I'm terribly sorry for the delay.
Things kept coming up, and so this chapter couldn't be posted. Please accept my sincere apologises.
To make it up to all of you, here is a _very_ long chapter.
Disclaimer: Previous chapter
Claimer: Temerith, plotline, etc.
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Temerith was waiting outside his bedroom door the next morning. "Good morning Peggy-kun!" 'Peggy-kun? What?' "Can
I help you?" "Yeah - which ways the kitchen, I'm starving!" Pegasus nearly fell over before pointing the way to her. As
Temerith skipped down the hallway, Pegasus was reminded a little too much of a few memories he'd gotten from Yugi-boy's head,
of his blond friend acting in this exact manner. Temerith was even blond too, although her hair was long and in a braid.
Pegasus grimaced as he recalled the amount of food Jounouchi had eaten during the dinner they'd had here. He went to the
kitchen, and sure enough she was eating like a horse. "Peggy-kun, you got some good grub here," she said around a mouthful.
"Please don't call me 'Peggy-kun'," he said. "Sure thing P-chan!" After a last bite, Temerith did a flip that landed her an
inch away from Pegasus's head. "Don't call me that either!" he said, flustered. "Either I call you P-chan or I call you
Peggy-kun. Your choice," she said with a lopsided grin. "Can't you be serious?" "Nope! Oh, and just call me Terra-chan."
"Terra-san," Pegasus said with emphasis, "When are you going to explain what's going on?" "Why right now of course! Pull up
a chair," she said.
When Pegasus had finally gotten seated, Terra leaned forward with a surprisingly serious expression. "Peggy-kun,
what do you know about the Millennium Items?" The question caught Pegasus off-guard. "Not much," he said slowly, "There are
seven total…if one gathers all seven they receive great power…" "Yeah, that's what I thought. You don't know anything,"
Terra said smoothly. Pegasus frowned but did not comment. "Long ago, before the Shadow Games were played, a Egyptian man
came across a necklace. Hanging from the necklace were seven large pendants made of gold. The man discovered that each
pendant carried a strange power inside." "What does this -" "Baka!" Terra said, annoyed, "You sure are a lot more
thick-headed then I thought you were! Eventually, since the pendants were too bulky to carry around all the time, they were
melted down and reshaped into seven pieces of jewelry - one of which you used to wear," she added with a tap of her finger
over the eye patch. Pegasus was temporarily speechless. Then he was just plain confused. "Well, its an interesting
history, but what does that have to do with me?" Terra grinned. "Because the previous owner of the necklace has been
waiting to get it back for a long, long time, and you're going to be the one to stop him."
"Me? Why me?" "Because of that," she said with another tap to the eye patch. "Isn't it obvious? Everything that's
happened to you is because of that." Then without another word, Terra vanished into thin air. Pegasus sat there blinking
for a full five minutes before coming to himself and leaving. "This is making less and less sense by the minute," he
muttered to himself as he wandered the halls of his castle aimlessly. Croquet found him after an hour, staring out a window.
"Sir?" "What is it now Croquet?" Pegasus snapped at his chief of staff. "I - I thought you might want to see - Mister
Otogi has begun a broadcast of a duel with Yugi Motou." "A duel?" Curious, Pegasus went to check it out. Sure enough, a
world-wide broadcast was being sent. "Ah, I see Otogi-boy is trying out his Dungeon Dice game against little Yugi," Pegasus
said to himself. Shortly before the tournament, he'd invited the lad here and played a game with him. Without the help of
his Millennium Eye he would certainly have lost at the complex game. It was well worth marketing. But Pegasus felt dismay
as Otogi announced to the world his opinion that Yugi had cheated in the final duel here at the Duelist Kingdom. 'If
anything, I cheated,' he thought as it the game went forward. "Ooh, pretty dice!" "Yaah!" Without warning Terra had simply
appeared on the arm of his chair. "Where in the world did you come from?" "Shush!" Giving up what appeared to be a
pointless argument, he turned back to the duel. It seemed unfair at first, especially when Otogi pointedly refused to
explain more then the basics of the game. The whole thing see-sawed madly, more often then not being squarely in Otogi's
favor. But what really got his attention was how Otogi kept making references to how Yugi's victory was keeping Industrial
Illusions from marketing his game. He called over Croquet, who had been watching from the other side of the room. "Whatever
happened to the approval form for that game?" "It's been completed sir; you just need to sign it." "Then go and get it."
Croquet went and got it. Pegasus decided to wait until the broadcast finished before signing. Somehow, as Yugi pulled off a
stunning upset victory, a sense of déjà vu hit him, as if he'd known all along what the outcome would be. But that didn't
sound right, not after losing his Eye. There was no way to know without it. Shaking his mind clear of the thought he signed
the form. "Send Otogi-boy an email," he ordered. Then he stood up. But for some reason everything suddenly started to
double, then ooze in and out of focus. As the floor suddenly rushed to meet him, Pegasus's world went black.
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For those that are unaware, Otogi is the japanese name of Duke Devlin.
I don't know his last name, or even if this is his first name.
If you do know, it would be helpful if you told me. And any other comments as well!
