An Unknown Card Chapter 9: Confessions, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

An Unknown Card

Chapter Nine:

Confessions

By: fairysphinx

fairysphinx: I'm back with chapter nine, though I have a few things to say before we get started. First, I'm sorry I subjected you to such LAME jokes. I must have been asleep when I wrote them. Secondly, I am please to announce the winner of the 'Nickname For Yami Bakura' contest. Yami Bakura's new nickname is * drum roll *…Yaku! Now then, let's get on with the chapter…after the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, although I do own Harbinger, Ktara, and Y. Ktara/Yata.

/Yugi talking to Yami/

//Yami talking to Yugi//

!Bakura talking to Y. Bakura/Yaku!

!!Y. Bakura/Yaku talking to Bakura!!

{Ktara talking to Y. Ktara/Yata}

[Y. Ktara/Yata talking to Ktara]

* indicates action taking place *

indicates a passage in time

"Seto, can I borrow some paper?"

"Sure, kid, here you go." It had been about a day since they had left Shadi's house, and since Yaku had announced his nickname, Yaku. Surprisingly, he had been behaving himself, so the other yamis didn't have to be next to him at all times, although they did insist on keeping an eye on him, just in case.

"Gather 'round, everyone!" Mokuba called out to the camp. "I think that since we will be out in the wild for a while, that we should have set jobs, like cleaners, cooks, gatherers, camp setter uppers, and camp taker downers. So, I've devised a system to where you draw out of a hat, your job. The person that has the same job as you is your partner. Oh, and one more thing. YOU CANNOT SWITCH YOUR PARTNER OR YOUR JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bakura, since you're the only one of us that can cook, you're automatically one, so you don't have to draw a card."

The hat was passed around. Bakura and Mokuba ended up cooks, Joey and Kaiba were the camp taker downers, Yaku and Shadi the camp setter uppers, Yugi and Ktara the cleaners, and Yata and Yami, the gatherers. Mokuba's plan hadn't worked the way he had wanted it to. Three of the five pairs absolutely hated their partners. But, like Mokuba had sort of said earlier, they'd just have to deal with it.

While Ktara and Yugi started cleaning the lunch site up, Joey and Kaiba were packing up. Soon after that, they started off. As they continued walking, the weather continued to get hotter.

an hour later

"Hey, where's Joey?" Yugi looked back, seeing that his friend wasn't there.

"I don't know. I guess we'll have to backtrack, and look for him," said Bakura.

about an hour later

"Ack! Get me down from here!" Joey called from a net in a tree.
"Joey, how'd you get up there?"

"I'm telling ya, Yug', this place is cursed! One minute, I was on the ground, the next, I was in this tree!"

"Take it easy, Joey. You were just unfortunate enough to walk into a bear trap. And by the looks of it, no one has come to check on it in years. Look at those holes!" Ktara said, trying to calm Joey down.

"Bears? There are bears in this place?!" Kaiba asked, freaking out.

"I doubt it, Seto. If the trap hadn't been sprung before Joey stepped into it, then there probably aren't any bears around here." Mokuba's words soothed Kaiba somewhat, but not that much.

"We'd better get moving, if we're to get to a nice campsite by sun down."

"Let's go then."

three hours later

'How in the world did I get stuck with him. Eight other people, and I get stuck with Yami. WHY ME???????? I hope he doesn't expect me to obey him. No, sir, we're not in ancient Egypt anymore, and I'm no longer obeying him! So taking that, you royal pain in the (seat of your pants)! Ha!'

'Why does she hate me so? What did I do? I'll try to correct it, if she'd just tell me. But I'm not going to ask her a thing, while she has that look on her face! That would be just like committing suicide!'

"Why, might I ask, are you following me, Yami?"

"Just in case you need help."

"I don't need any help!"

{Tell it to the judge.}

[What do you want?!]

{Watch your blood pressure.}

[Don't tell me what to do. Now, what do you want?!]

