No Yugi-oh owning…
Yay, and a special dedication to Twill! Who recently reviewed causing me to continue AND for e-mailing me! ^-^ Yay! PLUS she's gonna add Dragon Guardian to her fic 'Heats Change' which is one of my VERY favourites so go check it out! (Hope you don't mind the advertising Twill.)
P.S. Hmm, I guess it could be sorta, kinda, maybe gory-ish when you get to the Tristen/Joey part of the chapter. Umm, sorry if you think it is.
Chapter Four: Freed From The Shadows
Yugi sat defiantly in the rain. His tears had long since dried although one wouldn't know it by the looks of him for he was soaked through and through. Cold, unimaginable cold from the icy rain, chill weather and lack of sun had quickly taken the place of the once sorrow child. Tiny fists clenched as the tri-haired boy cursed aloud the infection that was his visions. Curse it all. He would have much rather been hunted and killed by the dark one once then have to experience it twice or maybe more. He had read stories where due to a prophecy or visions people were foreworn of the problems lying ahead and thus was able to prevent them. Ha! You cannot prevent destiny, for that is what it is. Destiny, the most cursed plight to ever befall man.
Yugi Motou, given this cursed gift so that he could see his own death. Such a joke that someone, somewhere must be laughing at! Destined to die by a nameless shadow, one he had never even seen the face of, such twisted irony. Yugi's fist unclenched as he fell to the ground shivering like mad. His body felt numb, as did his heart. He was alone, and no one could save him, the fate of the doomed.
Ryou woke shivering. He had slept as far from the fire as was humanly possible without leaving the shelter that was his cave. By the time the next to frozen child had wakened the fire had almost extinguished itself but was still barely burning. Ryou unconsciously brought his hand to his heart, after staring at the fire for a few minutes he slowly crept out of the cave. The light framed teen was surprised at how windy it was when the shelter wasn't blocking it for him.
Cold, hungry and more terrified than ever Ryou journeyed out to find something edible, he hadn't eaten a thing yesterday and the day before he had had very little. He wasn't worried he wouldn't find his way back because he didn't want to go back. The fire seemed to taunt him, besides there… was… no food nearby, yes that was why he was leaving. Lack of nourishment. Not because he, he… yes lack of nourishment. Ryou shivered as he pulled his school jacket tighter around.
Ryou had been walking for over an hour when he found his former home. He looked down at the burnt city from the elevated area in which he sat. The ground down there was all black, ashes from the fires. Not a single building remained whole. In fact more were simply rubble. What exactly happened? Ryou had been trying to figure it out for almost a week and yet he was still so utterly clueless. He was not so much concerned with why it happened but by what had happened, he was still so confused. He remembered hearing that tri-haired kid, Yugi, talk about a vision where the city wasn't safe and that it was coming true at that moment. He had bolted and left the city. Why had he suddenly known to leave the city, why not hide in a closet or run home and lock the door? …But no. He had known to leave, leave the city behind. Why was it the wilderness was safe yet civilization destroyed. The white haired teen sighed sadly.
No answers were coming yet questions kept on piling in his head. His visions, Yugi's visions, the sudden destruction of life itself, the unscathed forests that were suddenly THERE with huge dark menacing trees. The frail boy thought he had heard rustling behind him but ignored the sound. It was no good to jump at every noise made in this "new world". Besides it was probably just the wind.
Brown eyes looked at the sky questioningly. "And why is the sky so damn dark!", he muttered. It's so very hard to see especially since there is no light from the… err, charred city. Ryou looked away, burying his face in his hands, as it seemed the only appropriate thing to do. The leafs rustled behind him again, was it Ryou's imagination or was the rustling getting closer. Suddenly Ryou felt very eerie and ever so slowly, as one does when they don't want to look behind them, looked behind him.
Oh shit.
Ryou quickly turned back so he was once again facing the charred city. "Please go away, please, please don't come any closer. Don't see me, please, please don't…" Ryou was muttering madly under his breath. Of course all false hopes vanished as soon as footsteps suddenly stopped right behind him. "Ah crap!" Ryou looked up to see a pair of large red eyes looking down at him. Antennae's were swaying in the ever-present breeze. Two large lanky arms held loftily to the creature's side. The green and yellow body was not even comprehended as Ryou's eyes had yet to look away from the ghostly white talons at the end of the insectoid's arms. Dully the cowering youth realised he was looking up to the Basic Insect. This realisation however was useless and all thoughts that could have branched off that thought never existed for the Basic Insect tilted its head questionably. Ryou's heart froze.
For a moment neither one moved. Ryou didn't breath. Then the insectoid lifted its triple taloned hand up dangerously. Chocolate eyes opened wide. "Oh god, please STOP!" Ryou shielded his face squinting his eyes so tight he was seeing red dots. He waited for the Basic Insect to simply slice him in two. Three, four, five six, seven, eight- Ryou counted to his death. Nine, ten, eleve- where was that stinging pane, that whole loss of life thing going to occur. Ryou cautiously opened one of his eyes. The Basic Insect still had its talon raised but had lowered its head so it was face to face with Ryou. The youth's eyes darted from the face of the insect to the talon dangling above his head to the face again. He tilted his head slightly and the Basic Insect tilted his head too. Confused Ryou raised his hand to his heart. The Basic Insect moved its raised claw to its heart too. Now completely perplexed the white haired boy didn't know what to do. Surely if he tried to escape or moved in the wrong way he'd be no more. What to do!
