November 11th: - 1880 Words
“You’ve brought me a huge problem this time, Marie.” Nuri sighed as she leant against the door, wishing Joan or Mirage were here, the Fire Princess not quite sure what to do with the two humans who were resting inside her home.
“I know and I apologise, Nuri.” Marie said, head bowed, “But I couldn’t think of anywhere else to take them.”
“Where did your friend go?” Nuri asked semi-nervously, feeling uncomfortable about the powerful fiend monster knowing where she lived.
“Leiu left while you were settling the humans.” Marie chuckled slightly, thinking of the Dark Necrofear, “She discharged her duty and felt no need to hang around.”
“Duty?”
“Leiu was involved in an attack on a member of their Clan. She feel felt she owed them a debt because the attack took the life of the victim’s unborn child.” Marie explained.
“So she saved them in repayment.” Nuri nodded, understanding. “And now she’s gone?”
“Pretty much.” Marie nodded.
Silence fell for a moment or two, then Nuri spoke slowly, “They can’t stay here, Marie.”
“You said…”
“I said you could bring them here, I didn’t say they could stay. Humans aren’t meant to be in our world. They have to go to somewhere like the Dark Palace or maybe the Ancient Forest, where there are creatures who can take them home. We’re not powerful enough to do it.”
“But they’re…”
Harry moved away from the door and turned to look at his friend. “We’re going to be moving again soon.” Harry said, rubbing his wrists, which, while no longer bound, were still sore from where the shackles had rubbed against them. He was just grateful that the Injection Fairy Lily that had been here when they’d first arrived, who had been able to unlock the shackles.
Yugi just nodded, “I did wonder if it Fire Princess would want us here, considering we’ve pretty much got targets painted on our backs.” Yugi sent over the link, having already decided that it hurt too much to talk out loud while his throat was so badly bruised.
Harry snorted, “It’s not so much she doesn’t want us here, more that she’s worried about the thing Kayson warned us about.”
Yugi nodded in understanding, having been concerned about the same thing himself, especially after they’d been told they’d been in the Monster World for twenty four hours now.
“At least we have the Puzzle back.” Harry sighed, his hand going to the golden item that rested on his chest, wearing it so the weight of the chain didn’t aggravate Yugi’s neck.
“Shame about our wands and decks.” Yugi snorted, well aware that Harry felt awkward wearing the Millennium item though he could use its powers. The Yugi part of him felt guilty that Harry felt like he wasn’t worthy to wear the Puzzle, while the Atem part that he wasn’t always successful at suppressing, though he was getting better at that the more he sorted through his memories, felt that Harry didn’t have a right to wear it unless Harry defeated him in a duel.
“It wasn’t like we could stop to look for them.” Harry pointed out, moving away from the door as it swung open and Nuri, the Fire Princess who lived here, and Marie walked through the door.
“How are you feeling?” Nuri asked Yugi, concern obvious.
Yugi smiled at her reassuringly but didn’t reply.
“Look it’s not that I don’t want you to stay here and heal up,” Nuri sighed, “But there’s a village not that far from here, with some powerful Spellcaster monsters living in it, they can get you safely to Mahado’s palace. Then you can get out of here.”
“Harry, pass on that we’re grateful for her allowing us to stay here as long as we have, and if she points us in the direction of the village, we’ll be on our way.”
“Yugi says thanks for the hospitality you’ve shown us, and we’ll be out of your hair as soon as we know where it is where’s supposed to be going.” Harry nodded at his link partner.
“I sent word to the village the moment you arrived, and they sent a pair of Spellcasters to pick you up.” Nuri said, “You’ll know them,” She said looking at Yugi, “Yue and Elio have been helping you out for years.”
