Hotaru: welcome...I have now decided that my life is a personal hell to
myself. Yeesh. Oh well. Anyways here's the other two morons.
Yami: HEY!
Bakura: hey-o! So what's up this chapter?
Hotaru: NOT TELLING!!!
Bakura: HUH?!!
Hotaru: Hehehe!
Bakura: oh man...that always means something bad...
Yami: well...DISCLAIMER!!!!! Hotaru don't own anything.
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Seth spent all night watching Athena, watching her prepare to leave. He knew something was off about her....he just wasn't sure what.
"Will you stop?!" She snapped angrily. Seth blinked.
"Huh?"
"You keep staring at me, quit it!" She growled. Seth looked at the sand beneath him and sighed. Athena stood with her pack slung over her shoulder. "That should be all I need. Great, now to get outta here." She started to walk off when Seth grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"Wait!" He said. She turned and looked into his eyes. Such soft, gentle, kind eyes, like his parents. She sighed softly.
"Yeah?"
"Take me with you" he asked. His voice sounded pleading. Athena stood shocked, mouth half open, staring at him.
"NO!"
"WHY NOT?!" He asked angrily.
"You'll get in my way!! Just get your ass back to the palace or whatever!" She pulled away from him and started to walk away, her eyes blazing.
"I thought you were better than Yami! I guess not" the moment those words spoke they clung to the air. Athena froze and turned, glaring at him.
"JUST SHUT UP!!" She yelled, not even thinking to quiet herself. The others woke and walked out, groggy and trying to see what was up. "You think you know me but you don't! You're just some silver spooned prick who's denied the entire heritage that his mother strived to show him! Or don't you remember Safiya?!" Seth stood, stunned by what his words had caused. No one had ever yelled at him. And here she had done it and was glad.
"SAFIYA is a name out of some slave scripture and has nothing to do with me!!!" He yelled back.
"YOUR WRONG!!! SHE WAS YOUR MOTHER FOR RA'S SAKE!!!!" Athena barked. Seth sat down on the spot, his mind reeling. Safiya...the name struck something in his heart. But he'd never known her as his mother. Often if he walked by Yami's room at night he heard the king murmuring that name in his sleep. When asked, Yami merely shrugged it off and said that Safiya was just 'some slave who'd tried to win' and continued on blasting her. Seth wasn't right in the mind...he was confused, angry, and a sick feeling had overtaken his stomach.
"Mother..." Seth murmured. Athena dropped her bag and stared again. Seth was looking at the ground with a helpless look on his face. Athena sighed and kneeled down, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Seth...I'm sorry for yelling. I realize now that you didn't know...and so I guess this is all the more upsetting. But why don't we...just get going. Now that my exit has been ruined I can do...what I was trying to run away from."
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Horus woke up to find himself in his room. Two guards were sitting next to him.
"Master Horus! Are you alright? Can I get you anything?" one asked.
"I don't need anything Manu. What happened?" Horus asked.
"That woman and you connected eyes and you were both knocked out. The pharaoh sent both of the demons to the dungeons to await they're execution and sent us to watch over you! The man said.he said it was a vision! Was it, master?" Man asked anxiously. He and Horus were friends from when Horus was young. Though Horus thought it terribly improper, but Manu had taken to calling him Master.
"It was a dream.nothing more. Nothing to worry over. But I have to see that woman again. When are they to be executed?"
"Two days from now. Why do you need to see her, master?"
"Don't ask questions." Horus snapped. Manu nodded and the other guard left the room in disgust. Manu looked to the door then back to Horus.
"Master...I don't think your father will allow it." he said carefully.
"I don't really care what my father will allow. I went through all the trouble of feigning love towards that demon thing to get her to kill my brother, do you think I care what my father says?!" Horus snapped.
"No my lord, sorry master..." Manu muttered looking down. The guard outside the door stared. So Seth HAD been set up! The guard smirked. Years of standing watch over that brat Horus and now it was his turn to fall! But the guard had better plans than that. He'd wait...let Yami sweat over Seth's absence...and then when he was willing to pay ANYTHING, then the guard would speak. He snuck off to his room.
"Ready my cloak...tonight we shall pay a visit to the prison." Horus said standing and stretching his arms.
"Yes, master." Manu replied.
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Athena and Seth walked through the crowded marketplace, she searching for something and he following.
"What are we looking for?" he asked, his hooded cloak's hood beginning to slip down. She pulled it back over his head.
"It's not a what, it's a who. Keep that cloak up, if you're recognized then you shall never learn about yourself." She answered. He glared at her but kept the hood up. Finally she found it. She walked to a merchant's stand and looked at the man and woman who were standing there.
"Hey...they look familiar." Seth muttered.
"Yanagi, Malik, how have you been?" Athena asked. Yanagi smiled and walked over to Athena, embracing her.
"It's been ages Athena! We're doing okay but have you heard? Seth's missing and..." she trailed off and looked at the cloaked figure. "Or maybe he's right here." Yanagi looked at Athena and she nodded.
