[it's another Kaiser]

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

[In a darker corner of Satellite, Hell Kaiser suddenly is, where he was not before. Unholy fires of anger burn in his eyes and he takes a step, just as he was doing before he arrived here. Then he freezes and looks around, confusion briefly crossing his features.

Finding nothing familiar, he looks around again, as if to be certain, then begins to search around. He might approach. Or you might approach him.

But either way, you might want to notice that he has fangs and is much paler than your average Kaiser, even though he is dressed as Hell Kaiser.]

[OOC: I'm a bad, bad person. This Kaiser is from breaktherainbow's world, only much farther along. He loathes Juudais and he holds Johans in contempt, and dear God, if there's a Camula in the area, he will attempt to kill her on sight. Shous might get an entirely different reaction, though. Anyone else, all depends on what happens.]

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I'm an even worse person for throwing him at you

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

[Haou has been lurking around the Satellite lately. Apparently he once again lost the trail of the ever elusive Dr. Fudo. He comes across Hell Kaiser and smiles half way.]

I suppose it's a relief to see a familiar face. You look like shit, Ryo.

That "kill on sight"? It applies to Juudais too. Oops?

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

[The moment he hears that far too familiar voice, even though there's the slightest difference to it, not quite as smug and gloating in relation to him...well, he doesn't care. He's going for your throat with some shiny sharp fangs. He partially expects to be told to halt before he can do anything more than take a step or two, though.]

Whoops xD Haou's used to being bffls with Kaiser, he's going to be so insulted

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

[He raises an eyebrow, but his expression quickly changes back to his usual blank look. He understands. This isn't the same Kaiser as the one he knows.]

Shoot first ask questions later? Really now? How crude. It seems that all of you are exactly the same.

[Haou takes a step back to make some distance between the two of them. He knows he couldn't best Hell Kaiser in physical combat. It would be stupid to attempt.]

Ryou's used to hating Haou. You know, cause of him being a total bastard back home.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

[Backing away? Not just making him stop and smirking at him? Not usual behavior from Juudai. Hell Kaiser takes another step, obviously faster than a human.]

You made me kill him. [No, Ryou's not really paying that much attention to anything Haou said. He's sort of set in "murder horribly" mode.]

I have a feeling this isn't going to end well.

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

[Haou stops, allowing Kaiser to close the distance between them, and actually does glare. His eyes flash a brighter gold signifying he's quickly losing his patience.]

Kill who, Ryou? Do you really think I could make you do anything?

No, probably not.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

[His own eyes flash red for a moment or two and he's going for the throat, with the intent of pinning Haou before he bites down.]

Don't play games with me. You know what you did.

At least they can both take care of themselves.

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

[He goes to step out of the way, but is a little too late for Kaiser's speed. You have effectively caught a Haou. What will you do?]

....Going to turn me into a vampire, or just suck out all my blood, Ed?

[This obviously wasn't a time for Twilight jokes, but he couldn't resist.]

And if one or both ends up dead, they'll just come back anyway.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

[Fangs hovering above the neck now. Also, he doesn't know the reference. Twilight doesn't exist in his world. So he references Ed to Edo Phoenix.]

I should rip your heart out. The only problem with that is you don't have one.

This Haou's luckily fairly passive. He could defend himself if he really wanted

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

[Those fangs aren't too scary to him. He's dealt with far worse. He rolls his eyes at the implication. Jaden definitely had a heart, however dark it was now, it was definitely there.]

Ryou, if I was really from your universe, wouldn't I have stopped you by now?

That's probably what might spare his life. If Ryou notices.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

[He's gonna be biting, unless Haou avoids somehow. He missed that whole universe part. Blinding hatred does that.]

oh, making him pull out his trump, xD I hope he notices this.

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

[Haou tried to avoid showing off too often. There were a lot of dangerous characters in this strange world and he had decided he wanted to stay under their radars. But this was a life threatening situation soooo....

His eyes flash bright red and there's suddenly a giant glowing spider behind Kaiser. It wraps one of it's many legs around one of Kaiser's and pulls hard.]

[ooc: In this Haou's world he ended up binding Judai's soul with an earthbound immortal through a long string of odd events. Uru's totally better than any dark army he could hope for.]

[*edit* I hope that wasn't godmodding ><;]

He will. He's not that hate-blinded.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

[He gets pulled back, and he snaps his head around to see which fiend it was this time, or if perhaps "General Johan" was the one who did it, and when he sees giant glowing spider...well, that's no monster he recognizes, and he knows the majority of them.

