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"Interlopers"
aYuGiOh short
by The Mad Fangirl
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Pegasus held the cards before him and laughed and laughed. All Kaiba's trials, even his war for his company, had been for Mokuba, and now their two souls were separated for eternity, and it was just so ironic and *funny.…* He was conscious, barely, of the little ones looking upon his glory with varying shades of horror. The rest of his awareness was, for the moment, turned inward, as a helpless tear ran from his true eye. That might have been why he missed the Chinese man until a pair of brown loafers impacted with his chest.
He gasped. His fingers pinched air where the cards had been an instant ago. "Get him! Get those cards!" he wheezed to his guards. The man rambled a quick "Can't give them back thank you very much goodbye!" and back-flipped onto a thug's shoulders, bouncing twice and landing across the game board.
On the catwalk, a dark-haired girl had joined Yugi and company. "Don't worry, you guys," she said, to their dumbfounded stares. "We do this kinda thing all the time." Her grin matched the smiling blue moose on her T- shirt.
"W…we?" Tea asked. The girl nodded.
Below, Pegasus had drawn a bead on the interloper. He focused his power. "Say goodbye to your sou-aaack!" His reach was blocked, suddenly and painfully, by a … dried lizard?
Said lizard was glowing green, in the hands of a white-haired crane of a man who bounced on one foot as he chanted in Chinese. The other man stood behind him, clutching the cards protectively to his chest.
"You want to know what I am thinking?" the old man shouted. "Go ahead and take a look, because Uncle is thinking about how he is kicking your rear!" The green glow exploded out from the dried reptile and streaked across the room to hit Pegasus in the eye. The American collapsed, cradling his face. His guards, though, had maneuvered around the room to advance upon the men from behind.
They were balked by a mountain of Sumo. The giant Japanese man roared and cleared three of them with one sweep. The girl, meanwhile, vaulted over the railing and landed piggyback on another thug. She brought two hands down on the back of his head. He collapsed and she leapt off, landing on her feet.
"Jade! That is very dangerous," the man with the cards chided. "Never do that again!"
"'Kay," she said, nonchalant.
Uncle, meanwhile, turned to the cards and waved the lizard before them, chanting urgently. The same green glow embraced the frozen images, drawing out soft white light. The energies twined together, one green/white blast streaking toward Mokuba, the other finding Kaiba in the corridors. The brothers inhaled sharply as life returned to their eyes.
Pegasus was standing now, his hair shifting to reveal a luminous green patch across the Millennium Eye. "I will burn through your spells, old man, and when I do…"
"You will get rear kicked again," Uncle replied. "And one more thing!" He gestured and a bit of the green energy formed a hand that slapped Pegasus upside the head. "Good riddance to bad magic!"
"No need to thank us," Jade said, looking up at the balcony. "We do this kind of thing all the time."
The man who retrieved the cards added, in a soft Hong Kong accent, "I keep telling the universe that I am an archaeologist. It does not seem to believe me. I can't even take the Eye back to the museum - he seems attached to it." He followed Jade's gaze. "Would you like to show your Millennium Items in a museum?" Bakura and Yugi recoiled. "You see?" He sighed. "Complete wash. But," perking up, "we did save two souls! So a good day."
"Who *are* you guys?" Joey finally asked.
"I'm Jade Chan," the girl said. "That's Uncle, Tohru," she indicated the giant, "and Uncle Jackie," the younger Chinese man. "We kick bad magic butt!"
"I'm just an archaeologist," Jackie sighed. "Really."
"My father's an archaeologist," Bakura said, interested. He seemed to briefly consider jumping down to the lower level, then got a good look at the distance and backed up. Instead, "Would you mind chatting sometime?"
"Sure! I'll put your number in my phone." They exchanged data, and then the four visitors left via the lower level. Yugi and company continued to listen with bemused expressions until they were out of earshot. For some reason, Bakura began to turn a bright pink.
"That boy might be too old for you, Jade. Could be in high school."
"Nah. At that height? Anyway, not like I'm gonna just start dating him! Pshaw!"
"Good, because you have TERRIBLE TASTE in boys! Last boy was sky demon! This boy demon until proven otherwise."
"Uncle!"
