Hicky: My my, I just found out how long this is.
Trent: About three times longer than any of your other ones. Four times for more than most.
Hicky: Yeah well this one has lots of cool little things and Teà bashing too! Teà lovers, just ignore the duel and you'll be fine.
Trent: Hicky doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh or the dubbed versions.
Hicky: Okay, I LOVE this chapter so I hope you all do too!
Lakeside Relaxation
Celtic walked out of the mansion and down the stairs, smiling happily at the large turn out, and the many containers of hidden goodies.
"So are we all ready?" Dark asked, taking the leadership role automatically.
"Yes sir!" Celtic and Gaia chimed together.
The large group of about fifty-eight monsters headed to the back of the mansion and began following the path Yami had mentioned. Some of the duelling deck had not come but it seemed that a number of friends from who-knows-where had been invited.
Celtic saw the very familiar guardians and caught up to them. "Heh guys, you came." Celtic looked at the two lovely ladies accompanying them. "Are you going to introduce me to your lady friends?"
"Of coarse," Cee said. He looked over to two of the Harpy Lady Sisters. "Celtic, let me introduce you to Margarine and Blue Berry." The orange haired harpy waved first, and then the spiky, blue hair one.
"Why'd they choose you two?... don't you have another sister?" Celtic asked.
The two harpies giggled. "She wasn't interested in them in the least. She happens to be a lesbian."
"Oh, I see." Celtic was now walking backwards but wasn't moving any slower than he had been before. "So what do you think of my two boys here?"
"What? Are you their pimp?" the sisters asked in unison.
"Yeah, but they won't wear what I tell them too. I keep sawing, 'show some more skin', but they won't listen to me!" Celtic said giving Cee and Gee a disappointed look.
The harpies giggled at Cee and Gee's mortified expressions. "Celtic! Oh gods! Ladies, maybe we should leave the insane Pimp-Master-Elf by himself while we try to win back your respect." Cee glared at Celtic.
Celtic sighed and made his way further up the long row of monsters. "Hi Dark!"
"Hello, where have you been?" Dark asked still looking where he was going.
"I was becoming a pimp!" Celtic said cheerily.
Dark's steps faltered. He looked over at Celtic and continued walking. "You what?"
"No no, not really! I was just messing with some friends and their dates... but it was funny as hell."
Dark looked forward again. "Good, I couldn't ever look at you the same way if that were true."
"What? I'm not pimp material?" Celtic asked puffing out his chest.
Dark punched him lightly, but with enough force to make him cough out the inhaled air. "No you're not."
"Heh, I wanted to ask you about that thing with Master Yami," Celtic said, looking in front, eyes on the path ahead.
Dark tensened but it was not noticeable. "What do you mean?" Dark asked hoping he didn't have to explain the kiss.
"That conversation you two were having, like mind to mind..." Celtic trailed off, angrily remembering how Yami had ordered Dark to kiss him.
"That was private you prying little elf," Dark said smiling.
"Oh, no. I didn't want to know what it was about... just, how do you do that mind conversation thing?"
"Well, it's very easy for two people with any magical abilities, like Yami and myself. It is also easy as long as a spell-caster keeps the connection up. It can also occur between any two monsters, but it's very rare... they have to have a very strong bond, and it doesn't happen often."
"Thus why it would be rare," Celtic said, chuckling.
"Don't be cute!" Dark said hitting Celtic arm.
"But I waaaannnnnntttt tttttoooooo!" Celtic said smiling with his eyes closed, and spinning twice as he walked.
Dark chuckled too. "I meant don't be a smart-mouth." He watched Celtic spin, very gracefully for a warrior. He looked ahead again. "I see the water."
Celtic followed Dark's eyes and there in front of them was the shimmering pink water that Yami had described. Celtic dashed ahead of everyone else and to the water's edge. He looked over to see a pink reflection of himself as he leaned over to test the temperature. His fingers trailed back and forth through the water for a while.
"How is it?" Dark asked from behind.
"It's kinda cool, but nice." He made a small cup with his right hand and brought some water up in it. He turned around and threw it right into the mage's face.
Dark closed his eyes as the liquid hit his face. He closed them tightly then opened them, blinking several times. He pulled up the bottom of his shirt and wiped the water off his face, giving Celtic a good look at his stomach muscles.
Celtic giggled and hopped off to where all the other monsters were setting up very large blankets. Celtic just flopped down, pretty much falling onto the ground. He lay on his back, looking up at a bright purple sky, the soft blades of blue grass tickling his sensitive elven ears. Here were no clouds, not a single wisp, no dark sense of a duel vibe in the air. This place was so very peaceful. He closed his eyes for a moment as a warm breeze passed over him, cause the grass to tickle his ears again. He opened his eyes , seeing a number of faces; Cee, Gee, Gaia, Margarine, Blue Berry, Dark, and also the entire floating body of Kuriboh. "What?" he asked.
"Well, it looked like you just collapsed," Margarine said.
"Oooooh, flippy-floopy elf!" Kuriboh's shrill voice seemed out of place in the peacefulness.
"I'm fine. I mean I feel great! This place is amazing," Celtic's eyes seemed to be dancing.
"It is beautiful," Dark and Blue Berry said in unison. They looked at each other for a moment, then Blue Berry gave him a knowing look. Dark seemed to understand and simply nodded.
Cee and Gee both held out a hand for Celtic, but he didn't take them.
"Who said I wanted to get up?" Celtic asked, looking from one hand to the other.
The two younger guardians just made a quick, impatient shake of their hands and Celtic grabbed then. They heaved him up and they all looked around.
Celtic's eyes fell on quite the arrangement of snacks and good things to eat. "Considering the fact that we don't need food, it's amazing how much I want it."
All Dark heard was the last part. He turned to look at Celtic eyeing the food with desire. "Celtic, you're impossible!"
"I know," Celtic said almost drooling at the display. "But I think we should swim first... I have something in my head saying if you don't wait thirty minutes after eating, before going swimming, you'll cramp up... wait a second..." Celtic turned his head to see Margarine whispering the same thing over and over. The swimming vs eating rule.
Margarine giggled, and went off with Gee. Blue Berry followed, grabbing onto Cee's arm.
"So, swimming first then?" Dark asked again, still watching Celtic's gaze on the food.
