*If anyone wishes to know who is doing who, please refer to the first chappie!*

Remember:

Marik is the Hikari, and Malik is the Yami!

Kisara and Ryou are siblings, not Amane and Ryou! Amane and Mai are. Just pointing that out :).

Disclaimer: We do not own Yugioh. Last time I checked, I wasn't Kazuki Takahashi. Yugioh belongs to him and all of its characters. OCs belong to Pippa and me, so no stealing! ASK!

*Warning*: proceed this story with extreme caution! There will be: Violence, gore, death, rape/non-con (whatever you want to call it), incest (this is Ancient Egypt. Get real!) A bit of OCCness due to the situations of characters, prejudice against skin colour and religion, depression, suicide tenancies, hate/love relationships.

Inspiration: This story was inspired by Jollybigsis' 'Enslaved'. I absolutely love that story. Great Casteshipping story! If you haven't checked it out, then do so!


Chapter Seven: Bloomed

Seth

I sit in the half-broken chair by my mother's bedside. Mokuba sitting on the edge of the bed near her feet.

"Mother?" I ask, taking her hand.

She coughs, squeezing my hand weakly. "S-Seth… M-Mokuba...I won't make it much longer…" she wheezes.

"You'll get better. I'm going to go into the marketplace to see if they have medicine," I say.

"It's nearly sundown, Seth. The market is about to close…" Mother rasp.

"If I hurry, I can make it," I say, standing up. "Mokuba, watch over Mother while I'm gone. I shouldn't be too long."

"S-Seth… you need your rest," Mother coughs.

"Don't worry, Mother. I promise I'll return shortly." I lean down, kissing her on the forehead.

"C-come here, both of you," she rasps, holding me weakly with one arm. Mokuba crawls up to her, and she wraps her other arm around him. "My sons. I love you so much… both of you have so much potential."

"Mother," Mokuba says. "Please don't leave us."

I hug her gently then pull away from her, standing up. "I won't let anything happen to her, Mokuba. Stay here, and keep an eye on her. I won't be long," I say. "I love you both so much."

"I love you too," Mokuba says looking up at me, and wiping his tears away. "Be safe, Seth, you know that it's not always safe to go out late."

"I will," I say.

I leave the house and go to our small stable. I get on my horse and start to the marketplace. It won't take too long to get there. I look up at the sky, the sun slowly descending. "Come on," I tell my horse as we ride towards the sunset.

Since Father died in the war before Mokuba was born, I'm the one who's had to provide for the village. I've worked odd jobs here and there, but I've never been able to keep a steady job because I'd always pass out from not sleeping enough. Caring for my younger brother and sick mother takes a toll on me. Sometimes, I have to steal. I hate it so much. It makes me feel dirty. I don't want to steal things. Mother and Mokuba don't realize I do it though. I just want to provide the best for them.

"Help!" I hear a feminine cry.

I turn to the source. I make my horse move faster, heading back towards my village. I hear laughter and smoke up ahead. My horse climbs up the cliff. I look down. Below, there's a group of bandits by a campfire. They're drinking and having a good time. My eyes widen when I spot a cage. Inside the cage is a girl, she can't be more than twelve or thirteen. What's striking about her is that she has pale skin and white hair. When the moon hits it, it appears to be blue.

Now, most people would want to burn her, but not me. She's absolutely beautiful! I wonder how she got in the possession of these men. Well, no matter. I will save her. They don't deserve someone like her! I urge my horse down the cliff. We're careful to be quiet. The idiots are too busy getting drunk to have noticed me. I jump off my horse, using a pick from my pocket to undo the lock.

"What are you doing?" the girl asks quietly, shaking with fear.

"Sh. I'm saving you," I reply. I look behind me quickly before helping her out.

"Hey! Our prize is escaping!" A man exclaims.

"Get her and the boy!" another man shouts.

"Let's go!" I shout, helping the girl onto my horse. I get on in front of her. "Hold on tight!"

We take off. I can hear the fools trying to catch up. I make my horse move faster. "Anyone there?" I ask.

"No, I don't see anyone," she says.

"Good. Then take this horse to the next village. The people there will be able to help," I say, jumping off the horse.

"But what about you?" the girl asks, looking over her shoulder and gripping the reins tightly.

