This is out early because June 4th is Yugi's birthday! *Kazoo noises and confetti shoot out of nowhere* I'll upload the next chapter on June 21st.
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Enjoy the summer~
Yugi usually had a strong stomach. If anything, he would be the one pushing his friends onto the Tilt-A-Whirl for the second time at the state fair. Yet, something about thirty minutes of Gandora's bumpy flight and the extremely sweet fruit he had eaten last night did not sit well in his belly. His whole face had gone green, and as soon as Gandora saw it, she freaked out.
"Humans don't change colors like that!" She had roared as she just about crashed into the mountainside. The frenzied landing and everyone screaming did not help Yugi's stomach either.
After a quick explanation followed by a mad dash to the bushes, Yugi found himself crouched behind some perfect foliage for many minutes. Gandora stood protectively beside him the entire time. Because of her, not even Silent Magician or Kuriboh were allowed by him. At this point, the two were no longer frightened by Gandora's snapping and roaring. The two simply rolled their eyes, Silent being more annoyed. They left Yugi be and went on a walk around the mountain. If Yugi could have talked at the time, he might have asked Gandora to back off.
Yugi eventually laid down on his belly a few minutes later and sighed. The entire flight up, Yugi noticed just how overprotective Gandora became of him. From going out of her way to attack distant flying beasts, so they never got "too close," as she put it, to snapping at Silent whenever she playfully teased Yugi. While Yugi was unusually quick to forgive, forget, and befriend, he even thought this was a speedy turnaround for a dragon who wanted to kill him earlier.
"Are you able to continue?" Gandora said in a low voice.
Yugi sat up and rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, sorry for the detour. It honestly isn't that bad."
Gandora didn't seem convinced but shrugged. "Good, let's get the others."
Yugi was about to get to his feet when she scooped him up and started walking in the direction the others went.
"Uh, thanks? But I can walk just fine." He looked up to see her staring intently at his face.
"I don't want you changing colors again." She repeated in a low growl.
Yugi tried to hop out of her arms, but she held him tighter, once again squeezing the air out of him.
"My face is going to turn red from lack of oxygen if you keep doing that." He squeaked. She immediately loosened her grip so much that Yugi was able to jump out. As he stood in front of her, she crossed her arms. Reminding him of what his mom used to do when he disappointed her. "I'm joking, but seriously, I can walk. Thank you, though."
Gandora huffed as she followed silently behind. As they walked around the mountainside, Yugi saw just how high they really were. The view of the land below was almost completely covered in clouds. The trees on the mountainside itself were more spread out up here and disappeared altogether higher up. Strangely though, the oxygen amount was the same, or at least, not decreased enough that Yugi noticed.
"Weirdly, I can breathe really well up here. If I had been on a mountain this high in my world, I'd be out of breath." Yugi chatted.
Gandora had been much more open to talking. The entire flight up had been filled with Silent and Yugi joking with one another and Gandora crashing into the conversation where she could. Silent spoke of her childhood friends, specifically a sword-wielding boy. At the same time, Gandora told of the great battles her people had been in. Even Yugi got to tell of the Pharaoh and his friends before nausea stole his words.
"Why is it hard to breathe in your world? Is there a monster stealing the mountain air?" Gandora asked.
"No, nothing like that. It has something to do with science that I should probably remember from school." Yugi shrugged as he ran on. He jumped over rocks and climbed small boulders where he could. The entire time as he pretended to be a parkourer, he could feel Gandora's intense gaze on him.
"You talk a lot about this 'science' and 'school,' yet I do not understand what those are. Can you talk about something I do know?" Gandora asked.
"Ok, um… You seemed pretty interested in my family earlier when Silent brought it up. Would you like to hear more about them?" Yugi asked.
Gandora nodded. "Tell me about their history and your own. As far back as you can go."
