Title: Saiki the Hidden Dragon
Kittyfox: WOO HOO! I'm free! I'm free!
Riku: Don't mind her people... She's just excited because she managed to get the time to complete a chapter of this...
Kittyfox:Yup! Anyways, this chapter features more transforming fun and more moments with the dragons, plus the fourth of the five dragons will be revealed. Who will be added to the team this time? Find out now!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or any of their characters. I only own my originals.
There once was a giant, pink castle where the most beautiful princess in the world lived. Her name was Pichu, and she had the most enchanting eyes, beautiful blonde fur, and shiniest silver dress ever seen in the world. She looked happily toward the castle grounds as her knight in shining armor, Yugi, came riding toward her on his silver Blue Eyes White Dragon. Wait a minute...
Riku: PICHU! Have you been messing with the authoress's story?
Pichu: (Muah hah hah!) What? You no like my story?
Kittyfox: Ugh... Sorry folks. A bit of technical dificutlies. Let's try this again... And now, the REAL chapter!
Disclaimer: This time, I do not own Yugioh OR pokemon or anything else on here, or any of their characters. Just my originals and (more or less) Riku's smart-mouthed Pichu (only by personality, not by character).
Pichu: Hey!
Kittyfox: Be good and I might work on that story about you.
Pichu: Hmph... Fine...
(Forgot to mention in the last chapter that I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho or any of their characters either. Same goes for this chapter since this isn't the last time you'll see Yu Yu Hakusho action in the story. Yup, I'm just that big of a fan of it.)
Riku stared in shock at the half asleep girl. Yugi and Yami only stared at the girl for a few minutes before they exchanged confused looks. Yami and Yugi weren't familiar with who Aurora or Luna are, and didn't really know what the big deal about Luna was all about. Seto and Joey on the otherhand, didn't take the situation lightly.
"Riku? Why is dat girl here?"
"Guys, I can explain!"
"You had better explain! You lied to me! You told me you had nothing to do with her!"
"Just listen!"
Luna's vision was slowly becoming more clearer. The sound of Joey's, Seto's, and Riku's raised voices were slowly waking her up more and more. At first, she stared at Riku and wondered why she was yelling so much, then she turned her attention to Seto and Joey. At the very sight of the two dragons, Luna's eyes widened.
"Seto-Sama? Joey-Kun?"
Joey and Seto both turned their attention to Luna, and after seeing that the two weren't yelling anymore, Riku also turned her attention to her.
"Seto-Sama! Joey-Kun!"
Riku's eyes widened as she watched Luna leap from the stairway and tackle Joey and Seto to the ground. Before the two could react, they felt themselves being pulled into a hug.
"Joey-Kun... Seto-Sama... I'm so glad you both are alright."
Joey felt sorry for Luna and decided to shake off any grudges he had against her. Seto, however, tried to raise his claw to get ready to knock her off of him, but was stopped when Luna gave his a sweet kiss on the cheek. Seto blushed bright red as he stared into a pair of innocent eyes. And instead of using his arm to push her off of him like he intended before, he gently patted her head and smiled very faintly.
"Aww, what a cute little group." Riku cooed. Yami and Yugi both tried to hold back a few giggles while watching Joey and Seto become helpless while being hugged tighter by Luna.
"Alright Luna. I think it's time for you to go back to bed."
Luna looked up to Riku and smiled before she lightly nodded her head and walked toward the bedroom. Once Luna gently closed the door, Riku turned toward the others.
"I think we all should get some sleep. Tomorrow's gonna be a long day."
Everyone agreed before they scattered around the living room to find a place to sleep. Riku was about to walk into the bedroom to join Luna, but was stopped when she heard Seto call her name.
"Hey Riku! Look what I found."
She turned her head toward him before her eyes widened at the sight of a Blue Eyes White Dragon plushie. He held it closer to her face and wiggled its squishy body in an attempt to taunt her.
"I didn't know you liked stuff plushies so much. And here I thought you were a big, tough punk."
"So what if I like making plush dolls? Big deal..."
Seto lifted up the plush by its tiny claws before he made it move as he talked.
"Oh no! Beware of the scary, plushie making ghost! Hah ha-"
Before Seto could say anymore, he was smacked in the face by a pillow.
"Go to bed, you idiot..."
Seto tossed the pillow away and watched as Riku wore a smile of triumph before she went into the bedroom and gently closed the door. She walked toward the giant windowsill and sat next to the window while staring at Luna. She watched as Luna's chest gently rose and fell while she slept with a number of plush dolls next to her. She sighed and watched the moon as it shined brightly in the sky before she leaned back and fell asleep.
Riku slowly opened her eyes, only to see darkness and white mist that covered the area. She looked around the area and tried to swat the mist away with her hand, but she couldn't find anyone else.
"Hello? Anyone here?"
