Disclaimer: I don't own yugioh! The words Brisingr and Risa don't belong to me! They belong to Christopher Paolini! Author of Eragon and Eldest! I highly recommend these two books! If you like fantasy books or dragons, this is a really good book! Seriously, it's really, really good.
"AAHH!"
In the middle of a group of trees, birds flew in fright when they heard the scream.
"Get off of me you bastard!"
Two people were struggling with each other. They were fairly tall. Really tall. One was held by the other, a stab wound on his left side ribs.
The trapped one struggled to be released from his capture, trying not to be stabbed a second time.
The other was struggling to get a hold of his captive, trying to slash his neck to end this hunt that his master send him to do. He grunted as his captive elbowed him in the ribs, but he was taught to never let go of his so called "hunt" and do the kill. He was ready to receive any blow that his captive might give: a stab, a hit in the groin, a bite, anything.
Well, almost anything.
He didn't expect his captive to bring back his head really hard, and collide his head with his nose.
The capture groaned and let go of his captive, he held his bloody nose and looked at his hunt angrily.
His hunt was already on the run, his hand over his stab wound, trying to stop the bleeding. The hunter scowled and began to chase after him, his knife ready to rip his hunt to shreds. He limped as he ran. The hunt managed to use his knife against him and stabbed him on this left thigh.
Up ahead, his hunt was running. He ran left and right, trying to avoid smacking into trees. He leaped over fallen branches, snapping twigs as he ran. He winced at every step that he took, each step causing pressure at his wound and causing pain.
He looked back and saw his stalker limping towards him, not making much progress. He looked back up ahead and ran faster, his legs already protesting and his head began to spin.
'This last time I decide to take a walk without a weapon.' he thought as he kept on running. He looked back again and cursed silently as his stalker began to quicken his pace. He began to see double. He struggled to clear his head, he was beginning to lose conciseness from losing blood.
"Brisingr! 1" he looked back as he heard that strange word erupting from his stalkers' mouth. His eyes grew wide when he saw the impossible: his stalker held fire in his hands. His stalker threw back his arm, ready to throw the ball of fire.
"Damn it!" he grunted. He debated to himself if what he saw was real or just his mind playing tricks at him.
His stalker then threw the ball of fire straight at him. He watched fearfully as the ball of fire was hurling towards him, moving through the air slowly.
By some luck, or just fate but he was never one who believed in such things, he tripped over a thick branch on the ground. He fell over, his wound felt like a fire at his side, and stars covered his vision. His body protested at the sudden pain at his side.
Fortunately, he felt the ball of fire go just above him and landing just four feet in front of him.
Unfortunately,
The ground was covered with dead leaves. The ground quickly caught on fire and began to ,luckily, spread slowly.
He winced as he stood up, his hand once again over his wound. He turned around and saw the stalker slowly stop when he saw the fire.
The hunter grinned when he saw the fire crawl closer towards his prey. He laughed when he saw the realization of the face of his prey that he was sort of cornered. The huntergrinned when he thought of an idea.
"You know," he said to his cornered prey, " I was thinking of just stabbing you to death. You know, a fast death." he chuckled to himself, he couldn't waitfor the death of his prey after that unnecessary chase. "But now I'm mad. Why didn't you just let me kill you when I had you? I most certainly didn't like that tiring chase. And this wound!" he pointed at his thigh. "Why did you have to do this? By my own knife! Now I shall be the laughing stock of my rank." he shook his head and began to tsk. "Now that won't do will you? You deserve a slow death. A really, really, really, slow death. How about say… you burn? Hmm?"
The hunter pointed at the burning fire and shouted,
"Risa!2"
The hunter had a satisfied smile on his face when he saw his prey grunt and covered his face with his arm, trying to block the rising fire.
"This is ironic really!" the hunter said over the crackling of fire. "Your mother killed one of my comrades like this! By burning him! Wait…" the hunter had a thoughtful face on him, as if he were thinking something over. "Actually, it was your father who killed the comrade, your mother just helped."
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" His prey yelled frustratingly.
'Is this guy insane? My mother never killed anyone! If she did she would have been in jail. Who is this psycho?' the so-called prey, thought. Ok, now he was frustrated. This guy just attacks him while he was trying to take a walk, he stabbed him, somehow made fire appear and now he's accusing his mother and father of killing someone? This guy deserves to be delivered to an asylum.
"Now listen here!" he shouted to his stalker, "I have absolutely no idea why you're trying to kill me or what the heck you're even talking about! Obviously, you got the wrong person! Now I demand you leave me alone before I decide to throw you to the fire! And you get to die the slow death! It's your choice!"
