YM: ^_^!! I'm back!! 5 Reviews have been received!!
EC: -_-' Why did you have to give her 5 reviews…?
IK: Maybe for some strange, unexplainable reason they like this fic?
EC: -_-? How could they possibly-?
YM: Kena, I think you're right about the kick-thing, unless all of the reviewers are lying to me about how not-so-terrible this fic is…I still think it sucks, but hey…keep arguing with me! ^_^ And, I'm sorry that I leave off at good parts………I hate cliffies myself, but, then, I have no idea why I write them……^^;;
IK: -_-'
YM: YAMI!!! ^_^
Yami: -_-' Yami Megami doesn't own Yu-gi-oh or any of the associated characters, places, things, etc.
EC: Thank the gods, or we'd all be in very big trouble……-_-'
YM: :P Oh, Yami's Aibou? I know, I feel bad about writing the nightmares in, but……My muses insist, so……^^;; Yeah. I just, *don't* argue with them…
IK: Damn right you don't…
YM: Oh, and Lemon? I'm sorry if you're "confuzzled" ( I like that word!! ^_^). You'll have to ask Evile Child and Inkantohan Kalag, but I think Rofaic's supposed to be confusing… ^^;;; I'm glad you liked "Late Night Research" ^_^!!
EC: I swear, all of you authors are hopped up on something that impairs your judgment or something similar……
YM: :P You're mean!!
EC: ::glares::
YM: Eeeep!! I'm typing, I'm typing!!
Darkness Rising: Chapter 7
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They were……mangled. He had expected to see the same thing as the first day of school - well toned arms without a scratch on them. What he saw was completely different. Her right arm was black, and purple, and blue, and a deathly pale white in contrast with the rest of her un-naturally pale skin. Her left, on the other hand, was pinkish tan, as if it was extremely hot, and a few spots were anywhere from orange to cherry red with burns. And the only thing he could think of was the little violet tenshi………
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Yuugi then realized that he was staring, and getting a very icy cold death glare from one none-too-happy violet-haired girl. Yuugi averted his gaze quickly. He didn't think it would be wise to make Rofaic angry, and so, questioning her wouldn't be the smartest thing that he could do.
"Uh……Arigato, honto [1]. You really helped me out Dragonis-san." said Yuugi in a small voice, picking up his book bag and scooting out the door.
"Hey, Mouto." came a calm voice from behind him. Turning around, Yuugi saw Rofaic leaning against the open doorframe, arms crossed over her chest, not looking at him, but straight ahead of her, at the opposite post of the doorframe. Still not turning, she said,
"Any time." and closed the door after re-entering the house………
Yami's POV
It's driving me insane!! Why can't I figure out why Dragonis-san seems so familiar? I thought for the hundred-millionth time. It was so familiar to me…the deaths of those people. I can remember vaguely a time when that happened in Egypt; strangely cold blueish marks on a body that's fuzzy, and unfathomable, and deep red streaks on another, equally as indecipherable as the other. And, a warning. Beware of the wrath of fire and ice; and, something about the shadow realm. Then, as soon as I almost figure something else out, it blocks off completely and I'm left with nothing. It was frustrating, and I was getting a headache from working at it for so long.
Looking down at Yuugi, who was sleeping next to me, I smiled gently as I saw that he was not having a nightmare. This was a good sign. He had been having them every night for I don't know how long, and I still had no idea what they were about. I hated that, but, because he asked me not to look, I can only comfort him when he wakes, which is usually by screaming out in anguish. It hurts me more than a physical blow to watch this happen night after night, but I will respect my aibou's wishes and not find out of my own accord what is going on inside his innocent mind to torment him so. Though, tonight, it didn't seem as bad as it usually did………
Yuugi's Dream ^_^
Looking around, the confused hikari was, well……confused. It wasn't dark like normal; no, it was light enough to actually see his surroundings. Everything had a light lavenderish white tint, and he wasn't afraid at all. Looking around, he saw nothing out of the ordinary in this room; it was just 4 walls, a ceiling and a floor, and that was all.
What is going on? Does this mean that she is going to leave me alone now? thought Yuugi as he stood up, still slightly confused as to how he got here, in this very assuring place. For some reason, he wasn't afraid at all; he was actually feeling very content. Almost as much as when he was snuggled with Yami (A/N: ^_^ Awwwww!! How kawaii!! ^_^). Then, a voice sounded from behind him.
