To pocketfirefairy: I'm sorry, honey ^-^ That really was the cliffie of
cliffies. Uhm, I don't think Am'mit walks on earth just to protect some
items. . . (Am'mit's the demoness/goddess who eats the hearts of those who
are judged by Osiris ^-^) Noo, it's something else. Muuuch scarier.
To RaineKitsune: That's why I'm called "Cliffie Queen" *grins*
To Lee-chan: Yay!! Thank you!! Nah, it was a flashback and Serenity (Shizuka) is still alive. . . but you're not bad with the other guess!! And it's no buggy thingy ^-^
To Fluffy: Thanks ^-^ I hope my facts are right. . . but I checked, Luxor was called Thebes back then, it was the City where the Pharaoh lived and the Valley of Kings is in Thebes West. Thebes was on both sides of the Nile, one city for the living, and one for the dead. The god facts you can believe, though! I'm glad you like Isis ^-^ She's one of my favourite characters myself.
To snow-shadow-wolf: Weeeell, I perfectly know what is chasing the Ishtar's, I know even what to do with Ryou and Bakura, and I know when there will be more kisses ^-^ But I won't tell *sniggers* I guessed it would be fair to reflect everyone's POV at least once. It's Shizuka's turn today. ^-^ The next chapter will be Mariku, maybe. . . or Seto. What do you think?
To PrincessKrystal: Thanks ^-^
To Molly-chan: Wow, Molly-chan, you really did talk a lot ^-^ But you're right, my obsession with Egypt makes the fic much easier for me. And be sure that you give me the right ideas. I should make you my muse *grins*
To GraveRobbers Aman: Yayyy Mariku's hair's washed ^-^ *hugs Mariku* Good job! I guess the cleaning lady will forgive you *nodnod* Uh. . . I am? *blushes, but hugs back* Thank you! Yeah, alligators are nice, ne? When I'm visiting my sister's house, I count them on the sides of the highways ^-^
To rogue solus: Yep. I will.
Tributes!! *puts all the reviewer's tributes and new flowers on the Shrine*
*~*
Shizuka's POV
Ohh, how much I loved Luxor back then Anzu and I went to fetch the item. . . and how I hated it when we came back from there. I will tell you why!
We landed at the edge of the Nile, the once-Thebes West, City of the Dead. It's amazing how the ancient people could live on one side of the river while their past pharaohs rested on the other side. The Valley of Kings must've been quite a view, but we were greeted by sand. Sand and sand again. Just a wide, shallow pit was seen. But that wasn't a problem at all.
Not for Anzu and me. Girl power, you know! . . . and a little equipment Seto-chan had given us. I missed him. And because I didn't want to miss him, I abandoned my beloved big brother and stayed with him, while he joined our enemies; I had forgiven him after a while. I don't hate him or something, but it wasn't like I loved him like I had done before. He hadn't only betrayed his friends, and Seto, no; he had betrayed his only sister as well.
As I was lost in thoughts, Anzu had started to get the robots ready; they would dig their way down to the ancient, already robbed graves. Seto has said, we just had to find the secret chamber inside one of the graves and remove the item lying in there. Hah, he can be funny sometimes; does he even know how many graves there are in the valley of kings?? And he didn't even know if this item could be found in the Valley of Kings or in the Valley of Queens! Hey, did you know? About a millennium before, you could visit them. There were fifteen you could visit, and forty-seven which were not allowed to pass. And the archaeologists had found even more until Egypt had gone under.
Isis told me there was a pharaoh called Setoy. His grave's next to the grave of the famous Ramses I.! She also said that gold was in ancient Egypt not only treasure, but also protection. It was as usual as clothes. They even had shoes of pure gold! I wonder how they could walk in them. . .
Anyways, somewhere around Luxor should be another item, Seto said. But we couldn't afford more people and he didn't want anyone of us to go alone, so we just had to go there later; near Assuan, which was about 300 kilometres down the Nile. There was a famous fane, built by the most powerful pharaoh ever, Ramses the second! The fane's called Abu Simbel, by the way. Isis sure is wise.
