disclaimer: the usual disclaimers apply.
note: please reveiw.
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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Rhys Icewind
~Chapter 3~
Shun, Ruriko and Yukino found themselves one moment it a strange city,
the next in a cold cell.
"If I ever get my hands on that woman I'll surely...." Ruriko was walking
around, muttering the next words unaudible.
Shun was standing near the cell door, banging on the bars. "HEY LET US
OUT! WERE NOT TERRORISTS OR ANYTHING!!!"
An Yukino was just sitting quietly in a corner.
"I'll destroy these bars if I have to!" Shun shouted.
Ruriko ran over to him and held his wrists, "no, were already in trouble
and our gate powers would get us into deeper trouble if were not careful.
Just as the two were starting to argue, a guard showed up.
"Hey, you three, you're being called to the president's office." he said,
opening the cell.
Yukino was the first to come out while Ruriko and Shun became quiet and
followed after them. This was when they found out how large the whole
prison was. It was a maze and only the guards seemed to know the way out
of the underground prison.
When they got out, they travelled across the city and saw many strange
sights and sounds. It was very clear to them that the city was very hi-tech
and well-guarded. They travelled deeper and deeper into the city and it
became known to them that the president's office was in the heart of the
city ('of course it's in the heart of the city! look at that huge building
there!!!' Ruriko even shouted at shun).
As soon as they reached the president's building (which they found out to
be a very complex building as well), they headed into the president's office.
Inside there was a tall, dark-skinned man, whose eyes were full of wisdom and
whose hair was braided behind him; a very quiet, fair-skinned man with a
heavy build; a lovely woman with short, brown hair; and a man, who was
casually dressed in a shirt and pants, his black hair tied behind him, and
his eyes gleaming.
Because of the other two men dressed so formally, the three strangers had an
impression of them being the rulers of the city and therefore greeted them
in the most courteous way.
"you must be mistaken," the dark man said. "HE'S the president." he finished,
pointing at the casually dressed man.
The woman spoke, "I know he may dress like that, but he is the president."
Shun and Ruriko looked at each other, Yukino just kept silent.
"You must pardon me, I'm not really into formalities, even after these long
years. I'm still quite not used to it" the president spoke, his voice strong
yet gentle.
The other man nodded at the dark man and the dark man spoke, "you must be
strangers then, let me introduce the people present. I'm Kiros" he bowed,
"and the other man over there is Ward,(Ward waved his hand) and she is
Ellone,(she waved as well) and the president's name is Laguna Loire."
"hello!" laguna greeted.
"I'm Ruriko Ikusawa, he is Shun Ukiya and this little girl is Yukino Houjou.
We're sorry we misinterpreted you." she said politely.
Laguna went over to them and shook Shun's hand first, patted Yukino's head
and then shook Ruriko's hand last and said, "It's OK. I know how I must
mave looked like to you. Oh! I forgot, I must welcome you to the City of
Esthar!"
===
Selphie, Irvine and Rinoa bursted into the room, their weapons out. Dr.
Kadowaki was behind them.
"Is this how you say thank you? after all we've done for you?" Irvine
shouted.
Sakura just looked at him, holding the Heal Card in her hands, looking
quite confused. "what did I do?"
"you sent off that magic spell!" Selphie said.
Sakura started to laugh.
Rinoa looked at her one of her eyebrows raised. "what's so funny?"
"I only healed myself up." she giggles, the Heal card disappearing
in her hands.
The three SeeDs relaxed. Rinoa spoke up, "you scared the hell out
of Dr. Kadowaki!!!!"
Sakura stopped giggling. "Sorry."
Dr. Kadowaki stepped out from behind the three. "next time, tell me
if you're going to do something?" she said.
Sakura blushed and nodded.
===
Saehri and Zell walked towards the Infirmary. Zell didn't feel sleepy
anymore. As they walked, they talked and because of that, he bumped into
somebody.
