Ok. Chapter 4. The author notes are getting really boring. I need a new muse.
YBM: Hey!
Sorry, but it's true. I'm happy that I got a lot of reviews for my last chappy, and that makes me want to write more quickly. Which is a good thing. One thing I'd like to ask is to not rush me. My third chapter was the longest one so far, and I spent more time on it than I did on the first and second chapter combined. You know?
YBM: Yeah, give her more time so this story can suck even more.
Shut. UP! *stuffs him into a crate (air holes aplenty) with Cali and ships them off to Timbuktu* They'll be back. Anyways, I'm sure ya'll have heard of lent… well I'm giving up soda for lent. I haven't had caffeine for days. When I don't have caffeine and sugar I get hyper. Really hyper. I've had sugar; I'm in a mood. They'll be back.
YBM: *as if on cue, enters the room (puddles following), sopping and shivering, cradling an equally sopping and shivering calico* Stupid, here, nearly drowned. Taking me with her.
You saved her life? Aww! And you cared enough to bring her back.
YBM: Well, all in all, she kinda is cute, and the water temporarily stopped the dandruff.
Good, go take a bath. You need it.
YBM: *walking away* Still doesn't mean I like the annoying little pest or nuthin.
Whatever. Anyway, I still need to know whether or not I should keep Shina. The time is coming that I need to know. I was also wondering if Cali should get a part. I'd have fun with that.
YBM: *from bathroom* Stupid! Stop it-no! AGH!!
Oh yeah, alotta fun. I still need people for… Mokuba, Joey, Ryou, Yuugi, Tristan, Tea, Rex, Esparoba (if he's even in here, I don't know him well enough) Mai, or whoever you can think of. Pegasus would only get a scene in one chappy though; I'm not too fond of him. I could reconsider. Oh yeah! Duke… Develin I think. Something along those lines. Can't spell his name. Yes, I expanded my range of people. But if nobody picks them, I can always pair 'em up with each other. Seto's stolen tho, no him.
SM: Where's that duel you promised me?
*blank look* Where did the Seto Muse come from?
SM: You said you needed a new muse. I'm here so Wheeler wouldn't be. Besides, you promised me a game the other day.
*sweating bullets* Fine! Let me… um… go get my deck. I've got to buy one first.
YBM: *wearing a towel and a gas mask* What's he doing here?
SM: Muse.
Cali: *comfortably sleeping on Bakura's head*
YBM: Back off! I'm Kori's muse!
SM: You're not doing a very good job are you?
YBM: Grr!
Cali: *YAWN*
Bakura, I'm just dueling him okay? All right, Seto. It's time to duel!
YBM: Stupid rich snob! Copyright for all things Yu-Gi-Oh belong to the people who own it. Which isn't Kori. The quote belongs to Yami Yuugi. Muses (Seto & me) will from now on belong to Kori 'till she ends our suffering by giving us to some of you lovely people. Take me home? Other muses may come and go but I doubt I'd be one of them.
SM: *not his turn* (He's a muse! He's gotta do something) *casually* Warning. This story contains yaoi. Meaning male * male relationships. Thankfully I'm not in it. There may be a sequel and if you keep the little chihuahua away from me I won't sue you.
YBM: Don't listen to him.
Chappy 4: It Hurts… To Be Under Your Spell
Yami's jaw would have hit the floor in surprise if he hadn't been the pharaoh. "What are you talking about?!"
"You ask that a lot, don't you?"
"Listen, I'm not going to take this all right? I didn't betray you."
"Then why was I sent to that…that hell hole!?" Ryu was just short of yelling. He thought he was being tricked and everything he was raised to be went crashing through the window.
"I couldn't do anything about it. It wasn't my fault."
"Liar! You're the pharaoh! You can do anything."
"Ryu!"
"No. I won't be hurt anymore! I'm going home." Ryu hefted his pack, walked out onto the balcony, jumped and was gone. Yami didn't know what to do. He couldn't chase after the boy with his arm in its current condition. He wouldn't call the guards. Instead he spun and punched the bed frame with his good hand. He slept on the couch that night for fear of the bed breaking on him.
