Yugioh: to hell and back
Authors note: Third chapter and I'm sorry for the late update for all who bother to read this. Please review and tell me if I'm doing anything wrong.
/In the library/normal pov/
Jaden followed Banner through the large room filled with books and shelves books and shelves and even more books. The air had that classic smell of old buildings (Which is odd cause I don't think that this is a building older than five years) Jaden Thought. The library had a large table for reading in the center that stretched all across the room and banners with different emblems hanging by the shelves and the wall at the end of the room had an enormous clock hanging there. Banner of course were chattering like there was no tomorrow.
"So Banner… where are we going?" Jaden asked while looking at an emblem that looked kind off like a bear.
"To a very special shelve were the history of this nation have been recorder from its founding" Banner proudly boasted.
"From its founding?... (Today's 2011 this island was found 1991) this nation hasn't existed for more than nineteen years last time I checked" Jaden remarked sarcastically.
"Sarcasm doesn't suit new students… and you know exactly what I mean" Banner snorted in response.
(Oh touchy) Jaden thought as he followed banner. His mind began to drift away and in his musing he could not think of anything other than the words carved in to the crest (glory of your heart be the sanction of your foes, sounds like a warning of sorts) he thought. The phrase was odd but he somehow had the distinct impression that he had heard it before. He couldn't put his finger on it but for some reason he still felt this sort of understanding for the words as if it was a massage delivered only for his eyes and ears.
"Ah here we are" Banner stated and went in to a secluded room on the far side of the library and returned with a book several inches thick.
"What? Seriously… a book that thick for a country that has existed for almost as long as me?" Jaden exclaimed in disbelief.
"Quiet… this text depicts more facts about the sixth century than any scripture before it. It has revolutionized archeology and the world's collective history altogether" He stated irritably and opened the book. "It was written by monks in that era but a lot of the text were written down by Jarak himself, this is just a rough translation of the original book you can get your own copy if you like" he explained.
"We're going to skip most of the book and head straight to where we left of" he said while flipping through pages. Jaden however was suddenly struck by memories of the nightmare from last night and faced out.
/vision/flashback/
His vision was blurring as he stared at her malevolent features: her face, her claw, her third eye and her mane all seemed so terrifying but at the same time it was welcoming. His cheek was burning from her kiss (and not in the good way) he thought. Then the flames they'd felt so real somehow it was more an intense terror than anything he had ever felt.
(Her face I recognize it… but from where?) His thought raced through his skull as the confusion sinked in. That dream had shown the face of a beautiful girl that felt so familiar; he wondered just what the creature that she had transformed into meant with what he owed her. It could not have been a demon as then he would have sensed her the moment he entered the house, no she was something more. (I feel this great sadness when I think of her for some reason… and guilt) he thought as he continued to reminisce.
/Back to reality/
"Hey are you all right? You look kind of dizzy" Banner asked as he shook Jaden.
"Uh yeah I'm all right" Jaden said and snapped out of it "what were we talking about earlier" he asked slightly confused about the whole situation Banner just frowned, clearly unconvinced but let it go and continued.
"Anyway I'll begin at the battle of the two dragons" Banner stated and opened a page. He ran his finger along the text which was clearly in old Latin until he found his mark. "The Franks and Goths gathered their 10.000 strong force on one side of the river Rhein against the Saxons 4000 on the other" he read the quote of the monk who wrote this scripture.
/Vision/Flashback/
A man marched up a hill to a younger man dressed in leather armor reinforced with chainmail. "My lord Charlemagne's forces are placed just on the other side of the river, what should we do?"
The man turned towards the older man and smiled "Hargoth old friend there is no need for titles" he then turned towards the enemy force and kept his gaze on the well armored force of cavalry that were just waiting for the opportunity to attack. "their heavy cavalry is our greatest threat however they cannot reach us as long as we control our side of the river" he took a deep breath and continued "but we can't stay here for too long or we'll risk being outflanked by our enemy's superior numbers as they attempt to cross" he stated and turned towards his friend "Make sacrifices to Wotan We're crossing at nightfall". Hargoth humbly answered "yes my friend".