"sorry!" Zell says, bowing. And when he looked up, he saw a woman a few
inches taller than him, with short, black hair and bangs staring at him
with her cold, ice-blue eyes. This made Zell feel uneasy, with chills
running down his spine. He noticed that Saehri looked at her with undisguised
hate.
"you be careful next time, blondie" she said coldly and left.
"who was that?" Saehri asked.
Zell looked at her and sighed. "That was Selune. She's just as old as I am
but quite tall and VERY strong. She already defeated Seifer, Squall and me
in a single battle! 3 on 1!!! She may look like she's someone bad, but she's
really nice once you get to know her. But sometimes, she's just plain rude"
Saehri had the look of hate on her face. "whatever you say, I hate her."
===
"So you say that you were sent here by a hooded woman?" Laguna repeated his
question for the third time.
Shun sighed. "ya! why don't you beleive us? I can prove that there is such
a thing as the gate that we are talking about!!!" he shouted.
Kiros looked at ward who nodded. "very well, show your proof."
"Rurippe, you do it mine's too dangerous." Shun said.
"no problem." Ruriko stood from the sofa. "does anybody here have an injury?"
Ellone raised an eyebrow, "why do you ask?"
"I will need it for this demonstration." she smiled.
Ward raised his hand.
Ruriko stepped closer to him and asked, "what seems to be your problem?"
Ward kept silent.
"well?"
"he's mute." Kiros said from behind.
Ruriko blushed. "oh...can you tell me how long has it been?"
"VERY long. Ellone was just a little kid then..." Kiros replied, looking
at the woman who was Ellone.
"I see...I'm not so sure if this will work but...." Ruriko faces Ward and
steps back a little then streatches her right arm out, palms facing Ward.
"OPEN GATE!!!" she shouts, then suddenly, two golden-yellow rings appear
before her hands, one inside the other. "Healing light!!!!" she shouts
again, and from the inner ring, a shower of golden light pours inside the
room. When the light disappeared, Ruriko was smiling, "how do you feel?
she asks.
There was silence.
"It seems...." Kiros was starting to say, when suddenly he heard some
mumbling. "what?"
"I....I can talk!" Ward whispered in a hoarse voice.
Laguna's eyes widened. "WARD! you can talk!!!" he ran over to him and
embraced him, just like a child.
There was a regular hugfest after which Ward turned to face Ruriko.
"Thank you. Thank you very much."
Ruriko smiled, "no problem. Maybe now you beleive us?"
Laguna went beside Shun and put his hands on Shun's shoulder. "We do.
And maybe now we can help you get back."
===
Zell entered the infirmary and encountered a group of giggling people.
Zell stared in confusion.
Rinoa noticed the look on Zell's face and greeted him. "OH! HI!! *giggle*
how's everything?"
Zell smiled. "fine. Seems like everybody's in a great condition too."
"you've lost your eyebags. you must have slept well." a sweet voice from
behind Selphie said. Selphie moved aside and revealed a beautful Sakura.
Zell stared in awe. She was so beautiful! Her emerald green eyes stirred
something inside him that was so overwhelming that it froze him on spot.
For him, it was love at first sight. At that thought, he heard two voices,
one that shouted in pain and agony, and one that laughed evilly.
I must warn you not to fall in love with any woman...
"ZELL!!" Irvine shouted.
Zell snapped back into reality. "huh?"
Irvine gave a sly smile. "daydreaming or fantasizing?"
Zell's surprised face became a light pink in anger. "WHAT!! I would never!"
Selphie came inbetween them and said, "will you two stop before it gets
worse? please?"
Zell quieted down and left while Irvine just smiled wider and smirked.
Deep inside, though it didn't show on the outside, was quite worried about
Zell. There was something about his that reminded her of Syaoran but she
couldin't get her finger on it. she thought.
===
Sorry for the lame chapter. I was suffering my writer's block disease. -_-; gomen.
