Disclaimer: Same as always. I own everyone who belongs to me. I don't own anyone who doesn't belong to me. Okee? ^____^
Archive: For the love of God! (Ahhahahahah!!! Maria!) I /want/ you to archive it, just tell me where!
Rant: Er.....see the "other" section I guess...
Dedication: Iya, TigerWolf, and Mara, as usual. Also, to the REAL Ringo...*sobb* why wern't you at sparring tuesday night? (Oh...right...he's not reading this...never mind...)
BGM: Aika from Inu Yasha (bgm for all dream sequences), #10 (I don't remember what it's called...eee! Sorry~!) off the LifeHouse CD, No Name Face, and I Recommend Instincts from the 3rd Escaflowne OST
Other: Well...fanfiction.net's been out for a while...that explains my not updating...oh, and also, my Spanish teacher seems convinced that I'm going to flunk out of my school. Meh. BITE ME, BITCH! She spent my entire lunch period telling me how stupid I am. Yeah, too bad my IQ's probably higher than hers. (Toshi: Kira: Quiet, you....my IQ is 118. Beat that, you not-real fictional character! Toshi: Kira: ::stuffs Toshi in the closet:: Quiet, you)
ANYWAYS!
If I seem to be...well, somewhat on the brink of homicidal in this chapter, you know why.
In other news, it has come to my attention that the Naza boys speak Korean most of the time, not Japanese or that crazy Gaean language whose name no one knows. So here's the deal:
- speaking in Japanese
*blah blah blah* - Korean
/blah blah blah/ - thinking
"blah blah blah" - normal talking
~la la la~ - singing/song lyrics
+blah blah blah+ - strange language, or a voice in someone's head
[blah blah blah] - author comments
***********
*They'd better not have hurt her!* Makoto growled to Kazu, as if the other assassin was the one holding Rai captive. *Agh. How long are they going to keep us here?!*
*Chill out, kid....* Shinyo sugguested, sitting on the cold floor. *Just because you bang your head against the bars doesn't mean that she'll get back any sooner.*
*Bite me.*
*Thanks, but no thanks.* Shinyo smirked. *I bet you don't taste good anyways.*
*Feh...* Mako went back to pressing his forehead against the bars of the dungeon cell.
*Why are we in a cell block, anyways?* Kazu asked Shinyo, quietly. Makoto may be willing to get beaten up by their excommander, but he wasn't going to take that chance. *I thought that Naza and Zaibach were alis?*
*We -are- alis...but they probably think we're spys.* Shinyo closed his eyes, and leaned against a wall. *That's what they thought about Toshihiro, at any rate....*
Kazu was about to ask anoter question when a gaurd approached the prison cell.
"My lord will see you now," he said, unlocking the barred door. "And you have our sincere appologies for the poor conditions."
*************
"Ohha~, Samu-chan." Rai could hear Ai's smile when she awoke that morning.
Rai turned in such a way that she could sit up.
"Ano...." Rai yawned. I don't really remember...It was strange though. I've it swimming in my mind, but I can't quite place it. You know?
Rai chortled at Ai's last sentance.
Ai cried, with mock hurt.
giggled Rai, I forgot my boots, and your BS is gettin' pretty deep.
snorted Ai.
Rai replied, voice deadpan. She flung herself back into bed, and pretended to be asleep.
Rai felt Ai's arm tug at her own, pulling her up from the large bed. She let herself be dragged up, and she complied with Ai's pleas to cooperate.
Rai asked her nurse, as the other girl helped her dress and comb out her hair.
Ai told her enigmatically, enjoying the secret.
Rai pouted, but Ai wouldn't give in.
**********
"Dilandau?!" Shinyo cried in astonishment as he saw who "my lord" actually was. "-You're- the one incharge around here now?!"
"I suppose I am," Dilandau grinned wolfishly back at the warlord.
Shinyo laughed, surprised, and walked forward. He studied the other man's face for a moment, before hauling off and punching him hard in the jaw.
