The Mummy of Yugioh
BlackRoseDragonCK
2. The Magi Attack
Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Yami Yūgi & Anzu M. - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 09-06-11 - Published: 08-31-11 - Complete - id:7341199
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Disclaimer: I don not own Yugioh or The Mummy.
Here's chapter 2! Thanks so much for reviewing the first, I'm thrilled that you like it! The Mummy is one of my favorite movies and I've been wanting to merge it with Yugioh for a long time. By the way, I forgot to mention that the characters are in their twenties instead of teens. Sorry if that confused anyone!
Tea watched in horror as the guards dragged the only man who could lead them to Hamunaptra to the gallows. The other prisoners of the Cairo Jail watched from their cells, cheering and shouting for the execution to commence.
Tea looked at the warden sitting next to her and said, "I will give you one hundred pounds to save this man's life."
Marik smirked. "Madame, I would pay one hundred pounds just to see him hang."
The brunette glanced at the prisoner growing ever closer to his death. "Two hundred pounds!" she cried frantically. "Oh… three hundred pounds!"
Down on the platform, one of the guards fastened the rope around the unruly-haired young man's neck, making him grunt uncomfortably. "Any last requests, pig?"
"Yeah. Loosen the knot and let me go," the Yami growled.
None too bright, the prison worker turned his gaze to Marik and called out, inquiring whether or not they were supposed to honor the man's request.
"Idiot!" Marik shouted. "Of course we don't let him go!"
Yami rolled his crimson eyes, earning a smack in the head from the dim-witted guard.
"Five hundred pounds!" Tea continued her bargaining.
Marik signaled to the executioners to wait a moment, then looked at the brunette, saying, "And what else?"
He reached out and put his hand on Tea's thigh. "I am a very lonely man…"
The young woman scowled and smacked his hand with the book she was holding, resulting in several laughs from the surrounding prisoners.
The warden stood up and shouted at the guards to pull the lever.
"NO!" Tea screamed as the board beneath Yami's feet slid back, dropping him and beginning his hanging.
He gagged and kicked his legs about, striving to free himself.
Marik laughed and announced, "His neck did not break! Now we must watch him strangle to death!"
The blue-eyed beauty breathed a sigh of slight relief, realizing she still had a little time.
"He knows the location of Hamunaptra," she reasoned.
The warden stared at her in shock for a moment before saying, "You lie!"
"I would never!"
Marik stared at Yami, who was beginning to look a little blue. "Are you telling me that this godless son of a pig knows where to find the City of the Dead?"
"Yes!"
"Truly?"
"Yes!" Tea cried triumphantly. "And if you cut him down we will give you…" she glanced at her suffocating potential guide, wondering how much they could afford. "…ten percent!"
"Fifty percent," Marik countered.
"Twenty."
"Forty"
"Thirty."
The warden thought for a moment, and, for lack of another number, said, "Twenty-five!"
"Ha!" Tea grinned. "Deal!"
Marik blinked and groaned in frustration when he realized his own stupidity. Nevertheless, he glanced down at the gallows and shouted, "Cut him down!"
The executioner swung his scabbard, slicing through the rope and freeing its victim. Yami collapsed on the ground, coughing and gasping for air. With some difficulty, due to his bound hands, he rolled over on his side….and glimpsed Miss Tea Gardner, smiling at him triumphantly.
Afterwards, the two Gardner siblings found themselves standing at Giza Port with their luggage, waiting for their new guide.
"Do you really think he's gonna show up?" Tea asked.
Joey nodded. "He may be a cowboy, but I know his breed. His word is his word.
The brunette huffed and replied, "Well I think he's a filthy, rude, complete scoundrel. I don't like him one bit."
"Anyone I know?"
The two turned around to see…a completely cleaned up Yami Mutou. He had taken a shower and was completely free of dirt and dried blood, his formerly tangled hair was now brushed and styled into sharp spikes, and his dirty tunic was replaced by a clean white shirt, navy blue jacket, and dark pants. In a word, he was…handsome.
