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Post by Zephel on Sept 29, 2008 15:08:06 GMT -8
Zeph lied there motionless. It took a while until his eyebrows twitched a bit and he finally coughed out the sea water he swallowed. He started to sit up a bit using his elbows, coughing continuously.
"Wh...What hit me...?" clutching the top of his head, Zeph asked himself. Seeing Maki beside him, the silver-haired sat up straight, though still having his hand on his head, "Maki, what happened?"
"Whoaa!! Dude! You just got your butt saved by a girl, dude!!" the same lifeguard from before ran towards Zephel and Maki, "Dude, if you stay unconcious for a bit longer, she might've done CPR on you, dude~!! what a pity..."
"What??" Zeph tries hard to ignore the lifeguard's last sentence by turning towards Maki, "You saved me...?"
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Post by Maki on Sept 29, 2008 16:55:20 GMT -8
Maki still watched Zephel a moment longer. "If I had left you, you would've drowned. Would you have preferred that?" She said, seeming rather blank in voice and appearance, not letting on that she would have cared if he did drown.
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Post by Zephel on Sept 29, 2008 17:30:08 GMT -8
"Oh I do. I always wonder what it felt like to die. I might like it," Zeph answered dryly, pretty hard to see if he's joking about that or not. He then stretched a bit, adjusting the goggles on his hair, "But....thanks, Maki."
Zephel then shifted his eyes towards Maki's fish tail, "You're going back on your swimming, huh? Well, if that's the case..." Zeph stood up and digs something on his pocket, then tosses what seems to be a beautiful seashell towards Maki.
"I don't know if you like these things. So, feel free to throw it away. But I do recommend for you to hear it before you do."
And with that, the silver-haired walked towards the ocean until the water reaches his knees and unsheathes his sword, now practicing his water element. He can't believe he just gave a stranger the seashell back at Mount Etna. That seashell is special, as it can reflect back the hearer's voice...only that it reflects the hearer's true voice from the heart.
'What the hell is wrong with me...?' Zeph sighed as he readies his sword...
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Post by Maki on Sept 29, 2008 17:44:48 GMT -8
Maki held the seashell with both hands in her lap as she turned back into her delicate human form, sitting with her legs curved around her, watching Zephel from where she sat. She thought a moment and looked down at the shell.
She slowly lifted it up to her ear and closed her eyes. 'Zephel really is rather nice... I think I might li--' With that, Maki quickly pulled the shell back down into her lap, staring at it almost in awe though still with her emotionless facial features as it spoke to her with her own voice... Though a kind of sweet voice that she had long forgotten.
One that had been covered up through all those years of studying and experimenting, she hadn't heard this voice since she was young. One that knew all that held hidden within her. Maki stared at the shell a moment before looking back up at Zephel, watching him again.
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Post by Zephel on Sept 29, 2008 18:22:42 GMT -8
Zephel cuts the air with his sword horizontally as a wave was created and smashes right onto the oncoming wave, resulting large splashes of water. Then, he stabbed his sword through the water and right onto the sand, his right palm wide on the butt of the hilt and his left palm on his right hand, seeming like chanting something...
Suddenly, out came a large amount of water, in a shape of a water dragon, instantly making all the surfers near got thrown off their surf boards out of shock. The water creature then shoots up towards the sky until the water is lessening, then the silver-haired pulled his sword out of the ground, and the dragon form dissappeared instantly as light rain falls down on the ocean in the bright sun...
Zeph took a deep inhale before releasing it slowly as the water is back up on his knees height, "That's an achievement. ...I've never done that before in the bathtub..."
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Post by Maki on Sept 29, 2008 18:30:40 GMT -8
Maki lifted the shell to her ear again after watching Zephel perform his technique. 'Zephel really is somewhat amazing...' It spoke to her as she quickly pulled the shell down again before standing up and walking back over to her towel, laying down on it and putting her shades back on, covering herself somewhat with that sheer sort of shawl, crossing her arms across her eyes, the shell clutched in her right hand.
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Post by Zephel on Sept 29, 2008 18:46:57 GMT -8
Feeling that he had lost more energy than he intended to do on that water dragon technique, Zephel turned around to sit back on a nice warm spot, trying to ignore some stares he received. He glanced to search for Maki, and noticed that seashell clutched in her right hand. Seeing that, he smirked a bit, 'Okay, she likes it. That's a good start.'
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Post by Maki on Sept 29, 2008 19:37:36 GMT -8
As Maki lay there, a couple men, different from before, approached her. "Hey, dollface, how about coming with us for a swim." One of them suggested, standing next to her as the other knelt closer to her. "What a nice sea shell. Can I hold it?" The other asked, grinning, obviously just trying to be kind to get something else from her as he reached towards her.
Maki quickly swapped the shell in her hand opposite the two, looking towards them as she held it out a bit away from them, her arm laying on the ground, the other across her chest, obviously not wanting to be disturbed by them right now. She glanced over at Zephel a moment, somewhat wondering if he had seen them and would do again as he'd done before to chase them away since she herself tended to hate conflict.
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Post by Zephel on Oct 1, 2008 1:26:22 GMT -8
Oh, Zeph witnessed what happened alright. He's already stomping his way towards the two boys, but there's one problem; his energy's draining low. Very low. But catching Maki glancing at him for a moment, the silver-haired sighed...
"Hey," he called wearily, trying to sound pissed, "Leave her alone. I'm too tired to kick your ass back to Uranus..."
