In review: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
The five lay in the hall, panting. They were all too tired to open the doors and go inside, though it was night. Mars groaned.
"This dude's trying to kill us," the others nodded. Just then Zen, the Dark Chaos Mage, walked up. Seeing the apprentices, he raised an eyebrow and said-
"Allright?" They moaned in response. He yawned, magically lifting them up in the air and into their beds.
"Darth picking on you?" he sympathetically asked. They moaned again, falling asleep. Zen frowned, walking towards the Magician's Quarters, where Darth, he, and Chaz lived.
"Darth! What the heck did you do to those kids?" he demanded, standing in the doorway. Darth looked up from the book he was reading.
"Trained them," he answered, going back to his book. Zen stared at him.
"You call running them so hard they can't even get inside their rooms, depriving them of food, and lying to them TRAINIG?" Darth shut the book, standing up.
"I did not lie to them," he said outraged.
"Well you sure didn't tell them the truth." With that said, Zen stormed off to his private room. Darth sat down, sighing. The twenty-year-old thought about his past, the reason he was trying so hard to get those kids in shape, without them trusting him too much.
About how he had been betrayed. (Okay, Sailor Kirby here, just so you know, I'm going to have to do sort of a flashback, retelling thing here, it's the only way to fit this in. Very sorry!)
How his master had brought him in, made him trust him, then turned over to the Dark Master, whose name was still unknown to Darth. His laugh still froze Darth's blood. Worst of all was that Darth had dreamt of it before it had happened. And that he had ignored the warning, passing it off as a bad dream. Well, he had learned his lesson now. Suddenly Darth heard someone clear their throat behind him. Turning, he saw Chaz, the Dark Sage. Chaz gave Darth the mysterious stare that was always on his face.
"That was six years ago Darth. Stop reliving the past. You are your own master now." The elderly Sage commanded, before turning around and going to his room. Darth sighed. He knew he should go explain to his apprentices. And apologize.
Ogenki slowly stirred awake. She listened, hearing soft footsteps approaching. She gulped, fearing an attack.
"Mars, Kao, wake up. Now. Come on, this may just be one of Master Darth's training attacks, but wake up," she slipped out of bed, grabbing a reading lamp off a table, holding it above her head. Careful not to breathe too loudly, she stood by the door. The door opened and she brought the lamp hard down on the head of the attacker.
There stood Darth.
He blinked in surprise, seeming temporarily stunned. Without a word, he turned and started to walk away down the hall. Ogenki ran after him.
"Omygod, I am so sorry, Master! Master, I'm really sorry! Please Master, I'm sorry!" Darth looked down at her.
"You clubbed me over the head with a reading lamp." He told her.
"Um… yeah, I did," she said sheepishly, looking down. (YAYUKI! Stop bouncing that ball over the keyboard!) Darth looked at her. He grinned, then stood at attention.
"Well don't do it again." He said, mocking himself. Ogenki smiled.
"Go to bed Ogenki," he told her. She nodded, running back to the room. Suddenly stopped, turning back to him.
"Master? Is there something you wanted to tell me?" she asked, referring to the fact that he came into the room at all. He shook his head.
"In the morning," he answered. Ogenki shrugged, walking back to the room.
When the morning finally came, Darth brought his apprentices to the Magician's Quarters. He sat them down in chairs, and began pacing back and forth. He started to speak, then stopped. He drew a deep breath, calming his nerves.
"I'm sorry," he started. "I feel I need to explain to you why I treated you how I did. You see… I was betrayed by my master. I trusted him deeply, and he handed me over to the Dark Master, controller of the Blue Eyed White Dragon and it's brother, the Red Eyed Black Dragon. I escaped, but barely." He sighed, then continued, "That's why I wanted you to train under me without actually trusting me, so I wouldn't accidentally betray you. And I hope in time, you can somehow find yourselves able to trust me." (Sailor Kirby: Sorry for the cheesyness!) Ogenki looked at the others, then at Darth.
"I'm sure we can all forgive you," she told him quietly. The others nodded.
"That is, if you stop starving us," Henri muttered playfully, a grin tugging at his mouth.
Author's Note: Okay, so we got a bit more of Darth's human side. Who saw that coming? Yeah, okay, everybody did, didn't you? Didn't you? Come on, you know I wouldn't have made one of the main characters a jerk, did you? Well I wouldn't have. More on some other subjects in the next chapter.
