Love Bites
While the fate of Isaac and Felix at the mercy of Kraden was left in mystery, Jenna had an important mission. And the target of her mission was to find Garet. And the best thing about it was that she knew where he was. He would of course be in his house as Isaac had suggested, and if Isaac had been lying, he would be in trouble.
"Garet!" Jenna called, pushing the door open and slamming it against the wall and storming into the kitchen where Garet was currently putting the breakfast dishes by the sink with a miserable expression on his face. "There you are!"
"Jenna!" Garet almost dropped a plate and turned around in surprise. "H-hey, what's up? What are you doing here?"
"What do you think?" asked Jenna, marching up to him. Her eyes seemed to be exceptionally bright red. "Did you happen to forget we were supposed to be going out this morning? You were supposed to meet me near my house! But you never did turn up..."
"I'm sorry, Jenna," gasped Garet, backing up against the counter. "I'm so sorry, whatever can I say to make it up to you? Is there anything I can do?"
"Well," Jenna's eyes slid towards the dishes. "You could tell me why you are committing such a bizarre act such as washing up? I never would have thought you capable of doing anything like that."
"Oh, haha," groaned Garet. "My sister made me do chores for a week. She blackmailed me!"
"Blackmailed you?" Jenna looked at him curiously. "How did she happen to blackmail you?"
"She-" Garet immediately realised what he was about to do and clapped his hand to his mouth, his eyes widening as he saw how close he had come to telling Jenna he wanted to marry her some day. And he did not want to wind up proposing to her while doing dishes.
"Well, well, well!" Garet and Jenna turned around to see a young Jupiter Mage walking into the kitchen, a sadistic smirk on his face. "Garet's doing chores for a week? Looks like a prime opportunity for some teasing." He snickered.
"Aw, shut up, Ivan!" Garet whined. "It's only because my sister blackmailed me!"
"Wonder what would happen if I... distracted you?" Ivan smiled deviously. However, his devious smile was quickly wiped off his face as he found himself being swept off his feet by a female Mars Adept and held upside down.
"Now, now," Jenna shook Ivan gently. "I really don't think you would want to do that to Garet. You might find yourself getting quite badly hurt as a result."
"Y-you're threatening me?" groaned Ivan, as he looked at his surroundings through an upside-down perspective. "Aah! Let me go, Jenna! Let me go!"
"Uh-uh!" Jenna shook her head. "I can't let you go until you promise to leave my dear Garet-chan alone. Do you swear you will not annoy him?"
"No!" Ivan struggled to break free, but he found that she was too strong. "Why should I?"
"Why, Ivan!" Jenna smiled sadistically. "You mean you do not know why? Because I might have to tie you up and hang you from a tree. How does that sound?"
"WHAT?" Ivan started to struggle harder. "I'm sorry, sorry, promise! Please, let me go!"
"Are you sure?" Jenna raised an eyebrow and looked at Garet. "What do you think? Should we let this evil little mage get away or should we inflict dire punishment upon him?"
Ivan was beginning to feel very uncomfortable. Not only was his entire vision upside down, but all the blood was rushing to his head and he was getting very red in the face. He wondered if he was going to explode and wriggled feebly.
"Hmm," Garet grinned deviously as he thought of the things he could do to Ivan. "I know! But... I think we should wait until he's... out of earshot, so we'll let him go for now.""
"You sure?" Jenna shrugged and let go of Ivan. The unfortunate Jupiter Adept fell to the floor, landing in a messy heap. "Fine, then." Ivan blearily looked around, then realised he was free and immediately bolted from the house, running for dear life.
"Now," Garet beckoned and Jenna came very close. Garet leaned forwards and spoke quietly, presumably plotting something evil.
"A-ha!" said yet another new voice. Garet's elder sister strolled into the kitchen. "What do we have here? Garet slacking off? Two little lovebirds?"
"Aw, go away, Sis!" whined Garet unhappily. "I was working, aren't I allowed a break?"
"Breaks LATER," said Kay sternly. "Chores FIRST."
"Hey," Jenna cut in. "Why are you being so mean to poor Garet and making him do chores for a week?"
"Hmm, well," Kay smiled deviously. "You sure you want to know? Garet?"
"No!" Garet ran in front of Jenna. "No! Don't let her tell you! I'll see you later!" He started pushing Jenna out of the kitchen. "Love you, bye for now!"
"GARET!" Jenna raged. "I'll get you for this!" She turned around and stormed out of the house, looking very cross. Garet leaned on his knees and sighed in relief, not realising Jenna had pretty much threatened him.