"Oh yeah?" one of the guys stepped right in front of Zeph, eyeing him straight in the eyes, "What are you gonna do about it, punk?"
With his eyes half-closed, Zeph looked like he's bored, but actually is extremely tired, "Last warning. Leave her and drag your friend out of my sight, or karma will befall onto you."
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Post by Maki on Oct 1, 2008 2:41:38 GMT -8
"Karm, you say? Well what if we don't believe in that whole thing." The other stated with a grin as he grabbed Maki's delicate arm and pulled her roughly to her feet.
Sen cringed at how the man grabbed and pulled her arm, knowing there would soon be some bruises there and on her heels at the way she was pulled to standing, her shawl sort of dropping off of her.
Maki's breathing began to get a bit heavier in anger, her face still remained blank as she looked down, trying to decide if she should leave it to Zephel or show her secret to the whole beach, which would probably scare everyone away and draw a lot of attention to herself.
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Post by Zephel on Oct 1, 2008 3:11:25 GMT -8
Zeph sighed, deeply annoyed by the guy's answer, "Well, YOU try living with a brother that's cursed with bad luck and you tell me if you believe in karma." If it wasn't for his draining energy, Zeph would've strike that guy with some good old water element techniques ages ago. Right now, all he could do is to use his mouth...
Noticing Maki getting pulled like that, Zeph's eyes widen as he tries to get pass the guy in front of him, only to get a kick in the stomach and a few hits until he falls on his knees, still getting beaten up. The silver-haired doesn't show any resistance towards the attacks though, but he try to yell, "No, you don't understand, idiot!! That girl is DELICATE!! You're going to make her BLEED!!!"
With an arm covering himself from the hits and one hand supporting himself from falling to all fours, Zeph glared to the sand below him, 'Goddammit...' Widening his palm that touches the sand, Zeph closes his eyes, trying to ignore the hits and concentrates the last bit of energy...
With a strong push of his hand towards the sand, the sand below the guy that's hitting him suddenly shifted deep, making the guy falls inside the sand instantly. Zeph releases his touch from the sand when only the guy's head is left, as the sand stops shifting, "Now, what did I tell you about karma," he mocked.
Zeph staggered up after that, losing more and more energy as he tries to stand up, facing the other dude that's clutching Maki's arm. The silver-haired started to catch his breath and sweat dripped down his forehead. His eyes are half-closed, but fierce as hell, "LET. HER. GO!"
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Post by Maki on Oct 1, 2008 3:23:04 GMT -8
The other guy, seeing his friend get pulled under the sand so only his head was left, widened his eyes as he stared, his grip loosening from Maki as he then ran away.
Maki was only a microsecond close to deciding to turn into some beast to knock the guys away as she saw Zephel getting beat up, though she ended up not as she saw him pull an attack on the guy to get him dragged under the sand. Maki watched Zephel as he stood, telling the one holding her to leave an glancing behind as he left.
Maki looked back at Zephel, wanting to say thank you instead of what came out of her mouth. "I'm sorry..." She spoke a bit quietly though in her usual tone with her usual blank face.
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Post by Zephel on Oct 1, 2008 3:41:45 GMT -8
Seeing the other one runs away, Zeph closed his eyes, still breathing hard. He didn't even seem to hear her apologize as he starts coughing, his head dropping down constantly when he tries to keep himself awake.
"How's your hand?" he quickly asked between heaves and pants, trying to sharpen his blurrying vision to see her hand, but failed to do so as he dropped unconcious on his knees and slowly falls over the bully before, making the guy muffling to get Zeph off of him...
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Post by Maki on Oct 1, 2008 3:50:43 GMT -8
Maki stared at Zephel, ignoring the bruises around where the man had grabbed her arm and her heels. She moved down near Zephel, bringing out all the weak human strength she could muster to roll him over, staring a him a moment before going over to her shawl.
She reached into a secret pocket of her shall, having used a spell to keep them hidden, and pulled out a couple vials, one for herself and one for him.
She set them on the ground next to Zephel's head and lifted it as she sat on her knees, resting his head on them. She then opened one of the vials and brought it to Zephel's lips, getting only a few drops in his mouth and hoping he would be able to swallow it even in his state, because it would supply him with some energy to make him wake up and feel a whole lot better than a moment ago.
Maki then picked up the other vial, holding her arm in front of her and let a couple drops fall onto her skin where there were bruises, spreading it around gently as her bruises then disappeared.
Maki then set the vials side by side next to herself, ignoring the man who had been burried facing away from her as he cried to be helped out of the sand. Maki watched Zephel, hoping he would wake up soon.
She lifted the shell to her ear again, 'I think I might li-' It began again before Maki pulled it away from her ear once more, staring down at him.
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Post by Zephel on Oct 1, 2008 5:24:22 GMT -8
Right after Maki pulled the seashell away from her ear, the potion Maki gave Zeph takes affect. His closed eyes twitched a bit, hearing the noisy cries of help the man he just buried let out...
'Ugh...shut UP!" Zeph yelled, annoyed, kicking the dude at the head...since its the only part that's available. When he opened his eyes though, he's surprised to see Maki so near to him. Obviously shocked, he quickly sat up and backs away from her, revealing to her his very rare surprised expression...
'I've ended up waking up TWICE on some girl's lap this semester! ...What the hell is wrong with me?!'
He breathes hard, didn't dare to look Maki in the eyes, "I... I am SO sorry." Since he wasn't used into touching girls, he sees it as something totally awkward...or improper. But thinking it back, he didn't fell unconcious on Maki, at least that's from his point of view...
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