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Chapter XVII: Teleporting Time Again
Rose's P.O.V.
" ... ow, my head. What the hell just happened?" I mumbled as I opened my eyes.
Apparently, you don't remember much, I suddenly heard in my head.
" ... who are you? And why are you in my head? ... wait, you're that voice from before." I then sat up quickly. " Where's the thugs?" I asked as I looked around. I was in the forest, at the clearing again.
In jail. Or for some, the hospital. And I'm the spirit of the Milllinium Pendent, Rine, the voice, Rine, answered.
" ... that explains it."
Ebony and your animal guardians are sleeping right now. You been asleep for an hour, but for 5 hours I have been in control of your body.
" Oh yeah, because I have been beaten up badly to the point where I couldn't breath. Yeah, now it's coming back to me..."
Another thing for you to know: Pharoh and the others now knows that you're not human.
" ... what?"
I'm sorry, but I had to use your wings because Hirutani had Melody hostage. He was going to get Joey to join again AND escape.
" ... great..." ' Just when I thought it couldn't get worse...'
Sorry.
Yugi's P.O.V.
The next night after
" It has been a whole day, yet I still can't believe what I have seen..." Triston said as he paced a bit, as he sometimes do.
" Stop pacin' already," Joey said.
" Yes, I agree with Wheeler," Kaiba said. We were all in the living room, including Kaiba, Mokuba, Mai, and Duke. " It's getting on my nerves."
" Look guys, we're not here to argu," Mokuba said.
" Yeah, we're here to watch a movie, not think about what we've seen yesterday," Tea said.
" You honestly think that we'll pay attention to the movie? You're crazy," Duke said. " It's kinda hard to forget that a girl we met sprouted wings and flew down to get a talking and flying cat."
" Yeah, I know that! But still, we won't get any of our questions answered, since Rose, Ebony, and the animals disappeared into the forest."
" There's another fact to consider: I have looked and looked again into the world system and tried to find Rose and Ebony's profiles. According to the system, they don't EXSIST," Kaiba said.
" Say wha? Ya couldn' find anything on dem?" Joey said, disbelievingly.
" Even Pegesus helped out after hearing about this from the reports and asked us about it. We had to show him the security tapes so that he believes us," Mokuba said.
' Boy, when we face something that's REALLY impossible, Joey and Kaiba can get along at times...' I thought. ' Unbelieveable...'
I know what you mean Yugi, Yami said after hearing my thoughts. And we all thought that the Millinium items and Shadow Games were impossible enough.
And don't forget about Dart and the Leviathan and all that.
Yeah...
" So Yuge, do you know what Rose is?" Joey asked.
" No, not one clue."
" Gosh, there's got be SOMETHING we can learn about this..." Joey said. Triston looked like he was going to say something, but he stopped himself by coughing. " Alrigh' Triston, spit it out. What were ya goin' ta say?"
" It's the fact that at the museum, while I was there to get some facts on Rome for my report, I have seen co-workers and movers transfering these paintings that had a person resembling Rose to another part of the museum. To the basement, I think."
" Say wha? And you could've gave us that info earlier?" Joey said.
" I thought that it wasn't important 'til now!"
" Maybe that's why Rose was at the museum!" Tea suddenly said. " I mean, she did say that she met Isizu again, and she was really jumpy after exiting. She had to have seen the paintings."
" Makes sense," Triston said. " Barely though."
" Can we just FIND them and get some answers?" Duke threw in.
" Unless you have a tracking device on them, we'll never find them, Duke."
" And with what Kaiba said, they aren't staying at some hotel either," Serinity said. " They have to have I.D.s proving that they are who they say they are."
" They could be hiding in the forest, where we first found them," Mai suggested.
" Well then, grab a helicopter and a giant sign sayin', 'Rose, Ebony, and talking animals, please report to Yugi's house and answer some forsaken questions'.." Joey said.
" I know how that is..." Mai said, though she was going to throw something witty at Joey, as she sighs.
And all this time, Mokuba has been staring out the window, even though he did turn around to talk every once in the while.
" Er... guys? Perhaps we don't need a helicopter to find them," he suddenly said as he pointed out the window.
" What'cha find out dere?" Joey said as he looks out there. " Hey, it's Rose!"
" What?"
" Yeah, she walked out of dat small grocery store and is now on da sidewalk. As of now, she's not missing anymore!"
" Then why are we still here? Let's go and follow her," Triston said.
