Ch.12: True Colors
Inside, Shadow dark laid Phoenix on the futon, and then softly padded her way to sit in the living room where the others sat patiently, quietly observing the nicely decorated home. She sat down on her haunches and looked at her audience. Yugi was still clutching his arm in pain. Shadow dark rolled her violent red eyes and went to a closet. Realizing she had no hands, she growled. Then she asked, "If someone could get some hot water, NOT BOILING, that would be nice." The others looked at her curiously. When none made a move, she barked "NOW!!!" All of them jumped. Joey was up in a flash (for fear of being bitten) and went to the sink, where a bucket sat. He filled it up with hot water. Grunting from the weight, he said "What am I supposed ta do with this?" "Bring it over here, Joey" Shadow Dark ordered. Joey made a face, and struggled to reach the giant black wolf. When he finally reached her, she said "Now, pour it over me." The others looked at each other like she was nuts. Joey gave her a strange look, but her bearing of teeth made him do it immediately. In place of the wolf, was Blade! Everyone grimaced, since she was naked. Calmly walking over to the closet, she pulled out a kimono robe. When she turned her back, Joey and Tristan leaned to get a good look at her body, but were smacked on their heads by Kaiba and Yami who gave them furious looks, especially Tea, who smacked them both twice. Yugi sweat-dropped. Blade turned her head and said to Joey and Tristan "I saw that. If you don't want me to kick your ass, then you'd better not do that again." Joey and Tristan looked at each other for a moment then averted their eyes to the floor. Kaiba smirked at this, and Tea snorted and turned toward Blade, who in the time being had pulled medical supplies out of the hall closet. Gingerly walking over to Yugi, she sat down and began to clean the wound with wet clothes and swabs. She worked to clean out any possible infection and dried, crusted blood. Finally, Yami asked if they could start the conversation. Blade snorted a bit as she began to bandage Yugi's arm. //Try to keep it straight. I'm going to splint it.// Yugi looked at her gratefully. //Um. Thanks.// the others peered curiously around to see what Blade had done. Yami felt his frost toward Blade melt as he watched her splint Yugi's arm and make sure he was comfortable. Such displays of kindness seemed very unlike her. When she was done, Blade took the supplies back to the closet and sat down and took a deep breath. "Okay. I suppose its only fair that I tell our miserable tale." Everyone exchanged glances then looked back at Blade, who looked like she struggling to breathe. Yugi leaned over. "Are you okay?" Blade nodded, and then pushed Yugi away gently.
When she looked up, the light in her eyes seemed to have faded. Slowly she spoke. "I....my sister and I are not really humans, as you might have guessed. We...we're actually goddesses." "GODDESSES?!" Everyone said at once. Blade rolled her eyes again. "Don't act stupid. Yes, we're goddesses. I know that you all have met my mother, especially since the little one is wearing my mother's demon charm." Yugi quickly glanced at it around his neck. The others stared at it too. Blade then gasped. Yami noticed she was looking at the scribing crystal around his neck. "You have a scribing crystal?! But I thought they didn't exist anymore! My mother was the only being I knew that had one." "Your mother gave it to me. She said it would help us find you whenever you were in trouble." Yami replied. Blade's eyes narrowed, but she continued to speak. "As goddesses, we are allowed to grant beings one wish. Specific ones, that is" she retorted when everyone looked at her with eagerness. Their faces fell. She continued on. By then, it was nighttime. "Both of us were born to my mother, who is also a goddess. Although there were some exceptions to us. My sister, well she IS a goddess, but there's something a little more special to her than any of the others I've met. She...has some rare power, unlike anyone else's. Mine... is also rare. But not necessarily in a good way. As you now know, I am half- demon. However, the other half of me is goddess. I am not exactly sure how this affects me, but I know enough, that I have to keep the demon inside of me under control. Kind of like you." She said, pointing to Ryou. He nodded, although felt a little down-struck. "Phoenix. Well...she seems to have the very opposite type of magic that I possess. Whereas I hold Black Magic, she seems to have White Magic. Her powers seem to have an advantage over mine on certain things. For example, she can heal wounds, whereas I cannot. She may even have the power to actually bring someone back to life that has been killed. However, I can only cast curses and call demons and other nightmarish creatures. My sister represents Heaven, but