spiritfire: Free time is here...and humor time
XVIII. Cruise
As the ship continued to sail, the group enjoyed the sea view while Mai handled things. Mahad on the other hand started to get seasick so he began to barf. Dark and Yami saw this and laughed hard literally. After the barfing, he had to chase the two teens and in the end, he became seasick again. Mai enjoyed seeing someone get seasick especially people who aren't get used to sail away from the seas.
"Hey, you enjoy it?" asked Mai, grinning.
"Oh yeah!" the two teens replied, smirking while Mahad grunted.
"I do not enjoy it...it's been a long time I haven't set foot on a ship and I forgot I tend to get seacick," Mahad spat, feeling nauseous all over.
"Man, I thought...ah well..never mind," said Dark, shrugging off. Mahad stared while Yami suppressed his laughter.
"What were you gonna say, anyway?" asked the prince but Dark just went to the forecastle of the ship.
"Too bad, Yami...Dark can be ignoramus well not all the time." Mahad said, grinning.
"I heard that!" said the spiky haired boy and the guardian scratched his head sheepishly.
"Ha ha!" Yani laughed sarcastically at Mahad. Dark just shook his head and sighed.
- - -
Time began to passed by and so far everything went well. As the sun began to set, Mai stared at the sea thinking about her past. She wouldn't end up like this if it weren't for the hidden fortune of her parents. It was only like yesterday as she reflects back her previous life.
Flashback: Mai was only seven years ols when she learned that her parents died in an accident. Her guardian stated that her parents left her a hidden fortune that she must find it within a week or else. So she was determine to find it. For four days, she had no luck and nearly lost hope when she spotted a coin near the pier. Getting the idea she ran to the pier as fast as she could then she began to dig. She didn't care if ahe get dirty and finally after relentless hours, she found something. It was some kind of paper. She unfolded it and began to read.
This will stated that Miss Mai will inherit the entire Lunar Pier as part of her inheritance. In addition, she will also inherit all her fortunes.
Mai's jaw dropped. Inherit the Lunar Pier...Now that's something to look forward to and eversince then she gave it to her guardian. Since then she became head of the Lunar Pier and since she's very fond of traveling, she became captain as well.
Mai sighed after that flashback then she realize that night has fallen. Yami and Dark have fallen asleep except for Mahad who stared at the sea. The captain wondered what is he thinking so she decided to ask
"Hey, what's on your mind?" she asked.
"...Nothing much," said Mahad, staring at the sea with a melancholic look on his face.
"Come on, I seen a lot of people looking like that and they never tried to escape any of their deep thought before besides I've been through a lot of should I say ...reflect" Mai said.
"I'm a bit worried about those two." said Mahad, staring at Dark and Yami who sounded fast asleep.
"Why would you worry about those two? I mean that they can take care of themselves, could they?" asked Mai, raising her eyebrow.
"I know but I'm worried about Dark," Mahad frowned and Mai can see a little of his point.
"Let me tell you: I think this boy has guts and from what I see from the way he looks...it seems that he carries a heavy burden but swallows it up with a mask on his face. He may not be able to to do this by himself though." Mai said , staring at Dark who began to sneeze and Mahad used his levitation magic to cover his body.
"I guess you could say that," said Mahad and he yawned.
"Get some sleep 'cause we'll be arrving at your requested destination tomorrow." said the captain and the guardian fell fast asleep.
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The next day, Dark woke up with a yawn and saw that there was a blanket over his body. He wondered who did that but he didn't cre so he got up from his spot and began to walked a little where he spotted Mai, who just ordered her crew to cook something good to eat. The captain noticed that one of her passengers are widely awake so they began to converse their conversation.
"So, you had a nice nap?" Mai chuckled and Dark yawned in response.
"Yeah, pretty much and by the way, who covered me with a blanket?" asked Dark, pointing at the folded cloth.
"Oh, it was Mahad who did that. You were sneezing yesterday night." said Mai as her crew finishing their last set of variety of meals.
"Oh..." said Dark who sat at a chair that the crew set up. Mai was sitting at the other side of the table and hummed herself.
