Me: Chapter 2!
Dree: Only like ten more chapters until you get to meet me!
Me: Midnight Fairy, thanks for telling me about the anonymous reviews, I didn't realize I had checked to not allow anonymous reviews.
Dree: *rolls eyes*
Me: *ignores Dree, insolent little thing that she is* onto the story!
Yugi: And review!!
Ch 2: Back to the palace
Azure
The journey back to the palace was neither long nor hard. I admit I had hoped to be gone for longer than a day, but at least bringing Yugi back with us I could watch over him. Yami was kind enough to give Yugi a room next to mine.
After bathing and dressing, Yugi and I met with Seth and Yami, in Yami's council room. I was relieved to see we were the only ones there. I knew the council would scare Yugi, the poor boy. Yami had Kuriboh sitting on his lap. The little creature studied Yugi and I with her wide eyes.
"Kuriboh," Yugi exclaimed excitedly, causing everyone to raise their eyebrows at him in surprise.
"You know Kuriboh?" Yami asked.
"Yeah, I have the monster card in my deck," Yugi said softly.
I had the urge to slap myself in the forehead. Seth and Yami just looked confused.
After a few moments Yami said, "Due to the predicament you seen to find yourself in little one, I have asked Kuriboh to look after you."
Kuriboh took Yami's pause in speech as a chance to launch herself into Yugi's arms. I was mildly surprised, Kuriboh was afraid of most people.
"She'll alert one of us," Yami gestured to himself, Seth and I "should you get into any trouble."
"Thanks Yami," Yugi smiled up at the Pharaoh for a moment, before petting Kuriboh.
I smiled slightly, Yami must like to boy otherwise he would never permit him to call him by his first name.
Yugi
It was hard for me, to be around Yami. He's not my Yami though. I have to force myself to think of him as a completely different person. It's hard though. I miss my Yami. I miss my friends. I miss my time. I- I want to go home.
Kuriboh and I had gone back to my room; I took my deck out of my pocket and slowly flipped the cards over one by one. I stopped once I saw The Celtic Guardians card.
"Why am I here?" I demanded of him.
"If I knew, I would tell you little one," a deep voice said from behind me.
Both Kuriboh and I jumped startled. Kuriboh made some chastising noises towards the elf. The elf merely smiled and patted her on the head, calming her.
"The Celtic Guardian" I whispered.
"Darm told me about you, I had to see for myself though," he said. His eyes fell on my duel monsters card; they widened significantly "So it's true."
"What's true?" I asked, confused.
"You must be from the future to possess such things," he remarked.
I couldn't help, but grin "You should have seen my clothes before I met Azure's grandfather."
"Your names Yugi, is it not little one?"
I smiled slightly, and nodded, asking "What about you?"
"Virden," the elf replied softly, his eyes once again upon his card. "Do you have one of those for Darm?" he asked, eyes sparkling with mischief.
"Yes," I replied slowly, but I was spared finding out why he wanted to know with the entrance of Azure.
"Virden, Yugi," she said by way of greeting. Her sharp eyes saw my deck "Yugi, put those away," she said to me softly. Nodding, I did as she asked, hiding them under my pillow.
She turned to Virden "Yami, Seth and I are all deeply disturbed by the occurrences of late."
Virden nodded "Yes, Darm and I are as well."
"Have you found anything out? About whom it was?"
Virden shook his head "Darm and I are both equally unsure."
There was comfortable silence for a few moments, until Azure gasped, Kuriboh squealed in fear and Virden bellowed "GET DOWN."
Azure
Virden yelled "GET DOWN," as I felt a shadow doorway open in the room.
An electric bolt flew from the doorway, a dark hole which had appeared on the wall closest to us, and hit Virden squarely in the chest.
"NO," I heard myself scream.
Kuriboh's squealing grew louder and louder, I grabbed her and literally threw her at the door
"GET YAMI," I bellowed at her.
There was a suddenly whirl wind, sucking everything towards the doorway. I grabbed Yugi a moment before he would have flown into the air, and been sucked in. Yugi clung to me, terrified. The winds increased, I couldn't see more than a foot in front of me.
"Ra save us," I said softly as I ran towards the balcony "RED EYES BLACK DRAGON," I yelled, as I vaulted over the railing, and Yugi and I began to fall towards the ground.
We were saved from certain death, as my Red Eyes appeared underneath us. I could feel the tension leave Yugi's body as she gained altitude.
