Songs of Aurelius Chapter Nine

A/N: I don't think I've properly explained this in the last chapter but another power of the Millennium Mirror is that it can scan people. Although, it takes a lot out of Ailis and Aurelius so they don't use it very often.

Songs of Aurelius

"Hishoku no Sora…" I murmur as I shuffle my deck. Hikari was beside me in her spirit form and watched as I wonder. "Songs seem to have a lot of power behind them. " I drew a card and smiled, "Songs, what can they really do? Will they bring peace…?" I close my eyes as I gently put the card I drew back in my deck and shuffled again. "Whatever happens, I'm sure things will always turn in the right direction." Hikari smiled as she returned to the Millennium Mirror.

Suddenly, I heard Joey let out a yell as he woke. From what I can hear, Joey seemed to angrily mumble something about Kaiba and shouted, "Everybody, wake up!" Not wanting to listen at the moment, I tuned them out and put my cards back in my deck belt. "Can songs really bring destruction…?" I mumble to myself as I heard Tea come. "Good morning Tea." I greeted as the boys did the same. Tea then gave Yugi a note from Mai, "A note…" I couldn't help but feel curious as I walked over to peak over Yugi's shoulder.

'I owe you eight star chips, see you around – Mai'

Out of the corner of my eye I could see Yugi blush, the note was written in lipstick and Mai had ended the note with a kiss. I bit my lip silently, why does this hurt? I shook off the thought as I heard Yugi say, "I don't know, maybe we really can trust Mai." Still biting my lip I followed as they set off.

My thoughts wandered off as everyone conversed and I could only stare at the ground. Suddenly we stopped and I bumped into Yugi, "Ah, be careful Ai- hey what's wrong?" Yugi asked with a look of concern as Joey and Tristan were arguing in the background. I looked up from the ground and smiled weakly, "It's nothing, just… thinking." Yugi frowned a bit and spoke, "You've been thinking a lot lately, are you sure you're alright?" I bit my lip and sighed, "I don't know…" I replied as I heard Joey boast about himself.

"Right, 'cause nobody else does…" I heard laughter somewhere and I became alert. Someone seemed to be spying on us, I'm sure of it. I disguised myself with a fake smile but my eyes painstakingly wandered for the spy. You could never be too careful, "!" I heard footsteps from above us and I couldn't help but direct my gaze there. All I could see were three dueling gloves and a spot of blue before the three left.

"I think I saw something…" I say as everyone glanced at me. "Maybe you're just being paranoid," Joey shrugged it off as I glance at the ground. "I guess I was just imagining things…" We started walking and Joey suddenly looked around. "Did you hear that? I think we're being followed." I cracked a smile and replied, "Maybe you're just being paranoid," Joey playfully glared at me as I added, "Although, I really did see something earlier. It seemed like… three duelists and blue hair. Th-" Before I could even finish, Joey ran off somewhere.

"Well, I guess he didn't want to hear what I was about to say next." I pouted slightly as we stood to wait for Joey. However, he never came back. "Yugi and Tea go that way and Bakura and I will go this way. Ailis, stay here in case Joey gets back." They left as I stood there alone. I sighed and sat down, "I guess I'm going to be just an acquaintance to them… " I puffed out my cheeks and added, "Lucky I'm already used to being abandoned…"

I shook my head and I stood, "I might as well be useful and look for him. Those three duelists probably kidnapped him to duel…" I looked around for anyone nearby and no one was present except me.

"Which card to fuse with…?" I scanned all my cards and found something that might work. "Alright, Mystical Elf, lend me your power!" With a flash, I had the Mystical Elf's clothing and I started to chant. 'Where is Joey?' I ask in my mind as I use the Mystical Elf's spiritual power to sense him. Suddenly, it answered as it pulled me towards the direction Joey is at.

"It's here." The power stopped and dropped me to the ground as I let go the powers of the Mystical Elf. It led me to a cave, "So he was kidnapped…" I walked in the cave where there were many skeletons and cobwebs around. "Is Halloween today? Too bad I left my costume at home," I comment as I poke a coffin. "Hmm, Egyptian tombs are more frightening." I add as I casually walked away from it.

I sat down somewhere next to a skeleton and sighed, "Tch, why do I have a really low stamina?" I could hear footsteps close by as I stood and I could hear the voices of the others. I bit my lip, will I go on ahead of them or wait for them? Before I knew it, I heard a scream…

"Kya!" I shout as I come and kicked the skeleton that was about to fall onto Tea. "Ailis, what are you doing here? I thought I told you to stay there to wait for us." Tristan said as I glanced at the ground. "I wanted to help and it seems that I found this cave before you guys did." Bakura suddenly spoke up, "How did you find this cave in the first place?"

"Umm, it was just a lucky guess. Anyway, the three duelists probably kidnapped him and took him here to duel." "Why would they take him here?" Tea asked as I remembered something. "Remember when Weevil led Yugi to a field that will affect their duel by a field bonus?" Everyone nodded grimly at the memory. "Well, let's just say that they kidnapped him and forced him into a duel so they could have a field bonus of their own."

"How do you know all of this?" Tea asked yet again as I blinked. "That's for me to know and you to find out," I also added, "Anyway, we should get going before something bad happens." Everyone nodded and we all ventured to look for the noisy asset of our group, Joey Wheeler.

END OF CHAPTER NINE

A/N: Sorry that this chapter was pretty lame but I kind of wanted to update this quickly to move the plot along. Anyway, it's almost time for Battle City! Just about approximately five or more chapters to go! Haha, I just can't contain my excitement for it. Also, since it's almost the end of the school year where I live I can almost update more than I used to! Yay! Too bad that time won't be too soon but I hope everyone's looking forward to it!

With that, this is the end of Songs of Aurelius Chapter Nine.