A few hours later, Yami and Mahad finally woke up from their slumber feeling refreshed and probably yawning to themselves. One of Mai's crew informed them that they have a free breakfast is ready to serve so they stretched themselves a bit then they went to where Dark and Mai were waiting for them.
"You guys are such a lazy sleepers that I can tell you much." said Dark, staring at the two of them with a bored expression on his face.
"Please! As if!" said Yami, rolling his eyes with annoyance. The thre of them finally settled to eat what Mai's crew had prepared for them. In a flat dish were at least barbuqued fish that were caught fresh from the sea itself and some meat from fiddler crabs. All four of them began to dig in without question. As they ate their food, they decided to talk while the ship sails by.
"So, enjoy the food so far?" asked Mai, who ate a part of her barbequed fish. The others agreed and just ate their fill. After a good few hours, they cleaned it up when suddenly they felt some kind of eathquake at the sea.
"What was that?" Dark asked, trying to struggle himself at his own feet while the others tried to hang on. Mai's eyes suddenly startled as she realized what was going on.
"Everyone, go to your positions. NOW!" Mai commanded and all her crew began to prepare themselves whatever it was. The three of them wondered what Mai was talking about and finally they got their answer when a large and I mean a very large bluish squid rose from the water.
"Kraken, the terror of the sea," Mai whispered as she unsheath her sword ready to fight. Yami, Dark Nad Mahad were prepared as well readying their weapons.
Kraken began to smash the ship with its tentacles and her crew tried to defend themselves but in vain. Mai scowled at this and began her first attack on the water creature.
"Double Cross Slash!" Mai said and she leap up in the air then she slashed Kraken with a double cross hitting him all over the place. Her crew began to cheer for her but Dark began to have suspicion to himself.
"Hmmmm...I think I heard about this monster before but I can't seem to pinpoint it" said Dark who stared at Kraken after the captain slashed it. Yami and Mahad on the other hand were too busy aiming their spells at it. Mai kept slashing it as well. As Dark analyzing the situatuion, he wasn't prepared for a massive strike when the tentacle shove his back at the water.
"DARK!" Yami yelled worriedly as the spiky haired boy fell into the water where the water creature was ready to devour him.
"Shit!" Mahad growled as he let his Shadow spells hit the Kraken but it didn't work that much. Dark got himself out of the water and used his levitation magic to get himself back at the ship. While the others are still busy trying to take Kraken down, the spiky haired boy cast Protect on himself and trying to remember what he read about them.
Flashback: Dark was on his own classroom listening to his marinology professor. The topic they were talking about is monsters that live in the sea, their habitat and their weakness. There was one particular topic that he was interested about is the monster named Kraken. He told the class that the Kraken is the most vicous creature of the sea aside from the leviathan. It says there that unlike other creatures...Kraken is a versatile beast but like all the water monsters/creatures they have one particular weakness. All the class asked what it is and Yugi raised his hand so the teacher point at him and told Yugi to give the answer.
"It's simple really...they're weakness in lightning based or thunder attacks." Yugi said simply, sitting back down to his seat.
"That's it!" Dark exclaimed. "Everyone, listen to me!" And just that Mai, Yami and Mahad turned their faces at him curious.
"Mai, can you sword do some a little magic?" asked Dark, staring at the captain.
"I guess but its been a long time." said Mai in reply, looking very skeptical.
"Yami, can you just cast your thunder based attacks?" asked Dark , this time staring at the prince with very serious eye.
"Yeah, I'm sure of that but why?" Yami replied with a frown but Dark glared at the prince and he heaved a long suffering sigh.
"Mahad, do you have any supporting spells that can boost both me and Yami's spells?" asked Dark and Mahad pondered to his thoughts scanning every magic he knows then he wore a very dry smile on his face.
"Yep, I think I can see where its going but what for?" asked Mahad who was very skeptical.
"Back in my home, I studied marinology, the study of water monsters/creatures in a few years back and that Kraken actually has a weakness..." Dark chuckled and his eyes gazed into the water.
"Okay, so ?" Mai said in a skeptical tone.
