A.N.- Heh, thanks from all of you but I also have a back up plan in case anyone takes it. So in that matter, I won't tell the alternate settings. And if I do, do the western and someone comes along, saying I copied, this is my defense. Also this isn't like in the movies where one persona can easily defeat an army. Everyone's evenly matched exept for the dragons who are more powerful because they are fast, they can fly, and they can breathe either fire, thunder, wind, or water. Well not evenly matched, sensibly matched. In other words some are more skilled than others, just not enough to destroy a whole army.

Soulthirst- Well, I don't really care about that. I mean, this is supposed to be a different dimension. But thanks for pointing it out anyways.

American BadAss- Thanks. It really means a lot. This is the only fic that I've ever written that I like myself. I can still se a few problems, but hey, whatever. Thanks again.

Magicman/Smokegirl-Haha. Thanks for reviewing.

Demon Star - Coda - Yufsters- I'll try to continue giving Gaia a big part.

Daughter of the Moon- Thanks for reviewing again. I'm glad you think that I'm a good writer.

Dragon C. Chan- Yeah... poor Neo.

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
-Curse of Dragon: Curse of Dragon
-Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon: Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon



Of Elves and Demons
Chapter 7
By: Joey/Mai fan15



Berriez waited outside Shannon's door so that he could bring her to the Dragon Temple. Finally, the doors opened and she stepped out, "Okay, let's go."

As they entered the temple, people had crowded around to watch the ceremony. Ryuujin met Shannon and Berriez at the large mozaic of a dragon. She recited an incantation out of the Book of Secret Arts. The words were in old elvish so each word sounded foregin to Berriez's ears.

The mozaic began to glow, the image of a five-headed dragon come forth. After a short while, it became real. Ryuujin spoke up, "Now, the dragons shall attack the demon's home. We will wipe out their forces and cripple the Swordstalker. The day we prove ourselves to the demons is at hand. Today, victory will be ours."

Shannon walked back to Berriez, "Can you take me back to my room? I need some rest after that."

"Sure," Berriez stayed behind Shannon as the crowd parted when they went past. When they got back to the castle, she asked Berriez to come in with her. He sat down in a chair beside her bed.

"I'm so glad this is almost over. I want to go back home," Shannon looked out the window from her bed, holding back tears from knowing that her time with Berriez was almost gone, "I can't wait to see my parents again."

Berriez nodded. He didn't really feel the same, he didn't want to leave her. He had never had friends before, other than Sabrina and Koji. All of them, Masaki, Ryuujin, Gaia, Koji, Neo... all of them were like family now. Shannon was more. Shannon was a part if him, a part of him that he couldn't let go. He wouldn't, "Shannon, I... I've never had any friends before this other than Koji and... you know who. I don't want to leave all of you."

Shannon pulled the covers back and motioned for Berriez to get in, "Come on, we've already shared the same bed."

Berriez took off his armor and set it down on the floor. He then got into the bed, but didn't pull the covers over himself. Shannon started to finger at the sleeves of his tunic, "I'm sorry... maybe I can get you a job at the castle."

"I don't know..." he didn't want to say why he was reluctant to doing that. He didn't want to because eventualy she would have to pick a suitor. He didn't want to have to see another love fall out of reach.

"Please... just think about it," replied Shannon. She closed her eyes, the incantation to summon the Mythic Dragon was tiring. It cost a lot of her energy.

After he had made sure that she was asleep, Berriez got out of the bed and walked downstairs into the dining hall. A few servants were running around, doing basically nothing since everyone except for the guardian dragons went off to fight. Berriez was supposed to stay to keep Shannon safe.

He sat down and within seconds a servant was at his side, ready to take his order. He sat there for a few minutes until the meal came. As he ate, Berriez had to control himself from running out to the dragon caves and get to the battle and stand beside his friends and fight to the death. It was in his blood... warriors blood. He wanted to leave, but he couldn't for Shannon needed someone to protect her.

When he finished, he decided to walk around the city and familiarize himself with it. He looked up at the sky, sheilding his eyes from the sunlight. He watched as the plae blue dragons flew around in their various formations, keeping watch over the city. He headed towards the market. He wandered through the bustling market, being pushed about by the impatient citizens, and stopped at a table which displayed different blades.

Since his sword had been lost when his horse ran off, he decided that he should buy a new one. Picking up the different weapons, he couldn't find one that would suit him. The blades were all curved and had only one edge, while he was used to straight blades with two edges. He finally settled on a sword similar to Ryuujin's and an hour later he found himself in the dragon caves, fully equipped with knives, a bow, a quiver full of arrows, and as many other weapons as he could hold.

There were no more dragons left to get away on, unless one of the guardian dragons came down. Berriez walked over to a tablet which was lit by a torch, it basically described the political triangle of the dragon kingdom:

All citizens are ruled under the great ruler. Reigning under him are the Lord of D., ruler of the dragons, and the present heir to the throne of Black Luster, ruler of the D.Humans. The Black Luster in no way has any authority over the the Lord of D., who is the only acception to being a D.Human.

Berriez stopped there. He thought that Ryuujin was ruler of the dragon kingdom. Gaia had told him so, maybe there was a political battle going on. It happened all the time when he had stayed with a clan of Celts. One of the was always trying to come out on top and leave the others in the dust. He turned his attention to the darkness of the cave reminded him of his battle with Zenow.

