Chapter Three:

Eyes That Can Steal A Heart

Ryo was sent to dinner wearing a very loyal outfit. Ryo wore a neck wrap, of gold and dark purple. He wore gold wrist guards and golden sandals. He also wore a golden and purple Head-dress, very similar to King Tut's royal head-dress. He wore a linen skirt at his waist. He was force to wear the Egyptian make-up with the black eye-line to shape the eyes with a sent of curliness. Ryo was very uncomfortable, since he was not use of wearing so much gold in his life. He meets up with Ausar in a hallway, right by the dinning hall, after being lead by a woman servant.

"You look so much like a royalty, no one will even notice your from the outside world." Ausar smiled at me. "And I can see you are wearing the Heir Head-dress."

"'Heir Head-dress?' What are you talkin' about?" Ryo gave him a puzzling look.

"The head-dress you wear symbolizes that you should be next to take the throne. My sister wears a similar one to yours."

Ryo's face got warm with angrier.

'Don't they listen?!'

"What do I have to do to put this through your head? I'm not getting married to your sis-"

"Sentany!" Ausar snapped, grabbing Ryo's arm and moving him out of the way.

Ryo turned around to see four guards and four servant girls following a girl to the dinning hall doors. She was a bit shorter than Ryo, but his age. She wore a white linen wrap to cover her breasts. Then she wears a white linen wrap skirt, which is long. She then wore a see-through clothing robe over her clothing. She wore a golden and red neck wrap with a red jem in the middle of it. She also had the same head-dress as Ryo, but golden and red. The girl, Sentany, stopped before Ryo and Ausar.

"Ausar," Sentany smiled at her brother. "I am glad you had a safe return."

Sentany looked up Ryo. Her dark earthy-brown eyes locked onto Ryo's deep ocean blue eyes.

Ryo's heart was taken back. She was a beauty, and Ausar was right when he would be hook on her. But in the back of Ryo's head to shouting for him to turn away.

'You don't want to get married! Forget what they say!'

Before Ryo was to turn away Sentany sneered at him.

"Street rat." Sentany then turned to go inside the hall.

Ryo glared at her as she walked off.

"I will not marry that thing." Ryo whispered to Ausar.

Ausar just sighed and followed behind Sentany.

"You had looked into her eyes. Your already doomed."

As dinner started to go underway, dancers and musicians entertained the royal family and the guests. Sentany sat beside her father, who was at the end of the table. Across from her sat Ryo. Sentany said nothing, but quietly kept to herself as she ate. She did take glances at Ryo and their eyes met for a moment or so, until Pharaoh Imhotep interrupted them.

"Oh Ryo, forgive me. This is my pride and joy." Imhotep placed a hand on Sentany's shoulder. "This is Sentany, my little girl. Sentany, this is Ryo Saotome. The-"

"Legendary Warrior. I know father. I heard Amunet and the other servant girls gossiping about him. After seeing him myself he is not handsome as they say." Sentany interrupted her father and just kept her eyes on Ryo, as if she was ready to attack him at any giving moment.

Ryo glared back at her.

'What does she know.'

"Sentany…" Imhotep gave a nervous chuckle. "…he is a fine gentleman. He had travel all the way from the Land of the Ris-"

"Japan, father, Japan." Ausar corrected him.

"Ahh, yes, Japan. Ryo has traveled all the way from Japan to be here. To help us fight Anubis. You shall be respectful to him, since he is your fiancée."

"I rather marry a dead cow." Sentany snapped, still her eyes has not let go of Ryo's.

Ryo's cheeks turn red with angrier.

"Like I would marry a uncute princess like you anyways. Your face is a mess, you wear too much make-up." Ryo regretted of opening his big mouth, soon after Sentany stood up and lunged at him.

"How dare you?!" Sentany had jumped on the table and kicked at him.

Ryo just leaned back to dodge the attack.

"Oh please, what kind of an attack was-" Sentany had swooped down and with a jug of water hit him in the face with it.

Ryo fell back, the water from the jug spilled all over him. Once the cold water touched his skin, poof! Ryo was now female. Ryo sat up and glared at Sentany, who was a bit surprised.

"So it is true!" Sentany was amazed.

Ryo stood up, her prince-y outfit was not suitable for her anymore. The neck wrap barely covered her breasts. And the skirt was too long.

"You are going to…pay….for…" Ryo looked down and saw what she had become.

The other guests and nobles looked at Ryo shocked. Ryo's cheeks turned red with embarrassment.

"Ate too much tomato Ryo?" Sentany grinned. "Your face resembles one."

"Sentany, look what have you done!" Queen Amenti gasped and walked over to Ryo, wrapping her white linen robe around her. "Forgive my daughter for her rudeness. Ausar bring Ryo back to his room."

