Youngbountygirl: Now, here's where we get the whole story about the werewolves and everything. Now remember, this only talks about the werewolves who already transformed. It basically gives us an explanation to the whole ordeal. Enjoy!
Aqua Girl007: This is my first appearance of my oc Maria. She'll also appear later on in my own story Welcome to my Bizarre Life during the Grand Prix arc and maybe in Return of a Lost Soul too.
Serenity sighed, looked at the clock, which read 2:16. The boys should be finished with their swim by at least 2:30. There was still time to give Tea a background story before the boys find out that Serenity transformed human, clarifying that she was back in town and hadn't warned the boys. Though, she doubted if they would know she was here.
"I'll start with Marik. He had the roughest time when transforming, because there wasn't anyone to guide him. He was a lone wolf as far as I know," Serenity started off as Tea nodded. "The day he disappeared. Marik didn't have anyone to teach him the whole transformation process of going from human to wolf and vice versa."
"THAT'S WHY HE DISAPPEARED!" Tea cried aloud, covering her face with her two hands. "Oh my gosh! I had no idea! I'm so..."
"Wow, I guess it makes sense. Even I had a hard time transforming back. If you hadn't appeared and taught me, I probably would've been stuck in wolf form myself," Joey commented.
"He had been stuck as a wolf for almost a whole year. When Marik finally learned how to transform, he returned home scared and in tears. Ishizu was pretty upset, but then when she hugged him-" Serenity said, before snorting. "She kinda had a heart attack. Marik was burning up like a hot iron! Werewolves have very high body temperature. She was familiar with the werewolf legends, thinking it was just a fairytale. Though, Marik couldn't stay as a human for long and Ishizu and Odion began going deeper into their family legacy. Once Marik began understanding about how this werewolf thing worked and how the gene was passed from one generation to the next, he started getting the hang of it."
"So that's why Joey was burning up! By the way, who's Ishizu and Odion?" Yugi asked.
"They're Marik's siblings. His father died from a vampire attack while Marik was inside his mother and she died from cancer," Serenity explained. "He thought at first his father died from being mauled by a bear."
"Damn," Tea muttered.
"Anyways, Marik began following his father's footsteps and protecting people from vampires. That's what our job is. Whenever vampires come in the area, our werewolf genes hit one by one," Serenity explained as Tea nodded, taking this all in. "After Marik, Duke transformed. Luckily, Marik was on his patrols while this was going on. He explained everything and was able to get Duke to calm down. So, Duke started joining the pack. After that was Remu. Marik wasn't really close with Remu, and was even surprised by the transformation. Remu was more than happy about being a white wolf, though Ryou kinda freaked out at first. Apparently, Remu transformed in front of his twin brother. After they were both explained, Ryou began wanting to help us with our missions and stuff. He learned some fighting skills against vampires and is one of the very few members that helps while human. Odion is another that helps while still human and is Ryou's former teacher. Ishizu used to be the same until she transformed."
"So Ishizu's a werewolf too," Tea said, seemingly surprised by all this.
"Wow, so Ishizu's a werewolf, Remu's a werewolf, is there anything else I need to know?" Joey asked.
"We have more. Most of us also suspect Ryou might be changing as well, or in the process. Marik believes he might have it easier to transform than many of us, since he's familiar with the werewolves," Serenity said as her brother and Tea nodded. "Tristan also seems to show signs of transformation, though how that's possible is a mystery. It's possible his real father might be Austin Nightler. He was one of the former members of the pack before ours. He was known for going into bars."
"How do you know if Tristan's transforming?" Joey asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"We can smell the sent in their blood and they... kinda act a little more aggressive than usual," Serenity replied as Yugi nodded.
"My brother noticed Joey's transformation when he started showing signs like the back hair," Yugi explained as Serenity began chuckling.
"So that's why Joey's growing more back hair!" Tea smirked as Joey rolled his eyes. "So what's your story, Serenity?"
"I transformed when I was inside the bathroom inside the train station. My poor mom almost had a heart attack," Serenity chuckled. "Marik and the boys talked to me and I used my super speed to get out of the train and get home. As I said, I couldn't change for three days straight. The whole time, I was scared and didn't know what to do or how to explain what was going on to you. Marik told me not to get you involved in it... that it would make things worse."
"What do you mean make things worse?" Tea asked furiously.
"He tried talking to you about this and you snapped at him. I saw the whole thing from his point of view. He was scared and tried talking to you about what was going on. When you snapped at him... he was hurt and felt like he couldn't trust you anymore."
Tea remembered that day and guilt poured all over her. Now that she thought about it, the way she acted did seem very harsh. Even though she tried apologizing to Marik about the whole ordeal, seeing that as a werewolf, his emotions probably played its part in most of his attitude. It made sense why he would avoid Tea. Tea sighed as Serenity gave her friend a huge hug. Tears came out of Tea's eyes, holding her best friend tightly in her arms.
"It's all my fault! If I would've listened to Marik, none of this would be happening!" Tea cried, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"That still doesn't give him the right to hurt you just as much!" Joey glared, staring at the floor. He began making a growl before changing into a werewolf again.
"See what I mean by not controlling powers? Just a hint of anger of whatever type can cause an instant transformation. Joey seems to stay in more control than most of the boys, so he should be fine. Depression and doubt can also cause this. If this isn't controlled, a wolf can instantly hurt their loved ones without second thought, especially with the mind link all the wolves-" Serenity explained as Joey began barking at the door and making a rolling growl. Tea backed off, along with Yugi.