"It's okay little one," I assured him. Yugi nodded, and relaxed his death grip on me.
"The Red Eyes Black Dragon," he whispered, having regained some of his wits. I smiled softly, messing his spiky hair.
"Her name is Reb'd," I said as my Red Eyes landed, and I slid off her back and placed Yugi on the ground.
Gradually the little ones shaking stopped. I didn't realize I was shaking was well, until Seth joined us, he gently touched my shoulder.
"I'm alright," I said absent mindedly.
Seth's eyes clearly said he did not believe me, but all his mouth said was "And how are you little one?"
Before Yugi could answer him, Yami came running down the palace steps. I sincerely hoped he had not seen my jumping off the balcony stunt.
He placed Kuriboh in Yugi's arms, before grabbing my shoulders and shaking me, demanding "what possessed you?"
"Oh, you saw that?" I asked softly.
Yami's eyes widened "YES I SAW THAT," he took a breath, calming himself "I was on my way to help you, when you jumped! It's a miracle you lived!"
"I knew Reb'd would come," I smiled over at my Red Eyes.
"Azure, the Pharaoh has a point. You're lucky I sensed the urgency in your call and was able to appear, midair, underneath you."
As Reb'd was not one of Yami's shadow creatures, she did not have the familiarity of calling him simply, Yami, as Darm and Virden did.
Yami smiled at her, bowing. Reb'd inclined her head deeply to him.
"I would like to return to The Shadow Realm and attempt to gather information on this creature," she said. I nodded, and Reb'd was gone.
Suddenly, the little one burst into tears. Seth and Yami both looked wide eyed, in confusion, at the boy, then back to me.
"Are you injured?" Yami asked the boy. Quickly, he shook his head no.
"I want to go home. I miss my grandpa, Yami and all my friends" I picked him up, and he wept into my neck.
"How can he miss Yami? Yami's right here," Seth began, but trailed off as my look requested his silence. Yami merely frowned, unsure.
Taking advantage of the silence I said "he just needs sleep."
"Then by all means, let him have it," Yami said.
"Dark Magician," he called and a moment later Darm appeared. "Darm, will you please watch over the boy?" Yami asked.
Darm nodded his consent, and followed myself and Yugi up the palace steps and to Yugi's bedroom.
Dree: Only like ten more chapters until you get to meet me!
Me: Midnight Fairy, thanks for telling me about the anonymous reviews, I didn't realize I had checked to not allow anonymous reviews.
Dree: *rolls eyes*
Me: *ignores Dree, insolent little thing that she is* onto the story!
Yugi: And review!!
Ch 2: Back to the palace
Azure
The journey back to the palace was neither long nor hard. I admit I had hoped to be gone for longer than a day, but at least bringing Yugi back with us I could watch over him. Yami was kind enough to give Yugi a room next to mine.
After bathing and dressing, Yugi and I met with Seth and Yami, in Yami's council room. I was relieved to see we were the only ones there. I knew the council would scare Yugi, the poor boy. Yami had Kuriboh sitting on his lap. The little creature studied Yugi and I with her wide eyes.
"Kuriboh," Yugi exclaimed excitedly, causing everyone to raise their eyebrows at him in surprise.
"You know Kuriboh?" Yami asked.
"Yeah, I have the monster card in my deck," Yugi said softly.
I had the urge to slap myself in the forehead. Seth and Yami just looked confused.
After a few moments Yami said, "Due to the predicament you seen to find yourself in little one, I have asked Kuriboh to look after you."
Kuriboh took Yami's pause in speech as a chance to launch herself into Yugi's arms. I was mildly surprised, Kuriboh was afraid of most people.
"She'll alert one of us," Yami gestured to himself, Seth and I "should you get into any trouble."
"Thanks Yami," Yugi smiled up at the Pharaoh for a moment, before petting Kuriboh.
I smiled slightly, Yami must like to boy otherwise he would never permit him to call him by his first name.
Yugi
It was hard for me, to be around Yami. He's not my Yami though. I have to force myself to think of him as a completely different person. It's hard though. I miss my Yami. I miss my friends. I miss my time. I- I want to go home.
Kuriboh and I had gone back to my room; I took my deck out of my pocket and slowly flipped the cards over one by one. I stopped once I saw The Celtic Guardians card.
"Why am I here?" I demanded of him.
"If I knew, I would tell you little one," a deep voice said from behind me.
Both Kuriboh and I jumped startled. Kuriboh made some chastising noises towards the elf. The elf merely smiled and patted her on the head, calming her.
