Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Guardians of the Watchtowers ❯ Attack of the Harpies ( Chapter 9 )

Well, hmm… I'm back! I guess I will try to continue this fic. I've sorta come up with some ideas. We'll see how things go.

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Grrrrrrr, I can be such a DOLT sometimes! I just recently realized that on Fanfiction I had anonymous reviewers blocked! I'm so sorry about that if you had tried to review but couldn't. Well, I took off the block, but again I apologize! Sometimes, I don't know where my brain is these days…

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh. And this idea comes from LJ Smith's Nightworld series.

"blah" is speaking; /blah/ is thoughts; ~blah~ is wolf speaking

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Chapter 9: Attack of the Harpies

The next morning, Yami stepped out of the house, looking towards the mountains looming before him. Harpy's Mountain. And on the other side of it, Castle Istar. They would have to journey through the mountains to get to the castle. It would be much safer, and quicker, to go over the mountains, but they didn't have the transportation means…

Yugi came out of the house as well, and stood next to Yami. Just *looking* at the mountains gave him an uneasy feeling, one hand unconsciously coming up to clutch the fire-pendant dangling from his neck. Yami noticed this, and put a reassuring arm around the smaller's shoulders. "It'll be okay. I won't let anything harm you, I promise." He smiled slightly.

Yugi smiled in return, nodding. "I just don't like the feeling I'm getting."

"Your Light senses are probably reacting against all this…darkness around them. You're not yet used to this world."

Kaiba walked out of the house, looking up at the dark sky. Though there was a "sun" of some sort up there, it was not nearly as bright as it is in his world, giving only a very dull glow. But still enough light to see by.

Raven and Eiru followed the tall boy out, talking quietly to each other. The dark-haired girl nodded, then gave her friend a long hug good-bye. After they parted, Raven smiled slightly, then joined the three waiting boys. They all turned to wave good-bye at Eiru. Eiru waved as well, calling out, "Good luck to you all!" /They are going to need it…/ she thought sadly as she watched them go. With a sigh, she turned and walked back into her house. If only she could help them more…

The two Guardians and two humans journeyed silently towards the mountains. Both Yami and Raven were very alert, but it was Yami who sensed the danger first. He glanced upwards, a bit into the distance ahead. It looked like a flock of birds were heading their way, but Yami knew that could not be true. He stopped walking, narrowing his eyes at the sky. The others stopped as well, looking in the direction he was staring. Raven let out a low growl, eyes narrowing. She readied her magick with one hand.

Both Yugi and Kaiba stared at the approaching flock. As they drew nearer, Yugi could make out their forms more clearly: they had the body and head of a woman, but their feet were like the claws of a predatory bird. Their arms were actually a set of fully-feathered wings, with bird-like claws as well. Feathers also covered their chests. "They're beautiful…" Yugi whispered in awe.

"Harpies," came Yami's voice. "Beautiful, yes. But extremely deadly. You and Kaiba stay close to me and Raven."

"I'd suggest we make a run for it," Raven commented, "but there really isn't any where to run to." She shrugged. "We'll have to fend them off."

Yami nodded his head in agreement, preparing his magick.

Kaiba looked at the approaching flock skeptically. "There's so many. You sure you can handle it?"

Raven rolled her eyes. "We don't have much of a choice, now do we?"

Kaiba's remark was cut off by a loud shriek, followed by even more shrieks. The Harpies were attacking!

Yami gathered his magick in his hands, then shouted "Naur yanta!" in a loud voice, above the Harpies' shrieks. A tunnel of fire shot out of his hands, straight into the heart of the Harpy mass, causing them to scatter. With another shriek, they swooped up into the air, then dove together again. This time, it was Raven who yelled "Alu yanta!" sending a tunnel of water to once again scatter them.

The Harpies changed their attack mode, staying scattered and now attacking from all directions. Yami's eyes widened in surprise at the change of attack, but quickly summoned his element again, this time shouting "Ram en' naur!" Flames erupted from his outstretched hands in several directions, making contact with many Harpies. They shrieked in pain as they backed off hastily.

Raven fended off another group of Harpies, calling upon her element with a loud "Khelek hurro'!" Sharp icicles emerged form her hands and flew towards the Harpies, striking many.

But the Harpies kept coming at them, endlessly it seemed. In the chaos that ensued, Yugi and Kaiba were separated from Yami and Raven, who were too busy fighting to notice. Yugi tried calling out to Yami, but his voice was drowned out by the shriek of the Harpies.

After what seemed like hours, the Harpies finally began to retreat back towards the mountains. Yami and Raven stopped their attacks, both breathing heavily, tired from the fight. "Why are they leaving?" Raven asked breathlessly, still trying to catch her breath.

Yami looked around worriedly. "Yugi?" he called out anxiously. "Yugi!"

Raven looked for the other human boy. Something was not right… A shout from Yami caused her to turn around. He was holding a fire-pendant by its chain. Yugi's. Her suspicions were confirmed.

Glancing down, she noticed something glinting on the ground. She stooped to pick it up, then stood up, examining it. It was the water-pendant she had given Kaiba. Damn.

Yami's eyes were wide with worry. "Yugi!" he shouted again. But it was no use. He feared the worst had happened: they had captured his Light. This caused an immense anger in Yami to grow as he clenched the fire-pendant in one hand. He let out a growl of anger.

Raven's calm voice floated towards him. "I know where they've taken Yugi and Kaiba. If we hurry, we may be able to reach them in time."

Yami took a deep breath to calm himself, putting the fire-pendant in his jacket pocket. "Where?"

"Harpy's Lair. Top of Harpy's Mountain, of course. We'll have to fly to get there in time."

Yami nodded. "Right. I know who can help." Closing his eyes, he muttered a spell. "Spirit, amin yala lle! Tena amin!"

A dark purple portal opened in the sky above them, and out flew a beautiful, dark stallion, flying on wings of fire. A long, golden spiral protruded from his forehead. Yami smiled as the stallion landed beside him, and he wrapped his arms around his broad neck in a hug. "Hello, old friend. Thank you for coming." He released the stallion and stepped back. "Two lives are in great danger, one that is very important to me. My cousin and I need to get to Harpy's Lair, at the top of Harpy's Mountain. Please, can you help us?" He looked into the stallion's fiery eyes pleadingly.

The stallion snorted and tossed his head back a few times, indicating his agreement to help. Yami nodded his thanks, then went to climb onto Spirit's back. Raven came up beside the stallion, patting his neck hello. Spirit snorted his greeting as Yami helped her to climb up behind him. As soon as she was on, the stallion broke into a quick gallop, leapt, spread his wings, and took flight. As they headed towards Harpy's Lair, Yami thought to himself, /I'm coming, Yugi. I *will* keep my promise to you!/

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Wow, I actually wrote AND typed this all in one afternoon. Yay for me! Usually it takes me several weeks to do so. Guess I was inspired or something, though I don't know by what.

Translations (literal):

Naur yanta! = fire tunnel

Alu yanta! = water tunnel

Ram en' naur! = fire field

Khelek hurro'! = ice storm

Spirit, amin yala lle! Tena amin! = Spirit, I summon you! Hear me!

Yeah, I'm kinda getting a bit lazy on the descriptions, particularly the magick descriptions. *shrugs* It speeds up the story a bit, don't ya think? So how did you like it? More interesting I hope? I have some…odd stuff kinda planned, but haven't thought it through really. I kinda write this chapter by chapter, without much "future" planning. I'll just go with this idea anyways, and if it doesn't work out…well, then, I'll come up with something.

Thanks for reading and please review! :)