Chapter 5: Cruel Be Duels and Mud Puddles!
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Firefrost: You all hate me, right?
Audience: ...
Firefrost: (Looks at floor) Sorry. Busy job and hard school.
Aud: ... We're not talking to you anymore.
Firefrost: (Wails like a baby) ;______; Well here's another chappie for anyone who still loves me... : (
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The small wood patch was quiet as the cool water of a nearby river dripped into the recess of a ground basin. The leaves were shining in the moonlight, and the spot was marred only by the small pool of mud.
Jounouchi and Yugi watch from a tree above.
Yami's slumber was pervaded feverishly by the echo of trampled leaves, and his eyes opened slowly to behold the two figures just entering the small grass patch where he lay. His eyes met the shapely form of the woman first.
Shizuka: I said AWAY, deceiver! Leave me to my anguish and quit this wicked facade to return to lovely perfection: Anzu! Let my suffering go unhindered by your taunting!
Marik: I CAN'T believe I have to do this!
Firfrost (backstage): Do it, you!
Marik: (Pouts) I shan't, refreshing Shizuka! Nor can I! Came I hear to your side to love you, worship you as a goddess befitting you! Not Anzu holds my beating heart; 'tis yours for the beating — yours to keep my vessel breathing!
Yami: (Stands and approves Shizuka) My eyes do lie! Yet, how can my brain refuse that which lay before their depths! Solice radiance in my presence! Glorious maiden of sun and moon sent to me from the heavens as my gift and charity! Privilege and honour is mine to look upon such loveliness!
Shizuka: (Tears welling and threatening to fall) What devilry be this?! How dare MARIK mock my pain and passion, yet not can I bare it from YOU as well, beloved Yami! Be this a dream? No, a nightmare!
Anzu's voice is heard from offstage, calling out for Marik. Offstage, Malik sticks out his tongue in distaste. Shortly after, Anzu rushed onstage and stops.
Anzu: There you are, Marik! Where have you—?
Shizuka: (Shrieks in horror) I see!!! Now I see through this! Be you, Yami, in scheme with handsome, cruel Marik and beautiful, spiting Anzu!! Be you the ring-leader, FRIEND?!! (Points at Anzu with venom eyes)
Anzu: Shizuka, I know not what you are saying...!
Shizuka: (fiercely thrashing away) Then, brooding old mare, you are as empty in head as you are in heart!
Anzu: (Tears falling) Shizuka, I do not understand your reasoning! Here I stand an outsider to the game you speak of.
Shizuka: Liar! Know you well the game I say! Know you well that you did plan with Marik and fair Yami to embed my soul with pain and torment; to know I cannot have he whom I desire while you, whore-maiden, have your choice of two!
Anzu: (Eyes turn into daggers) I warned you to relent your assault, playmate! I am NO whore! YOU be the whore, who sold her body for nothing to a man she is infatuated with to the degree of pathetic!
Shizuka: Monster! Take back the words you force passed that snaked tongue!
Anzu: I shall NOT! I say what I feel, and I feel nothing but hatred now!
Marik: Dearest Shizuka, why waste your time upon this haggard woman. Her beauty pales in comparison to yours.
Anzu: (Eyes turn fiery) Barbarian! Maenad! Bow-snatcher and eater of spirit flesh! How could you take from me my life and love?! How could you so betray me?
Shizuka: Be YOU the betrayer!
Anzu and Shizuka race for one another and tackled themselves together furiously! They felt a coldness against their skin, and then realized they had plunged into the mud pool. Despite their filthy wetness, they continued their battle.
Yami rushes to try to aid Shizuka from the mud, but his arm is caught by Marik.
Marik: We are not done, refuse of worms! Leave my lady be and her opponent while we finish our duel for lovely Shizuka elsewhere, lest we injure her in our blind fury.
Marik and Yami run offstage.
Anzu: (Wades out of the mud) I hate you more than Darius! More than ANY living thing could hate another!!
(A/N: Darius was the Persian Emperor who waged the first Persian War against Greece; his war slaughtered hundreds of Greek soldiers at the city of Marathon)
Shizuka: (Makes her way out of the pool) And I you for your cruelty! Begone, your face makes me ill!
Anzu: (Glares and walks off stage)
Shizuka leaves the stage.
Jounouchi: Listen, for I shall say this only once. Go now and follow Yami and Marik. Entice them apart from one another until they tire. When at last they sleep, find Anzu and take her to Marik. Dab his eyes with the petals once more, and be sure 'tis the maiden Anzu whom he wakes to!
Yugi: And, where go you, Lord?
Jounouchi: (Held in the air by yet more wires held by Malik and Seto) To tarry with my Queen, and behold how likes she her ass-lover. Do not fail, Yugi! (Disappears in mid-air again)
Marik: Come on, woman! How—?!
Firefrost: Nope. Not telling!
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Firefrost: Hi, guys; I guess you're all pretty angry with me, right? Well, I'm sorry I haven't updated in soooo long: I've just been through a lot. I've had to rethink what I want to do with my life (not to mention mind-block and my other story updates), so please be patient with me and don't throw too much fruit at me!
Marik: I said it before, and I'll say it again: pathetic.
Firefrost: Grrr... (Takes deep, calming breath) I hope to update soon, BTW. I told you all I'd finish this story! ^_^ See you all in the next chapter. R&R pwease!