"Just go!" I say, slapping my horse. He gallops faster. Judging from how she's riding, this girl has never ridden a horse in her life.

"Who are you?" she calls.

"Seth."

"Thank you, Seth! I shall repay you someday," she calls.

I turn around once she's out of sight. My eyes widen when I see my village up in flames. "No!" I exclaim, running down the cliff. "Leave! You don't belong here!"

"Oh look, it's the brat who took our prisoner," a man laughs. He grabs me. "Where is she?"

"Let me go!" I exclaim, struggling out of his hold. I manage to get free for a moment before two men grab me.

"Hey, boss, I found another brat!" a man walking out of my house smirks, holding Mokuba.

"Seth!" Mokuba calls to me. He tries to kick the man holding him. "Let me go!"

"Feisty little brats. They might do good to replace our prize."

"Mokuba!" I exclaim, struggling to reach my little brother.

"Hm. Then let's burn this place, and take them to the cage. The older one will get whipped for taking my woman," the one who appears to be their leader, says. He throws a lit torch right onto our house.

"Mother!" Mokuba and I scream.

"Now let's-"

A beautiful roar booms throughout the land.

"W-what is that thing?"

"A monster!"

The men drop us, running like cowards. Mokuba and I stare in awe as a white dragon with blue eyes appears out of the flames. It lets out a beautiful cry before blasting the men. The blast goes right over our heads. They scream as they're engulfed in the white flames. The dragon looks at me for a long moment before it disappears.

I hold my brother close. "Are you alright?" I ask, wiping his tears away gently.

"I… oh Seth! I was so scared! Mother…" he mumbles. "W-what are we going to do, Seth?"

I hold him close, rocking him gently. "Mother said I was really smart. Let's test that theory out. Let's go to the palace, Mokuba," I say. I stand, helping my kid brother up. It's time to make a new life for myself. I will never forget the white dragon who saved our lives.


XXXX

Kisara

I groan, my head pounding. I sit up slowly. What happened? How did I get out here? I look around. My eyes widen when I see a destroyed village. Everything has been burnt. Damn, what happened? The last thing I remember was Seth saving me.

Seth.

He was such a kind man. I've never had anyone be so kind to me as he was. He didn't seem to be bothered by my appearance at all. He even let me take his horse. I look up. The horse puts its nose to my face and licks it. I giggle, reaching up to pet it.

I stand up shakily. I suppose I'll have to find somewhere to go. I'd rather not be in the hands of bandits anymore. It's what my life's been for years. I'm sold to bandits all over. Everyone just loves getting their hands on me. They think I'm exotic. I'm constantly raped and beaten. Not as much as my brother used to be though. Tears fall, thinking about him. I wonder what befall my older twin brother. He's probably dead at this point. He and I don't belong here. They call him a demon and phantom. I'm not sure why I'm not. I think it has something to do with my eyes.

I grab the strange strap things attached to the horse, hoisting myself up shakily. "I'm not sure where to go, Mr. Horse, but I trust that you can find me a safe place to stay for the night," I whisper, petting him gently.

He snorts, taking off in a hurry. I hold the strap things tightly. Gasping. "Slow down!"

He only runs faster. Seth, what kind of horse did you give me? And, will I ever see you again? I hope so. I can't help but smile. One day, I'll repay him for saving my life.


XXXX

Ryou

Having more people in the clan wasn't too bad. I thought it would be a lot of trouble, but they warmed up to me rather quickly. I'm glad for that. I really don't want people thinking I'm a demon again. I'm sure that's not going to last though. Not everyone who is brought here can be so open minded.

Amane and Mai are pretty shy, but they help me out with my "chores" sometimes.

I sit outside the hideout watching the sky. Bakura and Malik left earlier to go to this strange village that Honda spoke of. Everyone else is inside. I thought I'd take the time to just relax.

Closing my eyes, I start to sing a song from my childhood. I know no one but me would understand, but that's okay. I don't do it in front of other people anyway.

I snap my eyes open hearing hooves. At first, I think it might be Malik and Bakura, but it's clearly only one horse. I back into the shadows of the cave. No one really comes here, but you can never be too sure.

I watch as the horse comes closer. It takes me a second to see the person on the horse. I gasp a little bit. "Kisara." I move out of the shadows towards the horse. There is no mistaking my sister.

