Yay! I updated! ^_____________________________________^ (my face is wide)
Okay, here's the story (excuse) on why it took so long: I wrote it, then realized it was waaaay too short (one page on Word) so I had to write it again, but I kept having homework or parent interference. Then I had a writing class period with the author of "Red Scarf Girl" (great story) and had to edit it better. So, enjoy this bloody chapter.
Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, but own anything else in this fic that was unfortunate enough to make it here.
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Chapter Eleven: Past Memories II
Shadi took out a jar from his cloak and attached a rope to it. He tried to do his speech, but got bombarded with tomatoes and gave up. For the heck of it, he thought to himself, I'll just do it.
He put the Millennium Jar around the neck of a young boy, around the age of twelve. There was a big flash of light.
The boy, named Bakhe, sat up on his own, for the first time in his life. He looked around at the roomful of priests and was surprised at all the people. His body had learned to talk, because he was not a deaf boy, but that didn't mean his soul was used to having a body. His soul contained no memories at all. All he knew was his name.
"I-I h-have a b-b-body now?" He asked, uncertainly, testing his speech. "W- who are you?" he asked, looking at Shadi.
"I am Shadi. I had been entrusted to help your body become active, and it seems I have succeeded. I shall lead you to your father now, Bakhe."
Shadi took Bakhe outside, but the strange man in the blue haired-ponytail was gone.
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After a month, Bakhe had gotten used to having a soul, and the chores that you had to do if you wanted to live underground with the hidden Egyptians. He had learned a bit about the Shadow Realm, but nobody had ever told him the true secrets of his Millennium Jar. They simply told him that it was something that only he should be allowed to have, and that he was not to allow anyone else to own it.
Shadi knew where Malik used to keep his clothes, and Malik's old gown fit Bakhe perfectly. The looseness of the gown allowed Bakhe to hide his Jar pretty well. Bakhe spent most of his days hanging out with his friend and doing his chores.
His friend was Horufu. Horufu amazingly looked a lot like Bakhe, except with black hair. Bakhe didn't have black hair, and he thought Horufu looked pretty cool. But Horufu always said that Bakhe's hair color was more interesting. Today they were discussing about how odd that they looked like twins with different hair color.
"How do you think it happened?" Horufu asked, puzzled.
"Hey, maybe we were brothers, and got separated at birth!" Bakhe exclaimed.
"No, everybody says that. And how would it be possible that we'd end up in the same place? Here in Egypt of all places. And didn't you tell me you father was from Japan?" Horufu stated.
"I'm not sure he is, Shadi told me that. But yeah, I guess Egypt is an odd place to end up if we were brothers." Bakhe sighed and leaned back on the clay wall he was sitting on. "I really wish I had a brother, though."
"Who knows, maybe you do." Horufu smirked and winked.
At Horufu's gestures, Bakhe suddenly saw a flash image. Instead of the Egyptian rags that Horufu wore all the time, Horufu was now wearing a gold Egyptian necklace. He had an exposed chest, and around his waist was an Egyptian skirt. In his hand was a shining blade that glinted in the sun. He looked about sixteen years old and looked a bit cockier than usual. His eyes were more narrowed and his hair almost seemed like it was sticking up. As suddenly as the image had come, it ended. Bakhe blinked a few times. "What was that?"
"What was what?" Horufu asked. He was back to wearing his usual Egyptian rags.
"I suddenly saw you wearing rich clothing. But.a whole lot of it seemed Egyptian."
Horufu snorted. "Ignore it. It might have been a mirage." He stared at the sky.
"It looked too real to be a mirage." Bakhe muttered to himself.
"What was that?" Horufu asked.
"N-nothing."
"Oh. I thought I heard you talking to yourself. Wouldn't that be odd? Imagine someone having a conversation with himself." He laughed.
Bakhe laughed too. "Yeah, he'd have to be crazy."
Horufu gazed at the sky a little more. "Beautiful sunset, is it not?"
"Yeah." Bakhe suddenly remembered. "Wait, sunset?"
"What about it?"
