Sorry for all these slow updates, but it was sort of end of semester and I
had (and still have) a couple of tests to take, not to mention that I
bombed SATs a little while ago. Man, life sucks, but since I haven't
touched this is so long, I'll just make a slightly shorter update than my
usual one, just cuz. ^_^
Disclaimer: Moi is just a poor little girl who doesn't own anything cuz Dragon Knights belongs to the wonderful Mineko Ohkami, thought she wants Rath very very much ^_^
In The Dark
Chapter 5
[From Chapter 4]
"Hurry up Ruwalk." Rath begged as he paced back and forth.
"I'm hurrying ok?" Ruwalk grumbled. "What's the hurry? You're leaving tomorrow _morning_, not tonight. And what's up with all this food?"
Rath ignored Ruwalk as he walked up to the poor old guy and smacked him over the head. "Shh," he cautioned as Ruwalk screamed in fury, or at least he tried to caution the Dragon Officer to be quiet before he started chasing him down the hall.
"Auuugh!!!!" Rath screamed as he ran from the crazed Ruwalk. "Lunatic on the loose!! Run for your life!!!"
*******
Lord Lykouleon frowned as he heard a high-pitched scream ring out through the halls and into his office.
"What the hell?" he wondered.
Shaking his head, Lykouleon thought, 'Alfeegi probably got pissed off again.'
Then the Dragon Lord walked out of his office in search for Ruwalk.
Speeding down the hall was a terrified looking Rath being chased by a really pissed Ruwalk.
"AIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!" screamed Rath as he came closer and closer to the surprised Dragon Lord.
"RATH!!! I'LL GET YOU YET!!!" Ruwalk yelled down the hall.
Suddenly Rath ducked behind the startled Dragon Lord. Ruwalk screeched to a stop right before Lykouleon.
Before either of them could speak, Lykouleon mildly asked, "What's going on? I thought you two were getting ready for Rath's journey."
By then, Ruwalk had actually breathed some air, and his face wasn't as red as it was when he was running down the hall. "Sorry Lykouleon," he apologized to the amused Dragon Lord, while glaring at Rath over his shoulder. "But apparently _someone_ doesn't realize how old some other people are."
Lykouleon sighed before Rath could think up of a retort. "Rath, go finish packing yourself." He ordered. "I need to talk to Ruwalk."
Rath pouted at the prospect of packing all by himself, but obediently walked off as Lykouleon and Ruwalk stepped into the office that the Dragon Lord had just left.
Ruwalk shook his head at Rath's back. "It's getting so hard to talk to Rath these days." He commented to the Dragon Lord.
Lykouleon nodded. "But it's probably because he's worried about Cesia. Remember, when Cesia left a year ago?"
Ruwalk automatically closed his eyes and shook his head. "Dear Lord. I hope to never think about that ever again. Thank god for Raseleanne." Ruwalk clasped his hands together and looked up to the sky (or in this case, the ceiling). "If it weren't for the queen, there surely would've been manslaughter."
The Dragon Lord shuddered. "Please," he held his hands up in mock surrender. "Never mention that again. It's too scary for the delicate ears of this castle."
Ruwalk chuckled and gave the Lord a mock bow. "Yes, my Dear Lord." He sarcastically replied.
Lykouleon walked around his desk to sit down in front of the Yellow Dragon Officer. "So," he gave Ruwalk a mischievous smile. "Ruwalk, how do you feel about running the castle again?"
Ruwalk's mouth fell open. "No way." He shook his head as he slowly backed away from the Dragon Lord's desk like it was a yokai. "No freaking way."
*******
"Why are we doing this again?" Thatz grumbled as he hoisted his pack over his shoulder.
Rune suddenly stopped what he was doing. He darted a glance to the amused Dragon Lord and his face flushed a deep red.
Thatz continued on complaining, not noticing the death look on Rune's face.
Rath and the Dragon Lord sweatdropped as Rune grabbed his pack and threw it onto Thatz's pighead.
