Hicky: Hiya every person! I like this chapter for two reasons.... but you'll find them out once you read it.

Trent: Hicky doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh so don't sue. But feel free to make her series.

Hicky: Yeah, I won't sue if you do. Anyway, ENJOY!"

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Adventure in the Shadow Realm

After Yugi's first victory the monsters were already a bit tired. Not by much though, and some were still raring to go. Celtic and Gaia were two of those still full of energy. They had gone off exploring on the day they were to rest. They had been on a search for the grandfather's soul but had found many other things instead. The two of them decided to call a meeting of their counsel together to discuss what they had learned.

"So, who are you gonna get?" Celtic asked Gaia, who was eying an angry looking Kuriboh.

"Well, Fur Ball's here, so we just gotta tell him to stay put-" Gaia started.

"OOOOOH!"

"Oh Ra save me!" Gaia pleaded quickly before he was confronted by Kuriboh.

"Ooooh, call me ball of fur Stupid Knight?!"

"Ooooh nooooo," Gaia attempted to imitate the flying mass of brown fur. He wasn't very good at it. "Kuriboh... we want to get the counsel together, so will you wait here for a few minutes?" Gaia asked though a tightly clenched smile.

"Oooooh! Fine!"

Celtic was laughing quietly. "Well, you get Curse then Gaia... I'll go get Dark Magician." He bounded up the steps and into the mansion. 'Hmm hmm hmm,' he thought. 'Where could he be at now? I'll check his room.' Celtic walked leisurely to the elevator and took it to floor three. 'Mhmm, now which room was his.... nope, not that one... oh here it is.' Celtic knocked on the door and took a step back to wait. Dark soon opened the door.

"Hello Celtic," Dark greeted him with a smile. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?"

"Hi Dark Magician-"

"You can call me Dark you know."

"Oh, okay. Dark, that sounds funny, too familiar or something, and I don't know you that well... anyway, Gaia and I want to get the counsel together. We have something to talk about. You're going to come right?" Celtic asked.

"Well, I am a member of the Counsel, and if there is to be a meeting I should surely be there," Dark replied as he reached for his staff leaning against the wall.

"Yeah, you are pretty much the leader. All strong, and tall, and smart," Celtic started to walk down the hall.

Dark liked hearing the compliments coming from Celtic. Even if they could have just been observations, he didn't particularly care. "And where are we off to young elf?"

"I'm not young!!!!"

"Calm yourself, you are, you are filled with youth and beauty," Dark continued to walk behind the elf, and was grateful that he was. He cringed slightly as he realised what he had just said.

Celtic was glad to be in the lead. It hid the faint blush on his cheeks, though he wasn't too sure why he was blushing. "Haha, me, beauty. That's funny Dark Magician," Celtic nervously shook off the comment, knowing he'd be thinking about it later.

Dark resisted the temptation to continue to speak. He wasn't even sure where the words were coming from. But he was now seeing Celtic slightly different than he had just moments before he had said it. 'Hmm,' he thought. 'Even more to ponder over.' "Celtic, you're not taking the elevator are you?" Dark asked almost surprised.

"Oh me?... no, of course not," Celtic said as he turned quickly and went toward the stairs.

A small smile played of Dark's lips. "It's only three flights, and even down."

"I said I wasn't taking the elevator."

"You were going to," Dark said, playing a bit.

"I said I wasn't!" Celtic said, turning so he was directly in front of Dark, and by directly I mean about three inches. Celtic gulped quite noticeably and turned to go down the stairs.

Dark followed. "I hope I didn't scare you."

"Scared? Me? Yeah right," Celtic said.

"Uhuh," was Dark's response.

They continued walking to were the rest of the counsel was waiting in silence.

"What took you so long?" Gaia asked.

Curse whispered something into Gaia's ear, a smile began to form. "I see it!" He blurted out.

"See what?" Celtic asked confused.

"Nothing," Curse said quickly. "Gaia why have you two called this meeting?"

"It's not really a meeting..." Gaia admitted.

"Then what exactly is it?" Dark asked, a little bit of interest in his voice.

"It's kind of an informational story time, so come on," Celtic said taking Dark by his hand and making his way over to the group. Gaia nudged Curse twice, but Curse just told him to cut it out. Celtic told Dark and everyone to sit down. "Okay, Gaia's gonna start and then we'll go back and forth I guess."

"Well, it all started the day before the tournament, when we were all suppose to be resting. Well, Celtic and I decided that it might be the best time to go searching for the soul so off we went. You guys would not believe how many neighbours we have!"

"Yeah!" Celtic started. "First off, too our right, the mansion's left, is a cottage type place. It's very cozy and pretty. And in the back there is a huge garden. There are flowers as tall as trees and there are fairy-type monsters tending to them. Everywhere you'd look there was a flying butter ball thing with big eyes and tiny wings!" Celtic was very exited about everything he had learned.

"Tell them what they called themselves," Gaia urged Celtic on.

"Oh yeah, right. Let's see... they were the S.M.A.R.T."

"The smart?" Curse asked.

"No, S.M.A.R.T. It's an abbreviation. It stood for Spectacular Monsters of the Amazingly Respected Tea. I think Tea is there master. But they talked more about some gardener person than her."

"And to our left in a pathetic place. It's kinda run down and it ain't that big. And it's got two duellist's monsters living under one roof. A lot of warriors over there. Made a few friends. Some of them seemed to know me a bit but whatever. They called themselves something a little plainer... that's right the J.T.M. Stands for Joey and Tristan's Monsters. Original ain't it?" Gaia told the counsel.

