Hi!
I found out something!
Yami: What's that?
Well I like pairing Isis up with Mahad and I've found that the name of that shipping is Pleashipping! WOWE!
Yami: What a name for a shipping...
It makes sense, in the episodes she beggs him not to go and fight Bakura, or whatever his Egyptain name is, and it's so obvious she cares for him; ERGO Pleashipping.
Yami: Oh... well they're a good match.
*Smile* This is why I like Yami, he's so honest and he's brave, powerful and he always looks out for Yugi and his life so he's just sweet! He puts up a big front but he always lets it down around Yugi. :) Yami, you shouldn't blush so hard, you'll end up with a nose bleed. That's something... when does Yami properly blush in the episodes?
Yami: *Snorts* Pharaoh's don't get embarrassed that easily.
I'm going to use the Abridged series powers of embarrassment in a moment.
Yami: Oh RA NOT THAT!
Ahem... This is a Abridged Yami quote "And let me warn you; I look damn good in a tutu" LOL!
Yami: *Glares while blushing* Amme-chan doesn't own Yugioh, Pocahontas or it's soundtracks. Now review this before she torments me again.
Hey that's another quote: TOOOR-MENT. What? Oh yeah! Someone find Ryou and Bakura, they're in this chapter! RYOU! BAKURA! Get your behinds in here now! You'll miss it.
Ryou & Bakura: Coming!
Enjoy!
Isis frowned down at her pale patient. He had stirred a few times but hadn't opened his eyes properly yet. "How hard did you hit him Bakura?" she asked, irritated as she placed the wet cloth back onto his head, scowling even more at the fact the boy before her was tied up, his wrists bound as were his legs.
Bakura grunted irritated as well. "Not as hard as I could of, lets say that" he growled out.
Malik appeared with a bucket "Here's the water you wanted, sis"
Isis took the water with a smile "Thank you. Marik, please don't play with my medicine bottles, I don't know if those herbs grow here, and I don't want any smashed"
Marik carefully put those bottles back, with exaggerated caution "Sorry" he raised his hands and went to sit by Malik and pulled him into his lap. "Malik-pretty bored?" he asked.
Malik frowned "Don't call me that!" he whined and snapped at the same time.
Marik just smiled, not getting the fact the teen hated being teased "But Malik-pretty is pretty"
Bakura pinched his nose "Save it!" he snapped. His skin was changed now he'd been away from the harsh sun of Egypt for so long, he wasn't native to Egypt his family had come from somewhere else, he was still quite tan but some of his paleness was creeping back. "It's annoying hearing you two bicker like a old married couple, so save it for when we can't hear it"
Isis nodded "Well said Bakura… Oh!"
The three boys looked at her gasp, seeing wide gentle doe-like brown eyes staring at them in fear and confusion. The pale boy tried to move then noticed he was tied up, he began to panic, letting out little distressed cries and struggling.
Isis placed her hands on his shoulders "Shhh, calm down, it's alright"
The boy didn't understand a word she said, yet he remained still, wincing at his injury now. He looked up at everyone there and whispered "Koko wa doko? Anata wa watashi o dō shitai nodesu ka?" (Where am I? What do you want with me?) he flinched again as his head pained him.
Bakura felt such a surge of guilt. He reached over and touched the boy's hands "I'm sorry…" he said, more honest than he'd ever been in his life. The boy looked up at him and the rest of the world fell away. The eyes of the other held them in place. The pale boy winced a third time.
Isis touched Bakura's shoulder, pushing him to the side "Let me tend to him, Bakura" she sat by the boy's said and touched his head, feeling for the lump. The boy cried out when her fingers brushed it. Isis winced with him "Forgive me" she said to him. She pulled out a bottle of cream and looked at the boys. "Could one of you help him sit up?" Bakura put his arm around the boy's shoulder. The boy was tensed in fear, his eyes so large and scared, his chest heaving little pants of an animal in a net. Isis nodded at Bakura "Thank you" she began to apply the cream to the back of the boy's head.
The boy hissed several times and every time Isis paused to squeeze his hands in apology. "Itai!" gasped out the boy a few times, his voice like the gentle coo of a dove. Soothing and balanced even though he was in pain.
