DaWiofFaith: *sniffs* "I love these reviews *blows on tissue* they really mean a lot to me."
Talia: "Oh brother…"
ViolinGirl92: "I think you're a weakling."
DaWiofFaith: *disposes tissue in the trash can filled with used tissues* "You know I wish I can be a writer just like SNOW. And become a manga artist with my manga 'Mystic'! I don't know why but every time I want to say no… I just can't bring myself to say it, instead I said yes."
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DaWiofFaith: "I know I shouldn't put a thank you list since it would take up space but it's a habit I can't remove."
ViolinGirl92: Yeah and you like to talk a lot too."
Yami: "So…Is Anzu going to be my nurse or something?"
Talia: "Not exactly but yeah."
DaWiofFaith: "Where is Anzu anyway? ANZU!!!!"
Anzu: "Is this what I'm suppose to wear?" *Wearing a tight anime nurse outfit*
Yami: *nosebleed*
DaWiofFiath: "Holy Sister Mary what are you doing?! You're not supposed to wear THAT!"
Anzu: "But ViolinGirl92 told me to wear this, she said that I'm suppose to be his nurse right?"
Talia: T_T "ViolinGirl92…"
ViolinGirl92: *whistles innocently* "What?"
Anzu: "I'm sure he doesn't have a problem with it, right Yami? *Looks at him* Yami?"
Yami: *fainted from nosebleeding*
Anzu: ^_^ "Oh well don't worry, I'll take good care of him. All he needs is a little special treatment!"
DaWiofFaith: O.O "right………"
Rose of the Desert –Chapter 5'WHAT!' Anzu felt the urge to scream out loud hearing what Mai just said to Seth. Why in the world did Mai just thought of that ridiculous idea? She was supposed to make him die! Not to save his life for Anubis sake! It was her mission to kill him and saving his life isn't going to benefit her in anyway.
"Err… M-mai don't you think you're a bit um… irrational about this?" Anzu stuttered. Indeed it was too much of a shock for her to bear. Mai was definitely vivacious however she liked Mai just enough; Mai was almost the only girl in her age that Anzu could actually talk to and get along with without any difficulty.
"She is right Mai, what makes you think you can completely trust our Pharaoh's life in the hands of this this servant!?" Seth looked at her incongruously and oddly. Usually most of Mai's advice that she would give to him time to time were wise and astute and were best suited to some convoluted situations but this was one advice that was odd, too anomalous for Seth to even believe that Mai actually was saying this.
"I know it sounds strange and all but I think Anzu is perfect for the job. She told me she knew a lot about therapeutic healing and remedies she can make. She even told me some of the herb she knows and what they were used for. Isn't that right Anzu?" Mai said to her.
"I… I know a couple of things about it. I mean someone did taught me most of it… but I'm not that good," Anzu said. She didn't seem to look like she was bothered but inside she was panicking badly.
"Are you sure you can put your trust into her?" Seth looked at the russet brown haired girl; it was strange to the fact that this newly servant came to the palace on the same day that the pharaoh was almost assassinated.
Anzu turned her head to the side; some reason his presence feared her so. She knew already that he should be suspicious of her now. Seth ignored her, giving the look of dubious mistrust at her then he turned to Mai. She seemed confident of this Anzu but how can he allow this girl to go to Yami and tend to his wounds? She had only been here for one day and now his has to entrust her to save the pharaoh from dying so immediately? She would probably end up getting the pharaoh killed if Mai wasn't true to her words. Or maybe… just maybe…
"Alright, I will allow her so. But if our ruler dies, she will be held responsible for his death; she will have to pay the consequences with her life. Are you sure this Anzu is capable enough as she says she is?" Seth spoke sternly to Mai. Mai however was unmoved at the tone of his voice.
She nodded and turned to look at Anzu, "I am undeniably positive."
'What in the name of Nephthys am I going to do?' Anzu thought. She saw Seth and Mai looking at her for any response. 'I could just let him die… but I will be held with huge consequences for his death. But if I let him live, it won't help me at all I mean I have to kill him if I want Yume back. I rather let myself get killed for all I care… but Yume is still in Bakura's hands and there is no way I'm going to allow her to be with that bastard. But… ah fuck this, I'll just let the stupid pharaoh live for now and then I'll kill him later, end of story!'
"I'll do my best," Anzu muttered, she looked at the ground so that they wouldn't notice her face of cynicism that she couldn't restrain hiding. She felt like she was on the verge of skepticism if she continues on with this.
"Then its settled," Mai smiled, she turned to Seth, "You won't regret this, and she is good like the professionals."
