Disclaimer: I do not own Jareth, the Labyrinth, or any of its inhabitants. I do own anything/ anyone/ anyplace that I created in this fanfic… which I also own… XP nah!
Summary: War is brewing in the Underground and it seems as though Sarah's favorite Goblin King is in the center of it. Alliances are being formed quickly but also broken just as fast. Tension rises in the continuation of Heal Me, Hurt Me!
Warning: Jareth is totally out of character. So is Sarah.
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Last Time:
"She's probably going to run off!"
"Too late."
"What?!"
He nodded towards the window seeing the dark form of Carmen racing away. "She left."
"Go after her!"
"No."
"Why not?!"
"Because. She needs time alone."
"Jareth! We're going to war with your neighbors!" His eyes widened and he spun looking at Kira. "They could be out in those trees right now!" She didn't get to finish her sentence as he raced for the balcony and flung himself off, already transforming into an owl.
Please. Please let her be all right.
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Heal Me, Hurt Me – Part II
By: Kadasa Mori
Chapter 7 (February 7th)
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A lonely patch of grass waved lightly in the evening breeze, bringing a chill through the air. It was longer and greener than the grass around it, growing peacefully until… CRUNCH! Carmen munched on his sweet selection of grass, nickering to himself as he grazed around the small clearing.
"STUPID!" He raised his head towards his angered lady before returning to his grazing. "STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!" At every shout Sarah kicked the tree in front of her as hard as she could, resulting not only in pain in her foot, but more anger because of the pain. "I can't believe him!" she ranted to Carmen though he was hardly listening. "I spill to him, telling him everything about my family and he uses it again me! Damn fae! I hate him! I hate him!"
"Sarah…" Carmen nickered softly and she sighed.
"He's so annoying Carmen. I hate him…"
"May I ask whom?" She turned to find a man with dark hair and eyes walk into the clearing, looking amused. He looked like a guard, armor over his chest and leather gloves up to his elbows, a sword dangling from his hip. She instantly got a feeling of déjà vu but…
"Who are you?" she growled, Carmen snorting his displeasure.
He held up his hands. "I mean no harm."
She frowned then looked away. "What do you want then?"
"To inquire as to whom you were speaking of?"
"The Goblin King."
"You know him? Are you friends? Oh you must be the human, Sarah Williams."
"That'd be me…" She frowned, anger returning. "Though we're not on very friendly terms as of right now."
He suddenly grinned widely. "Good. Then he will not come for you right away." Her eyes widened and she took in sharp breath as the glint of silver metal hit her eyes, a sword diving for her chest. Carmen let out a whinny but wouldn't get there fast enough.
A scream of a bird of prey sounded and a barn owl dove from the sky, talons flying out and scratching the man's face. He let out a scream of pain, sword pulling away, hands coming up to grab his bleeding face. The owl transformed, turning into Jareth who stood in front of Sarah.
"Jareth!" she cried, clinging tightly to the back of his jacket.
He smirked grimly. "Trying to assassinate before the war even begins?"
The man stepped back, opening angry eyes, blood from the three deep lines across his face pouring down. "Jareth," he hissed then smirked. "You dare start a war with another country?"
Jareth scowled one hand on his sword. "I don't. You attacked one of my people therefore you began the war."
He scowled back and turned to Sarah who hid slightly behind Jareth. Carmen snorted angrily, pawing at the ground and curling around the back of Sarah to keep her sandwiched between him and Jareth. "Ah… the mortal." He smirked at Jareth. "She's made you weak Goblin King." Jareth's hand tightened over the handle of his sword. "Nothing to say? Must be true."
"If you've no further inquires about my well being I suggest you leave Darium."
"Darium?!" Sarah squeaked, both eyes spinning towards her.
Something tackled her and she screamed as she was flipped onto her back, the hands going around her neck and lifting her into the air, her precious supply of oxygen cut off. "I'm going to KILL you!" he screamed, face still red and in pain as he shook her. She clawed at his hands, kicking wildly, though the force was beginning to slow and her vision darkened.
