Summary- this takes place in late afternoon and at night. Kitchel is walking back from the garden when her supposed 'thieving friend' comes up to the gates and persuades her to go with her to steal some treasure. One thing. That 'friend' is a solitary yokai with a plan, and they want Diolasis.
Disclaimer: Don't own Dragon Knights. Wish I did
Update: 9/4/06. I have cleaned up the Diolasis story a little. By that I mean less grammatical errors (hopefully) and less confusing (possibly). Plotline is still same!
Enjoy.
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Diolasis chapter four:
Grey Memories
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Kitchel blinked slightly, keeping her head low to the table as she giggled into her glass of lemonade, as she tipped the fork on her plate off onto the table with a clatter. She could hardly keep her laughter down before it bubbled up inside her and escaped through her lips with a small squeak of "ah-ha."
Alfeegi stopped also. His fork was in mid flight into his mouth with a crisp water chestnut from the salad he was eating. His eyes were wide and his jaw slacked open, watching the figure across from him sit himself in a chair.
Ruwalk however, was not as subtle. He placed his forehead on the glass table and pounded it with his fist. As he sat up, insane laughter emitted itself from him as tears streamed down his face. "Oh- ahaha- my god!" Clutching his side, he hunched in his seat.
"What?" Tetheus growled slightly as he looked to Ruwalk, witch made the Yellow Officer laughed harder. Unknown to Tetheus, the pretty flowers Kitchel had entwined with his silky hair, were still present.
"Nothing, friend, n-nothing at all. Sit down. Oh, you're already sitting. Ahahahahaha! Help yourself to salad. Not that you need anything more that's green. Ahahaha-naaaiiiouch!" Ruwalk immediately went back to his lunch as Alfeegi's fist collided with his shoulder.
Tetheus reached up and started running his hand through his hair, but promptly brought it out again ad red and gold flowers entangled themselves in between his fingers. "What did you do?" His voice was calm yet with an accusing note for an undertone. His almond eyes were slanted and his mouth was so thin that it looked like one solid line.
"Well..." Kitchel tried to keep a strait face but Ruwalk's constant giggling wasn't helping at all. "I saw you sleeping and-" Ruwalk did quiet now. "- and I had a little fun!" Grumbling, Tetheus once again got up, this time walking into the castle to get the flowers out. Ruwalk deep laughter and Kitchel's high twittering followed him into the hall.
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"...what a day, what a day…"It was dusk, and Kitchel was walking along the gardens. She hadn't seen Tetheus and it had made her somewhat downcast. Even though it was against her will, she felt oddly safe when he was around. Kitchel knew that no yokai could get into the castle or its grounds because of the protective seal, but still. She felt like nothing could hurt her.
Stringing together more flowers she walked to the edge of the wall, where a rod iron gate stood. It separated the castle from the dirt road that led down to the town. Kitchel sighed. Deep down inside she knew that she would never be able to walk outside the gates unless an Officer, a Knight, or a Dragon Fighter accompanied her.
Kitchel was trapped. The thief hated being trapped. All thieves do. For the first time, she thought of Thatz and how hard it must be to live here. Staring out to the dieing sun, she choked back a tear. That was the life she had led. This is the life she is leading.
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Dragon Eye Diolasis!
"Ah, Yes...Diolasis...Nadil will pay a good sum for that treasure."
Cackle.
A room. Pitch black. A god-forsaken hole full of malice and revenge. A
woman devoid of soul.
Cruel.
Deep purple eyes shot out of the blackness to focused on a glassy
surface. A split screen.
One half of the screen showed pretty little Kitchel moping. The other,
Diolasis.
The Woman's eyes glowed unearthly green for a split second, but then
disappeared with a lasting cackle.
Those eyes had belonged to a woman by the name of Thai.
"I must have Diolasis!" A shriek of a girl dieing echoed "And that
girly and her friend are going to help me." Thai took the shape of the
nameless she-thief whose life had just ended.
