[✐fanfic challenge] 1sentence : your heart through my fist
Fandom: Yugioh
Pairing: Malik Ishtar/Katsuya Jounouchi
Theme set: Epsilon
Title: Your Heart Through My Fist
Rating: PG-13
Warning[s]: Violence, occasional innuendo, very poor sparring decisions
#01 - Motion
Malik's getting dressed when he receives a fist to the stomach and the judgment: “Your reflexes suck - can't be helped, gotta teach you to fight.”
#02 - Cool
“An' then I renamed it 'Jounouchi Fire'!” he brags, chest puffed out, and Malik is almost glad his soul was suppressed for that duel.
#03 - Young
We're still children, thinks Malik, staring at Jounouchi's uniform and feeling oddly small.
#04 - Last
No one will have these scars after me, Malik realizes as Jounouchi runs his fingers over them; for a moment, he feels unique again.
#05 - Wrong
Malik's well aware stopping just short of your opponent demonstrates greater control, but “control” and “Jounouchi” have never really mixed.
#06 - Gentle
“Put your heart into it!” he hears Jounouchi yelling, and then a foot's underneath his ankle, his fist's missing its target, and his back's bruising beneath the scars.
#07 - One
He'll never tell Malik, but Jounouchi remembers the rage when his own frustration and his 'master's' had been united, twisted, turned; he'll especially never tell Malik that pain never really stopped.
#08 - Thousand
Jounouchi couldn't care less how long Malik's family had been imprisoned in that tomb; half a childhood, in his opinion, would be more than enough to drive anyone up into the sun.
#09 - King
Jounouchi brags about his Battle City placement to anyone who'll listen and even some who won't; Malik keeps his head down and his lips full only of praises for the winner.
#10 - Learn
Things I Learned Today, by Malik Ishtar: take pinky ring off before you punch.
#11 - Blur
To each their own illegalities: Jounouchi cuts class and Malik doesn't believe in the speed limit.
#12 - Wait
Malik never punches first (he stares Jounouchi down until the other boy snaps, which is just how Malik likes it).
#13 - Change
“This is for what you did to Mai!” shouts Jounouchi - then mutters, offering an icepack after the blow, “and this is for taking it back.”
#14 - Command
I should have used this, muses Malik as Jounouchi defends Shizuka, fueled by his love, not my hatred, he might never have escaped.
#15 - Hold
“Uh, Malik, glad you're happy an' all, man, but you banged me up pretty bad yesterday an' I still got to breathe....”
#16 - Need
Malik doesn't hear the protests; someone believes in him, someone's teaching him to be strong on his own - and besides, now that Jounouchi's guard is down, he can try that throw they've been practicing.
#17 - Vision
Sometimes Shizuka tags along when they wander the city, and then Jounouchi has two siblings to whom he shows the world.
#18 - Attention
The first few times he went out with Malik, Jounouchi thought the girls' heads all turned because they recognized him.
#19 - Soul
“This is a man's fight,” says Jounouchi while Malik jabs at a mannequin, patched up for now; “you feel the enemy's heart an' pain when you land the hits yourself.”
#20 - Picture
Shizuka giggles when Malik's fascinated by the photo of Jounouchi in her wallet - “he's six there!” - not knowing Malik first saw his own reflection only five years prior.
#21 - Fool
Strategy, to Malik, is like water; Jounouchi is like fire, which explains his dueling style.
#22 - Mad
The first time he almost enjoys the pain, Malik has to go retch in a sink; Jounouchi's there to catch him, though, to call him a sissy and to get him standing again - because that's over and never coming back.
#23 - Child
Malik has never seen a tape like this one Jounouchi's lent him before.
#24 - Now
“You beat me again,” shrugs Malik, switching off his duel disk, but Jounouchi replies: “At least you're playin' like a duelist now.”
#25 - Shadow
Once he'd learned the Ishtars' history, he'd stopped finding Rishid intimidating - until Jounouchi brings Malik home after curfew.
#26 - Goodbye
Malik tends to end phone calls rather abruptly, leaving Jounouchi screaming “Bye to you too, ya bastard!” to an empty line.
#27 - Hide
Malik helps Jounouchi improve in his own way, too: by tricking him at every opportunity - yet he never forgets whose will is stronger.
#28 - Fortune
“So you, uh, still got any of that Ghouls money?” Jounouchi asks one day, feigning casualty, and Malik provides some excuse that won't imply “living on sister's allowance”.
#29 - Safe
The best part of sparring comes after, when they're patching each other up and Malik can lean on Jounouchi, just a little bit more every day.
#30 - Ghost
Jounouchi's father swings, but Malik intercepts the blow; never again, he vows, will a son be struck on my watch.
#31 - Book
“You speak how many languages?” asks Jounouchi, who struggles with kanji; Malik tells him “shut up” in five different tongues, two of which are extinct.
#32 - Eye
Malik remembers watching himself through Jounouchi's eyes, which helps when deciding how to dress.
#33 - Never
They don't have Burger World in Egypt - clearly, Jounouchi has quite a lot of catching up to arrange.
