Zypher: Ok, for once, I don't have much to say here so enjoy this chapter.
Note to readers: Switching the demon form Marik and Toben have. Instead of them being jaguar demons, I changed them to be Serval cat demons which makes them about three times the size of a normal Serval cat which is about 67-100 cm. Why? Because they look so cute when I saw them on a show. So nyeh.
Unwanted, Unloved
Chapter 6
The next day, Yami woke up pretty early and with nothing to do, ventured out of the house, wanting to see if he could find something new to do for a while until Yugi woke up later on in the day. When he came across the park, he went inside and relaxed by the lake, hoping that soon, they will find his and Aqua's friends.
The red dragon that gave Anzu the curse yesterday watched him from above, smiling lightly. She was happy to see him in peace now but she still felt his inner turmoil about what happened three millennia ago. 'There has to be something I can do to help them. So far, like the girl said, the only way they may be able to free their demon nature from the spell that was casted onto them is if we can find their friends but I have no clue where to look.' she thought as she flew off once more, needing to greet herself to Yugi and tell him that she is also here to help.
In another part of Japan, a older teen and a white-blonde colored sphinx was walking through Tokyo. "Are you sure you sensed Yami and Aqua somewhere in this country?" The sphinx questioned. "I'm sure of it. They may have been lost three millennia ago but I felt their aura coming from somewhere around here." The teen answered.
"If you are sure, Marik. I just don't think it could be them out of all things. You remember what Varn and Chailen told us." Toben said. "I know, since they were shunned away from the village they let them stay in, they were supposedly hiding somewhere so they won't have other people being scared of them. If they were still hiding then I wouldn't be able to feel their aura so they have to be out somewhere." Marik said.
The sphinx sighed before nodding. "Alright but I have a feeling they wouldn't be here. This place is crowded with people, leaving little places to hide themselves." he said. "You do have a point there, Toben. Let's go see about the next city nearby." Marik said. He nodded and they both became their demon forms and ran for the next city.
When it got later in the day, Yugi woke up and when he didn't see Yami, was starting to get worried. He got up and woke up Aqua as well. "Aqua, did you see where Yami went to?" he asked and he shook his head. "Oh no, we better go out and look for him before something happens." Yugi said as he went to get dressed and Aqua headed downstairs to wait for him.
While he was downstairs, he heard a knock at the door and went to go see who it was. When he opened the door, he was surprised to see who it was. "Keara, is that you?" he asked quietly. "Yes, Aqua, it's me. How have you been?" she asked. "I've been fine but why are you here? I thought you still be protecting Egypt from harm." he said.
"I know but when I heard that you and Yami was exiled from Egypt because of what happened, I went with Varn and Chailen to look for you both. When we didn't have no luck, I went to the west while they came here. When you two finally came out from hiding, I was happy to hear from Varn and Chailen that you were being well taken care of. So I came over to help since Pegasus and Dartz are making a move to try and find you both." Keara explained.
"No, not them." he said quietly. "I'm afraid so but I'm here to help you both and your new caretaker." Keara said and he nodded as he let her inside. "Yugi, we have a visitor." Aqua called and Yugi came from upstairs. "Who is it, Aqua?" Yugi asked as he finally reached the bottom step and looked up to Keara.
"This is Keara. She came to look for Yami and I so she can protect us." Aqua said and he nodded. "You're the Red Dragon of Egypt, aren't you?" he asked and she nodded. "Yes, indeed I am." she said. "Well, tell me. Did you happen to see Yami somewhere in the city? I think something may have happened to him." Yugi said.
"Don't worry, he is fine. He was at the park when I came by." Yugi let out a sigh of relief, glad to know that he wasn't hurt. "At least he's ok. I don't want nothing to happen to him." Yugi said and she smiled. "I'm very happy that you care for him and Aqua. They need someone like that in their life again and you are the perfect person." Keara said.
"I know. I'm happy they even agreed to come with me that day I found them. Ever since I heard the legend about what happened to them and seeing them cold and hungry in that dark cave, I knew I couldn't leave them alone for a second longer." Yugi said as Aqua came to stand beside him and nuzzle him.
Keara smiled at the affectionate gesture. "Well, we best be going then so we can get Yami." Keara said as she left out the game shop. Yugi and Aqua followed behind her, Yugi now remembering they were supposed to meet Diamond later on to see if she could help locate Yami and Aqua's remaining friends.
When they picked up Yami from the park, they went to get Jou, Malik, Topaz and Kaiser, introducing them to Keara before they all headed to Ryou and Diamond's to see if she can locate Yami and Aqua's friends.