He smirked, expecting his stalker to turn around and leave. But instead, his stalker just readied his knife and began to walk towards him.
Despite the wound on his side, he jumped at the stalker, who released his knife in surprise, and began to punch the lights out of him. His hand began to throb after several punches but he still kept on going. His stalker grunted and reached for his knife that he let go. He then stabbed his prey on his ribs two times on the right.
"AAAHHH!" his prey yelled in pain. The hunter took the advantage to kick his prey away from him. As soon as his prey was off of him, he quickly got up. His whole face was bruised and his nose was bleeding quickly. He covered his nose and looked at his prey.
His prey's black shirt was soaked with blood, flowing from the wounds. His brown hair was dirtied up and messed up. He was crouching, grunting in pain. The hunter grabbed his prey and turned him around, facing him.
Facing death.
His prey looked at his stalker with fogged blue eyes. His face was pale from the lack of blood. His eyes drooped and opened, he was fighting to stay awake. The hunter lifted his knife. The prey looked at the knife, gleaming in the moonlight. He couldn't believe it. Is this how he was going to die?
The hunter grinned as the moment of glory was close. Now he had finished the mission his lord gave him. He looked at his prey more closely and chuckled.
"You really look a lot like your father."
His prey's eyes widened as he saw the knife lower towards him. He wished his arms to move, to stop the knife from coming any closer. He wanted to stick the knife up his stalkers' face.
For goodness sake! If he was going to die, why was it taking a long time for the knife to come and take it's toll?
He closed his eyes, waiting for the painful blow. Was it going to be quiet when his life was over? If what that geek squad always said, that he was the reincarnated priest of ancient Egypt, will he be able to live again?
…will Mok-
BEEP1 BEEP! BEEP!
What is that sound?
reallyyouHe opened his eyes. Instead of the gleaming sword striking him, he was in a room.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Jolinar was in his bed, sweating and wide awake
BEEP! BEEP!
"What is that sound!" Jolinar complained, covering his ears
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
The beeping sound seemed to be coming downstairs.
Jolinar pulled the covers, forgetting about the dream, and went out of his room and went to the edge of the staircase. He saw smoke covering the first floor. He ran down the stairs and was met by smoke.
"-Cough- Oi! Dad! -Cough- -cough"
"Over here!" he heard a cough. He went to the kitchen, where Ausar was opening a window to let the smoke out.
"What are you -Cough- doing?" Jolinar asked. Enki was in front of the stove, barking and growling at it. On the stove was a pan, it's contents bubbling, smoking and sizzling.
"I'm attempting -cough- and failing, to do breakfast. -Cough-" Ausar opened the kitchen door to help deprive the room of smoke.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
That annoying sound was still on.
"Gods and goddesses preserve us! What is that sound?" Ausar asked frustratingly.
Enki ran to the wall where the smoke alarm thingy was and began to bark and growled, snarling and showing his teeth, trying to intimidate the loud object into shutting up. Ausar grabbed the smoke alarm and began banging it towards the wall.
"How" Bang! "Do" Bang! "You" Bang! "Turn" Bang! "This" Bang! "Stupid" Bang! "Thing" Bang! "Off!" Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!…Bang!
He banged it three more times before the abused alarm stopped beeping.
Ausar blinked at the sight of the damaged alarm, "I think I broke it."
Jolinar shook his brunette head. "What a waste of money." he looked at the stove, "What on earth were you cooking anyway?" he quickly covered his nose when he smelled the burned food.
"Eggs and sausages."
Jolinar looked at the pan where there was a black circle of crisp inside. It looked nothing like eggs and sausage.
Ausar took the pan and threw its contents in the garbage can and put the pan at the sink. He sighed and looked at Jolinar and started to look concern.
"Are you ok Jolinar?" he asked, putting his hand on Jolinars' forehead. "You look really pale."
Jolinar swatted his fathers' hand away. "I'm alright. Just a nightmare that's all."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
Jolinar shook his head. "Nah. Don't worry." He then changed the topic, "So now what are we going to eat?"
Ausar looked around the kitchen. "How about…cereal!"
He didn't wait for an answer. He began to take out two bowls and spoons while Jolinar took out the milk and fruit loops.3 They sat at their new table that they got the other day. Enki was eating his dog food from a bowl.
"So… how many days do you have to go to school anyway?" Ausar asked as he munched his spoonful of fruit loops.
