Hotaru: hello!
Yami: *bruised* h-hi
Yami Bakura: *bloody lip* what?
Hotaru: hey it was the only way I could get you to stop fighting.
Yami: yeah but you didn't have to get into it!
Hotaru: *smiles* yes I did. It's what I do. But come on Yami Bakura was just ASKING for a butt kicking! He flipped me off!
Yami Bakura: I did not, that was the pharaoh!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Hotaru: ENOUGH!!!!! Now look it was both of ya which is why both of ya got a whoopin, understand?!
Both: *nods*
Hotaru: now someone do the damned disclaimer!
Yami Bakura: Hotaru doesn't own anything
Hotaru: THANK YOU!!!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Safiya was sitting in her room mixing something into a bowl with a clear liquid in it.
"Safiya" she looked up and hid the bowls under some clothes just as Seto walked in.
"Yes Seto" she asked.
"What were you doing?" He asked.
"Doing? Me, doing, oh you mean-nothing" she answered. Seto noticed the jumpy tone and gave her a look that seemed to question her sanity. "You're a priest, you'll understand. I was merely working on a potion, for Yami." This surprised Seto a lot. Only a few people worked with potions and there was maybe one out of the few who worked for good.
"What type" he asked. Safiya knew the question was a double edge. Any answer could put her at odds with Seto and that was the last thing she wanted. Seto was something that she would hate to lose.
"Seto, do you trust me" she asked. This too was a double edge question. He did trust her, to some extent, but this new discovery was a little unsettling. As the minutes passed with nothing but silence she lowered her head. "Fine, have one of the ill slaves come to me. I shall show you what kind of magic I work." And so it was. Seto sent for a slave that was sick and Safiya waited, sitting on her bed.
"How am I to believe that this isn't merely a trick of the gods" he asked.
"Seto by coming back to this Earth I have given up my Immortality. I am, in all manners of speaking, human." She answered. He hadn't realized this. She'd given up her Godliness just to stay here and live as a lowly human? He was about to say something when the slave came in. She walked over to her and sat her down.
"Who are you" the slave girl asked.
"My name is Safiya" she purred as she looked the girl over.
"I've heard of you, you're the one they couldn't break. You're like our hero" the girl said.
"What's your name, honey?" Safiya asked gently
"Nailah" the girl answered. Seto was shocked. The way Safiya worked with the girl was as if they were family. Safiya was so gentle, careful not to cause even the slightest discomforts to the girl. Nailah had to have been only 13, still a child but old enough to work. She had in fact worked, it was all too obvious. Her hands were calloused and her nails cracked.
"Nailah that's a beautiful name. Tell me, do you have any brothers or sisters" Safiya asked.
"Yes, my little brother Horus" at this Safiya smiled.
"Horus, named after the great god of the sky I suppose" she muttered.
"Yes ma'am" the girl said.
"Call me Safi, ok sweetie I need you to wait right here for a moment." Safiya motioned for Seto to follow her outside.
"Well" he asked.
"She's blind! At least she will be, but there's something I might be able to do. Seto I need your full trust in me." She looked into his blue eyes with a pleading, scared, look on her face.
"Do you not trust your art?" He asked. Safiya gaped at his coldness. He smirked. "As I thought, you have no idea what you're doing." Her eyes became a misty grey and her face became blank. She fell to the ground in a heap and Seto could do nothing but gasp. He picked her up and tried to wake her.
"Safiya" he said over and over. Her breathing had stopped and it seemed that her soul had leaked right out of her. He carried her into her room and set her down on the bed. He turned and saw a young woman with the head and tail of a black cat standing in front of Nailah.
"Do not be afraid child" she whispered.
"I'm not; you're warm, and familiar, like my mother used to be" the cat girl smiled at this and gently leaned down and kissed Nailah on the forehead. There was a bright flash of light then when it dimmed stood Nailah and the cat girl. Nailah looked over at her with a shocked expression. "I can see, oh thank you" she hugged the cat girl tight and kept repeating her thanks over and over.
"Sweet heart, go to the overseer and tell him that Safiya wants to talk to him. Will you do that for me?" She asked. The girl nodded and ran out the room. Seto gazed at the cat girl, whom he recognized as Bastet, with a strange expression on his face. Bastet's tail snapped and the goddess was gone and Safiya sprang to her feet. Safiya looked at Seto with what could only be seen as disgust mixed with hatred.
