A/N: Yahoo! 50th chapter! As a token of my gratitude for reading it thus far, this chapter will feature the infamous King's Game!
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(12/26/10)
I fell into another nightmare involving Elder.
Sensei was smirking, while he was being treated by Guardian, who heated a poker and held a gourd full of whisky.
"My lord..." He said quietly as he poured the gourd down his wound.
"Argh!" Elder cried in pain, "Dammit.."
"Now, sear the flesh." Sensei said from the shadows.
Guardian cauterised the wound quickly as Elder shrieked in pain.
"That's your just reward," Sensei said vindictively, "For being a fool."
"If being a fool means getting an upgrade from the Messiah, then I am a fool's fool indeed." Elder said triumphantly.
"That you are, then. You only have more burden, fool." Sensei said darkly, "Had you waited as I had said, you would have turned out to be more powerful. Now, you need to collect ten times as much souls."
Elder looked surprised, "What?"
Sensei sneered, "Once again, you show your usual aptitude for foolishness, my idiot student." Sensei said, "You need more souls to summon the Devil's power now. No one will bow to weakness, lest of all, the Demon King's sword..."
Elder bowed his head, "But... But look at the sword now..." He summoned it and Sensei nodded, somewhat impressed.
"Well, I'll admit it looks imposing," Sensei said, "But a mere toy for you. Like I said, save up your strength. The Messiah knows you're coming now and will not hesitate to smite you where you stand. I also think it's time for you to learn magicks."
Elder perked up, "Like fire, wind and all that jazz?"
"Trivial spells," Sensei said in disdain, "Besides, Messiah already knows more of those spells in his childhood than you will in a hundred lifetimes. No, I think we ought to delve in subjects that would be shunned by the darkest of wizards."
"Which are?" Elder asked hopefully.
"Four subjects that will make you the best of the best..." Sensei said, "Space, Time, Weather and Creation." Sensei said slowly, but deliberately.
"Let's learn now." He said eagerly.
"Not exactly now." Sensei said, "First, you need test subjects and a proper landing for it. Besides, you need to do penance."
"Penance?" Elder said in confusion.
"Yes. Do you honestly think I will let you disobey me again? Go forth and punish yourself like I told you before."
Elder bowed his head, "Yes, Sensei." He left Sensei and the Guardian.
He walked into another room. He closed it before I could go in, but I found out I could go right through walls.
He had his back behind me as he took off his cloak, pants and shirt, leaving him in dark leather shorts.
The wound I inflicted by impaling him were still there, but seemed to have knit quite fast.
I noticed a ghastly device clamped tight in his thigh. It was a leather strap, studded with sharp metal spikes that cut deep into his white flesh. He faced a window that shone light directly in his face.
"I shun the light, and all its inhabitants." He proclaimed as he tightened the strap. I winced as the strap made a groaning sound and the flesh squished with the strap. He purred, as if enjoying the pain.
He then took the heavy knotted rope coiled beside him. It looked pretty evil, made of leather and the knotted metal at the end was caked with blood.
With some difficulty, he gripped the rope and swung it hard into his back, slashing his flesh and spraying the room with droplets of blood.
"I reject the light!" Elder vowed, swinging the whip to his other side, "And all it's inhabitants!" He chanted as he swung it again.
Again and again, he swung hard.
"I renounce The Lord and all His Angels!" He cried, "What have they ever done for me?" He swung again with more force, tearing his skin.
"Bachi Cōpasu Meum..." He winced as he whipped his back until it was raw.
I went in front of him so I could see his face, but the light made it difficult while I focused on him.
Before I began to recognize him, I felt my head ache really hard. Then I felt it again. The third time sent an explosion of colors in my head, disrupting the dream.
I woke up to find Junpei hitting me on the head with a bat. He wore a ski outfit, as if he went skiing a while ago.
"Ow, what the fuck man?!" I cried as I threw stuff at him.
"Oh, you're awake!" Junpei said in relief, "Hey man, we've been worried about-" He was cut off as I grabbed him and threw him down the window.
"Ow..." I grabbed my head as a dog jumped at me and licked my face.
