Author's note:I feel the naration style I used is the best kind to use for this type of story. It's the first time I did a story like this but I think it's pretty darn good so please read the whole thing before you judge. Ok I'll shut up now. Hope you enjoy!-Nigiri (Oh yeah, just so you know the name at the begining signifies who's narrating)
Shaman-Blog Ch:1
By: Nigiri
(Korin) I was screwed, and not the good kind that usily involves an innocent cheerleader and a couple shots of tequila. I was faced with an Impossible decision while death loomed over me in the form of a Giant Dragon Spirit. Okay, before you all start asking "What's with this crazy cracker?" Let me back up a few hours. It all started that morning. I was at home eating brekfast with my family, when the phone rang. "It was for Korin!" Yelled Lee (My little brother). "Why didn't you pick up?" I walked over to the answering macine and pressed play message. "Hey Korin, this is Alice. I was wondering if we where still spending the day together. If so, I'll see you at the Arcade. Bye!"
Alice is my shaman partner and fwb ( if i'm lucky). She's a necromencer and a damn good one. I happen to be a shaman, ya'know spirit channler, stand user, etc, etc. I've known Alice about two years and that's long enough to know that when she said "meet me at the arcade" she meant "meet me at the cemitery." "It was that creepy goth-chick agian! why dosn't she find some new friends!" Complained Lee, ever since he was eight and Alice resurected his dead pet hampster and made it chase him around the house, he hadn't been her biggest fan.
"Ready to go Jacal?" I said. Jacal is my guardian ghost, he used to guard temples of anubus. I met him when visiting egypt with my uncle. It was my thirteenth birthday my "loving" uncle left me in the main chamber of one of the great pyramids for two hours as a joke, so while I was standing thare panniking I noticed a him. I didn't know that he was a spirit I was just happy that I wasn't alone. "I am Jacal the gaurdian of this room." Is what he said. "I'm amazed you can see and hear me" I was a bit freaked by the talking dog. "I am a spiritand the fact that you can see me proves that you are a very special boy" He told me.
"The Pharoh told me to gaurd his sacred treasure until I met someone that could see me in my true form as you do." He walked over to me. "You are my true master now." we left the temple later that day and my uncle was overjoyed that I had a ghost now just like him. My reminesince was halted by my brother's frightened yells.
"Mom! He has that invisable dog in here!" Cried my brother. You know for a ten year old boy he sure wines a lot. "He's not invisable! you can see him just as well as I!" I yelled. "No! I can't! I'm not a freak like you!" He ran up the stairs and slamed the door. "Well I'm outy." I said more than a little irritated. As I walked out the door I heard my mom wisper to my dad "I do wish he'd find better friends." My parents hadn't been as down with me becoming a shaman as my uncle was. According to them I was wasting my time and talent on "pagan nonsense".
I was on my way to "Moss hill" cemitary when I heared muffled yells and then: "After her!" a small slight figure dashed from the nearby bushes followed by a girl with long flowing silver hair (that although it was proabily dyed, looked natural). She wore black pants and a red button up shirt. She had somthing on her back that looked a lot like a rifle with runes carved into it. She was strikingly beautiful. Just then something slamed into my head causing me to fall over face first.
I felt like I had been drained of all power and my head hurt really bad. I laid thare untill I was approached by a tall guy in a tux he was carrying one of those rifle things. "Who are you boy?" He demanded. "None of your buisness jerk!" I said trying to sound confedent. "Know what this is?" He waved the wierd rifle thingy above me. "This is a Soul Sniper. If I had put enough power into it you'd be dead." He seethed. "You commoners are all the same." I'd had enough of him, "Jacal! Take him out!" I called. I threw my Rune Of Anubus into the air and Jacal caught it in his teeth (because it's a spirit artifact spirits can touch it). Thare was a flash and suddenly the tux-guy let out a pained cry and crumpled over.
Standing over by the clearing was that girl agian. She had her Soul Sniper pointed at the fallen guy. "You alright?" she said. "Fine." I replied. "I had things under control." I said getting up. Jacal was in glowing, solid form and standing beside me (On four legs of corse). "Oh." she said "So you're a shaman too?" Cool, so this chick was a shaman, I thought. "Akari Mitsune at your service." she said walking over to us. "Korin Talor at your's." I replied trying to sound inellagent (something that I usily felled misirably at). Suddenly something appeared beside her. It looked small and frail but humanoid with long black locks of hair. "Korin this is Minoa, my Spirit ally." She pointed to the pixeish creature who began dancing around singing:
Thare once was a shaman named Korin
who many thought him to be borin'
To prove them all wrong
he danced round a thong
and that sent his reputation a sorin'
He cackled evily and finally stopped dancing. "Ummm..." I said a a loss for words. "Well we've got to go." she said. "We've got buisness to take care of." They started to walk away but I stopped them. "Wait!" I called. "What Is it?" She turned around. "Why are those guys after you?" I waited for her response. "It's nothing really. I'll be fine." And she and that dirty little fairy where gone. That was strange, why whould a bunch of mafia esque guys with Soul Snipers be after a teenage looking girl? I remembered the tux guy was still laying around near me so I decided to jet. I disengaged Jacal's over soul and continued on to the cematary.