"Yeeeaaahhh, oh, I mean yeah. Heh everyone whoever wants to go swimming now, let's go!!!" Celtic yelled to the crowd. He then walked over to a tree and pulled off his shirt, draping it over a low branch. "You gonna join me for a swim?" Celtic asked cocking his head to look at Dark.
Dark nodded and went over to where Celtic stood, taking his shirt off as we made his way there. He placed it on the branch next to Celtic's.
Celtic saw Gee and Gee stripping out of their clothes, along with Margarine, Blue Berry, Mystical Elf and a number of others. Celtic pulled off his boots using his feet and then toed off his socks.
Dark bent down to pull off the shoes he was wearing and his socks as well.
Both monster then moved their attention to their pants, removing them rather quickly. They looked at each other for a moment, recognizing to swim wear that the other wore. "You're costume from Halloween," both said, gawking a bit too much. Celtic stood in his sparkly silver speedo, and Dark was in his red one.
Celtic was the first to pull away, heading toward the green cliffs. He began climbing up the side, and was soon joined by Gaia. At the top they found a part of the cliff that jutted out over the water, below a very large, dark circle. The deep color indicated one of two thinks; the water was either really deep, or was really shallow and you could partially see the bottom. Celtic was about to jump but just an idea. "Heh, Gaia, you can go first."
Gaia moved to where Celtic had been and made a move as if he were going to jump. Then he turned. "Why am I going first?" he asked the waiting elf.
"Oh, because encase that water is really shallow or something, and jumping from this height might seriously injure someone I thought it best that I not be the first to risk my neck." With that both of Celtic hands made contact with Gaia's back as he was pushed.
Gaia flailed about as he fell through the air, a good twenty feet before breaking the surface of the lake. After a few seconds he came back up. "Piece of shit elf!" Gaia yelled angrily.
"Now dive down and see if you can reach the bottom," Celtic ordered from his high perch.
Gaia obeyed, for what reason he did not know. He swam down for as long as he could, until his lungs began to protest the lack of oxygen. He surfaced, gasping for air. When he caught his breath enough he looked up angrily. "It's deep, really deep, I never hit the bottom." Gaia swam off to the side. "The water beacons Lord Pimp-Master-Elf!"
"You heard about that?" Celtic asked, a bit pissed off, a little embarrassed.
"Yeah! Are you coming or are you scared?!" Gaia was now sitting, some kind of ledge under the water was circling the entire deep part of the lake.
"Afraid! Me? Never!" Celtic took a few steps back, then ran, and jumped at the edge. He bent at the waist and went down towards the water, hands clasped together above his head, feet pointed perfectly. His form was that of an olympic diver. When he hit the water there was barely a splash, that seemed illogical considering that muscular body had hit with such force.
A few monster had caught Celtic's dive. They waited until he surface and then began to clap.
Celtic blushed, looking around. He swam over to the edge of the deep water and climbed onto the under-water ledge. He walked along it, watching the edges through the pinky water. Then stepped onto the bank and again made his way up the cliff side.
Dark hadn't caught the first dive. He was trying to deal with Mystical Elf. She had draped herself over this right arm and was mumbling something about how fantastic he was. Her two piece suit, which was obviously suppose to get his attention wasn't doing anything. He shook his arm but she didn't get off, and she kept blabbering.
Dark watched as Celtic climbed up the cliff and took up his spot at the ledge's edge. This time he added a perfect flip to his dive, his water-slick body sparkling in the light, like stars all over his body. To Dark he seemed to be defying gravity, seeming to hover in the air longer than he should have. Dark wanted to hold him there, where he was. He wanted to use his powers and stop the elf in the air, having time to examine his perfect form and his perfect body. He almost did but found that he could not concentrate enough to pull it off with the elven spell-caster cooing is his ear.
Celtic hoped Dark had seen him. He wasn't showing off for everyone, just the mage. He did enjoy the many applause though; it felt good to be appreciated. Celtic swam over to the rim and sat down. The water was cool and soothing, but now it just felt normal. Even getting out of the water made him feel chilly for a moment. He kicked off the rim and swam out into the rest of the lake. This felt great.
Other monster had gone into the water, many taking the slow and stupid process of walking in, slowly getting use to the it. Cee and Gee were in the shallow ends near the shore, but it was obvious it wasn't because they were getting used to the water. They, along with Margarine and Blue Berry were soaking wet, the four of them in an enormous splashing war. The harpies seemed to be winning, since they could throw so much more water with the help of their wings. Celtic back-stroked around a bit, but almost went under went he saw Dark. Something deep in his gut seized up as he saw Mystical Elf draped all over him, one leg bent at the knee, foot in the air. 'Little slut,' Celtic thought angrily at her. He looked to Dark as he treaded water. He didn't seem very amused in what Mystical Elf was doing, in all truth see seemed pretty damn turned off.
Blue Berry had left the water fight and had went over to the blue skinned elf. "Hey hey!" she said happily.
"Hi!" Mystical Elf greeted her, resting her head on Dark's shoulder.
"You wanna join us? It's so much fun!" Blue Berry exclaimed. "And I think the boys need some help." She giggled.
Mystical Elf turned to look at Dark, waiting for him to give her permission.
Dark nodded, resisting the temptation to just shove her away. He was usually fairly nice. Dark gave Blue Berry a very gratified look as Mystical Elf went off to join in the water fray.
"Ahhh," Dark sighed, more than relieved to be rid of his female doter. What a problem she was becoming. Along with Yami monster would start to think he was bi, but he had no attraction to females whatsoever. He wasn't stupid, he could see when females were pretty, like Mystical Elf was, but he felt absolutely nothing for them. He slowly started walking into the water. He was trying to figure out the best way to tell the elf-maiden the simple, and quite obvious truth.
Celtic saw Mystical Elf leave and the knot in the pit of his stomach diminished. He watched as Dark began his way into the pink lake, brow knitted in concentration. 'Why is he thinking so hard? This is a break,' Celtic thought as an idea clicked in his head. He swan off to the side, got out of the water and walked onto the bank behind Dark. He slowing placed one foot into the water and then his other. He began slowly sneaking up behind the mage. He listen carefully, making sure that even his elven ears would not hear his steps through the water. Closer and closer he got. His target now standing in the water half way up his thighs. Celtic took a few more careful strides before he pounced. He used his obvious surprise attack, and all his weight to tackle and knock over the purple hair monster.
