"I gift you this sword Serena Fanel as a sign of the beginning of
your rule," the priest handed Serena a sword as she took it the sun glinted
off the metal edge.
"May the dragons always protect you."
Serena bowed her head as she turned and the Fanelian Samurai bowed to acknowledge their new leader.
"Your Highness, we have prepared a Guymelef match in your honor."
"Thank you General Osidia. I would greatly enjoy that."
"I hope that your guests will attend as well."
"Of course," Serena said as she smiled and walked past.
"Uh, Serena?" Seto Kaiba looked up at her and yelped as the cat girl, Varie, scratched him.
"That's the problem with you outlanders, you have no manners!" Her tail puffed up as she circled Kaiba. "You don't call her royal highness by her first name like she was a commoner. Show some sense!"
"Sorry," he said as he cautiously backed away.
"And you will address me as Princess Varie!"
"Very well, Princess Varie."
"What is it Sir Kaiba?"
Seto stood there shocked in her sudden formality. "I was wondering if you would allow me to sit by you during the Guymelef match, maybe you could show me around Fanelia." Seto was stuttering and his face turned red as she smiled softly up at him.
"I would be glad to do so Sir Kaiba."
"Your highness, if Paroto was to see you with another man ..."
"Silence Varie. Paroto should not care what I do. Our marriage is arranged by meddling parents and we each have our own interests."
Serena grabbed Seto's arm and slid hers through his. "Just go straight ahead and follow the General, he'll lead us to the seats."
"Of course, your highness."
"And do me a favor, don't listen to Varie. I'd prefer if you would address me as 'Serena'."
"Very well Serena, may I ask you to address me by my first name?"
"I have no qualms about that Seto."
Joey stiffened as he saw the Queen on Kaiba's arm. The war had begun and he wasn't going to let rich boy Kaiba win.
Ryou Bakura opened his eyes. He was inside a metal chamber with latches holding him in place. He could feel his Yami inside his mind but he wasn't doing anything.
"Please Yami, help me. I don't want to die."
"Why should I? You wanted to be free."
"Well, spirit of the ring, if he dies we all do."
"Silence Marik!"
"Can you two do anything but argue?"
"We aren't arguing Ryou."
"Yami, Marik, you're arguing and it is both of your faults that I lost my body in that duel."
"Let the match begin," a man's voice said and Ryou peered through the faceplate.
"I don't like this," neither his Yami nor Marik responded. "Oh, great, now I'm alone."
"Well we wouldn't be in this situation if some one had won me back my body."
"If I recall correctly you weren't much help during that duel."
"If it wasn't for me you would never have gotten the Winged Dragon of Ra."
"Yeah, too bad that, because of you it had ZERO ATTACK POINTS!"
"That trap card slipped my mind," Marik told him.
"Did the abilities slip your mind too? Like being able to add your life points to its attack points or the fact that it could attack in the same turn?"
"Every one! Quiet!"
Suddenly something crashed into them and the metal encasement shook. "There's a machine duel monster out there and it's trying to kill us!"
"Well then do something about it!"
"Why don't you sic your wonderful Ra on it?"
"Because you lost it!"
A sword hurried towards them and Ryou lifted his arms up and tried to shield his face and he saw the sword intersected with another sword.
"Ryou! You did it!"
"I'm inside the duel monster?"
"We better get out of this alive, I have a body to win back since some one lost it."
"You lost your own body Marik so leave me out of it!"
"I'll give you the Millennium Rod," Marik taunted.
"Let's go find the freaky Marik!"
"Uh spirits, we are kind of in the middle of something."
"Oh yeah, that's right."
"Who ever you are come out of that Guymelef right now!"
Ryou finally managed to get out after several minutes and he stood there a bit nervous.
"Ryou!" A female voice called to him and he saw a woman running to him. He couldn't believe his eyes, it was Kalina, his sister. The spirit of the ring had trapped her in the shadow realm five years previous.
"Talk about bad news."
"Quiet spirit of the ring."
