Nice: Hi everyone! Thanks for the reviews! Tell them thank you Joey.
Joey: I'm not telling them squat!
N: Man, you're starting to act like Seto…
J: What! I no way I'm like Moneybags!
N: Fine then. Whatever you say. Just do the disclaimer.
J: Nice doesn't own anything.
On with the fic!
Ch. 3: Henry Tudor
"Keep moving!" said the soldier as he pushed Joey forward. Joey stumbled and almost fell. The gang and Roland were still walking to Simon's ship. They were quiet most of the way and the only person speaking was Simon, who was mumbling under his breath.
"I can't believe that Serenity sold us out like that!" whispered Duke. "And to a person who looks and acts exactly like Kaiba!"
"Yeah Kaiba why didn't you join Rosenkreuz?" asked Tea.
"There was something about him I didn't trust," said Kaiba.
"You didn't trust him? Why?" asked Mai.
"I felt that… he has some other motive than to help Richard III," said Kaiba.
"Some other motive? What do you mean?"
"Hey! Who say you could talk!" asked Michel as he looked down at them from his horse.
"Hey, what's your name, um…? Michel right? What is your relationship with Seto?" asked Mokuba.
Michel looked long and hard at his future self before answering. "If you must know, I'm his younger brother. My full name is Michel Mokuba Rosenkreuz."
"His brother!" exclaimed everyone but Joey, who was still sulking.
Kaiba and Mokuba looked at each other before asking another question. "Where are your parents? Surely they wouldn't want their children exposed to war," said Kaiba.
With this question, Michel looked sadden. Tears formed on the corners of his eyes. "T-they were killed when a Lancastrian army unit came and ransacked our town. Me, my brother, and the rest of the town kids were a mile away, playing in a field. We noticed that the sky had turned black with smoke and the smoke was coming from the town. We ran back to find that the village was burning and most of the townspeople were dead or dying. The army spared no one. They killed men, women, babies, pregnant women, and the old. They even killed the priests and burned the church. Christian and I ran to our manor, only to find it burning too and…" he stopped as he tried to stop his tears, "And we found our parents, dead on the front lawn."
They gasped. Tea said, "You poor child…"
Michel's eyes turn cold again. "Anyway, why do you care? Know my past won't change your current situation. The Rose Duelist chose us, not you. With her help, Henry and the Lancastrians will fall at her feet!"
"Hey kid, how much danger will my sista be in?" asked Joey.
"Hmm...It depends on who's castle she attacks first," said Michel thoughtfully.
"Could she die?"
"I don't know. Maybe. But right now she is in good hands."
"Hmph! I bet. That Rosenkreuz guy better not hurt ma sista or I'll ring his neck!"
"Relax. Your sister looks to much like her to get hurt."
"Her? Who are you talking about?" asked Tristan.
"Forget I said anything. Look, we are at your ship and we made it at day break," said Michel pointing. The rising sun illuminated a huge and lavish wooden ship. It had a flag with the red rose on it.
"Take off their bindings!" ordered Michel. The soldiers untied them and stepped away from them quickly.
"Now. Even though you are the friends and family over the Rose Duelist, if we ever see you on English soil again, we will not hesitate to kill you," said Michel darkly. "Now go!"
"Come on now! We need to tell Henry what has happened and warn the other duelists that the Rose Duelist will be after them soon!" exclaimed Simon as he pushed everyone to the ship.
Everyone boarded and the ship pushed off, sailing away from England and toward France. By night fall they landed near Brest, the home of the exiled prince, Henry Tudor.
"I wonder what Henry is like?" said Yami.
"I hope he is nice and cute," said Tea.
"Yeah. I hope so too," agreed Mai.
"Why are you two swooning over a guy you never met!" asked Joey.
"Well, he's a prince. And it's not everyday you meet a prince!" said both girls in unison.
All the boys sighed. "Girls," said Duke.
"Good thing I'm still too young to like girls," said Mokuba shaking his head.
"If you are done talking, we are here," said Simon. They stopped and looked in awe at the castle. It was gigantic! It was covered in rose vines.
"Dude… this is cool!" said Tristan.
"With this big castle, there must be riches inside!" said Bakura gleefully.
"Come. Lady Margaret and Henry are waiting for us," said Simon as he walked into the castle.
Inside was better than the outside. The castle smelled of roses and food. There were beautiful pictures on every wall. Fireplaces were burning so it made the entire castle warm.
"This way," said Simon, "He is in the grand dining room."
