+Obsidian Glass Rose+
By Origami Hoshi, Spinel Sun, and Hikari no Genki
+Chapter 8: Paranoid+
"Walking across the thin ice of my dreams, fearing the cold water of reality beneath me. Yet, onward I tred."
Francois Muriae
Ori: Yay! We've almost lured Gen-chan out of depression.
Suppi: We really wanted to thank Kurisu-san for helping us.
Ori: And now, we present to you the next chapter of OGR!!
Suppi: And Hikaru is more devious then ever.
Ori: And he has less buckles than ever, too.
Suppi: Anyways, we hope you enjoy the new chapter!!
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Well, uhm..Gen's turn to reply to reviews again. We hope she'll be back soon!! ^.^;; For now, you can watch Hiraku and Kiram.
Kiram: ;; Evil chipmunk must dieee!!
Hiraku: -busy laughing insanely- MWHAHAHA!! I'm going to rule the world, sort of.
Kiram: O_O;; …
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The Queen of Harpies sat quietly in her throne room, her only companions in the silence being her three elite harpie warrioresses: the Harpie Sisters. Mai took a deep breath of the cool, night mountain air that flowed into the open room. The time was coming soon. Soon, she would have to take action. The war came closer and closer with each passing day. Hiraku would have to be disposed of.
"Harumi", the queen addressed the green haired harpie sister, "Take Kiyora and Rilka to deliver a message to the Lord of Deception, Hiraku. Tell him that he has two days before we take action."
The sisters nodded and exited the room without replying. Mai sighed. She felt somewhat guilty at using young human boys like she was to get to powerful vampyre spawn. But, this was her war, and she was determined not to lose.
She knew that Bakura would reach Ryou by the end of the night. Then, Mai Audara mused to herself, she would have to make sure that Yuugi met his former lover as well. After which, she would use this 'Achille's Heel' to get them to turn on their maker.
"I'm sorry, Yuugi… Ryou. Forgive me", the harpie murmured softly as though the college students could hear her, "This is a war I cannot afford to lose, and deception clouds the minds of the people. Mortal or immortal."
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"1567.. Finally", grumbled Bakura, "Stupid mortals." He faded into the shadows of the wall and shortly reappeared inside the room. The dorm room was quiet, and there was no signs of movement.
The white-haired vampyre scanned the room silently. He could smell the mortal blood. He turned his brown eyes to the bed up against the wall. There, a form lay, long white hair covering his back. His soft breathing signified that he was asleep.
"Ryou", the name sounded alien on Bakura's tongue. It had been what felt like centuries since he had addressed this boy. He stealthily approached the bed. His mortal lover still looked the same. Pale face, white hair. Still somewhat girly looking, despite five years of maturity.
As if hearing his name, Ryou stirred slightly, turning to face the other way. He muttered something, but continued to sleep. Bakura reached out, as if in a dream, to touch the other's face.
Suddenly, Ryou turned around again, his eyes flashing open.
"Bakura?!", he yelped in shock, his heart nearly jumped out of his chest. The other's hand jerked back. The two look-a-likes stared at each other for a moment.
Finally, Bakura scowled, muttering, "What? Surprised to see me?"
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"Tokeino otoni oikakeraru, wasurerukotode kyoo no hi o, boku wa ikiteiruyo…", the radio played Beautiful Alone as the three friends sat at the table, looking at each other over the top of their cards.
"Hm.."
Jou looked in the center of the table where a pile of goldfish sat, waiting for a victor to stuff them down his throat. There was a moment of silence. At long last, the three boys showed the others their hands.
"Full house!", Jou declared reaching for the snacks. Suddenly, a gentle hand grabbed his arm. The owner, Yuugi, smiled.
"Nope, sorry, Jou", he appologized, taking the fish shaped crackers. Jou turned his eyes to glance at Yuugi's card. An ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of hearts lay happily next to each other.
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Yami leaped down from his tree sanctuary. Bakura was up to something, and he knew it. Five years sharing a house with the vampyre told him so. And he was about to find out just what Bakura was up to.
