Hotaru: I don't have anything to say really. Except that the story is
almost over. The sequel's comin' but not for a while. Okay? Okay. Oh
and I need help with trying to get to my goal of 60 reviews before this
story's over.
Yami: HOTARU DOESN'T OWN ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Safiya wasn't in much of a happy mood and Pamiuw's giddiness at her failure wasn't making her anymore pleasant. As she walked towards one of the quieter inlets of the Nile she mentally wrestled with herself to not kill him. Pamiuw had taken a psychical form and was walking beside her. He looked like a male version of the normal Safiya, Red hair though it was cut short, red eyes, the whole shebang. Suddenly he stopped and grabbed Safiya by the arm.
"Safiya..." her head was lowered and she wasn't in the mood to converse.
"The next words out of your mouth had better be unreal or I swear-" she stopped talking as she looked up and gaped. It was unreal, oh yeah it was, but she wasn't very 'big' on the whole gaping like a trout outta water thing. Safiya's eyes lowered as she realized what was going on. Surprising Pamiuw and herself she bowed low, Pamiuw did the same. There, in front of them was Isis. As Safiya stood her wary eyes scanned the entire area, she was not the kind of person to be ambushed easily; years of what she called life threw her out of that boat long ago.
*~*~* Flash back (cuz ya knew I couldn't get through a story without one) *~*~*
Safiya was sitting in the "back yard" of the family house, playing quietly with a mini version of her present day Psycho Soul Beast. Of course certain things were different about her. Her eyes were softer and less cold, her teeth weren't fangs yet, and she had the child like innocence that was so prematurely ripped away from the girl we knew. As soon as the last of the moonbeams were gone Safiya heard a sound she'd heard to often to count. Villagers, people, more specifically people with flaming torches and weapons. Why? Because, in the villagers minds, they were the cause of everything that was wrong in Life. Safiya knew what was coming and she was in a particularly huffy mood because she could only play with her "Spirit Beast," as she called it, outside. Her Father appeared in the doorway of the back door and hissed in a tongue only three people in the world understood.
"Hurry, Sana, before they take you" was what he had said. Safiya was half way to the house when the villagers, or more like it the woman, cut her path off. The Woman in charge, a large haughty looking thing, reached her arms out towards the young Safiya.
"Come Child, we came to save you from the evil." Safiya knew enough about these little Raids not to go to them. She hissed, speaking in her own native tongue, trying to scare them. This was probably the worst thing to do at the time but Safiya was trying to be like her family. Over the tops of their heads she could see her Father and even her older brother fighting off whom she figured were the men. "NO! We're too late, they've gotten to her!" The woman converged on the little girl and succeeded in detaining her.
"IST'ANAT!" She heard her father cry out. The translation meaning a very bad word and an outcry of fury and pain. She was dragged and carried to the front of the house where her Father and Brother were being held. Two men held onto each of her Father's arms and soon he was bound and on his knees. Safiya was forced to watch, the women making her, as her brother was beaten to death, and then they focused on her father. There was a beating of course but those righteous bastards had the audacity to bring a priest to read the accused his guilt's, this however did not stop the beating.
"You, beast, are accused of being a plague unto our houses and using your wicked Heka to control the minds of those in our village" the priest said.
"Thak, begu dientay Mronata heraont miesu" her father panted as a bubble appeared from his lips then burst, spilling blood. Meaning 'no, but that matters not to you.' Safiya's eyes were so red and wet that she could barely see the dagger that cut deeply into her father's throat. He fell to the ground in a bloody heap and only Safiya remained. The men moved towards her.
"What is this? She looks nothing like the other two" the leader said. He was right. Safiya's father had long wild black hair and acid green eyes that could see into a person's soul. He had no claws; instead his hands could conjure water. He was tall and trim. Her brother was short and a little big but it was mostly muscle. His hair was short and black but neat and clean. His eyes were a cool blue. But now both of them were dead.
"This girl has been taken by the beasts already." The lead woman said.
"Aw, at least we don't have to worry about this one fighting back" he motioned to a fresh cut that ran from one cheek, across his nose, and onto the other, courtesy of Safiya's brother. But they were dead wrong to think that Safiya wasn't a hazard. As the Women held onto her the changes began and nothing could stop it. Her eyes became slitted and deadly black. Her fingers grew claws and her teeth became fangs. She hissed and small golden wings sprouted from her back and she rose off the ground.
"You wrong! I could kill all you" She hissed in a language they could understand. They all started laughing, laughing at her. She clenched her fists and saw red. The only thing she couldn't stand was people laughing at her.
