Disclaimer: I do not own Jareth, the Labyrinth, or any of its inhabitants. I do own anything/ anyone/ anyplace that I created in this fanfic… which I also own… :-P nah!
Summary: It's been eight years since Sarah's trip to the Underworld to save her baby brother from an accidental wish. She thinks she's finally rid of the Goblin King when he suddenly shows up, revealing that she's been wished away. But something's different about her and he intends to figure out what it is. Can he help heal her past or will they continue to hurt each other?
Warning: Jareth is totally out of character. So is Sarah.
Last Time:
"Jareth, would you go check up on lunch?" Honou asked politely.
He gave him a dull look then glanced at Sarah who blinked. "All right. No bloodshed," he ordered.
"Now why would we do a thing like that?" Jason asked.
"Yeah. Blood is yucky and disgusting and gross!" Honou chirped.
Jareth rolled his eyes, turned and exited the room.
As soon as he was gone, silence filled the room. Sarah looked around nervously.
Toroku stood and walked over to Sarah. Standing above her she took an uneasy step back away from him. "So, you're Jareth's new pet," he smirked.
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Heal Me, Hurt Me
By: Kadasa Mori
Chapter 4
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Pet? PET! her mind screamed. She scowled deeply and opened her mouth to reply.
"Let's make a deal, hm?"
"What kind of deal?"
"I will take you aboveground so you may bring back your… Carmen."
"And what do I have to do?"
"You must promise not to embarrass me in front of the few council members I have coming over."
"That's it? Done!"
"Sarah… I mean this. No yelling, no arguing. If I tell you to do something you have to do it."
She growled mentally. But I can't just let this pass…She smirked. I won't threaten… just enforce…
"Mr. Toroku, am I right?"
"Yes."
"Good." She took a threatening--no. enforcing -- step forward. "Get this through your tiny brain then. I. Am. No. Pet. I am owned by no one and I will never be owned. Got it?"
He looked frightened for a moment, then scowled and nodded stiffly.
She smiled brightly and leaned back. "Good then." She bowed. "Have a nice day."
"Wooo!" Honou and Jason cried then high fived.
"It's about time you ate your own words Toroku!" Honou laughed.
"Honou. Jason. Leave Toroku alone," Washi snapped.
"Aw…" They pouted making Sarah and Ikkakujuu giggle.
Toroku sat back in his chair, glaring at them all. Sarah sent him a pretty smile as his narrowed eyes turned on her and he scowled further looking away. Ikkakujuu sent her a wink and she laughed again.
"So Sarah," Jason started. "How old are you?"
Outside the door, Jareth allowed a loose smile to filter onto his features. Without knowing it, Sarah had just made allies with a few of the most powerful leaders of the Underground. Shaking his head, he walked towards the kitchens. The things that girl does without thinking amazes me.
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Sarah was laughing as Honou was finishing up his impression of Jason the first time he met a goblin when the door opened and Jareth stepped inside.
They all turned to him and he gave one nod in greeting then said, "lunch is ready."
Honou leapt to his feet. "Yes! Food galore!"
Jason grinned, also jumping to his feet. "Food! Food! Food! Food! Food!"
Ikkakujuu smiled. "I could do with something to eat."
Sarah stood, glancing at Jareth who wasn't looking at her. She turned to Ikkakujuu as the woman gently took her arm.
"Will you walk with me?" she asked.
Sarah nodded and they walked out of the room, Jason and Honou bickering over what was the best kind of salad to go with turkey. Jareth was shaking his head slightly, Kaigan grinning ear to ear listening. Washi and Taka walked behind them, Washi sighing and Taka rolling her eyes. Behind them Ryuu followed silently and Toroku had that permanent scowl on his face.
Quicker than she imagined they'd made their way to the lunchroom. Honou was suddenly next to her, grabbing her other arm, leading her to the table.
"Unfortunately," Honou started. "You have to sit next to Jareth."
"But fortunately," Ikkakujuu smiled. "We can sit near you too." Sarah giggled.
Jareth sat at one end of the table, Sarah on his right, followed by Honou, Jason, and Kaigan. On his left was Ikkakujuu, then Washi and Taka. Ryuu and Toroku sat on the other end.
"So Sarah," Ikkakujuu asked. "How long have you been in the Underground?"
"Um… total or since I was wished away?"
"Total."
"Three days."
Her eyes widened. "Since you were wished away?"
"This would be my second."
Honou sighed. "And you're already making her meet council members Jareth?"
Jareth raised an eyebrow. "I'll have you recall it was Sarah who burst into the room not I who forced her in."
Sarah grinned sheepishly and Honou, Jason and Kaigan laughed.
The door suddenly opened and a few servants came in carrying bowls of soup, setting one in front of each person. Sarah smiled at the girl who set hers there and thanked her.
