Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used in this story, nor do I own the Harry Potter spell :D
To lynnly: It is a play on pikachu. We even made comics about it at the comm :D Thanks for the encouragement! ^^b
To Emmy: Great to hear~
To 8-bit: I'm glad you like the name I gave you. Can I be your mommy? *bricked* You'll just have to deal with it dear~ Writing is not my forte and writing long things drives me nuts.
Kholodno
Yao ran down the corridor and turned into a room. He ran as fast as he can, with over twice his weight dragging on him. He went over to the wooden chair in the middle and dropped off the unmoving man. He then dashed off into a different room. Once inside his bedroom, he opened a drawer and searched until he found the small pouch that he needed. He grabbed a candle and a lighter as well before heading out again.
When Yao returned to Arthur's side, he turned over one of the motionless arms and covered the wrist with two fingers. As he was doing this, he noticed the emerald eyes rolling to his hand then up to his face quizzically. Seeing that the other man was conscious, Yao asked, "How do you feel –aru?"
Although his entire body was slack, a few muscles seemed to work in Arthur's face. The blond man tried his best to move his mouth to speak but was only able to get his lips moving which resulted into a sneer. "…I'm…paralyzed…," he answered through gritted teeth.
Yao knew that before Arthur had told him. The years of experience developing, researching, and using his form of medicine allowed him to see and feel the condition of others without using any equipment. The trick behind it was his ability to sense 'chi' or the very life force of another, which Yao could feel pumping through Arthur's veins and under his fingers.
Seeing that the man was not in any pain Yao knew exactly what to do. He lighted the candle on the floor beside them and opened the pouch. In it were a few dozen thin needles. His hand hovered over them until he found the right one. He extracted it and held it over the candle. Then he brought it up, putting it into Arthur's field of vision at the same time. Before Yao continued his task, he noticed the emerald shrinking into an enlarging area of white and a twitching that took up a corner of the sneering lips. Yao relished for a moment in the other's misplaced fear, but quickly resumed his work. His family was outside in danger. He needed to hurry.
Arthur hardly had time to make so much as an "eep" before Yao stuck the needle in a carefully selected spot in his arm, then he put in another. By the time the frightened man found his voice, there were already a dozen or so needles sticking out from his body. "…w…what are…you doing…?" He seemed to relax a bit, finding no pain in the activity however, with the next needle Yao hovered over the talking eyes. He held it close to the man's face, almost brandishing it. A smirk wanted to appear but Yao withheld it and focused until he found the right place on the sweaty forehead where he eased the needle in.
"..nNNN…AHHHHH!" Arthur exclaimed while his mouth became free from the paralysis. The man seemed to notice this because he stopped screaming. Yao worked quickly to remove the needles. Once they were all gone from his body and safely inserted back into the pouch, Arthur sat up with ease as if he had not been paralyzed a few seconds ago. Yao smiled.
"There's no acupuncturist better than me –aru! You should be grateful, Opium"
Arthur had a bewildered look on his face as he opened and closed his hand. He looked up at Yao. "What did you do…?"
"I opened up your paths –aru. I even stabilized your disrupted chi, Opium"
At the mention of 'chi', the sorcerer's eyes lit up. He moved around as if sensing for something on himself. "You're right…my magical stamina is back to normal!" He looked like he had more to say, but the scene outside the window caught their eyes. A daemon in a half transparent cloak had rammed its scythe down onto Kiku's shield. Kiku was holding up, but the expression on his face showed that he would not last long. Gusts of wind and light surged out from the impact.
On the side, Yong Soo was busy throwing what appeared to be garlic at the sorceress. "Go away…you floating ghost!" He looked like he was on the verge of tears. In a supernatural way, all of the garlic was pushed off before they even reach Belarus. Suddenly, Kaoru emerged from the hallway with a small octagonal mirror he had retrieved from the house. He flashed a stream of light into Belarus' eyes. The moment it reached her, she shirked away and gave out a cry. The magical daemon that was attacking Kiku vanished.
"That's it, lad! Light is her weakness!" England said excitedly. He got up and rushed towards the open window. China cried out. "Wait! You need rest first –aru!" England turned around with a confident smile on his face. "No need to worry. This will be quick." His hand reached into his pocket for his spare wand as he said this. He quickly pulled it out and aimed the tip at the floating figure in the courtyard. He took a deep breath and bellowed.
"EXPECTO PATRONUM!"
The moment he called his command, a bright flash of light blinded everybody's eyes. In a squint, Yao could see the outline of Belarus' body arched in pain. Her screaming could be heard loudly resounding throughout the house. When the spell was over, she was left huddling on the ground, shaking and no longer seeming ready to fight.
End of chapter 12
Forgive me Harry Potter fans. I changed a spell, heheh. When I was watching the Prisoner of Azkaban I saw the spell and always thought it was a light attack. I read about it on Wiki just yesterday and found out it was not^^ Was all that really in the movie? I didn't catch any mention of its mechanics. Either the movie cut things out or my ear for the British accent is just that bad ^^; But…it was too late. I had the whole story planned on this last big boom so you can blame JKR-san for not putting in any strong light spells~
The stuff with the acupuncture is…mostly based on the Korean drama my family liked to watch. It was about a young girl who trained to become a chef then later turned to medicine. Really cool story and wildly popular in Hong Kong~ But, is this needle poking healing thing real? Well, I know at least four people who use it for different ailments and they all tried different things before settling on acupuncture. My bro had neck problems from his work which went on for a couple of years until he visited an acupuncturist. His last visit was over a year ago. Before that he tried massaging and that suction cup thingy you saw on Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith's version of Karate Kid. I haven't heard him complain about it since. I'm so happy for him~ The…wrist testing thing is real. I remember getting so awfully sick as a kid one time, my dad took me to a Chinese doctor. We walked in, I sat down, he did that with my wrist for maybe a few seconds and he knew what medicine to give me. He also said I was…constipated. I didn't even know I was so I said no I wasn't. I went home later and…yeah he was right.
This is my fan creation: 'chi' = lifeforce = sorcery (and for the rpg-fans 'mp') In other words, I turned Yao-chan into a white mage XD He can heal all party members~ As for the 'hp', he can cook so he can definitely heal that. Iggy is a black mage. I made it so that he has a natural shield due to his magic. Think of it like a game character with a level so high that weaksauce magic can't hurt em and just bounce off~ As for him being able to share it with Yao… I remember when I was very little, there were movies from Hong Kong where mates can share their magical fighting ability (like the hopping through trees type of surreal fighting _). The power gets transferred from a really good fighter (usually a girl) to a wimpy weakling and suddenly the weakling can fight. More specifically, the power is transferred through *** but this is a T-rated fic so lets settle for hugging and kissing ^_~
Belarus is most definitely another black mage and Kiku was supposed to be a green mage, supports allies and weakens enemies, but I didn't give him enough air time to illustrate this -_- And Hong Kong is a red mage, the son of a black mage and a white mage should be no less than that- *bricked* ^q^ He prefers fighting in the likes of Bruce Lee instead of tapping his magical side ;) Taiwan…Wan-chan is brave and also a white mage~ Yong Soo's reaction…would be my very own if I met a floating girl with a mad glare~ He's also a white mage :D
That's it. This story has sealed my craziness. I am perverted and crazy. Hope I haven't left anything out. Story ending soon~ See you next chapter…and that won't be till next week. I suddenly have the urge to scan in that darn long doujinshi finally :p Check the comm over the weekend to find it. Google 'kouchagumi' and remember, you must join to see the djs ;) Have a nice weekend everybody!