So... Shigen shall awaken in this chapter, does that make y'all happy? n.n
Oh, and I've been planning a prequel for these fics for a while now, two actually. But I don't know when I want to start writing them...
Thanks to: Dark Link and KATZUNITED~
And count on you Dark Link, to catch onto the Zeon/Link at the beginning of the last chapter xD Nice job!
Link let out a enormous sigh of relief as soon as they stepped into the small and simple town of Novaska. He didn't mind the traveling, Link had always been well built for such things, but he didn't like being in the forest for too long. The trees begin to smother you after a while, and theres never enough room to fight...
"We're finally here!" Vii pushed past him and Kai, prompting the later to give her a dirty look. "My home town! Isn't it beautiful?" She looked back at the guys, hoping to get a positive response.
Link looked around taking in the sights. The streets were full of people, humans by the looks of it, happy humans. Everyone was talking and laughing and as they walked further in the cheerfulness only increased.
In what appeared to be the town square there were small children running around playing a game of chase, and there were wonderful smells coming all over from the open stalls, Link tried not to drool.
"Yeah, it's a real piece of work, now can we get out of the sun and away from here? The fucking smells are bugging me." Ryuk obviously wasn't charmed by the happy town, but then again, Ryuk never seemed to be in a good mood.
Vii tried not to look hurt by Ryuk's words and waved for them to follow her. "I know where the best Inn is, and some of the rooms don't have windows since we sometimes get vampire visitors."
Kai gulped loudly and Link slapped his forehead, he already knew what that shadow was going to say.
"Vampires as in... Lestat? And... The sparkling disco ball?" Kai shifted his eyes around, looking for sparkles, or piles of ash, it was a sunny day after all.
Vii had to turn and give him a disbelieving look. "Um... What's a Lestat? And a disco... ball...?"
"Never mind, you wouldn't understand..." Kai latched himself onto Link and nuzzled his shoulder. I guess I'm still stuck in the future... I wish I could get my memories back...
As they walked toward the Inn, Link couldn't help but notice all of the wolves that were running around amongst the people. Some of them were big and older looking wolves, they were walking next to the villagers, they appeared to be guarding them. There were other ones roughly around the same size as Xxeon who were helping the people, fetching things for them. And then there were wolf pups playing with the children.
Link bit his tongue in an attempt to stop the questions that were dying to get out, but in the end, his curiosity won. "Vii? What's with the wolves?"
Vii gave Xxeon a quick pat on the head and Xxeon barked happily. "My village became friends with the wolves centuries ago when we aided them in their war with the vampires, they've been helping and living with us ever since it ended, they aren't enemies anymore."
"Wait... Wolves had a thing out for the vampires?" Kai tilted his head. "I thought that it was suppose to be werewolves verses vampires..."
Vii looked back at him. "What's a werewolf?"
Kai was starting to get sick of Kaithlaka already. "Ummm... A wolf that can turn into a human... or something like that."
Vii clapped her hands. "Oh! These guys do that too! They just prefer to stay wolves."
Within seconds Kai was in front of Xxeon, peering intently at him. "So you turn into a human?"
Xxeon tilted his head just like Kai had a few minutes before.
Ryuk booted the wolf in the butt when he got in the way of his walking and Xxeon jumped past Kai with a yelp, knocking the poor shadow on his ass. "There's no way in hell the fur ball can turn into a person, now can we please get to the Inn?"
Vii pointed to the large building in front of them. "It's right here Ryuk, calm yourself please."
With a grumble Ryuk continued marching, pulling Kai on his feet as he passed him.
Link shook his head with a sigh. "Sorry about Ryuk, I think he's still sore over that dream he had." He placed a hand on Vii's shoulder. "Thanks for getting us here though, me, Ryuk and Kai would have been lost if you didn't decide to help us."
Vii flashed him her best smile. "Well I couldn't just let that work of art walk out of my life, I want to find out how the hell Lore made them..."
"Vivian!"
Vii's smile vanished and beside her Xxeon started growling.
Link looked at the man that was approaching them. He was tall that was for sure, a good foot taller then Link. He had wolfish yellow eyes and long gray hair that was pulled into a pony tail behind him. When he saw Link, his smile vanished faster then Vii's.
