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Me: Everyone, this is Red, a character in my book I'm writing. And now...OMG IM SO HAPPYYYYYY!
Red: On April 19, Blazey went to Laser Craze and played laser tag for the first time.
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Thanks goes to the reviewers: Littlekuribohlover, BloodyVampire16, penguin, and randompandaglitter (Okay, this guy MUST be penguin. If not, Imma scream)
Littlekuribohlover: :3 Some of your ideas are in this...but there will be MAJOR twists...trust me...or not...and I apologize for cliffhangers...they're just so ADDICTING to write...
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NOTE: The story will be refering to Yugi as Gold, but his friends will still call him Yugi. Same with Joey/Sand.
YuGiOh: Eye of Fire
Chapter 4: The Beginnings of War
Yami stared at Grandpa as he tried to process what he had just said. Joey and Yugi were from a forest village called Irena? Yugi had changed his appearance and personality to disguise himself?
"Woah..." Tristan murmured. "Yugi, Joey, you're really from a forest village?"
"Yeah," He replied. "And I'm sorry if I act completely different from the Yugi you know. I made myself that personality to disguise myself, and my real personality is completely different. So if you want you can call me Yugi, though I really should start using my real name now."
"Can we see your mark?" Tea asked.
"Yeah, let 'em see, Yuge!" Sand insisted. Gold held out the back of his hand, and a great orange bird was glowing right there.
"That's strange..." Grandpa said, caustiously observing the mark. "Your mark should look like a feline...But it doesn't matter. Now that you all know, you need to leave."
"Wha! Grandpa, are you kicking me out?" Yugi asked.
"I guess you could say that, but give me a moment. I have something to give you," Grandpa went upstairs, most likely to his room, and came back a few moments later, holding a beautiful white-bladed, blue-hilted sword. Gold stared in awe, and gently and slowly took the sword from Grandpa's hand. The aging man also held out another sword- this one similar but its hilt was orange- to Sand. Sand reacted the same way as Gold did, and took the sword gratefully.
Solomon crossed his arm over his chest. "I tsurtne ym taerg sedalb ot ouy, snos fo ruo rotsecna Aneri."
The two boys gently crossed their blades over their chests in a salute, copying Solomon's salute. "Sa snezitic fo Aneri, ew esimorp ot taert eseht sedalb htiw erac."
"Is that the language used in Irena?" Yami asked.
"Yeah," Sand answered. "We use Esrever in Irena. But it's spoken in oder villages."
"Esrever..." Yami trailed off, pondering. There were other villages other than Irena? How many people lived in these villages, hidden from society?
"Well, you must go now. With a team of young people like yours, I'm sure you can finally teach those arsonists a lesson or two," Grandpa said.
"We will, Grandpa," Gold said confidently. Yami was about to faint. Yugi had a sword, was going to fight the people who destroyed his home, and wasn't overwhelmed? This wasn't Yugi at all. "Ew raews, no ym sylimaf ronoh, ot meeder flesym dna Areni."
"Dna I od eht emas," Sand added.
"Very well. I'll give you and your friends thirty minutes to grab what you think you will need, and then you must leave. Three marked Irenians in the same household is bound to get their attention." Everyone nodded, and then scattered, each eager to grab their nessesities.
When Gold returned to the kitchen, he was happy to find Ryou there.
"Hey!" Ryou greeted, waving.
"What's up, Ryou?" Gold asked.
"Nothing much. What did you call for?"
"We're going after the arsonists," He replied.
"Well, I'm coming with," Ryou said, smiling. "After all, Femans have to look out for one another, don't they?" Femans was another name for the race Irenians belonged to. Ryou was from another village up north, called Soralia. Grandpa had known Ryou's father, and had known that both of them were Femans, but- for reasons Gold still didn't understand- he had kept it to himself until earlier, when Gold was packing.
"Yeah, you betcha," Gold smirked. "Ready to go?"
"Yugi, or Gold, I was born for this."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Tristan snapped impatiently. They were waiting in the clearing where they had 'met' Yugi as Sapphire.
"Yugi said he's bringing another friend with us, so calm down," Tea chatsied.
"I still can't believe it," Yami muttered aloud.
"Yeah, I'm honestly surprised I'm not dreaming this up," Tristan replied, smiling sheepishly and rubbing the back of his neck.
"Hey, guys!" Sand said. "Where's Yugi?"
"I'm over here, guys!" Gold ran into the clearing, followed closely by- to Yami's great surprise- Ryou Bakura.
"Hello," The boy said quietly.
"Ryou, yer a Feman?" Sand asked.
"Yeah," He said. "So, are we all ready?"
"WHERE'S DA FOOD, DARN IT!" A blonde shouted with frustration.
"YEAH, I'M STARVING!" A pointed-haired brunette added.
"WILL YOU TWO BE QUIET?" Tea screamed, scaring poor Tristan and Sand right out of their skin.
"Geez..." Tristan muttered. Yami, Gold and Ryou rolled their eyes simultaneously.
"I'll grab a bite to eat," Gold said, before turning on his heel and vanishing into the forest.
"HURRRRYYYYY!" Sand shouted after him.
"You guys are such drama queens," Tea said.
"We are not!" Sand retorted.
"Yep, I'm pretty sure ya are,"
"No, we're not!" Tristan insisted.
