Here is new chapter for you all. How many people that includes is entirely up to you guys.
Oh, and Yugioh manga fans might recognize the riddle we were introduced to last chapter: something you can see, but haven't seen it before? Its a puzzle. Go check out the first book for this, another riddle, and good old-fashioned Shadow Games with sharp, pointy objects (like Millennium Puzzles...and knives.)
Disclaimer: See other chapters please
(Oh, and sorry about the spacing. Quickedit's being a butthead, again...)
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Laurel, above everything else, was no fool. The worry that was covering her Master, instead of any joy from his success, was a clear indication that yet another obstacle had come up. But when she approached Yuugioh in order to ascertain the source of the new problem, he seemed to reconsider something, avoided her, and ducked into the Temple.
Did it have something to do with her?
She'd tried to be as good a Creature as any God or Goddess could want - she'd learned all the Miracles she was shown, helped out with the villager's chores, never ate whoever or whatever she wasn't supposed to eat…but now her Master's odd behavior planted a seed of doubt.
Maybe she'd messed his quest up somehow. What could she have done? He hadn't mentioned what these 'quests' of his entailed, aside from a general idea, and she might have very well undone something he had done by accident.
Her curiosity couldn't stand it any longer - she tossed the harvest she had gathered into the Village Store before trotting up to where the Temple stood, bathed in the rays of the setting sun.
As soon as she entered the front yard, the Temple's magic shrunk her to her size as a newly chosen Creature - smaller than the tree planted in the yard. It was a big tree - but she could have thrown it for a respectable distance in her real size.Passing the tree and ignoring the few other items lying around, Laurel walked right up to the Temple doors. Here she hesitated.
Whenever a Creature entered their Master's Temple, they used a concealed entrance to the side of the main entrance that lead straight to the Creature Cave. There was a huge gorge in that room that prevented the Creature from going any further into the Temple - not that a Creature would want to. The Cave was well furnished and quite cozy.
Knowing she was breaking every single custom of Creature Behavior, Laurel nudged the main doors open and slipped inside.
She paused in awe and shock when she saw the Lobby. It was enormous! And in the center was a model of the entire island, showing all the villages and where things were. Not understanding the symbols, Laurel shook away her awe and looked around further.
There were many doors here, each leading to a different room - the second one on her left was the Creature Cave. And one of the other doors was still ajar slightly, leading to a blue-tinted room.
Laurel tip-toed over to it and peeked. The inscriptions above the door said this was the 'Future Room'. It certainly gave out a very soothing and relaxing aura, which explained why her Master was fast asleep inside, a crimson ball of light perched on one of the rotating circles attached to the golden statue.
Nudging the door closed completely, Laurel pondered what to do next. The thought of leaving and never going into the Lobby ever again occurred to her but she ignored it. Maybe there was something in one of the other rooms that explained what her Master was going through. Laurel began exploring.
There were several rooms with different sorts of records, and a huge scroll opposite the main doors that gave out astonishing information, and just underneath that scroll was a smaller door that lead to the living quarters proper.
None of these seemed to have the answers, and then Laurel found the Library. When she went inside, she found more than she could ever want to know about what was going on - one of the four magical recording scrolls had a list of every single thing ever said either in Yuugioh's presence or said by him himself, and Laurel studied it intently.
So that was it - he didn't want her to fight, was worried she would get herself hurt or killed because of his own inexperience. Laurel wanted to slap him - she was a fine fighter, and could use Miracles if she needed to, she was more then ready for something like this.
((If I waited until morning to tell you this, Master,)) she spoke out loud, watching as her words wrote themselves in front of her, ((You would think I was just trying to make you feel less guilty. But I can do this, and to prove it, I'll do it right now. See you in the morning, Master.))
Then she left, leaving the Library doors wide open so that Yuugioh would notice, and headed north under the moonlight.