"I have school five days a week for-" Jolinar thought for a moment "about ten months."
Ausar grimaced. "Glad I'm not you."
"You could've been more supportive!"
"Ok fine. I'm so proud of you." Ausar said faking. "You're going to school for ten months."
"Urgh. Not that supportive."
Ausar chuckled and ruffled Jolinars' bed hair. Jolinar glared in annoyance. "You said to be supportive."
Jolinar took another spoonful of fruit loops. "Well not fakingly."
"Don't eat with your mouth full."
Jolinar humped and swallowed. "Your could've taken pity."
"I did! I said 'I'm glad that I'm not you' I'm pitying you saying that it's so horrible that I'm glad that I'm not you."
"That made no sense whatsoever." Jolinar picked up his bowl and drank the remaining milk, making slurping sounds.
"No slurping." Ausar said.
Jolinar glared at his father with the bowl still at his mouth. He smirked and slurped again.
"Now you're just doing that to annoy me."
Jolinar finished and put down his bowl. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
"Of course!" he gave his bowl to Ausar. "It's your turn to wash the dishes." He left before Ausar can say anything. Enki finished his 'breakfast'. He took the bowl with his teeth and placed the bowl in front of Ausar. Enki sort of nodded and followed Jolinar's example: leaving before Ausar can complain.
Ausar slumped. He hated, no, loathed doing the dishes. One of the major things he hated. He sighed. Well work is work neh? He took the dishes and took them to the sink. He grumpily began to clean the dishes. This was no fun at all!
"They have no respect for me." he said grumpily.
"Yes we do." Jolinar came back. He was wearing his uniform and his messy brown hair was neat. He had his backpack on one shoulder. He went to the closet where there was a bowl of fruit. He took an apple and took a bite out of it.
"We just don't show it so often." he said with his mouth full.
"Don't-"
"Don't talk with your mouth full, I know."
"Actually I was going to say to stay cautious. Don't, and I mean don't, put down your guard, got that?"
Jolinar saluted Ausar. "Aye Aye capitan! No fun for this person."
"Jolinar."
Jolinar sighed despairingly. Not this again. He went to his father and put his arm over him affectingly.
"You worry to much dad," he said quietly. Ausar just humped. Jolinar grinned and started to mess Ausar's graying hair. "That's why your hair is greying."
"Are you saying I'm old?"Ausar pretended to be shocked.
Jolinar just laughed and let go of his father. "And just so you won't get any wrinkles," he didn't answer the question, "I'm going to take Enki with me." Jolinar turned to Enki, who was back in the kitchen. "Do you mind?" Enki just shook his head no. "See? Enki will make sure that nothing bad happens to me and he'll return once I'm at school. Right?" he asked Enki. Enki nodded his head.
Ausar thought about it for a moment. "I suppose so."
"Great! And don't worry. Any body who messes with me will wish they were never born. Come on Enki!" Enki barked and followed Jolinar out of the house and they both walked to towards school.
"Wait!"
Jolinar looked back at the street and saw his father calling him.
"What?"
"Once the day is over, wait for Enki ok? He'll pick you up!" Jolinar groaned. He knew his father was trying to protect him but this was ridiculous!
"Ausar," he always called his father by his name when he was annoyed with him. "I'm perfectly capable of walking home by myself."
"Jolinar." Ausar said warningly.
"Ausar." Jolinar said back.
"Jolinar."
"Dad."
"Jolinar."
"Dad."
"Jolinar."
"Dad"
"Jolinar."
"Dad… how long are we gonna keep this up?"
"Until you agree to what I have said. Now… Jolinar."
Jolinar laughed. "Dad."
"Jolinar."
Jolinar stopped laughing. This was starting to get annoying. He crossed his arms and humped!
"Fine. I still say that this is ridiculous."
Enki pushed Jolinar from behind and started to bark as if saying, 'hurry up! You're going to be late for school!'
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"So you're saying that someone that looks like Kaiba, came to your school."
Shadi was at the game shop. For some weird, unexplained reason, he knew that Yami and Yugi were eager to talk to him about something.
"Yeah that's right. And he just didn't look like Kaiba. He sounded like him too." Yugi was taking over. He explained to Shadi about the day before in school.
Shadi frowned, "So you think that this person may be Kaiba? Even though he has a father?"
"I'm telling you Shadi, we just have this feeling that Jolinar is Kaiba! I can't explain it." The millennium puzzle glowed and Yami took over.
"You must believe us Shadi." Yami said seriously. "I know it sounds crazy but Yugi and I believe that Jolinar is Kaiba."
