Hi, peoples! I've finally decided to start writing up this story that's
been running through my head for ages, in hopes that I can get my muses to
focus back on my other works. It's a crossover with several different
universes, but you don't have to know anything about them to understand the
story (although knowing them will help you get some jokes). Because of
this, and because I like to make people curious, I'm not going to tell you
what universes it crosses into.
This is also an AU fic, set sometime after everything that is going on right now has been resolved, using what I know about the characters at this point. Sorry if there are gaps in my knowledge, I can't always get to a tv when the show is on. Yes, I'm afraid I must rely on Kids' WB for my info, sorry if that annoys anyone. The dubbed version is what I became acquainted with, and it's thanks to it that I fell in love with Yami; his voice is simply *gorgeous*. So everything I know comes from the dubbed version or from reading fanfiction.
Anyway, I've decided that Yugi and company are mostly 15, unless otherwise stated. Serenity is 14, Mokuba is 11, Mai is 17. I've given Yami his own body, and some(but not all) memories back, and he is physically 17. Bakura from the show is Ryou, Yami Bakura is Bakura; it's just easier that way. The Ishtars don't show up, so there's no need to differentiate between Mariks. Umm...anything else? Oh, yes, I like Téa, so don't flame me for showing her in a favorable light. No yaoi pairings, either; I don't usually read them, and I never write them. Pairings will be Mai/Joey, Tristan/Serenity/Duke, possible Seto/Serenity, Yugi/Téa, and Yami/OC. Don't like, don't read.
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN IT! Well, except the OC. Laurel I own. And her medallion. But not Yu-Gi-Oh, or the other five fandoms. (I just gave you the number, didn't I? Oh, well, that would have come up shortly.) On with the show!
*word* is emphasis, **word** is thoughts, //word// is mindspeech.
The Medallion of Bastet Chapter 1: An Unexpected Meeting
Yugi Moto was minding his grandfather's shop one day, when a girl dashed in frantically. She wore layers of dirty clothing and a large backpack, and she looked like she hadn't bathed for a few days. Generally, she seemed to be the sort of person one normally found begging on street corners. She looked at Yugi with desperate tears in her blue eyes.
"Please, hide me! You've got to help me, they'll kill me!" she gasped out between pants. She had clearly been running. Yugi made a quick decision.
"In here," he said, pushing her into the back room. No sooner had he done so than two men dressed all in black ran in the door, looking about wildly.
"Where did she go?" one of them growled at Yugi. The boy pointed mutely out the back door of the shop, into the alleyway behind it, and the men dashed out quickly. After he was sure they were gone, he poked his head into the back room, where the girl stood trembling.
"They're gone," he said, "Who were they?"
"You don't want to know. My name is Laurel, thank you for hiding me, don't tell anyone you did, they'd come back and hurt you. I'll be going now, don't worry, you won't be in any more danger." She said this all very quickly, while trying to pass by Yugi. She almost made it, but stepped on a broom handle that someone had left lying on the ground, and fell on her face. "Ow! Shit!" she cried. She was up again in a flash, but in the fall, something golden had slipped from beneath her shirt and was now dangling from her neck.
"What's that?" he asked, pointing.
Laurel's expression changed to that of a deer caught in headlights. "That?" she squeaked, "Oh, it's nothing, just a little trinket my cousin gave me."
"Why was your cousin in Egypt?" Yugi queried. He had gotten a better look at the medallion now, and had seen what he recognized as Egyptian hieroglyphs.
"H-how did you know?" she choked out.
"There are hieroglyphs on it. I've learned to recognize them, if not to read them. And I happen to have one of the world's greatest experts on ancient Egypt staying here with me," he said with an internal smirk.
"Really?" She had stopped trying to get past him now, realizing that she wasn't getting away until the kid decided to let her. There was something odd about him...
"Sure," he grinned, "You wanna come meet him? He might be able to tell you what that is, and why those men were looking for it."
Laurel's mouth flopped open briefly, then smapped shut. "You don't miss much, do you?" she said with a rueful smile.
"No, not really. Anyway, he's upstairs in the apartment. You coming?"
She looked into his face for a long moment, trying to see if there was any deceit there. Finding none, she nodded. "Okay," she said softly.
They climbed the stairs to the living area. "I'm Yugi Moto, by the way," he told Laurel.