Well, so we had to search within more than seventy graves, some of them never opened because people were wise enough and didn't dare to, in the Valley of Kings, and about hundred in the Valley of Queens. If you were excited about seeing queen's graves; don't be. Because nobody was sure if it was a queen or just some royal child, like princesses, princes or something. Seemed like a lot of work, eh?
Well, the robots soon had dug the first grave free; it was really impressive once we got down there, I would have never thought. We tried to read the hieroglyphics on the walls, but it was difficult. It must've been a famous grave that many people back then had visited. Their sweat and noise and breathing destroyed most of the colour. I bumped into Anzu as she stopped and stared wide-eyed at one of the better-seen symbols.
"What is it, Anzu-chan?"
"Shizuka. . . this is the tomb of Ramses II. ", she breathed. I shrugged. "So what?"
She turned to me like I was insane. "You HAVE to know him. He's FAMOUS. One of the most well-known pharaohs there ever were!"
"What's special about him?" I hardly kept myself from grinning. Of course I knew about Ramses II, and about his most loved wife. Just when Anzu started ranting, I laughed and stopped her.
"Yeah, I know. He built Abu Simbel, his wife was called Nefertari, and he was ruler of upper and lower Egypt: Iiii knoooow." She glared. "If you know it, why do you ask?"
"You look funny when you're shocked."
"Shizuka~a!" I laughed ever harder and followed her deeper into the tomb. I could hear the robots outside lower and lower until the sound was inaudible.
"Weren't they even siblings? Ramses and Nefertari, I mean?"
"I'm not sure", Anzu stated. "I know Osiris and Isis were, but that's all."
"Isis got a brother named Osiris??"
"The GODDESS Isis, Shizuka, not Ishtar Isis!"
"Oh." Why were they called the same?? I had never thought of that. While it was getting darker though we had flashlights, I asked Anzu to keep her from being paranoid.
"Because Isis was the eldest daughter of the tomb keepers. And they have to be named after a goddess. That's some kind of custom."
"Ah. Stop looking around, nobody's here. You're freaking yourself out."
"I know someone's here!", she said, sounding terribly afraid. I sighed. "No. It's not even a mummy in here. They brought it to Cairo Museum, right?" She nodded meekly. "See."
Just then we reached the tomb chamber. The coffin still was in there, a heavy object made of stone, like a treasure coffer. This chamber was creepy. And it didn't help when some sounds were heard from a corridor. Anzu froze. "I guess you were right", I whispered, staring into the darkness. Our flashlights illuminated the area around us by two or three metres.
Some one stepped into the light.
Boots.
Body hugging leather clothes.
Way too many buckles.
And a strange hairstyle. . .
Yami.
Anzu's hand tensed around the flashlight, and her eyes flashed with hidden anger. I hated to see her like that; the last time I did, she was at the age of thirteen or fourteen.
~*~Flashback~*~
The brown-haired girl just stood there, frozen. She gulped slightly and ripped her unbelieving gaze away from the boy in front of her.
"It's over, Anzu. You just have to get it."
His smooth voice sounded so harsh. . . but she wouldn't cry. No, she wouldn't allow herself to cry in front of him. She could cry later.
Yami slightly backed away when Anzu's now dark blue eyes met his dark purple ones. The air around her was nearly electrical, and her hands were balled to fists.
"Fine, be that way.", she said in a voice that doesn't fit with her state; it was cold, even slightly arrogant, uncaring. "You know, you don't only lose me, you lose Bakura too."
"I don't give a damn about Bakura."
"Do you give a damn about everyone else?"
".No."
"You're so predictable." With that, she turned away, returning to Seto who stood a few metres away and had observed their conversation -or breaking- up, if you want to call it like that- with hidden worries within his cold, blue eyes.
And Yami watched her leave with him.
~*~ Flashback end~*~
It had been a terrible sight for me when she came to me later and told me everything. Back then, she had cried. She had cried her heart out, for Ra's sake! Her eyes had been red, and her once-gentle voice broke at every second word. My heart broke just by looking at her.
And there he was, the person who caused all this pain within my best friend. Smirking. Seducing. Challenging. *Annoying*. I felt the sudden urge to pounce on him and choke him until her didn't move anymore.
