A Decision of Love and Life Chapter Six
A crystal-like tear fell down her cheek.
The item he held..................was the locket Seta had stolen for her on her sixteenth birthday.
She choked her words out. "Where.................where did you get that?"
"This.......................is the eighth Millennium Item. When your friend stole it from you, it was because I told him that you could wield it. The Pharaoh was incorrect to execute him, and take the item away. He didn't understand."
So the Pharaoh was wrong. Seta didn't deserve to be killed at all. Even though she agreed with that the first time, she supported it even more. That stupid Pharaoh had murdered her best friend for no reason, and for that he would pay. For an unnecessary execution of Seta, and sending her to prison for stealing medicine for Master Sayaru, who later died because he never got the medicine in time. All of this was because of him, and she loathed him more than anything.
"Go ahead," he told her. "Take it; after all it belongs to you."
Wiping away the tears from her eyes, she smiled as she took it from him. "Thank you so much."
"Don't be sad over Seta. He wishes you a joyful life."
But him saying that made her cry even more, yet only in happiness.
"Please, you must tell me your name," she said. "I wish to know the name of the man who told me all of this."
"My name is Rhadii, but I must leave you now. I must tell you to please be careful on your way out, for risk of being caught."
(A/N: Rhadii is an OC of mine. I made him up to be an ancestor of Shadi. Clear?)
She nodded as he left. Standing there for a little longer, she thought about Seta. He had cared enough for her to go to such high lengths by stealing this Millennium Item. How much power did it hold? Apparently it held enough for the Pharaoh to keep it in hiding. She couldn't help but wonder why-
"What are you doing here?"
Oh no.
The Pharaoh stood there, more angered than she had ever seen him before. She knew she was done for.
"Answer me!"
But she wasn't about to be taken down again.
"You-you had no right to kill him."
"What are you talking about, girl?"
"Don't act like you don't know! You killed Seta!" she screamed out loud. "He didn't deserve it! He was a good person. He had a kind heart, but you murdered him."
He smirked. "I didn't murder him. He committed a serious crime and was executed under law. But this has nothing to do with him. I suspect you're here to steal one of these items."
"It belongs to me," she said, clutching the locket tightly.
She could see his eyebrow twitching. "W-What did you say?!"
"It's mine. I am its beholder. Rhadii said so-"
She screamed in pain when he grabbed her by the hair and pummeled her to the floor. Coughing, she attempted to get back up, but was only kicked back down by him. She cried out in hope that someone would save her, but no one would. Seta and Master Sayaru were gone, Rhadii had left, and that "one- man clan" thief probably didn't care what happened to her.
"I told you to stay away, but you wouldn't listen!"
She said nothing, and continued to lay one the floor, still holding onto the locket with all her might.
"Give me the locket."
"No."
"Give me the locket!"
"Never!"
She knew it was over when he picked up a torch off of the wall and held it over her.
"Hand over the locket, you stupid girl. I'm sure you wouldn't want me to burn what rags you have left on you."
It was no use for her to try and move away; she was in too much pain to do so, and the last thing she wanted to do was go down in flames.
As the Pharaoh almost let go of the torch, something struck him. He glanced at the bloody and bruised girl beneath him, and he felt something he thought he'd never feel for her. He felt...................sorry. Sorry for this girl who had probably lived her life in hell and despair, suffering through pain, yet struggling to live. He saw her gasping for air, with a tear falling down her crimson-stained cheek. She wasn't about to give up. He knew that. She was far too brave. He knew she hated the fact that he was triumphing over her, and yet he took advantage of her for it.
Slowly he put the torch back upon the wall.
Her blurry eyes looked up to see a hand outreached to help her up. What was this? The Pharaoh was helping her now? After beating her half to death, he decided to give up for what reason? She stayed there, dazed from this abrupt act of kindness. She reached her hand up to push his away, but he was too quick for her. Feeling herself being pulled up by the one guy she hated the most, she backed away.
"I never asked for your help."
"I understand that."
"What are you trying to do?" she asked him.
"I'm sorry. I realize I've gone too far," he replied as he hung his head down.
She couldn't believe this. "You know what? Sorry isn't gonna bring Seta and Master Sayaru back, is it?"
