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Chapter Six
I'm Going Down There
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"We've been traveling for hours and I still don't see the forest," Otogi complained, "are you sure you're going the right way?"
"Of course we're sure," Quinlan said, "You'll be stepping into it in a few moments."
"How is that possible?" Honda asked confused. He didn't even see a tree, how could there be an entire forest.
"The forest has shielding spell on it. Quinlan and I can see through these spells because we are experienced Magicians so we know where the forest is, but you have not learned how to unveil things with these spells so you cannot see it."
"So the forest is invisible?" Otogi asked.
"I suppose you could say that, but if you don't know it's there you will never even know you were in it… it's more than just invisibility."
"How are we supposed to know when we're in it though?" Honda asked.
"We will tell you… You are in it… can you see the forest?"
Amazingly Quinlan and Kira were right. The forest had just popped up around them, one tree right in front of Otogi. "That's so awesome!" Honda exclaimed.
"Let's go a little farther and then rest when we get deeper in," Kira said, "It will be a long day tomorrow."
"What makes you say that?" Otogi asked.
"Tomorrow we'll be heading toward the school, it's pretty far from here," Kira answered, "We will also need to find out what that Dark Mage is planning."
"How are we supposed to do that?" Honda asked.
"Do you know anyone who's connected to him?" Quinlan asked, "That would be the only safe way to find out."
"We know someone who can do that," Otogi said looking at Honda.
"You do?" Kira and Quinlan said together.
"We don't know where he is though," Honda explained.
"He's not in the school, is he?" Quinlan asked dreading the answer.
"I don't know, he was with us when that dragon came, but then we got separated," Otogi said.
"What type of mage is he?" Kira asked.
"Why do you want to know?" Honda asked quizzically. He didn't trust these people 100% yet, a lot of people could be after Yugi.
"I'm good at tracking people down," Kira said, "it's important for me to know what type of mage he is."
"He's a light mage," Otogi said wondering why Honda didn't tell them in the first place. When Kira and Quinlan heard his response the stared at him in unbelief. They had never heard that another light mage existed because they had lived in a secluded area for many years training. They had never heard anything about Yugi until that very moment.
"Be serious," Kira finally said, "A light mage hasn't existed for one hundred years."
"Haven't you ever heard of Yugi and how he beat Kaiba?" Honda wondered.
"Who is Yugi?" Quinlan asked, "I've heard of Kaiba when I was little, but I've never heard of Yugi."
"Well trust me, he's a Light Mage, and he's the strongest mage you'll ever find," Otogi said.
"You better not be lying to me," Kira stated.
"We're not, just find Yugi." Honda ordered.
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Rebecca sat impatiently by the water's edge hoping to see Yugi and Shizuka float up. She had been sitting there all day and the boys had most of the day, but they left recently to build camp. Rebecca figured that wasn't the only reason they left though. She knew that they wanted to talk about something without her listening, she didn't know what it was, but she'd find out soon.
Rebecca dipped her finger into the lake and pulled it out. As she pulled it out she kept the water on it in a tube shape. She then pointed her finger toward where she knew the others were and shot the tube toward it except it became a long tube, the part that she had on her finger was still clinging to it. (kind of like a slinky made of water and without all it all being and the whole outer part being solid)
"You can't just leave right now," Yami was saying, "We know you're mad at her, but right now we have bigger problems."
"You guys can handle Yugi when he comes up-"
"But, Mitsu, we can't." Yami said, "You're the only one who knows how to beat this Dark Mage. We can't tell Yugi what to do if we don't."
"She is down there watching them and she is much more powerful than you think, she's much more powerful that I thought."
"She will let them come up here, won't she?" Jou asked.
"Yes, but that's the problem. If they come up here Pegasus will have an ambush ready and then he'll take Yugi captive, kill all of us, and use Yugi to call forth the spirits."
"In that case," Jounouchi said, "I'm going with you."
"Yes, we will both go with you."
"You're forgetting about one person," Rebecca said finally revealing herself, "I'm going too."
"No," Mitsu said strictly, "none of you will come with me. You will stay up here and watch for the ambush just in case I fail at getting them out another way."
"But you said his ambush would kill us," Rebecca stated.
"You're sneaky," he replied, "you'll find a way to ambush them."
"All right, but how will you get them out another way?" Rebecca asked.
"It's something called Mirror Transport," Mitsu explained, "Only air mages can use it. You create a mirror looking thing that lets you transport from one place to another and talk to someone in another place."
"Where would we meet?" Yami asked.
"If I'm not back here by dawn tomorrow, meet me in the forest near the school lake."
"All right, we'll do that Mitsu. Good Luck," Jou said.
Mitsu walked over to the water's edge and trod through the water until he could no longer stand. At that point he covered himself with an Air Bubble and dived down. The others stood watching for a while silently before finally coming to life and remembering there task. They had to find someway to beat swarms of the dark mage's, also known as Pegasus, dark creatures.
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"We cannot send you to go fight this evil alone," Mariel said, "I will send people with you to save the students he captured. Merpeps are very powerful beings and are very capable of thinking of plans for these kinds of situations."
"Thank you for helping us," Yugi said.
"We are kind creatures, we wouldn't leave innocent students in the clutches of an evil mage."
"Of course we won't," a voice from behind them, Ryou's, said, "so I'm going with you."
"Ryou," Mariel said sternly, "it is too dangerous for you out there."
"If it's too dangerous for me, it's too dangerous for Yugi. He's two years younger than I am."
"But you are not so well prepared for this."
"Neither is he, he's had no further training than going to school at Redestani and Karkao."
"All right, you can go," Mariel said smiling, "but be careful, I don't want you getting hurt. Now come, we must go to the planning room, we still have a lot to do."
They walked out of the door of the room they were in, they were in part of the palace that was 'dry' or, in other words, a big air hole for people like Yugi. The planning room was originally in a water area, but it was moved to one of the dry rooms because one of the main people that had to be there was Yugi and they thought he should save his energy for battling the Dark Mage.
As they walked out of the room Shizuka came up to Yugi. It was decided that it would be best if she didn't come with them because she wasn't a very experienced mage. However, that wouldn't stop her from finding out what was being planned though. So she asked Yugi what was going on and he explained that Ryou would be coming with them.
"That's not fair! If he's allowed to go why aren't I?" She demanded.
"Ryou is older and more experienced than you, Shizuka," Yugi explained, "After all, he was the one that was sent to protect me."
"But I really want to go," Shizuka said as she put on her puppy dog eyes.
"I don't want to see you hurt, you're not experienced enough to be doing this kind of thing."
"Well can I still see what you're going to do?" Shizuka pleaded.
"I don't see why not, but don't you dare think of following us."
"I promise I won't."
"All right then, you can watch."
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I'm sorry for not updating in a while… stupid writers block. I hope it stays away this time. I really hope you like it. I'll try to update soon but I can't make any promises… I've got a million tests coming up and two band concerts. It should be updated within a month though. Again, sorry for taking so long to update… please don't get mad at me.