Akina Tori: I told you I would update sooner. But I'll stop writing this story until I get ATLEAST 2 reviews. COMMON' PEOPLE! Even if you don't have an account, and are the silent readers, please review. It gives the author encouragement and the will to continue the story. If you have no reviews, than you have no reason to write. I know I sound like a begging git, but I am damn serious.
Urd: Just get on with the story.
Akina Tori: Shut it, then I will continue.
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Skuld reappeared into the middle of the town from a puddle. Yet, she noticed that nobody was out. The town was completely deserted, and that made her very paranoid.
She started to wonder around, glancing behind her shoulder to see if anyone was behind her, yet there was no one.
She stopped herself from talking to herself, for she doesn't want to disturb the silence, because she feels if she speaks at least one word, she's afraid someone will jump at her.
That's how paranoid she is.
Skuld noticed though, eyes peeking out through the windows, or doors creaking open to see who was out. Then she gasped, stepping back.
There she saw a sign, declaring about her being the rose duelist, how she betrayed them and went to the side of the White Rosed Yorks. It even included a picture of her, her divine signs and all.
She couldn't believe how her life was turning out. Everything ruined. Now she knows what it is like to be a first class goddess. She doesn't understand how Belldandy can live with this much worry.
Yet, her sister was trained under the kind hearted Celeste. Maybe that's how her sister was able to survive this?
Skuld couldn't take it anymore anyway. She ran straightforward down the cobblestone path. There, left and right, was more signs about her. All hand written, all had drawings, all had information on them. She closed her eyes and ran faster, then into an alley.
She sighed in relief to see there were no signs in the dark alleyway; if she did she swore she was going to go insane in this world.
Then she felt cold water dump onto her head, and she looked up.
"Get out of here you traitor!" an old woman shouted at her window, and she slipped back into the building, bucket and all. Skuld rushed out of the alleyway, and into the streets.
A breeze blew by now, and she was shivering now. She hugged herself, and tried to produce heat from her magic.
Nothing happened.
She looked at her hands for a moment, and then hugged herself again, trying to produce a simple spell into heat.
Nothing.
All she felt was cold, hurt, and saddened.
She looked down at her feat to find a small rock, and she kneels down near it. She closed her eyes, and held her hands above the rock. She envisioned the rock light as a feather, knowing it wanted to fly, and seeing it levitate.
She opened her eyes, and was now at the verge of tears.
The rock didn't levitate at all. The simplest of all spells was levitating something, the second spell trick that she learned when turning into a true goddess. Yet, she was just as pathetically weak as she just came down to this wretched planet to see what happened to her two sisters.
"WHY!?" she yelled up, as she curled herself more while holding her hands on her head. Not she started to think.
The last spell was a level eight spell, which was one of the most advanced spells there was on a scale of one to ten. Level ten being the highest, level one being the smallest (i.e.: levitating, tattooing, simple restoration etc.). Also, during this time period, she was never registered as true goddess with a license, and there was no ice cream.
Now she was just as powerless as a mortal, except for the fact she teleport anytime she wanted with her medium, water.
"Stop crying over yourself now Skuld. Get a hold of yourself. You have to get all of the cards, or you'll be a mortal as long as you live," she told herself. Since she was a divine being, one of the basic things she was able to get was eternal life, unless she was stabbed in the heart, have loss of blood, or any other way that can kill a mortal, she can die. As far as she doesn't kill herself, she'll be living here for a very long time if she doesn't collect those cards.
Skuld stood up now, as she had another light of hope. She *will* get all of those cards, and *nobody* was going to stop her. Nobody.
She walked into the alley way again, and looked up at the window.
"You filthy woman! HOW DARE YOU SPLASH WATER ONTO ME YOU HELL SENT DEMON!" Skuld cried up at the window, getting out her anger, yet forming a plan.
"Why you!" the old woman came out again, with her bucket, and splashed out more water. While the water was falling, Skuld reached out her hand, and concentrated as hard as she can. The water grew more in size and swirled around her. When she was fully engulfed with the water, she had disappeared, and the water just splashed onto the cracks of the cobble stone pathway down the alley.
The old woman just merely gaped at what happened.
Skuld reappeared into a, what she thought, was a kitchen in a sink. She sighed in relief to see the kitchen was empty. She forgot that was unable to fly anymore, meaning last she landed into the sink, her bear feat up to her ankle now wet, again.