"Ryou?" she asks, barely able to stop the horse. "I.." she jumps off, stumbling on the rocks. She runs to me. "Brother!" she exclaims, tackling me. "I… I found you at last!" she sobs, clinging to me.

I hug her back holding her tight. "I can't believe it's really you. I thought I'd never see you again. How are you? I have so much to tell you."

"Oh Ryou, I do too! Yes, but we're back together now," Kisara says as we pull apart. "Where exactly are we?" she asks, looking around.

"I'll explain everything," I say. "Let's sit down and talk. It's a long story."

Kisara nods. We head inside. "Who are these people?" she asks seeing Honda and Otogi training with their knives. Mai and Amane are tidying up. They stop, turning to Kisara.

"Hello, I'm Mai," Mai says, walking over with the rest of them. "You look just like Ryou, except your eyes."

"I'm Otogi," he says.

"My name's Amane; you're pretty," Amane says.

"I'm Honda," he says.

"I'd hope she looks like me since she's my twin," I say.

"Your twin?" Honda asks.

"Yup," I say. "These are some of my friends. Bakura and Malik are out right now, but still. This is my home of sorts."

Kisara smiles. "It's nice to meet all of you. Thank you, Amane. You look pretty as well," she says. She looks at me. "Bakura and Malik? Who are they?"

"They're the ones who brought us here. We don't know too much about them. We've only been here for a night ourselves. All we know is that they're really powerful, and want us to be apart of this clan of theirs," Otogi says.

"Oh. Will I get to be apart as well? I mean…" Kisara trails off.

"Of course, sis. I've known them for a month now," I say. I tell them how I met the two of them, and what I knew about the two. I didn't go into too much detail. Most things are up to them to say after all.

"So they saved you from some guy who wanted to use your healing powers?" Honda asks.

"That's the nicest thing I've had to put up with. You can imagine. I've been called a demon or a Phantom. I've had all sorts of things done to me that I'd rather not even repeat. Still, that's over now," I say. "I didn't mean to lose you, sister. I hope you aren't hurt too badly. You're safe now; I promise. I won't let anything hurt you again."

"I know. I trust you, brother," Kisara says, taking my hand and intertwining our fingers. She explains how she escaped the bandits. "Where are the rooms to sleep? I'm awfully tired."

"I'll show you; you can have the one next to mine," I say with a smile. "Gods I thought I'd lost you forever. I'm so glad you're alive."

Kisara nods. She smiles. "I did too. I'm so glad I found you."

"It's so nice to have a bond, isn't it?" Mai says, braiding Amane's hair. "We seem to have found a safe place to live. We'll have plenty of time to get close to one another."

"It'll be nice to have friends, won't it, Honda?"

He nods.

"Are you two brothers?" Kisara asks.

Otogi shakes his head. "Just best friends from the same village."

"Oh. And what about you Mai?"

"Amane is my sister, yes," Mai says.

"Seems like we have quite the sibling fest," Kisara giggles. "Alright, I'm ready to go now," she says, standing up. "It was nice meeting all of you."

"You too," they say, smiling.


XXXX

Ennos

"Get up! Did I say you could rest!?" I jump a little bit at the shout.

"S-sorry Master. I didn't mean to displease you. My power just-" I start, but I'm cut off when he jerks the chain attached to a collar around my neck.

"Did I ask you to speak back to me, and give me excuses?" he asks. "You use your powers for me, and I keep those fools from stoning you to death."

"Yes, forgive me, Master," I say not meeting his eyes.

He pushes my bangs aside revealing my right eye. "They just don't realize the potential you have." I flinch as he touches the mark around my eye. I strange feeling washes over me from the touch.

"What do you wish of me?" I ask.

"It's time for you to find me some more powerful Ka," he demands. Chuman, my master, was once a guard for the palace, which is how he knows so much about Ka. He had gotten very angered after he had not been chosen as guard captain so he left. Everyone thinks he is just a normal person, but secretly he runs a group of criminals. When he heard about my family, he captured me to exploit my powers.

"I will do my best," I say.

"You better do more than your best," he says. He snaps his fingers, and some of his men bring out some people. They are 'prisoners' he keeps around. People whose Ka aren't good enough. I hate when he does this.

