Xantcha: Okaayy....anyways, I made a long chapter for this update...
Bakura: ...-glances at chapter- ... I don't like prune juice.
Ryou: oo!!
Xantcha: Uhhh... -coughs- Ok. Anyways, I put some weird stuffs in... -laughs- Don't be surprised at what ye read!
Ryou: ... -reads some- ...-- You ARE strange as Bakura speculated.
Xantcha: Fanx! Sooo, I don't own Yugioh or any of it's characters...
Ryou: She only owns herself and her pendant! Oh, and the new character, Erikaan Mune. And her new card...
Xantcha: ...He's a jerk, but I still created him!
Ryou: -nods-
Bakura: ...And, I suppose all other characters belong to their creators...
Xantcha; Hai! Soooo, I've had a few emails asking for Japanese word translations, so I'll now include whatever words I use in a vocabulary at the bottom!
Ryou: ...-looks at script- That's it right?
Xantcha: -smiles brightly- Yup! Oh, read and review, onegai!
NOTE: Okay, This chap is a bit long for me, so I included multiple songs. For those of you who actually PLAY the songs when reading, I have put notes along the way saying when there is a change in music (and mood, sorta). This time, the music is based after a anime that I like, Escaflowne.
Song: 1 - Mystic Eyes - Escaflowne
2 - You're Not Alone - Escaflowne
3 - Do You Know What I mean? - Escaflowne
Music - 'Mystic Eyes'
The two duelists each drew their cards and studied them carefully. Xantcha looked disappointed in her hand, but she was determined to win. Erikaan, on the other hand, had basically the perfect hand by the look on his face. Erikaan grinned maliciously and glanced at Xantcha. 'If looks could kill....' "We'll play with 8000.As I said, I'll let you go first, Xan." The 'Angel of Death' glared at him as she placed three cards down on the field. Xantcha frowned as she looked at her hand once more. 'No monsters...damn it.' Her head flew up as she heard her enemy laughing. "Well, luck isn't playing into your hand, is it? Let's see..." He placed one magic/trap card down on the field and one monster... "Greet my spellcaster, Gemini Elf!" Xantcha smirked as she flipped one of her cards over. "Well, I guess it's gone isn't it? Trap Hole!" Yami watched as the monster was destroyed, turned to Kurry and sighed. "Will she win?" Kurry laughed as she looked up at Erikaan. "I've never seen her lose. Hopefully today isn't the first..."
Xantcha placed down a facedown monster and glanced up. "Go." "As you wish, love." Xantcha twitched and slowly took to counting to ten. 'I hope you die quickly, kisama...' Erikaan looked at the field. 'Hmmm....I bet that's...Wait, maybe she's trying to trick me...' "You are predictable as always. I'll play Dark Elf and attack..." Xantcha grinned and flipped over her card. "Well, well. Guess luck may as well be on my side! I reveal Mystical Elf! Sorry, Mune, but you aren't going to win." He looked down at his cards and slowly grinned. "We'll see. I still say you aren't to my standards." "Oh yeah?! Well..." The group sitting at the table slowly blinked. The pharaoh looked over at the angel and rolled his eyes. "Will this insult contest end soon?" Kurry only laughed and shook her head sadly. "Hopefully, Yami. Hopefully."
After about ten minutes of taunting and placing cards down on the field, Xantcha had 2600 LP and Erikaan had 3900. "Well, where would you like to go for dinner? I hear there's a fancy restaurant downtown we could go to..." Xantcha drew her card and suddenly grinned. "Not so fast, Erikaan. Look at the field... All you have is your Beast of Gilfer and a Summoned Skull." Erikaan laughed once more and grinned. "What do you mean, that's all? Those could wipe you out alone!" The songstress smirked. "Yes, well, look again..." Her opposition gave her a puzzled look so she decided to play along. "Oh, I guess there isn't anything missing...Except protection from this. Raigeki!" Mune growled as she played her 'saving grace' card. Xantcha let out a sigh of relief as she looked at the field once more. 'He has absolutely nothing and I've got a Torrential Tribute, a Spear Dragon and a Mystical Elf...! I've got it!' "I think it's time that I end this, Mune! I sacrifice my Mystical Elf to summon Dark Magician Girl! With her effect and my two Dark Magician's in the graveyard, her power climbs to 2600!! Now, Dark Magician Girl, Spear Dragon, end this!"