***
END
TMF
"Interlopers"
aYuGiOh short
by The Mad Fangirl
----
Pegasus held the cards before him and laughed and laughed. All Kaiba's trials, even his war for his company, had been for Mokuba, and now their two souls were separated for eternity, and it was just so ironic and *funny.…* He was conscious, barely, of the little ones looking upon his glory with varying shades of horror. The rest of his awareness was, for the moment, turned inward, as a helpless tear ran from his true eye. That might have been why he missed the Chinese man until a pair of brown loafers impacted with his chest.
He gasped. His fingers pinched air where the cards had been an instant ago. "Get him! Get those cards!" he wheezed to his guards. The man rambled a quick "Can't give them back thank you very much goodbye!" and back-flipped onto a thug's shoulders, bouncing twice and landing across the game board.
On the catwalk, a dark-haired girl had joined Yugi and company. "Don't worry, you guys," she said, to their dumbfounded stares. "We do this kinda thing all the time." Her grin matched the smiling blue moose on her T- shirt.
"W…we?" Tea asked. The girl nodded.
Below, Pegasus had drawn a bead on the interloper. He focused his power. "Say goodbye to your sou-aaack!" His reach was blocked, suddenly and painfully, by a … dried lizard?
Said lizard was glowing green, in the hands of a white-haired crane of a man who bounced on one foot as he chanted in Chinese. The other man stood behind him, clutching the cards protectively to his chest.
"You want to know what I am thinking?" the old man shouted. "Go ahead and take a look, because Uncle is thinking about how he is kicking your rear!" The green glow exploded out from the dried reptile and streaked across the room to hit Pegasus in the eye. The American collapsed, cradling his face. His guards, though, had maneuvered around the room to advance upon the men from behind.
They were balked by a mountain of Sumo. The giant Japanese man roared and cleared three of them with one sweep. The girl, meanwhile, vaulted over the railing and landed piggyback on another thug. She brought two hands down on the back of his head. He collapsed and she leapt off, landing on her feet.
"Jade! That is very dangerous," the man with the cards chided. "Never do that again!"
"'Kay," she said, nonchalant.
Uncle, meanwhile, turned to the cards and waved the lizard before them, chanting urgently. The same green glow embraced the frozen images, drawing out soft white light. The energies twined together, one green/white blast streaking toward Mokuba, the other finding Kaiba in the corridors. The brothers inhaled sharply as life returned to their eyes.
Pegasus was standing now, his hair shifting to reveal a luminous green patch across the Millennium Eye. "I will burn through your spells, old man, and when I do…"
"You will get rear kicked again," Uncle replied. "And one more thing!" He gestured and a bit of the green energy formed a hand that slapped Pegasus upside the head. "Good riddance to bad magic!"
"No need to thank us," Jade said, looking up at the balcony. "We do this kind of thing all the time."
The man who retrieved the cards added, in a soft Hong Kong accent, "I keep telling the universe that I am an archaeologist. It does not seem to believe me. I can't even take the Eye back to the museum - he seems attached to it." He followed Jade's gaze. "Would you like to show your Millennium Items in a museum?" Bakura and Yugi recoiled. "You see?" He sighed. "Complete wash. But," perking up, "we did save two souls! So a good day."
"Who *are* you guys?" Joey finally asked.
"I'm Jade Chan," the girl said. "That's Uncle, Tohru," she indicated the giant, "and Uncle Jackie," the younger Chinese man. "We kick bad magic butt!"
"I'm just an archaeologist," Jackie sighed. "Really."
"My father's an archaeologist," Bakura said, interested. He seemed to briefly consider jumping down to the lower level, then got a good look at the distance and backed up. Instead, "Would you mind chatting sometime?"
"Sure! I'll put your number in my phone." They exchanged data, and then the four visitors left via the lower level. Yugi and company continued to listen with bemused expressions until they were out of earshot. For some reason, Bakura began to turn a bright pink.
"That boy might be too old for you, Jade. Could be in high school."
"Nah. At that height? Anyway, not like I'm gonna just start dating him! Pshaw!"
"Good, because you have TERRIBLE TASTE in boys! Last boy was sky demon! This boy demon until proven otherwise."
"Uncle!"
***
END
TMF