"THATZ!" he screamed. "YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DRAGON LORD!! DON'T SAY THOSE KIND OF THINGS IN FRONT OF HIM!!"
Thatz meanwhile was lying on the ground, pretty surprised by the impact of the heavy pack. He uneasily scramble to his feet like a drunken man, apparently not have taken in anything that Rune just screamed into his ear. He just stood there, holding his head like he was in pain as Rune kept on screaming. After shaking his head to clear out the pain, he looked at Rune with this goofy grin on his face.
"So what were you saying again Rune?" Thatz asked innocently.
Rune stopped short. His face turned from red to blue to green, and finally settling at purple. "THATZ, WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING?!"
Thatz simply just scratched his head. "Hmm, let me think about that." He tilted his head one way. Then he tilted it the other way. "Nope!" he replied with a bright smile.
Rune facefaulted while Rath and the Dragon Lord slowly back away from the two Dragon Knights. They could see that they weren't gonna leave anytime soon.
But before Rune could start again, the Dragon Lord cut in. "Ah, Rune." He said with a slight sweatdrop. "Maybe we should go now. No need to kill Thatz before we leave."
Rune was in the process of dumping the contents of his bag onto Thatz's head when he looked up. "Yes, my Lord." He bowed his head to the Dragon Lord and immediately put his pack over his shoulders, but not before shooting Thatz a menacing look.
The Dragon Lord just shook his head and started for the front hall. They were just opening the doors when they heard -
"MY LORD LYKOULEON!! WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING?!"
The three Dragon Knights automatically sweatdropped and facefaulted at the sound of that voice. The Dragon Lord just sweatdropped and covered his face with a hand, muttering, "Why did he have to come _now_?"
"My Lord!" A furious looking Alfeegi came power walking up to the group, glaring at them all. "You shouldn't be going anywhere!" he shouted at the lot. "Who said anyone could go anywhere anyway?! It's too dangerous!"
During Alfeegi's entire speech, the four of them all cowered back into the tiny musty corners of the front hall. When he paused to take a breath, Rath spoke up in a tiny voice.
"Alfeegi, if you are done yelling at us, then we must be going." With that, Rath hopped up and started walking out the door.
Alfeegi frowned as Rune and Thatz cautiously followed the Fire Dragon Knight, keeping an eye on the pissed White Dragon Officer. He pursed his lips as they left, but made no move to stop them. However, when the Dragon Lord started to leave, Alfeegi jumped between Lykouleon and the open door to freedom.
Lykouleon sighed. "Alfeegi, what are you doing now?"
Alfeegi scowled and told the Dragon Lord, "The Dragon Knights can go and find Cesia, but my Lord cannot. You have a responsibility here. Ruwalk *insert snort here* will go running around with a bottle of rum in his hands and singing that one pirate song."
"Pirate song?" Rath had poked his head back into the castle when he heard Alfeegi mention Ruwalk. "Sing it Alfeegi, sing it!"
"Ooooooo! _THE_ pirate song?" Thatz's eyes were sparkling right behind Rath's head. "Yea yea! Sing it Alfeegi!"
Rune looked like he was either a) gonna blow, b) cry or c) both, but neither of our beloved distracted Dragon Knights noticed that the other poor Dragon Knight was strained. Poor Rune.
And guess who just happened to be passing along?
Ruwalk! So now he must sing us _THE_ pirate song. And can you guess which pirate song?
Yes, you've guessed right. THAT pirate song. THE pirate song, sung by yours truly, *Captain* Jack Sparrow. This poor, pitiful girl just thought she'd like to mention this and copyright it to our wonderful *Captain* Jack Sparrow before some other rich person decided they wanted to sue this deprived girl of all her money, and the rest of her sanity...well, if she has any left. Anyway, we all want to hear Ruwalk and Alfeegi sing a duet right?
