Random Pile of Bananas: *Sitting in middle of stage*
Blue: *Walks in stares at bananas* Uh . . . what's this all about.
Random Pile of Bananas: *In a muffled voice* The angry monkey god of the reviewers did this.
Blue: Treska?
Random Pile of Bananas: *In Treska's voice* Ya?
Blue: What the hell happened?
Random Pile of Bananas: I pissed off some reviewers by saying that no one reviewed my stories. Their monkey god retaliated by dumping this pile of bananas on me.
Blue: *Snorts in amusement* And why did you insult the reviewers.
Random Pile of Bananas: *Forlornly* I was very depressed and thought that no one was reading my stories. I myself have been tempted to give up on them because I can't seem to find the energy to write them.
Blue: *Blinks in surprise* Wow that is depressing. And pathetic.
Random Pile of Bananas: Quiet you or I'm going to give you pink hair.
Blue: *Pales* So uh . . . what have you done to help you.
Random Pile of Bananas: *Hand sticks out with remote. Finger presses random button. Zapping sound ensues and suddenly two cats and a chinchilla with Bast4 collar are standing on stage.* Meet my new muses. The cats are Avry and Grandma Kel. And the Chinchilla is one reviewer that asks very good questions that have inspired many of the chapters.
Blue: o.O Okay. . .
Random Pile of Bananas: Warnings are as follows. There are boy/boy pairing, mentions of rape and beatings. Randomness galore and a lot of oocness firmly entrenched. Only the Dragons, Cobrakan and what little plot this story has is mine. Don't own anything else.
/aibou to yami/
//yami to aibou//
((telepathy))
~ (scene change or POV Change) ~
'Personal Thoughts'
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Nassor was a giant of a man. Standing at six foot and five inches he easily towered over everyone. Especially slaves that couldn't do a single thing right. The thief king snarled at the pathetic bundle of humanity at his feet and let a kick fly. The wretch yelped as he skidded across the floor a couple of feet.
"Stupid cur." Nassor growled. "Can't you do anything right? Get those weapons placed right or I'll start testing their sharpness on your hide!"
The youth nodded, gentle and frightened chocolate eyes vainly trying to hold back tears of pain. As swiftly as his acing body would allow he darted back to the pile of weapons that were heaped on the floor of the thief's den. He wasn't working for long when another yelp of pain echoed throughout the cavern and another slave about the same age was literally thrown into the room.
"You stupid, camel piss brat!" A skinny thief bellowed after the fallen youth. The man grabbed the unfortunate slave by his sandy colored hair and yanked him up till they were face to face. "Thought you could sneak out of here did you?"
The youth just glared at the man, trying to hide the pain he was in. The skinny thief's hand darted into the folds of the scrap of cloth that served as the youth's shirt. From the wrinkles he pulled out a rusty key.
Waving it in front of the purple eyed youth the man sneered. "Thought you could free your little friend did you? Well you're wrong in thinking that you can get the both of you free."
With that the man dropped the teen and strode over to the fire. With a careless flick he tossed the key into the middle of the glowing embers. The two teens watched in a kind of hopeless horror as the key started to heat up. The thief laughed at their faces.
"Now one of you will never leave. At least not living anyway." With that he joined Nassor at the other end of the caverns.
The violet eyed youth looked forlornly at the fire. Finally he tore his eyes away and joined the other teen in stacking weapons. For a while the only sound was the two boys stacking the swords, daggers and clubs with only a minor rumble from the talking thieves.
"Ryou . . .I'm sorry I tried." The one youth said, voice filled with shame and anger.
"Malik it's okay." Ryou smiled gently through a split lip. He glanced down at the chain encircling his delicate ankle. "I hardly notice anymore."
Malik bit his lip as he placed another sword in the bracket. "It's not okay. We've got to get out of here. You need to get out of here."
"You can still get away." Ryou said looking at Malik steadily.
The other teen looked horrified. "I can't leave you! Ryou I know what those monsters do to you. I won't leave you to that fate." Malik lowered his head in shame. "I can't protect you but I won't abandon you."