" That was the smartest thing you ever said as of now," Duke said as he led the way out the door.
As we ran out of my home/store, we ran into Bakura!
" Whoa guys, where are all of you going?" he said.
" No time to stay and chat, just follow!" Triston said to Bakura as he ran out the doors.
" I'll explain on the way," Tea offered to Bakura as he also began running.
" Geez, as soon as I decide to visit, you're all going on another adventure," Bakura responded after Tea just told him that we were following Rose. " And that's really impossible to believe. A girl with wings? You have got to-"
" Alright guys, this is where we have to be quiet all the way, because we're now nearly behind Rose," Duke said as he peered behind a corner of a wall. Rose just disappeared into the forest.
" Here we go," Mai said as we followed after her. After awhile...
" I hear voices up ahead," Serinity whispered.
" -and why the hell do we have instant noodles as dinner? This isn't dinner, it's a snack!"
" Hey, how about YOU walk into grocery stores all around town to find one that will accept American money. Instant noodles for tonight, since we don't exactly have a stove, as you can see."
" It's Rose and Melody," I whispered as we hid behind the trees. Those two were arguing.
" I COULD do a better job, but I'm NOT human!"
" Hey guys, chill, alright?" Ebony butted in. " We don't want to hear these disputes every single night."
" But Ebony!"
" Melody, shut-up, I mean it."
" Fine..."
" Wow, you got Melody to shut-up. You're just plain amazing," Kate, the white cat, said to Ebony.
" Practice, that's all it is," Ebony laughed. " Anyway, what's the selection of taste, Rose?"
" Chicken and beef."
" Damn, I wanted oriantal," Ebony said. But as soon as Rose was about to throw a remark at her, Ebony intrupted. " I'm kidding! I don't even like oriantal sometimes."
" Rose, you going to eat?" Phoenix said when Rose sat down against a tree away from everyone.
" No, not hungry."
" But you haven't eaten since... perhaps at the pyrimid? Or before even that?" Phoenix said thoughtfully.
" Before," Dranzer put in.
" Then that makes about four days to a week since you've eaten," Phoenix concluded.
" So?" Rose mumbled as she turned her head away from everyone.
" And you'd think she'll be hungry by now," Triston whispered.
" I couldn't survive even two days without food..." Joey said.
" Wimp."
" Who asked ya?"
" Shuddup!" Duke snapped at the two.
" Rose, you shouldn't make yourself suffer like that. Remember all those stupid preps at school who would starve themselves so that they could be thinner than a toothpick?"
" I know, but I don't care much for eating right now, okay? Just enjoy your ramen noodles and I'll drink some water. Better?"
" Ack, no changing your mind!" Ebony laughed as she grabbed her cup and chopsticks. " Well, here's to havin' a adventure then!"
" You're in a happy mode," Melody said as she smiles at Ebony.
" But o'course!" Ebony said as she grabbed Melody and started scratching her ears. " But now I got a kitty!"
" The animals really can talk," Bakura said as he watches Melody talking and laughing.
" I still don't really believe that they're talking..." Kaiba said, though pretty much to himself. I guess he's trying to convience himself that the animals are really robonic or something.
" You noticed how Rose is pratically staying away from everyone?" Tea said to me.
" Yeah. After what happened yesterday, you'd think that she would be happy that Melody is okay or something," I whispered back.
" Hey! I wanna be scratched too!" Dranzer said as he hopped over to Ebony.
" You guys trying to take my hands? If I keep scratching your ears and your head, I'll HAVE no hands left for myself!" Ebony laughed.
" Then you shouldn't have started scratching Melody's ears!" Kate said as she laughs with Ebony.
" What was da point of followin' dem, now that all they're doin' is talkin' and laughin'?" Joey said.
" Because of the fact that Rose is carrying a Millinium item AND because she and her animals are not normal. Duh!" Triston said.
" But we're not learnin' anything important here! All we learned is dat Rose is too much like Kaiba!"
" What does that mean Wheeler?" Kaiba said when he heard that.
" It means dat yous two need to lighten up! Enjoy life, pal, while you can!" Joey snapped at him.
" Then you should GET a life and tell me how it goes," Kaiba threw back at Joey.
" Uh... guys," Bakura began as he looks behind him.
" Why I oughta... at least I don't torture others to get the pleasure of bein' with people!"
" Guys, I think that-"
" Oh, that's really the best thing you could think of?"
