Rocko plunged it as hard as he could into Geno's chest. He smiled, but
then looked at Geno, who didn't even flinch. HE looked down at the handle
of the knife to find its blade had shattered. Geno opened his eyes and
grabbed the thug by the throat.
"Now I play."
Geno tossed him into the other wall, and then spun his dagger. Butch looked in amazement as Geno aimed the blade at the gun holder, and he froze in place. HE could only whimper as Geno head butted him out, and then double kicked Butch.
The leader had began to kick Tea when Raia jumped on top of him, but he threw her down. She shifted to Kaikou, but was slammed into the wall, knocked out. The leader smiled at her limp body and touched her shirt veils.
"So soft..."
He paused when he heard not a sound. He looked at his men, then Yugi, Joey and Tristan, who had a look of fear on their face. He followed their gaze to Geno, whose hand glowed red. HE growled.
"Never...touch..my...daughter." He smiled, and released a blast of energy. The leader went slamming into a door jam, Geno's handprint burned into his chest. He looked up as Geno walked over to him and grabbed his hair and dragged him towards a corner.
"I give up!" HE shouted.
"And I should care..?"
"Your.you're the good guy."
Geno pulled him from Yugi's view, but he could still hear them. Yugi moved to Tea, who moaned softly. Kaikou woke up and rubbed her head. "Someone told you a lie. I am an anti-hero. My name is Kappa Neo, tell Saint Peter I sent you."
The leader let out a bloodcurdling scream, and a large squishy sound was heard. Joey grimaced and Tristan breathed in sharply. Geno returned, blood on his dagger. Tea gasped and buried her head in Yugi's shoulder. Geno wiped the blood off on a knocked out thief's shirt and then helped Kaikou up.
"You alright?"
"Yea, thanks Ge..d.thanks." She replied.
Geno rolled his eyes, then went over to Tea, who was softly crying. He put a hand on her shoulder.
"Let me see your face." Tea slowly looked up at him and wiping her eyes, tried to smile, but could only let out a slight, painful moan. Yugi stroked her hair. Geno pulled out a hankie and wiped the blood from her mouth.
"Well, it's a minor cut, you should be ok. And." HE gently placed a hand on her ribcage. "Your ribs are fine. But I don't think you should walk." He knelt down, removing his cape, and Joey and Tristan helped her onto his back. They wrapped her up in Geno's cape and he stood up, shifting her into place. Yugi gave her a pat on the back and checked on Raia, who had shifted back into place.
Raia was in better shape, Kaikou had used their heart to protect them, and had only a slight headache. Luckily, Joey had some aspirin.
Geno looked over at Tea, who was resting her head on his shoulder. "You ready?" Tea smiled weakly and Geno nodded.
"Come on, let's get to the dessert."
They all nodded, and made their way out of town. They were able to get out pretty far until the sun began to go down. They pitched camp and set up the tents Geno had quickly grabbed.
***
"Alright, now this isn't easy for me to say." Geno said, clearing his throat.
"You're leaving? Too bad, so sad, bye!" Joey said happily, a grin plastered on his face. Geno smiled back.
"Why are you so happy? Tony Soprano finally let you whack a guy?" Joey snorted, causing Yugi and Tristan to laugh. "Anyway...we have only three tents, so we have to pair up. However, I need to tend to Tea's wounds, so I will have to stay up and be near her tent. And I don't want to walk anyone else.." He sighed, and rolled his eyes. "Yugi, Raia, you are in one tent, Joey and Tristan in another."
Raia and Yugi looked at each other. "Are you sure?"
They all heard Tea let out a slight moan from her tent. Geno frowned. "
Just don't let your spirit friends do the 2 man rumba, a'ight?"
***
Tea opened her eyes, and tried to remember where she was. She looked at the top of the tent, and it all came back to her. She stood up, and winced, still sore.
"Well, I seem to be in working order." She thought to herself. She paused, and put her ear to the tent wall, and hear someone singing quietly. She poked her head out of the doorway and looked at Geno, who sat by the fire, looking at his dagger.