"That's enough Darium."
Her eyes narrowed darkly. "You're the one who helped kidnap me!" she snarled. "You're the one that tried to strangle me!!"
Jareth's eyes flashed darkly and he growled. She felt his shoulders tense under her fingers. Darium's eyes narrowed. "Yes. I would've succeeded had we not been interrupted and had you not cheated."
"I'm a mortal. It's what we do best." They all turned hearing hooves beating nearby. Darium took an uneasy step backwards. A group of centaurs, each with a bow and arrow slung over their shoulders raced into the clearing, Anor and Cleo leading them. "Anor! Cleo!" Sarah cried in relief.
Cleo smiled in relief at her then glared darkly at Darium. "Are we needed for aid m'lord?"
He shook his head. "No. Technically we are in neutral lands. He is free to go."
Darium glared at him then hissed. "Before this war is over, I will gut you Goblin King."
Jareth grinned cruelly. "Believe me Darium, I will return the favor you before you have the chance to complete it." Darium scoffed then turned and snatched up his sword, sheathing it and disappearing.
Sarah let out a sigh of relief then stiffened as Jareth turned and gave her an icy look. "Cleo."
The centaur glanced between them. "Yes your majesty?"
"Thank you for coming to our aid."
She blinked then bowed. "You're welcome."
"Leave us now." She nodded. "And take the horse." Carmen snorted at him but trotted after the centaurs. Sarah shot Cleo a 'don't leave me alone with him!' look only to be returned with a regretful, 'I'm sorry. I can't disobey him,' look. Sarah watched after them, back stiff and unwilling to turn back around and face the fae of doom.
"Sarah." She swallowed. "Turn around." Doing so, she kept her eyes on the grass below her feet. "What the hell were you thinking? We are at war with our neighbors! They would kill you without a second thought, or at worse, take you prisoner again!!"
"Why would the taking prisoner be worse?"
"Don't be smart," he sneered.
"I'm not!"
"Some countries aren't as… weak willed as Kaigan was. You were merely put in a cell and feed twice a day for a month. Some would torture you for information or just for the fun of it." She looked back down quickly. "Darium wouldn't hesitate to cause you pain."
"I know-"
"Then why'd you run off?!"
"Because you're such a jerk!" He flinched but held his tongue. "How dare you use my family like that?! They may not have been perfect but there's no reason to ever say that!"
"I know. And I am sorry." He wrapped his arms around her. "I almost lost you again. Don't ever run off."
Some psychotic part of her brain answered with a joke. "Was that an order?"
He pulled away looking surprised but smirked. "Yes. It was. I order you never to run away again."
She grinned wickedly. "I hope you know how awful I am at remembering orders."
"Ah but if you forget this one, you will be punished." She raised an eyebrow. "No chocolate for a year."
"Jar-reth!" He chuckled and opened his mouth only to pause, eyes going distant. "Jareth?" she asked, tugging lightly on his sleeve. He didn't respond. She frowned and lightly patted his cheek. "Jareth?"
He blinked and shook his head. "Damn it. Not now." He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and the forest disappeared, her room reappearing. "Someone just got wished away. I'll be back." She nodded and he stepped back then paused and stepped forward, giving her a kiss. "Stay here."
She rolled her eyes and bowed mockingly. "As you command my king." With a smirk he walked to the balcony and jumped off, turning into an owl and flying off.
Sarah waited a moment the turned on her heel and headed for the library. She got sidetracked at the dining room when she realized that there was nice delicious food waiting for her. "Hey!" she chirped as she entered the room. All eyes turned to her and then behind her. "He had to go pick up a wished away," she explained.
"Are you alright?" Kira asked.
"Never better. Just really hungry." As she sat down to fill a plate, Taka cocked her head.
"You know I never really did get the wished away thing. Care to explain seeing as you've had a firsthand experience Sarah?"
