[KO: Hiya! KO here with chappy 4 of FEEF!

Terri: -.- {sarcastically} So, what fun-filled surprises do you have in store for me this time?

KO: Actually, I think this chapter's gonna be more Jou- and Sybil-centric. {looks} You actually only have a little snippet in here....

Terri: {blinks} Hey, I get a break! Mostly....

KO: Don't worry, you'll be back in soon enough.

Terri: Great....

KO: Well, on with review responses!

KO: Now, on with the fic! Oh, and sorry in advance if it turns out short!]

Chapter 4 - Searching

"Amazing!" Sybil said as the sun began setting. "I've never seen anyone master summoning in a single day! You've done very well, Jonouchi."

"Well, I had a lot of help," he replied modestly, glancing down at the Kage no Suishô. "Oi, is this thing smaller?"

"Hm? Hai, it is," she responded, taking a closer look at it. "Its size decreases as your Shadow magic is used until it's fully absorbed by your body. That only means that it's adapting to you."

"Oh. Well, why did it act up every time I summoned something?"

"It was reacting to the use of your Shadow magic. Being created from mine, it should also react to Terri's, as well as her emotions; you can use this as a tracking device of sorts. You should feel almost a pull when you're close to a source of Shadow magic."

"A pull? So, I'm guessing you got into a bunch of fights when you were alive the first time?" he grinned.

"Iie, but before I was sealed, I was more easily taken by surprise than I am now; that's because after I was sealed, I honed my Shadow magic to react to any other, so I wouldn't be easily caught off guard."

"Oh. So, how does this thing react to Terri?"

"It should change temperature based on Terri's emotions; if she's angry, it will heat up, while if she's sad or afraid, it will become cold. It reacts more acutely the stronger her emotions are, as well as when you're closer to her. When she calms down, it will be warm, but not to the point of being uncomfortable."

"All right then, I've still got some time before it's too dark to travel, so I might as well go now."

"How?"

Grinning, he replied, "Well, what were you just teaching me? My Red-Eyes should be quick enough."

"But it'll also take strength to maintain. Are you sure you can keep it up?"

"Sore de kamaimasen, I can handle it. I think I should probably go to the bus depot or the train station to see if she even went by there...."

"Well, then, I'll say again, be careful."

"Dômo, I will."

"Are you sure you want to go now? It'd be wise to wait until morning; I'm sure Yugi's ojiisan wouldn't object to you staying the night."

"Maybe not, but I'm wasting time staying here talking. The sooner I leave, the sooner I can find Terri."

"Good point. Good luck," she said, clasping his hand in a firm handshake. "One last word of advice before you leave: don't do anything foolish, think through your actions and the consequences before you rush in headlong."

"Right, right," he said coolly, shuffling through his deck and stepping back a few feet. "Come on out, Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" The card and the Kage no Suishô began glowing as before, and the dragon emerged with a shrill cry. He hopped onto its back and took off through the evening sky, quickly disappearing over the horizon.

Jonouchi, come home safe, she thought. Terri would never forgive herself if anything happened to you. Her life could well depend on your safety.... She let out a resigned sigh and walked back into the Game shop to help close up. "Iris," she began coldly, seeing her former friend, "I suppose you have no regrets for Thursday's events?"

"Why should I have any regrets?" the latter returned with an equally icy tone. "It wasn't my fault; if anyone's to blame, it'd be Ter--iie, it'd be you!"

"Me?!" she cried, stunned. "How am I to blame for this?! Explain yourself!" she demanded.

"Of course, Majesty," Iris scoffed, her sneer quickly melting into a glare. "If you had been able to suck it up and get it through your thick skull that Terri doesn't always think before she shoots her mouth off, you may have realized that she didn't want you to abandon her just before the toughest fight of her life, that, you should know, nearly killed her, and I wouldn't have had to tell her to quit trying to kill herself and get over it, then she wouldn't have punched me! That's what started this, it was your pigheadedness, Sybil. Try thinking about that for awhile," she said, her voice having dropped to dangerously low volumes. She tossed her head in contempt and walked out in a fury.

Sybil stood, rooted to the spot with shock, even as Iris deliberately shoved past her disdainfully, causing her to stagger numbly a bit. Her words had hit home, and they both knew it. She...she's right, this was all started because of my own obstinacy! she realized, astonished. Dumbfounded, she dully sank to her knees, mind whirling. Forgive me, Terri....

Nagano

Forgive me, Terri.... a mournful voice echoed in the girl's head. She blinked.

Sybil?

Domino City Train Station

"Oi!" Jou called, knocking on the window of the ticket booth. "Anyone in here?"

"Hai?" the ticket seller asked. "Can I help you?"

"I hope so. Did a girl about this tall--" he indicated her height just below his shoulder "--with spiky blond bangs come through here in the past couple of days? Black hair with red tips, dark blue eyes, short temper?"

"Ano, I think so. Un, on Thursday!"

"Good, that's real good. Did she say where she was going?"

"Dôshite? Do you know her?"

"Un, I'm a friend of hers. Now, where was she going?"

"Well, she said Nagano, but--" He stopped abruptly, as Jou had already run back out the door. "But she could've gone anywhere by now...."

Ducking out of sight, Jou held up a card and called his Red-Eyes again, pausing for a moment to catch his breath from the strain of making two summonings so quickly. Reassuming his mount atop its back, he commanded, "Now, off to Nagano, and step on it!"

[KO: Okay, chappy 4 down! Once again, sorry so short! Hopefully I'm building adequate suspense, so review please!]