He then realized that he shouldn't have left Shannon alone. He ran off as fast as he could back to the inn. He stormed up the stairs, almost tripping over the steps as he ascended. He finally burst into the room, causing Shannon to wake up in an instant.

"I... I'm sorry, I left and then I relaized I shouldn't have and..."

Shannon interrupted him, "It's alright, I was having a bad dream anyways."

Berriez walked over to her and sat down on the edge of the bed, "I thought that maybe one of them would show up here. Like Zenow and the assassin who tried to kill you before."

Shannon closed her eyes, "Dark magic can't be used here. So they can't use their teleporting powers."

Berriez was releived knowing that he didn't make a mistake after all. He got up to leave, but Shannon protested, "Berriez, come. Sit down."

He did as he was told and came over to listen, "So did you think about it?"

"Yeah," he repleid.

"And..."

"And I don't think that it's a good idea," replied Berriez. He looked down at her as she frowned, he couldn't say anything. As much as he thought that she might like him, he wasn't a hundred percent sure.

"Why?"

"I wouldn't feel right," replied Berriez.

He moved back so that he was sitting next to her. Shannon sat up, "You said that you didn't want to leave all of your friends."

"I know," he replied, "Just go back to sleep, you need your rest.

Berriez got up and walked outside, slowly walking around doing nothing in particular. Thoughts of the ongoing battle rushed through his head, he could practically see his friends engaged in war with the demons. Dragons incinerating the flesh of demons, arrows flying through the air, ground troops fighting, blood, Berriez longed to be there.

He walked over to the guards who were presently guarding the stairwell, "How long do you think it'll be until Ryuujin's army gets back?"

"Probably a few more hours kid, it won't take much effort to kill all of the demons from the air," replied one of the guards, "This is going to be a very short war."

The other guard stepped forward, "Why arent you with them?"

"I have to stay here and protect the princess of Eruhu," Berriez glanced back at the inn. Suddenly all of the guardian dragons flew off to the western side of the city, "What's going on?"

"The dragons sense a threat," replied the guards as they ran off towards where the dragons rushed to. Berriez followed closely behind.

When they reached the edge they could see an army that seemed to stretch on for miles heading toward them. The dragons had already flown out to engage in the battle and the guards had gathered. There were only a sparse two hundred of them, an insufficient amount compared to the millions of warriors that were heading towards them.

All of the guards drew their bows and pulled back the arrows, ready to strike anyone that came close to the city. Berriez did the same as he turned to another guard, "I hope the dragon riders get back soon."

In a few minutes the army had stopped at the foot of the mountain as if they were waiting for someone. Berriez looked down at them, he was looking for the Swordstalker. To his releif, he wasn't there. After a few minutes of standing around and getting incinerated by the dragons, half of the demon army started to scale the side of the mountain while th other half headed towards the stairway entrance. The leader of the guards shot into action, "Okay, divide 50-50. Half goes to guard the stairway."

At this some of the guards headed off to the stairway, Berriez included since the inn was closer to the entrance of the city. For a few minutes Berriez stood at the front of the group, gazing into the darkness of the cave. Everyone loaded up their bows and were ready to shoot anything that came up through it. Then the demons appeared, lit by the torches that lit the way.

Instantly a barrage of arrows flew into the cave killing a hundred demons, one for each arrow. It kept happening over and over until some demons with sheilds took the front and they all headed up into the city where a battle was ensued. Fortunately, there were less than 150 because of the massacre that the dragons and arrows had caused earlier.

Everyone had at least one opponent, some unlucky ones had two. Berriez was one of them. He took out two swords, one smaller than the other. The two feinds drew their swords and proceeded to attack Berriez, leaving him no room to counter. He was eventually forced back into a wall.

As the two demons prepared for the final blow, Berriez quickly jumped off the wall, propelling himself forward as he decapitated the Feind to his left. The other demon, still confused by the manuver turned around to face Berriez again, quickly regaining his composure.

Berriez was forced to take the defensive again as the demon released a fury of kicks and slashes that met with their target. Bloody and bruised, Berriez continued fighting with only one thought in his mind. He had to protect Shannon.

Berriez took out the sword and released a barrage of attacks, sometimes accidentally hitting the demon with the blunt edge of the sword. The demon aimed a stab at Berriez's chest, which he sidstepped and grabbed the wrist of the Feind, twisting the hand causing the Feind's blade to fall to the ground. Then, he cut off the arm of his oponnent who, in a bloody heap, fell to the ground.

The number of Fiends that came by the entrance were supressed as well as those coming up the mountain only near thousand reimaned. In seconds, they were wiped out by the guardian dragons who were relentless using their elemental powers.

A large uproar emitted from the crowd, signaling a victory. Unfortunately, every victory had it's price. Berriez looked down at a bloody corpse, a D. Human. It reminded him of Neo's death, he realized now more than ever that death was a possibility.

Suddenly two arms wrapped around him, holding him tight. He returned the embrace and realizing that it was Shannon, pulled her closer. A fleet of dragons appeared in the distance, a three headed white one at the front. The Swordstalker was no more, the first battle of the war was over. The Elves and their allies had been victorious. As Berriez looked at Shannon as she healded his wounds, he knew it wouldn't be the last.



A.N.- This chapter was rushed, not to mention done over almost five times. Please, R/R.