I, myself, am actually part of Hell. It's just the way we both are, and nothing can change that. That's why I couldn't have healed you or my sister earlier." She replied, looking at Yugi. He noticed that she was looking at the Millennium Puzzle around his neck. Yugi then took off the Millennium Puzzle and handed it to Blade. She held in her hands, tracing the outline of the eye on it, and turning it over to observe it. The others waited in tense silence when she finally spoke. "Yes, I see. This is an ancient artifact. A very powerful one at that. You must be the spirit the dwells within this talisman." She said pointing to Yami. He nodded, and then replied, "I am that spirit. I was awakened to protect the six other Millennium Items. But my main objective is to protect the wielder of the item. And that is Yugi." Blade showed no emotion in her face. Then Yami remembered something else. "I am curious," he started, "As to how you knew I was Pharaoh when we were on the roof." Blade's eyes flashed. "Easy" she replied. "I am able to probe inside of people's souls, and they usually have indicators inside of what they represent, believe, etc. It's not that hard. For yours, I saw hieroglyphs and pyramids and other crap like that. Familiar?" Yami nodded, not knowing what else to say. Blade then gave the puzzle back to Yugi, who was beginning to feel tired. At the same time, Joey's stomach began to growl. He clutched his stomach. "Oh man, I forgot. We haven't had anything ta eat today!" everyone silently agreed. Blade sighed. "Humans..." she muttered and got up to open a cupboard. The others leaned over, curious, as they heard rustling behind the door. When the door shut, their eyes went as big as dinner plates. There was food! Rice and water! Joey and Tristan practically tripped over each other trying to reach the food, but Blade held out her hand. "On two conditions. One. Don't tell ANYONE about us, and that especially goes for you, Kaiba." She said, whirling around so she faced him. He snorted and replied "What a joke. Your story isn't even worth repeating to myself." The others glared at him. Blade's eyes suddenly went black, and Kaiba was thrown onto the ceiling. He looked down, terrified. Blade flew up to him and said in a dangerous voice, "Don't mess with me, Kaiba. You WILL regret it. And that's not a threat, it's a promise." She then floated down gently to the floor and Kaiba dropped on his butt. Joey and Tristan were laughing hysterically. They were pounding the floor with their fists and had to lean on each other to stand up. Blade then smacked the both of their heads, which ended their fun quite quickly. She pulled them up by their ears. "Perhaps I should throw you two goons out the window? It wouldn't be too hard with my telekinesis." Everyone else hid a smile. Yami was flabbergasted. He had never met anyone that had mastered the art of telekinesis not only because of its extreme difficulty, but also its danger to the mind.
Blade released Joey and Tristan, and pushed them back into Kaiba, who was just getting up. "Rule number two; there shall not be any disrespect in this house of mine. If you want to eat, you have to join me in the time continuum. Do we have a deal?" The others nodded, absent-mindedly, looking at their meal ticket. Blade's eyes began to turn black again, and all the food floated back into the closet. She then stepped through and vanished. The others rubbed their eyes again; to make sure their vision was correct. Yami stepped up to the portal and put his hand through. It disappeared until he pulled it out. He nodded to the others, ensuring that it was safe, then stepped through. He found himself in a galactic dimension, surrounded by stars and comets. Blade was floating upside down in the middle. Yami was astounded. He floated over to Blade. "How...did you do this?" he asked, looking around in amazement. Blade shrugged. "Mom felt it would be nice if I had a place to train myself, so she let me use this old portal. Look." She pointed to a shooting star. Yami shaded his eyes from its brightness and was soon joined by everyone else. "Can we eat now?" Joey asked. Everyone looked at him, annoyed. "What? I'm hungry. I need food." Blade sighed. She chanted a small spell and food appeared in front of everybody. "Now, I MEAN IT. None of you are to tell anyone about what you have seen and heard today." Blade ordered. Everyone nodded, and then began to dig in. Blade didn't eat anything. She continued her story and everyone listened intently. "Because we are practically immortals, my sister is 500 and I, myself, am 1000 years old." Joey spat out his water, Yugi chocked on his rice, Tea dropped her chopsticks, and Yami had no reaction whatsoever. Blade threw up her hands in exasperation. The others stared wide-eyed at her. "OK, LOOK bozos, so what if I'm almost 1000 years old? Big damn deal. As I was