Disclaimer- I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. So here goes the fic. I've been forgetting this so, this goes for all previous chapters and all future ones.

A.N.-

Soulthirst- Ents? Umm... I'm just gonna say... no? Oh wait, yes... Ahh, the hell with it, I don't know. Anyways, I checked out your song. I also left a review.

Magicman/Smokegirl- Heh, I'll have to bring them up a notch. Maybe I'll kill off a character. Hehe... I'm thinkin Aya or Neo... maybe Koji. No Koji's there for comedy releif. Masaki is too important... but he'd be soooo perfect for it. I guess I'll kill off Neo cause if I kill Aya... then the elves lose the war. Hmm, I dunno.

Daughter of the Moon- Thanks. I'm glad you think I'm a good writer, when I have time I need to read your Jou/Mai fic. It's just there's my DOA fic, this fic, a project I'm doing for school... as soon as I'm done, I promise that I'll read it. There haven't been many Jounouchi/Mai fics lately and I'm in dire need of one.

Demon Star- Thanks. Okay, I'll see if I can get Gaia into the plot a little more. I know just how to do it. But not till next chapter since I already finished this one.

Formerly Introduced Duel Monsters Cast:

-Celtic Guardian: Berriez
-Mystical Elf: Shannon
-Kojikocy: Koji
-Ancient Elf: Daimeon
-Masaki, the Legendary Swordsman: Masaki
-Neo, the Magic Swordsman: Neo
-Dark Magician Girl: Sabrina
-Protector of the Throne: Aya
-Dark Magician: Chanron -Gaia the Feirce Knight/Gaia the Dragon Champion: Gaia
-Black Luster Soldier/Dragon Master Knight: Ryuujin
-Souls of the Forgotten: Various spirts of dead warriors and nobility
-Swordstalker: Swordstalker
-King of Yamimakai:Kirgen
-Sorceror of the Doomed: Yaji
-Baron of the Feind Sword: Zenow
-Mr. Volcano: King Volcano

Newly Introduced Duel Monsters Cast:



Of Eleves and Demons
Chapter 5
By: Joey/Mai fan15


Birds chirped outside as light from the window fell upon the Mystical Elf's face, slowly awaking her. When she had fully realized where she was, she noticed that Berriez's arms were wrapped tightly around her and she could feel his steady breath on the back of her head. Shannon put a hand on his right arm and pulled it further around herself. She sighed then whispered, "If only this were for real."

With Berriez's strong arms were wrapped around her she felt safe. Free from all worry, all danger, and most of all, the war. She sighed at herself as she tried to go back to sleep. Just then, Berriez woke up. Suddenly he withdrew his arms and his whole face turned a deep shade of red. Realizing that she was staring back at him this whole time he began to stutter, "I-I-I'm sorry."

As he ran out the door, he tripped over Koji and hit his head on the wall across the hall. Apparently he fell asleep on guard duty, as well as Neo. But Neo wasn't asleep in front of the door. After feeling Berriez's foot on his side, Koji abruptly woke up, "Hey... watch where you're going."

Berriez didn't respond, he just sat there rubbing his forehead where he had hit the door. By now Shannon had come out and Gaia walked up the hall to them, "Hey, there's a local tournament here today. You guys wanna watch it? If you're worried about losing time, we can just stay for an hour."

"I don't want to stay here any longer. Sorry," replied Shannon who was eager to get out of the fire kingdom.

"Fine, how about some of us go early and skip breakfast? That way, we won't lose any time. Besideds, Ryuujin is already there," suggested Gaia. Shannon just helped Berriez up from the floor, "Fine, just hurry up. I wanna leave as soon as I can."

"Okay," Gaia turned to Berriez, "The rest of us are going, you wanna come too?"

Berriez shook his head, "No. Someone's gotta stay here to protect Shannon. What if someone comes after her like last night?"

"Okay kid, suit yourself. You're gonna miss out on a lot of stuff. Who knows, we might learn something from these people," replied Gaia. Koji got up and slapped Neo upside the head who woke up and started off after Gaia and Koji, leaving Shannon and Berriez in yet another akward position.

"Sooo... C'mon, let's get some breakfast," said Shannon as she dragged Berriez down the hall. Once downstairs in the dining hall, Berriez looked around the room because no one was there. As if she was reading his mind, Shannon spoke up, "Probably because no one likes the king here. They're smart enough to stay away."

Berriez smiled as he sat back in his chair while Shannon bent forward, "Thanks for staying with me last night. I wouldn't have been able to sleep without you."

"It's alright. It was my pleasure... uhhh... I mean," Berriez mentally slapped himslef upside the head. Shannon smiled, "It's alright. I know what you meant."

A waited came up to them and took their orders, then returned a few minutes later with their food. After finishing their food, they went outside to get everyone from the tournament. As the two walked to the stadium, Berriez noticed Gaia heading to the entrance to the fighters' holding room, "I think they entered the tournament. I'm gonna go get them."

Once inside, Berriez looked around the room was filled with all types of fighters. Big, small, fast, slow, strong, weak, male, female. It was the biggest gathering he had ever seen, minus the tournament that the king discovered him in. After a few minutes he spotted his compaions and walked over to them. On his way over to them he bumped into someone, "Oh, sorry."

He looked behind him to see the person he bumped into. At the sight of her he ran back out, never making it to his friends, leaving her to stand there by herself, "Berriez?"

Outside, Shannon walked up to him, "What's wrong?"

She noticed that a few tears were running down his face, "Berriez?"