There was a general cry of shock from everyone in the hall, and Dilandau's minions made a move for Shinyo, which was cut off by a swift hand motion from Dilandau.
"That's for the last time we were in battle together," Shinyo glared at his younger counterpart. "Don't question my athority next time."
"Yeah, whatever," Dilandau grumbled, rubbing his jaw. "Everyone wants to beat down a piece of my ass. But I'd like to remind you who it was whose less-than-advised actions saved the day!"
"Whatever you say, kid."
***********
Rai whined as she was lead down countless hallways.
Ai told her with an audible smile.
Rai muttered, rubbing her forehead.
/I'm only tired cuz of the lack of excersize.../ she assured herself silently. /Being stuck in one place without being able to train for a good month is sure to do something to your energy leval./
Ai giggled, but sounded somehow far away.
Rai didn't quite hear Ai's last remark, as a dizzy spell over came her. She stopped walking, and brought a hand to her forehead. A wave of nausea hit her, and it took all her stregnth to keep from emptying her stomach on the stone hallway floor.
***********
Ai waited for Rai's usual wry comeback, but it never came. The girl had stopped walking, and was now doubled over in unseen pain, clutching her stomach like it was the end of the world.
Ai cried, immedietly at her side.
Rai's small moan--followed by her passing out on the cold floor--was the only responce Ai was given. Ai's natural instincts kicked in at this point, and she let her subcounsious take over.
"Help!" She called as loudly as she could through the hallways. "We've got a sick person here! Get the meds down to the third corridor outside the meeting hall!"
The funny thing about Zaibach that almost no one really knows, and everyone who does just takes for granted, is that there is always someone around. Especially in any of the areas near any of the important halls. At this point, there were people practically comming out of the woodwork.
In less than a minute, four of the castle's body gaurds left carrying Rai back to her room next to the med ward. Ai sent a page to tell Dilandau what had happened--as he had requested to know whenever her condition got better or worse--before slumping against a wall.
Head in her hands, she berated herself silently. /She was about to get back with her group...she was about to see her Assassins again and I ruined it for her.....she said she had a headache this morning. I should have let her rest.../
***********
"So tell me...." Dilandau prompted Shinyo. "You said something about a warrior. Who did you come for?"
"My soldier. Don't play dumb, you know who I speak of."
"Yes..." he nodded slowly, trying to put it as tactfully as possible. "I'm afraid we mangled him rather badly...and he may not be able to use his left arm again..."
"You know perfectly well who I'm talking about, Dilandau," Shinyo told him gravly. "So none of your games. You took the girl; we want her back. It's that simple. Zaibach and Naza are allis, so it shouldn't be difficult for anyone to understand."
"'The girl'?" Dilandau started, first in confusion, then in shock and disbelief. "That girl...she's from Naza?"
"No shit, sherlock," growled Shinyo. "And if you did anything to hurt her...."
"Rai's with Naza?!" Dilandau still couldn't quite grasp it. "She's not a Daijin warrior?"
"Since when are you on a first name basis with my Assassins?" Shinyo's eyes narrowed.
"A-assassin?!" Dilandau just about fell over in surprise. "That brat is an Assassin?! A -NAZA- Assassin?"
"Watch how you speak about my team..." Shinyo warned, his tone dangerous. "If the other assassins were in the room when you said that, Dilandau, you wouldn't be standing before me now."
"Sorry..." He replied offhandedly. Dilandau was having a hard time believing it all. "But...it can't be true, can it? The child who wakes up crying and calling for 'Toshi', and is afraid of the dark and being alone, is an -ASSASSIN-?"
Something about the last part of what Dilandau said upset Shinyo. "She...she still cries...?"
"Does she!" Dilandau scoffed, throwing an arm in the air. "I watch over her night and morning shift. If no one's there, she goes postal on us! She--ah...? What is it?"