He looked up, bewildered. "I-I........"
"I hate people like you." She threw the locket back at him, and wiped the blood away from her mouth as she left.
"Wait, Ayara!"
She stopped and remembered the last time he said that. "Seta told you that, didn't he? You made him tell you. He wouldn't have told anyone!"
"Listen, I just wanted-"
"You creep! How dare you!"
He tried to talk to her, but she had already left. Of course, he couldn't blame her for being so angry, but what could he do? He looked at the locket she had thrown back at him. For as long as he knew, no one had been able to open it. Zoe said Rhadii had told her she was its beholder, but was he telling the truth? Rhadii never had much appreciation for the Pharaoh, so this may have been a trick to frustrate him.
Whatever it was, he needed to talk to her.................
* * * * *
Steadily, she walked over to the alley where the "One-man Clan" thief had told her to meet him at. He stood there in the shadows, almost completely camouflaged, but she could tell he was frowning. When she found a wall, she immediately clutched her side and leaned against it. She felt like crying to her heart's content, but knew he would only scoff and look down at her more than he already would be.
"You didn't bring any items back," the thief said.
"The Pharaoh saw me."
He chuckled. "I take it he also caught you for a while, also?"
She didn't find any humor in his comment. "He almost killed me."
"And you managed to escape without a Millennium Item?"
"I had one......"
A look of astonishment appeared on his face.
"Then why didn't you get it?!"
He took it from me! I tried to hold onto it, but-"
She stopped talking. Even if she had somehow managed to get that locket, she would've never let that thief have it. That locket was rightfully hers. And she would be sure to retrieve it the next time. Even though she had thrown it back at the Pharaoh, but only because she was furious, and knew he wouldn't let her leave without giving it back. So she had obviously failed her mission to join this clan, and was on her own again.
But an unexpected turn of events changed her plans.
The thief smirked. "Welcome to the clan. What is your name?"
She was almost too shocked to speak.
"It's................it's Zoe. Who are you, anyway?"
"You may call me Master Bakura."
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A crystal-like tear fell down her cheek.
The item he held..................was the locket Seta had stolen for her on her sixteenth birthday.
She choked her words out. "Where.................where did you get that?"
"This.......................is the eighth Millennium Item. When your friend stole it from you, it was because I told him that you could wield it. The Pharaoh was incorrect to execute him, and take the item away. He didn't understand."
So the Pharaoh was wrong. Seta didn't deserve to be killed at all. Even though she agreed with that the first time, she supported it even more. That stupid Pharaoh had murdered her best friend for no reason, and for that he would pay. For an unnecessary execution of Seta, and sending her to prison for stealing medicine for Master Sayaru, who later died because he never got the medicine in time. All of this was because of him, and she loathed him more than anything.
"Go ahead," he told her. "Take it; after all it belongs to you."
Wiping away the tears from her eyes, she smiled as she took it from him. "Thank you so much."
"Don't be sad over Seta. He wishes you a joyful life."
But him saying that made her cry even more, yet only in happiness.
"Please, you must tell me your name," she said. "I wish to know the name of the man who told me all of this."
"My name is Rhadii, but I must leave you now. I must tell you to please be careful on your way out, for risk of being caught."
(A/N: Rhadii is an OC of mine. I made him up to be an ancestor of Shadi. Clear?)
She nodded as he left. Standing there for a little longer, she thought about Seta. He had cared enough for her to go to such high lengths by stealing this Millennium Item. How much power did it hold? Apparently it held enough for the Pharaoh to keep it in hiding. She couldn't help but wonder why-
"What are you doing here?"
Oh no.
The Pharaoh stood there, more angered than she had ever seen him before. She knew she was done for.
"Answer me!"
But she wasn't about to be taken down again.
"You-you had no right to kill him."
"What are you talking about, girl?"
"Don't act like you don't know! You killed Seta!" she screamed out loud. "He didn't deserve it! He was a good person. He had a kind heart, but you murdered him."
He smirked. "I didn't murder him. He committed a serious crime and was executed under law. But this has nothing to do with him. I suspect you're here to steal one of these items."
"It belongs to me," she said, clutching the locket tightly.