"Ah!" I cried, "The hero of the day! Thanks Koromaru." I patted Koromaru in the head.
Koromaru barked.
"Where are the others?"
He barked again and went down. I followed him downstairs. Minako, Mitsuru, Lee and Chidori were inside, looking as if they'd come back from the ski trip.
"Where are the others?" I asked.
"Taking the dogs out on a walk." Lee said while reading the paper.
"Hey, he's awake!" Minako cried as she hugged me.
She almost squeezed me to death, "Minako, I'm still alive!" I said with a chuckle.
"You idiot! You made me- us worried, being out cold for a day now!" Minako said, slapping me in the arm.
"Mainly Minako dude, we weren't worried at all." Lee said with a wink.
"Shut up!" Minako said, blushing red, "Some bathroom break that was! What, did you wrestle a yeti over who should go first?"
Deciding not to worry them with Elder, I said, "It was more of a bear or an abominable snowman." I gave an account of it, though false. Mitsuru swore to have someone hunt the bear down.
"Really?" Junpei, who staggered inside, "Maybe you had some kind of sword fight with an evil twin of yours and lost. When he was about to kill you, that's when Koromaru saved you."
I glanced around nervously as Koromaru barked.
"Nonsense." Chidori said austerely, "Junpei, act your age or else I'll confiscate all your magazines, television and video game consoles."
Junpei shrugged, "Yes dear..."
I took my phone and jerked it to him.
Crack!
"Real funny!" Junpei cried.
"Wherever did you get that bump?" Chidori asked, "It wasn't there before. And Junpei... Didn't you go upstairs not too long ago?"
I looked at Junpei, "I, uh, bumped my head."
"Right... And I slipped and fell of a window." Junpei said with a wink.
"Well, that's stupid, even by your standards, Junpei." Minako said.
Just then, everyone else arrived.
Fuuka was with a white Dachshund and a white Border Collie, Rio and Kenji walked with a white Golden Labrador, Quan and Pinky walked a Beagle, Akihiko and Leah were walking a Dalmatian and Naoto walked a Siberian Husky.
"Hey, look who woke up." Kenji said, "Dude, these dogs are great!"
"Meet Chips!" Quan said as he petted his Beagle.
"This is Interceptor." Naoto said proudly to the Husky.
"This is Duke." Fuuka said as she petted the Dachshund.
"We named this one Dudley." Kenji said.
The Border Collie ran up to Mitsuru's lap, "I've named this one Athena."
The Dalmatian ran up to Chidori and licked her face, "Oh! Sit!" She commanded as the dog whined and obeyed, "Stay... Stay... Good boy! Good boy!" Chidori cooed as she petted the Dalmatian, "I name you Pluto." The dog growled, "Jupiter?" The dig shook its head, "Aigis?" The dog barked angrily, "Maximo?" The dog nodded and licked her in the face.
"Alright, everyone, why don't we leave?" Akihiko asked, "So we can prepare for New Year?"
"Hey, I want to go Skiing." I protested.
"Maybe next year." Mitsuru said,"If you behave."
"Please?" I asked sweetly.
"No." Mitsuru said sternly.
"Come on!" I cried.
"Minato Yūki Arisato, don't give me that. You've been injured and you will not go on a ski trip and that's final."
"Yes Mitzy..." I grumbled.
Junpei opened his iPhone and jerked it to me.
Crack!
"Oh, Grow up, Junpei!" I cried.
We later agreed to adopt the dogs. Akihiko, Leah, Junpei and I got Koromaru, Quan and Pinky had Chips, Kenji and Rio had Dudley, Chidori had Maximo, Mitsuru had Athena and Naoto kept Interceptor.
We rode the plane back to Iwatodai and prepared for the New Year Party, since we were positive that the supermarkets would be clogged up again.
Then...
(12/31/10)
Monday...
It was evening and everyone was in a festive mood. The food and drinks flowed like the river and the moods were as high as the sky.
Except for Yukari, who was tending to her mother, everyone was there. We'd greeted her via Skype though.
She was in a hospital room, alone. And since I was done eating, I decided to chat with her.
"Hey, Yukari, how're ya doing?" I asked as I popped a cracker at Junpei, "Where's your mom?"
