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I know I should really stop starting so many stories, but the ideas just keep coming!! I got this idea after playing Tomb Raider (teeheehee) and couldn't resist! Enjoy!

One more thing ... this story is dedicated to Cloud van Dyk; something horrible always happens to Haruka, and *hopefully* this story won't be an exception! ~_^
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Chapter 1: Aqua Savior

The sound of footsteps echoed back through the vast corridor of the pyramid as archeologist Haruka Tenoh traversed through the maze. She came to a stop at a fork in the road, holding up a flare reading the hieroglyphics on the wall. The Amulet of Set. she read aloud, looking down the hall on the right. she smiled to herself, walking down cautiously looking for traps.

Entering a vast room she walked towards the center where the statue of the Egyptian god Set rested. Haruka brushed some dust off the foundation, revealing a star-shaped crevice for something. She pulled out a small hexagonal box, before it suddenly clicked open being a perfect fit. The blonde placed it in turning it halfway when a large explosion of dust and sand erupted, a section in the foundation opening up. Haruka reached in and pulled a large flat box, This is what I was looking for? she grumbled irritated with the missions she accepted, when sand began leaking through the roof. Oh shit ...

She stuffed the box into her bag throwing it over her shoulder running out of the room as fast as she could, more crushed rocks falling through in the corridors. Sunlight was seen up ahead, but was quickly fading away as the door began to shut close, soon leaving her in complete darkness. Ok ... seriously, shit. The hall was suddenly filled with an eerie orange light as Haruka cracked open a flare and ran down into another room where the first mirror for reflecting light was set up. A few small sun rays shone through, the blonde sighing with relief.

A rope and anchor was thrown up and had attached onto a rock, sand steadily falling into the room. Haruka had nearly reached the top when the rock shifted causing the anchor slipping off, it plummeting back into the darkness. The archeologist was hanging from the top, when something pulled her up and back onto the surface. Coughing out what seemed like the entire volume of sand inside the pyramid she blinked a few times, an aquamarine haired girl kneeling in front of her. She had a beautiful face; penetrating blue eyes. She glanced downwards and coughed again, looking up she was was suddenly gone. Haruka whipped around looking behind her, nothing but sand, sand, sand, and more sand. Where did she go? She sighed and flopped backwards, laying under the blazing sun picturing her aqua haired savior.