Lunny: I'M BACK! *cue song of same title from an YGO CD* (XD) Well, my excuse…I have one as the plot bunny for "Night School" dropped-kicked the plot bunny for "Renewed Time" and wouldn't stop gnawing my leg until I finished it…little bastard. SO! While, finishing up "Night School" I searched for this bunny and found it about two weeks ago…it's still jumpy, but I HAVE THE STORY BACK! WHOOT!

Cold: Finally…

Solarius: By the grace of the Egyptian Deities FINISH THIS STORY ALREADY!

Lunny: DAMN! I don't own YGO…only a copy of the Movie and a few DVD's and VHS's…ONWARD!

Key:

/talk/= Yami (yami to yami and they'll say the name)

~talk~= Hikari (again hikari to hikari and they'll say a name) - I changed this because I noticed it wasn't double...I feel dumb...

+talk+= Vassal/Triplets

Chapter 10

Are we there yet?

*-Back with the others-*

The triplets smirked as they walked down as they were ready to arm the fighters with their summons; they walked in just in time to witness something funny.

Ryou place his knight down and smiled at the feline. Ammut blinked at his next word.

"Checkmate."

The triplets looked at one another, they faded back to avoid getting noticed. Kace nodded.

"I got it." He muttered, relaxing his shoulders. His brothers looked at one another with a raised eyebrow.

The turquoise eyed Yami busted out into the room, panicked and panting. Everyone bolted up, with the exception of the slumbering Shizuka. Yuugi blinked, and Ryou spoke first. In the unseen background his brothers face-palmed.

"What's wrong?" the brit asked.

Kace gulped, "Uh, you guys knew Shadi was up there while we were, well meditating…right?"

Everyone shook their heads and mouthed 'no'. Kace paled.

"Weeellll, he was up there all right, and because we went to a different plane to gather energy we didn't sense it when something came and grabbed him. Did anything weird happen down here?" he asked, remembering Katsuya's bite wound.

"Yeah, Jou's wound acted up." Mokuba said, standing. Kace turned as Mace and Jace swiftly walked in. Jace looked to Katsuya and made a pained face.

"Sadly, none of us can tend to that properly. We have to act now, Mace." The young immortal said, looking to his eldest brother. Mace nodded gravely.

"We're not done gathering the warriors needed. We are missing two…Pegasus, as the ex-Eye Holder, already had a feeling as to what needed to be done." Mace said, looking to the door. A knock was heard, all the Yami's shivered at Mace's smirk.

"It seems as if our warriors have finally arrived." Jace said, walking over to the front door. He opened it to Pegasus standing there with a confused Mai and Ryuji, smiling the youngest immortal gestured for them to come in. They walked in, Mace nodded and the group sat.

"It's time to move. Everyone here…yes, Seto and Katsuya, everyone…Are the fighters we need." Mace told them, the two elder brothers looking apprehensive.

"Really?" Yuugi asked. The triplets nodded, Jace stepped forward.

"We need to go where Atlantis fell; from there our group will travel to the Duel Monster Realm. Kace and Mace will stay behind and guard our only way back. Pegasus…I trust you can provide the means for our travel?" the jade eyed vassal asked.

"Why I do believe something can be arranged…" Pegasus said nodding.

"Our thanks…the one thing I ask all of you to do: do not underestimate the Duel Realm. If it's impossible here, it may be possible there." Jace warned the group.

The group all nodded, the hikari's wondering whether or not they could really do this. Pegasus walked out opening his cell to call his people and arrange a few rides. He poked his head back in.

"Where exactly do you boys wanna go?" the white haired male asked.

The triplets looked at one another and then back to Pegasus.

"Near the Isle of Britannia." Jace said.

"You mean Britain…?" Marik asked slowly.

"Yes." Jace's reply was flat.

The Yami's and Hikari's exchanged looks, but wisely said nothing as the group got ready to leave for a vague spot somewhere near Britain.

*~Elsewhere~*

Fallen was watching the clouds as they moved lazily overhead. The triplets were the right ones to send, they made things entertaining. Like they did back when the thief king tried to take over Egypt…placing the Blue Eyes into a female form was priceless. As was giving that guardian the ability to bring Yuugi and the others into the past to help Atemu. Truly those three were masterminds of drama and strife, why they never joined him when he offered was beyond him.