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"Kitchel! Oh my god Kitchel! Is that like, totally you!" It was Tai. Fully clothed in the skin of a thief that was known to be one of Kitchel's friends. She supposedly hasn't seen her since Kitchel took on that job for Lykouleon. "Kitchel! Its meeeeee!"
Kitchel's head swung around. Eyes sparkling, hair swinging. She knew that voice. Opening her mouth slightly, she went to call out. Pain. Ouch. Laughing, Kitchel held her own neck.
"You, like, okay?" The girl was standing on the other side of the iron fence.
"Ya." Kitchel laughed again. "Never open your mouth and swing your head around. Kitchel suddenly gave a shuttering gasp. "Oh Maher, how are you.." Kitchel looked guiltily at her. " I'm so sorry Maher, I haven't talked to you in so long. What are ya here for?"
"Well." Maher/ Thai grinned both inwardly and out. "I just wanted to think and talk about all those good times we had." They both sat down, one on each side of the gate.
Thai was carefully not to touch the iron.
It must hurt. She thought. She had heard of valiant Yokai Bierrez. He could go INSIDE the castle grounds. He had blood witch could penetrate the defenses.
Unluckily for Thai, she did not possess that happy power. She was just a solitary Yokai. Who wanted to piss off Nadil. Well, Nadil's head was severed. So her wheeling and dealing had to go through Shydeman and Shyrendora. But, she could always use that hunky black haired man, their older brother.
Thai sighed heavily and looked sad. Kitchel felt so bad. "What can I do to make it up to you Maher?"
"Well, Kitchel." Thai whispered so low that the orange haired women had to lean forward. "Now that you mention it, I have, like, a proposition for yas!" Thai flipped Maher's bright blond hair from her face. "I heard..." Giggle. "That there is this HUGE treasure, like, outside town. I was thinking to raid it tonight. But, I need a partner. And the inscription said that I need a 'Holy Treasure'. What do you think?"
Kitchel took a sharp intake of breath. Could she mean Diolasis? "Uh, Maher, I don't think that's such a good idea."
"But Kitchel! You said anything! And its not going to be like we're going to loose the 'Holy Treasure', just 'use' it." Thai saw the clocks in Kitchel's head working slowly.
"Alright." Kitchel looked around. Her eyes slowly scanned the beautiful trees all around her, as if looking for eavesdroppers. Then they settled back on Maher. The girl was tall, but not as nearly at Kitchel's height. Her eyes were a bright green and her hair a golden blond.
"That's, like, totally great. Meet me here at midnight. Bring...umm...Diolasis, kay?"
"How did you know about-" Kitchel started with a puzzled and untrusting glare at her so-called friend.
Thai made an effort to look surprised. "You kidding, right? I mean, it's the talk of the town! You came back with the Three Treasures with that handsome black haired guy. Mmm, lucky!"
Kitchel blushed. "Well, Maher, its nothing like that"
"Ya, suuuuure!" Grinning, Thai ran down the dirt road waving back. "Bye!"
Kitchel waved back. "Uh-bye." Turning around, she bee lined back to her room. She tried to feel worried. She knew she shouldn't be doing this. She knew! But the excitement of the sting was dripping into her blood stream. Her whole body shook from adrenalin as she sat down on her bed and decided to take a nap. She needed to be bright eyed when she snuck into the Dragon Chambers and stole Diolasis. Well, it wasn't stealing! She was bringing it back after all.
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Aqua hair tumbled over shoulders. Parchment fluttered as long fingers strayed out and turned the page of a book. Alfeegi was sitting peacefully under a large tree reading a book. His hair was ruffled slightly as a breeze swept by. He heard voices. Soft female voices. Getting up, he closed his book and peered around a bush.
There was Kitchel, and a girl outside the gate. They were talking in low tones, but with Alfeegi's elongated Dragon ears, he caught every word. This wasn't normal. How could she be so stupid! No one knew that Kitchel had brought the Three Treasures!
