TiNY i'S: The Disclaimer: None of this belongs to me! Except for Keket! *stumbles away cheerily before passing out*
Fukayna: Oh boy. She's done it again. *sigh* Anyways, I'll be showing up next chappie! Excuse me for a sec while i try to wake her up!
candinaru: Thanks! And I know. I thought about it for a while and i decided that if anyone needed someone to stand by them it was 'Kura. It hurt me to do this but in the end This ↓ had to happen. Or else the story wouldn't play out correctly.
Chapter 3
After Lord Ra had begun his journey to the Underworld, Keket and Bakura ran across the sand, leaving only faint smudges to show their passage. On swift, silent feet, they approached the city gates. Pausing, Keket narrowed her eyes so that only faint slivers of her bright silver eyes were visible. Creeping in the darkness, she waited for the signal. There it was! The sound of a pebble sliding on the ground. Shouting, the guards raced away. Pft, the sound of a kicked pebble always works, Keket thought with disdain. Pathetic. Sprinting toward the palace wall she scaled it and dropped down lightly on the other side. She saw Bakura looking around for her. She let him worry for a few moments before stepping out of the shadows to join him. "There you are! I thought I'd lost you for a second there." He grinned at her sheepishly.
"Tch. Yeah right. That was too easy!" she snorted. This place was laid out so simply. If they knew how to defend it, it would be impenetrable. "Plus," she added, "I've seen your ever so carefully drawn maps of the palace so many times, I could walk this place while I'm asleep and not get caught. Bakura smiled at her on the outside, but on the inside he felt a fixture of sorrow and rage. Sorrow because she wasn't as carefree as an eight-year-old should be. Rage because it was all that Ra-Damned Pharaoh Aknemkhanen and the Millennium Items fault. Should I tell her? Bakura was torn. He could either keep her from the truth and hurt her, or tell her the truth and hurt her again. He was spare from making the decision by a hand waving in his face. "'Kura? You awake?" He blinked and smiled, but quickly began the conversation again.
"Which wing will you be taking, Princess?" He added the extra word just to see how she would react. It was her 'formal' title after all.
"North Wing. Why?" She asked almost casually. She had already known that he had wanted the north wing.
"Oh. Oka- Wait a minute!" He gaped at her only to be rewarded with a smirk as she sprinted off.
Near Midnight, 5 Years Later
Two people clad in black linen sprinted around the corner, both were breathing heavily. They both bore several wounds but the taller one and more severe ones than the shorter. "Looks like they finally caught us," a female voice said, coming from the shorter of the two beings. "'Kura… you're hurt worse than I am. I want you to go back. I'll take care of them. If I don't come back in two days you can probably expect me not to come back at all."
"No! I'm not leaving you here." Gray eyes met silver but Bakura saw the determination in Keket's and knew she wasn't going to back down. "Just… be careful okay?" It sounded like a stupid question as she was about to dive headlong into battle anyways.
"I'll try," was the only answer he got while they headed in their separate ways.
Two Hours Later
Half the royal guard lay dead or unconscious at her feet before she passed out from lack of blood. The captain stepped forward. "Well then. Let's see who this boy is before we take him to be executed." He tore off the mask on her face while the rest of the men gazed on. A loud gasp directed their attention to the 'boy' and the captain. Now that they could clearly see her face, it was obvious that the person who had robbed the palace was not a boy but a girl. They gaped in shock until the captain ordered, "Take her to the royal healer. She is but a girl. But definitely a good fighter. She took down most of my best men!" the last part seemed to be to himself as he pondered who taught her.
The Next Morning, Out in the Gardens
"Did you hear about the new girl?" Mana gossiped excitedly. "I want to make friends with her!"
"Mana, stay away from that girl!" Mahado exclaimed. When asked why, he guiltily confided that he had seen part of the battle between her and the royal guard. "She wasn't struck down either. She passed out from lack of blood. She took out half the royal guard in one night." The rest of the children were looked at him disbelievingly.
"Are-Are you sure about that? I went down to the healer's hall after picking some herbs and she couldn't be much older than Atemu or me." This little tidbit was even more shocking than the last.
"She's only seen the Nile flood 13 times?!?" Karim asked.
"That is what I have heard as well," Isis responded in her airy voice.
"I'm still going to make friends with her," Mana stubbornly pressed.
Mahado sighed It was difficult to deal with Mana like this. "Be careful around her."
In the Healer's Hall
Keket awoke with a groan. Where was she? She looked around and tried to sit up. She felt no pain except for a pounding headache. Feeling the bandages, she began peeling them off, only to find no wounds underneath them. Seeing the bloodstained bandages brought everything back to her. Am I dead? What happened at the judgment of Anubis? Is this where those devoured by Ammit go? Just then, the linen curtains were pushed back and an old woman hobbled in. Seeing the bandages on the bed she began fussing, muttering things like, "Children these days! Always think their healed when they're not. Bah!" Until she realized that all of Keket's wounds were healed. "Huh. That's strange. Do you feel any pain anywhere?"
"I only have a headache," she responded warily. The woman's eyebrows went up. Hmm, this woman's actually smart. Keket thought, Perhaps she's old enough to be wiser than those fools outside.
"A headache, hmm….? Well such a speedy recovery… Perhaps…? Maybe you used…" The lady looked Keket straight in the eyes and finished, "Heka?"(1)
(1) Heka is the egyptian word for magic, I am informed.
CELEBRATION! *Balloons fall from cieling while TiNY goes around throwing handfuls of confetti up* Hey, everyone! It's my birthday so in updating early as a treat for you guys! I won't post chapter 4 until the Friday after the coming Friday. Is that confusing? Well, I'll be updating next on the 23rd. There. That's more simple isn't it?
AN: Woot! Chappie three is finally up! Just ta let ya guys know, this fic is only rated T cuz the rest of the series will be T. Also, Harry Potter won't come in until the next fic. I just remembered that I never asked anyone to review or provide con-crit. So... Press that pretty little button down there that says 'Review this Chapter' with the little chat bubble on the left side of 'Review' Or... our left its right. Anyways... Review plz!