"I'll tell you the story, but not in the open..." Athena said. Yanagi led them to the back room where a girl a few years older than Seth and a boy a bit younger than him were piling things up.
"Athena!" the boy said happily, hugging her.
"Hello Ahmose" she smiled and ruffled his hair. "Being good, I trust."
"Naturally."
"Good. Hello Yume, still without a man I see." Athena smiled wryly at the girl.
"I don't need one, Athena, how many times must I tell you?" Yume said, a bit frustrated. She eyed the cloaked Seth and smirked. "Who are you kidnapping today, the drown prince?"
"Funny you should ask........" Athena pulled the cloak off Seth and smiled. Yume stared and Seth blinked. "Grown well hasn't he? Very handsome indeed. Perhaps if you were gracious enough to pick you jaw off of the floor-" Athena laughed and Yume blushed and went back to moving things about. Ahmose poked Seth in the arm and frowned.
"how is it that a weak kid like him got to be prince?"
"Because Yami chose a demon son to appease his advisor!" Yume snapped without thought.
"That reminds me, I've come to do more than show off for once. I'm looking for Bakura, where is he?" Athena asked.
"Why do you expect us to know?" Yume asked.
"YUME!" Yanagi said snippily, giving her daughter a warning look. Yanagi turned to Athena. "Last we heard Bakura was off in Persia, but that means little. His last letter was two months ago. He could be dead for all we know. Ra forbid..." Athena sighed.
"I hate that man sometimes. He's so impossible to find!!"
"If he is in the country there's only one other place he could be" Yanagi replied.
"Good point. Watch over the prince while I go look. I'll return as soon as possible." She hugged Yanagi then walked off.
"Not a very talkative prince, is he?" Ahmose observed. Seth glared.
"I don't talk to people I don't know!"
"But you do know us. We're your family!" Ahmose said.
"My...family?"
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The guard was sleeping in his room when a pair of strong hands wrapped around his neck and strangled him. A shadow clad person chuckled evilly and placed a lotus flower next to the dead guard, then disappeared. That was one secret that was not going out.
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Hotaru: *smiles* YAY! Another chapter down HA!!!!
Bakura: *blinks* well, it's err...interesting?
Yami: I WASN'T IN IT!!!! *cries*
Bakura: that's the part I LIKED!!!!
Hotaru: *sweatdrop* oh my goodness. HEY WILL YOU GUYS STOP BEFORE I KICK YOUR BUTTS!!!!
Yami and Bakura: *stops* okay. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yami: HEY!
Bakura: hey-o! So what's up this chapter?
Hotaru: NOT TELLING!!!
Bakura: HUH?!!
Hotaru: Hehehe!
Bakura: oh man...that always means something bad...
Yami: well...DISCLAIMER!!!!! Hotaru don't own anything.
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Seth spent all night watching Athena, watching her prepare to leave. He knew something was off about her....he just wasn't sure what.
"Will you stop?!" She snapped angrily. Seth blinked.
"Huh?"
"You keep staring at me, quit it!" She growled. Seth looked at the sand beneath him and sighed. Athena stood with her pack slung over her shoulder. "That should be all I need. Great, now to get outta here." She started to walk off when Seth grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"Wait!" He said. She turned and looked into his eyes. Such soft, gentle, kind eyes, like his parents. She sighed softly.
"Yeah?"
"Take me with you" he asked. His voice sounded pleading. Athena stood shocked, mouth half open, staring at him.
"NO!"
"WHY NOT?!" He asked angrily.
"You'll get in my way!! Just get your ass back to the palace or whatever!" She pulled away from him and started to walk away, her eyes blazing.
"I thought you were better than Yami! I guess not" the moment those words spoke they clung to the air. Athena froze and turned, glaring at him.
"JUST SHUT UP!!" She yelled, not even thinking to quiet herself. The others woke and walked out, groggy and trying to see what was up. "You think you know me but you don't! You're just some silver spooned prick who's denied the entire heritage that his mother strived to show him! Or don't you remember Safiya?!" Seth stood, stunned by what his words had caused. No one had ever yelled at him. And here she had done it and was glad.
"SAFIYA is a name out of some slave scripture and has nothing to do with me!!!" He yelled back.
"YOUR WRONG!!! SHE WAS YOUR MOTHER FOR RA'S SAKE!!!!" Athena barked. Seth sat down on the spot, his mind reeling. Safiya...the name struck something in his heart. But he'd never known her as his mother. Often if he walked by Yami's room at night he heard the king murmuring that name in his sleep. When asked, Yami merely shrugged it off and said that Safiya was just 'some slave who'd tried to win' and continued on blasting her. Seth wasn't right in the mind...he was confused, angry, and a sick feeling had overtaken his stomach.