"Ok. Well, I already told you about the Pharaoh and his maybe history. We still aren't sure of his ancient past. So, I'll start with my living relatives. We Mutos live in a shop that sells games." Gandora seemed confused at the concept of selling games but remained quiet. Yugi was sure if she had a real question, she would ask him. He felt safe to continue on.
"This game shop was originally set up by my paternal grandfather when he retired from gambling and archeology. My grandma had been the first person ever to beat him in poker, though to this day, my Grandpa swears that he let her win. Those two chose to live in the shop together, as both didn't have any family left. On my mom's side, I never met my grandparents. I think that family didn't like who my mom married and disconnected themselves from us." Yugi looked back to see Gandora growl. At first, he was worried something happened, but then he realized it was his maternal family's actions.
"As I said, I never met them, so I have nothing to be too down about." Yugi quickly said, not wanting to sadden the dragon. This was not the time to discuss how it had always hurt him not to know what one side of his family was like.
"They might as well be dead then. Continue with the living." Gandora said as the two stepped over a small ravine, Gandora hovering her hands just a few inches from Yugi in case he somehow failed to jump the one-foot crack in the rocks. While Yugi ignored her overprotectiveness, he was more than happy to skip to the family he actually knew.
"So, my Grandpa and Grandma had one son."
"Was he a strong man?" Gandora asked.
"The strongest! He actually used to work as security in this big company, and because of that, he got to travel worldwide."
"He left his parents for other human domains?" Gandora said with a flick of her tail.
"Um, yes I guess. He worked at Grandpa's shop until he could legally live on his own. The way my Grandpa put it, 'he stayed until he blew out the candles on his eighteenth birthday cake. Then he was off.' Even now he's still traveling all around the world. He brings me lots of cool candies from other countries."
Gandora still did not seem to like that. Yugi was confused until he remembered that her archetype apparently lived their whole lives together.
"Just because my dad is gone a lot doesn't mean he doesn't love us. His work is what helps keep us afloat." Yugi's words were nearly rehearsed, having repeated them to curious classmates most of his life.
"Hmm... How does his mother feel about his travels?" Gandora asked.
Yugi lost his words for a few moments. "I... don't know. My grandma died in a car accident some years after my Dad left home."
Yugi wanted to cringe at the following silence. Gandora didn't help with her unchanging expression. She almost seemed to expect that.
"I'm sure she was a powerful woman. What happened to her mate?"
Yugi jumped on anything to move the subject away from death. "Soon after that, my grandpa closed the shop and went back to archeology with his friend. He's the friend I told you about, the one that discovered the Atlantis ruins and found duel monsters in ancient Egypt?"
"Arthur Hawk?" Gandora guessed.
"Close enough." Yugi smiled. This made Gandora smile back. "Well, the reason I bring them up is that one of the first monsters they discovered was you. Or I should say they found the name Gandora, the Dragon of Destruction in hieroglyphs."
"Really? How long ago was this?" Gandora asked, even stopping her steady stride in surprise.
"Uh, they discovered the name in Egyptian ruins many years ago, before I was born. The ruins would be over five thousand years old." Yugi replied.
"That would make sense. One of our legendary ancestors was partnered with a human leader at that time." Gandora nodded.
In Yugi's haste to keep up with the dragon's large steps, he almost tripped on the rocky ground. Almost being the keyword. He caught himself before his second foot left the floor, but Gandora still completely wrapped her tail around him and made him stand straight. Yugi eventually fought out of her tail and ran ahead. Yugi then continued his family's story to hopefully distract Gandora from grabbing him and forcefully carrying him.
"So anyways! My Grandpa came back from Egypt after nearly dying in a cave-in. He told my dad and dad's new girlfriend, a few years later, that would be my mom, about his experience. My dad really liked your card's name, by the way. He thought it was tough. Then my dad went off and joined a private army."
Gandora froze at the word 'army.' "He joined it? Of his own free will?"