Erikaan placed his cards down and smiled wistfully. "I suppose you win." He glanced over at his 'rival' as the two duelist met solid ground once more and smiled. "I'll win next time. By chance are you going to Battle City 2? Kaiba has just announced it." Xantcha winced and laughed nervously. "Ahh..." She didn't have time to respond as she felt herself being tugged away from the stadium. "She will think about it. Don't you have someplace to go?" The platinum haired girl stared wide eyed at the ancient ruler as he glared at Erikaan. "Unfortunately, yes. Ja ne, and see you soon, Xantcha Ojanen." Xantcha glanced over to Yami and noticed how he glared daggers into Mune's back. "..." 'Maybe he does remember, like Riyo said...' The two looked at each other, and Yami let a small tug at his lips. "Let's go back to the group before that baka comes back." Xantcha nodded as she allowed the pharaoh to pull her along.
Kurry giggled as she poked Malik. "Look. Here they come." Riyo grinned as the two rulers sat down and glanced at Kurry. Xantcha looked at each of her friends and blinked. "Uhhh...did I miss something?" Kurry grinned almost goofily as she looked at Yami. "Sooo, where ya taking her?" The two both sweatdropped as they looked at each other. For once the pharaoh didn't say anything, just merely shrugged his shoulders and ordered a drink from the waitress.
Xantcha stood up and walked over to the DDR machine, grinning away as she glanced at her friends. "Anyone wanna dance?" Everyone laughed except for Yami, who was completely puzzled. "There's no room to dance..." Xantcha died laughing for a minute before grinning. "I meant on this! Watch, I'll go by myself for now, but one of you has to get up here afterwards!" Xantcha immediately put her money into the slot and chose a song called Dive into the Night. Kurry grinned. "After you're done this, let's do Butterfly!" Xantcha nodded as she continued dancing, watching the arrows crawl up the screen. "Yami, do you see now how you play?" Yami nodded as he studied the game carefully. Malik laughed as Kurry ran up after Xantcha was finished, and put her money in. "Aiyiyi, little butterfly..." Kurry and Xantcha sang along as they danced, getting applause from their audience.
Afterwards, Xantcha turned to Malik. "How about you and Yami go next?" Malik immediately laughed nervously and backed away from the stage. Kurry, on the other hand, helped drag the two crimson faced boys to the platform. "You've seen us, now...do this song!" Duke suddenly burst out laughing and couldn't help but hold his stomach as Kurry selected the song. "You..haha...are...going to....die..." Wiping the tears from his eyes, he took a deep breath. Malik frowned. "Hahaha, very funny....What' so bad about..." He blinked as the screen flashed the title. "Paranoia 290?" Kurry grinned as Xantcha winced. "Anou, good luck...if you pass out, we can get a taxi to take you home."
Malik suddenly cried out as he tried to hit the buttons. Yami slowly started to get the feel of it, and picked up the pace. The hikari of Marik finally calmed down and started to hit the buttons, getting perfect's. Xantcha smirked as she saw the pharaoh had a lower score then Malik, and decided to prod his pride. "Hey, I thought you were Yugioh, King of Games?" Yami suddenly growled as he picked up the pace and the scores started to even out, both with a full bar. After the song, the two huffed, trying to get off the stage without tripping. Malik slowly sat down as he gasped for breath. "Ra...help...me...." Yami sat down by Xantcha and sighed slowly leaning back. "Itai..." Xantcha laughed. "What's wrong?" "My legs are stiff." Duke and Riyo both laughed as they stood up. "I've got to get going. Duke promised me he'd show me to how to play Dungeon Dice Monsters."
After the group had ate they met just outside of the restaurant. Kurry was bouncing off the walls, but suddenly became serious. "Well, it was fun! But...." Malik twitched at the 'but' part. "Malik promised me..." She narrowed her eyes as he began to walk the opposite direction that she was going. "...to take me to the card shop downtown to get a deck. Right, Malik?" Malik just sighed and nodded his head slowly. "Ok! See you all later then!" The other two both laughed and sweatdropped as the Millennium Rod holder was dragged against his own will. "Well, I guess we'll be going too, then!" Duke nodded as he glanced at Riyo. "I'll see you home. It was nice seeing you again, pharaoh. Take care, Xantcha." The two walked away as Xantcha smiled. "Hai, see you later, guys!" She turned to Yami and smiled. "You'd best get going. Yugi will be worried by now." She took out her deck and began shuffling through it, organizing it back into proper order. Yami looked puzzled. "Why are you doing that? It would be easier just to shuffle it for the next duel..." Xantcha just laughed. "Well, you could say I'm addicted to organizing cards. I do this all of the time." "Kitto..." (A/N: I do this in real life too! I think it is quite fun, actually.)