Isis picked up a drink "It will help his head ache" she told Bakura. She took a sip to show the boy what to do then put the drink to the pale boy's lips. He at once made a face. Isis laughed "It tastes bad doesn't it?" she shook her head and put it back, telling him with her eyes that he had to drink it.
The boy swallowed two mouthfuls then stuck his pale tongue out with a face like he'd just sucked on a lemon. Marik and Malik snickered "Poor kid, maybe you should give him something sweet after that"
Isis chuckled "In a moment" he hands began to glow as she rubbed the boy's head all over, trying to heal any internal injuries. Oddly enough the boy seemed to relax at this magic, maybe recognizing what it was.
Bakura was watching him with protective eyes. "Is he better?"
Isis nodded after another few seconds. "Yes… Marik and Malik, you two go get Aknadin and my husband, and Seto if he's not busy. We'll need to talk about what to do with this boy"
The two sandy haired teens nodded and left. The pale boy sat up on his own, Isis gave him a slice of a sweet fruit so that he'd get rid of the bitterly-sour taste of her medicine, he moved his hands, trying to dislodge the ropes that were there, but he couldn't.
Isis looked him over "He is quite healthy, his Ka is different from ours. Seto will be interested"
Bakura grunted, completely not interested.
Isis put her medicines away and knelt before the boy "Can you understand me?" she asked him slowly.
The boy looked at her confused. Then murmured a reply in another language that the two tanned people thought was both beautiful and foreign. Bakura smiled involuntarily "His language is nice sounding"
Isis nodded "It is quite beautiful" she put a hand to her chest "Isis" she said. Then touched Bakura on his shoulder "Bakura"
The boy looked a little confused but then said "Ice-is…" he said.
Isis shook her head "I-s-i-s" she slowed it down for him.
The pale boy frowned then said her name as she said it "Isis…" the healer nodded her head her blue eyes sparkling.
She placed her hand on Bakura's shoulders. "Ba-ku-ra" she said for him.
The boy smiled up at the other white haired teen "Kura!" he said.
Isis laughed at Bakura's face, she wiped her eyes "Oh dear… I think he's poking fun at you Bakura" she chuckled a little more at the sour expression of her friend. Bakura crossed his arms with an angry pout.
The littler teen giggled at Bakura's face too. "Bakura" he said normally, trying to make up after his little joke, with a sweet smile. He put his hand on his heart "Konnichiwa" he bowed his head a little to the both of them. Then he pointed at himself "Ryou"
"Ryou" Isis tried out. "I wonder what that means…"
Bakura smiled at the youth. "Nice name" he whispered, Isis didn't hear him. Bakura wasn't entire sure what was happening to him, he hadn't made a sarcastic comment since they found the boy in the woods, and he'd been more truthful than normal.
Ryou squirmed against his binds as the other people came in. Aknadin was at the front "That brat's awake then" Seto and Mahad flanked him but didn't stay by his side for long, Mahad moved to stand by Isis while Seto stood in the corner of the room, looking regal yet bored out of him mind. Malik and Marik hung by the door, just being nosy.
Isis saw Ryou flinch into the healing bed a little at the harsh tone. She stood in front of him protectively "He has a name, Aknadin. He told us he's called Ryou"
Ryou was trembling lightly. Mahad looked at the boy carefully "Can he understand us?"
Isis shook her head "No. He doesn't speak our language, his words are very beautiful though, and he has a sense of humor, doesn't he Bakura?" the teen grunted and leaned against the wall, gripping a dagger under his shirt, not liking the look in Aknadin's eye.
Aknadin marched up to the pale boy, who instantly lost even more of his colour to fear. "He has a Ka?" he asked Isis.
Isis nodded "Yes, I think he does. He had the same injury as the Change of Heart, so perhaps these people are more tightly linked to their Ka"
Malik smiled "He does look a bit like that monster. The same hair and face" Marik fiddled with Malik's hair and nodded, not listening at all.
Aknadin grunted. He touched his golden Eye "I shall try to extract it then" he said, his tone said no arguments. Isis looked about ready to but shut up, knowing she was no match for the Eye's power, even with her Ka and necklace, plus he was the captain and Pharaoh's brother.
