Ancient Magics

By Silverdust

Chap 8. Revelations

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            Sekhmet glanced at Kaiba worriedly. He seemed to be okay but you could never be too sure. She had used up most of her healing powers, so she was guessing he would be alright. Good thing she put up that shield though…

            Not a good thing! She thought to herself angrily. If it wasn't for you coming to earth to fulfill your stupid destiny he wouldn't have followed and gotten hurt! She clenched her fists bitterly. Woah, slow down girl. Okay, assess the situation.

            She had called Mokuba and told him he could stay the night over his friends. She hadn't told him about the mall thing. Best not get him worried. She had applied 'first aid' to Seto. Now how to explain her powers?

            She was desperately hoping he had been unconscious when she had thrown up the shield, or maybe thought it was a delusion…

            He groaned. She sat up instantly, pasting on the innocent, worried face. Seto stirred slightly then opened his eyes. He focused on her. "Sekhmet?"

            "Oh good you're awake!" she said happily. Now she was really grateful to Otogi and the perky cashier voice. "I thought you were a goner when the big monster zapped you, but the police came and took it down. But the paramedics said you would be okay and they gave us a ride home. They say they'll bring the cars over tomorrow."

            She busied herself picking up the dinner tray she had been eating from. As she turned toward the kitchen, Seto grabbed her arm. "Sekhmet, stop lying to me."

            Uh-oh.

            "I'm not lying about anything," she lied. "I told you everything that happened."

            He fixed her with that cold blue gaze. "No, you're not. You haven't explained about the light, and the dark energy and why I'm still alive. Sekhmet, technically a thousand volt shock would instantly kill a person. Even today's modern technology can't bring back the dead. What's going on?"

            "Nothing, you must have been seeing things."

            "Sekhmet."

            She could feel his eyes, like ice on her back. She sighed in defeat and turned around. "Fine, you want the truth, you'll have it. But I need you to bring some others over here too, because now that things are the way they are, I need the help."

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            Soon, Seto, Yugi, Tristan, Tea, Joey, Ryou, Malik, Isis, Otogi, and Mai had gathered in the living room. Sekhmet stood before them, gathering her nerve. Finally, she began to speak. "Okay guys, I don't know how to say this, and I don't think you'll believe me…But I'm a goddess, well demi-goddess if you want to be typical."

            Silence. Then laughter, except from a few.

            "Good one," said Joey. "I mean, you got the looks for one, but I don't believe it."

            Sekhmet sighed. "I knew you wouldn't."

            "You got proof?" asked Tristan. "Let's say I want to see a silver tree grow out from the middle of the floor, could you do it?"

            Tea shot him a glance. He shrugged. "I was reading a book last night about a silver tree with golden apples."

            Suddenly a tree burst from the middle, right in front of Tristan's nose. The trunk and branches were made of the finest, glowing silver. Shimmering golden leaves rustled from the graceful branches, and huge golden apples hung from every bough. "That good enough?"
            Tristan blinked, and backed away. "Amazing…"

            Joey looked skeptical (A/N: What a miracle!). "Okay where's the hidden camera. Kaiba, you're in this too aren't you?"

            The surprised look on the teen's face gave away the truth he had nothing to do with it. Joey looked back at the tree then leaped five feet in the air. "I'M RICH!!!!!!!!!!!"

            "Now enough of that," muttered Sekhmet, snapping her fingers. The tree disappeared, but golden apples appeared in a neat arrangement in the fruit bowl on top of the coffee table. "Do you believe me?"

            Everyone nodded. Sekhmet continued. "Well. Now that we've cleared that up, I wasn't sent here on vacation. The boundary between the Shadow Realm and the real world is opened, officially. That means duel monsters, good or bad, are going to be able to get into Domino, and other places around the world. So I'm going to need you're help."

            "How can we help?" asked Yugi.

            She looked at him then Ryou. "Your spirits could, because of their ties with ancient Egypt."

            Both boys looked taken aback. Then, they released the spirits. A bright shining light filled the room, and then almost identical copies of the two boys appeared in the room. One Sekhmet recognized from the bar, and the other she recognized as the pharaoh who had sealed away the games in the first place. Ryou's spirit gave her a smile, and Yugi's gave a polite nod. Typical, pharaoh's did have the tendency to be stuck up, even to a goddess.

            She went back to speaking. "I'm don't know much about what's happening, except what I told you a few minutes ago. Kiiraa does, though, so I'll let her talk from now on."

            "Whose Kiiraa?" asked Seto, suspiciously.

            Kiiraa decided at this time to make her dramatic entrance, appearing coiled around Sekhmet's neck. Everyone gasped in surprise, well most did. She gracefully stood up, jumped, and landed with feline grace on the coffee table. "I am she."

            Seeing no one speaking, she began. "The balance between the Shadow Realm and the modern world has always been very delicate, but now, due to an unknown cause of energy rising on the Shadow Realm, it has finally been broken. In order to stop this, Sekhmet, and maybe a few others, will have to travel to there to close it from the other side. We will need most of the group to stay here, to be sort of a defense force against the monsters. We will also need someone at the computers, to keep in contact with."

            "Kiiraa," Sekhmet spoke suddenly. "Tiny problem. I mean the plan is all nice and stuff, but how the hell are we going to get into the Shadow Realm?"

            Kiiraa fixed her with a piercing stare. "That is for you to find out."

            Sekhmet felt cold shivers shoot up her spine. Kiiraa was changing, and she didn't like it. She didn't see her old friend in the ruby eyes that looked at her, penetrating her very soul. What's happened to you Kit-Kat?

            Yugi spoke up. "I think I speak for all of us when I say you can count on us."

            Sekhmet smiled, drifting away from her thoughts on Kiiraa. "Thank you Yugi, all of you. I guess I'll have to wait for a divine message from my uncle."

            "Whose your uncle?" asked Mai.

            "Oh, Ra," she said, flashing a grin at the shocked look on Yami's face. She turned away. "Guys we should get some rest now."

            She felt everyone disperse behind her. Sighing, she began to walk to her room. But as she rounded the corner, she felt claws digging into her shoulder. She turned her head to meet ruby eyes, unfamiliar ruby eyes.

            "Sekhmet," the cat hissed. "If you want to survive, if you want to conquer this, you have to start getting serious."

            Sekhmet gazed back in fear. That wasn't Kiiraa's voice, her personality, her soul. "Kiiraa, what's happened to you?"

            The cat closed her eyes and disappeared.

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SilverD: Woah, weird chapter. Sorry it took so long, I've just had a serious mental block of late, having semester exams and all. What's happening to Kiiraa? Is she sick, possessed? Imagine the Exorcist *shudder*. Well, what will happen next, what divine message will Sekhmet receive from Ra? Will she even get one at all? Find out next time! God, I've hit the bottom, starting to sound like one of those annoying film announcer people. Sayanora!