"The Duel Monsters champion?" she asked, surprised.
"Sort of, yeah. It's...hard to explain," he replied. Laurel looked confused, and Yugi changed the subject quickly. "Hey, Yami," he called out as he reached the top, "We've got a visitor!"
"Who is it?" a deeper voice asked. An older teen emerged from the kitchen. He and Yugi looked so alike that Laurel instantly decided they must be brothers. The only difference between them was height, slight hairstyle modifications, and presence; Yami had an aura of...something. Laurel couldn't quite decide what. Confidence; calm, quiet assurance; charisma...words flitted through her head, but none of them quite fit. She realized she was staring when their eyes met, and she looked away quickly, willing herself not to blush.
**Damn, he's hot,** she thought, the tips of her ears turning pink despite all her efforts.
Yami smiled a little when he saw this, and continued studying her. At first glance, she looked like any street kid; the look in her eyes was that of a whipped dog. And yet, underneath it, he could see a defiant strength; whatever had happened to her, she had been bent but not broken.
Yugi, oblivious to all this, answered Yami's question, "Her name is Laurel, and she's being chased by some weird thugs who want the medallion she's wearing. It looks Egyptian."
"Really." He turned his attention to the medallion, and his eyes widened slightly. "...May I see it?" he asked, almost hesitantly.
Laurel hesitated, then removed it and handed it to him. He seemed trustworthy, and she definitely trusted Yugi. Yami nearly dropped it in surprise when he touched it; it nearly sizzled with power. **Gods above, does she have any idea what this *is*?** he thought as he examined it. "Amazing..." he said aloud, "...I've heard of this, but I never thought I would live to see it resurface." Yugi smiled a little, making Laurel wonder what joke she'd missed. "It's the Medallion of Bastet," Yami finished, sounding slightly awed. He turned his intense gaze upon Laurel, "Where did you get it?"
Laurel flinched slightly under his stare, but held it for a moment before looking away. As she did, he saw pain in her eyes. "That's a long story. Why don't we sit down?" she said, gesturing toward the couch. They sat on opposite sides of the girl, and she began to speak slowly.
"My sister and I are orphans. We lived with our cousin for years, but he was often away on digs, being an archaeologist. One day, he came back from a dig all scared. He said he had found some strange artifact, and that we would have to leave, because there were thieves chasing him. We had packed our backpacks with what we would need, when all of a sudden there was a pounding on the door. My cousin," she swallowed, "he pressed the medallion into my hand and told us to hide in the closet. We had just gotten there when the door broke down. We heard voices, my cousin and someone else. They talked for a little bit, my cousin getting more and more scared, and then...the other voice gave some kind of command, and my cousin just...screamed. I'll never forget the sound." She swallowed again, and closed her eyes against the tears welling up in them. After a moment, she continued, "Then everything went quiet for a few minutes. All of a sudden, we heard a snuffling noise. It stopped just outside the closet door, and then something yowled. There were footsteps, and a voice said 'Good work, Persian'. Then the door opened.
"There was a tall man in a black business suit standing there next to some kind of trained cougar. We were too petrified to move at first; then, I panicked. We shoved past him, I don't know how, maybe he didn't expect us to move so fast. Anyway, we ran, and didn't stop until we reached my sister's friend's house. We stayed the night, then I left in the morning after they promised to take care of her. Ever since then, I've been running, and they've been following me. Sometimes I think I've lost them; but they always find me again. I'm so tired of it...I just want to stop, to not have to run anymore." She didn't even bother to hide the tears flowing down her cheeks. "I want my family back. I saw what they did to my cousin. The cougar disemboweled him, then slit his throat." She pulled her knees up to her chest, rocking slightly. "I don't want him to catch me. I don't think he'd kill me so quickly."
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So, what do you think so far? It's not very good yet, I know, please bear with me, it will get much better. Who can tell me who the evil dude is? Why does he have a 'trained cougar'? What's the secret of the medallion? Please tell me, I want to know what you think! Oh, and who wants to see Seto/Serenity later on?
Nina: Don't flame her, she's promised to turn me loose on anyone who does. And I'm her muse of angst and drama. You don't want to see what I can do. *feral grin*
Lily: Yeah! So there! *sticks tongue out*
Nina: -_-; Go back to your fluff, Lily, you don't belong here.
