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Warnings: Yaoi between Bakura and Ryou and lots of Ryou angst. ****************************************************************** ***************************************************** An elegant figure glided down the marble passages as she paused by a door. As she gently opened the door she crept in to find its occupant sound asleep, curled up as pale silvery hair framed his equally pale skin. Long lashes rested on his cheeks as his sleep tousled hair fluttered at the eased breathing of the child. She reluctantly shook his shoulder, jarring the youth to reality. As sea green eyes fluttered awake they met aquamarine.

"Good morning Ryou."

Rubbing away the last remnants of sleep, Ryou sat up from his nest of warm blankets and stared up at Isis. As he tried to hide a small yawn and failed Isis had to smile. He looked too much like a little kitten and she had to resist the urge to pet his mussed locks. Helping him out of bed she led him to the sitting room once more where Malik and Bakura sat, conversing in low voices, already wide awake. Upon spotting the small tousled looking form Bakura looked away while Malik greeted him.

"I see you finally awoke from Osiris's realm!"

He smiled jokingly and patted the cushions next to him for Ryou to sit. Obeying Ryou curled up on the cushions and once more fell into a light doze. Letting out a light laugh Malik rolled his eyes and Isis smiled.

"Guess the little fellow likes his sleep!"

"Don't forget Malik, you too were like that not so long ago, my dear little brother."

Ignoring the comment he smiled at Ryou who was nuzzling the silken material of the cushions. He turned back to Bakura who was still avoiding Ryou's form and staring at the wall once more. Isis had gone off to get food for the still slumbering youth and conversing boys. As the two boys continued to whisper clandestinely, Ryou would let out a small sigh or shift once in awhile. He was awaken by the clang of trays as Isis came back with breakfast in her hands. Yawning he looked at the tray laden with fresh fruits and a steaming loaf of bread which let out an enticing sweet honey aroma. He looked to see Malik stuffing his face and managing not to choke at the same time while Bakura was eating at a more dignified pace. Isis offered him a stem of grapes which he accepted. He let one roll into his mouth as he bit the skin and letting the tart and sweet juice run down his throat he watched Isis cutting the warm loaf of bread. He let his eyes wander to Malik who had calmed to a slower pace, actually chewing and swallowing the food, rather then just swallowing. Bakura was half lounging on the cushions, absent mindedly chewing on an apple. Ryou mind wandered back to last night, Bakura's words.

"The key is to have something against your dreams."

Did he have them too? Did he have nightmares? Is that why he said that? He felt so confused. Bakura seemed like such a cold person, such a frigid exterior.........yet last night, when he spoke it was as if Bakura had slipped off his mask, as if he had let Ryou see what kind of person was beyond the rough emotionless mask of a thief. Was Bakura like him? Did he too have nightmares of his village? Ryou frowned; Bakura was the most complex person he had ever encountered. So full of mystery and questions. Giving up on his ponderings he concentrated on his breakfast, except he failed to see Bakura's intense glare as the studied the youth who was too buried in his thoughts to look up.

"We'll be back Isis, by dusk, promise!"

Waving to the retreating figures Isis sighed and let a small prayer to Bast escape her lips. She returned down into the shadowy abyss to see Ryou sitting on the silken pillows once more, toying with a lock of his hair.

"Well Ryou, how about we get you started on your lessons?"

Blinking he tilted his head in confusion.

"Lessons?"

"Yes, lessons. You don't think you need lessons for your powers do you?"

"But who would teach me?"

Letting out a little startled laugh Isis mentally hit herself. How could she forget to tell him?!

"You're not the only one who's a seer Ryou."

Smiling she rolled up her sleeves to reveal her own tattoo of the Maat heru on her forearm, identical to Ryou's. Wide sea green eyes widened even more. They blinked once.........twice.........thrice.........

"You're a seer?"

"Yes, does it surprise you so, young one?"

Mutely he nodded his snowy white head. Aquamarine eyes stared down in amusement.

