Author's Note:
I would like to thank my friends Onyx and S for Beta-reading and editing my chapters as well as helping me describe their Yu-gi-oh characters as well as the characters based upon themselves.
The girl walked through the hall until she came to a large set of double doors. Slowly she opened them to reveal a large conference room. In the middle of the large rectangular room was a square table with three chairs on each side and one on each end. The table and chairs were made of a beautiful dark wood. The chairs had high, intricately carved backs. Large, wonderfully colored tapestries hung from three walls while the fourth wall contained large windows. These windows gazed out upon the village and its inhabitants.
Kate looked at the young woman sitting at the far end of the table. Her head was tilted forward as she read over the scrolls in front of her. The dark blue sleeves of her tunic slid back down her arms to reveal tan skin that glistened as the sun entered the window and reflected off of her. She looked in her early twenties as her waist length black hair cascaded down her shoulders. She was a tall woman, slightly taller then Kate by one or two inches. Her long legs, covered by tight black pants were crossed as she sat in the chair. She let her green eyes look up for a second to acknowledge the young woman who came in the doors. She smiled, revealing a bright smile.
Kate nodded at the woman she knew as Veronique, her Yami. On Veronique's left, still looking over the scrolls was a tall man with light peach skin. His outfit was much the same as Veronique's. He wore the same sort of tight black pants but his tight muscle shirt was a deep red color. His dark blonde hair hung at shoulder length, tucked back behind his pointed ears. He looked up to reveal his amber eyes under which there were two black, inverted triangle tattoos. These gave him a dark, mysterious look. He glanced at her for a moment before looking back down. Kate just shook her head. Gartic never was one for talking a lot.
To Veronique's right were two empty seats. One belonged to Kate and the other to Pyon, a monster under her command who was off doing something else at the moment. To Gartic's left sat a man almost identical to Gartic. This man had hair of gold and bright amber eyes with the same inverted triangular tattoos. He wore tight black pants and knee-high boots, along with a lace-up off-white shirt. He also however had a broad sword strapped to his waist. He stood at about 6 feet tall, slightly taller then Gartic. A close look at the two would reveal that these men were Celtic Guardians.
"Morning Kai-san." He said when he saw her.
"Morning Celtos."
Next to Celtos sat another young woman about a year older then Kate, dressed in tight black pants, leather boots, and a light jade colored shirt. Her golden-brown hair fell nearly to her waist in faint waves and when she looked up, her grey-green eyes were sharp.
"Where have you been all morning?" The girl asked, an edge of concern in her tone.
"Don't worry about it, Sarah." Kate replied as she stood there.
"We have to worry. It's our job," the man sitting across from Sarah pointed out.
He rose from his chair, making his long indigo hair sway slightly and the material of his loose black pants whisper against the wooden chair. His bright blue eyes, made bolder by his silvery shirt, focused on the young girls as if trying to read her mind. At his height of six foot four, he easily towered over the girl's slighter five-foot six frame.
"You were outside again, weren't you Kai-san?"
Kate just looked at the Damus, the Dark Magician for a moment.
"Katie." Another voice, this one cold and close to angry, rang from behind her.
Kate turned towards the doorway where the voice came from.
There stood a dark woman, the tallest of the females in the room at a height of nearly six feet. Emerald-green eyes flashed dangerously from the darkly tan face. A thin gold circlet held back thick, jet-black hair that fell to the woman's hips, the ends of it brushing the hilt of the sword belted low over her hips. A tight, long-sleeved tunic of emerald green made her eyes seem deeper and more piercing, and her long legs were clad in black breeches and black leather boots that came halfway up her calves.
Kate looked down.
"You know you can't hide anything from me," the woman said, her eyebrows raising slightly.
"Yes Onyx. I realized that a while ago."
"Then tell us the truth. You were outside again weren't you?"
Kate sighed. "Yes."
Veronique threw her hands in the air, Sarah and the two elves rolled their eyes while Damus just shook his head.
"Kai-san, how many times do we have to tell you?" Damus said in exasperation.
"Damus, sit down." Onyx ordered calmly.
The Dark Magician sat immediately.
"Look Onyx, I know you've told me hundreds of times not to go out there because it's dangerous and you don't know what's out there but this time it was a good thing I did."
"And why is that?" Onyx asked as she crossed her arms and leaned against the arm of her chair at the end of the table.
"Well I....."
Before she could go on, the doors flew back open. A pink and purple blur fell on the ground. Damus, rolling his eyes, rose and walked over to the pile on the floor. He grabbed a bunch of pink and purple cloth before lifting it up.
"Mirai, you are NOT the most graceful being on the planet." Veronique said from her end of the table, as she remained seated.
Damus set the Dark Magician Girl on her feet.
"Sorry, big brother. Sorry, Ony-sama," murmured the blushing magician.
"What were you in such a rush for any way?" Gartic asked from his seat.
"Oh, that! I almost forgot!"
Everyone rolled their eyes.
"There's a strange man in the house." Mirai squeaked.
"What?" Onyx shot upright, laying one hand instinctively on her sword.
Everyone was standing now. Onyx turned her deep green eyes on Kate who was trying to look innocent.
"Kai-chan," she began, her voice icy, "would you happen to know why there is a strange man in our house let alone the village to begin with?"
"Well I.....that is....um....I found him." She said sheepishly, trying not to make eye contact with the other Yami.
Veronique rolled her eyes.
"You found him." Onyx repeated, her face showing no expression.
"Well, yes, but he told me something that's really important."
Everyone just stared at her.
"And that would be?" Onyx asked, her arms crossed over her chest again.
