Author's Notes:
O___________________O Uh… due to the fact that many people want this story continued, I'm continuing it. I'm sorry to those who waited so long for the story so here it is, chapter two. I was waiting till I finished the whole story to update it but I can see, It was a bit too long of a waiting. It was first posted on the ff.net on October so I can see why many of you have forgotten this story. I'm thinking of deleting it but oh well if I do it might be somewhere in January. -_-; Sorry for the delay my fault OR MY COUSIN'S WHO STOLE MY FLOPPY DISK AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE YOU! I'll probably delete this story then since someone has something similar to this. -_-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
DisclaimerDaWiofFaith: "I still haven't convinced my parents to buy me the show for Christmas so I do not own Yu-gi-oh."
Violingirl92: ^O^ "Then ask Santa Claus" DaWiofFaith: "Hmmm… its worth a shot!"Talia: "You know she was being sarcastic."
Thank you List (I do this stuff all the time but sometimes its hard for me to take counts, some of these reviews were found from the review alert) Chibi Mizu Tenshi~*~ (Scratches head) Darn I knew I forgot something… Oh well sorry for that whole camel thing, thanks for reviewing though. -_-; I forget a lot. You were my second reviewer!Sweetrain~*~ Thanks for the review! You're right though, I think Tea should do more than just the friendship thing.
Silent Xilya~*~ Thank you most of all! Without you to push me to post this because of my fear of people flaming me and hating my stories again, I wouldn't have done it. Violingirl92~*~ Thanks for giving me some advice for the CCS stories and reading this when I asked you to though you don't favor much in or even like YU-GI-OH, only Cardcaptor Sakura. HOW COULD YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus for pushing me to do this!OOO!~*~ Thanks for the review, I'm trying my best to continue but I highly doubt that with school against me. You were also my first reviewer
Demon Wolf~*~ Thanks for the review and that comment. I hope I can keep going though but I get confused with a lot of plots and stories in my head.
FOX-SPIRIT AKA Y.V.~*~ Thanks for the review. I got a little habit of bringing myself down in the dumps but I'm trying to get this story right on track if I can.
Michelle~*~ Thanks for the review, I'm hopefully going to continue this fic and, God help me, end it too..Saffron ~*~ Thanks for the review, oh well if Bakura doesn't have a past name, I mind as well keep it that way. I thought it was Anubis or something but that's an Egyptian god of Embalming or something like that.
Silver Dragon and Golden Dragon~*~ Thanks for the review. It is true though that Bel um Fal was Yami Yuugi's real name, I know it does sound silly but I found that out in three or four websites so I suppose that's the name I will be using.
Yin~*~ Thanks for the review! I just had to do this different kind of portrayal cuz I hardly see anyone do anything that relates to assassination or whatever like that so…yeah… nevertheless I love your story so much so don't think of not continuing it!!!
Anzu Muto~*~ Thanks for the review! Oh that is such an Honor that this story is in someone's favorite list! And It's actually my first Yu-gi-oh fanfic ever!!!!!Linda~*~ Thanks for the review, It really means a lot to me
Laie H.F.~*~ Thanks for the review! I hope I really CAN continue it.
Yami Anzu~*~ Thanks for the review! I hope you do enjoy this fanfic as it continues!
Zoe~*~ Thanks for the review! I hope u too would like this story as it continues.
Yuko~*~ Thanks for the review! I still think it's a bit stupid though
FerretGirl~*~ Thanks for the review, I'll try to continue.
Meruru-chan~*~ Thank you for the review! I think it is the first time there is a plot like this. Yeah I have been taking too long. I hope you too will enjoy this story as it continues.
Kingdom Hearts Junkie~*~ Thank you for the review!
Cheeto Frito~*~ Thanks for the review! I was in a bit of a shock that you actually read the other of my works, Thanks for the other reviews and please continue with your stories and poems and such, I think they are awesome!
ChibiGalaxia~*~ Thanks for the reviews! I guess this idea was ok.
MagiA~*~ Thanks for the reviews! I know Its very unlikely that Tea would be an assassin! Nope I'm a beginner at writing!
Hikari~*~ Yeah I know so that's why I'm thinking of deleting this
K-Chan ~*~Thanks for the review, I hope I can continue.
Mino Aino~*~ Thanks for the review, I suppose it's a bit different.Lynx Wings~*~ Thanks for the review! Yeah I know its strange ^_^
Anzu-Chan 379 ~*~ Don't worry I'm continuing it.