Ausar got up and him and Ryo stormed out.

"Ryo…sorry I should of warned you about-"

"That ungrateful brat! Who does she thinks she is? A goddess or something? She is more like the Devil." Ryo grumbled.

The two got into Ryo's room. It was a big rectangle shaped room. It had large windows on the opposite wall where the door they entered from was. Between them was a doorway with gold and white curtains keeping from anyone looking inside. In the room it had some furnisher. There was a cherry-wood sofa with tons of pillows of different light colors as cushions, it was under one of the windows. A huge bed was to their left with a canopy hanging from the ceiling. Then to their right was a table and a chair. On the table was his bedtime clothing.

Soon after a servant came in with a jug of hot water and Ryo poured in over his head. He turned back into a male. He threw his head-dress on his bed and with a towel he dried his hair. Ausar watched his transformation for the third time.

"Ummm…Ryo, what is it…like to be a female?"

Ryo looked over at Ausar and raises an eyebrow.

"Why would you want to know?"

"I do not know. Just curious. Are you not embarrassed about looking like a female?"

Ryo threw his towel to the floor.

"Majorly. I mean, it really sucks. Especially when your on a date with some girl, then water comes out form no where."

Ausar nodded, still had no idea what he just said.

Just then a knock is heard at Ryo's door.

"Come in." Ausar shouted, standing up.

A girl comes in, wearing off-white one-piece dress. She had long ebony hair and a head-band of a shape of a cobra.

"Lord Ryo?" She calls as she enters.

Ryo turns to look at her. Ausar recognizes her.

"Hello Amunet." He smiled.

Amunet bowed and smiled. "Hello, your Highness."

Ryo walked over to the door and looked at her.

"What do you want?"

"Princess Sentany, requests to see you in her chambers." Amunet bowed to Ryo.

Ryo glared.

"No thank you."

"Oh no! You must go…she…she wants to apologize. You must go Lord Ryo." Amunet gasped and tried to defend her Princess.

Ausar knew what Amunet was bullshit.

'What is Sentany going to pull now?'

Ausar was about to interrupt until Ausar realized the time and went into shock.

"Oh! Ryo, I must go…" Ausar ran to the other door that leads out to the gardens. "I shall see you later."

Before Ryo could protest Ausar was already gone. Ryo sighed and looked at Amunet.

"I guess so…"

Ryo followed Amunet down a hallway, which he was told earlier he was forbade to go in. At the end of the long hallway there were two sided doors. They were pretty large, going way over Ryo's head about five feet. Amunet opened the doors and lead Ryo inside. The room was huge and circular. The ceiling was dome shape and with a painted sky and gold leaf stars. The stars were actually corrected. It had the constellations all in order.

In the room there was a huge room bed with a canopy hanging from the ceiling. The sheets and curtains where all red and purple. Ryo looked around and saw about half of the opposite wall from him was no walls but pillars with red and purple shades covering the empty spaces. To the right of the bed is a lazy sofa which Sentany lays on. Two young children, a boy and girl fan her with huge palm leaves. Sentany had removed her head-dress and had her long, way pass shoulder-length, ebony hair out. She looked to Ryo and raised her hand in the air and the two children stop fanning.

"Leave me." The two children took off as fast as they could.

Amunet was about to finish her original job and finish making Sentany's bed to get her ready for bed, until Sentany said.

"You too Amunet. I can take care of everything else." Sentany sounded less harsh to Amunet.

"Oh, alright, Your Grace." Amunet bowed. "See you tomorrow morning."

Sentany nodded and without delay Amunet left the room, closing the door behind her. Sentany stood up and walked over to Ryo.

"So…Ryo Saotome…the legendary warrior. Who turns into…" Sentany smiles. "…a girl."

"Hey! I didn't choose for that to happen! My father-"

"Gave you the curse, I know. It is all written in the Temples."

"Temples?" Ryo didn't recall any temples around the area.

"Yes, those three Pyramids are temples. My Grandmother is a High-priestess and is always in them always praying for you to come. I shall take you to see her tomorrow." Sentany's face then got serious. "I do not want to marry you."

"I don't wanna marry you either." Ryo said plainly.

"Good, then leave."

"No, I am here for the counter-curse. Once I defeat this New-bis guy I can get my cure."

Sentany grinned and Ryo feared it, knowing she was up to something.

"You cannot get the counter-curse. Only through me."

Inside Ryo wanted to die.

"Alright…what do you want?" Ryo knew he had to be her slave.

"You have to make me a promise." Sentany moved closer to Ryo.

Once again their eyes locked and Ryo couldn't pull away.

'She is really pretty…'

"What's that, Sentany?"

'His eyes are…so beautiful…'

"Promise me, once I give you the jem of Element of Spirit, you must return in once you are done with it."

