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C-F: Ahhhh. Fic, uhhhhh... What number am I on, anyway?
Marik: ¬¬ Number five.
C-F: O.O
Marik: She doesn't own anything.
C-F: O.O
Malik: And she doesn't have to own her sanity because she doesn't HAVE any sanity.
C-F: O.O
Ari (my hikari): And she is obsessed with heavy metal.
C-F: O.O ^_^ Heavy metal? Korn. ^_^
I like Korn. Korn is good for you; it has all your essential nutrients, rhythm guitars, a bass guitar, drums, hot guys and heavy kick-ass metal.
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Vampiratecy
Opal One: In the Beginning
Three teenaged girls stared out over the open sea aboard a ship, called the Python.
The tallest of the three, Arianna Black, was fourteen and VERY smart, though she could be a sheepish moron, and a bit on the evil side.
The next to tallest of the three, Erin Honour, was fifteen and VERY, VERY, VERY crazy.
The shortest of all, Jenny Hall, was thirteen and the Queen of Sheepish Moron's.
The three of them were on their way to the Phosphorescent Continent in the world Gallifrey.
They had a quest to accomplish, but they wouldn't tell ANYONE what it was, and anyone who DID try and eavesdrop was immediately eradicated. The three girls were pirates, and good ones at that.
"If we don't get there soon I will start eating the sails." grumbled Jenny.
Arianna and Erin exchanged looks.
"If you don't stop complaining, you will be staying behind at the Phosphorescent Continent." replied Arianna as she turned and went to the helm to give their helmsman new orders.
"LAND AHOY!" cried a voice.
Arianna looked up at the top of the mast to glare at the Pinch-Higgen, a type of creature that looked like one of the Arabian Djinn, just electric blue and had a lot of freaky tattoos on his face.
The ship pulled into port some time later, at noon.
"FOOD!" yelled Jenny as she ran up the beach and up to a food stand.
"No time for food." said Erin as she grabbed Jenny by the collar and dragged her in the general direction Arianna was heading.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In a special scientific lab...
"Sirs, there are three girls here to see you." said one of the secretaries.
"Thank you." said one of the three young men in the lab, "Send them in."
"Yami, do you REALLY think that that's a good idea?" asked Bakura Hyde, a tall white haired teen about sixteen years of age.
"Of course." replied Yami Mutou, a medium height teen with VERY spiky, tri- colored hair and purple eyes, "What harm ever came from letting someone visit us?"
"Did you forget about the guys who tried to take your Millenium Puzzle?" asked Marik Ishtar, a TALL teen with sandy blonde hair and lavender eyes, "Or the one time some maniac of a pirate tried to force us into helping him find the Amulet of Xoannon?"
KNOCK-KNOCK.
The three boys turned to see three girls come in, the tallest of the three with long brown hair down to her waist and blue-green-gray eyes.
She was wearing a pair of black pants with silver chains, electric blue straps and electric blue skull and crossbones on two of the (very large) pockets, a black tank-top/cloak and a silver choker, two silver (upper) arm bands and then two (LONGER) silver (lower) arm bands and she wore a very large sheath at her belt.
Another of the girls had shoulder length sun-streaked brown hair and was wearing blue jeans and a purple top with a green bandana around her neck. There was a slender sheath at her waist.
The third wore denim bellbottoms and a green "fish-net" shirt with a camouflage choker. She had a slender sheath at her waist as well.
*Uh oh... This could be trouble...* thought Marik.
"My name is Arianna Black." said the Goth-girl, "These are my accomplices, Erin Honour and Jenny Hall."
*Oh, Ra!* thought Marik, *Not THEM! They are supposed to be the 'best' pirates in the seas.... *
"I assume you already know us?" asked Bakura.
"Yes." replied Erin who was examining a jar with something that looked like a human brain in it.
"Is that a marshmallow?" asked Jenny, staring at the brain.
Arianna gave her a dirty look.
"How are you the best pirates when she's that ditsy?" asked Yami.
