Just in case no one could figure it out 'don't own…' is usually thought by of the younger in habitant in the mind of Yugi and the 'Yugi-oh…' is the person within the millennium item…
Or in plain Anglais, this is 'Yugi' thinking, this is 'Yami' thinking. And try finding the disclaimer!
"Yugi Moto I challenge you to a duel, however the Pharaoh is not allowed to assist you in the duel, understand?" said the girl hidden by the cloak, none of us could figure out who she was, her voice almost sounded familiar to me because of a dream I had once. I had goosebumps on me for no particular reason and shivered before I'd said "Yes, but if I win you'll tell us who you are." "Deal." She replied behind the cloak. But I should tell you the other half of the story first, and if you want to know, I'm Yugi Moto.
#past#
One day, out of the blue, Marik and Ishizu, his sister, came to see us: Tristan, Joey, Tea,Yami and I, but said they needed to see Yami the most. They also said that someone had appeared to them and requested that they see the Pharaoh and that because of this person's status they weren't allowed to say a thing to us about who it was. Although Ishizu said that I was supposed to accept the challenge the woman would soon after propose she also mentioned that I'd like her (she looked at me with the 'she's cute enough even for you') Marik had agreed readily to his sister's comment adding that she had great eyes (that was worse and made me go a nice shade of cherry). This started to make me a little nervous and very confused.
I thought, 'What is this a date or a duel? What are they trying to pull on me?' Joey asked, "When is this person coming?",and Tristan decided to comment, rather dumbly, in my opinion, that, "Whoever this girl was couldn't be better than Yugi in dueling, I mean only Kaiba can give Yugi a run for his money nowadays…"
Marik just looked at him contemptuously and then coughed something that sounded suspiciously like idiot. Of course the person we'd then been waiting for had appeared looking like one of those magi in on of Ryou's RPGs to where we didn't even see her garment! She looked at Tristan and I think the room temperature dropped several degrees.
Tea, who'd been unusually quiet throughout the experience, said, "Hello, I'm Tea and this is Joey, Yugi, and Tristan." to the girl in a cheery voice pointing to each of us. The cloak, which hid the girl's face, turned to her and replied back gently a greeting but called her Tashi (1) and gave no name back (at this point we were all slightly weirded out and Yami sounded more then just apprehensive about who this person was).
And unfortunately for us (mostly me) it was only the beginning of an excavation into Yami's past, umm, how should I put this, aah 'relationships'…
(Yugi's P.o.v.)
'Well Marik's comment about Tristan's remark was right…'
-Previous minutes-
(Joey's thoughts)
'This chick is beating Yugi, nobody can do that! It's impossible! No, wait he summoned the God Cards, nothing can go wrong now!' (AN: Famous last words) Out loud "Go Yug, you've got her now!" (Tristan) "Yeah!" (Tea) "Go Yugi, you can do it!"
(Marik's thoughts)
Look at Yugi's companions they think he'll beat her. Hah! They really don't know who they're dealing with! hack…never mind they really don't, it's not nearly as funny as I thought it'd be now…'
(Back to Yugi's P.o.v.)
'She's a really tough opponent, but she's not nearly as annoying as Kaiba, with all his snide comments, in fact all she does say is "your move" when my turn comes. I wish I knew what her face down cards were, but I have a very bad feeling about them. I wonder how she'd do against Kaiba, 'cuz if she manages to beat me, he'll want to challenge her.' She finally said something, however it was not comforting.
"You're about to have your house of cards tumble down, as they say Yugi, sorry." And she was right I lost. Everybody was silent for a moment but then out of courtesy I decided to speak. "Hey that was a great duel Ms. Ummmm… you never did tell us your name. Would you mind telling us now? Or are we not supposed to know?"
"It's Taniya; my name is Taniya? May I see the Pharaoh now? Please?" considering I was getting goosebumps again I decided to let Yami handle her. 'I like her name it rolls off the tongue, like water, Ta-ni-ya.'
(Yami's P.o.v.)
'How can she possibly be alive? It's been over 5000 years since I saw her last! Still…'
(Yugi's P.o.v.)
The girl, who was now designated as Taniya, upon seeing the Pharaoh undid her cloak and revealed what she was wearing as well as what she looked like. Which was a very form fitted armor that kept her vital parts covered but was still rather revealing (think The Mummy 2). Although the most interesting piece on her was the necklace that looked similar to the Millennium Necklace except the eye was vertically pointed and the circle inside was not a circle at all but a sun, a symbol of the god Ra and it was not nearly as simple but intricately carved and studded slightly with jewels. On the collar of the pendant in Egyptian, it said 'To those who shall harm will the Wrath of Ra be bestowed upon.' not that anyone should care right now or could even read it except the Egyptians in the room.