"Fine, thanks. Mom is going through another operation." She smiled. It seemed to me as if she was guilty or something, but I didn't mind.
"I'll pray for her." I promised as Junpei lit a piccolo, which I doused with punch.
"Mmm... Thanks. Want to meet your little sister?" She asked as she carried a baby to the camera, "Say 'hi' Hikari."
"...'lo." Hikari said shyly.
She was über cute. She looked like a smaller, less moody version of Yukari. She even had Yukari's trademark bangs.
"Oh my gosh, she's an angel!" I cried, "Yukari, you must be adopted, she is so cute!"
Yukari laughed, "Oh you... Anyway, how was Christmas?" She asked.
Deciding not to displease her, I made a white lie, "The days are cold, living without you. The nights were long, and I was thinking about you. You may be gone, but you're always closer." I said with a solemn voice.
She smiled, "Oh, Minato, you charmer..." She smiled and looked away, in guilt, "You know, I may do stuff that might hurt you, but I still love you very much, Minato..."
"Something wrong?" I asked as I deflected a Piccolo Corsair that Junpei lobbed at me, "You're being awfully cryptic."
"Well, um..." She fidgeted as her sister twirled Yuakri's hair, which had grown a bit longer, "I did something very bad... To you."
"Really?" I said, raising an eyebrow, "We'll worry about that later. Enjoy New Year! Ours won't be fun without you, but don't worry. I'll think about you throughout." I promised.
"Promise?"
"Promise."
She smiled, "Well, thanks. And Happy New Year!"
"Wait, when are you going back?" I asked hurriedly.
"Maybe sometime in the month."
"Thanks. Happy New Year!" I said as I ended the convo.
I went outside and joined the gang in writing graffiti using flares.
Then, we had a war using Roman Candles and fired it at each other, we even had a sparkler swordfight while Mitsuru and the girls watched. Naoto was just drinking juice.
Later, we played catch with Koromaru and the dogs. Chips chewed on the ball too hard, while Interceptor lived up to his name and ran after the ball after it rolled 400 meters down a hill.
After we finished, we went back in.
"What now?" I asked.
"King's Game!" Minako cried.
"A what?"
"A Kings Game, muggle." Minako said in annoyance, "Like modified truth or dare. it's basically a game in which everyone chooses a chopstick that's numbered in accordance to how many people there are with one of them being a crown. The crown denotes the King who then proceeds to choose two people and make them do something. Get it?"
"I ain't no muggle!" I cried.
"Sounds exciting!" Lee said, "Let's go grab some chopsticks!"
"Oh, I have some chopsticks!" Pinky cried as she handed us her bento.
"Pinky, these are metal." I pointed out, "These are Korean Chopsticks. We sorta need them as the woody type."
Eventually, Leah did find some and marked them.
"Let's play!" Lee cried as we each picked a stick.
"Who's the king?" Lee asked.
"Me!" Kenji cried, "I'm the king! I'm the king!"
"Geez, calm down!" Lee said, "Order them to do something nuts!"
Kenji looked around, "I order number 7 to kiss number 1."
"Number 1 eh?" Lee snickered, "I'd hate to see the sorry asshole who- wait, that's me!" He yelped.
"And guess who's number 7!" Quan smiled.
"You asshole Kenji! I saw you look!" Lee objected.
"The King's Word is Law." Kenji said as we agreed.
"That's null and void motherfucker!" Lee cried.
"Come on, you'll like it!" Rio insisted.
"I give you my blessing!" Fuuka cried.
"Do it for us, dude!" Junpei cheered.
"Would you prefer I wear a wig and pretend to be Wen-" Quan began.
"Fuuka!" Lee cried, "Fine..."
Lee looked at Quan in the eyes, "One... Two... Three!" With reluctance, Lee lightly kissed Quan on the lips for a split second.
"No way!" Kenji cried, "That's not a kiss! That doesn't count!"
"Yes it does!" Lee yelled.
"It kinda does count." Quan said.
"That's not a kiss. Kiss him like I kiss your mother!" Kenji jeered to Quan.
"You do it right and we'll do anything you want." Rio said.
