May there be no room for you in the boat when the Gods go fourth…

Disclaimer: Yu-gi-Oh! Belongs to Kazuki Takahashi. I make no profit off this fanfiction, and it belongs to me under international copyright laws. Don't steal and don't sue. Thank you, *Phantomness bows*

Chapter 7

"Silly, silly man." She giggled. "What are you doing out here?"

He blinked twice. There was something there. It looked like a girl.

It rather looked like a little girl in a blue dress, carrying a box in her arms. If not for her pasty gray skin, she would have been cute.

She giggled again. "Silly, silly old magician. Magicians don't belong here."

He blinked again.

"Silly Magician! Magicians live in the Emerald City, don't you know? The Graveyard is only for Necro monsters, silly Magician!"

She tilted her head to look at him.

"Or is Magician here because he lost a Duel? Then just wait, Magician. You must be new. When the Duel ends, you wind up back in your Master's Deck, unless…"

She leaned in closely, blowing fetid breath in his face. "Unless your Master tore up or damaged your card, because then you wander, Magician! You can never leave the Badlands!"

"S-Sanctuary…" He croaked.

She did not move. "Silly Magician. I'm a Necro Monster. Now get up. Emerald City is that way. Just follow your staff."

Follow his staff?

As he watched, a tiny light lit on the tip, and it seemed to be tugging him north.

"Yes, that's it. Go to the Emerald City, Magician. There's plenty of your own kind there, for you to play with, Magician. Bye-bye!"

With that, she skipped off, cheerfully.

Pandora stared as he slowly pushed himself to his feet.

He might as well…

What else did he have to do?

"That gets him out of our hair nicely." Mahaado remarked.

"Indeed." Yami looked at the card in his hand. He slipped it into his deck pouch.

He would let Pandora wander free. He doubted he would actually use the card, but if it was incentive, well…

That was that.

At least now that blasted magician was out of his hair for good.

END FIC

Completed 7/19/06

Not so much romance in this one. Ah wells.

The little girl in the beginning is one of Bakura's Cursed Necro Twins. I liked their effect, so I wrote them into this fic