"She's a dumb genius." replied Arianna, observing the three sixteen year- old boys, "She's an idiot one moment, the next she has a splendid idea."
"So what are you here for?" asked Yami.
"We want help getting the Amulet of Xoannon." replied Arianna.
"You aren't getting any." replied Marik flatly.
Arianna gave him a calculating look then in a flash her hand flew to the hilt of her sword, pulled it out and she put the tip of the sword at Marik's jugular.
The sword was a real-life version of The Sword of Dark Destruction.
"Ari, let's discuss this in a more civilized manner." said Erin.
Arianna's eyes flicked towards Erin and Marik took his chance to knock the sword out of her grasp and pin Arianna to the floor.
"Well." said Jenny, "That is the first time anyone's been able to do THAT, not for lack of trying."
"Let me up." ordered Arianna.
"As long as you don't point that pig poker at anyone." replied Marik.
"Can I throw it at people, then?" asked Arianna.
"No." replied Marik.
Arianna scowled but conceded and Marik let her up.
"NOW." said Arianna, glaring at Marik, "Why will you not help us?"
"Who said we wouldn't?" asked Yami.
"WHAT?!" yelled Marik.
"We didn't expect anyone to have that sword." said Bakura.
Arianna looked at her sword.
"What, this thing?" asked Arianna.
"It's the demon sword, Tempus." replied Yami.
"I've had since I was five." said Arianna, "No one said anything was odd about it."
Marik stared at her, he could have sworn her eyes had changed color for a moment.
Arianna's eyes flicked at him.
"We won't help you." said Yami.
Marik nearly heaved a sigh of relief.
Arianna growled.
"Ari, don't." said Jenny, "I hate it when you go crazy."
Arianna scowled and crossed her arms.
"We'll ask you again," said Arianna, "Will you please help us?"
"NO." replied Bakura.
Arianna pulled her sword out again.
"I'll ask once more, NICELY, WILL YOU HELP US, PLEASE?" she repeated.
"NO." replied Marik.
The other two girls pulled out their swords.
In a flash all three of the girls had the boys against the wall, their swords at the boys' throats.
~~~~~Arianna's POV
"Then we will do things the hard way." said Erin.
"We've told you a million times that it's impossible to do things the way you want to do them." said Jenny.
I remained silent as I held my sword at Marik's throat; Marik was staring me in the eyes, a bit unnerving for me.
"What benefit would there be for us if we helped?" asked Bakura.
"You're a thief, you know what kind of deals pirates like to make." I replied.
"Yes." said Bakura, "But I've never met FEMALE pirates."
I rolled my eyes.
"You will be well paid." said Erin.
"How much?" asked Bakura.
"Two hundred Kistrels." I replied.
Erin and Jenny stared at me as if I was crazy.
Too bad for them. Yami and Bakura got free of them and disarmed them.
"What about YOU?" I asked Marik, "Are you going to try and disarm ME again?"
He remained silent.
"He doesn't like pirates." called Yami, "He had a bad experience with them once."
"It wasn't a bad experience with PIRATES." said Marik, "It was with their ship and-"
Marik faltered as he watched something over my shoulder.
I consulted a mirror on the wall behind Marik to see Yami and Erin kissing.
I raised an eyebrow.
"I take it you two know each other?" I asked, raising my voice.
"Gyack!" yelped Erin.
I smirked.
"Is that your way of trying to persuade him to help us?" I asked, still keeping an eye on Marik.
"ARIANNA!" yelled Erin, "THAT'S NOT FUNNY!"
"I thought it was." I muttered.
~~~~~As it was before Arianna's POV...
"Bakura," called Marik, "You and Miss Hall aren't going to start kissing, are you?"
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shrieked Jenny.
"I agree with that statement." said Bakura.
"So," began Arianna, "Are you going to help us? Or will I have to.... PERSUADE you?"
"I'll help." said Yami.
"So will I." added Bakura.
