I feel horrible! I haven't done any disclaimers! Well... Now I'm gonna do them!
I don't own Yugioh, I only own the plot and my OC, Hikari.
Today is my birthday but I'm gonna give you all a present of a new chapter!
Both of them looked up, questioning what was going on. Hikari stood and put her head out into the cavern. Many guards had passed by and placed signs around on the cavern walls. Taking one, Hikari read the words carefully.
'By order of Dartz, Chief Solomon's highest ranked official, all will participate in a search for an outsider that has disappeared on the mountain. If anyone is caught with the outsider, the penalty will be public execution.'
Hikari gasped. So that was why Dartz and his little dweeb were searching her room. He figured that she would take care of him till he fully healed, if Yami hadn't hidden Dartz's suspicions would have been confirmed. She ran into the room and Yami was looking at her wide eyed.
"What's going on?" He asked.
Hikari gave him the paper but Yami made an exasperated sigh. "I can't read your people's writing."
"Dartz knows you're here. He's calling for an all out search for you." Hikari said, "If you're caught with anyone, the penalty is death."
Yami didn't respond. That penalty was a little extreme, though it may have been his knowledge of the future making him think this way. Yami noticed that Hikari was starting to shake, he figured that she was worried he would be caught.
"I'll be fine, Hikari." Yami tried to soothe her fears.
She looked up at him and shook her head.
"I know you'll be." She said, "Dartz is only doing this to try to marry me, I'm sure of it."
"Why would he want to marry you?" Yami paused for a moment then realized that what he said was stupid. "I don't mean it like that! I mean, he's like 30 and you're what, 16?"
"I'm almost 18." Hikari said with an eyeroll.
"Oh. Well, the age difference is too much!"
"That may be true for you but we still think a couple hundred years behind you. It's common for a 30 year old man to marry a 15 year old."
Yami made a disgusted face and Hikari giggled at the sight. It was nice hearing her laugh, it helped calm Yami's nerves.
Yami thought for a moment about his predicament. He wouldn't be able to escape on foot because of the increased amount of guards running around.
"Would it be easy to escape at night?" Yami asked.
Hikari shook her head. "No, the temperatures would be too cold and the nighttime predators will be on the look out."
Yami groaned and tried to think more. He was running out of ideas and fast.
Hikari knew that Yami was in a bind and she was helpless. Or was she? A smile spread across her face as she remembered a specific detail about the searches. "The searches can only last a certain amount of time!"
Yami looked up at her and she could tell that he didn't get it. "We have a rule that says that if someone starts a search for an outsider then it can only last up to a week. If the outsider manages to evade the search parties then they can't touch him!"
"I don't see how this helps me." Yami said.
"It's simple. I have to continue hiding you for another week and then I can send you home since the search would have officially ended and they wouldn't be able to touch you at all." Hikari said grabbing his hands.
Yami finally understood and smiled. Does this mean he still has a chance to get to the summit? Hikari made a light squeal of joy and jumped in place. Yami laughed at the girl's antic, it reminded him too much of his sister, Mana.
The two spent the remainder of the day talking and some into the night. They only realized how late they were up was when Yami made a yawn and stretched.
"I think we'd better hit the hay." Yami said.
"Huh?" Hikari said.
"You don't know that saying?" Yami asked near laughing.
Hikari shook her head and Yami laughed, "It means, 'Let's go to bed'.
"Oh." Hikari said, a blush spreading across her cheeks.
Hikari went to her room and both were asleep in no time.
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Dartz was up well into the night staring into the night sky. He needed to find that outsider before someone else did. He needed to prove to that insufferable Solomon that he could wed his granddaughter and carry on the tribe. His thoughts drifted to the girl but he brushed away the thoughts for the moment, he needed a clear head for his planning.
"Master Dartz." Espa Roba called from the entrance of his chambers. "There has been no sight of the outsider on the slopes of the mountain; it's safe to say that he or she is already inside."
"I see." Dartz said in his drawled voice, "Prepare for the searching of the interior, that call will come later when I give the command."
Espa Roba nodded and ran off to give the soldiers a fair warning of the searches. Dartz returned to watching the night sky move by. 'Where are you?' He thought.
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The next morning, Yami woke with a start. A horrifying dream had run it's way through his mind. He caught his breath and he remembered what he had seen.
He at first been walking on what looked like solid ground into a cave. As soon as he entered the mouth of the cave, the entrance collapsed, trapping him inside. Then he was running through the darkness when it suddenly swallowed him causing him to wake.
When Yami had finally caught his breath, he noticed that Hikari had entered the room.
"Is everything ok?" She asked rubbing her eye. Yami's noisy wake up had caused her to wake up herself.
"Yeah. I'm ok." Yami said sitting up straight.
Hikari could tell that something was bothering Yami but she didn't push it. She yawned lightly, the sun probably hadn't risen yet. "Sorry to wake you." Yami said sheepishly. Hikari giggled and smiled.
"I needed to get up soon anyway, so you actually did me a favor." She said.
The small pain had disappeared from Yami's eyes and he laughed.
Hikari ran off to get Yami some breakfast and while she was gone Yami realized that he should probably wash up. He felt hideous! Hikari finally returned and he asked her about a bath. She had to think about it for a moment. "That's going to be a little tricky since everyone is looking for you, but I'll go search around the springs and see if one won't be used for a while." Yami nodded and she ran off again.
Hikari ran to get her own breakfast and ate it quickly, running out as soon as Yugi and the gang came in. They tried to call to her, to ask her about today's plans, but she continued to run off. She checked every spring, many of them were booked till nightfall but Hikari was lucky to find one near her room that wasn't going to be used that day.