Yugi frowned and tried to think who she could be talking about. He had always been rather careful about the amount of monsters in his deck who needed tributes, and he assumed that the two in question would require sacrifices to summon them and the only Spellcasters in his deck that needed tributes bar his Magicians were…
“You mean the Sunset and Sunrise Magicians are coming here?” He croaked, before he cringed and his hand went to his throat, excited at the thought of meeting the pair of Spellcasters who had bailed him out of so many tough situations since he and Yami had gotten their own bodies.
Nuri and Marie nodded, watching in amusement as Harry scolded his friend for hurting himself.
“I take it you don’t mind then?” Nuri asked.
Yugi and Harry shook their heads.
“They should be here soon.” Marie nodded, smiling slightly, pausing when voices could be heard outside.
“Give me a second.” Nuri darted out the door, worried that it might be someone who had managed to trace Yugi and Harry to her home, only to poke her head back inside with a relieved look and say. “Correction, they’re here now.”
Marie darted out the door to say hello and Yugi went to follow only to hesitate causing Harry to frown at him, “Yugi? I thought you’d want to meet Sunset and Sunrise, I mean they’ve been in your deck for years.”
“I do.” Yugi replied, still hesitating, looking slightly embarrassed. “But…” Yugi gestured to his current state and Harry realised what he was getting at.
The young wizard gave his friend a bemused look. “Sunset’s seen you in worse states.” Harry pointed out, “You used him for your armour in the Capsule Monsters game after all.”
“True.” Still Yugi hesitated.
Harry snorted and pushed his friend towards the door. “Come on. I’d like to get home at some point today.”
Harry sensed guilt flash over the link and Yugi stopped protesting, exiting the house without Harry’s help.
“Prince Yugi.” The two magicians bowed, “It’s an honour to meet you properly.”
“Please, don’t bow.” Yugi croaked to the monsters in front of him, hand going to his throat, trying to shield the link so Harry didn’t sense the pain forcing the sounds out caused and failing, earning himself a frustrated look from his link partner, “It’s my honour to meet the pair of you, I mean…”
The Sunset Magician pursed his lips at Yugi’s tone causing the heir to trail off, “I think I should have words with that blasted rogue Dark Magician.”
“Easy Yue.” The Sunrise Magician said, “We can deal with Medan after we’ve gotten Yugi and Harry out of here.”
“So you’re Yue?” Harry asked, looking at Sunset Magician, a Dark Spellcaster whose robes faded from deep blues and purples, through to red, with yellow highlights, “And you’re Elios?” He looked at Sunrise, a Light Spellcaster whose robes were white and pale blue through to yellow with gold highlights.
“That’s right.” Elios nodded, “We’re brothers.”
“It’s nice to meet you.” Harry nodded to the pair of them.
“The same.” Yue nodded, still looking annoyed. “I was going to suggest that the four of us head for the palace, rather then going to the village, but I think we should get you healed up first.” He said, looking at Yugi. “The distance isn’t that much greater. Maybe ten, fifteen minutes at most.”
Yugi opened his mouth, caught the look Harry was giving him and sent, “It’s up to you. I’m alright to travel. If you want to head to the palace…”
Harry scowled at his link partner; having thought Yugi had known that he had known Yugi better then that. Even if Yugi actually did require healing, he wouldn’t have admitted it while his friends were in trouble and would keep pushing himself until he collapsed. `Don’t give me that. We need to get out of here, but Atem’ll kill me if he finds out I dragged you through a forest injured.`
Yugi shook his head slightly in amusement; well able to imagine the reaction of his dark half if he arrived at the palace in the state he was in. “Alright.” He chuckled over the link, nodding at his link partner.
“If you don’t drag him to a healer,” Harry gestured to Yugi. “I will.”
Yue smirked slightly and Elios snorted, amused. “This way.” Yue nodded towards the forest and the four of them turned to leave.
“Are you going to be alright?” Yugi hesitated and croaked at Marie. “I mean…”
“Don’t worry. I’m not planning on going back.” Marie waved it off, smiling at him. “I’ll be safe here. Now shoo.”
The four left.
