Die: *has on a pair of kitty ears and is stalking around the room trying to catch Winged Kuriboh*
Winged Kuribou: Kuri! *flying for his life*
Ruby Carbuncle: *joins Die in her quest to catch the flying furrball*
Chazz: *sighs* Something tells me there's something wrong with this girl.
Die: *eyes go big when she sees him and she pounces on him*
Chazz: GAH!
Jaden: *in a fit of hyperness, also pounces on Chazz* Purr~!
Winged Kuribou: Kuri? *sees Die bugging Chazz* KURI! *flies around happy*
Ruby Carbuncle: Rubi! *pounces on Winged Kuribou*
Die: *hisses at Jaden and throws him off, cuddling up to Chazz*
Jaden: *drags Die away from Chazz and they cat fight... literally*
Aster: Sakural7865 and Black Die don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or anything related to the series and it's franchise.
Atticus: Now please enjoy the story, dear readers!
Prologue, Part Three
Haou stood behind his ancient mahogany desk, scrawling his signature over documents every now and again and pacing as he read through the contents explained within them.
The doors to the royal study open, revealing a peeved Jehu, freshly cleaned from his run-in with a bathing room and in new clothes from running into the royal seamstress. All his attempts at causing a lick of trouble were thwarted by... nice—yeah, that's it—people who kept 'directing' him this way and that, giving him snacks and new clothes that felt heavenly.
Haou chuckled at the sight, setting down his current paper. "Not so easy being royalty, now is it Jehu?" he asked, striding over to the bluenet.
Jehu was startled by Haou's voice, then he remembered why he was angry in the first place. "Why have you prohibited me from leaving!" Jehu commanded, wanting the answer now.
Haou's smile fell when he saw Jehu's serious and furious eyes. "I wanted to take you around the capital myself," the brunet murmured, reaching out to pet the blue locks the same way he would his little brother's chocolate ones. "It was selfish, yes, but I wanted to be the one to show you everything."
The bluenet flinched away, "Don't touch me! You're no different than any other person in power and I'm not gonna give you anything!" Haou's eyes darkened in anger and Jehu braced himself for a hit.
The brunet breathed deeply for a moment, closing his topaz eyes, and when he opened them, he strode back to his desk as calmly as he had left it. "Not all people want to take advantage of you, Jehu," he stated, ruffling back through his paperwork. "And besides, I can have anything I want with a mere snap of my fingers, but where's the fun in that? No, I like honestly earning what I want, and if you do not wish for me to touch you, then I won't."
Jehu stared at the royal in complete shock. No one of high stature had ever not hit him for his tongue.
"You shouldn't stare, Jehu," Haou stated without looking up from his document. "I do not mind, you mean no harm in it, but many would consider it rude."
Jehu shook off his shock after Haou pointed out his staring. "Why are you being so nice ta me?" Jehu asked in confusion, trying to hold onto his anger.
The royal was quiet for a prolonged moment, long enough of one that the bluenet almost restated his question before the brunet spoke. "You're special to me," he answered, setting down his pen. "I look at you and I want you to be happy, and I'd give up almost anything to ensure that."
The door opened before Jehu could recover from this shock, a high voice screaming, "Ah-oh-nii-chan!"
Haou chuckled, unsurprised when a little chocolate blur tackled his legs, and bent over to scoop his little brother up. "Back so soon, Judai?"
The toddler pouted. "Jun-kun was being mean and wouldn't let me go to the pwetty fountain!"
"Oh was he now..." the ruler replied, throwing a faux glare at Manjoume.
"In my defense, Judai-sama pulled an escape trick and tried to run off," Manjoume stated, moving so the others behind him could enter the study.
"I would've come back," the little brunet pouted, conceding the argument. Haou never took his side anyway. Letting go of his brother, he ran back to his newest friend. "Come on, Dai-chan, I want you to meet Ah-oh-nii-chan!"
Daichi allowed the toddler to drag him close to Haou, to whom he gave a deep bow of respect. "It is an honor to meet you, Haou-sama."
Haou nodded, bowing slightly himself. "The honor is all mine, it is always a pleasure to meet someone my little brother holds in such high regard, especially considering he has only just met you."
"Uh huh!" Judai confirmed, scampering to Manjoume's side so that the soldier could pick him up. "Dai-chan talks funny, but I like him anyway!"
