Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN YU-GI-OH!
Mid-S: BIG THANKS TO ~*MACARONI GIRL*~ FOR TELLING ME HOW TO UPDATE WITHOUT GETTING THOSE SQUIGGLY LINES! *blows kisses and gives her a Yu-Gi-Oh! Seto Kaiba plushie*
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"Oh crystal burning bright, show me the way, show me the light. Tell me of a time that is not time, of a day that is not day."
In the tower of Oaken Arvin, these ancient words echoed on the cold walls.
A single candle was lit; it's flame growing stronger with each word. At her perch at the corner of the room, an eagle watched it, it's jade eyes alert for any unusual movement.
Jounouchi Katsuya leaned over the candle, the light reflecting his pale skin. Thick black lashes fell over his eyes as he kept repeating the words, over and over again. His golden blonde hair fell slightly over his face, and tickled his forehead but he ignored it.
Patterns of green and gold shone off the walls, reflecting the long diamond shaped crystal he held over the flame. The colors made the wall seem as if there were glittering jewels made into the walls, instead of them being made of crumbling stone.
Then suddenly, the lights stopped. They flew up to the ceiling and disappeared all together. The candle's flame disappeared also, but into the green crystal.
"Show me what I wish to see." Jou whispered.
The crystal started to spin slowly and it seemed to breathe with each word that was spoken. One thousand years had passed since there had last been a vision in the crystal.
Jou slowly opened his eyes, afraid of what he might see. The crystal hardly ever gave good news and everyone knew it. What he saw was not what he had expected. It was worse then he had expected. He saw armies running into battle; people dying or wounded; children crying by their families.
His heart ached but he couldn't look away from the crystal. Once there was a vision, he had to see it all, be it good or bad. That was the curse of this gift.
He saw a large snake swallow the Saxon stag and knew that King Bakura's army would fall before Yami the Conquerors would. He knew there was nothing he could do to stop it. This was the future and nothing that he tried could stop it.
Tears of pain and sorrow fell down his cheeks. He wanted to shut his eyes and turn his head to look away. But he couldn't. Something kept telling him he must look at the crystal, he must know what would happen next. Why, he wanted to yell out, why must I know the future when I can do nothing to stop it?
But no answer came. It never did.
Watching the jade colored crystal, he knew that the fate of his people rested in his hands. He would have to protect them...somehow.
As the vision of death and destruction slowly burned away, a new vision reached out to him. A huge creature came out of the ashes of blood and war. It was a silver, black and red jaguar.
Jou gasped as more of the creature showed itself. There was blood on its mouth and on its two front paws. Its fierce crimson eyes stared into Jounouchi's, as if knowing that he was watching.
It said to him:
"Beware of the one whose eyes are like ice and who has no mercy."
The jaguar changed into human shape and Jou felt two emotions he had never felt before. Lust and desire.
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Mid-S: Well, how was it?
Bakura: Terrible, as usual.
Mid-S: *glares* You really wanna die don't you? Anywho, read and review people! I'll give you your choice of any Yu-Gi-Oh guy you want to date and I'll post the 'winners' in the next chapter! Ja ne!
"Soldiers!"
The cry rang out through the winter air and was heard in the Oaken Arvin tower.
At her perch, the jade-eyed falcon flapped her wings and her cries joined the ones outside. The dog, Thomas, who had been sleeping, jumped up in alarm and hid under the wooden table.
Beware Jounouchi!
The words where heard in the herbal, bouncing off the stone walls. Even the bubble of the potions could not drown out the warning.
Jou looked up and hurried over to the small window on the west wall. He saw Peter, the smithy's son from the village, in the yard below.
Mid-S: BIG THANKS TO ~*MACARONI GIRL*~ FOR TELLING ME HOW TO UPDATE WITHOUT GETTING THOSE SQUIGGLY LINES! *blows kisses and gives her a Yu-Gi-Oh! Seto Kaiba plushie*
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"Oh crystal burning bright, show me the way, show me the light. Tell me of a time that is not time, of a day that is not day."
In the tower of Oaken Arvin, these ancient words echoed on the cold walls.
A single candle was lit; it's flame growing stronger with each word. At her perch at the corner of the room, an eagle watched it, it's jade eyes alert for any unusual movement.
Jounouchi Katsuya leaned over the candle, the light reflecting his pale skin. Thick black lashes fell over his eyes as he kept repeating the words, over and over again. His golden blonde hair fell slightly over his face, and tickled his forehead but he ignored it.
Patterns of green and gold shone off the walls, reflecting the long diamond shaped crystal he held over the flame. The colors made the wall seem as if there were glittering jewels made into the walls, instead of them being made of crumbling stone.
Then suddenly, the lights stopped. They flew up to the ceiling and disappeared all together. The candle's flame disappeared also, but into the green crystal.
"Show me what I wish to see." Jou whispered.
The crystal started to spin slowly and it seemed to breathe with each word that was spoken. One thousand years had passed since there had last been a vision in the crystal.
Jou slowly opened his eyes, afraid of what he might see. The crystal hardly ever gave good news and everyone knew it. What he saw was not what he had expected. It was worse then he had expected. He saw armies running into battle; people dying or wounded; children crying by their families.
His heart ached but he couldn't look away from the crystal. Once there was a vision, he had to see it all, be it good or bad. That was the curse of this gift.
He saw a large snake swallow the Saxon stag and knew that King Bakura's army would fall before Yami the Conquerors would. He knew there was nothing he could do to stop it. This was the future and nothing that he tried could stop it.
Tears of pain and sorrow fell down his cheeks. He wanted to shut his eyes and turn his head to look away. But he couldn't. Something kept telling him he must look at the crystal, he must know what would happen next. Why, he wanted to yell out, why must I know the future when I can do nothing to stop it?
But no answer came. It never did.
Watching the jade colored crystal, he knew that the fate of his people rested in his hands. He would have to protect them...somehow.
As the vision of death and destruction slowly burned away, a new vision reached out to him. A huge creature came out of the ashes of blood and war. It was a silver, black and red jaguar.
Jou gasped as more of the creature showed itself. There was blood on its mouth and on its two front paws. Its fierce crimson eyes stared into Jounouchi's, as if knowing that he was watching.
It said to him:
"Beware of the one whose eyes are like ice and who has no mercy."
The jaguar changed into human shape and Jou felt two emotions he had never felt before. Lust and desire.
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Mid-S: Well, how was it?
Bakura: Terrible, as usual.
Mid-S: *glares* You really wanna die don't you? Anywho, read and review people! I'll give you your choice of any Yu-Gi-Oh guy you want to date and I'll post the 'winners' in the next chapter! Ja ne!
"Soldiers!"
The cry rang out through the winter air and was heard in the Oaken Arvin tower.
At her perch, the jade-eyed falcon flapped her wings and her cries joined the ones outside. The dog, Thomas, who had been sleeping, jumped up in alarm and hid under the wooden table.
Beware Jounouchi!
The words where heard in the herbal, bouncing off the stone walls. Even the bubble of the potions could not drown out the warning.
Jou looked up and hurried over to the small window on the west wall. He saw Peter, the smithy's son from the village, in the yard below.