“They’re going to be ok, aren’t they?” Marie asked Nuri once the four had vanished into the forest, having seen Medan whale on Yugi.
“As long as they get out of here soon, they should be."
“I know and I apologise, Nuri.” Marie said, head bowed, “But I couldn’t think of anywhere else to take them.”
“Where did your friend go?” Nuri asked semi-nervously, feeling uncomfortable about the powerful fiend monster knowing where she lived.
“Leiu left while you were settling the humans.” Marie chuckled slightly, thinking of the Dark Necrofear, “She discharged her duty and felt no need to hang around.”
“Duty?”
“Leiu was involved in an attack on a member of their Clan. She feel felt she owed them a debt because the attack took the life of the victim’s unborn child.” Marie explained.
“So she saved them in repayment.” Nuri nodded, understanding. “And now she’s gone?”
“Pretty much.” Marie nodded.
Silence fell for a moment or two, then Nuri spoke slowly, “They can’t stay here, Marie.”
“You said…”
“I said you could bring them here, I didn’t say they could stay. Humans aren’t meant to be in our world. They have to go to somewhere like the Dark Palace or maybe the Ancient Forest, where there are creatures who can take them home. We’re not powerful enough to do it.”
“But they’re…”
Harry moved away from the door and turned to look at his friend. “We’re going to be moving again soon.” Harry said, rubbing his wrists, which, while no longer bound, were still sore from where the shackles had rubbed against them. He was just grateful that the Injection Fairy Lily that had been here when they’d first arrived, who had been able to unlock the shackles.
Yugi just nodded, “I did wonder if it Fire Princess would want us here, considering we’ve pretty much got targets painted on our backs.” Yugi sent over the link, having already decided that it hurt too much to talk out loud while his throat was so badly bruised.
Harry snorted, “It’s not so much she doesn’t want us here, more that she’s worried about the thing Kayson warned us about.”
Yugi nodded in understanding, having been concerned about the same thing himself, especially after they’d been told they’d been in the Monster World for twenty four hours now.
“At least we have the Puzzle back.” Harry sighed, his hand going to the golden item that rested on his chest, wearing it so the weight of the chain didn’t aggravate Yugi’s neck.
“Shame about our wands and decks.” Yugi snorted, well aware that Harry felt awkward wearing the Millennium item though he could use its powers. The Yugi part of him felt guilty that Harry felt like he wasn’t worthy to wear the Puzzle, while the Atem part that he wasn’t always successful at suppressing, though he was getting better at that the more he sorted through his memories, felt that Harry didn’t have a right to wear it unless Harry defeated him in a duel.
“It wasn’t like we could stop to look for them.” Harry pointed out, moving away from the door as it swung open and Nuri, the Fire Princess who lived here, and Marie walked through the door.
“How are you feeling?” Nuri asked Yugi, concern obvious.
Yugi smiled at her reassuringly but didn’t reply.
“Look it’s not that I don’t want you to stay here and heal up,” Nuri sighed, “But there’s a village not that far from here, with some powerful Spellcaster monsters living in it, they can get you safely to Mahado’s palace. Then you can get out of here.”
“Harry, pass on that we’re grateful for her allowing us to stay here as long as we have, and if she points us in the direction of the village, we’ll be on our way.”
“Yugi says thanks for the hospitality you’ve shown us, and we’ll be out of your hair as soon as we know where it is where’s supposed to be going.” Harry nodded at his link partner.
“I sent word to the village the moment you arrived, and they sent a pair of Spellcasters to pick you up.” Nuri said, “You’ll know them,” She said looking at Yugi, “Yue and Elio have been helping you out for years.”
Yugi frowned and tried to think who she could be talking about. He had always been rather careful about the amount of monsters in his deck who needed tributes, and he assumed that the two in question would require sacrifices to summon them and the only Spellcasters in his deck that needed tributes bar his Magicians were…
“You mean the Sunset and Sunrise Magicians are coming here?” He croaked, before he cringed and his hand went to his throat, excited at the thought of meeting the pair of Spellcasters who had bailed him out of so many tough situations since he and Yami had gotten their own bodies.