"You're alive" he said hardly able to believe it. She gave him a curt nod then pointed to the door.
"Leave" was all she said. But she said it with such authority. Seto was almost out the door before he realized it.
"Safiya-I trust you" her iciness was lost in an instant and she gained that warm reassuring expression.
"Do you? Or are you saying that so you won't have to deal with a vengeful god?" She asked.
"I mean it." She smiled and looked into his blue eyes. His eyes, there wasn't a bit of ice left in them now. She purred softly as he leaned closer. "I've watched you since I first met you." This time you could tell she was blushing. Her face turned deep red.
"Seto...I-" he put a finger to her lips and smiled.
"Don't speak" he whispered. He held her close and kissed her softly. She was totally surprised. She pushed back and ended up falling to the ground.
"I'm a goddess! You can't-I mean we-I" she rushed out of the room and left Seto. He smirked.
"But that's what makes it so enticing" he muttered.
*~*~* at the temple of Bata *~*~*
Safiya was almost frantic and Bata was trying to calm her down. The goddess smiled kindly at her as she told her everything that had happened.
"Bastet, do not worry, there is nothing wrong." She said. Safiya looked at the human woman with the ears and horns of a cow.
"But-"
"Do you love him?"
"Love? I thought such a thing was a myth" Safiya answered.
"These days it is, but love is a powerful thing. When you love someone they say that the heavens play a beautiful song that only the lovers can hear" Safiya sat down and looked at her, giving the wise goddess her full attention. "Is that what you see with this high priest?"
"I don't know. When I'm around him, the world seems less dark, as if two suns had appeared from the clouds." The elder goddess smiled.
"That, my child, is love." She said
"Love" Safiya said testing the word. It was a wonderful word.
"What comes to mind when you say love" the elder asked.
"Seto, with his beautiful smile." She answered.
"Then, my child, you are in love with him." Safiya nodded then stood up.
"What should I do?" she asked.
"I think you know the answer to that. But child? Be careful." Safiya nodded and was halfway out the door when Bata called her back. "I see a little one, good luck." Safiya smiled and disappeared out the doorway.
*~*~* with Seto *~*~*
Seto was lying in bed thinking about the day's events. Then about what had just happened.
"Safiya" he muttered. How could he have let his emotions get in the way? He was a high priest! He wasn't allowed to partake of such earthly delights. He sighed when a faint knock reached his ears. "Who is it?"
"Just me, Safiya" she answered. He raced to the door and opened it.
"Safiya I'm sorry I-" he stopped when she gave him a smirk that said she wanted something. She was smirking so far that her teeth were showing. She put a finger to his lips then kissed him. He was shocked but wouldn't show it. When they broke for air he decided to ask. "What was that?" She sat down on his bed and looked at him coyly.
"Didn't like it?" she asked.
"Of course I did, but why-"
"I got some helpful words from an old friend. Seto would you do something for me" she asked. As she did she got up and walked to his side.
"What?" it was just curiosity it was obvious he'd do anything
"Close your eyes and say the word, love" she said. She watched as he closed his eyes and muttered the word. A slow smile crossed his face. "What do you see?"
"You"
"Thought so." She purred and suddenly pounced on him, pushing him back onto his bed.
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Hotaru: for the safety of my readers, and my PG-13 rating, I'll stop there.
Yami: do I get to kill her? She's sleeping with my best friend!
Hotaru: Yami-Kun, that was the plan all along. Why do you think this is a General/ROMANCE fic?!
Yami: ...oh. Do I still get to kill her?
Hotaru: *rolls her eyes* I'll think about it.
Yami: OKAY!
Yami Bakura: you idiot! That means that she-
Hotaru: *covers his mouth with her hand* is gonna say the review thing. Thanks for reminding me, Bakura, so here we go REVIEW!!!!
Bat
(Bata)
Egyptian cow goddess of fertility. Primarily a deity of Upper Egypt. She was depicted as a cow or in human form with cow's ears and horns.