Dark lost all train of thought as something ploughed into him. Arms around his torso, body on his back, water now everywhere; chilly and refreshing, but the fact that all the wind got knocked out of him before he went under wasn't that great. His head broke the surface just enough to cough and suck in air. He stood up and looked around but something in the water grabbed his legs, pulling them from under him and causing him to fall once again.
Celtic popped his head up to get a big breath before totally submerging himself under the water once more. His target tried to get up a second time but was only allowed a quick breath before being dragged under once more. Celtic had wrested his prey into shallower water and he could now kneel and get a breath.
Dark struggled under the mystery attacker's grip, but tried not to panic. It was difficult to stay calm when you were continually being dragged under water. He was allowed another breath, still not getting a glance at who or what was so intent on this under water battle.
Celtic let the mage have a breath after he had had his own, but then quickly pulled his head under the surface. Celtic straddled his prey's hips, and held his hand above his head. After a few seconds the struggling stopped and Celtic smirked. He lowered his face down through the water, eyes open, until he could make out Dark's face.
Dark stopped struggling. There was no point; his attacker too powerful, and he couldn't cast a strong enough spell under water. He opened his eyes, trying to get a look at what the hell was attacking him. Slowing something came towards him. A face, feline eyes, purple tattooed cheeks, and green-blond hair dancing in the water..... Celtic. Dark's eyes went considerably wider once he realised the sweet little, child-like elf was the one who seemed intent on keeping him from breathing.
Celtic smirked at Dark's expression. It looked to him like Dark thought he wanted him dead. It was funny.
Dark saw the smirk, and it didn't look all too friendly, but it could just be his imagination. He then got another surprise as Celtic brought his face closer, nuzzling his nose again Dark's, in an eskimo kiss. His arms were released and he could feel Celtic's weight lifting off his body. He squirmed the rest of the way out, pulling his head up above the water. He breathed in air, panting slightly.
Celtic surfaced too, a smirk still playing on his face.
"What the hell were you trying to do?!" Dark asked, still panting.
"Playing," Celtic said simply. He cocked his head at Dark. "I thought I let you have enough air... you shouldn't be panting like that..."
"It's nothing... guess I just thought you wanted to kill me or something.... how is that playing?" Dark asked, although, some of it had been fun.
"I enjoyed myself," Celtic said simply before kicking off and into deeper water.
Dark remained in the cool water. I helped out a certain part of him that had reacted to Celtic's aggressiveness. He smiled as he watched Celtic swimming around, popping under the water, often seeing the silver of his speedo before he went under.
Celtic seemed to love the water, and everything about it. He had a natural grace, like it was his element. He knew no part of him was fish or marine-type, but he felt some kind of connection to it. He swam happily under the surface, quite deep, holding his breath for large amounts of time. He would then pop up and take a few deep breaths before going under again.
Dark sat now up to his chin in the water. It felt really good. He stretched out his legs but recoiled them when he felt something like a fish nip at his toes. It tickled. He stretched them out again only to gain many more little fishy nibbles. But somehow they were unlike a fish, something odd about them. Just then water splashed everywhere and when he open his eyes Celtic was practically in his lap.
"Thought I was a fish didn't you!?" he asked excitedly but half swam, half scurried off before he got an answer.
Dark looked a little surprised, realising that it had been Celtic playing with his toes, and with his mouth for that matter. Dark swooned slightly and fell back into the water. That brought him back, as well as the oh-so-annoying female voice of his blue skinned "girl friend". "Go away!" he moaned into the water, bubbles were all that could be heard.
"How have you been my sweet little candy of darkness? Has Celtic been a bother?" she asked.
'Ahhh, her voice is so absolutely sickingly sweet,' Dark sighed mentally as he looked up at her. He knew this had gone to far. She was giving him pet names and calling him hers. "Mystical Elf-"
"Call my Misty sweetheart," she said smiling.
"I don't think I should, and I don't think you should be giving me pet names," Dark said looking at her seriously.
"But why?" Mystical Elf asked, genuinely confused.
"We aren't a couple. You just seem to be so, I don't know, ga-ga over me that you've driven it all out of proportion."
Mystical Elf looked sad, and disbelieving at the same time.
"I'm sorry but I can't change the way I feel... You are very pretty but you don't exactly have what I'm looking for in a significant other," Dark continued, looking her straight in the eyes.
"I don't understand..." She trailed off for a moment. "What could I not have?" She asked mostly to herself.
"A dick," Dark offered.
"No! You're not! You can' be!" She almost wailed.
"I'm not what? Gay? You saw me kiss Yami, or did you just cut that out of the picture?" Dark asked, a bit of anger in his voice.
"But I- I-I-," she couldn't get anything out.
"Mystical Elf, listen to me. You can't think of this as real rejection. It's not like you can compete against the guys. And I'm not blaming you for anything. I just want you to understand that I am definitely not the guy you should be going for." He reached out his hand and took hers.
"You seemed so perfect, so right, and Celtic, he's so good looking too. I almost went for him, but he's gay, your gay, everyone's gay!" she said, but she wasn't angry.
"Gaia isn't gay," Dark offered.
"Gaia's as dumb as that flying fur-ball pet of his!" Mystical Elf said hotly, but then began to laugh. "Ahh, I'll be fine. You're right though, I couldn't compete with the boys I mean hell, I'm glad I don't look like a boy, no offence, but I like me!" She smiled and kissed Dark's cheek. "Thanks for stopping me before I somehow had us married." She laughed and walked off.
'Oh gods, could you imagine yourself married... to her... Well, at least it's over now eh Dark?' He thought to himself. He looked around, scanning the lake. No Celtic, no Cee, and no Gee. Mystical Elf was now hanging around with the two harpy girls, chatting merrily, probably about some gossip. He saw them all look at him and he waved. They giggled and turned back to each other. 'Girls are silly,' Dark thought. Still no Celtic popping up for air.
'Mystical Elf?' Dark sent a mental message to her.
Mystical Elf turned from the conversation and looked at him. 'Yeah, what's up?' She asked, going from 'Dark your so hot' to 'Dark let's be friends' and he had broken it off with her.