"Hello there.", he said in his deep, rich voice. I nearly could feel the air becoming electric around Anzu. I knew he hadn't only hurt her, but also Bakura and Ryou. She loved both dearly.
"What do *you* want?", she snapped. I thought it was the best I could do to keep myself out of this.
"I could ask you this as well. A tomb isn't anything for girls." His smirk widened when his gaze travelled down our bodies; it was hot outside, so we didn't wear that much of clothes. It was obvious we were girls.
"Get. Out. Of. My. Sight. NOW!"
"I don't think I will. I was searching for this." He pointed towards a half- hidden place at one wall. Something in there glimmered golden. Anzu growled. I was kind of afraid now. . . and I was worried about Yami. Why? Oh, you don't want to know what Anzu is up to when she's pissed. You really don't want to.
Our once-friend though walked over to the wall calmly and took the golden thing out of it. Faster than I could see an air blast was shot at him; the brunette reacted much faster than me. The blast merely went through him and left him flickering. Yami grinned. "Good try."
"He's a holograph!"
"Good job, Katsuya. I just wanted you to know that I already got this item; it's called 'the Sennen Puzzle', if you wanna know. So I left a holograph. You're way too late. . . " With that, he vanished.
"Ra damn it!!", Anzu yelled and fired onto the coffin. She then realized that she had nearly destroyed a relic, and slightly panting she sank against a wall.
Frustrated, we made our way back to the top, knowing that there would be no more items.
*~*
Not really a cliffie this time. . . But instead, you get a sneak preview on the next chapter!!
It's Mariku's POV. The claw-pawed 'thing` comes into light. Will it attack? Will they ever get out of the pyramid again? You will see!
Malik: Oh don't even try to be thrilling. You're not.
Voice: You're just pissed because- *gets cut off my several hands over her mouth*
Isis: You won't spoil all the fun, will you?
Mariku: What kind of fun is this??
Bakura: Shut up. Will there be more of Ryou anyhow?
Voice: *struggles free* Yeah! In chapter eighteen it's Ryou's POV again. Finally.
Ryou: Yay! ^-^ Will Bakura kiss me?
Voice: I don't say anything anymore. See ya! *hugs everybody*
To RaineKitsune: That's why I'm called "Cliffie Queen" *grins*
To Lee-chan: Yay!! Thank you!! Nah, it was a flashback and Serenity (Shizuka) is still alive. . . but you're not bad with the other guess!! And it's no buggy thingy ^-^
To Fluffy: Thanks ^-^ I hope my facts are right. . . but I checked, Luxor was called Thebes back then, it was the City where the Pharaoh lived and the Valley of Kings is in Thebes West. Thebes was on both sides of the Nile, one city for the living, and one for the dead. The god facts you can believe, though! I'm glad you like Isis ^-^ She's one of my favourite characters myself.
To snow-shadow-wolf: Weeeell, I perfectly know what is chasing the Ishtar's, I know even what to do with Ryou and Bakura, and I know when there will be more kisses ^-^ But I won't tell *sniggers* I guessed it would be fair to reflect everyone's POV at least once. It's Shizuka's turn today. ^-^ The next chapter will be Mariku, maybe. . . or Seto. What do you think?
To PrincessKrystal: Thanks ^-^
To Molly-chan: Wow, Molly-chan, you really did talk a lot ^-^ But you're right, my obsession with Egypt makes the fic much easier for me. And be sure that you give me the right ideas. I should make you my muse *grins*
To GraveRobbers Aman: Yayyy Mariku's hair's washed ^-^ *hugs Mariku* Good job! I guess the cleaning lady will forgive you *nodnod* Uh. . . I am? *blushes, but hugs back* Thank you! Yeah, alligators are nice, ne? When I'm visiting my sister's house, I count them on the sides of the highways ^-^
To rogue solus: Yep. I will.
Tributes!! *puts all the reviewer's tributes and new flowers on the Shrine*
*~*
Shizuka's POV
Ohh, how much I loved Luxor back then Anzu and I went to fetch the item. . . and how I hated it when we came back from there. I will tell you why!