She had black hair that nearly gleamed blue, in a very long braid, and green-blue eyes to everyone except Yami who saw golden eyes.
Anyway she walked up to Yami, glared at him for a whole minute, slapped him, and then started to kiss him, meanwhile the rest of the inhabitants in the room were slightly embarrassed about the whole situation or just stunned (seeing the serious Yami making out with this chick was just too much, besides they all thought he was gay).
(Yami and Yugi mentally speaking)
(Yugi) "If I got slapped like that and then forgiven like this I'd do it more often."
(Yami) "No you don't…especially since she definitely cracked something."
(Yugi) "Yeah I think you're right, but do you know who she is?"
(Yami) "She is or was my head bodyguard when I was Pharaoh but she disappeared just before I destroyed the Shadow Games and never came back…"
(Yugi) "Something tells me she was more than just your bodyguard…"
(Yami) "What would that be?"
(Yugi) "Because she's kissing us senseless anyway, do you know why she even slapped you in the first place?"
(Yami) "She'll probably tell after she's finished kissing us."
(Yugi) "How long will this heaven last?"
(Yami) "Another 3 minutes or so."
(Back to Yugi P.o.v.)
"Eh hmmm…" the discreet cough coming from Ishizu snapped Yami and I both from heaven, oh well.
"Pharaoh, would you like us to introduce her or do you wish to?"(This is Ishizu talking) Yami, thinking he was already in trouble anyway, decided to introduce her "Everyone this is Taniya of the Nile. She was Head of the Royal Guard during my reign as Pharaoh, she was also one of my most trusted and loyal which is why she is wearing that necklace and that's why Marik and Ishizu couldn't say anything against her will because without me to countermand the action her word is or was law. She was only my guard, and very, very good at it."
Of course, after this statement everyone, including Taniya, looked disbelievingly at him. Then Taniya started to laugh at his face saying in between giggles "Oh! How do you expect them to believe that, you idiot!"? (More laughter) "You never were good at lying to people and that one time we spent rehearsing!" (Eruption of giggles) "That was so horrible, the only way you convinced them was because you were half dead asleep, Yami!" the laughter abruptly stopped and she just murmured to Yami "Sorry." Everybody was then very confused, heck, even I was confused but at least I got told later.
More excitement happened when Bakura (the good one) came to say hello and she pinned him to the ground, knee to his back and bending him backwards with a knife to his throat saying,
"Thief!" and "Give me one good reason why I don't kill him…"
Joey, Tristan, and Tea tried to plead his innocence but Marik and Ishizu stood indifferent to the cause, they knew the thief was there in the millennium item, but considering he is one of my friends I asked Yami to make her stop and he did. All he said was:
"He's not a threat.Stop."
And she obeyed, after that I took over my body again and she apologized to Bakura. He said "It's all right, just a simple mistake."
I found out that she didn't have a place to stay so, being the gentleman that I am, decided to invite her for the night to stay and that's when it got really interesting. She said "No, I'm sorry, I can't."
The next day I found out why she apologized…
Flashback 5000+ years ago…
The newest trainee guards looked at her with shock; they weren't expecting a Female as First and Head Guard to the Pharaoh. One of the trainees decided to speak their mind on the matter while she had her back turned.
" I heard she always misses her target. She doesn't even duel, so I've been told. She probably slept her way to the position"
At this the man who'd said it had a fine nick of blood trailing his neck just scathing his coronary artery and behind him was a dagger about 6" in length lying on the ground… Taniya looked at the man with the look of a snake and spoke.
"Hold your tongue or next time I won't be so nice, never insult the Pharaoh in my presence again. Understand?"
"Yes Ma'am."
"Go get your wound compressed or the floor will be covered in blood. Now everyone else, let's begin the training, shall we?"
-Several hours later-
"Dear Ra!"
She was never going to teach a class again she was better off teaching fish to walk then the trainees! She nearly killed three of them for their snide remarks but her Pharaoh told her she was not to kill anyone in the class. Right now she was where she was supposed to be, guarding her Pharaoh, making sure no one would enter his chambers unless summoned or if it was of true urgent matters.
'Though if he summons anyone it'll be one of the mistresses…ugh… Why did Seth introduce that man to the world of sex anyway?