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"Seto has arrived, as you ordered, Master Heishin." An apprentice announced.
"Good. Send him in." Heishin, the most powerful and feared mage for generations was ugly, evil, and scheming an ugly, evil…uh…scheme. Um… okay ignore that.
The apprentice came back with a man wearing the robes of a high mage. (His headgear looks funny. SK: Shut up. It was the trend back then. YK: 0.0)
Seto fell to his knees and bowed his head. (And you thought I'd just leave him out huh?) "I have gathered Shina's report, seeing as she's unable to give it herself."
"Very well."
"Our beloved pharaoh is out of commission for a while. Unfortunately, she failed in killing him but he's distracted. Over the last four years she had imprinted into the silent slave's mind that he was betrayed. All I know right now is that you will have no serious trouble getting the puzzle."
"Good. You are dismissed." Seto gave one more bow with his head and left. Heishin laughed cruelly. "Well, dear Lord Yami. Soon you and your pathetic peons will be bowing to me! Muahahaha!" (I know… lame. But don't all evil villains of DOOM always say stupid stuff like that when they try to take over the world? Pinky and the Brain don't count)
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One month later…
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"Mom, I'm home." Ryu entered the house seeing his family didn't do well around the house without him. It was messy but you really wouldn't expect much from a farmer, a weaver, a second son and a child who was too young to learn craft. Suddenly said child's head poked from another room. She squealed and disappeared.
Next he heard, "He's back! He's back! Mom he's back!" Ryu had enough time to set down his pack before Cleateru to storm through the room and squeeze him tightly around the waist. "'Nii-chan!"
"Hello, sis." A ghost of a smile presented itself on his face. "I lost track of time while I was gone; how old are you now?"
"I'm nine!"
"Wow. You're almost as old as I am."
"How old are you, 'Nii-chan?"
"20."
"Good Lord, help us. My baby's already twenty. Where has the time gone?"
Ryu looked up and saw an elderly woman in front of him. She had long blue hair tied back in a braid. Like Ryu before her, she was dirty and her clothes had patches all over them.
"Mother."
"Ryu." Linah took the last three steps to her sons and wrapped him in a hug. She pulled back and looked into his eyes, tears threatening to fall. "Where were you all this time Ryu? We had gotten so worried. What happened to you?" She fingered his rich clothes and his hair. "Your hair… your beautiful hair…"
"Where's dad?"
"He's out. He's been working harder ever since you left, he'll be happy your home."
Ryu pulled out of her arms and knelt by his pack; opening it he brought out the food and clothes that he stole from the palace. "Here. Gifts."
Clea squealed again and shot to her room to try on her new dress. Linah hugged Ryu again. "This is generous. Thank you."
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Ruo walked home after a long tiring day of working. He had went to the nearest town five miles away from his field and had to walk seven miles back home. His father, Jabien, had left for home and hour before he did. Ruo quickened to a jog, seeing his dad was waiting for him at the well.
Ruo is 19. Ever since Ryu had left he worked two jobs in the house. Helping dad and helping mom. It was tiring work and many times he wished they weren't poor.
He reached the well. Jabien gave him a bucket of water to wash off with, and after that a bucket to carry home. The walk was silent, but as they neared the house they noticed it was more cheery than it was in the last 4 years.
"What's up dad?"
"I'm not sure. Think it's another surprise of Linah's?"
"Mom never made the house FEEL cheery before…"
It didn't take long before they reached the house and set down their buckets. Just as Jabien was reaching for the door handle it opened to reveal Clea looking like a princess. Her hair had been washed and put up in twin buns. She acquired her hair from their mother. She was wearing a pretty green short shirt with a reddish-orange skirt that went to her knees. "Welcome home! He's back! Come in! Ryu's back!" Grabbing their arms she dragged the men into the house. It was cleaner than it usually is and a delicious smell floated from the kitchen.
