A Seto Kaiba and Ria Fan-fiction. Ria is an OC. She is a witch with knowledge of Forbidden rituals and ceremonies that have been passed down from Ancient Egypt in her family. Having lost her entire family in an accident she sets out to find the Pharaoh and help him protect the world, as she has been instructed. Along the way she meets Seto and finds in him a potential confident-if he can get over his disbelief of the supernatural. As she is meeting the gang they are thrust into Malik's malicious and twisted game of fate. All this while hunting down the key to save her family? Can a young witch's life get any more complicated? And then Ria falls in love...
"This soul locator spell isn't doing me any good!" I grumbled as I made another turn in Domino City. My reddish brown hair lifted and fluttered in the breeze that flowed in the city. With that breeze came the slight smell of salt water. The locator spell was leading me slowly toward the docks. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what an ancient pharaoh would be doing at the docks of a city, but I wasn't going to complain. That is, if the spell was working properly, which I was currently doubting.
"This doesn't make sense. There is no reason for him to be at the docks, unless the spell isn't working. But that doesn't make sense either. This is a basic spell, the kind my mother used to use when my sister would get lost! I can't—" I cut off as she turned another corner and found myself facing a very unusual scene.
Two teen boys who were attatched to an anchor were dueling it out while another teen boy watched on the sidelines with a young boy standing next to him. Across the way a bit was a girl, about my age, who was fastened into a chair beneath a large crate. It looked like a giant death trap. I approached the young man who stood on the sidelines silently. His short brown hair looked like it was caked in hair gel. Next to him was the boy, whose hair was longer, and black, but slightly spikey.
"So, anyone care to explain what is going on here?" I asked as I came to a stop. However, before I could get an answer the locator spell flew from beyond my reach and cirlcled one of the duelists. This duelest had very spikey tri-colored hair. It was black with deep red highlights and blonde bangs. His crimson eyes were filled with intensity and concentration. He wore a black tank and a blue jacket that seemed more like a short cape. His black jeans could have passed for leather in some groups. He had leather spiked bracelets and a chain necklace with an upside-down pyramid with the Eye of Horus on it. The pyramid appeared to be made of gold puzzle pieces. He looked like a life sized colored version of the man on the ancient tablets that had been depicted as the nameless pharaoh.
"One of the local duelists seems to have been caught in a trap. I'm only here because I owe his female cheerleader a favor because she saved my brother." the tall man with brown hair said tonelessly. His blue eyes sparkeled slightly but seemed mostly disinterested.
"Uh-huh. May I ask for your names?" I asked the two that she stood next to.
"I am Seto Kaiba, and this is my younger brother Mokuba." he replied. I pointed to the others.
"And what are their names?" I asked. This time it was Mokuba who answered her.
"The blonde duelist is Joey, but he's being controlled by Marik. The other duelist is his friend, Yugi, who is trying to save him. The girl over there is Tea. And the guys who are just now arriving are Tristan, Duke, Mai, and I think that the new girl is Joey's sister Serenity." I guessed that he was more friendly with these people than his older brother. However, I suddenly had more trouble to deal with than I had originally planned for.
"Wait, you said Joey was being controlled by Marik?" I asked, slight panic in her voice.
"Yeah, do you know him?" Mokuba asked. Know him? We used to play together when mother would visit his father for stuff related to the Pharaoh...that was before he went evil, I thought.
"Yeah, I know the guy. I used to consider him a friend." there was a sadness in my voice. As the duel progressed, I listened to the cold things that Marik was saying using Joey and thought back to my memories of him as a little boy.
They were running through the hallways of the Ishtar's residence. Marik was chasing her and his sister as his guardian brother watched over them all. They were laughing when Ria tripped over her own feet and fell towards the stairs. In fear she flung her hands out and a barrier shimmered into place, keeping her from falling down the stairs. All four of them stared at the barrier. They all knew that there was magic in Ria's family, as she was descended from the Pharaoh's personal magicians, but until now she had never shown any abilities.
"Momma, Momma!" Ria happily shouted as she ran towards her mother at the end of the day, "I tripped and fell by the stairs, but I made a barrier so I wouldn't fall down the stairs, Momma! I did my first magic!" Her mother turned towards her and smiled as they left to go home.
"Momma says that because my first magic was to make a barrier that I am supposed to be a protector, but she still wants me to learn all of the old magic, not just the protection stuff." Ria smiled as she told Marik. He watched her with wide eyes as she played with making small barriers in the air. A grin lit their faces as she made a barrier that held a few drops of water in it that had dripped from the ceiling.
"Your powers of protection and knowledge of the ancient arts will make you a target, Ria. You can no longer leave my side without your new guardian, Rheto." her mother said. Both Marik and Ria looked at the young man named Rheto. He was tall and muscular, with black hair that fell silkily like the water from the Nile. His gray eyes were cold and they didn't think he would let them play around as much as they used to. Ria looked at Marik and then they both ran from the new person and her mother.