Koharu giggled at Judai's comment, Yusuke's lip twitched in a ghost of a smile, and Fubuki roared with laughter, which brought Haou's attention to him.
"Ah," the ruler murmured, "Manjoume-san, would you mind taking Judai and the little ones out of here? This is private business I wish to discuss."
Fubuki gulped, pleading the words 'Mercy!' with his eyes. Manjoume did as ordered, but Johan refused to leave Jim so he too left. Jehu obediently followed, a distant look in his eyes. The doors closed with a foreboding sound.
"Well?" Haou asked. "What happened?"
"First, sorry this report took so long. Second, the guild with the artifacts has moved. And these are the new recruits me and Yusuke been looking for, Daichi and Koharu," Fubuki stated, his tone strong and his face serious.
The ruler studied the pair up and down for a long moment. "You," he said, pointing to Daichi, "are much too sturdy to be an overly-adept thief." He then turned to Koharu. "And you'd likely fall over if someone hit you with a glancing blow."
"Why you-" Koharu had to be held back by both Yusuke and Fubuki, both having difficulty holding her back. No one got away with calling her weak, not even Daichi, so Haou-sama was going down. Haou ignored the enraged girl in favor of returning to his work. "You may leave now," he simply dismissed.
"Calm down, Koharu," Yusuke whispered, stroking her hair as he yanked her back. "I know you're mad, but calm down. It's not worth it."
"I don't care!" she hissed, clawing in Haou's direction like a peeved cat.
Haou looked up from his work to see her clawing. "You're still here? Guess you are serious about taking that job..."
"Please, Koharu," Fubuki muttered, picking her up bridal style and walking out with her, "I don't want you to get executed."
"Fine," she sulked, pouting as he carried her out, "but I'm not pleased about it."
Yusuke's jaw hit the floor when he saw this while Haou just tilted his head in confusion. "I could have sworn that Fubuki didn't have any interest in finding his destined mate..."
"He'd better not," Daichi growled. "She's only thirteen, she isn't ready for that kind of commitment."
"Fubuki may be vain and a flirt, but he won't take an under-aged girl," Yusuke defended.
Haou shook his head. "I never did understand why those with such younger mates, like Manjoume-san with little Judai, would be content to wait for them to grow, but I do now that I've found my own."
A screeching noise, like that of a record being roughly taken out, filled the room. Haou noticed the stares directed at him. "What? Never thought you'd live for me to find my mate?" Haou chuckled at their shocked faces.
"Not really, Haou-sama," Yusuke stated softly. "I never really thought you one for love so long as Yubel-hime endured, especially since the death of your mate could kill you as well."
"Only if the mate is murdered, Yusuke, and that is why I'm not going to let anything happen to him..." Haou said gravely, tone dead serious.
"So who is it?" Daichi asked curiously. "Little Johan?"
"If the blue-haired, calmer version of my brother was my mate, would I let Jim hold him so close?" he plainly stated, giving the ravenet a bland look.
"Maybe not," Daichi conceded.
"Then who is it, Haou-sama?" Yusuke asked.
"He's the quiet boy that looks like an older version of Johan but with orange eyes. But I know he won't stay quiet for long..." Haou read while he was explaining, seeing if the paper was worth his time. Then he set down the paper a ways off to be handled by his steward later.
"Haou-sama!" Manjoume cried, bursting into the room with wide eyes, "we're under attack!"
The ruler strode over quickly, a snap of his fingers clothing him in dark armor made entirely of shadows. "Where's Judai and the others?" he asked.
"Jim took Judai, Jehu, and Johan up to the stronghold," Manjoume answered, "Koharu and Fubuki are trying to scout things out and assasinate people, and Edo ran off to confront the leader."
"Assemble my men! Yusuke, Daichi, help Fubuki and Koharu!" Haou ordered, running as fast as possible to the scene of battle, the other tailing behind, asking the elements for protection and receiving a full set of black steel armor in response. As Haou and his subordinates drew near, a sword pulsing with power emerged from its sleeping place to fight the intruders.
Edo growled as he took a cut to his cheek, his ice element spinning him out and away from the man he was fighting, the one with the power of the shadows.
"Ryo, why!" he cried, "why are you attacking Ayora!"
"Why?" Ryo asked, his voice deeper than normal, "Why fight for that basterd ruler? He killed Asuka!" Ryo made a dive to stab the silveret but failed when a beam of light hit him dead on.
