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respectful silence)
This chapter is dedicated to all of you, because we now have over fifty reviews.
We now have a study hall first block of school, so there is nothing to do. Thus, homework gets done before coming home, and we have more time for things like this.
Katana no Youkai Okami: (lol) It's not like one has to base a whole PLOT around a name... You CAN, but...
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Chapter 13: Transition
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Xab're lowered "The Rare Hunter" into Domino's spaceport, his eyes narrowed as he scanned the crowd for any familiar figures. He didn't really expect to see them.
Stepping off his ship, flexing his wings to let the crowd know there would be no pushing, the dragonlike alien walked into Domino, heavy thoughts in his mind.
"Hello, Xab're," a smooth, youthful human voice greeted him. He looked down, and Maximillion Pegasus smiled up at him, flanked by Duke and a golden haired woman.
Xab're immediatly took a liking to her. "I assume you are Maximillion's wife?" he asked, realizing as he bowed that she was several months pregnant. Cecilia smiled at him.
"You're just in time," she said.
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"I can't believe this, I can't believe this, I can't believe this..." Joey muttered, clinging to the stone behemoth's left leg. Yugi was sitting up on its shoulder, apparently directing its actions. The soldier punched through another wall as though it were nothing, dust and debris falling down around them.
"Joey!!" a scream sounded through the chaos. He looked up to see Serenity standing down the hall, eyes wide and mouth agape.
"Stay there, Serenity!" he yelled, jumping from the creature's leg and running to her. Reaching her, Joey snatched his sister up into a vicious hug. "Are you alright?"
Serenity pressed her face into his chest, crying happily. "Yes, Joey, I'm fine! I'm fine!" The stone soldier walked through another wall.
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Yami glanced back to see Joey and Serenity embracing each other. He smiled. "Now all we have to do is find Seto and get out of here," he muttered. "And I have a sneaking suspicion the way is up. Which means... RED EYES BLACK DRAGON!"
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Gerda came into the lower halls. Her eyes widened as a monstrous... _thing_ came barreling toward her. It was running almost like a large dog, its dangerous jaws open and gaping to show its razor teeth, its blood red eyes glaring at her with lava intensity. The strange boy with violet eyes was seated between its wings, his hands grasping the ridges of its back. He bellowed something at her in Japanese that she could only assume was either a war cry or a warning.
Gerda jumped out of the way, narrowly avoiding slamming hard into the wall, then felt the updraft ruffle past her as the dragon ran by. She cursed.
=That explains that, I suppose,= she muttered.
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=Ryin-master! This is Gerda!=
Ryin acknowledged the call by tapping the keyboard. Noa leaned closer. =Report, Gerda. Things are getting tense in here.=
=Down here too, but I suspect the tension is about to transfer to your office, young friend. Some sort of monster just ran past me up the stairwell, and a lot of walls are gone down here. Everyone is in panic, and those prisoners that we had won't remain here for long. I recommend evacuating.= There was a definite dry tone in her voice. Noa glanced up at Ryin, obviously wondering if she would take the veteran's advice.
It was a natural choice. =Alright, Gerda. Get them all out. I'll take care of those up here.= Standing, she turned to fix a black stare onto Kaiba and Seto. "We must leave. This building has taken just about as much punishment as it will."
That was when the door to the stairs exploded.
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Mokuba flinched at the newest explosion, red debris flying from the window at the top floor with it. "I hope they're okay," he said, turning stormy gray eyes on Bakura. "What do you think is going on?"
One of the doors blew, and a swarm of people, human, elven and Queylig alike, filed out into the night. Several broke loose from the crowd and simply ran free, the others too harried and ruffled to pursue them.
"I'd say," Bakura murmured, motioning the group behind them to get to cover even as he swept Mokuba up and out of sight, "that the old KaibaCorp building has been condemned." He shouted out to Téa and the others, not bothering to see where they were. "Try to find those stragglers! See if any of them are ours! If not, try to help them out by directing them to SubTown."
"Wow, Bakura," Mokuba commented as they watched the shadows of their companions disperse into the night, "You're as good as Max!"
"Only when I need to be," Bakura said, ruffling Mokuba's hair with a smile.
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Seto gaped at the creature that now almost entirely filled the top floor office. Kaiba was near the wall, staring and panting, while Noa and Ryin had managed to get themselves into the elevator, which didn't seem to be going anywhere.