Arianna looked at Marik, an eyebrow raised questioningly.
Marik stared Arianna in the eyes unblinkingly.
"THERE IS NO WAY YOU ARE GETTING ME ON A SHIP." said Marik firmly.
Arianna grinned malevolently.
~~~~~Marik's POV - Five minutes later
"I can't believe I'm on the ship." I muttered.
"What's that landlubber muttering about?" asked a Djinni.
"He needed some extra persuasion to get on a ship." replied Erin.
"Where's the captain?" asked a Pinch-Higgen.
"She's in her cabin." replied Jenny.
"So, who convinced HIM to get aboard?" asked an Undine.
"Arianna did." replied Erin.
The Djinni, Undine and Pinch-Higgen all looked surprised.
"You're a lucky one, landlubber." said the Djinni.
"Don't let her catch you saying that." said Jenny.
"Don't let me catch who saying what?" asked Arianna, coming out of a cabin.
"Nothing." replied Erin.
Arianna gave her a knowing look and went to a table on deck.
"This is where we are." said Arianna, pointing at one end of a landmass on her map, "This is the Light Temple," she pointed at an island, "This is the Graveyard of Shadows," another island, "And THIS is my personal favorite, the Chaos Temple." a large island, "The three keys to the Amulet of Xoannon are supposed to be on these islands."
"How do you know so much?" asked Yami, "No one is supposed to know that much."
"I do my homework." replied Arianna, dryly, "The one we're the closest to is the first one, the Light Temple. We should head for that one first."
"It seems that you don't know about other keys." said Bakura, "The Key of Light, the Key of Shadow and the Key of Chaos."
"They are you three." said Arianna, "That is why you three are needed."
"Besides companionship?" asked the Djinni.
Arianna scowled.
"Bartimaeus, go somewhere else if you're going to talk like that." snapped Arianna, "The Light Temple is a two-day sail from here."
"Why didn't we stock up on stuff?" asked Jenny.
"BECAUSE," said Arianna, "EVERYONE WAS GONE."
"There was a pirate attack." I said.
"Probably that fool Noah." grumbled Arianna, "They were after you three."
"WELL!" said the Pinch-Higgen, "Shall I get up in the mast?"
"Yes, Jable." replied Arianna.
"What about me?" asked the Undine.
"Hmmm, why don't you go check the stores, Aethleflaed?" suggested Arianna, "I have a feeling we have another guest on board."
"We'll go do our usual stuff." said Erin and Jenny in unison.
"I'll show you three to your cabins." said Arianna, turning on her heel and heading to a trap door and dropping through.
"Yami, this is your cabin." said Arianna, pointing at the first cabin, "Bakura, this is yours."
The two disappeared into their cabins.
"And this one is yours." said Arianna to me, motioning at the last cabin.
"Why do you do it?" I asked.
"Why do I do what?" she asked.
"Why are you a pirate?" I asked.
"One has to make a living, and no one would except me in the field I wanted to be in, so, I became a pirate." she replied and she turned and walked away.
"And what field was it you wanted to be in?" I asked.
Arianna stopped and I saw her turn her head slightly over her shoulder.
"I'll leave that for myself." she replied.
I peeked into my room.
"Why are there snakes in my room?" I asked.
She spun around and swept past me into the room, and I closed the door after following her into the room.
"What do you think you are doing?" asked Arianna as she picked up a snake from the bed.
"Why are you so interested in the Amulet?" I asked.
"I don't know, I've always had a fascination with rare things." she replied, draping the snake around her shoulders, "And I like to try to find the things that are impossible to find."
I blocked the door as she tried to get past me.
"Move." said Arianna.
"Certainly." I said moving aside.
She began to pass me put I grabbed her arm.
"WHAT?" she asked.
"Tell me this," I said, "Why do you not stay anywhere near me for long?"
"Pardon?" she asked, confused - not.
"You have been acting nervous the entire time you and I have been in the same room." I replied.