He does try to smack at it, since he's used to Duel Monsters being solid and thus vulnerable to getting their necks broken.]

Smack an earthbound. Pro moves Kaiser.

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

[He straightens himself out, eyes glowing bright red as he puppets the spirit. Uru isn't really effected by Kaiser's attack, even if he is solid. Even if his neck broke, being immortal had it's advantages. Haou puts on a smirk, moving Uru to get in between them as a nice big buffer.]

I'm curious to know what the Haou of your world did to you that would cause you to act to barbarically towards someone you take to be him. Now that I have your attention, won't you tell me, Ryou?

[OOC: Lol okay, I got scared for a second I screwed up. ><;;; Sorry for all the reposts before. >.> ]

He's never met one before. He has killed monsters with his bare hands, though.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

[He glares at Uru, but it's starting to seep in that something is very unusual here. He's not going to say something obvious like "you're not the Juudai I know." Now that he thinks about it, this isn't where he was before anyway.]

He did this to me. [A gesture toward his fangs.] Or had it done to me.

Oh I'm SURE he has xD It's Kaiser. He's like a grizzly bear.

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

[He takes a second to think that over. He was sure now that he didn't like the other-world version of himself. He was slowly but surely deciding he hated all other Haous now. They all seemed like shit. It's a long moment before he actually replies as he tries to gather his thoughts. While he thinks, Uru disappears and his eyes go back to their normal golden hue.]

I would never do anything like that to the Kaiser of my world. The Haou you know is trash.

He slammed one's head against the wall until it died. He was still human then.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

He's worse than that. [Hell Kaiser bites the words out frostily. There's still loathing there, just for having the same face as the one he hates, and just cause you say that you wouldn't do it doesn't mean he's going to believe you.]

It's just a universal thing. Don't mess with Kaiser.

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

There might be a way to fix it.

[Haou's suggestion might gain him some trust. He reads a lot of spell books, he might know a solution.]

He will fuck your shit up.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

I'm undead. [He hates saying that, but it's true.]

did I mention he likes to abuse black magic a lot? Because if I didn't then xD

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

I can bring people back from the dead. [Haou's apparently a level ten necromancer.]

[OOC: I feel like a dumbass saying that, but he does it all the time in his world. He's the resident plot device.]

heh

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

I had that happen once. Not again.

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

Well in the end it's up to you. If you want I could also kill that Haou that did this to you.

[OOC: He was just putting it out there, they don't actually have to try. He feels some sort of odd sympathy since someone going by his name hurt Kaiser, who he's very close to in his world.]

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

No. I will kill him.

[king-slacker.livejournal.com]

Alright. Though I doubt either of us will get that sort of chance any time soon.

[OOC: Yeah um this Haou and his Kaiser are total buddies and bluntly joke about being a married couple, much to Johan's dismay. It's all very silly, I will admit.]

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

He isn't here. [Ryou would know if he was, he realizes, since Camula's command forces him to obey that Juudai, and he can feel those invisible bonds whenever they're close enough.]

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

His stomach grumbles rather loudly in protest as Judai quickly makes his way down the narrow, winding streets, towards the edge of Satellite and then to the Osiris Red dorm. The decidedly sweet smell of fresh bagels coming from the large paper bag he's holding certainly doesn't help in abating his hunger, but the young man does his level best to rein in his infamous appetite until he'll be back at the run-down dorm.

After all, who ever heard of eating bagels all by oneself? He intends to track down one of the two Johans he knows best and share the delicious confections with him, if at all possible. Whistling lightly under his breath -- in quite a good mood due to the general peace and quiet that he's enjoyed lately, free to simply spend time with others without worrying endlessly about what was and what will come to pass -- Judai rounds another corner.... and almost drops the bag in surprise, when he sees a very familiar face.

"Kaiser?"

Dark eyes widen slightly as he takes a step towards the other -- someone who he hasn't yet seen in this place and whom he hasn't met in his own world ever since that fateful day when he chose to lave the Academia for good. The sight of the Kaiser's features causes something uncomfortable and almost painful to squirm in his chest, as is usually the case when it comes to everyone he knew back then. Judai quickly suppresses the sensations -- this isn't the time for old regrets and things that can't be changed.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

At that voice, Hell Kaiser whirls, his movements much quicker than that of a normal human. Another Juudai? By now, he has more than likely learned a little something of alters and other worlds, so he's not going to go for the throat as quickly. But this could still be the one from his world. He will not trust right away and he doesn't really care that it might not be, either. He hasn't met enough Juudais to get the idea that his isn't the norm.

You.

