Rebels

Chapter 3- Cheap shot

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Updated Jan. 25, 2013

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I immediately started to struggle as Ghirahim restrained me. I could feel him laughing as I got more desperate. Eventually I had to stop. I tired myself out.

"Hello, Sky-child" Ghirahim purred in my ear…goddesses I hated it when he invaded my personal space. He always did this on purpose; why does he always get freaking enjoyment out of making me uncomfortable!

"Let. Me. Go." I snarled each word as I barley contained my temper. All he did was laugh and smile at me in amusement. I usually have a very good control on my temper, but it was all just too much to bare. I hated Ghirahim. I had never hated anyone before as much as I hated him. He took Zelda from me…. Losing Zelda was like losing my own life. She was the only reason I had for living. And now the only thing I want to do is take his life from him!

"Sky-child!" Ghirahim called back my attention, "how nice it is to see you again. Now, I knew I would be seeing you as we are bound by a thread of fate, but I didn't expect it so soon!"

All I did was try and kill him with my death glare I was shooting from over my shoulder. I was so tired of his annoying theatrics; I could see by the way he was looking at me that he relished my hateful expression.

"Now, now, is that any way to look at your Lord? I mean, I know you humans don't have any respect for authority, but that will all change soon enough, for you, and for all your delightful little friends!"

What…did he just say? I was dumbstruck over the fact that he was referring to himself as my 'Lord'. Then I lost it. "What!, you are not my Lord", I sneered his title, "I am not one of your subjects and I never will be!"

He just watched me with an unreadable expression as I ranted, but I could see the anger rising in his eyes. Fi was urging me to be silent in my mind and warned that he would soon lose his patience; But I wasn't done yet. "I hate you!"

I was expecting him to yell at me in anger or even to break my jaw for talking to him like that (even then I would still have been worth it), but Ghirahim always had a way of changing his emotions on a dime and doing the exact opposite of what I would expect, and this was one of those times…

I watched the anger leave his eyes and be replaced with mirth and his disapproving frown turned into a wide grin. He laughed. He looked at me and behind the mirth I saw a glint of an emotion I didn't recognize. I had seen it before in his eyes, it was normally there when he invaded my personal space, but I just didn't have a name for it.

"Oh, but Sky-child, hate is such a…passionate emotion! It's so nice to know that you feel such feelings for me! I mean, I know I'm stunningly perfect and often leave you breathless, but I never expected to hear it from you." He then chuckled and gave me an amused look.

I was stunned for a second, but I recovered. He was such a creep, he always was. I had the urge to, well first puke, then to say something about his vain attitude or to name the ways that he was completely imperfect, but all of these would just make him laugh some more and then infuriate me when he found a way to contradict me.

So instead I spitefully murmured under my breath loud enough for him to hear, "Then I guess murder is the ultimate crime of passion…" this just got a dirty look from him, but he quickly covered it and lifted me up. He turned me around to face Demise. Oh, I had actually started to forget that he was there…

"I never got to formally introduce you two!" Ghirahim said (a bit too happily). He was clearly trying- and failing- to hide his irritation with me. "Sky-child, my master…Master, Sky-child!"

Demise looked like he had put up with one too many centuries of Ghirahim's overbearing personality. "Yes, thank you Ghirahim" Said the Demon king said swiftly and in a tone that told me he wasn't very grateful at all. If Ghirahim was taken aback at all, he didn't show it.

"Sky-child!" Ghirahim scolded-what did I do? "Is that any way to show respect to your King?" The next thing I knew I was being forced to kneel before the Demon King. I fought but Ghirahim pushed down on my shoulders from behind and when I wouldn't go down anymore he swiftly kicked the back of my knees so that I would fall. I tried to get up, numerous times, but he held me down, eventually I got tired and, despite my pride begging me to get up, I stayed down on my hands and knees trying to catch my breath; but I did scowl at Ghirahim.

"Much better!" he said cheerfully, happy at my submission. Meanwhile I was having a great time imaging running him through with my sword. "Child," The Demon King was addressing me now, but even he looked a little amused at Ghirahim's antics. Doesn't anyone know how to just use my name, really, it's not like it's hard to pronounce or anything.

"Now listen to me." he spoke with authority only a King could, and for a second I almost forgot who he was and had started to feel respect , but I soon dismissed it; this kind of King doesn't deserve my respect…. "You are going to come with Ghirahim and I, without fighting, arguing or anything of the sort." His gaze held my eyes and though he was very calm, I started to feel the adrenaline from earlier start to give way to fear-no terror. What did they think? That I would actually go with them to be killed, or worse? He was still watching me, judging my reaction. "You will behave and obey what we tell you. Do you understanding me boy?"

I thought quickly, trying to find a way out of the situation. And then an idea hit me…"Yes"

Ghirahim looked at me like he couldn't believe it. I could tell what was going through his mind: excitement and amazement as to the fact that I was summiting without a fuss;

Aww, come on Ghirahim, you should know me better than that by now.

He walked in front of me and then grabbed my arm and proceeded to lift me up from my kneeling position; just putting me into the perfect position to knee him in the groin.

I turned and ran when he released me to yelp in pain and fall to his knees to cup himself. I heard him yell my name and something else I didn't hear as I ran to through the temple to the time gate. I also heard Demise's growl of anger and frustration as well, but I was already through the gate and moving through time.