DaWiofFaith: *snores on table with fan drawings*
Talia: *stares*
ViolinGirl92: *stares*
Talia: *stares, hands clutchy*
ViolinGirl92: *does the same*
Talia and ViolinGilr92: "DRAW!" *draw hands*
Talia: HA! PAPER COVERS ROCK! PAY UP!
ViolinGirl92: *mumbles and gives money* "Stupid Talia bitch"
Talia: "I'm not a bitch! I'm THE Bitch!"
ViolinGirl92: X.X
DisclaimerViolinGirl92: *bangs head to the wall*
Talia: *looks at her* T_T "It really does run in the family."
ViolinGirl92: "DarkWings of Faith does not own Yu-Gi-oh or the characters… but if she steals their clothes and sell them on ebay does that mean she owns the stuff?"
Talia: *shruggs*
DaWiofFaith: "NOOO! EBAY! DOUJINSHIS! YAOI! YU-GI-OH! BAD!!!!" *goes to a corner in fettle position*
Thank You List ^_____^
Lili~*~ Thanks for the review! Thanks for liking the fighting part of the story; it took a while for me to finish it! ^_^
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DaWiofFaith: ^_^ "Phew glad that was over with!"
Yami: T_T "Why did you make Anzu kill me?"
Anzu: -_-; "She only wrote that I injured you."
Yami: "You tried to kill me!"
Anzu: "But I'm an assassin! I'm supposed to kill you!"
Yami: "I thought you love me?"
Anzu: "I DO!"
DaWiofFaith: *falls down anime style* "It's only a story! Anyways thanks reviewers for enjoying my fighting scenario! I didn't really think that people would actually like it. It was hard but it was based loosely bit on experience."
Talia: -_-;;;; "Too bad you don't have a will to kick peoples ass… that much."
Rose of the Desert- Chapter 4His eyes opened slightly as he woke up. Yami found himself in his own bed, a blanket made of a soft fur of leapord (AN:*sniffs* :( the poor animal). He could see some sunrays coming through the curtains covering the entrance of his balcony however it was still slightly dim for he was sleeping repossessioning his strength. Yami tried to sit up on his huge bed. A parayxom of pain idulge him greatly as he got up, he leaned the back of his head on the bedpost.
The lesions he received still hadn't healed very well. He wasn't surprised that some of his wounds are still bleeding. That was what he should expected in when it comes to deep wounds. He could feel his face getting pale from all the blood that he lost during the fight between him and that girl. What was the name she called herself? Oh yeah, she said she was known as the Desert Rose.
"The Desert Rose…" he found himself saying her name. She was definitely deadly no doubt about it; she could've finished him right then for sure if he wasn't careful of her every move. He should've expected no less that Bakura would be senting the best to do the job of finishing him. After all Bakura was the follower of Henshin, if he had died then they would have the advantage and take over, using the dark powers of the shadow realm for their own personal gain…
A sudden burst of pain exploded from his abdomen, he clutch his chest tightly. He waited for the aching twinge to end however it still remain continuing, it wasn't getting any better than before. He ought to listen to the High Priest more often, 'I should've listen to Seth more often. He was right, the pain is getting worser by the minute.'
The door to his chamber opened slightly, he turned to that direction seeing it was just one of the servants serving his breakfast.
"Leave now, I'm in no condition of eating," Yami jadedly commanded to the servant. The servant bowed to him and left the room, that then Seth came in passing the servant.
"How are you feeling my lord?"
Yami breathed heavily, he didn't look at the priest instead he rolled to the side covering himself with the blanket over him. He spoke in a muffled, barely audible sound but Seth could still here him say, "Like I should die right now to end this stupid pain."
"I know you are still weak, you should rest more to regain back your energy," Seth spoke, he knew the healer couldn't do very much to the wounds. It was too deep to be tended. Usually its those kind of woulds that most people die from since it was near where the area of the heart is. It was probably a phenomenon, a miracle that the Pharaoh would last so long. He heard nothing in response coming from Yami. Maybe he already knew that there was already too much damage on him to be cured.
"Um… So far we haven't found the assassin or anything that would hold as evidence to where the assassin is. But we are still searching for him," Seth waited for Yami to say anything about it.
