Hey! Sorry if this is so late! Midterms are coming up and I'm trying to type as fast as I humanly can. Now, Chapter 9 of all the stories are indeed almost ready, so I may have it put up in the next few days or next week. Either way, Enjoy~!
Chapter 8 - Discovery
"Well, I guess we should be going now." Sakura sighed, placing the rose into her hair. Yami looked at the group and nodded in acknowledgement. It was important to meet the Royals on time.
Sakura turned and began to walk away. "Come on, Yami. We don't want to be late!" she called. Yami finally looked at her and took off after her.
"What the hell was that all about?" Malik demanded as they disappeared from sight.
"I haven't the slightest idea." Ryou responded.
Yuugi heard a soft meow at his feet. Looking down at the felines, he realized that they were Sakura's cats Teros and Sophero. "Hey there, you two!" he cooed at them as they rubbed their heads against his fingers with a contented purr. The rest of the Yuugi-tachi looked at the teen to see these strange animals.
"What kind of cats are those?!" Malik wondered in bewilderment. He had never seen these cats before. Not with these pelts.
"What in the world...?" Ryou trailed off as they gently rubbed against his legs.
They suddenly dashed into the streets. It was miracle they didn't get hit by the speeding cars. Teros stopped and turned her head to Yuugi. Sophero kept going knowing his sister would follow. Taking this as a request to come along, Yuugi ran after them into the familiar alley. The pink cat meowed once before chasing after her brother.
As they disappeared into the darkness, Jounouchi and Ryuuji called him by name as they ran after him. Whatever it was Yuugi was headed, he knew something.
The others, though, including Mai, Malik, Ryou, Amane, and Kaiba, just stood there as Honda and Anzu followed the males. Ryou and Malik exchanged rather bewildered looks as Mai stared at the alley in disbelief. Amane wondered aloud, "Where are they headed?"
Kaiba snorted in contempt. "Don't know, don't care. Now, I have to be somewhere if all of you don't mind." He turned on his heel and began to walk away.
Ryou glanced at him rather shyly before saying, "Kaiba-san! Wait!" Surprisingly enough, Kaiba stopped in his tracks to face the albino.
As Ryou approached him, he asked, "Is something you want from me?"
He said quietly, loud enough for Kaiba alone to hear, "T-There's something I want t-to talk to you about. I-If there was a place for you and I to talk, i-if that's alright with you..." Ryou was cursing himself mentally for his nervousness around the brunette.
Kaiba smiled gently and offered, "Why don't you come by later? We can talk then." Ryou looking so flustered made Kaiba mentally laugh at his cuteness.
He quickly nodded with a small smile, watching his crush walk away and blend in with the busy crowd.
"So, how'd it go?" Malik inquired curiously as Amane began giggling quietly.
The Britain jumped at the sudden question. "Did you tell him yet?" his sister asked innocently. Ryou turned a beautiful shade of red.
"I-I don't know what you're talking about!" he denied indignantly.
"It's alright, Ryou. We promise we won't tell a soul." Amane said gently. Malik nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, your secret's safe with us!" Ryou smiled. He was thankful that he had friends like these.
"Well, don't just stand there!" the older albino laughed. "Go chase after him!"
Ryou looked towards the direction Kaiba had gone and ran after him. He was going to tell him and nothing's going to change his mind!
Yuugi and his friends arrived in the sunny fields of the imaginary world. "Wow! Talk about enchanting!" Anzu sighed in awe. The guys looked around them.
"Pinch me, I'm dreaming." Ryuuji mumbled before Jounouchi pinched his arm. "Ow! What was that for?!"
"You said 'pinch me!'" the blonde laughed.
"You know I didn't mean it literally!" the male shouted back. Ryuuji began to chase Jounouchi in anger, the blonde still laughing at him. Honda decided to ignore the conflict between them for now and walked a nearby spring he spotted.
As everyone was taking in the sights, Yuugi walked in hopes to find Yami, Sakura, or their cats.
"Wait for us, Yuugi!" the blonde called before catching up with him with the others following close behind.
When they got to the bottom of a hill, they located both Yami and Sakura. They also realized that they were communicating with Isis and Shaadi.
"Hey, isn't that..." Jounouchi trailed off, bewildered.
"What are they doing here?" Honda wondered aloud as both brother and sister began to vanish. When they faded out of sight, the Yuugi-tachi approached the male and female.
"Isis! Shaadi!" At the sound of their names, both turned to face them.
"What are you all doing here?" Teros mewed before transforming herself into human form (for character description, see Chapter 6)
Sophero padded up to them and meowed, "I know the master's twin quite well, but I think it's safe to assume these are Yuugi's friends." He soon turned himself human just for the sake of appearances.
"I had no idea you two could do that!" Yuugi laughed.
"You know them, Yuugi?" Jounouchi demanded.
"Easy Jounouchi." Honda said when he noticed the subtle hostility.
Ryuuji calmly asked Shaadi and Isis, "Where's Yami and Luna?" They blinked in confusion.
Yuugi shook his head. "He means to ask where the Dark Prince and Princess are headed."
As the rest of the group began attacking him with questions, Shaadi and Isis' faces lit up in realization. "Oh! You must mean Loki and Sakura." Isis responded, more like a question than a statement. The violet-eyed teen nodded as he tried to fend off his friends.
"They're in a meeting. They did say, however, that, if we saw you, we were to bring you to them." Shaadi mentioned as everyone fell silent.
"Why Yuugi?" Anzu couldn't help asking.
"Because he is involved in the Dark Prophecy along with Prince Loki and Princess Sakura." Isis announced.
"The Dark Prophecy?" Honda asked in bewilderment. "What's that?"
Shaadi shook his head. "We don't know. Only the Prince and Princess know what-"
Yuugi closed his eyes and recited with perfect memory of what the Prophecy said even though he never heard or saw anything of the sort. "'The world shall be thrown into chaos when darkness captures the brother. The twin will be the one to set him free lest everything be destroyed and the demon left to rule the ruins.'" Everyone's blood seemed to have turned to ice.
"How could you possibly know?" Isis asked hesitantly.
Yuugi opened his eyes. "I don't know. It just... came to me. As some sort of memory." They widened their eyes.
"Shaadi, could this be...?" Isis gasped at the thought, a hand to her lips.
Shaadi took Yuugi's arm in a hurry and said, "My apologies, but you have to see them at once!"
Isis formed a white, glittery cloud formed around them. Within moments, Yuugi had disappeared along with Shaadi and Isis. The rest of the Yuugi-tachi was left shouting his name, searching for him frantically in this fantasy world.
~A/N: Euroshipping fans, I told you I would make this worth your while! I'm still trying to figure out when they meet, but I'll get it in here somewhere! I'm having a few problem with Pure Snow as well if any of you have read that. In any case, Please Review! X3