saying, we have lived for a lengthy amount of time. However, our life hasn't been very easy. In fact, it's been a nightmare. We....have been chased by scientists who wanted to use us as guinea pigs for their twisted experiments. There are others, like bounty hunters and warlocks who want our power for themselves. It's been a battle just to try and evade them." The others were silent. Yugi could hardly believe it. Them? Chased by killers and bounty hunters? It seemed too unreal. Blade lowered her head so they wouldn't see the tears beginning to form in her eyes. She refused to show them her weakness. Yugi then floated over, and put a hand on her shoulder. She looked up, surprised and then continued on when he reassured her. "Life has been hard. But we have managed to escape our past for now, and are just trying to lead normal lives. But, also, we are in search for others like us." Yami looked at her. "What do you mean 'others like you'?" Are you saying that you might be...?!" Blade looked at a meteor go by, then answered. "Well, according to the elders in Heaven, we have seven other siblings, each with their own special ability." The others gave each other puzzled looks. Blade growled. "Elemental properties morons!! You know, the basic four; earth, air, fire, and water?!" "Oooohhhh." Everyone said. Tristan then asked, "But what are the other three?" Blade smiled coldly. "Ice, Lightning, and Metal." Then, Tea cut in. "So, what are yours?" Blade looked at her like she was an idiot. "Are you deaf? I said earlier that my sister and I have light & dark powers" Tea reddened slightly and looked away. Yugi looked at Yami and sent him a message. //Yami, do you what she's talking about?// //Yes, Yugi. She is speaking of the nine invincible guardians who have the power to summon up the ultimate gods. Their power is said to rival even that of the Millennium Items combined. Phoenix and Blade are summoners. That is what she is trying to tell us.// "Gee. Its nice to know that at least someone around here is clued in." Blade said sarcastically. The others looked at her strangely. How many other abilities did the half-demon have?
Inside, Shadow dark laid Phoenix on the futon, and then softly padded her way to sit in the living room where the others sat patiently, quietly observing the nicely decorated home. She sat down on her haunches and looked at her audience. Yugi was still clutching his arm in pain. Shadow dark rolled her violent red eyes and went to a closet. Realizing she had no hands, she growled. Then she asked, "If someone could get some hot water, NOT BOILING, that would be nice." The others looked at her curiously. When none made a move, she barked "NOW!!!" All of them jumped. Joey was up in a flash (for fear of being bitten) and went to the sink, where a bucket sat. He filled it up with hot water. Grunting from the weight, he said "What am I supposed ta do with this?" "Bring it over here, Joey" Shadow Dark ordered. Joey made a face, and struggled to reach the giant black wolf. When he finally reached her, she said "Now, pour it over me." The others looked at each other like she was nuts. Joey gave her a strange look, but her bearing of teeth made him do it immediately. In place of the wolf, was Blade! Everyone grimaced, since she was naked. Calmly walking over to the closet, she pulled out a kimono robe. When she turned her back, Joey and Tristan leaned to get a good look at her body, but were smacked on their heads by Kaiba and Yami who gave them furious looks, especially Tea, who smacked them both twice. Yugi sweat-dropped. Blade turned her head and said to Joey and Tristan "I saw that. If you don't want me to kick your ass, then you'd better not do that again." Joey and Tristan looked at each other for a moment then averted their eyes to the floor. Kaiba smirked at this, and Tea snorted and turned toward Blade, who in the time being had pulled medical supplies out of the hall closet. Gingerly walking over to Yugi, she sat down and began to clean the wound with wet clothes and swabs. She worked to clean out any possible infection and dried, crusted blood. Finally, Yami asked if they could start the conversation. Blade snorted a bit as she began to bandage Yugi's arm. //Try to keep it straight. I'm going to splint it.// Yugi looked at her gratefully. //Um. Thanks.// the others peered curiously around to see what Blade had done. Yami felt his frost toward Blade melt as he watched her splint Yugi's arm and make sure he was comfortable. Such displays of kindness seemed very unlike her. When she was done, Blade took the supplies back to the closet and sat down and took a deep breath. "Okay. I suppose its only fair that I tell our miserable tale." Everyone exchanged glances then looked back at Blade, who looked like she struggling to breathe. Yugi leaned over. "Are you okay?" Blade nodded, and then pushed Yugi away gently.
