Akina Tori: All right, here is the plan: I'll finish this first, and then finish all the other stories I had done. Then I'll do the sequel to this!

Urd: *cover's Akina's mouth* You didn't here anything!

Belldandy: Should I perform a memory spell?

Akina Tori: It would be a little hard over the Internet.

Keiichi: Well, you spoiled the surprise.

Akina Tori: Oh well.

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Skuld appeared with wobbly legs; she is in luck that she is standing the puddle she is in. She leans on a wall for support, when she noticed a vine of white roses next to her. She looked down the alleyway they were growing, and it was a line against the brick wall, leading to a wooden door with black steal hinges.

" Interesting, " she said, as she slowly walked down the alleyway, with a few grunts of pain.

She opened the old wooden door, and peeks in. One half of the room looks like a pub, the other like a warm, welcoming home. What she notice that the men have patches of the white rose of York, the few women having brooches like Skuld. She weakly walks in, her trailing cloak leaving crimson blood. A few of the women gasped while one fainted because of the sight, while the others are giving pity at the pale skinned Skuld. All they had to do was look at the white brooch she had, and two of the men helped her.

" I guess you're the chosen one, " said a man who walked up in front of her.

He had white hair with a red suit. Skuld's eyes went wide when she remembered the stories of Yugi's adventures at night a while ago.

| What was his name? Pegasus! Yes Pegasus.... Oh Kami-sama, does he still have that eye...thing....? |

Skuld sighed in relief when she saw two normal eyes, not one that is made out of gold.

" I'm Pegasus Crawford, a noble of the Yorks. Hmmmmm, what happened to you? " asked Pegasus.

" One word.... " she said as she was lead to a chair, " Betrayal. "

She leans her head back and sighs when she had the chance of relaxation instead of running and beating up stupid people who have the key of leading her home. If only they had phones here, she would be able to make her own time warp with permission from Heaven

" Hmm. Your naive as well as very young. Never trust those withered red roses, " said the Noble Crawford, and he returned to the pub half.

" Are you alright? " asked a young woman's voice, sort of filled with that traditional 'motherly love'. Skuld leaned forward and looks at the young woman who looks like an Egyptian more than a European.

" Malik also had a sister. I think she dueled against Kaiba on the blimp. She was mysterious, but is nice. I think her name was Ishizu, " said Yugi.

" Uh-huh, " said a half asleep Skuld.

" My name is Isis. I help out the wounded in this hide out, " said Isis.

" You mean there were others!? " asked Skuld, leaning forward.

" You didn't know that? " asked Ishizu as she helped Skuld up out of the chair.

" No... " said Skuld, shaking her head.

" Now you know, " said Isis, while she leads Skuld to a back room.

" Take off you cloak, " said Isis, and Skuld just unclipped her brooch, and the crimson stained cloak fell to the ground.

" Well... take off your clothes, I need to see the wound! " said Isis. Skuld spun around.

" WHAT ARE YOU NUTS!? " she yelled. Isis just simply stares, and Skuld sighed. She got her arms out of the spaghetti strabs, and left the bottom half on, then took off her white shirt, showing Isis her bareback. She took her long ebony black hair and moved it over her left shoulder. On the lower part of her back was a huge bleeding gash, and Skuld shuddered from the stinging pain since it was open in the air. Isis just put some water on it, and then bandaged it up.

" Do you have any Ice Cream? " asked Skuld.

" Ice..... Cream? " asked Isis with a confused look. Skuld sighed, she had to heal the old fashion way, and get her magic back very slowly. This stinks.

" Never mind, " said Skuld. Isis handed her a new peasant outfit, which consisted of a rope for a belt, and a brown dress with long sleeves.

" I'll try and wash this for you, it'll take about a day for it to be ready. Besides, you should rest until your next battle, " said Isis.

" Oh, and you'll need this back, " she said, and she tossed the white rose brooch to Skuld. Skuld caught it, and then she looked at it.

" Will I ever wake up from this nightmare? " asked Skuld to herself.

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Akina Tori: There you have it folks! See ya for now..