"And I'd give up forever to touch you, cuss I know that you feel me some how. You were the closest to heaven that I've ever been, and I don't want to go home right now."
"That's pretty." Tea said softly. Geno whipped around, and looked at her, embarrassed.
"Did I wake you?" He replied.
"No, I was up." Tea replied, sitting next to him. "Got anything to eat, I am starving." Geno reached into his pack and pulled out a candy bar. Tea eyed it hungrily and inhaled it. Tea then frowned. "Why'd you stop singing?"
Geno shrugged. "I don't like people to hear me."
'But you were great! That was.touching."
Geno smiled. "Thanks. It's just.."
Tea nodded. "Your think of her, Kaikou's mom." Geno nodded. "How did you two meet?"
Geno looked off in the distance. "I had just arrived in Thebes, and I had gotten in a bit of trouble. You see, I have the same problem the phar..Yami has. I awoke in the dessert, the age I am now, with no memories of my life."
"Wow."
"Yea. So, I headed to Thebes, where Yami's father, the Pharaoh at the time, was holding a Ka summoning tournament. Any noble that could beat him would receive anything they wanted. I entered, and somehow, made it to the finals. The pharaoh looks at me, smiles, and summoned his Ka. Exodia."
Tea looked at him in shock. "Exodia? Man, I see where Yugi gets it."
"Yup. Well, I summon the Blitzkrieg commander, and the pharaoh tells me that no one can defeat his ultimate monster. Thought I was screwed, until I heard this voice. It said, 'It takes two to duel. One must control the strength, one the heart.' I look into the stands, and the most beautiful woman I have ever seen was looking at me. She closed her arms, and summoned some chains to the field. They captured Exodia, and my Ka sliced him like a turkey."
"So that is how Exodia came about." Tea said.
"Yup. Well, the pharaoh asks me what I want, and I tell him 'My identity.' HE told me he would give me one. I was to become Kappa Neo, general of the royal army."
Tea frowned. "But what about Kaikou's mom?"
"Well, after a while, I went into town, and found her. We feel in love, ad did what you kids do on prom night."
Tea nodded. "What about Kaikou?"
Geno sighed, and closed his eyes. "The pharaoh, meanwhile, learned of a prophecy. It said that a man would come from the desert, a man who held the favor of the gods. This man would produce an heir, and that heir would cause the death of the royal bloodline. Yami's father believed that I was that man, and sent me out to certain death. I never knew about Kaikou.." Geno struggled, trying to keep calm. "Till I returned. I went straight to her mother, but she was sick, dying. Her last word were that I had a daughter, and she was the queen." At this, Geno opened his eyes, and sneered. "The pharaoh had taken me from my love, and his son took my daughter."
Tea nodded, and neither spoke a word for a long time. Finally, Tea cleared her throat.
"I want you to train me, like you trained Seto and Raia."
Geno looked at her. "Why?"
"I am tired of being a cheerleader. I want to be of importance to the group..the only way I can do that is learn to duel."
Geno stroked his chin, deep in thought. "Let me see your deck." Tea handed it to him. He looked over it, and sighed.
"No.no, this will not do." HE looked at her. "Why do you have angelic cards?"
"Because their cute?" Geno looked at her. "Well, Raia uses angelic cards."
"Because they fit her personality. A deck must fit you. Joey is a gambler, Raia is angelic yet powerful, I am a marauder."
"What about Yugi?"
"Yugi is lucky." Tea frowned. "Friendship, a'ight?"
"Well, what deck should I use?"
"Fire. You are like a fire, warm to those that respect you, deadly to your enemies; you can burn bright or smolder." HE slipped the air with his dagger, reached through it and pulled out a red binder. "Fire cards."
Tea looked at them all. "IS this a yes then?"
"Tea, You need to promise me that you will do as I say, and commit to your lessons."
"I will."
"Now, you need to realize that I am going to make you a duelist, just as I made Seto, Raia and Myself. This will not be a happy, by the skin of your teeth win Joey type duelist training. It will be a hard life, one without reward, without remorse, without regret. A path will be laid before you, the choice will be yours alone. Do what you think you cannot do. It will be a hard life, but you will find out who you are*"
Tea looked at him. "I will do whatever I can."
