My Gift
Ryoko Avalon
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"Mina?" She asked herself quietly, staring at the young girl being carried in the arms of a teenage boy with jet black hair.
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"Would you mind if I stopped at the book store before we go to the park?" Ryuiji asked, not necessarily looking down at Alu.
"It's okay." She smiled up at him, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Thanks little one." He sighed with relief.
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"I'm positive that's her." The man next to her said in the same tone of voice, recognizing the girl's eyes when she glanced at them.
"Oh Mina..." The woman sighed, resting her hands on her chest as if in prayer. However, the older man took no time at all in going right for the girl.
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Something grabbed him tightly on the shoulder and spun him around roughly to face an older and taller man, glaring angrily down at him and the girl in his arms. Otogi growled, placing the child down on her feet. Instinctively, she moved behind him and clung to his loose hand.
"What the hell is your problem? Whattaya think your doing?! Don't you DARE touch me!" He barked, giving the man a death glare only a wolf would give its prey seconds before ripping out it's throat.
"You've got my daughter." He said plainly, sending chills up Ryuiji's spine.
Alu.
He wanted to take Alu from him.
Never.
"Who do you think you are? This is my daughter!" Otogi roared, hair on the back of his neck was sticking strait up, he was ticked. A large crowd began to form around the two men and the child, all of which seemed very interested.
The woman he'd been with stepped through the crowd.
Alu's grip tightened on Otogi's jeans, and she retreated more.
"And the only way you're gonna get her, is through ME. And you won't have her." He placed a hand on the girl's shoulder and squeezed gently, sending signals of his fear, and yet, his vow of protection, through her small body. He wasn't about to let anyone take this girl from him.
"Back off kid. I want my daughter back. I don't want to hurt anybody."
"Not in my lifetime, pal. You're gonna have to kill me to get to her."
"So be it." He swung a heavy punch at the boy, only to have him duck under the hit and come back with one just as strong into the man's stomach.
"Alu. Get back. Hurry. Don't let either of them get NEAR you. Hear?"
"Mhm." She nodded hesitantly, backing off toward an opening in the crowd.
"Now I can show you how to really fight." He squinted his eyes and smirked mischievously, darting for his opponent and jumping into the air to dodge a punch, only to land a kick into the side of the man's head. He went down hard, getting up and glaring daggers at Ryuiji. He threw himself onto the boy, pinning him to the ground.
Otogi couldn't move at all. He couldn't defend himself.
This couldn't be the end...
Of course not.
It never is.
"Get off of him!" Two shadows shouted, materializing from the audience and crashing right into Otogi's captor. Otogi rolled to his side and gasped for the breath he'd been holding in secretively.
"You okay Ryuiji?" Honda's voice rose above the yells and murmurs to reach the fallen teenager's ears.
"Yeah." He coughed, regaining his balance. Alu ran for him, grabbing his free hand and squeezing tightly. "It's okay. I'm alright little one." He said weakly, just regaining his vocal cords.
Jounouchi wrapped his arms around the side of Otogi, that was free, and leaned his head down on the older boy's shoulder. He and Honda were there to protect the two.
He felt those certain vibrations from the boy on his shoulder.
"We...we'll see you in court ya little shit!" the man spat, grabbing the woman's wrist and dragging her after him.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." Otogi only brushed off the comment, holding an arm around Jounouchi's waist and retaining his comforting aura that the three of them all knew. Honda smiled at the sight, then spun around and began waving his arms.
"ALRIGHT PEOPLE! SHOW'S OVER! GO HOME! YOU HEARD ME! SCRAM! GET OUTTA HERE!" He announced.
Jounouchi could only chuckle softly at Honda's words. He seemed more innocent, when he cursed and ordered, than when he spoke normally.
"Daddy? Who are these people?" Alu asked, as Otogi scooped the girl up in his free arm.
"It's okay sweet heart. The one on my shoulder is Jounouchi, and the other one over there screaming his head off, is Honda. When you're around him, make sure you have a pencil sharpener in case his hair gets a little dull." He joked. Jounouchi and Alu laughed a little loud.
"I HEARD THAT!" Honda hollered, snagging Ryuiji's head in a headlock and giving him a rough, but loving, poking until the victim said uncle.
"AUNTIE! COUSIN! GRANDMA!" Otogi laughed.
"It's uncle."
"NO, IT'S GRANDPA!" he smirked.
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Author's note: Interesting or what? I rather liked the way my fight scene turned out...I could never write them, the way I saw them, before this fic.