"Mother..." Seth murmured. Athena dropped her bag and stared again. Seth was looking at the ground with a helpless look on his face. Athena sighed and kneeled down, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Seth...I'm sorry for yelling. I realize now that you didn't know...and so I guess this is all the more upsetting. But why don't we...just get going. Now that my exit has been ruined I can do...what I was trying to run away from."
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Horus woke up to find himself in his room. Two guards were sitting next to him.
"Master Horus! Are you alright? Can I get you anything?" one asked.
"I don't need anything Manu. What happened?" Horus asked.
"That woman and you connected eyes and you were both knocked out. The pharaoh sent both of the demons to the dungeons to await they're execution and sent us to watch over you! The man said.he said it was a vision! Was it, master?" Man asked anxiously. He and Horus were friends from when Horus was young. Though Horus thought it terribly improper, but Manu had taken to calling him Master.
"It was a dream.nothing more. Nothing to worry over. But I have to see that woman again. When are they to be executed?"
"Two days from now. Why do you need to see her, master?"
"Don't ask questions." Horus snapped. Manu nodded and the other guard left the room in disgust. Manu looked to the door then back to Horus.
"Master...I don't think your father will allow it." he said carefully.
"I don't really care what my father will allow. I went through all the trouble of feigning love towards that demon thing to get her to kill my brother, do you think I care what my father says?!" Horus snapped.
"No my lord, sorry master..." Manu muttered looking down. The guard outside the door stared. So Seth HAD been set up! The guard smirked. Years of standing watch over that brat Horus and now it was his turn to fall! But the guard had better plans than that. He'd wait...let Yami sweat over Seth's absence...and then when he was willing to pay ANYTHING, then the guard would speak. He snuck off to his room.
"Ready my cloak...tonight we shall pay a visit to the prison." Horus said standing and stretching his arms.
"Yes, master." Manu replied.
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Athena and Seth walked through the crowded marketplace, she searching for something and he following.
"What are we looking for?" he asked, his hooded cloak's hood beginning to slip down. She pulled it back over his head.
"It's not a what, it's a who. Keep that cloak up, if you're recognized then you shall never learn about yourself." She answered. He glared at her but kept the hood up. Finally she found it. She walked to a merchant's stand and looked at the man and woman who were standing there.
"Hey...they look familiar." Seth muttered.
"Yanagi, Malik, how have you been?" Athena asked. Yanagi smiled and walked over to Athena, embracing her.
"It's been ages Athena! We're doing okay but have you heard? Seth's missing and..." she trailed off and looked at the cloaked figure. "Or maybe he's right here." Yanagi looked at Athena and she nodded.
"I'll tell you the story, but not in the open..." Athena said. Yanagi led them to the back room where a girl a few years older than Seth and a boy a bit younger than him were piling things up.
"Athena!" the boy said happily, hugging her.
"Hello Ahmose" she smiled and ruffled his hair. "Being good, I trust."
"Naturally."
"Good. Hello Yume, still without a man I see." Athena smiled wryly at the girl.
"I don't need one, Athena, how many times must I tell you?" Yume said, a bit frustrated. She eyed the cloaked Seth and smirked. "Who are you kidnapping today, the drown prince?"
"Funny you should ask........" Athena pulled the cloak off Seth and smiled. Yume stared and Seth blinked. "Grown well hasn't he? Very handsome indeed. Perhaps if you were gracious enough to pick you jaw off of the floor-" Athena laughed and Yume blushed and went back to moving things about. Ahmose poked Seth in the arm and frowned.
"how is it that a weak kid like him got to be prince?"
"Because Yami chose a demon son to appease his advisor!" Yume snapped without thought.
"That reminds me, I've come to do more than show off for once. I'm looking for Bakura, where is he?" Athena asked.
"Why do you expect us to know?" Yume asked.
"YUME!" Yanagi said snippily, giving her daughter a warning look. Yanagi turned to Athena. "Last we heard Bakura was off in Persia, but that means little. His last letter was two months ago. He could be dead for all we know. Ra forbid..." Athena sighed.
"I hate that man sometimes. He's so impossible to find!!"
"If he is in the country there's only one other place he could be" Yanagi replied.
"Good point. Watch over the prince while I go look. I'll return as soon as possible." She hugged Yanagi then walked off.
"Not a very talkative prince, is he?" Ahmose observed. Seth glared.
"I don't talk to people I don't know!"
"But you do know us. We're your family!" Ahmose said.
"My...family?"
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The guard was sleeping in his room when a pair of strong hands wrapped around his neck and strangled him. A shadow clad person chuckled evilly and placed a lotus flower next to the dead guard, then disappeared. That was one secret that was not going out.
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Hotaru: *smiles* YAY! Another chapter down HA!!!!
Bakura: *blinks* well, it's err...interesting?
Yami: I WASN'T IN IT!!!! *cries*
Bakura: that's the part I LIKED!!!!
Hotaru: *sweatdrop* oh my goodness. HEY WILL YOU GUYS STOP BEFORE I KICK YOUR BUTTS!!!!
Yami and Bakura: *stops* okay. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!