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Healing Chapter ten Kaiba
Damn dirty apes. Yeah, yeah, it was Earth all along. I'd just managed to escape from the pit of hell on Earth after those freaking monkeys stole my wallet. I had a picture of Mokuba and I together in there. I came out of the pit beaten and bruised as if I'd just gone through a long and tedious wrestling match. Now I just wanted to get out of here.
I looked for Mokuba and Pegasus, but they didn't appear to be where they had been. So I searched. I'm still shocked at what I found. I heard a large amount of shouting going on. A small group of people had crowded around from children to elders and most were watching in shock, others were cheering. I got through the crowd and just gaped at what I saw.
"FRICKEN PANDA!" Pegasus shouted as the Pandawinkle (Thanks Adrie!) continued swearing at him. "C'mon ya sissy! Where's your boyfriend?!" The panda guffawed and received a strong punch in the stomach.
Pegasus had the Panda mascot on the ground, was sitting on his stomach and punching the hell out of him. Right hook. Left hook. I had never heard so many swears from any one as I heard from those two. The panda costume had a rip and Pegasus had a bloodied nose. The mascot got a good shot on Pegasus' stomach, knocking him down and kicking him several times. Pegasus leapt up and took the man into a headlock, spinning the costume's fake, over-large head around and repeatedly punched him in the stomach. I grimaced with each hit as I tried to get through the crowd to stop them.
I tore the two away from each other. I was surprised at Pegasus' behaviour. I'd really never expected him to attack anyone like that. He usually used his quick wit to serve up some perfectly timed insults...but I had to admit, he served up a pretty good helping of ass whooping too.
I had been steering Pegasus away from the Panda man, taking Mokuba along too. We were going to leave. That simple.
"Hey asshole!" The panda man shouted after us "Runnin away huh?!" Ignore him, ignore him, ignore him...
"Gonna go kiss and make up?"
Ignore him ignore him ignore him...
"Damn. F*#&@(# . FAGS!" (Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!)
Ignorehimignorehimignorehi- SCREW IT!
I turned around and ran back as if my legs were no longer in my control and leapt at the Panda, taking him down and rolling down a hill into a creek. We were both covered in mud, rolling on the ground and beating each other more violently than Pegasus had been.
Pegasus was at the edge of the creek, staring down at us with his mouth slightly open, his hands covering a struggling Mokuba's eyes.
"Come on! I've seen worse!" Mokuba shouted. "No." Was all Pegasus said, his eyes wide. I don't think he expected this from me either.
To make a long story short...
As I sat in the jail cell that afternoon, I felt a bit stupid to say the least. I'd twisted my ankle during the scuffle, so it was in enough pain to keep my mind off of how much of a moron I was and if I had lost the respect of Mokuba. The Panda man was in there too, still in his bloody costume. I flicked a bit of mud from my hand and stared at the bars again. Hey I wonder how many other morons had been stuck in here for beating up mascots. If they're all as annoying as that guy, the count must be high.
Only an hour afterwards I had made bail. Pegasus had immediately headed down to the cell. I was just thankful he wasn't put in there too. Someone had to take care of Mokuba...and Pegasus was too much like bait for the perverts in this place.
When Pegasus and Mokuba came in, I felt even more idiotic. Pegasus had an odd look on his face and remained silent. I looked at Mokuba with raised eyebrows. What was he thinking? Did he think I was a fool? A degenerate? We'd just gotten out of the jail house and had been heading to the car when Mokuba's face spread into an enormous grin. "Way to go big brother!" He shouted and leapt forward to hug me. I'd been supporting myself rather well with a large stick that had caught on my jacket. Unfortunately I didn't see that hug coming. I was knocked off my feet and a sharp pain went through my ankle.
I let out a loud yelp that caused both Mokuba and Pegasus to look at me in alarm.
"You're hurt!" Pegasus frowned. "Am not." I replied stubbornly, attempting to force myself up. I was in even more pain then. I fell forward, right onto Pegasus. I was surprised that he stayed up and kept me up too. He had more strength than I gave him credit for. Argue as I may, Pegasus had always had the upper hand when it came to things like convincing. Lawyer skills. I always thought Pegasus would be a good lawyer...but I think he'd end up distracting the Judge... ... Oh man I just thought another dirty thing about Pegasus.