Ryou covered his brown eyes when the Eye began to glow. Aknadin gripped the Ka monster inside the boy and then began the process of pulling it out of him. Ryou screamed suddenly, his hands over his heart, Isis and all the others leaned forwards to stop Aknadin from hurting him but they stopped when Ryou began to glow. His chest and back were glowing and his clothes darkened. With a final scream a large flash of light appeared and a thump as Ryou landed on the floor. Aknadin sagged from the effort of pulling the Ka to the surface but then leapt back when he saw the boy before him. "What in Ra's name!"
Bakura gasped, Ryou was the Change of Heart. His back now had wings and his robes were blue, half of him was in shadow and the other half shone very gently like it was lit by a small flame. Ryou laid gasping and crying, curled up around his heart, on the floor of the room. He looked up fearfully at the bronze skinned people staring back at him.
Mahad and Seto were fascinated. Mahad crouched down to look at Ryou curiously "This is amazing, these people have such a link with their monsters that they have the ability to take on their forms and powers… incredible!"
Seto touched Ryou's demon wing, it twitched and opened in a 'leave me alone' gesture. "It's real, not an illusion" Seto said at last.
Isis partly smiled "Amazing"
"He's a monster!" Aknadin growled. All eyes turned to him "He's an abomination, more Ka than human!" he snapped his fingers at Mahad. "Chain him to the mast. I want to make an example of him to the rest of his wretched kind"
Mahad stood with a glare "No"
Aknadin froze in his walking out of the door. "Excuse me?" he turned on him angrily. Isis had a hand over her mouth, not wanting this to end badly for her husband.
Mahad glared, he thought something to him. I will not bring harm to another human, no matter what they look like or how strange they may be. You've been acting like our superior for too long, Aknadin.
Aknadin looked about ready to burst a blood vessel. "I am your superior, the Pharaoh's brother, captain of this ship! I order you to bind this monster!"
Bakura had the dagger out with a growl "Say that one more time, I dare you" he snarled.
Isis and Seto appeared in the middle of them. "Father, get a grip!" Seto snapped.
Isis put her hands on Mahad's chest "Mahad, please, don't fight" she pleaded, her blue eyes begging for his cooperation.
Malik and Marik were holding Bakura back, one arm each and little Ryou squirmed really confused and scared at all the shouting. Ryou decided he's had enough, his wings opened and pressed awkwardly on the ground until he was standing, unbalanced, on tied up legs. Everyone looked over at him, Ryou was only keeping upright because he was in his Change of Heart form.
Aknadin glared at him and Ryou shrunk in on himself, expecting more of that pain that brought his inner spirit to the surface against his will. The man just glared "Fine, just keep him here, lock him inside, and don't even try to treat him right. I declare him a monster in the name of Ra" and he was gone.
Later Bakura wandered the sleeping ship, unable to sleep himself, just before everyone head left the healing room, Ryou had locked eyes with Bakura again. The sparkling, deep, gentle brown begging to be set free, Bakura's heart stabbed in pain at the hopeless look. Bakura looked around the dusk, no one was about…
He pulled out his dagger and went to the healing room. His days as a thief paying off, lurking in shadows, walking like it was completely normal for him to be there, nodding to the rare person who spotted him. But he mostly kept out of sight.
He heard soft crying from inside the healing room. Bakura felt his heart clench again, then he jammed the dagger into the lock and broke it off.
Ryou lay curled up in a corner of the room, he had turned back into his human form, crying for his friends and in fear that someone would come and hurt him again, these bronze people were so scary, the one with a Golden Eye was the cruelest of them, the blue eyed lady and her lover were nice as were the sandy haired pair, Ryou blushed very slightly as Bakura came into his mind. That one made his heart speed up.
Ryou jumped as the door squealed and the lock fell out. Bakura elbowed the door open and saw Ryou all tied up and shrunk into a corner of the room. Ryou cringed away from the dagger that Bakura held up.