Sarah shot her a dirty look. "Well, my dad and step mom had left me alone, for the millionth time, with their year old son Toby and he was screaming and yelling and I was angry at the world so I wished him away and Jareth came and said I had to run the labyrinth to get him back." She took a bite out of her sandwich. "Well I did. Nearly got killed several times, but made it to the castle and got Toby back before the clock chimed thirteen. Jareth was jerk through the entire thing though."
Jason snorted, Kira sniggering, the rest of the table varying between unease and trying not to laugh. "I was a jerk?" She yelped and spun to find the blond haired fae standing there, arms crossed.
"Hey Jareth! How goes the wished away?" He motioned towards the door, a little boy standing there, half hidden by the door frame. "Hi!" Sarah chirped. "Are you hungry?" He nodded and she waved him in. As he walked into the room, Sarah stiffened and glanced at Jareth who shut his eyes and nodded slowly. Sarah smiled warmly as he climbed into the chair beside her. "What's your name?"
"Alexander," he replied, a hint of a French accent in his voice.
"Can I call you Alex?" He nodded and she motioned to the table. "Anything you want?"
He hesitated, eyes flickering about. Jason, sitting on his other side, reached forward and grabbed the chocolate pie. "Want some of this? It's really good!" Alexander nodded. A huge piece was cut for him and set on his plate. He quietly began eating it.
Sarah glanced at Jareth who motioned towards the door. She turned to the boy and smiled. "I'll be right back, all right? Just ask Jason if you want anything else."
"Yeah!" Jason chirped. "We'll be best buddies!" Alexander smiled and ducked his head.
Sarah hurried after Jareth into the hall. "What happened?"
"Mom decided she didn't want him anymore. Boyfriend realized she may kill him and wished him away."
"But… the bruises…" She glanced back at the boy, his red hair bright against the purple welt on the side of his face, brown eyes narrowed at Jason who was teasing him.
Jareth smiled faintly. "She didn't want him anymore, Sarah."
Sarah looked to the ground, tears brimming her eyes. "Does anyone run the Labyrinth just because they want their children back?"
He tapped her chin and made her look up. "You'd be surprised. There are a select few who'd do anything for their children back."
She smiled and glanced back towards the door. "What now?"
"Now you get to go bring her dreams to her."
Sarah grinned viciously. "Well. Let's not keep her waiting." Walking back into the room, she smiled at Alexander who now had a plate full of food and was eating and laughing at Jason's jokes. "Hey Alex?" He looked back. "I gotta run. Stay with Jason, yeah?" He nodded and she turned, holding out a hand. Jareth took it and they disappeared.
"Whoa…" Alexander turned to Jason. "They disappeared!"
"Yes. Jareth's the Goblin King and Sarah's his girlfriend. They have lots of magic."
"Where did they go?" Jason shrugged. "Sarah's nice."
"She likes little kids."
"I'm not little! I'm 12!"
Jason blinked. "Oh." He grinned wickedly and ruffled his hair. "But you look so cute!" As Alexander and Jason began arguing, Kira and Taka shared a concerned glance. While he said he was twelve, he looked years younger.
"Eat up," Taka ordered. "Before it gets cold." Alexander pouted, having not fully exacted his revenge on Jason for making fun of him, but did indeed dive into his food.
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Half an hour later, Sarah and Jareth reappeared in the empty dining room. Sarah looked at the crystal on her palm, slowly inhaling and exhaling until it turned from dark green to emerald. She glanced at Jareth who raised an eyebrow. "How did you deal with this?"
He shrugged. "I've become… immune in a sense. It's a job that must be done and I worry about nothing but completing it and finding a new home for the wished aways."
Sarah nodded, grabbing the tray of cookies left on the table and turned to head out of the room. "Oh!" They both turned and found Venus walking in. "You're back. We didn't expect you so soon. We're having a hot chocolate party in the library to celebrate Alex's new status in the Underground."
"Oh?"