"I-I brought you here, instead of letting her take you away. I-I didn't want her to torment you anymore than she already had." it was the soft silvery tone of a bell, but a gentler pitch, like that of a flute. Turning around, Yuugi was almost surprised to see the little violet angel sitting on the ground behind him, looking up at him with wide, curious eyes.
"You did? How? Who are you? And where exactly is 'here'?" asked Yuugi, walking over to her and sat in front of her. She nodded and said,
"Yes, I brought you here. It's a place that I created as a sort of, safe haven, from Moeyasui Shimo. As for me, I am just, a friend trying to help." Yuugi decided not to pry with the name. He was grateful for this girl's help; he didn't want to make her irate. Instead, he asked,
"Why are you trying to help-wait a second. Did you say Moeyasui Shimo?" he realized. This time, violet eyes shown with a slight confusion as the little one nodded slightly. Yuugi blinked as he remembered that the name of the composer on the test Rofaic had given him; it was Moeyasui Shimo unless his name wasn't Yuugi Motou. Did this mean that the person in his nightmares knew Rofaic? Or even more frightening, was Rofaic?
"Y-you know, Rofaic? Dragonis?" squeaked the little girl. The reason that Yuugi thought of her as little, even when he himself was small in stature, was because she looked to be about 7 years old, and to be very small for her age. Yuugi looked at her suspiciously for a second before replying,
"Yes, I know Dragonis-san. But, how did you know that?" The little angle seemed to not realize that Yuugi had done anything but acknowledge his connection with the stoic new-girl……… (A/N: Sorry, but I couldn't give too much else away here…-_-' Muse's orders…^^;;)
Blinking awake, Yuugi was surprised to see that it was already 6:30, and his alarm would go off in 5 minutes. Looking up at his dark half, he snuggled closer, deciding that 5 minutes to wake up was fine with him.
Why had the girl been so surprised that he had known Rofaic? It really shouldn't have been that surprising, right? And, how did the girl know about Dragonis-san anyway?
Then, it dawned on Yuugi; he never asked for her name, so he had no idea what to refer to her as, except, 'the girl'. Then, just as Yami blinked and opened his eyes, a small voice, just a slight whisper, poked into his ear, saying, Like I said, I am simply a friend; but if you insist on calling me something, call me this: Laurëa. And then, the presence was gone.
Ready to slip back in to the arms of sleep, Yuugi realized that actually it was a Sunday, and so he really *could* go back to sleep and not be penalized for it later. Snuggling into his darker half's embrace, he was about to drift off when, unsurprisingly, the alarm clock went off, completely shocking Yuugi awake with no chance of him going back to sleep.
Sighing, the violet-eyed boy slipped away from Yami and turned off the alarm.……
Next Day - At school……
Rofaic was there, and she finally had a school uniform. Although, somehow, she had gotten it in shades of gray, black, and white, though Yuugi had no idea how. And, what shocked Yuugi into a stare for almost a full minute were her arms, which were currently bare because of the short sleeves of the white t-shirt she wore. They were clear and pale as they had been on the first day of school; not a scratch or blemish of any sort on them. But, on Saturday, there hadn't been a clear spot on them! One arm was fully burns and blood, while the other was frozen black and blue and every color in between! Something was definitely and foully up………
It was the end of the day, and he had no idea how to find out what had happened to her arms short of asking her, and he most definitely couldn't; she would have probably quite angrily reprimanded him for it. It was all so……confusing.