Touched Ryou opened his mouth to speak but noise from the front of the cavern stopped him. Malik quickly placed the last weapon in its holder. Gently grabbing his friend's elbow he guided them to a small indent in the wall that they used as a getaway from the thieves. They made it just in time as twenty thieves trooped past shouting, pushing and swearing at each other. The reek of beer, sweat and blood clung heavily to the men, causing both teens to gag.
Malik and Ryou were about to breathe a sigh of relief that none of the thieves wanted to torment them when another figure emerged from the shadows. Cloaked in a black robe and hood this new comer blended in with the shadows perfectly. The figure started to head towards the group of thieves when it stopped in front of the two slaves. Malik positioned himself in front of Ryou to fend off whatever this man was about to do. So it was a bit of a shock when the shadowy figure let out a small growl and continued on his way to the meeting.
"That was interesting." Ryou whispered.
"Ya. I wonder who he is." Malik watched the figure, his curiosity increasing when the new comer didn't join in, but stayed in the shadows. None of the other thieves noticed him or acknowledged that they knew someone else was in the room.
'Perhaps they don't know he's there?' Malik thought as he settled next to Ryou.
The meeting seemed to drone on. Malik felt his eyes starting to close, but he kept jerking himself awake. He wanted to see if the thieves noticed the stranger hiding in the shadows. Malik suddenly blinked and rubbed his eyes. He watched the stranger for a long minute and then noticed what he thought had been a trick of his mind. The stranger was standing there normally, then a thief looked in his direction and the stranger disappeared. When the thief looked away the stranger was back.
Malik almost wanted to cry out, to see what the stranger would do if the thieves' attention were drawn in another direction. Two things stopped him from doing it though. One was that if he did interrupt their meeting Ryou would be beaten to teach him a lesson. Two the wall just to the right of the group of thieves exploded inwards.
Instant chaos ensued. The thieves jumped up, grabbed their weapons and faced the new opening. Through the opening came something out of a nightmare. Monsters that had the body of a giant snake, yet the upper body of a human came slithering in. The monsters to had weapons and attacked the thieves without mercy.
It must have been at the same instant that the thieves, monsters and Malik all realized what was going to happen next. The thieves started running towards the weapons the two slaves had stacked. Malik, realizing the newest twist in the battle, grabbed a groggy and frightened Ryou and dragged him as far away as his chain would allow from the weapons. The monsters seeing the weapons also started heading for them, butchering thieves as they went.
When Ryou's chain reached its limit Malik pushed the other boy down and huddled next to him, hoping the monsters would over look them. For a moment Malik thought that the thieves would win. The monsters were out numbered five to one. The problem was the monsters were better at fighting and the thieves were dropping like flies. Only one monster was actually heading towards the weapons and it had killed all of the thieves in its way. It was about to reach for a sword when it noticed the two slaves huddled several feet away.
"Well, well, well, what have we hear?" The creature crooned as it slithered up to the teens. Malik glared up at the creature while Ryou shivered next to him. "Don't you two look like a tasty treat."
"Monster, get away from us!" Malik spat out.
"Such rude manners." The creature hissed. It twisted and a good length of tail whipped about and grabbed Malik around the throat. Malik clawed at the scaly hide as he was dragged closer. The creature leered in his face, putrid breath choking the boy. "I think I'll save you for later."
Malik found himself whipped through the air, stopped and hanging a foot off the ground. He watched horrified as the creature advanced on Ryou. The gentle teen looked terrified and tried to back up even further, but the chain on his ankle prevented escape. The monster snickered; a clawed hand darted out and dragged Ryou up by the front of his shirt. A thin, gnarled finger traced Ryou's jaw line.
"You I will have now. If you survive I'll keep you." The creature hissed, licking his lips.
"Put him down and I'll make your death quick." A husky voice said.
Three sets of eyes jerked to the newest voice. Standing in the black cape was the stranger, silvery-steel sword in his hand. Malik wondered if this man was insane. Apparently the monster thought so as it started to laugh.
"You think you can stop me? You pathetic mortal. I don't even need both hands to kill you." With a quick motion the creature threw a dagger at the stranger. Ryou closed his eyes and while Malik couldn't pull his eyes away. The creature laughed in triumph as the daggered headed straight for the stranger's heart.
Therefore they were all quiet stunned when the dagger passed right through him.
"My turn." The stranger said.