Oh yeah…he gritted his fangs.

Their lights…blasted cretins…Ampheres light to Kace, Locri light to Jace and Solon light to Mace. Those three that were currently playing puppeteer if needed, Ampheres already showed himself when he helped the blonde Light; Katsuya in that fight against Devil, Solon revealed himself when Shizuka was saved from Minotaur's shadow beast, and Locri…Fallen lightly growled as he thought of that particular light…Locri was the type of light that had just enough of void in him that you knew he was insane, and yet the bastard still remained pure! Fallen was thankful that Locri had yet to pop out of nowhere like the other two seemed to enjoy doing, Locri would just spoil everything. Sensing his three brighter warriors he flicked his gaze to the door.

A gentle hiss told them to enter.

Fallen looked from the skies to the three lights that entered. Pearl, kneeled with Sapphire on his right and Diamond on his left.

"Master, they head for the Alantean Portal to the Duel Realm. Sapphire's bug on Shizuka is a success." Pearl said, not looking up. Fallen smirked.

A soft click of claws on stone gave the three lights the signal to rise. Once fully to their feet, Fallen dismissed them with a tap of his foot. The three bowed and left to return to their darkness'.

Fallen truly envied Vampire, Devil and Werewolf. Their lights followed them like lost little puppies, he knew that should those three become too infected by the void realm he'd catch the attention of some unsavory Higher Power's that would take them away. The Yami drummed his claws against the stone and wished for his hikari back, she'd know how to solve all this mess. The dark haired Yami looked back up to the clear skies, a single name on his mind.

"Angel…" he whispered, not knowing that the three lights had hovered by the door. The trio looked at one another and parted to cuddle with their Yami's…maybe do something to take their minds off of things.

Ishizu and Shadi wished that they had the freedom to move. Fallen was the sort of darkness that you never wanted to see in pain. It just made you worry for your own life.

*~Duel Realm~* (if you guys hate me for the POV switches…sorry!)

The 12 duel monsters looked to one another, they had gathered around the stone pool of a known spellcaster. The zombie looked at the eldest of the three spellcasters that were there.*

"Well?" it drawled. The eldest flicked sharp eyes to it. The other two exchanging glances that warned the zombie not to push its luck, the zombie smirked as it ignored the warning.

"Well what?" was the curt reply, the spellcaster tapped they're staff on the side of the stone pool that was allowing the group to watch as the group flew towards where the triplets pointed to a map.

"They're coming…what are we suppose to do?" it hissed to the group in general. A gentle hand caused ripples in the pool, altering the spell so that they saw the triplets in their vassal forms. A side effect was that the monsters saw who would be able to summon them.

"Well, we now know those who can summon us…so we wait for them to enter our territory and reveal ourselves." The single fairy said from they're position sitting crossed-legged on a nearby rock.

The trio of dragons growled in agreement with the fairy. The single winged beast huffed as they smoothed out their feathers, the smallest of the dragons nearby it yawned. The younger dragon earned itself a small tail whack from one of the two elders with it, the younger let out a snort of pain before curling next to the other elder.

"Well, we'll have to put them each through the ringer!" the bright cheery voice of the only toon rang out. The youngest of the spellcasters twirled his staff before he spoke.

"I don't see why we have to…I mean we all know the triplets, putting up with those annoying guys is trial enough!" they said, earning a nod of agreement from the only fiend present. The lone warrior looked to the eldest spellcaster, the two agreeing on one thing.

"You guys really are loud…" the warrior said, receiving cries of anger and defiance to his statement.

*~Back to the group~*

Jace leaned back in the airplane, mind wandering to where his light was. The youngest of the three vassals's recalled something Locri, his light, told him.

"The next mission that you all go on…have some fun with it and play matchmaker…trust me when I say I'll reward you for it later."

Jace shuddered at the tone Locri got, and then he pushed it to the back of his mind when Shizuka's voice broke through his thoughts.

"So…why are you three here anyways?" the girl asked, Ammut was lying in her lap with a curious glint to her green eyes. Kace chuckled, as Mace looked to the youngest.

"Shizuka, we already told you…" Mace started. Shizuka's glare cut him off.

"I don't mean to be rude, but you three hardly act as nice as you appear to be. There's something else making you three do this." The girl said Ammut looked up at her in shock as did the triplets.