"Well, a pirate WOULD be nervous about being near someone known to kill pirates." she replied trying to free her arm.
"Do you think I would kill you?" I asked.
"Yes." she replied, "Almost everyone wants to kill me, so why would you be any different?"
And with that, she managed to free herself from my grasp and disappear down the corridor.
~~~~~Arianna's POV
"Phew." I sighed as I slumped against the wall of my cabin as I ran a hand through my bangs, "I need to stay away from him."
*He makes me feel....strange.* I thought irritably, *No one is going to catch me saying that though. And I swear, he must be out to get me or something.*
I deposited the snake I'd been holding on my bed and then I flopped down on the bed myself.
"Ari!" called Erin.
"What?" I yelled.
"We have a stow-away!" called Bartimaeus.
"Let Jenny decide his fate!" I yelled.
I grumbled and closed my eyes.
"What's the matter?" asked a voice and my eyes flew open, "Don't feel like dealing with it yourself?"
"GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!!!" I roared at Marik, "AND HOW THE HECK DID YOU GET IN HERE?!"
"Whoa." I heard a voice outside say.
I grabbed Marik by the back of his shirt and dragged him to my door; I opened my door and threw him out onto the deck.
"AND STAY OUT!" I yelled.
I slammed the door growling.
"Well THAT wasn't very nice." said a voice behind me.
"MARIK." I growled, "OUT."
"No." he said simply.
"YES." I said.
I grabbed him by the shirt and dragged him outside myself and went to the rail.
"I won't hesitate to throw you over the rail." I growled at him.
"Oh, she would to." said Bartimaeus, "No that I've ever seen her do it, but I know her well enough to know she would. Even if you ARE the Key of Chaos."
"It's been a while since I've seen her that mad." remarked Jenny.
I let go of Marik, gave him a warning glare and stalked off to my cabin.
"Wake me up when we've arrived at the Light Temple." I said, and with that I slammed my door.
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C-F: ^_^ Yays. ^_^
Marik: You're weird.
C-F: I'm tired that's why. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
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C-F: Ahhhh. Fic, uhhhhh... What number am I on, anyway?
Marik: ¬¬ Number five.
C-F: O.O
Marik: She doesn't own anything.
C-F: O.O
Malik: And she doesn't have to own her sanity because she doesn't HAVE any sanity.
C-F: O.O
Ari (my hikari): And she is obsessed with heavy metal.
C-F: O.O ^_^ Heavy metal? Korn. ^_^
I like Korn. Korn is good for you; it has all your essential nutrients, rhythm guitars, a bass guitar, drums, hot guys and heavy kick-ass metal.
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Vampiratecy
Opal One: In the Beginning
Three teenaged girls stared out over the open sea aboard a ship, called the Python.
The tallest of the three, Arianna Black, was fourteen and VERY smart, though she could be a sheepish moron, and a bit on the evil side.
The next to tallest of the three, Erin Honour, was fifteen and VERY, VERY, VERY crazy.
The shortest of all, Jenny Hall, was thirteen and the Queen of Sheepish Moron's.
The three of them were on their way to the Phosphorescent Continent in the world Gallifrey.
They had a quest to accomplish, but they wouldn't tell ANYONE what it was, and anyone who DID try and eavesdrop was immediately eradicated. The three girls were pirates, and good ones at that.
"If we don't get there soon I will start eating the sails." grumbled Jenny.
Arianna and Erin exchanged looks.
"If you don't stop complaining, you will be staying behind at the Phosphorescent Continent." replied Arianna as she turned and went to the helm to give their helmsman new orders.
"LAND AHOY!" cried a voice.
Arianna looked up at the top of the mast to glare at the Pinch-Higgen, a type of creature that looked like one of the Arabian Djinn, just electric blue and had a lot of freaky tattoos on his face.
The ship pulled into port some time later, at noon.
"FOOD!" yelled Jenny as she ran up the beach and up to a food stand.
"No time for food." said Erin as she grabbed Jenny by the collar and dragged her in the general direction Arianna was heading.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In a special scientific lab...