"Yes?" Yugi answered, a little worried why Gandora would even ask that. "Though my Grandpa hadn't been happy with him at the time. Those two had been fighting a lot after my grandmother's death." Yugi then shook his head. He knew he shouldn't be talking about that kind of stuff with his new friend and quickly changed the subject. "Anyway, my Grandpa reopened the game shop, and my mother had me!" Yugi said, gesturing to himself with overacted pride. Gandora caught onto the playful joke and excitedly clapped.
"Thank you, thank you — an important moment in all our lives. Years later, my Dad switched careers. Going to work for the government. This made him move around a lot more than before. Because my mom needs specific doctors, we couldn't travel with him. We had originally lived in a, uh domain called Japan, but we moved in with Grandpa so we could take better care of my mother. Now, we still live with my Grandpa in his game shop to this day."
"Huh," Gandora said, trailing off as she looked into the distance. She seemed to be thinking deeply about something. Yugi wondered if she was thinking of her own family when she spoke again. "Are you happy with your family?"
"Of course! I couldn't have a better family if I tried. My Grandpa is the one that got me into my love of games. My Dad may be gone a lot, but he calls so often it doesn't feel like it. The Pharaoh is always with me. My Mom, while she's in bed often thanks to her sickness, is still the best in the world!" Yugi declared as he jumped on a large boulder. He was smiling at just remembering his family. He then turned around to see Gandora's solemn face. All the happiness she had earlier was gone.
"Gandora? You ok?"
"Your mother is sick?" Gandora asked.
"Oh, I suppose I didn't explain that the best, didn't I? Well, she's always been like that, so I don't think about it as weird. But yes, we think she has an autoimmune disease combined with epil…." Gandora's face became even more confused. "Err, her body doesn't like itself sometimes." Yugi corrected. "But despite that, she has always been by my side. She was my first friend, honestly."
Gandora's eye remained trained on Yugi. She then slowly walked up, looking over him again.
"Is… is it possible…" Gandora trailed off.
"If what's possible?" Yugi asked.
"Is it possible that she isn't your mother? That they aren't your family?" Gandora asked in a low voice.
This surprised Yugi so much he fell backward off the boulder. Gandora once again caught him, but Yugi jumped out of her arms faster than she could squeeze.
"What do you mean?! Where did that question come from?" Yugi asked.
Gandora shook her head and growled. Her growl didn't seem directed at Yugi and more at herself.
"It's nothing. It was a stupid question. You are clearly human." Gandora said as she quickly walked past Yugi without looking back.
Yugi stood silently by, trying to figure out what in Ra's name did Gandora mean by that. "What?! Why wouldn't I be human?!" Yugi yelled as he chased after Gandora.
As Yugi ran around a large rock pile still calling Gandora's name, he found all three duel spirits. The three were staring up at a large flat rock wall, taller than even Gandora. This wall was utterly smooth from top to bottom. Yugi found this strange, even in this perfect land. The perfection of the other rocks had at least let the stones be bumpy and misshaped. This looked like the wall had been smoothed by hand.
"What is this?" Yugi asked as he walked up to the three.
"It was the portal to the other domains, but something's off about it." Silent wrote. Gandora shifted her weight from foot to foot and eventually turned away.
"This is the portal I used to get in. It looks perfectly fine." She huffed. She then came face to face with Yugi as he crossed his arms and tapped his foot.
"What did you mean by asking if I'm human?" Yugi asked. He was not going to let her off this time just because of a new weird thing.
"I said you were human. Are you not?" She quickly asked, a little excitement in her voice
"I am human, but why was that even in question? Why wouldn't my mother or my family be mine?"
"I said it was a stupid question." Gandora waved away. Yugi walked closer to her and kept his gaze. Silent and Kuriboh were now watching the two. They tried to look like they weren't staring, but neither was good at acting.
"It's a very specific question to ask." Yugi steadily said.
"Drop it." Gandora bared her teeth. Yugi did not back down. He was going to get some answers this time if it killed him!