I'm doing POV's for the next chapter, for an experiment. I hope that you'll like it
til next time! ^_~ jaa ne!
note: please reveiw.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Rhys Icewind
~Chapter 3~
Shun, Ruriko and Yukino found themselves one moment it a strange city,
the next in a cold cell.
"If I ever get my hands on that woman I'll surely...." Ruriko was walking
around, muttering the next words unaudible.
Shun was standing near the cell door, banging on the bars. "HEY LET US
OUT! WERE NOT TERRORISTS OR ANYTHING!!!"
An Yukino was just sitting quietly in a corner.
"I'll destroy these bars if I have to!" Shun shouted.
Ruriko ran over to him and held his wrists, "no, were already in trouble
and our gate powers would get us into deeper trouble if were not careful.
Just as the two were starting to argue, a guard showed up.
"Hey, you three, you're being called to the president's office." he said,
opening the cell.
Yukino was the first to come out while Ruriko and Shun became quiet and
followed after them. This was when they found out how large the whole
prison was. It was a maze and only the guards seemed to know the way out
of the underground prison.
When they got out, they travelled across the city and saw many strange
sights and sounds. It was very clear to them that the city was very hi-tech
and well-guarded. They travelled deeper and deeper into the city and it
became known to them that the president's office was in the heart of the
city ('of course it's in the heart of the city! look at that huge building
there!!!' Ruriko even shouted at shun).
As soon as they reached the president's building (which they found out to
be a very complex building as well), they headed into the president's office.
Inside there was a tall, dark-skinned man, whose eyes were full of wisdom and
whose hair was braided behind him; a very quiet, fair-skinned man with a
heavy build; a lovely woman with short, brown hair; and a man, who was
casually dressed in a shirt and pants, his black hair tied behind him, and
his eyes gleaming.
Because of the other two men dressed so formally, the three strangers had an
impression of them being the rulers of the city and therefore greeted them
in the most courteous way.
"you must be mistaken," the dark man said. "HE'S the president." he finished,
pointing at the casually dressed man.
The woman spoke, "I know he may dress like that, but he is the president."
Shun and Ruriko looked at each other, Yukino just kept silent.
"You must pardon me, I'm not really into formalities, even after these long
years. I'm still quite not used to it" the president spoke, his voice strong
yet gentle.
The other man nodded at the dark man and the dark man spoke, "you must be
strangers then, let me introduce the people present. I'm Kiros" he bowed,
"and the other man over there is Ward,(Ward waved his hand) and she is
Ellone,(she waved as well) and the president's name is Laguna Loire."
"hello!" laguna greeted.
"I'm Ruriko Ikusawa, he is Shun Ukiya and this little girl is Yukino Houjou.
We're sorry we misinterpreted you." she said politely.
Laguna went over to them and shook Shun's hand first, patted Yukino's head
and then shook Ruriko's hand last and said, "It's OK. I know how I must
mave looked like to you. Oh! I forgot, I must welcome you to the City of
Esthar!"
===
Selphie, Irvine and Rinoa bursted into the room, their weapons out. Dr.
Kadowaki was behind them.
"Is this how you say thank you? after all we've done for you?" Irvine
shouted.
Sakura just looked at him, holding the Heal Card in her hands, looking
quite confused. "what did I do?"
"you sent off that magic spell!" Selphie said.
Sakura started to laugh.
Rinoa looked at her one of her eyebrows raised. "what's so funny?"
"I only healed myself up." she giggles, the Heal card disappearing
in her hands.
The three SeeDs relaxed. Rinoa spoke up, "you scared the hell out
of Dr. Kadowaki!!!!"
Sakura stopped giggling. "Sorry."
Dr. Kadowaki stepped out from behind the three. "next time, tell me
if you're going to do something?" she said.
Sakura blushed and nodded.
===
Saehri and Zell walked towards the Infirmary. Zell didn't feel sleepy
anymore. As they walked, they talked and because of that, he bumped into
somebody.