Jarak ventured down from the hill and in to his camp were his warriors were arming themselves and praying to the gods. "Men get ready; as soon as the night falls we will cross the river in our boats on the northern side of the Franks army". He paused and looked around his men for signs of doubt when he noticed none he continued "They have the advantage of numbers but we have the fiercer warriors most of them are fresh recruit drawn from desperation in fear of our might". He then stepped on a rock in the center of the camp elevating him and raised his voice and sword "But you are Saxon huscarls sworn to my father warlord Alriak and now resume your oath to me and slaughter these weaklings!" A thunderstorm of war shouts and shield bashings echoed in the night.
Hargoth stepped up to his leader and said "Jarak my friend your men are more than ready Charlemagne will regret this day to the end of his" he smirked and looked around "that is if we let him live" he joked and hordes of laughter filled the air.
Jarak simply looked towards him and said "I hate to spoil your fun but Charlemagne is not in that army he's far too clever to place his forces on the opposing side of the river knowing that we have far more maneuverability due to less numbers and more boats" he chuckled "no this fool leading this army have placed his force on the shore when he should have pulled back to allow us some room to gather ourselves in one place and then crush us with his cavalry".
"Well that's a shame we we're hoping for some real trophies" Hargoth answered. "His skull would have made a fine one" he said disappointed.
"Don't worry my friend Charlemagne cannot ignore us for too long one day he will be forced to face us in open battle…" Jarak said to comfort his old friend.
"And then we'll crush him" Hargoth finished.
Jarak took one last look towards his men and then turned to the sky "Wotan witness this glorious battle in your honor and grant our dead a place in your hall!" he cried out to the horizon and hordes of cheers erupted from his warriors.
/Vision/Flashback/End/
The bell ringed and both Banner and Jaden looked to the great clock on the wall.
"Oh dear we are going to have to continue this lesson another time" Banner stated disappointed.
"Wait where can I get a copy of that book?" Jaden quickly asked.
"Oh look who's suddenly very enthusiastic about it" Banner sarcastically remarked "Anyway you can have this copy if you like… now you were new here right which means that I am supposed to show you to your new class" he said and handed the book over to Jaden. He then walked over to the door at the end of the library just under the great clock "Follow me" he said and smiled.
/Yuki's house/normal pov/
The silence of the house was disturbed when a loud doorbell ringed. Karin was busy writing down notes for things she needed to do for today. First she needed to talk with her new boss about her schedule then she had to sign some school papers and make a phone call to the headmaster of the academy and then email her contact information. As the list went on and on she felt tired and somewhat sad (I should have told him before I accepted my new job) she didn't like having to hide so much for her son but to be honest he was just as headstrong as his father he didn't like change and most certainly wouldn't like the idea of moving to an island state like Domino (funny the one time he ever called me mom was when he was yelling at me for not telling him) she thought. She looked at the picture of Jaden she had on her desk and chuckled at the similarities between them. In truth Jaden had never looked so very masculine a fact that had annoyed him to no end and amused Karin to no end most features he had inherited from her so you could easily tell that they were related however the small difference was in his slightly more pronounced features his hair was different too, a spiky bowl cut inherited from his father she however had straight hair cut short that framed her face.
She mused on the difference of personality that she and her son had she was always the serious one trying to keep the economy flowing he however was only drifting from moment to moment his mind always on something else. (Or at least that's how it used to be) she thought as she remembered the sudden change of heart he had now he always tense focused or otherwise thoughtful and he makes it as hard as possible for her to get close to him all the while she had been the one to trying to spark some interest in his life.