"Great," Toroku snorted from the end of the table. "Another female who believes in thanking servants to do their jobs."
Sarah glanced at the girl who looked away then turned back to Toroku. "My lord," she said in a sickly sweet voice. "If you're nice to the servants working for you, maybe they won't rebel in a few years."
Honou snorted when Toroku sent her a glare then continued eating. Sarah turned to her soup, noticing Jareth glace at her for a moment before eating his own.
"Fooooooooooood," Jason moaned, soup gone already, chin on the table, eyes dull.
Ikkakujuu rolled her eyes and tossed a piece of bread at his head which was quickly gobbled up.
Sarah raised an eyebrow and a sly smile crossed her features. Having already eaten her roll, she grabbed Jareth's, Jareth just glancing at her before she tossed it at Jason, it hitting his forehead and sending the boy, yelping, backwards.
"ROLL!" he cried and lunged, grabbing it and biting it. "I love rolls!"
Kaigan rolled his eyes in good humor. "Jason. Come back to reality and sit back down."
The man did so, finishing his roll and humming happily to himself.
Sarah raised an eyebrow. "You do know that all you're getting for Christmas and birthdays for the rest of your life from me are rolls, right?"
He turned to look at her in surprise. "Christmas?"
She nodded. "Yes. Christmas."
"What's Christmas?"
She blinked then glanced around the table, all wearing looks of confusion. Ikkakujuu was silently rolling the foreign word over.
Sarah gave a small nervous laugh. "You don't know what Christmas is?" They shook their heads. "Oh… well… um…" She cursed herself for not going to church right now. "See it's um… I don't know exactly but basically it's a time when people exchange gifts with one another. It's supposed to be the season of giving but most people only think about giving gifts."
"Oh…" Jason replied, still looking confused.
Sarah shrugged. "Christmas equals buying a gift for someone. Most of the time they'll give one back… unless they hate you… or forgot…"
Honou sighed, stirring his water. "I guess we're never getting a gift from Jason. He'll never remember."
Jason sent him a scowl and opened his mouth to snap back but the doors opened and the servant girls came back in.
"FOOD!" Jason practically hugged the girl who gave him his plate. "FOOD! I LOVE THEE!"
Sarah raised an eyebrow. "Okay. I give up. Is he insane?"
"Took you that long?"
She was surprised to hear something come from the silent Washi then grinned. "Well, I thought I'd be rude if I mentioned it any earlier."
Washi smirked, glancing at Jason who was too busy digging in to notice and his smirk turned into one of disgust.
"Ever heard of a thing called 'manners' Jason?" Taka asked, also looking disgusted.
Sarah giggled and the Lady of Birds looked at her quickly. "Sorry, it's just. I'm used to it. I grew up with a little brother."
Taka nodded and winced once more as Jason inhale another bite of food. "Ugh. If he gets sick, I'm not holding his hair back."
Honou snorted and continued gracefully eating his food. "So Taka, Washi, anything new in your lands? We haven't heard much out of you two today."
They both gave him a dull look and Ikkakujuu giggled. "We don't hear much from them anyday."
"They're our silent portion of the council," Kaigan said then looked innocent when Washi and Taka glared at him.
"Just like Ryuu," Honou added. The dark eyed man looked up as if just tuning it at the mention of his name.
"Speaking of council members, where are our other two?" Ikkakujuu asked.
Jason lifted his head and looked around. "Yeah! Where are they?"
"Kira and Alan had to take care of matters in their own lands," Jareth spoke up for the first time in awhile. "They were sorry they couldn't make it but said nothing was wrong in their lands."
"Then what'd they have to take care of?" Jason chirped.
Jareth sighed. "Their kids."
"Ah. Well they do have four," Ikkakujuu stated.
"All under 5 years," Taka added.
"Ah. The fun of having hyper toddlers," Sarah said causing Honou, Ikkakujuu and Kaigan to start laughing.
She thought she saw the corners of Jareth's mouth to turn up slightly but before she had time to investigate, Honou started telling her about someone.
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After lunch, they all had retired to the meeting room to talk about political things, Sarah having sat among them, interested in problems in the Underground compared to her world. Time flew by and soon enough they had already had dinner and were sitting in the library around the fireplace, Kaigan, Honou and Jason amusing them with tall tales of their 'herotic' deeds which involved Kaigan rescuing a beautiful maiden from a raging river (saving his girlfriend from a snake which turned out to be a stick), Honou bravely fighting a fire demon to save a princess (which was actually him trying to stop his friend's daughter from playing with the candle) and Jason battling an army to save a lady of the lands of cats (or a cat out of a tree).
