"Where did you find her?" Asked a young, blond boy to his friend, who was to be Pharaoh.
"In the dungeons, Jonouchi." Replied the young, royal boy.
They were both looking at a young, small girl who was now sleeping on the young prince's bed, along her side was a furry, little creature.
"Is that a duel monster?" Jonouchi asked, standing on his tip-toes to see it better.
"It looks like one, but duel monsters are in tablets, so this must be some animal, or her Ka." The tri-colored hair boy replied, and beckoned Jonouchi back to sit by him.
They were both sitting about four feet away from her.
"Which one?" Jonouchi asked.
"Which duel monster, you mean?" The royal asked, looking at his friend, whom nodded in reply. "A Kuriboh." He replied, looking over at the strange girl, and her pet.
"Why was she in the dungeons?" Continued Jonouchi, as though he had to know everything.
"Well, maybe her parents were slaves..." The royal boy replied, thinking it over.
"Well, where in the dungeons did you find her?" Jonouchi asked, while he stared up at a torch which was still flaming.
"In the back part, but not in one of the cells." The boy quickly added to his answer when he noticed Jonouchi was beginning to move his mouth again.
"Ah." Jonouchi then silenced as the girl shifted in her sleep.
She was now facing towards them on her side.
"Eeek... Is she gonna wake up?" Jonouchi whispered nervously to his friend.
"No... I don't think so..." He shut his mouth when they both noticed she was looking at them with her dark brown eyes.
"You two... loud..." She yawned, and turned over.
They thought she was going back to sleep, when suddenly she sat up, and turned at them.
"Ahhh..." She yawned, and then just sat looking at them.
"Eh... Well... Uh..." Jonouchi didn't know what to say to her, but the prince did.
"Hm, how was your sleep? Are you hungry?" He asked her, and walked over to her. She looked up at him.
"Hungry?" She answered in an unsure tone.
"Alright." He smiled at her, and she grinned back.
"Jonouchi, keep an eye on her, while I get a servant." The royal then walked out of the room. Jonouchi froze up when her gaze rested on him now.
"Uh... Is... Er, well..." Jonouchi didn't know what to say.
"What gold-boy try to say?" She asked him.
"Gold-boy? Eh... oh... right, my hair... uh..." He stared at her, and then almost jumped out of his skin when the furry creature moved up next to her, and she took it on her lap.
"You scawe?" She asked Jonouchi, when she noticed his uneasiness.
"Uh... No, wait, what is that?" Jonouchi asked, but was cut short when the prince returned with two servants.
One was carrying a tray, and the other had a jar of water, while cloths were hanging from the other hand.
"Okay, here she is." The boy ran half-way over to her, and stopped short, staring at the brown furball on her lap.
"Huh?" The servants let out a gasp when they noticed the creature as well.
"Uh?" The girl looked at the young royal, who walked closer to her, and then he turned on his heel towards the two surprised elders.
"Well, bring her food over here." He ordered, and they came over after they recollected themselves.
"Here, do you want to eat something?" The boy talked much more kinder to the young girl then he did to his servants.
"Uh?" She looked at him, and he nodded to reassure her. "Hmm..." She stared hard at the food, and then slowly reached her hand out, and took a grape.
"Uh..." She looked at it a moment before devouring it.
The two boys and servants stared at her, waiting for a reply as she chewed thoughtfully on another grape.
"Likey! Likey!" She cried happily in a small cheer.
"After you eat you can wash up, alright?" The royal smiled at her when she smiled at him, nodding, and eating the grapes one by one.
"Want one?" She asked, handing one to her pet, who then sniffed it, and ate it.
Her furry friend liked it as much as she had.
"Want?" She asked, holding a few grapes in her palm, looking at her new friends.
"Hmm-mmm." The servants shook their heads.
"No, for you." The royal boy said, curling her small hand into a ball with his own hand.
She looked at her hand, which he was now holding with his own two. "Why?" She asked, looking up at him.
"Because it's for you, okay?" He smiled at her, and she cheerfully smiled back. It seemed whenever he smiled, she'd smiled as well.
"Hey, what's your name?" Jonouchi asked, standing next to the royal boy. "Uh, name?" She stared at him, confused. "Me no know." She answered, and then stretched her short arms.
"Hmm, shall I give you one then?" The prince smiled at her, and she nodded. "Hmm..." He thought it over a minute, his eyes glancing over everything about her.
"Well, how about Sha... " He started, 'sha' meant 'girl', and a girl she was.
He looked at the Kuriboh-like creature next to her. "Ri..." He continued, and then it hit him.
"Does Shariyu sound okay to you?" He smiled at her, as she looked at him.
"Sha-wee-you... Okay." She smiled at him, and he smiled because of her cute lisp with the 'r' sound.
"Name?" She asked, patting her pet, and staring at the prince.
"Kuriboh." He answered, nodding.
"Koo-wee-boh." She giggled, and hugged her Kuriboh happily.