{I just wanted to know why you were getting angry.}

[Who says I'm angry?!]

{Yata, I can feel your temper rising. Don't lie to me. Now, why are you angry?}

[If you must know, I'm being followed by a very dumb animal.]

{I take it you're referring to Yami. What do you have against the poor guy?}

[POOR!!!! YOU CALL THAT JERK POOR?!?!?!?!?!?!?!]

{I'm just going to leave you alone now. Hopefully your temper will have frozen over by the time you get back to camp.} With that, their connection was broken, and Yata felt cornered, even though Yami was leaving her alone.

"Um…Yata?"

"What is it?!"

"What is it that you have against me? What have I done to anger you?"

"What have you done?! I can't even begin to describe the things you have done!!"

"Well, was it something I did in this life?"

"No."

"Then, it must have been something I did in my past life. I know I was the Pharaoh, but I can't seem to remember you."

"I'll give you a hint. You just said a word in your last sentence, after the 'but' that I would use at my job."

'I…no. Can't…no. Seem….'

"Seem?"

"You got it."

"Seem, seam. Seam! You were a seamstress!"

"Well, someone finally caught on!" But Yata hadn't caught on soon enough to see that she was going to walk into a tree. A tree with a beehive, filled with a bunch of honey. The hive fell, right between Yata and Yami. Yata jumped to her side, crushing to hive between them. Both were covered in honey and honeycomb. The bees had abandoned ship, but now started stinging the two. Quickly they ran and jumped into an ice-cold stream, which hardened the honey. As they climbed out of the stream, they fell back in as Yami tried to go one way, and Yata another.

"Great, just great! I'm stuck to the stuck-up Pharaoh!"

"I am not stuck-up!"

"Look, let's just get the wood and go back to camp."

"Fine!"

Back at camp, things were going better than in the woods. They hotdogs were coming along nicely. The tents were all set up; a fire started, water for the night collected, the camping area cleaned out so nothing dangerous was in the way (e.g.: poison ivy, rusty nails broken bottles). All that was missing was the firewood.

"They should have been back by now. What's taking them?"

"We'll check in out, Bakura!" Yugi and Ktara called, in unison.

{Yata?}

/Yami?/

[What?]

//Hmm?//

{/What's taking so long?/}

[//We were attacked by bees.//]

{/Will you be back soon?/}

[//Let's just say that we can see the camp.//]

{/Okay!/}

"They're almost back."

"What took them so long?" Kaiba questioned. This time Yugi answered.

"They were attacked by bees."

"And apparently that's not all," Yaku observed, as the two walked into camp, wet, walking right next to each other, which was apparently too close for comfort. "What happened to you two?"

"Don't a-owww!!!!!" Yami had started walking to his left, while she had started walking to her right (a/n: Yami was stuck to Yata's left side, and Yata was stuck to Yami's right side). "I thought you said I could lead!"

"Well, sorry that I wanted to set my load of wood by the fire!"

"Tell me what you're going to do before you do it, then!"

"Fine!"

/What's the matter Yami?/

//You know how I said we were attacked by bees?//

/Yes./

//Well they had a very good reason.//

[He allowed me to walk into the tree. A beehive fell between us….]

//…and she jumped to the side to avoid some falling branches, crushing the beehive.//

[The bees then attacked us, driving us into the stream…]

//…where the honey hardened…//

[…sticking us together! Man, and I thought it was bad being stuck with him! It's ten times as bad being stuck to him.] The two yamis walked over to the campfire and sat down.

"What is up with them? Did they resolve their differences?"

"No, Joey, they're really stuck together."

"Yugi, please tell me you're kidding!"

"Nope, I'm not. The bees attacked them because they had crushed their hive, which had fallen between them. When Yami and Yata had jumped in the stream to avoid them, the honey hardened to them. And, because it's those two, I doubt they'll be getting unstuck any time soon. Which could be good, could be bad."

{Well, Yata, how are you going to deal with this one?}

[Well, changing would just be a waste of time. The honey seeped through our clothing. I have no clue how I'm going to deal with this.]