*~*~* end flashback *~*~*
Safiya couldn't remember much after that, but she could guess. She killed them all, without any remorse. Maybe she really was a monster. If she was then she had no right to complain as to why her life proverbially sucked. She looked at Isis, sighing.
"Come to take me to the underworld? Go ahead, there's not much for me to live for these days" she muttered. Isis stared for a moment then shook her head.
"That's not why I'm here" Isis said. She saw someone appear behind Isis.
"Bakura?" she asked. He smiled as her jaw nearly hit the ground. "Great, the Gods are mocking me now. Anything else wanna go wrong today?"
"I've come to bring him back, not mock you. But there's a problem" Isis walked over to Safiya and took her to a place out of hearing range. "The only way to bring him back is to have someone give up their life to him." Safiya felt that last spark of happiness flicker and die. Give up her life and he'd live but she couldn't be with him. Pamiuw wouldn't do it, he enjoyed living. Her love would never come back to her. Then she felt a soft, furry, hand on her shoulder.
"I'll do it. He can have my mortality" Safiya looked behind her and saw a smiling Bastet.
"You will?"
"I've found out everything I needed to know. And I suppose if you really love him..."
"I DO!" Safiya practically screamed.
"Then enjoy the rest of your life together. Oh and Safiya" she looked down at her. "Be careful; remember you're with child now."
"I will try, but that's so hard for me sometimes" Safiya replied. Bastet flashed a smile then looked up at Isis.
"Go ahead" she muttered. There was a bright light and a fuzzy sensation then when Safiya could see again Bakura and Pamiuw and herself were the only ones there. Bakura ran forward and swept her up in his arms.
"I missed you so much" he whispered kissing her. She was happy but it was very hard to shake off the queasy feeling at the pit of her stomach. Her face turned pale.
"I think maybe we should go see Bata" she said.
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Hotaru: HA! And Bakura is back
Bakura: *smiles* I knew it! I knew you wouldn't kill me off!
Hotaru: 'course not! You're my little Baku-kun *huggles him*
Bakura: *turns blue* can't...breathe...
Hotaru: *lets go* oops, sorry. Now where'd Yami go?
Yami: I'm right here!
Hotaru: then say the motto!
Yami: "Common sense is the most uncomm-"
Hotaru: WRONG MOTTO!!!
Yami: oh...OH! REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yami: HOTARU DOESN'T OWN ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Safiya wasn't in much of a happy mood and Pamiuw's giddiness at her failure wasn't making her anymore pleasant. As she walked towards one of the quieter inlets of the Nile she mentally wrestled with herself to not kill him. Pamiuw had taken a psychical form and was walking beside her. He looked like a male version of the normal Safiya, Red hair though it was cut short, red eyes, the whole shebang. Suddenly he stopped and grabbed Safiya by the arm.
"Safiya..." her head was lowered and she wasn't in the mood to converse.
"The next words out of your mouth had better be unreal or I swear-" she stopped talking as she looked up and gaped. It was unreal, oh yeah it was, but she wasn't very 'big' on the whole gaping like a trout outta water thing. Safiya's eyes lowered as she realized what was going on. Surprising Pamiuw and herself she bowed low, Pamiuw did the same. There, in front of them was Isis. As Safiya stood her wary eyes scanned the entire area, she was not the kind of person to be ambushed easily; years of what she called life threw her out of that boat long ago.
*~*~* Flash back (cuz ya knew I couldn't get through a story without one) *~*~*
Safiya was sitting in the "back yard" of the family house, playing quietly with a mini version of her present day Psycho Soul Beast. Of course certain things were different about her. Her eyes were softer and less cold, her teeth weren't fangs yet, and she had the child like innocence that was so prematurely ripped away from the girl we knew. As soon as the last of the moonbeams were gone Safiya heard a sound she'd heard to often to count. Villagers, people, more specifically people with flaming torches and weapons. Why? Because, in the villagers minds, they were the cause of everything that was wrong in Life. Safiya knew what was coming and she was in a particularly huffy mood because she could only play with her "Spirit Beast," as she called it, outside. Her Father appeared in the doorway of the back door and hissed in a tongue only three people in the world understood.
"Hurry, Sana, before they take you" was what he had said. Safiya was half way to the house when the villagers, or more like it the woman, cut her path off. The Woman in charge, a large haughty looking thing, reached her arms out towards the young Safiya.
