Dragon Emblem
My Comments: I really appreciate thy reviews, my royal subjects! (whoops, sorry bout the queen-of-hearts attitude, I just beat Musclefoot on StarFox. Finally!) Anyway, it turns out I've been spelling the last name of Kenshin wrong. It's Himura, not Himora (big thanks 2 beriath! They gave me my first review. Sorry if I also misspelled your name too. ^_~). Sorry! From now on, when I'm not being stupid after I'm brain-dead from doing algebra (XD), I will try to spell Kenshin HIMURA correctly. Oh, and another thing: this story also ties in with StarFox because it plays out in somewhat of a videogame pattern. And now, on to Chp. 3!
Chapter 3: Kaiba vs. Oracle in Mellow Pine Forest
Kaiba sat up as he heard Kenshin's orders.
"Go to Mellow Pine Forest? Well, I guess I have learned enough about Bato Jitsu and sword fighting.... I guess I'm ready."
"And beware of the one named Oracle. A very powerful sorceress, that she is. I think that therefore, you'd best not bother with her."
Kaiba stood up and walked off with Kenshin to breakfast. A meal of eggs was out, and some green tea, too.
Kaiba stared at his plate with narrowed eyes, a somewhat disgusted face.
"Is something troubling you, Se- Kaiba?"
"I don't like eggs."
Sanosuke, gulping down some tea, said, "Well, Kaiba, you have NEVER tried Kenshin's cooking."
Sanosuke licked his chops before continuing.
"He rocks at preparing soup, rice, and meats, but he's also fairly good with eggs."
Kaiba fingered his chopsticks properly, then tried a mere bite of the eggs.
Before long, Kenshin had to rush back and forth from the kitchen.
"Seto, haven't you had enough eggs? You've already had ten helpings. Think about the chickens!"
Kaiba was so busy attacking his meal he hadn't noticed that Kenshin had addressed him incorrectly.
"No way, Kenshin! These are the best eggs I've ever had!"
Finally, after about twelve more helpings of eggs, Kaiba laid back contently and sipped his tea.
"Ahh.... life is actually good.... for once. If only Mokuba could see me now..."
Kaoru finished a sip of tea and asked, "Who's Mokuba, Kaiba?"
"Hmm? Oh. Mokuba is my little brother. I'm five years older than him, so therefore he's ten."
"I see."
Kenshin suddenly remembered that Seto had never gone off to fight.
"Seto, what are you doing? Don't forget now, you have to go to Mellow Pine Forest!"
He pulled Kaiba from his comfortable seat, oddly impolite for Kenshin Himura (((bijoukaiba: See?))), and began to shove him towards the door.
"I said to call me-"
"No time to talk, that there isn't. Go! Go off to Mellow Pine Forest!"
"When?"
"NOW!"
Kenshin gave Kaiba a strong yet gentle shove off in the direction of his destination.
"Best of luck!"
"Hmm? Why, Kenshin?"
"Because I have heard of a great enemy. He is lying in wait for you at another destination, but he is not important, or at least, not at the moment. He is the same enemy who kidnapped your friend Serenity."
"Oh... the princess..." (((bijoukaiba: I think I should get something straight if you're confused about Serenity working for the IDA and also being a princess. If you remember from Chp. 1, Espa called Serenity a 'princess'. I intended it to be so that Espa was tricking Kaiba into doing the mission. Bad place for an explanation, I know. ^^;; Read on!)))
"Err... yeah. The 'princess'"
"Anyway, what do I gotta do?"
"There will be two artifacts. One is a red stone, carved into the shape of an 'F'. The other one will be a clue as to who your final enemy will be. I cannot give any advice on what to expect. All I can say is that it will have something in common with your enemy. By the time you go off to face your enemy, you should have seven clues and seven letters."
"That's fourteen items. And when I get through here, I will have two."
"Yes."
"Well, that sounds easy enough. I'll do it!"