The item holders went quiet and for a moment, the air became tense. 'Maybe I could talk to her now...' "Anou, Xantcha?" The crimson eyed girl lifted up her head and froze. 'Oh dear Ra.' "Yami, stay completely still. Don't speak or move." The pharaoh rose an eyebrow at this and blinked, obeying her commands. "Alright, run down the path behind me at the count of three. I'll be right behind you afterwards. Keep a spell handy." Yami suddenly gulped. 'I hope it isn't what I think it is...' He heard a hissing noise and shivered slightly. Xantcha slowly counted under her breath. "1...2..."
"Shadow Sword!" The two ruler's whipped around to see tomb robber, along with his hikari come running up to them. "Let's just say I was visiting Isis and she told me something was up. Good thing you gave her that necklace back, pharaoh!" Yami nodded as he turned to Ryou. "Why are you here?" Ryou smiled as he glanced over at Xantcha. "Hey, if she is Bakura's sister, she's like my sister! I'm not losing another one..." Yami smiled softly as the albino haired boy ran up to Xantcha. "According to what Isis told us, she sensed that there's six of them. If we can get them all, this area will be safe. Luckily it's late at night. Not many people will be out." Xantcha nodded as she summoned her sword to her side. "Then let's go!" She ran up to the first one and attacked with a down slash. 'Hmph, one hit kill.' "These guys are only novices in fighting! One hit will be good!" Yami attacked one with a dark magic attack and smirked. "3!"
Bakura ran up and dealt a swift blow to two that were side by side. "That's five...Wait..." Both pharaoh and tomb robber looked at each other. "Where's the sixth one?" The ground suddenly rumbled and Xantcha winced, feeling the breath behind her. 'He's right behind...?' She panicked as she looked at Yami who slowly nodded as he inched closer. "Stay there, because if you go closer, he'll kill her." Yami turned to Bakura, wide eyed. "What do you mean?!" Bakura glowered at the large shadow. "That one is larger, and more advanced...Look. He has an upside down triangle on his forehead. We need to get her away, first. The thing with that...thing, is that he is blind."
Ryou slowly walked to the side of his dark and looked up at him slightly. "That means..." Bakura nodded. "If we can get her to move away silently, he won't even notice she's gone." "One thing, tomb robber..." Bakura looked up, blinking at the puzzle owner. "How do you know this much?" The tomb robber grinned evilly. "Ishtar-san graciously 'lent' me a book...It has a lot of shadow's in it. I thought best to brush up on my knowledge of these...monster's. Now, Xantcha...inch away slowly, and don't make a sound." Xantcha began moving away slowly, twitching slightly as the shadow growled. 'Ra, it's three times as big as I am...' (A/N: oo) The three didn't notice however, that Bakura had carefully moved behind the monstrosity. "..." Slowly lifting his sword, he glanced at Ryou. The hikari looked like he was going to pass out, from both tension and shock at what his dark spirit planned on doing.
"Live through this, stupid!" Xantcha took off at full speed and twirled around to see that her brother had struck the demon in the back. The whole group, excluding Bakura, winced as they heard a popping sound. Xantcha slowly looked up and gasped. The demon had fell and disintegrated, but had left behind a translucent black stone. It glowed evilly as she walked up and picked it up. Yami slowly walked up from behind her and growled. "A dark stone..." Xantcha gulped as she watched it turn to powder in her hands. Bakura walked up and, smirking, patted her on the shoulder. "That is the cause of these monster sightings. It's only started just after I saw that Mune guy get transferred here. His 'little' sister twitched and glared at the ground. 'Why?' She glanced up to see the three boys with their eyes closed, thinking. "I'm going to head back, are you coming?" Ryou softly smiled as he turned around and looked at his dark expectantly. Bakura wordlessly nodded and followed his hikari down that path, but not before turning and locking eyes with the pharaoh, mouthing 'we need to talk'. Yami turned to Xantcha as she watched the two walk off.
"I suppose we should get going, ne?" Xantcha blinked at the 'we' part and laughed. "You mean you. I, on the other hand, am going to go home and train." Yami looked slightly disappointed, but merely nodded in understanding. "Alright... Call me when you get back." Xantcha froze and stared at the crimson eyed boy as he spoke. "Yeah, alright... You don't have to worry, Yami. I can take care of myself." Yami nodded as he watched her turn away. "I guess I will see you tomorrow on the plane to Egypt, then?" Xantcha turned around and grinned. "Hai, of course. Ja ne, for now, then." Yami nodded as the platinum haired girl turned away. "Take care..." Yami looked up in surprise at the female voice, but saw no one in front of him. 'I was merely imagining it...' He turned away and started towards the game store.