Yami and Ryou exchanged glances before sitting down under the shade of the tree. They closed their eyes and zoned out, knowing that this arguement could take either a few minutes or about an hour or so. Yami let his mind wander for a while, slowly processing the last few hours' events, until he was pretty sure he got it downpact. I wonder what Yugi's up to, he thought. He reached out to Yugi through the mind link, only for him to flinch away in shock. Panic hit him, flooding through his body like a wave. It could only come from Gold.
"...Get...ready...!" Gold's voice resounded threughout the forest, breaking the serene, silent world they had been in.
"WHAT?" Sand shouted in response.
"...Defense...now..."
"WHAT?"
"GET ANY DEFENSES READY, NOW!" Gold screamed, bursting into the clearing, sword unsheathed and eyes glittering with panic. He turned on his heel to face the forest as Yami and the others grabbed whatever could be used as a weapon. Yami grabbed himself a broken tree branch. I guess it'll have to do, he thought.
And then came the attackers.
Gold lunged forward, desprately thinking. What do I do? I've never physically fought anyone other than Sand and Tristan! The boy clenched his eyes, still blindly swinging his sword. To his surprise, someone appeared in the blackness behind his lids. However, his image was blurry, and wouldn't focus.
Who are you? Gold asked.
I am someone you know very well, yet we've never met, he replied.
How is that possible?
It's possible if you believe, The man's image suddenly focused, and Gold was surprised to see not a man, but a boy his age. The other boy has a golden mess of hair, like Gold himself, but his eyes were a fierce green, with a fire equal to Gold's but with a much greater wisdom. He wore a green tunic and a green floppy hat, and brown boots. He held out a shining white blade with a sapphire hilt...
But...that's my blade! Gold stated, shocked.
It's our blade, The boy corrected. I had to learn the hard way how to be fear to my enemies, but at the same time be an honorable opponent. Relax, Warrior, and let me teach you, so you never have to learn the way I had to, The boy began to fade, but not before saying...
...Power...
...Wisdom...
...Courage...
...Believe in your own Courage...
Gold's eyes opened, and he found himself calm and focused. He kept repeating the boy's words in his head. Power...Wisdom..Courage... Gold lunged forward and fought with renewed energy. He slashed with his sword, he kicked, he jumped, all in one smooth motion. He saw hints of fear glinting in his opponents' eyes, and felt satisfaction. He wasn't fearful. He wasn't to be feared, either.
To his opponents, he was fear itself.
Just like the boy.
"Re- Retreat!" The leader of the attackers shakily ordered. With no need to battle any longer, the attackers quickly retreated, taking great care to avoid Gold. Gold only stared ahead coldly as the attackers disappeared into the forest. Gold heard his friends cheering behind him, but he suddenly wasn't in the mood to celebrate. He was sweating, and he felt like washing it off his face.
He ran off toward the lake, ignoring the confused looks his friends sent after him. When felt sand under his sneakers, he looked down into the river, and was gripped by shock. His refection stared back at him, completely normal, except for one thing...
...His right eye was the firey green of the boy's.
Three cats dashed through the forest, just simple blurs against the endless brown and green. They suddenly dived to the side bushes, just as a large group of soldiers pounded through, at least twenty strong. They all bore thin, but long and most likely deep scratches.
The mark of a blade.
Once the group thundered past, two of the three cats slowly revealed themselves from the bushes once more. One was a normal sandy-blonde male, with brown eyes, and another was a ginger female with one ice-blue eye and one emerald-green eye.
"Woah, what was dat all about?" The sandy-blonde asked.
"Well, that group of Jerquail-MoFaUSs looked intimidating," The ginger stated. She smirked and said, "Whoever just beat them senseless with just a sword is officially my best friend." She looked into the bushes where the third cat was still hiding.
"Is anyone watching?" The cat asked. The voice was that of a young male's.
"Doesn't look like it," The sandy-blonde replied.
"Are you absolutely sure? 'Cause if some human comes-"
"Relax!" The sandy-blonde cut the male off. "Dere are no humans coming, no one's gonna freak out!"
The male sighed and stepped out from the bushes. His coloring was beyond unusual. He was a beautiful shade of lavender, with a white chest and underbelly, and piercing sapphire blue eyes.
"So, do you think he's close?" The ginger asked the lavender male.
"Very," The lavender replied.
"Mine is close too," The sandy-blonde added.
"Well, where are they?" The ginger asked impatiently.
"Mine's to the north," The lavender answered.
"But mine's to da west," The sandy-blonde said. "We're gonna have to split."
"Not the best idea. We're strongest together," The ginger stated.
The sandy-blonde sighed. "Fine. Have it your way, Dawn."
Dawn smiled with satisfaction. "Good. Now, let's go find Goldy's equivalent first, shall we?"
Me: Oh, yeah, baby!
Red: *rolls eyes* Just guess who Dawn is. Blazey made another fanfic, a YuGiOh/Warriors crossover, and had a cat with the exact same design as Dawn. Her name was Orangepaw, but she decided to make it AU to this world, and she made a new character for that design. Just guess who she based Dawn's personality off of?
Me: ^_^' (AND STOP CALLING ME BLAZEY) Oh, and the cats are EXTREMELY important to the plot. So don't ignore them. They're SUPER important.
Red: Oh, and one last thing. The lavender cat and the sandy-blonde are more important to the plot than Dawn, and from now on we shall use the official terms for cat gender.
Male = Tom
Female = Queen