Well, hello again to anyone who reads this! Welcome to chapter 2! Hope you all enjoy!
Disclaimer: Ummm, as far as I'm aware I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or anything else in here that has some sort of license.
Chapter 2 A Battle and an Escape
"What?!" Priest Seto all but screeched at Shada's announcement, "How can she have twoka?!"
"I'm not sure how she can have two myself, Seto, but the fact remains that she has two."
Yami looked at High Priest Ahknadin. "Ahknadin, could you-?" He did not need to finish the sentence, for Ahknadin caught his meaning. "Millennium Eye, reveal to us the forms of her ka!" he shouted, activating the Eye at the same time. The thief laughed as the Eye's power struck her. "Fool's!" she shouted, "I was waiting for you to use the Eye!"
"You were?" questioned a confused Priest Kalim.
"Yes, I was. Now, behold my ka!!" Suddenly, both her ka appeared behind her. The first was a brown-haired sorceress, wearing blue and green, and wielding a staff with glowing green stones on it. The second almost took Yami's breath away due to its beauty and obvious power. It was a sleek shimmering white dragon, with glowing blue eyes. However, unlike all of the dragons Yami had seen previously, this dragon didn't have forelegs. Instead, its wings were where the front legs were on most dragons.
"Impossible," breathed Seto.
"What power!" gasped Shada.
"It's beautiful," whispered Ahknadin, a hungry gleam in his eye.
"Strange," said Kalim, with a frown.
"What is strange?" Priestess Isis questioned.
"The spellcaster holds mostly dark energy, but the dragon holds only light."
"That is strange," Isis agreed.
"Priest Seto?" questioned Siamun, the vizier.
"Right," Seto said, snapping out of his daze, "Ka! I seal thee in the stone slabs!" he cried, activating the Millennium Rod.
"Did you think I'd just let you seal my ka?" the thief questioned, "Well, if you did, than you were dead wrong!!" she pretty much screamed. She turned ever so slightly, looking straight at her dragon. "Shining Dragon!" she called, "Use Shining Cancellation!" The dragon let out a shrieking cry, before releasing a semi-transparent beam form its jaws. The beam struck the Millennium Rod, causing a glowing orange barrier to appear around the Rod, a barrier that shattered almost the instant it appeared. Rather abruptly, the Rod stopped glowing.
"What have you done, thief?" Seto roared.
She laughed. "I simply activated one of my dragons special abilities, that's all."
"Yes, I realize that, but what did it do?"
A grin appeared on her face. "Shining Cancellation allows me to choose which spells and ka abilities affect him. Of course, canceling a Millennium Item takes a lot more energy than canceling an ordinary spell or ability, but in this situation, I don't think I have much of a choice, do you?"
"Why you insolent-" Seto started, than stopped, a smirk starting to appear on his face, "If it's a battle you want, than it's a battle you're going to get!"
"Bring it on!" she snarled at him.
"With pleasure!" he shot back. "I summon Battle Ox!" At his call, the huge minotaur appeared, an angry roar rumbling from it.
Yami was fervently praying to every god he could think of that this battle wouldn't go like the one with Bakura did. He did notwant to have to summon one of the three Egyptian god monsters. That just didn't appeal to him at this particular point in time. He watched as Seto's Battle Ox attempted to attack the thief's dragon, but ended up receiving a blast of magic form the thief's sorcereress. Seto's blue eyes blazed with anger. "Two on one isn't fair!" he shouted.
"Oh, and five or six on one is?" she asked.
"What?!" Seto growled, positively seething with anger.
"You heard me!" she replied.
What she had said gave Yamipause for thought. He had to admit she had a point. Five or six priests, against one prisoner, really was not fair. Hmm. He'd have to think about that a bit more at some later date. Now, Ahknadin had joined the battle, coming to Seto's aid with his ka, Gadius. So far, the thief was doing well against the two of them, he couldn't help but think.
"Gadius! Attack!"
"Battle Ox! Strike her down!"
"Magician's Valkyrie! Mystic Scepter Blast! Shining Dragon! Shining Burst Stream of Destruction!" (1)
Both Seto and Ahknadin yelled in pain as her attack's struck their monsters. Shada and Kalim joined the battle, yet she was still holding her own. Yami was astounded. I mean, sure Bakurahad held off all the priests, but, that anyone else could manage such a feat, in particular a woman, was downright astonishing! 'Perhaps I should look into this,' he thought, while observing the thief receive her first wound of the battle, from Kalim. He sensed that she would have to find a way to end the battle, and soon, or else surrender and die. He didn't think she would surrender after what he had seen of her personality. He felt that she would choose to try and escape, though exactly how she planned to do that, he wasn't sure. For some strange reason, he felt absolutely no desire to inform the priests of the revelation he had just had. And, surprisingly, he didn't mind.
Liz swore under her breath. Her dragon had just taken a hit, and she wasn't willing to risk losing at this point. Desperately, she looked around, hoping for an escape route. Her eyes locked on the door, guarded by only a few men. 'That's it!' she thought. She turned back to the battle, determination glinting in her eyes.