Kalina grabbed Ryou and hugged him tightly, "Ryou! It's been so long."
"May the dragons always protect you."
Serena bowed her head as she turned and the Fanelian Samurai bowed to acknowledge their new leader.
"Your Highness, we have prepared a Guymelef match in your honor."
"Thank you General Osidia. I would greatly enjoy that."
"I hope that your guests will attend as well."
"Of course," Serena said as she smiled and walked past.
"Uh, Serena?" Seto Kaiba looked up at her and yelped as the cat girl, Varie, scratched him.
"That's the problem with you outlanders, you have no manners!" Her tail puffed up as she circled Kaiba. "You don't call her royal highness by her first name like she was a commoner. Show some sense!"
"Sorry," he said as he cautiously backed away.
"And you will address me as Princess Varie!"
"Very well, Princess Varie."
"What is it Sir Kaiba?"
Seto stood there shocked in her sudden formality. "I was wondering if you would allow me to sit by you during the Guymelef match, maybe you could show me around Fanelia." Seto was stuttering and his face turned red as she smiled softly up at him.
"I would be glad to do so Sir Kaiba."
"Your highness, if Paroto was to see you with another man ..."
"Silence Varie. Paroto should not care what I do. Our marriage is arranged by meddling parents and we each have our own interests."
Serena grabbed Seto's arm and slid hers through his. "Just go straight ahead and follow the General, he'll lead us to the seats."
"Of course, your highness."
"And do me a favor, don't listen to Varie. I'd prefer if you would address me as 'Serena'."
"Very well Serena, may I ask you to address me by my first name?"
"I have no qualms about that Seto."
Joey stiffened as he saw the Queen on Kaiba's arm. The war had begun and he wasn't going to let rich boy Kaiba win.
Ryou Bakura opened his eyes. He was inside a metal chamber with latches holding him in place. He could feel his Yami inside his mind but he wasn't doing anything.
"Please Yami, help me. I don't want to die."
"Why should I? You wanted to be free."
"Well, spirit of the ring, if he dies we all do."
"Silence Marik!"
"Can you two do anything but argue?"
"We aren't arguing Ryou."
"Yami, Marik, you're arguing and it is both of your faults that I lost my body in that duel."
"Let the match begin," a man's voice said and Ryou peered through the faceplate.
"I don't like this," neither his Yami nor Marik responded. "Oh, great, now I'm alone."
"Well we wouldn't be in this situation if some one had won me back my body."
"If I recall correctly you weren't much help during that duel."
"If it wasn't for me you would never have gotten the Winged Dragon of Ra."
"Yeah, too bad that, because of you it had ZERO ATTACK POINTS!"
"That trap card slipped my mind," Marik told him.
"Did the abilities slip your mind too? Like being able to add your life points to its attack points or the fact that it could attack in the same turn?"
"Every one! Quiet!"
Suddenly something crashed into them and the metal encasement shook. "There's a machine duel monster out there and it's trying to kill us!"
"Well then do something about it!"
"Why don't you sic your wonderful Ra on it?"
"Because you lost it!"
A sword hurried towards them and Ryou lifted his arms up and tried to shield his face and he saw the sword intersected with another sword.
"Ryou! You did it!"
"I'm inside the duel monster?"
"We better get out of this alive, I have a body to win back since some one lost it."
"You lost your own body Marik so leave me out of it!"
"I'll give you the Millennium Rod," Marik taunted.
"Let's go find the freaky Marik!"
"Uh spirits, we are kind of in the middle of something."
"Oh yeah, that's right."
"Who ever you are come out of that Guymelef right now!"
Ryou finally managed to get out after several minutes and he stood there a bit nervous.
"Ryou!" A female voice called to him and he saw a woman running to him. He couldn't believe his eyes, it was Kalina, his sister. The spirit of the ring had trapped her in the shadow realm five years previous.
"Talk about bad news."
"Quiet spirit of the ring."
Kalina grabbed Ryou and hugged him tightly, "Ryou! It's been so long."