'Can you ask Margarine and Blue Berry where their dates went off too?'
'Yeah sure....' she asked her new friends and then looked back. 'They said that they swam off with Celtic somewhere, some sort of Secret Guardian thing or something.'
Dark nodded and ended their chat. He wondered what Celtic was up to.
Celtic had found some sort of weird cave and had gone to Cee and Gee to show them. Now all three elves were in the cave. The entrance had been under water but not deep, and Celtic had gone it first, making sure it was safe. The three of them clamoured onto the surface of the cave floor.
"It's soft-" Cee started.
"- and squishy," Gee ended. They both pressed their fingers into what looked like stone.
"I know," Celtic said lying back into the surface.
"I know what this stuff is," Cee said as he examined it closer. "All this little silver colored flecks, and the fact that's it's quite warm in here, yeah, it's got to be..." he trailed off.
"Are you going to tell us what it is?" Gee asked impatiently.
"Oh, sorry... it's Siflet," he said as he looked from the floor to the sides of the cavern and then to the roof.
Gee went over and squished his hand into the wall. "It's everywhere."
"What are you looking at Cee?" Celtic asked when Cee had been looking up for some time.
"See all those holes? Like air vents... See the light from the outside shining through them?" Cee asked, barely knowing what it was he was saying.
"Yeah...." Celtic said slowly. "What about them?"
"Siflet reacts to two types of light. That from the stars and that from the moon. When either of those lights shines through those holes it would cause the Siflet patches that were hit to start glowing silver, and then it would reflect onto all of the other bits as well, until this whole place was glowing a soft silver."
"Oh yeah, and it always stays this nice temperature, never warmer, never cooler," Gee added.
"You've been listening to me I see," Cee said giving Gee a look that meant 'I think that's a first'.
Celtic smiled wistfully. "It sounds so romantic..." he trailed off.
"Yeah, it would be, and just think how comfy it would be in here too. I mean, this Siflet stuff feels like a hard mattress and it's velvety to the touch..." Gee trailed off as he caught Celtic's trance like gaze.
"What's up with you speedo pimp?" Cee asked, snapping his fingers in Celtic's face.
"I call it!" he yelped.
"You what?" both the younger elves asked in unison.
"I want this place to be mine, and no one elses," Celtic said, relapsing into his daydream.
Cee looked at Gee, and Gee nodded. "What you wanna do with it?" Gee asked even thought he already knew.
"Bring someone here, eventually..." Celtic trailed off again.
"Yeah, fine. I don't think any girls would believe me into coming in here. Wouldn't trust me enough. But I'm sure you could coax a few guys into your little trap Pimp-Master-Elf," Cee said. No response from Celtic. Cee looked over at Gee.
Gee nodded and grabbed Celtic's head, shoving it into the watery entrance.
Celtic shot back up. "We going?" he asked. They nodded. Celtic half slid, half dove into the water and made his way back out into the lake. Everyone was now on the grass or the blankets.
Celtic scurried out of the water and was heading for the blankets when a pocket of bright colors caught his attention. There were a number of flowers and one just seemed to be drawing him to it. It's petals were an assortment of purples, identical to those on a certain monster's duelling attire. Celtic marched himself over to the flower patch and plunked down before it.
Dark watched Celtic walking over to something in a silly manner. "Celtic, be careful won't you," he called to the elf.
Celtic turned his head. He waved casually as if to disregard what Dark had said. "I'm just looking at some flowers."
Dark tried to see what plants Celtic had found but with him in the way it was impossible. He got up slowly and began walking to where Celtic was. "Some plants are dangerous you know..." He trailed off as he saw Celtic reaching for a stem.
Celtic only partially heard Dark. The flower was so pretty. It's bloom so big and lush; the color so appealing. He reached out to pick it, but because of the large petals he couldn't seen the thorns. They were sharp and thin, piercing his skin easily and getting quite deep. Celtic recoiled his hand very quickly, wailing from the pain.
"Celtic!" Dark's breath caught in his throat. He looked at the flower. "Dammit Celtic, the only poison one here and you had to try and pick it." He knelt down beside the whimpering warrior.
Celtic whined. It hurt so much. "Why does it hurt- arrrgggg," he wailed clutching his finger.
"I told you, poison, strong poison," Dark looked again at the plant. "And at this stage of maturity, it'll work fast."
"Well, snap your fingers and fix it!" Celtic practically ordered.
"Magical won't have any effect-"
"Then what's going to happen to me?" Celtic asked, beginning to get scared.
Dark took Celtic's hand in his, looking to find that small prick, a small droplet of blood. "I won't let anything happen," he said softly as he took Celtic's injured finger into his mouth, beginning to suck out the poison.
Celtic looked on and the pain slowly retreated. He watched Dark; his eyes were closed, his hands gently holding Celtic's injured one. He could feel the mages soft lips and the hot wetness of his mouth. He could feel Dark's tongue doing things that surely didn't help extract the plants venom. It felt so good. He started closing his own eyes as the pain in his finger, hand, and arm were masked by pleasure felt everywhere else in his body.
Dark tried not to smirk as he worked. True the plant was poisonous, but not to the extent that he had made it seem. It would have causes the elf's whole right arm to hurt for about ten minutes. and then go numb for a day. It would have been a bother if he needed to duel but nothing serious. Dark had to admit how much he was enjoying himself, and how much he was trying not to think about other things on which he could perform his services.
Celtic's free hand fell to the ground, trying to steady himself. It took all his willpower not to just moan. 'Oooooh, for the sake of Ra! Next time I'm pricking something else! I don't care how much it hurts before this!'
Dark knew he was finished extracting the poison, that no more was in the elf body. He disappointedly removed Celtic's finger from his mouth, but kept his lips closed around it. "Better?" Dark asked looking at Celtic's body language and spitting the venom/saliva concoction onto the ground.
Celtic tried to find some way to fix his present predicament. First of all he just belly-flopped onto the grass. He looked at his finger, then up at Dark. "It hurt so much. But now... thank you."
Dark smiled at him. "Can't have Yami's second favorite monster dying on us can we?" he chuckled.
deet- time to piss you off -deet
Yugi was having a breakdown. The spirit he had before trusted so much had scared him and now he was trying to figure everything out. Yugi couldn't understand why he had been so pressed to win. Had it all been for his sake? For him and his grandfather?