In Nagoya, two jackals were walking through the bustling crowds of people, keeping themselves invisible to them. /"So, how are we going to find Yami and Aqua?"/ The obsidian jackal asked, looking to the other with red eyes. /"We'll find them. They have to be somewhere around here if I could sense their aura so far overseas. As much as I hate to help them, it is necessary or else they will get caught by Pegasus and Dartz and knowing them, they will try to do something to harness their rage again and take over to world if not try to bring shadow monsters to life."/ The pure white jackal muttered.
The other nodded and soon, they both started to run through the crowds, making their way to Domino City next.
When they reached the house, Ryou let them inside and they headed upstairs as Diamond was getting everything ready. She looked up when she heard them come in and smiled. "Great, you guys came at the right time." she said as she placed the orb on the pedestal. "Diamond, I would like you to meet Keara. She's going to help protect me, Yami and Aqua from harm." Yugi said and she looked up again.
"Nice to meet you." she said. "Likewise." Keara responded. "Ok, now introductions are taken care of. Let's see if we can find those four demons." Diamond said as she started to chant a quick spell, trying to zone in on the demons' locations.
Yugi and the others watched as she did so, keeping close watch on the crystal orb. "Wait, I'm seeing something." Yugi said as the picture became clearer. "It's Japan. That means they're somewhere around here." Keara said. "But where? Do you think you can get that for us, Diamond?" Jou asked.
"Sure, let me see." she said as she concentrated more before a glowing spot on Japan showed. "They're here in Domino. They must've sensed Yami and Aqua's aura." Keara said. Diamond and the others nodded as she broke her concentration from the magic. "Well, we know they're here and how they look so I suggest we split up and find them." Malik said and they nodded.
"Alright then. Yugi, you, Yami and Aqua can come with me." Keara said and they nodded. "Ryou, coming with me?" Diamond asked and he nodded. "Sticking together as always. Right, Kaiser?" Jou said with a grin and he nodded. "That leaves you two and I know you two are partners through thick and thin. Let's get going. We meet back here around 3." Kaiser said and they nodded as they all left the house and started to head in different directions.
In the park, Bakura and Crimson searched. /"They were here but their aura is faint."/ Bakura said as he looked around. /"Where should we search next then?"/ Crimson asked as they were heading to the exit of the park. /"Don't know but we need to keep following their aura path."/ he said before stopping when he heard someone coming.
/"Hide."/ he whispered and they both ducked into some nearby bushes. They watched as Ryou and Diamond came past, both enthralled at how similar they looked to their mortal disguise. "Well, they don't seem to be anywhere around here. We best check around the pier." Diamond murmured.
"Alright, although I'm wondering why it's so hard to find two jackals or two Serval cat demons." Ryou said. Bakura was shocked to hear that and continued to listen. "Well, they may have the ability to become human or something like that so of course they'll be hard to find but I just hope we can find them before Yami and Aqua get themselves into danger." Diamond as they left that park. Bakura came out from the bushes, watching as they left. Crimson stood behind him. /"What should we do? If they know Yami and Aqua them we should go with them."/ Crimson said.
Bakura only nodded before he ran off behind them. Crimson followed him silently.
Ryou looked back with he heard a bark and was tackled down by a pure white jackal. He laughed lightly as the jackal licked at his face. "Well, there's no such thing as a pure white Egyptian jackal so I do believe we found our demon." Ryou said as he moved Bakura off of him as he got up.
Crimson came up to them and stood beside Diamond and she pat his head quietly. "Well, we best get back to the house with these two. Hopefully the other are having better luck." Diamond said and Ryou nodded as they both started to make their way back home, Bakura and Crimson walking beside them.
Malik and Topaz went to the pier, looking for any sign of the Serval cat demons. "Do you really think they would be here?" Topaz asked. "Well, it's a long shot. They do like water but I wouldn't suspect them to be near big bodies of it." Malik said as he looked around the surrounding area.
From the roof of a nearby warehouse, Marik and Toben watched. "Should we go down there? They are looking for us so they may know Yami and Aqua." Toben said. "We should. Not many would know about Serval cat demons in the first place except for Varn, Chailen and Keara." Marik said.
They both shifted into their Serval cat demon forms and jumped down from the building, walking over to Malik and Topaz. Marik let out a quiet purr, startling Malik and turned to see them. "Hey Topaz, here they are." Malik said as he kneeled down to the slightly large cat. "I bet you came to find Yami and Aqua, didn't you?" Malik asked and he nodded as he quietly licked Malik's cheek. He laughed softly before getting up. "Well, we better get back to Ryou and Diamond's then and wait for the others." he said and Topaz nodded as they started to walk off with the two Serval cat demons.
