Chapter 1 Enter Kimiko and Midori; Unbidden Dreams
Kimiko stared thoughtfully into the face of her sleeping sister, Midori. Kimiko chuckled as Midori rolled over, mumbling something about not being able to train because she had a stiff knee. Shaking her head, Kimiko studied her sister's features, which were almost exactly the same as hers. Did I forget to mention that the two are twins? Well, if I didn't, I did now. Midori had shoulder length silver hair, Kimiko's reached her waist, and they both had similar violet eyes, although Kimiko's held a hint of silver.
Sunlight filtered in through their glass doors that led out to the balcony and Midori squinted, "Kimiko, close the drapes!" She groaned, throwing an arm over her eyes.
Kimiko smiled evily, "Midori, it's time to get up- another beautiful day in the Underground for training, and besides, Jareth'll have our hides if we're not ontime today."
Again Midori groaned, "What time is it?"
"seven thirty." Kimiko said.
"What!" Midori sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Actually, it's only six, but I thought that maybe we could eat breakfast this morning." Kimiko grinned as Midori threw a pillow at her, missing of course.
"Damn it Kimiko, why do you do this to me?" Midori moaned in a Woe is me voice.
"Aw... but you're my favorite big sister, Midori." Kimiko stood and ran to dress as Midori crawled out of bed.
"I'm your only big sister..." She grumbled, moving towards her closet.
Kimiko chose a pair of black capris and a black t-shirt with a drawing of a thorny rose on it that she had done herself. She also grabbed a pair of black leather boots and decided to sit on her bed and wait for Midori to finish dressing.
To bide her time she looked around the room. Their drapes were heavy and black, although there were stars and moons all over it, Kimiko's little obsession, their bed was a king size and had two matresses. It was cover partially by a pink blanket with the picture of a young couple dancing, that was Midori's, and the other half was black with the picture of a wolf baying at the full moon. There were two separate closets in the room, and each closet led in turn, to the girl's own bathing rooms.
Midori emerged from her closet wearing a pink tanktop and matching jeans, Kimiko gagged at the sight of so much pink on one person, and the two left their room, heading for the dining area. When they got there, Jareth was already seated, he looked up in surprise, "you girls are up early." He said, an eyebrow raised, "what's the occasion?"
Midori glared at Kimiko, "Kimiko wanted to eat breakfast before training." She muttered, taking her seat on Jareth's left while Kimiko sat on the right, happily humming to herself.
Kimiko grabbed some eggs, bacon, and toast. She savored the meal before diving into a bowl of oatmeal- three bowls too be exact. "How do you do it?" Midori asked, "how can you eat like that?"
"Ahh..." Kimiko sat back and patted her stomach, "that was great."
Midori again shook her head and finished off her small plate of eggs before the trio wandered outside to the training grounds. Kimiko grabbed her boken, as did Midori, and the two started off. Their speed was incredible, and strength- ugh, lets just say that I wouldn't want to get on their bad side. Kimiko lunged, striking Midori in the ribs, who in turn fell to the ground. Instantly Kimiko stopped and put out her hand, "Jareth, why do we always have to train?" Midori complained, wiping dry dirt off of her now ruined outfit.
"Midori, what say we take it to the next level?" Asked Kimiko.
Still grumbling Midori nodded and took her stance, this time they would be serious and use all their force.
Kimiko took up her stance, and Midori was instantly silenced as the air crackled with energy. The two leapt into the air and the next instant the air was filled with the sound of splintering wood. "Aw... these things aren't built to last." Kimiko complained, reaching for a real sword.
"Yeah, we need to practice with the real thing." Said Midori, grabbing her own sword.
The two once more took up their stances, and Jareth was forced to stand back at the extent of the power emmitting from the two girls as they dove into action. He couldn't see them, but at times the sounds of swords clashing came to his ears and a brief glimpse of black or pink cloth came to his eyes. He smirked, knowing that the girls were definately on their way to becoming the best in the Underground, now that they were finally finghting seriously.
Kimiko blocked blow after blow that Midori sent at her, and she in turn blocked every blow that Kimiko sent to her. The two girls were using equal strengths. Kimiko decided to go all out and attacked again, just as Midori used her own power attack, "Sword of Flames!" Midori cried as Kimiko called out her own attack.
"Blade of eternal suffering!" Kimiko shouted, pouring all of her energy into the attack.
The resounding explosion sent them both to the ground, pieces of their shattered swords floated down harmlessly as the two began to laugh. Jareth stared at the two in stunned silence, "That was... wonderful!" He exclaimed, leaning over the two, "I couldn't even follow you."
Kimiko smiled tiredly at him, "Yeah, that was cool. Do you think that I can sign up for that competition now?"