"You can't defeat me, Edo," the bluenet rumbled, the earth jerking up underneath him to push him to his feet, "so why don't you just give up now?"
"Unlike you, I'm not crazy! And I'm not crying over a whore. Ayora is my home and I will defend it!" Edo cried, striking at his former comrade in arms. But Ryo was too quick and made a move to hit the other with the blunt of his sword.
Edo barely avoided it, only managing it because his ice element saved him again. "Home is where the heart is, Edo," Ryo growled, snatching the smaller male up and locking their eyes, pale blue on sapphire, "and this country has killed mine." Without another word, he smashed his pommel onto the boy's head, causing the silveret to pass out and crumple to the ground without his support. He strode over the male's limp body, wanting nothing more than to bring the country to the ground for destroying his love, no matter how much his chest ached for what he was doing. He had a lover to avenge.
"What's going on, Jim?" Jehu asked, a bit frightened by all the sounds coming from below them but more excited than anything with the prospect of seeing a real battle.
"Hush," the Australian hissed, straining his senses as he placed himself firmly between the doorway and the toddlers. "There's intruders in the castle."
The silence was deafening, and the wait straining for young patience.
Jim heard it before they did. "Judai-sama," he murmured, knowing the little brunet was the only one who knew how to use an element, even if he barely had any control over it, "you're in charge." Having assigned the little ones their temporary protector, he ran out of the room to intercept the source of the footsteps he heard.
Before Jim knew it, he ran into the source of the footsteps. "Ryo!" he cried joyfully, "it's good ta-" and before Jim knew it, he was splayed on the floor out cold.
"Hm! Too easy..." and the rogue continued on, slowly making his way towards the children's hide out.
Judai was the next to hear the intruder and he ran forward, a determined expression on his face as he placed himself between his friends and the threat. "I won't let you hurt anyone else!" he yelled, a shaky blade of earth appearing in his little hands.
"But Judai-sama," the bluenet interloper stated, spreading his arms, "I don't want to hurt anybody here. My name is Ryo, I worked for your older brother, remember?"
"You're not Ryo!" Judai protested, swinging his sword. "Ryo-chan was nice, he wouldn't scare Jun-kun! You scare Jun-kun, so you're not Ryo!"
The blade shattered the instant it touched Ryo's chest. "Foolish child," he chuckled, lifting the small brunet up by the back of his shirt, "now you're mine."
"Let him go!" Jehu cried, moving to tackle the intruder in hopes of saving Johan's friend. Surprisingly, the crystal charm of his necklace sparked and in that instant, Ryo felt extremely weak. Jehu was able to snatch Judai before he could stop him, but Jehu took a hit from the now-dulled blade in the attacker's hand.
More footsteps could be heard as Jehu did this, though there were more and in a hurry. Koharu was the first to get to the room and, with her own blade, attacked Ryo before he could do more damage.
Ryo recovered the moment she sprang at him, a flick of his wrist impaling his blade in her stomach. She coughed, her eyes wide as she hacked blood out of her lungs. He yanked out his sword, making her crumple to the ground as he reclaimed Judai and ran off.
"Koharu!" Fubuki and Yusuke cried at once, running to the bleeding girl. Daichi ran after the older male, hoping he'd get to Judai and rescue him.
Jehu and Johan, wanting to help, ran after Daichi, though Johan stopped when he saw Jim. "Jim!" The toddler ran to the older man, trying to wake up his friend while sobbing heavily.
"Shh, it's okay," the redhead crooned, stroking their faces, "he won't get far. I made sure of that" She moved her hand to reveal a knife nestled against her wrist, blood staining the tip even as dark purple sludge smeared itself against her pale flesh.
Jehu stopped, needing to console his little brother. "Johan?"
"Jim! Jim!" Johan didn't hear his nii-chan over his sobbing, continuing to shake Jim. The Aussie groaned, pushing himself to sit up straight. "Jim!" Johan cried in joy, hugging the surprised man.
"It's all right, 'lil turtle," Jim soothed, petting the toddler. "I'm all right."
"Jim! No go! " Johan sobbed, hugging the elder like a life-line.
"It's okay, 'lil turtle, I'm not leavin' ya," the ravenet murmured, cradling the smaller. "I'll never leave ya if I can help it."
"Pwomise..." Johan asked, holding up his right pinky.
Jim took it into his own larger one. "Promise."