Elsewhere
Music Change - 'You're Not Alone'
'Dammit. With all of these disappearances happening at Battle City 2's location, there won't be many duelists this time...' Seto looked up from his desk at home and sighed. "If only we knew who was doing this..." "Maybe it's Marik again." "Very funny, Mokuba." The little raven haired boy jumped from the desk and laughed. "Yeah, well... What else could it be? Marik isn't dangerous anymore...He just has a..." "Fascination for blood?" "That's creepy." "I know." The two went silent once more as his phone rang. "Who?" Mokuba ran to the phone and looked at the screen, then smiled. "It says it's Xantcha-chan!"
"Hello?"
"Mokuba? I need to speak to your big bro about something. Could ya throw the phone at him?"
"Cool! Okay."
Mokuba laughed as he tossed the cordless phone at his brother, who barely caught it before getting hit in the head. Catching the slight glare, he smiled. "She said to throw it to you..." Xantcha laughed as Seto put the phone to his ear.
"You should know he takes things literally on purpose, Ojanen."
"I know, isn't that great? He's a good little pupil. Anyways, I called up to talk to you about the... 'occurrences' in Egypt. Seems that these unknown things are kidnapping now."
"I know. It isn't the greatest publicity."
"I wish to be sent down earlier."
"What?!"
"If I am, then I could fight them. You know what they are. They're demons, believing that this world is theirs for the taking. I won't allow mere demons to destroy my home."
"You still consider it your home? It's been about 5001 years, right? Though I really don't believe much about this ancient Egypt stuff..."
"Hai, well, it still is where my home technically lies. Besides, no matter what happens, I have this excuse. You want to get rid of these things, right?"
"Fine. Point taken. Is anybody going with you? You had better ask the mutt and his friends, it's no use going yourself when there is still rare hunters thinking that 'their master' is still around."
"Yeah, they're just quacks."
"Well then, the plane leaves tonight at 8 if you are ready. I'm going to put the opening date off until next week."
"Arigato."
"One thing...If you fail?"
"I won't. Sayonara."
With that, Xantcha hung up the phone on the once priest. He continued to look out the window until he softly sighed. "Mokuba?" "Yeah?" "...We leave tonight."
Xantcha sighed as she hung up and picked up the phone again. 'Now let's see.' She took a glance at the clock only to laugh to herself and gulp. 'Oops, forgot to call the pharaoh. Hopefully he's not worried...' Smiling, she punched in the Game Shop's number.
"Hello?"
"Yugi, it's Xantcha. Um, could you let Yami know..."
She cut herself off when she heard the hikari laughing, and she blinked.
"Are you okay? That was quite the laugh."
"Yes well... When you didn't call, he insisted he go see if you were okay! He'll most likely be there any minute!"
"... You're kidding me."
"Nope! Anyways, I've got to go, Gramps wants me to send an order to one of his suppliers!"
"Alright... wait. Yugi, I'm leaving tonight to go to the Battle City 2 grounds."
"Really?! Anou, why?"
"Well, you know the little kidnappings over there? They're demons. I have to go investigate."
"Well... Kaiba's letting you?"
"Hai. He said it would be best if I ask everyone if they could leave earlier. What he is going to do is put off the original flight for next week."
"Yeah? Hang on and I'll ask."
Xantcha sighed as she looked over to her door. 'Hopefully he isn't hurt...That would be my fault, and I wouldn't...' She looked down at the phone as she heard Yugi's voice.
"Xaaaaannnnttt..."
"Hai, I'm here. I just zoned out for a minute."
"Worried about Yami?"
Blinking, she stared at the phone. 'Wha...?'
"How'd you?!"
"Just a guess. Ha, I'll be sure to tell him about THIS conversation..."
"You do and I will do something drastic."
"Like?"
"Uhh...Take your Dark Magician card?"
"Ha! Very funny Xantcha! Now, Grandpa says I can go tonight. If you like, I'll phone everyone else?"
"That would be wonderful, Yugi. Thanks."
"Hai, well... See you later...Wait! What time?"
"...8. Be there ten minutes early though."
"Kitto! See you there! You'd better let my dark side know then!"
"Fine, I will. Ja ne."