Rose of the Desert- Chapter 2
Anzu inaudibly walked through the palace. Viewing every details of the palace and each of every hallways and rooms as she passed, it was better for her to learn by heart every sections of the place before she could try to persevere with her task. As she turned to a left corner she found herself fallen to the ground seeing that she realized she had bumped in to someone.
"Oh I'm very sorry!" Anzu heard a feminine voice spoke out to her. She opened her eyes to see a woman who seemed look about her age got up brushing some off dust from her clothes. She too wore the clothing of a servant.
"I apologize for running into you like that, I wasn't really looking where I was going," she said brushing some of the strands of her flaxen blonde hair from her face. She had very pretty set of mauve purple eyes.
"It's alright," Anzu said tediously as she got up. She walked pass the servant as she continued.
"You must be the new servant aren't you?"
Anzu stopped and turned around, "Yes, what about it?"
"My name is Mai, I've been a servant here for at least three years now," Mai smiled as she walked up to her, "It's kinda nice to have a new face around here."
"I'm Anzu," Anzu feign, "I was in need of work so I applied here."
"Same here," Mai said, "Do you know your way around here?"
"Not really, I was just looking around to get used to the scenery," Anzu shrugged.
"Your name sounds so familiar, you also look familiar too… do I know you anywhere?" Mai questioned as she looked at her closely.
Anzu stood there calmly, sure someone would probably recognize her but not without the name she was truly known as, "You must be mistaken, I just came here from Thebes so I don't really think that you would really know me. Perhaps you had mistaken me with another girl."
Mai looked at her with a look of incredulity and doubt but replaced it with a warm smile, "Oh well It doesn't matter anyway. Come, we should informed the Pharaoh that you have arrived."
"Is it that necessary?" Anzu asked.
"Not really but it is in the request of the royal advisor and high priest Seth that we should, come this way," Mai said as she and Anzu, follow behind her, walked.
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"Your highness?" The high Priest came into the chamber.
The young pharaoh Bel um Fal (Geez what a mouthful that name is) stood there on the balcony gazing at the desert kingdom as the sky turned into scarlet red as it set on the horizon of the desert.
"Hmm?" the pharaoh said, his voice showed a bit of boredom or of unconcern.
"Pardon for the intrusion my lord but there is something I must speak with you about," the High Priest Seth said bowing in respect to the pharaoh (Does Seto have a past life name?)
"Very well then High Priest," he said turning around to face the priest, "What is it that you want to talk to me about?"
"Recently there were few occurence happening, there were people reporting to me of seeing a Ryu-Kishin or a Flame Cerberus. Portals have been opened more and more frequently, because of this… some of the villages have been plundered and many of our people had died as well to the games."
"Impossible," he said austerely and ascetically, "My father, the Pharaoh before me, sealed the monsters into the shadow realm before they could bring any possible havoc to this kingdom."
"It's not the shadow monsters, already some of our people have worshipped the dark powers. Some how they have manage to open the portals to the shadow realm and were also capable of summoning them as well. Their main leader goes by the name of Henshin," Seth continued, "The High Mage of the Amenhotep Dynasty."
"Henshin?" Bel um Fal said.
"If he continues this, the whole world may be in more even danger than before."
The young pharaoh turned around, closing his eyes as he clutched to the golden up-side down puzzle, his looks filled with distress, "Tell me High Priest… how is it possible for them to kept this hidden from our eyes?"
"I know not, they have hid this for a long time, possibly even during the last Pharaoh's reign," Seth said solemnly.
"We have to stop him."
"It's not that quite simple, your highness," Seth said, "He has followers, possibly more powerful than what we expect, are causing most of the problems. One of his followers, Bakura, is the main threat for now."
"Bakura, The tomb robber?" The young pharaoh said questionally.
"I hear from some sayings of the villagers that he has an assassin after you."
"And how is that a problem, surely he is like any other that we have encountered?" (^_^ They don't really know that the assassin happens to be a girl don't they?)
"This isn't any amateur kind of assassin, I heard this one has real potential values," Seth said cautiously.
"What do you mean potential values?"
"I have heard that this assassin is known to be surreptitious and clever," Seth persisted, "We have to be careful now that your life is at risk. For your safety I suggest we…"
"I am not concerned about my safety. If this assassin will come for me then he will, I can defend myself. I don't need any…"
The pharaoh stopped, there was a knock on the door of his chamber. "Who is it now?"
The door opened. There stood Mai and behind her was a girl he never seen before.
"My lord, I beg forgiveness for my presence however I came to present you that the new servant has arrived," Mai said bowing in front of him.