Koharu, in the meantime, was slowly bleeding out in spite of the two boys' best efforts, and she grabbed hold of Fubuki's wrist from where he was attempting to freeze the blood over the wound. "Don't fret," she murmured, leaning up to nuzzle Yusuke's chin, "either of you. I'll come back to you, I promise."
"But how will we know?" the greenet cried, clutching her hand tightly in his own as tears pricked at his lavender eyes, "how?"
"Look for me in the places where you'll least expect to find me," she advised, kissing his cheek before turning to do the same to the brunet. "I love you and I always will."
"Koharu, stay with us, please!" Fubuki cried, openly crying as her tawny eyes slid shut, "Open your eyes, love!" But it was too late; her hand had already gone limp in his hand as she crossed the veil neither of them could not yet follow her through. "Koharu!"
The little brunet royal was crying, fighting inside Ryo's grip. "Let me go!" he yelled, well aware that Daichi had been forced to abandon his pursuit since Manjoume had been bleeding out on the floor. "I don't wanna go with you! I wanna be with Dai-chan and Jun-kun!"
"Sorry, little royal, but I need you to carry out my-" Ryo collapsed, coughing up blood as he fell. The sudden stop threw Judai out his kidnapper's arms, hitting his head and falling unconscious.
Wha-? Ryo looked down, seeing blood flowing freely from a deep wound, a purple sludge coating the rim of it. Damn! Knowing he wouldn't last if he didn't get an antidote, he used a teleportation spell to get to his home, leaving the unconscious prince behind.
A few hours later, a pair of men were walking around the border of Magic Kingdom in a relaxing manner. They looked like brothers, with the fact they had the same tri-colored hair; gold bangs with star-shaped hair that defied gravity that was black with a trim coloring, purple for the smaller and crimson red for the elder. The shorter one had soft pale skin, tanned peach from long walks like this, a cherubic face that told of kindness and innocence, and wide violet eyes brimming with child-like curiosity and youth. The elder had a deep tan, showing his hard work in the sun and fields through his muscularly lean arms. His eyes were narrowed, showing his seriousness and his crimson eyes took in every detail with calculation and cunning. Both wore bright and fine clothing, showing all they were important people. Their walk was interrupted by a brunet toddler no older than three waddling out of the woods marking Ayora's borders. The younger gasped at the child's head wound, running the short distance to catch the falling child.
"What should we do with him?" the smaller boy cried, carrying the child back to his partner.
"We'll take him to the Conspire's home," the elder decided. "Ryou can heal him up and Malik can try to find out who he belongs to."
"Jun Manjoume," Haou growled, looking livid, "because of your failure to stop Ryo, we lost Judai!"
"I know," the ravenet murmured, looking down. He'd had the chance to unleash a lightning bolt straight from the heavens at the bluenet, but no, he'd chosen to instead try to best him in a fight and paid for it with his precious Judai and a grievous belly wound that had nearly taken his life.
Topaz eyes grew as hard as the gemstone they were akin to. "As soon as you're able to, you are to leave this place, Jun Manjoume. So long as Judai lives outside this castle, so shall you, and should you ever return without him, you shall be executed. From now on, your fate is tied with his. As he lives, so shall you."
"And if he is dead?" Manjoume asked, wincing at the thought.
"Then if you value your life, you will stay far outside my reach and my kingdom."
A groan came from the next room, telling Ryou and his guests the child was awake. Quickly, they walked into the room to see the child opening his hazy chocolate eyes. "Wha- Where am I?" the little brunet asked, then saw the older people in the room, "Who are you?" He tilted his head cutely.
The taller of the star-haired men walked up to the confused child. "My name is Atemu, but my friends and mate call me Yami. You are safely in my kingdom, Magic Country. Do you remember how you got hurt?"
The child thought. "A mean man was taking me from... from... my mate! The mean man was taking me from my Jun-kun! He fell, dropping me and causing me to hit my head!" he answered, looking proud of himself.
Ryou smiled softly. "And do you know where Jun-kun is so that we can take you back to him?" the little white-haired boy asked, sitting down beside the child on the bed.
The child looked to be in deep thought, but his cute face scrunched up in distaste. "No, I don't..."
"Do you remember your name?" the smaller star-haired man asked worriedly.
"Ju...Jud-Judai! My name is Judai!" the child cried in excitement.