Standing up hurriedly, he grabbed his book, and scurried into the castle to get to The Dragon Lord.
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Tetheus was sitting in his office once again.
His hair, no thanks to Kitchel, was finally back to feeling and looking normal again. Tetheus just couldn't get that dandelion smell out.
He didn't necessarily hate being outside, but sometimes it was just to bright.
Turning back to his papers, he tried so salvage any parchment that wasn't damaged by black ink. Everything either had smudges on it, or was so black, you couldn't even read it.
All in sixteen of the thirty pages were ruined.
Tetheus put his head on the desk and banged it softly. "Stupid, stupid, stupid." He sighed. All that work! Alfeegi would be so mad! Arg! All because Kitchel had to come and interrupt him. Like he said, Alfeegi would be so mad.
Aqua.
Speaking of Alfeegi, the dark haired Officer had just seen him streak down the hallway. Something's wrong. Standing up suddenly, Tetheus knocked over the rest of the inkbottle. "Oh, too hell." He looked down at the now pile of black and soaking papers. Forget it.
Walking to the door, he looked out. "Alfeegi?" The White Officer turned.
"What? I'm in a hurry- Oh Tetheus, you might be able to help me." Alfeegi sprinted back to Tetheus.
"Are-." He raised an eyebrow. "Alright Alfeegi? His mildly worried expression made the shorter Officer blush and fall silent. His book dangled uselessly in his arm and his eyebrows were furrowed.
"I think we have a problem. A yokai, I think it's a yokai. It has lured Kitchel into meeting her and giving her Diolasis. She took the form of one of Kitchel's friends and said there was a huge treasure outside of town. She also said that the 'door' to the treasure needed a 'Holy Treasure'. And Kitchel agreed! She's going to meet her a midnight! I hurried out of the grounds as fast as I could, I needed to tell someone! I was going to tell the Lord." Alfeegi was now wringing his hands and slightly pulling on his ponytail. He looked extremely tiered and uptight at the same time. Alas, same old Alfeegi.
"I'm sure Kitchel wouldn't be that num-plus about it. She's a smart girl, trust me." His slight smile unnerved Alfeegi. He was being led on, he believed Alfeegi, but didn't want to make him nervous. All right, fine, Alfeegi would play along. The White Officer figured that if Tetheus knew, it would be fine. Besides, he should have told Tetheus anyway, he was the Secretary of Security.
"Should I tell the Lord then?" Alfeegi looked up hopefully, only to be shot down.
"No, I think its fine. I'll take care of it." Tetheus nodded as he turned back to go sit at his desk.
"Thanks Tetheus." With that, Alfeegi walked out. He needed to sit down a while; maybe a nice read inside might do some good. The library. That's it.
Tetheus got up again, the light was fading fast as if Kitchel was going to leave soon, he had better tail her. Looking left, he made sure that there wasn't anyone coming down the hall then he looked right to see if Alfeegi had rounded the corner. The coast was clear.
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Thai sat in total blackness as she watched her split screen again.
"Oh look, Kitchel is sleeping. She must be resting in order to have full energy for tonight." Cackle.
"But what's this? That annoying little pansy Alfeegi had to go and tell Tetheus." She focused one half of the split screen on Tetheus' moving form. "Dirty little turncoat!" She screamed in sudden anger. "Should have gone the same path as your siblings, dirty rat! Oh well, we'll just have to do AWAY with him if he follows, hum?" She laughed, a bloodcurdling laugh witch turned into a screech at the top of her lungs. Her pleasure was again turned to maniacal rage. "DIRTY LITTLE TURNCOAT! AHHHAHAHAHA!"
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A/N- now we got a real plot going. What did Thai mean about Tetheus being a turncoat? Find out next in 'Green Envy' (if I don't change the chapter name). I'm going to be busy this week so I don't think I'll get any updates until next weekend. Please Review!
