Xantcha: Okay serious in some parts, but a major part of this is pranks pulled by a certain friend of mine.
Bakura: You mean that bloody Hilary, right?
Xantcha: HAI! She gave me enough inspiration to laugh about for awhile!!
Ryou: Xantcha does not own any of the Yugioh Characters, Kurry, Riyo, or Hilary.
Xantcha: I only own my ownsome self. ^^
Bakura: That made no sense what so ever.
Xantcha: I know! Oh, shout to Hilary for the ideas for your pranks!!
Ryou: ...Do they have the pharaoh in them?
Xantcha: *laughs insanely* Of course! *high fives Bakura* On with the story!!!! ^___________________^
Ryou: Ra help him.
Song: Catch you catch me - Card Captor Sakura (Get the lyrics yourself, I'm too lazay...:P)
~Xantcha POV~
Xantcha sighed as she searched the book for an answer to Seth's problem. The other priests had found that there was a poisonous fluid that the arrow was dipped in, and it was slowly killing him. Not to mention the fact that Yuna had just about broke down multiple times when she found out. All she did now was stay by his side and sulk. Xantcha put down the old parchment and picked up a book. She had grown close to everyone here since she came, and had become attached to everyone, including a certain pharaoh.
Xantcha placed her chin on her hand as she glanced at the now open book. She had made her choice just minutes ago, and had announced it to boot. Yami looked quite alright with everything after, and she still found it hard to believe that she had decided to go along with everything. Taking a deep breath she flipped the page of the book. 'I hope that everything turns out okay.'
~Yami POV~
Yami sighed as he walked into the library. He had just come from the council room and was still out of sorts within himself. His and Xantcha's councils had just had a meeting, and he had heard the princess finally state her decision, and he just about went insane when she did. The pharaoh looked down to the floor, thinking about Seth. He wondered if anything would ever be the same. 'Why does everything have to happen at one time? Can't it be in stages, instead of it all happening at once? Not that I'm complaining...' The pharaoh smiled as he picked his eyes up from the floor to look ahead of him. He smiled as he shook his head sadly. 'She's been at it for awhile now.'
~Normal POV~
Yami made his way over to Xantcha silently and quickly, so as not to disturb her. He sat down quietly beside her, looking over her shoulder. She seemed to be entranced by the book, and Yami did not know why. "Do you find the history of the items interesting?" What happened next had just about made the pharaoh have a heart attack. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Yami stared wide eyed as Xantcha was standing, eyes narrowed. "What are you trying to do, scare me to the shadow realm?! Ra...." She sat down as she took in quick breaths, trying to still her heart. She suddenly stiffened as Yami rubbed her back to calm her. It was NOT helping. "I was merely asking if you were finding this book interesting. I did not mean to scare you like that."
Yami chuckled as she growled, frowning. "I WAS in a deep train of thought! Ra knows that I have too much to think about..." The pharaoh smiled as he rested his head on Xantcha's shoulder. "Well, relax, because I've got good news." Xantcha sighed as she closed her eyes. "What is the good news?" She waited patiently for Yami to answer. "Tomb robber found something about a cure." The princess snapped open her eyes. "Whaaaaaaa? Then let's go!!" Xantcha quickly stood up and grabbed Yami's arm. "Well, don't be slow! I want to see what he found!!" Yami smiled as he stood up. "All right, he is in the west wing. I'm guessing that you're exci-..." He didn't have time to finish as Xantcha tore of, still holding onto his arm.
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The two rulers got to the west wing in less time than Yami expected, thanks to Xantcha almost pulling his arm off. "Oy, Bakura! What did you find?!" The tomb robber looked up and quickly and nearly died laughing at what he saw. There stood the pharaoh, almost dead on his feet and Xantcha, the most hyper he had seen yet. "Have a nice trip here, pharaoh?" Yami merely waved it off as Xantcha once again pulled him over. "Well, no more suspense, hm? What did you find?" Suddenly they heard someone yell. "Kur, SLOW DOWN!!"
Kurry came flying around the corner, clinging onto a now tired Malik. "Sorry, Malik, but I wanted to get here as soon as possible!!" Malik sighed. "You could have *gasp* let me get here at *pant* my own pace..." He suddenly fell down as Kurry let go of his arm. "Oops, sorry..." She immediately pulled him up, against his own wishes. "I want to sleep now..." Bakura laughed loudly as both pharaoh and a curing priest glared. "Well, now that you two have dragged along your guys, I can tell you what I found." What Bakura had just said sunk in and Kurry, along with Xantcha yelled. "TOMB ROBBER!!" Bakura merely smirked as he showed the four a gold embossed book. "Look here."