Bakhe quickly jumped off the wall and went back down the trapdoor, closely followed by Horufu. There, at the end of the hall, stood a very impatient looking Shadi.
"I'm sorry, Shadi!" Bakhe panted. "The clay wall was especially hard to clean today!"
"Really? Then I'll be sure to ask the ancient Egyptians to build their walls smaller." Shadi joked. "Time for the story and bed. Come on."
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"That story is scary." Bakhe stated. During the nighttime, Shadi would come into his room to tell him a story. Being Shadi, the stories weren't always sweet dreams. Tonight's story had been the story of when Bakhe met the Millennium Jar.
"All right. Go to bed now." Shadi tucked Bakhe in and was about to blow out the lamp when Bakhe said something to him. That was unusual because usually when the lamp goes out, the only one Bakhe would ever talk to was Horufu.
"Shadi.I'm feeling it again."
Shadi turned around. "Come again.?"
"Sometimes.after you blow out the lamp. I noticed that my bed is bigger than I am. It could easily fit another person. Sometimes, I feel empty, and other times, I feel arms wrapping around me in a tight hug. Shadi, my question is, is there someone missing from my life? I can feel an emptiness in my soul."
Shadi blew out the lamp and walked out of the room. "Go to bed, Bakhe."
"Well, so much for trying to make him help me reveal my destiny," Bakhe muttered to Horufu.
"It's okay, Bakhe. You'll find out someday." Horufu told Bakhe. He started singing a song to calm Bakhe down.
"I do not have what it takes
To bring you back now.
So farewell, my friend
We'll meet again
I'll be waiting for the clouds
To part from the sky.
You don't know how hard it is to say good bye."
Bakhe calmed down a little. "I've never heard that one before. Where did you get it?"
Horufu shrugged. "I dunno. I just.knew it. Don't ask how, I don't know."
Bakhe smiled. "Thanks. I can sleep now."
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When he knew both boys were asleep, Shadi sneaked into Bakhe and Horufu's room. When he found Bakhe, he started to cry a little. "Please forgive me for what I am about to do, Bakhe."
He picked up Bakhe took the shirt that Bakhe had been wearing when his father had donated him. Blue collar shirt. Boring. But it was his. His pants were plain blue jeans.
When he was sure Bakhe was still wearing the Millennium Jar, Shadi went outside and materialized into the ground, appearing in a forest. A nearby sign informed him that he was in "Domino Forest".
He walked out of the forest, but noticed that it was raining. "Good thing I brought one of Malik's childish 'Rare Hunter' capes. I'm glad I didn't throw them out when he moved to Domino City." He draped the cape over Bakhe and dropped him in the mouth of the forest.
"Sweet dreams, and good luck, young one." With that, Shadi found another portal and materialized into the ground again.
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A cold drop of water fell onto Bakhe's face and woke him up. He sat up. "What's this?" He said, feeling the raindrop. He looked up. "Water.falling out of the sky?!? What the heck?!?" He sat up and saw Shadi sinking into the ground before him. "Wait, Shadi! Don't leave me in this strange place! Water falls from the sky here!"
It was too late. Shadi disappeared.
Bakhe found his shirt and pants next to him and picked them up. He ran out of the forest (he thought it was somebody else's home, and wondered for quite a while how they got so much grass and trees in their house) and looked around desperately for a place to sleep. Nowhere looked familiar. Still, he ran and ran.
He started asking people for shelter whenever he got the chance. Every time he found a house, he'd go to their door and ask for a place to spend the night. Every time, he was rejected. It always seemed to have something to do with the cape he was wearing.
Bakhe wiped his sweat in frustration. If he didn't find a place to stay soon, he might catch a cold.
I'm going to find a family kind enough to take in a helpless traveler if that's the last thing I do!
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Blech. That was only three pages. Oh, well. That's soon to change.
You people stopped begging me for the backstages, so I'll give 'em to you!
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Scarabsi: Hey.
Yugi: ..?!?!
Joey: What's the big idea?!? You're lettin' yer readers see what we do back stage?!?
Tea: A lot of people hate me and all, but I like to keep my privacy, and I have scared Joey and Tristan before!
