Hi everyone, well this is the chapter where Kit actually shows up (but she
won't become a major character until the next chapter). Anyway Kit probably
won't end up pairing up with any of the characters. She will be Yami Bakura
and Bakura's friend and maybe friends with some of the others, I don't know
yet, I never plan ahead in stories I just let them come out.
Disclaimer (again): I don't own Yu-gi-oh or Inu-Yasha. I do own Kit, she is mine and I'm keeping her.
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Yami Bakura
After my encounter with the priestess I decided to head back home, who knew how many of them were roaming the streets looking for Kit. My house is on the edge of town. It isn't much, getting a large house near the river would have attracted some attention. It was on the edge of town, I liked it that way, it meant I could slip in and out of town to raid a tomb without being noticed. On the outside my house looks small and drab, it's easily overlooked, I keep it like that on purpose. On the inside though it is furnished with pillows and other decorations, one or two of which I kept from one of the royal tombs.
I entered, carefully closing the door behind me. Just then I thought I heard movement in my house. I grabbed a lamp and began advancing toward the source of the sound. Everything seemed quiet, but I trusted my hearing. I must have surprised an unexpected guest, well I would show them whose territory this was.
"Who's there," I called. "Come out and I'll go easy on you."
"Don't come any closer." The voice coming out of the darkness was small and a little high pitched, a female voice, a little like a cat's voice, a little like my hikari's voice. "I didn't know this place was occupied. Let me leave and nothing will happen."
"You're new around here aren't you?" Silence answered my question but I could hear my guest moving around. "You wouldn't happen to be Kit would you?"
A squeak answered this question. "Who told you that I might be Kit?"
"Oh, a priestess, she seemed to think you were important enough to pay to get back. At least that is if you are Kit."
Silence for a moment, then, "Yes, I'm Kit, at lest you have the decency to call me by my real name." She paused for a moment and I heard her come closer, until her form was illuminated by a beam of light from a window. In the darkness she was a silver shadow, one that looked almost human, except for a rather obvious pair of large cat-like ears on her head. "You have a lamp, I can see you well enough but I guess you can't see me very well. You might as well light it; it wouldn't be a fair fight otherwise."
I lit the lamp, as light flared I saw the girl around my age, unmistakably Kit. She was crouched six feet away, ready to spring in any direction. Her eyes were green, for a second as the light flared they looked normal otherwise, with large round pupils, however the pupils quickly changed from almost round to catlike slits. Her hair was long, like mine but instead of pure white it was white with stripes of gray, the two large cat ears sticking out of the top of her head were gray. She wore strange cloths, what I would now call a sleeveless shirt and loose fitting pants; she also wore a necklace made of gold and with inscriptions on it. Her bare arms and face were covered by white and gray striped fur and a set of bristling white cat whiskers stuck out just below her nose. Although her body looked human I couldn't help but notice that her face was completely that of a cat, I could understand why she could be mistaken for Bastet. A long furry tail was curled around her and lay twitching anxiously on the floor. Another thing I noticed, each of her fingers ended in a long, silver, claw- like nail, this girl could fight. It worried me a little but I shrugged it off, I could easily seal her with the ring if she tried anything.
She blinked at me, curiously. She didn't seem to be examining me as I had examined her but I remembered those eyes, she had probably seen all she needed to even in the near dark of my house. "I suppose you want the reward for my capture." As she spoke I caught a glimpse of sharp teeth.
"Na, I've got enough money, look around and see for yourself."
Kit looked around, one ear swiveling to keep track of me. "You seem to be rich, why do you live here?"
"If I tell you will you keep quiet?"
"I'll do anything if I don't have to go back to that temple. Well," she paused, looking at me, "almost anything. I can keep a secret though, mostly because it probably doesn't concern me."
"I'm a tomb robber."
Kit blinked, as if this was unexpected. "Don't they put all sorts of curses on those tombs?" Kit's ears perked, she was interested now.
"Yes, but," I chuckled, "curses are no barrier to me." I was showing off and both of us knew it. She knew I could see her weapons; I was going to show her I wasn't powerless.