The platinum haired Egyptian stared at the phone for a moment before sighing. "Greeeat. Where is he?" Two minutes later the doorbell rang. Opening the door, she laughed sheepishly when she realized that it was... raining. Hard. "Anou...do you need a towel?" "That would be nice." She laughed as she closed the door behind her visitor, and walked up the stairs. A minute later she walked down with a few towels, and threw them at Yami. "Gomen ne, but... I sorta forgot." Grinning, she blinked as he stared forward past her. "Yes, well, don't forget next time, or I will walk you home." "Is that a threat?" "Consider it so." "..." She shook her head sadly as she walked over to her phone. "Yugi is calling everyone up, for what I will tell you in a few minutes. Hot chocolate or coffee?" "...It's up to you." She half frowned as she started to walk towards the kitchen. "Whaaaat, the poor pharaoh isn't used to water? It won't kill you, you know." "Unless I catch pneumonia." "I'm surprised you know so much." "Thanks, that means a lot to me."
Glowering at the back of the pharaoh's head, she grabbed two mugs of hot chocolate and walked over to her 'friend'. "Smarten up and quit being so moody, lest ye find yourself in the downpour again." As she said that, she handed him his mug and noticed a small smile on his face. "What? How'd your attitude change that quick? Don't tell me you hate rain?" "No, it's only that just now you talked like you used to back in Egypt." She stopped for a moment and smiled sadly, noticing how she had added the accent and way of words without thinking. "I do that every once and a while. It's a habit." The two went silent for a few minutes, just looking down until Xantcha spoke. "Anou, Yami? About Battle City 2..." She looked up hoping to catch his eyes, only to see him looking dazedly into one of the windows. "Yami...?" He immediately looked up this time, his eyes hinting a speck of softness. "Hai?"
Slowly laughing quietly, she leaned back in her black chair. "You used to do that in Egypt, ya know." "What do you mean?" "You'd always loved watching the rain... Guess I sorta picked that up from you, ne?" The two laughed until they heard a crack of lightning and Xantcha jumped. "You're still...?" "... It's not that I'm afraid of it, I just don't like it is all." "Yeah right." Xantcha crossed her arms and gave him the best 'friendly glare' she could muster. "I've gotten used to it, hon-..." She cut herself off as another lightning bolt struck down, making the singer make a small squeak and sink into her chair. Yami smiled softly as he stood up, walking to the window and opening it slightly. "WHAT do you think you're doing?!" The millennium puzzle owner laughed as he turned to Xantcha. "It's only a electric storm, the rain stopped." "That's my point!" She jumped up and quickly walked over to where the teen male was, shutting the window and growling. "Do you want to get fried? Or is it that little part of you that says, 'no danger'?!" "Uh, no danger?" "Oi, I give up. You're stubborn like always." "Of course, Xan. I've kept it up quite well these years." Giving him a small smile and walking over to her TV, she turned it on and sat on the couch. "Yes, well... It's not exactly a good thing. Remember when the doctor gave you medicine? You refused to take it, saying that 'You're alright without it'. Ra, even now I bet the doctor would give up..." "... I'm still here, so I was right." Smacking her forehead and grabbing her remote, she changed it to a news station.
"Breaking News: In eastern Egypt, a feminine figure has been reported returning kidnapped people to their homes and tracking the cause of the disappearances. Mysteriously, she refuses to give us her exact name other than that she is nicknamed 'Millennia Shadow' and travels all over the world. Even as of now, she has returned seven out of eighteen people, and says that she will continue to rescue people as they are caught..." The rain started to hit the house once more, a little harder then the first shower. The two people inside, however, didn't notice one bit.
Xantcha stood upright and gasped as the TV showed a picture of the 'Millennia Shadow' in a black cloak with purple hair and blue bangs, the most noticeable thing about her was her cold icy eyes. Yami studied it for awhile, before smirking. 'She looks colder than Kaiba...Hm? What's wrong with Xantcha?' Not even as he thought that, Xantcha jumped up. "That's ACIRIMIK! It HAS to be!! She's got PURPLE HAIR!!" Yami stared at the girl as if she had gone completely mad and sat down beside her, pulling her down with him. "Relax! Now, who's this Aciri-..." "She... I know her from my short stay in Egypt, after I was 'Awakened' by Isis! That has to be her! Thank RA I'm leaving today for Battle City 2! I can finally ask her why this has been happen-..." Yami cut her off, a look of annoyance on his face. "What do you mean, today? It's tomorrow, ne?" Xantcha sighed as she told him about her conversation with the CEO, and how Yugi was going to call their friends.