"HEY!" Silent Magician's azure words appeared between the two. This brought them out of their staring contest, and they faced the little mage. She seemed honestly worried, and Yugi dropped his crossed arms.
"Save your little argument for another time. This wall means things are worse than we thought!" Silent continued to write as she pointed at the rock wall. "This means we can't leave this domain and that the Legendary Knights are all out banished! Not just missing!"
Yugi's eyes widened at her words. "How are the Legendary Knights involved with domain portals?" He asked. Silent then proceeded to explain the Legendary Knights' role in the worldwide lockdown. The entire time Gandora kept making slow steps backward. Steps that didn't escape Yugi's notice. After she was done explaining, Yugi let one hand rest on the Millenium puzzle as his other hand scratched his head.
"How are you not freaking out right now?!" Silent wrote. Kuriboh echoed her with wild squeaks.
"Because… I kind of already guessed this?" Yugi sighed. The two monsters continued to get more panicked.
"What?!"
"I guessed that the Legendary Knights were banished or something like that. All because Gandora already admitted to wishing them away." At this, Silent's arms fell limply to her side as her eyes slowly landed on Gandora.
"I'm sorry, I would have pointed it out earlier, but I thought everyone was on the same page," Yugi said as he gestured to the retreating dragon. Gandora froze and turned back around to face Yugi. There was no judgment in Yugi's face; this seemed to calm down Gandora.
"When did she admit that?" Silent slowly wrote, each word appearing and disappearing before the next came
"When we were talking at the white tree. She said how the Legendary Knights had blocked out her people. Then she said how we were going to send the Gandora away, like the Knights. And she also said yes to knowing about the Wishing Well before we explained it to her. Though, that doesn't quite explain how she got to even make the wish if the Knights were stopping Gandora from entering. Despite that, I thought we all came to the same conclusion and forgave her for it." Yugi explained. He turned back to the group just in time to see Silent Magician send a sizeable magical blast towards Gandora. "Guess not!" He yelped as he jumped in front of the explosion.
Thankfully Kuriboh was nearby to stop any damage, but that only seemed to enrage Silent and Gandora more. Silent no longer used her magic to communicate and instead lunged at Gandora with wild abandon. Yugi caught her as she jumped over him. She fought in his grasp, and while it was awkward to hold her down, her physical strength was not more than a child's. Yugi looked up, expecting to see Gandora raring to fight. While the dragon was in a battle stance, she seemed a little nervous.
'Why would she be so nervous now? She was strong enough in the past to destroy much stronger monsters.' Yugi's brows furrowed for a second. Then, like the last puzzle piece clicking into place, all his strange theories suddenly made sense. The answer that had been right in his face the entire time finally clicked in his brain.
"You have zero ATK points!" Yugi gasped. Both Kuriboh and Silent looked to Yugi with raised eyebrows, but Gandora's face turned grave. Kuriboh then came up to Yugi's side and nudged into him. Their way of asking what he meant. Yugi looked down to see if Silent would cooperate and stop trying to throw herself at a dragon. The mage blew out a large breath, brushing aside her silver hair.
"I withstood her destroying my home and attacking us. But I can not stand her any longer! She banished the Knights! This won't just affect us. This hurts everyone! Let me at her..." Her last words disappeared before they were entirely written. Silent didn't seem to mind as she kept fighting Yugi.
Yugi continued to hold her down. He briefly thought the dragon would try to run or fight. Gandora did neither. She stood tall; she even looked a little proud.
"I knew you'd figure it out eventually, little Yugi. I just wish you didn't say it out loud." Gandora said. Kuriboh turned to Yugi with the same questioning look. Yugi sighed as he shifted his weight around to keep Silent down but still turn to Kuriboh.
"The Gandora race must naturally have 0 ATK points. This is why Gandora told me she 'walked' into this domain and was telling the truth. Their species does have less than 1500 ATK points. The Knight must have still stopped them when they tried to come in because of their destructive habits. But I'm guessing you were allowed in Gandora. All because you gave up fighting, or whatever 'fighting spirit' Giga was talking about. While in here, you wished the Knights away so your people could come in."