Tristan: Don't remind me.
Tea: Oh, yes I will! (takes ketchup bottle) Ketchup fight!!!!!
Tea and Tristan: (run around the room, squirting ketchup at each other and trying not to get squirted)
Yugi: Now, please-
Joey: Hey, don't leave me out! (grabs bottle of ketchup) HERE I COME!!! DIS IS FER MIND CONTROLLIN' ME AND TEA, MALIK!!! (squirts Malik)
Malik: HEY!!! THAT WASN'T FAIR, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER DOING SO!!! (chases Joey around with a bottle of mustard)
Joey: (get squirted by mustard) Hey, it's a KETCHUP fight, not a mustard fight!
Malik: In Egypt, we don't really care one way or the other!
Ishitsu: Now brother, please be nice-
Malik: OPENING, SIS! (squirts Ishitsu and Sii with Ketchup and Mustard)
Scarabsi: Oh, the almighty power of Ketchup and Mustard.
Mai: (gets squirted) Hey, my HAIR is already ruined from the rain! It's hard to wash off KETCHUP!!!
Yami Bakura: Why am I not allowed?
Scarabsi: You're supposed to be knocked out, remember?
Yami Bakura: No.
Bakhe: What about me?
Scarabsi: You're not even supposed to be here!
Bakhe: (pout)
Scarabsi: This is just stupid and pointless.
Mai: NOT TO MENTION IT'S RUINING MY HAIR!!!
Scarabsi: Feel free to email any Backstage ideas to me. Sorry, but I won't accept torturing, so if you want the cast to be tortured, do Humiliation Nation Mwahahahahaha or some other torture fic like that. I am against torturing.
Ishitsu: (wipes off ketchup with disgust) Also note that whatever happens here does not happen in the story, but whatever happens in the story happens here.
Joey: Wha wha wha wha wha wha wha?
Scarabsi: Read that over if you didn't catch it.
Sii: And, so.
New Destiny Cast (includes YGO cast): UNTIL NEXT TIME, SEE YA!
Okay, here's the story (excuse) on why it took so long: I wrote it, then realized it was waaaay too short (one page on Word) so I had to write it again, but I kept having homework or parent interference. Then I had a writing class period with the author of "Red Scarf Girl" (great story) and had to edit it better. So, enjoy this bloody chapter.
Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, but own anything else in this fic that was unfortunate enough to make it here.
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Chapter Eleven: Past Memories II
Shadi took out a jar from his cloak and attached a rope to it. He tried to do his speech, but got bombarded with tomatoes and gave up. For the heck of it, he thought to himself, I'll just do it.
He put the Millennium Jar around the neck of a young boy, around the age of twelve. There was a big flash of light.
The boy, named Bakhe, sat up on his own, for the first time in his life. He looked around at the roomful of priests and was surprised at all the people. His body had learned to talk, because he was not a deaf boy, but that didn't mean his soul was used to having a body. His soul contained no memories at all. All he knew was his name.
"I-I h-have a b-b-body now?" He asked, uncertainly, testing his speech. "W- who are you?" he asked, looking at Shadi.
"I am Shadi. I had been entrusted to help your body become active, and it seems I have succeeded. I shall lead you to your father now, Bakhe."
Shadi took Bakhe outside, but the strange man in the blue haired-ponytail was gone.
---------------------------------------
After a month, Bakhe had gotten used to having a soul, and the chores that you had to do if you wanted to live underground with the hidden Egyptians. He had learned a bit about the Shadow Realm, but nobody had ever told him the true secrets of his Millennium Jar. They simply told him that it was something that only he should be allowed to have, and that he was not to allow anyone else to own it.
Shadi knew where Malik used to keep his clothes, and Malik's old gown fit Bakhe perfectly. The looseness of the gown allowed Bakhe to hide his Jar pretty well. Bakhe spent most of his days hanging out with his friend and doing his chores.
His friend was Horufu. Horufu amazingly looked a lot like Bakhe, except with black hair. Bakhe didn't have black hair, and he thought Horufu looked pretty cool. But Horufu always said that Bakhe's hair color was more interesting. Today they were discussing about how odd that they looked like twins with different hair color.