On her way back to Yami, she bumped into her grandfather, Solomon, the chief of the tribe.
"It's been a while since we've talked." Solomon mused.
"It has." Hikari mused back, "You're always so busy with the tribe but I understand."
Solomon smiled to his granddaughter and the two kept walking. The chief was on edge and Hikari knew it. "Grandpa, is something the matter?"
Solomon gave a sight and slowed his pace.
"This outsider has me on edge." He said not noticing Hikari pale. "What if they are a spy for the Prast's."
The Prast were the civilization that drove Hikari's people into the mountain because they didn't abide by their new laws. they were the reason why outsiders weren't welcome, everyone believed that they were spies.
"Don't worry, Grandpa." Hikari soothed as much as she could with her still pale face.
Solomon nodded and said farewell to his granddaughter. Hikari kept walking and tried to compose herself. 'Even Grandpa is on edge about Yami.' Hikari thought, 'Hiding him just became ten times harder.'
Hikari entered the room and saw that Yami was playing with a small ball of twine that he had found. He looked up when he saw her enter and she could see a questioning look in his eyes. She nodded and he made a loud exclamation. She jumped and quickly shushed him.
Yami was so happy he could probably jump to the moon. After checking once more into the cavern, Hikari called it clear and dragged him quickly down the hall. The architecture of the caverns were incredible, every corner seemed to be hand carved. After turning once, Yami heard flowing water and automatically started to feel sweaty. "I'll be around this corner watching for anyone that'll be coming by." Hikari whispered to him as he entered the spring.
Hikari was not going to watch Yami bathe, it was improper and it would cause her to pass out anyway. She stood guard and heard the water splash inside. When the splashing stopped, she heard voices from inside the spring. How could she be such and idiot! She forgot that there was another entrance into the spring. She checked quickly and saw Yugi, Joey, and the rest of the gang coming into the spring She panicked, just as soon as Yami pulled his shirt over his head she pulled him out of the room and around the corner.
"Hikari!" Yugi called, "What are you doing in here?"
Hikari jumped and faced them. Yami was out of sight and didn't breath.
"I was just checking to see if I left something in here the last time I was here." Hikari lied.
Yugi seemed convinced and smiled. Hikari took the chance to leave and pulled Yami quickly behind her. When they reached the guest room, Hikari pulled the curtain over the entrance and the silence spell was put into place.
"That was too close." Yami said panting.
"I agree." Hikari said leaning against the wall.
Both were silent for a few minutes as the tension died. Yami sat down on the bed and something caught his eye. His large backpack was lying on the side of the room. 'I thought that was in my tent when the avalanche hit.' He thought. Yami looked up at Hikari and asked.
"Where did you get that?"
Hikari looked at him and shrugged.
"I made Espa Roba tell me where your tent had gone so I grabbed it." She said.
Yami dragged the pack over to him and unzipped it. Everything inside was unharmed by the white flume, his extra clothes, his school books, his compass and luckily his iPod still worked. He grabbed the small device and turned it on. "Fully battery," He thought, "lucky me.'
Hikari saw Yami pull out the small device and she automatically was curious. There was nothing like it around where she lived.
Yami saw her curious expression and waved her over. For hour, Yami showed her his belongings, minus the clothing, until they reached his large history textbook.
"This has a couple thousand years of history in it; it's pretty interesting." He said opening to a random page.
Hikari couldn't read the writing and the pictures reflected the glow of the fire. Something on the page caught Hikari's eyes. A picture of a Prast emperor, 'Why are they in here?'
"What is this page about Yami?" Hikari asked pointing to the page with the picture.
Yami flipped a few pages back and noted the chapter title.
"The Prast Empire: This empire may not have lasted the longest but it's strength in battle is the origin of many battle strategies used thousands of years after it's destruction." Yami read off the page.
Hikari didn't speak. The Prasts were gone? 'Does this mean that the high advisers have been lying to us the entire time?' Hikari thought.
Yami looked over to her and gave a worried look. Hikari shook her head and made him continue down the page.
"The Prast empire was created over six thousand years ago, founded by a group of rebels that escaped from religious persecution from an unknown empire. Quickly, the empire soon grew under strong leadership and unknowingly to their enemies, highly trained spies. The best of these spies was known by the code, 'Leviathan', not much is known about the true identity of this spy but records written in the ancient slabs indicate that he had a tattoo of a leviathan on his left shoulder blade."
Hikari listened intently and tried to suck in as much as she could.
"The Prasts were the group that exiled a small band of rebels that are the origin of of a mysterious tribe that inhabit the nearby mountain."
"Hey!" Hikari exclaimed, "There we are!"
Yami chuckled and kept reading.
"This appears to be the fatal mistake of the empire. Not even a year later, internal strife weakened the Prasts, ultimately to their conquering by the nearby Khemitian (Egyptian) Empire."
Yami stopped there. "Is that it?" He asked flipping a few more pages. There was on more information on them. 'Most of their records must have been destroyed.' Yami thought.
"So this thing says that the Prasts have been gone for more than five thousand years?" Hikari asked.
Yami nodded and handed the book to her. Hikari looked at the pictures and sighed.
'We've been able to leave this mountain for so long.' Hikari thought sadly.
Then Hikari's thoughts took a turn. If the Prasts were gone, wouldn't we somehow hear about it?
Someone was keeping secrets from the tribe and she knew exactly who it was.
Dartz.
Don't forget about 'Leviathan', that part is important!
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