Attara: From now and on, I will only update if I get REVIEWS!!!!
Aria: Yeah, didn't you update three chapters with no reviews?
Attara: Hehe, yeah…
Aria: That was a waste!
Attara: I sort of realize that now!!
Aria: A little slow, aren't you?
Attara: You don't know what you're talking about…
Aria: …Whatever.
Attara: Anyway, last time we left off where Devi has no POWERS!!! NOOOO! How can I be so cruel? Now she's just an average mortal, just like the chapter's title. This chapter is still in Seto's point of view. This time, I'll try to make him mean enough to suit his personality, since I definitely think that last time I made him too nice.
Even with all of these events, Mokuba and I continued with our education. It hadn't even been a fleeting thought to skip it just for some frivolous incident as this. I still was certain that this decision was best even when I came home to find two strangers intruding in my mansion. I heard screams and shouts upstairs in the guestroom. Devi had recovered gradually and was finally able to use her legs moments at a time. When I had entered the room, she was on the floor, attempting to get up, but her limbs were too weak from the use. Without warning, a bright light devoured the room. I squinted to see what was happening. The moment the lighting was back to regular, Devi was standing up with the greatest of ease. Half of the word "what?" escaped from my lips.
"Stay away from us!" She screamed at a woman who looked like Devi, but had a different sense of behavior. I think she was the girl that had confiscated her power.
"Not until I get what I want!" A man retorted. He was masked, so I couldn't see his identity.
"Then you'd have to catch us!"
That moment, Devi waved her hand, and the intruders were paralyzed, but only for a second. She glared as she saw both of them sneer the moment they disappeared…just as Clef had disappeared when he visited Devi. Devi looked at me, but I saw different eyes flash back. It definitely wasn't Devi. Then, I saw her fingering a ring. A sudden idea struck me when I saw that it had the eye of Horus engraved on it, just like Yu-Gi's millennium puzzle.
"Are you the spirit inside Devi?" I queried.
"What's it to you?" she asked suspiciously.
"It's just that-"
"What?"
"How?" Yu-Gi never exactly told me how he gained his spirit.
"'How?' What kind of a question is that? I turned eighteen, so I held her memories along with her spirit." That wasn't a clear response, either.
"What is your name?" I needed to do some research.
"Anat." Wasn't she the queen?
"I have to go now!" The Egyptian queen hurried.
"Wait!"
It was too late, Anat had left and Devi took control once again.
"Why is mortality so painful and weak?" she asked the moment her eyes reopened.
"I don't know…" Was that an insult?
For dinner, they had some food that I could tell Devi couldn't quite distinguish, but she ate it anyway. I watched her pick at her food slowly, eating crumbs tediously. Before even a quarter of the food was finished, Devi excused herself and retired to her designated chambers. Mokuba urged me to bring the rest of the food up to her. He was getting frustrated with my continuous negative answers until I scolded him with his troublesome persistence. He averted his eyes for an instant.
"Fine then." I grumbled.
"That's great, Seto! Here!"
Mokuba shoved Devi's unfinished dish into my hands and pulled me up the stairs. Halfway there, he stopped and ran the opposite direction.
"Hey, kid!" I yelled after him.
He ignored my call and abandoned me in front of her room. I lifted my hand to knock when I heard voices inside. I tried not to eavesdrop while I waited for the conversation to end, but it sounded like she was talking to herself…and answering.
"Aria, I feel very weak." I heard Devi say in a child-like voice.
"I know, that's why I've decided to stay in the same body as you…" The same voice answered, but it seemed to be on the other side of the suite.
"But why? I promised you that I won't stifle your wants."
"Devi, you are weak. You need to depend on me to survive."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
"Uh, Aria?"
"Yes?"
"Do you know what the couple was after today?"
"No, but I think it might have been this." This Aria said with a short pause.
"Oh. That is very powerful, isn't it?"
"Yes, but I've never used its power until today."
"Aria, you can go visit Yami if you want."
"Now is not the time for me to be thinking about that."
"All right, but if you want to go, just tell me and I'll let you take over."
"Thank you."
The conversation ended there. I heard a pair of feet shuffling to the bed. I knocked on the door.
"Come in!" Devi answered quietly.
I looked around, expecting to see another person there, but the only living things I saw there were the plants and Devi.
"Mokuba made me bring you these." I muttered.
She looked at the food in disgust.
"Thank you."
She took the plate and smiled.
"Is there anything else you want?"
"Uh…no."
"Okay, well, bye then!"
"Bye."
I had almost asked her about the other voice, but I could have just imagined the whole thing…somehow. I returned to the study to work on my project for school. I dozed off at my desk.
"Wake up!" A voice interrupted my unconscious slumber.
I opened my eyes to see a pair of black eyes staring back at me.
"Devi?" I murmured.
"Yeah?" She shoved my uniform in front of my face.
"What time is it?"
"Time for you to get up."
"Not now…"
"Do you want me to dress you?" She threatened.
I jumped up instantly and changed as she walked out to wake Mokuba. When had she gathered enough strength to walk that fast and wake that early? I glanced at my watch as I rushed to the bathroom. It was exactly four thirty.
"Why did she wake me up so early?" I groaned when I realized I was wide-awake and couldn't go to sleep even if I wanted to.
I heard the whines of Mokuba five minutes later. What was she doing, waking us up so early? Didn't she know school didn't start for another three hours? I shrugged as I washed up for breakfast. When I came out, Mokuba had an expression of happiness plastered on his face.
"Hey, kid, why are you so happy?" I asked him.
"You'll see, Seto!" He said excitedly.
He seized my hand and almost caused me to fall as he pulled me down the stairs. I couldn't believe my eyes…
Attara: Wow, my very first cliffie, I think…
Aria: Isn't Seto still a little nice?
Attara: Come on, these are his thoughts, it's not like he's pure evil…
Aria: Well…yeah.
Attara: What do you think he saw? Write it in your review!
Aria: If you don't, we might not update for a looooooooong time!
Attara: Yup! I'm going to keep that promise very well!
Aria: So don't forget to REVIEW, or you won't be able to know what the great Seto Kaiba saw!