Hotaru: thanks for reading ^__^
Yami: *bruised* h-hi
Yami Bakura: *bloody lip* what?
Hotaru: hey it was the only way I could get you to stop fighting.
Yami: yeah but you didn't have to get into it!
Hotaru: *smiles* yes I did. It's what I do. But come on Yami Bakura was just ASKING for a butt kicking! He flipped me off!
Yami Bakura: I did not, that was the pharaoh!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Yami: Was not!
Yami Bakura: was too!
Hotaru: ENOUGH!!!!! Now look it was both of ya which is why both of ya got a whoopin, understand?!
Both: *nods*
Hotaru: now someone do the damned disclaimer!
Yami Bakura: Hotaru doesn't own anything
Hotaru: THANK YOU!!!
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Safiya was sitting in her room mixing something into a bowl with a clear liquid in it.
"Safiya" she looked up and hid the bowls under some clothes just as Seto walked in.
"Yes Seto" she asked.
"What were you doing?" He asked.
"Doing? Me, doing, oh you mean-nothing" she answered. Seto noticed the jumpy tone and gave her a look that seemed to question her sanity. "You're a priest, you'll understand. I was merely working on a potion, for Yami." This surprised Seto a lot. Only a few people worked with potions and there was maybe one out of the few who worked for good.
"What type" he asked. Safiya knew the question was a double edge. Any answer could put her at odds with Seto and that was the last thing she wanted. Seto was something that she would hate to lose.
"Seto, do you trust me" she asked. This too was a double edge question. He did trust her, to some extent, but this new discovery was a little unsettling. As the minutes passed with nothing but silence she lowered her head. "Fine, have one of the ill slaves come to me. I shall show you what kind of magic I work." And so it was. Seto sent for a slave that was sick and Safiya waited, sitting on her bed.
"How am I to believe that this isn't merely a trick of the gods" he asked.
"Seto by coming back to this Earth I have given up my Immortality. I am, in all manners of speaking, human." She answered. He hadn't realized this. She'd given up her Godliness just to stay here and live as a lowly human? He was about to say something when the slave came in. She walked over to her and sat her down.
"Who are you" the slave girl asked.
"My name is Safiya" she purred as she looked the girl over.
"I've heard of you, you're the one they couldn't break. You're like our hero" the girl said.
"What's your name, honey?" Safiya asked gently
"Nailah" the girl answered. Seto was shocked. The way Safiya worked with the girl was as if they were family. Safiya was so gentle, careful not to cause even the slightest discomforts to the girl. Nailah had to have been only 13, still a child but old enough to work. She had in fact worked, it was all too obvious. Her hands were calloused and her nails cracked.
"Nailah that's a beautiful name. Tell me, do you have any brothers or sisters" Safiya asked.
"Yes, my little brother Horus" at this Safiya smiled.
"Horus, named after the great god of the sky I suppose" she muttered.
"Yes ma'am" the girl said.
"Call me Safi, ok sweetie I need you to wait right here for a moment." Safiya motioned for Seto to follow her outside.
"Well" he asked.
"She's blind! At least she will be, but there's something I might be able to do. Seto I need your full trust in me." She looked into his blue eyes with a pleading, scared, look on her face.
"Do you not trust your art?" He asked. Safiya gaped at his coldness. He smirked. "As I thought, you have no idea what you're doing." Her eyes became a misty grey and her face became blank. She fell to the ground in a heap and Seto could do nothing but gasp. He picked her up and tried to wake her.
"Safiya" he said over and over. Her breathing had stopped and it seemed that her soul had leaked right out of her. He carried her into her room and set her down on the bed. He turned and saw a young woman with the head and tail of a black cat standing in front of Nailah.
"Do not be afraid child" she whispered.
"I'm not; you're warm, and familiar, like my mother used to be" the cat girl smiled at this and gently leaned down and kissed Nailah on the forehead. There was a bright flash of light then when it dimmed stood Nailah and the cat girl. Nailah looked over at her with a shocked expression. "I can see, oh thank you" she hugged the cat girl tight and kept repeating her thanks over and over.
