Luff: What do you mean by that? It's you who takes ages!
S. Chensu: Cough Err…reviewer replies anyone?
Yugi and Mai- Ooh, get you! "My team's all at level 100!" Chen doesn't care much about that and Luff still hasn't read the reviews because she's lazy! Chen thinks that Yami's being very rude too, considering the fact /he/ told Bakura that he was the most important last night! And he knows that the pharaoh actually loves him the best! We told you several times this is not going to be a yaoi story, we know you want it to be but there are lots of people who don't want a story about two hedgehogs having sex with each other. Chen came up with the brother idea a long time ago and sort of forgot how it was supposed to work and that was the best explanation she could come up with. Your questions will be answered in good time… No, you cannot have the Book of Knowledge because it's needed for the shush second series. And Cosy Heart /is/ the best! And we're not surprised that Yami's favourite is Grumpy Bear, Bakura knows all about him being grumpy in the morning if he doesn't get anything the night before.
the funk master- If you read the author's note you'll know that they're not gay! None of them! And there won't be a monkey but you could always imagine the enchanted paper-thin book sized one. Actually, because we're the authoresses, we can do whatever we want! Gives the funk master an enchanted paper-thin book size monkey. That good enough for you?
Celestial the Hedgird- We're really trying hard to get this finished so it /will/ all be up before the end of August! Hopefully it will get even better!
Luff: Yeah, we don't like own this or anything; you know the bits we do though.
S. Chensu: So as usual, on with the show!
Episode thirty-one: Dragon HallAs Rouge walked through a darkened corridor, she began to wonder what kind of obstacle she would face next. She had already been barraged by seagulls, what could be worse? But that picture of the dragon that had been engraved into the door floated back into her mind. What could that mean? Did she have to fight one?
Rouge slowed down her pace as she saw a light shining up ahead. It had an orangey glow to it, and made it look as though the walls themselves were flickering. Is that fire…? She thought to herself as she drew ever nearer, her heart beating faster from anticipation. She rounded a corner in the corridor gasped as the room at the end of it met her eyes.
"Wha…? This place is huge!" She gasped as she stared into the huge hall. There were tall pillars as far as she could see reaching up to a ceiling some twenty metres above her, and large torches flickering in their brackets on the sides of the pillars. This only caught her momentarily though as she soon saw the rather /large/ problem lying right in her path in the middle of the hall. "Is that…what I think it is?" Rouge felt her breath catch somewhere in the depths of her chest as she stared at the creature in fear. It's large, purple scales and powerful sharp claws made her wince in fear, as she backed slowly up against the wall. She saw a deep red eye peering at her through the dim light of the room, half closed as though it was asleep. "It is…it's a dragon…" Despite the fact that it was staring at Rouge, it didn't appear to take any notice of her. "Is it…asleep?" She took a step closer, hesitated, before carrying on towards it.
"It is asleep, but it won't be for long…" Rouge jumped a little as she spun around to find out where the voice was coming from. She saw a small ball of light bobbing up and down behind her, and frowned.
"What…do you mean?" She said slowly, not sure of whether she should be talking to a ball of light. Then again, since she had got there she had come to accept the weird as being perfectly normal.
"I put a spell on it…it's asleep now, but it won't last for long. You have to hurry if you want to make it out of here without getting hurt." Rouge nodded and turned, a little more fear creeping back into her heart. She took a deep breath, before jumping up into the air and flying quietly towards the slumbering dragon. He stomach plummeted when she saw the coils of the creatures tail wound around various pillars, as if to protect them from intruders. It was as if the very air itself was the dragon's treasure…
Rouge craftily guided herself around the columns, being careful not to fly too low down towards the dragon, but not so high that she couldn't see where she was going from the lack of light. It didn't take her very long before she could see the other side of the hall, so she started to make directly for the door.
"Rouge, quickly!" She heard the ball of light call out behind her. "It's waking up!" Rouge turned to look down at the ground, but before she could see what was happening she crashed painfully into a pillar. She cried out as she scrambled to keep a grasp on the column, but immediately regretted making any noise at all as she heard a huge roar behind her.
"St!" Rouge swore as she saw the huge dragon rise up behind her, uncoiling its long tail and whipping it down next to her so she could feel the air rushing past her skin. Its eyes had now turned a blood red colour, as if from anger, and fire was spilling from its mouth like a fountain of water. She could see it glittering in the dull light, chest flashing with jewels encrusted into its surface.
"Rouge, hurry! It's about to attack!" But it was too late as the dragon had already directed a huge flamethrower towards her, which she only just managed to avoid. It roared with anger as it saw her escape, before shooting several large fireballs towards her.
"ARGH!" She screamed as one of them hit her wing, causing her to fall with a thud to the ground. "Help!" She cowered as she saw it towering above her, sharp claws flexing as it drew steadily closer. Its teeth were now visible too, glistening with drool in the torch light. It moved its tail so that it was curled around her, leaving her with no escape route. How am I going to get out of this? She looked up and saw the strange ball of light floating above her.
"Go up!" It said, bobbing furiously around her head.
"Huh?" She thought for a moment, before an idea came to her head.
"Come on, jump! I'll help you!" Rouge nodded. She stood up, and prepared herself for what she was going to do. "I hope this works…" And with that she jumped, going up further with the help of the ball of light. She brought her right leg back, pumping herself with as much energy as possible before swinging it forward and smashing it into the dragon's jaw. It reeled, clutching its face in its clawed hands, before emitting a deafening roar and chasing quickly after her.
"Quickly, through here!" Rouge followed the light as it lead her through a small door, flying quickly to avoid the fire that was being shot at her by the still angry dragon. She could feel the heat of it at her feet, and even though the dragon had been left behind, it was still breathing out fire into the small corridor they were in.
"It's no good! It's still attacking me!"
"Just keep going! You're nearly there!" Rouge could just about see another door ahead, so she quickly made for it while still avoiding the fire that was rapidly catching up with her. She landed on the ground before running to the door and slamming it behind her, immediately blocking out the heat and fire.
"God…that was close…" She looked around herself for the ball of light, but found that it had disappeared. That's strange…I could have sworn it was in front of me… She furrowed her brow in thought. Who was that, anyway? They seemed so…familiar. But I have no idea where I could know them from. Hmm, maybe it's just me being weird…boy, this is creeping me out…
So, without a further thought of the dragon, she set of down the corridor, wondering what she would have to face next…
S. Chensu: Yeah, it's short but you have to expect it, it was written by Luff.
Luff: Only because you couldn't do it!
S. Chensu: Oh yeah, many thankies Luff! Now we'll get on with the next two episodes, the next one being up on Thursday…maybe.