The man stopped a few feet away from them, he glared at Link, then glared at Link's hand which was still resting on Vii's shoulder. "And who are you?" He asked the hero in an angry voice.
Link coughed nervously and pulled his hand away quickly. "I'm Link, a ... er... hero?" He held out his hand to the guy, hoping it wouldn't get chopped off.
When the guy's glare became deadly, he lowered it.
Vii sighed. "Link this is Keagen, my ex. Keagen this is Link, my friend."
Keagen didn't stop glaring. "I'm not your ex, it still wasn't made official last time I checked."
"Well consider it official, I have things to do right now, and having an over protective boyfriend isn't one of them." She grabbed onto Link's hand and was about to drag him into the Inn when Keagen grabbed onto her other hand.
"So you would rather be with some pretty elf boy who probably can't hold a sword, let alone fight with one, instead of me?"
Vii shook her head. "No! We're not together! He's-"
Keagen didn't give her a chance to finish, he threw her hand away and ripped off his glove and threw it in Link's face. "I hope you get a good rest tonight pretty boy, because it will be your last." And with that said, he stomped off in the opposite direction.
The glove slid off Link's face slowly, revealing his shocked expression. "Why the hell did he throw a glove at me?" He picked up said glove off the ground and eyed it wearily.
Vii dragged him into the Inn and slammed the door behind them. "He just challenged you to a battle. You'll have to meet him in the arena tomorrow and fight him."
"To the death?"
Their entrance had made quite the spectacle, everyone in the dinning area was looking at them curiously. Ryuk and Kai were the first ones to move, they both walked over to stand by Link and Vii, Kai giving his boyfriend a 'wtf?' look.
With the spell broken, everyone went back to their previous discussions making it impossible to hear anything. Link waved his hands at Kai, we'll talk later.
Kai nodded.
Vii continued to drag him over to the counter, the young woman behind it gave them all weird looks. "Can I help you?" She said as loud as she could without sounding too rude.
"Two rooms please!" Vii yelled back at her. "And make sure one of them is a vamper one!"
The woman handed them their keys and Vii handed over the money.
Vii gave the keys to Link. "I'll be staying at my house, I'll come get you tomorrow for the battle! Have good sex- I mean sleep!" She waved goodbye to them and booked it out the door with Xxeon not far behind her.
"Did she say 'have good sex' or 'you have a nice ass'?" Kai said loudly to the hero, not trying to hide his laughter.
Ryuk snatched his key out of Link's hand and made his way to his room. I hope their room isn't next to mine... I would like to be able to close my eyes and get some rest."
Zeon sighed for the hundredth time. He did have two legs and they were perfectly usable, but for some reason the man named Seker didn't trust him, and instead opted for carrying Zeon around on his shoulder.
It was getting bothersome, especially since every time Seker jumped, Zeon would flop around like a dead fish. I hope we get there soon... I am going to have bruises.
They were traveling through the Daedlands at break neck speed, Zeon estimated they would reach Lore's castle within the hour, the amount of undead in the area only supported that fact.
There was no sun in the Daedlands, so Seker's vampire child ran beside them. He would sometimes ask Zeon if he wanted a drink of water, but other than that, he stayed quiet.
Not that I wanted to have a conversation with anyone... Zeon was about to sigh again, but before he had the chance, Seker skidded to a stop and dropped Zeon to the ground.
The elf hit the mossy ground with a yelp and he looked up to glare at Seker. "That hurt truthfully..." He stood up and rubbed his abused butt with a whimper.
Seker latched onto his upper arm and lead him into the castle, ignoring the numerous dead that were shambling towards him. "I will give you to the queen and then I will leave. I will not hunt down your friends, so our deal will remain true."
Zeon nodded and allowed himself to be led through the dark corridors, it took them forever to reach their destination, Lore's room was at the top of the castle which was up thousands of stairs.
He couldn't help but wonder why there were no candles lit, or how Seker was able to see perfectly in the darkness. He didn't bother asking, he knew he wouldn't get an answer, so he stayed silent.
When they got to the top, they kept walking until they came to a larger door that had light seeping out from the bottom of it. It opened before Seker could knock, and the three of them stepped inside.
"Ah, I'm glad Seker, you have brought me the elf."