Nobody responded. But as she tried to see through the mist she saw a shadowy figure from the distance. She quickly ran up to the figure, running through the thick mist along the way. She finally ran close enough to the figure only to find out that it looked like a young man that was about the same height as Seto. But this man had shoulder length hair, so it couldn't be Seto. She tried to walks closer to the man in order to see his face, but the thick mist gathered around him to keep his identity a secret. The only thing that was revealed was his height and the fact that he had silver hair. Riku tried to swat the mist away to see who he was, but just as she seemed to get a good view of his face,she watched as he collapsed on his knees and breathed heavily.
"Hey! Are you alright? Who are you? Where are we?"
She watched as the man's body shook violently before he managed to murmur,
"Riku-Girl. Please, you have to help me. I need you to find me before Aurora-"
Before the man could finish his sentence, his body started to expand. A set of wings grew from his back and ripped his shirt off while a slightly smaller set of wings grew along his arms. His legs began to grow longer untill it formed into hind legs, and a tail erupted from his pants. His finger nails began to grow and his muscles began to constrict, making them bigger. The man winced as his face began to change, and in order to keep his identity safe he looked away from Riku and placed his clawed hand over his face.
"Wait a minute... You are one of the dragons... Please! Tell me who you are so I can find you!"
The man bent his head down in the mist while his body grew is size. His pale colored skin changed into magenta scales, and his face erupted from the mist to reveal a Harpie's Pet Dragon's head.
"Saiki!"
"Please Riku-Girl. Find me before Aurora does."
Riku watched as Saiki rose his arms before he gathered some wind under his wings and took flight. The dragon's body could barely be seen through the mist as he flew further and further away untill he dissappeared into the darkness.
"Hurry! Time is running out!"
"Mommy? Mommy! Wake up!"
Luna sat on top of Riku's stomach while watching her sleep.
"Mommy! Wake up!"
Luna watched Riku's eyes in hope that she would open them to prove that she was awake, but her eyes didn't even twitch at the sound of Luna's voice.
"Come on Mom! Wake up! Wake up!"
Luna's small hands wrapped around both of Riku's shoulders before she began to lightly shake her body. This time Riku groaned, making Luna look up to Riku's face in anticipation. But instead of opening her eyes and waking up like Luna intended, Riku turned to her side and faced her back against the window. Since Luna was on Riku's stomach at the time, she fell over and landed on a giant, soft cushion that was lying next to the windowsill. Luna looked up toward Riku, and was still dissapointed to see that she was still asleep.
"Hmph. Even Dad didn't take this long to wake him up..."
Luna looked around the room before she saw the Kuwabara plush that was displayed in the cabinet. She climbed up toward the shelf before she grabbed the plush and threw it toward Riku.
"Eat Kuwabara!"
To her surprize, Riku's arm swatted the plush away while she was still fast asleep. Luna pouted before she climbed dowm from the cabinet and walked out of the room.
"Fine Mom... You left me no other choice..."
Luna walked down the stairs and watched as the rest of the gang were fast asleep. Yami, Seto, and Joey already changed back to their human forms. Yami and Yugi curled up on a couch and slept together, with Yami protecting Yugi as if he was his little brother. Seto was curled up on another chair with his back facing everyone else. Joey was the only one who wasn't sleeping on a chair or a couch, but instead he slept on the floor, curled up like a dog and occasionally twitching in his sleep. Luna quietly made her way to the kitchen, trying very hard not to wake up the gang.
(Hmph, Dad was a whole lot easier to wake up. All I had to do to get him to wake up was braid his hair.)
Luna looked up toward the cabinet and stared at the shelves before she pulled out a large wooden spoon and a frying pan. She carried them both with her while she made her way back to the bedroom. She stood in front of the door and then stared at Riku before she banged the giant spoon against the pan.
"WAKE UP, MOMMY!"
Yugi, Yami, and Riku winced at the sound of the spoon clashing with the pan, but Joey and Seto had a more dramatic awakening. Joey leaped from the floor in shock before he tripped on his feet and fell on his back. Seto leaped back from his chair and landed on the floor. Everyone slowly got up and glared at Luna while she giggled.
"Finally! Mommy's awake!"
After eating some breakfast, and after a few minutes of getting rid of the loud ringing in their ears, everyone settled down. Yami and Seto sat on the opposite ends of the wide table, while Joey, Yugi, and Luna sat across from each other and away from the rivals. Yugi and Luna were absent-mindedly eating the scambled eggs and toast Riku made, but Joey watched as a few sparks started to fly between Yami and Seto. He saw Seto flash Yami a glare, which Yami returned with a cold stare before he picked up a piece of toast. Joey didn't want to get involved, and when the two stared at him with a "what are YOU looking at?" look, he quickly turned away. Once Riku was done cooking, she walked off to the living room and sat on the couch. She sighed and tried to enjoy the silence, knowing it probably wouldn't last long.