"So in other words, we're leaving tonight at eight... Um, Yami? You're coming with us... right?" Her eyes seemed to beg for an answer as she looked into the dark's eyes. "Hai, of course. We should really pack now though... it's already 7:00..." Xantcha 'eeped' as she stood up straight. "You're right!" She studied Yami as he placed his mug on the coffee table and walked towards the door. "I suppose you had better get going then..." "Hai. Well then, I'll see you when I get to the airport. And Xantcha?" "Hn?" "Be caref-..." "I'll be careful, Yami. Mou, I don't see why you worry so much about me. I can take care of myself." "Isn't it alright that I worry?" Blushing slightly, she waved her hand. "Hai, hai. Now get going, or you'll never be ready to go! Here, take an umbrella. Like you said, pneumonia has the capability of killing you." "Arigato. And remember to be-..." "Careful! I know!!" Softening his eyes in Xantcha's direction, he nodded. "Alright." With that, Yami walked down the trio of steps and disappeared in the rain, leaving Xantcha inwardly smiling. Talking to no one in particular, she looked up into the grey clouds. "I'm glad... that you still worry."
An hour later
Music Change - 'Do You Know What I Mean?'
"YAMI! YUGI! YOU'RE LATE! Kaiba was gonna go without you!!" The look alikes ran up to the screaming platinum haired Egyptian, each with their own bag, panting. "Hai, but Grandpa..." "Wanted us to grab some new packs of cards for everyone." The dark side of Yugi walked up and handed each person a pack of cards, finally coming to Seto. "Even you, Kaiba." "Tsk, I don't accept, Mouto." Yami wordlessly glared at the tall brunette before looking down slightly to see the younger Kaiba brother. "Mokuba? Have you started collecting yet?" The boy laughed as he stood up straight. "Yeah, pharaoh! I even got my own deck box and deck! I still need to get better cards though, even if I do refuse to let Seto give me good ones..." Everyone laughed as the blue eyed Kaiba walked towards the admittance desk, glowering. "Then here, young one. I hope you get better use out of it then your brother over there." "I will, don't you worry! Thanks pharaoh!" "MOKUBA?" Mokuba winced as he turned to his older brother. "Yeah, SETH?" "IT'S SETO to you, and call him by his NAME! He is not PHARAOH!" "But Seeetttooooo!" "No!" Yami smirked as Seto turned away before he leaned down to whisper to Mokuba. "I'm fine with it, call me what you like." "SEEEEE!! The PHARAOH is okay with it!!!" Mokuba grinned giddily as he opened his pack of cards, Joey following in suit almost immediately. "HEY! I got a...? What's a D. Warrior Lady?" Xantcha walked up and smiled. "Well Joey, it's a..."
"It's a good card. I have three." Xantcha whirled around and laughed at the new comer. "Kuroshin! Glad ya could make it!" The teen walked up to the group and smirked as Joey yelled. "NO way! They're SECRET RARES!" Walking by, he spoke while handing Joey his deck. "Yeah? Well, guess that I might as well help, seeing as I could get more cards this way...Here, pup. Look at my deck and see for yourself." Kurry walked up, laughing and patting him on the back. "Hey, is that all you think about? We're going to find the source of these freaky demons, not go and get more rare cards!" The boy nodded before pointing at Malik and Marik and crossing his arms. "I know, you needn't remind me. But, there are still his little minions running around, right? They think that he still exists as their leader. If I can find and beat them, I'm sure they'd have something worthwhile..."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT HASN'T ARRIVED YET?! TELL HIM TO GET HERE NOW!"
Everyone stared wide eyed in shock at the older Kaiba brother as he yelled at the female flight attendant. "I'm really sorry sir, but..." "People like you are the reason people like me need medication." Kuroshin snorted at Seto as he walked up. "Hey, miss? Does he have a cell?" "Yes, but I cannot phone him. We are getting the phone service changed to a different company. Mr. Kaiba here left his phone in his luggage, which is now aboard the plane." Xantcha laughed as Kaiba growled, turning and giving everyone glares except for Mokuba. "Kaiba, stop having a temper tantrum. I have my cellphone on me. Here," Kaiba blinked as he caught the small blue phone. "dial the number." Giving Kuroshin a death glare, he dialed the number. Walking over to the group again, he sighed. "What's with that guy? He's got a pretty bad temper for a CEO of his own company." Hilary nodded as she patted him on the head. "Yeah? Funny how we all think that..."
The singer closed her eyes as she sighed. "Even Mokuba." Yugi laughed as Joey looked through his cards like a kid in a candy store. "Hey YUG! I got a Summoned Skull! That's a good one, right Yam-man?" Yami sent a slightly annoyed look the New Yorker's way, before nodding. Mokuba was bouncing around while looking at his cards, when he accidently bumped into Kuroshin. "Whoops, sorry! Hey, wait... Aren't you the guy that Seto and I met in the new Duel Monsters Land he created? It was funny how you tied the game with the trap card..." "Ring of Destruction?" "YEAH, that's it! Where'd you get it? I wanna get a deck as powerful as Seto's and battle you to see if I could do better than him..."