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Game Over?
Continue?
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"Mina?" She asked herself quietly, staring at the young girl being carried in the arms of a teenage boy with jet black hair.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Would you mind if I stopped at the book store before we go to the park?" Ryuiji asked, not necessarily looking down at Alu.
"It's okay." She smiled up at him, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Thanks little one." He sighed with relief.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I'm positive that's her." The man next to her said in the same tone of voice, recognizing the girl's eyes when she glanced at them.
"Oh Mina..." The woman sighed, resting her hands on her chest as if in prayer. However, the older man took no time at all in going right for the girl.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Something grabbed him tightly on the shoulder and spun him around roughly to face an older and taller man, glaring angrily down at him and the girl in his arms. Otogi growled, placing the child down on her feet. Instinctively, she moved behind him and clung to his loose hand.
"What the hell is your problem? Whattaya think your doing?! Don't you DARE touch me!" He barked, giving the man a death glare only a wolf would give its prey seconds before ripping out it's throat.
"You've got my daughter." He said plainly, sending chills up Ryuiji's spine.
Alu.
He wanted to take Alu from him.
Never.
"Who do you think you are? This is my daughter!" Otogi roared, hair on the back of his neck was sticking strait up, he was ticked. A large crowd began to form around the two men and the child, all of which seemed very interested.
The woman he'd been with stepped through the crowd.
Alu's grip tightened on Otogi's jeans, and she retreated more.
"And the only way you're gonna get her, is through ME. And you won't have her." He placed a hand on the girl's shoulder and squeezed gently, sending signals of his fear, and yet, his vow of protection, through her small body. He wasn't about to let anyone take this girl from him.
"Back off kid. I want my daughter back. I don't want to hurt anybody."
"Not in my lifetime, pal. You're gonna have to kill me to get to her."
"So be it." He swung a heavy punch at the boy, only to have him duck under the hit and come back with one just as strong into the man's stomach.
"Alu. Get back. Hurry. Don't let either of them get NEAR you. Hear?"
"Mhm." She nodded hesitantly, backing off toward an opening in the crowd.
"Now I can show you how to really fight." He squinted his eyes and smirked mischievously, darting for his opponent and jumping into the air to dodge a punch, only to land a kick into the side of the man's head. He went down hard, getting up and glaring daggers at Ryuiji. He threw himself onto the boy, pinning him to the ground.
Otogi couldn't move at all. He couldn't defend himself.
This couldn't be the end...
Of course not.
It never is.
"Get off of him!" Two shadows shouted, materializing from the audience and crashing right into Otogi's captor. Otogi rolled to his side and gasped for the breath he'd been holding in secretively.
"You okay Ryuiji?" Honda's voice rose above the yells and murmurs to reach the fallen teenager's ears.
"Yeah." He coughed, regaining his balance. Alu ran for him, grabbing his free hand and squeezing tightly. "It's okay. I'm alright little one." He said weakly, just regaining his vocal cords.
Jounouchi wrapped his arms around the side of Otogi, that was free, and leaned his head down on the older boy's shoulder. He and Honda were there to protect the two.
He felt those certain vibrations from the boy on his shoulder.
"We...we'll see you in court ya little shit!" the man spat, grabbing the woman's wrist and dragging her after him.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." Otogi only brushed off the comment, holding an arm around Jounouchi's waist and retaining his comforting aura that the three of them all knew. Honda smiled at the sight, then spun around and began waving his arms.
"ALRIGHT PEOPLE! SHOW'S OVER! GO HOME! YOU HEARD ME! SCRAM! GET OUTTA HERE!" He announced.
Jounouchi could only chuckle softly at Honda's words. He seemed more innocent, when he cursed and ordered, than when he spoke normally.
"Daddy? Who are these people?" Alu asked, as Otogi scooped the girl up in his free arm.
"It's okay sweet heart. The one on my shoulder is Jounouchi, and the other one over there screaming his head off, is Honda. When you're around him, make sure you have a pencil sharpener in case his hair gets a little dull." He joked. Jounouchi and Alu laughed a little loud.
"I HEARD THAT!" Honda hollered, snagging Ryuiji's head in a headlock and giving him a rough, but loving, poking until the victim said uncle.
"AUNTIE! COUSIN! GRANDMA!" Otogi laughed.
"It's uncle."
"NO, IT'S GRANDPA!" he smirked.
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Author's note: Interesting or what? I rather liked the way my fight scene turned out...I could never write them, the way I saw them, before this fic.
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Game Over?
Continue?