She jumped off the counter, and she over to the exit, opening the door ever so slightly. When she saw the cost was clear, she quickly went out of the kitchen, and into the hall.
Skuld walked slowly down, every once in a while she would close her eyes and spread her sense out, feeling for any souls, any presence. Nothing, yet at the front gates, or in the upper floor. There was only two, what it seemed, in a large room, sitting down. Both of the souls seemed very familiar, and she opened her eyes again; then continues with her journey.
Then the hallway lead to a huge room, like she radared, and heard two voices, again what she felt. Both of them were familiar.
"I'm sure we'll find her. I've heard you were close on capturing her over at a town across the sea," said one voice, which sounded like Jou's, yet with no Brooklyn accent.
"Yes. We caught many members of the York's forces, so their defense is very down. That does not mean we relax just yet. That duelist is fairly advanced, and knows what she is doing. Yet, she can be very naïve at times," said the baritone voice she had hated ever since she came to grant Yugi's wish.
"How fast does she travel?" asked the Jou incarnation.
"Very fast. We do not know how though. We have been getting clues on how. Every where she has been too had water, and over when I first met her over at Tristan's fort, there would be some sort of puddle of water," said, who is the second incarnation of Yugi, or Yami.
"So she travel's by water?" asked the other.
"Uh..no.. Really?" mumbled Skuld with a roll of her eyes.
"That is our hypothesis, yes," said the spiked hair one.
"Thanks for warning us, Yugi," said the Jou looking one (Skuld peeked out of the corner just to see a little bit). She could hear wooden chairs sliding on stone, and the two men standing up.
"Your welcome, Joey. Good luck," said Prince Henry, known as Yugi to this person named Joey.
"Have a safe trip Yugi," said Joey, and she can hear one pair of footsteps echoing off. Skuld did her simple mind trick of finding where everyone was. She couldn't find the prince, so she spreads her mind out wider. At last she has found him, and he was riding off with too goons by his side, riding as well. Skuld opened her eyes, and she smiled to herself smugly. Now she was to appear.
"Yes dear Joey, you'll need that good luck," Skuld bellowed out, and she can hear the man stopping his pace.
"Where are you Rose Duelist!?" cried out Joey.
"I think you should know my name by now, since I already told it to one of you Red Cards. Yet, I forget who," said Skuld.
"Coward! Get out of your hiding place! That was an Order from Lord Joseph!" Joey cried out.
Skuld did as she was told, and she stepped out of the shadowy hallway. Joey took in the sight he saw. Skuld's hair was all messy, and the ribbon that held her hair up was gone. The clothing that she wore was a long brown dress of long sleeves, with a yellow rope to tie around her waist. The only accessory on her was her white rose brooch. You could see she has been out in the cold, since her fingertips were red, along with her nose and the tips of her bare feet toes.
Skuld took out her deck that was being held by the rope.
"You know all the stuff. If I win, I get your card. If I loose, you get all my cards," declared Skuld, as she started to shuffle. She pulled the top card off to reveal her Deck Leader, and her Angel, Noble Scarlet.
"Deal," said Joey, pulling out his Deck Leader.
They both threw there cards out in synchronize fashion. The cards stopped abruptly when they reached at least two feet away from that master/mistress, and glowed.
Joey's card turned into flames, which formed into a bonfire. The fire formed into a person, and there was revealed the Flame Swordsman.
Skuld's card glowed white, and formed into white ribbons, swirling up. From the tornado of white ribbons appeared angelic wings and peach skinned arms, a head filled with blonde hair, eyes of blue, until a young teen looking angel appeared from the waste up, with the waste down the swirl of white ribbons as her "clothing". It was unusual to see Noble Scarlet in front of her, instead stead of coming from her back, but nevertheless, she was glad she was able to see her angel again.
"Noble Scarlet? Can you hear me? Can you still take commands from me?" asked Skuld, and Noble Scarlet turned around. She did a silent, cheery smile of reassurance to her host, as to reply in a 'yes'. Skuld sighed in relief.
Joey just stood there in a confused manner, one reason was from the new type of card, the other from Skuld speaking to it like it was one of her personal friends.
"Alright," said Joey, while fanning out five cards, Skuld doing the same.
"It's time to DUEL!" they both cried out, and the deck leaders took their stance.
What will be the outcome?
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Akina Tori: Alrighty, that's it. I nice little cliffy to get you insane. X3
Belldandy: Are you sure that was a nice thing to do?
Akina Tori: OF COURSE! I haven't done a cliffy in a while.