Shadi sighed. "I do believe you and Yugi Pharaoh. I'm starting to believe the possibility of your theory." he messaged his temples tirely.
Yami noticed this. "Are you ok Shadi?"
"Yes, yes. I'm alright. It's just…" Shadi took a deep breath and began to explain. "I didn't mention this before, but just before the disappearance of Kaiba. There was a disturbance."
Yami looked confused. "What do you mean? Was it the shadow realm?"
Shadi shook his head. "No. It was nothing of that sort. There was… an opening. A rip in realms.4 I didn't know what it was, but at the same time Kaiba was just noticed to be missing, there was another opening. But before I can investigate, the opening disappeared and never came to happen again…until last week. There were two openings and it occurred here. In Domino."
Yami blinked. This was big news.
"There's something else as well. The openings that happened during Kaiba's disappearance were here in Domino as well."
"So then maybe…Kaiba's disappearance is connected to these openings." Yami said.
/I get it/ Yugi said his soul room. /In the first opening, Kaiba disappeared. Now there was two new openings and suddenly, Jolinar is there. But wait…/ he thought for a moment. /If Jolinar is Kaiba, wouldn't he have reconigze us/
/Maybe has amnesia./ Yami concluded. /Did Jolinar ever mention to anything about amnesia/
/ I don't know. We should ask though./
Shadi looked questionably at Yami when he remained silent. He knew that Yami and Yugi were having a conversation. Yami blinked and then began to tell Shadi about their discovery.
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"Hi Joey!" Mokuba said excitingly.
"Hey Mokuba! How you doing?" Joey asked. It was his turn to sleep over that day.
"I'm ok I guess."
"Well, then you won't believe what happened today! Or…maybe what came today. I don't know. But! There was this new kid today who really looked like your brother!" Joey said very informational. He looked around. "So…uh…mind if I get some food?"
"Yeah, I don't mind." Joey grinned and went immediately to the kitchen. "What do you mean someone looked like my brother?" Mokuba said curiously. Hey, if anyone looked like his brother, he was interested.
Joey came back with an apple in his mouth. He chewed and swallowed before he talked. "I mean that he looked exactly like your brother…except he didn't act like him. He was nice actually. Didn't act like a jerk." he said abruptly. He took another bite of the apple. "His name was Jolinar Marduk. Weird name huh?"
Mokuba blinked, "Yeah. I suppose it is." Mokuba paused. "Did he really, and I mean really, look like my brother Seto?"
Joey nodded, "Yup! To his size to his hair, he looked like Kaiba. We all thought it may have been Kaiba, but he has a father."
"Oh."
"Do you want to meet him?"
"…I don't know…"
Joey grinned, "Who knows, he may actually be Kaiba." he said jokingly.
"Maybe."
Joey rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Hmm… want to eat junk food? I'm not a good cook and since the time I've been here, I've seen that you don't even have a cook! Why's that?"
"Because big brother di--doesn't, trust other people food."
"Why don't you just hire one? Once it's Yugi's turn to come over and he brings gramps, you'll be forced to eat gramps food."
Mokuba shuddered. Oh, how dangerous was Soloman's food. What painful memories. Taking a bite from his food, and you'll be running to the bathroom and…
Let's not go over there shall we?
"Then I'll just get some take-out."
"Hee hee. Smart. Now let's see. How about some French fries? Or some hamburgers? Or just chips? Wait! Wait! We need soda!"
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1- Brisingr!- fire!
2-Risa!- Rise!
3-D.W.O.A.F.B: Mmmm…Fruit Loops. I LOVE FRIUT LOOPS: ) …Yummy!
4- An opening of two realms. The boundaries of dimensions have been broken. A hole has been made between two worlds, etc, etc. etc. point is, someone from another world/realm has entered.
D.W.O.A.F.B: Huzzah! I'm done! Whoo-hoo! I'm so happy!...Sorry that there wasn't any action here.
Out of topic here, but anyone who has watched Yu-Gi-Oh GX, have any of you noticed that Alexis Rhodes, looks like Kaiba? Seriously! I mean, cut the long hair, darken it, narrow the eyes, turn her eyes blue, make her taller, change the gender and what d you get?…Seto Kaiba! It's mostly her hair cut up front is what makes her look like Seto.
Seriously! Hasn't anybody noticed that?
Enlil: You just went totally out of topic. You know that right?
.D.W.O.A.F.B: Yeeaaahhh…I just wanted to bring that up that though. -shrugs- Oh well.
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