"Shizuka!" Jou said from next to his sister. Mace nodded, while Jace and Kace snickered.

"Caught us, kid. Truth, we aren't as nice as we're acting right now." Kace admitted. The group looked slightly worried, but Jace smiled warmly at them.

"We're doing this because we know what its like not having your light with you. It's a rather dull existence and empty." Jace said smiling when the Yami's all nodded in agreement. Yuugi looked to Atemu, while Ryou glanced at Bakura and Malik raised an eyebrow at Marik.

"He's right…without Yuugi everything may have been peaceful, but not as much as it would have been with him by my side." Atemu said eyes soft as he gazed at the smaller male. Yuugi smiled at him and leaned his head on his shoulder, breathing out softly when he felt Atmeu's head rest on his own.

/Aibou…/

~Yami …~

"Gotta admit, it was boring without Ryou around to pick on." Bakura gruffly said. Ryou smiled and held his darkness' hand, ears going red when he felt a return squeeze.

/My light…my tenshi…/

~My darkness…my akuma…~

"I agree with those idiots…" Marik said smiling as he snuggled into Malik's hair. The smaller male chuckled.

/Ahku…mine…/

~Khwy…yours…~

The three vassals smiled, Pegasus' surprised voice got the attention of all.

"There's an island there!" the creator of Duel Monsters said. The vassals looked out the window…

Sure enough there was a small island in the middle of the water, Jace blinked as he remembered that island.

"That's no island…it was a garden in the Atlantis Kingdom…Locri!" Jace placed a hand on the window as he saw a cloaked figure standing on a crumbling wall. The plane landed on a large rock, as the group exited the figure vanished. Jace sighed.

"Damn it, Locri! What you go and get his hopes up for? Freaking sadist." Kace muttered as he glared at where the figure had been standing. Mace nodded and looked at the lost group.

"As we said before…we're Yami's…our Hikari's are not here with us. Locri is a sadist, we're impressed that he even is a Hikari…but, a lot of people are surprised that Jace is a Yami, he acts like a Hikari at times. So, Locri makes sense." The eldest explained as they watched Jace run to the wall, a forlorn expression. Yuugi felt a pang as he knew that look all too well…

"Maybe that's how our Yami's felt…" he thought to himself. Glancing to the other two, who shared in his thought. Yuugi turned to Atemu and hugged him, receiving a tight hug in return. Ryou interlocked his fingers with Bakura's and leaned on the taller male's shoulder, Bakura leaned his head onto of his tenshi's breathing in Ryou's scent. Malik backed into Marik's arms drawing them around him, the psychotic male buried his face into the other's neck. Jace sighed and turned to see the sight of the three sets. He smiled and glanced to Katsuya and Seto. The smile turned into a small glare as the two held hands, but Seto was ruffling Mokuba's hair while Katsuya had an arm around Shizuka.

"Didn't I say that I'd reward you?" a voice muttered into his ear. Jace turned and was caught in a heated kiss. His brothers were silent before everyone else saw what was going on.

"Who?" Katsuya asked, going red as Jace was slightly bent back so the other could explore deeper.

"Locri…" the other two vassals growled.

"OI! BASTARD! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?" Kace yelled, the two parted with a jump. Jace smacked the now smirking figure's arm before storming over to the others. Locri sat on the wall and pointed to a nearby circle, where the other two lights were standing. Kace paused then took off at a run, he was easily caught by the tallest of the three lights. Mace and the others walked over, the eldest of the triplets brought the last and smallest of the lights into an embrace.

"We can't stay long. We only came here to give you all a way in." the tallest light said, Katsuya blinked as lavender eyes and a name came to his mind: Ampheres.

"After that, whatever fight may come. We've been ordered to stay out of it." The smallest light said, Mace kissed the top of his hood with a image of soft teal eyes and a warm thought: Solon.

"Tch, like hell. If Jace bleeds I'm barging into that fight with daggers drawn and rage presented." The last light said, midnight blue eyes glittering the group now knew him as: Locri.

Jace shook his head at him, "Locri…orders are orders. Disobey them and you might not see me for a while."

"Shit. I'm already starting to miss your voice already." Locri said, causing Jace to blush deeply.