#34 - Sing
Karaoke night lasts one song apiece; declaring “dreadful” and “you suck”, they rent a movie instead.
#35 - Sudden
Jounouchi realizes halfway through the kiss that Malik still plays dirty, but by then he's also halfway to the ground.
#36 - Stop
Malik leers over Jounouchi, bending his arm backwards; Jounouchi slaps the floor with his free hand, and Malik picks the kiss right back up where they'd left it.
#37 - Time
“Yugi gave me this card,” brags Jounouchi, handing it over; Malik just smirks, thinking how important it'd been that he give a card away.
#38 - Wash
Basket in hand, Malik's kicked out of Jounouchi's room: “I barely do mine! Do your own frickin' laundry!”
#39 - Torn
“There are ways of understanding without violence,” says Isis, conflicted; but when she sees the passion simmering beneath Malik's black eye she can't help but admire the spark his new 'friend' has lit.
#40 - History
“It's a club,” decides Jounouchi, “the 'Messed Up Till We Met Yugi Club'”; “'until'?” asks Malik, and is quick enough now to block.
#41 - Power
“You want to know what power is?” Malik asks cryptically; Jounouchi nods, distracted by the way Malik's shifted in his chair, then gets flicked on the nose with a silk-and-leather smirk: “That, right there.”
#42 - Bother
“Jounouchi is a dog,” Malik insists, “loyal and steadfast”; oi, grumbles Jounouchi, whose side are you on?
#43 - God
Malik always did have a weakness for gods of light and flame.
#44 - Wall
For someone who likes to watch his opponents crumble, sparring Jounouchi couldn't be more frustrating: he takes hit after hit without complaint, until Malik can barely see for envy.
#45 - Naked
“It's kinda like...... ancient Egyptian yakuza or somethin',” Jounouchi pronounces, and Malik decides next time he'll keep his shirt on.
#46 - Drive
“You're dumber than Honda,” shouts Jounouchi, “at least he wears a helmet!”
#47 - Harm
“So you got hit,” shrugs Jounouchi as he looms over Malik, then offers him a hand: “Important thing's to get right on back up.”
#48 - Precious
First Mai, then Malik, Anzu observes, proposing Jounouchi has a 'type'; who's next, Kaiba?; meanwhile, Malik plots a company's downfall.
#49 - Hunger
“I don't eat meat,” Malik admits, and blinks when Jounouchi's moved to tears.
#50 - Believe
“Could ya feel it this time?” asks Jounouchi, nursing a bruised rib; “yeah,” pants Malik around a swollen cheek, exhilarated, “and it was fun.”
Pairing: Malik Ishtar/Katsuya Jounouchi
Theme set: Epsilon
Title: Your Heart Through My Fist
Rating: PG-13
Warning[s]: Violence, occasional innuendo, very poor sparring decisions
#01 - Motion
Malik's getting dressed when he receives a fist to the stomach and the judgment: “Your reflexes suck - can't be helped, gotta teach you to fight.”
#02 - Cool
“An' then I renamed it 'Jounouchi Fire'!” he brags, chest puffed out, and Malik is almost glad his soul was suppressed for that duel.
#03 - Young
We're still children, thinks Malik, staring at Jounouchi's uniform and feeling oddly small.
#04 - Last
No one will have these scars after me, Malik realizes as Jounouchi runs his fingers over them; for a moment, he feels unique again.
#05 - Wrong
Malik's well aware stopping just short of your opponent demonstrates greater control, but “control” and “Jounouchi” have never really mixed.
#06 - Gentle
“Put your heart into it!” he hears Jounouchi yelling, and then a foot's underneath his ankle, his fist's missing its target, and his back's bruising beneath the scars.
#07 - One
He'll never tell Malik, but Jounouchi remembers the rage when his own frustration and his 'master's' had been united, twisted, turned; he'll especially never tell Malik that pain never really stopped.
#08 - Thousand
Jounouchi couldn't care less how long Malik's family had been imprisoned in that tomb; half a childhood, in his opinion, would be more than enough to drive anyone up into the sun.
#09 - King
Jounouchi brags about his Battle City placement to anyone who'll listen and even some who won't; Malik keeps his head down and his lips full only of praises for the winner.
#10 - Learn
Things I Learned Today, by Malik Ishtar: take pinky ring off before you punch.
#11 - Blur
To each their own illegalities: Jounouchi cuts class and Malik doesn't believe in the speed limit.
#12 - Wait
Malik never punches first (he stares Jounouchi down until the other boy snaps, which is just how Malik likes it).
#13 - Change
“This is for what you did to Mai!” shouts Jounouchi - then mutters, offering an icepack after the blow, “and this is for taking it back.”
#14 - Command
I should have used this, muses Malik as Jounouchi defends Shizuka, fueled by his love, not my hatred, he might never have escaped.
#15 - Hold
“Uh, Malik, glad you're happy an' all, man, but you banged me up pretty bad yesterday an' I still got to breathe....”
#16 - Need
Malik doesn't hear the protests; someone believes in him, someone's teaching him to be strong on his own - and besides, now that Jounouchi's guard is down, he can try that throw they've been practicing.