Before the monster could react the stranger leapt forward and sliced off the hand holding Ryou. Blood streamed forward as the monster reared back and howled in pain. The stranger moved again, this time cutting off the tail that held Malik captive. The teen dropped to the floor, yanked the leftover part from around his neck and scooted away from the growing puddle of blood. The stranger did a quick turn about, swung and cut the monster's head clean off.
Quickly the stranger cleaned his blade with a scrap of clothe and sheathed it. Taking out a small packet he kneeled by Ryou. "Don't worry nDs sbA* we're getting out of here."
Malik watched as the stranger quickly picked the lock of Ryou's chain. As soon as it was done the stranger scooped Ryou into his arms; the small teen looking terrified. Malik was about to come to his friend's defense when a screamed sounded behind them. All three looked to see all of the thieves mutilated corpses littering the floor and the remaining monsters converging on them.
"Argue with me later. Let's leave." The figure nodded towards the entrance.
Malik frowned but ran for it; the stranger not even a step behind him. Together they ran for the entrance of the lair, the sound of scales on stone echoing off the walls. Emerging from the caverns Malik glanced frantically around, wondering how they were going to escape. The stranger however made a beeline for some secluded rocks not far away. Malik followed to find a coal black horse waiting for them. The stranger hoisted Ryou onto the stallion's back then quickly climbed on himself. Turning he offered his hand to Malik, which the teen frantically grabbed and clamored on.
Once everyone was settled the stranger grabbed the reins with one hand and encircled Ryou's waist with the other. Malik hesitantly wrapped his own arms around the stranger's waist.
"Hold on tight." The stranger said, causing Malik to tighten his grip. "Okay nrw* let's show them the meaning of haste."
The midnight stallion snorted and Malik felt the beast's muscles bunch underneath him. Suddenly they were off, the wind whipping around them and the shrieks of the monsters following. Malik chanced a look back to see the snake creatures quickly growing smaller in size.
"Won't we tire your horse?" Ryou asked after he gained his voice back.
"Not for a while, nrw's a strong beast."
"Who are you?" Malik inquired.
"Name's Red. What about you?"
"Ryou."
"Malik."
Red nodded although his fellow riders couldn't see with his hood up. "We'll arrive soon. After you get some rest and a meal in you my captain will tell you what's going to happen next."
Ryou sighed, wondering what type of life he and Malik were now entering. Yet he couldn't help but feel happier. Eventually the horse's steady rhythm and the warmth that Red emitted helped lull him to sleep.
Red kept a steady eye on the stars to make sure he was headed in the right directions. When first the chocolate eyed slave and then the violet eyed slave fell asleep he smiled to himself. It looked like Blue wasn't the only one to be on a slave rescuing trip lately.
((Blue?))
((Ya?)) Blue's sleepy voice echoed in the shadowy teen's mind.
((Meet me at the palace steps. I've got a couple of new acquaintances and they seem to have fallen asleep.))
((And you called Yami and I hopeless.))
Red snorted quietly. ((At least I bring news with my servants.))
((That can't be good.))
((Depends. Twenty dead thieves is good, but we're trading them in for Cobrakan))
((Wonderful. Blasted iart rmT*.))
Red chuckled. Demon eyes took in the sight of the quickly approaching city. Swift hooves kicked up sand as the steed brought its weary passengers home. The great eye of Ra was just coming over the horizon, greeting another day.
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Avry: *Butting head on Treska's hand*
Treska: *Laughing* Well at least you waited till the end of the chapter to be a nuisance.
Avery: *Starts head butting the keyboard.*
Blue: *Stares* That is a bizarre cat.
Treska: *Watches Avery leave* Yes, but a good inspiration.
Blue: *Glances at chapter* Wow, this was pretty violent even for you.
Treska: *Shrugs.* Maybe, but I'm sticking with it. Anyway here are the translations for anything with a * next to it.
Translations:
Egyptian (hopefully I'm not insulting anyone, this is very rough)
nDs sbA: little star
nrw: terror
iart rmT: snake people
Nassor: victor
Read and Review as always.
Side note: Deep apologizes to all my reviewers. I did not mean to insult anyone when I said that no one reviews. I've had a series of bad news phone calls and it has greatly affected my attitude on a lot of things. Again deepest apologizes.