"Please leave them alone," I say.

"They are pathetic, they will never be anything," he spits. "You have been disappointing me of late."

"I-I'm sorry," I say. No… not this again…

"Bring one of the worthless bitches over here," he snaps. One of his men pushes one of them forward. He falls to his knees in front of Chuma. I don't know his name. "Now, get your Ka out here."

"No, please, I can't…" I say.

I cry out as a whip tears into my back forcing me to my knees. Chuma stands over me jerking the chain so I'm forced to look into his eyes. "You will do as I say. Unless you want me to have him tortured. It's up to you."

"No, don't!" I exclaim.

"Then get your worthless Ka out here, and kill him." He demands. "You will learn to fail me."

"I can't," I admit. I don't have the energy for it to be honestly. Using my powers makes it hard to summon my own Ka.

"Fine. If you're going to be stupid," he says, and turns to one of the men. "Whip him."

"Yes sir," the man says. I'm forced to watch as the boy is whipped to death; his screams echo around the room in Chuma's house.

Once the screaming stops, he turns to one of his servants. "Clean this shit up."

I can't even hear her respond as I let out my own scream. My ears start to ring as I feel the power surge through me. For a second I see the form of everyone's Ka before I close my eyes.

"Chuma, he's done it again," one of the men says.

I feel myself being jerked to my feet. "Fine," Chuma hisses. "Apparently my previous lessons haven't sunk in. Time for you to be punished again it seems."


XXXX

Malik

Bakura and I ride through the kingdom before we reach the village Honda was talking about. I look around. Monsters are flying around. Everyone is in an uproar. "Guess he was right," I muse. We are under our Ka's protection, so no one can see us currently.

"It's that freak again, isn't it?" one of the villagers asks.

"I thought Chuma said he had him under control," another one replies.

"Apparently not."

"We should have killed the freak while we had the chance. He's too dangerous."

"He'll kill us all with his monsters!"

Bakura makes himself visible to the fools. "Where is he?" he demands. Diabound hovers above him.

I appear as well Gardius hovering behind me as well.

"W-what?" they ask backing away from us.

I sigh jumping off my horse. I grab one of the people pinning him against the wall pulling out a knife. "Tell me before I gut you."

"P-please have mercy!" The fool whimpers.

"Then tell me, now!" I demand, pressing my blade harder against his neck causing a small trail of blood to run down his neck.

"I-in Chuma's house…"

"Where is that?"

"O-over there," he says pointing a shaky hand to the largest house in the village.

"Good, now that you've given me answers I'll give you a quick death," I smirk slitting his throat. "Bakura, what's your plan?"

"I'm going to give Diabound a few treats. You go to Chuma's house to find out what's going on," he says. He turns to the fools. "Alright, I'm going to destroy your Ka. Then I'll kill all of you. I don't like any of you because you're weak, but your Ka could help feed my god."

"P-please!" they whimper, huddling together like fools.

"I don't know what that means," Bakura scoffs. "Diabound!" he exclaims. His Ka starts to fight the Ka charging at him.

I shake my head. "Meet me there, fool," I say jumping back on my horse, and going to the house. It wasn't hard to break the door down.

"Hey! Who are you?! You don't belong here!" some idiots shout attacking me. I fight them off with Gardius. I have no time for weaklings. I have to find the source of this power.

I wander through the house killing everyone who stands in my way. Of course, I don't get off without any injuries, but they're nothing I can't take.

Finally, I find a room where a muscular man is standing over a boy who couldn't be more than fifteen. He has a whip in one hand. The kid is chained to the wall blood dripping from fresh wounds.

"Well, boy? Are you going to do that again?!" he exclaims, whipping the boy again.

"I-I'm sorry master… I didn't mean to... " the boy whimpers.

I can interrupt right now. I do have to wonder how long it'll take this fool to notice me. Yet I can't let this kid die. He's very interesting having the power of the Eye. How unique. I wonder how he has that kind of power.

"Better not!" the idiot exclaims, whipping him again. "And stop whimpering! You're fourteen, not a baby!" He turns to me. "What do you want? Do you wish to die as well?" he spits, snapping his whip to me.

I reach up not even looking at the whip. I catch it in one hand. "Not really, but you clearly do. What I want is that boy. So you can be good, and hand him over, or we can do this the hard way."