"Oy," Kay said in a strict tone. "Chores."
Sheba stood by the river, pebbles in her hand. Every so often, she selected one and skimmed it on the water, watching it hop along the river's surface. The surface of the water sparkled in the sunlight, ripples breaking out as the sharp pebbles struck, reverbating off the water.
"AAAAH!"
The scream could be heard for miles. Sheba dropped all the stones in her hand and looked around curiously, trying to figure out where the scream had come from. Her question was immediately answered as she saw a frantic fellow Jupiter Adept running towards her, looking scared for some reason.
"Sheba!" gasped Ivan, coming to a stop a few metres away and falling to his knees, gasping for breath. "Jenna- mean- Garet- too... hold me upside down... hang from tree..."
"Ahh, I see, Jenna and Garet, was it?" Sheba understood perfectly. She sat down next to Ivan and patted his back. "Never mind, we can always get our own back on them somehow."
"I think THEY are plotting against ME," Ivan looked at her worriedly. "What should we do, Sheba?"
"Tell me everything," Sheba smirked. "And then we'll work it out."
"Deal?" Ivan held out his hand.
"Deal!" Sheba grabbed his hand and squeezed it tightly, causing Ivan to gasp slightly in pain, although it was not such a bad pain, just the kind of caught off guard pain that comes from being surprised.
"And the forces of a thousand men could not level the city, for when faced with wisdom, it seemed that the wise old men knew how to have a decent security and everything. It was cannon-proof, bomb-proof, everything-proof. Men tried to scale the battlements but were shocked to find the walls were covered in Vaseline and they could not climb. Twenty wise sages walked out of the city and talked, and talked to the warriors and tried to placate them into not fighting..."
Kraden droned on and on, rambling at the unfortunate Venus Adepts, telling them things they did not need to know. In fact, Isaac and Felix had got so bored that they were falling asleep, and what they were hearing was not necessarily what Kraden was saying.
"And the farts of a thousand men could not level any city, for when maced with my wisdom, it seems that the Wise One's men knew how to have a decent snack and everything. Their cannon's poof, bomb shoes, everything hoots. Men tried to nail the bad men but were stuck to find their calls were offered with vaseline, and they were not mine. Seventy kind mages stalked the city and stalked and stalked the warriors and tried to plate them into mice kings."
"R-really?" Isaac said in a slurred sleepy voice as he listened to his false version of Kraden's story. "Mice kings? Interesting..."
"Mice kings..." murmured Felix in his sleep, now dreaming that he was the king of a horde of mice and had a crown of Vaseline on his head somehow and Kraden walked around with a mace. "Mice..."
"Mice Kings?" Kraden was somewhat miffed to hear Isaac and Felix talking about such things, not yet noticing that they had fallen asleep. "Now, you must never ignore me for if you were to ignore my words of wisdom, then you might find yourself falling for the prospect of power, and trying to rule the world..."
"Everybody wants to rule the world..." Felix murmured sleepily. "The world is everybody's, everybody wants to rule... if I could rule the world..."
"Felix!" Kraden picked up a stick and rapped the table with it, causing Isaac and Felix to sit bolt upright in shock, rubbing their sleepy eyes. "Never talk of ruling the world, only bad things will come your way if you do that. Do you understand me?"
"Uh-huh," Isaac nodded. "Don't do anything stupid like rule the world."
"No, Isaac," Kraden tutted. "I simply mean that you should not be attempting to do anything such as attempting to rule the world. Terrible wars were fought to claim Alchemy and rule the world. One man will seek to rule over all, it is inevitable, but so long as we stick together, we can make sure they do not."
"How?" Felix interrupted. "Beat them up before they even think about ruling the world?"
"..." Kraden was beginning to wonder if they had been listening to a single word he had said.
"I'd be more interested in Mikasalla," Felix complained, referring to the village which he had come to believe was the most boring place on Weyard, and perhaps the most pointless, except there had been a Mars Djinni hiding there.
"Ahem," Kraden glared at him and then started off on another rambling session. This time he seemed to float off in his own dreamworld as he rambled on and on, droning like a bee. Felix was however more interested in the fact that Isaac had now taken to wandering around the cottage, examining everything.
Isaac cautiously walked up to a rack sitting on a table in front of a smoking cauldron. The rack contained tubes filled with strangely coloured liquids that bubbled, making little popping noises. He cautiously leaned over, accidentally nudging the rack closer to the cauldron, and peeked in. The cauldron was filled with a strange swirling black liquid and a sweet, musky scent hung in the air, the thick smoke washing around Isaac. His eyelids drooped, he could feel an itching in his nose.
