(Over in England)
A random pigeon began flapping it's wings like a mad, err, man, squawking like there was no tomorrow. The hooded figure of someone stood, walked over to the pigeon, and kicked it. "Shut up you stupid bird, fine, fine, I'll leave now. Don't wig out," the figure said darkly, earning a cold pigeon glare. The voice was male, and fairly young. With a sigh, he started off, ignoring the bird again even after it alighted onto his shoulder. "Kitten, huh? Greatest thief this side of the dimensions... besides the Great Thief King, that is, but...," the bird nipped at his ear, and he waved a hand near it. "Sh, fine! I'm going, I'm going! Hey, TAXI!" he called. Three taxis passed him by on the street, and he scowled. "Stupid urban transportation. Wish I could just WALK to Japan... Erm, AH!" he cried, whipping out a cell phone. "Hello, is this Kaiba corp. limos? Yes, ER, my name is, Erm, Noah Kaiba. Whatever. Somewhere in England. Yes, okay, I can wait a few minutes. Mm-Hmm. Yeah, go ahead and find my location by my duel disk. No problem. Thanks." and he hung up.
(Over in Japan the next morning)
Noah blinked out at the bright sunlight sleepily. Hmm. Too much to do, too little sleep. He yawned and began walking.
(Twelve minutes later)
Noah appeared in mid air, and fell down onto the hard sidewalk, biting his lip to keep form swearing. The pigeon on his shoulder squawked, and he glanced at it. "Oh, shut up. I DID eventually remember I could teleport, didn't I?" he asked it. The bird cawed at him, and he rolled his eyes. "I'm sure you could've." Just then, Aria walked by. Noah grinned, jumped up, and hit her hard on the head.
"Ow! Dammit, what was that for?" she screeched, just as the pigeon alighted on her skull and began pecking at it. "Ow! Hey, get your stupid bird off me!"
"He's not stupid," Noah said sharply. So sharply that Aria looked at him, freaked out a moment, then nodded. He smiled again as the bird stopped. "Now then, I must tell you, my name is Noah Ark. Like Noah's Ark, only different," he told her, lowering his hood. He was a young boy, maybe sixteen, with red hair and sharp green eyes. His skin was pale as a ghost, and his canines were unnaturally pointed, as though he was a vampire. " I need to tell you something important."
"Like what?" Aria asked sarcastically, her respect gone. Noah smiled evilly.
"Like, this!" he said happily, and hit her again.
"Ow! What is WRONG with you?"
"A lot," Noah replied smoothly and naturally. "But not as much as what is wrong with everything else. You, oh great priestess Aria, have not only upset the balance between Good and Evil, which is always out of whack anyway, but the balance of time. Some scientists just found a living, breathing blue eyes white dragon in New York, and it's trying to find you. And kill you. You, and the Great Kitten, need to stop it from hurting anyone on the way to kill you. We don't care if it kills you, or if you stop it, but no killing it. Oh, and by the way, more duel monsters are coming through the time shift."
"Yea, you're right, a LOT is wrong with you. How am I supposed to believe any of this?" Aria snapped back. The pigeon began pecking at her again.
"Because my pet says it's true, and by pet is a cat, that's been transformed into a bird as punishment for helping the king of thieves steal the millennium ring."
Aria blinked, wide eyed. "You are crazy," she told him simply.
"So? your point is?" he retorted. Aria shrugged.
"Nothin'. You just tell me when you've convinced KITTEN of this," she returned. Noah smiled.
"No problem. This cat was once owned by her family too. I'm sure they'll believe me if Horus goes along with it. Well, later," he told her and vanished.
(In Kitten's base)
Noah appeared right in front of Kari, clumsily, causing him to again fall to the floor, but this time flat on his face. The black cape fluttered around him, once again obscuring his face. "I'll never get used to that, Horus," he muttered into the ground. Kari shrieked jumping away from Noah.
"Who the hell are you?" She never was very good at keeping her mouth shut. He sat up, crossing his legs and taking a meditative pose
"Oom... I am asking the great spirits that be... oom... I am asking them... oom... who am I...? oom... who are you? oom..." he meditated out loud. The pigeon next to him sweat dropped and scrambled back behind him. Kari raised an eyebrow.
"Ohhkay...weirdo alert." The hood slipped off his head, revealing again the red hair, tousled and messy over his closed eyes.
"Oom... the great spirits that be... oom... great spirits...oom..."
"Yeah. I'm getting my sister now. KITTEN!" She yelled running from the room.
"What?" Kari dragged Kitten into the room. "Oh. that guy." she thwaped Kari over the head. "Stop yelling all the time." She turned to Noah. "and you are?"