"Come now little one, we must start out lessons."

Leading Ryou to a separate room she closed the door, drawing in silence along with an atmosphere of tranquility and ancient powers.

"Sit."

Ryou sank into cushions that adorned the room. He let his eyes travel around the circular room, taking in the scrolls that were neatly stacked on the walls along with the dusty books lined with wisdom and age, the numerous bowls that seemed to reflect more then one's reflection, the fire that was lit, illuminating the room since there were no windows. He felt his body relax as something in the air seemed to make him feel secure, protected. He caught a whiff of the incenses that Isis was slowly lighting, he could hear her slowly chanting an age old prayer, something his own mother used to do. It made him think back to the times when he was still at his village, when his mother would sit and light the incenses in their temples, quietly praying. Shaking out of his thoughts of the past he turned to face Isis who was watching his face curiously.

"Ryou, do you remember what I said about seers?"

Nodding he rattled what she had said the previous night.

"There are five in the Pharaoh's court and they have to power to see thing that are to happen, things that did happen, and things that are happening."

"Good, now as a seer we all have our specialties, for instance, I am a water elemental meaning that I work closely with water as you can see."

She motioned to the bowl of water standing prominently on its own pedestal.

"Now the other four are wind elemental, fire elemental, earth elemental, and shadow elemental. Now there was a prophecy, a vision of something that is to happen, that the sixth seer would be a light elemental. Do you know what that means?"

"That I'm a light elemental."

"Correct. A light elemental is a powerful gift, not many seers have been gifted with it in the past, you are lucky child, many are envious of that power for it can grant great and terrible things. You must remember Ryou that we seers hold power over the death of the people of Egypt, the pharaoh himself bows down to our power! You cannot imagine child the power that is stored within your own Ba."*

Ryou fiddled with a piece of his hair again, guilt written over his features and Isis could guess what his mind was thinking.

"Do not think of it child."

Ryou looked away, unable to meet Isis's gaze.

"But if it weren't for me then they would still be alive, spared from their deaths and pain. All for me........."

"And do you think it would have been different if the gift were to settle itself in another's body? Fate has already written your destiny for you and you can not escape it child. Fate makes itself known to us and even we seers are powerless against it."

"Then why have this power?! Then why be cursed with a gift in which we can not help another?! Why even bother with it if it only brings misery and pain?! Why?!"

Isis's eyes took on a steely gaze, but Ryou took no notice to it for his own eyes darkened as he raged against his own inner demons, fighting to find the answers to his questions. However as Isis responded her voice held calm and wisdom speaking of the timeless power that inhabited her body.

"Because we are gifted to help foresee that anguish. Has it crossed your mind child that fate has given us this gift so that we may do fates work? That our destiny is to prevent these things from happening?"

Ryou fell silent, his eyes slowly lightening as anger receded his body. Ashamed he dropped his head and averted his gaze to the pillowed floor.

"Forgive me. I took my own anger out on you. I'm sorry."

"No need child, I too questioned this when was first discovered with this gift.........I still do. You must know Ryou that a gift such as this comes great sorrow and happiness. Remember Ryou that we are human still and our powers do not change us into gods. Remember that, many seers in the past have gone into the shadows as their own powers devoured their unworthy souls, remember Ryou you are only human and can only do so much."

Nodding, he tentatively gazed up at Isis and let a small flicker of a smile cross his face. Smiling back Isis sat down in a more relaxed position.

"Now to our lessons, are you ready Ryou?"

"Yes."

"Then let's begin." ***************************************************************** ******************************************* Well another chapter done! I know it's not all that interesting but it just showed that Ryou still has doubts and so does Isis. I promise that it'll be more interesting in the next chapter but it'll be hard to do. I have loads of homework, my cousin's coming over for thanksgiving so I don't think I can post it and I have track soon. I'll try to post it as soon as possible and as usual read and review. Thanks everybody who reviewed, I love you all!!!!! Ja! ^_^