(Note: Shariyu has a loose translation meaning 'Girl of three games / spirits / friends / jades', but it could also mean 'Death / Branch of three games / spirits / friends / jades' because 'sha' has some other meanings in various languages. In Japan, the 'r' is like a 'l' and 'li' in Chinese means 'three', and because of the 'yu' meaning three things in Japan, and one thing in Chinese, the meanings could be various, or put together : 'Girl's Death Branch of three games, spirits, friends and jades'. Eh, cheery...)
"Names?" She asked, pointing at the two boys.
"This is Jonouchi, he lives in the village, so you can visit him sometimes. I'm Ayroscavs, and I have to be Pharaoh someday when I'm older, I'm only six years of age right now." He told her.
"Fear-woh?" She repeated (or tried to), looking at him.
"Yeah... Royalty... Ruler stuff, you know." He shrugged, and sat down next to her.
"Hold?" She asked, offering Kuriboh to him.
"Uh... Okay..." Ayroscavs then held the furball, who looked up at him with it's big eyes.
"Is it a boy or girl?" He asked her.
"He boy." She answered, as she slurped a small cup of water.
Jonouchi opened his mouth to say something, but changed his mind. "I gotta go, okay?" He said, tapping his friend's shoulder, whom turned to him.
"Alright, farewell." He hugged his blond friend.
Jonouchi nodded at Shariyu. "Bye, Shariyu."
She grinned at him. "Bye-bye."
Jonouchi turned and then left the room, and his footsteps were heard going down the hall corridor.
"Ready for your bathe?" Ayroscavs asked, wiping a smudge off her cheek, and she nodded.
Then he went and got the servants again. "Give her a bath, and new clothes." He told them, they nodded, and headed into the room.
Shariyu surely needed a bath, her dark hair was matted, and her skin had some dirt smudged on it.
"Come here, little one." The older woman walked over, and picked her up.
"Name?" She asked, as the woman began to scrub her cheeks.
"My name is Tio, and this is my daughter, Yunet. We're going to give you a bathing, little one." The woman grinned at the young girl, who looked about four years old to her.
"Bathe-twin?" Shariyu stared at the two women.
"Yes, come here, and just sit in here, and we'll clean you up." Yunet ordered gently.
"Okay." Shariyu answered, after looking around for her friend, Ayroscavs.
"Where Aywoscavs?" Shariyu asked, while Yunet was removing her cloth which was like a small dress to her.
"He's talking to his cousin right now, I think." Yunet told her.
"Okay." Shariyu sniffed, and then sneezed.
"Who cousin?" She asked, looking up at the black haired woman.
"Seto, he's under training from the High Priest Akunadin." Yunet told her, and was untangling Shariyu's hair.
"Why?" Shariyu asked.
"Why is he under training? Because he is learning to be a High Priest someday as well." Yunet smiled at the young girl's face, which was looking up at her.
"What a high pwiest?" Shariyu asked.
Yunet and her mother, Tio answered all of the girl's questions patiently.
Shariyu was led into the throne room after she was all cleaned up. She was wearing clean white clothes now, which Tio had to tie up with a blue sash around her waist because the gown was sorta big on the young child.
Shariyu's hair was dark brown, her skin was very pale, and her cheeks had a rosy hue to them. She must've been the daughter of a Greek slave, because the Greeks had such pale skin, as she had, while Egyptians tan.
"Come on, Ayroscavs is this way, okay?" Yunet told Shariyu, who was grasping her hand tightly.
"Okay." Shairyu was holding Kuriboh in her other arm. They both looked around the place, amazed.
"Shariyu!" Ayroscavs ran over to her, and smiled.
"Hi Aywoscavs." She smiled at him, letting go of Yunet's hand, (Kuriboh floating next to her) and she hugged the young prince, happily.
Tio and Yunet smiled at the young children hugging.
"Come on." Ayroscavs said, holding her hand, and leading her over to the table. Kuriboh and the two women followed them.
When they got to the table, everyone looked at the young girl, and her pet. "Uh..." Shariyu shyed behind Ayroscavs.
"It's alright." He whispered gently to her. "Here." He sat down, and she sat next to him. She looked around a bit, but became shy again, and stared at the table in front of her instead.
"Okay, Ayroscavs, who is she?" Asked the young boy with brown hair, and blue eyes, who was about eleven.
"Her name is Shariyu, and this is Kuriboh." Ayroscavs answered. "Shariyu, this is Seto, he's my cousin." Shariyu looked up at him, and then at Seto.
"Hi, Said-toe." Shariyu grinned at him. "Kuwiboh say hi too." She added, pointing her finger at her floating pet.
"Hmph." Seto turned back to his normal sitting position, but Ayroscavs noticed Seto kept a curious eye on Shariyu.
After they had eaten, Ayroscavs led Shariyu into a bed chamber, where she was to sleep the night. She asked him to stay with her, and he did until she was sound asleep.