Nuri and Marie nodded, watching in amusement as Harry scolded his friend for hurting himself.
“I take it you don’t mind then?” Nuri asked.
Yugi and Harry shook their heads.
“They should be here soon.” Marie nodded, smiling slightly, pausing when voices could be heard outside.
“Give me a second.” Nuri darted out the door, worried that it might be someone who had managed to trace Yugi and Harry to her home, only to poke her head back inside with a relieved look and say. “Correction, they’re here now.”
Marie darted out the door to say hello and Yugi went to follow only to hesitate causing Harry to frown at him, “Yugi? I thought you’d want to meet Sunset and Sunrise, I mean they’ve been in your deck for years.”
“I do.” Yugi replied, still hesitating, looking slightly embarrassed. “But…” Yugi gestured to his current state and Harry realised what he was getting at.
The young wizard gave his friend a bemused look. “Sunset’s seen you in worse states.” Harry pointed out, “You used him for your armour in the Capsule Monsters game after all.”
“True.” Still Yugi hesitated.
Harry snorted and pushed his friend towards the door. “Come on. I’d like to get home at some point today.”
Harry sensed guilt flash over the link and Yugi stopped protesting, exiting the house without Harry’s help.
“Prince Yugi.” The two magicians bowed, “It’s an honour to meet you properly.”
“Please, don’t bow.” Yugi croaked to the monsters in front of him, hand going to his throat, trying to shield the link so Harry didn’t sense the pain forcing the sounds out caused and failing, earning himself a frustrated look from his link partner, “It’s my honour to meet the pair of you, I mean…”
The Sunset Magician pursed his lips at Yugi’s tone causing the heir to trail off, “I think I should have words with that blasted rogue Dark Magician.”
“Easy Yue.” The Sunrise Magician said, “We can deal with Medan after we’ve gotten Yugi and Harry out of here.”
“So you’re Yue?” Harry asked, looking at Sunset Magician, a Dark Spellcaster whose robes faded from deep blues and purples, through to red, with yellow highlights, “And you’re Elios?” He looked at Sunrise, a Light Spellcaster whose robes were white and pale blue through to yellow with gold highlights.
“That’s right.” Elios nodded, “We’re brothers.”
“It’s nice to meet you.” Harry nodded to the pair of them.
“The same.” Yue nodded, still looking annoyed. “I was going to suggest that the four of us head for the palace, rather then going to the village, but I think we should get you healed up first.” He said, looking at Yugi. “The distance isn’t that much greater. Maybe ten, fifteen minutes at most.”
Yugi opened his mouth, caught the look Harry was giving him and sent, “It’s up to you. I’m alright to travel. If you want to head to the palace…”
Harry scowled at his link partner; having thought Yugi had known that he had known Yugi better then that. Even if Yugi actually did require healing, he wouldn’t have admitted it while his friends were in trouble and would keep pushing himself until he collapsed. `Don’t give me that. We need to get out of here, but Atem’ll kill me if he finds out I dragged you through a forest injured.`
Yugi shook his head slightly in amusement; well able to imagine the reaction of his dark half if he arrived at the palace in the state he was in. “Alright.” He chuckled over the link, nodding at his link partner.
“If you don’t drag him to a healer,” Harry gestured to Yugi. “I will.”
Yue smirked slightly and Elios snorted, amused. “This way.” Yue nodded towards the forest and the four of them turned to leave.
“Are you going to be alright?” Yugi hesitated and croaked at Marie. “I mean…”
“Don’t worry. I’m not planning on going back.” Marie waved it off, smiling at him. “I’ll be safe here. Now shoo.”
The four left.
“They’re going to be ok, aren’t they?” Marie asked Nuri once the four had vanished into the forest, having seen Medan whale on Yugi.
“As long as they get out of here soon, they should be."