"War is starting."
I would like to thank my friends Onyx and S for Beta-reading and editing my chapters as well as helping me describe their Yu-gi-oh characters as well as the characters based upon themselves.
The girl walked through the hall until she came to a large set of double doors. Slowly she opened them to reveal a large conference room. In the middle of the large rectangular room was a square table with three chairs on each side and one on each end. The table and chairs were made of a beautiful dark wood. The chairs had high, intricately carved backs. Large, wonderfully colored tapestries hung from three walls while the fourth wall contained large windows. These windows gazed out upon the village and its inhabitants.
Kate looked at the young woman sitting at the far end of the table. Her head was tilted forward as she read over the scrolls in front of her. The dark blue sleeves of her tunic slid back down her arms to reveal tan skin that glistened as the sun entered the window and reflected off of her. She looked in her early twenties as her waist length black hair cascaded down her shoulders. She was a tall woman, slightly taller then Kate by one or two inches. Her long legs, covered by tight black pants were crossed as she sat in the chair. She let her green eyes look up for a second to acknowledge the young woman who came in the doors. She smiled, revealing a bright smile.
Kate nodded at the woman she knew as Veronique, her Yami. On Veronique's left, still looking over the scrolls was a tall man with light peach skin. His outfit was much the same as Veronique's. He wore the same sort of tight black pants but his tight muscle shirt was a deep red color. His dark blonde hair hung at shoulder length, tucked back behind his pointed ears. He looked up to reveal his amber eyes under which there were two black, inverted triangle tattoos. These gave him a dark, mysterious look. He glanced at her for a moment before looking back down. Kate just shook her head. Gartic never was one for talking a lot.
To Veronique's right were two empty seats. One belonged to Kate and the other to Pyon, a monster under her command who was off doing something else at the moment. To Gartic's left sat a man almost identical to Gartic. This man had hair of gold and bright amber eyes with the same inverted triangular tattoos. He wore tight black pants and knee-high boots, along with a lace-up off-white shirt. He also however had a broad sword strapped to his waist. He stood at about 6 feet tall, slightly taller then Gartic. A close look at the two would reveal that these men were Celtic Guardians.
"Morning Kai-san." He said when he saw her.
"Morning Celtos."
Next to Celtos sat another young woman about a year older then Kate, dressed in tight black pants, leather boots, and a light jade colored shirt. Her golden-brown hair fell nearly to her waist in faint waves and when she looked up, her grey-green eyes were sharp.
"Where have you been all morning?" The girl asked, an edge of concern in her tone.
"Don't worry about it, Sarah." Kate replied as she stood there.
"We have to worry. It's our job," the man sitting across from Sarah pointed out.
He rose from his chair, making his long indigo hair sway slightly and the material of his loose black pants whisper against the wooden chair. His bright blue eyes, made bolder by his silvery shirt, focused on the young girls as if trying to read her mind. At his height of six foot four, he easily towered over the girl's slighter five-foot six frame.
"You were outside again, weren't you Kai-san?"
Kate just looked at the Damus, the Dark Magician for a moment.
"Katie." Another voice, this one cold and close to angry, rang from behind her.
Kate turned towards the doorway where the voice came from.
There stood a dark woman, the tallest of the females in the room at a height of nearly six feet. Emerald-green eyes flashed dangerously from the darkly tan face. A thin gold circlet held back thick, jet-black hair that fell to the woman's hips, the ends of it brushing the hilt of the sword belted low over her hips. A tight, long-sleeved tunic of emerald green made her eyes seem deeper and more piercing, and her long legs were clad in black breeches and black leather boots that came halfway up her calves.
Kate looked down.
"You know you can't hide anything from me," the woman said, her eyebrows raising slightly.
"Yes Onyx. I realized that a while ago."
"Then tell us the truth. You were outside again weren't you?"
Kate sighed. "Yes."
Veronique threw her hands in the air, Sarah and the two elves rolled their eyes while Damus just shook his head.
"Kai-san, how many times do we have to tell you?" Damus said in exasperation.
"Damus, sit down." Onyx ordered calmly.
The Dark Magician sat immediately.
"Look Onyx, I know you've told me hundreds of times not to go out there because it's dangerous and you don't know what's out there but this time it was a good thing I did."
"And why is that?" Onyx asked as she crossed her arms and leaned against the arm of her chair at the end of the table.
"Well I....."
Before she could go on, the doors flew back open. A pink and purple blur fell on the ground. Damus, rolling his eyes, rose and walked over to the pile on the floor. He grabbed a bunch of pink and purple cloth before lifting it up.
"Mirai, you are NOT the most graceful being on the planet." Veronique said from her end of the table, as she remained seated.
Damus set the Dark Magician Girl on her feet.
"Sorry, big brother. Sorry, Ony-sama," murmured the blushing magician.
"What were you in such a rush for any way?" Gartic asked from his seat.
"Oh, that! I almost forgot!"
Everyone rolled their eyes.
"There's a strange man in the house." Mirai squeaked.
"What?" Onyx shot upright, laying one hand instinctively on her sword.
Everyone was standing now. Onyx turned her deep green eyes on Kate who was trying to look innocent.
"Kai-chan," she began, her voice icy, "would you happen to know why there is a strange man in our house let alone the village to begin with?"
"Well I.....that is....um....I found him." She said sheepishly, trying not to make eye contact with the other Yami.
Veronique rolled her eyes.
"You found him." Onyx repeated, her face showing no expression.
"Well, yes, but he told me something that's really important."
Everyone just stared at her.
"And that would be?" Onyx asked, her arms crossed over her chest again.
"War is starting."