"Oh…" Tea gasped, hypnotized by the young man's striking crimson eyes. "Um…hello."
Joey thumped their new companion on the chest and exclaimed, "Gorgeous day for the start of an adventure, eh, Mutou?"
"Yeah…" Yami cocked an eyebrow and felt within his chest pocket, ensuring that his wallet was still there.
Joey laughed. "Oh, no, no, I'd never steal from a partner…partner."
"Oh, that reminds me...no hard feelings about the…" The spiky-haired young man punched the air, demonstrating his previous act of slugging Joey.
The blonde boy waved a dismissive hand and replied, "Oh, no, happens all the time."
"Mr. Mutou…" Tea began uncertainly. "Can you look me in the eye and guarantee this isn't some kind of flimflam? Because if it is, I'm warning you—"
"You're warning me?" Yami raised his eyebrows. "Lady, let me put it this way. My whole garrison believed in this so much that without orders, they marched halfway across Libya and into Egypt to find that city. And when we got there, all we found…was sand and blood."
The brunette gazed at him thoughtfully as he leaned down, grabbed her bags, and began hauling them onto the ferry."
Once he was out of earshot, Joey muttered, "Yes…you were right….filthy, rude, a complete scoundrel…nothing to like there at all.
The blue-eyed beauty looked over her shoulder and was about to say something when another familiar face appeared.
"Bright morning to all," Marik Ishtar greeted, dragging his own luggage behind him.
Tea groaned, saying, "Oh, no…what are YOU dong here?"
"I am here to protect my investment, thank you very much."
The ferry cruised over the evening Nile water, fully visible beneath the bright, silvery moon. This made it all the more easy…for the Magi to follow close behind on their soundless watercraft.
Aboard the ferry, a rambunctious group of treasure hunters were having a blast playing poker and drinking.
"Quit 'tappin' into the cosmic forces' and cut the deck, Roba," exclaimed Rex Raptor, a man with shoulder length purple-streaked brunette hair.
Espa Roba, a self-proclaimed green-haired psychic, rolled his eyes and replied, "Cutting the cards will do no good. I have already seen the outcome of this game."
Yami stepped out of a ship cabin and Joey called out to him, "Hey, Mutou! Sit down, we could use another player."
The spiky-haired man shook his head. "I only gamble with my life, never my money."
"NEVER?" inquired Mako Tsunami, a tan, muscled, ebony-haired man. "What if I bet you five-hundred dollars we get to Hamunaptra before you?"
"You're…looking for Hamunaptra?"
"We sure are."
"And who says we are?" Yami asked, squinting his ruby eyes suspiciously.
All three guys pointed at Joey. "He does."
Quivering under the soldier's unwavering glare, the blonde man chuckled nervously and said, "H-how 'bout it?"
"Is it a bet?" Mako grinned.
Being partial to a little competition, Yami gave a half smile and replied, "All right, you're on."
"And what makes you so confident, sir?" said a thickly German-accented voice belonging to a pink-haired man named Ziegfried.
"What makes you?" Yami shot back, knowing all to well that this man had to be the brains in charge of Rex, Espa, and Mako.
Rex grinned and announced, "We've got a man who's actually been there."
Not one to be outdone, Joey began, "Oh, what a coincidence, because Mutou—"
Said guide threw his thick, leather bag over his shoulder, purposefully hitting Joey in the process.
Catching the hint, the Gardner sibling stammered out, "Is it—is it my play? I thought…"
"Gentlemen," Yami smiled, placing a hand on the blonde man's shoulder. "We've got a wager." He then painfully squeezed his loudmouth companion's shoulder and growled, "Good night, Joseph."
"G-good night," Joey grimaced.
At the more peaceful end of the ship, Tea was sitting in a cushy chair, completely absorbed in a book and enjoying the night air. She yelped in fright when a bag was suddenly thrown on the table in front of her.