"He beat Jason in a pie eating contest." Jareth snorted and Sarah grinned widely. They followed her out of the room and towards the library. "So what happened aboveground that merited both of your attentions?"
"I am the Nightmare Queen," Sarah announced with a grin. "You see, Jareth brings them their dreams, but then I come and give them nightmares…. Well only if they were abusive. If they were just stupid kids, I tell their parents what they did and they get screamed at silly for a few hours."
"An amusing sight to behold nonetheless." Venus cocked her head. "Abusive?" Sarah's eyes fell to the tray she held. "Hm… He will be fine though."
"He will?"
"He's here isn't he? He'll be fine."
Sarah smiled. "Thanks Venus."
"It's no problem."
"As adoring as this bonding session is," Jareth remarked. "I must go file more paper work now." He stole several cookies and kissed Sarah's temple. "Good work today Nightmare Queen." She smiled brilliantly before he disappeared.
"You two are like teenagers in love," Venus muttered as they continued towards the library. "It's adoring yet sickening at the same time." Sarah scowled at her but didn't have time to say anything as they neared the library.
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Having gotten Alexander settled into his new room, Sarah finally got to sit down to watch the fire. A knock on her door made her turn to find Jason standing there. She smiled and patted the couch beside her. He walked over and sat down with a sigh. "Some day huh?"
She snorted. "You have no idea."
"No?"
"No."
"Tell me then?"
She narrowed her eyes at him. "Fine. I woke up this morning in an excellent mood but it was quickly shattered when I learned that two council members had been attacked. I was then dragged to another land, taught how to apparate in case we were attacked, found the daughters of the two attacked and brought them back, had a verbal spar with a boyfriend, took a nap that lasted nearly the rest of the day, was beat up by little kids, which was fun until my boyfriend called me back to spar even more, said something nasty so I ran away, nearly got killed, came back and never got to eat because an abused wished away suddenly appeared, had to go and 'abuse' back the wished away's mother, came back to the Underground to have a party and celebrate the gaining of a new status, and have now sat down to relax and you must remind me of it."
"Well… it wasn't such a bad day, was it?" She sent him an 'are you for real?' look. "Well I mean, besides the sparring and almost dying and abusive stuffs… okay. It was pretty bad…" She snorted and he grinned and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Aw. Poor Sarah."
"Poor Sarah needs a vacation and Hawaii's looking pretty sweet."
"Hawaii?"
"You've never been either?"
"… Hawaii?"
She rolled her eyes. "We'll go this summer, kay?"
He gasped. "Just us two? Sarah, my dear. Not only would I be cheating on Kara but you'd be cheating on Jareth! Jareth would kill me!"
"And Kara would kill me."
"Nope."
"No?"
He shook his head. "Kara would thank you for finally getting me off her back." Sarah sighed and hugged him. "Jareth probably would thank you too… after he killed the both of us…"
"Such happy thoughts."
"Yes." They both jumped and turning to find the blond fae standing behind them. "But may I ask why I'd be killing you both?"
"Because we're eloping." Jason replied, all serious.
Jareth raised an eyebrow and glanced at Sarah who blushed prettily. "Sorry Jareth," she murmured. "But I can't hide my feelings anymore…"
"Finally!" All eyes turned to the door at Kara who pumped her fist into the air. "Jason's finally leaving me alone! Thanks Sarah!" As she turned and walked off, Jason's squeaked.
He leapt off the couch and raced after her. "No! Wait! Kara I was just kidding!!"
"Damn it!"
Jareth turned to Sarah who grinned mischievously. "I hate you both," he announced.
"I know." She patted the vacant spot on the couch and he sighed and sat in it. "What's going to happen to Alex?"
"We'll find a good family for him."
"When?"
"There are many families looking for a child. He'll be adopted very soon."
Her face fell. "Oh…"
He watched her for a moment. "You can't keep them all Sarah."
"I know…
After a few minutes he sighed and kissed her temple. "Get some sleep. I'll see you in the morning."
