Here's the long awaited chapter two (or not so long awaited), and its got a bit of a twist...sorry if Acacia seems Mary-Sue like, but I've included one of her main fears...
-Serenia
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CHAPTER TWO-Bakura and Ryou
" Bakura? What are you doing here?" she whispered. The other boy, with the exact white hair, pale skin, and dark-coffee colored eyes, looked confused. " Bakura?" Acacia nodded suspiciously. " Yes. It's me, Cousin, Acacia." The other boy looked overwhelmed. " I'm not your cousin. I'm Ryou." Acacia's ears perked. He certainly didn't SOUND like Bakura, he had a gentle voice, unlike her cousin's harsh, imperative one. She tried to study his features closer, disbelieving that such a boy could bear as much resemblance in looks to her cousin so alike. " Why are you here?" she asked softly, though her hands were gripped slightly on the sword. The boy shrugged, " My parents were killed in a raid. It's better than to be made a slave, I suppose." Without knowing it, she touched the boy's face. He stared. Acacia lowered her hand. " I am sorry. I will bother you no longer."
" Who are you?" the albino boy jogged to her side. Acacia was irritated, but for some reason she didn't snap back. Probably when I look at him it makes me think of Bakura, she thought sarcastically, and setting Duel Monsters on people. " A girl," she answered shortly. " Really. So your name is A-Girl?" Acacia sweat dropped, knowing that Ryou would make her tell her name. Searching rapidly for some sort of guise, she answered back, " Kayleen." Ryou cocked his head. " Why were those men after you?" The color in her face drained miserably as she tried to think of something to say. " Er-they needed my horse." " You have a HORSE?" Acacia smacked herself mentally, the peasants hardly ever... " I-um, stole her." " From who?" The girl finally lost her temper. " What's it matter to you? Don't you have better things to do then accompany a girl to no where?" she snapped foully. He fell silent, but his curiosity got the best of him. " Where ARE you going?" " I'm going to-" SLAM.
Acacia mumbled slightly in her sleep as she writhed on the ground. Not the ground. Too soft to be the ground. Fairly too soft, though not by much. She opened her eyes slowly. They both felt like weights. As they adjusted to the darkness, she sat up in amazement and dread. There was a jingle of chains on her arms and legs, as she realized she was on a cot. In a prison cell. Acacia groaned, and tried to remember what had happened. She had been talking with Ryou...something hit her head...and then she was here. Her insides started to panic. Where WAS Ryou? Was he okay? What had hit her? How'd she get here? And why were there people dragging her off to who knows where?
" So, you awaken feisty one." Acacia glared at the Pharaoh on his gilded throne. It wasn't a very good idea to struggle against guards, not when one of them had hands like frying pans. " What is your name?" The girl looked away, determined not to answer. Then-SLAP! -There goes the hand. She swallowed the corrosive bile when she looked up, saying the name she had told Ryou: " Kayleen. I have no other." He stared at the girl intently, and she almost thought he knew she was lying. " What do you know of the Princess?" 'Kayleen' scowled, then answered simply, not wanting to feel the sting of the hand again, " She ran away." It was Yami's turn to scowl. " Don't you have anything else to report, servant?" Servant. How dare he-servant. Of course... " She was my mistress," Acacia said quietly, " I ran away with her. And now, may Osiris bless her departed soul." There was a gaping silence at the last words. " She's...dead?" Acacia nodded, but then asked quickly, " Was there a boy you found with me?" The guard next to her slapped her again. " Speak not in the presence of the Pharaoh unless with permission!" he barked. The Pharaoh looked up, surprisingly. " A boy? The tomb robber, right?" Acacia smacked herself mentally. They had mistaken Ryou for Bakura too! " That boy is no tomb robber," she said hurriedly, dodging the blow that the guard had aimed for her, " He is a friend. Merely a look-alike." " We shall see." Acacia glared, and then was dragged away.
Acacia frowned as she scuffed her shoe on the cold stone floor, cursing. The girl had refused to be cleaned, and now she was stuck here, all because of the Pharaoh had said she was a slave. A slave. A SLAVE. A SLAVE!!! She kicked harder, which only resulted in a crabbier Acacia and an excruciating pain in her toe. There was a sudden eerie clamber down the stone steps. Acacia scowled, and buried her dark head into her dirty sleeve. There was a rattling sound meaning the lock was opened, and Acacia heard the sound of someone coming towards her. " Look, girl," he sighed, " Get up." She didn't say anything, but she heard the sound of the chains being unhooked. " It won't go easy for you if I have to bring you up." She peered up, staring into a pair of dark lilac eyes. He wore a cloak of dark black, and she could see traces of blond hair behind the hood. " No," she replied stubbornly. " Look, if I have to carry you..." " You wouldn't dare," sneered Acacia, temper rising. His face echoed a challenge, and she felt herself being swooped off the floor. " Let me down!"