"Sorry," Yami lamented. "Didn't mean to scare ya."
Tea smirked and replied, "The only thing that scares me, Mr. Mutou, is your lack of manners."
Yami studied her for a moment before arching an eyebrow and murmuring, "Still angry about that kiss, huh?"
The girl's breath caught in her throat and she searched her brain frantically for a comeback. "Well…if you call THAT a kiss."
The spiky-haired man smirked and rolled open his leather bag, revealing countless guns, knives, and ammunition.
"Um…" Tea began, gaping at the plethora of weapons. "Did I miss something? Are we…are we going to battle."
"Lady, there's something out there," Yami replied cryptically, loading one of his pistols. "Something underneath that sand."
"Yes, well…I'm hoping to find a certain artifact. A book actually. My brother thinks there's treasure." The brunette began absentmindedly playing with a hook-like device in the weapon satchel.
"In a word…evil. The Bedouin and the Tuaregs believe that Hamunaptra is cursed."
"Oh, I don't believe in fairy tales and hokus pocus, Mr. Mutou," Tea replied as Yami reached over and took the hook away from her. "…but I do believe that one of the most famous books in history is buried down there. The book of Amun-Ra. It contains within it all the secret incantations of the old kingdom. It's what first interested me in Egypt as a child. It's why I came here—sort of a life pursuit."
The adventurer chuckled. "And the fact that they say it's made of pure gold makes no never mind to you? Right?"
"You know your history," the young woman beamed.
"I know my treasure."
Tea smiled for a moment, then bit her lip in contemplation. "By the way….why did you kiss me…?"
Yami chuckled, saying, "I was about to be hanged by the neck. It seemed like a good idea at the time."
Appalled, the young woman scowled and slammed her book shut, storming back to her cabin.
"What?" Yami blinked, genuinely clueless. "What'd I say?"
His attention was then caught by a yelp coming from the corner of the deck. The soldier glanced at the wall…and glimpsed a shadow he knew all too well. Yami crept up…and seized Weevil Underwood by the collar, slamming him against the wall.
"My good friend, you're alive!" Weevil squeaked nervously. "I was so very worried."
Yami smirked. "Well if it ain't my little buddy Weevil. I think I'll kill you."
He pulled out his pistol as the bug-like man cried, "Think of my children!"
"You don't have any children!"
"…Someday I might."
"Shut up!" the red-eyed man hissed. "So YOU'RE the one who's leading those gambling fools. I might have known. So what's the scam? You take them into the desert and then you leave 'em to rot?"
"Unfortunately, no," Weevil replied truthfully. "Those guys are smart. They pay me only half now and half when I get back to Cairo. So this time I must go all the way."
"Them's the breaks, huh?" Yami finally released his former partner.
Weevil straightened his shirt and muttered, "You've never believed in Hamunaptra, Mutou. Why are you going back?"
The two turned when they heard a camel grunting in the stable section of the ferry. Tea stood by the creature, cooing and gently stroking its head.
"You see that girl?" Yami pointed to her. "She saved my neck."
"You always did have more brawn then brains," the spectacled ex-soldier smirked.
He then laughed scornfully and the spiky-haired man joined him, clapping him on the shoulder and leading him away from the wall, until…. "Goodbye, Weevil," he threw him over the side of the ship. (A.N: payback for Weevil throwing his Exodia cards off the boat to Duelist Kingdom!)
Yami went back to preparing his firearms…and froze when he noticed a trail of wet footprints leading back to the cabins. Weevil was still coughing and sputtering in the ocean, so who…?
Dressed in a spaghetti strap nightgown, Tea wandered around her bedroom, reading a book to herself as she went…though she found she was having trouble concentrating.
"George Bembrigde…in eighteen-sixty…hmmm…in 1865 was…was…"
Finally, the brunette threw her hands up in the air and exclaimed, "Oh, for heaven's sake, girl, it wasn't THAT good of a kiss anyway!"
