Thursday, June 28, 2007

Chap. 9!
Chapter 9

Suki and Aki were petrified. They had just watched their own deaths being played out, like a DvD. The Prophet saw the grief in there eyes and said, "unfortunately, this is your fate. Fate will kill you if it has the chance, for it wants to carry out its own purpose. However, you can cheat Fate! You can still be alive, and succeed. This will take three things; an understanding that we have an uncontrollable situation, an undying trust between you two, and the willpower to survive. Should you have these things, you can cheat Fate, and you will live!" Aki looked at the Prophet again, and then back at Suki. Even though eight years had passed, they still felt the same about each other. Aki still loved Suki, and Suki had always said she had a feeling in her stomach that there was someone else for her, someone better, smarter,stronger. Someone that was better suited for her than Aki...And yet, she loved him. She just didnt want him to know, because he would tease her about it. Plus, if he liked her this much while she pretended to hate him, she could only imagine how distracted he would be if he knew the truth... Aki focused her back into real life. He said, "Wanna duel?" She had been wanting to kick somethings, or someones, ass all day, so she said "Sure." The Prophet said, "This is great practice for you two. Do you realize you have three more years to hone in your skills, then you must live a normal life on Earth?" Suki and Aki both said, "Yes" at the same time. They giggled for a bit, never really maturing much past a seven year old. They never had a father teach them important stuff that a man needs to know, like how to shave. And Suki was never taught important things for a woman to know, like why it is bad to bathe in the river naked with Aki. The Prophet waited until they were done laughing and thought *Jeez, I am the greatest Prophet, and I have been reduced to babysitting...* He sighed and said,"Ready?" Suki whiped the smile off her face and said, "Yes." Aki did the same. The Prophet said, "3...2...1...Go!" Suki reached down and grabbed some twigs. She told them to become a bow, and they followed. She then picked up a rock and told it to become a arrow, and it did. She ran over to the tree and asked for some poison from it, and the tree agreed to give her some. She coated the arrow with it, and started the hunt. In a duel, one person picks an Art that they would like to use. The other person can use any Art they want, but they must hide from the Hunter. Suki asked the dirt if it had been stepped on, and the dirt called forth a gofer to guide her to Aki. He was running deep within the forest, weaving between trees. The gofer took Suki to the river and then said to her, "I have no idea where he went from here sweety" Then burrowed deep into the ground, to sleep. Suki looked up, and saw a net. It dropped, and pinned her to the ground. "You Bastard! You tricked that gofer to lead me here!" Aki said, "No, I swear I didn't, but it did work out didnt it?" He grabbed her bow and admired her handy work. "Ah, you used a Rhubarb poisoning? That would paralyze my vocal cords for an hour or so. What were you planning on doing??" Suki looked nervously at Aki and said "Nothing!! I swear it! Promise!" Aki looked back at Suki, then said, "Your weird sometimes..." And walked away.
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