Blue as the Nile by Boogermeister
Chapter 3-The Unexpected Meeting
"Wow! It's so beautiful, Atem!"Anzu exclaimed happily as she looked at the pyramids from afar. She stood in the balcony of the enviroment-related house Atem inherited from his deceased father. "Doesn't it look pretty in the moonlight?" she asked as she turned to look at Atem, who stared at her lovingly.
"Of course it does, Anzu," he smiled. "This has been my favorite spot since I was a child." Atem then looked at the pyramids and his face suddenly downcasted. "Even this was his favorite spot, also . . . ." he mumbled.
"What, Atem?" said Anzu.
"Oh, uh, nohting, Anzu," Atem said quickly as he turned around and walked inside. Anzu followed him to their bedroom. "Atem, what's wrong?" she asked worriedly. Atem just kissed her forehead.
"It's nothing," he replied quietly. "I'm just tired, that's all." He then changed into his T-shirt and shorts. Anzu was already in her nightgown; she looked inside the bassinette, where Akai had been sleeping quietly. The 9-month-old had reddish-brown hair that had grown a few inches and her tiny golden bangs become more like her father's.
Anzu turned around and saw Atem, already in bed. "Come on, Anzu," murmured Atem. "We must sleep so we'll see the rest of Cairo." Anzu walked towards the bed and laid down as her fiance covered her in sheets.
"Good night, Anzu," Atem said quetly as he gently kissed her lips.
"Good night, Atem," whispered Anzu before they slumbered off to sleep.
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A small tanned boy looked at the sparkling lights in the Nile River, sitting down on the sandy ground as he scratched through his short navy-blue hair. "Atem, did you catch any fish yet?" the boy asked as his raven eyes now looked at the other boy with spiked, red-tipped black hair with golden bangs and violet-crimson eyes.
"I almost did, Bankhi," groaned Atem as he gripped the fishing pole tightly. "The fishes don't want to take my bait for some reasons."
"Why not use bread as bait?" asked Bankhi.
"Fishes don't eat bread, birds do," Atem laughed. Suddenly, he felt a tug on his fishing pole. Atem reeled in the line until the fish was out of the water, hooked onto the bait. "All right, I caught one!" exclaimed Atem as he unhooked the fish. "Bankhi," he said as he turned around, "look, I caught one--" But Bankhi was glaring at him as he stood up.
"Bankhi? What's wrong?" Atem asked as he stood up.
"It's all your fault, Atem," Bankhi said quietly.
"What?"
"It's your fault I'm dead," he said as tears flowed down his cheeks. Suddenly, deep wounds appeared on his body as Bankhi collasped to the ground. "Bankhi!" Atem cried out as he knelt down.
"Bankhi, wake up!" he cried as he shook his friend, whose eyes rolled into the back of his head. "Wake up! Wake up! It wasn't my fault! I didn't mean to do it! Wake up, please!"
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"Atem! Atem, wake up!" Anzu said loudly as she shook Atem. Atem immediately opened his eyes and saw Anzu, who had a worried look on her face. "Atem, what's wrong? You were talking in your sleep."
"I was?" Atem said as he sat up. "I see . . . ."
"You were talking about your childhood friend, Bankhi," Anzu said quietly. Atem blinked in surprise and stared at his fiancee. "You missed him, don't you?" Anzu asked quietly, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah . . . . it's been a long time since I thought of him," Atem quietly replied. He glanced at Anzu and kissed her lips. "It's all right, Anzu," he smiled. "Come on. Let's get dress so we can go out." Atem got out of the bed and stretched his arms out. Anzu, meanwhile, felt worried that his guilt might had come back.
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The sun was blazing over Cairo. Bazaars and mosques were almost everywhere.(1) Anzu stared at various things as she and Atem walked through the crowds; Akai gripped onto her mother's shirt tightly, as Atem had his arm wrapped around Anzu's waist. "This is far different Domino City, isn't it, Anzu?" smirked Atem, glancing at his fiancee.
"Yeah, it's very different," smiled Anzu.
"Come, you will love this," Atem said as they walked towards a tavern. "I would always get into trouble whenever I sneak in here as a child," he chuckled as they stood in front of the tavern.
"Atem, is that you?"
Atem heard his name and turned around. He saw a middle-aged man with black hair and brown eyes and was wearing a robe. He also saw a middle-aged woman; her hair was covered due to her hijad but had a kind face with raven-colored eyes.(2) "It's you, Atem, isn't it?" the woman smiled.
"Y-yeah, it is," Atem replied quietly.
"Atem, who are they?" asked Anzu.
"They're . . . . Bankhi's parents."
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Da-da-dum!
1. Bazaar is a outdoor marketplace and a mosque is a Muslim church.
2. A hijad is some sort of a head scarf the middle-eastern women wear to keep the sand out.
My brother finally renew my Windows account. This story will have 8 or 9 chaps. But don't worry, they will get marry around the end as well as the birth of their first son. (Whoopsie-daisies, I spoil it!!)