"Of course! You'll blow them away with your skills- the both of you!"
Midori beamed, "I'll win that tournament, Kimiko, eat my dust."
"Oh, yeah, Midori," Kimiko scoffed, "like you could ever beat me- we're evenly matched."
"Dobbes, Hymes (Yes, I just named them Dobbes and Hymes, gonna make something of it? I thought not.)." Jareth called, and instantly two goblins appeared at Jareth's side, "take Kimiko and Midori back to their rooms, I'm sure that they're exhausted from their fight."
"Sir!" The two goblins stood at attention, looking at the girls in awe, having just seen their amazing battle.
The two were pulled to their feet and led back into the castle, "That was amazing mistresses." Said Dobbes.
"It sure was." Hymes put in, "I've never seen that kind of power!"
"Thanks." Kimiko said, "But right now, I'm looking forward to a nap."
"Yeah." Midori agreed, "A nap would be wonderful."
As soon as they lay down, the two girls were asleep. Midori was the first to awaken, and she hurried to soak in a hot bath. Not long after, Kimiko awoke and stood on their balcony. She got a sudden urge to go out, into the labyrinth and instantly did so. She leapt the thirty or so feet to the ground and wandered into the large maze. Lost in though she moved farther and farter away from the castle, allowing her feet to guide her through turns that she had made for years.
Eventually she stopped, and leapt up onto the Labrynth wall and lay back, looking at the star filled sky. A sound nearby- something scraping on stone possibly- caused her to stand up, "Who's there?" She called, recieving no answer, "I said who's there? Midori is that you? I swear, if you're trying to get me back for this morning I'm going to kick your wah!" Her feet were yanked out from under her and she fell heavily on her hand, hearing a painful crack from her wrist, "Ow! Damn it, who did that!" She called furiously, wincing as she attempted to move her wrist.
"Don't say anything." A voice whispered near her ear, Kimiko twisted her head to catch a view of the speaker, there was nobody there.
She got slowly to her feet and brushed herself off, "Who's there?" She called, "What do you want?"
"I only want to show you what Jareth hid from you." The voice chuckled.
"What the hell does that mean-" Suddenly a pair of gloved hands streched out of the darkness and covered her face, that was the last thing that Kimiko saw.
Kimiko's dream
Kimiko was walking down the street of a strange, large, village with metal monsters moving quickly a few feet away from her. She saw a young woman pushing a stroller with twin infants lying inside, both were sleeping. She couldn't see the faces of either child for it was night time. Kimiko saw tears staining the girl's cheeks and instantly wondered what could have been the matter.
"Sarah!" The voice of a boy called, "Don't go!"
"Toby!" The one called Sarah gasped, "What are you doing here? You shouldn't have come- you're only ten and many people would take advantage of that!"
"sarah, don't go... You'll only be giving in to that bastard from the U-underground!" Toby exclaimed in frustration.
"Toby!" Sarah gasped, "You know that Karen doesn't like for you to use that kind of language!"
Toby hung his head, "Yeah... I know, but I had to see you Sarah, I couldn't let you go without saying goodbye!"
Sarah put his hand on the stroller beneath her own and they began to walk. Kimiko followed out of curiousity, and felt a sudden chill as a voice called out from the shadows, "Psst, hey lady, come here."
Kimiko gasped as she saw the figure step out of the shadows, "Jareth!" She exclaimed as the figure moved towards Sarah.
The woman showed no reaction however, "Toby, run! Go straight to the police and do not stop!" She shouted.
She herself began to move the stroller slowly. A shot rang out and suddenly the stroller tipped, spilling the infants onto the sidewalk. The two began to cry loudly, "Shut 'em up or I will." Jareth said.
Kimiko couldn't understand- this didn't sound like Jareth, why would he do such a horrible thing? And his voice, this didn't seem like his voice at all. She looked back at the scene in time to see Sarah stoop to lift the children and begin to rock them in her arms. She turned as though to run and there was the sound of another gunshot, it tore through Sarah's body and the shoulder of one of the babies.
The woman collapsed on top of the children, bleeding and moving her lips soundlessly in shock. Jareth stood over her, as though listening to her words. And then he picked up Sarah's body, which was now lifeless. He also lifted up the children, who were now covered in their mother's blood and dissappeared from Kimiko's sight.
Curiously Kimiko pulled her shirt aside and stared at the scar, was she that infant? That wound had nearly killed her, and why would Jareth injure some woman like that. A sudden realization came to Kimiko as the scene dissappeared- that woman was her mother.
Jareth, why did you do it? Kimiko thought, why did you kill her?
A/N Well... this is a complete rewrite of chapter one, almost nothing is the same, so reread it... R&R for me!