"Don't worry, Judai-chan, we'll do our best to find your Jun-kun," Ryou promised, a soft smile at the toddlers cute antics.
"Is there anyone else you remember?" the elder stair-haired male asked.
Judai opened his mouth to say no but then he shook his head, delight in his eyes. "Uh huh! There's a boy with short raven hair and pretty brown eyes!"
"Do you remember his name or where he is?"
Judai's face fell. "No," he sniffled, "but I know he's important."
"Don't worry, Judai-chan, I'm sure you'll remember!" the smaller star-haired male encouraged, moving so he could sit next to the child on the bed.
"Do you remember anyone else, Judai-chan? A relative, perhaps?" Ryou asked, glad the child's memory was returning so quickly.
"... What's a 'relative'?" Judai asked, tilting his head in confusion. Causing the adults to sweatdrop.
"Yadonoshi! Where are you?" a cold voice called.
"In here Bakura!" Ryou called, chuckling when a sulking eight-year-old with spiky white hair clambered into his lap. Judai looked at him curiously into the little boy growled from his position in Ryou's arms.
"Judai-chan, this is my mate, Bakura. Bakura, this is Judai-chan, the child Yami-sama and Yugi-chan brought in a few hours ago," Ryou said, introducing the two.
"I don't like him," Bakura sniffed haughtily, wrinkling his nose.
Judai blinked, looking hurt by the older boy. Ryou scolded his mate, "Kura, that wasn't nice! You don't even know him."
"Don't care," the child stated, "he's just someone who'll deprive your attention from me!"
"Kura," Ryou sighed, rubbing his temples, "what am I gonna do with you?"
"Ryou!" a third voice called, "Ryou, I can't find Bakura!"
"I've got him, Akefia," the innocent white-haired boy called, tightening his arms around the little eight-year-old.
An older male, who looked like a crazier version of Bakura, walked into the room. He had wild silver hair, that spiked more than the eight-year-old, and deeply-tanned skin covered in thin scars, a deepened one across on his left cheek and over his blue-lavender eye.
"Kefia!" Bakura cried, darting into his arms and hugging the tanned boy.
"Kura," he groaned, catching him anyway as he leaned over to kiss Ryou. "Hello little angel."
"Kura, an angel?" Yami asked sarcastically.
Bakura stuck his tongue out at the man as Akefia chuckled. "Actually, I was referring to Ryou."
"Kefia, you meanie!" Bakura yelled.
"But Bakura, don't you know you're my little demon?" he asked softly, nuzzling the boy affectionately.
"Now that's more like it!" the child stated, nuzzling the elder in equal affection.
Judai tried not to giggle at the sight and failed miserably. Akefia laughed while Bakura glared. "Don't worry, Judai-chan," Ryou assured, "we'll care for you until you find your way home."
"You sure leaving at this time is a good idea?" Yusuke asked his partner, watching Fubuki packing supplies needed for long travel.
Fubuki nodded, tightening the saddlebags on his horse. "I refuse to work for the one who's at least partially responsible for her death until I can feel her in my arms again," he answered softly. When Yusuke said nothing more, he took the greenet's hands in his own. "Come with me," he pleaded.
"I can't," the guard replied softly, tugging his hands free. "I swore fealty to Haou-sama, my oath prohibits me from just walking away like you can."
"Then I'll work harder to find her, for the both of us," Fubuki promised, holding out his hand to seal the deal.
Yusuke couldn't take just that from the thief, instead burrowing into his arms and greedily breathing in the scent of his former partner. "Haou-sama will probably make me chase after you," he murmured, his cheek resting against the dip of the other's shoulder, "but I'll give you as much chance as I can to find her."
"Thanks, Yusuke." And with that, Fubuki was off.
"Manjoume, Manjoume wait!"
Irritated, Manjoume halted his horse, glaring daggers over his shoulder with his hardened silver eyes. "What do you want, Edo?"
"To come with you," the silveret answered, "it's also my fault that Judai-sama was kidnapped, so I should look for him too."
Manjoume tched, bringing his horse back to a canter, causing Edo to do the same to follow. "If you slow me down, I'm leaving you behind," he growled after a mile had gone by and the silveret showed no sign of turning back.
"I'll just have to keep up then," Edo sassed, smiling his famous smirk.
Haou brooded on his throne, his chin resting on his cupped palm as his topaz glared darkly at nothing.