"The Celtic Guardian" I whispered.
"Darm told me about you, I had to see for myself though," he said. His eyes fell on my duel monsters card; they widened significantly "So it's true."
"What's true?" I asked, confused.
"You must be from the future to possess such things," he remarked.
I couldn't help, but grin "You should have seen my clothes before I met Azure's grandfather."
"Your names Yugi, is it not little one?"
I smiled slightly, and nodded, asking "What about you?"
"Virden," the elf replied softly, his eyes once again upon his card. "Do you have one of those for Darm?" he asked, eyes sparkling with mischief.
"Yes," I replied slowly, but I was spared finding out why he wanted to know with the entrance of Azure.
"Virden, Yugi," she said by way of greeting. Her sharp eyes saw my deck "Yugi, put those away," she said to me softly. Nodding, I did as she asked, hiding them under my pillow.
She turned to Virden "Yami, Seth and I are all deeply disturbed by the occurrences of late."
Virden nodded "Yes, Darm and I are as well."
"Have you found anything out? About whom it was?"
Virden shook his head "Darm and I are both equally unsure."
There was comfortable silence for a few moments, until Azure gasped, Kuriboh squealed in fear and Virden bellowed "GET DOWN."
Azure
Virden yelled "GET DOWN," as I felt a shadow doorway open in the room.
An electric bolt flew from the doorway, a dark hole which had appeared on the wall closest to us, and hit Virden squarely in the chest.
"NO," I heard myself scream.
Kuriboh's squealing grew louder and louder, I grabbed her and literally threw her at the door
"GET YAMI," I bellowed at her.
There was a suddenly whirl wind, sucking everything towards the doorway. I grabbed Yugi a moment before he would have flown into the air, and been sucked in. Yugi clung to me, terrified. The winds increased, I couldn't see more than a foot in front of me.
"Ra save us," I said softly as I ran towards the balcony "RED EYES BLACK DRAGON," I yelled, as I vaulted over the railing, and Yugi and I began to fall towards the ground.
We were saved from certain death, as my Red Eyes appeared underneath us. I could feel the tension leave Yugi's body as she gained altitude.
"It's okay little one," I assured him. Yugi nodded, and relaxed his death grip on me.
"The Red Eyes Black Dragon," he whispered, having regained some of his wits. I smiled softly, messing his spiky hair.
"Her name is Reb'd," I said as my Red Eyes landed, and I slid off her back and placed Yugi on the ground.
Gradually the little ones shaking stopped. I didn't realize I was shaking was well, until Seth joined us, he gently touched my shoulder.
"I'm alright," I said absent mindedly.
Seth's eyes clearly said he did not believe me, but all his mouth said was "And how are you little one?"
Before Yugi could answer him, Yami came running down the palace steps. I sincerely hoped he had not seen my jumping off the balcony stunt.
He placed Kuriboh in Yugi's arms, before grabbing my shoulders and shaking me, demanding "what possessed you?"
"Oh, you saw that?" I asked softly.
Yami's eyes widened "YES I SAW THAT," he took a breath, calming himself "I was on my way to help you, when you jumped! It's a miracle you lived!"
"I knew Reb'd would come," I smiled over at my Red Eyes.
"Azure, the Pharaoh has a point. You're lucky I sensed the urgency in your call and was able to appear, midair, underneath you."
As Reb'd was not one of Yami's shadow creatures, she did not have the familiarity of calling him simply, Yami, as Darm and Virden did.
Yami smiled at her, bowing. Reb'd inclined her head deeply to him.
"I would like to return to The Shadow Realm and attempt to gather information on this creature," she said. I nodded, and Reb'd was gone.
Suddenly, the little one burst into tears. Seth and Yami both looked wide eyed, in confusion, at the boy, then back to me.
"Are you injured?" Yami asked the boy. Quickly, he shook his head no.
"I want to go home. I miss my grandpa, Yami and all my friends" I picked him up, and he wept into my neck.
"How can he miss Yami? Yami's right here," Seth began, but trailed off as my look requested his silence. Yami merely frowned, unsure.
Taking advantage of the silence I said "he just needs sleep."
"Then by all means, let him have it," Yami said.
"Dark Magician," he called and a moment later Darm appeared. "Darm, will you please watch over the boy?" Yami asked.
Darm nodded his consent, and followed myself and Yugi up the palace steps and to Yugi's bedroom.