(Inward sigh) I guess I'll never really know…' and inside the chambers was a loud "Kthunk!" and other crashing sounds…
"Oh, what's my Pharaoh done this time?" mumbling softly to herself as she went past the intricately decorated hallway that led to his bedchambers and bathing area, where he stood over the tub, cursing at it in several different languages. He also was trying to hold up his towel, but failing miserably for he tripped again and stubbed his toe on the tub. He then groaned in pain, grabbed his foot and started hobbling around. Because of this truly funny site, Taniya couldn't help but giggle. She stopped when Yami looked up at her, his amethyst eyes glaring at her and daring her to laugh again.
(Yami's P.o.v.)
'What is Tani doing here? Wait, she probably heard me fall. (Evil grin) I guess I'll make it worth her while for her to have come in but what? ( lit candle popping up over his head as he gets an idea) Wonder how she'd take it, hmm…it'll be fun teasing her a little… that was the reason I helped design her armor…'
(Taniya's P.o.v.)
'Oh dear Isis what is Yami up to, after all, he doesn't grin evilly for no reason! He's coming closer…"
(Third person P.o.v.)
Yami pinned her to the wall behind her and leaned in till their noses were touching and brushed his lips against hers. He watched as her eyes changed from the calm but deceptive waters of the Nile to the fiery brilliance of the sun. He always thought it was fascinating, but he was the only one who saw it occur; usually when they sparred or dueled, Tani said that it was because he was descended from Ra…
Yami was tempting fate as he teased Tani further with his eyes glowing amethyst from the candlelight. He said to her,
"Do you wish to deny me, Tani?" speaking softly so his voice was slightly husky.
"I can deny you nothing, Yami."
What she said made his heart stop for a moment because he knew she meant every word of it. He then abruptly decided and tilted her head, assaulting her lips slowly with undying patience until his request for entrance was granted at which he hungrily explored. The hand that did not keep her still pinned to the wall trailed from her face, against her neck, and down her spine loosening facets to her armor as he went. Feeling and hearing her armor loosen around her chest she squirmed to escape the sensation, unfortunately it caused her armor to loosen further. Yami watched as she steadily grew more reddened under his gaze.
"Why are you embarrassed, Tani?" which caused her to grow all the more red. He smiled and led her slowly to the bed so her armor didn't fall off so easily.Having her beneath him. "So will you tell me now?" he whispered.
-end of flashback-
Yugi woke up instantly,yelling, "Yami what the hell was that! Please tell me it was all just a dream and not one of your memories, please!"
"Afraid not, Yugi, it was one of my memories…"
"No wonder why she didn't accept my offer! She was probably afraid that you'd molest her! Wait, why did she call you Yami without hesitation and why were you calling her Tani? I'm so confused…"
"I wouldn't have done anything to her! We called each other by casual names when we were alone though I nicknamed her Tani. We met when we were about 7 or 8 years old for crying out loud! I was running away from the guards and ran into her near the riverbank; where she then proceeded to cure my fear of the waters by nearly drowning me in them without getting me killed by crocodiles, so there!"
"That's even worse than how Joey and I met, you have serious issues to deal with surrounding that woman don't you?"
"You have no idea…"
(Yugi POV)
Well after having that lovely conversation with Yami about how he seems to handles women (ahem very poorly ahem), I was constantly disturbed by bad mental images of whatever else Yami did to her. Then I heard a knock at the shop door, and it just happened to be the girl I had been yelling about to Yami roughly two seconds before.
"Yugi, can I come in? I have a favor to ask." She sounded slightly unsure of me as I went to open the door. It was slightly chilly outside and I saw her shivering, so I opened the door and she just stared up and down at me for a moment.
"Do you always greet your guests in your boxers, Yugi, or is Yami rubbing off on you? Don't worry, I like that shade of purple and you fill them up nicely." She was smirking while I had gone beyond the shade of red thought humanly possible. "Sorry. I'll be right back…" I turned around to go back to my room, and I had a slight suspicion she analyzed my backside too.
Five minutes later
I came back down, fully dressed, and saw Tani at the kitchen assembling ingredients for breakfast. From the looks of it, it seemed to be pancakes, bacon, and eggs. From the stairs I asked, "Ummm…are you sure you want to cook? I mean, do you even know how to use a stove or anything else?" She looked at me like I was a fool and said, slightly annoyed, "Yugi, I was imprisoned somewhere in a nice, tiny, dark room watching what went on in the world since I had left, as I'm sure Yami's told you, right before the end of the Shadow Games, with something that was a window. I mean, how do you think I learned Japanese (and several other languages), pure dumb luck? And I slapped you, Yami, because you dared to think and accuse me that I would ever willingly leave you alone. But the stupid pendant wouldn't let me come back to help you." She started tearing up as she said the last sentence. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I was pretty sure Yami had a flashback about the incident that had occurred, which was followed by a slightly depressed moment. He then asked me if he could take over for a moment or two and I said sure.