"Take dat back!"
"Never! It's the truth, Dog Boy!"
"Alright, Dat's it!"
Riku was surprised to see that Joey and Seto were fighting while moving closer to her. The two looked like they were trying to hold back each other's hands while glaring dangerously at each other. Yami, Yugi, and Luna ran into the living room and watched as the two were getting closer to Riku, with Seto standing in front of her. Joey surprised Seto by raising his head and headbutting him. He stumbled back and bumped into Riku, which knocked her back toward the edge of the couch. She swatted the remote control behind her and accidentally turned on the T.V. before the two fell over.
"Well, that's all for the weather. Stay tuned for your local news."
The others turned their attention to the T.V. while Seto recovered from the fall and watched Riku glare at him. Beads of sweat rolled down his face before the two watched the female anchorman shuffle her papers on the T.V. screen.
"Duelists everywhere will be pleased to know that the creator of Duel Monsters, Maximillion Pegasus will be visiting Japan for a month in order to develop a new high-tech version of Kaiba Corp's original duel disk."
After hearing that, it was Seto's turn to give Riku a cold look, which made her blush.
"Riku... You didn't..."
"Well, Mokuba was the one who handed me the documents. He didn't look at it and I didn't know what Industrial Illusions was, so..."
Seto slapped his forehead while Riku smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of her head. Suddenly Riku turned her attention to the telivision as the news brodcast showed video footage of a young man with long silver hair tied up in a ponytail. His eyes were covered from view by a pair of black sunglasses, and he wore a black tuxedo for this formal event. She stared at him and felt something was familiar about him. Then she remembered her dream. The man reminded her about Saiki, which quickly made her realize who Pegasus was.
"'Ey Riku! Earth ta Riku! You in there?"
Joey tried to snap Riku out of her trance by waving his arm in front of her face, but seeing as she didn't react, Seto snorted.
"Give it up, Mutt. You lost her."
"Saiki..."
"Huh?"
Joey turned his attention to Riku again before he snapped his fingers and startled her.
"Huh? Wha?"
"Why did ya call Pegasus 'Saiki' just now?"
Riku looked at Joey before she muttered, "I think Pegasus might be one of the dragons."
Everyone were shocked to hear the news. That is, everyone except Luna. Luna didn't know any other dragon besides Joey-Kun and Seto-Sama, Leviathin, and Capernic. And since she didn't know who Saiki was, she moved around the gang to get to the T.V. and changed the news channel to Anime Network, a channel dedicated to brodcasting un-cut anime. Yugi stood up to the group.
"But how do we know for sure?"
Yami looked at Yugi before he spoke up.
"We have to find out if he already has the power of a dragon or is going to very soon."
Seto snorted at the comment.
"Exactly how are we going to do that? Walk up to him and ask him? Oh, hello Pegasus. Say, did you by any chance sprout wings and a tail lately? Yeah, like he's really gonna answer that..."
Riku stood up and smiled.
"Well, that could be an idea. And since you are gonna see him anyways, Seto, YOU are gonna ask him."
Seto's eyes widened, and everyone's so busy paying attention to the two that they didn't notice Luna was watching Hiei cut up countless of demons into itty bitty pieces.
"Me? Are you out of your mind? I can't just ask him like that! What am I supposed to say?"
"Just ask if he noticed anything weird lately."
Seto glared at Riku as he stood up and was about to head toward the door.
"I guess I have to do this alone, right?"
"Of course not! I'll be there too!"
"Then why don't you ask him?"
"Because according to your associates and your brother, I am only your secretary. He's not gonna find any need to talk to me. Only you."
Riku walked with Seto out of the house and wore a smile of triumph. As they both left, Yami and Joey started to hear Luna giggle, and as they turned their attention to her, their eyes widened as she watched Hiei chop up another million demons into bloody pieces, accompanied by Kurama who also chopped up another million demons with his rose whip. Yami and Joey shuddered at the amount of demon chunks flying all over the place and they quickly tried to seach for the remote. Yami finally found it and quickly switched it to Funny Bunny, which made Luna groan.
"Aww... I wanted to see what happens next..."
Meanwhile, on the way to Kaiba Corp, Seto had mumbled about a million profanities under his breath about how evil his "secretary" was, which Riku didn't pay any attention to.
Pegasus looked around the room in boredom. For a minute, he stared at the blank, grey walls, but after awhile he stared out the window and felt that the high view of Domino City was a lot more interesting. He snapped out of his thoughts about being in Japan when he saw the office doors burst open. He watched as Seto rushed in the room and quickly tried to pull out and organize his documents from his suitcase. What surprised him was that a young woman followed him and tried to assist him in organizing his papers.
(And I thought Kaiba-Boy always worked alone...)