"How? How do you break curses? Could you," She trailed off, torn between a desperate need to know and fear. "Could you show me? I mean could you show me what you use to break curses?"
"It's secret. If I showed you you would have to die."
"Please, I'll give you my gold necklace if you show me."
"I said I'm a tomb robber, do you think I need one gold necklace?"
"But, please... I really need to know." She reached up to touch the necklace. Everything happened in an instant, she touched it, actually she tugged on it, the ring reacted and I suddenly knew; the necklace was magic."
Kit stared in aw at the now visible ring. "That's a millennium item. How'd you get one of those?"
"From a tomb," Kit stared in surprise. "What? I said I'm a tomb robber."
"But those things are magical; they don't just let anyone own them. You're special. Oh, anyway, could you use your millennium item to take off my necklace? I'd love to get rid of it."
"Promise not to attack me?"
"You have a millennium item, magic beats claws any day. Just let me leave afterward."
I nodded and reached for the power of my ring. Deftly I reached out and severed the magic binding the necklace to Kit. "OK, take it off."
Kit reached up and snatched the necklace off her neck tossing it on the floor several feet away. "It's off, it's really off! Oh thank you sir."
"It was nothing, just leave." Kit darted out of the house past me and into the night. Just outside the door she paused and looked back.
"Say, what's your name anyway?"
"It's Baku."
"Well Baku, I owe you a big favor, I'll hang around in this city until I can repay it." With that she leapt away into the night.
I went back inside and looked down at the necklace. It had a powerful binding and subduing spell on it. I had broken the spells that bound it to Kit, but the binding spells were still there, if anyone put the necklace on they would be bound by it just as Kit had been. I wondered how much I could sell it for.
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Yes, I know Kit's description is a bit long, but it's the only one you'll get so I wanted it to be complete. I promise, except for mentioning things related to her mood you will not hear another thing about Kit's appearance.
For those who have read Inu-Yasha you can probably guess the necklace Kit had on was an Egyptian version of the rosary Inu-Yasha wears and acts in a very similar way. It was a big enough inconvenience that Kit could be held at the temple by the human priestesses.
Disclaimer (again): I don't own Yu-gi-oh or Inu-Yasha. I do own Kit, she is mine and I'm keeping her.
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Yami Bakura
After my encounter with the priestess I decided to head back home, who knew how many of them were roaming the streets looking for Kit. My house is on the edge of town. It isn't much, getting a large house near the river would have attracted some attention. It was on the edge of town, I liked it that way, it meant I could slip in and out of town to raid a tomb without being noticed. On the outside my house looks small and drab, it's easily overlooked, I keep it like that on purpose. On the inside though it is furnished with pillows and other decorations, one or two of which I kept from one of the royal tombs.
I entered, carefully closing the door behind me. Just then I thought I heard movement in my house. I grabbed a lamp and began advancing toward the source of the sound. Everything seemed quiet, but I trusted my hearing. I must have surprised an unexpected guest, well I would show them whose territory this was.
"Who's there," I called. "Come out and I'll go easy on you."
"Don't come any closer." The voice coming out of the darkness was small and a little high pitched, a female voice, a little like a cat's voice, a little like my hikari's voice. "I didn't know this place was occupied. Let me leave and nothing will happen."
"You're new around here aren't you?" Silence answered my question but I could hear my guest moving around. "You wouldn't happen to be Kit would you?"
A squeak answered this question. "Who told you that I might be Kit?"
"Oh, a priestess, she seemed to think you were important enough to pay to get back. At least that is if you are Kit."
Silence for a moment, then, "Yes, I'm Kit, at lest you have the decency to call me by my real name." She paused for a moment and I heard her come closer, until her form was illuminated by a beam of light from a window. In the darkness she was a silver shadow, one that looked almost human, except for a rather obvious pair of large cat-like ears on her head. "You have a lamp, I can see you well enough but I guess you can't see me very well. You might as well light it; it wouldn't be a fair fight otherwise."