Locking his locker, he walked down the stairs and outside to see Rofaic, leaning on the chain link fence that surrounded the construction site on school grounds, (a new auditorium was being built), she was getting yelled at by a security guard for smoking a cigarette. She seemed to not be paying attention to them; just looked past their shoulder at the brick wall of the school across from her. Yuugi watched as the security guard stopped yelling at her and appeared to be waiting for a reply from her. After a second, Rofaic turned her purple gaze on the security guard and fixed her with a hard glare, flicking ashes off of the cigarette to one side. Then, she took a long drag on it and blew the cloud of carbon monoxide directly in the guard's face. The guard started screaming at Rofaic, who still seemed to take no notice of her, but instead just took another drag. Then, deciding that she was finished, turned her back on Dawn [1], for that was her name, and flicked her cigarette onto the ground behind her. Or at least, Yuugi thought it was supposed to go on the ground, but what happened was it landed on the security woman's shoe, smoldering side down, and he assumed begin burn a hole in it, because she started jumping up and down and whacking at her shoe. Then, she yelled after Rofaic, who was simply stalking off, not paying any attention………
……And she ran straight into Seto Kaiba, who was going the opposite direction she was. He stumbled back and she simply kept on walking. Yuugi was close enough now to hear Kaiba yell,
"Watch where you're going you dumb fucking gothic bitch." Rofaic turned around in a casual manner and said in a calm, icy tone,
"Don't you think that resulting to name calling to try and make me react to your simplicity is a little on the childish side?" And with that, turned her back on him as well, not at all expecting an answer. Kaiba, however, was not to happy at being called childish, if not in so many words. Kaiba replied in an equally as icy tone,
"If you weren't a girl, I would make you eat your words." At this point, Jou, Honda, and Ryou had caught up with Yuugi and were watching this exchange. They were all surprised (and in Jou's case, amused) when Rofaic turned around, dropping her bookbag to the ground and stalking back to Kaiba, a harsh glare searing, and said,
"Don't let that stop you, oh powerful and almighty CEO, as if a title gives you any backbone or strength." At this, Kaiba bristled. She had him. Dropping his briefcase to the ground next to him, he said,
"Fine. You want to fight with me, let's fight." Then, Rofaic, ever the strange one, took off her uniform jacket and tossed it lightly on top of the 8 ft chain link fence and slipped off her shoes, standing in her normally straight stance, giving him a "come and get me" look. Not surprisingly, Kaiba was the first to make a move. Going to punch the violet haired girl, he was caught off guard as she blocked his arm up and pivoted so her back was toward him, throwing him over her shoulder as if he weighed nothing more than 5 lbs. Kaiba though, was not so easily beaten. Instead of hitting the ground, the CEO pushed off of his left hand and stood, lunging at the girl again, who's back was now toward him. As he came closer to her, she kicked out with one foot, almost hitting Kaiba's abdomen. Catching the toes of her downward-pointing foot, he pulled her towards himself, making an attempt at her head. Spinning at the last moment and blocking with her right arm, she lifted her left leg up for only a second and kicked Kaiba's ankle, making his grip on her foot loosen so that she could stand straight.
Then, going forward a little, it seemed Rofaic went on the offensive as she stuck a leg behind him and pushed the little groove above his collar bone in, making him gag and fall backwards. Recovering as soon as she let go, not bringing him down all the way, Kaiba pulled into a tight back-flip and landed in a defensive stance. Though, when he landed, Rofaic wasn't in front of him anymore. Tapping him on the shoulder, the CEO anticipated a punch to the face, and so blocked. What Rofaic did instead was a round-house kick that literally knocked the wind out of Kaiba, and those who were close enough, (as there was a large crowd of people gathered), could swear they heard a sharp crack! Taking her leg down as Kaiba doubled over, she started to walk past him, and then stopped, patted him on the back lightly, and said,
"You'll be lucky if you can survive that without going to the hospital." and with that, she walked to the student parking lot, probably to pick up her motorcycle. As she passed some people cheered, some people scowled and yelled obscenities (mostly the fan club of girls that followed Kaiba from a distance). Most of them though, just stared at her. And, as Yuugi looked more carefully at her as she gathered her things, he could tell her adrenaline was running on high as she carefully controlled her breathing, but that's not what he stared at. For the faintest of minutes, Yuugi was positive he saw a glow surrounding Rofaic. A red glow, mixed with swirls of a pale, icy blue, and, looking at Kaiba's stomach as the CEO stood in a very painful looking manner, his stomach had an imprint that looked like the width of Dragonis-san's leg, and it was burned there, wild blemishes making boils on the skin. But, mixed throughout the burns were spots of a deep blueish purple, sometimes darkening to a sickly, dead black, as if frozen………
YM: ^_^ How was that?
EC: O_O!! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE PLOT YOU JUST GAVE AWAY!!??
YM: ^^;; uh…a little?
EC: Well, yeah……but……so?! YOU GAVE AWAY A PORTION OF THE PLOT!!
YM: It's called a cliff hanger. And it's not really what they all think it is anyway, so, that just makes it all the more fun!!
IK: -_-' For once, I think you might actually have a point that makes some sense……-_-
YM: ^_^!! R&R to find out what's up with Rofaic-san!!! ^_^!!
Footnotes:
[1] Arigato honto - Thank you, really.
[2] - Dawn is a bitchy security guard at my school… -_-' I'd love to do that to her!! ^_^