He watched as Seto stacked some papers on the desk before shoving the rest in Riku's arms and ushering her out of the room. With a soft sigh, Seto walked back to his side of the desk and sat down. He stared toward Pegasus with a let's-get-to-the-point glare, which Pegasus returned with a few blinks of confusion before he coughed.
"Well then, Kaiba-Boy, let's get started."
He stood up from his chair and took out a white folder with two I's printed on it frm the suitcase that sat under the table. Then he slowly pushed the folder toward Seto untill it was close enough for him to pick up himself. Seto opened the folder and began reading through the documents while muttering loud enough for Pegasus to hear.
"And just what are you implying? Are you saying my duel disk isn't good enough?"
"I'm not saying anything is wrong with your technology Kaiba-Boy, I'm just saying that with all the new technology we have now, your duel disk can use some improvements, upgrades if you will."
The two buisnessmen turned their attention to the door as Riku walked in while holding a tray in her hands. She walked like she was a waitress toward Pegasus, carrying three cups on the tray. She layed out two napkins on his side of the desk and placed two cups on top of them. She smiled toward Pegasus in order to get him to think she's friendly, and was happy when he smiled back.
"Merci."
"Is there anything else I can get you?"
"No, thank you Miss."
Riku nodded before she looked up to Corquet, who stood far behind Pegasus.
"And you? Would you like anything else?"
"No, thank you Miss." He replied, horsely. She only shot him a small glance before she walked toward Seto and changed her innocent and friendly demeanor into a serious one while she placed a napkin on his side of the desk. She stood close enough to Seto to be able to talk to him without Pegasus and Corquet listening to them.
"Riku, just to make sure before I completely humiliate myself, are you absolutely sure Pegasus is a dragon?"
"I'm sorry Seto, I'm not."
"What? But you just said-"
"Shh! Quietly! Talk quietly!"
Seto and Riku both stared at Pegasus while he looked confused after hearing Seto's sudden outburst.
"Erm, excuse me while I have a private discussion with my secretary."
To Riku's surprise, she watched Seto get up from his desk and grab her arm before he dragged her out of the room. He quickly closed the door before he snapped at Riku.
"How can you NOT be sure? Didn't you just say that he was a dragon before? Didn't you say he had the power of Sayuki?"
"That's Saiki!"
"Whatever! How can you change your mind now?"
"There's been a change in plans, ok? I felt the aura of a dragon, but I didn't know if it's his!"
"How can you not know? I mean you felt an aura of a dragon, then that means he's a dragon!"
"You don't get it!"
"How can't I get it? You felt his aura being dragonic, right? So that mean's it's his! What's not to get?"
"Oh, I don't know... Because YOU'RE here?"
"So?"
"You're a dragon, you baka!"
The two glared each other before Seto crossed his arms and sighed.
"So what's your new plan? Does it involve me dancing in my underwear, asking everyone I meet if they're a dragon or not?"
Riku gave Seto a deadly glare before she crossed her arms as well and leaned back against the wall.
"You know that's not gonna do us any good. (Plus you'd look like a drunken moron.) Anyways, I had felt a small bit of energy that didn't match yours. There might be a chance that he really is a dragon, but in order to confirm my suspicions, I have to be with him and only him. The reason why I can't tell now is because you're here, and since your body has changed into a dragon, your aura is very strong, and it's covering up most of the other auras in that room."
Seto snorted and stared toward the door.
"So what do you want me to do?"
"Now we know there could be a chance that he's a dragon. So instead of asking him if he's a dragon, could you arrange a time and place for him to meet me alone in?"
Seto glared at Riku for a moment, but gave in at the thought that he won't be humiliated nearly as much as he would if he had to go through the first plan.
"Alright, fine."
He watched as Riku's fierce glare quickly turned into a cute smile.
"Thanks Seto. You're such a sweetheart!"
Seto snorted at Riku's remark before he slowly pushed the doors open and walked into the meeting room with Riku following him. What the two didn't realize was that in a room not too far from the meeting room's doors, Mokuba peaked his head out of the doorway and stared at where Seto and Riku once stood. Concerns about his older brother filled his mind, and memories about seeing Seto slightly change came back.
"What do they mean by Pegasus being a dragon? And what did Riku-San mean when she said Big Brother's body changed into a dragon?"
"So what da ya think is goin' on at Kaiba Corp?"
Since the rest of the gang didn't go to Kaiba Corp, Joey ad Yami had found a deck of playing cards and were playing poker, using a box of gambling chips for betting. Yami placed some cards from his hand on a pile of other cards before he drew an extra card to add to his hand.
"I don't know what to tell you Joey. All I know is Riku is gonna have a tough time with Kaiba, considering that he and Pegasus weren't exactly friends to begin with."