"A dragon," he gasped, staring up at Yugi with wide, awestruck blue eyes. "This is a real dragon!"
Yugi nodded. "Come on," he said, stretching out his hand. "He's not a Blue Eyes, but he is formidable in his own ways."
Seto didn't entirely understand what that meant, but he grabbed Yugi's hand and climbed up to the dragon's back anyway. Yugi leaned down to mutter closer to the dragon's head. "Alright, Red Eyes, fly us out."
With a terrific roar, the black dragon spread his wings and burst from the ruined building, leaving Ryin, Noa and his father behind.
Ryin and Noa stood in silence even as the building's destuction groaned around them.
=Ryin, that was definitely weird,= Noa finally said. Ryin bobbed her head in agreement.
=There's no other way to say it, Noa. Come on, we have to get ourselves, and your father, out of here.= She walked over and yanked Gozaburo to his feet. "We go by stairs. The elevator wouldn't be safe even if it did work anymore."
With a curse, a highly resentful Kaiba stalking after them, and Noa checking with a swift high call to make certain Asaka would find him if he could hear him, they took their leave of the swiftly decaying building.
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A roar sounded, and Xab're instinctively snapped his head to the sky, Max, Duke and Cecilia looking up with him. Xab're's eyes widened. "It's... a demon."
Max's eyes narrowed. "Is that what demons look like to you?" His eyes followed the falmiliar shape as it twisted and looped, finally sinking to the earth. "Because I think I saw humans on its back. The battle seems to be over, Xab're."
"How do you know?" Duke asked. "Wait-- never mind."
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SubTown: one week later
"We're going to miss you," Solomon told Max as he hefted a bag of his and his wife's newer possesions. "You've revitalized a lot of us."
Max smiled. "I think you can thank your grandson and his peers more than me, Solomon. We'll keep in touch."
Solomon nodded. "I know." He followed Max out the door, stopping to stare up at the tall and lanky form of Xab're. "You had better take care of them."
Xab're chuckled. "With Duke along, I doubt we'll run into any trouble with the authorities. Hacking is a useful skill. I kind of wish I'd learned it."
By the entrance to SubTown, more goodbyes were taking place.
"You go easy on your mother," Mai was saying to Cecilia's stomach. "And don't let them name you Quincy Weatherbug or whatever it was."
"Weatherby James-Quincy," Joey said, grinning. "Or Princess Petunia."
Mai stood to gape at him. "How do you remember them all so well?"
Cecilia laughed. She then turned to Serenity. "We're taking one of them off your hands," she muttered, leaning close, "but watch out for the other one."
"Tristan?" Serenity asked, jerking her head at where he was arguing with Duke and Bakura. "No problem. I'll just do the same thing as before: hang around Seto and Mokuba while they're working on things."
Cecilia laughed. "Now, that's not the only reason you're spending time around a nice, handsome young man like Seto, is it?" Serenity blushed and poked at Cecilia's shoulder.
"Cecilia, stop that! You've been teasing me all week!"
"And I'm about to leave. All the more reason to tease you some more, right?" Cecilia walked past her to embrace Max, who buried his face in her hair, and then bent to poke at her swollen belly.
"Hey! You ready?" he asked, still addressing Cecilia's belly. He then looked up to the assorted well-wishers. "Yugi. Don't get stepped on." There was some laughter.
"Seto," he continued, "You keep track of yourself, alright? I have a feeling there'll be some very hard times ahead for you. Mokuba, you take care of your brother." Mokuba nodded, leaning up against Seto.
"Joey. Learn to be quieter. Learn the virtue of big guns. Take care of Serenity. Serenity, heal up. Learn to be streetwise. Bakura. Take care of the rest of them. Tristan, Téa, and all you others..." Max looked out at them, knowing somehow that he would see them all again, before this was all over. "Keep the faith."
With this, Maximillion Pegasus put an arm around around his wife, nodded to Xab're, and walked out of SubTown, on his way home.
"What do you think about the name Marcus Luther?"
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End Chappie 13. Yes, this and chapter 12 should have definitely been one chapter. But we have a new plot-- or rather, two. Next chapter will concentrate on Yugi + Co, while chapter 15 will focus on our friends in America. ^_^ We'll be alternating for a while.
This chapter is dedicated to all of you, because we now have over fifty reviews.