After about an hour of deciphering the rest of what was written in Ancient Egyptian language, they found out the contents. "It says here that we have to head to a cave about half a day south of here. I can probably get there on horse." The other four stared at Xantcha. Kurry rose her voice. "Are you crazy!? You need to stay here to take care of everything!" Malik nodded as Xantcha 'hmphed'. "Well, you have to stay here to take care of Seth with Malik, Duke needs to stay here to cook, Hilary and Riyo have to stay here to protect the city, and Bakura has to make sure there is no battles started! What choice do we have? I must go to get that herb!"
Yami stayed silent as she continued. "Listen, Hilary is to take my place, lest anything happen to me. She can properly run everything with your help. I promise that I will come back in 3 days or less otherwise." Kurry's shoulder's slumped in defeat. "Yeah, and Yuna will stay here with Seth...I guess you are right..." Everyone stayed quiet for a minute until the pharaoh spoke up. "Allow me to go as well. He is my priest after all."
Everyone stared as Yami looked at Xantcha. She opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Looking down, she sighed. "I already know I can't change your mind..." The group turned as a third voice spoke. "Come to think of it, you can't change my mind either." Xantcha smiled as she walked up to the millennium cloak holder. "You had best not argue with me, princess. I won't take no for an answer. Pharaoh, Xantcha, when do we leave?" Bakura chuckled as Xantcha grinned. "I'll take care of everything here otherwise, alright? Hey, pharaoh..." Bakura slapped Yami's back. "Take care of her, hm?" Yami smirked as Xantcha face faulted. "What is that supposed to mean?!" The whole group laughed. Kurry sighed. 'Ra, help them get back safely...'
~Next day~
Xantcha sighed as she walked into the dining area. "Ready you two? We have to leave early tomorrow, you know." Marik and Yami nodded as Yuna came out. The three stopped and stared as she walked up to Xantcha. Unspoken words rose up between the two as Yuna broke the silence. "I want you to know that I appreciate this. Here," Yuna handed Xantcha a pack of herbs.
"These can be used to instantly heal wounds, and are hard to find. Now, you had better come back alive, princess." Xantcha nodded wordlessly as she accepted the pack that was the size of her palm. "Good luck to all of you, and Sakhmet grant you her blessings." The four glanced at each other through the tense silence. 'Come back safely, because I cannot handle more losses if Seth goes.'
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Xantcha thought to herself as she walked down the hall. 'Tomorrow we leave. What will happen?' Suddenly she heard giggling in the boy's bathing room. 'What the?' Walking around the corner she nearly dropped. There Hilary was, pouring some blue stuff into the water. "What are you DOING?!" Hilary started to laugh. "Dying the water, why, what's it look like?" The fox demon's ears twitched slightly as Xantcha smirked. "Why?"
It was Hilary's turn to smirk. "It will dye their hair blue, of course! C'mon, help me out! Get some more of this herb dye stuff from the storage. Here," Xantcha blinked. "it's the storage room key. Let's just say I snuck it from, almost literally, the pharaoh's nose." Hilary grinned as Xantcha grabbed it. "I'll be right back!" Xantcha tore down the hallway, not noticing a certain Tomb Robber sneaking into the bathing area.
"So, is that what you were doing? My, my, what a bad thing to do, demon." Hilary cried out as she nearly fell in. Bakura grabbed her arm and pulled her up. "Don't fall for your own prank, that would almost be breaking just about every tomb robber rule I know." Hilary backed away slowly, wondering why he was smirking. "What, exactly, do you think you are going to pull, hmmmm? This looks like dye..." Bakura dipped his finger in, and it washed away with no mark. Confused, he pulled a hair out of his head and dipped it in. He watched it turn blue and laughed.
"Ahaaaa....Although you are going to have to make it less potent. Hmmm..." Bakura walked over to a cabinet and smirked. "This will do the trick. You want it to be noticed AFTER they get in. I, on the other hand, have had many pranks pulled on me from 'fellow tomb robbers' in the past." Hilary stared wide eyed as the white haired tomb robber stood up. "Why are you helping me?" Bakura chuckled deeply and smirked. "Why, to get back at the pharaoh, of course." Hilary thought to herself of possibilities of him back stabbing her. 'Hopefully not.'