"Oom... oh great spirits that be... oom... who am I..? Oom... who is she..? oom.. who are you..? oom..." he oom'ed. The pigeon sighed behind him, dropping to the floor exhaustedly.
"Riight. I'm leaving now." Kitten turned and opened the door. Noah began to levitate slightly off the floor, glowing a dim gold. Kitten turned around.
"What the F-"
"Kitten!" a voice warned some where in the house.
"Sorry mother." Kitten grumbled.
"Oom.. I am Noah Ark.. oom... You are Kari.. oom.. and you, are Kitten!" he yelled, suddenly flying at her. He swung around, just barely missing her head, and flew back to face her. "Hallo? What was that you were saying miss Kitten?" The pidegon stared at the boy, thoroughly freaked out but used to it enough to only sweat drop. She jumped back. Not out of fright but to put a bit of distance between them.
"Riiight...Please tell me you have a very, very important reason for being here? I'm a bit busy." Noah blinked, then nodded, floating back into a standing position on the ground.
"Yes. The balance between good and evil has been disrupted, as had the balance in Time, and I need you to team up with someone you utterly dispise to stop it, effectively falling in love while saving the world and creating the most horrifying Hollywood romance novel ever," he told her. Noah blinked. "Wait, no, skip the romance part. That was someone else. No one here seems to be interested in Kitten/Aria yurri yet." Kitten stared at him and sweat dropped.
"You are one seriously crazy fruit loop. Now tell me? What asylum did you escape from again?" Kari just stared at him horrified.
"Peter's Asylum for the Mentally Gifted. Why?" he asked, suddenly curious. "How did you know I went ot an Asylum? Or even escaped form one? Although it wasn't much of an escape.. one of the employs helped me out.." he mused quietly. Kitten rolled her eyes.
"Riiight...Maybe you need to go back for a while. Maybe a few lifetimes." Then, for a second, he glanced at Kari.
"Kari/Rebecca yurri is just about as scary, ya knwo.." he whispered at her. Then he looked back at Kitten. "Naw, I gotta make sure that giant dragon doesn't kill any innocents. Then if you still think so, I'll visit them again." Kari Stared at him like he was insane, which I don't doubt he is, before running from the room.Noah smiled. He was hot, sure, but Kitten was only ten, and he was carzier than ANYONE I can think of off hand. Kitten rolled her eyes.
"Okay. I'm bored now what are you really here for?"
"Just what I said. I need you and Aria to stop a giant dragon from killing people, and realign the good/bad balance and the flow of time before we all die in a very, very dramatic, though more random than prophesized, Armageddon," was his plain reply. The pigeon squeaked, flying up to land on his shoulder. Noah smiled more, his fangs showing. "By the way, this is Horus, my cat."
"Nice cat. I don't do the saving the world thing. I'm a thief. Not a hero."
"Thanks. And that's fine, because the main thing is to save your own skin," Noah said. The pidgon on his shoulder began nibbling on his ear, and he rolled his eyes. "Quiet. Anyway, yeah. Ya see, you're thieving skills are needed to stop it. You must steal the gem out from between it's eyes. Aria's needed for her fighting prowess, to stop it's zombie soldiers. We are not talking a normal blue eyes. we're talking a kill everything zombie blue eyes." The pigeon glared, releasing his flesh.
"And after it's all over? When we beat this thing...what happens? And isn't this th DF's job? Aren't they supposed to fix these things?" Kitten leaned against the wall. Just asking questions. She'd help. She just wanted to know more. That was all. "Are you some sort of vampire?" She asked eyeing his teeth. She also loved asking questions. Noah sighed.
"Well, ya see, a herd of Zombie Kuribohs appeared out of now were and began assaulting them unexpectedly. They had to recall all their field agents to deal with the dust bunnies, and they're still losing. That's why they are having me ask you people to take care of it." Noah smiled wider. "As for me being a vampire, sort of."
"And these are the people protecting the universes..." Kitten mumbled rolling her eyes. "And you've already talked to Aria am I right?" Noah nodded.
"She'll help if you will. Not that she really asked to be as well informed as you. She assumed you'd decline."
"After we beat this thing. I get to keep the jewel right?" Noah nodded smiling.
"Heck, you can keep the whole ten pound thing. But be careful, it's heavy." Kitten raised an eyebrow.
"Okay...So where's this thing at now?"
"New York. Where else?" he replied simply.
"Wonderful."
"Excuse me, now. I've got to go double check clearance from my superiors. I'll be back in a few hours. Have some fun till we're ready, Kay?" he said, and then vanished completely as though he was never there. Bird and all.
There ya go folks. The plot thickens. Muhahaha. Hope you like your update.
Kitten: I've still got eight Duel discs. Anyone want one?