"Mom?"
"Linah?"
"Nice greeting for your brother, Ruo." Ryu seemed to pop out of nowhere with a smirk on his face. Clea danced around him while Ruo could just stare. Clea then led Jabien to the kitchen.
"Ryu… your home…hmph. Well, good. It's about time you got back. I was getting tired of hauling around YOUR chores."
"I'm older than you Ruo. That won't work. Here, these are yours." Ryu handed over the clothes and watched Ruo happily accept them.
The next few days were relaxing for the family. They were all cleaned up, revealing Ryu's white-lavender hair, Jabien's flaming red hair, Ruo's red hair, and the girls' blue hair, and the natural color of their other clothes. The house was cleaned up and Jabien got a fire going.
One day, after Ryu had kicked Ruo out of his room and was getting used to life as it used to be, a runner came up to the house. He didn't hear what was being said and didn't care until his father came into the room. "Ryu? The messenger requested you to come with him to the village. He said it was important."
Ryu nodded.
"We'll see you when you get home."
"Hurry back, 'Nii-chan!!!"
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"What's this about?"
"Has something happened at the palace?"
"I heard it failed."
"It didn't fail you dolt!"
"I hope the pharaoh's okay."
"Nobody cares."
Ryu weaved into the crowd, trying to ignore the rumors. The runner stepped onto the platform and called for silence. "I have been sent to all the villages with bad news. The palace was attacked last night by the traitorous mage, Heishin."
"Oh God!"
"I always knew he was fake."
"I told you this would happen."
"No you didn't."
"Tell me about the pharaoh!"
"I hope he died."
"Heishin recovered an ancient item of power and raided the palace with his guild to acquire the millennium puzzle from the pharaoh. It is rumored the puzzle was never found, but the pharaoh has gone missing. We are afraid he's gone." Nobody waited for him to finish. Ryu covered his ears as the buzz of rumors started up. He quickly left to think.
Palace attacked last night?
Millennium puzzle?
The pharaoh missing?
Ryu's eyes widened as he realized this. Wandering around town he began mumbling.
"It hurts Yami. I was under your spell, and you disappear. You…you… how could you?"
A wizened voice came to him from an alley. "These are dark times, child. Dark times." He turned to see a hag speaking to him. "Your future has changed thus. You will meet him again, in your other self. Find the ring, and you will find happiness."
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Not supposed to be a cliffy, just trying to find a nice place to stop it. It's already as long as the last chapter. This wasn't really supposed to be exciting, I'm running out of ideas and this is really a chapter introducing his family, although it's really kinda useless. I personally like his brother. At first there wasn't going to be a brother, but then I thought Ruo was too cool of a name for a dad. Then I thought that his family is poor, right? Then it should be big. Actually that wasn't what I was thinking but it fits. And my duel? I lost horribly… Seto's gloating. Bakura and Cali are having a staring contest.
YBM: *gas mask* *stare*
Cali: *little box ten feet away with eye and air holes* *stare* (0_0)
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YBM: *-.-* 0.0 Nooooo!!!!
Cali: (^.^) Mew!
YBM: *thud*
…………………………………………………………………. How embarrassing. Oh well. I need characters now. I'll do the next chapter but after that I'm going to need characters or I can't continue. When I do put up that chapter, it may or may not be too late to enter a character. If I get your character in this story, you will be in the sequel. More later.
Shina? Cali? Ruo? I need ten people for each to put them in present times. You can vote for all in one review. You just can't review twice for one person. I'm babbling.
Have you noticed I have a lot of dialogue in my stories? Should I change that? I don't think so… I can't explain anything. Oh well, give me tips… and stuff like that.
'End Flashback'
'Sitting by the River'
'I Love You, Stupid TombRobber'
'The Love of a Pharaoh'
'The Sacrifice, I'm Sorry'
'I Will Get You Back'
'Finally Finished'
-Yami Kori
(Seto Kaiba Muse
Yami Bakura Ryou Muse)