Hi, I guess if your on the second chapter that means you like (or at least
tolerate) my fanfic. Thanks for your support.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh, Inu-Yasha or anything having to do with them. I do own Kit (she will probably be introduced in either the 4th or 5th chapter).
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Yami Bakura: About a week after Mother died a funeral was held. Mother's body had vanished into the dark world after the game, so a stone tablet was used it its stead. The tablet pictured mother, her hair painted white, her skin golden pink, she wore a long, flowing dress that was left the gold color of the stone. She was facing toward the right, a sign that she had been a great duelist. Surrounding Mother's image were images that I now recognized as monsters from the dark games. I recognized my favorite, Change of Heart, standing in front and above mother. I didn't recognize any other monsters but I noted that very few of the monsters were the human shaped ones that were most common. Mother's tomb wasn't one of the grand ones used for pharaohs, instead it was a small building called a mastaba. It had one room, the burial chamber, a long corridor that would be sealed up once the tomb was furnished, and a sort of chimney that Father said would let Mother's soul leave the tomb and go to heaven.
In the mean time Mother would have all the things she had loved in the tomb with her, there was even a note I had written on papyrus telling Mother that I loved her. I had given it to her for her birthday one year. Mother was always so kind to me so I had decided to draw a picture and write something. I wasn't a terribly good artist at the time, but I tried to draw Mother and Father and me, and then below that I had written "Happy birthday, I love you Mother." I remember, mother treasured it, she said it wasn't a masterpiece but that it didn't mater, because I had made it just for her. I was glad Mother would be able to look at the card and remember me. I wondered if when Mother left the tomb she would come back to say goodbye to me, and to Father.
"That's the hardest thing," I thought sadly to myself. "I never got to say goodbye to her."
I heard footsteps behind me and turned around to see a boy, about my age but shorter, his blond bangs were set off by the black spiky hair with red tips that covered the rest of his head. I recognized him immediately as the pharaoh's sun, Yamasen.
"She was your mother?" Yamasen asked curiously. When I nodded he continued. "I heard about her, my father talked about her a lot, apparently she was one of his rivals."
I turned around and glared at him. I'd never glared at anyone in my life but this boy didn't seem to care at all that Mother had died because of the stupid dark games. He even seemed to like the dark games.
"So, are you going to be a duelist like your mother?" Yamasen inquired hesitantly. Apparently he was put off by the look I had given him. "I know I'm going to be one, when my father has finished playing the dark games I'll get the Millennium Puzzle he wears around his neck. That will give me the right to play in the dark games. I guess since you have yokai blood you wouldn't need a millennium item."
I was angry. Not only had the dark games taken mother away but they were threatening to trap me as well! I would not have it! I was about to tell the young prince what I thought of the dark games but Father must have sensed trouble and walked up.
"No, my prince, I'm afraid my son won't be taking part in the dark games. His mother would not have wanted it." Father's voice cracked, I didn't need to look up to see the tear streaks on his face or his bloodshot eyes. I also didn't need a patch of still water to know that my eyes were at least as red and that my face was salty with tears.
Yamasen shrugged his lean shoulders and turned to walk back toward his father, who was talking with some other men. As Yamasen left I saw a young boy and girl, about his age, approach him. The girl looked back at me; her blue eyes showed that she understood my feelings, her brown hair framing a face that showed obvious concern. The boy, who was blonde, a rare color in Ancient Egypt, seemed just as oblivious to my feelings as his friend had.
"Come on Baku, let's go home. The funeral is over."
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OK, I'll explain some of the things in the story. You probably wondered why Baku's mother facing toward the right in the tablet made her a strong duelist. I have noticed while studying Ancient Egyptian art for a college course that often during scenes of hunts, wars or other things of that nature those who are victorious/stronger are facing toward the right while those who loose the battle face toward the left. I think this may be symbolic in a lot of Egyptian art so that's why I included it.
It is also true that sometimes statues or other representations of a person were used as a vessel for their soul instead of the original body. I'm not sure why this would be in the real Ancient Egypt but it seems easily explained by the dark games in the Yu-gi-oh version of Ancient Egypt.
I made up the name Yami Yugi had in his previous life. Yama is a corruption of the word Yami (dark) and sen is the Japanese translation of the word "thousand". Put together they make what sounds like a half decent Egyptian name.
Yes, Anzu/Tea and Joey (can't spell his Japanese name, it's just too long) do make a cameo in my fanfic, mostly because in the Playstation game it implies that they are reincarnated from the pharaoh's friends. I think there may be some implication in the TV show too, but I have yet to see it.
I know this chapter was kind of short and relatively uneventful. I needed a way to introduce Yami Bakura to the pharaoh/Yami Yugi. They'll meet up again later in the story but I wanted Baku to have had some previous experience with him. I also ended up using it to brush up on Egyptian artwork (I have a quiz on it soon).
For all you Yugi/Yami fans out there I didn't mean to make Yami seem so dense, since he is still young I think of him at this point as being very much like Yugi, so he was actually concerned for Baku, however he didn't know him and the only thing he knew they had in common had to do with the dark games. He just didn't realize that he would be pushing the wrong buttons.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh, Inu-Yasha or anything having to do with them. I do own Kit (she will probably be introduced in either the 4th or 5th chapter).