Joey threw three cards into the pile before picking up three more from the deck and adding it to his hand.
"Speaking of Pegasus, what do ya think happened ta him since da last time we saw him?"
Yami stared intently at the cards in his hand before he pulled out some fake gambling chips from a small box beside him and dropped them in front of him.
"Who knows? He might have become a changed man. His intentions were noble, I have to admit, however, his approach on the situation is questionable."
Joey pulled out some chips from a small box that sat next to his legs before he too dropped them in front of him.
"Yeah. But if he was a dragon like Riku said, dat means he'd be here with us. I wonder what it's gonna be like havin' him around?"
"Well I guess we'll find out soon. I got a straight flush. What do you have?"
Discouraged, Joey slowly revealed his hand, showing that he had a five of hearts, seven of clubs, two of diamonds, and two joker cards.
"Looks like I win again." Yami scooped up all the playing chips in the pile, wearing a smile of triumph the whole time.
"No fair. I always get these joker cards, but I never get more than two. I think think dis deck is missin' some cards."
Yami added his newly one chips into his box while giving Joey a questioning look.
"Joey, there are only two joker cards in a deck, and you were supposed to take them out before the game started."
Joey was dumbstrucked, but only blushed while gathering the cards and shuffling them together.
"Eh heh heh heh, I knew dat."
While the two were getting ready to play a new game, Yugi and Luna were both staring at the window. Yugi offered to keep a close watch of Luna ever since Hiei and Kurama's kill fest scared Yami and Joey. Night was coming soon, as the sun was setting and the sky was colored various shades of blue, purple, and orange.
"What do you think Mommy and Seto-Sama are doing?"
Yugi looked away from the window and stared into Luna's curious eyes before staring back toward the window, watching the clouds become darker.
"They're probably looking for another dragon."
"Do you think Seto-Sama will be alright?"
"Of course he would. Why are you so worried about Kaiba?"
Luna looked up to Yugi, but she sighed and looked down toward her feet.
"Because... Seto-Sama saved my life so many times..."
It was getting late in the night now, and Riku and Seto both stared down toward a dark alleyway. Riku had worn very dark but formal clothes to try to make a good impression for Pegasus, while Seto concealed himself with a trenchcoat twice the size of his regular coats. His wings wrapped around his body, and although he tried to hide his tail within his jacket, it would sometimes slip out from behind.
"Seto, are you absolutely sure this is the place?"
Riku studied the area and still couldn't believe a rich guy like Pegasus would hang out in the darkest parts of Domino City. Seto wasn't amused at all about being dragged into this mess and let out a low growl.
"Beggars can't be choosers."
"Hmph. Whatever. Aren't you supposed to head back to the others?"
Seto Smirked.
"I could, but why would I pass up the chance of watching you make a fool of yourself."
Riku glared and muttered to herself.
(Jerk face...)
Seto didn't hear the comment, but he shivered slightly under the jacket.
"Can we get this over with?"
"Oh, we can, and we will."
Riku and Seto flinched and both stared toward the alleyway. A figure was slowly walking toward them, and as it left the darkness behind it, the figure revealed itself to be Pegasus. He was wearing the same clothes he wore before, but this time he also had a large jacket covering him. Riku quickly stood in front of Seto, and Seto tried his best to hide any trace of him being a dragon.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't my dear friend, Kaiba-Boy, and look, he's got a girlfriend."
Seto's left eye twitched and he let out another growl.
"She is NOT my girlfriend, and we were NEVER close enough to be considered friends!"
"Oh, it looks like Kaiba-Boy still has that temper. How your little brother Mokuba puts up with that still remains a mystery."
Seto felt like leaping up to Pegasus and tearing him limb from limb, but Riku gave him a look that told him not to. She was about to open her mouth to say something, but Pegasus stopped her.
"Don't bother Riku-Girl. If his brother can't stop his anger, you wouldn't stand a chance."
Riku looked up to Pegasus, still hoping that Seto would stay still.
"I see that Seto introduced me to you already."
Pegasus smirked, but shook his head.
"Actually, he didn't. You see, he didn't mention anything about you, other than saying you were a big fan of me, and you wanted to see me in person."
Riku stared at him wide-eyed, but she quickly turned to Seto and glared at him with her hands clenched into fists.
"Don't bother Riku-Girl. I already know that wasn't the real reason you wanted to see me. I already know you wanted to talk. Something about a dragon's power you believe I have."
Riku turned to pegasus again, still in a slight shock.
"But how did you-"
"Because I have something that lets me see exactly what you're thinking."
Pegasus raised his hand and took off the pair of sunglasses. The sight of what was underneath it made Seto shudder. It was the melenium eye. Seto couldn't forget the last time he came across the eye, since it nearly cost him his and his brother's lives if Yugi and Yami hadn't saved them. Seto outstreched one of his claws to try to get Riku's attention and warn her about the melenium item, but he stopped when Pegasus smirked at him.