When she heard the door ring she almost immediately went up from her desk in the living room and went to the entry hall opened the door. She saw nothing as she stared out to the street (prank call hysterically funny) she thought. As she closed the door and headed back to her desk she noticed something moving in the shadows just out of sight. Fear started to creep up her spine as she stared at the direction she thought she saw something. It didn't help that she was paranoid to the core either. (One two three, one two three) she always counted to 3 repeatedly in her head when she was nervous or scared and this time it was no different but after she had stared at nothing for quite some time she concluded that it was nothing to worry about and headed to her desk to continue her work.
But in the shadows a far more malevolent creature continued her work. (My my… she's easily frightened) the creature thought as she examined her subject (doesn't seem like she posses any real power so he can't have inherited them from her) she continued her musing while stroking her mane with her claw. She had doubted her judgment when dealing with the boy that just moved here he had exactly the same presence as her previous "Lover" but he possessed none of the skill or raw power that radiated from Jarak. She pondered on the memories of her past love she remembered him as if it was yesterday and a burning desire coiled inside her (No he have to be him I would not have awakened if it weren't for him) she thought.
/Flashback/vision/
As the cheers and battle cries of warriors erupted in the night Hargoth laid his hand on Jaraks shoulder "Come my lord we have something to give you in return for you kind and honorable leadership so far" he said with a smile. Jaraks curiosity was instantly peeked and like a child awaiting his father's first sword lesson he eagerly followed his friend to his campfire where a struggle could be seen as two men was holding somebody down against her will. "She doesn't look like she's from this land so when we found her we thought it was best to introduce her to the lands ruler" he chuckled Jarak however wasn't paying attention his gaze was fixed on the girl that squirmed on the ground as his men was busy tying her up like they used to do for his father. He had witnessed this act before first two men would tie up a local townswomen or a prisoner and then his father would deflower her before branding her a slave. His father had enjoyed this quite much but Jarak couldn't find the appeal he had never been that interested in women. That doesn't mean he didn't find them attractive but he never felt the same urge as his father was overly obsessed with in his opinion. But as he stared at the blue haired girl he felt a rush of heat in his body and a hunger that he had been repressing for a far too long time.
"Give me your dagger" he ordered.
Hargoth handed his dagger and watched as Jarak approached the girl, her breathing increased and the fear was visible in her eyes. Jarak picked her up and carried her into his tent where he dropped her on a makeshift bed made of fur cloth. She immediately struggled up to her knees and began to try an escape but Jarak stopped her.
"Hold still" he ordered but she didn't listened instead she continued to fight and so he threw her back on the bed on her stomach. He crawled on back and grabbed her hand and pressed the dagger against ropes, as they fell she stopped to struggle and stared at her captor as he stroked her hair.
"What's your name" he asked.
"Yu… Yubel" She stuttered.
/Flashback/vision/end/ Classroom/normal pov/
After walking several minutes up stairs in this very sterile white school corridor with very little life to it and a disturbing silence for being a high school they reached a door with the number 611 on it "here's your classroom" Banner cheerfully stated.
Banner brought Jaden in to the classroom and placed him in front of the class against the whiteboard in the room.
"Class this is our new classmate Jaden Yuki he just moved here from France" Banner announced (Somebody has been reading my file) Jaden thought as he stared out in to the eyes of his fellow students most of them looked at him with a glint of curiosity and awe and it didn't take long before whispers emerged among all the girls "do you speak French?" one of them asked.
"Yes but it's not good I learned it while I was living in Caen with my mother" he answered and listened to gasp of admiration from the girls (what's with girls and French I never got that, it's just a language) he thought.
"Anything else?" they all asked simultaneously with creepy unison.
"Well a little Japanese" he told them and rubbed the back his head nervously (Ok it's a good start just ask for a seat and make no scene) he thought.
"Well I'm sure you will all get acquainted at a later event" Banner stated and turned to Jaden "Now there are three rules in this classroom" he added.
"Three rules?" Jaden asked.
"Yes" he answered shortly and cleared his throat. "And I think the whole class wants to be a part of this lets sing the rules song!" he cheered and his voice was instantly deadened by thunders of groans, moans and other complaints.