Xantcha came out of the storage room, holding two large jugs of the liquified herbs used to die the pool. Laughing, she locked the door and turned around. This time, however, seeing an unexpected face. "And what are you doing with my storage key?" Xantcha yelped as she looked in her right hand. 'Crap!' "Ahhh...Duke wanted some herbs...You know, for cooking." She laughed nervously as he smirked. "Oh? Well, I don't know how he got my key..." Xantcha froze. 'Agghhhhhh...bad recovery, bad recovery...' The princess smiled almost wistfully. Putting the bottles down and walking slowly towards the pharaoh, she saw him freeze. "Well, I saw it on the table beside your bed..."
'He is going to be reaaaallly nervous after this.' Xantcha put a hand on his right shoulder. "So I figured I could use it, hm? I thought you wouldn't mind.." Yami was absolutely in shock as she rubbed his shoulder lightly. He swallowed as he stammered. "Ahhh...It's..Al...right..." Xantcha smirked. 'Piece of cake...' She smiled as she placed the key in his hands. "Okay then. Thank you. I'll see you later, hmm?" (A/N: *Smacks readers with hams.* Doooon't go there!! I know what you are all thinking!!) Yami half-smiled as she walked away. 'Well, that was...random...'
The young princess walked around the corner, then took off full speed. 'I know that was a dirty trick to pull, but it was all I could do! Playing on his feelings was...cheap though. Oh well.' Almost literally flying into the room, she gasped. "Aggggghhhhhhhh!" She went to run away only to see Hilary laugh. "Don't worry Xan. He's helping us." The tomb robber quickly took a jug and started pouring it in. "All right, give me the other one, and fast! I hear someone coming." Hilary's ears twitched as both half-demons and the tomb robber ran into a walk-in closet. "Shhhhhhh..." Bakura covered Xantcha's mouth when she went to say something, nd she frowned. They gasped at what they saw.
Yami walked in slowly and sighed. "I need a hot bath to calm my nerves. Hm? The water's ready...someone must've been in a little while ago." The pharaoh shrugged to himself as he went behind a curtain to change. The three pranksters in the closet, however, decided to look away rather quickly. Hilary giggled quietly and whispered to Xantcha. "Awwww, c'mon...you ARE going to be engag-..." Xantcha placed her hand on her friend's mouth. "NO!" She hissed as Hilary giggled. Bakura suddenly growled. "Alright, he's in the other room. He is going to see it any time now, so let's get out of here!" The three ran as they heard someone yell. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?????????????"
Xatntcha stopped for a minute before giggling and beginning to run. She didn't get all the way though. "Where do you think YOU are going?! It SEEMS that a little prank was meant for me. Do you have any idea why? I wonder why you were in there? I'm sure it doesn't all add up, right?" Xantcha turned around and gulped. Yami stood there, with a towel on and his hair blue. He was hanging onto her cloak, and she was shocked at how fast he caught on. "Noooooo...not.....really..." Yami shook his head sighing as Xantcha smiled nervously. "Well, it adds up to ME." Xantcha laughed and then sighed.
After Yami got the full story out of Xantcha, he tried to wash the dye out of his hair. Soon, eight times later of washing his hair, it finally came out. Xantcha snorted as Yami walked into 'their' room. The council men needed to make room for another guest, and deciding that it shouldn't bother the princess, moved her in with Yami. The two got along well, but there was the odd moments that made it edgy.
Xantcha started to giggle as Yami narrowed his eyes playfully. (A/N: *smacks readers again.* .....) "Well, if you hadn't dyed my hair, I wouldn't have my hair like this!" Xantcha grinned. "But you should have seen yourself! It was hilarious! Ra knows it was!" The 17 year old pharaoh sighed as he shook his head. "Well, it was AFTER I got the stuff out of my hair. However, don't be surprised if I pull a prank on you now." The princess' grin widened. "Yeah, right! You'll never get back at me for this one!"
She was wrong. When she turned back to her book, Yami grabbed her and pulled her towards him, tickling her. She laughed as she tried to get away. "Yami! Hahahahaha, stop! All right, I surrender!!" After a good few minutes, he finally stopped. She gasped for air as the pharaoh smirked. "I KNEW you were ticklish. See? I got back at you." Xantcha slowly took deep breaths while smiling. "Yeah, don't rub it in, pharaoh..." She sighed as she flopped down on the bed as she whined playfully. "But you didn't have to get even!" Yami smirked. "Well, I suppose, but you were likely to do it again, hm?" Xantcha 'hmm'ed. "Yeah, most likely." The two laughed as she got up. "I'm gonna go for a walk in the art gallery, ok?" Yami yawned. "Mmmm, alright." He laid down. "I'm going to go to sleep...I hardly have had any since I was preparing the scroll..." Xantcha shook her head as she walked out of the room. "Have a good sleep then."