"But first I need some things. I'll need these certain herbs that I don't think are that hard to find. I'll need some Chamomile, Arnica, Boraginaceae, seeds of roots of a lotus, Clematis, Yarrow, I guess a Frankencise plant will do, an aloe vera plant, Hamamelis, Cayenne, the Mullien oil is probably necessary, Myrrh but if you don't have that a Echinacea is almost the same thing, Plovik leaves, nemoih roots, and maybe a coriander just in case," Anzu premeditated. She looked up in thought, making an effort to remember some of the aromatic foliage she had learned a long time ago. She then thought about the deep wound she had inflicted on Yami's chest, "And also Calendula and Spikenards. It's alright if you don't have all of it, a couple would probably do just fine but I'll definitely need the nemoih roots and the plovik roots, those will heal any deep wounds."
Finally after she finished saying her mental list Anzu looked back at Seth and Mai. They were staring at her with a face of shock written all over, lets just say they were very stunned. Anzu cocked her head to the side looking at them.
"What?"
"It's nothing," Mai assured her. She looked at the Hight Priest, "See Seth? I'm absolutely sure that she knows what she's doing."
~*~
Anzu stared at the door that led into the chamber in front of her. This would be the second time she came here. She clutched the small brown bag she held in one hand. 'Great… its déjà vu all over again.' Anzu muttured some curses and opened the door as she went.
"Anzu wait!" Before she entered She turned around, she saw one of the servants she saw talking with Hafsah coming up to her. She didn't exactly talk much to the fact so Anzu wasn't too familiar with her.
"What do you want?" Anzu asked. The other servant grabbed something from her pocket and handed it to her.
"Here, I thought you might need it since I noticed you were the only one who didn't have any," The servant spoke timidly. Anzu looked at the amulet, it was an amulet known as the 'Isis knot', and it was worn for protection. Isis was one of the main gods and goddesses in the Egyptian culture. Anzu remembered there was a temple built in the honor of Isis in Philae, an island in the middle of the Nile River when she passed by.
"An amulet?"
"Just think of my gift for good luck besides a protection from illness. It didn't look like you could get along with the other servants back there and well… I want to get to know you better so I guess in a way… it's a token of friendship."
Anzu stared at the amulet given to her. Everyone often wore one or two amulets or even more in each of the household, it would seem strange to everyone if Anzu didn't have one of her own. It had been a long time since Anzu had one of her own herself…
"Teana!" Teana turned around to see the small boy running through the reeds to her.
"Teknakt, what are you doing here?" Teana got up from doing laundry in the Nile River. "Why aren't you with your mother?"
The small Egyptian boy Teknakt hugged her tightly and looked up at her, "I know but I want to see you before I go to mommy."
"What do you want to see me about?" Teana went down in her knees to be at his length so that he wouldn't look up at her so much. Teknakt lifted his small clutched hand to her, when he opened his hand there was a small statue of the goddess Sekhmet. It was tied with a leather string.
"Someone told me that you were born on the festival night of Sekhmet, the goddess of war and healing. They told me you were probably born under the powers of Sekhmet because of your gift and well… since you have taken care of me ever since I was a baby I want to give you my gratitude so here," Teknakt said, he waited agitatingly to hear something from her. Teana took the amulet and looked at it fondly, no one ever knew about her birthday or even cared because of her low status in the household of her master.
"Oh, thank you Teknakt," Teana spoke softly in tears filled with gratitude, "This means a lot to me… thank you so much…"
"Thank you… erm…"
"Iutemheb, my name is Iutemheb," Iutemheb said smiling, "I better go. The High priest would surely scorn me if I did not complete my tasks. I hope I'll see you some other time."
Anzu watched Iutemheb quickly walked through the hallway, disappearing from her sight. She looked at the amulet. 'Maybe this place isn't completely that bad after all…' She tied the amulet on her wrist and proceeded to go inside the chamber.
The room was dim no doubt about that. Anzu could see that now he was actually sleeping, his body moving from his shallow breathing. His form was hidden under the sheet but she could see his arm hanging over the edge of the bed.
'Great… just great. The guy was wide awake last night when I had the chance to kill him and at this point I can't kill him and now he's sleeping!' Anzu mentally said crossly. She walked to the side of his bed and bended down to her knees. She partially removed the fine linen sheet from Yami's sleeping face to see him better. Since their encounter was last night, she couldn't see the details of him since it was dark and when she was presented to him, she had herself looking down on the ground than to see him.