"Sirs, there are three girls here to see you." said one of the secretaries.
"Thank you." said one of the three young men in the lab, "Send them in."
"Yami, do you REALLY think that that's a good idea?" asked Bakura Hyde, a tall white haired teen about sixteen years of age.
"Of course." replied Yami Mutou, a medium height teen with VERY spiky, tri- colored hair and purple eyes, "What harm ever came from letting someone visit us?"
"Did you forget about the guys who tried to take your Millenium Puzzle?" asked Marik Ishtar, a TALL teen with sandy blonde hair and lavender eyes, "Or the one time some maniac of a pirate tried to force us into helping him find the Amulet of Xoannon?"
KNOCK-KNOCK.
The three boys turned to see three girls come in, the tallest of the three with long brown hair down to her waist and blue-green-gray eyes.
She was wearing a pair of black pants with silver chains, electric blue straps and electric blue skull and crossbones on two of the (very large) pockets, a black tank-top/cloak and a silver choker, two silver (upper) arm bands and then two (LONGER) silver (lower) arm bands and she wore a very large sheath at her belt.
Another of the girls had shoulder length sun-streaked brown hair and was wearing blue jeans and a purple top with a green bandana around her neck. There was a slender sheath at her waist.
The third wore denim bellbottoms and a green "fish-net" shirt with a camouflage choker. She had a slender sheath at her waist as well.
*Uh oh... This could be trouble...* thought Marik.
"My name is Arianna Black." said the Goth-girl, "These are my accomplices, Erin Honour and Jenny Hall."
*Oh, Ra!* thought Marik, *Not THEM! They are supposed to be the 'best' pirates in the seas.... *
"I assume you already know us?" asked Bakura.
"Yes." replied Erin who was examining a jar with something that looked like a human brain in it.
"Is that a marshmallow?" asked Jenny, staring at the brain.
Arianna gave her a dirty look.
"How are you the best pirates when she's that ditsy?" asked Yami.
"She's a dumb genius." replied Arianna, observing the three sixteen year- old boys, "She's an idiot one moment, the next she has a splendid idea."
"So what are you here for?" asked Yami.
"We want help getting the Amulet of Xoannon." replied Arianna.
"You aren't getting any." replied Marik flatly.
Arianna gave him a calculating look then in a flash her hand flew to the hilt of her sword, pulled it out and she put the tip of the sword at Marik's jugular.
The sword was a real-life version of The Sword of Dark Destruction.
"Ari, let's discuss this in a more civilized manner." said Erin.
Arianna's eyes flicked towards Erin and Marik took his chance to knock the sword out of her grasp and pin Arianna to the floor.
"Well." said Jenny, "That is the first time anyone's been able to do THAT, not for lack of trying."
"Let me up." ordered Arianna.
"As long as you don't point that pig poker at anyone." replied Marik.
"Can I throw it at people, then?" asked Arianna.
"No." replied Marik.
Arianna scowled but conceded and Marik let her up.
"NOW." said Arianna, glaring at Marik, "Why will you not help us?"
"Who said we wouldn't?" asked Yami.
"WHAT?!" yelled Marik.
"We didn't expect anyone to have that sword." said Bakura.
Arianna looked at her sword.
"What, this thing?" asked Arianna.
"It's the demon sword, Tempus." replied Yami.
"I've had since I was five." said Arianna, "No one said anything was odd about it."
Marik stared at her, he could have sworn her eyes had changed color for a moment.
Arianna's eyes flicked at him.
"We won't help you." said Yami.
Marik nearly heaved a sigh of relief.
Arianna growled.
"Ari, don't." said Jenny, "I hate it when you go crazy."
Arianna scowled and crossed her arms.
"We'll ask you again," said Arianna, "Will you please help us?"
"NO." replied Bakura.
Arianna pulled her sword out again.
"I'll ask once more, NICELY, WILL YOU HELP US, PLEASE?" she repeated.
