Hi! This is the first real chapter of The Nature of Sprites and umm… that is about it.

-Looks at the lawyers and then points to the sign- Disclaimer: Sphinx does not own YGO.

Description/summery: Yuugi and the others are spirits of nature there are four main elements Yuugi is Water, Katsuya is Earth, Ryou is Wind and Malik is Fire. Then there are five lesser elements: Light, Darkness, Ice, Chaos, and Storm. Yuugi is half-Light half Water. Atemu is Darkness, Seto is Ice, Marik is Chaos, and Bakura is Storm. The darker Spirits are starting to interact with the lighter ones, why? And is there more to it then the darker sprites are telling?

I love constructive criticism.

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Title: The Nature of Sprites

Part: 1?

By: Sphinx Mouto

Chapter One: An Unexpected Meeting

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Yuugi was with her parents when they heard a strange commotion. She looked out the window towards where she usually played. Water spirits were gathering, as if they were waiting for something or someone special to arrive. She was the person they were waiting for, though he did not know this. Her parents had kept a secret from her since she was born. That secret was that Yuugi was a Starling as well as a Waterling. She would find out today and she would not go anywhere alone after this.

"What's going on mother?" asked Yuugi.

"Those people are waiting for their next leader to arrive; there will be a large ceremony to make the new leader aware of their position. During which they shall choose a mate and afterwards there will be a gargantuan banquet and then the rest of the week there will be a festival," said Yuugi's mother, Katrina, she was grinning at Yuugi as she said this. "And the new leader will be showered with gifts of all kinds. Every elemental leader will be there!"

"When is this to happen Mother?" Yuugi asked.

"Next week, that should be enough time to get you some nice clothes for the occasion!"

"Mother you know I don't like those fancy dresses! They itch and are so tight…"

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Atemu watched his father, the leader of the Darkling packing several bags for his family. He had yet to explain where they were going. "Father," Atemu said quietly. "Where are we going, you haven't told mother or me yet, are you ever going to?"

"I'm sorry Atemu; it's that I got this urgent letter from the Waterlings, their leader just died and…" His father started.

"And we are going to be accomplishing what in going?" Atemu asked he knew about the tradition of all leaders going to see the correlation of a new one.

"We are going because she has just reached mating age; and if her mate is one of the lesser elements like our element, it shall become a major one."

Atemu looked at his father as if he had gone crazy. "I do not want to be any part of your schemes father… I do not see why mother has to come either! I don't want to mate with someone I don't know!"

"You'll like her I know you will. Just come for the festival if nothing else."

"All right…"

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Yuugi watched as all of the others were setting up over the week. They never let her help-out; the upcoming leader should never help with the preparations, or with the clean up afterward. She found herself spending more and more time with and without her friends at the edge of the territories. Today, Yuugi had been dragged to several different shops to look for the perfect dress, except every single dress, her parents showed her were too… dressy. Yuugi just wanted a dress that was simple, yet elegant. Everything she had seen this week were too flashy, too frilly, too lacey, or too, too, short! Just thinking back on some of them made her shudder. She sighed. Why did she have to do this?

"Why do they keep showing me dresses that clash with my personality, I can understand they want me to look nice but to dress me in something like what I've seen so far?" Yuugi sighed and shook her head. "I just need something different. They keep putting me in such, bright colors: Pink! I do not like pink. I like pale colors better. I think a pale blue would work, but they won't let me get a work in edge wise!"

"What's the problem?" came a voice from behind her. She did not recognize it at all. "It seems like you have had a bad week."

Yuugi looked up and a little behind. He seemed nice. Maybe she could tell him? "I have, my parents have tries to put me in bright colors, mostly bright pink. I hate pink! And I like pale colors." She sighed and watched him sit down. "You don't look like a Waterling, what are you?"

"Me?" he smiled a small smile, best not give away his fangs and scare her. "I'm a Darkling. I am here with my parents to celebrate the coming of the new Water leader. I don't really want to be here though, I'd rather spend this time with my friends. I'm glad we met though, maybe we can keep each other company."

"Maybe." She giggled. "What's your name?"

"My name is Atemu, but my friends call me Yami. I'd rather you call me that then my given name."

"OK."

"Yuugi!" came a voice from the Earth territory.

"Katsuya!" Yuugi called grinning. "I haven't seen you in a while what's going on?"

Katsuya smiled at the two of them and sat next to Yuugi on the other side. "Every one is getting ready to welcome the new leader. And of course, I'm going to be there for you. So, who's he?"

"This is Yami."

"Hi," he said quietly. "So you are one of her friends…"

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