Well, maybe not a duet...just a Ruwalk solo...Alfeegi might go boom boom if he tried singing...^_^
"Pirate song?" Ruwalk looked at all of them with this horrified look. "What are you going to do then? Take away my rum?"
Alfeegi just glared at him. "Well, yea, if you are just gonna go around drunk and acting like a complete fool!"
"Never mind that Alfeegi!" Thatz said with a wave of his hand. "Just sing the pirate song!"
Alfeegi's looked like he was about to blow. "Ruwalk," he said in this shaking voice filled with rage. "Don't. I'm sure that my Lord doesn't especially feel like listening to you sing today."
Lykouleon slightly sweatdropped. "It's okay Alfeegi. I don't mind." Turning to Ruwalk, he said. "Go ahead, Ruwalk. I think Thatz is going to burst with excitement."
Under that nervous exterior face of the Dragon Lord, Ruwalk could see an evil grin, which would ensure all the blackmail info that his best friend would have. But on the other hand, Thatz was gonna be VERY happy.
"Fine." Ruwalk snapped, giving in, making Alfeegi super super pissed, which in turn is making his face turn different colors (A/N: Oooo, colors of the rainbow!! Skittles ^^ j/k). "Let's see how it goes again..."
"Drink up my hearties, yo ho! We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot Drink up me hearties yo ho! Yo ho yo ho! A pirate's life for me We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack! Drink up We're devils, we're black sheep, we're really bad eggs! Drink up me hearties yo ho! Yo ho yo ho! A pirate's life for me!"
"W000000000000000000000T!" Thatz started screaming his head off, his eyes were sparkling with awe. "That was beautiful Ruwalk! ENCORE ENCORE ENCORE!!! SING IT AGAIN!!"
Alfeegi, Lykouleon, Rath, Rune and Ruwalk all facefaulted.
"THATZ!!!" They all shouted together. "SHUT UP!!!"
The poor Earth Dragon Knight immediately cowered back into his musty old corner and pouted.
Meanwhile, the Dragon Lord just looked like Nadil had come up and offered his head to him. Wonderful, yet very disgusting.
"Ruwalk," he started, trying not to laugh. "Are you feeling any drunk right now?"
Ruwalk just gave Lykouleon a look that would've peeled paint. Then he stalked off before anyone else could make fun of him.
"Well," Alfeegi started. "Show's over! Come on! Go where you are suppose to go!"
Rath skipped off to the door like a little kid, with Rune trudging after him. When they just got to the door, Thatz jumped up from his little corner and shouted, "Dudes! Wait up for me!"
Alfeegi frowned again. "Milord..."
Lykouleon, who had been watching the three Dragon Knights leave, turned to Alfeegi and smiled sadly. "Yes, I know Alfeegi." He said quietly. "Stop badgering me about it."
The White Dragon Officer turned red before he stiffly nodded and walked away, leaving the Dragon Lord to himself.
*******
"Sarazar." Lykouleon softly called the ghost fortuneteller.
There was a swirl of mist and Sarazar materialized in front of the Dragon Lord.
"Yes, my Lord?" the spirit curiously inquired in a misty voice. "What brings you here?"
Lykouleon smiled. "I just thought I'd like to get a reading on what's going on. Are you able to?"
Sarazar bowed her head. "Yes, my Lord."
The ghost fortuneteller closed her eyes as she raised her hands above the place on the table where she would See.
The Dragon Lord patiently waited until Sarazar was done, and when she was, Sarazar leaned forward and looked into the parting fog.
"Oh-no." Sarazar covered her mouth.
"What, Sarazar?" Lykouleon started in alarm.
But the fortuneteller didn't say anything else, just stared in horror.
~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N: Sorry, if that just ended really bad. I'm in a really bad mood right now. What a wonderful way to end the day. X_X
Another disclaimer for the pirate song, which was _borrowed_ from Pirates of the Carribean...heh, don't ask about how I got it...