"Wait! That can't be true! She's way too strong to have 0 ATK." Silent wrote while still fighting Yugi's hold.
"That's where that weird explosion ability I used to my advantage earlier comes into play. I could never quite figure out how it worked. I also couldn't figure out why Giga wanting me to stab your neck was supposed to be a good thing. Now I know. Gandora gain ATK by having damage done to them. The more damage, the stronger the Gandora are. Eventually, it all builds up to one big explosion. Or it can taper off until they are at zero again. Every time we saw her doing something powerful was after she was hurt or purposefully hurt herself. Like Giga slapping her before our fight. Or punching a tree so a branch would hit her in the head." Yugi kept his eyes on Gandora as the dragon slowly pulled her arms around herself.
"Giga demanding that you stab me would have hurt me beyond repair, but he was banking on you not wanting to kill me. Anything less than a killing blow would have given me such a spike of energy that I could have destroyed the entire mountain top," Gandora admitted, looking away from the group. Yet, she still had a proud smile on her face.
"The damage you take will always be more than the damage you give out. And I think you used the last of your energy fighting off the flying beasts this morning. You're at zero." Yugi continued.
Gandora solemnly nodded. "Back in ancient times, we used to be able to equal, even surpass the damage we took. Our great ancestor could even summon others to his side using the damage he took. But that time is long past. Our ability is a Gandora's greatest secret and biggest shame. We are possibly the weakest monsters in the land." She then turned back to the three. "That's why we came here. We couldn't take the war anymore. We were dying left and right."
"That doesn't mean you get to doom everyone else!" Silent wrote in such jagged and sloppy letters that the group could almost hear her scream the words. "Now, the monsters in the human dimension might be in trouble because of your wish! That's not even counting how much you have destroyed in this land alone!"
Gandora turned away and growled. "That's why we are going to the well, right? To wish us a new home and to get the Knights back. It's the only way you weaklings could ever get rid of us anyway." She said in an annoyed voice.
This seemed to put Silent over the edge. Yugi felt as his whole body got lighter. Before he could stop her, Yugi was thrown off by her levitation magic. His back hit the rock wall, and he groaned as he slid down. This put a fire in Gandora's eyes that Yugi hadn't seen before. She roared with such ferocity that it even made the anger blinded Silent pause for a moment. The dragon looked around and saw a boulder about the size of her. Silent saw it too and sent another large blue bolt of magic between her and it. Gandora managed to jump into the air and hover for a second, dodging the blast. Gandora then ran full force into the boulder. The power shook the ground and made Yugi and Silent fall off their feet. The crash seemed to hurt, but Gandora soon stood back up, claws and teeth seemingly sharper.
"That didn't give me a lot of power, but it should be enough for you, pipsqueak. Even if you are his beloved, I won't hold back!" She growled.
Silent used her magic to regain her footing quickly. She silently snarled at the dragon and used her magic to move once again. She plopped on top of a ledge higher than Gandora and started sending rapid-fire blasts at the dragon. Yugi had to run for cover as Gandora took the bombings. Slowly, step by step, Gandora began to fight through the storm of magic and make her way to Silent. Silent soon realized her attacks only made Gandora stronger and instead focused on making one big orb of her blue magic. Gandora used this time to charge at the ledge and attack the rock Silent was standing on. This destroyed the ridge, and Silent began falling with the rocks. Silent seemed just fine with this as she still had her magic attack ready. She looked down at the open maw, crimson light growing in the back of Gandora's throat, and fired her strike.
"Stop!" Yugi screamed. He couldn't get between them in time, and he feared that this would be the end of one of his friends. Then Kuriboh jumped between the crimson breath and azure blast. All three spirits glowed in a rainbow of colors, and then a flash of white light exploded between them. Gandora and Silent were thrown in opposite directions as Kuriboh multiplied many times over, all the puffballs pushing the two girls apart.