When she looked up, the light in her eyes seemed to have faded. Slowly she spoke. "I....my sister and I are not really humans, as you might have guessed. We...we're actually goddesses." "GODDESSES?!" Everyone said at once. Blade rolled her eyes again. "Don't act stupid. Yes, we're goddesses. I know that you all have met my mother, especially since the little one is wearing my mother's demon charm." Yugi quickly glanced at it around his neck. The others stared at it too. Blade then gasped. Yami noticed she was looking at the scribing crystal around his neck. "You have a scribing crystal?! But I thought they didn't exist anymore! My mother was the only being I knew that had one." "Your mother gave it to me. She said it would help us find you whenever you were in trouble." Yami replied. Blade's eyes narrowed, but she continued to speak. "As goddesses, we are allowed to grant beings one wish. Specific ones, that is" she retorted when everyone looked at her with eagerness. Their faces fell. She continued on. By then, it was nighttime. "Both of us were born to my mother, who is also a goddess. Although there were some exceptions to us. My sister, well she IS a goddess, but there's something a little more special to her than any of the others I've met. She...has some rare power, unlike anyone else's. Mine... is also rare. But not necessarily in a good way. As you now know, I am half- demon. However, the other half of me is goddess. I am not exactly sure how this affects me, but I know enough, that I have to keep the demon inside of me under control. Kind of like you." She said, pointing to Ryou. He nodded, although felt a little down-struck. "Phoenix. Well...she seems to have the very opposite type of magic that I possess. Whereas I hold Black Magic, she seems to have White Magic. Her powers seem to have an advantage over mine on certain things. For example, she can heal wounds, whereas I cannot. She may even have the power to actually bring someone back to life that has been killed. However, I can only cast curses and call demons and other nightmarish creatures. My sister represents Heaven, but I, myself, am actually part of Hell. It's just the way we both are, and nothing can change that. That's why I couldn't have healed you or my sister earlier." She replied, looking at Yugi. He noticed that she was looking at the Millennium Puzzle around his neck. Yugi then took off the Millennium Puzzle and handed it to Blade. She held in her hands, tracing the outline of the eye on it, and turning it over to observe it. The others waited in tense silence when she finally spoke. "Yes, I see. This is an ancient artifact. A very powerful one at that. You must be the spirit the dwells within this talisman." She said pointing to Yami. He nodded, and then replied, "I am that spirit. I was awakened to protect the six other Millennium Items. But my main objective is to protect the wielder of the item. And that is Yugi." Blade showed no emotion in her face. Then Yami remembered something else. "I am curious," he started, "As to how you knew I was Pharaoh when we were on the roof." Blade's eyes flashed. "Easy" she replied. "I am able to probe inside of people's souls, and they usually have indicators inside of what they represent, believe, etc. It's not that hard. For yours, I saw hieroglyphs and pyramids and other crap like that. Familiar?" Yami nodded, not knowing what else to say. Blade then gave the puzzle back to Yugi, who was beginning to feel tired. At the same time, Joey's stomach began to growl. He clutched his stomach. "Oh man, I forgot. We haven't had anything ta eat today!" everyone silently agreed. Blade sighed. "Humans..." she muttered and got up to open a cupboard. The others leaned over, curious, as they heard rustling behind the door. When the door shut, their eyes went as big as dinner plates. There was food! Rice and water! Joey and Tristan practically tripped over each other trying to reach the food, but Blade held out her hand. "On two conditions. One. Don't tell ANYONE about us, and that especially goes for you, Kaiba." She said, whirling around so she faced him. He snorted and replied "What a joke. Your story isn't even worth repeating to myself." The others glared at him. Blade's eyes suddenly went black, and Kaiba was thrown onto the ceiling. He looked down, terrified. Blade flew up to him and said in a dangerous voice, "Don't mess with me, Kaiba. You WILL regret it. And that's not a threat, it's a promise." She then floated down gently to the floor and Kaiba dropped on his butt. Joey and Tristan were laughing hysterically. They were pounding the floor with their fists and had to lean on each other to stand up. Blade then smacked the both of their heads, which ended their fun quite quickly. She pulled them up by their ears. "Perhaps I should throw you two goons out the window? It wouldn't be too hard with my telekinesis." Everyone else hid a smile. Yami was flabbergasted. He had never met anyone that had mastered the art of telekinesis not only because of its extreme difficulty, but also its danger to the mind.
