Me: Seven is finally done.
Judai & Yusei: Looking at each other lovey-dovey
Me: I think I might hurl…
Judai: That's nice…
Yusei: Pulls her in for a kiss
Me: Gag alert! Hey not in public!
Yusei & Judai: Kissing
Me: …,
They can't hear me…
I woke up more refreshed than I ever had. I felt my cousin's warm arms around me. I yawned and opened my eyes. I sat up and stretched. I scratched the back of my head. I looked down and smiled. He was so cute. I kissed the side his neck. He stirred slightly and opened his eyes. He yawned and sat up. He rubbed his eyes and stretched and yawned.
"Good morning, Yusei." I said.
"Hey." he said sleepily.
I leaned in and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around me and pushed me down. We had an excellent make-out session. He pulled back and took gulps of air. I trailed a hand down his chest. He shivered. I smirked and slipped my hand under his shirt. I traced his abs.
I raised an eyebrow. "Have you been working out?"
He looked at me, ignoring my hand. "Yeah." he said. He pulled back and removed his shirt.
He let my eyes wander down his body. He was really buff. I let out a whistle. "Wow. You're really buff." I ran my hands up and down his body. He let this go for a bit, then caught my hands and pulled them down. He pulled his shirt back down. I scooted off the bed.
"So you wanna go see- Whoa!" I jumped up. I turned around and glared at a very guilty looking Yusei.
"Hey," he held up his hands, "Guilty." I glared at him. He grinned slyly. I grabbed his ear and dragged him out.
"Owowowowowowow ow!" I dropped him on his butt outside the door.
"Hey! My stuff!"
I threw his gloves, jacket and boots at him.
"Next time think!" I slammed the door.
I groaned. Why did I go and pinch her butt? Why!? I sighed and pulled on my stuff.
"So what kind of music do you like?" I asked, leaning against the rail.
"Oh a whole mixture of stuff." she replied.
"Like what?"
"Mmm... Cascada, Sum 41, Foo Fighters, Dropkick Murphys, umm… I have more it's just that I need to see my play list."
"Okay." "What do you listen to?"
"Umm, ACDC, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, the heavy metal bands."
"Huh."
Judai came out fully dressed. She wore a red long sleeve blazer with a plain black shirt and dark jeans. The blazer had a high collar and the shirt's collar was high also. She wore red sneaker-like boots. Her bandages on her palms were gone.
"Where are your...?"
She rolled her cuff up a bit. The bandages stopped about two centimeters above her wrist. She rolled her cuff back down and locked the door.
"Come on. I'll show you the school."
I took his hand and led him to the school.
"So how's Jack?" I asked.
"Eh. Still the same."
"Huh."
We were quiet for the walk down to the school. We held hands and gently swung them between us. I started fidgeting. I cannot STAND silence. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my iPhone with the headphones and placed them in my ears. Yusei looked at me. He pulled out an ear bud.
"Hey!"
"Don't ignore me."
"I hate silence, you know that!"
"Yeah, I do. But," he pressed his forehead against mine, "We're together. And I'll feel lonely if you're listening to music."
I bit my lip. I paused the song and turned off the iPhone. I pulled out the other ear bud and wrapped up the cord. I put it in my pocket and took Yusei's hands. I looked into his eyes and leaned in. We brushed lips and kissed. We pulled back and I smiled. Then I took off.
"Hey!" he shouted.
I looked back over my shoulder. "If ya want another, ya gotta catch me first!" I called.
I heard Yusei start running after me.
"Haha! Too slow!" I taunted.
We ran to the main path. A few other students were there. I felt Yusei's hands wrap around my waist. I jerked to a stop.
"Gotcha!"
"Ah! Yusei!" he nuzzled my cheek. He let my waist go. Then he noticed the school.
"Wow! Is this the school!?"
I nodded. He looked at eyes shining. I took his hand. We heard a gasp. Both of us turned around. Yusei gasped.
Standing behind us was a woman with dark, violet hair with two long, elbow-length bangs. She had rolled her hair with a device similar to a hair curler behind her bangs. Her wardrobe seems to have Victorian influences, but also bore resemblance to uniforms that were worn by female military generals in the 1980's. She wore a low-cut red corset with short, light green puffy sleeves and a high collar. She also sported a sleeveless magenta trench coat that flared out behind her which was shorter and pleated in the front. She wore a red neck chocker and an emerald crested, golden cross-shaped medallion, as well as a pair of dark, elbow-length gloves with a pair of gold bracelets above them. Her stockings were the same color as her gloves with which were connected to her skirt and she wore red high heels with them. She was staring at us.