Teà took it upon herself to save Yugi. When Mai had tried to give Yugi five Star Chips to enter the castle, and Yugi had done nothing, Teà stepped in to challenge the female duellist.
A very nervous Teà made the first move of the all-girl-duel, playing Petit Angel in attack mode.
Mai, being very over confident and lucky played Harpy Lady and also a card face down. Mai sent her Harpy Lady to attack the flying butter-ball and destroyed it from the field.
Teà played Fairy's Gift and Waboku face down since she couldn't remember what the card did. The oh-so-scary Fairy's Gift attacked the Harpy, but Mai flipped up her magic card, Rose Whip, increasing her Harpy's attack power and making it more than enough to take out Teà's fairy monster.
Shining Friendship was played by Teà, as a symbol of their on-going, never ending, oh gods why won't her rants end, friendship. She mumbled something about how the fat round sphere with tiny wings had that cowardly lion courage of Joey's, the 'if they don't listen beat it into them' spirit of Tristan's, and that great big chipmunk heart that was Yugi's. Thankfully Teà did not deem herself worthy to be mentioned.
Mai could have cared less about the spherical monster that would have had a better job as a kick ball and sent her Harpy Lady to attack. But then in a miraculous memory recovery move, Teà actually remember what her trap card did and played it. Waboku's effect, taking Mai's attack points down to zero, saving Teà's fat fairy from the Harpy's whip.
Teà played Silver Bow and Arrow, equipping in onto Shining Friendship, and also her favorite card, Magician of Faith, face down, in defence mode.
Mai played another trademark card of hers, Cyber Shield, which raised her attack by 500 points. She also played De-Spell to relieve the round fairy of it's weapon as it made a face. Harpy Lady was sent to attack the Magician of Faith, thankfully destroying it from the field.
Teà began crying, but told everyone that she had never felt stronger and that she was going to win. Since her Magician had been sent to the graveyard, Teà could now retrieve a card, choosing the Silver Bow and Arrow. She played the bow weapon and another magic card, Elf's Light, on Shinning Friendship making his attack power 2000. The Elf's Light card also changed the butter-ball that had been referred to through the entire duel as a he, into a flat-chested humanoid monster with long green hair and a dress to match.
Mai, thinking she was beyond smart went for an attack, but when Teà played another magic card, seeming to break about fifty rules, her Harpy's armour was lost and Teà's cross-dressing boy fairy took her out. Mai being the actually friend she is, surrendered to Teà, the pathetic excuse for a duellist, and gave up the promised Star Chips.
deet- yay that's over! -deet
Dark got up from his crouching position and headed back to the blankets. He stopped shortly after he had left and looked back at Celtic who was still lying stomach down in the grass. "Aren't you coming?"
'Say what?' Celtic thought, obviously thinking too much with what he was trying to hide. "Huh?"
"I said, are you coming? It's time for all the snacks," Dark waited for an answer.
"Oh, sure. I'm be there in a minute." 'Calm down, breath... think of something that you hate... my attack power in the real world.... okay, better.... Twilight leaving me at the dance, mmmm, the dancing, dammit.... oh, I got it! Mystical Elf in that slutty two-piece...! Perfect, all better!' Celtic got up and made his way over to the yummy treats, grabbing his towel on the way.
Dark was already lying on his front, on the blanket when Celtic walked up. 'What took him so long? Did I not say something about food?' Dark chuckled to himself.
"What's so funny?" Celtic said taking up a spot next to the mage. He wrapped his towel around his waist while he was kneeling, then lowered the rest of himself onto the nice, soft blanket.
"Oh, nothing," Dark replied. "Well, what do you think?"
"Holy Cra-... Oh my gods!" Celtic looked at all the great stuff there was to eat; hotdogs, carrot sticks, pickles, olives, bananas, oranges, peaches, hard boiled eggs, and even popsicles. 'Please say I'm not the only one seeing all this as something else....' "Eeep," Celtic said aloud without realising it.
"What is it?" Dark asked looking to the elf. 'Wonder if he noticed how many of these things are like phallic symbols,' Dark thought.
"Oh, umm, it's nothing. I'm just hungry."
"We don't get hungry," Dark said grabbing some carrot sticks.
"Well, then we don't get full!" Celtic laughed as he grabbed a hotdog.
"Actually, I think we would get full.... I mean our bodies can't just hold ev...er...y...thing," Dark lost his trail of speech at Celtic stuffed more than half of the hotdog into his mouth before biting down. There was also a loud crunch as his teeth clenched together over the carrot stick he had been about to eat.
Celtic chewed on his food, then popped the remaining part of the hotdog into his mouth. After he was finished he looked over a Dark who was staring at him, eyes wide, mouth open. He also saw that his bit of carrot had fallen out. "Dark, don't gape, you're losing your food," Celtic said as he picked up the carrot bit and lofted it into Dark's mouth. He apologized after Dark had stopped choking on it.
"Maybe you are hungry..." Dark said. "Considering how fast that hotdog went down."
Celtic smiled then reached for something else. "Yummy," he said after eating some of everything.
"How does it all fit?" Dark asked poking Celtic's bare stomach.
"Dark! Ah! That tickles! Stop it!" Celtic swatted at Dark's hands as he laughed.
"Celtic!"
Celtic looked up to see Cee and Gee, as well as Margarine and Blue Berry. "What do you guys want?" Celtic asked.
"Well, you did say to bring treats... but I don't know if you got enough room for anything else..." Cee trailed off but expected Celtic to disagree.
"No no! I have plenty of room! What did you bring?" Celtic asked eagerly.
Gee drug up two huge baskets. "Thanks for the help Cee!" he said sarcastically.
"No problem."
"Arg... Okay," Gee stood between the baskets and cleared his throat. "To please our friend Celtic, who has a very sweet tooth, we give you basket number one, strawberries, and basket number two, cherries! Natures candies!" Gee opened both containers to show the perfect fruit inside.
"And we have something too!" Blue Berry added.
"We have a dip!" Margarine added something else.
"What kind of a dip do you put on fruit?" Dark asked, only to realise the answer soon after.