Sylvia: Yes, she does. You know I can't write a fic without humor. This chapter is pretty dark, but there'll be fluff intermixed with everything else.
Lily:^__^ Review please!
This is also an AU fic, set sometime after everything that is going on right now has been resolved, using what I know about the characters at this point. Sorry if there are gaps in my knowledge, I can't always get to a tv when the show is on. Yes, I'm afraid I must rely on Kids' WB for my info, sorry if that annoys anyone. The dubbed version is what I became acquainted with, and it's thanks to it that I fell in love with Yami; his voice is simply *gorgeous*. So everything I know comes from the dubbed version or from reading fanfiction.
Anyway, I've decided that Yugi and company are mostly 15, unless otherwise stated. Serenity is 14, Mokuba is 11, Mai is 17. I've given Yami his own body, and some(but not all) memories back, and he is physically 17. Bakura from the show is Ryou, Yami Bakura is Bakura; it's just easier that way. The Ishtars don't show up, so there's no need to differentiate between Mariks. Umm...anything else? Oh, yes, I like Téa, so don't flame me for showing her in a favorable light. No yaoi pairings, either; I don't usually read them, and I never write them. Pairings will be Mai/Joey, Tristan/Serenity/Duke, possible Seto/Serenity, Yugi/Téa, and Yami/OC. Don't like, don't read.
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN IT! Well, except the OC. Laurel I own. And her medallion. But not Yu-Gi-Oh, or the other five fandoms. (I just gave you the number, didn't I? Oh, well, that would have come up shortly.) On with the show!
*word* is emphasis, **word** is thoughts, //word// is mindspeech.
The Medallion of Bastet Chapter 1: An Unexpected Meeting
Yugi Moto was minding his grandfather's shop one day, when a girl dashed in frantically. She wore layers of dirty clothing and a large backpack, and she looked like she hadn't bathed for a few days. Generally, she seemed to be the sort of person one normally found begging on street corners. She looked at Yugi with desperate tears in her blue eyes.
"Please, hide me! You've got to help me, they'll kill me!" she gasped out between pants. She had clearly been running. Yugi made a quick decision.
"In here," he said, pushing her into the back room. No sooner had he done so than two men dressed all in black ran in the door, looking about wildly.
"Where did she go?" one of them growled at Yugi. The boy pointed mutely out the back door of the shop, into the alleyway behind it, and the men dashed out quickly. After he was sure they were gone, he poked his head into the back room, where the girl stood trembling.
"They're gone," he said, "Who were they?"
"You don't want to know. My name is Laurel, thank you for hiding me, don't tell anyone you did, they'd come back and hurt you. I'll be going now, don't worry, you won't be in any more danger." She said this all very quickly, while trying to pass by Yugi. She almost made it, but stepped on a broom handle that someone had left lying on the ground, and fell on her face. "Ow! Shit!" she cried. She was up again in a flash, but in the fall, something golden had slipped from beneath her shirt and was now dangling from her neck.
"What's that?" he asked, pointing.
Laurel's expression changed to that of a deer caught in headlights. "That?" she squeaked, "Oh, it's nothing, just a little trinket my cousin gave me."
"Why was your cousin in Egypt?" Yugi queried. He had gotten a better look at the medallion now, and had seen what he recognized as Egyptian hieroglyphs.
"H-how did you know?" she choked out.
"There are hieroglyphs on it. I've learned to recognize them, if not to read them. And I happen to have one of the world's greatest experts on ancient Egypt staying here with me," he said with an internal smirk.
"Really?" She had stopped trying to get past him now, realizing that she wasn't getting away until the kid decided to let her. There was something odd about him...
"Sure," he grinned, "You wanna come meet him? He might be able to tell you what that is, and why those men were looking for it."
Laurel's mouth flopped open briefly, then smapped shut. "You don't miss much, do you?" she said with a rueful smile.
"No, not really. Anyway, he's upstairs in the apartment. You coming?"
She looked into his face for a long moment, trying to see if there was any deceit there. Finding none, she nodded. "Okay," she said softly.
They climbed the stairs to the living area. "I'm Yugi Moto, by the way," he told Laurel.
"The Duel Monsters champion?" she asked, surprised.
"Sort of, yeah. It's...hard to explain," he replied. Laurel looked confused, and Yugi changed the subject quickly. "Hey, Yami," he called out as he reached the top, "We've got a visitor!"