"Uh uh Aki... Wha what are you doing here?" stuttered Yusei.
Aki's eyes darted between us. Then between us and down. We both looked down. We were holding hands. We let go and Yusei quickly walked over to her. He stopped in front of her.
"Look, it's not what it looks like."
Aki crossed her arms over her chest. "Really? Because it sure looks like what it is." she snapped.
A vein pulsed in Yusei's temple. "Oh really!? Then what did it look like?!" he snarled.
I was shocked. Yusei was always calm and collected.
"Looked like you made yourself comfortable here!" she snarled back.
"So what!? Back home you dropped one too many bomb shells that you like Jack!" he growled.
She narrowed her eyes. "Like you care!"
"He's my best friend! So yeah! I should care!"
They went at each other's throats for several minutes. When they stopped yelling at each other, they glared daggers.
Then Aki smirked, crossing her arms over her chest. "Looks like it worked." She continued smirking.
"What the hell are you talking about!?" he screeched.
"You are jealous." she enunciated clearly.
His face slowly changed from rage to shock then to horror. "What?"
Her smirk got wider. "You heard me." she said.
"I'm not jealous!" he screamed. "Why should I be!?"
"Oh I don't know, you'd rather be with me than him!" she screeched.
Yusei paled. "Eh?"
She narrowed her eyes. "You're gay, aren't you?"
I thought Yusei was pale; he made a clean white sheet look black. "G-g-g-g-g-gay? I'm n-n-not gay." he stuttered.
Aki glared at me.
"It's true. I'm really a girl."
She glared at Yusei. "So you love her?"
Yusei nodded slightly. She balled her fists, tears flowing down her face. "I hate you."
Yusei looked at her in disbelief. "What?"
She totally lost it. She screamed in his face. "I HATE YOU!!! I HOPE YOU ROT IN LOWEST LEVEL OF HELL!!!" Yusei took a step back.
"W-why?" he asked.
"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!!" she ran up to him and seized his lips. Yusei looked shocked. He pushed her away and stumbled backwards. He fell on his butt but got back up, staring at her, breathing hard and fast. She glared at him, furious. She reached up and took the pin out of her hair. It hit the ground. Her long bangs trailed over his face and an intense pink aura surrounded her.
"You will pay for this." she hissed.
All of a sudden the pink aura got brighter. It blinded everyone so they threw their arms over their eyes. Yusei and I pulled our arms down and gasped. Behind Aki, was a Blue Eyes Shining Dragon.
I stared up in a mixture of awe, horror, and shock. I must have looked like a total dunderhead with my mouth hanging open and my eyes wide. I heard a hiss and looked at Aki. She was glaring daggers at me. She pointed her finger towards the sky.
"BLUE EYES!! DESTROY HIM!!! SHINING NEUTRON BLAST!!!!" she screamed.
The blue eyes threw its head back and roared. Then it looked at me and opened its mouth. The air vibrated and hummed. A ball of energy was gathering at its maw. My life flashed before my eyes. I threw my arms in front of my face and squeezed my eyes shut. I heard the Blue Eyes attack but never felt it. I heard a scream and looked. Everything slowed down.
I heard my heart beat ring in my ears. Thump thump. Thump thump (This will be one background noise.). My breath rang out loud and clear (Again, background noise.). In front of me was Judai. She had her arms stretched out. They slowly fell to her sides. She slowly fell to her left. She hit the ground on her side with a dull echoy thud.
"Judai!" I screamed.
My voice sounded distant and far away. I got down at her side and rolled her on her back. Her breath was raspy and hoarse. She had her hand pressed to her stomach, her black t-shirt getting darker. She raised her hand and looked at it. She dropped her hand.
"Stay with me!"
She smiled weakly and placed her hand on my right cheek. I felt something sticky and warm. Her eyes fluttered closed and she dropped her hand.
"NO!!!" I screamed.
I scooped her up and ran into the school, not knowing where I was going. Me breathing was heavy. My feet pounded on the tile floor. By some unknown miracle, I had managed to find the health suite.
"Please! Help her!" the lady scooped Judai out of my arms and placed her on one of the cots. Then, she pushed me out and locked the door. Speed returns to normal.
I sat against the wall, knees at right angles and shoulder width apart. I rested my elbows on my knees, clasped my hands together, and rested my forehead against my hands. I prayed to some higher being that they would spare her life, if anything, would take mine instead. I heard footsteps but didn't look up. Aki sat to my right and held out a handkerchief. I ignored it. She pulled it back, and licked the tip then held my chin and went to work and cleaning the bloody handprint from my cheek. When she was done, she put it back and sat down next to me. She hugged her knees to her chest, resting her head on top of her knees. After a few minutes of silence she looked at me.