He faded silently into the shadow of the tree.
"Going to have fun without me, Bakura?"
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"Lady Anzu?", inquired a pink haired servant, dressed entirely in blue, "The scout have returned with information." The sea nymph queen looked up and smiled.
"Thank you, Umiko. Please send them in", Anzu Thetis replied, sitting elegantly in her chair on the blacony of her seaside castle. The servant nodded and returned to the door, opening it slowly. An aqua magician with long, wild purple hair and a mask on his face entered the room, long green and yellow robes flowing behind him.
"Queen Anzu Thetis", he greeted, removing the golden mask to reveal happy ruby eyes and a smile, "It's so good to see you." Anzu nodded and motioned for her guest to sit across from her in a white chair. He accepted gratefully.
"You have news for me, then, my water mage?", she inquired.
"Indeed. Grave news. It seems that Hiraku is hiding someone powerful. We suspect the Gemini", he said seriously, frowning. The queen frowned as well. This was serious. The Gemini were two brothers of an unknown immortal race, suspected vampyres with awsome powers.
"We must warn Lady Mai immediately."
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Kiram wandered down the halls of the Deception House humming a little tune to himself. He had left Marik in their room, saying that he needed to take a walk. Sitting there thinking about how much he hated Hiraku had gotten a little bit boring.
The child-like vampyre stopped at a wooden door, decorated only with a silver colored door knob and a carving of a sun and moon. He smiled somewhat. Nephthys and Sekhmet's room. Prank time.
"Sekhmet-chaaan", he called, "S'Kiram! I wanna tell you soomething!" No reply. Kiram frowned and knocked, calling again. Still no reply. The blonde sighed and faded into the room.
"You're no fun Se—"
He stopped. On the ground, Sekhmet's dead body lay, drenched in red liquid from a golden cup on the ground.
"Sekhment? Ra, Sekhemt! Are you okay?", he urgently asked the lifeless corpse who did not answer, seeing as it was dead. Sekhmet's blank eyes gazed straight foreward, her pale lips turned in a sad smile.
"If Sekhmet is dead…", Kiram thought, "Who is next..? What if.." Suddenly, he stopped and dashed out of the room. This was so not happening to him!
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Hiraku chuckled to himself as he watched Kiram figure things out in his crystal ball. His spawn just got more clever each day. A look of pure horror crossed the young vampyre in the crystal as he hurried to find his lover.
"Pathetic", Hiraku commented, "Traitors don't live, you know that you silly boy. Show me Nephthys!" The image changed to that of the backstabbing vampress, Nephthys, who had murdered her sister. She was walking down a dark hall, heading to Marik and Kiram's room.
"You poor, naiive girl..", the lord said, smirking, "Traitors don't live, and you are a traitor, aren't you? Went and killed your sister all for little ol' me… Ah well, I don't need wimpy servents like you. I have.." He stopped and grinned to himself. It was his secret. His lovely little secret.
"Show me Bakura", he commanded the crystal ball, "You think you can hide from me? I know everything… Ah.. What a sweet little boy…" Hiraku tilted his head like a curious child as he saw Ryou's face.
"Hm.. interesting…"
At that moment, the doors to his throne room burst open, admitting three disgusted looking harpie sisters: Harumi, Kiyora, and Rilka. The strode in wearing their golden armour and bearing thorned whips.
"The Harpie-Siren Queen wished to send the Lord of Deception, Hiraku, an urgent message", they declared in unison.
"Well, well… Renorian, Ronen. Take care of these lovely ladies", the vampyre lord chuckled as two pairs of silver glowing eyes appeared in the shadows behind his throne, "You know what to do."
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Ori: And that's all folks, because we're hungry.
Suppi: Yes, quite! –drools at the thought of goldfish- Oh yeah, and we'd like to thank everyone who joined our clique. URL is white-game.nefirms.com! ^^
Ori: BAD ADVERTISER!! –twaps Suppi with Gen's borrowed oak tree-
Suppi: Ow. X_X
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