Blue: *Walks in stares at bananas* Uh . . . what's this all about.
Random Pile of Bananas: *In a muffled voice* The angry monkey god of the reviewers did this.
Blue: Treska?
Random Pile of Bananas: *In Treska's voice* Ya?
Blue: What the hell happened?
Random Pile of Bananas: I pissed off some reviewers by saying that no one reviewed my stories. Their monkey god retaliated by dumping this pile of bananas on me.
Blue: *Snorts in amusement* And why did you insult the reviewers.
Random Pile of Bananas: *Forlornly* I was very depressed and thought that no one was reading my stories. I myself have been tempted to give up on them because I can't seem to find the energy to write them.
Blue: *Blinks in surprise* Wow that is depressing. And pathetic.
Random Pile of Bananas: Quiet you or I'm going to give you pink hair.
Blue: *Pales* So uh . . . what have you done to help you.
Random Pile of Bananas: *Hand sticks out with remote. Finger presses random button. Zapping sound ensues and suddenly two cats and a chinchilla with Bast4 collar are standing on stage.* Meet my new muses. The cats are Avry and Grandma Kel. And the Chinchilla is one reviewer that asks very good questions that have inspired many of the chapters.
Blue: o.O Okay. . .
Random Pile of Bananas: Warnings are as follows. There are boy/boy pairing, mentions of rape and beatings. Randomness galore and a lot of oocness firmly entrenched. Only the Dragons, Cobrakan and what little plot this story has is mine. Don't own anything else.
/aibou to yami/
//yami to aibou//
((telepathy))
~ (scene change or POV Change) ~
'Personal Thoughts'
* * * * * * *
Nassor was a giant of a man. Standing at six foot and five inches he easily towered over everyone. Especially slaves that couldn't do a single thing right. The thief king snarled at the pathetic bundle of humanity at his feet and let a kick fly. The wretch yelped as he skidded across the floor a couple of feet.
"Stupid cur." Nassor growled. "Can't you do anything right? Get those weapons placed right or I'll start testing their sharpness on your hide!"
The youth nodded, gentle and frightened chocolate eyes vainly trying to hold back tears of pain. As swiftly as his acing body would allow he darted back to the pile of weapons that were heaped on the floor of the thief's den. He wasn't working for long when another yelp of pain echoed throughout the cavern and another slave about the same age was literally thrown into the room.
"You stupid, camel piss brat!" A skinny thief bellowed after the fallen youth. The man grabbed the unfortunate slave by his sandy colored hair and yanked him up till they were face to face. "Thought you could sneak out of here did you?"
The youth just glared at the man, trying to hide the pain he was in. The skinny thief's hand darted into the folds of the scrap of cloth that served as the youth's shirt. From the wrinkles he pulled out a rusty key.
Waving it in front of the purple eyed youth the man sneered. "Thought you could free your little friend did you? Well you're wrong in thinking that you can get the both of you free."
With that the man dropped the teen and strode over to the fire. With a careless flick he tossed the key into the middle of the glowing embers. The two teens watched in a kind of hopeless horror as the key started to heat up. The thief laughed at their faces.
"Now one of you will never leave. At least not living anyway." With that he joined Nassor at the other end of the caverns.
The violet eyed youth looked forlornly at the fire. Finally he tore his eyes away and joined the other teen in stacking weapons. For a while the only sound was the two boys stacking the swords, daggers and clubs with only a minor rumble from the talking thieves.
"Ryou . . .I'm sorry I tried." The one youth said, voice filled with shame and anger.
"Malik it's okay." Ryou smiled gently through a split lip. He glanced down at the chain encircling his delicate ankle. "I hardly notice anymore."
Malik bit his lip as he placed another sword in the bracket. "It's not okay. We've got to get out of here. You need to get out of here."
"You can still get away." Ryou said looking at Malik steadily.
The other teen looked horrified. "I can't leave you! Ryou I know what those monsters do to you. I won't leave you to that fate." Malik lowered his head in shame. "I can't protect you but I won't abandon you."