"I truly am sorry." She looked back at the door.
"… Right." I muttered.
She looked at me. "What?"
I looked her in the eye. "Your parents were right, you are a monster."
She looked at me, stunned.
I got up and walked away. Then stopped and punched the wall, hard. My body shook with sobs. I held my face in my hand and cried. I walked back and sat down in my original position, tears streaming down my face. After what felt like an eternity, the nurse came out. I looked up. She smiled warmly at me. Relief washed over me. "She's fine." I sighed.
"No, I mean she's FINE." I frowned. "Come see for your self." She opened the door and Aki and I got up. We walked inside and gawked. Judai was on the bed, her shirt and jacket off. Her entire torso was covered in bandages. But what really shocked us was she was lying on her back, hands clasped behind her head, looking up at the ceiling. She sat up and gave us a toothy grin.
"Hey ya'll. What's up?" I ran over to her and scooped her up.
"ACK!! Yusei!" she laughed.
She wrapped her arms around my neck. She looked up and I seized her lips. We went for, I don't know, ten, twelve, fifteen minutes with out air. We heard someone clear their throat. We pulled back.
"Butohmygosh! Howdidyousurive!? Noonecouldhavesurivedthat! Areyouhurtinanyway!?" I babbled, words incoherent.
She held up a hand, silencing my babble.
"Yusei, set me down." I placed her on the bed.
Judai motioned for Aki to sit down on the cot in front of her. She sat down and so did I.
"You've heard about that Gaia movement?" she asked.
We both nodded. Of course. A group of people had declared a few months ago that the Earth Mother, Gaia, had called to them in them in their dreams. They had said that they were here to save the world. To save our souls they had cried.
"Well, I'm Gaia." She said.
Our mouths dropped and we stared at her.
She nodded. "Yeah it sounds crazy but what those radicalalists cried out in the streets was the truth. I am here to save your souls. Every year you humans destroy your planet, and in the process, are killing me. I grow weaker and weaker every year. If you annihilate the earth, I will die and," she sighed "Total. Cosmic. Annihilation." She let each word sink in. Her words rang in my ears.
"But how?" asked Aki.
"I don't even know. That's why I'm here. To see the extent of the damage and try to reverse it. If I don't, I don't even want to think that far ahead." She shuddered.
"So, why now? Why not earlier? It would have been easier to stop." I said. Aki nodded. Judai wrung her hands.
"I don't know why." She said, but her body language told other wise. "You don't know or you can't tell us?" asked Aki.
"Both." She said.
Now it was my turn to look confused. "Both?" I asked.
She nodded. "Look, before you start asking questions, that is all I can say."
"Why?" Asked Aki. Judai looked away a little bit.
"I have a tattoo on my tongue that prevents me from speaking." She said.
Aki and I looked at each other then at her. "Wait, a tattoo?" I asked.
Judai nodded. She opened her mouth and extended her tongue. Sure enough, there was a black tattoo on her tongue. It started in the back beyond where we could see it. It came up front and split in the middle into two lines the same thickness. It was made up of small black squares the same size. It was spread apart by half the thickness of the squares. She closed her mouth. She looked down, her eyes turning dark.
"I don't have much time left." She said.
"Huh!?" Said Aki and I at the same time. She looked up. She smiled warmly at us.
"Enough doom and gloom. You two want to see the campus?" She asked. Aki and I nodded, stunned. She stood up and we all walked out. She showed us the main building and some of the rooms. We saw the girl's dorm and the blue dorm. She showed us the Ra dorm. It was sunset when she had shone us the entire campus. All three of us walked back chatting and laughing. We walked up the steps and Judai opened the door.
"You coming in?" I asked.
"Nah. I need to be alone with my thoughts." She said. I nodded and walked in.
I watched Yusei go into the room and shut the door. My happy smile fell from my face leaving me expressionless. I turned around and gripped the railing.
"Why are you following me?" I asked, coldly. The air behind me rippled and a figure appeared. It was a male and he was naked. But you couldn't tell. His body seemed to be made of living shadows. Royal purples, dark magentas, and black. Instead of depressions where his eyes were he had two blood red eyes that were identical to the shape of mine.
You know why I'm here. He said. His voice echoed inside my head.
"We made a deal. Are you forgetting your oath?"
No. I am not forgetting. But a goddess interacting with a mortal? The others do not approve of this. He said.
I snorted. "Screw them. They don't understand mortals. They just sit on their lazy asses and drink wine."