"Valkyrie!" she shouted. The magician turned to look at her mistress. "Attack the enemy with Mystic Scepter blast!" She turned to her dragon. "Shining Dragon, use Shining Burst Stream of Destruction on the door!" Her two ka eagerly carried out the request. She grinned as she saw the door be blasted out of the doorframe. That had been more fun than she thought it would be. She turned to the stunned Priests, and one not-so-stunned Pharaoh, gave them a cheeky and a mock salute, then nodded at her two ka. Her spell-caster nodded, glowed, and vanished. Her dragon let out a frightening shriek. The dragon then grabbed her in its tail and flew off, out the destroyed door. Out into the streets of Thebes.
For several minutes, no-one moved. Then, pretty much everyone present, Yami and Isis excluded, started shouting. "You let her escape!" Seto screeched.
"How did she do that?!" yelled a very surprised Kalim.
"Quickly! After her!" Shada's voice echoed.
"How did she posses that much power?" Ahknadin questioned.
"Oh, the shame!" cried Siamun.
Various other courtiers were adding to the racket, their shock evident. Isis and Yami exchanged glances. "Everyone, please, calm down!" Isis said, attempting to make herself heard over the racket. Unfortunately, she did not succeed. She turned to Yami. "My Pharaoh, if you would be so kind?" He nodded, took a deep breath, then "EVERYBODY SHUT UP!!"
Like magic, silence fell. "Thank you," Yami said, a slight smile on his face. "Here is what we're going to do. The guard will try to find her and recapture her. The rest of us will do what ever it is that we normally do. Savvy?" Everyone nodded, not quite daring to bother the Pharaoh at this point. "Good!" he said, with slight nod. "Now, then, if you'll excuse me, I have some things to take care of in my room." With those parting words, Yami stood up, turned in the direction of his chambers, and stalked off regally.
Yami's chambers, a few hours later.
"But Prince, sorry, but Pharaoh, why won't you do what I'm suggesting?" Mana whined, her brown eyes pleading with her old friend.
"For the last time, Mana, I cannot just up and leave whenever I want to! I have responsibilities, for crying out loud! And furthermore, even if I could just leave when I felt like it, I wouldn't leave just to go chasing after some stupid thief!" Yami practically exploded.
"Okay, okay, Ra, you didn't have to yell. I just think you're being a blockhead."
"Oh? In what way am I, as you put it, a blockhead?"
"Well, first off, you told me the first thing you thought when you saw the thief, Liz, was that she had a wild beauty. Second off, you sensed her plans and didn't inform anyone. And third off, you're trying to convince yourself that you'd rather let the soldiers do the searching," she told him with a smug smile. He sighed. Why did she have to know him so well? "What do you suggest, oh wise one?"
Mana giggled. "That you and me escape the palace and find her!"
"And just how do you propose we do that?" Yami asked her, sounding very skeptical.
"Well, invisibility spells are a piece of cake for you."
Yami closed his eyes, trying to stay calm. "I meant, how do you propose we find her."
"Oh. Ummm..."
"My point exactly," he said with a triumphant grin. He turned back to the report he was reading. For several minutes, neither of them spoke. However..."I've got it!!" Mana suddenly yelled. Yami, startled, accidentally fell out of his chair. "Mana, kindly warn me next time your going to do that."
"Oops, sorry Yami."
He sighed. Again. "At least tell me the reason behind your abrupt shout."
"Well, I figured out how we go about finding her!"
"Oh?"
"Yep. Think. Where do thieves live?"
He raised an eyebrow. "In the outskirts of the city?"
"Correct! Now then, all we have to do is narrow it down further."
"Umhmm. And how would we go about doin that?"
"Simple! We disguise ourselves, escape the palace, go to the outskirts, and ask!"
"Ask?"
"Yep! Ask."
He thought about her plan for several minutes. "Mana."
"Yes?"
"I think that that is the craziest plan I've ever heard."
Tears started to appear in Mana's eyes.
Yami laughed. "However," he added, a teasing light in his dark violet eyes. Mana met his gaze looking hopeful. "It just might work." he finished.
"Alright!!" Mana yelled, "Let's go!"
Yami chuckled. "Yes," he said quietly, "Let's."
In her room, Priestess Isis let out a silent sigh. It was rare for her to receive a vision concerning one of the Millennium Item wielders, much less, the Pharaoh. Still, she had received such a vision nonetheless. "Oh, my king," she breathed, "The path I see before you is a long and painful one. Do not lose your courage, or your spirit, for they will be needed." She smiled. "But, so will the cunning, knowledge, skill, and love...of a thief."
Well, what do you think? Please, feel free to leave a review and tell me! Also, just a quick note here on the time line. For the most part, this is an AU. However, there will be some events that happened in the anime/manga. These events will happen differently than they do in the anime/manga. TTFN!!
