Life Starts Now

Chapter 2.) Newton's Theory

Zak Saturday and his twin sister Zenia were simply trying to have a simple arguing match (neither of them even remember how it was started). They were, however, unaware of the predator in the trees scoping out their prey. This hunter had long, vibrant red hair hidden beneath a drab-coloured cap. They also had eyes so blue; they were almost a misty purple- the colour of the sea before a storm.

"Zak, I'm bored!" Zenia complained, ending their fight. She twisted her position around so her head lay on the grass and her feet shot straight up, pressed against the trunk of the apple tree they were under.

The one in the tree carefully directed their shot at Zenia's chest. As they released the shot, there was a commotion from below.

"Zenia, there is a spider in your hair," Zak pointed out, waving a finger at her black and white hair.

Zenia let off a high pitched scream, rubbing at her hair and yelling, "Getitoffgetitoffgetitoff!" just in time to be hit in the face with an apple, moving at a speed of at least sixty miles per hour.

Zenia's mouth hung open in shock, and Zak gasped loudly, covering his own mouth. There was silence, in which time the spider scuttled form Zenia's hair, theoretically gave her several fingers, and then walked away haughtily.

Then the tree began to chuckle. The chuckle turned into full blown laughter until the one in the tree lost their delicate balance and tumbled off their perch, crashing through the tree cover and then moaning in pain, seconds after smacking into the hard-packed ground.

Zenia rubbed her sore face and glared at the little, dazed girl who still held a slingshot in her left hand.

"Clairissa Desiree Blackwell," Zenia screamed loudly, standing quickly and raising a hand to punch the girl, who had just stood up.

Clairissa squeaked and hunched down into the fetal crouch position. "Don't blame me! I was only doing it for science! As you surely know 'Science justifies all that we do in its name'!"

"Science? Oh, science?!" Zenia stormed on, in a rage. "How does that justify anything? There was even a spider in my hair. Gah!"

Clairissa meekly started, "Actually that wasn't my-"

"SILENCE!" Zenia roared.

"Um, Zenia…" Zak also tried.

"SCIENCE!" Clairissa yelled, flailing her arms, at the exact same time that Zenia once more screamed, "SILENCE!"

"What is going on here?" Drew's voice demanded from the side.

"Umm… science?" Clairissa guessed. She turned towards her aunt guiltily. Zak stood next to her and shrugged as if to say 'I tried to warn you'. "I was, um… testing Newton's Theory."

"Clairissa, that theory has already been tested and proven. That is why it's a theory."

"I don't trust people," she mumbled. "Maybe they're lying."

There was silence for a brief time before Drew spoke once more. "Well," she coughed. "We just got confirmation on Argost's position." Zenia and Clairissa perked right back up. Much to the terrified glances of the twins, Clairissa began cracking her knuckles and chuckling evilly. Drew blatantly ignored the possibly insane pre-teen. "He was recently spotted in Domino, Japan. The odd thing is that a man is claiming that Argost kidnapped his grandson."

That stumped the three. "That doesn't sound like Argost," Clairissa said, confused.

"Well, all I can think of is that his grandson is going to be used as a shield to keep us away from him."

"Then that must mean that Argost has discovered an important clue about Kur!" Zak assumed.

"That's possible, but why would Argost go all the way to Japan for a 'shield'?" Zenia asked, blowing apart Drew's thoughts.

Clairissa made a loud moan of pain. "Guys, I'd love to help you think, but I am theoretically starving, here."

Zenia and Drew simultaneously gestured to the apple tree next to Clairissa.

She glanced over and then glanced back. "You've got to be kidding me."

CZR: Um... yay! 4 chapters in one day ^u^

Zak: *Glances around and then claps* In other news, CZR doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh, nor The Secret Saturdays.