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

He stops moving at that -- instincts shouting loudly and clearly that something is wrong here, something isn't as it should be. Judai has become habituated with such sensations, for the most part -- they're pretty much the norm in a dimensional nexus which can drag in just about any sort of twisted version of the people he knows.

However, this time there's far more to it -- an undercurrent of danger that he has rarely felt within this place, one which makes him narrow his eyes slightly, as he studies the other from head to toe, making careful note of every difference he can spot.

"Me" Judai answers, on a mellow, slightly dry tone of voice, as his dark gaze connects with the other's steely one. "Were you expecting someone else, perhaps?"

There's no hint of mocking or challenge in his voice, despite the manner in which the words themselves might sound -- only the quietness of an inquiry. There's something very much off about this Hell Kaiser -- the Herald has no doubt that his senses aren't deceiving him, something which causes a small crease to form across the skin of his brow.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

Hell Kaiser eyes Judai; those invisible ties that bind him to the one that he knows are still there in his mind, but somehow, they're not working here, and this confuses him to a degree. He had hardly noticed it during his encounter with the other Haou he met earlier.

"You aren't the one that I know." It's a flat statement and his eyes scan Judai up and down quickly, noticing one large difference: where the eyes of the one that he knows are gold, this Judai has brown eyes. Yes. A very different person.

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

He studies the other intently as well, eyes narrowing even further. This whole situation still has him on edge, for some reason that he can't put his finger on. There's something in the other's eyes which makes Judai quietly think that this Hell Kaiser is certainly none too pleased to see him -- and even that is looking to be quite the understatement.

"So it would seem" he answers quietly, threading gloved fingers through his long, unkempt hair. "I take it that you and my alter in your world aren't on the best of terms?"

That note of dryness is back in his voice once more -- mostly since blunt humor is one of the means through which Judai can suitably handle this place without letting his mind spin around in dizzying circles at the clash of such different realities with one another.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

The level of understatement involved there is incredible. Hell Kaiser sees a convenient rock that even more conveniently is shaped vaguely like a heart. He picks it up.

"This is his heart...assuming he has one. I don't believe he does." He tightens his grip, crushing the rock into powder. "This is what I'm going to do to him one day."

In other words, yes. They're not on the best of terms.

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

Judai's eyes slightly widen at that, but he doesn't allow any other very clear trace of emotion to cross his features, keeping his overall expression from showing just how unsettled he was by that. Johan might be able to get under his skin and completely shatter his emotional control to the four winds, but the same can't be said of most other people.

His mind works fast, trying to figure out what an alter of his could have possibly done in order to incur the Hell Kaiser's wrath to such an absolute degree -- and he only keeps drawing blanks, because his own worst mistakes warranted a thorough chewing out from the older Duelist, not cold, homicidal rage.

"What did he do in order to deserve that kind of punishment?"

The direct approach seems best right now -- after all, Hell Kaiser has never been one to enjoy beating around the bush, the very same as Judai.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

For an answer, he gestures at his mouth, where his fangs are visible. His skin is also paler than most Kaisers, since he hasn't really seen the sun in months.

"This was only the most recent crime he did. He tormented Johan Andersen until he can scarcely be recognized as himself anymore. He intends to destroy the entire world if he isn't stopped."

He stops there, not quite ready yet to admit about what happened to Shou just yet.

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

This time he gets a far more noticeable reaction out of the other, as Judai bites down on his tongue, in order to keep himself from releasing the sound of surprise that had threatened to escape at the other's words.

He feels as if someone has hit him right over the head with something hard and heavy all over again -- and he can't quite say which is the most shocking part in all of this: the fact that the Hell Kaiser is now apparently a vampire or the bit about Johan and his alter that simply sends chills of both horror and nascent rage flowing down his spine.

"In this world of yours.... did he keep Johan Andersen as little more than a tool with which to satisfy his own twisted pleasures?"

There's nothing but loathing and cold disgust in his voice, now, as Judai's lips pull back -- revealing his teeth in an ugly sneer. It can't be the same world, it simply can't -- and yet if it is, he doesn't know whether to be absolutely overcome with rage or simply relieved that another person has been pulled out of that living hell.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

Hell Kaiser snorts just a little at the question. That was the least of what was done to Johan. "Johan does much more than just satisfy him in bed." He wishes that he'd been able to kill Johan that time he attacked him. It would've ended the torment that must be Johan's life, whether Johan believes it is or not.

"Johan leads his army in conquering the world for his master." Ryou speaks each word as if it tastes like poison, as it does.