"Oh, come on. Those guys were so boring! It's my turn again! Next to the right is a small but lavish place. Only a few monsters, but decorations galore! I felt like I was in a miniature castle or an extravagant hotel room."

"They were just letting you two in?" Dark asked.

Gaia replied, "In most cases. In that one we kinda walked in cause no one came to the door. We found 'em though."

"This one's mine Gaia!" Celtic barked. "There were three Harpy Ladies. Sisters I think. They were nice but seemed, umm, spoiled. They were the I.B.M.-"

"INVINCIBLE BABE'S OF MINE!" Gaia shouted

Celtic scolded at him. "Invincible Babes of Mai! And they weren't that hot..."

"Celtic obviously wasn't paying attention. Anyway, moving to the left we find a whole mansion of monsters that had picked up some weird accent-"

"- British Gaia," Celtic said quickly.

"Whatever. They were all British then, and they were either happy looking light and fairy monsters, which an occasional spell-caster, or were super creepy ones that's I would not like to duel against. And the males are all.... um Celtic, what did they say they were?"

"Umm, queer, gay, homosexual, some said bi. I think that was it."

"Yeah, what he said. I got hit on and so did Celtic, by guys. And someone started blushing didn't they?" Gaia started to talk to Celtic in baby-talk.

"I did NOT!" Celtic said sternly, again a pink color came to his cheeks.

"Oh Celtic! I said someone! But you just admitted it! Not too comfortable around strangers are you?"

Celtic clamped his mouth shut.

"Anyway... after I told them that we weren't interested they told us a bit about there master. Sound kind of feminine to me. Long white hair I believe, oh! And they have two masters also. They have a yami master too!"

"A yami master?! Like Master Yami?? A spirit?" Dark started asking questions quickly.

"Yeah dude, a spirit like Yami, but they said that he's awful, rude, and doesn't care about them much, just their power."

"Oooooh! Terrible that is!!!!"

"Yeah, well, I think that every one of them is in love with their master because they called themselves the C.C.S.B.D., which means Cute Cards of the Sexy British Duellist. See what I mean. Then up next is someone you may remember. Seto Kiaba's monsters! Now, if you think our place is big, just multiply it by about five or six and you got the Kiaba place. There is, what looks like a main building and then places where entire traveling decks can stay. We didn't learn too much about the place however. They got three Blue Eyes White Dragons on guard duty. They got shifts. It's really organized. But we figured out what they call themselves... the stuck up snobs got a banner, huge banner, that read S.M.S., the Superior Monsters of Seto. But there's another duellist there too. His cards call themselves M.R.B.M., Monsters of the Rabid Beast Mokuba. You know, I don't think they're too fond of him."

"But we beat them... why are they superior?" Curse asked.

"Ooooooh, SNOBS!"

"You've been quiet Celtic... no more news from you?" Dark ask kindly.

"Oh I got news. I got the greatest news of all. The last place we ended up was a place even larger than the Kiaba place. It had everything that they had, and also a even bigger place that seemed to be were cards lived that would only stay a little while. I think it's like how the Card Shop Cards live but more hectic. I think that Pegasus has a big time card selling thing going in the real world. Anyway. He's got the security and the banner too. His reads P.M.S., Pegasus' Monster's Sanctum. But these guards weren't as bad, in that they talked to us. But it was almost as if they were telling you the stuff because they wanted you to know, not because you wanted to."

"Hmmm, interested," Dark mused to himself.

"Well, they told us about the powers of their master. The powers of the item he held. Yep, that's three now. Three items, odd, isn't it. Well, not only did they tell us that, but also that there master's powers include the extraction of human souls... you catching my drift? Master Yugi's grandfather's soul is somewhere in Pegasus' Monsters' Mansion, hotel, resort, oh I don't know... but that's where it is!" Celtic said brightly, happy to have given the best news of all.

"Ahh! Good work you two. Very good job Celtic!" Dark said getting up. "We must bring up that last point when next Master Yami comes to speak with us. Until then we should rest, fore I sense another duel approaching. Be strong friends."

"Heh, we can't leave yet!" Celtic said as Dark got up.

"Why is that?" Dark asked surprised.

"We don't have a name yet you know. We need one too, and Gaia's suggestions sucked."

"Ooookay then," Dark said slowly. "Any suggestions you guys?"

"It's gotta have something with Yugi's name in it.... what's his last name?" Curse asked.

"Moto," Dark said.

"Okay, Yugi Moto's...... hmmm," Curse thought about what next.

"I want it to be an association! It can go at the end... sooo, Yugi Moto's blank Association," Celtic said enthusiastically.

"Ooooooh! Needs something about us! Monsters?" Kuriboh added.

"Nah, beasts, or creatures!" Gaia said.

"We aren't beasts loser," Curse said, hitting Gaia in the back with his tail.

"Fine!" Gaia shot back, sticking out his tongue.

"What about Cards? We are cards, and using it would be more original," Dark said, speaking more to himself than to the others.

"Yeah!" Celtic shouted. "That's great! So Yugi Moto's Card Association! We're the Y.M.C.A.!"

Everyone seemed to like the sound of that. "The Y.M.C.A.!" they are shouted.

Dark turned and started walking then stopped and half turned. "Want to walk back with me Celtic?"

"Sure," Celtic said as he nodded and got up. They walked back to the mansion, talking a little more about Celtic's adventure and the great title they had just worked out.

Hicky: So, was it good?

Trent: Review if you liked it.

Hicky: I'll try to get a couple more chappies up this weekend because there's one I really, really want to write!