Sarah laughed holding her stomach, Ikkakujuu having given up all formalities and laughing loudly as well. Taka also showed emotions and was leaning against a chuckling Washi as she laughed. Jareth was shaking his head, Toroku rolling his eyes in good humor, and the silent Ryuu had a grin on his face.
After they all calmed down, Washi got to his feet.
"Well, it's time for us to get back to our lands," Washi said.
"Already?" Ikkakujuu asked.
Taka nodded. "It's a long fly back home."
"Fly?" Sarah asked.
Taka nodded once more. "We transform into birds."
"Oh."
"I have to be getting home as well," Toroku stated. "And yes, I transform as well," he said before Sarah could ask. "I'm a raven."
No surprise. She snorted mentally. Ryuu stood silently and bowed his head.
They all made their way outside and Washi and Taka bowed to Jareth.
"It was good to see you again Lord Jareth," Washi said.
"Good spirits," Jareth bowed his head.
"and high flying," Taka finished before both stepped back. In moments a white eagle and a golden brown hawk soaring towards the skies.
Toroku bowed his head once before leaping into the air, a raven transforming and flying in the other direction.
Honou clapped a hand on Jareth's shoulder. "Good to see you buddy." Jareth nodded. Honou was soon a phoenix, glaring brightly before flying into the air, almost blending in with the starry background, his flames turning black.
Jason sighed hanging his head. "Show off," he muttered.
Sarah looked at him. "You can't transform?"
"I can, but it takes too much energy."
"In other words," Kaigan spoke up. "Jason's lazy." Sarah giggled as the man glared at his friend.
"Am not."
"Are too. That's why we're both riding back home."
"So you're lazy too!"
"That's what I said."
Jason scowled then turned to Sarah grinning. He gave her a hug before saluting to Jareth and skipping to the barn.
Kaigan sighed followed after him. "I'll never get used to him. See you all around."
Sarah turned to Ikkakujuu and Ryuu who were the last ones left. Ikkakujuu smiled. "I've got to visit a friend before I leave."
"Oh?"
"So, it's Ryuu's turn to grace us with his awesome transformation."
Ryuu glanced at her then at Jareth who bowed slightly. "Good spirits,"
"and high flying," Ryuu spoke for the first time before stepping back. Sarah watched in amazement as a dark blue dragon burst out in front of her. He dipped his head once in a good bye before beating his huge wings and disappearing into the night, flying towards the mountains.
Whinnies made them turn in time to see Jason and Kaigan riding down the path towards the woods and towards their homes, Jason raising a hand in good bye. Sarah and Ikkakujuu waved back.
When they disappeared Ikkakujuu smiled and bowed her head. "It was good to meet you Sarah. I hope to see you again soon."
"You too Ikkakujuu." The woman bowed her head before walking towards the forest path. Once she was out of sight, Sarah sighed then turned to head back inside.
Jareth was standing there. She frowned. "What?"
He glanced at her dress then back at her. "Nice dress," he said before turning and walking back into the castle.
Wear this today, just in case someone spots you so they don't mistake you for a servant.
She snarled. "Hey! Wait a second!" She rushed after him. He didn't even pause as she walked beside him down the hallway. "You can't just tell me to wear something!"
He glanced at her. "Then why did you?"
"Because I didn't have anything else to wear!"
"So what you wish for is more clothing?"
"Yes-I mean no-I mean." She cried out tossing her hands into the air. "What I want is to be able to choose to wear whatever I'd like without your permission!"
"But you have no other clothing."
She sighed. "So yes. What I wish for is more clothing without your consent on what to wear."
"Hm. How about this, I will give you more clothing, but on days when someone important is here, you will wear presentable clothing that need my consent."
"Fine, fine." She waved a hand. "Whatever. As long as I'll be able to roam around in jeans and a tee whenever I can."
He looked confused at the names then shook his head as if he didn't care and waved a hand. A crystal sat on his fingertips and he held it out. "Take this and toss it into your closet."
She carefully took it then glanced up to find that he'd disappeared. She snorted and turned heading back to her room. "Good night to you too."
Making her way to her room she found Riley already asleep on her bed. She walked to her closet and tossed it in. A moment later her closet was filled with all different types of clothing. She walked in and looked around. She went to her dresser and pulled out the drawers to find clothes in there too.
"Cool," she murmured. "He's like a walking mall."
Giggling at the mental picture of that she pulled out a pair of pajama pants and a top and went to take a bath before bed.
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"Excuse me… my lady… my lady… Rica? Why won't she awake?"
"You're not trying hard enough. Watch the master. SARAH!"
Sarah yelped and jumped up before falling backwards off the bed, landing on the floor. Riley made a grunt of annoyance before rolling over. Sarah pulled herself up and looked at Rica, glaring.
"What?" she asked in annoyance.
Rica grinned. "What's the matter Sarah? Waken too early? It's already nine o'clock."