And with a twirl of his sword, Seto Kaiba walked off.
After walking for about ten minutes, some soldiers started to appear in the woods. There were only four, but they were each armed with a mace.
"We work for Oracle!"
"If ya wanna get by here, slim, ya gotta beat us!"
"Show us what kind of swordsman you are!"
"Ha-ha! Yeah, ha-ha!" (the fourth one obviously the idiot of the group)
The leader, the one who had stated that they worked for Oracle, said, "Tell you what. We may go easy on ya. IF you can beat me in Bato Jitsu."
Nervous as he was, Seto accepted the offer. He placed a hand on the hilt of his sword and watched his opponent. He shifted his glance to the soldier's feet, kicking at the sand. He stopped kicking. Seto looked up so they were eye to eye.
Suddenly, the two men drew their swords as fast as they could, but it did not matter.
The winner was Seto Kaiba.
The soldier lay on the ground, coughing up blood, until he finally gave a final wheeze and died.
The other three gasped.
"Boss!"
"Oh my god, is he dead?"
"Uh... why's he sleeping?"
"Hey!" Seto called. "I thought you were going to fight me."
The second soldier backed off.
"Th-that's okay... anyone who can beat our boss is apparently a very good swordsman."
He whispered to the other two, "Let's leave before he kills us."
"But if Oracle finds out, she'll kill us too."
"We'll also have to take naps?"
The three ran off and as they did, the fourth soldier, the idiot, cried, "Bye-bye! Don't let the boss oversleep!"
Seto watched them run off, then leapt up in the air with joy. He had defeated his first enemy! He did feel bad for the man on the ground, but like Kenshin had said, he had tried to kill him, so it was right to defend himself, although it meant taking a life.
He gave a solemn bow, then walked off, continuing north.
He noticed his sword was covered in blood.
"Ew..." Kaiba moaned, and wiped it off with the handkerchief in his pocket.
Walking north was taking an awful long time. Eventually, Kaiba came across a seedy merchant.
"Hiya!"
"Um..."
"I got a neat little blowtorch. If you want it, you gotta tell me- who is currently the master of the Kamiya Dojo?"
"I am so glad I was introduced to everyone and not just Kenshin. I believe her name is Kaoru Kamiya, yes?"
"Yes indeed! This blowtorch is very much yours. Whenever you see a red emblem on something or a vent, try using that. There's no telling what chaos, I mean, rewards await you!"
Kaiba took the blowtorch into his hands. He practiced firing it for a while. The flames did not reach out very far, so he figured it was best used on the red emblems and vents like the salesman had said. Bored that he couldn't make enemy flambé, Kaiba shoved the blowtorch into his backpack.
He continued to walk on until he saw a red emblem attached to a tree. He fired and hit it, and then a key tumbled out onto the ground. He had no idea what it was for, so he kept it in his pocket.
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"WHAT?!"
"He beat up our leader!"
"All it took was one swipe of the sword-"
"And gave our boss a nap" (once again, here was the idiot)
"Did you get a good look at him?"
"Well... he's tall and thin...."
"He has brown hair and blue eyes...."
"He was wearing a blue kimono..."
"Uh.... why?"
"Because I want to be able to get revenge on the one who killed my best officer! If necessary, I will fight him myself. Otherwise, I'll offer 1000 yen for his head!" (((bijoukaiba: I know a little bit about Japan, but I don't really know how yen works. I just figured that 1000 yen would be a lot. Read on!)))
"Ooh... I better catch that guy for the yen!"
"Uh.... I already have a chick-yen."
"GET TO WORK!"
The three officers replied to their leader, "Yes, Miss Oracle!"
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Seto Kaiba found himself staring at a large building. After walking around it once, he noticed a vent by the door. Remembering what the merchant had said, he ignited the blowtorch at the vent, and the metal doors opened.
As they opened, who should come running out but the same three soldiers who were with the one that he had previously defeated.