'Him?' Yami thought. He guessed that they didn't know about it yet, "Seth… I don't really think that the assassin is a 'he', he's more of a she actually."
"A woman?" Seth looked at him like he was insane, maybe the blow on his head was making him delusional, "What makes you think that this assassin, that was about to kill you before we could get to you, is a mere girl?"
"I know it sounds weird… but she was, I'm definitly positive," Yami said. He thought about what he was just saying, 'Ok people are definitely thinking that I'm nuts now.'
"Forgive me but yes it is peculiar to think that a female could outdo a male but it might be possible that you could've seen it differently. It happened all last night so you probably were seeing things incorrectly since it was too dark and vague," Seth turned back to the door to leave, "Besides if it was a girl, it would probably be anybody since we never pay much attention to the women in the palace. Either that or she could've escape from the guards reach thinking she was probably weak and that she was of no harm."
Yami turned from his bed and sat up slightly looking at Seth leaving his chamber. Leaving him to reminisce.
'Some reason, I don't think I've seen the last of her, but in some way… I feel as if she is near close by…"
~*~
"Anzu, are you in there? Wake up we have tasks to carry out to finish!"
Anzu stir from her sleep, and with her eyes half opened she looked to where the knocking on the door came from. She knew already that the owner of the voice was Mai.
"I'll come out in a bit, I just need to get dressed!" Anzu shouted to the door, it was enough for Mai to hear her.
"Alright, I'll leave now to let you get ready," Anzu could hear Mai's footsteps turn to leave and the sound faded.
'Good she's gone,' Anzu thought in relief as she sat up in bed, she buried her head to her hands. She didn't fully gain her strength as well from her encounter with the Pharaoh last night especially from all the inflictions she received.
Anzu looked at her arm that was badly injured, she removed the cloth tied around it to examine how it is so far. It finally stopped bleeding though there was still a huge gash on it. She was lucky that she could even move her arm despite of its condition. She got up from her bed; the side of her abdomen was still in an awful circumstance however it was better than before.
Anzu when to rummage through her items that she brought just in case if it was needed for her. She grabbed an ointment that she made before her journey to the palace, an aphrodisiac made of the lotus flower. It was also used to heal any bleeding or wounds on the skin using its seeds and stems.
After she rubbed some on her wounds, she quickly changed into her servant uniform. She grabbed her sandals made out of reeds on the ground next to her; usually those who are of high rank could own leather sandals. She hurriedly tied her sash around her waist as she walked to the door to meet with Mai outside. Before she opened the door she hesitated and looked back, her bloodstained clothes were still there discarded near the corner of her room.
'I'll have to get rid of it, I can't allow anybody to know my true purpose,' she reminded herself as she left the room, closing the door shut as she left.
~*~
"Did you here? The Pharaoh was attacked last night!" One of the servant girls exclaimed as they went around with their day by day tasks. Mai and Anzu heard basically most actually all of it since they were saying it pretty loudly enough to be heard.
"You should' ve seen him, he was covered with blood everywhere! I saw it with my own eyes yesterday when they called for me!" The one who often talks the most than the others, from what Mai told to Anzu, was named Khamaat.
"How bad were his injuries? I mean it can't be that bad can it?"
"Its more like its enough to convince the royal healer himself that the Pharaoh is a gonner."
"They said the assassin was covered all in black and since it all occurred at night, it was hard for them to catch the assassin."
"So this assassin, he must be very well trained to inflict that much on him."
"That's one thing I was going to tell you, apparently one of the guards said that the Pharaoh kept saying that the assassin was actually a girl! Can you believe that?"
"Are you serious he must be delusional to think of that. A female who knows how to fight?" the other servant named Hafsah snorted, "That is the most unimaginable thing I've ever heard of."
"What do you think Anzu?" Khamaat turned to Anzu waiting for a reply.
"Me?" Anzu pointed to herself in question.
"Yeah, what do you think?" Ther other servant girl which Anzu haven't met before asked.
'I think you're all a bunch of idiots to think that,' Anzu thought angrily but she remained passive as usual, "I don't think it's that queer, I'm sure some woman are capable to defend thmeselves."
"Well it is your opinion," Hafsah shrugged and turned to the other servants, "So anyway…"
As they were busy talking Mai grabbed two empty baskets and gave one of them to Anzu. As she did she whispered quietly to Anzu, "Come, lets get away from those gossipers. I have enough listening to them for today."