A little page with floppy brown hair had interupted Dilandau midsentance, and was now tugging at his sleeve to whisper something in his ear. The little boy was only half the size of the captain of the Dragonslayers, so he had to strach to deliever his message.
"WHAT?!!?!" Dilandau roared, as he straitened up, once the boy had told him. His arm flew out, and caught the boy in the side of his head. He in turn spralled across the floor, holding his face pittifully. "You insult me by lying!"
"N...no, Dilandau-sama! Ai-chan told me tell you....and I'm not lying, Dilandau-sama!" The little page cried in protest, fighting back tears.
"Fine, then...er...go!" Dilandau put his hands up helplessly, in a sign of defeat. He somehow couldn't stand to see the child's tears. Pushing the thought out of his mind, he continued, "Go get her....I don't know....go tell the cook to fetch her tea. She said something about it being soothing."
"Why does Ai-chan need tea, Dilandau-sama?" The boy asked, a questioning look on his face.
"You dolt!" Dilandau shouted in frusturation, throwing a random, convienently placed object at the boy's head. The child dodged it, and fled in the direction of the door to avoid any further abuse.
"Oh..for the other one..." he whimpered as he closed the door.
"Oh, gods...." Dilandau groaned, and sunk to the floor, his position much like Ai's not long ago. "Why do these things always happen...."
"Dilandau..if you don't mind me asking...WHAT just happened?" Shinyo was more than confused.
"Your girl is sick again," sighed Dilandau. "You won't be able to see her for a few days yet."
"Excuse me? Do you think to tell me what is best for MY assassins?" Shinyo demanded indignantly.
"Yeah, unless you want her to never recover. She won't be able to see ever if she isn't given time to heal."
"....-What-?" Shinyo stared at Dilandau as if his younger counterpart had grown a third head. "Just exactly what has happened while she's been here...?"
***********
End chap 6
BUAHAHAHAHA! I am so very very EEEEVVVVVIIIILLLLL~!!!!! I leave you with the cliffhanger! ||-|34||2 //1 //4
Archive: For the love of God! (Ahhahahahah!!! Maria!) I /want/ you to archive it, just tell me where!
Rant: Er.....see the "other" section I guess...
Dedication: Iya, TigerWolf, and Mara, as usual. Also, to the REAL Ringo...*sobb* why wern't you at sparring tuesday night? (Oh...right...he's not reading this...never mind...)
BGM: Aika from Inu Yasha (bgm for all dream sequences), #10 (I don't remember what it's called...eee! Sorry~!) off the LifeHouse CD, No Name Face, and I Recommend Instincts from the 3rd Escaflowne OST
Other: Well...fanfiction.net's been out for a while...that explains my not updating...oh, and also, my Spanish teacher seems convinced that I'm going to flunk out of my school. Meh. BITE ME, BITCH! She spent my entire lunch period telling me how stupid I am. Yeah, too bad my IQ's probably higher than hers. (Toshi: Kira: Quiet, you....my IQ is 118. Beat that, you not-real fictional character! Toshi: Kira: ::stuffs Toshi in the closet:: Quiet, you)
ANYWAYS!
If I seem to be...well, somewhat on the brink of homicidal in this chapter, you know why.
In other news, it has come to my attention that the Naza boys speak Korean most of the time, not Japanese or that crazy Gaean language whose name no one knows. So here's the deal:
- speaking in Japanese
*blah blah blah* - Korean
/blah blah blah/ - thinking
"blah blah blah" - normal talking
~la la la~ - singing/song lyrics
+blah blah blah+ - strange language, or a voice in someone's head
[blah blah blah] - author comments
***********
*They'd better not have hurt her!* Makoto growled to Kazu, as if the other assassin was the one holding Rai captive. *Agh. How long are they going to keep us here?!*
*Chill out, kid....* Shinyo sugguested, sitting on the cold floor. *Just because you bang your head against the bars doesn't mean that she'll get back any sooner.*
*Bite me.*
*Thanks, but no thanks.* Shinyo smirked. *I bet you don't taste good anyways.*
*Feh...* Mako went back to pressing his forehead against the bars of the dungeon cell.