One hospital trip later, my ankle was secured in a kind of cloth gauze and I had crutches. I argued about that too. I really didn't want crutches...I was going to continue arguing until the Nurse very calmly stopped my unintelligible, stubborn argument by stating; "Well then Mr. Kaiba, I suppose we could always give you a wheel chair as a means of movement..." I fell silent for a moment, then gave a sigh. "Fine, alright, Crutches then thanks."
I'd always had problems with having restricted movement. I like being able to run around everywhere and get things done. I guess it's kind of a character flaw. I can't seem to keep still. Please don't take that the wrong way.
By the time we were back home, it was evening. Eight O clock. And 40 minutes. And 20 seconds. And 22 milliseconds. I was bored as I sat on the chair staring at the clock. Pegasus wanted me to rest for the evening. 50 seconds now. Hehe time flies when you're having fun.
Pegasus sat down beside me rather silent. It was so unusual for him to be this quiet. Not to say he was loud, but...you know. I was a bit worried about him. I was just about to speak when he suddenly spoke. "I'm sorry." It was more of a whisper than anything. I raised an eyebrow at him. "Why?" I blinked. I didn't understand why he would be sorry about anything. "I got you hurt..." He gestured to my ankle. "And thrown in jail to add to it." I stared at him. He stared at the floor. "You didn't get me hurt. Pegasus. I got me hurt. Pugsy the dickhead Panda got me hurt. Not you." He still seemed upset. "Pegasus, really look at it this way...how did I get hurt?" I began. "By rolling down a hill..." He frowned. "And why did I roll down the hill?" I continued on. "Because someone was being rude to you..." "And what was I doing?" "Beating up a panda with the voice of Bullwinkle and all the intelligence of a squirrel on acid." He was still quiet, then he looked up at me. We seemed to share the same thought. We both burst into laughter that seemed to have come from out of the blue. I guess we just realized how stupid it was that I got myself thrown in jail for beating up a panda. By the time we'd stopped snickering, our stomachs hurt from laughing so hard and our eyes were filled with tears. I'd never enjoyed spending time with anyone as much as I enjoyed spending time with Pegasus. He always ended up making me laugh. Funny how we went from worst enemies to best friends in only weeks. Just goes to show you, practically every relationship is salvageable. I watched Pegasus as he continued giggling. God he's beautiful. It took a while for both of us to realize I was staring at him. It's something about him. The way he laughs, the way he smiles. His eyes. Everything about him seems to scream of some sort of unearthly and breathtaking beauty. We'd been looking at each other's eyes for a while now. I wondered what he was thinking. What I would give for the millennium eye at that moment. "You have beautiful eyes." I blurted out. I regretted it immediately when his expression changed. He seemed surprised. "I...uh...um..." I stuttered, suddenly frantic. Oh God what did I just say. I felt like a fool. My face was heating up as he stared at me with an odd look on his face. "I think we should go to bed...I mean I should go to bed because I'm tired and that's what you do when you're tired and I'm just gonna go..." I babbled, leaping up and momentarily forgetting I had twisted my blasted ankle. I fell over in pain once again. This hadn't been my day. But Pegasus' laughter had made up for it. He was beside me immediately. "Are you alright?" He gasped, seeming almost as frantic as I had just been. "Did you hurt yourself again?" He added. "No...I'm okay." I gritted my teeth "There are no Pandas to mock me." He gave a small snicker and helped me onto my feet. He seemed to be ignoring my comment for my sake. Thank God. He helped me hobble to my room and took me into it. "I'm alright Pegasus." I gave a weak smile. "Is that so?" He smirked. "How does one get changed while hobbling?" I stared at him. "Um...with a bit of difficulty." I spoke slowly. I could see some sort of mischief in his eyes. What was he thinking of? "Well, I refuse to leave the room with the chances of you falling and hurting yourself again." He crossed his arms. I opened and closed my mouth, my finger in the air as if I was trying to make a point that I couldn't seem to voice. "You...but...I...can't..." I stuttered. "Really now, Kaiba." He sighed "It's time for your bed. You've had a long day and a horrible accident so it's time for you to retire to dream world."