"Who is it?" a deeper voice asked. An older teen emerged from the kitchen. He and Yugi looked so alike that Laurel instantly decided they must be brothers. The only difference between them was height, slight hairstyle modifications, and presence; Yami had an aura of...something. Laurel couldn't quite decide what. Confidence; calm, quiet assurance; charisma...words flitted through her head, but none of them quite fit. She realized she was staring when their eyes met, and she looked away quickly, willing herself not to blush.
**Damn, he's hot,** she thought, the tips of her ears turning pink despite all her efforts.
Yami smiled a little when he saw this, and continued studying her. At first glance, she looked like any street kid; the look in her eyes was that of a whipped dog. And yet, underneath it, he could see a defiant strength; whatever had happened to her, she had been bent but not broken.
Yugi, oblivious to all this, answered Yami's question, "Her name is Laurel, and she's being chased by some weird thugs who want the medallion she's wearing. It looks Egyptian."
"Really." He turned his attention to the medallion, and his eyes widened slightly. "...May I see it?" he asked, almost hesitantly.
Laurel hesitated, then removed it and handed it to him. He seemed trustworthy, and she definitely trusted Yugi. Yami nearly dropped it in surprise when he touched it; it nearly sizzled with power. **Gods above, does she have any idea what this *is*?** he thought as he examined it. "Amazing..." he said aloud, "...I've heard of this, but I never thought I would live to see it resurface." Yugi smiled a little, making Laurel wonder what joke she'd missed. "It's the Medallion of Bastet," Yami finished, sounding slightly awed. He turned his intense gaze upon Laurel, "Where did you get it?"
Laurel flinched slightly under his stare, but held it for a moment before looking away. As she did, he saw pain in her eyes. "That's a long story. Why don't we sit down?" she said, gesturing toward the couch. They sat on opposite sides of the girl, and she began to speak slowly.
"My sister and I are orphans. We lived with our cousin for years, but he was often away on digs, being an archaeologist. One day, he came back from a dig all scared. He said he had found some strange artifact, and that we would have to leave, because there were thieves chasing him. We had packed our backpacks with what we would need, when all of a sudden there was a pounding on the door. My cousin," she swallowed, "he pressed the medallion into my hand and told us to hide in the closet. We had just gotten there when the door broke down. We heard voices, my cousin and someone else. They talked for a little bit, my cousin getting more and more scared, and then...the other voice gave some kind of command, and my cousin just...screamed. I'll never forget the sound." She swallowed again, and closed her eyes against the tears welling up in them. After a moment, she continued, "Then everything went quiet for a few minutes. All of a sudden, we heard a snuffling noise. It stopped just outside the closet door, and then something yowled. There were footsteps, and a voice said 'Good work, Persian'. Then the door opened.
"There was a tall man in a black business suit standing there next to some kind of trained cougar. We were too petrified to move at first; then, I panicked. We shoved past him, I don't know how, maybe he didn't expect us to move so fast. Anyway, we ran, and didn't stop until we reached my sister's friend's house. We stayed the night, then I left in the morning after they promised to take care of her. Ever since then, I've been running, and they've been following me. Sometimes I think I've lost them; but they always find me again. I'm so tired of it...I just want to stop, to not have to run anymore." She didn't even bother to hide the tears flowing down her cheeks. "I want my family back. I saw what they did to my cousin. The cougar disemboweled him, then slit his throat." She pulled her knees up to her chest, rocking slightly. "I don't want him to catch me. I don't think he'd kill me so quickly."
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So, what do you think so far? It's not very good yet, I know, please bear with me, it will get much better. Who can tell me who the evil dude is? Why does he have a 'trained cougar'? What's the secret of the medallion? Please tell me, I want to know what you think! Oh, and who wants to see Seto/Serenity later on?
Nina: Don't flame her, she's promised to turn me loose on anyone who does. And I'm her muse of angst and drama. You don't want to see what I can do. *feral grin*
Lily: Yeah! So there! *sticks tongue out*
Nina: -_-; Go back to your fluff, Lily, you don't belong here.
Sylvia: Yes, she does. You know I can't write a fic without humor. This chapter is pretty dark, but there'll be fluff intermixed with everything else.
Lily:^__^ Review please!