"She destroyed my home and took the Knights! She will destroy everything!" Silent wrote, but the words only remained in the air for a second as the two were further separated.
"I can not apologize for how we Gandora must be! And I wasn't even the one that wished the Knights away! All I wanted was just one of my hatchlings back!" Gandora cried, her roar starting fierce but ending in a low squeak.
"Everyone stop!" Yugi yelled as he got to his feet and ran to the ever-expanding Kuriboh mob.
"Thank you for being the sensible one here, buddy," Yugi whispered to one Kuriboh, hoping this one was his. All the Kuribohs answered with happy squeals and wiggling arms.
"Who wished them away then?!" The words appeared before Gandora. Yugi only glanced at the words briefly and from a backward angle. Thankfully he could read backward, thanks to all the riddles that used backward lettering to hide their answers.
"The dragon that watches the wishing well. He offered to use his wish, so I would not lose mine." Gandora said. She had given up on fighting the Kuriboh mob and laid back in the brown sea. Accepting whatever fate awaited her.
Silent was still aggressively battling the fluffy, living ocean as she magically shouted, "Liar!"
Yugi watched as she fought. She was slowing down. No one could resist a full Kuriboh mob. Yugi could even see the mage beginning to cry.
'It must have been hard for her to work with a dragon that helped destroy her land. I didn't even realize how much it might have hurt.' Yugi thought with a frown. Berating himself for not noticing his new friend's pain sooner. Yugi knew Silent Magician would eventually tire herself out soon, and he could try talking to her then. He instead turned to Gandora.
Yugi walked through the Kuribohs, it being much easier for him as the mob actively moved aside. One even jumped into his arms as he walked to Gandora's side.
"I don't care who wished the Knights away. I want them back. I will happily use my wish to do so. However, I still have one question, why do the other Gandora not like you? If it is true you got that guardian dragon to wish the Knights away, it was so the other Gandora could get in. You seemed to have done nothing but save them." Yugi asked.
Gandora looked up towards the unmoving sun and sighed. She then reached out and hugged Yugi close to her. Yugi didn't fight it and found himself sitting on Gandora's stomach.
"I've never been right. I've always hated fighting. Not dueling for the fun of it, every duel monster loves that, but the fighting for dominance and battling the war made us do. Gandora are made to fight, and that is something I could never do. As a non-fighter, I could still be a brood mother. The only brood mother in… long time. I've had so many clutches, each grew up, went off to fight, and never came back." She then looked back down to Yugi. "My last hatchling was a lot like you, a boy that didn't like fighting either but loved his friends. He too eventually… died… and that was it."
This was the weakest Yugi had heard Gandora's voice. Someone that tried so hard to sound strong breaking down hit Yugi hard. It seemed to get Silent's attention. The mage even paused in her fury to listen.
"I had nothing more to give the army, the 'fighting spirit' as Giga called it. Even by giving others freedom, it wasn't enough for them. Asking for help from the wishing well's guardian didn't help either. I, '…made the Gandora look weak by begging.' So, I was nothing. They left me on the mountain top as they explored the new land. They only came back for me to fight you. During that fight, I realized after you said no to Giga that…." Gandora once again looked over Yugi and the tiny puffball in his arms. There were no tears, but Yugi could see the pain in her face. She then shook her head. "It doesn't matter now. They're right. I'm weak. I couldn't even get you up the mountain."
Yugi felt his heart fall all through her explanation. Yugi did his best never to hate anyone. Everyone was a hero in their own story. But now he really, really, REALLY, REALLY disliked the other Gandora and the war that took so much from them.
"You're not weak," Yugi whispered.
"What did you say?" Gandora asked.
"You are not weak!" Yugi yelled. "We are going to get up the mountain and save this land and your people. But you are strong enough not to go back to them! You are far beyond their immature ways!" Gandora sat up and looked down at the determined Yugi with awe and surprise. She had not heard Yugi talk like this before. Yugi wouldn't call it a smile that came to her face, but it was better than before.