We now have a study hall first block of school, so there is nothing to do. Thus, homework gets done before coming home, and we have more time for things like this.
Katana no Youkai Okami: (lol) It's not like one has to base a whole PLOT around a name... You CAN, but...
Anonymous(whoever you are.): Thanks. We appreciate that.
Cherazz22784: (bows) You should see Golden's fanart for it. Especially in her newer style.
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Chapter 13: Transition
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Xab're lowered "The Rare Hunter" into Domino's spaceport, his eyes narrowed as he scanned the crowd for any familiar figures. He didn't really expect to see them.
Stepping off his ship, flexing his wings to let the crowd know there would be no pushing, the dragonlike alien walked into Domino, heavy thoughts in his mind.
"Hello, Xab're," a smooth, youthful human voice greeted him. He looked down, and Maximillion Pegasus smiled up at him, flanked by Duke and a golden haired woman.
Xab're immediatly took a liking to her. "I assume you are Maximillion's wife?" he asked, realizing as he bowed that she was several months pregnant. Cecilia smiled at him.
"You're just in time," she said.
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"I can't believe this, I can't believe this, I can't believe this..." Joey muttered, clinging to the stone behemoth's left leg. Yugi was sitting up on its shoulder, apparently directing its actions. The soldier punched through another wall as though it were nothing, dust and debris falling down around them.
"Joey!!" a scream sounded through the chaos. He looked up to see Serenity standing down the hall, eyes wide and mouth agape.
"Stay there, Serenity!" he yelled, jumping from the creature's leg and running to her. Reaching her, Joey snatched his sister up into a vicious hug. "Are you alright?"
Serenity pressed her face into his chest, crying happily. "Yes, Joey, I'm fine! I'm fine!" The stone soldier walked through another wall.
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Yami glanced back to see Joey and Serenity embracing each other. He smiled. "Now all we have to do is find Seto and get out of here," he muttered. "And I have a sneaking suspicion the way is up. Which means... RED EYES BLACK DRAGON!"
---
Gerda came into the lower halls. Her eyes widened as a monstrous... _thing_ came barreling toward her. It was running almost like a large dog, its dangerous jaws open and gaping to show its razor teeth, its blood red eyes glaring at her with lava intensity. The strange boy with violet eyes was seated between its wings, his hands grasping the ridges of its back. He bellowed something at her in Japanese that she could only assume was either a war cry or a warning.
Gerda jumped out of the way, narrowly avoiding slamming hard into the wall, then felt the updraft ruffle past her as the dragon ran by. She cursed.
=That explains that, I suppose,= she muttered.
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=Ryin-master! This is Gerda!=
Ryin acknowledged the call by tapping the keyboard. Noa leaned closer. =Report, Gerda. Things are getting tense in here.=
=Down here too, but I suspect the tension is about to transfer to your office, young friend. Some sort of monster just ran past me up the stairwell, and a lot of walls are gone down here. Everyone is in panic, and those prisoners that we had won't remain here for long. I recommend evacuating.= There was a definite dry tone in her voice. Noa glanced up at Ryin, obviously wondering if she would take the veteran's advice.
It was a natural choice. =Alright, Gerda. Get them all out. I'll take care of those up here.= Standing, she turned to fix a black stare onto Kaiba and Seto. "We must leave. This building has taken just about as much punishment as it will."
That was when the door to the stairs exploded.
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Mokuba flinched at the newest explosion, red debris flying from the window at the top floor with it. "I hope they're okay," he said, turning stormy gray eyes on Bakura. "What do you think is going on?"
One of the doors blew, and a swarm of people, human, elven and Queylig alike, filed out into the night. Several broke loose from the crowd and simply ran free, the others too harried and ruffled to pursue them.
"I'd say," Bakura murmured, motioning the group behind them to get to cover even as he swept Mokuba up and out of sight, "that the old KaibaCorp building has been condemned." He shouted out to Téa and the others, not bothering to see where they were. "Try to find those stragglers! See if any of them are ours! If not, try to help them out by directing them to SubTown."
"Wow, Bakura," Mokuba commented as they watched the shadows of their companions disperse into the night, "You're as good as Max!"
"Only when I need to be," Bakura said, ruffling Mokuba's hair with a smile.
