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The desert it alway brimming, teaming with life. Everything had something and something need another things to survive. Wither day or night the vast desert of Egypt constantly thrived.
Yet, through the eyes of mortals the endless sea of sand symboled a bleak, desolate and barren existence for life. Though the Egyptians claimed there homes upon its' body some still honored the ancient ways and praised the Gods wholeheartedly.
It is on a frigid night, far south from the capital, deep into the heart of Upper Egypt territory lay nestled a tiny village bordered by an oasis. It was in this village that the borderline between mortal and God were seeded and the wheel of Egypt's existence shifted and began to spin anew.
For within a small hutch dwelled a couple, whom fate seemed to have cursed, were unable to bare children. The night wind howled, swaying the nearby palm trees.
"Eshe, please come to bed dear?"
Eshe, who downed long black hair that was clip-cut at her waist and shimmered emerald eyes continued gazing sternly out into the dark desert.
"In a moment Bakari," she replied. A man with shoulder length brown hair and lively brown eyes peered out from a room around the corner. A long, thin, single scar trailed across his whole face from the tip of the right side of his forehead to the left corner edge of his chin.
Bakari sighed, coming out off the room to approach his wife. "Eshe what are you looking at? There's nothing out there."
Straining her eyes just a bit more, "I thought I saw something out there." Like a shadow shifting, the snowing-like sand aided in abscessing the image.
Gasping she cried, "There," and pointed out into the desert.
Bakari looked out too see what his wife was making such a fuss over only to see nothing by flying sand. "There's nothing there," he groaned, to tired to bother.
"But, I saw-"
"Please honey, it's late can't we just go to be-"
A sudden crash followed but a mild shake of the ground then silence effectively broke the man's sentience.
The couple remained quite for a moment longer. Concentrating to see if anything happened. When nothing did both looked at each other, bewildered and concerned.
"What in the name of Ra was that?"
As Bakari opened his moth too answer his wife a high pitched cry stilled the couple. There eyes widened, know what the sound what and yet…
Eshe was the first to rush to the door, her husband at her heels. The crying heightened as they got closer and when both opened there from door there body's froze as there eyes could only gawk wider.
There, before there feet at there door step was a bassinet emanated the crying sound of what sounded like a…
Eshe bent down to pick up the basket and hurried back into the warmth of her house. Bakari poked his head further out, peering around for anyone he might see. When nothing caught his eyes he turned and hurried back to his wife closing the door.
A gasp met his ears he sprang into the room where he heard his wife. "Eshe what's wro-"
"Bakari…" she gasped. The lid of the bassinet was on the table showing what it held in full view of the couple now. Bakari almost fell over in shock. "It's…" Eshe awed turning to the man. "It's a baby, Bakari."
Slowly approaching the basket he could clearly see it was indeed a baby. It had now ceased its' crying and was now resting. A white blanket cover all the baby but it's face.
Slowly Eshe moved to pick the child up only to gasp in sheer shock when the blanket fell.
"W-What in the Gods…" but Bakari didn't finish as the child opened it's eyes. Foggy purple-blue with a mist of gray shined towards them in confusion onto to lightened and smile as the child grinned and giggled.
The child was male, the couple could see, and he had a stuffed of black for hair, but what astonished the couple was a pair of tiny black triangles atop of child's head and a small, slim black rob-like thing hanging from his back. On further inspection they clarified it.
The boy had ears and a tail!
The couple watched as the boy gibbered cutely with giggles and joyous laughter. Sure it was abnormal that a person had ears and a tail, but the couple were quite in-tine with the belief in the Gods. And judging by there fate and this child it seemed there prayers had finally been answered.
Eshe picked up the blanket and bundled the boy up as she cradled his to her chest. Her deep green eyes twinkled in sheer delight as her husband's only softened with a shadow of happy pride. Despite this child not being of his blood, he still felt a sudden deep connection to him as if he were his own.
"What should we name him?"
Eshe gazed fondly at the boy, watching him play with her black locks as he waved the hair he held in the air laughing and giggling with glee.
"Yugi."
"But, isn't that a foreign name?" Bakari asked concerned. He didn't want his son treated differently become of his name. He knew he'd already have issues with his ears and tail as it was.
"I overheard some traveling merchants whom've been over sea speak a few strange words. When I heard one of them saw Yugi he pulled out what looked to be a senet board only three time the size."
"So, Yugi means…senet?"
Giggling Eshe beamed, "No. It means game."
Bakari hm'ed, pondering our the name before smiling. "I like it."
"Then it's settled," Eshe smiled as she turned down the the baby in her arms. Bakari coming up behind her and grinned down at him. "Welcome to the family, out little Yugi."
The boy cooed and la'ed at the name only making the newly formed parents smile's brighten.