Just then, the girl from eariler came out and walked over to Berriez, putting a hand on his back, "Berriez, why'd you run out like that? I haven't seen you for months."

The Mystical Elf cleared her throat, "Umm... Who are you?"

The girl smiled as she reached out to shake Shannon's hand, "My name is Sabrina, what's yours?"

Instantly, Shannon became furious but hid it, "Shannon," she shook hands with her and looked up at her smiling face. She wanted to slap her smile off, but used all her self control not to, "I've heard so much about you. So you're married to the Dark Magician."

"Yep. He's here too," she replied. Berriez looked up at her, "Where is he? I need to talk to him."

"Berriez, don't," she knew full well what his true intentions were, and she didn't want him to do anything rash. Sabrina wore a confused look on her face, "Don't what?"

"Berriez, just get the rest and we'll go," she watched as Berriez slowly walked back to the stadium and waited ntil he was out of hearing range, "What's wrong with you?"

"Excuse me?" she asked.

"Berriez has been miserable without you. You broke his heart," replied Shannon.

"Oh... that. Well, I couldn't help it. I was gone for like a year without seeing him... soooo... things just fell apart," she replied.

"Things just fell apart? When you love someone you could prevent things from falling apart like that."

"Well I don't really care. I'm with Chanron now. As far as I'm concerned, Berriez and I never happened," she stated, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to the tournament."

Shannon would have done anything to wipe that smirk off of her face. Then she saw Berriez emerge from the stadium with the rest of the fighters. Eventually she could overhear Berriez yelling, "What the hell were you guys doing? You know we were supposed to leave right after breakfast!"

They all yelled back and forth until they reached Shannon, when Berriez ran ahead to get back to the inn. She knew why he was angry, half from seeing Sabrina again and half from having to go inside to get them, which had caused him to bump into the young magician. Koji walked over to Shannon, "What's wrong with him? He's acting all... paranoid."

"He just ran into Sabrina," she repiled.

"Oh, shit. I better catch up to him before he does something stupid," Shannon thought Koji was joking until she realized he was running towards where Berriez had disappeared to. She then follwed. The group of the four leftover fighters just continued walking towards the inn.

A few minutes later, Koji and Shannon caught up to Berriez who was on his hands and knees, not letting tears flow for they had all been cried out. Koji began to speak, but Shannon stopped him, "It's alright, I'll handle it. Just get everyone else ready to leave."

Koji nodded as he walked off, uncertain that everything would be alright. Shannon bent down to speak to Berriez, "Berriez, are you alright?"

"No..."

"Don't worry about her, she isn't as good for you as you think," she said as she remembered her conversation with the Dark Magician Girl earlier.

"You don't know what the two of us had been through," he replied, still not looking away from the floor.

"Berriez... I know. After you left, I talked to her. She really doesn't care about anything... mainly you," Shannon lifted him to his feet.

"You're trying to comfort me right?" Shannon nodded, "Then why are you telling me that she doesn't care about me?"

Shannon was at a loss of words. He was right, she wasnt trying to comfort him. At least... not fully. She was really trying to make him forget about Sabrina. Admit that she wasn't the right one in the first place. After a few minutes, Ryuujin walked over, "We're ready to leave."

"Just a minute," Ryuujin walked out. Shannon turned back to Berriez, "If you want to stay here for a while, then head back to your home. I'll understand."

"No, I'll come. Just give me a second," Shannon waited. Then the two walked towards the stable, got on their horses, and headed out of the city. On their way, Berriez pulled out the letter from Sabrina. After reading it one more time, he placed his letter on top of hers and read it one last time:

I decided to write this since I couldn't keep everything bottled up for eternity. I never thought that this would happen to us, I thought that our love would last for eternity. Now I realize dreams fade out as reality sinks in. I don't know what to do with my life anymore, should I continue my life as if nothing had happened... or do I spend the rest of my life sitting around, mourning over the loss of you? It seems that I can't get over you though, at least not now. You were special to me. You were the only one I'd do anything for... anything. I love you, I always will.

You were always there for me, and that's all I needed. Just you. For some reason, I didn't feel sad or broken up, it just didn't seem real. But slowly I realized it was real - that you were gone. And little by little, I slowly felt something inside me go numb...

It's just a shame that you don't feel the same way. But I always will, you were a part of me that is irreplacable. So, I guess this is goodbye... -Berriez

Berriez crumpled the two notes into one and as his horse passed a torch, he threw it in. Fire enveloped his pain as all mournings of a lost love disinegrated, knowing full well that it was too late to regain the Dark Magician Girl's heart. He then sped his horse faster to take his place next to Shannon.

He looked over at her. Maybe loosing Sabrina wasn't such a bad thing. As they say, when one door closes, another opens. Hopefully this would be the right door.



"L... Lord Kirgen? The Dark Assailant has failed," stated Daimeon. Kirgen got up from his throne as Daimeon quaked in fear, "I'm tired of this shit! What does it take to kill one person?"

"Sir... may I suggest sending the Swordstalker?" he asked, feeling proud as if it were an ingenious idea. Kirgen sneered at him, "You think I haven't thought of that? But the two dragon warriors. They might oppose a threat."

"Umm... sir... to quote you, 'The Swordstalker has all the skill of past warriors,'," Kirgen threw something at Daimeon's head, missing by millimeters, "Get out of here now... and send the Swordstalker."

"Y-Y-yes sir. I'll do that A.S.A.P.," Daimeon ran out of the room as fast as he could and ran down to the training grounds to get the Swordstalker.



A.N.- Eh, next chapter up soon. R/R.