A/N Hey, me 'gain! Ready for this chapter? Well, I'm ready, so here we go!

To rsd: Good guess, but I seriously doubt Malik would trust Librus with the egyption god card after what happened to his last card.

To P.L.S.: In this chapter or the next you'll get your answer to the first two questions. As for the last, I don't want to give anything away, but I can tell you that they will get home, but not until after they fix the star crsytal.

Disclaimer: I own Marron and Librus

Chapter 18: Early Birds

Marron was sound asleep when she heard loud thumps from downstairs. "What was that?"

Tia woke up and sat up in bed. "I don't know." She was certianly scared.

Marron got up and walked over to the nearest window and looked out and down. From this position she was able to see the front porch. What she saw made her blood run cold.

"Tia. You stay here." Marron pulled out her transformation pen. "Whatever you do, do not open that door."

Tia nodded. "What is it?"

Marron looked at her. "Librus."

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Librus looked on while the monster tried its hardest to break open the door. "Ah! What's taking you so long!?"

The monster stopped banging and looked at him.

Librus took a step back. "Don't you dare try to betray me! Would you like to go back to the card you came from?! Now, get back to work!"

"AND JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!!!"

Librus looked up to see Sailor Venus standing in the second story window above the door. "Well, well, well. So there you are. Impatient to die are you?"

Venus jumped down to the street. "You have no sense of decency. You come tramping out at all times, waking people from their dreams. Well, you are going to regret that!"

Librus smiled. "Oh, really?" The monster behind him walked past him and stood in front of him.

Venus nodded. "Yes, for I am Sailor Venus, soldier of love, and I declare, for what you have done, I will destroy you!"

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Yugi was sleeping peacefully when the phone rang. Groggily, he looked at the clock. 'Who would me calling me this time of the night.' He picked up the phone and yawned. "Hello."

"Yugi!"

"Huh? Tia, why are you calling me this early?"

"Yugi, this is important. Librus is here, at my house. Marron is outside fighting him right now. You need to get over here as quick as you can!"

This woke Yugi up fully. "Have you called Joey and Tristan?"

"No, I thought I should call you first." Came the relpy.

"I'm on my way, call Joey and Tristan. Tell them to get there quick. Bye."

Yugi quickly got dressed, and placed the millieum puzzle around his neck.

'Yugi? What are you doing up so soon?' Yami asked from inside the puzzle.

'Tia called, she said that Librus is back, with another monster.' Yugi thought back. He ran outside and towards Tia's house.

'Yugi, we should switch before we get there.' Yami told him.

Yugi nodded. "Yu-gi-oh!!!"

Yami continued running towards the battlefield.

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Sailor Venus stood, facing off against the monster in front of her. It stood about the same height as her, it had a sword in its hand, and it looked very confident.

'Just great, its so dark out here, I can hardly see. Whats more, I can only use one of my attacks. I hope this guy is a pushover, but something tells me, he isn't.'

Just then, the monster attacked. He struck with his sword, but at the last second, Venus jumped out of the way. "Hah! Is that all you've got?"

Almost in response to her acusations, the monster held out his hand, and a blast erupted from it. It caught Venus completely off guard, hit her, and sent her flying into a nearby tree.

She got up, painfully. "I think I just got my answer."

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Joey ran into Tristion on their way to Tia's house.

"So, you heard too?" Triston asked Joey as they continued runningtowards Tia's house.

"Yeah, I just hope we can help." Joey replied.

Before they knew it, they were looking at the fight. Venus was slowly getting to her feet, having just hit a tree.

Triston looked at Librus, who was watching the beating Venus was taking with interest. "Joey, listen. You go to the house and make sure Tia is okay. Meanwhile, I'll go after Librus."

Joey looked at him. "Are you sure?"

Triston nodded.

"Okay, man, but you be careful." Joey ran towards the house while Triston picked up a nearby rock.

"Hey! Librus!" Triston threw the rock as hard as he could and smiled as it connected with his skull. "Gotcha!"

Slowly, Librus turned his head towards Triston. "Now you are really going to regret that." Librus snarled at him.

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Joey ran to the back of the house. He took the key Tia left under the mat and entered.

"Wow, it is dark in here." He took a few steps.

BAM!!!

A hard object connected with his skull and knocked him out cold.

An overhead light came on. Tia stood, a frying pan in hand. "Oh, my God! Joey! I'm so sorry! Are you okay!"

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Yami finally got to Tia's house. He watched as Joey ran to the back of the house and entered through the back door. 'He must be checking on Tia.'

He looked at the monster. He gasped inwardly. 'Librus must really be desprate to use that card!'

"Sailor Venus!" He yelled to the Star. "Be carefull! That's a powerful card! It goes by the name Neo the Magic Swordsman and is extremely hard to defeat!"

Sailor Venus listened to Yami's words. 'Oh, just great.'

A/N Okay, that's all for today. I'll have the next chapter up tomorrow! Review please!