Bel um Fal walked around her examining her closely. She kept her face looking down to the ground; she had heard that servants weren't suppose to look straight at the pharaoh's face for they were suppossidly 'unworthy'. 'What a joke,' Anzu mentally scoffed.
"What is the name which you are called by?" he asked.
"Anzu," she spoke obediently.
"Hmm… I see no danger from her, she's practically harmless," He averted his eyes to Seth, "Really High Priest I don't see any reasons why we must inspect every servants in this palace let alone those who have served here well enough."
"It is only for the matter of safety your highness, " Seth said.
"Reasons for such are trivial and petty but at all. You may go now servants you are not needed as of now," he commanded to the servants.
"Follow me, I will show you where you will sleep and places around the palace," Mai whispered next to her, "Lets go."
As they went out of the chamber, Anzu turned her head and took a quick glance at the pharaoh.
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'Wait till midnight and you'll see whose harmless now,' Anzu thought. She laid on the rail of the fountain located in the center of the courtyard. Anzu sighed as she gazed at the stars. It was often told that stars were signs from the heavens to guide and bounded to your fate. 'Its funny though, how the Gods bounded me to this life I live in despite of all other lives that I could've have than this' she contemplated.
She looked at the dagger she had took out which was held in her hand. Its blade clean reflecting her image instead of tainted with the blood of her targets.
'All I have to do is eliminate him and I can go retrieve Yumi from that bastard Bakura,' she reminded herself, "He isn't not any different from the others I've encountered… except that he's a pharaoh and the others I've eliminated are patricians(high rank) but its basically the same, right?'
Anzu sat up on the fountain rail and placed her dagger away, her mind felt too clouded, 'Why am I having these second thoughts?'
'You could just not kill him?'
'And why would I do that? I mean what's the chances of having an opportunity such as this?'
'You know this is all wrong, what you have done all these years is all wrong.'
'Shut up' Anzu mentally shouted, Oh Gods why does she have to have a conscious of her own? If she didn't have it, it would've made things more easily that way.
She got up and left the courtyard, the palace was dim however lighted up by the flames of the torches hung on the palace walls. It was now the time for her to complete her mission.
DaWiofFaith: "MystAn1U if you're reading this, check this website I really like it and I hope you would as well. It belongs to Thundercat http://committed.to/YuGiOh It's really awesome! (To me anyways :P)." It's also the first Yami*Tea site that I have seen so far!
Talia: … I still think you should delete this story sooner.
DawiofFaith: "What am I suppose to do again? Oh yeah! BAM BAM BAM! (Smacks head against the wall… again)
ViolinGirl92: "I bet 20 that she loses 70.98369847344357239498235% of her brain."
Talia: "Don't you think we've been betting too much?"
ViolinGirl92: *shrugs*
DaWiofFaith: "Hey can someone please explain to me more about the Shadow Games? I never got hold of the game Forbidden Memories or and so on and I'm very confused with the whole thing. Did they have to sacrifice some souls too or is it the person who lose the duel is suppose to be sacraficed? Are only people who have magic are suppose to be capable of opening the portals to the Shadow Realm? Can someone explained to me about the war that broke out or something involving with the shadow realm and the sacrifice of Yami's soul? Or maybe I should just make some up. I only had few people explaining to me about it. Ok I know Bakura is a Tomb robber but this is an AU, lets make him more than that. ^_^ Ya know what? Forget it I'll just use the name Yami, Bel Um Fal is such a err…'unique' and mouthful kind of name even though I'm using their 'past lives' names. Third chapter coming up this week or next week, depending if I can find my floppy disk again -_-; I printed a copy of this chapter but I forgot about the others… damn…"
Talia: "Oh my, your such a foul mouth." *Grabs a bar of soap smirking evilly*
DaWiofFaith: *whimpers* "Help."
Don't scroll down and read the dedication readers unless you really would want to. Seriously I don't know why you guys want to read this story anyway, there are other stories that are better than this. -_-;;;
Dedication to:
This is dedicated to my friends, and my sister, who were the real ones who pushed me to continue this. -_-; pushing and reminding me to continue this everyday in school is a real annoyance guys, really… But thank you for being there for me in many times, Thank you for supporting me after all the things I have been through, you were a really great friends to me! You guys ignored the fact from everyone that I was known to be anti-social and found a way to break into my barriers. There were times when I never told you guys the truth about me but you found a way to see the real me. You, the friends who really know me for who I am and my gift, helped me through the obstacles of life. You helped me from those who pushed me down, from those times when I was near to death; you guided me with your faith in me. Friendships from you are all I'll have to make me happy. For this, I will continue this story till the end. I don't really care if anyone or any readers would say. I will continue this as a dedication.