"Good, I'm not sure how long I can stand it anyway," Anzu agreed and went with Mai outside.
~*~
"So what do you think?"
"Hmm?" Anzu questionably looked up at Mai as they both folded the dried sheets and replaced where the fine linen sheets laid out drying with the wet ones outside.
"What do you think of the palace so far?"
"It's… nice. I just need to get used to the place then I'll be fine," Anzu hesitated.
"Its really nice here, there are some occasions now and then but it isn't really bad. Its really an honor to serve the pharaoh himself," Mai said, she was hanging the wet sheets to dry so she couldn't see Anzu across her.
'You're kidding right?' Anzu thought, "I don't see any way why the Pharaoh should be so highly respected, I know he's a ruler but really he's nothing more than a…"
"You shouldn't say that! If anybody hears you, a suspicion would arise. Beside, he is a great and capable ruler for Egypt," Mai interrupted her.
"Why? I could really care less," Anzu alleged. It was basically true though she could care even lesser.
Mai looked at her with shock but at the same time she was starting to like the girl, Anzu wasn't afraid to speak out her mind even if it would lead her in trouble, "But you don't really know much about him don't you?"
Anzu stop with what she was doing and moved to the side to see Mai, "What is there to know about him? I already know plenty of him enough outside of the villages. They would always talk about him."
"Some of it is mostly talk I guess," Mai assured, "People fear him because of his authority and his power, but if you ask those inside the palace they'll tell you that he isn't so bad as people would believe him to be. He has his reasons for his actions."
"And how would you know?" Anzu asked, she bent down to grab the basket that contained the dried sheets.
"My um… friend Junouchi knows the Pharaoh very well. He is one of the few close and most trusted friends of the Pharaoh," Mai grabbed her basket and caught up with Anzu.
"Isn't he the Head chief of the army?"
"Yeah he is, hey lets go to a short cut through the kitchen. Its more quicker to go through than around," Mai pointed at the corridor, "When you get use to being here so long, you'll find places that are quicker to pass."
"Fine with me," Anzu shrugged.
They passed through the corridor that led to the kitchen, Anzu looked around seeing the kitchen servants preparing meals. Various herbs and ingrediants she reconized were placed in containers. She felt it was a bit hot from the heat of the collation cooked into the clay oven. Mai, from Anzu's point of view, didn't seem to notice much of the heat.
As they finally passed through Anzu perceived at the arranged pile of plants on the table as they walked through the end of the kitchen, "These plants…"
Mai turned around to the pile that Anzu pointed out to, "Oh those? The kitchen servants uses those in preparation on the food."
Anzu lightly took a small plant from the discarded pile, "But you can't you use these for a more better purpose, they are very helpful in medication and in healing."
"Medication?" Mai said "But the royal healer doesn't use those plants."
"Well he should," Anzu, suggested, she gently removed the seeds from the plant and showed them to Mai, "See these seeds? The Cumin plant is used not only for cooking but also as a stimulant and blood builder. If you mix it with honey, the seeds are used to calm irritating coughs or it could be use as a pain relieving ointment for aching arthritic joints."
"Wow, I didn't know the cumin herbs were used like that."
"Yeah and this chamomile plant here," Anzu pointed out, "Sure its often commonly used for tea but it's a useful wash for rashes and skin irritations."
"You really know a lot about herbs and healing don't you?"
Anzu placed her hands on her hips in a boastful yet playful fashion. "I know every use for medication more than the royal healer himself," Anzu joked.
"Maybe you really do know more about healing than him," Mai said, "Where did you learn how to heal with these herbs?"
Anzu stared at the herb blankly, empty from Mai's words spoken to her. Remembering a remembrance, a memory, which she never defy to recollect after all these years. "Teana you have to take out the rhizomes in the Cyperus!" Meritamun instructed her so. Fourteen year-old Teana(Anzu) held the Cyperus plant in front of her and looked strangely at the Egyptian papyrus. It didn't look much enough to even be a use for medication, "But don't they use this for paper, Meritamun?"Meritamun wearily looked at her young so called 'apprentice', "Teana child, remember that is just the common use, the Cyperus may be used as a pulp for paper but there are some parts of it used in medication."