The basic insect abruptly moved his face less than an inch away from Ryou's. Startled Ryou impulsivity moved backwards. Of course the fact that a cliff was the only thing behind him at that moment never sank in. Ryou fell helplessly backwards, screaming out in terror. The last thing he saw was the Basic Insect's head appear over the cliffs edge. Tilting confusingly. And then he collided with the ground below. His eyes, which were previously the size of watermelons closed softly as darkness took him.
"…ke up joey! JOEY! Get UP! I SAID get up, get up, get up, get up, up, UP!!" Tristen moved so his mouth was directly over Joey's ear. " WAKE UP YOU STUPID IDIOT!!" Joey sprang up causing Tristen to pull back gripping his mouth. "OW, why'd you do that!", Tristen all but yelled. Joey rubbed his head where Tristen's teeth had smacked him upon the gravitational pull of waking startled. "Me! You're the one who woke me up." Joey stated rather rudely before his face suddenly became very sneaky. "Hey, umm, Tristen. Where's that stick you 'ad last night?"
"No time for that now, Yugi's disappeared." Tristen glanced at where Yugi had last been seen sleeping he wasn't there. Joey looked around as if Yugi had just moved camp and all you had to do was look to your left instead of your right "Wha?!"
"We gotta go find him, he's gonna get himself in a lot of trouble." Joey nodded and started to pack up his sleeping bag. Of course when a cute little brown fuzzy thing suddenly jumped into it Joey had to jump back and scream. Thus causing Tristen to turn around startled. "Joey, what's wrong?" Joey, for his part backed away from the sleeping bag ever so slowly. "Uh… there's something… inside." To add to the mood Joey pointed nudgingly in the direction of his sleeping bag. This would have caused Tristen to be cautious if at that moment the cute brown thing hadn't popped out making a small cute sound. "proup." "Wait, that's what you're afraid of! That!" And Tristen laughed aloud very loudly, having to grip his stomach and wipe tears from his eyes at the same time. Joey however, wasn't laughing. "Shud up. It- it startled me that's all." Joey started to reach towards it.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you", Tristen stated matter of factly. "It could still be dangerous… in truth doesn't it look a lot like a Ku-" Of course Tristen didn't get to finish his sentence for Joey had already attempted to grab the brown thing. Sigh, sometimes you should just listen! The cute little brown thing glowed white with the contact of Joey's hands. Joey looked startled for; oh say about a whole quarter second before it blew up.
Blinking wildly Joey looked around dazed. Tristen had pulled the blonde away seconds before the explosion. His former sleeping bag lay scattered about the small clearing. Blood, bones, guts and an eyeball were sewn everywhere. The place looked like a murder house. "Wha- What 'appened?" Joey finally spoke. Tristen was still looking about wildly. "That is freaky." He muttered.
"What just 'appened!"
"That was a, a Kuribo. I wasn't completely sure at first, after all I've only seen the 2-D image of the creature on the card but-"
"Wait a minute, wait just a damn minute, are you suggesting that THAT thing was a, a-"
Tristen shrugged. He spoke aloud. "A little too graphic for me, to think that to explode it LITERALLY exploded." Seeing the confusion on Joey's face Honda explained. "I have seen that card in Yugi's deck. It explodes on contact meaning you just…" Tristen trailed off seeing the horror play across Joey's face. "Maybe we should go." Joey nodded in a half daze. They picked up Tristen's pre-rolled sleeping bag and Joey's backpack and left the bloodied clearing. Neither could look at it anymore.
In the clearing the crimson blood started to move, organs like livers, a heart, tongue and so forth startle to shake rapidly. Than all the gore moved silently across the field to meet in the middle. There it started to meld together. First all the bones re-aligned themselves becoming one again. Then the organs took their place encased in the rib cage. Next came the muscle tissue holding it all together. Finally the brown fur re-grew. "Preop." The Kuribo went to find somewhere to sleep. All its energy spent re-aligning itself. If something were to attack it now it wouldn't be able to defend itself much less run away. Grabbing the now clean remaining pieces of Joey's sleeping bag in its mouth it hopped away.
Yugi still had yet to move. Why bother, he was doomed anyway. Why live, if he lived he would only die in any case. Heh. Maybe it was cold, maybe he was hungry but what would that matter he is a lost cause. …And what if he was immensely lonely. He missed friends, human contact. The small boy let loose a heart wrenching cry originating from the very tortured soul that was now his.
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Draggy: Ahh, I'm so mean! Okay, let's see how I tortured my poor characters today shall we. Ryou has fallen off a cliff, presumably dead. (Would I really kill him?) Tristen and Joey have gone through an exploding mini brown thing to of which had its guts spilled everywhere and Yugi has given up life. Meh, why bother right, he's doomed. *looks around suspiciously.* …Or is he….
Did you know it really freaks people out to have your face so close? Try it to a very close friend (otherwise who knows what'll happen)
My friend did that to me once and ever since I have been randomly doing it to her. It really freaks her out. One second you're at a normal distance the next your RIGHT there. Hehe, I'm not weird at all….
Sorry no cute squirrel story but if you want one for the next chapter just say…. Dum, dum, duhhh…. …. …. Or okay, maybe "squirrel" would work better. Toodles.