Bakura knelt before Ryou and put the dagger to his legs, cutting through the ropes that bound him. Bakura did the same with the ones on his hands. Ryou rubbed his sore wrists and looked up at the white haired teen that had saved him. Bakura pulled him to his feet, the boy was so light, and then kicked open the windows. He looked at Ryou and gestured to the escape rout "Go, you're free"
Ryou looked at the woods, his eyes lighting up, he began to glow softly and then his wings appeared. He jumped up onto the windowsill and leaned out slightly, but he hesitated. Ryou turned back to his savior and touched his face with a soft hand, his good hand "Arigatō" he said sweetly then launched himself out over the water, not opening his wings until he was a mere meter over the surface, gliding with a nearly silent grace.
Bakura watched him fly away with a sigh. He turned and stomped back to his cabin. The boy was free now… and he'd probably never see him again…
Yugi landed his Air Element Bird outside their village. At once Shizuka, Jounouchi and Mai rushed up to him "Where've you been?" Mai demanded close to tears, gripping him by his upper arms. "We've been worried sick!" she shook him a little in relived anger.
Yugi looked alarmed, Winged Kuriboh and Iru leaned away from her, her anger just like a Harpy Lady's; very unpredictable. Yugi tried to calm her "What? Why? I always wander off…"
Shizuka sobbed, partly in relief "Just before noon your Grandpa collapsed when he felt your energy leave the spirit flow for a while"
Yugi gasped, his Grandpa collapsed? He wasn't exactly young and able! Yugi felt his heart clench "Is he alright?" Iru had her hands over her mouth.
Jounouchi nodded, Baby Dragon nuzzling his side "Yeah, he's fine now. Mystical Elf and Pegasus-no-shaman looked after him for a moment or two. He's worried sick about you though"
Yugi pushed Mai off him "Where is he?"
Shizuka took his hand "This way" she pulled him through the village. People were hanging close to their houses and most had hunting knifes with them, the entire place was being controlled by fear!
"Grandpa!" Yugi shouted running up to the elder, who was talking with Mystical Elf, Yugi threw his arms around him "Grandpa are you alright?" he partly sobbed into his chest.
Sugoroku looked overjoyed to see his Grandson safe his old arms, holding him tightly "Yugi. Where've you been?" he asked a slight scolding tone in his voice. Mai, Shizuka and Jounouchi all smiled at the scene. They knew that the two loved each other very much, being each others only living relative.
Yugi pulled back "I've been visiting the wolves and the Rainbow Lights River, you collapsed? What happened?" Yugi was nearly shouting in concern for his elder. Winged Kuriboh and Iru exchanged a glance, they couldn't let the Chieftain know about Atem! So they nodded their heads when Sugoroku looked at them.
Sugoroku patted Yugi on his shoulders "I'm fine now. It was just a shock. Yugi, I felt your energy suddenly vanish, I thought you were dead" Yugi winced as he thought of the panic he'd caused everyone, Atem's seal must have blocked his Grandpa's ability to sense him as well as his spiritual powers, also if he was dead then Exodia wouldn't be able to link the humans to the spirits…
Sugoroku continued "I was so happy to feel you again, what happened?"
Yugi shook his head "I'm not sure… I couldn't summon my Element Birds for a moment, I was scared, then I could do it again" Iru and Kuriboh exchanged a glance, but remained silent.
Mystical Elf knelt by him, her height halved but she still towered over all who was there. "Let me check for illnesses" she said in her singing voice "There are several things that can make summoning difficult, but I've never heard of fading out of the spirit flow before…"
Yugi let her long fingered blue hands touch his heart and forehead. Mystical Elf remained bowed for a long time. Her eyes opened in puzzlement. "There is something there… like a seal made of magic I've never seen before… right here" she touched his thigh gently, Yugi winced, it was still sore.
Sugoroku at once crowded him "Yugi? What's wrong?"