"Chocolate of coarse!" the harpies said together, while stepping to the side to reveal the punch bowl of warm dipping chocolate.
Celtic's eyes were sparkling. "Mmmmmm," he moaned. He took a strawberry and took a bite. His eyes rolled back and he fell into the blanket. He nuzzled it with the side of his face. "Ooooh, soooo, goooood," he continued moaning.
"Celtic!" Gee said angrily.
"Whhhhaaaaattttt?" Celtic lulled.
"Don't eat anymore before we go wash them!" Celtic tried to reach for another but the younger guardians heaved the baskets away and down to the lake side.
"Ohh," Celtic whined.
"They're coming back in a second," Dark said. He laughed finding Celtic's desire for the fruit very entertaining.
Celtic rolled his face back and forth on the blanket then finally stopped to look at Dark. "Have you tasted one of those?" he asked, everything in his voice said that they were beyond description.
"They're just fruits!" Dark said.
"Yeah, well, technically, so are we." Celtic chuckled.
"Too true," Dark said. 'Too bad I have to win you over after that Twilight fiasco.'
"But you know what?... they taste better!" Celtic stopped chuckling when the berries and cherries were being brought back.
Both Celtic and Dark thought the same thing at exactly the same time. 'I bet he tastes better than any fruit.'
{Hicky: How many of you think that with the addition of these berries, cherries, and chocolate, that these two will get together? Well, not yet! So just enjoy what there is!}
Celtic grabbed another berry. He put a bit of it in his mouth, holding it between his top teeth and his tongue. He grabbed at the green, leafy calyx with his finger tips. He took a small bite of the berry then pulled it away from his lips, then poked out his tongue to lick up the sweet juices.
'I'm in heaven,' Dark thought as he watched the elf. Dark wondered if Celtic knew how seductive he was being.
Celtic kept doing it; taking a tiny bite, and licking away the juice, again and again. He finally finished his second strawberry. He went to grab another. He held this one in his lips as he tried to pull the calyx away from the red fruit. He giggled around the strawberry when he couldn't do it, but kept trying. He hungrily finished it off. "Mmmmmm," he moaned again.
Dark swallowed hard. He looked over to were his towel was, way over on the tree branch with his clothes. He lifted his hand and floated his towel to it. He then wrapped it around himself quickly and returned to watching Celtic and his berries.
Celtic was propped up on his elbows, eying a very large strawberry. He was trying to pick off one of the seeds. Once he had succeeded he popped it in his mouth and swallowed.
"What are you doing?" Dark asked after the tattooed warrior ate the one seed all by itself.
"I swallowed the seed," Celtic stated, then looked up as if thinking about what he had just said.
'Let's hope you can handle more than one at a time-' Dark slapped the side of his face.
"What the heck?" Celtic asked, hearing a skin against skin sound. "Did you just slap yourself?"
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Because," Dark said rolling onto his back, and closer to Celtic at the same time.
Celtic cocked his head to the side. "Okay then." He picked out another berry, this one still very wet. He shook it but there was still too much wet on it. Again he grabbed the calyx, but this time he put the whole strawberry in his mouth, then slowly, almost too slowly, pulled it out between closed lips. While he was doing this he had also been giving Dark a very subtle 'why don't you come a bit closer' kind of look. He finished and quickly got another. The damp skin made the fruit glisten and again Celtic held the very tip in his mouth. He ran the very tips of his fingers from his lips, all the way up the body of the fruit, and finally caught the leafy calyx between them. He slow chewed and nibbled at the berry. "Dark, you haven't tried any," Celtic said, some disapproval in his voice.
"Fine, I'll-"
"No, here," Celtic said dangling one above his lips, his forearm resting on the mage's chest.
Dark open his mouth a bit, not more than to just let the tip of the fruit past his lips. He swirled his tongues around it before he attacked it with his teeth. He chewed and swallowed, then looked up at Celtic. "More," he said simply.
Celtic smiled as he lowered the berry further into Dark's mouth, watching him take a bite here and there, or flick his tongue out at the juice.
"It is good," Dark said quietly, his eyes half closed. He could have sworn that this was a dream.
"I told you!" Celtic said slapping the mages stomach, which made him cough.
"Ack!... heh, what about the chocolate?"
"Oh yeah," Celtic said, eyes eagerly finding it. He took another berry and scooped it through the chocolate. He rolled over on his back and went to take a bite of his chocolate covered strawberry when a fairly nice size portion of the sweet brown substance fell onto his chest.
Dark watched as Celtic took obviously too much chocolate, and watched it fall, just as he had suspected. He closed his eyes, imagining himself helping Celtic take care of that little mess. He thought about himself leaning over and licking it off the elf well toned chest, lapping it up until there was nothing left. He snapped out of it when he heard Celtic gasp. "What?"
"I-it's nothing," Celtic said but there was something in his eye. He ran his finger through the chocolate and brought it to his mouth. He could have sworn he felt something a moment ago, warm and tingly over his chest where the chocolate had fallen. He looked over at Dark; it had felt like magic. 'But him and Yami...' Celtic trailed off. He knew it would be very hard to get the mage to fall for him if he already had their master to play with.
Dark went to grab a cherry. Celtic had been flirting long enough, it was his turn. He bit into the skin causing the juices to spill out. He lapped them up with the tip of his tongue. He bit away a portion of it and then sucked out the pit. He finished off the fruit and hurried through another.
"Can you do that stem trick?" Celtic asked as he put one in his mouth and attempted to knot it.
Dark put both steams in his mouth, and within ten seconds he pulled them out, a knot in each.
Celtic swallowed and ended up choking on the stem in his mouth. He coughed and gagged but ended up swallowing it. "Ack."
Dark chuckled at the elf, knowing he wasn't going to choke to death. He took a few more cherries and did slightly seductive things with them. 'Damn, how did Celtic do it so easily? He had the easy fruit, damn,' Dark thought.
"Heh!" a monster exclaimed. Everyone turned their attention to Gaia. "Cherry Tug-o-War!"
"What?" quite a few monsters questioned.