What was she doing?! She couldn't help but lightly brushing the golden strands of his hair from his face. His sleeping feature seemed to soften from her light touch. His skin was tan but not lightly as hers, she remembered those ruby colored eyes of his that seemed to almost pierce through her. His hair was what that astonished her; his black and red hair and his golden spikes beleaguered him. His hair was like that of a crown that seemed to show his high rank and authority.
'For a spoiled Pharaoh he looks kinda cute… WAIT! NONONONONO! HOLD THAT THOUGHT! HOLD THAT THOUGHT!' Anzu found her mind screaming. She drew her hand away from his face. Her hand held the other as she looked away from him; she could've sworn she felt her heart skipped a beat. She turned her head back to him, "But… it is true…"
Yami roused slowly from his sleep, he gave out a small yawn as he rubbed his eyes removing the haziness from his vision. He was able to gain some of his strength back from that sleep. He looked to his side seeing the brunette kneeing on the floor on the perimeter of his bed who was too looking at him back…
"Ahh!" They both screamed. Well… actually since he screamed, he kind of made Anzu screamed as well. (*Shrugs* Well… that always happen with me when someone screams.)
Anzu covered her mouth from that unexpected err… reaction; she didn't anticipated that he would actually wake up so soon. She looked at the floor, "I'm sorry, my lord. I didn't mean to surprise you like that."
Yami starred at her, who was she? From her clothes he could tell that she was a servant. Oh yeah she was the new one who just arrived here yesterday, "Mother of Ra you almost scarred the living Ka out of me!"
'Maybe if you didn't scream I wouldn't have done that!' Anzu thought sarcastically. She spoke a small 'sorry.' He didn't really catch the small hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"What are you doing here for? I told the Priest that I don't want no one to come in here," Yami spoke smugly, "Especially not some annoyingly bothersome servants."
"ANNOYING SERVANT?! Look buddy the priest told me to because I'm the only one left who knows about any healing remedies!" Anzu shot back at him heatedly. That was it; that was just the thing that would burst her bubble no uncertainty about that, 'Ok, what I had just thought about him a while ago… forget it.'
Yami looked at her with shock. Why was she, a measly low commoner, speaking to him, the pharaoh, in that kind of manner! He felt his own blood boiling, "Don't you know of the consequences of your action will receive?"
"YEAH I DO BUT DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE??!!! NO ACTUALLY I DON'T GIVE A SHIT!"
"STUPID PLEBIEN! YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO RESPECT THOSE OF HIGH RANK DO YOU?!"
"YOU MAY BE SOME IMPORTANT, HIGHLY RESPECTED RULER BUT YOUR ATTITUDE SUCKS ASS!" Anzu said irritably, crossing her arms not bothered to look at the stunned pharaoh, "Geez I'm only here to tend to your wounds and you just go exploding right in front of my face!"
"Fine I'm sor-RY! BUT WAKING UP IN THE MORNING WITH SOMEONE NEXT TO ME ISN'T REALLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND!!!!!"
"OH REALLY? OK THEN WHAT WERE YOU THINKING THAN?!!"
"I don't have to put up with this!" Yami pulled the sheet covering his body and got out from his bed just about to get out of his chamber, "I'm leav…"
He stopped as the sharp pain strike in his torso again like before however it got worse as it was now bleeding again. He clung to his chest, just when he thought he was actually getting better the abrasion that was embedded deep within his chest opened up again.
"Are you alright?" Anzu forgot all about the argument between them and got up along with grabbing a cloth and placed it on his chest where the bloodstain on his shirt was. As she supported him from falling down she helped him back to his bed, "You have to stop moving or else your wound will open up more."
"Yeah… sure…" he laid back on his bed with his eyes half closed, his breathing became more quickening and shallower than ever. He noticed the small sack next to her, "For all I know you're going to end up getting me killed with your poison concoction."
'You don't know how very lucky you are that I can't make those,' Anzu sat on his bed removing the cloth, which was now stained with blood oozing out, to see the wound. She stared at the wound; it was unfathomly deep. Usually these kinds of injury are difficult for many people to bear and should've killed the person inflicted, especially since the infliction is almost right near the heart. She twist the cloth, wringing it in a bowl of water next to her and placed it back on his chest soaking up the blood as she spoke tranquilly, "Look, maybe we've got off in a bad start. But just trust me in this one, I'm not exactly a profession in healing but I know enough so just try to trust me on this ok?"
Yami had his eyes closed trying to breath in more deeply bearing the throbbing pain that seemed to pound him, "Does it look like I have any choice?"
Anzu disregarded of what he just said and tried to remove his blood-spattered shirt, "I'll need to take this off, I won't be able to cure that wound of yours if your shirt is in the way."