Somehow I thought I was in dream world now. I had an Angel standing in front of me. A goofy one, but an Angel nonetheless. An Angel with devious plots. I suppose he was like Puck from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. He does seem the type.
"Okay Tinkerbell." I snickered, hobbling towards the bed with Pegasus' support. He gave me an odd look, but ignored the Tinkerbell thing, thinking it as normal behaviour for me.
I began undoing my shirt but paused. I looked at Pegasus. "Could you...uh...turn away?" I blinked. "And risk you falling over while I'm not looking? No." He frowned. I decided not to argue and just got the shirt off. I looked out of the corner of my eye and could have sworn I saw Pegasus smiling. Nah. The pants were off and I was in my boxers. I could hear snickering. I looked over at him with raised eyebrows and he was indeed giggling. "What?" I inquired. He simply gestured to my current attire. My boxers had images of smiley faces. I blushed and fell backwards onto the bed. He came up beside me and tucked me in under the covers. He was so gentle. I was amazed this was the man that had once taken the soul of my brother and myself. I don't think he was at all evil back then. He was just misjudged. He was doing things considered evil...so he acted as evil as he could, though beneath he was still that lost, goofy, cartoon-loving teen.
That night as I slept, I had some wonderful dreams. All about Pegasus. And caramel. Snck.
Of course it was unusual for me to sleep well and not end up with violent, horrible dreams...so naturally the positive part of my dream didn't last long.
It seemed to switch over to a whole other dream. Pegasus had again been attacked by Keith in this nightmare. Last time I had barely made it. This time I was too late. Keith was laughing and holding a knife covered in shining scarlet blood. I only looked at Pegasus as maniacal laughter continued.
His eyes lacked their usual brightness. They were dark. Lifeless. It was then I realized he was no longer breathing. Pegasus had died in my arms. I hadn't been there in time.
I cried with Pegasus' lifeless form still in my arms. I just wanted to wake up.
* Well I got this up as fast as possible! I'll be working on the next chapter and it should be up by tomorrow.
Any suggestions, comments, coasters, kindling or praise, e-mail me at lessthanproper@hotmail.com thanks!
I once again apologize for the horrible words in here. I never use them myself but I found it necessary for the right effect in this chapter. Sorry in advance *sweatdrops*
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Healing Chapter ten Kaiba
Damn dirty apes. Yeah, yeah, it was Earth all along. I'd just managed to escape from the pit of hell on Earth after those freaking monkeys stole my wallet. I had a picture of Mokuba and I together in there. I came out of the pit beaten and bruised as if I'd just gone through a long and tedious wrestling match. Now I just wanted to get out of here.
I looked for Mokuba and Pegasus, but they didn't appear to be where they had been. So I searched. I'm still shocked at what I found. I heard a large amount of shouting going on. A small group of people had crowded around from children to elders and most were watching in shock, others were cheering. I got through the crowd and just gaped at what I saw.
"FRICKEN PANDA!" Pegasus shouted as the Pandawinkle (Thanks Adrie!) continued swearing at him. "C'mon ya sissy! Where's your boyfriend?!" The panda guffawed and received a strong punch in the stomach.
Pegasus had the Panda mascot on the ground, was sitting on his stomach and punching the hell out of him. Right hook. Left hook. I had never heard so many swears from any one as I heard from those two. The panda costume had a rip and Pegasus had a bloodied nose. The mascot got a good shot on Pegasus' stomach, knocking him down and kicking him several times. Pegasus leapt up and took the man into a headlock, spinning the costume's fake, over-large head around and repeatedly punched him in the stomach. I grimaced with each hit as I tried to get through the crowd to stop them.
I tore the two away from each other. I was surprised at Pegasus' behaviour. I'd really never expected him to attack anyone like that. He usually used his quick wit to serve up some perfectly timed insults...but I had to admit, he served up a pretty good helping of ass whooping too.
I had been steering Pegasus away from the Panda man, taking Mokuba along too. We were going to leave. That simple.
"Hey asshole!" The panda man shouted after us "Runnin away huh?!" Ignore him, ignore him, ignore him...
"Gonna go kiss and make up?"
Ignore him ignore him ignore him...
"Damn. F*#&@(# . FAGS!" (Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!)
Ignorehimignorehimignorehi- SCREW IT!