Blade released Joey and Tristan, and pushed them back into Kaiba, who was just getting up. "Rule number two; there shall not be any disrespect in this house of mine. If you want to eat, you have to join me in the time continuum. Do we have a deal?" The others nodded, absent-mindedly, looking at their meal ticket. Blade's eyes began to turn black again, and all the food floated back into the closet. She then stepped through and vanished. The others rubbed their eyes again; to make sure their vision was correct. Yami stepped up to the portal and put his hand through. It disappeared until he pulled it out. He nodded to the others, ensuring that it was safe, then stepped through. He found himself in a galactic dimension, surrounded by stars and comets. Blade was floating upside down in the middle. Yami was astounded. He floated over to Blade. "How...did you do this?" he asked, looking around in amazement. Blade shrugged. "Mom felt it would be nice if I had a place to train myself, so she let me use this old portal. Look." She pointed to a shooting star. Yami shaded his eyes from its brightness and was soon joined by everyone else. "Can we eat now?" Joey asked. Everyone looked at him, annoyed. "What? I'm hungry. I need food." Blade sighed. She chanted a small spell and food appeared in front of everybody. "Now, I MEAN IT. None of you are to tell anyone about what you have seen and heard today." Blade ordered. Everyone nodded, and then began to dig in. Blade didn't eat anything. She continued her story and everyone listened intently. "Because we are practically immortals, my sister is 500 and I, myself, am 1000 years old." Joey spat out his water, Yugi chocked on his rice, Tea dropped her chopsticks, and Yami had no reaction whatsoever. Blade threw up her hands in exasperation. The others stared wide-eyed at her. "OK, LOOK bozos, so what if I'm almost 1000 years old? Big damn deal. As I was saying, we have lived for a lengthy amount of time. However, our life hasn't been very easy. In fact, it's been a nightmare. We....have been chased by scientists who wanted to use us as guinea pigs for their twisted experiments. There are others, like bounty hunters and warlocks who want our power for themselves. It's been a battle just to try and evade them." The others were silent. Yugi could hardly believe it. Them? Chased by killers and bounty hunters? It seemed too unreal. Blade lowered her head so they wouldn't see the tears beginning to form in her eyes. She refused to show them her weakness. Yugi then floated over, and put a hand on her shoulder. She looked up, surprised and then continued on when he reassured her. "Life has been hard. But we have managed to escape our past for now, and are just trying to lead normal lives. But, also, we are in search for others like us." Yami looked at her. "What do you mean 'others like you'?" Are you saying that you might be...?!" Blade looked at a meteor go by, then answered. "Well, according to the elders in Heaven, we have seven other siblings, each with their own special ability." The others gave each other puzzled looks. Blade growled. "Elemental properties morons!! You know, the basic four; earth, air, fire, and water?!" "Oooohhhh." Everyone said. Tristan then asked, "But what are the other three?" Blade smiled coldly. "Ice, Lightning, and Metal." Then, Tea cut in. "So, what are yours?" Blade looked at her like she was an idiot. "Are you deaf? I said earlier that my sister and I have light & dark powers" Tea reddened slightly and looked away. Yugi looked at Yami and sent him a message. //Yami, do you what she's talking about?// //Yes, Yugi. She is speaking of the nine invincible guardians who have the power to summon up the ultimate gods. Their power is said to rival even that of the Millennium Items combined. Phoenix and Blade are summoners. That is what she is trying to tell us.// "Gee. Its nice to know that at least someone around here is clued in." Blade said sarcastically. The others looked at her strangely. How many other abilities did the half-demon have?