I lit the lamp, as light flared I saw the girl around my age, unmistakably Kit. She was crouched six feet away, ready to spring in any direction. Her eyes were green, for a second as the light flared they looked normal otherwise, with large round pupils, however the pupils quickly changed from almost round to catlike slits. Her hair was long, like mine but instead of pure white it was white with stripes of gray, the two large cat ears sticking out of the top of her head were gray. She wore strange cloths, what I would now call a sleeveless shirt and loose fitting pants; she also wore a necklace made of gold and with inscriptions on it. Her bare arms and face were covered by white and gray striped fur and a set of bristling white cat whiskers stuck out just below her nose. Although her body looked human I couldn't help but notice that her face was completely that of a cat, I could understand why she could be mistaken for Bastet. A long furry tail was curled around her and lay twitching anxiously on the floor. Another thing I noticed, each of her fingers ended in a long, silver, claw- like nail, this girl could fight. It worried me a little but I shrugged it off, I could easily seal her with the ring if she tried anything.
She blinked at me, curiously. She didn't seem to be examining me as I had examined her but I remembered those eyes, she had probably seen all she needed to even in the near dark of my house. "I suppose you want the reward for my capture." As she spoke I caught a glimpse of sharp teeth.
"Na, I've got enough money, look around and see for yourself."
Kit looked around, one ear swiveling to keep track of me. "You seem to be rich, why do you live here?"
"If I tell you will you keep quiet?"
"I'll do anything if I don't have to go back to that temple. Well," she paused, looking at me, "almost anything. I can keep a secret though, mostly because it probably doesn't concern me."
"I'm a tomb robber."
Kit blinked, as if this was unexpected. "Don't they put all sorts of curses on those tombs?" Kit's ears perked, she was interested now.
"Yes, but," I chuckled, "curses are no barrier to me." I was showing off and both of us knew it. She knew I could see her weapons; I was going to show her I wasn't powerless.
"How? How do you break curses? Could you," She trailed off, torn between a desperate need to know and fear. "Could you show me? I mean could you show me what you use to break curses?"
"It's secret. If I showed you you would have to die."
"Please, I'll give you my gold necklace if you show me."
"I said I'm a tomb robber, do you think I need one gold necklace?"
"But, please... I really need to know." She reached up to touch the necklace. Everything happened in an instant, she touched it, actually she tugged on it, the ring reacted and I suddenly knew; the necklace was magic."
Kit stared in aw at the now visible ring. "That's a millennium item. How'd you get one of those?"
"From a tomb," Kit stared in surprise. "What? I said I'm a tomb robber."
"But those things are magical; they don't just let anyone own them. You're special. Oh, anyway, could you use your millennium item to take off my necklace? I'd love to get rid of it."
"Promise not to attack me?"
"You have a millennium item, magic beats claws any day. Just let me leave afterward."
I nodded and reached for the power of my ring. Deftly I reached out and severed the magic binding the necklace to Kit. "OK, take it off."
Kit reached up and snatched the necklace off her neck tossing it on the floor several feet away. "It's off, it's really off! Oh thank you sir."
"It was nothing, just leave." Kit darted out of the house past me and into the night. Just outside the door she paused and looked back.
"Say, what's your name anyway?"
"It's Baku."
"Well Baku, I owe you a big favor, I'll hang around in this city until I can repay it." With that she leapt away into the night.
I went back inside and looked down at the necklace. It had a powerful binding and subduing spell on it. I had broken the spells that bound it to Kit, but the binding spells were still there, if anyone put the necklace on they would be bound by it just as Kit had been. I wondered how much I could sell it for.
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Yes, I know Kit's description is a bit long, but it's the only one you'll get so I wanted it to be complete. I promise, except for mentioning things related to her mood you will not hear another thing about Kit's appearance.
For those who have read Inu-Yasha you can probably guess the necklace Kit had on was an Egyptian version of the rosary Inu-Yasha wears and acts in a very similar way. It was a big enough inconvenience that Kit could be held at the temple by the human priestesses.