Change of Heart
Chapter 36
Egyptian Shadows
Summary: Guess what? Arian is spoken. I made the language. And guess who's half-Arian? You'll never know
Ancient Egypt...
Katrina sat in the corner of the room, her body turned away from her new master and his family. She rejected to acknowledge his directives and his very company. Finally, not able to take the brain wave of never seeing his brothers and sisters again, Katrina ran out of the door and into the dark. She fell down the lofty hill next to the house, landing in front of a fount. Shocked by the accident, she keeled over.
"So, you're finally wide awake?" a low voice asked. Feeling Katrina's horror, he held her tightly. "Don't be fearful," he said.
"Ti ha lu?" Katrina asked, still resisting in his grip.
"I am a friend," he answered. "Lu ha amico."
"Amico?" Katrina asked. "Wait... you speak Arian?"
The boy smiled. "Mother is Arian, and even if Father bars it, she still teaches me Arian."
Katrina dared to look up at her rescuer. The candle behind him gave off a brilliant light that illumined his white hair. She stared into his eyes. "Your mother is from the Sand Empire."
The boy nodded. "Which one are you from?"
"The Mist Valley Empire," Katrina answered. "What's your name?"
"Bakura," he answered, smiling at her. "You'll be safe here, I promise."
As time passed, Katrina saw her new 'family' drifting away from each other. Bakura and his father would be out all hours of the night. One day, Bakura and his father went out, but only Bakura came back. From that day on, he was different.
He had become more destructive. He would always seem to be so fuming. He would beat his mother and Katrina. "I'm going out," Bakura shouted as he went out the door.
Katrina followed Bakura, making sure she's not seen. Night was fast approaching, and Katrina found it more problematical to see him. Finally, Bakura stopped in a pyramid. What are you doing, Bakura? She asked herself. She continued to follow him, self-confident in her sneakiness practices. Rapidly, Bakura turned around and Katrina gasped, falling backwards. "Bakura – "
"Why are you following me?" he shouted, holding Katrina down in the sand.
"You've changed so much, Bakura – "
"Why are you following me?" Bakura asked, quaking Katrina with each word.
"I know why you're here!" Katrina screamed, crying in his grasp. "You take from the dead!"
"You know too much, then," Bakura said, his eyes narrowing. He pulled out the Millennium Ring from inside his shirt. "Goodbye, little sister."
"Don't touch her!" an unfeeling voice shouted.
Katrina opened her eyes, and saw Bakura lying beside her. "Bakura – "
"He'll be fine," her rescuer said. He knelt down beside her. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine now," Katrina answered. She looked up at her rescuer, seeing in his hands the...
"Millennium Rod?!" Trisha woke up in Marik's arms. She shook Marik gently. "Marik... Marik..."
"Yes?" Marik asked, his voice low and kind.
"Did Seto have the Millennium Rod before?" Trisha asked, feeling Marik tense. "Do you know why he had it?"
Marik sighed, soothing. "I don't know," he answered. "But I'm going to find out."
Chapter 36
Egyptian Shadows
Summary: Guess what? Arian is spoken. I made the language. And guess who's half-Arian? You'll never know
Ancient Egypt...
Katrina sat in the corner of the room, her body turned away from her new master and his family. She rejected to acknowledge his directives and his very company. Finally, not able to take the brain wave of never seeing his brothers and sisters again, Katrina ran out of the door and into the dark. She fell down the lofty hill next to the house, landing in front of a fount. Shocked by the accident, she keeled over.
"So, you're finally wide awake?" a low voice asked. Feeling Katrina's horror, he held her tightly. "Don't be fearful," he said.
"Ti ha lu?" Katrina asked, still resisting in his grip.
"I am a friend," he answered. "Lu ha amico."
"Amico?" Katrina asked. "Wait... you speak Arian?"
The boy smiled. "Mother is Arian, and even if Father bars it, she still teaches me Arian."
Katrina dared to look up at her rescuer. The candle behind him gave off a brilliant light that illumined his white hair. She stared into his eyes. "Your mother is from the Sand Empire."
The boy nodded. "Which one are you from?"
"The Mist Valley Empire," Katrina answered. "What's your name?"
"Bakura," he answered, smiling at her. "You'll be safe here, I promise."
As time passed, Katrina saw her new 'family' drifting away from each other. Bakura and his father would be out all hours of the night. One day, Bakura and his father went out, but only Bakura came back. From that day on, he was different.
He had become more destructive. He would always seem to be so fuming. He would beat his mother and Katrina. "I'm going out," Bakura shouted as he went out the door.
Katrina followed Bakura, making sure she's not seen. Night was fast approaching, and Katrina found it more problematical to see him. Finally, Bakura stopped in a pyramid. What are you doing, Bakura? She asked herself. She continued to follow him, self-confident in her sneakiness practices. Rapidly, Bakura turned around and Katrina gasped, falling backwards. "Bakura – "
"Why are you following me?" he shouted, holding Katrina down in the sand.
"You've changed so much, Bakura – "
"Why are you following me?" Bakura asked, quaking Katrina with each word.
"I know why you're here!" Katrina screamed, crying in his grasp. "You take from the dead!"
"You know too much, then," Bakura said, his eyes narrowing. He pulled out the Millennium Ring from inside his shirt. "Goodbye, little sister."
"Don't touch her!" an unfeeling voice shouted.
Katrina opened her eyes, and saw Bakura lying beside her. "Bakura – "
"He'll be fine," her rescuer said. He knelt down beside her. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine now," Katrina answered. She looked up at her rescuer, seeing in his hands the...
"Millennium Rod?!" Trisha woke up in Marik's arms. She shook Marik gently. "Marik... Marik..."
"Yes?" Marik asked, his voice low and kind.
"Did Seto have the Millennium Rod before?" Trisha asked, feeling Marik tense. "Do you know why he had it?"
Marik sighed, soothing. "I don't know," he answered. "But I'm going to find out."