"I swear to the higher powers, Locri if you take that to the gutter…I will not hesitate to castrate you." Ampheres said with a growl. Locri only smirked and then as he turned tossed his daggers out to the circle that had been carved into the ground. The twin blades spun before embedding themselves at opposite points. Ampheres drew his sword then tossed it over his shoulder, not looking as it embedded itself into the farthest point.

"Show off…" Locri muttered.

Solon brought out his small staff, then let go. It embedded itself in the closest point. The three lights hugged, kissed and then parted from their darkness'. They stood off to the side as Jace looked back to the shadows that had formed.

"Okay, everyone…RUN!" Jace said, lightly pushing Mokuba to the circle. The group looked back then all ran into the circle, Jace looked to his brothers as they both took their vassal forms. The triplets shared one last look of encouragement before light blocked out all view beyond.

Kace and Mace were a sight to behold as the light faded from their eyes, both had obsidian black eyes as the four Yami's stepped out of the shadows. Locri and the other two lights knew that since their job was done, they had one more task before leaving. Pearl, Sapphire and Diamond walked out behind their darkness'; looking to one another the three Alantean Lights acted fast. Solon appeared behind Sapphire, Ampheres behind Pearl and Locri behind Diamond; the three tainted lights were shocked and cried out in alarm when the other three picked them up. Their respected Yami's turned in shock and couldn't move due to Mace's shadow bind, the three Alantean Lights were gone with the three other lights. Vampire glared death at the two, as Werewolf howled with rage and Devil let out a deadly hiss. Kace drew his sword.

"Let's put it this way, gentlemen. If those three were here…I would have gone after them first." Kace said with a twisted grin. Minotaur blinked at the complete change that the two underwent. The markings that defined them as a Yami were now the color that their eyes were, while their eyes became absolute black. Minotaur never saw any Yami do that before…he looked to the other three who were pale. Both were now in Egyptian clothing and their weapons weren't gold, they were now bleeding black…literally bleeding!

"You see, Minotaur. They're not as weak as you thought. They are just about at the same level as Master." Werewolf said a slight quiver in his voice betrayed the bulky male. Vampire cleared his throat, whatever bravado they had was gone at the sight of the two vassals immersed in the Void.

"Don't let the blood coming off of their weapons enter your body in any way. They have the ability to swallow you if that happens…" the red head said. Devil looked to Minotaur.

"Whatever happens…don't tease them." He advised.

Minotaur nodded and the four braced themselves as the two charged.

Fallen watched as the duo attacked, he hissed and brought up four crystals. The Void within the crystals connected to one of the collars around his fighters. He flicked cold eyes to where the trio Alantean Light's stood with the other lights a protective barrier around them all, he smirked devilishly as the realization dawned in the other light's eyes.

He broke the crystals.

Kace felt the kick and was knocked into a nearby rock, gasping for air as the kick collapsed one lung he looked up to a surprised Devil. The four Yami's paused then looked up as one to Fallen, who stood overhead.

Minotaur smirked devilishly as the Void overtook him, the others shared his twisted glee. Kace stumbled to his feet and darted to stand next to his elder brother. Mace twitched as both felt the Void overtake their opponents.

Minotaur was now half bull, half man. Large twisted horns glinted dangerously as they trickled black. Vampire was now more of an unearthly beauty than ethereal that he held before. Devil now had solid black eyes and claws…really sharp claws. Werewolf, well let's just say that Kace was never big on large canine's and he wasn't about to start now.

"Jackal…we may be in a bit of a pickle…" Kace muttered to his brother.

"Then, Cobra let's hope that Ibis is quick…" Mace muttered back.

The two looked at one another with identical looks of: YEAH RIGHT!

TBC**

Lunny: Well, shorter than I hoped…but, still it's something. And you guys can forgive the nice authoress who's giving you FOUR DAMN LEMONS! *ahem* Each lemon for each pairing…(XD). Side note:

*There is ONE monster missing from the group…as there are 13 summoners en route…when all have been gathered you people do the math as to who was missing from this meeting.

**Instead of "End" I'm going to start using "TBC"= To Be Continued…just so no one gets confused…

Cold: Solarius…lemons are your deal.

Solarius: Damn…well, gutter here we come…in more ways than one.

Cold: OH GODS ABOVE HE'S ALREADY STARTED!