The group continued to talk and wait for half an hour, and the pilot still hadn't shown up yet. Seto had given Kuroshin back his phone, and had said the man would be over in a while. "Make that a LONG while." Xantcha smiled as she spoke, her eyes twinkling as she glanced over to Yami. Noticing him staring at her, she blinked. "Is there something on my face?" Hilary giggled as she sat right beside the pharaoh, poking him slightly. "Only a tint of red, Xannnnnn, nothing else. Right Yami?" The two looked away from each other quickly as Hilary laughed and continued to poke fun at them. Joey was busy arguing with both Kuroshin AND Seto now, complaining because he was outnumbered. Yugi was busy making sure that his deck was the best it could be and Tristan was watching Joey argue.
Mokuba finally decided he needed help with his new deck, so he walked over and intervened Hilary from bugging Yami and Xantcha, with thanks from both. Riyo was busy tormenting Duke about how to play Dungeon Dice Monsters with Tea watching, all the while getting him to repeat everything twice. Hilary was getting a fruit smoothie with Serenity at a booth after bugging the two ex-rulers, and both were trying to torment Bakura and Marik by getting them to try every flavour. Of course, when Bakura had tasted it after having coke, well... His expression was nothing sort of hilarious. "That is one screwed up face Tomb Robber!" "Yeah, well, you try the prune then, Tomb Keeper!" Hilary grinned when she interrupted them both. "TRY THE GRAPEFRUIT NEXT!" Both Egyptians groaned as they slapped their foreheads, making Kurry laugh.
Riiight, and about Kurry? Let's just say Malik was rather annoyed at Xantcha for giving Kurishi some of her cards. "That's five, Mal-kun! I can't believe I'm winning! It must be luck though!" She patted Malik gently on the head as the boy smacked his head on the table. "I certainly HOPE so..." "Why don't you open that pack of cards Yami gave you? It certainly helped me!" The discouraged blonde nodded as he slipped the cards out of their pack. Tea and Mai laughed as he whined. "Nothing... I think my luck has finally run out..."
This continued for awhile... at least until a loud zap... the electricity went out. Everyone let out a small yell, but none were as shocked as Yami. Letting out a loud cry, Xantcha threw herself onto the pharaoh's lap, leaving Mokuba staring in shock, then grinning like a loon. "Hey Xantcha? I thought that you said a indirect approach was best... " Yami stared at Xantcha for a moment before she jumped off and sat down beside him flushed, and held his breath. "Hey XANNIIE!" Xantcha once more jumped, but this time, not on the pharaoh's lap. "What Riyo?" "That was a cute kodak moment! Do it again and I'll get my camera!" "Wha-... NO!!" Yami looked over to the guard with a slight glare, still quite flustered.
"He says he's five minutes away, but he wants to wait until the power comes back." Seto had borrowed Kuroshin's phone again, and had shooed out his pilot for being EXTREMELY late. Xantcha nodded as she looked down at her pack of cards. Opening it, she blinked at the card she received. "Sphinx Teleia? I like that it's a sphinx, but it sure looks strange..." Yami nodded as he looked over her shoulder. "It could be useful though. Will you put it in your deck?" "Hai!" Taking out her deck, Xantcha removed 'Gearfried the Iron Knight' for it. Sliding it in the black sleeve, she smiled as she heard Joey complaining as Kuroshin tried to explain how he got his cards compared to the puppy. "Will he ever learn that he can't win, Yami?" "Doubt it." "Oh. Ra help him..." Mokuba was looking through Xantcha's cards for trading again, until he spotted one that was stuck to another. Sliding it between his fingers, he blinked. "Hey, Xantcha? Are you sure you want to trade this one?" Picking the small card up, she blinked. "How'd that get in there? 'Millennium Dragon of Dark Magic?' Wow..." Mokuba had been looking over her shoulder along with Yami, before she looked at the attack. "WHAAAA?! A four star 4000?!" Yami snatched the card away from her with a flick of his wrist, and read the small writing. "It says you need both Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl on the field to play it... However, it is a powerful card..." 'I thought that there was only three God cards?'