*Why are we in a cell block, anyways?* Kazu asked Shinyo, quietly. Makoto may be willing to get beaten up by their excommander, but he wasn't going to take that chance. *I thought that Naza and Zaibach were alis?*
*We -are- alis...but they probably think we're spys.* Shinyo closed his eyes, and leaned against a wall. *That's what they thought about Toshihiro, at any rate....*
Kazu was about to ask anoter question when a gaurd approached the prison cell.
"My lord will see you now," he said, unlocking the barred door. "And you have our sincere appologies for the poor conditions."
*************
"Ohha~, Samu-chan." Rai could hear Ai's smile when she awoke that morning.
Rai turned in such a way that she could sit up.
"Ano...." Rai yawned. I don't really remember...It was strange though. I've it swimming in my mind, but I can't quite place it. You know?
Rai chortled at Ai's last sentance.
Ai cried, with mock hurt.
giggled Rai, I forgot my boots, and your BS is gettin' pretty deep.
snorted Ai.
Rai replied, voice deadpan. She flung herself back into bed, and pretended to be asleep.
Rai felt Ai's arm tug at her own, pulling her up from the large bed. She let herself be dragged up, and she complied with Ai's pleas to cooperate.
Rai asked her nurse, as the other girl helped her dress and comb out her hair.
Ai told her enigmatically, enjoying the secret.
Rai pouted, but Ai wouldn't give in.
**********
"Dilandau?!" Shinyo cried in astonishment as he saw who "my lord" actually was. "-You're- the one incharge around here now?!"
"I suppose I am," Dilandau grinned wolfishly back at the warlord.
Shinyo laughed, surprised, and walked forward. He studied the other man's face for a moment, before hauling off and punching him hard in the jaw.
There was a general cry of shock from everyone in the hall, and Dilandau's minions made a move for Shinyo, which was cut off by a swift hand motion from Dilandau.
"That's for the last time we were in battle together," Shinyo glared at his younger counterpart. "Don't question my athority next time."
"Yeah, whatever," Dilandau grumbled, rubbing his jaw. "Everyone wants to beat down a piece of my ass. But I'd like to remind you who it was whose less-than-advised actions saved the day!"
"Whatever you say, kid."
***********
Rai whined as she was lead down countless hallways.
Ai told her with an audible smile.
Rai muttered, rubbing her forehead.
/I'm only tired cuz of the lack of excersize.../ she assured herself silently. /Being stuck in one place without being able to train for a good month is sure to do something to your energy leval./
Ai giggled, but sounded somehow far away.
Rai didn't quite hear Ai's last remark, as a dizzy spell over came her. She stopped walking, and brought a hand to her forehead. A wave of nausea hit her, and it took all her stregnth to keep from emptying her stomach on the stone hallway floor.
***********
Ai waited for Rai's usual wry comeback, but it never came. The girl had stopped walking, and was now doubled over in unseen pain, clutching her stomach like it was the end of the world.
Ai cried, immedietly at her side.
Rai's small moan--followed by her passing out on the cold floor--was the only responce Ai was given. Ai's natural instincts kicked in at this point, and she let her subcounsious take over.
"Help!" She called as loudly as she could through the hallways. "We've got a sick person here! Get the meds down to the third corridor outside the meeting hall!"
The funny thing about Zaibach that almost no one really knows, and everyone who does just takes for granted, is that there is always someone around. Especially in any of the areas near any of the important halls. At this point, there were people practically comming out of the woodwork.
In less than a minute, four of the castle's body gaurds left carrying Rai back to her room next to the med ward. Ai sent a page to tell Dilandau what had happened--as he had requested to know whenever her condition got better or worse--before slumping against a wall.