{THAT'S a first!}

[Oh, shut your mouth!]

after supper

"This is going to be a trip. How are we going to sleep?"

"Remember, you two, you are banned from going into your soul rooms." The yamis pouted at Ktara's words.

"Alright, here's the deal," Bakura spoke up. There are three tents. We can work it around so there are four in two tents, and you two can have the last tent, so you won't wake anyone up with your cries of pain."

"Oh, right, you're leaving me alone with him?!"

"Yup."

"Grr. Ra, why me? What did I do to offend you?"

that night

"Okay, I can put up a wall so that you stay on your side of the tent, and I stay on my side of the tent."

"Fine with me." Yata muttered an ancient spell, a grayish wall popped up between them.

"Now, if you don't mind, I am going to put a sleeping spell on myself." Again, she muttered an ancient spell, making her fall fast asleep. Unfortunately for her, the sleeping spell took up so much of her energy, that she had none left to hold up the wall, causing it to disappear all together. Yami reached over (with his free hand) and stroked her cheek.

"I know I wasn't the nicest pharaoh ever, but I've changed. Everyone else has given me a second chance, so why won't you? What did I do? If you haven't noticed, I don't have many memories of what I did in the past. Please tell me." Before he himself fell to sleep, he kissed her cheek. "Good night."

Yata/Yami's dream

"NOW WHAT DOES HE WANT!!!!!!!!!!" Yata yelled.

"Calm down, calm down. I'm sure he just wants to comment you on your excellent sewing. Remember, yours is the finest in Egypt."

"Dear, sweet Sanura. You think too positively for your own good. Pharaoh never calls anyone forth to compliment them. He only calls you forth to degrade you. And I have to put up with it! No, it's not because I think I'm better than everyone else and shouldn't have to put up with it, I have to put up with it to keep my job. You are lucky, Sanura. You only have ten mouths to feed, three bodies to clothe. And you have your husband's help at that. I have to take care of twenty-five, not including myself! And there is only me to do so, for they are all too young to work! Pharaoh cares for no one but himself, or he'd be giving some of his food to the less fortunate! The Nightman, now he's guy I could go for."

"Who?"

"Oh, he is such a caring man! Every morning, really early, he comes by our house, and drops off a bundle of food. Oh, I wish I knew who he really was! You see, he's dressed in a cloak, and I can't see his face. * sigh *"

"How do you even know it's a man, if he's in a cloak?"

"The way he walks of course! Men walk like men, women walk like women!"

"You'd better go see what Pharaoh wants before he blows his top!"

"Oh, gee, thanks for bursting my bubble! I almost forgot about that wretched Pharaoh."

IN THE PHARAOH'S ROOM

* Yami is seen on his throne *

"You called for me, Pharaoh?"

"I've been noticing that your work has been deproving."

"I am sorry, Pharaoh. I will work twice as hard to make up for the terrible quality of my works, Pharaoh."

'Oh, Ra, help me speak my piece.'

"Yata, you are the best seamstress in the land, and one of the prettiest women, at that. I…."

'I can't do it. Wait, what am I afraid of? I am Pharaoh! Pharaoh fears nothing…nothing but rejection.'

"Pharaoh, are you all right?"

"I'm just fine. I…I…."

"You what, Pharaoh?"

"I would like you to become my queen!" Silence. The face of the seamstress was full of surprise, and anger.

"What? You what me to become your queen?!"

'Oh, no. Here comes the big rejection.'