He tugs at the whip. "Like I'm going to give you my prize? This boy has powers that benefit me well. I'm not going to let a spiky haired fool take what rightfully belongs to me!" he spits.

"What's rightfully yours?" I ask with a laugh. I tug the whip, causing the fool to fall. He's gotten fat in his old age! Ha! "I think not." I study him some. "Ahh, I know who you are. I thought your name sounded familiar."

"What? You're an idiot," Chuma snaps, standing up and brushing himself off.

"Am I? What's wrong? Not getting to be guard captain that hard for you? Boo hoo, go cry to your mother," I spit pulling a knife out. "I have no time for sob stories!"

"No one is giving you a sob story. How do you even know me anyway? What do you want? If you want some treasures, they're in that room over there," Chuma says pointing to the room to the right. "Ennos is all the treasure I need." He turns around, stroking the boy's face. "Isn't that right, Ennos? You're going to get me those Ka. If you do, I'll reward you very well."

Ennos shudders clearly trying not to flinch away from the touch. I can imagine this "reward" isn't something nice for the teen. Especially if the collar around his neck was any indication. "My friend may make good use of that. How I know you, is none of your concern. Though didn't anyone ever teach you not to turn your back on your enemies?" I cut a deep gash in his left arm.

Chuma gasps. He turns to me, drawing his own knife. "You're not going to kill me that easily!" he exclaims, charging at me. "Ennos, you better get his Ka, boy!"

Ennos shivers looking at me.

"Oh, if you want to see Gardius I can show him to you," I say summoning my beautiful Ka again. "Time to play the killing game," I smirk. This won't be easy. He is a former guard after all, but I have to win.

Chuma tackles me to the ground suddenly. He's fast for a fat idiot. He stabs me in the shoulder, twisting the blade. "You're an idiot to have come here! You're not skilled enough to beat someone of my status, boy!" he hisses.

I gasp, gritting my teeth from the pain. I try to shove him off of me. I can call Gardius to kill this fool, but I have something to prove! I use my knife to cut into him, and use a trick Bakura taught me the hard way, and kick the fool in the balls.

Chuma gasps, stumbling off of me. "Why you little…!" he exclaims, jumping at me and stabbing me in the leg. "You will pay! I was going to keep you, but that's over! You're going to die!"

"Like I'd listen to you, a worthless fool," I spit. I sit up stabbing the fool in his shoulder and twisting the blade. "You're the one who's going to die!"

He hisses in pain. We continue to fight, the fight getting more and more intense by the minute. "Die!" he exclaims, kicking me in the ribs repeatedly.

I cough up blood. Damn it to hell! I'm about to call Gardius in to finish this fool, but before I can a black blur knocks into the idiot knocking him to the ground. It is a large black dog with three heads and a snake tail. The Ka snarls down at the man before one of its mouths bites the man's neck clan through. I look over at the boy. "Not bad, kid," I say.

"Umm… thanks… he's been wanting to do that for a while," he says looking at Chuma.

"So your name's Ennos?"

He nods. "Who are you? What do you want?"

"My name is Malik. My friend and I want to help you, and give you a place to live."

"Help me?"

"Yes," I say.

"Woah. Looks like a bloodbath in here; did you swim in it, Malik?" Bakura cackles. "Nice Ka, kid. Ennos, eh? I'm the Great Bakura, and Malik is my slave. Don't worry, I won't let him hurt you."

"I hate you so much!" I snap at him. "You are so annoying."

"Umm… thanks," the kid says.

"For your information that idiot was a former guard. He was bitter because he didn't get picked to be a guard captain, so he decided a life of crime was a lot better," I say.

Bakura just shrugs. He unchains Ennos and helps me up. We go outside where Bakura bandages us up. We go back to the hideout to be healed up by Ryou.


So Seth, Kisara, and Ennos come into the story! Seth is always so much fun to do! Everyone gets much bigger roles in this version! :D.


Preview

Mana

Suddenly, the tip of my wand glows. A turtle appears on the ground and walks over to my brother. I sigh, plopping down on the floor. "I wasn't even thinking about a damn turtle!" I exclaim, throwing my wand across the room.

Everyone laughs.

Next update: April 15th

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