When I got thare I was greeted by a small blond girl in a short black dress and fishnet stokings. "You're late" she said. "Sorry Alice, but I ran into some trouble." I said. "What happend?" She inquired, a touch of worry creeping into her voice . I told her about the Tux guy, the soul snipers and the strange girl. "Wow..." She said when I had finished. "Are you okay?" She asked. "Much better now." I answered. "So what are we doing today? I know, are we summoning spirits by kissing again? Mabye it'll work this time." Funny story you'll love it. About a month ago Alice had read in some book, that you could summon spirits by making out, so she asked me to help her out. the concept was bull, but at least I got some fun out of it ( I pimp all)
"Do you like kissing me that much?" she said staring at me. I had to come up with a great reply for this, I had to be smooth. "You're good at it." I said. Great job dumbass, but suprisingly she laughed. "Thanks." she pulled me close to her and before I knew it her mouth was on mine. She kissed me lightly on the lips before sliping her tounge in. It was fun, more than fun, the most fun I'd had all day. She pined me aganst a nearby tombstone and pressed aganst me. Jacal looked at the ground in embarassment. So he said to Minoa. Sup? . My fun time was interupted by an explosion, the tombstone beside us shattered (ha ha you expected a lemon huh?) and an anger filled voice said: "Where's the girl!"
Great, tux-guy was back and it seemed as if he had brought some friends. "Can't you see I busy?" I yelled. "We don't care. Our only concern is finding the girl." They moved tward us with their soul snipers pointed at me. What where these guys? Rapists of something? "Back off." Said Alice. No sooner had she said that than The ground behind them burst open and they where seized by Alice's giant zombie, Berzerker. "What the-!" Gasped the one Tux-guy lucky enough to not be dangleing twelve feet in the air.His two partners where thrown across the cemetary into a big grave where they, paralized with fear couldn't move.
The remaining tux-guy pulled out a cell phone and stammered "Hello it's me I-" Thare was a flash and the cell phone was no more. "Can't let him summon reinforcements." It was that girl again, Akari. "I told you not to worry about it." She said, walkng tward the tux-guy. "I didn't do anything. They came at us." I Said. "Oh I see..." Said Akari. "What's wrong? Can't contact your friends to come chase me some more?" She asked in mock-concern, pointing the soul sniper at his chest. "Having Fun?" We all whirled around and saw three figures standing thare in cloaks. The two on the side where tallish but the one in the middle was very short. "Oh Kari, always the gental one." Taunted the short one.
"Who the hell are you?" I didn't care about being rude. "I" he stepped foward. "Am the last thing you'll ever see." He took off his cloak. He had pale skin long black hair that reached to his calfs. He wore a long black trench coat and spikey boots. "Lord Millas wait. Let us handle them." Said one of the taller ones. "Alright then Lao, go ahead." Said Millas. "As for you Akari I think it's time for a little family reunion." He barely got the sentence out of his mouth when Akari pulled out her soul sniper and fired.
The blasts caught Millas in the chest sending him flying backwards. "Lord Millas!" Cried the cloak guy referred to as Lao and he threw off his cloak and ran to his fallen master. Lao was chubby and balding, clad in green robes. "Oh no you don't!" Kari Shot another blast narrowly missing Lao but hitting the remaining cloak guy who fell over buning. This girl was amazing. "Hahahahaha!" Evil laughter filled the Cematary standing unharmed ten feet away was Millas. "Yes... I thought you whould try something like that. Luckily enough for me I had a shild up." He looked over at hid fallen companion. "Stop playing around Hu" He laughed.
The one called Hu was the tallest one yet. he wore a purple tux and a top hat. "Sorry master." He said bowing low. "Please allow Lao and myself to handle these two brats." Hey! who was he calling a brat! "As you like Hu. Meanwile I'll handle the wench." Said Millas. "Ready sister?" He said wow... they seemed to be related. "No problem." Retorted Kari. A giant bird suddenly swooped down and grabbed Kari in it's claws, while Millas calmly climbed on the bird's back. They where soon out of sight, leaving Alice and I to deal with our remaining problems.