Things kept coming up, and so this chapter couldn't be posted. Please accept my sincere apologises.
To make it up to all of you, here is a _very_ long chapter.
Disclaimer: Previous chapter
Claimer: Temerith, plotline, etc.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Temerith was waiting outside his bedroom door the next morning. "Good morning Peggy-kun!" 'Peggy-kun? What?' "Can
I help you?" "Yeah - which ways the kitchen, I'm starving!" Pegasus nearly fell over before pointing the way to her. As
Temerith skipped down the hallway, Pegasus was reminded a little too much of a few memories he'd gotten from Yugi-boy's head,
of his blond friend acting in this exact manner. Temerith was even blond too, although her hair was long and in a braid.
Pegasus grimaced as he recalled the amount of food Jounouchi had eaten during the dinner they'd had here. He went to the
kitchen, and sure enough she was eating like a horse. "Peggy-kun, you got some good grub here," she said around a mouthful.
"Please don't call me 'Peggy-kun'," he said. "Sure thing P-chan!" After a last bite, Temerith did a flip that landed her an
inch away from Pegasus's head. "Don't call me that either!" he said, flustered. "Either I call you P-chan or I call you
Peggy-kun. Your choice," she said with a lopsided grin. "Can't you be serious?" "Nope! Oh, and just call me Terra-chan."
"Terra-san," Pegasus said with emphasis, "When are you going to explain what's going on?" "Why right now of course! Pull up
a chair," she said.
When Pegasus had finally gotten seated, Terra leaned forward with a surprisingly serious expression. "Peggy-kun,
what do you know about the Millennium Items?" The question caught Pegasus off-guard. "Not much," he said slowly, "There are
seven total…if one gathers all seven they receive great power…" "Yeah, that's what I thought. You don't know anything,"
Terra said smoothly. Pegasus frowned but did not comment. "Long ago, before the Shadow Games were played, a Egyptian man
came across a necklace. Hanging from the necklace were seven large pendants made of gold. The man discovered that each
pendant carried a strange power inside." "What does this -" "Baka!" Terra said, annoyed, "You sure are a lot more
thick-headed then I thought you were! Eventually, since the pendants were too bulky to carry around all the time, they were
melted down and reshaped into seven pieces of jewelry - one of which you used to wear," she added with a tap of her finger
over the eye patch. Pegasus was temporarily speechless. Then he was just plain confused. "Well, its an interesting
history, but what does that have to do with me?" Terra grinned. "Because the previous owner of the necklace has been
waiting to get it back for a long, long time, and you're going to be the one to stop him."
"Me? Why me?" "Because of that," she said with another tap to the eye patch. "Isn't it obvious? Everything that's
happened to you is because of that." Then without another word, Terra vanished into thin air. Pegasus sat there blinking
for a full five minutes before coming to himself and leaving. "This is making less and less sense by the minute," he
muttered to himself as he wandered the halls of his castle aimlessly. Croquet found him after an hour, staring out a window.
"Sir?" "What is it now Croquet?" Pegasus snapped at his chief of staff. "I - I thought you might want to see - Mister
Otogi has begun a broadcast of a duel with Yugi Motou." "A duel?" Curious, Pegasus went to check it out. Sure enough, a
world-wide broadcast was being sent. "Ah, I see Otogi-boy is trying out his Dungeon Dice game against little Yugi," Pegasus
said to himself. Shortly before the tournament, he'd invited the lad here and played a game with him. Without the help of
his Millennium Eye he would certainly have lost at the complex game. It was well worth marketing. But Pegasus felt dismay
as Otogi announced to the world his opinion that Yugi had cheated in the final duel here at the Duelist Kingdom. 'If
anything, I cheated,' he thought as it the game went forward. "Ooh, pretty dice!" "Yaah!" Without warning Terra had simply
appeared on the arm of his chair. "Where in the world did you come from?" "Shush!" Giving up what appeared to be a
pointless argument, he turned back to the duel. It seemed unfair at first, especially when Otogi pointedly refused to
explain more then the basics of the game. The whole thing see-sawed madly, more often then not being squarely in Otogi's
favor. But what really got his attention was how Otogi kept making references to how Yugi's victory was keeping Industrial
Illusions from marketing his game. He called over Croquet, who had been watching from the other side of the room. "Whatever
happened to the approval form for that game?" "It's been completed sir; you just need to sign it." "Then go and get it."
Croquet went and got it. Pegasus decided to wait until the broadcast finished before signing. Somehow, as Yugi pulled off a
stunning upset victory, a sense of déjà vu hit him, as if he'd known all along what the outcome would be. But that didn't
sound right, not after losing his Eye. There was no way to know without it. Shaking his mind clear of the thought he signed
the form. "Send Otogi-boy an email," he ordered. Then he stood up. But for some reason everything suddenly started to
double, then ooze in and out of focus. As the floor suddenly rushed to meet him, Pegasus's world went black.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For those that are unaware, Otogi is the japanese name of Duke Devlin.
I don't know his last name, or even if this is his first name.
If you do know, it would be helpful if you told me. And any other comments as well!