Staring at it for awhile, she blinked and picked it out of the pharaoh's hands. The Dragon itself was a shimmering silver with a gold end on it's tail. It's eyes were a malevolent green, and it's stance was nothing short of regal. In the picture, it was sitting up proudly with it's tail curled around it's body in a pile of books and treasure. The picture showed that in the back, the wands of DM and DMG were propped up against gold stands. Turning it to the light, she noticed how it shone brightly, and that the number on the card was DG#001. Showing it to Yami once again, she took out her deck like before. Slipping out another card, she gently placed the new Dragon type card in it's black sleeve.
"It's really cool... and powerful! Where did you get it?" Looking down at the black haired boy, she blinked twice and cocked her head to one side, thinking. "I.. don't know. In fact, I didn't know I had it." Yami, hesitant to say what he was going to, stood up and gently picked up Xantcha's hand. "Well, let's ask... Kaiba." Nodding and laughing at how Yami dripped sarcasm on the last word, Xantcha stood up and walked with the millennium puzzle holder to the CEO.
"Hey! Seth- I mean, Seto! Xantcha and the pharaoh have a question!" The trio walked up to the red faced angry Kaiba, and Xantcha smiled. "Here, take a look at this card." Looking at it for awhile, he spoke. "Well, it seems..." The empress took the card in her hands as they all sweatdropped. "I have no clue." Glancing over at Mokuba, Xantcha sighed unhappily. "Okay, that didn't work. Maybe Isis?"
Well, she only had a slight clue. Seems that there is a ka used by the empress long ago for protection. It's name, however, Isis couldn't remember. "Wasn't her name something like Andraaia? I think I remember her as one of my guardians..." She winced as she sighed. "She was a guard in human form before she protected my life with hers...She had the nickname Tiamut, after the Queen of Dragons. I accepted her as a spirit guide to help in my future battles...She had a wondrous power, being able to control certain animals to her will. I remember now..." Riyo came up to the small group, sadly smiling. "Yeah. You didn't want me to be your guard for fear that the same fate should be mine. It was funny though, how her name was the same as that woman I met who said I was her 'long lost sister'." 'It was about a month after Xantcha said she died too...'
The millennium holder, Malik, had walked up, hearing the talk of days gone by. "Do you think that you guys were brought back for a reason?" Looking at Isis' brother with a startled look, she turned her gaze to Yami. "That could be... although I thought our jobs were done, something isn't right." Everyone in the room at that time was listening, and it went deathly silent with thoughts from each person.
'Why?' and 'What now?' were just a few questions Bakura had running through his head. As the main airport doors opened, the pilot that Kaiba had instructed walked in. Xantcha looked up, and, slowly walking over and picking her bag, turned towards where the airplane was waiting. Bakura wondered up to her and nodded at her, then to her item. "Do you think that...?" The tomb robber nodded as Xantcha spoke. "There's no doubt about it. Kan-ra is back. He has to be." Yami walked up and growled at the male's name before grabbing his small suitcase. "That damned ruler is back? How?" Nodding as he walked in front of Yami and Xantcha, he answered. "Let's just say I've never had a wrong gut feeling before." Turning to Yami in the slightest, Xantcha smiled. "Don't worry about it, we'll figure something out. Do you know what I mean?"
The group never noticed a figure in the shadows going through the airplane doors ahead of them.
Xantcha: Well, I suppose it's an okay card... sorry, but I had no other idea what to call it...
Ryou: So now you own your own card?
Xantcha: -nods-
Ryou: Okay! Xantcha does not own Yugioh, or any characters...
Xantcha: Except for me, Erikaan Mune, my pendant, my card 'Millennium Dragon of Dark Magic' and my muses.
Bakura: That's going to be a mouthful now.
Ryou: -shrugs- I can say it in one breath, so I'm not worried.
Bakura: oo And I thought I was abnormal...
Xantcha: ; Sooo, a shout out to Riyo! -waves- Guess who was my guardian before yoouuuuuu....
Ryou: Yeah, that's actually kinda freaky.
Bakura: -nods- She said that the girl would come back sometime though...-Xantcha slaps a hand over Kura's mouth-
Xantcha: Yeahh.... Well, I think that's it! See ya next chap, and Review please!
Vocabulary for this chapter:
Hai - Yes, Yeah, etc
Arigato - Thanks
Mou - Geez
Anou - Um, Uh, etc
Kitto - Alright, etc
Ja ne - Goodbye, Bye, etc
Sayonara - So long, See ya, etc
Itai - Ow, ouch, etc
Baka - Idiot, Stupid, Fool, etc
Onegai - Please
Kisama - Bastard
Gomen (ne) - I'm Sorry, Sorry, etc
Hn - Hm?, Huh?, etc
Ne - Right?, etc