I turned around and ran back as if my legs were no longer in my control and leapt at the Panda, taking him down and rolling down a hill into a creek. We were both covered in mud, rolling on the ground and beating each other more violently than Pegasus had been.
Pegasus was at the edge of the creek, staring down at us with his mouth slightly open, his hands covering a struggling Mokuba's eyes.
"Come on! I've seen worse!" Mokuba shouted. "No." Was all Pegasus said, his eyes wide. I don't think he expected this from me either.
To make a long story short...
As I sat in the jail cell that afternoon, I felt a bit stupid to say the least. I'd twisted my ankle during the scuffle, so it was in enough pain to keep my mind off of how much of a moron I was and if I had lost the respect of Mokuba. The Panda man was in there too, still in his bloody costume. I flicked a bit of mud from my hand and stared at the bars again. Hey I wonder how many other morons had been stuck in here for beating up mascots. If they're all as annoying as that guy, the count must be high.
Only an hour afterwards I had made bail. Pegasus had immediately headed down to the cell. I was just thankful he wasn't put in there too. Someone had to take care of Mokuba...and Pegasus was too much like bait for the perverts in this place.
When Pegasus and Mokuba came in, I felt even more idiotic. Pegasus had an odd look on his face and remained silent. I looked at Mokuba with raised eyebrows. What was he thinking? Did he think I was a fool? A degenerate? We'd just gotten out of the jail house and had been heading to the car when Mokuba's face spread into an enormous grin. "Way to go big brother!" He shouted and leapt forward to hug me. I'd been supporting myself rather well with a large stick that had caught on my jacket. Unfortunately I didn't see that hug coming. I was knocked off my feet and a sharp pain went through my ankle.
I let out a loud yelp that caused both Mokuba and Pegasus to look at me in alarm.
"You're hurt!" Pegasus frowned. "Am not." I replied stubbornly, attempting to force myself up. I was in even more pain then. I fell forward, right onto Pegasus. I was surprised that he stayed up and kept me up too. He had more strength than I gave him credit for. Argue as I may, Pegasus had always had the upper hand when it came to things like convincing. Lawyer skills. I always thought Pegasus would be a good lawyer...but I think he'd end up distracting the Judge... ... Oh man I just thought another dirty thing about Pegasus.
One hospital trip later, my ankle was secured in a kind of cloth gauze and I had crutches. I argued about that too. I really didn't want crutches...I was going to continue arguing until the Nurse very calmly stopped my unintelligible, stubborn argument by stating; "Well then Mr. Kaiba, I suppose we could always give you a wheel chair as a means of movement..." I fell silent for a moment, then gave a sigh. "Fine, alright, Crutches then thanks."
I'd always had problems with having restricted movement. I like being able to run around everywhere and get things done. I guess it's kind of a character flaw. I can't seem to keep still. Please don't take that the wrong way.
By the time we were back home, it was evening. Eight O clock. And 40 minutes. And 20 seconds. And 22 milliseconds. I was bored as I sat on the chair staring at the clock. Pegasus wanted me to rest for the evening. 50 seconds now. Hehe time flies when you're having fun.