"But professor it's awful!" A boy with blue hair in the back of the class cried out "and besides last time we sung it a student went missing" (What!) Jaden jumped at that last remark.
"Ah Jesse" Banners attention turned towards the boy "I see you're more than willing to scare the new student, perhaps I should retell the tale of the blue bird that was made to piss himself in the schools changing room hmm" the whole class broke out in laughter and the boy sank in to his seat redder than a British double-decker.
"Now the first rule" he started "There will not demand your presence in my classroom but all your assignment will be here on time or you fail your course" (well that's nice gives me more spare time to deal with my "business") Jaden thought.
"Second rule there will be no other classroom than this for you so most of your studies will be done here except science-class in which we will use the laboratory" (Well that sounds obvious) Jaden rolled his eyes which Banner noticed and immediately switched tone to a more threatening one and began to stare Jaden down "so if this classroom isn't kept clean and start to smell like pee than it's you who will suffer the most" He growled in a high pitched voice that was surprisingly scary despite the fact that he sounded like he was a speedup record. Jaden gulped and whispered "Right nice and clean got it".
Banner immediately cheered up and straightened his back "good now for the third rule" he almost sang out and Jaden braced to what he thought was going to be a massive penalty system handcrafted to break him "Remember to have fun" Banner said with a creepily cheerful smile and patted him on the back "welcome to Domino city's central academy" he finished and raised his hands as if he expected a theme song to break out but all he got was silent stares and a fake cough.
(Ok that was the cheesiest line I have ever heard and I've been forced to watch Yusei when he was picking up chicks) Jaden thought as he with considerable difficulty suppressed the urge to puke.
/Flashback/Vision/
Jaden was sitting in a bar that Yusei had taken him to despite him being under aged Yusei had managed to get him inside saying something about knowing the owner but Jaden didn't listen. So now he was drinking a beer
"Hey babe is that not the most beautiful stars you have ever seen" Yusei started and gave his most seductive smile he could which looked more like he was trying to imitate Mr. Bean on meth. "Oh I'm sorry it's just your eyes" he finished.
Not to Jaden's shock Yusei came limping back cupping his crotch after a nasty knee in the jewelry, apparently referring to someone as a frigid b&%¤h because she rejected you is not the best way to make an impression when you're looking for a "spiritual transcendence" as Yusei often called it.
"No luck with the ladies" Jaden voice dripped with amusement and sarcasm much to Yusei's dismay.
"No… no luck at all" Yusei confirmed and sat down besides Jaden at the bar "Fuck it all… I don't have time to establish a relationship and no girl this day's will go near you're junk unless you sparkle" he complained as he emptied his tiny glass of scotch "Fucking twilight" he finished.
"Well maybe we're just looking at the wrong places?" Jaden asked.
"No there is no such thing as wrong places kid it's just wrong people" Yusei answered.
"Wrong People?" Jaden asked raising a brow.
"We… We are the wrong people" Yusei said disappointingly "Let this be a lesson for you kid" he said and looked deep in to Jaden's eyes "People like you and me will never have the luxury that others have, the possibility to live normally and love like them" he said and pointed towards a couple sitting in a booth dressed in somewhat more elegant evening clothes than what you usually see in a bar. Arms hooked the couple was chairing some French fries and a coke laughing at whatever joke they were making together and Jaden could not help but to notice the envy in Yusei's eyes despite his most stern expression.
"Why are you telling me this?" Jaden asked somewhat distressed living a life in celibacy wasn't exactly his plan for the future.
"Because you will be lucky to even be able to touch a women if only for a moment" Yusei answered and looked at him (Oh great so no celibacy) Jaden thought with great relief but Yusei's face Remained stern "You may not understand now but when you been doing this for as long as I you will envy them" his eyes returned to the couple's booth they were standing up and preparing to leave.
"Why the envy?" Jaden asked getting increasingly annoyed with Yusei's self pity.
"Uh just forget it" Yusei stood up and left out the door leaving some money on the bar table to pay for the drinks Jaden quickly drank up and followed him out on the streets.