"Tani I'm sorry… I was just angry… I wanted you to come back… I wanted to marry you!"
The sobbing had stopped out of pure shock. She gazed at him with a confused look on her face, though the tearstains were still there.
"Never mind, I don't want to know, Yami. Yugi, I came to ask if you would take me shopping seeing as I've never been to a 'mall' in Tokyo before, would you mind?"
I got back in charge, thinking Yami was in shock right now, after all, she just so easily dismissed his declaration of love and all…
"Ummm, sure I have nothing better to do today. Do you have any money to go shopping with?"
"Well if the museum begs to give you over one billion dollars equivalent in U.S. money in yen for one of your less loved items and you take it, does that mean you have money to spend?"
I was pretty sure my jaw had dropped somewhere near the ground.
"What did you have to give up getting THAT?"
I questioned her with slight exclamation.
"Uh, my 5,000 year old Egyptian money and one of my daggers…"
(Later that day in the mall)
'You know I think I'm seeing a trend.' thought Yugi. 'All she seems to be getting are things made of cotton, silk, linen, or fur and it's all gauzy, none of it hugs her curves. Is she a naturalist?'
'…'
'Hey, Yami are you all right? You haven't really said a whole lot since this morning.'
'Hmm? Oh, sorry Yugi, you forget she's Egyptian. (1) Light, gauzy clothes fit the atmosphere and climate for Egypt, and (2) it's much less a hassle than heavier cloth anyway.'
'Well she's got one problem she's not in Egypt anymore. It snows here as you found out last year Yami and that was a fiasco!'
(Now in the swimsuit department)
Oddly enough, we encountered Ryou in the female swimwear, so I just had to ask him what he was doing there. (2)
"Oh, I'm here to get a bathing suit obviously." He stated.
"Then why are you over on this side?"
I asked and he replied calmly,
"Because I look great in one, didn't you know! And because Kaiba requested I get a new one, you know, Kaiba's kinky that way!"
and he winked at me.
"Sorry to interrupt the info-fest here guys, but who's Kaiba anyway?" Tani asked.
Ryou answered, "He's the owner of Kaiba Corp., he's obsessed with beating Yugi, (he'll probably be contacting you soon), he's tall, got a gorgeous body, wonderful wit, great in bed, he's kinky, imaginative, rides…"
"STOP RIGHT THERE! I don't think she or I for that matter, wanted to know what Kaiba's like in bed!"
Having yelled loudly enough to attract some odd stares from other people to officially feel smaller than I already am, which is an amazing feat, Ryou said, "Relax, I was just pulling your strings Yugi. I think shopping has taken its toll on you, why don't you sit down and Tani and I will model for you." Whispering to me, Bakura said to Yami, "Didn't think I'd notice what you called her did you, eh, King of Games?" and then saying in a louder voice,
(Ryou back in control) "Alright Taniya, let's go browsing."
(Third person POV)
(While browsing)
Tani started talking "Hey, Bakura which one the gold one or the purple one, I'm leaning towards the purple one, but I really like both designs." Ryou, looking at the swimsuits she'd picked out, and then side-glancing at Yugi commented, "Oh, I'm sure you do, honey." While battling with Bakura in his head
'I wonder where she got that pallet scheme from?'
'Do I actually detect some sarcasm in that thought? Praise Ra I'm finally rubbing off on you! (Bakura begins weeping in joy about this)'
'No I was just seriously curious about it. I have no real clue how or why she picked those colors.'
(Bakura stops his happy dance, sweat drops, and starts weeping at the stupidity of his other half)
On the outside Ryou said to Tani, "Well, grab those two and a few more and we'll go model for Yugi, okay?"
(They are now in adjacent changing stalls)
"Oh, I wanted to say thank you for the other day when you jumped me." Tani looked in the direction of his changing room and asked why. He responded, "You got the kink out of my back that Kaiba put in the day before."
"Is that why you said he was kinky?"
"Umm, not really, but when you look at it in that way it makes a whole lot of sense."
"So is he the overpowering, dominatrix in the relationship or are you?"
"Why are you asking?"