And wow...what a horrible chapter -_-;; but please R & R for my sake. Thanks ^_^
Btw, many thanks to VoicesOfInsanity for betaing this chapter for me. Much love! ^_^
Ciao!
Disclaimer: Moi is just a poor little girl who doesn't own anything cuz Dragon Knights belongs to the wonderful Mineko Ohkami, thought she wants Rath very very much ^_^
In The Dark
Chapter 5
[From Chapter 4]
"Hurry up Ruwalk." Rath begged as he paced back and forth.
"I'm hurrying ok?" Ruwalk grumbled. "What's the hurry? You're leaving tomorrow _morning_, not tonight. And what's up with all this food?"
Rath ignored Ruwalk as he walked up to the poor old guy and smacked him over the head. "Shh," he cautioned as Ruwalk screamed in fury, or at least he tried to caution the Dragon Officer to be quiet before he started chasing him down the hall.
"Auuugh!!!!" Rath screamed as he ran from the crazed Ruwalk. "Lunatic on the loose!! Run for your life!!!"
*******
Lord Lykouleon frowned as he heard a high-pitched scream ring out through the halls and into his office.
"What the hell?" he wondered.
Shaking his head, Lykouleon thought, 'Alfeegi probably got pissed off again.'
Then the Dragon Lord walked out of his office in search for Ruwalk.
Speeding down the hall was a terrified looking Rath being chased by a really pissed Ruwalk.
"AIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!" screamed Rath as he came closer and closer to the surprised Dragon Lord.
"RATH!!! I'LL GET YOU YET!!!" Ruwalk yelled down the hall.
Suddenly Rath ducked behind the startled Dragon Lord. Ruwalk screeched to a stop right before Lykouleon.
Before either of them could speak, Lykouleon mildly asked, "What's going on? I thought you two were getting ready for Rath's journey."
By then, Ruwalk had actually breathed some air, and his face wasn't as red as it was when he was running down the hall. "Sorry Lykouleon," he apologized to the amused Dragon Lord, while glaring at Rath over his shoulder. "But apparently _someone_ doesn't realize how old some other people are."
Lykouleon sighed before Rath could think up of a retort. "Rath, go finish packing yourself." He ordered. "I need to talk to Ruwalk."
Rath pouted at the prospect of packing all by himself, but obediently walked off as Lykouleon and Ruwalk stepped into the office that the Dragon Lord had just left.
Ruwalk shook his head at Rath's back. "It's getting so hard to talk to Rath these days." He commented to the Dragon Lord.
Lykouleon nodded. "But it's probably because he's worried about Cesia. Remember, when Cesia left a year ago?"
Ruwalk automatically closed his eyes and shook his head. "Dear Lord. I hope to never think about that ever again. Thank god for Raseleanne." Ruwalk clasped his hands together and looked up to the sky (or in this case, the ceiling). "If it weren't for the queen, there surely would've been manslaughter."
The Dragon Lord shuddered. "Please," he held his hands up in mock surrender. "Never mention that again. It's too scary for the delicate ears of this castle."
Ruwalk chuckled and gave the Lord a mock bow. "Yes, my Dear Lord." He sarcastically replied.
Lykouleon walked around his desk to sit down in front of the Yellow Dragon Officer. "So," he gave Ruwalk a mischievous smile. "Ruwalk, how do you feel about running the castle again?"
Ruwalk's mouth fell open. "No way." He shook his head as he slowly backed away from the Dragon Lord's desk like it was a yokai. "No freaking way."
*******
"Why are we doing this again?" Thatz grumbled as he hoisted his pack over his shoulder.
Rune suddenly stopped what he was doing. He darted a glance to the amused Dragon Lord and his face flushed a deep red.
Thatz continued on complaining, not noticing the death look on Rune's face.
Rath and the Dragon Lord sweatdropped as Rune grabbed his pack and threw it onto Thatz's pighead.
"THATZ!" he screamed. "YOU ARE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE DRAGON LORD!! DON'T SAY THOSE KIND OF THINGS IN FRONT OF HIM!!"