Mystical Elf pulled his tunic up enough to see the black bruise, Iru squeaked in concern, she didn't know that it had left a mark! Yugi quickly thought up an explanation "I felt a sting there earlier, I thought I had just been hit with a branch or a bee sting…"
Mystical Elf looked concerned "It was inflicted by magic" she placed her hand over it and in a rush of gold feeling energy she healed his skin and the slight internal bleeding, when her hand moved away Yugi's skin was flawless again. Mystical Elf stood up, sweeping her long hair behind her slim shoulders "It isn't anything to worry about now. The most of the magic was gone and only the injury remained" she touched Yugi's head gently "Be more careful Purinsu yūgi, your spirit is too free to be under such a curse"
Yugi nodded and held her hand back "Thank you, Mystical Elf. I'll be more careful"
"Everyone!"
The group looked up and saw Ryou, in his inner spirit form, flying down to them. His face was slightly scared but relived. He landed shakily, Winged Kuriboh and Baby Dragon holding his shoulders to keep him upright. Ryou shifted back and then fell over, Shizuka catching him before he landed on his front.
"Ryou! Where have you been? You've been gone all day" she fretted over her adopted brother, that's how she saw everyone close to her, as family. Baby Dragon hovered in concern.
Ryou looked up at the Chieftain "I was kidnapped by the Strangers" he said to him.
Everyone at once crowded around him. Ryou sat on the ground, cuddling Winged Kuriboh who was the best teddy bear when you needed to be comforted, and then began his story.
"I was wandering near the Southern Forest because I wanted to see my Tree Nymph friends who had to evacuate, I wanted to help them. I found one but she was in pain because they were cutting down her trees" Everyone gasped in horror, how dare they hurt nature!
Ryou sniffed "I got so mad, I turned and began to fight them. One of them had an inner spirit that they could expel from their body like a slave to do his master's bidding. It was Dark Magician" everyone looked more than shocked. Ryou continued with a moment for thought. "He wasn't exactly a twin, he had funny markings around his eyes and he couldn't speak, and his skin was a lot darker than our friend's and he was more in shadow than our friend"
Mystical Elf had her hands clasped in worry. She made a decision to take some healing elves to that river as soon as possible to repair any damage to the spirits and their home. Ryou sniffed "I turned that Dark Magician onto my side and I tried to drive them away, then I got hit over the head by something, I lost my grip on the Change of Heart and turned back before I passed out"
"Kuri…" Kuriboh nuzzled his chin, feeling his heart pounding.
Ryou smiled "Thank you, Kuriboh… When I woke, I was tied up, I couldn't move. There were some Bronze people in the room with me. Three men and a woman, the woman was kinda nice, she made my head feel better with some magic and medicine. The two with blond hair seemed alright, there was a white haired teen too, he seemed very protective of me…" his cheeks darkened a little.
Yugi saw the blush and noted it with interest. Me with Atem, Ryou too?
"They told me their names; the woman was called Isis and the white haired teen was called Bakura. The two blonds left to get their leader and two others, one had brown hair and the other was the one with the Dark Magician inside him. The leader had a false eye made of gold" everyone shuddered, how creepy. Ryou sobbed suddenly "It had powerful magic in it, it forced me to turn into the Change of Heart against my will, it hurt so much…"
"Kuri…" Winged Kuriboh stroked Ryou's face with a wing. Shizuka and Yugi squeezed his shoulders.
Ryou sniffled a little bit then continued "The leader started shouting while the others tired to defend me with words I didn't understand. I don't think they like their leader much, but they had no choice but to lock me in that room on the giant canoe. Later just before the sun set Bakura came back and set me free, then I flew back here"
Mystical Elf touched his heart, over his tattoos. She gasped and glowed. Ryou relaxed under Yugi and Shizuka's hands, the stressed muscles loosening up with the healing powers of Mystical Elf. She opened her eyes and smiled at him "You're fine now. Your inner spirit was stressed and exhausted, get something to eat and then rest for a while. You'll be fine, Ryou" she touched the back of his head and pulled her hand away with a little of the healing tonic on her long fingers, she smelt it and frowned. "It's healing herbs, and there is both healing magic and the same magic that sealed Yugi in Ryou's body. I've removed the bad magic from them both" she assured the humans.
Sugoroku looked concerned "They land on our shores, hurt our land, show only savagery, and now they hurt one of our own… Mystical Elf, could you please call Dark Magician and the other Element representatives? I think we're at our final choice of action" Mystical Elf left with Shizuka and Mai in tow, they were going to help her.