Ria and Marik soon found that Rheto let them do a lot more playing than they used to. Today they were outside playing along the Nile riverbanks. Suddenly they could feel the ground shaking beneath them as horses approached quickly in the distance.
I snapped back into focus as I heard the crash of the crane with the giant metal box fall heavily into the water right along with a helicopter. I hadn't even been paying attention. Suddenly Tea was free, and it seemed to me that just as suddenly the duel was over and everyone was safe. That was when I heard Marik's voice come out of a cloaked persons mouth.
"You may have won this time, Pharaoh, but someday your puzzle and the Egyptian God Card will be in my possession!" I growled at this and responded before giving the situation any thought.
"You know Marik, you have become a real pain. What happened to you that set you off like this? You were never this way before the ritual." the man's face swung around to face me and I could feel Marik's eyes on me.
"Ria, how good to see you again. I assume you are here to fulfill some twisted destiny your mother had planned for you? How is she, anyway?" Marik mocked. I snarled.
"You would certainly know better than I how my mother is. And no, this isn't something she set up for me."
"Ahh, then you have requested and received a guide for the Ancient Gods of Egypt. I would love to stay and catch up, Ria, but I have plans that I need to put into place, and things I need to reconsider. With you here the game just got more interesting."
"I'm not a game piece, Marik! And you wont get the Millenium Puzzle if I have a say in it." Marik laughed as his puppet walked off. I growled and cursed softly.
"How do you know about the Millenium Puzzle, miss?" the young boy who resembled the Pharaoh asked me. I realized that the Pharaoh's soul was inside the puzzle, but still present.
"My name is Ria, and I know about a lot more than just the puzzle." I responded clearly.
"And how'd'ya know that creep, Marik?" Joey asked in a brash voice.
"He was a friend of mine before he became what he is now. We used to play together all the time...I wonder if he is still afraid of the dark...?" my thoughts began to wonder.
"Afraid of the dark?!" Tea asked disbeleivingly. I smiled softly at her and shook my head.
"Is it hard to think of your enemy as a human, with hopes, fears, and responsibilities? At one time he was destined to protect the tomb of our Pharaoh. The Ritual for the initiation though, I must wonder if something went wrong during it, as that is when he began to change." I didn't mention the fact that he had killed his own father.
"Yeah, actually, it is. There is no way that that tall guy is afraid of the dark." tall? That didn't sound like marik to me.
"Tall?" I asked.
"Yeah, with markings on his face." Joey said. I sighed.
"That's not Marik that you saw. That is his ever loyal guardian brother, Odion. He used to make sure we didn't get into trouble when we played." the others looked at me, a little shocked. Seto rolled his eyes and began walking away. His younger brother followed him off, and a part of me wanted to follow Seto as well.
"So this Marik guy, was supposed to be a protector of the tomb of the Pharaoh?" little yugi asked.
"Yes. The Ishtar family has always been the secret keeper of the Pharaoh. From his unknown name, to the location of his lost tomb, all the information is carved in code on their backs during their initiation."
"Sounds painful... but where do you come in?" Tristan asked. I froze, uncertain of what to tell them. I decided on the partial truth.
"I am from the line of the Pharaoh's magician and advisor. My ancestors was a close to the Pharaoh as best friends could be." I said with a grin.
"So your the magic person?" Joey asked. I frowned slightly.
"Umm, kinda. See, each female in my family, from my mother's mother's mother's side is gifted with certain magical abilities. I was gifted with the ability to protect. No one since the first has ever had that gift. It is the area that I am exceptionally powerful in, however I was also strictly taught in all of the magics and rituals, including the Forbidden ones. It is my job to protect the secrets of the gifts from the Gods." I could sense the Pharaoh near me, as if he was hovering just over my shoulder.
"Yami, the Pharaoh, wants to know what the light was that circled him when you first arrived." Yugi asked for me.
"If the Pharaoh wants to ask me something he can form a mind link with me. This will enable us to communicate. As to his question, that was a basic locator spell. You concentrate on the soul you wish to find and it leads you to that person. That was actually my fourth attempt." I added the last a little embarrased.
"So your not very good." Tristan said bluntly. I scowled.
"No, but tracking millenia old dead souls is hard enough, not counting the fact that tracking is not my best forte."
"Yami wants to know how to form the mind link." Yugi requested. I looked at him. He was an odd little teenager.
"All he has to do is focus on directing his thoughts at me. I will sense them and finish the connection."
suddnely I felt a very old, very powerful mind brush mine. I mentally reached out and grasped a small thought thread, then weaved it into one of mine.
You have skill in what you do. Yami commented. I smiled.
Years of practice with my guide and my mother. It is a skill that magicians of old used to use to form a connection with their acolyte. It enabled them to instruct without disturbing the concentration during difficult spells and rituals. I responded.
So, let me know what you think. I could use any advice you have, and I appologise for any misspelled words, I truly do suck at spelling. I hope you enjoyed, and I hope you continue to read as the story progresses! Thanks!