"Ah-ah..." Isaac gulped and tried to back away but he could not do so before letting rip with an almighty sneeze. "AA-TISSSS-CHHOOOOOO!" The force propelled him backwards, but not before he ended up knocking the liquids in the tube into the cauldron. His eyes widened as black smoke started belching out of the cauldron and it made hissing noises like a rabid cat which has had its tail stepped on one too many times.
"Run!" yelped Felix, jumping to his feet and knocking his chair back. He turned and fled, running out of the cottage for dear life.
"HOLY COW!" Isaac screamed, turning and running from the cottage, doing a magnificent leap off the hill and rolling over the ground, landing next to Felix. They sat on the ground, wordlessly watching Kraden's cottage as the roof went flying and pink smoke floated upwards. Then Kraden came walking out.
It took all of the Venus Adepts' willpower not to laugh at the sight of Kraden. He now had spiky greenish hair and ragged clothes which made him look like a punk. He came slowly down the steps outside his home, giving Isaac and Felix ultra severe glares.
"It was an accident, Kraden!" Isaac protested. "I was just looking around..."
"I shall be telling your parents of this," said Kraden in an ominous tone. "And you, Felix? Why did you not try to stop Isaac?"
"I didn't know he was going to sneeze," complained Felix. "I'm not a Jupiter Adept now, am I?"
"That's it!" Kraden snapped. "You two can come here tomorrow morning early to clear up the mess you two caused. If not, then I shall make sure your parents inflict dire punishment on you!"
"Awww..." Felix and Isaac groaned in unison, then they noticed a dangerous gleam in Kraden's eyes and jumped to their feet, shaking in fright.
"OKAY, KRADEN!" Isaac said in a loud voice, turning and running.
"Alright, Kraden," Felix hastily turned and followed, wondering if he could possibly worm himself out of this terrible situation.
"Whew, that was a close one..." Isaac muttered as he headed towards his house. He wondered if he could fake a fatal illness or something. Perhaps he could blame it on the pancakes he had that morning, but then his devious plan was quickly dashed as he remembered that he had not eaten any that morning. "Aw, darnit!"
While the fate of Isaac and Felix at the mercy of Kraden was left in mystery, Jenna had an important mission. And the target of her mission was to find Garet. And the best thing about it was that she knew where he was. He would of course be in his house as Isaac had suggested, and if Isaac had been lying, he would be in trouble.
"Garet!" Jenna called, pushing the door open and slamming it against the wall and storming into the kitchen where Garet was currently putting the breakfast dishes by the sink with a miserable expression on his face. "There you are!"
"Jenna!" Garet almost dropped a plate and turned around in surprise. "H-hey, what's up? What are you doing here?"
"What do you think?" asked Jenna, marching up to him. Her eyes seemed to be exceptionally bright red. "Did you happen to forget we were supposed to be going out this morning? You were supposed to meet me near my house! But you never did turn up..."
"I'm sorry, Jenna," gasped Garet, backing up against the counter. "I'm so sorry, whatever can I say to make it up to you? Is there anything I can do?"
"Well," Jenna's eyes slid towards the dishes. "You could tell me why you are committing such a bizarre act such as washing up? I never would have thought you capable of doing anything like that."
"Oh, haha," groaned Garet. "My sister made me do chores for a week. She blackmailed me!"
"Blackmailed you?" Jenna looked at him curiously. "How did she happen to blackmail you?"
"She-" Garet immediately realised what he was about to do and clapped his hand to his mouth, his eyes widening as he saw how close he had come to telling Jenna he wanted to marry her some day. And he did not want to wind up proposing to her while doing dishes.
"Well, well, well!" Garet and Jenna turned around to see a young Jupiter Mage walking into the kitchen, a sadistic smirk on his face. "Garet's doing chores for a week? Looks like a prime opportunity for some teasing." He snickered.
"Aw, shut up, Ivan!" Garet whined. "It's only because my sister blackmailed me!"
"Wonder what would happen if I... distracted you?" Ivan smiled deviously. However, his devious smile was quickly wiped off his face as he found himself being swept off his feet by a female Mars Adept and held upside down.
"Now, now," Jenna shook Ivan gently. "I really don't think you would want to do that to Garet. You might find yourself getting quite badly hurt as a result."
"Y-you're threatening me?" groaned Ivan, as he looked at his surroundings through an upside-down perspective. "Aah! Let me go, Jenna! Let me go!"