"Watch..Mahad, would you please boost my spells?" asked Dark readying his Apprentice Rod.
"Spell Boost!" Mahad chanted and a white seal appeared under Dark's feet. He felt much stronger than before then the color died down. He held his breath and aimed the spell on the water.
"Thunder!" Dark chanted and electricity began to flow from the rod then it went to the water where the electricity began to make contact. Suddenly, Kraken felt struck as it was hit by Dark's magic. Everyone were wondering what's going on.
"Would you care to explain yourself?" asked Mai who saw that Kraken got a massive damage.
"It's simple really: Water conducts electricity and Kraken is a water monster so I simply used the water as a conductor of electricity." Dark explained. "I hope this clears all your questions."
"Now that you put it this way, let's do this!" said Mai, readying her sword once again.
"Spell Boost" Mahad chanted and he aimed it at Yami which gave him more power than before.
"Thunderbolt" Yami chanted and electricity began to flow and struck Kraken. It began to whip its tentacles wildly. As it swings, parts of the ship sunk to the sea itself.
"Mai!" Dark said, staring at her then the captain knew what to do. First, he focused on Mai's sword as he began to charged energy but Kraken saw this and began to whip them but Yami began to counter the assault.
"Mighty Guard!" Yami chanted and a combination of red and blue barrier appeared out of nowhere rendering Kraken's attack useless. Mai and Dark sighed in relief and they continued the charging process.
"Thunder Sword Slash!" Mai said and as Dark finished the spell charge, the captain began to leap out from Kraken's tentacles and gave a very heavy slash in the middle of its squddy body destroying it in the process. As Kraken was destroyed, some of its body parts began to rain all over the ship.
"Eeyuck...squid guts!!!" Mai barfed and so did her crew. Dark, Yami and Mahad felt disgusted as well.
- - -
Everyone began to clean their messes and the damage of the ship was not too severe thanks to one of Mai's crew who's good at the repairing department. Dark, Yami, and Mahad helped cleaned the squid regarless of some of the crew's dismay that they might use it for food but Mai told them to shut it.
"Gosh, who would have thought that this would end up in a disgusting way?" Dark said as he threw some of the squid guts into the pail.
"I agree on that one" Yami added as he put his donation as well.
"At least we're already near the destination, Look!" said Mai, pointing to some kind of forest. The three of them looked and saw it. True to Mai's description, it was some kind of a forest.
"Is that the Forest of Despair?" asked Dark and the captain nodded.
"It looks like a ordinary forest to me." said Yami.
"I wouldn't be too sure on that. Looks can be deceiving" Mahad added as the ship finally landed at the shore. The three of them landed down and stared at the entrance.
"Beyond this place lies the most despair in your hearts. No one has ever came out alive in these forests, not even a single soul." Mai said in a omnimous voice.
"One question: What makes this forest well I don't know full of despair?" asked Mahad who didn't like warnings that much especially omnimous ones.
"To tell you the truth, I don't know but one thing for sure: Those who entered the forest were either killed, reduced to dust or even worse...death" Mai growled in reply.
"Hmmmm..." Dark leered at the forest itself. He felt something in there as if the forest itself is alive or maybe something eerie. His eyes glared at the entire place and something tells him that it won't be that easy to reach Altech.
"Well, I've done my job," Mai said as she head back to her ship. "Thanks for helping me getting rid of Kraken. He's becoming a eyesore during the past years" And with that, she hopped on her ship and began to sail away.
"Well, now that's over with why don't we enter?" asked Yami as the three of them began to enter the Forest of Despair.
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Bakura was just taking a nap at the Forest of Despair. AS it turned out, after he teleported himself to Cresent Forest due to Dark's Reflect Spell instead of going back to his hideout (wherever it is), he ended up in this forest and try to make the best of it. And just his luck, he saw Dark's group passing by. He smirked as she saw this and he'll make sure that all of them dies.
spiritfire: Okay, kinda lengthy but okay I guess ...Next chappie will be very brutal and it's time for Dark to tell Yami the truth the chapter you've all been waiting for (maybe)...sayonara