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Firefrost: You all hate me, right?
Audience: ...
Firefrost: (Looks at floor) Sorry. Busy job and hard school.
Aud: ... We're not talking to you anymore.
Firefrost: (Wails like a baby) ;______; Well here's another chappie for anyone who still loves me... : (
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The small wood patch was quiet as the cool water of a nearby river dripped into the recess of a ground basin. The leaves were shining in the moonlight, and the spot was marred only by the small pool of mud.
Jounouchi and Yugi watch from a tree above.
Yami's slumber was pervaded feverishly by the echo of trampled leaves, and his eyes opened slowly to behold the two figures just entering the small grass patch where he lay. His eyes met the shapely form of the woman first.
Shizuka: I said AWAY, deceiver! Leave me to my anguish and quit this wicked facade to return to lovely perfection: Anzu! Let my suffering go unhindered by your taunting!
Marik: I CAN'T believe I have to do this!
Firfrost (backstage): Do it, you!
Marik: (Pouts) I shan't, refreshing Shizuka! Nor can I! Came I hear to your side to love you, worship you as a goddess befitting you! Not Anzu holds my beating heart; 'tis yours for the beating — yours to keep my vessel breathing!
Yami: (Stands and approves Shizuka) My eyes do lie! Yet, how can my brain refuse that which lay before their depths! Solice radiance in my presence! Glorious maiden of sun and moon sent to me from the heavens as my gift and charity! Privilege and honour is mine to look upon such loveliness!
Shizuka: (Tears welling and threatening to fall) What devilry be this?! How dare MARIK mock my pain and passion, yet not can I bare it from YOU as well, beloved Yami! Be this a dream? No, a nightmare!
Anzu's voice is heard from offstage, calling out for Marik. Offstage, Malik sticks out his tongue in distaste. Shortly after, Anzu rushed onstage and stops.
Anzu: There you are, Marik! Where have you—?
Shizuka: (Shrieks in horror) I see!!! Now I see through this! Be you, Yami, in scheme with handsome, cruel Marik and beautiful, spiting Anzu!! Be you the ring-leader, FRIEND?!! (Points at Anzu with venom eyes)
Anzu: Shizuka, I know not what you are saying...!
Shizuka: (fiercely thrashing away) Then, brooding old mare, you are as empty in head as you are in heart!
Anzu: (Tears falling) Shizuka, I do not understand your reasoning! Here I stand an outsider to the game you speak of.
Shizuka: Liar! Know you well the game I say! Know you well that you did plan with Marik and fair Yami to embed my soul with pain and torment; to know I cannot have he whom I desire while you, whore-maiden, have your choice of two!
Anzu: (Eyes turn into daggers) I warned you to relent your assault, playmate! I am NO whore! YOU be the whore, who sold her body for nothing to a man she is infatuated with to the degree of pathetic!
Shizuka: Monster! Take back the words you force passed that snaked tongue!
Anzu: I shall NOT! I say what I feel, and I feel nothing but hatred now!
Marik: Dearest Shizuka, why waste your time upon this haggard woman. Her beauty pales in comparison to yours.
Anzu: (Eyes turn fiery) Barbarian! Maenad! Bow-snatcher and eater of spirit flesh! How could you take from me my life and love?! How could you so betray me?
Shizuka: Be YOU the betrayer!
Anzu and Shizuka race for one another and tackled themselves together furiously! They felt a coldness against their skin, and then realized they had plunged into the mud pool. Despite their filthy wetness, they continued their battle.
Yami rushes to try to aid Shizuka from the mud, but his arm is caught by Marik.
Marik: We are not done, refuse of worms! Leave my lady be and her opponent while we finish our duel for lovely Shizuka elsewhere, lest we injure her in our blind fury.
Marik and Yami run offstage.
Anzu: (Wades out of the mud) I hate you more than Darius! More than ANY living thing could hate another!!
(A/N: Darius was the Persian Emperor who waged the first Persian War against Greece; his war slaughtered hundreds of Greek soldiers at the city of Marathon)
Shizuka: (Makes her way out of the pool) And I you for your cruelty! Begone, your face makes me ill!
Anzu: (Glares and walks off stage)
Shizuka leaves the stage.
Jounouchi: Listen, for I shall say this only once. Go now and follow Yami and Marik. Entice them apart from one another until they tire. When at last they sleep, find Anzu and take her to Marik. Dab his eyes with the petals once more, and be sure 'tis the maiden Anzu whom he wakes to!
Yugi: And, where go you, Lord?
Jounouchi: (Held in the air by yet more wires held by Malik and Seto) To tarry with my Queen, and behold how likes she her ass-lover. Do not fail, Yugi! (Disappears in mid-air again)
Marik: Come on, woman! How—?!
Firefrost: Nope. Not telling!
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Firefrost: Hi, guys; I guess you're all pretty angry with me, right? Well, I'm sorry I haven't updated in soooo long: I've just been through a lot. I've had to rethink what I want to do with my life (not to mention mind-block and my other story updates), so please be patient with me and don't throw too much fruit at me!
Marik: I said it before, and I'll say it again: pathetic.
Firefrost: Grrr... (Takes deep, calming breath) I hope to update soon, BTW. I told you all I'd finish this story! ^_^ See you all in the next chapter. R&R pwease!