"My my, are you sure she's not your girlfriend, Kaiba-Boy? You seem to be caring enough to try to warn her about my eye."
Seto froze and watched Riku turn around to face him, noticing his outstreched claws.
"But don't worry Kaiba-Boy. I've turned over a new leaf. Little Yugi-Boy opened my eyes and showed me how wrong I was about all the things I did that day, and now I promise not to use this melenium item the wrong way again."
Pegasus sounded sympathetic. Even though Riku looked at him with comforting eyes. Seto wasn't convinced at all and kept his guard.
"Pegasus... I was going to ask you something, but I'm worried you might think I'm crazy. I wanted to ask if-"
Riku stopped when she saw Pegasus close his eye and raised a hand.
"Save your breath. I already know. And I can honestly say I can't deny that I know what you're talking about. For I am indeed a dragon that you speak of."
Pegasus opened his eye and watched Riku and Seto stared wide-eyed.
"B-But then if you're already a dragon- How did you- How long have you-"
Again, Pegasus raised a hand and stopped Riku.
"I had this curse placed on me for two weeks now. And the truth was I planned this whole thing."
Pegasus closed his eye before he flinched and struggled. He wrapped his arms around his stomach and slowly fell to his knees while he hissed in pain. Riku was about to run up to help him, but Seto grabbed her arm to stop her. They both watched Pegasus moan in pain as his body began to change. His pants ripped as a tail poked out and grew longer and wider before it came to view from behind. His legs grew longer and claws erupted from his shoes, tearing them to shreds. Seeing this, Seto threw off his jacket to expose his bluish-white scales to the moonlight and stood in a defensive stance against Pegasus. Riku tossed her jacket as well while her skin turned pale and her fingers elongated into long, sharp claws. The two watched Pegasus struggle through his transformation. Soon, two large humps formed on his back before a pair of large wings erupted from the back of his suit. The sleves of his suit also had large humps form from inside it before two slightly smaller wings poked out. The two watched Pegasus slowly stand up and walk toward them, and unlike the others, he was very used to walking with his skinny hind-legs.
"You see, through the time I had become this, I learned to accept it, and soon, I controlled this curse."
Pegasus raised his clawed hands and ripped out the remains of his suit before he tossed it aside. His ears slowly elongated and turned into a web-like fan on the sides of his head, and his body was slowly covered with dark pink scales.
"I knew Kaiba-Boy had put you and his brother in charge that day, so I tried to get you two to accept my proposal to discuss about the duel disk."
Pegasus slowly walked toward Riku and Seto, but Seto slowly backed away and growled.
"Well consider yourself rejected, Pegasus!"
Pegasus fell on his hands and feet and let out a roar while he bared his fangs to Seto.
"The duel disk wasn't the point! Ever since I had become this, I was constantly stalked by a little girl. She even tried to attack me. I cornered her once and asked her how I can stop her from coming after me, and she told me to search for others that have this curse."
Pegasus finally made his way to Riku and Seto before he stopped in front of them.
"So now here I am. And here you are."
Riku and Seto were both about to say something, but a loud cackle from above stopped them. They all stared up to see Aurora, laughing loudly and staring back at them with an evil smirk. Pegasus and Seto both stood their ground and bared their fangs at her before Pegasus growled.
"You again!"
"You did a good job, Saiki. I had my doubts, but you had actually led me to a dragon, and now I shall return the favor by ending all of your lives!"
Aurora raised her hand before a giant worm erupted from the ground and hissed at everyone. The magic that Aurora casted on the worm caused it to have massive jaws and gleaming red eyes, making it look like a very fat snake. The three tried to split up, Pegasus and Seto ran to either side of the worm while Riku leaped up and tried to strike it head on. Riku managed to slash the worm twice on the face, while Pegasus and Seto did their share of damage at the worm's body. The worm let out a roar before it retreated back into the ground. Riku, Pegasus, and Seto all stayed close to each other, trying to find the worm in the ground be feeling its vibration.
While none of them knew this, Mokuba had left Kaiba Corp and was walking toward the area the others were in. He stopped when he felt a sudden vibration underneath him. Suddenly the worm leaped out of the ground and roared at him. Mokuba stared at it wide-eyed and tried to run away as fast as possible.
"Big Brother! Help me!"
Too late. The worm caught up to Mokuba with little effort and caught him in its mouth. The worm buried itself in the ground again, but Mokuba's muffled cries for help could still be heard.
"What was that?"
Riku and Seto both stared at Pegasus and watched his wing-like ears perk up, then they too heard the sound of Mokuba's cries for help. Riku could feel the worm coming closer from the ground's vibration.
"Everybody, get out of the way!"