Head in her hands, she berated herself silently. /She was about to get back with her group...she was about to see her Assassins again and I ruined it for her.....she said she had a headache this morning. I should have let her rest.../
***********
"So tell me...." Dilandau prompted Shinyo. "You said something about a warrior. Who did you come for?"
"My soldier. Don't play dumb, you know who I speak of."
"Yes..." he nodded slowly, trying to put it as tactfully as possible. "I'm afraid we mangled him rather badly...and he may not be able to use his left arm again..."
"You know perfectly well who I'm talking about, Dilandau," Shinyo told him gravly. "So none of your games. You took the girl; we want her back. It's that simple. Zaibach and Naza are allis, so it shouldn't be difficult for anyone to understand."
"'The girl'?" Dilandau started, first in confusion, then in shock and disbelief. "That girl...she's from Naza?"
"No shit, sherlock," growled Shinyo. "And if you did anything to hurt her...."
"Rai's with Naza?!" Dilandau still couldn't quite grasp it. "She's not a Daijin warrior?"
"Since when are you on a first name basis with my Assassins?" Shinyo's eyes narrowed.
"A-assassin?!" Dilandau just about fell over in surprise. "That brat is an Assassin?! A -NAZA- Assassin?"
"Watch how you speak about my team..." Shinyo warned, his tone dangerous. "If the other assassins were in the room when you said that, Dilandau, you wouldn't be standing before me now."
"Sorry..." He replied offhandedly. Dilandau was having a hard time believing it all. "But...it can't be true, can it? The child who wakes up crying and calling for 'Toshi', and is afraid of the dark and being alone, is an -ASSASSIN-?"
Something about the last part of what Dilandau said upset Shinyo. "She...she still cries...?"
"Does she!" Dilandau scoffed, throwing an arm in the air. "I watch over her night and morning shift. If no one's there, she goes postal on us! She--ah...? What is it?"
A little page with floppy brown hair had interupted Dilandau midsentance, and was now tugging at his sleeve to whisper something in his ear. The little boy was only half the size of the captain of the Dragonslayers, so he had to strach to deliever his message.
"WHAT?!!?!" Dilandau roared, as he straitened up, once the boy had told him. His arm flew out, and caught the boy in the side of his head. He in turn spralled across the floor, holding his face pittifully. "You insult me by lying!"
"N...no, Dilandau-sama! Ai-chan told me tell you....and I'm not lying, Dilandau-sama!" The little page cried in protest, fighting back tears.
"Fine, then...er...go!" Dilandau put his hands up helplessly, in a sign of defeat. He somehow couldn't stand to see the child's tears. Pushing the thought out of his mind, he continued, "Go get her....I don't know....go tell the cook to fetch her tea. She said something about it being soothing."
"Why does Ai-chan need tea, Dilandau-sama?" The boy asked, a questioning look on his face.
"You dolt!" Dilandau shouted in frusturation, throwing a random, convienently placed object at the boy's head. The child dodged it, and fled in the direction of the door to avoid any further abuse.
"Oh..for the other one..." he whimpered as he closed the door.
"Oh, gods...." Dilandau groaned, and sunk to the floor, his position much like Ai's not long ago. "Why do these things always happen...."
"Dilandau..if you don't mind me asking...WHAT just happened?" Shinyo was more than confused.
"Your girl is sick again," sighed Dilandau. "You won't be able to see her for a few days yet."
"Excuse me? Do you think to tell me what is best for MY assassins?" Shinyo demanded indignantly.
"Yeah, unless you want her to never recover. She won't be able to see ever if she isn't given time to heal."
"....-What-?" Shinyo stared at Dilandau as if his younger counterpart had grown a third head. "Just exactly what has happened while she's been here...?"
***********
End chap 6
BUAHAHAHAHA! I am so very very EEEEVVVVVIIIILLLLL~!!!!! I leave you with the cliffhanger! ||-|34||2 //1 //4