"Why? Isn't it a gift?" Ryo crosses his arms.

"Once I give you the jem, it symbolizes you and I as one. It is-"

"Like an engagement ring. I get ya." Ryo nodded.

Sentany gave him and puzzle look and nodded.

"Yes…well, you are only to use the jem so it can grant you the power to help defeat Anubis. Once your job is done, the morning before the wedding you return it to me. Then you are free to leave. You must forget this place ever existed."

"Pssh! No problem there." Ryo was about to turn away, until Sentany grabbed hold of his arm.

Sentany then took his hand and placed it over her heart. Then with her free hand she placed her's over his heart.

"Promise me. This is very important. I must protect my home."

Ryo looked at her eyes again and noticed the worriness in them.

Ryo smiled, understanding her now and why she acts this way.

"You have my soul, Sentany. I will protect this place no matter what." Ryo removed his hand from chest and pushes back her hair behind her left ear. "You know, I can tell you'll be a wonderful leader. Just try not to be so cold."

Sentany's heart was taken back. She was confused and she studied his eyes.

'What is happening? What is this?'

Sentany pulled back, just enough to show Ryo that she was uncomfortable.

"Oh, Amunet said you wanted to apologize. So, let's hear it." Ryo grinned, half knowing he wasn't going to get it.

"Excuse me? Why should I do such a thing?" Sentany glared at him.

"Well you did insult me and I'm a guest. You have to treat me with respect, like your mother said."

Sentany then smiled and laughed.

"I will do no such thing. You are a street rat from the outside world. Besides, I am a Princess. A Princess has to do no such thing." Sentany turned around then to stare at the floor.

Ryo then noticed it too. There was four little dog-like creatures. They were black and has big as Ryo's palm. They wore little gold and blue head-dresses and had bat-like wings. Sentany screamed and backs up to beside Ryo.

Ryo just gave them a weird look as the four little creature chattered on and laughed. One of them came up to the Princess and pull at her skirt.

"C'mon babe, you know I love you."

"You vial creature!" Sentany kicks the creature away. "Go home to your Master."

"Don't be hatin' Princess…Master doesn't like hatin'." Another creature chirped and together they snickered.

"I'll get rid of them." Ryo was about to walk up to them and step on them until a black of smoke appear before Ryo and it busted into black and gray like flames.

Ryo backed off but stayed guard to protect Sentany at all costs.

The black smoke soon disappeared and then a tall-black figure appeared before them. The figure had a black fur and a jackal head. On the head was a golden and blue head-dress with a mini-jackal's head on the top of it. He also wore a matching neck wrap and wore a linen skirt that look like gold weaved into it.

"Ahh…my lovely Sentany…god evening." The jackal-human creature bowed before them.

Sentany knew she wasn't threaten. She walked over to him and glared.

"It is the middle of the night Anubis. If my father finds out you were here he will be very upset."

"Let the old goat be upset. I only came to my Princess…" Anubis took Sentany's hand to kiss until Ryo grabbed her and pulled her from Anubis.

Anubis growled angrily and got into Ryo's face.

"And who might you be? You do not smell of an Oasisian. You are from the Outside World."

"Touch her again and I will slay you right here and now." Ryo hissed.

Anubis looked over Ryo's shoulder to Sentany.

"Who is this creature that diefies me?"

"This is Lord Ryo Saotome…the Legendary Warrior…and my fianceé." Sentany then wrapped her arms around Ryo.

Sentany locked her eyes with Anubis' and with her hands she runs up and down Ryo's chest, lovingly.

Anubis growled at Ryo, showing off his canine teeth.

Ryo was too confused at the way Sentany was touching him so he didn't pay much attention.

"You cannot be serious my love…he is not right for you."

Sentany let go of Ryo and walked over to Anubis. She pets the side of his cheek.

"And you think you are much more worthy for me?"

Anubis ' golden eyes locked on to Sentany's seductive ones and moves in closer to her.

"Yes, you are a flower only fit to live with the Gods. Not even Isis can match your beauty." Anubis was leaning in for a kiss until Sentany pulled back and walked away from him.

"I know…" Sentany gave a sigh. "…let all the Goddesses be jealous."

Ryo and Anubis just stared at her.

"Wow….she is so full of herself."

"I know." Anubis agreed.

Sentany walked over to her bed and pushed back the curtains. She looked to Ryo and Anubis. She smiled seductively.

"She is evil…" Anubis gave a playful growl and moves towards her.

'Ausar was right.' Ryo did not want to fall into her tricks but he did not want Anubis near her.

Ryo stood before Anubis, blocking his way to Sentany.

Ryo wasn't jealous, or was he? He shook off the feeling of puzzlement and stood before Sentany.

"You will not touch her."