Marik, who was wheezing and gasping for air. Draco walked past the others (who took a few steps away from him) heading towards Esp. She was fixing her head band, straightening out, and dusting her clothes.
"Really my murcielago." said Esp. "You know better."
Draco huffed, hugging her from the back and putting his chin on top of her head. "The gringo was asking for it."
"It doesn't matter. We could have handle him and the other two later." She said, caressing the left side of his face, making him purr and show off his fangs.
"So you really are a vampire!" exclaimed Yugi going up to them. They both nodded their heads.
"One of the original vampires." said Draco.
"Does that make you one too, Mrs. Colour?" asked Mokuba.
Esperanza smiled. "Kind of, chico. You see I'm only half vampire. The other half is…complicated."
"Complicated, shomplicated! You were cheating!" shouted Bakura. "Your magic was-"
"Different? Powerful? Ancient?" she said smugly. "Not human?"
"I want a rematch!" wheezed Marik. Malik had him by the shoulder, going towards the gang.
"Nino, how can we have a rematch, if I never fought you?" asked Esp logically. Marik gritted his teeth in frustration.
"Since he has his foot in his mouth, why don't we leave this place? For real this time." said Malik pleading and whining at once.
"Can't do that." stated Bakura.
"What?" questioned Ryou and Amane.
"Why not, old man?" asked Aido.
"I'm not old!" yelled Bakura.
"We have to finish our fight." said Yami.
"Yami." groaned Yugi.
"Nino, what fight? All I see is three gringos who are throwing a temper tantrum. Also I don't want to fight." said Esp.
"Not your choice." growled Yami.
"Can't we just forgive and forget?" questioned Joey.
"Now I really have seen everything." stated Kaiba. Joey glared at the CEO. Kaiba smirked.
"Ie, Curumba." Said Esp and Draco.
"Come on! I want this over and done with." said Bakura. The two Spaniards faces changed from tiresome to alert. "We're going to show you-"
"Hush." said Esp.
"Why?" asked Tristan.
"Didn't you hear her? She said shut up!" spat Draco.
Yugi suddenly felt something not right in the atmosphere. It was dark, disturbing and very evil.
"Turn around very slowly." Whispered Esp, "And don't make any sudden or quick movements." She finished.
"That goes especially for the loco ones." said Draco. The three Darks glared at him.
Yugi slowly moved around to see what was behind them. What he saw made his blood curdled.
From the far off corner of the room, stood five figures covered by the shadows. Four of them wore cloaks. The tallest one wore a blue cloak, the second one wore a dark purple cloak, the third wore a blood red cloak, and the last one which was the smallest one out of them all wore a gold cloak. You could tell they were all male, though you couldn't see their faces.
The fifth one scared Yugi the most, for he didn't wear a cloak, but a black cape. He also wore black armor, with a gold chain around his neck. His hair was sliver white long and spiky to his shoulders. A white and gold mask covered his face. The Egyptian Eye could be plainly seen on the right eye.
None of them moved. They didn't even speak.
"Who are they?" stuttered Nicky. Tea shook her head.
"I don't know, Nicky." She whispered.
"Bakura?" whispered Ryou. Aido and Amane huddled behind her.
"Never saw them before." He said.
"Are you sure?" questioned Draco.
"Yes we're sure!" snapped Marik.
"Enough! We just can't sit around here all day! I have a company to run!" said Kaiba, holding on to Mokuba, who was shivering.
"Yami." Said Esp. He turned to her.
"What?" he growled.
"Use your item to transport the whole lot of us out of here. They cannot leave this realm. They are bound to this place."
"This could be a trick." said Marik.
"For once in your life, shut your big mouth!" snapped Tristan.
"Nino, I only play tricks on my enemies. Never in my long life have I ever harmed an ally or a child." Said Esp. "Not once and never will."
Yugi looked into her scar face. He could tell that she was being sincere and not playing a trick on them. He turned back to face Yami, hoping that the former Pharaoh could sense it too.
Yami just looked at her for a moment, his stare never wavering. He sighed and turned back to the other two Darks. They both nodded their heads in silence.
"Fine, but only for our friend's safety! We still have unfinished business with you." said Yami giving in.
"Gracious." She said.
"About time." mumbled Draco.
"Everybody gather around in a circle." said Marik holding out the Rod in his hand. Bakura and Yami also put out their items as well. They started to glow brightly surrounding everyone.
"Here we go again." said Tristan.
"Shut up, man." said Duke.
The light grew brighter, the magic intensifying all around them, making the room glow from the light reflecting off from all the gold and other worthy treasures.
The dark figures covered themselves from the light, till it started to dim in the room. They looked around the room, to see no one there. Egyptian cursing could be heard from the four cloaked figures. They began to disappear from sight.