White linen tunic. White linen skirt. White linen band. Acacia scowled. Complete white. She dropped down on the floor in front of the looking glass (did they have looking glasses back then? P.S. Looking glasses are mirrors, by the way), and stared. There was a click behind her, and she realized someone was coming in. She didn't look up. Suddenly there was a soft hand on her shoulder, and she glanced at it. Her eyes widened. It was a pale blue, and next to it was a soft flurry of burnt-orange hair. Acacia slowly turned toward the face. " AHHHHHHHHH!!!" She immediately backed away from the obvious Duel Monster. Ever since Bakura had set the Man-Eater bug on her, she'd been completely afraid of any kind of Duel Monster, whether their alignment was good or bad. The Duel Monster looked surprised, but her face creased in understanding, and her expression softened distinctly. " Come now, little one. Your new master awaits you." Acacia was frozen to the spot. The creature sighed, and then murmured something in a strange language. Acacia was suddenly lifted into the air, hovering until she landed in front of the individual. Acacia was still trembling, the color of her paled face competing with ivory.
" Come now," she said gently, and slipped a graceful blue hand into her tanned one. Acacia followed, her shoulders shaking slightly as she went with the magical Duel Monster. They approached a chamber, and the tall feminine creature knocked lightly on the door, and another servant bowed them in. There was a large armchair by the balcony window. " You've brought her?" Acacia's ears perked up. It was a familiar voice. " Yes, my lord," the Duel Monster replied. " Thank you, Mystical Elf. And give my utmost thanks to the Pharaoh." The Mystical Elf bowed her head in departure. " Gladly." There was a rustle as the man rose, and Acacia regained her personality of ridicule, though there was a tinge of fear in her heart. She would not be a pleasure slave...she would not be a pleasure slave...she would not be a-Blondie?! It was the same man who had come to get her from the dungeons. Apparently, he wasn't a guard, and his face held a disgusting sadistic expression that she didn't like. He approached her tilting her chin up slightly. She resisted the urge to spit. " Kayleen, isn't it?" The girl frowned. " I'll take that as a yes," he chuckled, turning away. He was walking toward the balcony slowly, but soon he rounded around quickly and flung a dagger towards Acacia's heart. She was taken by surprise as the sharp weapon struck its target, and the girl stared down in shock at the wound, comprehending what had just happened. It was soon when all thought was swept away and she fell back on the floor.
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Heh heh heh...I am EVIL. Well, this is not the end. You expect me to run off after two chapters? No way. Thanks to everyone for their reviews! *beams*
-Serenia
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CHAPTER TWO-Bakura and Ryou
" Bakura? What are you doing here?" she whispered. The other boy, with the exact white hair, pale skin, and dark-coffee colored eyes, looked confused. " Bakura?" Acacia nodded suspiciously. " Yes. It's me, Cousin, Acacia." The other boy looked overwhelmed. " I'm not your cousin. I'm Ryou." Acacia's ears perked. He certainly didn't SOUND like Bakura, he had a gentle voice, unlike her cousin's harsh, imperative one. She tried to study his features closer, disbelieving that such a boy could bear as much resemblance in looks to her cousin so alike. " Why are you here?" she asked softly, though her hands were gripped slightly on the sword. The boy shrugged, " My parents were killed in a raid. It's better than to be made a slave, I suppose." Without knowing it, she touched the boy's face. He stared. Acacia lowered her hand. " I am sorry. I will bother you no longer."
" Who are you?" the albino boy jogged to her side. Acacia was irritated, but for some reason she didn't snap back. Probably when I look at him it makes me think of Bakura, she thought sarcastically, and setting Duel Monsters on people. " A girl," she answered shortly. " Really. So your name is A-Girl?" Acacia sweat dropped, knowing that Ryou would make her tell her name. Searching rapidly for some sort of guise, she answered back, " Kayleen." Ryou cocked his head. " Why were those men after you?" The color in her face drained miserably as she tried to think of something to say. " Er-they needed my horse." " You have a HORSE?" Acacia smacked herself mentally, the peasants hardly ever... " I-um, stole her." " From who?" The girl finally lost her temper. " What's it matter to you? Don't you have better things to do then accompany a girl to no where?" she snapped foully. He fell silent, but his curiosity got the best of him. " Where ARE you going?" " I'm going to-" SLAM.
Acacia mumbled slightly in her sleep as she writhed on the ground. Not the ground. Too soft to be the ground. Fairly too soft, though not by much. She opened her eyes slowly. They both felt like weights. As they adjusted to the darkness, she sat up in amazement and dread. There was a jingle of chains on her arms and legs, as she realized she was on a cot. In a prison cell. Acacia groaned, and tried to remember what had happened. She had been talking with Ryou...something hit her head...and then she was here. Her insides started to panic. Where WAS Ryou? Was he okay? What had hit her? How'd she get here? And why were there people dragging her off to who knows where?