"Now I play."
Geno tossed him into the other wall, and then spun his dagger. Butch looked in amazement as Geno aimed the blade at the gun holder, and he froze in place. HE could only whimper as Geno head butted him out, and then double kicked Butch.
The leader had began to kick Tea when Raia jumped on top of him, but he threw her down. She shifted to Kaikou, but was slammed into the wall, knocked out. The leader smiled at her limp body and touched her shirt veils.
"So soft..."
He paused when he heard not a sound. He looked at his men, then Yugi, Joey and Tristan, who had a look of fear on their face. He followed their gaze to Geno, whose hand glowed red. HE growled.
"Never...touch..my...daughter." He smiled, and released a blast of energy. The leader went slamming into a door jam, Geno's handprint burned into his chest. He looked up as Geno walked over to him and grabbed his hair and dragged him towards a corner.
"I give up!" HE shouted.
"And I should care..?"
"Your.you're the good guy."
Geno pulled him from Yugi's view, but he could still hear them. Yugi moved to Tea, who moaned softly. Kaikou woke up and rubbed her head. "Someone told you a lie. I am an anti-hero. My name is Kappa Neo, tell Saint Peter I sent you."
The leader let out a bloodcurdling scream, and a large squishy sound was heard. Joey grimaced and Tristan breathed in sharply. Geno returned, blood on his dagger. Tea gasped and buried her head in Yugi's shoulder. Geno wiped the blood off on a knocked out thief's shirt and then helped Kaikou up.
"You alright?"
"Yea, thanks Ge..d.thanks." She replied.
Geno rolled his eyes, then went over to Tea, who was softly crying. He put a hand on her shoulder.
"Let me see your face." Tea slowly looked up at him and wiping her eyes, tried to smile, but could only let out a slight, painful moan. Yugi stroked her hair. Geno pulled out a hankie and wiped the blood from her mouth.
"Well, it's a minor cut, you should be ok. And." HE gently placed a hand on her ribcage. "Your ribs are fine. But I don't think you should walk." He knelt down, removing his cape, and Joey and Tristan helped her onto his back. They wrapped her up in Geno's cape and he stood up, shifting her into place. Yugi gave her a pat on the back and checked on Raia, who had shifted back into place.
Raia was in better shape, Kaikou had used their heart to protect them, and had only a slight headache. Luckily, Joey had some aspirin.
Geno looked over at Tea, who was resting her head on his shoulder. "You ready?" Tea smiled weakly and Geno nodded.
"Come on, let's get to the dessert."
They all nodded, and made their way out of town. They were able to get out pretty far until the sun began to go down. They pitched camp and set up the tents Geno had quickly grabbed.
***
"Alright, now this isn't easy for me to say." Geno said, clearing his throat.
"You're leaving? Too bad, so sad, bye!" Joey said happily, a grin plastered on his face. Geno smiled back.
"Why are you so happy? Tony Soprano finally let you whack a guy?" Joey snorted, causing Yugi and Tristan to laugh. "Anyway...we have only three tents, so we have to pair up. However, I need to tend to Tea's wounds, so I will have to stay up and be near her tent. And I don't want to walk anyone else.." He sighed, and rolled his eyes. "Yugi, Raia, you are in one tent, Joey and Tristan in another."
Raia and Yugi looked at each other. "Are you sure?"
They all heard Tea let out a slight moan from her tent. Geno frowned. "
Just don't let your spirit friends do the 2 man rumba, a'ight?"
***
Tea opened her eyes, and tried to remember where she was. She looked at the top of the tent, and it all came back to her. She stood up, and winced, still sore.
"Well, I seem to be in working order." She thought to herself. She paused, and put her ear to the tent wall, and hear someone singing quietly. She poked her head out of the doorway and looked at Geno, who sat by the fire, looking at his dagger.
"And I'd give up forever to touch you, cuss I know that you feel me some how. You were the closest to heaven that I've ever been, and I don't want to go home right now."
