Gotc: pets Squeaky Awwww... he's cute...
Ace: Glares at Squeaky Grumbles under breath
Yami: What's your problem?
Ace: more grumbling
Yami: If I didn't know better I'd say you're jealous of the whale...
Ace: Now what would give you a stupid idea like that!
Laura Chubb walks in
Laura: I'm back from California! drops suitcases Hi Ace, did you miss- Squeaky! Runs to pet whale
Ace: Hey!T-T
Yami: See? You even want attention from Laura! And she normally shoves you into a bag and locks you up in her basement until Gotc comes to get you!
Ace: not listening Glares at whale
Squeaky: Squeak!
Gotc&Laura: Awwwww...
Ace: T-T sniff No one loves me anymore...
Yami: sigh Just a reminder that Gotc does not own Yugioh or any of it's affiliates, but however still hold claim to Squeaky the Whale! Oh yeah, I guess she owns Ace too...
Ace: HEY!
Yami: On with the fic!
Chap 4: The Lost Civilization?
Tea sighed with pleasure as she slid into the nice hot water. Bubbles came up from the center, and floated across the entire pool, making it not unlike a nice bubble bath. Her worries and fears all seemed to melt away with the relaxing heat. She closed her eyes for a minute before shaking herself awake. Where she was the water was fairly shallow, but towards the middle, it got much deeper. Falling asleep wouldn't be a good thing to do.
With much reluctance to leave the water she got out and dried herself off before putting on a long white tunic. She tied the garment's silken sash around her middle to keep it in place. The dry clothes felt good compared to the wet ones she had discarded. But there was something troubling about the outfit. Even with the sash, the tunic was a bit too big, but still clearly made for a woman. Why would Ace have woman's clothing lying around? With the tunic came the questions that she though the soothing water had disposed of. Where were they? Why was Ace acting so mysterious? What was going on! The tunic, the dragons, the seemingly endless night. None of it made any sense! Then again, when did any mess she and her friends get into make sense?
Tea groaned with frustration as she headed out to join the rest of the group in the main cavern. But instead of seeing three bodies sleeping peacefully by the fire, only Tristan could be seen.
Ace sat for what felt like hours staring out at the darkened sky. Bits and pieces of old and unwanted memories floated back to him on the chilling breeze. People screaming, and entire city awash with flame, and evil laughter that penetrated his very bones...
Ace growled with frustration as he shook the memories out of his mind. Slowly he got to his feet and shoved his hands in his pockets as he headed out of the cavern and into the night. The moon had finally made it's appearance signaling temporary relief from the relentless rain and shed welcome light on a day that seemed to have no end. But that's not all the soft moonlight illuminated, for silently tailing Ace, two shadows curiously followed his every move...
"Joey! Look out for that bush!"
"Man, how can this guy see anything!"
"Sh! He'll hear you!"
"Yeah well, you shouldn't even be out here!"
Joey had seen Ace sneak away from the cave and had proceeded to follow him. Even Yugi, surprisingly enough, had woken up and joined in the chase. But not all of the effects of his' brush with death had completely worn off yet, Yugi showed by giving a small, but still wet cough.
"Yuge, you should go back. That cough's not gone yet and it's still cool out."
Yugi just shook his head.
"Sorry Joey. I'm just as curious about what Ace is up to sneaking away from the cave. Not to mention maybe finding out where we are exactly..."
"I know what you mean. Maybe it's just me, but I've been gettin' dis weird vibe from dis whole place..."
"Same here. I wonder if-"
Yugi cut off as Ace came to a stop at the edge of a hill. The two tried to see what Ace was looking at but were unable to see anything from their...comfortable...postion in several bushes.
"Hey let's try over here," Yugi whispered to Joey, "I think we may be able to see what he's looking at by that tree. There's some bushes there too, so maybe he won't see us."
Cleverly slinking from shadow to shadow, the two finally made it to the new spot Yugi had spied. From there they could see that they were on the edge of a small valley that gently sloped down to what appeared to be a large group of flowering trees. But there was something odd about the way the trees were growing. Instead of coming up in a haphazard fashion, as most trees do, these were in straight and even rows with a fair amount of space between each row. At first glance, they seemed to be looking down at an orchard, but there was something wrong with the paths in between the rows. At the base of each tree, there was a slight mound that ran all the way to the base of the tree of the opposite row. Yugi carefully looked over each row, until his eyes fell upon a pit that had been dug at the end of the last row. Suddenly it hit Yugi. This was no orchard...
"It's a graveyard." Yugi said with a note of surprise in his voice.
"It can't be," Joey said in disbelief, "It's too big! And look at the trees! They all look like they're about the same age! Besides, a graveyard for who? It was dark when we landed, but from what I could see when we were in the air, this whole island was deserted."
Yugi shot a glance over at Ace. He was just standing there, fists clutched so tight, that even in the moonlight Yugi could see a thin trail of blood run over his fingers. Ace let his head drop lower, but not low enogh to hide the tears that found their way down his face. Then, with a sudden change of emotion ace threw his head up and cried out to the skies.
"I WON'T LOSE TO YOU AGAIN!" He cried, "DO YOU HEAR ME! I WON'T LOSE AGAIN!"
Yugi turned back to Joey who was now looking at him with sympathetic expression on his face.
"Maybe the reason this place is deserted...," Yugi said turning back to the valley, "Is right there in front of us..."
Gotc: Right. So it was short, sue me. But the next one will be longer...I think... hopefully I will have it up soon. Oh yeah and welcome back Laura.
Laura: is still petting Squeaky It's so cuuuuutteee...
Ace: T-T nobody loves me anymore...
Gotc: And with that I bid you good people, adieu. R&R plz so I know if y'all like it!