Lore was sitting on a large bed in the middle of the room. The small amount of light hid most of her from view, so Zeon couldn't see her expression.
"Just as you asked my lady." Seker bowed and released Zeon, pushing him towards Lore and backing away.
"Wait, before you collect your fee and go..." Lore stood and walked towards them. "I want you to meet my prince."
Zeon breathed a sigh of relief when he noted she had clothes on.
Seker bowed again. "As you wish my lady."
Lore stopped in front of Zeon and traced his jaw lightly with her fingers. "Now Celestial elf, you will awaken my prince. Do so and I might let you live a little longer then I was planing to. You are the last after all, I might need you for something."
Zeon clasped her hand none to gently and pushed it away from his face. "As you wish." He stepped over to the bed and observed the sleeping 'prince'. Zeon felt sorry for the guy, he would soon have to put up with 'Lore the Insane'.
He placed a hand on Shigen's cool forehead and said a quick chant. He felt the Haniam wake immediately, with out Lore's notice he sent Shigen's mind a message. "Your friends are coming to save you."
As soon as Shigen's eyes opened, Lore pushed Zeon out of the way and fell onto her prince, hugging him.
Shigen struggled for a few seconds before remembering that Lore still had his friends, and that he couldn't defy her. My friends are coming to save me...? He tried to remove his head from Lore's chest, but was unable to. I have to hold on just a bit longer...
Lore gestured to Seker, and Seker sauntered over to them with Rush right beside him.
"Isn't he beautiful?" She said petting Shigen's head lovingly. "And now that he's awake, we can continue our plans to crush the rest of my brothers followers." She removed Shigen face from her chest and stared at his face. "My most greatest creation..."
Shygen suppressed the urge to shudder, but something else caught his attention. It was a scent, a scent that was familiar to him, it was also a scent he hated to smell, the scent of Ryuk's blood.
He turned his head in the direction it was coming from, blue eyes meet purple and a look of surprise almost made it to Shigen's face, but he stopped it. Koal...? No... it wasn't Koal, but this person looked a great deal like him. The same face the same eyes, and when he noticed Shigen staring at him he smiled and Shigen's heart almost started beating again. So Koal has a past self too?
Seker was surprised when the Haniam started staring right at Rush with a look of recognition on his face. Rush doesn't seem to recognize him though... that's good.
"Why do I smell Ryuk's blood on you...?" Shigen asked the Koal look alike.
Rush stayed silent, he refused to speak, Seker told him not to. I can't disobey, but it might get messy if he doesn't know the truth."
Seker answered for him. "I believe the one you are speaking of was killed in a battle with Rush." He laid a hand on on Rush's shoulder. "I told him not to kill the kid unless he acted up, but I guess he did if you smell his blood."
"Don't worry about it my love, you don't need that failure, you have me." Lore tried to wrap her arms around him, but Shigen stopped her with a growl, and before Rush knew what was happening, he launched himself at him, claws out and ready to kill.
Rush was knocked off his feet, and he fell to the floor. He was waiting for Shigen to jump on top of him and rip his throat open, but nothing happened. He felt his chest, making sure he wasn't injured, nothing appeared to be wrong with him.
The sound of something splashing onto the floor made him look up.
Seker was standing in front of him. There was something off about him though, it wasn't the fact that he was slouched over, (and that was rare for Seker because he always got angry when Rush slouched) and it wasn't the fact that there was a strong stench of blood coming from him (and Rush had rarely smelt Seker's blood, except for the one time he allowed Rush to feed from him) it was...
Lore laughed, the sound echoing off the walls. "That's right my prince! Kill them!"
Rush cried out when he finally noticed the hand sticking out of his mentors back, but it was soon gone as Shigen pulled it out, letting Seker fall, he died before he hit the floor.
Zeon backed away, he wanted to help but he could tell the man was dead, and it wouldn't be healthy to get in the way of the enraged Haniam, but there was something off about him, his eyes seemed hazy.
"Kill the child next! Then you can do whatever you want to them, I know your hungry~" She came up behind him and rubbed a hand across his bare chest, Shigen ignored her.
She's controlling him! I have to wake him up! Zeon was about to use his powers to contact Shigen's mind, but the Haniam fell to the floor, clutching his head.
"Why do you fight me my prince? You know it's no good... It only serves to make me angry."
