Hi everyone, we get another glimpse of Kit this chapter, but we won't
actually meet her until next chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-gi-oh. I do own Kit. I did not invent yokai.
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Yami Bakura:
Time passed, and I became a very successful thief. The three cuts on my right cheek had healed but had left long brown scars. They were the only thing now that could identify me. I had gotten a hat that conceiled my white hair, most people that saw me thought I was one of the Egyptians that shave their heads. I let them believe that, the people I dealt with were comfortable dealing with a thief, I doubted they would be comfortable dealing with a yokai. I didn't go to rob the great tombs every day. Even with the ring to break all the curses it is dangerous. The people who guard the tombs for the pharaoh do not take kindly to robbers and will go into town to check up on people who have suddenly become wealthy. Another robber got caught because he sold too big a haul too fast and became conspicuously wealthy within a couple weeks. After it was found out that he was a tomb robber his hands and head were cut off. I can't say I'm sorry though; he had an annoying tendency to go into the tombs I'd removed curses from and steal the stuff I was going to steal later. Unlike him I was careful; I wasn't going to get caught.
When I wasn't stealing from tombs I was stalking the streets of our town (actually it was a city back then, but it is nothing compared to modern cities). The shops are closed during the hottest hours of the day, however that means they are open into the early evening, a perfect time to grab things. I didn't grab much, mostly the occasional food. The punishment for stealing is to have your hands cut off, however a petty thief that steals only bread and a few trinkets from venders would never be suspected as a great tomb robber.
I came to love the night. It was at night that I could remove the cloth covering my head and walk around without people staring. I felt so much freer at night, I can't really explain why, except that there was no one to see me and I didn't have to hide. I didn't steal anything, for one thing everything was packed away and taken inside after full dark had fallen. More importantly though the night wasn't for stealing, it was for prowling the city streets learning new shortcuts. There were a few other thieves that came out at night, they never bothered me though, the ring saw to that. It was that night that I met her, that I met kit. I was walking along minding my own business and suddenly this priestess grabs me. I spun around, the ring was concealed (even though I didn't exactly have a shirt to conceal it under then I could hide it magically) but I was prepared to use it, if my attacker had had a knife she would have been a doll before she could react.
"I'm sorry," she said it as if she was sorry I wasn't someone else. "You had white hair so I though you were this girl we're looking for. She escaped today, I have no idea how she managed it, she was at the temple last night and this morning she was gone." She looked at me, trying to asses me. "If you help us find her we will be sure to reward you. I assume that you probably know this city very well, perhaps you could help me find her."
I must admit I don't like being touched without permission and I didn't feel like helping this priestess. "First of all who is this 'she' you keep referring two, second of all why should I help you find her. If you are going to say 'for the money' than you should know I don't need your money."
"She is the living incarnation of the goddess Bastet. We at the temple of Bastet have been serving her for many years and she has blessed all comers with good fortune and healthy families. You wouldn't be able to miss her, she is a human with a cat's head and tail, she has white hair with gray stripes. Please, we must find her, if The Living Bastet is not in our temple misfortune will befall us."
"And I suppose she answers to the name of The Living Bastet or Bastet?"
"She did at the temple, but the priestesses that actually served her said that she often insisted on being called Kit."
"Fine, I'll keep an eye out for this Kit of yours."
"Oh thank you sir, we are most grateful."
She departed, finally. I turned around and chuckled, "Of course I never promised I'd do anything if I found her."
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Sort of a cliffhanger, for those of you have read/watched Inu-Yasha you can probably guess what Kit is, for the rest of you I won't spoil it.
Sorry the chapter was kind of short, I just realized that would be a good place to end it. According to my original plan it would have gone on longer and Yami Bakura would have actually met Kit, but this way it leaves you wondering if Kit is actually a goddess like the priestess says she is.
FYI: Bastet really is a goddess of ancient Egypt. She does have a cat's/lion's head (but no tail). Bastet is said to have both a gentle and aggressive nature. She is gentle because she protects women, children and the home. Her aggressive side is shown by how merciless she is when fighting enemies, she is also said to be Ra's instrument of vengeance. Like Ra she is associated with fire, either the tame hearth fire or the blazing inferno. When visiting earth Bastet was said to take the form of a cat, part of the reason cats were sacred in ancient Egypt.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-gi-oh. I do own Kit. I did not invent yokai.