"Uh-uh!" Jenna shook her head. "I can't let you go until you promise to leave my dear Garet-chan alone. Do you swear you will not annoy him?"
"No!" Ivan struggled to break free, but he found that she was too strong. "Why should I?"
"Why, Ivan!" Jenna smiled sadistically. "You mean you do not know why? Because I might have to tie you up and hang you from a tree. How does that sound?"
"WHAT?" Ivan started to struggle harder. "I'm sorry, sorry, promise! Please, let me go!"
"Are you sure?" Jenna raised an eyebrow and looked at Garet. "What do you think? Should we let this evil little mage get away or should we inflict dire punishment upon him?"
Ivan was beginning to feel very uncomfortable. Not only was his entire vision upside down, but all the blood was rushing to his head and he was getting very red in the face. He wondered if he was going to explode and wriggled feebly.
"Hmm," Garet grinned deviously as he thought of the things he could do to Ivan. "I know! But... I think we should wait until he's... out of earshot, so we'll let him go for now.""
"You sure?" Jenna shrugged and let go of Ivan. The unfortunate Jupiter Adept fell to the floor, landing in a messy heap. "Fine, then." Ivan blearily looked around, then realised he was free and immediately bolted from the house, running for dear life.
"Now," Garet beckoned and Jenna came very close. Garet leaned forwards and spoke quietly, presumably plotting something evil.
"A-ha!" said yet another new voice. Garet's elder sister strolled into the kitchen. "What do we have here? Garet slacking off? Two little lovebirds?"
"Aw, go away, Sis!" whined Garet unhappily. "I was working, aren't I allowed a break?"
"Breaks LATER," said Kay sternly. "Chores FIRST."
"Hey," Jenna cut in. "Why are you being so mean to poor Garet and making him do chores for a week?"
"Hmm, well," Kay smiled deviously. "You sure you want to know? Garet?"
"No!" Garet ran in front of Jenna. "No! Don't let her tell you! I'll see you later!" He started pushing Jenna out of the kitchen. "Love you, bye for now!"
"GARET!" Jenna raged. "I'll get you for this!" She turned around and stormed out of the house, looking very cross. Garet leaned on his knees and sighed in relief, not realising Jenna had pretty much threatened him.
"Oy," Kay said in a strict tone. "Chores."
Sheba stood by the river, pebbles in her hand. Every so often, she selected one and skimmed it on the water, watching it hop along the river's surface. The surface of the water sparkled in the sunlight, ripples breaking out as the sharp pebbles struck, reverbating off the water.
"AAAAH!"
The scream could be heard for miles. Sheba dropped all the stones in her hand and looked around curiously, trying to figure out where the scream had come from. Her question was immediately answered as she saw a frantic fellow Jupiter Adept running towards her, looking scared for some reason.
"Sheba!" gasped Ivan, coming to a stop a few metres away and falling to his knees, gasping for breath. "Jenna- mean- Garet- too... hold me upside down... hang from tree..."
"Ahh, I see, Jenna and Garet, was it?" Sheba understood perfectly. She sat down next to Ivan and patted his back. "Never mind, we can always get our own back on them somehow."
"I think THEY are plotting against ME," Ivan looked at her worriedly. "What should we do, Sheba?"
"Tell me everything," Sheba smirked. "And then we'll work it out."
"Deal?" Ivan held out his hand.
"Deal!" Sheba grabbed his hand and squeezed it tightly, causing Ivan to gasp slightly in pain, although it was not such a bad pain, just the kind of caught off guard pain that comes from being surprised.
"And the forces of a thousand men could not level the city, for when faced with wisdom, it seemed that the wise old men knew how to have a decent security and everything. It was cannon-proof, bomb-proof, everything-proof. Men tried to scale the battlements but were shocked to find the walls were covered in Vaseline and they could not climb. Twenty wise sages walked out of the city and talked, and talked to the warriors and tried to placate them into not fighting..."
Kraden droned on and on, rambling at the unfortunate Venus Adepts, telling them things they did not need to know. In fact, Isaac and Felix had got so bored that they were falling asleep, and what they were hearing was not necessarily what Kraden was saying.
"And the farts of a thousand men could not level any city, for when maced with my wisdom, it seems that the Wise One's men knew how to have a decent snack and everything. Their cannon's poof, bomb shoes, everything hoots. Men tried to nail the bad men but were stuck to find their calls were offered with vaseline, and they were not mine. Seventy kind mages stalked the city and stalked and stalked the warriors and tried to plate them into mice kings."