The five lay in the hall, panting. They were all too tired to open the doors and go inside, though it was night. Mars groaned.
"This dude's trying to kill us," the others nodded. Just then Zen, the Dark Chaos Mage, walked up. Seeing the apprentices, he raised an eyebrow and said-
"Allright?" They moaned in response. He yawned, magically lifting them up in the air and into their beds.
"Darth picking on you?" he sympathetically asked. They moaned again, falling asleep. Zen frowned, walking towards the Magician's Quarters, where Darth, he, and Chaz lived.
"Darth! What the heck did you do to those kids?" he demanded, standing in the doorway. Darth looked up from the book he was reading.
"Trained them," he answered, going back to his book. Zen stared at him.
"You call running them so hard they can't even get inside their rooms, depriving them of food, and lying to them TRAINIG?" Darth shut the book, standing up.
"I did not lie to them," he said outraged.
"Well you sure didn't tell them the truth." With that said, Zen stormed off to his private room. Darth sat down, sighing. The twenty-year-old thought about his past, the reason he was trying so hard to get those kids in shape, without them trusting him too much.
About how he had been betrayed. (Okay, Sailor Kirby here, just so you know, I'm going to have to do sort of a flashback, retelling thing here, it's the only way to fit this in. Very sorry!)
How his master had brought him in, made him trust him, then turned over to the Dark Master, whose name was still unknown to Darth. His laugh still froze Darth's blood. Worst of all was that Darth had dreamt of it before it had happened. And that he had ignored the warning, passing it off as a bad dream. Well, he had learned his lesson now. Suddenly Darth heard someone clear their throat behind him. Turning, he saw Chaz, the Dark Sage. Chaz gave Darth the mysterious stare that was always on his face.
"That was six years ago Darth. Stop reliving the past. You are your own master now." The elderly Sage commanded, before turning around and going to his room. Darth sighed. He knew he should go explain to his apprentices. And apologize.
Ogenki slowly stirred awake. She listened, hearing soft footsteps approaching. She gulped, fearing an attack.
"Mars, Kao, wake up. Now. Come on, this may just be one of Master Darth's training attacks, but wake up," she slipped out of bed, grabbing a reading lamp off a table, holding it above her head. Careful not to breathe too loudly, she stood by the door. The door opened and she brought the lamp hard down on the head of the attacker.
There stood Darth.
He blinked in surprise, seeming temporarily stunned. Without a word, he turned and started to walk away down the hall. Ogenki ran after him.
"Omygod, I am so sorry, Master! Master, I'm really sorry! Please Master, I'm sorry!" Darth looked down at her.
"You clubbed me over the head with a reading lamp." He told her.
"Um… yeah, I did," she said sheepishly, looking down. (YAYUKI! Stop bouncing that ball over the keyboard!) Darth looked at her. He grinned, then stood at attention.
"Well don't do it again." He said, mocking himself. Ogenki smiled.
"Go to bed Ogenki," he told her. She nodded, running back to the room. Suddenly stopped, turning back to him.
"Master? Is there something you wanted to tell me?" she asked, referring to the fact that he came into the room at all. He shook his head.
"In the morning," he answered. Ogenki shrugged, walking back to the room.
When the morning finally came, Darth brought his apprentices to the Magician's Quarters. He sat them down in chairs, and began pacing back and forth. He started to speak, then stopped. He drew a deep breath, calming his nerves.
"I'm sorry," he started. "I feel I need to explain to you why I treated you how I did. You see… I was betrayed by my master. I trusted him deeply, and he handed me over to the Dark Master, controller of the Blue Eyed White Dragon and it's brother, the Red Eyed Black Dragon. I escaped, but barely." He sighed, then continued, "That's why I wanted you to train under me without actually trusting me, so I wouldn't accidentally betray you. And I hope in time, you can somehow find yourselves able to trust me." (Sailor Kirby: Sorry for the cheesyness!) Ogenki looked at the others, then at Darth.
"I'm sure we can all forgive you," she told him quietly. The others nodded.
"That is, if you stop starving us," Henri muttered playfully, a grin tugging at his mouth.
Author's Note: Okay, so we got a bit more of Darth's human side. Who saw that coming? Yeah, okay, everybody did, didn't you? Didn't you? Come on, you know I wouldn't have made one of the main characters a jerk, did you? Well I wouldn't have. More on some other subjects in the next chapter.