"Hey! You look like the guy who gave boss a nap! He still hasn't waken up yet!" (yes, this was the idiot)
"Dumbass, that's cause he is!"
"You are gonna pay for that!"
"Yeah, and at the price of 1000 yen... and your head!"
Kaiba drew his sword as the soldiers grabbed their maces. The first took a large whack at Kaiba. Seto had been caught off guard (as odd as it sounds), and was whacked in the side. He moaned for a moment, then slashed his sword right through the enemy. The second guy got almost as close as the first, but when he was six inches from Seto, he slashed his sword once again, and another enemy fell. And as you can tell, it didn't take long to defeat the idiot.
"Hey look! Your boss is awake!"
"He is?"
SLASH
The idiot dropped to the floor, a gaping wound on his side. Kaiba walked past them to the last door, with a lock on it. His key fit the hole perfectly, and soon the door was open.
As Seto walked in, the sorceress with the long white hair turned around.
"Gah! You! The one who defeated my best soldier... and his three henchmen!"
"Yes. It's me."
"You are in so much trouble, boy!"
"The name is Seto. Seto Kaiba!"
"Charmed. Let me tell you a REAL name of power. My name is Oracle!"
Kaiba murmured to himself, "Shit. She's the one Kenshin told me to stay away from!"
A beam of white energy was flung at him, and Kaiba barely dodged. There was nothing to do but fight back!
Kaiba tried shielding himself from her blows with his sword, but he knew that although he was blocking off most of her attack, she was still strong enough to fight.
When Kaiba dropped his shield, Oracle fired another beam of energy at him again. He tried hitting it with his sword, but to no avail. The energy beam hit him, and Kaiba was sent tumbling backwards.
The last idea he had was Bato Jitsu. When Oracle fired another beam at him, he drew out his sword rapidly, as if it were an enemy's sword. It worked! The beam of energy was sent hurtling back at her.
"What's going on?!" she exclaimed.
After four blasts of energy being deflected, Oracle was finally down. Her body vanished into thin air, and all that remained was her pale blue dress. Kaiba saw two lumps in it, and felt around for them. Just like Kenshin said, there was a red 'F' there, and so was... a paintbrush?
Kaiba said, "Well, whoever my enemy is, they sure love to paint! But that's not enough. I need more clues! But for now, I best head back to the Kamiya Dojo!" He gathered up the clues and ran.
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"Kaiba!"
"Hey Sanosuke!"
"Lemme guess, gonna go find Kenshin?"
"Uh-huh."
"Out in the back."
"Kay, thanks!"
Seto ran out to the back of the dojo. At last, he spotted his teacher, sitting under a tree, reading.
"Kenshin!"
"Seto! That was rather quick. You left at about eight this morning. It's already ten in the morning and you have the clues, I presume?"
"Yes."
Kaiba pulled the red 'F' and the paintbrush from his backpack.
"Um... tah-dah?"
Kenshin chortled and held the two artifacts.
"Well, two down and twelve more to go, that I know. These are indeed the first two artifacts! I'll just hold on to these until you need them. And as for the clue, it is only so obvious that it is a paintbrush. Perhaps your enemy is creative and artistic.... or perhaps was once an artist. Anyway, congratulations! You can spend the rest of the day off."
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The day passed by quickly, and it was not long until Yahiko came crashing into Kaiba's room the next morning.
"SETO KAIBA!!!!! Kenshin wants to see you again!!!!"
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bijoukaiba: Hello! I need you to vote on a name for the 'boss' in the next chapter. Oracle was the 'boss' here. So, should it be....
A. Ogri,
B. Salasmar (SAL-ass-mahr),
or
C. Kishamaru (KEE-shuh-mahr-roo)
Vote for a boss name! If one of these gets five votes it'll win, or if I think your name is the evilest, I'll use it!
Oh, and another thing, when you vote..... TO REVIEW IS GOOD!!!!!!!!