Marik walked closer to Malik and rubbed against his legs, just asking to be picked up and Malik did just that, listening as he purred. 'I have a feeling we would be here longer than expected.' Marik thought as he curled up in Malik's arms, still purring.
Yami, Yugi, Keara and Aqua continued to search around but when they didn't find any sign of the four demons, they headed back. "Maybe Ryou, Malik, Jou, Topaz, Kaiser and Diamond had a better chance of finding them." Yugi said.
"Hopefully they did. If I remember, they weren't really fond of Yami and Aqua but they're still friends to them and I know they would want to help them so their rage isn't used for the wrong reasons." Keara said as they stopped in front of the house and went inside. "Hey Ryou, Diamond? Are you here?" Yugi called. "Yeah, we're upstairs with Malik, Jou, Kaiser and Topaz. We found the demons we were looking for." Diamond said and they smiled as they headed upstairs.
They walked into Diamond's room and saw them with the two jackal and serval demons. "How did you find them?" Yugi asked. "I'm guessing they must've been around when we talked about finding them for Yami and Aqua and guessed that we knew about them and came out from wherever they were hiding." Ryou explained as Bakura laid his head on his lap. "Well, that made everything easier." Yugi said with a short laugh before looking back to Yami and Aqua. "Come on, we best see if we can free that memory of yours." Yugi said as the two demons walked inside.
"First, do you remember their names?" Keara asked. Yami looked to them before nodding. "It's coming back to me. The white jackal is Bakura and the pure obsidian one is Crimson. The serval beside Malik is Marik and the other is Toben." Yami explained. She smiled. "Anything else?" she asked again. "Yeah, they too can take on a mortal form but they do it whenever they want and they almost resemble you, Malik, Topaz and Diamond." Aqua said, looking to Ryou.
"Really?" he asked and he nodded.
"Well, that takes care of that. Now all we have to do is wait. Yugi, I suggest we head back to the shop just in case Pegasus and Dartz are in the vicinity and I know you don't want to put your friends in danger." Keara said and he nodded. "Alright. Come on, Yami and Aqua, let's go home." Yugi said and they nodded as they followed him and Keara out the door.
"We better get going to before Seto and Ruby wonder where we are." Jou said as he and Kaiser left out. Malik stretched a bit before getting up. "Same here. I don't know what to do about Marik and Toben though." Malik said, looking to him. Marik purred softly, walking over to him and nuzzled his leg.
"Seems he doesn't want you to leave him here." Ryou said. Malik knelt down and Marik stared back at him. "I guess you can come back with us, seeing as you already like me, don't you?" Malik said and he nodded. He picked him up and left out, Topaz and Toben trailing behind him. Ryou looked to Bakura who looked back at him.
"And I'm guessing you're staying here with us?" Ryou said and he bobbed his head. He nodded and got up, Bakura standing beside him. "I'm going to get some rest for a bit, ok Diamond?" Ryou said and she nodded. "No problem, I'm about to do the same." Diamond said as she lied down on the bed.
Ryou left out the room with Bakura as Crimson jumped onto the end of her bed and laid down quietly, falling asleep just as quick.
When they got back to the shop, Keara told Yami and Aqua to stay with her as Yugi headed upstairs. "What do you need us for?" Yami asked. "I can feel your memories and powers coming back but along with it your turmoil of loosing your mate so I called for Quellious to come and ease it a bit." Keara said as said elf appeared before them and looked to them.
"So much turmoil I feel. Let me quell some of it for you." Quellious said as she brought them to lay down beside her as she sat in the middle of the living room. She started to stroke their heads with the gentleness of the winds and started to sing a soft song to them, making them feel at ease as they closed their eyes.
The song itself was so beautiful and peaceful that it erased all memories of their loss three millennia ago and filled it with the memories of Yugi and his love for them. They soon fell asleep, now at ease and Keara smiled as she left Quellious to continue with her song. "Now, to render Pegasus and Dartz's trail from Yami and Aqua until they get themselves back to full power so they can protect Yugi from them when they do get here." Keara whispered as she summoned a large storm cloud and sent it to where Pegasus and Dartz were currently, the storm itself being harsh with anger and would surely stop them for a while.
She smiled at her work and look back to where Yami and Aqua were. 'I pray that you will be ready to face them once more and do away with them for good.' she thought before she headed upstairs.
Zypher: There, that's all for this chapter. Two chapter in one day, a new record for me. Anyways, please review.