The masked figure stayed behind just standing there.
"This is only the beginning." Said the masked figure and he too was gone.
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Back at Domino Park.
Nothing had changed much, though there were a couple of animals, such as squirrels and rabbits scurrying around in the grass and trees. The sun had lowered quite a ways, indicating to be mid afternoon.
Suddenly bright light appeared, scaring off all the furry creatures. A portal opened about ten feet from the ground as figures started to fall down from it.
"Yeaouch!" cried Tristan landing on his back. A yell could be heard from Duke as he landed on top of Tristan's stomach.
"Well, at least I landed on something soft." said Duke.
"Get. Off. Me!" yelled Tristan.
"Look out below!" exclaimed Joey. Shizuka fell down after him along with Tea and Nicky. Malik came down with Kaiba and Mokuba, followed by Ryou, Aido and Amane. Yugi came down next.
"Is everyone here?" asked Tea.
"Land!" cried Nicky hugging the earth. Aido stared at him.
"And you call us weird, Gardner?" he said. Nicky glared at him.
"Wait, where is Kura?" asked Amane.
"Errr, that idiot Yami of mine isn't here!" stated Malik.
"Nor the witchy woman." said Tristan. Everyone glared at him. "Uh, I mean sorceress!"
Yugi looked up to see the portal still opened. He didn't see Yami either. Suddenly three figures fell from the portal. Marik and Bakura landed on their feet, while Draco did the same thing across from them, with scowls on their faces. Next Yami and Esperanza came out and landed on their feet as well across each other. The portal then vanished.
Esp turned to look at everyone. "I see that everyone is here and accountable for?"
"Yup." said Mokuba.
"We're okay." said Shizuka, hugging her brother.
"That is good to hear."
Bakura snorted. "Now that everyone is safe, we can finally finish up what we just started." Yami nodded his head while Marik grinned evilly.
"Oh no!" shouted Tristan. "Count me out of it. I've had enough excitement to last me ten life times!"
"I'm with him, I'm leaving." said Duke. "And you can get us that pizza."
"No I am not!" said Tristan. Both of them began shouting down the road away from them. The others sighed and waved goodbye to them.
"Same here." agreed Joey. He took his sister's hand and both started walking down the path. "Come on, Sis. Maybe we can make it to the store to get that pie!"
"Okay!" said Shizuka. They waved goodbye to their friends as they headed for the store and back to their apartment.
"We should be heading our way back home too." said Tea. "Mom and Dad are probably wondering where we have been. And, no you're not going to tell them either!"
"Oh come on Tea." said Nicky. They fought all the way down the path and probably all the way back to their house.
"Adios chicos." Said Esp. Draco had changed back into his bat form surprising everyone that had not left yet.
"Hey, what about our battle?" asked Marik.
"Not today. Maybe, some other time then." said Esp and started to walk away from them. "Good day again, chicos."
"Wait Esp!" called Yugi to her. "I have a question to ask you."
"And that would be what, nino?" she asked nicely.
"What were those things that appeared in that treasure room?" asked Yugi, "I know the Shadow Realm has a bunch of Monsters but I never seen the likes of them before."
The two Spaniards stopped and looked at Yugi. "You don't know?" she then turned to the three Yami's "You mean you actually don't know?"
Everyone shook their heads no, while the Darks were confused.
"So what are they?" asked Yami."
Esp looked straight at him. "You should know what they are, oh great Dark Spirits. They will be your greatest challenge yet to come."
Before anyone could speak, Esp had already taken to the air on her staff.
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In the apartment of one Cordellia Killer, Cordy had just gotten back from her date and was fixing herself up for another one. She was dressed in a bright red sequence dress that went down to her knees. She was fixing her red hair into bun, and was putting two chopsticks into the bun, when her balcony window opened up.
The wind rushed in, including Esp and Draco as they came through the opened window. They jumped off her staff, with Draco reverting back into his human form. They both sat down on the couch, with Esp laying her head on her mate's shoulder. Cordy then went to the kitchen to get them a refreshment to drink.
"So how was your walk around the city?" asked Cordy, while pouring them a cup of tea for both of them.
Draco and Esp looked at one another, then back at her.
Draco began "It was…"
"…interesting." finished Esp taking sips from her tea.
So what did you think? I hope that I kept all of them in character. If I didn't, let me know so I can do it right in the next chapter. So who knew that Esp was part vampire? Come on you can tell me. You find out what the other half of her is in the next chapter.
Finally I am getting to the plot of this story! People were beginning to get worried that this story was becoming hopeless, but rests assure its not. I will be getting further into the plot very soon.
I will try and update as soon as possible, but it will be very difficult.
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