"Okay. You like take two cherries... like theses, that are attached... right?, okay... and then you get two monsters... ah... can someone come up here to demonstrate with me?... good thanks... okay, so each one of us gets one cherry in their teeth..." Gaia now had to manage speaking with a cherry in his mouth. "So you have to pull on the cherry and get the knot bit on your side. And if your stem comes off your cherry you lose!" Gaia then yanked off his cherry and ate it. "What does everyone think?"
"Fun!" Celtic sang. Cee, Gee, Margarine, Blue Berry, and Mystical Elf agreed as well.
"Okay! All monsters are playing! If you don't want to, just lose on purpose and it's all over for you okay?... so, warriors, and fiends over here! Spell-casters, fairy-types and elementals that-a-way," Gaia said pointing. "Oh! And you can only use your mouths!!!!"
Celtic bounded up and over to where he would begin competing.
Dark got up slower and lazily made his way to where the other spell-casters were gathering.
After five minutes more than half of the monsters had gone back to eating and talking with each other. None of them had wanted to play in the first place. Others were just figuring out the perfect strategies, and some were relying on pure luck.
Celtic was moving up the ranks in his group as was Dark in his. Would that mean that they would face off at the end? Celtic was now up against Blue Berry. He made an really strange face and she just fell over laughing. Dark was working on a more strategic way of winning. He eyed his opponents fruit until they had broken most of the stem away from the cherry themselves, then he tugged and won his match.
Minute after minute of Cherry Tug-o-War passed until there was a winner in the two groups. Gaia stepped forward. "May I have your attention please! Will Celtic Guardian please stand up. Will Dark Magician please stand up. These two are our finalist and will now face off! What a spectacular event this will be. Tell me Celtic, what is your strategy?"
Celtic opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by two harpies in the audience. "THIS!" they cried as they made two of the most ridiculous faces, then began laughing hysterically along with Cee and Gee.
"And what about you Dark?"
"And why would I give my strategy away before I've finished competing?" Dark asked looking at Gaia who seemed to think he was an announcer of some sort.
"Ah, spoken like a true competitor! Now, both of you, on your knees. Let's have a clean fight, no squirting juice in your opponents eyes-"
"Ahh shucks," Celtic said while snapping his fingers.
"Alright," Gaia held the cherries for the two monsters to grab. "Ready, set, GO!" He leapt off and began circling the pair, as if he was the referee of a boxing match.
Celtic started off by making a face, but Dark didn't even crack a smile. Celtic frowned around the fruit in his mouth, he'd have to try a bit harder in this one.
Dark just eyed the stem but Celtic wasn't pulling at his fruit at all. He looked up into Celtic's feline eyes which were only three inches from his. Both narrowed their eyes.
Celtic growled lightly, still trying to figure out how to win. He moved his face closer suddenly and Dark pulled away. Celtic was happy when some tension hit the stems and caused the edges around Dark's stem to fray.
Dark realised this too, and found that his strategy was blown. He narrowed his eyes again, but they went back to their regular size when an idea popped into his head. Dark judged how far away the knot was, and how strong the stem was. Then he thrust his head forward and gripped down on the stem with his teeth. He could feel the knot with his tongue. He winked at the surprised elf as he bit down hard on the stem and pulled it way. He smiled, the stem still poking out from between his lips.
Celtic dropped his cherry to yell, "You cheater!!" And with that he pounced on top of the mage.
"Oh! Ladies and Gentlemon! I don't know how to call this one! Remember the rules people! Mouths only," Gaia said still circling. Everyone else was cheering. Who would have thought an idea of Gaia's would have been a big hit.
Celtic glared at Gaia before he looked back at Dark. "You cheated!" he said again. "I'm gonna win this!"
"And how are you going to do that?" Dark asked, having a bit of trouble with the cherry still in his mouth.
Celtic narrowed his eyes at the mage, then quickly moved so that his face was right over Dark's. "Like this," he said before attacking Dark's mouth with his own.
'For the sake of Ra!' Dark mentally exclaimed as Celtic made his move to win the match. 'Determined isn't he.' He could feel Celtic forcing his mouth open, and fishing for the knotted stems. He could tell how determined Celtic was to win the Tug-o-War and because of that he couldn't take any enjoyment from what he was doing. He struggled against the elf's attack since naturally he wanted to win too, but along with the rest of him, Celtic's mouth was stronger and when he pulled away it was he who held the knotted stem between his teeth.
"I WIN!" Celtic shouted happily, but eyed Dark as if suspecting a counter attack.
Gaia stood waiting as well. The crowd was hushed.
"I concede," Dark said raising his hand slightly.
"Yeah yeah! I win!" Celtic said before eating the cherry. He cocked his head to the side to his own thoughts. 'That was in Dark's mouth... my tongue was in Dark's mouth....' Celtic grinned happily. He then went back to where he had been before and continued munching on fruit.
"Gaia, you dumb-ass. Come here," Curse yelled from over by the lake. He was swishing his tail in the water. He hadn't gone human-form because he hadn't been able to play his prank on Gaia yet.
Gaia made his way over to the dragon. "Yeah?"
"You see what I mean about them?" he asked, tossing his head toward the elf and the mage.
"Aren't they together yet?!" Gaia asked in shock.
"No they aren't and personally I think it's taking them too long... I mean, everyone else sees it, or should see it."
"Mystical Elf didn't seem to notice. Like, she was all swoon-y over Dark," Gaia said, he attention going to the blue skinned elf for a moment.
"Yeah well... She isn't the brightest color in the rainbow," Curse said sighing.
"Both literally-"
"- and figuratively." Cee and Gee and picked up the conversation with their sensitive ears and decided to come join in.
"What do you want?" Curse asked, a little rudely.
"You're talking about Celtic right, well-"
"- he's our friend... So what you planning?" Cee had begun and Gee had ended.
"Actually I wanted to..." he leaned in and quietly mentioned his plan to the three warriors.
"I don't see it," Gee said looking at Celtic and Dark who were so obviously flirting with each other.
"That's because you're as smart as Mystical Elf," Cee said. He then turned his attention back to Curse. "I think I have a better way of knocking them out... since I don't think Gaia's way of hitting them over the head would have been appreciated."
"You mean that sweet thing you give me when I'm insane and talking too much and you want me to shut up so you give me one and I fall asleep in under a minute?" Gee asked.