Sarah grumbled a few not nice words and climbed to her feet. She noticed the other girl in the room. "Who're you?"
The girl's eyes widened and she bowed quickly. "My name's Mira my lady!" she cried. She had short honey brown hair pulled into a short ponytail and nervous green eyes. She looked only 13 or 14 years old.
"My name's Sarah. Not my lady." Mira looked up from her bow. "And stop with the bowing." Sarah looked at Rica. "You didn't tell anyone not to call me my lady did you?"
She grinned and shook her head. "Nope. Didn't feel the need to if you're just going to tell them yourself."
Sarah scowled. "Now Miss Rica, please go get my tub ready."
Rica stuck her tongue out but hopped towards the bathroom. Sarah walked over to her closet and grabbed a pair of jeans and a white tee shirt.
"Do you need any help my lady?"
"It's Sarah."
"Oh… do you need any help my lady Sarah?"
Sarah rolled her eyes. "No my lady."
"Oh… do you-"
"It's all right Mira. Look. You can just be yourself around me. I won't bite." Mira looked hesitant. "Let's start over." Sarah held out her hand. "My name's Sarah."
Mira looked at her hand then shook it. "My name's Mira."
"My lady Sarah," Rica drawled. "Your tub is ready for your royal butt."
Sarah scowled at her. "I hate you."
Rica grinned. "I know you do." Sarah rolled her eyes and headed for the bathroom.
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Jareth yawned as he walked down the hallway searching for Sarah. He needed to torment someone. He was about to transport to her room to see if she was awake when he heard her voice in the next room.
"Mira! You missed a spot!"
"I'm sorry my lady!"
"What did I say about calling me that?"
"I'm sorry Sarah!"
"Thank you."
He heard laughter. "Sarah! Don't scare the poor girl! She's only been here for two weeks and his royal pain scared the hell out of her on the first day!"
He barely had time to scowl before Sarah started laughing. "I'm sorry Mira! I know how mean the Goblin King can be, and like Rica said, a royal pain." Two girls laughed at that, Sarah joining in. "Hey! Speaking of royal pains, did I ever tell you about the time Riley went swimming in the mud hole?"
"Oooo. Total mess?" Rica asked as Jareth turned the corner walking into the room.
"Total mess!" Jareth watched Mira who was the only one facing him grow paler and eyes widen. She tugged on Sarah's sleeve. "Hold on Mira. He jumped in and out and was black by the time I found him then he raced through the open door and – hold on Mira – and he ran through the entire house before I could catch him. It took me almost 5 hours to clean up and – what Mira?"
Mira pointed behind her and Sarah turned. Rica froze as both laid eyes on the Goblin King.
Sarah scowled. "What do you want?"
"What are you doing in here?"
"I'm playing the piano." He raised an eyebrow and she rolled her eyes. "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm hanging out with my friends." He continued watching her. "Yes?"
"Why are you cleaning?"
"Because there's no sense in sitting here, talking if I'm not going to help out." With that she turned and continued washing the floor.
He scowled at her then a smirk covered his face. When he didn't move she looked up with a sigh. "What?"
He quickly dumped the bucket of water over her head. "You missed a spot."
"AH!" Her eyes flared and she raised a hand to toss the rag at him. He disappeared as it sailed where he'd been. She snarled after him, hearing muffled giggles behind her. She glared at Rica and Mira who bit their lips to stop laughing. They glanced at each other and burst out in hysterical laughter.
She pouted crossing her arms, sitting in a puddle, looking like a wet miserable cat. Wonderful friends I have.
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To all Heal Me, Hurt Me Readers and Reviewers,
(wails and hands out chocolate and/or ice cream and/or candy)
I am sooooooooo sorry I haven't updated in like forever. Between tests, the evil thing that is school, winter break, Christmas shopping, story brain blocks, and random fits of needing a break from my insane mind, I haven't had the chance to continue to writing. Hopefully I'll be able to update sooner next time.
Thanks to one of my reviewers, I've found I can't write replies to any of the reviewers. I'd like to just thank them again (and give them extra chocolate) because without them my story would have been deleted. I'd also like to apologize to everyone I did not send a reply to. I've forgotten who I've already replied to. Luckily, it's a new chapter and I'll be able to reply to everyone.
I also realized a mistake in the last chapter. When I put in the lords and ladies names, I also put those funky parentheses around what their name meant in Japanese (since I'm a total anime/manga addict). So I'm going to write them all over right now:
Washi eagle/ Taka hawk / Kaigan beach / Ryuu dragon / Honou flame / Ikkakujuu unicorn / Jason Jason / Toroku nothing. I created it.
Yay.
I wish you all good luck in 2006 and hopefully I'll be updating soon. That's my resolution… but it probably won't be fulfilled as much as I'd like. --;
Kadasa Mori