Thatz meanwhile was lying on the ground, pretty surprised by the impact of the heavy pack. He uneasily scramble to his feet like a drunken man, apparently not have taken in anything that Rune just screamed into his ear. He just stood there, holding his head like he was in pain as Rune kept on screaming. After shaking his head to clear out the pain, he looked at Rune with this goofy grin on his face.
"So what were you saying again Rune?" Thatz asked innocently.
Rune stopped short. His face turned from red to blue to green, and finally settling at purple. "THATZ, WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING?!"
Thatz simply just scratched his head. "Hmm, let me think about that." He tilted his head one way. Then he tilted it the other way. "Nope!" he replied with a bright smile.
Rune facefaulted while Rath and the Dragon Lord slowly back away from the two Dragon Knights. They could see that they weren't gonna leave anytime soon.
But before Rune could start again, the Dragon Lord cut in. "Ah, Rune." He said with a slight sweatdrop. "Maybe we should go now. No need to kill Thatz before we leave."
Rune was in the process of dumping the contents of his bag onto Thatz's head when he looked up. "Yes, my Lord." He bowed his head to the Dragon Lord and immediately put his pack over his shoulders, but not before shooting Thatz a menacing look.
The Dragon Lord just shook his head and started for the front hall. They were just opening the doors when they heard -
"MY LORD LYKOULEON!! WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING?!"
The three Dragon Knights automatically sweatdropped and facefaulted at the sound of that voice. The Dragon Lord just sweatdropped and covered his face with a hand, muttering, "Why did he have to come _now_?"
"My Lord!" A furious looking Alfeegi came power walking up to the group, glaring at them all. "You shouldn't be going anywhere!" he shouted at the lot. "Who said anyone could go anywhere anyway?! It's too dangerous!"
During Alfeegi's entire speech, the four of them all cowered back into the tiny musty corners of the front hall. When he paused to take a breath, Rath spoke up in a tiny voice.
"Alfeegi, if you are done yelling at us, then we must be going." With that, Rath hopped up and started walking out the door.
Alfeegi frowned as Rune and Thatz cautiously followed the Fire Dragon Knight, keeping an eye on the pissed White Dragon Officer. He pursed his lips as they left, but made no move to stop them. However, when the Dragon Lord started to leave, Alfeegi jumped between Lykouleon and the open door to freedom.
Lykouleon sighed. "Alfeegi, what are you doing now?"
Alfeegi scowled and told the Dragon Lord, "The Dragon Knights can go and find Cesia, but my Lord cannot. You have a responsibility here. Ruwalk *insert snort here* will go running around with a bottle of rum in his hands and singing that one pirate song."
"Pirate song?" Rath had poked his head back into the castle when he heard Alfeegi mention Ruwalk. "Sing it Alfeegi, sing it!"
"Ooooooo! _THE_ pirate song?" Thatz's eyes were sparkling right behind Rath's head. "Yea yea! Sing it Alfeegi!"
Rune looked like he was either a) gonna blow, b) cry or c) both, but neither of our beloved distracted Dragon Knights noticed that the other poor Dragon Knight was strained. Poor Rune.
And guess who just happened to be passing along?
Ruwalk! So now he must sing us _THE_ pirate song. And can you guess which pirate song?
Yes, you've guessed right. THAT pirate song. THE pirate song, sung by yours truly, *Captain* Jack Sparrow. This poor, pitiful girl just thought she'd like to mention this and copyright it to our wonderful *Captain* Jack Sparrow before some other rich person decided they wanted to sue this deprived girl of all her money, and the rest of her sanity...well, if she has any left. Anyway, we all want to hear Ruwalk and Alfeegi sing a duet right?
Well, maybe not a duet...just a Ruwalk solo...Alfeegi might go boom boom if he tried singing...^_^
"Pirate song?" Ruwalk looked at all of them with this horrified look. "What are you going to do then? Take away my rum?"