"Anything, huh?" Lee said hopefully, "Alright, pucker up, Coyote Ugly." Lee said to Quan.
They kissed, rather erotically, but were trying not to throw up at the same time.
"Now that's a kiss..." Fuuka sighed.
"Throw some tongue action in there!" Minako cheered. Lee raised his middle finger at Minako.
Quan was trying to cradle Lee's head, but Lee slapped it away. After they were done, Lee went to the sink and vomited.
"Let's do it again!" Quan teased Lee.
"Quan, I get that you're horny and all... but you got bad breath, dude..." Lee groaned as he scrubbed his tongue with a sponge.
"Dude, you are a lousy ass kisser." Quan remarked.
"Holy shit, I wasn't even trying! YOU WERE TRY-" he was cut off as he heaved tonight's dinner on the sink, "I swear to God, I'll get you for this, Kenji."
"Alright, let's do it again." We picked the sticks again.
Junpei jumped up, "Tada da da! I'm the King! And my word is law, so you all better respect my authoritah!"
"Junpei, how many times do I have to tell you not to watch South Park?!" Chidori chided.
Lee made several hand gestures beside Chidori.
"Number 1 please come and sit on mah lap full of authorotah!" Junpei said with 'authoritah'.
"Junpei..." Chidori thundered, "Oh, it seems as though I'm number 1... Very well..." She stood up and sat on Junpei's lap.
Junpei moaned.
"Please enjoy this moment, Junpei, the only time I will get physical is on Valentines Day, Christmas and your Birthday." Chidori said as she stood up. Junpei looked ready to die.
"S'cuse me... I need to change my underwear..." Junpei said as he ran upstairs.
"Gross!" Minako blanched.
"He came, he saw, he conquered." Lee said solemnly.
We mixed it up again and picked.
"Okay, I'm the King!" Naoto cried, "I hereby order number 4 and 10 to kiss each other."
"I am Number 4." Kenji said.
"And I'm number 10." Junpei said.
"Ack!" Kenji cried.
"Just kidding! I'm not number 10." Junpei said.
"Oh, thank Heavens!" Kenji cried out in praise, "Who is she?"
"Me." Rio winked.
"Uh... Pass?" Kenji said sheepishly.
Rio made a face, "Come on, Kenji, please kiss me...?"
"I'll kiss you if this guy's too scared to." Minako winked.
"Fine!" Kenji grabbed Rio's head roughly, "You will not enjoy this as much as I will."
He kissed her roughly, trashing the place like a pair of eels and knocking down a fan. When Kenji was done, he fainted.
"Wimp." Rio smiled, "But my wimp." She said as she caressed his cheek.
We mixed it up again.
"I'm Queen..." Mitsuru said, looking amused, "I order number 9 and 7 to embrace."
I had 7 so I stood up, only to find Minako standing too. We smiled as we hugged each other warmly. I closed my eyes and held her as if she would leave forever. Of course, I knew she would be here, but my heart panicked, because if I even relax my hold, she would leave. I also felt her boobies on my chest and it felt nice, in a nonsexual way.
"Alright, you two can stop now." Mitsuru said commandingly.
Minako released me, but I didn't.
"Hahaha, dude, you really miss me, huh?" Minako asked. I didn't answer, but cuddled my head with hers.
"Alright, twenty more seconds and you two can get a room." Lee said, eating crackerjacks.
I let go of Minako, who wagged a finger at me, "Minato..."
I shrugged, "What can I say? I'm a taker."
We mixed it again and this time, Quan had the Kingship.
"I want numbah 3 to confess their secrets!"
Pinky stood up, "Quanny, I'm sorry, but... I'm heavily into Yaoi."
Quan nodded, "I see... I see... US x UK? Sasuke x Naruto? Luffy x Zoro?"
"Nope... You and Lee."
Lee, who was drinking punch, spat it out. Some of it dripped down his nose.
"What the hell?!"
"I even make pictures of it sometimes. Only Fuuka here knows about it. We've been fantasizing..." Pinky said with a sigh as she and Fuuka stared into an artwork she made. It actually looked neat. Lee's hand on Quan's buttock was really well made.