She would never admit that it actually was. The young woman went to the dresser and began running a brush through her chocolate hair. Tea sighed as a book fell to the floor and reached down to pick it up….but when she got to her feet again, she shrieked in horror….for there was a man clad in black, standing in her bedroom.
He seized her by the throat and held a hooked knife to her face, growling, "Where is the map?"
Terrified, the brunette nodded her head in the parchment's direction. " It's th…there…"
"And the key?'
Her heart lurched with fright and confusion as she stuttered, "The k-key? W-what key?"
"Tea!" Yami burst through the door, pointing twin pistols at the intruder, who held the girl against him as a shield.
The cabin window opened and the soldier quickly shot at the man behind it, before knocking over a lantern and setting the room's couch on fire. Getting the idea, Tea grabbed a candle off her dresser and drove it into her attacker's face, making him scream and let her go. Shielding the brunette from harm, Yami stood between her and the window shooting at the enemies before racing out the door.
"The map! I forgot the map!" Tea shrieked and tried to reenter the room.
Her guide, however, grabbed her arm and said, "Relax. I am the map. It's all in my head."
"Oh, THAT'S comforting…"
"TEA!" Joey raced into her bedroom, knocking the already burned Magi into the burning couch. He then grabbed the metal object he'd stolen from Yami and took off down the ship.
People began screaming and grabbing the animals from the stables, leaping off the ferry as the Magi began to torch it.
Racing out of the cabin section Yami tossed Tea his weapon bag and hid behind a wall so that he could snipe at the mysterious enemies. He fired off a few shots, then hid behind his barricade again, reloading the pistols. Bullets began shooting through the wall, growing ever closer to the two people behind it until…Tea pulled Yami aside just as a bullet came through right where his head had been. The adventurer paled and stared at the girl who'd just saved his life for the SECOND time, then resumed firing.
When the Magi in the area had mostly been defeated, Yami looked at Tea and asked, "Can you swim?"
"Of course I can swim, if the occasion calls for it!"
"Trust me," Yami said and picked the brunette up bridal-style. "It calls for it." He then unceremoniously threw her off the boat…before being attacked.
The ebony clad man tried to strangle the red-eyed warrior, but Yami head-butted him and threw him into a blazing room.
"Mutou! Mutou!" Marik came racing up to him. "What are we going to do?"
Taking great amusement in the man's stupidity, Yami replied, "Wai here! I'll get help!" before leaping off the burning ferry.
The warden blinked, then groaned and mimicked his former prisoner's actions.
Joey finally managed to scramble onto the deck…then stared in perplexity at the sight before him. Rex, Espa, and Mako were laughing and having a great time, shooting at the enemy as if it were at game.
"Idiots…." The blonde muttered, then yelped as a Magi leaped at him. Rex laughed and shot him down while Joey sweat dropped, saying, "Good show, guys! And did I panic? I think not!"
Just then, flames leaped out at the Gardner brother and he screamed in terror, plummeting into the ocean with the others.
Exhausted, the passengers of the burning ferry trudged out of the Nile, dragging horses, camels, and soaked luggage with them.
"This is a messed-up country," Mako muttered while Espa poured a gallon of water out of his hat.
"We've lost everything!" Tea exclaimed, tripping in her drenched night dress. "All of our tools, all the equipment…all my clothes…"
"Hey Mutou!" Weevil called, grinning scornfully. "It looks to me like I've got all the horses!"
Yami smirked and turned around. "Hey, Weevil! It looks to me like you're on the wrong side of the river!"
The green-haired man blinked…then kicked the water in frustration when he realized his adversary was right.
Fortunately, everyone had survived the ship attack...now they just had to make it to Hamunaptra.
End of chapter 2! Sorry it ended in kind of a weird place. Stay tuned for the rest and please review! Just so you're aware, I'm going to be really busy for the next two days, so I won't be able to update, but I promise I will get back to it as soon as I can.