"sorry!" Zell says, bowing. And when he looked up, he saw a woman a few
inches taller than him, with short, black hair and bangs staring at him
with her cold, ice-blue eyes. This made Zell feel uneasy, with chills
running down his spine. He noticed that Saehri looked at her with undisguised
hate.
"you be careful next time, blondie" she said coldly and left.
"who was that?" Saehri asked.
Zell looked at her and sighed. "That was Selune. She's just as old as I am
but quite tall and VERY strong. She already defeated Seifer, Squall and me
in a single battle! 3 on 1!!! She may look like she's someone bad, but she's
really nice once you get to know her. But sometimes, she's just plain rude"
Saehri had the look of hate on her face. "whatever you say, I hate her."
===
"So you say that you were sent here by a hooded woman?" Laguna repeated his
question for the third time.
Shun sighed. "ya! why don't you beleive us? I can prove that there is such
a thing as the gate that we are talking about!!!" he shouted.
Kiros looked at ward who nodded. "very well, show your proof."
"Rurippe, you do it mine's too dangerous." Shun said.
"no problem." Ruriko stood from the sofa. "does anybody here have an injury?"
Ellone raised an eyebrow, "why do you ask?"
"I will need it for this demonstration." she smiled.
Ward raised his hand.
Ruriko stepped closer to him and asked, "what seems to be your problem?"
Ward kept silent.
"well?"
"he's mute." Kiros said from behind.
Ruriko blushed. "oh...can you tell me how long has it been?"
"VERY long. Ellone was just a little kid then..." Kiros replied, looking
at the woman who was Ellone.
"I see...I'm not so sure if this will work but...." Ruriko faces Ward and
steps back a little then streatches her right arm out, palms facing Ward.
"OPEN GATE!!!" she shouts, then suddenly, two golden-yellow rings appear
before her hands, one inside the other. "Healing light!!!!" she shouts
again, and from the inner ring, a shower of golden light pours inside the
room. When the light disappeared, Ruriko was smiling, "how do you feel?
she asks.
There was silence.
"It seems...." Kiros was starting to say, when suddenly he heard some
mumbling. "what?"
"I....I can talk!" Ward whispered in a hoarse voice.
Laguna's eyes widened. "WARD! you can talk!!!" he ran over to him and
embraced him, just like a child.
There was a regular hugfest after which Ward turned to face Ruriko.
"Thank you. Thank you very much."
Ruriko smiled, "no problem. Maybe now you beleive us?"
Laguna went beside Shun and put his hands on Shun's shoulder. "We do.
And maybe now we can help you get back."
===
Zell entered the infirmary and encountered a group of giggling people.
Zell stared in confusion.
Rinoa noticed the look on Zell's face and greeted him. "OH! HI!! *giggle*
how's everything?"
Zell smiled. "fine. Seems like everybody's in a great condition too."
"you've lost your eyebags. you must have slept well." a sweet voice from
behind Selphie said. Selphie moved aside and revealed a beautful Sakura.
Zell stared in awe. She was so beautiful! Her emerald green eyes stirred
something inside him that was so overwhelming that it froze him on spot.
For him, it was love at first sight. At that thought, he heard two voices,
one that shouted in pain and agony, and one that laughed evilly.
I must warn you not to fall in love with any woman...
"ZELL!!" Irvine shouted.
Zell snapped back into reality. "huh?"
Irvine gave a sly smile. "daydreaming or fantasizing?"
Zell's surprised face became a light pink in anger. "WHAT!! I would never!"
Selphie came inbetween them and said, "will you two stop before it gets
worse? please?"
Zell quieted down and left while Irvine just smiled wider and smirked.
Deep inside, though it didn't show on the outside, was quite worried about
Zell. There was something about his that reminded her of Syaoran but she
couldin't get her finger on it. she thought.
===
Sorry for the lame chapter. I was suffering my writer's block disease. -_-; gomen.
I'm doing POV's for the next chapter, for an experiment. I hope that you'll like it
til next time! ^_~ jaa ne!