"Sweet heart, go to the overseer and tell him that Safiya wants to talk to him. Will you do that for me?" She asked. The girl nodded and ran out the room. Seto gazed at the cat girl, whom he recognized as Bastet, with a strange expression on his face. Bastet's tail snapped and the goddess was gone and Safiya sprang to her feet. Safiya looked at Seto with what could only be seen as disgust mixed with hatred.
"You're alive" he said hardly able to believe it. She gave him a curt nod then pointed to the door.
"Leave" was all she said. But she said it with such authority. Seto was almost out the door before he realized it.
"Safiya-I trust you" her iciness was lost in an instant and she gained that warm reassuring expression.
"Do you? Or are you saying that so you won't have to deal with a vengeful god?" She asked.
"I mean it." She smiled and looked into his blue eyes. His eyes, there wasn't a bit of ice left in them now. She purred softly as he leaned closer. "I've watched you since I first met you." This time you could tell she was blushing. Her face turned deep red.
"Seto...I-" he put a finger to her lips and smiled.
"Don't speak" he whispered. He held her close and kissed her softly. She was totally surprised. She pushed back and ended up falling to the ground.
"I'm a goddess! You can't-I mean we-I" she rushed out of the room and left Seto. He smirked.
"But that's what makes it so enticing" he muttered.
*~*~* at the temple of Bata *~*~*
Safiya was almost frantic and Bata was trying to calm her down. The goddess smiled kindly at her as she told her everything that had happened.
"Bastet, do not worry, there is nothing wrong." She said. Safiya looked at the human woman with the ears and horns of a cow.
"But-"
"Do you love him?"
"Love? I thought such a thing was a myth" Safiya answered.
"These days it is, but love is a powerful thing. When you love someone they say that the heavens play a beautiful song that only the lovers can hear" Safiya sat down and looked at her, giving the wise goddess her full attention. "Is that what you see with this high priest?"
"I don't know. When I'm around him, the world seems less dark, as if two suns had appeared from the clouds." The elder goddess smiled.
"That, my child, is love." She said
"Love" Safiya said testing the word. It was a wonderful word.
"What comes to mind when you say love" the elder asked.
"Seto, with his beautiful smile." She answered.
"Then, my child, you are in love with him." Safiya nodded then stood up.
"What should I do?" she asked.
"I think you know the answer to that. But child? Be careful." Safiya nodded and was halfway out the door when Bata called her back. "I see a little one, good luck." Safiya smiled and disappeared out the doorway.
*~*~* with Seto *~*~*
Seto was lying in bed thinking about the day's events. Then about what had just happened.
"Safiya" he muttered. How could he have let his emotions get in the way? He was a high priest! He wasn't allowed to partake of such earthly delights. He sighed when a faint knock reached his ears. "Who is it?"
"Just me, Safiya" she answered. He raced to the door and opened it.
"Safiya I'm sorry I-" he stopped when she gave him a smirk that said she wanted something. She was smirking so far that her teeth were showing. She put a finger to his lips then kissed him. He was shocked but wouldn't show it. When they broke for air he decided to ask. "What was that?" She sat down on his bed and looked at him coyly.
"Didn't like it?" she asked.
"Of course I did, but why-"
"I got some helpful words from an old friend. Seto would you do something for me" she asked. As she did she got up and walked to his side.
"What?" it was just curiosity it was obvious he'd do anything
"Close your eyes and say the word, love" she said. She watched as he closed his eyes and muttered the word. A slow smile crossed his face. "What do you see?"
"You"
"Thought so." She purred and suddenly pounced on him, pushing him back onto his bed.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hotaru: for the safety of my readers, and my PG-13 rating, I'll stop there.
Yami: do I get to kill her? She's sleeping with my best friend!
Hotaru: Yami-Kun, that was the plan all along. Why do you think this is a General/ROMANCE fic?!
Yami: ...oh. Do I still get to kill her?
Hotaru: *rolls her eyes* I'll think about it.
Yami: OKAY!
Yami Bakura: you idiot! That means that she-
Hotaru: *covers his mouth with her hand* is gonna say the review thing. Thanks for reminding me, Bakura, so here we go REVIEW!!!!
Bat
(Bata)
Egyptian cow goddess of fertility. Primarily a deity of Upper Egypt. She was depicted as a cow or in human form with cow's ears and horns.
Hotaru: thanks for reading ^__^