"R-really?" Isaac said in a slurred sleepy voice as he listened to his false version of Kraden's story. "Mice kings? Interesting..."
"Mice kings..." murmured Felix in his sleep, now dreaming that he was the king of a horde of mice and had a crown of Vaseline on his head somehow and Kraden walked around with a mace. "Mice..."
"Mice Kings?" Kraden was somewhat miffed to hear Isaac and Felix talking about such things, not yet noticing that they had fallen asleep. "Now, you must never ignore me for if you were to ignore my words of wisdom, then you might find yourself falling for the prospect of power, and trying to rule the world..."
"Everybody wants to rule the world..." Felix murmured sleepily. "The world is everybody's, everybody wants to rule... if I could rule the world..."
"Felix!" Kraden picked up a stick and rapped the table with it, causing Isaac and Felix to sit bolt upright in shock, rubbing their sleepy eyes. "Never talk of ruling the world, only bad things will come your way if you do that. Do you understand me?"
"Uh-huh," Isaac nodded. "Don't do anything stupid like rule the world."
"No, Isaac," Kraden tutted. "I simply mean that you should not be attempting to do anything such as attempting to rule the world. Terrible wars were fought to claim Alchemy and rule the world. One man will seek to rule over all, it is inevitable, but so long as we stick together, we can make sure they do not."
"How?" Felix interrupted. "Beat them up before they even think about ruling the world?"
"..." Kraden was beginning to wonder if they had been listening to a single word he had said.
"I'd be more interested in Mikasalla," Felix complained, referring to the village which he had come to believe was the most boring place on Weyard, and perhaps the most pointless, except there had been a Mars Djinni hiding there.
"Ahem," Kraden glared at him and then started off on another rambling session. This time he seemed to float off in his own dreamworld as he rambled on and on, droning like a bee. Felix was however more interested in the fact that Isaac had now taken to wandering around the cottage, examining everything.
Isaac cautiously walked up to a rack sitting on a table in front of a smoking cauldron. The rack contained tubes filled with strangely coloured liquids that bubbled, making little popping noises. He cautiously leaned over, accidentally nudging the rack closer to the cauldron, and peeked in. The cauldron was filled with a strange swirling black liquid and a sweet, musky scent hung in the air, the thick smoke washing around Isaac. His eyelids drooped, he could feel an itching in his nose.
"Ah-ah..." Isaac gulped and tried to back away but he could not do so before letting rip with an almighty sneeze. "AA-TISSSS-CHHOOOOOO!" The force propelled him backwards, but not before he ended up knocking the liquids in the tube into the cauldron. His eyes widened as black smoke started belching out of the cauldron and it made hissing noises like a rabid cat which has had its tail stepped on one too many times.
"Run!" yelped Felix, jumping to his feet and knocking his chair back. He turned and fled, running out of the cottage for dear life.
"HOLY COW!" Isaac screamed, turning and running from the cottage, doing a magnificent leap off the hill and rolling over the ground, landing next to Felix. They sat on the ground, wordlessly watching Kraden's cottage as the roof went flying and pink smoke floated upwards. Then Kraden came walking out.
It took all of the Venus Adepts' willpower not to laugh at the sight of Kraden. He now had spiky greenish hair and ragged clothes which made him look like a punk. He came slowly down the steps outside his home, giving Isaac and Felix ultra severe glares.
"It was an accident, Kraden!" Isaac protested. "I was just looking around..."
"I shall be telling your parents of this," said Kraden in an ominous tone. "And you, Felix? Why did you not try to stop Isaac?"
"I didn't know he was going to sneeze," complained Felix. "I'm not a Jupiter Adept now, am I?"
"That's it!" Kraden snapped. "You two can come here tomorrow morning early to clear up the mess you two caused. If not, then I shall make sure your parents inflict dire punishment on you!"
"Awww..." Felix and Isaac groaned in unison, then they noticed a dangerous gleam in Kraden's eyes and jumped to their feet, shaking in fright.
"OKAY, KRADEN!" Isaac said in a loud voice, turning and running.
"Alright, Kraden," Felix hastily turned and followed, wondering if he could possibly worm himself out of this terrible situation.
"Whew, that was a close one..." Isaac muttered as he headed towards his house. He wondered if he could fake a fatal illness or something. Perhaps he could blame it on the pancakes he had that morning, but then his devious plan was quickly dashed as he remembered that he had not eaten any that morning. "Aw, darnit!"