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Seto gaped at the creature that now almost entirely filled the top floor office. Kaiba was near the wall, staring and panting, while Noa and Ryin had managed to get themselves into the elevator, which didn't seem to be going anywhere.
"A dragon," he gasped, staring up at Yugi with wide, awestruck blue eyes. "This is a real dragon!"
Yugi nodded. "Come on," he said, stretching out his hand. "He's not a Blue Eyes, but he is formidable in his own ways."
Seto didn't entirely understand what that meant, but he grabbed Yugi's hand and climbed up to the dragon's back anyway. Yugi leaned down to mutter closer to the dragon's head. "Alright, Red Eyes, fly us out."
With a terrific roar, the black dragon spread his wings and burst from the ruined building, leaving Ryin, Noa and his father behind.
Ryin and Noa stood in silence even as the building's destuction groaned around them.
=Ryin, that was definitely weird,= Noa finally said. Ryin bobbed her head in agreement.
=There's no other way to say it, Noa. Come on, we have to get ourselves, and your father, out of here.= She walked over and yanked Gozaburo to his feet. "We go by stairs. The elevator wouldn't be safe even if it did work anymore."
With a curse, a highly resentful Kaiba stalking after them, and Noa checking with a swift high call to make certain Asaka would find him if he could hear him, they took their leave of the swiftly decaying building.
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A roar sounded, and Xab're instinctively snapped his head to the sky, Max, Duke and Cecilia looking up with him. Xab're's eyes widened. "It's... a demon."
Max's eyes narrowed. "Is that what demons look like to you?" His eyes followed the falmiliar shape as it twisted and looped, finally sinking to the earth. "Because I think I saw humans on its back. The battle seems to be over, Xab're."
"How do you know?" Duke asked. "Wait-- never mind."
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SubTown: one week later
"We're going to miss you," Solomon told Max as he hefted a bag of his and his wife's newer possesions. "You've revitalized a lot of us."
Max smiled. "I think you can thank your grandson and his peers more than me, Solomon. We'll keep in touch."
Solomon nodded. "I know." He followed Max out the door, stopping to stare up at the tall and lanky form of Xab're. "You had better take care of them."
Xab're chuckled. "With Duke along, I doubt we'll run into any trouble with the authorities. Hacking is a useful skill. I kind of wish I'd learned it."
By the entrance to SubTown, more goodbyes were taking place.
"You go easy on your mother," Mai was saying to Cecilia's stomach. "And don't let them name you Quincy Weatherbug or whatever it was."
"Weatherby James-Quincy," Joey said, grinning. "Or Princess Petunia."
Mai stood to gape at him. "How do you remember them all so well?"
Cecilia laughed. She then turned to Serenity. "We're taking one of them off your hands," she muttered, leaning close, "but watch out for the other one."
"Tristan?" Serenity asked, jerking her head at where he was arguing with Duke and Bakura. "No problem. I'll just do the same thing as before: hang around Seto and Mokuba while they're working on things."
Cecilia laughed. "Now, that's not the only reason you're spending time around a nice, handsome young man like Seto, is it?" Serenity blushed and poked at Cecilia's shoulder.
"Cecilia, stop that! You've been teasing me all week!"
"And I'm about to leave. All the more reason to tease you some more, right?" Cecilia walked past her to embrace Max, who buried his face in her hair, and then bent to poke at her swollen belly.
"Hey! You ready?" he asked, still addressing Cecilia's belly. He then looked up to the assorted well-wishers. "Yugi. Don't get stepped on." There was some laughter.
"Seto," he continued, "You keep track of yourself, alright? I have a feeling there'll be some very hard times ahead for you. Mokuba, you take care of your brother." Mokuba nodded, leaning up against Seto.
"Joey. Learn to be quieter. Learn the virtue of big guns. Take care of Serenity. Serenity, heal up. Learn to be streetwise. Bakura. Take care of the rest of them. Tristan, Téa, and all you others..." Max looked out at them, knowing somehow that he would see them all again, before this was all over. "Keep the faith."
With this, Maximillion Pegasus put an arm around around his wife, nodded to Xab're, and walked out of SubTown, on his way home.
"What do you think about the name Marcus Luther?"
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End Chappie 13. Yes, this and chapter 12 should have definitely been one chapter. But we have a new plot-- or rather, two. Next chapter will concentrate on Yugi + Co, while chapter 15 will focus on our friends in America. ^_^ We'll be alternating for a while.