" You guys are real idiots... with you agruing, you've been discovered..." Rose said from behind us.
" Wha the! How'd you get behind us?"
" Been trying to tell you guys..." Bakura said.
Rose's P.O.V.
' Gawd, they're a bunch of idiots...' I thought as they stared in shock. ' But now that they were discovered, they would want some answers... whoopie...'
You will just have to be patient and tell them what they want answered then, Rine said.
Oi, I hate having to be the one to explain everything...
" How'd you guys find us?" Ebony said as she peered around the tree.
" Uh, we followed Rose," Tea said.
" Well, looks like Rose will have to be even more cautious if she didn't want to be followed," Melody laughed. I glared at her.
" Whatever..." I mumbled. " Why you follow me? Questions that you want answered?"
" Yeah," Mokuba said. " Like why can your animals talk?"
" Are those wings real?" Bakura said when he noticed my wings, which is now visible to all because when I heard them arguing, I automatically spread my wings and flew over above the tree so that they didn't know I would end up behind them.
" Yeah yeah, they're real Bakura..." I said before I realized that I said his name, and they never introduced him to me. ' Oppsie. Maybe they won't realize I said that...'
Too much to hope for. Bakura certainly noticed.
" How'd you know my name?" The others now caught on to what just happened.
" Yeah, we've never told you about Bakura," Tea put in.
" Ze jig iz zup Rose," Dranzer said in that weird acsent he sometime does. " You might as well tell them where we're REALLY from."
" What, that you're from another planet?" Kaiba sarcastically said.
" Wow, and no one had to play the Jepordy music! Yup, we're from a different world, alright!" Melody said.
" Say what? I was being sarcastic."
" But it's true, we're from a different planet Earth, only a taaaaad different from this world," Dranzer said.
" I don't believe a thing of what you're saying..." Kaiba said.
" Yeah, just like you don't believe in the heart of the cards that Yugi's telling you all the time," I said as I rolled my eyes.
" How did you know I'm getting that speech from Yugi?" Kaiba said, bewildered.
" It's really a long story and-"
" And she doesn't have the time to tell it. Because she's about to be dead," we all heard suddenly behind us. When I turned to face the person, I froze.
' Oooooooooooooh shit! Shitshitshitshitshit, it's Malshano...' I thought. ' He looks like Sephiroth, but it's Malshano... because he's after me!'
Malshano? The Black Lion demon Malshano?
The same...
" Who the hell are ya? And stop wavin' that sword, you'd end up hurtin' somebody," Joey said as he walked forward.
" Joey, stop, don't go any closer to him," Ebony said as she stopped him.
" Smart girl," Malshano smirked. He then turned to me. " Well, we met at last White Cheetah. Though I will have to say that it would be short-lived."
" Geez, such cheesy bad guy lines..." Triston said. " And I thought Marik's was bad enough."
" Oh yes, the Shadow Realm guy. Cosmos told me about him, Pegusus, and Dart of this world. I believe that they all had something called a Millinium item, but I don't really care. I'm only here to kill off the desendant of the leader of Mages of Life."
" Mages of Life? Desendant of the leader? You're really whacked or somethin', because this is just plain nonsense. And killing is against the-" Triston stopped when he was facing the black sword that Malshano is carrying.
" Shut-up, incolent human. If it wasn't for this curse, you'd be dead already. But when I kill her, that wouldn't be a problem to me anymore."
" ROSE RUN!" Ebony said when he suddenly charged at me. My legs finally unfroze and I dodged it. Malshano tried to hit me again, but he missed. I ran for it.
" Everyone, move!" I yelled as we began running. With unusual liquid swiftness and speed, I kept dodging his sword every time he came close enough to try to attack me.
" Hold still dammit!" he yelled in frustration.
' Oh yeah, let me just roll over on my back and offer my neck for you to slice...' I thought as I made sure everyone was ahead of me. Since he's after me, I've delibratly held back so that the others won't get hurt. This is where I wish for that votex or portal to appear!
" Watch out!"
" What the-whoa!"
' ...wish came true,' I thought as everyone ran right into the purple vortex with no time to stop and go somewhere else. That's good, considering it'll take us somewhere else, AWAY from him! I waited until Malshano swung his sword again, then I sprang from him in a matter of milliseconds and literally dived into the portal! And with great timing, because the opening closed behind me before he could decide to come along. Now... let's hope that the planet we're going to is one without any of the Four Chaos Warriors...