Ella's Concert

[mokubakaiba]

After hanging out with some of the local kids for a while, Mokuba arrived at the diner to help decorate for Ella’s concert. “Hi everyone,” he greeted, smiling.

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[mokubakaiba]

“Some are. But they’re usually in Domino City,” Mokuba replied.

[ellapegasus77]

Once she was ready, Ella looked at herself in the mirror. Her dark blue eyes stood out against the smokey eyeshadow look. Blonde hair was styled in a messy bun. She wore a light blue short off the shoulder blouse that showed her curves. Hung on her hips were jeans. Encircling her neck was a black velvet choker connected to a short gold chain. In the center of two pearls is a gold heart. Affixed to her feet were white flats.

Checking the time, she decided to practice the songs one more time before leaving.

[crystalmaster]

"Don't the kids in Domino City know about the disasters there?" Radley wondered.

[mokubakaiba]

“They do. Just not the more private ones,” Mokuba replied.

[crystalmaster]

"Private disasters? Yeah, that wouldn't be something to talk about with just anyone," Radley mused.

[mokubakaiba]

“For example, a friend of ours was captured and tortured by a guy who we thought was long gone. And I was kidnapped by the same guy sometime later,” Mokuba explained.

[crystalmaster]

"That's horrible," Radley exclaimed. "Why was he coming after you?"

[mokubakaiba]

“Yami Marik enjoys being cruel and tormenting anyone he can find,” Mokuba said. He then explained exactly who this was.

[crystalmaster]

"Oh, him." Radley frowned. "Yeah, I remember him from my Battle City DVD." He never had figured out the deal between him and Marik, although he had assumed it was some kind of split personality until some of the conversations the two had shared had revealed it was something much stranger.

[mokubakaiba]

“Battle City DVDs? I didn’t know there were any from that tournament” Mokuba said, surprised. “My best friend, Marik, is a really good person. He still feels responsible for what his dark side has done.”

[crystalmaster]

"Yeah, the company released them later," Radley said. He wasn't sure if Seto had really wanted it done, since he had seemed to be such a bad sport about losing the tournament. But he wouldn't bring that up.

He was a bit surprised by this. "Marik is your friend?"

[mokubakaiba]

“It’s good he released them. The Finals had plenty of good duels. Especially the one between Seto and Yugi,” Mokuba said. “Yes. Marik is a completely different person from who he was during most of Battle City.

[crystalmaster]

"That duel was out of this world," Radley said. "I've never seen anything like it!"

And he smiled a bit. It was good to hear that someone had found redemption. "That's great. People deserve second chances."

[mokubakaiba]

“It was. I’ll always remember it,” Mokuba said. “I agree.”

[crystalmaster]

Seto would too, Radley imagined, but maybe not for the same reasons. Or maybe he had softened since then. Who knew.

"Is everyone as accepting of him as you are?" Radley wondered. He knew forgiveness and trust could be hard, and so many horrible things had been done.

[mokubakaiba]

“Yes. Everyone is now accepting of Marik,” Mokuka replied. “Has Ella been doing well? It seems like she is too me but I could be wrong.”

[crystalmaster]

"That's good to hear," Radley said.

He sighed. "She's adjusting very well, but I know she misses everyone."

[mokubakaiba]

“I’m glad she is. I miss everyone too. Seto especially,” Mokuba said.

[crystalmaster]

"I understand," Radley said kindly. "Well, more people are always arriving. Some of them might show up too."

[mokubakaiba]

“It would be awesome if some of them did. But I would hate for them to be here until we figure out how to get rid of the barrier,” Mokuba said.

[crystalmaster]

"Yeah." Radley frowned. "There has to be a way to make it go away. If we knew what caused it, we might be able to reverse it...."

Or that was his hope, at least.

[mokubakaiba]

“Has the barrier always been here or did it just appear one day?” Mokuba asked.

[crystalmaster]

"It sure wasn't always here," Radley sighed. "One night a duel got especially intense and kicked up a lot of energy. People were getting blasted back. That was the first time a duel's effects felt real. The next day, the portal was here and so was the barrier. I'm guessing there's a connection, but we still don't know why the duels started acting up."

[mokubakaiba]

“The intense duel must have opened up something that made a barrier. As for the portal, I don’t have a lot of experience with them other than randomly appearing or being made by a magical object we found,” Mokuba said. “Do you happen to remember who was dueling?”

[crystalmaster]

"I do. But they're both in the mines now." Radley sighed tiredly. "This happened weeks ago.

"A magical object, huh? Like what?"