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Yami Bakura:
Time passed, and I became a very successful thief. The three cuts on my right cheek had healed but had left long brown scars. They were the only thing now that could identify me. I had gotten a hat that conceiled my white hair, most people that saw me thought I was one of the Egyptians that shave their heads. I let them believe that, the people I dealt with were comfortable dealing with a thief, I doubted they would be comfortable dealing with a yokai. I didn't go to rob the great tombs every day. Even with the ring to break all the curses it is dangerous. The people who guard the tombs for the pharaoh do not take kindly to robbers and will go into town to check up on people who have suddenly become wealthy. Another robber got caught because he sold too big a haul too fast and became conspicuously wealthy within a couple weeks. After it was found out that he was a tomb robber his hands and head were cut off. I can't say I'm sorry though; he had an annoying tendency to go into the tombs I'd removed curses from and steal the stuff I was going to steal later. Unlike him I was careful; I wasn't going to get caught.
When I wasn't stealing from tombs I was stalking the streets of our town (actually it was a city back then, but it is nothing compared to modern cities). The shops are closed during the hottest hours of the day, however that means they are open into the early evening, a perfect time to grab things. I didn't grab much, mostly the occasional food. The punishment for stealing is to have your hands cut off, however a petty thief that steals only bread and a few trinkets from venders would never be suspected as a great tomb robber.
I came to love the night. It was at night that I could remove the cloth covering my head and walk around without people staring. I felt so much freer at night, I can't really explain why, except that there was no one to see me and I didn't have to hide. I didn't steal anything, for one thing everything was packed away and taken inside after full dark had fallen. More importantly though the night wasn't for stealing, it was for prowling the city streets learning new shortcuts. There were a few other thieves that came out at night, they never bothered me though, the ring saw to that. It was that night that I met her, that I met kit. I was walking along minding my own business and suddenly this priestess grabs me. I spun around, the ring was concealed (even though I didn't exactly have a shirt to conceal it under then I could hide it magically) but I was prepared to use it, if my attacker had had a knife she would have been a doll before she could react.
"I'm sorry," she said it as if she was sorry I wasn't someone else. "You had white hair so I though you were this girl we're looking for. She escaped today, I have no idea how she managed it, she was at the temple last night and this morning she was gone." She looked at me, trying to asses me. "If you help us find her we will be sure to reward you. I assume that you probably know this city very well, perhaps you could help me find her."
I must admit I don't like being touched without permission and I didn't feel like helping this priestess. "First of all who is this 'she' you keep referring two, second of all why should I help you find her. If you are going to say 'for the money' than you should know I don't need your money."
"She is the living incarnation of the goddess Bastet. We at the temple of Bastet have been serving her for many years and she has blessed all comers with good fortune and healthy families. You wouldn't be able to miss her, she is a human with a cat's head and tail, she has white hair with gray stripes. Please, we must find her, if The Living Bastet is not in our temple misfortune will befall us."
"And I suppose she answers to the name of The Living Bastet or Bastet?"
"She did at the temple, but the priestesses that actually served her said that she often insisted on being called Kit."
"Fine, I'll keep an eye out for this Kit of yours."
"Oh thank you sir, we are most grateful."
She departed, finally. I turned around and chuckled, "Of course I never promised I'd do anything if I found her."
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Sort of a cliffhanger, for those of you have read/watched Inu-Yasha you can probably guess what Kit is, for the rest of you I won't spoil it.
Sorry the chapter was kind of short, I just realized that would be a good place to end it. According to my original plan it would have gone on longer and Yami Bakura would have actually met Kit, but this way it leaves you wondering if Kit is actually a goddess like the priestess says she is.
FYI: Bastet really is a goddess of ancient Egypt. She does have a cat's/lion's head (but no tail). Bastet is said to have both a gentle and aggressive nature. She is gentle because she protects women, children and the home. Her aggressive side is shown by how merciless she is when fighting enemies, she is also said to be Ra's instrument of vengeance. Like Ra she is associated with fire, either the tame hearth fire or the blazing inferno. When visiting earth Bastet was said to take the form of a cat, part of the reason cats were sacred in ancient Egypt.