Touched Ryou opened his mouth to speak but noise from the front of the cavern stopped him. Malik quickly placed the last weapon in its holder. Gently grabbing his friend's elbow he guided them to a small indent in the wall that they used as a getaway from the thieves. They made it just in time as twenty thieves trooped past shouting, pushing and swearing at each other. The reek of beer, sweat and blood clung heavily to the men, causing both teens to gag.
Malik and Ryou were about to breathe a sigh of relief that none of the thieves wanted to torment them when another figure emerged from the shadows. Cloaked in a black robe and hood this new comer blended in with the shadows perfectly. The figure started to head towards the group of thieves when it stopped in front of the two slaves. Malik positioned himself in front of Ryou to fend off whatever this man was about to do. So it was a bit of a shock when the shadowy figure let out a small growl and continued on his way to the meeting.
"That was interesting." Ryou whispered.
"Ya. I wonder who he is." Malik watched the figure, his curiosity increasing when the new comer didn't join in, but stayed in the shadows. None of the other thieves noticed him or acknowledged that they knew someone else was in the room.
'Perhaps they don't know he's there?' Malik thought as he settled next to Ryou.
The meeting seemed to drone on. Malik felt his eyes starting to close, but he kept jerking himself awake. He wanted to see if the thieves noticed the stranger hiding in the shadows. Malik suddenly blinked and rubbed his eyes. He watched the stranger for a long minute and then noticed what he thought had been a trick of his mind. The stranger was standing there normally, then a thief looked in his direction and the stranger disappeared. When the thief looked away the stranger was back.
Malik almost wanted to cry out, to see what the stranger would do if the thieves' attention were drawn in another direction. Two things stopped him from doing it though. One was that if he did interrupt their meeting Ryou would be beaten to teach him a lesson. Two the wall just to the right of the group of thieves exploded inwards.
Instant chaos ensued. The thieves jumped up, grabbed their weapons and faced the new opening. Through the opening came something out of a nightmare. Monsters that had the body of a giant snake, yet the upper body of a human came slithering in. The monsters to had weapons and attacked the thieves without mercy.
It must have been at the same instant that the thieves, monsters and Malik all realized what was going to happen next. The thieves started running towards the weapons the two slaves had stacked. Malik, realizing the newest twist in the battle, grabbed a groggy and frightened Ryou and dragged him as far away as his chain would allow from the weapons. The monsters seeing the weapons also started heading for them, butchering thieves as they went.
When Ryou's chain reached its limit Malik pushed the other boy down and huddled next to him, hoping the monsters would over look them. For a moment Malik thought that the thieves would win. The monsters were out numbered five to one. The problem was the monsters were better at fighting and the thieves were dropping like flies. Only one monster was actually heading towards the weapons and it had killed all of the thieves in its way. It was about to reach for a sword when it noticed the two slaves huddled several feet away.
"Well, well, well, what have we hear?" The creature crooned as it slithered up to the teens. Malik glared up at the creature while Ryou shivered next to him. "Don't you two look like a tasty treat."
"Monster, get away from us!" Malik spat out.
"Such rude manners." The creature hissed. It twisted and a good length of tail whipped about and grabbed Malik around the throat. Malik clawed at the scaly hide as he was dragged closer. The creature leered in his face, putrid breath choking the boy. "I think I'll save you for later."
Malik found himself whipped through the air, stopped and hanging a foot off the ground. He watched horrified as the creature advanced on Ryou. The gentle teen looked terrified and tried to back up even further, but the chain on his ankle prevented escape. The monster snickered; a clawed hand darted out and dragged Ryou up by the front of his shirt. A thin, gnarled finger traced Ryou's jaw line.
"You I will have now. If you survive I'll keep you." The creature hissed, licking his lips.
"Put him down and I'll make your death quick." A husky voice said.
Three sets of eyes jerked to the newest voice. Standing in the black cape was the stranger, silvery-steel sword in his hand. Malik wondered if this man was insane. Apparently the monster thought so as it started to laugh.
"You think you can stop me? You pathetic mortal. I don't even need both hands to kill you." With a quick motion the creature threw a dagger at the stranger. Ryou closed his eyes and while Malik couldn't pull his eyes away. The creature laughed in triumph as the daggered headed straight for the stranger's heart.
Therefore they were all quiet stunned when the dagger passed right through him.
"My turn." The stranger said.