"You've been fantasizing about your boyfriends cheating on you with each other?" Rio said quizzically.
"We're not proud of it..." Fuuka admitted, "But it's so good to imagine my Lee and her Quan together."
Quan nodded and looked at Lee, who raised his shirt, revealing a holstered Glock, to which Quan looked away.
"I even submitted it to Shonen after they saw LeeQuanParadise." Pinky said, "And they're adopting it!"
"What the hell is that?" Lee shouted.
"A new online doujinshi I made." Pinky said, "The adventures of Lee, a war veteran who came home, and Quan, a professor's son, and their romance in the unlikeliest times..." Pinky said, "Lee lost himself in the war, but found his life inside Quan... Literally."
"You can't do that!" Lee cried, "That's bullshit!"
"Actually, I kinda allowed them to." Quan said with a shy smile.
"Y-You... WHAT?!" Lee bellowed, "Why you... you... you traitor!" He choked Quan, who poked him in the eyes. Quan ran away, while Lee took out his Glock and shot 13 bullets at Quan, but Quan slipped away.
"I'll deal with you later..." Lee muttered, "And I better get 40% of the profits, Pinky, or I'm suing for emotional distress!"
"Of course, of course... I'm not after the money, I just like to draw!" Pinky said.
"Sweet... It's not too explicit is it?" Lee asked.
"Not at all! Just last night, I had you giving Quanny a BJ on episode 69." Pinky said casually.
"Sexy!" Leah cried, "Gimme the URL later."
Lee almost cried, "Oh my poor, aching heart..." He popped an entire bottle of over-the-counter pain killers and drank punch.
We mixed the sticks as Quan cautiously came back.
Minako jumped, "I'm the Queen! Okay... I command number 8 to reveal their true feelings about me."
I looked at my stick. It was labelled 8.
"Well... I'm 8." I said.
"Well, go on tell me." Minako said excitedly.
"Minako...I... I want to ask you something and I need you to be totally and utterly honest with me."
"I will. I swear." Minako said. Everyone else seemed excited.
"It might be awkward after this, but I need to know how you feel... Okay, I've been keeping this inside for a while but now I need to confront you about it. I really hope this doesn't ruin the relationship we already have.
I really need to know and I don't see any other way to do it. It's not fair for me if you don't give me an answer..."
At this, everyone held their breath.
"I want you to tell me truthfully and honestly, no matter what happens, that you give me your honest opinion..."
Everyone watched eagerly. Minako was no longer smiling.
"Do you know the muffin man?"
Everyone took a few seconds to digest that. After they did, they howled with laughter.
"Minato, you troll!" Junpei laughed.
We were about to do the mix, but the countdown to New Year was nearing. We got in front of the clock.
"3...2...1... HAPPY NEW YEAR!" We shouted as Naoto jumped. The couples kissed, leaving me and Minako awkwardly standing.
Minako smiled, "I know you want a kiss."
I bit my lip, "So what if I do?"
She smiled.
"Should-" I began, but Minako glomped me and locked me in a kiss. My world spun around me. It was so passionate and full of emotion. After what seemed like a lifetime, she broke the kiss.
"First kiss of the Year, bitch." She winked.
I smiled. There was no doubt, nor had there ever been, that I love Minako.
A/N: Whew, done at last. Well then, I hope you enjoyed that chapter! Please, as usual, review because it makes me smile as much as you do when you read this. Also, same deal as before. Thanks.
Credits to: KazuyaYamura, FES, Ari, Fang and Night.
Q/A:
Night: He will eventually get stronger.
Anonymous: Sure thing, no problem. I hope you enjoy it.
Awesomedude: Thanks. And what made you think I'll ever quit on this?
Kazuya: Yeah it was the fifth too, but I wanted to greet them still. Anyway, yes, Koromaru is back! But Aigis and Ken won't sadly. For personal, unresolved reasons.
Hoshi: Yeah, it was a last minute thing. Needed to give a reason on why they're up there. Thanks!
Ace: Well, since Minato owned the sword, he stabbed Elder, who 'stole' it, but since Elder is evil, it caused the sword to look like Frostmourne from WoW.
Meow: No chance. Haha, I prefer them as lovers.