"Ready to die?" Said Lao. What's up with bad guys? Why do they always have to be so archaic and final? "Only one dying is you." Seethed Alice. "Insolent wench." Said Lao and an instant later, we where both surrounded by evil-looking imps. Their emerald green fur sparkled sinisterly and their yellow eye radiated blood-lust. "These" Anounced Lao. "Are my Imp solders. They are about half the strength of a grown man which I'll admit isn't much, but with this many it greatly tips the scale of power. They'll just keep coming, Just like the chinise!" He gave another evil laugh. "Kill them!" The Imps lept at us.
I dodged to the side but Alice stood firm. The ground in front of her exploaded and her zombie bodyguard Bezerker was standing in front of her, mace in hand. "Don't worry Korin, I'll handle the imps." She said. Feeling brave, one of the imps attacked. Berzerker swung his mace catching it in the face. The unfortunate imp fell to the ground and disappeared in a wisp of green light. "Berzerker Kill!" Alice comanded Berzerker, who charged the poor imps.
"She's not bad." Said Hu. "What are you standing around for? Let's go." He then did something that defied every psyical law I knew of, he reached into his mouth and pulled out a sword. I know wierd right? "Die brat!" He pointed his sword at me. "Korin!" Yelled Alice. "Here!" She threw something to me and I caught it. It was a glove, but no ordinary gove. This one had teeth running along the inside. "You know what to do!" She called. she was right I'd used this kind of thing before, so did know what to do. "Jacal! Possesmy glove!" Possesmy glove, kinda like pimp my ride... I know it sounds lame but it was the only thing I could think of at the time. My hand grew warm and soon it was replaced by the head and jaws of Jacal.
"Not bad kid." Hu swung at me, catching me in the arm. I cringed in pain but luckily It just nicked me. "Next time get more flesh!" I hissed and slashed at him. He blocked it with his sword, big mistake I griped the sword as hard as I could and soon I heard a crack. The sword shattered but Hu kicked me away and puked up another sword. "Like my skill?" He stabbed at me agian but I was ready. I slapped it from his grasp and tackled into him. It seemed to knock the wind out of him, but he recoverd fast. The next thing I knew thare was a knife in my back. I fought back the urge to cry "Et tu Brute?" and settled for crying out in pain and suprise.It hurt like a bitch, I sank to the ground gasping for air.
"What's wrong? Didn't you know swords arn't the only things I can use?" I had to think straight. I had one more chance and I had to catch him off guard for it to work. "H-how do you do that?" I asked trying to sound more hurt than I was. I was on my knees in front of a tall pale guy in a suit, why does that sound so dirty? "I have spirit body." He began. "After years of sorcerer training I've undergone certan magical changes one of them is to become a walking armory." Obviously he enjoyed braging on himself. "Even so I have to end this." He finished, reaching into his mouth once more. This was my chance, as he pulled the third sword from his mouth I lept on him, knocking him of his feet. I had my knees on his chest as I shoved the sword back down his throat. "Eat it! Eat it fucker!" I yelled. A pained expression on his face and his blood flowing freely from his mouth.
He finally stopped moving but he was still breathing. Wierd... I guess that spirit body thing gave him extra endurance which was cool, after all I didn't want his blood on my hands.. I winced in pain as I pulled the knife from my back, lucky fo me it wasn't too deep. A pair of petie arms sudddenly wraped around me. "Whoa... You messed him up." Alice was behind me hugging me around the sholders. "Strangely enough he's still alive. What happened to your guy?" I asked trying not to blush to much. "He had a mana melt down. Berzerker was destrying his imps faster than he could summon them and he suddenly just kneeled over." She said.
"I'm sorry you got hurt." She reached her hand under my hoodie and shirt and started rubbing the stab wound the knife had made. "Alice what the f-" I protested, but Alice shushed me by sticking her other hand to my mouth and slipping a finger in. "Shhhh... It won't hurt much longer." she said. Sure enough, a few seconds later all the pain ceased.
"Ow did oo do dat?" I asked with one of her fingers still in my mouth. "That's my little secret... Now suck." She comanded, so I obeyd. I sucked her finger and as I did so she softly carresed my face and covered it with kisses. "Get a room you two." It was that Millas kid. He was back and angry-looking with blood running down his mouth. "Rough day?" Taunted Alice, biting my neck affectinately. "That's none of your buisness!" Millas yelled indignatly.