"I wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on Earth! I've never met anyone more arrogant, pig-headed, mean, selfish, or self-centered! You care for no one but yourself! I know I'm probably going to loose my job for this, but I don't care anymore! I'd rather be around victims of the plague than you, anyhow!" With that, Yata stormed out of the palace.

the next morning

* A man in a cloak is seen dropping off a bundle on the doorstep of a house. Right as he turns to leave, the door quietly opens. *

"Please wait!" Yata quietly called out to the cloaked figure. * the cloaked figure stops in his tracks and turns around, as Yata runs up to him * "I'd like to say thank you…for everything. Without you, all of my little brothers and sisters would have starved to death. You're a real lifesaver. You really care. Thank you." * the figure nods and turns to go, right as a cat rushes in front of his path. The figure falls over the cat. The cat remains unharmed, but a long gash is seen on the figure's left arm * "Oh, my gosh, are you okay?" * spots gash on his arm * "Come into my house, I'll patch you up. And I won't take no for an answer."

IN THE HOUSE

"Don't worry. I won't take your hood off. I can understand if you want to keep your identity a secret. Pharaoh would probably have you beheaded if he knew what you're doing." The gash, which was very deep and very dirty, went from the tip of his middle finger, to his shoulder. The sleeve was torn off so she could work. Yata hummed as she cleansed the wound, and then tightly bound it up in a special fabric the color of the Pharaoh's eyes, she had sworn to do something good with. Only she knew how to get this special, beautiful color. "There you go. Now you're all bandaged up. Just keep it on tightly, and the wound won't get infected."

"How do you know how to treat wounds?" he said in a raspy voice.

"My mother was a medicine woman. She taught me remedies, cures, things like that. And my father was a magician. But they were beheaded. By that Pharaoh. He accused them of dark magic, and plotting against him. But I know for a fact that they didn't. For some odd reason, they loved the Pharaoh, worshiped the ground he walked on, the very clothes he wore. That's why they pushed me towards being a seamstress. Oh, well. There's no turning back now. But I'm sure you have better things to do than hang around here. I'll let you go. Just remember to keep the cloth wrapped tightly, and to not get it wet."

a little later that morning

A bunch of men bust the door down. "Pharaoh wishes to see you," was all they said, before dragging Yata to the palace.

"You didn't come to work today."

"I beg your forgiveness, Pharaoh. I thought that after my outburst yesterday I was sure to be fired."

"You may have spoken out of line, Seamstress, but you are still the best in Egypt, and I dare not loose you." Yata looked up, not into the pharaoh's eyes, but at his hands. His right was finely washed, and on it he wore golden rings and bangles. His left hand though, had no gold or gems on in, and it looked much dirtier than the other. From his middle finger to his shoulder was a cloth…that matched his eyes…perfectly. She looked up into the Pharaoh's eyes, as a look of horror passed over her face.

END OF DREAM

Yami jerked out of sleep. Was that his dream…or hers? And was it just a dream…or a memory? All he knew was the look of the sleeping girl was the same as the look he had seen on the seamstress before he woke up.

END OF CHAPTER NINE!

fairysphinx: Sorry, it took longer than I thought it would to write about Yami and Yata, so I'll have to cover the rest of what was to be covered in this chapter in a different chapter. Oh, well. Sorry if this chapter just kind of rambled on. Anyhow, please review, telling me what you think. Thanks!

Joey: I hate bear traps! You are so incredibly mean! I ought to punch you!

fairysphinx: I wouldn't suggest doing that.

Joey: And why not?!

fairysphinx: Oh, I don't know, maybe this!

* Joey is next seen on all fours, with a collar and leash on. He also has a newspaper in his mouth *

Joey: Me and my big mouth!

fairysphinx: Told you so! Now, say it.

Joey: No!

fairysphinx: Are you asking for a tail and fur?

Joey: Alright, alright, keep your shirt on!

fairysphinx: I was planning to.

Joey: Eh hem. Please review! Happy now?

fairysphinx: Not quite. Where's Yami?

Joey: Here he is!

fairysphinx: Yay! Yami!!!! * glomps Yami *

Joey: Now are you happy?

fairysphinx: ^_^Yup. * snaps and Joey is standing on his feet. The leash, collar and newspaper have disappeared *

Joey: Yes! I'm free! See ya!

Yami: v_v And I thought he was my friend. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fairysphinx: Bye, everyone!!!!