Urd: "A while" is an understatement.
Akina Tori: Remember: review if you want me to continue! Then, and only then I can continue. Ja ne.
Urd: Just get on with the story.
Akina Tori: Shut it, then I will continue.
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Skuld reappeared into the middle of the town from a puddle. Yet, she noticed that nobody was out. The town was completely deserted, and that made her very paranoid.
She started to wonder around, glancing behind her shoulder to see if anyone was behind her, yet there was no one.
She stopped herself from talking to herself, for she doesn't want to disturb the silence, because she feels if she speaks at least one word, she's afraid someone will jump at her.
That's how paranoid she is.
Skuld noticed though, eyes peeking out through the windows, or doors creaking open to see who was out. Then she gasped, stepping back.
There she saw a sign, declaring about her being the rose duelist, how she betrayed them and went to the side of the White Rosed Yorks. It even included a picture of her, her divine signs and all.
She couldn't believe how her life was turning out. Everything ruined. Now she knows what it is like to be a first class goddess. She doesn't understand how Belldandy can live with this much worry.
Yet, her sister was trained under the kind hearted Celeste. Maybe that's how her sister was able to survive this?
Skuld couldn't take it anymore anyway. She ran straightforward down the cobblestone path. There, left and right, was more signs about her. All hand written, all had drawings, all had information on them. She closed her eyes and ran faster, then into an alley.
She sighed in relief to see there were no signs in the dark alleyway; if she did she swore she was going to go insane in this world.
Then she felt cold water dump onto her head, and she looked up.
"Get out of here you traitor!" an old woman shouted at her window, and she slipped back into the building, bucket and all. Skuld rushed out of the alleyway, and into the streets.
A breeze blew by now, and she was shivering now. She hugged herself, and tried to produce heat from her magic.
Nothing happened.
She looked at her hands for a moment, and then hugged herself again, trying to produce a simple spell into heat.
Nothing.
All she felt was cold, hurt, and saddened.
She looked down at her feat to find a small rock, and she kneels down near it. She closed her eyes, and held her hands above the rock. She envisioned the rock light as a feather, knowing it wanted to fly, and seeing it levitate.
She opened her eyes, and was now at the verge of tears.
The rock didn't levitate at all. The simplest of all spells was levitating something, the second spell trick that she learned when turning into a true goddess. Yet, she was just as pathetically weak as she just came down to this wretched planet to see what happened to her two sisters.
"WHY!?" she yelled up, as she curled herself more while holding her hands on her head. Not she started to think.
The last spell was a level eight spell, which was one of the most advanced spells there was on a scale of one to ten. Level ten being the highest, level one being the smallest (i.e.: levitating, tattooing, simple restoration etc.). Also, during this time period, she was never registered as true goddess with a license, and there was no ice cream.
Now she was just as powerless as a mortal, except for the fact she teleport anytime she wanted with her medium, water.
"Stop crying over yourself now Skuld. Get a hold of yourself. You have to get all of the cards, or you'll be a mortal as long as you live," she told herself. Since she was a divine being, one of the basic things she was able to get was eternal life, unless she was stabbed in the heart, have loss of blood, or any other way that can kill a mortal, she can die. As far as she doesn't kill herself, she'll be living here for a very long time if she doesn't collect those cards.
Skuld stood up now, as she had another light of hope. She *will* get all of those cards, and *nobody* was going to stop her. Nobody.
She walked into the alley way again, and looked up at the window.
"You filthy woman! HOW DARE YOU SPLASH WATER ONTO ME YOU HELL SENT DEMON!" Skuld cried up at the window, getting out her anger, yet forming a plan.
"Why you!" the old woman came out again, with her bucket, and splashed out more water. While the water was falling, Skuld reached out her hand, and concentrated as hard as she can. The water grew more in size and swirled around her. When she was fully engulfed with the water, she had disappeared, and the water just splashed onto the cracks of the cobble stone pathway down the alley.
The old woman just merely gaped at what happened.
Skuld reappeared into a, what she thought, was a kitchen in a sink. She sighed in relief to see the kitchen was empty. She forgot that was unable to fly anymore, meaning last she landed into the sink, her bear feat up to her ankle now wet, again.
She jumped off the counter, and she over to the exit, opening the door ever so slightly. When she saw the cost was clear, she quickly went out of the kitchen, and into the hall.
