"Look out!" Serena opened her eyes as she guided Escaflowne out of
the way of danger. She was struggling to keep awake after three days but
the strong wind was making things hard.
"Yeah, I get it."
"Well, I don't wanna die."
"Don't worry," suddenly Serena glanced up. "Okay now you can start worrying," she said as an oval line of grey shot towards them and Serena barely jerked out of the way and landed.
"Get out! There's a cave over there, hide in it. If I'm not back by the time the others come through go without me."
Joey nodded his head a jumped out of Escaflowne as it changed into the huge robot again. He swallowed hard as another giant robot came out of the shadows.
"So, it's this antique again." Serena recognized the voice of Celena Schezar, or Dilandau, whichever one he, she, it, whatever was at the moment. All Serena knew is that her father had done something to make an enemy even though Serena herself had been slightly named after her.
"Yes, what do you want?"
"The death of the Royal House of Fanelia."
"You'll have to get through me first!" Serena yelled as Escaflowne reached back and grabbed the sword.
"I'd be only too glad to." There was a spark as metal clashed on metal in a sight that caused Joey to shiver.
Serena felt an old scar down the side of her face suddenly split open as she rushed at her opponent and the red Guymelef slid across the ground and Dilandau came out. Serena jumped out of Escaflowne, the blood dripping down the side of her face as she grabbed the sword from her sheath and caught the attack that Dilandau intended for her. She blocked it as his blade slid along the edge of hers and used her weight the throw him back.
"Nice face, your highness." Serena sliced towards him and reopened the old scar on his face that her father had left there.
"Same to you Celena, Dilandau, who ever you are." Serena blocked the next blow and soon they were sweating as Dilandau decided to retreat.
"Are you okay?"
"I thought I told you to stay hidden," Serena snarled at him but Joey wasn't dissuaded as he caught her wrist in his hand and looked down at her. "I don't want ya hurt."
The one thing Joey didn't see was Seto Kaiba standing there beside the cat girl Varie as he leaned down and kissed the Queen softly.
* * *
"That jerk! He did that on purpose!" Seto was fuming as he sat down in the cave. Serenity and Yugi were glad of course to be reunited with Joey but Kaiba wasn't.
"Mutt!" He stood in front of Joey as the blond looked up. "Stay away from my girl!"
"Your girl? Since when did she become yer girl?"
"Since she's into me, not some no good third rate dreg."
"Oh, wonderful insult. Wonder if you'll ever come up with anything original."
Varie was sitting down in the corner playing with Mokuba's hair when Serena stepped in between the quarrelling boys.
"At the moment I'm no one's 'girl' as you call it. So I suggest you stop arguing about it."
Kaiba growled and Varie just looked down at the ground. "Uh-oh," she muttered as she saw Serena shaking in anger. Serena grabbed his collar and shoved him against the wall. She had a dagger in her hand pointed below his waist.
"I suggest you straighten up or should I make you a eunuch."
Kalina and Ryou looked at each other as they backed into the corner away from the temperamental Queen. Varie amused herself by petting Mokuba's hair as he yawned and fell asleep in her lap.
"Keep out of my way," she snarled as she turned away towards the large area of the cave where Escaflowne was being stored. Kaiba seemed a bit shocked to be certain as she climbed up to the sword in its hands and began working to get the scratches out of it with a large tool.
"It's so cute," Varie said as she continued petting Mokuba's head.
"Never call my brother an 'it'," Kaiba growled as he got up and shoved Joey against the wall as he walked past. "Just stay out of my way Wheeler. I will command her attention and you won't stop me."
"Nope, I'm just gonna beat ya to it."
"Yeah, I get it."
"Well, I don't wanna die."
"Don't worry," suddenly Serena glanced up. "Okay now you can start worrying," she said as an oval line of grey shot towards them and Serena barely jerked out of the way and landed.
"Get out! There's a cave over there, hide in it. If I'm not back by the time the others come through go without me."
Joey nodded his head a jumped out of Escaflowne as it changed into the huge robot again. He swallowed hard as another giant robot came out of the shadows.
"So, it's this antique again." Serena recognized the voice of Celena Schezar, or Dilandau, whichever one he, she, it, whatever was at the moment. All Serena knew is that her father had done something to make an enemy even though Serena herself had been slightly named after her.
"Yes, what do you want?"
"The death of the Royal House of Fanelia."
"You'll have to get through me first!" Serena yelled as Escaflowne reached back and grabbed the sword.
"I'd be only too glad to." There was a spark as metal clashed on metal in a sight that caused Joey to shiver.
Serena felt an old scar down the side of her face suddenly split open as she rushed at her opponent and the red Guymelef slid across the ground and Dilandau came out. Serena jumped out of Escaflowne, the blood dripping down the side of her face as she grabbed the sword from her sheath and caught the attack that Dilandau intended for her. She blocked it as his blade slid along the edge of hers and used her weight the throw him back.
"Nice face, your highness." Serena sliced towards him and reopened the old scar on his face that her father had left there.
"Same to you Celena, Dilandau, who ever you are." Serena blocked the next blow and soon they were sweating as Dilandau decided to retreat.
"Are you okay?"
"I thought I told you to stay hidden," Serena snarled at him but Joey wasn't dissuaded as he caught her wrist in his hand and looked down at her. "I don't want ya hurt."
The one thing Joey didn't see was Seto Kaiba standing there beside the cat girl Varie as he leaned down and kissed the Queen softly.
* * *
"That jerk! He did that on purpose!" Seto was fuming as he sat down in the cave. Serenity and Yugi were glad of course to be reunited with Joey but Kaiba wasn't.
"Mutt!" He stood in front of Joey as the blond looked up. "Stay away from my girl!"
"Your girl? Since when did she become yer girl?"
"Since she's into me, not some no good third rate dreg."
"Oh, wonderful insult. Wonder if you'll ever come up with anything original."
Varie was sitting down in the corner playing with Mokuba's hair when Serena stepped in between the quarrelling boys.
"At the moment I'm no one's 'girl' as you call it. So I suggest you stop arguing about it."
Kaiba growled and Varie just looked down at the ground. "Uh-oh," she muttered as she saw Serena shaking in anger. Serena grabbed his collar and shoved him against the wall. She had a dagger in her hand pointed below his waist.
"I suggest you straighten up or should I make you a eunuch."
Kalina and Ryou looked at each other as they backed into the corner away from the temperamental Queen. Varie amused herself by petting Mokuba's hair as he yawned and fell asleep in her lap.
"Keep out of my way," she snarled as she turned away towards the large area of the cave where Escaflowne was being stored. Kaiba seemed a bit shocked to be certain as she climbed up to the sword in its hands and began working to get the scratches out of it with a large tool.
"It's so cute," Varie said as she continued petting Mokuba's head.
"Never call my brother an 'it'," Kaiba growled as he got up and shoved Joey against the wall as he walked past. "Just stay out of my way Wheeler. I will command her attention and you won't stop me."
"Nope, I'm just gonna beat ya to it."