All three of them leaped away while the worm bursted out from the ground. Its mouth was open and Seto stared closely into it to see Mokuba trying desperately to keep it open.
"Help me Seto! Help me please!"
"Mokuba!"
"Come on, we need to get him outta there!"
Riku and Pegasus both charged up toward the worm, Seto on the other hand was frozen. He couldn't believe Aurora dragged his little brother into this mess, and as soon as Aurora saw the boy in her monster's mouth, she smirked. Riku tried to leap up to the worm's mouth while thw worm tried to swat her with its tail. At first, Riku was able to slash the worm's tail with her claws, and she soon got really close to Mokuba, but the worm surprised her and swatted her toward a nearby wall and crushed her against it. A few snaps could be heard and Riku let out a moan as pain surged through her chest. It was clear that she had broken her ribs. Pegasus took evasive action after seeing what happened to Riku. A slight breeze formed around him before it became more harsh. Then Pegasus released the energy and watched as it turned into a violent whirlwind while heading toward the worm. He watched as the worm roared loudly while the whirlwind had viciously torn up its body, and had caused the worm to almost swallow Mokuba. Seto's anger rose as the worm had put his little brother in more danger. His dark blue eyes glowed in a lighter shade and energy surged through his body. Seeing this, Riku tried to warn Pegasus, who was dangerously close to Seto and the worm. She coughed up some blood, but managed to shout to him.
"P-Pegasus!... G-Get away!"
Pegasus saw Riku and then noticed Seto was glowing with energy. With one swift flap of his wings he quickly flew up in the air and away from the fight before Seto shot all his energy toward the worm. The energy took the form of a Blue Eyes White Dragon, and as it struck the worm, it let out another loud roar before it exploded. Seto ran toward where the worm was and leaped into the air to catch Mokuba. He was shocked to see that Mokuba was unconcious, but was slightly relieved when he saw his chest rise and fall as he breathed. Seto felt something crawling on his foot, and as he looked down he saw an earth worm crawling along his foot before it buried itself into the ground. Pegasus landed on the ground before his wings slowly shrunk into his back and arms. His tail shrivelled up and dissapeared, and his ears shrunk back to normal while the rest of his body was changing. He immediately ran to where Riku was, and watched her struggle to stand up. Her breathing was very harsh, and she coughed up more blood as she tried to keep her balance. She leaned against the wall and coughed out more blood while her claws were shrinking back into fingers. Seto stared at her and watched her push against the wall with one hand and wrap her chest with the other.
"Riku-Girl, you-"
"I-I'm fine."
But as soon as she said that, she lost her balance and coughed up more blood. Pegasus picked her up from the ground and allowed her to lean against him for support. Seto looked down to Mokuba before he tried to walk down the street, picking up all the clothing that layed around the area.
"We should head back. I'll lead the way."
Pegasus watched Seto but followed him anyways. He stared up toward the buildings only to find that Aurora had been long gone.
Meanwhile, Yami and Joey had decided that poker wasn't all that much fun anymore after Yami had won the majority of the time, so they decided to play a friendly game of duel monsters. It would have been just a regular game, but since they had become dragons, they felt very weird when summoning dragon monsters. Joey had especially felt akward about summoning the dragon he transformed into. Yugi kept himself busy by reading a few books, and without anyone watching her, Luna continued watching the Anime Newtork. They all quickly turned their attention to the door as Seto bursted in and layed Mokuba on the couch, covering him up with the clothing. Pegasus followed from behind and everyone stared as the billionare wasn't wearing anything except tattered pants. They also noticed Riku was at his side, and while she stopped coughing up blood, she was barely concious. He saw her eyes slowly turning heavy and decided to carry her bridal-style upstairs. Yami and Joey ran to him and helped him while asking questions, while Yugi and Luna ran up to Mokuba and Seto.
"He's fine. He just fainted."
The news relieved Yugi and Luna, but when Luna saw that Seto looked sad, she felt sad too.
"Seto-Sama, what's wrong?"
Yugi looked up at Seto and they both watched him sigh and stare at Mokuba.
"He saw me. He knows my secret now. And yet, I felt that now was too soon to tell him."
Yugi was surprised to hear this. He didn't expect Seto to feel this way. Still, he tried to cheer him up.
"Well Kaiba, maybe he might not know. He could think it might have been all just a dream."
Seto stared at Yugi and sighed again.
"I hope so..."
It was morning now, and everyone had changed back to normal and were fast asleep. Everyone except Luna that is. Riku's health improved slightly, and she slowly woke up to see Luna smiling at her.
"Hi Mommy!"
Riku replied with a warm smile.
"Hey Luna."
"Mommy, do you mind if I watched Yu Yu Hakusho?"
Riku's eyes were still blurry and her mind was still foggy, so she didn't remember what Yu Yu Hakusho was. Without thinking, she replied
"Yeah, sure."