Pegasus sat down beside me rather silent. It was so unusual for him to be this quiet. Not to say he was loud, but...you know. I was a bit worried about him. I was just about to speak when he suddenly spoke. "I'm sorry." It was more of a whisper than anything. I raised an eyebrow at him. "Why?" I blinked. I didn't understand why he would be sorry about anything. "I got you hurt..." He gestured to my ankle. "And thrown in jail to add to it." I stared at him. He stared at the floor. "You didn't get me hurt. Pegasus. I got me hurt. Pugsy the dickhead Panda got me hurt. Not you." He still seemed upset. "Pegasus, really look at it this way...how did I get hurt?" I began. "By rolling down a hill..." He frowned. "And why did I roll down the hill?" I continued on. "Because someone was being rude to you..." "And what was I doing?" "Beating up a panda with the voice of Bullwinkle and all the intelligence of a squirrel on acid." He was still quiet, then he looked up at me. We seemed to share the same thought. We both burst into laughter that seemed to have come from out of the blue. I guess we just realized how stupid it was that I got myself thrown in jail for beating up a panda. By the time we'd stopped snickering, our stomachs hurt from laughing so hard and our eyes were filled with tears. I'd never enjoyed spending time with anyone as much as I enjoyed spending time with Pegasus. He always ended up making me laugh. Funny how we went from worst enemies to best friends in only weeks. Just goes to show you, practically every relationship is salvageable. I watched Pegasus as he continued giggling. God he's beautiful. It took a while for both of us to realize I was staring at him. It's something about him. The way he laughs, the way he smiles. His eyes. Everything about him seems to scream of some sort of unearthly and breathtaking beauty. We'd been looking at each other's eyes for a while now. I wondered what he was thinking. What I would give for the millennium eye at that moment. "You have beautiful eyes." I blurted out. I regretted it immediately when his expression changed. He seemed surprised. "I...uh...um..." I stuttered, suddenly frantic. Oh God what did I just say. I felt like a fool. My face was heating up as he stared at me with an odd look on his face. "I think we should go to bed...I mean I should go to bed because I'm tired and that's what you do when you're tired and I'm just gonna go..." I babbled, leaping up and momentarily forgetting I had twisted my blasted ankle. I fell over in pain once again. This hadn't been my day. But Pegasus' laughter had made up for it. He was beside me immediately. "Are you alright?" He gasped, seeming almost as frantic as I had just been. "Did you hurt yourself again?" He added. "No...I'm okay." I gritted my teeth "There are no Pandas to mock me." He gave a small snicker and helped me onto my feet. He seemed to be ignoring my comment for my sake. Thank God. He helped me hobble to my room and took me into it. "I'm alright Pegasus." I gave a weak smile. "Is that so?" He smirked. "How does one get changed while hobbling?" I stared at him. "Um...with a bit of difficulty." I spoke slowly. I could see some sort of mischief in his eyes. What was he thinking of? "Well, I refuse to leave the room with the chances of you falling and hurting yourself again." He crossed his arms. I opened and closed my mouth, my finger in the air as if I was trying to make a point that I couldn't seem to voice. "You...but...I...can't..." I stuttered. "Really now, Kaiba." He sighed "It's time for your bed. You've had a long day and a horrible accident so it's time for you to retire to dream world."
Somehow I thought I was in dream world now. I had an Angel standing in front of me. A goofy one, but an Angel nonetheless. An Angel with devious plots. I suppose he was like Puck from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. He does seem the type.
"Okay Tinkerbell." I snickered, hobbling towards the bed with Pegasus' support. He gave me an odd look, but ignored the Tinkerbell thing, thinking it as normal behaviour for me.
I began undoing my shirt but paused. I looked at Pegasus. "Could you...uh...turn away?" I blinked. "And risk you falling over while I'm not looking? No." He frowned. I decided not to argue and just got the shirt off. I looked out of the corner of my eye and could have sworn I saw Pegasus smiling. Nah. The pants were off and I was in my boxers. I could hear snickering. I looked over at him with raised eyebrows and he was indeed giggling. "What?" I inquired. He simply gestured to my current attire. My boxers had images of smiley faces. I blushed and fell backwards onto the bed. He came up beside me and tucked me in under the covers. He was so gentle. I was amazed this was the man that had once taken the soul of my brother and myself. I don't think he was at all evil back then. He was just misjudged. He was doing things considered evil...so he acted as evil as he could, though beneath he was still that lost, goofy, cartoon-loving teen.
That night as I slept, I had some wonderful dreams. All about Pegasus. And caramel. Snck.
Of course it was unusual for me to sleep well and not end up with violent, horrible dreams...so naturally the positive part of my dream didn't last long.
It seemed to switch over to a whole other dream. Pegasus had again been attacked by Keith in this nightmare. Last time I had barely made it. This time I was too late. Keith was laughing and holding a knife covered in shining scarlet blood. I only looked at Pegasus as maniacal laughter continued.
His eyes lacked their usual brightness. They were dark. Lifeless. It was then I realized he was no longer breathing. Pegasus had died in my arms. I hadn't been there in time.
I cried with Pegasus' lifeless form still in my arms. I just wanted to wake up.
* Well I got this up as fast as possible! I'll be working on the next chapter and it should be up by tomorrow.
Any suggestions, comments, coasters, kindling or praise, e-mail me at lessthanproper@hotmail.com thanks!