"That's pretty." Tea said softly. Geno whipped around, and looked at her, embarrassed.
"Did I wake you?" He replied.
"No, I was up." Tea replied, sitting next to him. "Got anything to eat, I am starving." Geno reached into his pack and pulled out a candy bar. Tea eyed it hungrily and inhaled it. Tea then frowned. "Why'd you stop singing?"
Geno shrugged. "I don't like people to hear me."
'But you were great! That was.touching."
Geno smiled. "Thanks. It's just.."
Tea nodded. "Your think of her, Kaikou's mom." Geno nodded. "How did you two meet?"
Geno looked off in the distance. "I had just arrived in Thebes, and I had gotten in a bit of trouble. You see, I have the same problem the phar..Yami has. I awoke in the dessert, the age I am now, with no memories of my life."
"Wow."
"Yea. So, I headed to Thebes, where Yami's father, the Pharaoh at the time, was holding a Ka summoning tournament. Any noble that could beat him would receive anything they wanted. I entered, and somehow, made it to the finals. The pharaoh looks at me, smiles, and summoned his Ka. Exodia."
Tea looked at him in shock. "Exodia? Man, I see where Yugi gets it."
"Yup. Well, I summon the Blitzkrieg commander, and the pharaoh tells me that no one can defeat his ultimate monster. Thought I was screwed, until I heard this voice. It said, 'It takes two to duel. One must control the strength, one the heart.' I look into the stands, and the most beautiful woman I have ever seen was looking at me. She closed her arms, and summoned some chains to the field. They captured Exodia, and my Ka sliced him like a turkey."
"So that is how Exodia came about." Tea said.
"Yup. Well, the pharaoh asks me what I want, and I tell him 'My identity.' HE told me he would give me one. I was to become Kappa Neo, general of the royal army."
Tea frowned. "But what about Kaikou's mom?"
"Well, after a while, I went into town, and found her. We feel in love, ad did what you kids do on prom night."
Tea nodded. "What about Kaikou?"
Geno sighed, and closed his eyes. "The pharaoh, meanwhile, learned of a prophecy. It said that a man would come from the desert, a man who held the favor of the gods. This man would produce an heir, and that heir would cause the death of the royal bloodline. Yami's father believed that I was that man, and sent me out to certain death. I never knew about Kaikou.." Geno struggled, trying to keep calm. "Till I returned. I went straight to her mother, but she was sick, dying. Her last word were that I had a daughter, and she was the queen." At this, Geno opened his eyes, and sneered. "The pharaoh had taken me from my love, and his son took my daughter."
Tea nodded, and neither spoke a word for a long time. Finally, Tea cleared her throat.
"I want you to train me, like you trained Seto and Raia."
Geno looked at her. "Why?"
"I am tired of being a cheerleader. I want to be of importance to the group..the only way I can do that is learn to duel."
Geno stroked his chin, deep in thought. "Let me see your deck." Tea handed it to him. He looked over it, and sighed.
"No.no, this will not do." HE looked at her. "Why do you have angelic cards?"
"Because their cute?" Geno looked at her. "Well, Raia uses angelic cards."
"Because they fit her personality. A deck must fit you. Joey is a gambler, Raia is angelic yet powerful, I am a marauder."
"What about Yugi?"
"Yugi is lucky." Tea frowned. "Friendship, a'ight?"
"Well, what deck should I use?"
"Fire. You are like a fire, warm to those that respect you, deadly to your enemies; you can burn bright or smolder." HE slipped the air with his dagger, reached through it and pulled out a red binder. "Fire cards."
Tea looked at them all. "IS this a yes then?"
"Tea, You need to promise me that you will do as I say, and commit to your lessons."
"I will."
"Now, you need to realize that I am going to make you a duelist, just as I made Seto, Raia and Myself. This will not be a happy, by the skin of your teeth win Joey type duelist training. It will be a hard life, one without reward, without remorse, without regret. A path will be laid before you, the choice will be yours alone. Do what you think you cannot do. It will be a hard life, but you will find out who you are*"
Tea looked at him. "I will do whatever I can."