Alfeegi just glared at him. "Well, yea, if you are just gonna go around drunk and acting like a complete fool!"
"Never mind that Alfeegi!" Thatz said with a wave of his hand. "Just sing the pirate song!"
Alfeegi's looked like he was about to blow. "Ruwalk," he said in this shaking voice filled with rage. "Don't. I'm sure that my Lord doesn't especially feel like listening to you sing today."
Lykouleon slightly sweatdropped. "It's okay Alfeegi. I don't mind." Turning to Ruwalk, he said. "Go ahead, Ruwalk. I think Thatz is going to burst with excitement."
Under that nervous exterior face of the Dragon Lord, Ruwalk could see an evil grin, which would ensure all the blackmail info that his best friend would have. But on the other hand, Thatz was gonna be VERY happy.
"Fine." Ruwalk snapped, giving in, making Alfeegi super super pissed, which in turn is making his face turn different colors (A/N: Oooo, colors of the rainbow!! Skittles ^^ j/k). "Let's see how it goes again..."
"Drink up my hearties, yo ho! We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot Drink up me hearties yo ho! Yo ho yo ho! A pirate's life for me We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack! Drink up We're devils, we're black sheep, we're really bad eggs! Drink up me hearties yo ho! Yo ho yo ho! A pirate's life for me!"
"W000000000000000000000T!" Thatz started screaming his head off, his eyes were sparkling with awe. "That was beautiful Ruwalk! ENCORE ENCORE ENCORE!!! SING IT AGAIN!!"
Alfeegi, Lykouleon, Rath, Rune and Ruwalk all facefaulted.
"THATZ!!!" They all shouted together. "SHUT UP!!!"
The poor Earth Dragon Knight immediately cowered back into his musty old corner and pouted.
Meanwhile, the Dragon Lord just looked like Nadil had come up and offered his head to him. Wonderful, yet very disgusting.
"Ruwalk," he started, trying not to laugh. "Are you feeling any drunk right now?"
Ruwalk just gave Lykouleon a look that would've peeled paint. Then he stalked off before anyone else could make fun of him.
"Well," Alfeegi started. "Show's over! Come on! Go where you are suppose to go!"
Rath skipped off to the door like a little kid, with Rune trudging after him. When they just got to the door, Thatz jumped up from his little corner and shouted, "Dudes! Wait up for me!"
Alfeegi frowned again. "Milord..."
Lykouleon, who had been watching the three Dragon Knights leave, turned to Alfeegi and smiled sadly. "Yes, I know Alfeegi." He said quietly. "Stop badgering me about it."
The White Dragon Officer turned red before he stiffly nodded and walked away, leaving the Dragon Lord to himself.
*******
"Sarazar." Lykouleon softly called the ghost fortuneteller.
There was a swirl of mist and Sarazar materialized in front of the Dragon Lord.
"Yes, my Lord?" the spirit curiously inquired in a misty voice. "What brings you here?"
Lykouleon smiled. "I just thought I'd like to get a reading on what's going on. Are you able to?"
Sarazar bowed her head. "Yes, my Lord."
The ghost fortuneteller closed her eyes as she raised her hands above the place on the table where she would See.
The Dragon Lord patiently waited until Sarazar was done, and when she was, Sarazar leaned forward and looked into the parting fog.
"Oh-no." Sarazar covered her mouth.
"What, Sarazar?" Lykouleon started in alarm.
But the fortuneteller didn't say anything else, just stared in horror.
~*~*~*~*~*~
A/N: Sorry, if that just ended really bad. I'm in a really bad mood right now. What a wonderful way to end the day. X_X
Another disclaimer for the pirate song, which was _borrowed_ from Pirates of the Carribean...heh, don't ask about how I got it...
And wow...what a horrible chapter -_-;; but please R & R for my sake. Thanks ^_^
Btw, many thanks to VoicesOfInsanity for betaing this chapter for me. Much love! ^_^
Ciao!