"Yay!"
Luna walked down the stairs with Youko Kurama in one hand and Hiei in the other. Riku tried to wake up more, and as she did, she realized the mistake she made. Now she remembered what Yu Yu Hakusho was, and gaped. Soon, Luna had the T.V. on loud enough for Riku to hear Yusuke and one of Raizen's preists talking among each other, which made her remember Yusuke's gonna shout something, and since any show on the Anime Network is un-dubbed, she had to stop her. She leaped out of her bed and ran down stairs while ignoring the massive pain she felt, and sure enough, Yusuke was gonna shout his lines.
"Yomi you son of a-"
"Luna!"
Luckily, Luna turned her attention to Riku before she could hear it.
"Yes, Mommy?"
"Uh... H-How would you like to watch Pokemon instead?"
"Ok!"
Luna smiled and changed the channel while Riku smiled as well. But then she remembered the massive pain she felt, and as Luna watched Ash have a battle against Flannery, Riku was limping back to her room.
"I'm telling you, Master. I had almost caught them, but they underestimated me! Please, give me a second chance!"
Aurora was standing in a very dark palace. She was looking at the man that sat on a throne behind the darkness that concealed him, and fear had shown brightly in her eyes.
"Please, My Master. Please grant me another chance, and I shall bring them to you!"
"You have done well my child, even though you have failed me, you still gave me leagues to where the dragons are, and we shall take care of them before we find the fifth one. And I know the perfect person for the job. Teleia! Come forth!"
A young and very beautiful woman walked up to the man and bowed. Her red hair was curled around her perfectly sculpted body, and her amber eyes showed crueltyand malice as they stared up to the concealed man.
"Yes My Lord?"
"I want you to take care of those dragons."
Teleia bowed again.
"Yes My Lord, I shall not fail you."
TBC
Kittyfox: Oh man, I am so gonna get flamed for this...
Riku: Aww, come on Kitty-San! Have a little more faith in this story!
Kittyfox: Hmm... Well, anyways, gomen nasai for the late updates! I have been really busy as far as my offline and online life goes. Times have changed and I had more duties that I had when I started writing the story in the first place. I barely had free time for fan fiction because either I had to use my time on something else, or whenever I got around the story, I could only think up a paragraph or two, and then I get writers block (grr... Curse you writer's block!). Ironic thing about this story, I got so many ideas about the ending or events that happen in the future, yet I can't think of anything for the part I'm writing right then and there. Oh well. By the way, if you're all wondering why I gave Pegasus his melenium eye, I just felt it gave him more character. I mean come on! What's Bakura gonna do with it, anyways?
Riku: Erm... Maybe we should move on... Now it's time to answer your questions.
(Please note that all questions appear as they have been written. They have not been edited what so ever.)
Dontmesswithyami: that chapter was the best yet! but i have o ne question is Yugi a dragon too? i mean come on u cant have Yami be half dragon and not have Yugi be half dragon. it just doesnt make sense. anyway i love it and update asap!
Kittyfox: Hmm... You do make an interesting point about Yugi and Yami. Well, so far in the story Yugi isn't a dragon. But that doesn't mean he might not be later on. (Wink wink, nudge nudge, poke poke)
Yugi: Gulp...
Kittyfox: Who knows what could happen later on in the story? (To be honest, even I don't know...Heh heh heh...)
Riku: Gasp! You don't know and your writing the story anyways!
Kittyfox: Er...More or less...
Riku: Ugh...Hopeless writer...
Kittyfox: Party pooper...
Joey: Er... Let's move on to da next question...
dragong1rl4:COOL Yami's the red eyes darkness dragon! I have that card. Funny chapter I like this story already.
When are you updating? Is Yugi going to be a dragon I hope so. anyway go on new chapter!
Kittyfox: Hee hee! I have the card too. And about the updates, I honestly don't know when I might get the story updated. Most of the time it's random, but I really do hope I could get more updates to show in less time now that I sorta got my head out of the water. (More or less, anyhow...) Gomen nasai! Didn't mean to make you people wait so long for new chapters!
Riku: Heh heh... Looks like a few readers want Yugi to be a dragon. What do you have to say to that, Yugi?
Yugi: (Hiding behind a chair) You people scare me...(Shudders)...
Joey: O-k then... Dat's it for dis chapter!
Seto: Be sure to send in your questions in your reviews or e-mails (details about e-mails is in Kittyfox's profile page).
Yami: And remember, you can ask questions about the story (Which will be adressed to Kittyfox the authoress) or to any of us (The cast of the story) and we'll answer all the questions at the end of the next chapter.
Pichu: You can even ask me questions! I may not be part of the story, but I do help out Kittyfox and Riku a lot!
Riku: You mean you bug Kittyfox and me a lot...
Luna: See ya in the next chappie! Tee hee!