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Here's the next chapter for everybody!

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Disclaimer: I do not own or take credit for Yugioh or Black&White

Claimer: I own the story, the plot, and a bunch of other stuff nobody else wanted.

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The next morning, he rose with the sun. Lupine and Luster were still asleep as Yuugioh stared as directly into the sun's light as he could. Something seemed to draw him to the barely risen sun, but as the disk rose higher the feelings faded.

Instead, he looked down into the fenced area in front of the temple where his new Creature was currently napping. She woke as he watched her, yawning before looking around with scared indigo eyes. She spotted him next.

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((Good morning sir.))

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Yuugioh started.

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"You can talk?"

((Yes. I won't if you don't want me to sir.))

"No," he said now, "I was just startled. You can talk if you want to."

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((Yes sir.))

"And stop that 'Sir' business," Yuugioh continued, "I get enough of it from those other two clowns. I don't want to be your master, I want to be your friend."

((Really?))

"Yes really."

((Yay!))

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The leopard blushed.

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((Um, my name's Laurel. Who are you anyway?))

He told her.

((Hmm. That's a hard name to say. How about I call you Yuugi?))

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That last word struck something in him, and he felt a pounding inside his head, something screaming that this was all wrong, he shouldn't be here -

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((Are you alright?))

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Yuugioh looked up to see he had fallen to the ground and Laurel was standing over him, worried.

"I think so…"

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Then her face went serious.

((You should get off that ground, it's dirty and you don't know where it's been!))

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He laughed as he floated back up. The other two 'clowns', as he had called them, had woken up by this point.

"Eh, what happened," Luster mumbled sleepily.

"Master Yuugioh, are you alright? I could have sworn I heard -"

Yuugioh cut Lupine off.

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"Maybe we should let Laurel get acquainted with the village now?"

"Who's Laurel?"

Lupine swatted Luster over the head as the now four-some wandered towards the bustling village.

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It had been just one or two short years. The days had fallen into a steady routine - get up with the sun, help out the villagers with their expanding village, teach Laurel new Miracles from the one-shot dispensers, solve the latest minor problem, and go to bed at dusk.

"Boring as stale bread," Luster kept saying, and Yuugioh had to agree with him.

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Even Laurel was showing signs of boredom. Today she had left the pen, admired her growing height, and simply gone to lie down in the village. The sunlight shimmered in the silver and gold hues of her fur as she watched the activity go by.

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"Today's a bit dull, isn't it?" Lupine ventured.

"Dull? That don't even begin ta describe how boring dis place is. I wish something interesting would happen fer once!"

Privately, Yuugioh was in complete agreement with Luster, also for once. But soon they would all regret it. Because just then a villager ran up to them.

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"Holy One!" He said with a shriek. "You'll never believe this!"

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"Calm down," Yuugioh told him, "Catch your breath, rest for a moment! What wouldn't I believe?"

The man sat panting for a moment before saying much more calmly, "I spotted it not ten minutes ago, Sire. A huge Creature in the next valley! It's terrifying!"

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Naturally, Yuugioh went to check it out. It really was huge - at least as tall as his temple, if not bigger.

"Oh man," Luster said, "We're dead. We're all dead! Even us spirits - dead! You too Boss."

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The Creature was a tall, gigantic, humongous - black wooly sheep.

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"Somehow, it doesn't seem too dangerous," Lupine muttered under his breath.

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Yuugioh cautiously approached it, but the giant black sheep was much faster and had much better hearing then he thought. Before he knew it he was slammed to the dirt and trapped under its massive hooves.

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Laurel felt herself dozing off in the warm sunlight, easily feeling the contentment in the air. A few children who had wandered over from the crèche were climbing on her tail, their caretaker carefully watching over them. There was nothing but peace here.

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That peace was broken as two men ran into village.

"It's horrible! Adam saw a giant black Creature in the next valley!"

"How tall?"

"Taller then the Temple!"

Laurel got up, making sure not to give the children an unnecessary dumping, and walked over as the man called Adam continued.

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"I went and told Lord Yuugioh, but he went to have a look and never came back!"

"It must have eaten him!"

"What can we do?"

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((Quiet!))

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The villagers stopped shouting as Laurel spoke up.

((What you all must do is remain calm. Panicking will not solve this!))

"What would you have us do, Creature?"

((Bring everyone in from the far fields. Post sentries. No one should leave the village until we know what is going on.))

"Yes ma'm!"

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The villagers had early learned to trust her judgment. Laurel called Adam over to her.

((Please show me where you saw the other Creature.))

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He brought her to the valley mouth but would go no further. So she told him to wait here for her.

Although Yuugioh didn't know it, she had often gone exploring at night. Her skills at stealth were unmatched by any, and she used them now to skirt the valley in search. The black sheep wasn't hard to find; nor was it's cargo of a ball of glowing crimson light, struggling to free itself.

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Warily, she followed. The sheep's steps let it move quickly, until they passed by villages who carried a green crescent moon symbol. They were villages of another god.

She looked into the distance and saw a pulsing beam of the same color going high into the sky. A temple. Although she wanted to leap headlong and fight the sheep for her master/friend, she went back to their village instead. She would go at nightfall.