Chapter 4: Sibling Rivalry and the Beginning War Games
"Look! It's Gaira!"a soldier exclaimed, pointing at an approaching gray haired man. "He's here!"the other soldiers cheered. Soon a blue haired teen followed him onto the grounds of the castle where the War Games were going to be held.
"Hello Gaira,"the teen said.
"Alviss,"Gaira replied simply.
"I'M HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"the two heard and Alviss got an anime sweatdrop.
"Not him..."he thought out loud. Sure enough, it was the same annoying blonde haired boy he had met a week or two before. Then he heard a voice he thought he would never hear in twenty years.
"Geez, Ginta. Calm down. You're going to make ARM break if you yell any louder,"he heard. Soon after Alviss heard the female voice, a girl who looked similar to himself walked into the castle grounds with a sweatdrop. She was holding her head. "I shouldn't have dranken all that Papaya Juice last night..."she said and groaned as Ginta yelled again.
"SHUT UP!!"Ginta yelled over excitedly. A.J. then got an anime tick mark.
"DON'T TELL ME TO SHUT UP!"she yelled, punching Ginta's head.
'She must be using that cover up ARM,'Alviss thought when he couldn't see his sister's curse mark.
A.J. looked up and spotted her brother. Their eyes locked.A.J.'s eyes narrowed, soon followed by Alviss's. "Nii-san(1),"A.J. growled.
"A.J.,"Alviss replied, also in a growl, his eyes narrowing dangerously. Sure the two loved eachother, but they always fought over who was more dominant, even if A.J. was the younger sibling.
Team MAR and the Cross Guard looked between Alviss and A.J. with surprised looks on. "Nii-san?"some of the Cross Guard asked, while the others said. "A.J.?"
Team MAR knew they were siblings, but didn't understand why they were mad at eachother. "Care to explain?"Dorothy asked Gaira.
"Yeah! And why aren't they blinking?"Ginta added.
"Ever since they were both little, they would always fight over everything, even something as silly and childish as the last tiny piece of bread. They fight to show dominace, even if the younger one is A.J. who dislikes being told what to do. I'm guessing right now they are in a stare down and the first person to look away or blink will lose,"Gaira explained.
Almost everyone around did an anime fall except for Alviss and A.J. "So... A sibling rivalry?"Snow mused. Gaira nodded.
"Did they ever have burping contests?"Ginta asked.
Gaira shook his head. "No, they thought that was to childish,"everyone fell again.
Then, a blue dwarf(2) looking thing appeared. "Hello everyone! Please step up and take a magic stone to begin the war games,"he exclaimed.
A.J. and Alviss looked away at the same time and walked up to a table-rock-thing that had many magic stones. They, along with everyone else, picked up a stone. A.J. examined it. 'Why do I have this feeling that this isn't a real magic stone?'she thought to herself.
Just after she thought that, she, and everyone else, disappeared in thin air. A.J. reappeared in a new dimension. "What the-?"she was cut off when, infront of her, a pawn materialized.
"A pawn? What am I su-"she was cut off when the pawn charged at her. "Fight obviliously!"she clarified when the pawn swung at her. She jumped and the claw like things it had on its hands just barely missed her feet.
"EEK!"she screamed when she felt the claw just graze her shoes. She smirked and kicked at the claws, making them lodge themselves into the ground. The pawn struggled, but couldn't get his hands out. "High-YA!"A.J. kicked the pawn's head and he flew back and disappeared.
A.J. disappeared again and then reappeared back at the castle. "Good job!"the dwarf dude exclaimed. "You are the remaining contestants for the War Games!"
Alviss looked around. "What? Where Gaira? He couldn't have lost to a pawn!"he yelled.
A knight, Chimera, appeared beside the little blue dude. "He must've gotten the real magic stone. That one led to a knight."
Gaira then appeared between A.J. and Alviss. "Gaira!"A.J. and Alviss said in unison. "Snow, could you heal his injuries?"A.J. asked Snow.
Snow nodded and began to heal his wounds. "Okay! The remaining contestants will be taken to their rooms!"the dwarf exclaimed.
"What!? When does the real War Games start?"Ginta yelled.
"Tomorrow,"the dwarf replied. "Princess, please take our winners to their rooms."
The beautiful princess nodded. "Follow me please,"she said softly and she led the others to their rooms. A.J. and Alviss were in the front, trying to walk ahead of the other.Everyone besides them sighed at the siblings and their rivalry.
A/N: (1):I think that is brother in Japanese
(2) Could someone please tell me what the blue dude's name is? I forgot! R&R please!