Skuld walked slowly down, every once in a while she would close her eyes and spread her sense out, feeling for any souls, any presence. Nothing, yet at the front gates, or in the upper floor. There was only two, what it seemed, in a large room, sitting down. Both of the souls seemed very familiar, and she opened her eyes again; then continues with her journey.
Then the hallway lead to a huge room, like she radared, and heard two voices, again what she felt. Both of them were familiar.
"I'm sure we'll find her. I've heard you were close on capturing her over at a town across the sea," said one voice, which sounded like Jou's, yet with no Brooklyn accent.
"Yes. We caught many members of the York's forces, so their defense is very down. That does not mean we relax just yet. That duelist is fairly advanced, and knows what she is doing. Yet, she can be very naïve at times," said the baritone voice she had hated ever since she came to grant Yugi's wish.
"How fast does she travel?" asked the Jou incarnation.
"Very fast. We do not know how though. We have been getting clues on how. Every where she has been too had water, and over when I first met her over at Tristan's fort, there would be some sort of puddle of water," said, who is the second incarnation of Yugi, or Yami.
"So she travel's by water?" asked the other.
"Uh..no.. Really?" mumbled Skuld with a roll of her eyes.
"That is our hypothesis, yes," said the spiked hair one.
"Thanks for warning us, Yugi," said the Jou looking one (Skuld peeked out of the corner just to see a little bit). She could hear wooden chairs sliding on stone, and the two men standing up.
"Your welcome, Joey. Good luck," said Prince Henry, known as Yugi to this person named Joey.
"Have a safe trip Yugi," said Joey, and she can hear one pair of footsteps echoing off. Skuld did her simple mind trick of finding where everyone was. She couldn't find the prince, so she spreads her mind out wider. At last she has found him, and he was riding off with too goons by his side, riding as well. Skuld opened her eyes, and she smiled to herself smugly. Now she was to appear.
"Yes dear Joey, you'll need that good luck," Skuld bellowed out, and she can hear the man stopping his pace.
"Where are you Rose Duelist!?" cried out Joey.
"I think you should know my name by now, since I already told it to one of you Red Cards. Yet, I forget who," said Skuld.
"Coward! Get out of your hiding place! That was an Order from Lord Joseph!" Joey cried out.
Skuld did as she was told, and she stepped out of the shadowy hallway. Joey took in the sight he saw. Skuld's hair was all messy, and the ribbon that held her hair up was gone. The clothing that she wore was a long brown dress of long sleeves, with a yellow rope to tie around her waist. The only accessory on her was her white rose brooch. You could see she has been out in the cold, since her fingertips were red, along with her nose and the tips of her bare feet toes.
Skuld took out her deck that was being held by the rope.
"You know all the stuff. If I win, I get your card. If I loose, you get all my cards," declared Skuld, as she started to shuffle. She pulled the top card off to reveal her Deck Leader, and her Angel, Noble Scarlet.
"Deal," said Joey, pulling out his Deck Leader.
They both threw there cards out in synchronize fashion. The cards stopped abruptly when they reached at least two feet away from that master/mistress, and glowed.
Joey's card turned into flames, which formed into a bonfire. The fire formed into a person, and there was revealed the Flame Swordsman.
Skuld's card glowed white, and formed into white ribbons, swirling up. From the tornado of white ribbons appeared angelic wings and peach skinned arms, a head filled with blonde hair, eyes of blue, until a young teen looking angel appeared from the waste up, with the waste down the swirl of white ribbons as her "clothing". It was unusual to see Noble Scarlet in front of her, instead stead of coming from her back, but nevertheless, she was glad she was able to see her angel again.
"Noble Scarlet? Can you hear me? Can you still take commands from me?" asked Skuld, and Noble Scarlet turned around. She did a silent, cheery smile of reassurance to her host, as to reply in a 'yes'. Skuld sighed in relief.
Joey just stood there in a confused manner, one reason was from the new type of card, the other from Skuld speaking to it like it was one of her personal friends.
"Alright," said Joey, while fanning out five cards, Skuld doing the same.
"It's time to DUEL!" they both cried out, and the deck leaders took their stance.
What will be the outcome?
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Akina Tori: Alrighty, that's it. I nice little cliffy to get you insane. X3
Belldandy: Are you sure that was a nice thing to do?
Akina Tori: OF COURSE! I haven't done a cliffy in a while.
Urd: "A while" is an understatement.
Akina Tori: Remember: review if you want me to continue! Then, and only then I can continue. Ja ne.