Teana placed it back along with the other plants that she gathered with Meritamun. Meritamun was the midwife when her mistress Shepshet gave birth to Teknakt. Now whenever Teana finishes her daily tasks early, she would often visit her and learn as much as she could with healing and medication for future knowledge. She would often look up to Meritamun as a mother figure since her birth parents were unknown to her.
"Meritamun, I really want to become a healer but I don't think I can. Not to mention I am only but a slave to the household of… well I just don't think they would grant me my freedom that easily."
"You'll never know Teana, you do have the highest rank compare to all the other slaves and the servants as well," Meritamun suggested. It was nice to have Teana around with her since she too had a loss. With Teana, who didn't have a mother, and herself being barren she couldn't have a child of her own so they kept each other company. Also whenever it is the time for her to pass on, she would know that the tradition of her family's healing secrets would pass on to Teana.
"I hope so… There are so many people dying each day that I want to heal them so they can live longer," Teana said hopefully… If only she knew what would happen to her to become the bringer of death……
"Anzu?""Anzu!"
Anzu quickly snapped back to reality. She turned to Mai who was looking at her curiously raising her brow in curiousity.
"I'm sorry, I was sort of in my own world there," Anzu said in a small voice with a sweatdrop. It was always normal for her back when she was young. Often she would stare into space daydreaming, "What was it that you said?"
"Oh well, where did you learn how to use herbs for medicine?" Mai repeated for her again.
"…When I first became a servant to a middle class household," she somewhat fibbed. It wasn't really a lie, she had the highest rank of all slaves and the servants as well… but still she was nothing but a slave back then…
"Oh I see, but a servant with that great of knowledge? How come you never tried to become healer instead?" Mai asked. She was becoming interested knowing more about Anzu. She doesn't seem to be like the other servant girls in the palace.
"Lets just say that I never had the opportunity to become one," Anzu said drearily. She gave a diminutive sigh but turned to Mai and gave a small smile to substantiate her that it didn't mean anything to her, "Its alright though, it wasn't something that I ever thought of becoming really."
"Alright, but don't you ever thought about it not even once instead of now?" Mai turned and continued to walk out of the quarter. Anzu, of course, followed however deep in her mind her thoughts were scrambled as she thought more about what Mai said.
'I have always thought about it ever since… but not any more when Meritamun had died…'
~*~
"Is there a problem High Priest?" Seth turned to look at Mai. Mai noticed Seth caught up in his usual meditation pacing back and forth. However this time he looked more troubled than usual.
"It's the Pharaoh, he isn't well after that attack last night. His wounds had barely healed and the Royal Healer informed me that the injuries inflicted in him are too deep to be cured," Seth distraughtly told her.
"Are you sure it is that serious?"
"He might not be able to be restored back to health," Seth sighed, "He might not beable make it."
'At least I know now that now he no longer in my concern anymore,' Anzu thought. She kept her silence standing behind Mai as she spoke with the priest.
Mai thought deeply for a solution, she turned to Anzu to ask her something and suddenly the most unthinkable idea came up in her mind.
"How about we give Anzu a try?" Mai suggested with positive confidence. She pushed Anzu's back lightly causing Anzu to move forward next to her, "She knows a lot about medicine and healing."
"W-what?!"
'WHAT!!!!???'
DaWiofFaith: "AND THE PLOT THICKENS!!"
Talia: "No it doesn't."
DaWiofFaith: "Yeah It doesn't seem very good. Darn I'm so busy with my exams coming in I'm too nervous to work more into this piece of writing.
ViolinGIrl92: ^_^; "At least you updated."
DaWiofFaith: "Yeah At least I updated, now I got an new story to work on and a two story I'm working on."
Yami: "Oh Mother of Ra, I'm I going to be in another the story?"
Talia: "Actually yeah you and Tea err… Anzu err… DaWiofFaith why do you keep using different names?
DaWiofFaith: *shrugs* "I like to use the dub name, I like to use the original name."
ViolinGirl92: *Checks off the 'ideas of story' list* "There, two down. Five er four more to go."
DAWiofFaith: "Oh I almost forgot! Anzu and Yami are at least around 22 year-old. I know it seems a bit weird but later in the fic, it will explain the reason for this and a part of Anzu's past that caused her to become what she is now."