"Hey wait up" he yelled as he ran after Yusei "look I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you" he apologized and Yusei stopped dead in his tracked. Jaden was slightly worried when he began to chuckle but was quickly relieved when he turned and faced his young friend with a smile.
"Kid it's not your fault" he reassured him with a smirk and put his hand on his shoulder "you should know by know that it takes a lot more than that to hurt me" he sarcastically remarked."The reason I'm telling you this is because as long as you live you and every one you care about is a target" he returned to his stern expression "there will come a time when you will have to cut your ties to any non hunter in your life for their safety and for yours" that sentence caused Jaden to freeze and a chill began crawling up his back.
"What… are you serious?" he began angrily "I not going to leave mom if that what you're thinking" his voiced rose as he took Yusei's hand of him.
"You must for her safety" Yusei tried to reason with him to no avail.
"Fuck you… you don't know shit of what you're talking about" he hissed "I'm all she's got since dad died… I'm not abandoning her it would crush her" he snarled almost stuttered he was angrier know than he had ever been in his life.
"All the more reason for you to do it" Yusei insisted "They will use you to get to her and vice versa I've seen it before" he tried to calm down Jaden by grabbing him but he squirmed away.
"Get off freak" Jaden screamed as he shoved Yusei back "you are supposed to teach me how to defend myself and others not tell me how to run away like a whimp" he accused and turned and began to walk away. Yusei contemplated following but figured Jaden was to upset to be reasoned with.
(Fuck… I should have known he be a mama's boy) Yusei thought as he looked around the place (good no one was here to hear that) he concluded and went his own way but not before stopping in front of a fountain and staring in to the crystal clear water. He took a silver coin he had obtained in Rumania and threw it in the fountain making a quick wish (please keep her safe) he then began staring at the ripples in the in the water completely forgetting the world around him. His musing was only disturbed by the sudden feel of dread that overcame him as a shadow materialized behind him. (Well back to work) He thought as he charged a fireball in his palm and turned to face the assailant.
The next day they both pretended as if last night never happened but Jaden never forgot Yusei's warning.
/Flashback/Vision/end/
"Um… Jaden are you listening?" Banner asked.
"What… uh sorry I spaced out" Jaden answered (god damn it mom is home with that thing) he thought.
"That's all right now since your new here and I'm lazy I think it would be nice to let everybody off for today" he said and covered his ears as cheers erupted from the students in alarmingly high volume "but please all of you introduce yourselves to our new classmate before leaving and remember it's Friday tomorrow so bring your week reports" he shouted but all ignored him except for the one student with blue hair who approached Jaden after the rest of the students had left.
"Nice class eh?" he asked and smiled warmly, he offered his hand and Jaden shook it.
"Yeah although it doesn't seem very social to me" Jaden responded.
"Don't worry about that it's just Thursday" he joked Jaden smirked in response.
"Yeah I get it soon weekend and all" he small talked while trying to figure out what to ask him and not make things awkward between them but all that came to mind was… "So care to explain what the story of the blue bird is?" he asked nervously and the boy frowned.
"Nothing… now I don't think I got your name or I just forgot it" he said and gave him quizzing look.
"Jaden… Jaden Yuki" Jaden responded and turned towards banner was preparing to leave the class "so where am I going to be seated?" he asked and looked over the classroom.
"You can sit wherever you feel like… that's what everyone else is doing" the boy said and went outside the classroom and turned towards Jaden "Why don't you come with me I'll show you around the place" he offered with a smile.
"Thanks but no thanks I need to get going" Jaden said and tried to walk past him but he grabbed his arm and dragged him across the corridor "ah don't be a buzz kill come on it'll be fun" he insisted "and also call me Jesse Anderson" he finished and dragged Jaden out of the corridor and up a couple of stairs.
/End of chapter/
So what do you think huh? Yubel got her first real line here. Don't worry she'll be getting her time in the spotlight but for now I'll try to leave her in the dark to add some mystique.
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