"How do you think it happened?" Horufu asked, puzzled.
"Hey, maybe we were brothers, and got separated at birth!" Bakhe exclaimed.
"No, everybody says that. And how would it be possible that we'd end up in the same place? Here in Egypt of all places. And didn't you tell me you father was from Japan?" Horufu stated.
"I'm not sure he is, Shadi told me that. But yeah, I guess Egypt is an odd place to end up if we were brothers." Bakhe sighed and leaned back on the clay wall he was sitting on. "I really wish I had a brother, though."
"Who knows, maybe you do." Horufu smirked and winked.
At Horufu's gestures, Bakhe suddenly saw a flash image. Instead of the Egyptian rags that Horufu wore all the time, Horufu was now wearing a gold Egyptian necklace. He had an exposed chest, and around his waist was an Egyptian skirt. In his hand was a shining blade that glinted in the sun. He looked about sixteen years old and looked a bit cockier than usual. His eyes were more narrowed and his hair almost seemed like it was sticking up. As suddenly as the image had come, it ended. Bakhe blinked a few times. "What was that?"
"What was what?" Horufu asked. He was back to wearing his usual Egyptian rags.
"I suddenly saw you wearing rich clothing. But.a whole lot of it seemed Egyptian."
Horufu snorted. "Ignore it. It might have been a mirage." He stared at the sky.
"It looked too real to be a mirage." Bakhe muttered to himself.
"What was that?" Horufu asked.
"N-nothing."
"Oh. I thought I heard you talking to yourself. Wouldn't that be odd? Imagine someone having a conversation with himself." He laughed.
Bakhe laughed too. "Yeah, he'd have to be crazy."
Horufu gazed at the sky a little more. "Beautiful sunset, is it not?"
"Yeah." Bakhe suddenly remembered. "Wait, sunset?"
"What about it?"
Bakhe quickly jumped off the wall and went back down the trapdoor, closely followed by Horufu. There, at the end of the hall, stood a very impatient looking Shadi.
"I'm sorry, Shadi!" Bakhe panted. "The clay wall was especially hard to clean today!"
"Really? Then I'll be sure to ask the ancient Egyptians to build their walls smaller." Shadi joked. "Time for the story and bed. Come on."
---------------------------------------
"That story is scary." Bakhe stated. During the nighttime, Shadi would come into his room to tell him a story. Being Shadi, the stories weren't always sweet dreams. Tonight's story had been the story of when Bakhe met the Millennium Jar.
"All right. Go to bed now." Shadi tucked Bakhe in and was about to blow out the lamp when Bakhe said something to him. That was unusual because usually when the lamp goes out, the only one Bakhe would ever talk to was Horufu.
"Shadi.I'm feeling it again."
Shadi turned around. "Come again.?"
"Sometimes.after you blow out the lamp. I noticed that my bed is bigger than I am. It could easily fit another person. Sometimes, I feel empty, and other times, I feel arms wrapping around me in a tight hug. Shadi, my question is, is there someone missing from my life? I can feel an emptiness in my soul."
Shadi blew out the lamp and walked out of the room. "Go to bed, Bakhe."
"Well, so much for trying to make him help me reveal my destiny," Bakhe muttered to Horufu.
"It's okay, Bakhe. You'll find out someday." Horufu told Bakhe. He started singing a song to calm Bakhe down.
"I do not have what it takes
To bring you back now.
So farewell, my friend
We'll meet again
I'll be waiting for the clouds
To part from the sky.
You don't know how hard it is to say good bye."
Bakhe calmed down a little. "I've never heard that one before. Where did you get it?"
Horufu shrugged. "I dunno. I just.knew it. Don't ask how, I don't know."
Bakhe smiled. "Thanks. I can sleep now."
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When he knew both boys were asleep, Shadi sneaked into Bakhe and Horufu's room. When he found Bakhe, he started to cry a little. "Please forgive me for what I am about to do, Bakhe."