Shigen didn't say anything, instead he reached his bloody hand out toward the terrified Rush.
The kid shuffled backwards making sure to stay clear out of reach.
"Koal... Run..." Shigen yelped and clutched at his head again, he was rapidly loosing the battle over his mind, he was too weak to fight Lore off.
Rush seemed to catch on to what was happening, he glared at Lore who was smiling back at him. I want to rip her face off! But he knew he's never be able to get to her. He looked toward Zeon who was watching everything quietly. Those people who were planning to kill her, he's one of them, if I bring him back to them...
He winked at Lore who's smile left and was replaced with confusion, and before she could question, Rush was running out of the room with Zeon Flung over his shoulder.
Lore almost screamed in frustration. "Stop them my prince! Kill the child! I want the elf alive though!"
Shigen lost control and ran out after them, his ability kicked in and he became nothing more then a blur.
"He is going to catch us! Truthfully!" Zeon was not please with his situation, but this was probably the only change he would have to escape. "You need to go out the window! He can't fly!"
"I can't either in my humanoid form! And we're on the top floor of the castle!"
"What do you mean you can not fly! All vampires can! Now jump out of one of these cursed windows!"
Shigen was right behind them, he would have them in a few seconds.
Zeon chanted quickly, his spell broke the spell of control Lore had over Shigen's mind, and his eyes cleared for a few moments.
At that moment, Rush jumped out the window but Zeon was still able to hear Shigen say...
"Tell sexy to hurry the fuck up..."
Then he was falling.
Rush was flailing his arms, trying to figure out how the hell he was suppose to be able to fly, Zeon repositioned himself onto Rush's back. Even being as girly as he was, he was still a bit bigger than the kid, it would be hard for Rush to fly with the extra weight.
"Transform, but only transform enough that you have wings!"
The ground was approaching rapidly, all of this was taking place in seconds, but they weren't going to make it if the kid didn't learn how to fly fast.
Rush concentrated on his task and was surprised that he could actually do as the elf said. As soon as his wings were out, he began flapping like crazy, but it was awkward and he had never tried to fly with weight on him before.
"Do not flap, just glide!"
Glide! Why didn't I think of that! He spread his wings out and the air caught them with a jolt, but it stopped their decent immediately, and they flew toward the ground slowly.
Zeon almost cried with relief, he ruffled the kid's hair. "I am sure you know what to do now."
"Yeah." Rush flapped his wings to get them higher, the ground was sneaking up on them, they were about 20 feet above it. "The only problem I have now is my wings, they're getting tired..."
Zeon looked over Rush's shoulder down toward the ground where there were about a hundred undead walking around. "Well you better suffer it out, because truthfully... I do not feel like being eaten alive right now."
Link rolled over onto his other side and wrapped his arms around the man laying beside him. He smiled when he thought about how Kai always smelled like strawberries. He kissed up the shadow's neck and nibbled on a pointed ear. My favorite part of the morning, waking Kai up.
Kai didn't wake up, and Link furrowed his brow and began sucking on Kai's ear while his hands roamed over his lovers toned chest.
Kai grumbled and pushed his hands away.
Link was more shocked than hurt. From this omen I can deduce that today is going to be a very bad day...
Their room door burst open, and Ryuk flew in throwing himself onto the bed and hiding under the blankets in between him and Kai.
Link sighed and pulled the blanket away from Ryuk's face. The Haniam glared at him.
"What's wrong Ryuk?"
"Some crazy vampire came into my room and tried to drink my blood! I don't have enough to spare! Dumb fucking ass hole..." Ryuk jumped as the still sleeping Kai hugged him, he shook his head and continued. "And get this! The fucker wanted to sleep with me afterward! Link, tell me the truth... Do I look gay?"
Link really did not want to answer that question, instead he threw the blankets back over Ryuk's head and ordered him to go to sleep.
Yep... A really bad day..
R.I.P Seker~ I do love you, but you had to go...
If anyone liked him, I'm sorry...
And about the Haniam profiles on my page, I ask that you disregard them for now... I deleted them, I have to re write them all, and I have changed all their names... I wish I would have realized sooner that they were all Japanese names... Seriously... I didn't notice... -sigh-
I didn't change Ryuk's name though! Don't worry~