They walked into the dining room. In there was a long table with different foods on it. Facing one the fireplace was a high-backed chair. There was someone sitting in it, but they couldn't see who it was.
Simon bowed. "My lord, I have… returned."
The person in the chair spoke. "Ah, Simon. You are back, safe and alive. I'm glad."
"Yes sir, I survived. I was not hurt, too badly."
The person in the chair got up. The gang could see that he had a very familiar hairstyle: spiky hair with red highlights.
He turned around to face the gang. They gasped at him. He looked exactly like Yami! He wore black leather with buckles and long cape.
"And who are these people Simon? Is one of them the Rose Duelist," he asked as he looked at the gang, studying them. His eyes stopped on Kaiba, and his face contorted with rage. He pulled out a sword a pointed it at Kaiba.
'Oh crap,' thought Kaiba.
"Simon! Why is Rosenkreuz here!" he yelled angrily.
"Henry, sir. That is not Rosenkreuz," said Simon.
"You're Henry Tudor? No way!" exclaimed everyone.
"Yes I am. But please, call me Yami. I find my first name very tiring. Which one of you is the Rose Duelist?" he asked with a smile.
"Um, sir. You see…" said a very afraid Simon.
"Simon. What happened to the Rose Duelist?" asked Prince Yami.
"She, um, joined Seto's side!" he blurted out really fast.
"WHAT? HOW?" yelled P.Y.
"She was caught under Rosenkreuz's spell. You know the one that he uses on women!"
"Do you mean flirting?" asked Mai.
"What is this "flirting?" asked P.Y.
"Do you know what courting is?"
"Yes."
"Well, it is like that."
"Oh. Simon! Go send a message to Lady Tea. Tell her that the Rose Duelist might come to her first and to be ready!"
"Yes sir!" and with that Simon left.
"You must be the Rose Duelist's family and friends. Could you tell me what she is like?" he asked.
"As her brother, I know a lot about her," said Joey. Just then his stomach growled. "Ohhhh. I need food," he moaned.
Everyone sweatdropped.
"Joey! Now is not the time to be thinking about food!" scolded Tea.
"How can you not be hungry? We just went day without food!" said Joey.
After he said that, everyone's stomach growled.
P.Y. chuckled. "It seems that you all are indeed hungry. Well sit down and eat until you are full. Then we will talk. While you eat, I'll go fetch Mother and tell her that dinner is ready." He walked out of the dinning room.
"Wow. He seems nice." said Mai as she ate a salad.
"Yeah. But he must be disappointed that he might lose this war," said Yugi glumly.
"Don't you guy's know anything?" said Kaiba with an exasperated sigh.
"What do you mean, Kaiba?" asked Joey with a mouthful of food.
"You geeks don't pay attention in history class, do you? I saying that it doesn't matter what side Serenity chose."
"It doesn't?"
"No it doesn't. Because the Lancastrians are going to win. No matter what happens. This is the past and the past cannot be changed. This is history. And history cannot be changed."
Just then, P.Y. walked in. "Everyone. I would like to introduce to you my mother Margaret Beauford."
A woman in a purple skirt and wearing chest armor walked in. "Hello. The name's Margaret. But people call me Mai," she said with her hands on her hips.
X's replaced Joey's eyes as he fainted and landed face first into his soup. Mai's eyes got wide as Margaret walked to the empty seat next to her and sat down.
"Whoa! Forgive me if this is rude, but you look young to be Henry's mother," asked Yugi.
"Well I was young when I had him and for some strange reason I look almost like I did when I was young. Oh well," said Margaret. Then she looked to Joey, who was still face down and passed out. "Um, it looks like your friend is drowning in the soup."
"Oh my!" said Mai as she lifted Joey's head out of the soup and onto the table cloth.
"Henry has told me that The Rose Duelist joined the Rose Crusaders. I'm I correct?" asked Margaret sadly.
"Yes. Serenity did, unfortunately," said Yugi.
"Too bad. She has dug her grave and many others," said Lady Mai glumly.
"What do you mean by that?"
"By the looks of it, she is not prepared, mentally nor physically, for this war. She might just get herself killed. Maybe in her first battle."
"No way! Not her!" exclaimed everyone. That woke Joey up.
"Her first opponent is Lady Tea, and she is no push over. She will kill her if she loses because Serenity betrayed us and Tea might be friendly but she doesn't take kind to betrayal."
Joey slammed his hands onto the table. "Tell me where her castle is. I must keep her from killing my little sister!"
"But what about what Michel said. He said that he would kill us if he saw us on the island again!" exclaimed Mokuba.