He picked up Bakhe took the shirt that Bakhe had been wearing when his father had donated him. Blue collar shirt. Boring. But it was his. His pants were plain blue jeans.
When he was sure Bakhe was still wearing the Millennium Jar, Shadi went outside and materialized into the ground, appearing in a forest. A nearby sign informed him that he was in "Domino Forest".
He walked out of the forest, but noticed that it was raining. "Good thing I brought one of Malik's childish 'Rare Hunter' capes. I'm glad I didn't throw them out when he moved to Domino City." He draped the cape over Bakhe and dropped him in the mouth of the forest.
"Sweet dreams, and good luck, young one." With that, Shadi found another portal and materialized into the ground again.
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A cold drop of water fell onto Bakhe's face and woke him up. He sat up. "What's this?" He said, feeling the raindrop. He looked up. "Water.falling out of the sky?!? What the heck?!?" He sat up and saw Shadi sinking into the ground before him. "Wait, Shadi! Don't leave me in this strange place! Water falls from the sky here!"
It was too late. Shadi disappeared.
Bakhe found his shirt and pants next to him and picked them up. He ran out of the forest (he thought it was somebody else's home, and wondered for quite a while how they got so much grass and trees in their house) and looked around desperately for a place to sleep. Nowhere looked familiar. Still, he ran and ran.
He started asking people for shelter whenever he got the chance. Every time he found a house, he'd go to their door and ask for a place to spend the night. Every time, he was rejected. It always seemed to have something to do with the cape he was wearing.
Bakhe wiped his sweat in frustration. If he didn't find a place to stay soon, he might catch a cold.
I'm going to find a family kind enough to take in a helpless traveler if that's the last thing I do!
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Blech. That was only three pages. Oh, well. That's soon to change.
You people stopped begging me for the backstages, so I'll give 'em to you!
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Scarabsi: Hey.
Yugi: ..?!?!
Joey: What's the big idea?!? You're lettin' yer readers see what we do back stage?!?
Tea: A lot of people hate me and all, but I like to keep my privacy, and I have scared Joey and Tristan before!
Tristan: Don't remind me.
Tea: Oh, yes I will! (takes ketchup bottle) Ketchup fight!!!!!
Tea and Tristan: (run around the room, squirting ketchup at each other and trying not to get squirted)
Yugi: Now, please-
Joey: Hey, don't leave me out! (grabs bottle of ketchup) HERE I COME!!! DIS IS FER MIND CONTROLLIN' ME AND TEA, MALIK!!! (squirts Malik)
Malik: HEY!!! THAT WASN'T FAIR, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER DOING SO!!! (chases Joey around with a bottle of mustard)
Joey: (get squirted by mustard) Hey, it's a KETCHUP fight, not a mustard fight!
Malik: In Egypt, we don't really care one way or the other!
Ishitsu: Now brother, please be nice-
Malik: OPENING, SIS! (squirts Ishitsu and Sii with Ketchup and Mustard)
Scarabsi: Oh, the almighty power of Ketchup and Mustard.
Mai: (gets squirted) Hey, my HAIR is already ruined from the rain! It's hard to wash off KETCHUP!!!
Yami Bakura: Why am I not allowed?
Scarabsi: You're supposed to be knocked out, remember?
Yami Bakura: No.
Bakhe: What about me?
Scarabsi: You're not even supposed to be here!
Bakhe: (pout)
Scarabsi: This is just stupid and pointless.
Mai: NOT TO MENTION IT'S RUINING MY HAIR!!!
Scarabsi: Feel free to email any Backstage ideas to me. Sorry, but I won't accept torturing, so if you want the cast to be tortured, do Humiliation Nation Mwahahahahaha or some other torture fic like that. I am against torturing.
Ishitsu: (wipes off ketchup with disgust) Also note that whatever happens here does not happen in the story, but whatever happens in the story happens here.
Joey: Wha wha wha wha wha wha wha?
Scarabsi: Read that over if you didn't catch it.
Sii: And, so.
New Destiny Cast (includes YGO cast): UNTIL NEXT TIME, SEE YA!