We landed at the edge of the Nile, the once-Thebes West, City of the Dead. It's amazing how the ancient people could live on one side of the river while their past pharaohs rested on the other side. The Valley of Kings must've been quite a view, but we were greeted by sand. Sand and sand again. Just a wide, shallow pit was seen. But that wasn't a problem at all.
Not for Anzu and me. Girl power, you know! . . . and a little equipment Seto-chan had given us. I missed him. And because I didn't want to miss him, I abandoned my beloved big brother and stayed with him, while he joined our enemies; I had forgiven him after a while. I don't hate him or something, but it wasn't like I loved him like I had done before. He hadn't only betrayed his friends, and Seto, no; he had betrayed his only sister as well.
As I was lost in thoughts, Anzu had started to get the robots ready; they would dig their way down to the ancient, already robbed graves. Seto has said, we just had to find the secret chamber inside one of the graves and remove the item lying in there. Hah, he can be funny sometimes; does he even know how many graves there are in the valley of kings?? And he didn't even know if this item could be found in the Valley of Kings or in the Valley of Queens! Hey, did you know? About a millennium before, you could visit them. There were fifteen you could visit, and forty-seven which were not allowed to pass. And the archaeologists had found even more until Egypt had gone under.
Isis told me there was a pharaoh called Setoy. His grave's next to the grave of the famous Ramses I.! She also said that gold was in ancient Egypt not only treasure, but also protection. It was as usual as clothes. They even had shoes of pure gold! I wonder how they could walk in them. . .
Anyways, somewhere around Luxor should be another item, Seto said. But we couldn't afford more people and he didn't want anyone of us to go alone, so we just had to go there later; near Assuan, which was about 300 kilometres down the Nile. There was a famous fane, built by the most powerful pharaoh ever, Ramses the second! The fane's called Abu Simbel, by the way. Isis sure is wise.
Well, so we had to search within more than seventy graves, some of them never opened because people were wise enough and didn't dare to, in the Valley of Kings, and about hundred in the Valley of Queens. If you were excited about seeing queen's graves; don't be. Because nobody was sure if it was a queen or just some royal child, like princesses, princes or something. Seemed like a lot of work, eh?
Well, the robots soon had dug the first grave free; it was really impressive once we got down there, I would have never thought. We tried to read the hieroglyphics on the walls, but it was difficult. It must've been a famous grave that many people back then had visited. Their sweat and noise and breathing destroyed most of the colour. I bumped into Anzu as she stopped and stared wide-eyed at one of the better-seen symbols.
"What is it, Anzu-chan?"
"Shizuka. . . this is the tomb of Ramses II. ", she breathed. I shrugged. "So what?"
She turned to me like I was insane. "You HAVE to know him. He's FAMOUS. One of the most well-known pharaohs there ever were!"
"What's special about him?" I hardly kept myself from grinning. Of course I knew about Ramses II, and about his most loved wife. Just when Anzu started ranting, I laughed and stopped her.
"Yeah, I know. He built Abu Simbel, his wife was called Nefertari, and he was ruler of upper and lower Egypt: Iiii knoooow." She glared. "If you know it, why do you ask?"
"You look funny when you're shocked."
"Shizuka~a!" I laughed ever harder and followed her deeper into the tomb. I could hear the robots outside lower and lower until the sound was inaudible.
"Weren't they even siblings? Ramses and Nefertari, I mean?"
"I'm not sure", Anzu stated. "I know Osiris and Isis were, but that's all."
"Isis got a brother named Osiris??"
"The GODDESS Isis, Shizuka, not Ishtar Isis!"
"Oh." Why were they called the same?? I had never thought of that. While it was getting darker though we had flashlights, I asked Anzu to keep her from being paranoid.
"Because Isis was the eldest daughter of the tomb keepers. And they have to be named after a goddess. That's some kind of custom."
"Ah. Stop looking around, nobody's here. You're freaking yourself out."
"I know someone's here!", she said, sounding terribly afraid. I sighed. "No. It's not even a mummy in here. They brought it to Cairo Museum, right?" She nodded meekly. "See."
