Attara: Hola, people! I've been working on this sequel to "Heartless Being" all summer, but, since I seem to be stuck on ideas, I'm going to just create this story and let the plot go with the reviewers' opinions. Oh, and no one needs to (re)read Heartless Being because, first of all, it sucked, and second of all, it's not really that important. Of course, if you want to go into more detail about Aria's or Devi's past, then you're more than welcome to read it!
Aria: What about Life of a Millionaire?
Attara: OO" Er…um?Let's start on the fic, shall we? Hehe? Oh, and I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
"They're so…different." Aria commented as she played with her dark hair.
Devi and Aria had been seated on a curved couch in the study of the Kaiba mansion. They had been doing nothing important over the week of spring vacation, so Aria took this time to talk with Devi on various subjects…Yami and Yu-Gi was one of many. Currently, Aria was lying on her back with her head on the armrest.
Devi raised an eyebrow in reaction to the strange remark. "Isn't everyone different?"
"Yeah, but it's so strange to meet the aibou of my Yami and realize that they are almost the exact opposite of each other, you know?"
Aria imagined Yami's features in her mind's eye. His beautiful eyes, his hair, his slight smile every time she looked at him. Perfection. She thought to herself. And he's all mine! She sighed happily and hugged the pillow that sat next to her.
"Well, they are called hikari and yami for a reason, Aria." Devi stood up.
Aria jumped up after her and tossed the cushion onto the leather sofa. "Ugh, Devi, why do you need to be so logical all the time? It's no fun!" She whined while smiling.
Devi spun around. "Probably because that's what I have to depend on when I don't have any emotions."
She picked up a random book and read the summary on the back cover.
"Can't you just get them back?" Aria eyed the thin volume.
"Yes, my advisors could probably figure out a way, but I refuse to restore my ability to feel." Devi dropped the hardback.
"You know, most ordinary people would want to regain them."
The dark-eyed girl plopped herself back onto her former seat.
"I'm not an ordinary person." She sighed. "Sometimes, I wish I was, but, of course, that's your opinion, not mine. All I know is that emotions will make a mortal suffer for as long as the object exists in their mental capacity. Besides, I am fine dealing with life in this indifferent manner and being able to control any ability I wish."
Aria followed Devi's behavior. She started to refute her statement when she was interrupted by none other than—
"Hi, guys!" Yu-Gi addressed the girls.
"Hi, Yu-Gi!" Devi waved.
"Hey, how's Yami?" Aria asked the moment she sighted his figure in the doorway.
Devi sighed and shook her head.
"Always about Yami." She mumbled almost incoherently.
"Oh, Yami's fine. Actually, he asked me to get you, Aria." The boy said while feigning a cheerful smile.
Aria's eyes lit up at the mention of Yami's beckon.
"Really?" She grinned and exited the room through the large, wooden doors.
Devi stared after her, questioning the reason why someone would be that excited to be summoned by her husband.
"There's a difference between devotion and obsession. Aria's a little extreme on the obsession side." She muttered to herself.
"Does she not like me?" Yu-Gi frowned as he stared after her fleeting figure.
Devi looked into his worried, large violet eyes.
"Of course she likes you. Has she said anything to you that would make you feel otherwise?"
"No, it's not that?
"Then what is it?"
"Well-" he quickly sat down next to her, "-she doesn't seem to talk to me much."
"Oh, that? No, no, Aria doesn't talk with a lot of people, but it doesn't mean that she dislikes them."
"Are you sure? I mean, because if I get on her nerves?
"Get on Aria's nerves? No one can get on Aria's nerves as long as they don't do anything malignant to Yami." Devi shook her head. "No, she doesn't dislike anyone now that she and Yami are together again. Trust me, I'd know."
"Really? Well, okay…if you say so." He gave a half-hearted smile.
Devi thought over the situation. What would make a mortal be reassured of a statement? Go to the source, of course.
"Don't worry about it, okay? I'll have her tell you that in person, so you'll believe me." Devi comforted the boy.
"Thanks."
Téa, Joey, Tristan, Saka, and Tori were all in Solomon Moto's game shop while waiting for Yu-Gi to return.
"So what do you think of Devi and Aria?" Téa asked Tristan and Joey, both of whom were leaning against the wall.
"They're hot!" The boys blurted out at the same time.
Téa's smile faded, "Be careful when you say that in front of Yami-" her voice quivered-"he might use magic to knock you both unconscious…even Devi would do it, for that matter."
"Yeah, yeah, we know." Joey said offhandedly.
"Besides, Devi's over five-hundred times your age, and Aria's over two-hundred fifty times."
"In love, age doesn't matter." Tristan grinned. "Besides, the only reason people say that is because the other person looks really old, but they don't look it at all!"
"Okay, boys, I think that that's enough of your nonsense." Tori jumped in.
"What do you think Devi would say if I ask her out?" Tristan asked Tori.
"Devi, you say? Well, I think…that she'd burn you in flames." She laughed.
"Come on, really?"
"Well, considering the fact that she despises love…"
"But if she gets one date with me, she'd have a whole new perspective on the subject!"
"You sure think highly of yourself, Tristan." Joey remarked.
"I could be Prince Charming!"
"Okay, guys, stop that!" Téa slapped the backs of their heads.
Tori laughed. "Do you realize that if one of you actually married her, you'd be the king of Mornedra?"