Yugi grasped his Grandpa's arm "What action? Grandpa what are you going to do?"
Sugoroku patted his arm and spiky head "If we must, we will defend what we love and retaliate"
"You mean war?" Yugi asked, horrified. He shook his head "No, we don't have to go that far, what if we tried to talk? Tried to make them understand? Ryou's told us that they aren't all evil, do we have to kill and hurt all of them?"
Sugoroku pulled away and shook his head "I hate this as much as you do, Yugi, but alright. For now I'll just draw up the plans for this, defenses and strategies, but one more major slip up on their part and we'll have to bring out the war drums"
Everyone shuddered. The war drums were pained in fallen enemies blood and were only sounded for battle. They held a chilling aura and an icy promise that death would follow. They hadn't been used in over thirty years…
Sugoroku put an arm around Yugi "Get back to the hut, you'll need to rest after such a day"
Ryou was pale as he handed back Kuriboh to Yugi "Yugi? Can we meet up tomorrow? In the corn fields?" he asked, his eyes pleading him to say yes. I want to talk but just not here.
Yugi heard the silent message "Yes, of course. See you tomorrow. Come on Iru" Yugi scratched Baby Dragon on his nose before he began walking back.
Jounouchi caught his wrist "I'll be there too" Yugi and Ryou looked at him alarmed. Jounouchi shrugged "If it's a big bad old secret ya don't want me ta tell, I won't tell, ya my buds and family… ya lack of faith wounds thou!" he fell over, into Baby Dragon's arms, with dramatic tragedy on his face.
The two boys giggled. Yugi shook his head as Iru muttered something adult about how he shouldn't be playing about at a time like this. Yugi brushed her aside "Sure you can come with us, but what is said in the field, stays in the field, alright?"
Ryou put a hand to his heart "I promise" he said at once, with a slightly calmer smile.
Jounouchi pulled a few faced before saying "I've already promised. Smell ya later" and he jumped up, pulling Ryou homewards.
Ryou staggered as he was dragged backwards "B-bye Yugi!" he called out.
Yugi laughed and waved. Iru pouted and pointed him to his hut. Yugi made a face "Ryou's right, you are like a Mum" and he ducked under the covering mat over the door. Winged Kuriboh and Iru looked at him expectantly. "Yes?" he asked.
Winged Kuriboh shrugged and then patted his head, meaning crown, and in his own way asked if he really meant he would see the Egyptian Prince again. Yugi snuggled under his blankets and thought. "I do want to see him again…"
"Krui!" Kuriboh smiled, Iru pouted and wanted to argue.
"But I'm not sure if I'll be able to" Yugi finished with his eyes closed. "No more talking please, guys, it's been a long day"
Iru crossed her little arms while Kuriboh snuggled under Yugi's arm and drifted off to sleep too. Iru scowled then sighed, oh what a mess things were! If she didn't know any better, she'd say that the young Prince had begun to develop feelings for the bronze Stranger. Iru giggled at herself, how silly! As if that would every happen!
She tucked herself into her little bed with a smile, the Prince was safe and he'd most likely never see those strange and dangerous people again.
Yami: No! I have to see Yugi again!
... Er, Yami have watched Pocahonts by any chance?
Yami:... No... but how can you keep us apart?
*Sigh* You are impossible, Yugi! Take Yami downstairs and make him watch the moive, if I hear one more complaint I'll break something! *Yugi pops in and drags Yami out, I blow him a kiss*
Bakura: See ya Pharaoh, nice chapter Amme-chan.
Ryou: Yeah, I get to be with Bakura for a while, that was nice.
I'm glad you two liked it, Tendershipping is nice to write about, though I still struggle with your speach patterns Bakura, you're too...
Bakura: Awsome?
... vague...
Ryou: *Laughs* Don't hurt his feelings Amme-chan.
Sorry. But Review and we can get Yami/Atem back with Yugi and then we'll have more Tendershipping and Puppyshipping as well. But first a little bashing (And you know who I'm talking about, see the third chapter for a refreash)!
Ryou: Oh no...
REVIEWS PLEASE!