Just then we reached the tomb chamber. The coffin still was in there, a heavy object made of stone, like a treasure coffer. This chamber was creepy. And it didn't help when some sounds were heard from a corridor. Anzu froze. "I guess you were right", I whispered, staring into the darkness. Our flashlights illuminated the area around us by two or three metres.
Some one stepped into the light.
Boots.
Body hugging leather clothes.
Way too many buckles.
And a strange hairstyle. . .
Yami.
Anzu's hand tensed around the flashlight, and her eyes flashed with hidden anger. I hated to see her like that; the last time I did, she was at the age of thirteen or fourteen.
~*~Flashback~*~
The brown-haired girl just stood there, frozen. She gulped slightly and ripped her unbelieving gaze away from the boy in front of her.
"It's over, Anzu. You just have to get it."
His smooth voice sounded so harsh. . . but she wouldn't cry. No, she wouldn't allow herself to cry in front of him. She could cry later.
Yami slightly backed away when Anzu's now dark blue eyes met his dark purple ones. The air around her was nearly electrical, and her hands were balled to fists.
"Fine, be that way.", she said in a voice that doesn't fit with her state; it was cold, even slightly arrogant, uncaring. "You know, you don't only lose me, you lose Bakura too."
"I don't give a damn about Bakura."
"Do you give a damn about everyone else?"
".No."
"You're so predictable." With that, she turned away, returning to Seto who stood a few metres away and had observed their conversation -or breaking- up, if you want to call it like that- with hidden worries within his cold, blue eyes.
And Yami watched her leave with him.
~*~ Flashback end~*~
It had been a terrible sight for me when she came to me later and told me everything. Back then, she had cried. She had cried her heart out, for Ra's sake! Her eyes had been red, and her once-gentle voice broke at every second word. My heart broke just by looking at her.
And there he was, the person who caused all this pain within my best friend. Smirking. Seducing. Challenging. *Annoying*. I felt the sudden urge to pounce on him and choke him until her didn't move anymore.
"Hello there.", he said in his deep, rich voice. I nearly could feel the air becoming electric around Anzu. I knew he hadn't only hurt her, but also Bakura and Ryou. She loved both dearly.
"What do *you* want?", she snapped. I thought it was the best I could do to keep myself out of this.
"I could ask you this as well. A tomb isn't anything for girls." His smirk widened when his gaze travelled down our bodies; it was hot outside, so we didn't wear that much of clothes. It was obvious we were girls.
"Get. Out. Of. My. Sight. NOW!"
"I don't think I will. I was searching for this." He pointed towards a half- hidden place at one wall. Something in there glimmered golden. Anzu growled. I was kind of afraid now. . . and I was worried about Yami. Why? Oh, you don't want to know what Anzu is up to when she's pissed. You really don't want to.
Our once-friend though walked over to the wall calmly and took the golden thing out of it. Faster than I could see an air blast was shot at him; the brunette reacted much faster than me. The blast merely went through him and left him flickering. Yami grinned. "Good try."
"He's a holograph!"
"Good job, Katsuya. I just wanted you to know that I already got this item; it's called 'the Sennen Puzzle', if you wanna know. So I left a holograph. You're way too late. . . " With that, he vanished.
"Ra damn it!!", Anzu yelled and fired onto the coffin. She then realized that she had nearly destroyed a relic, and slightly panting she sank against a wall.
Frustrated, we made our way back to the top, knowing that there would be no more items.
*~*
Not really a cliffie this time. . . But instead, you get a sneak preview on the next chapter!!
It's Mariku's POV. The claw-pawed 'thing` comes into light. Will it attack? Will they ever get out of the pyramid again? You will see!
Malik: Oh don't even try to be thrilling. You're not.
Voice: You're just pissed because- *gets cut off my several hands over her mouth*
Isis: You won't spoil all the fun, will you?
Mariku: What kind of fun is this??
Bakura: Shut up. Will there be more of Ryou anyhow?
Voice: *struggles free* Yeah! In chapter eighteen it's Ryou's POV again. Finally.
Ryou: Yay! ^-^ Will Bakura kiss me?
Voice: I don't say anything anymore. See ya! *hugs everybody*