Before the monster could react the stranger leapt forward and sliced off the hand holding Ryou. Blood streamed forward as the monster reared back and howled in pain. The stranger moved again, this time cutting off the tail that held Malik captive. The teen dropped to the floor, yanked the leftover part from around his neck and scooted away from the growing puddle of blood. The stranger did a quick turn about, swung and cut the monster's head clean off.
Quickly the stranger cleaned his blade with a scrap of clothe and sheathed it. Taking out a small packet he kneeled by Ryou. "Don't worry nDs sbA* we're getting out of here."
Malik watched as the stranger quickly picked the lock of Ryou's chain. As soon as it was done the stranger scooped Ryou into his arms; the small teen looking terrified. Malik was about to come to his friend's defense when a screamed sounded behind them. All three looked to see all of the thieves mutilated corpses littering the floor and the remaining monsters converging on them.
"Argue with me later. Let's leave." The figure nodded towards the entrance.
Malik frowned but ran for it; the stranger not even a step behind him. Together they ran for the entrance of the lair, the sound of scales on stone echoing off the walls. Emerging from the caverns Malik glanced frantically around, wondering how they were going to escape. The stranger however made a beeline for some secluded rocks not far away. Malik followed to find a coal black horse waiting for them. The stranger hoisted Ryou onto the stallion's back then quickly climbed on himself. Turning he offered his hand to Malik, which the teen frantically grabbed and clamored on.
Once everyone was settled the stranger grabbed the reins with one hand and encircled Ryou's waist with the other. Malik hesitantly wrapped his own arms around the stranger's waist.
"Hold on tight." The stranger said, causing Malik to tighten his grip. "Okay nrw* let's show them the meaning of haste."
The midnight stallion snorted and Malik felt the beast's muscles bunch underneath him. Suddenly they were off, the wind whipping around them and the shrieks of the monsters following. Malik chanced a look back to see the snake creatures quickly growing smaller in size.
"Won't we tire your horse?" Ryou asked after he gained his voice back.
"Not for a while, nrw's a strong beast."
"Who are you?" Malik inquired.
"Name's Red. What about you?"
"Ryou."
"Malik."
Red nodded although his fellow riders couldn't see with his hood up. "We'll arrive soon. After you get some rest and a meal in you my captain will tell you what's going to happen next."
Ryou sighed, wondering what type of life he and Malik were now entering. Yet he couldn't help but feel happier. Eventually the horse's steady rhythm and the warmth that Red emitted helped lull him to sleep.
Red kept a steady eye on the stars to make sure he was headed in the right directions. When first the chocolate eyed slave and then the violet eyed slave fell asleep he smiled to himself. It looked like Blue wasn't the only one to be on a slave rescuing trip lately.
((Blue?))
((Ya?)) Blue's sleepy voice echoed in the shadowy teen's mind.
((Meet me at the palace steps. I've got a couple of new acquaintances and they seem to have fallen asleep.))
((And you called Yami and I hopeless.))
Red snorted quietly. ((At least I bring news with my servants.))
((That can't be good.))
((Depends. Twenty dead thieves is good, but we're trading them in for Cobrakan))
((Wonderful. Blasted iart rmT*.))
Red chuckled. Demon eyes took in the sight of the quickly approaching city. Swift hooves kicked up sand as the steed brought its weary passengers home. The great eye of Ra was just coming over the horizon, greeting another day.
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Avry: *Butting head on Treska's hand*
Treska: *Laughing* Well at least you waited till the end of the chapter to be a nuisance.
Avery: *Starts head butting the keyboard.*
Blue: *Stares* That is a bizarre cat.
Treska: *Watches Avery leave* Yes, but a good inspiration.
Blue: *Glances at chapter* Wow, this was pretty violent even for you.
Treska: *Shrugs.* Maybe, but I'm sticking with it. Anyway here are the translations for anything with a * next to it.
Translations:
Egyptian (hopefully I'm not insulting anyone, this is very rough)
nDs sbA: little star
nrw: terror
iart rmT: snake people
Nassor: victor
Read and Review as always.
Side note: Deep apologizes to all my reviewers. I did not mean to insult anyone when I said that no one reviews. I've had a series of bad news phone calls and it has greatly affected my attitude on a lot of things. Again deepest apologizes.