"NO." replied Marik.
The other two girls pulled out their swords.
In a flash all three of the girls had the boys against the wall, their swords at the boys' throats.
~~~~~Arianna's POV
"Then we will do things the hard way." said Erin.
"We've told you a million times that it's impossible to do things the way you want to do them." said Jenny.
I remained silent as I held my sword at Marik's throat; Marik was staring me in the eyes, a bit unnerving for me.
"What benefit would there be for us if we helped?" asked Bakura.
"You're a thief, you know what kind of deals pirates like to make." I replied.
"Yes." said Bakura, "But I've never met FEMALE pirates."
I rolled my eyes.
"You will be well paid." said Erin.
"How much?" asked Bakura.
"Two hundred Kistrels." I replied.
Erin and Jenny stared at me as if I was crazy.
Too bad for them. Yami and Bakura got free of them and disarmed them.
"What about YOU?" I asked Marik, "Are you going to try and disarm ME again?"
He remained silent.
"He doesn't like pirates." called Yami, "He had a bad experience with them once."
"It wasn't a bad experience with PIRATES." said Marik, "It was with their ship and-"
Marik faltered as he watched something over my shoulder.
I consulted a mirror on the wall behind Marik to see Yami and Erin kissing.
I raised an eyebrow.
"I take it you two know each other?" I asked, raising my voice.
"Gyack!" yelped Erin.
I smirked.
"Is that your way of trying to persuade him to help us?" I asked, still keeping an eye on Marik.
"ARIANNA!" yelled Erin, "THAT'S NOT FUNNY!"
"I thought it was." I muttered.
~~~~~As it was before Arianna's POV...
"Bakura," called Marik, "You and Miss Hall aren't going to start kissing, are you?"
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shrieked Jenny.
"I agree with that statement." said Bakura.
"So," began Arianna, "Are you going to help us? Or will I have to.... PERSUADE you?"
"I'll help." said Yami.
"So will I." added Bakura.
Arianna looked at Marik, an eyebrow raised questioningly.
Marik stared Arianna in the eyes unblinkingly.
"THERE IS NO WAY YOU ARE GETTING ME ON A SHIP." said Marik firmly.
Arianna grinned malevolently.
~~~~~Marik's POV - Five minutes later
"I can't believe I'm on the ship." I muttered.
"What's that landlubber muttering about?" asked a Djinni.
"He needed some extra persuasion to get on a ship." replied Erin.
"Where's the captain?" asked a Pinch-Higgen.
"She's in her cabin." replied Jenny.
"So, who convinced HIM to get aboard?" asked an Undine.
"Arianna did." replied Erin.
The Djinni, Undine and Pinch-Higgen all looked surprised.
"You're a lucky one, landlubber." said the Djinni.
"Don't let her catch you saying that." said Jenny.
"Don't let me catch who saying what?" asked Arianna, coming out of a cabin.
"Nothing." replied Erin.
Arianna gave her a knowing look and went to a table on deck.
"This is where we are." said Arianna, pointing at one end of a landmass on her map, "This is the Light Temple," she pointed at an island, "This is the Graveyard of Shadows," another island, "And THIS is my personal favorite, the Chaos Temple." a large island, "The three keys to the Amulet of Xoannon are supposed to be on these islands."
"How do you know so much?" asked Yami, "No one is supposed to know that much."
"I do my homework." replied Arianna, dryly, "The one we're the closest to is the first one, the Light Temple. We should head for that one first."
"It seems that you don't know about other keys." said Bakura, "The Key of Light, the Key of Shadow and the Key of Chaos."
"They are you three." said Arianna, "That is why you three are needed."
"Besides companionship?" asked the Djinni.
Arianna scowled.
"Bartimaeus, go somewhere else if you're going to talk like that." snapped Arianna, "The Light Temple is a two-day sail from here."
"Why didn't we stock up on stuff?" asked Jenny.
"BECAUSE," said Arianna, "EVERYONE WAS GONE."