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Yami Bakura: About a week after Mother died a funeral was held. Mother's body had vanished into the dark world after the game, so a stone tablet was used it its stead. The tablet pictured mother, her hair painted white, her skin golden pink, she wore a long, flowing dress that was left the gold color of the stone. She was facing toward the right, a sign that she had been a great duelist. Surrounding Mother's image were images that I now recognized as monsters from the dark games. I recognized my favorite, Change of Heart, standing in front and above mother. I didn't recognize any other monsters but I noted that very few of the monsters were the human shaped ones that were most common. Mother's tomb wasn't one of the grand ones used for pharaohs, instead it was a small building called a mastaba. It had one room, the burial chamber, a long corridor that would be sealed up once the tomb was furnished, and a sort of chimney that Father said would let Mother's soul leave the tomb and go to heaven.
In the mean time Mother would have all the things she had loved in the tomb with her, there was even a note I had written on papyrus telling Mother that I loved her. I had given it to her for her birthday one year. Mother was always so kind to me so I had decided to draw a picture and write something. I wasn't a terribly good artist at the time, but I tried to draw Mother and Father and me, and then below that I had written "Happy birthday, I love you Mother." I remember, mother treasured it, she said it wasn't a masterpiece but that it didn't mater, because I had made it just for her. I was glad Mother would be able to look at the card and remember me. I wondered if when Mother left the tomb she would come back to say goodbye to me, and to Father.
"That's the hardest thing," I thought sadly to myself. "I never got to say goodbye to her."
I heard footsteps behind me and turned around to see a boy, about my age but shorter, his blond bangs were set off by the black spiky hair with red tips that covered the rest of his head. I recognized him immediately as the pharaoh's sun, Yamasen.
"She was your mother?" Yamasen asked curiously. When I nodded he continued. "I heard about her, my father talked about her a lot, apparently she was one of his rivals."
I turned around and glared at him. I'd never glared at anyone in my life but this boy didn't seem to care at all that Mother had died because of the stupid dark games. He even seemed to like the dark games.
"So, are you going to be a duelist like your mother?" Yamasen inquired hesitantly. Apparently he was put off by the look I had given him. "I know I'm going to be one, when my father has finished playing the dark games I'll get the Millennium Puzzle he wears around his neck. That will give me the right to play in the dark games. I guess since you have yokai blood you wouldn't need a millennium item."
I was angry. Not only had the dark games taken mother away but they were threatening to trap me as well! I would not have it! I was about to tell the young prince what I thought of the dark games but Father must have sensed trouble and walked up.
"No, my prince, I'm afraid my son won't be taking part in the dark games. His mother would not have wanted it." Father's voice cracked, I didn't need to look up to see the tear streaks on his face or his bloodshot eyes. I also didn't need a patch of still water to know that my eyes were at least as red and that my face was salty with tears.
Yamasen shrugged his lean shoulders and turned to walk back toward his father, who was talking with some other men. As Yamasen left I saw a young boy and girl, about his age, approach him. The girl looked back at me; her blue eyes showed that she understood my feelings, her brown hair framing a face that showed obvious concern. The boy, who was blonde, a rare color in Ancient Egypt, seemed just as oblivious to my feelings as his friend had.
"Come on Baku, let's go home. The funeral is over."
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OK, I'll explain some of the things in the story. You probably wondered why Baku's mother facing toward the right in the tablet made her a strong duelist. I have noticed while studying Ancient Egyptian art for a college course that often during scenes of hunts, wars or other things of that nature those who are victorious/stronger are facing toward the right while those who loose the battle face toward the left. I think this may be symbolic in a lot of Egyptian art so that's why I included it.
It is also true that sometimes statues or other representations of a person were used as a vessel for their soul instead of the original body. I'm not sure why this would be in the real Ancient Egypt but it seems easily explained by the dark games in the Yu-gi-oh version of Ancient Egypt.
I made up the name Yami Yugi had in his previous life. Yama is a corruption of the word Yami (dark) and sen is the Japanese translation of the word "thousand". Put together they make what sounds like a half decent Egyptian name.
Yes, Anzu/Tea and Joey (can't spell his Japanese name, it's just too long) do make a cameo in my fanfic, mostly because in the Playstation game it implies that they are reincarnated from the pharaoh's friends. I think there may be some implication in the TV show too, but I have yet to see it.
I know this chapter was kind of short and relatively uneventful. I needed a way to introduce Yami Bakura to the pharaoh/Yami Yugi. They'll meet up again later in the story but I wanted Baku to have had some previous experience with him. I also ended up using it to brush up on Egyptian artwork (I have a quiz on it soon).
For all you Yugi/Yami fans out there I didn't mean to make Yami seem so dense, since he is still young I think of him at this point as being very much like Yugi, so he was actually concerned for Baku, however he didn't know him and the only thing he knew they had in common had to do with the dark games. He just didn't realize that he would be pushing the wrong buttons.