Then a small rock bounced off Gandora's head. The two turned to see Silent had thrown it, but it hadn't been in malice. She had done it to get their attention.
Silent Magician had her arms crossed and held close to her body as she swayed in place. She was debating something as she wiped away her tears. She then tried to write something magically, but only a poof of blue glitter shot from her hand. She soundlessly growled and looked around at the now disappearing Kuriboh mob. In the disappearing duplicates, she found Yugi's sword. She used it to start writing on the ground. Yugi looked to Gandora, and the two shrugged. Gandora let Yugi hop off her belly. The two then slowly made their way to Silent, looking for any sign of hostility. There was none. Once by her, they read the words Silent was writing in the ground.
"Why do I have to relate to you? It makes it very hard to hate you." She wrote. "So here is what we're going to do. We are getting to the top of the mountain; I'll use my wish to get the Knights back, and if you're still determined to help those horrib- the Gandora, Yugi will use his wish to get a new land and send them away." Halfway through her paragraph, she ran out of space and had to erase her old words to make room. But none the less the three got her general meaning.
"You don't mind using your only wish on my people?" Gandora asked.
Silent shrugged as she handed the sword back to Yugi and looked up at the dragon. The two girls nodded to one another.
"You guys are not going to fight anymore?" Yugi asked with only one Kuriboh left, the one still in his arms. Kuriboh seemed exhausted. They didn't even look like they could move after using their most potent ability.
"We can't promise." Gandora shrugged. Silent simply smiled at Yugi. With Kuriboh out of action, Yugi sighed and had to be content with that.
"Ok then, that's better than before! Let's go!" Yugi announced. Kuriboh squeaked in agreement. They looked to see if Gandora could fly, but the damage was too great. She could walk, and that was enough for her. Before Yugi could ask if she was alright, Gandora led the way up the mountain, not looking back and not looking at Silent Magician.
…
As the three left behind the rock wall that had once been the portal out of the Dominion of the Beasts, a dark swirl of multiple colors appeared on the smooth rock. Out of this swirl, a small figure appeared. This boy was about as short as a toddler. He had blonde hair and green skin. Though the green skin was odd for a humanoid monster, the boy's most notable feature was actually a sword several times larger than his own body that he lazily held over one shoulder. He was soon followed by a taller girl with orange hair and light skin. This girl had a sword and shield. Each of these duel monsters was wearing the blue and white colors of the Silent archetype.
As the two adjusted to the sunny day, the girl looked up the mountain. In front of the boy, pastel green magic lettering appeared in the air.
"There's the brood mother, but where are the others? I thought they wouldn't leave such an important member such as their only breeder alone?" She wrote.
The boy shook his head. His sword glowed silver. Then messy lettering appeared in the air.
"It does not matter. We get her, the others will follow. What I want to know is why Silent Magician would be here and how is it she so easily followed the dragon. It did not even look like she had a control device or mind spell on the brood mother." He wrote as he began to walk out onto the mountain ledge. He then tripped on his long blue coat and fell face-first into the rocky ground. The girl soundlessly laughed and wrote.
"Come now, Silent Swordsman. Is that any way to start a mission?"
Silent Swordsman looked up with a noiseless growl as his companion continued to chuckle. He then magically wrote as he got to his feet. "I am not used to being leveled down. You are lucky, Silent Paladin. You do not have to lose levels just to get through this cursed barrier. It has been too many years since I have limited my power like this."
"Speaking of too many years, do you really think we can face Silent Magician if she gets involved? She was your..." Silent Paladin trailed off as Silent Swordsman glared at her.
"This will be awkward but easier. Azure has never been able to say no to me." Silent Swordsman said as he looked up towards the mountain top. Soon other Silent monsters came from the portal. All were wielding weapons bigger than their bodies and holding long black and red cords. "Let's get back the Gandora."