"Come Child, we came to save you from the evil." Safiya knew enough about these little Raids not to go to them. She hissed, speaking in her own native tongue, trying to scare them. This was probably the worst thing to do at the time but Safiya was trying to be like her family. Over the tops of their heads she could see her Father and even her older brother fighting off whom she figured were the men. "NO! We're too late, they've gotten to her!" The woman converged on the little girl and succeeded in detaining her.
"IST'ANAT!" She heard her father cry out. The translation meaning a very bad word and an outcry of fury and pain. She was dragged and carried to the front of the house where her Father and Brother were being held. Two men held onto each of her Father's arms and soon he was bound and on his knees. Safiya was forced to watch, the women making her, as her brother was beaten to death, and then they focused on her father. There was a beating of course but those righteous bastards had the audacity to bring a priest to read the accused his guilt's, this however did not stop the beating.
"You, beast, are accused of being a plague unto our houses and using your wicked Heka to control the minds of those in our village" the priest said.
"Thak, begu dientay Mronata heraont miesu" her father panted as a bubble appeared from his lips then burst, spilling blood. Meaning 'no, but that matters not to you.' Safiya's eyes were so red and wet that she could barely see the dagger that cut deeply into her father's throat. He fell to the ground in a bloody heap and only Safiya remained. The men moved towards her.
"What is this? She looks nothing like the other two" the leader said. He was right. Safiya's father had long wild black hair and acid green eyes that could see into a person's soul. He had no claws; instead his hands could conjure water. He was tall and trim. Her brother was short and a little big but it was mostly muscle. His hair was short and black but neat and clean. His eyes were a cool blue. But now both of them were dead.
"This girl has been taken by the beasts already." The lead woman said.
"Aw, at least we don't have to worry about this one fighting back" he motioned to a fresh cut that ran from one cheek, across his nose, and onto the other, courtesy of Safiya's brother. But they were dead wrong to think that Safiya wasn't a hazard. As the Women held onto her the changes began and nothing could stop it. Her eyes became slitted and deadly black. Her fingers grew claws and her teeth became fangs. She hissed and small golden wings sprouted from her back and she rose off the ground.
"You wrong! I could kill all you" She hissed in a language they could understand. They all started laughing, laughing at her. She clenched her fists and saw red. The only thing she couldn't stand was people laughing at her.
*~*~* end flashback *~*~*
Safiya couldn't remember much after that, but she could guess. She killed them all, without any remorse. Maybe she really was a monster. If she was then she had no right to complain as to why her life proverbially sucked. She looked at Isis, sighing.
"Come to take me to the underworld? Go ahead, there's not much for me to live for these days" she muttered. Isis stared for a moment then shook her head.
"That's not why I'm here" Isis said. She saw someone appear behind Isis.
"Bakura?" she asked. He smiled as her jaw nearly hit the ground. "Great, the Gods are mocking me now. Anything else wanna go wrong today?"
"I've come to bring him back, not mock you. But there's a problem" Isis walked over to Safiya and took her to a place out of hearing range. "The only way to bring him back is to have someone give up their life to him." Safiya felt that last spark of happiness flicker and die. Give up her life and he'd live but she couldn't be with him. Pamiuw wouldn't do it, he enjoyed living. Her love would never come back to her. Then she felt a soft, furry, hand on her shoulder.
"I'll do it. He can have my mortality" Safiya looked behind her and saw a smiling Bastet.
"You will?"
"I've found out everything I needed to know. And I suppose if you really love him..."
"I DO!" Safiya practically screamed.
"Then enjoy the rest of your life together. Oh and Safiya" she looked down at her. "Be careful; remember you're with child now."
"I will try, but that's so hard for me sometimes" Safiya replied. Bastet flashed a smile then looked up at Isis.
"Go ahead" she muttered. There was a bright light and a fuzzy sensation then when Safiya could see again Bakura and Pamiuw and herself were the only ones there. Bakura ran forward and swept her up in his arms.
"I missed you so much" he whispered kissing her. She was happy but it was very hard to shake off the queasy feeling at the pit of her stomach. Her face turned pale.
"I think maybe we should go see Bata" she said.
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Hotaru: HA! And Bakura is back
Bakura: *smiles* I knew it! I knew you wouldn't kill me off!
Hotaru: 'course not! You're my little Baku-kun *huggles him*
Bakura: *turns blue* can't...breathe...
Hotaru: *lets go* oops, sorry. Now where'd Yami go?
Yami: I'm right here!
Hotaru: then say the motto!
Yami: "Common sense is the most uncomm-"
Hotaru: WRONG MOTTO!!!
Yami: oh...OH! REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!