"Yeah... I have some with me... Gee, here," Cee said while taking one out. He then handed it to Gee who ate it immediately and walked over to the blankets... he quickly fell asleep. "And that is my demo... shall I go offer them too our unsuspecting targets?"
"Dude, you're like twistedly cool!" Gaia said, sounding even dumber than Mystical Elf.
Curse nodded and waited while Cee went to give his "candies" to the two monsters. "Hmm," he thought. "Now what poses shall I have you put them in?...."
Gaia looked at him. "You want me to pose them?!"
"Well, yes... you have hands... I'm thinking something that will make them freak out when they wake up..." Curse laughed quite evilly and Gaia soon joined.
"They're out," Cee said as he walked back. "Come on, we got all the time we need, but even I want to see the results of this little prank."
The three monsters headed over to began their mischief. Curse began giving directions, "Alright, first of all move them closer together... and their faces have to be just close enough so that when they wake up they'll be in focus."
"You have this planned fairly well... pull a lot of pranks?" Cee asked as he and Gaia did as they were told.
"Yes I do... now Cee, wrap Dark's leg around Celtic's, and move their lower bodies closer too... okay, now I want Celtic's hand on Dark's ass... hehehe, good.... and his other one just as a head rest.... oh, and I want Dark's hand to be around on Celtic's back, and the other to be holding his cheek, like he's going to kiss him-"
"Yikes Curse! Ever thought of making porn?!" Gaia asked. He was having a bit of a hard time moving two guys into a pre-sex/post-sex pose considering he was slightly homophobic.
"Yeah sure... I got something going... You're the star Gaia, and Kuriboh's your little sex toy!" Curse said before laughing very hard.
Gaia cringed. "That is the scariest bloody thing I have ever heard in my entire life!"
"How does that look?" Cee asked the insect-looking dragon.
"Hmmm, I don't know.... we need gay or girl input..." Curse, being straight, couldn't tell if the poses that he had put the two in were sexy or not.
"Hold on... I'll get Margarine and Blue Berry... and I have to wake Gee up for this." Cee walked off to get the girls and wake up his comrade.
The harpies giggled. "Okay, just.... remove their towels and put one of them over them so that they look like their naked!"
"Oh sis! You're terrible! What we should do is that, but actually make them naked!" Margarine said happily.
"Girls, girls, now let's not go overboard here. They aren't a couple, we're just trying to help things along," Cee said and the wrapped his arms around the two harpy's shoulders.
"Oh my! Not a couple! Uh oh!" the two ladies said in unison.
"Wake 'em up! Wake 'em up!" Gee chanted, now fully brought back from his nap.
Curse nodded and Cee made his way over with something very much like smelling salts. He wafted the substance under the sleeping monsters noses them stepped back to watch with the others.
Celtic and Dark slowly came out of the slumbers. Eyes still closed they both seemed to notice that something strange had happened. Celtic felt his hand on something and moved it; sliding his hand down and then grabbing slightly, then he realised what, or rather where his hand was and his eyes flew open to meet icy blue irises.
In half shock Dark went to move his leg but found it trapped around Celtic's, and his arm was circled around to the elf's back. Their bodies were extremely close, touching in quite a few places. Dark saw feline eyes grow larger still as Dark's hand on his cheek moved. Realisation hit them at about the same time and they tumbled off to the sides quickly before turning and eying each other, each grabbing a towel that they knew had been around their waists before. Suspicious looks changed once they heard the roar of laughter and looked to see not just Cee, Gee, Curse, Gaia, Margarine and Blue Berry, but also a large number of other monster. They looked at their audience/prankers, mortification written everywhere on their faces.
"What the hell did you do that for!?" Celtic screamed looking right at Cee.
Cee stopped laughing. "How did you.... heh, it wasn't my idea!"
"It was Curse!" Gaia said, ratting out the dragon before blame fell on him. Curse was then hurled through the air and hit the lake, water flying everywhere. Dark was crouched, arm extended, hand outstretched, anger in his eyes, watching the place where Curse had landed.
"How could you?!" Celtic asked, eyes full of hurt, still looking at Cee.
"But I-I-I."
Dark stood, the same look in his eyes. He snapped his fingers and his and Celtic's clothes appeared in his arms. He then moved them into his left and went over to Celtic.
Celtic stood up as Dark approached. "I'm sorry, I mean-"
"Don't apologize. You did nothing. Want to go home?" Dark asked, sending angry glares at everyone. When Celtic nodded he wrapped his right arm around the elf and then, poof, they disappeared.
Curse came dripping out of the water. "That didn't go how I thought it would," he sputtered.
"Dudes, the picnic mood is like so totally broken!" Gaia said.
"I guess we'll all be heading back then," Cee said. He, Gee, and their dates gathered up some things and began making their way home.
"You girls rock you know!" Gee said as their little group were nearing the girls residence.
"You guys are cool too! I mean, we make such great friends!" Blue Berry said happily.
"Do you think you'd want to go out again some time?" Cee asked Margarine.
"Like on a date?" she asked back.
"Well yeah," Cee said, finding her question a little weird.
"Oh, oooooh.... Well, we kinda just wanted to be friends. I mean-"
"- you kinda remind us of our sister," Blue Berry said, being very to the point.
"Oh, well, cool. Friends then," Cee said, masking the small amount of disappointment that he felt. They exchanged farewells and 'see you again's.
Cee and Gee headed back toward their mansion. "Just friends huh?" Cee asked to himself.
"Reminded them of their sister?" Gee asked looking into the cloudy sky.
"Wasn't their sister a lesbian?... How the heck do we remind them of her?" Cee asked, full of questions.
Gee shrugged. The two got home and went about trying to figure out what the harpies had meant.
Hicky: Long right? What did you think? climbs into Rabid Fan Reader Cage so that she won't get hurt
Trent: Let me in there too! door opens quickly and is then closed
Hicky: Okay, so they still aren't together. And okay, there was 19 pages and they're not together. And okay, I did bash Teà a lot, but that was a good thing. And yeah, I did interrupt the lovely flirting with Teà but you can't bash what ain't there.
Trent: I think you just found the reason for Teà's existence, to be bashed.
Hicky: Okay, new thingy! If I get ten different people saying what this thing is about Cee and Gee I'll make it come true! And probably draw you all a pic... maybe a special, all your choice one! So review!