"I'll just sneak onto the land then. Now tell me where it is!" yelled Joey.
"Your loyalty to your sister is amazing. I can see that all of you have noble hearts. Maybe you can help us," said Lady Mai. She got up and walked to a chest and opened it. She pulled out a rolled up paper. "Here is a map of all of England and France. It shows you where all of the Rose Crusader castles are and where all of our castles are." She spread it out onto the table. She pointed at a castle on the map. "This is Lady Tea's castle, Windsor, near Stonehenge. If you leave now, you will get there by sunrise tomorrow."
"Thank you!" said Joey as he grabbed the map and started out the door. Lady Mai grabbed him by the arm.
"Where do you think you're going dressed like that and without any weapons?" asked Lady Mai.
"Oh yeah. Heh heh," said Joey embarrassed .
"Henry, go see if we have some strong but light armor for them."
"Yes Mother," said Henry.
He soon came back with a lot of different armor and weapons.
"Here. This is my own armor," said Lady Mai to Mai.
"Uhh, thanks?"
"Our servants here will show you to a room so you may dress," said P.Y.
A little while later, the gang came out with armor on. This is how they looked.
Tea: Blue dress-like jacket that stopped mid thigh, matching blue boots , grey leggings, blue gloves. She has a long thin sword that looks like a fencing foil.
Yugi: Almost like what Henry is wearing but navy blue. He has a small but thick sword.
Joey: A cream colored jacket with a thick brown shirt underneath, brown pants and brown boots. He has a long one handed sword.
Tristan: a simple breast plate armor with a outfit almost like Joey's under it, steel gauntlets and a large two-handed sword.
Duke: Red jacket with a black shirt underneath and red pants with black boots. Attached to both sides of his pants are two pouches with the one on the right holding throwing stars, the one on the left holding throwing knives.
Bakura: Light green jacket with black gloves and black pants. His weapon is a gun.
Mai: Her outfit is almost like Margaret's just with a shorter skirt. She has a quiver of arrows and a bow.
Mokuba: A forest green long sleeved shirt with matching pants and cape. His weapons are acupuncture throwing needles. He also has a small dagger.
Roland: A brown jacket with cream colored pants. He has a two-sided ax.
Kaiba: A black jacket with black pants and black gloves and long flowing black cape. His weapons are swords that are hidden in the cuffs of his jacket that fold out when he swings his arms down.
"Very good! Here are some medicines and some food," said Lady Mai as she shoved ten bags to them. She handed the map to Yugi. "Word has already been sent to one of the villages that are in England and is under our control. They are expecting you three hours before sunrise. There, they will have horses for you. It is important that you get to Lady Tea's castle before sunrise, okay?"
"Uhh, sure."
"Good. Now go and good luck! Don't die!" said Lady Mai.
The gang left the castle and ran to the docks.
"Where's our boat?" asked Duke. Just then, a soldier ran up to them.
"Did Lady Mai send you?" he asked.
They all nodded.
"I'm here to show you to your boat. Follow me."
They walked down to one of the docks. "Here you go. This is the ship she told me to get for you." The boat was small and rickety.
Everyone stared.
"You've got to be kidding me," said Kaiba.
"No I'm not. Since you are going into enemy territory, you need to go there undetected."
"Makes sense. But do you think we can cross the English Channel in this and not die?" asked Tristan.
"Well I don't care! I'm going to save Serenity or die trying!" exclaimed Joey.
They all got on to the ship and had Kaiba sailing it.
"The Rose Crusaders better watch out because we're coming to get them!" said Mokuba as he pumped his fist in the air.
"Yeah!" replied everyone. And they continued on their voyage to England not knowing all the dangers and heartache they would encounter.
To be Cont.
N: So did you like this chapter? If you didn't notice, this chapter was in the gang's point of view of what happened after the incident at Stonehenge. The next chapter is about what happened to Serenity after what had happened at Stonehenge. After that then there's the battle with Lady Tea.
Oh did you guy's see Saturday's Yu-Gi-Oh? It was cool that Bakura was able to reverse time like that. Oh and do you remember when Silfer got cut in half? They tried to edit out the blood as much as they could. And then when the priest with the Mil. Eye was forcing the people to fight and then forced Kisara out there and Seto was trying to stop the priest, but now he's completely evil now. That tugged at my heart a little.
J: Are you done yet? Remember you have finals in two days! You should be studying!
N: oh I know. Oh expect me not to update this and any of my other fics this week. I might but I'm not making any promises. R&R!