Yami moved his head up so she could remove his shirt over his head as she got rid of it, placing it on the side of the bed. He thought of it oddly, they were just in the middle of a quarrel then suddenly she seemed to act as if it never even happened.
"A life of a patient is more important than the opposition between them," Anzu spoke as she dried the wound, gently wiping the blood off with the towel. He turned his head slowly on his pillow to her direction; it was as if she had just read his mind.
Anzu looked at his bare chest, she could feel a blush creeping over her face looking at him half naked. 'Don't think of that Anzu, don't you dare think of that' Anzu mentally chanted in her head. She gave a small murmur, "Oh Sekhmet help me."
"Is there something wrong?" Yami looked at her oddly. What is she blushing at? Anzu saw that look he gave her, "Um… its nothing, just wait here for a while, I-I'm gonna go get a couple more things." With that she sped off.
She came back quickly holding another bowl filled with water. Anzu grabbed her small brown sack, looking through the small containers of herbs that were already grounded and ready to use for combination. She had prepared them in her quarter after Mai gave her some of the herbs that she found. They couldn't find most of the herbs she needed but it was good enough, "Hmm… ok I remembered that the Hamamelis plant was used for any external and internal bleeding so it should probably stop his bleeding. The Arnica plant should reduce the pain and since its inflammatory, it could increase the re-absorption of internal bleedings. The Chamomile should work as well and maybe… or was it the Frankincense?"
Yami observed her looking at both the small bottles comparing which one to use. It seemed to look like she knows what she was doing though it had somewhat astonished him. Usually such knowledge as that are often reserved for apprentices. Not many low ranks or plebeians could learn such a knowledge only minor stuff like for cuts or bruises.
"I guess I'll use both of them, they are basically the same thing," Anzu decided. She placed both of the herbs into the bowl mixing it together with water. It's been a long time since she had done this without Meritamun so she couldn't guarantee that it would work so much however it had been a gift she had even if Meritamun hadn't taught her, "This should stop the bleeding for a while, just as long as you don't move so much."
Yami watched her applying the towel with the mixture, "Where did you learned that?"
"Someone taught me," she spoke quickly; she can't have people know more about her. She could tell that she was starting to open up to people, and probably being close to your victim isn't really going to make things a bit easier, "This will probably hurt a lot but I promise it won't last long."
As Anzu let towel containing the bitter fluid pressed into his wound, Yami felt a sudden paroxysm of pain swept through him. He clenched his teeth, closing his eyes making an effort of will to overcome the pain. Anzu allowed her hand being gripped tightly by his. She couldn't blame him how much it hurts. Back then she had seen a lot of this happening when Meritamun tried to save the lives of the men who were in battles or other fatalities.
Anzu took out a small bottle of Arnica and gently rubbed it over the wound relieving the pain. Yami slowly relaxed as she added more over his wound. She watched him calmed down, "Are you ok so far?"
"Yeah… I'm just tired," His eyes were still closed, his breathing was starting to become normal instead of quicken short gasps for air.
"You don't have to worry, the painful part is over now," Anzu removed the cloth from his wound and applied a mixture she made up herself of Yarrow, Boraginaceae, Calendula, and Spikenards on his chest.
"There that should heal it, as long as you keep it on it should quickly heal it," Anzu wringed the cloth in a bowl of cold water and used it to wipe the sweat on his forehead. Knowing that he drifted off to sleep she got out of his bed and placed the herbs back in the sack, before she left she grabbed the blanket on the floor and placed on his sleeping body and whispered, "Be glad that I'm not going to kill you yet my Pharaoh."
DaWiofFaith: "Well that's all for now kids! *twitches* damn computer, sometimes I can't train the computer to put the italics to where it should be. *Twitches again* And this chapter seems more worser than the others."
ViolinGIrl: "Well you can't really say anything bad to the computer since we recently got it."
Talia: "Yeah don't diss da computer!"
DaWiofFiath: O.o "Guys… I have some very terrible news."
ViolinGirl92 and Talia: "What?"
DaWiofFaith: -_-; "I'm developing a writer's block."
Anzu and Yami: "WHAT!!"
A lie hides the truth, accusation transpires…
But a story reveals the veracity; a story renders…
The true reality…
DaWiofFaith: "To those who really enjoyed the fighting scene in my third chapter and want more of it, tell me right now and I will try to add more fighting scenes in future chapters. ^_^ When I checked on the goddess Sekhmet, some say she was the goddess of war and some say she was the goddess of healing so I combined it together. Now click on the button down there and review!"
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAIT ITS TOO EARLY, OH WELL I'M SO HYPER I DON'T CARE!!!!!