#17 - Vision
Sometimes Shizuka tags along when they wander the city, and then Jounouchi has two siblings to whom he shows the world.
#18 - Attention
The first few times he went out with Malik, Jounouchi thought the girls' heads all turned because they recognized him.
#19 - Soul
“This is a man's fight,” says Jounouchi while Malik jabs at a mannequin, patched up for now; “you feel the enemy's heart an' pain when you land the hits yourself.”
#20 - Picture
Shizuka giggles when Malik's fascinated by the photo of Jounouchi in her wallet - “he's six there!” - not knowing Malik first saw his own reflection only five years prior.
#21 - Fool
Strategy, to Malik, is like water; Jounouchi is like fire, which explains his dueling style.
#22 - Mad
The first time he almost enjoys the pain, Malik has to go retch in a sink; Jounouchi's there to catch him, though, to call him a sissy and to get him standing again - because that's over and never coming back.
#23 - Child
Malik has never seen a tape like this one Jounouchi's lent him before.
#24 - Now
“You beat me again,” shrugs Malik, switching off his duel disk, but Jounouchi replies: “At least you're playin' like a duelist now.”
#25 - Shadow
Once he'd learned the Ishtars' history, he'd stopped finding Rishid intimidating - until Jounouchi brings Malik home after curfew.
#26 - Goodbye
Malik tends to end phone calls rather abruptly, leaving Jounouchi screaming “Bye to you too, ya bastard!” to an empty line.
#27 - Hide
Malik helps Jounouchi improve in his own way, too: by tricking him at every opportunity - yet he never forgets whose will is stronger.
#28 - Fortune
“So you, uh, still got any of that Ghouls money?” Jounouchi asks one day, feigning casualty, and Malik provides some excuse that won't imply “living on sister's allowance”.
#29 - Safe
The best part of sparring comes after, when they're patching each other up and Malik can lean on Jounouchi, just a little bit more every day.
#30 - Ghost
Jounouchi's father swings, but Malik intercepts the blow; never again, he vows, will a son be struck on my watch.
#31 - Book
“You speak how many languages?” asks Jounouchi, who struggles with kanji; Malik tells him “shut up” in five different tongues, two of which are extinct.
#32 - Eye
Malik remembers watching himself through Jounouchi's eyes, which helps when deciding how to dress.
#33 - Never
They don't have Burger World in Egypt - clearly, Jounouchi has quite a lot of catching up to arrange.
#34 - Sing
Karaoke night lasts one song apiece; declaring “dreadful” and “you suck”, they rent a movie instead.
#35 - Sudden
Jounouchi realizes halfway through the kiss that Malik still plays dirty, but by then he's also halfway to the ground.
#36 - Stop
Malik leers over Jounouchi, bending his arm backwards; Jounouchi slaps the floor with his free hand, and Malik picks the kiss right back up where they'd left it.
#37 - Time
“Yugi gave me this card,” brags Jounouchi, handing it over; Malik just smirks, thinking how important it'd been that he give a card away.
#38 - Wash
Basket in hand, Malik's kicked out of Jounouchi's room: “I barely do mine! Do your own frickin' laundry!”
#39 - Torn
“There are ways of understanding without violence,” says Isis, conflicted; but when she sees the passion simmering beneath Malik's black eye she can't help but admire the spark his new 'friend' has lit.
#40 - History
“It's a club,” decides Jounouchi, “the 'Messed Up Till We Met Yugi Club'”; “'until'?” asks Malik, and is quick enough now to block.
#41 - Power
“You want to know what power is?” Malik asks cryptically; Jounouchi nods, distracted by the way Malik's shifted in his chair, then gets flicked on the nose with a silk-and-leather smirk: “That, right there.”
#42 - Bother
“Jounouchi is a dog,” Malik insists, “loyal and steadfast”; oi, grumbles Jounouchi, whose side are you on?
#43 - God
Malik always did have a weakness for gods of light and flame.
#44 - Wall
For someone who likes to watch his opponents crumble, sparring Jounouchi couldn't be more frustrating: he takes hit after hit without complaint, until Malik can barely see for envy.
#45 - Naked
“It's kinda like...... ancient Egyptian yakuza or somethin',” Jounouchi pronounces, and Malik decides next time he'll keep his shirt on.
#46 - Drive
“You're dumber than Honda,” shouts Jounouchi, “at least he wears a helmet!”
#47 - Harm
“So you got hit,” shrugs Jounouchi as he looms over Malik, then offers him a hand: “Important thing's to get right on back up.”
#48 - Precious
First Mai, then Malik, Anzu observes, proposing Jounouchi has a 'type'; who's next, Kaiba?; meanwhile, Malik plots a company's downfall.
#49 - Hunger
“I don't eat meat,” Malik admits, and blinks when Jounouchi's moved to tears.
#50 - Believe
“Could ya feel it this time?” asks Jounouchi, nursing a bruised rib; “yeah,” pants Malik around a swollen cheek, exhilarated, “and it was fun.”