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

Judai's eyes flash at that, revealing his inner rage -- glowing harsh, sulfuric gold for a second, before returning to their originally darker color. He's still controlling his features and keeping them from revealing too much of his anger, but there's no doubt as to the manner in which he feels about the other's words.

"I know of your world" he murmurs, voice low and hard and eyes narrowed, as he keeps the Hell Kaiser under a hard, sharp gaze. "The Johan of whom you speak has been here for several months.... and at the time when he was brought into this place he was little more than a pleasure toy for that wretched creature."

There is nothing but black hatred in his voice as he speaks about his alter, the fingers of one gloved hand curling into a fist.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

He sees those golden eyes for a moment, and they are far too familiar. He watches this one carefully, tense and ready to attack if he must.

"How is that possible?" He doesn't know all the details on how people can be brought here, and he licks his lips a bit; they're a touch redder than normal, given that he so recently fed from Shou, though he's not drenched in blood or anything.

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

Judai smiles -- an expression that's entirely cold and hard, without a touch of mirth to it. If anything, it can be said that it also seems decidedly bitter.

"No one knows. This place seems to take in people at random, with no sense or reason to its decisions." The corners of his lips twitch upwards a bit. "It's a little bit like a lottery, Kaiser... if you want to think of it that way."

A lottery in which there is no clear winner or loser, he silently thinks to himself. Johan and this version of Hell Kaiser Ryo might have been taken away from the absolute hell that was their world.... but how long would it take before the fickle nature of this place tosses them back again? The uncertainty of this whole thing is part of what makes the Herald sneer at this island in principle -- he's long ceased his efforts to control the environment around him, but that doesn't meant that he enjoys the idea of people living with proverbial swords dangling over their heads.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

Hell Kaiser can adjust quickly when he must; if he couldn't, he would have made a very poor spy indeed. And given that he went undetected for six months, he's not that bad at it.

"I'll still need to feed here." There is the faintest of twitches at that, given who he last fed from. Shou...

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

Judai narrows his eyes slightly at that. Best not underestimate the fact that the Hell Kaiser is no longer fully human -- something only further compounded by the redness he can see on the other's lips. It sends a small shudder of revulsion racing down his spine, along with stirrings of anger and old hatred -- reminding him of Camula and the rage she had managed to awaken within him years ago.

"Does feeding imply that you have to kill your designated target?"

The herald's tone is perfectly neutral as he asks this -- yet there's a hardness in his eyes and a stoic firmness in the set of his shoulders which suggests the fact that a 'yes' answer won't go over really well. As much as he might respect the Hell Kaiser Marufuji Ryo, he has no intention of letting him simply run amok and start killing people in order to sate his hunger -- regardless if this place revives the dead or not.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

Ryou doesn't want to kill people. He has no objections to doing so if he has to, such as in battle, but for feeding...unless it's someone like Juudai or one of his fiends...he would prefer not. If only because that lessens the available food supply.

"I don't have to. I've had to do it more than I haven't, though." Not by his own will. In his own world, his will isn't his own anymore.

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

"And why is that?" Judai inquires quietly, dark eyes never straying from the other's own. There's something here -- a hint of a chilling detail, that much he can decipher from Ryo's stony features and from the tense atmosphere around the two of them.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

Ryou's eyes darken just the tiniest bit and the tension grows. Too many memories of too many people, some of them people that he knows, going down under his fangs, the demonic hunger too much for him to stop.

"Because that was what he wanted me to do, and because of her, I have to do what he wants." Nothing but hate flavors his words.

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

Judai can easily tell who the 'he' in all of this is -- something which elicits an ugly grimace from him. The second person to which the Hell Kaiser makes reference is still a mystery, but Judai has a sneaking suspicion that he might know who it is as well -- something which causes his expression to darken even further.

"Her?"

His voice is low and cold, eyes narrowing even further.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

"Camula." One single word, but it's the only word he speaks where the hatred surpasses what he feels for the Juudai of his world. If only by a small amount.

[nolongerunwise.livejournal.com]

Judai nods quietly at that, eyes flashing golden for a second once more.

"She has long been dead in my world." He doesn't mention the details of Camula's demise or the fact that he was the individual who ruthlessly sent her straight through the door that should have been their collective doom, had her designs come to pass. However, the other might be able to guess at some of this, based on the hard, taut expression on Judai's features.

[traitor-kaiser.livejournal.com]

"I dueled her once, three or four years ago. She had been hunting Shou. If I had known what would happen, I would've made certain she died." That was his own fault; he had had the chance to finish her off and missed it. THough he hadn't known at the time what would happen.

And there is a slight hint of extra pain when he speaks his brother's name.