"Just curious and besides if he is I understand, Pharaoh was like that most of the time, well, except for certain occasions, so if you need someone to complain to and all…"
"Well, I'll just tell you Yugi's a little shy in that aspect…"
Meanwhile outside in the swimwear department…
"Hey Yugi, how's it going? What are you doing here on the girls' side? Did one of the girls force you to come help them shop?"
Mokuba asked from behind Yugi, who turned to face him and said, smiling slightly,
"Well ummm, kinda, she's new and didn't want to go alone and since I'm the only one who knows her she dragged me along. Hehehe…"
Mokuba raised an eyebrow. "Okay and just who is this girl? Does she have a name and what does she look like?"
He inquired, moving his head around looking for this girl. Stopping since Yugi hadn't said anything yet, Mokuba asked,
"By the way, have you seen Bakura anywhere? I've been spying for Seto to see what he's bought to wear."
'Huh, Ryou didn't mention anyone looking for him, oh well guess I can give him away.'
"Uh yeah we met him here, they're trying on swimsuits now."
Then there was a rustling noise followed by SMACK! CRASH! THUD! "UGH… I AM GOING TO KILL YOU BAKURA!"
and there was Tani on her hands and knees in a small, very little covering royal purple string bikini looking up at them with scarlet across her face.
They, being testosterone-infested men, just stared wide-eyed and jaws dropped at her body and the position she was in, staring mostly in the direction of her chest… "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO STARING AT! DEAR RA! MEN!" She screeched at them while getting up. "You act like you've never seen a woman scantily clad before! And stop staring below my neckline level or I swear I'll cut off your precious assets!"
That got their attention instantly and they stopped staring at the wrong places. "By the way, who are you, anyway?" Pointing at Mokuba with only a slightly annoyed look on her face "I'm Mokuba Kaiba miss…ughh…what's your name ma'am? Yugi hasn't told me yet."
"Wait, Kaiba as in Kaiba Corp., or the Kaiba Ryou's dating? Oh, Yugi hasn't told you yet? Well then, I am Taniya of the Nile River, (sweeping bow and grin) and I was my pharaoh's head bodyguard, in all aspects, a long time ago." Walking back to the changing room she glared at Bakura and hissed, "If you ever do that again thief, remember that the Pharaoh was trained to kill as well as I. And he does not take lightly to those who wish to take his possessions…"
(Over to R/B's mind)
'Bakura! Why in the Bloody Hells did you do that! Seto's gonna kill me!'
'Just trying to help my favorite pharaoh out!' Bakura replied cheekily.
'She threatened to practically castrate us! Then what could Kaiba do to me? Lay on me!'
'Well, doesn't he technically do that already?'
'Oh trust me, there's a lot more action involved, especially groping!'
'I wouldn't care to know, seeing as how I prefer women!'
'You don't know what you're missing…'
(Fast-forward—now at Kaiba's mansion door)
(Darth Vader music for doorbell)
Kaiba, not the butler as assumed, opens the door. Looks at Ryou and Mokuba, then side glances at the other two. "Ryou, Mokuba what are they doing here and who is the girl-person-thing? What is she wearing, and Ryou, can you get one?"
Everyone sweatdrops.
10 minutes later…
Everyone is in the kitchen area drinking tea. Kaiba daintily takes a sip of tea, and Ryou reminds him to keep his pinky up. Kaiba glanced at him, Ryou looked back, then they stealthily slinked away to Kaiba's computer room…
So the others were now just casually sipping their tea, when Yugi suddenly asked, "Hey Mokuba, you ever seen Kaiba in drag?"
Mokuba started to choke on his tea while Tani calmly asked, "What's drag?" Now Mokuba is choking on his crumpet…Yugi answered Tani. "It's when a male dresses as a female. Or vice versa." "Oh we had a couple of people like that in court." "Really!?!" both Mokuba and Yugi exclaimed.
Meanwhile, in the computer room…
Kaiba stands over Ryou, who is wearing a new swimsuit, while Kaiba is dressed in his usual Lolita dress with a whip in hand…
So that's it for this chapter. Near the end, we obviously lost focus on where this was going in the first place, but we've got a good idea now. This is the result of sugar. You should have seen what happened last Halloween…we have a yodeling band as a result. Guess what the name is!
This is the author please forgive my rambling beta/co-author she's a little loose in the head and had to have a certain scene I wrote spelled out for her to actually get it… bye!
So our band is called…The band formerly known as but still commonly called The Future Drunken Yodeling Hitchhikers who Steal Cars while Playing Star Wars Monopoly in Their Bling-blingin' straitjackets and fuzzy boots (also in their miners' hats and road construction worker pants, p.s. they're grammatically challenged pyromaniac rednecks).