She could see his eyebrow twitching. "W-What did you say?!"
"It's mine. I am its beholder. Rhadii said so-"
She screamed in pain when he grabbed her by the hair and pummeled her to the floor. Coughing, she attempted to get back up, but was only kicked back down by him. She cried out in hope that someone would save her, but no one would. Seta and Master Sayaru were gone, Rhadii had left, and that "one- man clan" thief probably didn't care what happened to her.
"I told you to stay away, but you wouldn't listen!"
She said nothing, and continued to lay one the floor, still holding onto the locket with all her might.
"Give me the locket."
"No."
"Give me the locket!"
"Never!"
She knew it was over when he picked up a torch off of the wall and held it over her.
"Hand over the locket, you stupid girl. I'm sure you wouldn't want me to burn what rags you have left on you."
It was no use for her to try and move away; she was in too much pain to do so, and the last thing she wanted to do was go down in flames.
As the Pharaoh almost let go of the torch, something struck him. He glanced at the bloody and bruised girl beneath him, and he felt something he thought he'd never feel for her. He felt...................sorry. Sorry for this girl who had probably lived her life in hell and despair, suffering through pain, yet struggling to live. He saw her gasping for air, with a tear falling down her crimson-stained cheek. She wasn't about to give up. He knew that. She was far too brave. He knew she hated the fact that he was triumphing over her, and yet he took advantage of her for it.
Slowly he put the torch back upon the wall.
Her blurry eyes looked up to see a hand outreached to help her up. What was this? The Pharaoh was helping her now? After beating her half to death, he decided to give up for what reason? She stayed there, dazed from this abrupt act of kindness. She reached her hand up to push his away, but he was too quick for her. Feeling herself being pulled up by the one guy she hated the most, she backed away.
"I never asked for your help."
"I understand that."
"What are you trying to do?" she asked him.
"I'm sorry. I realize I've gone too far," he replied as he hung his head down.
She couldn't believe this. "You know what? Sorry isn't gonna bring Seta and Master Sayaru back, is it?"
He looked up, bewildered. "I-I........"
"I hate people like you." She threw the locket back at him, and wiped the blood away from her mouth as she left.
"Wait, Ayara!"
She stopped and remembered the last time he said that. "Seta told you that, didn't he? You made him tell you. He wouldn't have told anyone!"
"Listen, I just wanted-"
"You creep! How dare you!"
He tried to talk to her, but she had already left. Of course, he couldn't blame her for being so angry, but what could he do? He looked at the locket she had thrown back at him. For as long as he knew, no one had been able to open it. Zoe said Rhadii had told her she was its beholder, but was he telling the truth? Rhadii never had much appreciation for the Pharaoh, so this may have been a trick to frustrate him.
Whatever it was, he needed to talk to her.................
* * * * *
Steadily, she walked over to the alley where the "One-man Clan" thief had told her to meet him at. He stood there in the shadows, almost completely camouflaged, but she could tell he was frowning. When she found a wall, she immediately clutched her side and leaned against it. She felt like crying to her heart's content, but knew he would only scoff and look down at her more than he already would be.
"You didn't bring any items back," the thief said.
"The Pharaoh saw me."
He chuckled. "I take it he also caught you for a while, also?"
She didn't find any humor in his comment. "He almost killed me."
"And you managed to escape without a Millennium Item?"
"I had one......"
A look of astonishment appeared on his face.
"Then why didn't you get it?!"
He took it from me! I tried to hold onto it, but-"
She stopped talking. Even if she had somehow managed to get that locket, she would've never let that thief have it. That locket was rightfully hers. And she would be sure to retrieve it the next time. Even though she had thrown it back at the Pharaoh, but only because she was furious, and knew he wouldn't let her leave without giving it back. So she had obviously failed her mission to join this clan, and was on her own again.
But an unexpected turn of events changed her plans.
The thief smirked. "Welcome to the clan. What is your name?"
She was almost too shocked to speak.
"It's................it's Zoe. Who are you, anyway?"
"You may call me Master Bakura."
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READ AND REVIEW, PLEASE! I SHALL GIVE YOU A GIGANTIC TURKEY FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER! BWAHA!!!