As Millas moved tward us, his green garbed flunkie stirred. "M-master... I'm sorry! This girl just took me by suprise! Give me another chance please!" He pleaded groveling patheticly at his master's feet. Millas just looked coldly at him and said: "Charlotte, dinnertime." As soon as he said this the giant gold bird swooped down and moved in on the helpless Lao. "Like her?" Said Millas indicating the giant bird whose talons where about to have a
hay day with poor Lao. "She's a baby roc I stole her right from under her mother's nose." A baby huh? I'd love to see an adult. "Since she's only a baby she can't swollow her prey whole, oh no, no, no." He continued, as "Charlotte" dug her talons into a screaming Lao's back. "She has to rip her meal to peaces. Very tiny, screaming peaces." He finished.
"M-master please!" Screamed Lao as the blood thirsty roc raked his back with her talons. "I loyaly served your father for twenty five years!" He shriked looking to Milas for mercy but found none. Charlotte hade taken a small bite out of Lao causing him to spasm and shriek out in pain. "And soon you will be with him." said Millas emotionlessly. I watched in horrer for the next eight minuites as Lao was ripped limb from limb alive and screaming in a fountion of blood.
"Oh-oh god noooo! Aargh!" He cried as his arm was ripped off sending blood splattering everywhere. I wanted to turn away to cover my eyes and go retch some where, but I didn't want to wuss out in front of Alice like that. Besides this Millas guy whould be less inclined to take me seriously if I ran away puking. An excrutiating five minuits later, Lao had finally stopped twiching.
"Adorible isn't she?" He smirked petting Charlotte affectinatly. "Dude." I said trying not to let my voice shake. "You are one sick kid!" He instantly started laughing his head off. "Think so? Anyway, I'm suprised that you where able to beat Hu. I mean Lao, I expected but after facing my first class sorcerer Hu..." Thare was disbelief in his voice but no trace of fear. "I'd like to face you myself." Said Millas pulling out a dagger.
I was about to get up but Alice held on tight. "It's alright. Berzerker will make short work of him." She said. "You think so, Necromencer?" He said calmly. "Sure do. Berzerker kill!" Berzerker charged directly at Millas yelling something in norwegion. "And don't try to use your little bird to save you she'll just get kiled." Said Alice "When your right, your right" Was his retort, and using the knife he made a large gash across his fore arm. A lesser man whould have cried out in pain but all he did was laugh maniacly. Some strange sbstance was comeing from his cut other than blood. As Berzerker swung his mace at Millas he was stopped by an unseen force and sent flying backwards.
At first I found myself wondring what the hell had just happened but one look back at Alice's horified and unbeleaving expresion it all became painfully clear. Standing directly behind Millas was a thirty foot dragon. It was red with a gold face mask and claws that looked like they could rip through steel. I must admit, I was a little intemidated (Nah! you think?). What I was worried about most was Alice. for the first time I could remember in a long time, all the confadence was drained from her beautiful green eyes all I saw thare now was fear.
"This is Ares." He said Indicating the giant dragon behind him. "He's an arch draco spirit and my personal spirit partner. He stays inside me untill he can find an opening out even the smallest papercut will do. Ares kill!" He comanded obviously mocking Alice. "No!" She cried as Ares lashed out with it's claws and sliced Berzerker in half. Alice cringed hard. "You basterd!" hissed Alice."Yes well... Why don't you get of your lazy bum and fight me yourself, Alice." Replied Millas, smirking. "With your reputation, it'd be an honer. In fact someone with your skill level shouldn't waist their time with weaklings like him."
Suddenly Ares appeared directly in front of me glaring in all his dragony glory. "Do it." Comanded Millas. Before I could even move, Ares kicked out with his giant foot catching me in the chest. I could almost feel my ribs rattle aganst the blow, as I was sent reeling into the nearest headstone. "Korin!" Shriked Alice. Ares appeared in front of her and slaped her down. if it was at all possible for a dagon to pimp-slap anyone, that's what he did. "Teleportation." Chuckled Millas. "Ares' best ability. He can teleport anywhere, anytime he wans to. If you're not carful he might sneak up on you."
I couldn't move, I was in too much pain to even breathe. "A-Alice I'm sorry." I stammered. I felt like I was being stomped in the chest by a bunch of football players. "Well now that your friend is done I'll have a little fun with your." Ares Moved tward Alice. "Alice run!" I Yelled. I wasn't going to let anyone suffer because of me, especialy Alice. Ares let out a scream and positioned his foot right above Alice, who was too stuned to move. At that moment I had a choice to make. If I stayed put Alice whould die If I tried to help I'd probaly die. Oh well Alice wasn't going to die because of me being a coward so I had to act now. I had one chance and I didn't plan on waisting it.- Chapter end.
So... how did you like it? Was it pimped out? Did it rock your socks off? Anyway If you have any suggestions please let me know in your rewiews. give me lots of reviews plz! Well Ch 2 should be ready soon so untill then-Peace:o) :D