"There was a pirate attack." I said.
"Probably that fool Noah." grumbled Arianna, "They were after you three."
"WELL!" said the Pinch-Higgen, "Shall I get up in the mast?"
"Yes, Jable." replied Arianna.
"What about me?" asked the Undine.
"Hmmm, why don't you go check the stores, Aethleflaed?" suggested Arianna, "I have a feeling we have another guest on board."
"We'll go do our usual stuff." said Erin and Jenny in unison.
"I'll show you three to your cabins." said Arianna, turning on her heel and heading to a trap door and dropping through.
"Yami, this is your cabin." said Arianna, pointing at the first cabin, "Bakura, this is yours."
The two disappeared into their cabins.
"And this one is yours." said Arianna to me, motioning at the last cabin.
"Why do you do it?" I asked.
"Why do I do what?" she asked.
"Why are you a pirate?" I asked.
"One has to make a living, and no one would except me in the field I wanted to be in, so, I became a pirate." she replied and she turned and walked away.
"And what field was it you wanted to be in?" I asked.
Arianna stopped and I saw her turn her head slightly over her shoulder.
"I'll leave that for myself." she replied.
I peeked into my room.
"Why are there snakes in my room?" I asked.
She spun around and swept past me into the room, and I closed the door after following her into the room.
"What do you think you are doing?" asked Arianna as she picked up a snake from the bed.
"Why are you so interested in the Amulet?" I asked.
"I don't know, I've always had a fascination with rare things." she replied, draping the snake around her shoulders, "And I like to try to find the things that are impossible to find."
I blocked the door as she tried to get past me.
"Move." said Arianna.
"Certainly." I said moving aside.
She began to pass me put I grabbed her arm.
"WHAT?" she asked.
"Tell me this," I said, "Why do you not stay anywhere near me for long?"
"Pardon?" she asked, confused - not.
"You have been acting nervous the entire time you and I have been in the same room." I replied.
"Well, a pirate WOULD be nervous about being near someone known to kill pirates." she replied trying to free her arm.
"Do you think I would kill you?" I asked.
"Yes." she replied, "Almost everyone wants to kill me, so why would you be any different?"
And with that, she managed to free herself from my grasp and disappear down the corridor.
~~~~~Arianna's POV
"Phew." I sighed as I slumped against the wall of my cabin as I ran a hand through my bangs, "I need to stay away from him."
*He makes me feel....strange.* I thought irritably, *No one is going to catch me saying that though. And I swear, he must be out to get me or something.*
I deposited the snake I'd been holding on my bed and then I flopped down on the bed myself.
"Ari!" called Erin.
"What?" I yelled.
"We have a stow-away!" called Bartimaeus.
"Let Jenny decide his fate!" I yelled.
I grumbled and closed my eyes.
"What's the matter?" asked a voice and my eyes flew open, "Don't feel like dealing with it yourself?"
"GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!!!" I roared at Marik, "AND HOW THE HECK DID YOU GET IN HERE?!"
"Whoa." I heard a voice outside say.
I grabbed Marik by the back of his shirt and dragged him to my door; I opened my door and threw him out onto the deck.
"AND STAY OUT!" I yelled.
I slammed the door growling.
"Well THAT wasn't very nice." said a voice behind me.
"MARIK." I growled, "OUT."
"No." he said simply.
"YES." I said.
I grabbed him by the shirt and dragged him outside myself and went to the rail.
"I won't hesitate to throw you over the rail." I growled at him.
"Oh, she would to." said Bartimaeus, "No that I've ever seen her do it, but I know her well enough to know she would. Even if you ARE the Key of Chaos."
"It's been a while since I've seen her that mad." remarked Jenny.
I let go of Marik, gave him a warning glare and stalked off to my cabin.
"Wake me up when we've arrived at the Light Temple." I said, and with that I slammed my door.
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C-F: ^_^ Yays. ^_^
Marik: You're weird.
C-F: I'm tired that's why. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
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