"Oh no, the boys must be done with cliff diving and are linked in! Marik must be pissed," Serenity said, backing Tea behind her. "Careful, with Joey's mind link and having a disagreement with the wolves, he can easily attack you without warning or realization! That's what happened to Maria."
"You mean his girlfriend?" Tea asked, and then a loud gasp was heard from her. "You mean Marik did that?"
"He had an argument with Duke and things went haywire. Mark wasn't used to the mind link during the time."
Joey began barking up a storm that could be heard throughout the whole apartment. Yugi was hoping that Joey didn't bother the neighbors next door. The last thing he wanted was complaining about the barking. At least the apartment allowed pets and would probably think it was a pet dog or something. A part of him wondered what the pet policy was for exotic pets. Joey ran to the kitchen, then made a pouncing position, growling loud and deep.
"I'll see if I can catch up on what's going on. I'll try to control my animal form the best I can, but bare with me," Serenity warned as Yugi nodded.
"I'll try, hon," Tea promised with a calm smile.
Serenity smiled, then transformed into a reddish-brown wolf. She seemed calm for the most part, more so than Joey. He seemed very VERY angry and ready to kill something. Yugi walked to his friend and pet the back of Joey's fur. Joey looked at Yugi, who held a loving smile.
"Tell Marik we'll talk this out somewhere. I got us into this. I just don't want to see anyone getting hurt anymore," Yugi told Joey, then a sigh escaped his lips. "I never meant for any fighting to take place."
Joey still growled, but then put one front leg around Yugi for a hug. He wrapped his arms around his golden wolf friend. Tea felt nervous and guilty at the same time. She was anxious to know what was going on and if it was her fault that this was happening. While thinking this, Serenity transformed back and Joey walked over on all four legs toward Tea.
"When Joey changed, he happened to change right when the boys were on patrol. Him and Marik were having a long fight. Duke kinda butted in and Remu was just making it worse. I had to calm it down before it got out of hand. Joey can't really transform back, since he's still angry. I did convince Marik to talk with you if you're willing to listen... took a lot of debating though," Serenity explained. He looked at Joey. "You can speak to Marik through Joey. It'll be like you're talking to him. As long as the boys are in wolf form, they can see and hear everything the other wolf hears."
"Wow, I wonder how they can concentrate on one thing with that ability," Yugi said as Serenity chuckled.
"Practice."
"Marik..." Tea started before giving off a sigh and kneeling down to Joey's size. "... if you can hear me... I truly am sorry for being so harsh those years ago. The truth was... I was scared and I know you must've been scared yourself. You were right... I should've listened and not just assume things! Now that I know somewhat of what's really going on, I'm ready to listen."
Joey seemed to stay calm, making Tea wondering anxiously what Marik was saying. Serenity sighed before hearing her cell phone alerting a text message. She flipped it open and showed the text to Tea, which read, 'bring Tea and Yug 2 Mara.' Tea felt a sigh leave her lips. It seemed that Marik really was willing to listen.
"So, who's Mara?" Yugi asked.
"Maria, he just types that for Maria," Serenity explained. "Joey and I will drop you guys off at her house. You can ride on Joey and Tea can ride on me. Also Yugi, you're gonna want to get off really quick after Joey drops you off. Knowing my brother, he's gonna wanna snap at Marik and the boys are already placing bets."
"Wouldn't that be dangerous?" Tea asked fearfully.
"It's fine. We wolves are quick healers. It's also a good way to let out our emotions. I once took a snap at Duke when I got pissed at him for being a pervert," Serenity assured as Tea bit her bottom lip, filled with nervousness.
Serenity changed into her wolf form and Tea swung her leg over her friend, riding her like a horse. Yugi copied the same gesture, except wrapping his legs and arms around Joey's wolf body. In one mere second, the wolves sped off and Tea immediately closed her eyes tightly while hanging onto Serenity's wolf body. Yugi did the same thing, being familiar with riding at lightning speed.
Wind blew against Tea's and Yugi's hair and the teen's bodies. Yugi wondered if he was going to end up with frizzed-up hair, as if having it spiked wasn't bad enough. He began remembering when Yami would take him on rides like these. It was no wonder Yugi was used to twisty rides! One would have to be able to survive lightning speed. He was hoping that Tea was no different.
Finally, the two wolves stopped and dropped off the teens next to a small house at another town. This particular town was over 20 miles passed Domino City called Ranoph. Serenity quickly shifted back to human form before Joey sped off in the blink of an eye. Tea gasped when that happened.
"Guess he's going after Marik. That's gonna be rough," Serenity assumed as the teenagers heard the door open.
There appeared, what looked to be like, a dark Mexican girl with flowing black, curly hair, dark brown eyes, slender waist with a rather large bottom, and a huge scar that was placed on the left side of her cheek. Serenity grinned happily while waving to the girl and running up to hug her tightly. They seemed to be close friends from what Yugi and Tea could tell. Tea knew she had missed alot of Serenity's life.
"Maria! I guess Marik text you!" Serenity said.
"He did!" Maria replied, and then turned her head to face Yugi. "You the vampire boy?"
"Why does everyone keep calling me that?" Yugi complained as Maria laughed at the response. "It's Yugi."
"Marik said! You're very odd, you know. I want to know how you both came to know about the werewolves."
"Joey told me," Tea replied as Maria nodded.
"He transformed in front of me," Yugi replied.
"Ah," Maria said, showing a smile upon her lips. "I know you all are wanting to speak with Marik. He will be here as soon as he lets out some steam."
"Okay," Tea said with her calm smile.
"I have food inside. Want to come join in?"
"Sounds good to me," Yugi replied as everyone followed Maria inside the house.