"Good night Jareth." As he closed the door behind him, she sighed heavily. "Finally… peace and quiet." There was a knock on her door and she groaned. "What?"It opened and Valdis stepped inside. She blinked then grinned. "Val! What's up?"
"I cannot stay long but Haimon has been annoying me so I'll let you in on a little secret so you can torment him back for me." Sarah raised an eyebrow. "His birthday was on the third of this month."
Sarah grinned. "Was it then?" The panther smirked. "Well… it seems as though a small birthday party is in order…"
"Let me know the date by tomorrow and I can guarantee we'll be here."
"Thanks Valdis." She waved and closed the door behind her. Sarah in turn, grabbed a notebook and pen and started writing.
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"Yo." Jareth turned from his spot at the window to find Jason entering the room. "Why do you think Washi was attacked?" Jason asked almost immediately, pouring himself a drink and taking a seat in front of Jareth's desk.
Jareth frowned darkly. "I appointed him our war general when Sarah and I went to the High Council Meeting."
Jason's heart sunk. "You think it leaked out?"
"It had to…"
"They attacked Toroku first because he was the most suspicious. They attacked me second because I've been in the council as long as you have… No one can find Ryuu or Ikkakujuu's lands and Honou's is too hard to get to. Washi was attacked because, as you said, he was appointed war general… you do realize who's left…"
"Kira and Alan. I know… Why do you think I've had them stay here so often?"
"But you've still let them go back."
"Yes. As worried as I am about them… I'm sorry to say that there's really no gain in taking over their territory. Crystal Lake isn't that strong of a community to use as an advantage towards war."
"I know but I mean getting at you by attacking them."
"I've no doubt someone will try again."
Jason paused and looked over in confusion. "Again?"
"Did you forget what happened to Kira?"
He frowned then suddenly stiffened. "Damn it. How could I forget that…"
"She doesn't remind us of it so it was easily brushed back."
"Nonetheless," Jason held up a hand, another over his heart. "I pledge to annoy her to the fullest extent tomorrow."
"And I give you permission." Both turned as the vicious snarl, Kara's eye twitching.
"Kara..." Jareth started cautiously. "What happened to your hair?"
"My darling older sister," she announced darkly, twirling a strand of neon green hair around her finger.
Jason ran up and grabbed her hands. "I will avenge you Kara!"
"Thanks Jason. Make sure you do," she muttered, pulling her hands from his and walking back out.
Once she disappeared, Jason turned and nodded once to Jareth. "Good night."
"Night Jason." He stepped out and closed the door behind him, leaving Jareth to stare out the window and wonder what the hell he was gonna do…
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To all Heal Me, Hurt Me Readers and Reviewers,
Sorry my friends, for taking so long to update and for not replying back to reviews. But I mean it hasn't been that long. It's only been what… three weeks? Ah ha haaa. Grrrrr. Blame work, sleep and heat that makes me wanna sleep for days on end.
Anyway, the flashback part was in chapter 37 of part I where Sarah was kidnapped by some unnamed dude (later killed by Kira) and handed off to Darium who was under orders from Kaigan to kidnap her but was too lazy to do so himself. XDD then Sarah beat him up and he tried to kill her but didn't get away with it.
I love tormenting Kara so much. It's so much fun. XDD poor girl. And poor Haimon for that matter. Sarah will have much fun tormenting him.
Not much to say in this note. I'm sorry to say I've been quite distracted as of late with my new Harry Potter fic. It's been stealing what little brain power I have right now but I will try and update soon! Thanks all for keeping up with the story and my slow updates!
Kadasa Mori
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He scowled. "You were so much more pleasant when you were asleep…"
She giggled then smiled warmly. "I'm glad you're all right though."
"No muffins if I died?" he asked sarcastically.
She grinned. "Yes. But also no Goblin King." He glanced at her then sighed, getting into a sitting position. He motioned her forward and she raised an eyebrow, leaning forward.
He kissed her but before she could scold him for it, grinned. "I would've missed you too."