"Wow, a king! Then, we could eat as much food as we could, and still keep it coming!" Joey exclaimed.
Tristan nodded. "I'm going to be the king of Mornedra!"
"She'll think nothing of either of you." Saka grumbled.
The carefree air cooled off into an awkward silence.
The jingling of bells alerted the gang that someone was entering the shop.
"Hey, guys, what are you doing?" Yu-Gi recognized his friends the moment he stepped into his grandfather's store.
"We were just talking about…Devi!" Téa saw the girl step into the store after Yu-Gi.
"Hi!" All of them greeted her before she had even got a chance to see them.
"Greetings." Devi bowed, thinking nothing of the timing or Téa's last statement.
"So…where's Aria?" Joey asked.
Téa promptly elbowed him in the stomach.
"Hey!" Joey interjected.
"Aria's with Yami." Devi replied and ignored Téa's strange action.
"I can't believe you're living with Kaiba." He shook his head. "He's the meanest person in the entire world!"
Tori glanced at Joey.
"We had to. First, we're supposed to be married. Second, that stupid social worker is saying that if Kaiba continues to marry 'random girls' and not actually have a relationship with them, Mokuba isn't living in a good environment," Devi stated. "Of course all of you know what Kaiba would do for his little brother. Besides, it's just like living with Mokuba by himself, so it doesn't matter, anyway."
Tori's eyes glazed over in jealousy, but she was hasty enough to change her expression before anyone could notice it.
"Really?" Joey continued with the conversation.
"Yeah, Kaiba is always too busy working at the company." Devi shrugged.
"Not much of a family man, eh?" Tristan laughed. "I bet I could do better."
That comment was met by another elbow from Téa.
Devi gave a perplexed look, "Yes, I'm sure you would."
"I knew it!" Tristan shouted. "One step closer to becoming a king!"
"That's…um…an interesting way to look at that." She nodded, obviously not sure what was going on. "Well, I should be going now. You know, having a realm to rule and all…" She smiled.
Devi revealed the brown pouch that was always filled with a dust that could teleport people to any other area.
"Bye for now." She waved and threw it into the air.
The queen disappeared from the mortal realm without a single trace to reappear in her throne room. She was seated on her golden throne, with her body perfectly arranged on the seat, as if she had sat there herself.
"My queen, is that you?" Clef called from the right hand side of her divan.
"Yes, it is I." Devi replied. "Are you keeping up with the latest issues?"
"Of course, my queen."
"Have you found anything?"
"Well, there is this one specific discovery that I need to show you." He handed her a paper.
"What is this?" She glanced over it, absorbing all of the information in seconds.
"It is an obituary from the mortal realm."
"Ah, and how is this of any significance?"
"She's an immortal, my queen, but that has reported that she had died of old age."
Devi closed her eyes and scanned for the spirit of the woman who was claimed dead. "She's still alive in this realm."
"The Sovereign Council and I are aware of that, my queen. Though, it seems as if the Mornedraian can not reenter the portal to the mortal realm."
"Are you sure? Aria and I had come to Earth after she was supposedly dead."
"Yes, it is possible because one must wait for a century before one can return to the mortal realm after his or her death, so you must be careful in the mortal realm, my queen, if you wish to remain there for now."
"Yes, this is very interesting news, Clef, but I have come to ask something of you."
"What is it, my queen?"
"Please come with me to Drena."
"Very well, my queen." He bowed.
Clef sprinkled the white powder onto the ruler of Mornedra. At once, she disappeared in the white sparkles that were formed. The advisor transported himself with his own power just to arrive in a dark abyss.
Something…foreign entered Devi's body the moment she reached Drena. It took over her body and overwhelmed her soul. She could tell that it was going to stay permanently.
"Clef, take me back without delay." Devi demanded in a whisper the moment she felt his presence and immediately fell unconscious.
A young woman not older than twenty-one rotations around her planet's sun held out her hand to an elderly female.
"My princess, are you prepared for this commitment?" The elder Mornedraian asked.
"Yes, I am ready." The black-haired beauty nodded.
"Very well, Princess Devi."
The sorceress chanted several words of the ancient Mornedraian language that few realized even existed not to mention the ones who could actually understand. A blood-red jewel appeared in the palm of the sorceress.
"You must be careful with your heightened power. Nothing can harness it now since tiredness is no longer an emotion you possess. Don't go anywhere near the unstable form of the jewel. Once you regain it, you may never extract it ever again." The witch handed Devi the dangerous gem.
"How will I know when I regain these emotions?" Devi asked.
"You will feel pain."
Devi awoke with a gasp of breath. She was in her bedroom. Clef gazed down at the queen.
"You have aroused from your sleep, my queen?" He asked.
"Yes, I have." Devi winced.
"What is wrong, my queen?"
Her eyes widened suddenly.
"Oh no, don't tell me this is happening? She whispered to herself. "I shouldn't have gone…It's just too soon…"
"What is it?"
"No, no, no, no, not now." Devi sat up and hugged her legs.
"My queen, how may I help you?"
"Can you help a person in pain?" She looked up sharply into his eyes.
Attara: So, how was that? REVIEW!!! Oh, and I know that this fic is really full of OC's, but after this fic, I promise I won't stick in so many next time!
Aria: NOOO!! That means that no one will have the joy of seeing me anymore!
Attara: Yes, and you're definitely not conceited… By the way, don't forget to review!
Devi is the new name for Attara (too much confusion with my name and the main character's).