The door to the throne room opens, revealing Jehu behind it. The young bluenet slowly entered. "Haou?"
Topaz eyes narrowed, but he allowed the bluenet to enter unchallenged, which was more than what Jim had gotten earlier; the Aussie had come in to attempt to help Haou choose a temporary Captain of the Guard with Edo's absence but instead had been thrown out on his ass by a pissed-off brunet, having been told to simply place Daichi in charge and to go back to little Johan.
Jehu fidgeted from his spot, scared that Haou's glare was on him even though the ruler was nicer to him than anybody else has been, even his whore of a mother. Sensing that he was frightening the younger boy, he made an effort to soften his countenance. "Come here, Jehu," he requested softly, holding his hand out to the smaller.
Jehu hesitated before moving from the comfort of the door, making hasty steps to the ruler. When he got close enough, it took all his self-control to keep from sobbing heavily.
Haou snatched him up, curling him protectively into his firm chest. "It's okay, Jehu," the royal murmured, nuzzling Jehu's teal hair, "I'll never hurt you."
Jehu stiffened at the sudden act of affection but slowly warmed up to the hug and cried like the child he was.
"Oh little one..." Haou bundled him closer, cuddling him close and kissing his brow.
"I'm sorry!" Jehu cuddled into the warmth of the ruler's body. "I'm sorry!"
"What do you have to be sorry for?" Haou murmured, smoothing back teal hair from amber eyes.
"I-if I'd kept Judai-chan a 'lil more ways away from that meanie, he'd still be here..." And the child burst into a full wail in Haou's chest.
"Shhh," the ruler soothed, rubbing his back, "But then he might've gotten you both and I would've had all the more reason to kill him when I found him."
"But-!"
"Hush, I will not stand for any more of this foolishness," Haou stated tersely. "Now I presume you had a reason for seeing me?"
Jehu sniffed, "I just wanted to see if you were okay... "
Haou smiled, hugging the boy close. "I have a surprise for you," the ruler murmured softly.
"What is it?" Jehu asked, his eyes wide in child-like curiosity.
"I allotted you a plot of land up in the north," the brunet explained. "It'll be all yours when you come of age and until then I'll handle the paperwork with it, but you'll start getting some of it when you're older."
"What can I do with it?" Jehu's excitement radiated in his eyes as he bounced up and down.
"Whatever you want to, it'll be yours."
"Your Majesty," a servant called from the door, standing stiffly in fear and professionalism, "the squad Ryo-sama led has returned a little worse for wear. They have the grains, fruits and vegetables stolen by the raiders. Should we put it in storage?"
"Hum, the storage bins are full for the winter, thanks to the farmers asking for some assistance..." Haou thought aloud, then he looked at the soon-to-be lord, "Jehu, what do you think?"
"I'm gonna need some supplies to start my home off, right?" he asked cheekily, excited at the prospect of proving his worth to the ruler. "I bet that it'll be a huge help if we have something to build off!"
"That sounds like a good plan, Jehu." Haou turned his attention to the servant. "You heard him. Send some builders to the North to start on the winter storage bins and have someone start preserving the perishable foods."
"Yes, Your Highness!" And the servant was out the door before anyone could say 'Bananas'.
"Thank you, Haou-sama," Jehu murmured, wriggling up to kiss the brunet on the cheek before darting to the door. "I gotta go get Jim-san and Johan-otouto to come with me, we've got work to do!"
Haou chuckled as he saw his future love leave the room, more excited and happy when he came in. "He's going to be a challenge when he's fully grown... and I can't wait..."
Chazz: *is still staring at Die* How long do you think she's gonna be like that?
Jaden: I think till she catches Partner...
Chazz: ... She's not chasing Kuriboh anymore, slacker.
Jaden: She's not? Then who? *doesn't notice Die snuggling with Chazz, purring up a storm*
Chazz: ...
Sakura: Jaden, look at Chazz's lap...
Jaden: Why? *looks anyway and sees Die* O.o *attacks Die*
Chazz: GAH! *in the middle of (another) cat fight*
Die: *loses and ends up in the corner crying*
Atty: *pet's Die's kitty ears to comfort her*
Jaden: *drags Chazz to an undisclosed location*
Die: *snuggles with Atty, still upset about losing to a Kuriboh*
Sakura: Please review! Reviews make Die happy and the next chapter here!
Die: *is still sad*