" So, you awaken feisty one." Acacia glared at the Pharaoh on his gilded throne. It wasn't a very good idea to struggle against guards, not when one of them had hands like frying pans. " What is your name?" The girl looked away, determined not to answer. Then-SLAP! -There goes the hand. She swallowed the corrosive bile when she looked up, saying the name she had told Ryou: " Kayleen. I have no other." He stared at the girl intently, and she almost thought he knew she was lying. " What do you know of the Princess?" 'Kayleen' scowled, then answered simply, not wanting to feel the sting of the hand again, " She ran away." It was Yami's turn to scowl. " Don't you have anything else to report, servant?" Servant. How dare he-servant. Of course... " She was my mistress," Acacia said quietly, " I ran away with her. And now, may Osiris bless her departed soul." There was a gaping silence at the last words. " She's...dead?" Acacia nodded, but then asked quickly, " Was there a boy you found with me?" The guard next to her slapped her again. " Speak not in the presence of the Pharaoh unless with permission!" he barked. The Pharaoh looked up, surprisingly. " A boy? The tomb robber, right?" Acacia smacked herself mentally. They had mistaken Ryou for Bakura too! " That boy is no tomb robber," she said hurriedly, dodging the blow that the guard had aimed for her, " He is a friend. Merely a look-alike." " We shall see." Acacia glared, and then was dragged away.
Acacia frowned as she scuffed her shoe on the cold stone floor, cursing. The girl had refused to be cleaned, and now she was stuck here, all because of the Pharaoh had said she was a slave. A slave. A SLAVE. A SLAVE!!! She kicked harder, which only resulted in a crabbier Acacia and an excruciating pain in her toe. There was a sudden eerie clamber down the stone steps. Acacia scowled, and buried her dark head into her dirty sleeve. There was a rattling sound meaning the lock was opened, and Acacia heard the sound of someone coming towards her. " Look, girl," he sighed, " Get up." She didn't say anything, but she heard the sound of the chains being unhooked. " It won't go easy for you if I have to bring you up." She peered up, staring into a pair of dark lilac eyes. He wore a cloak of dark black, and she could see traces of blond hair behind the hood. " No," she replied stubbornly. " Look, if I have to carry you..." " You wouldn't dare," sneered Acacia, temper rising. His face echoed a challenge, and she felt herself being swooped off the floor. " Let me down!"
White linen tunic. White linen skirt. White linen band. Acacia scowled. Complete white. She dropped down on the floor in front of the looking glass (did they have looking glasses back then? P.S. Looking glasses are mirrors, by the way), and stared. There was a click behind her, and she realized someone was coming in. She didn't look up. Suddenly there was a soft hand on her shoulder, and she glanced at it. Her eyes widened. It was a pale blue, and next to it was a soft flurry of burnt-orange hair. Acacia slowly turned toward the face. " AHHHHHHHHH!!!" She immediately backed away from the obvious Duel Monster. Ever since Bakura had set the Man-Eater bug on her, she'd been completely afraid of any kind of Duel Monster, whether their alignment was good or bad. The Duel Monster looked surprised, but her face creased in understanding, and her expression softened distinctly. " Come now, little one. Your new master awaits you." Acacia was frozen to the spot. The creature sighed, and then murmured something in a strange language. Acacia was suddenly lifted into the air, hovering until she landed in front of the individual. Acacia was still trembling, the color of her paled face competing with ivory.
" Come now," she said gently, and slipped a graceful blue hand into her tanned one. Acacia followed, her shoulders shaking slightly as she went with the magical Duel Monster. They approached a chamber, and the tall feminine creature knocked lightly on the door, and another servant bowed them in. There was a large armchair by the balcony window. " You've brought her?" Acacia's ears perked up. It was a familiar voice. " Yes, my lord," the Duel Monster replied. " Thank you, Mystical Elf. And give my utmost thanks to the Pharaoh." The Mystical Elf bowed her head in departure. " Gladly." There was a rustle as the man rose, and Acacia regained her personality of ridicule, though there was a tinge of fear in her heart. She would not be a pleasure slave...she would not be a pleasure slave...she would not be a-Blondie?! It was the same man who had come to get her from the dungeons. Apparently, he wasn't a guard, and his face held a disgusting sadistic expression that she didn't like. He approached her tilting her chin up slightly. She resisted the urge to spit. " Kayleen, isn't it?" The girl frowned. " I'll take that as a yes," he chuckled, turning away. He was walking toward the balcony slowly, but soon he rounded around quickly and flung a dagger towards Acacia's heart. She was taken by surprise as the sharp weapon struck its target, and the girl stared down in shock at the wound, comprehending what had just happened. It was soon when all thought was swept away and she fell back on the floor.
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Heh heh heh...I am EVIL. Well, this is not the end. You expect me to run off after two chapters? No way. Thanks to everyone for their reviews! *beams*