The mortals have poisoned your mind. Their crude language has-
"Shut up! I don't give a rat's ass." I snapped. The figure was silent.
This particular mortal… what do you see in him? He will die in the blink of an eye compared to your eternal life. He will never fully understand the roles and duties of a goddess. He will never be able to step foot in Ang kaharian ng Diyos.(Filipino for Realm of the Gods.) THEY will forbade it. And THEY will kill him. You know you shouldn't get involved with a mortal. Yet you always do. He said
I turned around and glared. "Bakit dapat mong laging dumikit ang iyong ilong sa aking negosyo?" (Why must you always stick your nose in my business?)I asked.
Bakit ka makasali? Ang mga ito ay mortals. Hindi kailanman nila ay maintindihan mo. Subalit ang ... (Why do you get involved? They are mortals. They will never understand you. But...) He grabbed my arm and pulled me close.
Gagawin ko ay. Ako ay isang mas nababagay na asawa kaysa sa itim at gintong buhok mortal. (I will. I am a more suitable mate than the black and gold haired mortal.) He seized my lips and pulled me into a rough kiss.
"Ah! Hayaan akong pumunta! Hindi ko pag-ibig sa iyo! Pag-ibig ko sa kanya! Hayaan akong pumunta!" I cried. (Ah! Let me go! I do not love you! I love him! Let me go!) I struggled against his grasp. My knees felt weak. I gripped the railing to support my body. I bit my lip and shut my eyes. I turned my head away from him.
Sira ang bait Gaia. Pag-aari mo sa akin. Hindi mo Puwede napagtanto na ito? Ako ay palaging pag-ibig mo higit pa sa anumang kamatayan o diyos kailan man maaari. (Foolish Gaia. You belong to me. Can you not realize this? I will always love you more than any mortal or god ever could.) He seized my chin and forced me to look into his eyes. I felt my very soul be sucked in. I tried to look away but I couldn't.
Ikaw ay akin. Gaia, diyosa ng lupa at buhay, kumuha ako ng iyong kaluluwa bilang aking sarili at ang iyong katawan bilang minahan. Kislap ng oras ng paggawa Selyo ng iyong sumpa, iyong buhay kumuha ako ng minahan. Kislap ng kaluluwa ay akin magpakailan man. Selyo! (You are mine. Gaia, goddess of earth and life, I take your soul as my own and your body as mine. Thy spell seals thy curse, thy life I take as mine. Thy soul is mine forever. Seal!) My eyes closed and my head fell onto his chest. My legs collapsed underneath me. I slid down on the floor and landed on my back. My chest burned and I blacked out.
Judai's eyes closed and her head fell on the figure's chest, her legs collapsed underneath her and she landed on her back. Her legs were tucked underneath her body. Her cheek was pressed against the floor. Her arms were sprawled around her. On her chest was a glowing red symbol. It was a circle with an equilateral triangle touching the circle on the inside. The top point pointed directly at her head. There was a dot dead center with three lines coming out. It crossed the center of the triangles lines and the circle. An equilateral hexagon surrounded the circle. There was space between the hexagon and circle. One of the points pointed at her head. The lines connected with the hexagon on the lines, dead center in each one of them. The figure watched her. The symbol glowed brightly then faded quickly. He turned around and disappeared. Yusei poked his head out. He looked down.
"Judai!" He cried. He scooped her up and carried her in. He placed her on the bed. He shook her awake.
"Judai! Judai! Wake up!" he cried. Judai moaned and opened her eyes. She looked at him. She groaned.
"What happened?" she asked. She sat up. She looked at him. "Who are you?" she asked.
Yusei's mouth dropped. "Bu-bu-but I'm your cousin!"
She cocked her head. She shook it and got up and walked out. She looked out to the sea.
"Saan mo, ang aking kasintahan?" she whispered. "Where are you, my lover?" (Note: That is the translation.)
Me: Uh-oh. Judai's under a spell. Who's the guy? Heck, I don't even know. Who is he?
Judai: …
Me: Judai?
Judai:…
Me: Sigh. You're completely under. Yoo-hoo! Anybody there?
Waves hand in front of Judai's face.
Yusei: In a corner crying
Me: Looks at him with sympathy. OI!!! JUDAI!!!
Judai: Eh?
Me: 'Bout- HEY!!
Judai: looks away
Yusei: Hiccups.
Me: Sigh. This sucks.
Yusei: You don't have a clue. R&R! Watches me to try and get Judai's attention. Fails epically.
Me: Sigh, By the way: I LOST THE GAME!!!!
Yusei: Dang it!
Me: BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! I'm so evil!