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As Xantcha walked down the corridor wondering through the gallery, her eyes saw a very...unnerving painting. On it was the most ugly bird she has seen in her life! It had black and brown wings and looked like a, well... "A Very, very demented crow..." Xantcha smirked as she walked towards another painting, this time with a young woman, but she had the most awful looking clothes. "Okay, maybe that is a little ugly...I'll have to redecorate the gallery...What the?" The eyes in the painting started moving and she blinked. "Magic....maybe?" As she looked closer, she screamed bloody murder.
"What, you don't like me or something?!" Xantcha tore off down the hallway without hesitation. "THE PAINTING TALLLKEDDD!!!! (A/N o__0)" The person BEHIND the painting laughed. "Xantch, wait! Oh well...she doesn't have to know it was me..." Hilary slowly opened the door, aka the picture. (A/N: Get it? Hint: secret halls...) "That's actually really interesting how many secret corridors are behind these walls, heh!" The half fox demon walked slowly down the hallway. "I'll just hope I haven't convinced her that the place is haunted, though."
As the young princess raced down the hall, she saw Marik walking slowly. Spinning him around, she cried out. "ApaintingtalkedtomeohmyRathisplaceisabsolutley..." Marik laughed. "Woah there, slow down! Now, what is it?" Xantcha took a deep breath before continuing. "A painting...in...the....gallery....talked!!" Marik laughed. "Alright, Xantcha, show me the painting." After She dragged him where the painting was, he stared at it. "It's not talking..." Xantcha sighed. "But it DID! I swear!!" Marik shook his head sadly.
"You have a lot of pressure on you, right? Go read a book or something and relax. You are most likely hallucinating." Xantcha sighed. "I guess so...Sorry." The Cloak-keeper laughed. "Just don't let everyone think you are crazy, hm? The servants will get scared of you." The two laughed and went opposite directions. Xantcha headed to the bedroom. "Maybe I DO need some rest..."
Xantcha walked into the room and saw Yami immediately, so she stood there for a moment, watching him. 'I wonder if this will ever really work out? We do get along really well...' She didn't notice as a fox slipped in and jumped on the bed. Staring for a moment, the fox 'giggled'. Xantcha blinked. She then transformed into her full demon form, a black wolf. The two had telekinetic powers when in demon state, but they could only use it on each other. /'Hilary, what are you doing?'/ Hilary pawed at the pharaoh's face. \'Watch.'\ Xantcha giggled as she watched. /'*snort* Let me try!'/
Xantcha pounced onto the bed gracefully and wagged her tail. /He's gonna kill us if he wakes up.../ Hilary tipped her head to one side. \I know...and?\ Xantcha shook her head lightly then pawed at the pharaoh's face. Yami muttered something incoherently and 'mmm'ed. Just as Xantcha was about to jump off of the bed, Yami spoke in his sleep. "That...feels...nice..." Shocked with her eyes wide, Hilary smacked the pharaoh with her paw, waking him up slightly. "What the..." The fox and pharaoh looked at each other striaght in the eye before he cocked his head to one side, then laid down. "Good......ni.....ght." Xantcha nearly died laughing as Hilary jumped off and scampered out of the room.
Now half-demon, the two friends laughed. "Can you believe he LIKED that? Oooohhhhh what a jerk!" Xantcha smiled. "But entertaining. You should have seen your face! Now THAT was funny!!" Both laughed before they heard the door open behind them. The two took off at break neck speed, never stopping until they got around the corner. Yami stood there for a moment blinking. "I just wanted to tell them to be quiet." He sighed as he walked in. 'Why does my face feel...wierd...? I feel like I've been hit a few times...wierd...' With that, he feel asleep on the bed.
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Both half-demons laughed together as they walked down the halls. "I dunno if he saw us or not, but I bet he doesn't know what happened." Xantcha nodded. "Agreed...Hey, isn't that Kurry-chan?" The two walked up until Hilary told Xantcha to wait. "I'm gonna have fun with this one. Bring Malik to the bottom of the stairs, k?" Both wolf and fox went their seperate ways. Hilary ran up to Kurry with the most large smile ever. "Hey Kurry!! I'm bored...race you down the banisters!" Kurry laughed as she walked up. "Well, alright. Just this once, alright? 1, 2..."
Xantcha ran and quickly pulled Malik to the bottom of the stairs without any explanation. Malik blinked as she stopped. "Just exactly why did you bring us here?" Xantcha giggled. "You'll see..." The princess looked up and grinned. "Stay right here a second, ok?" She ran as she heard a scream. "MALIKKKKKK.....getouttathewaaaaaaayy!"
Hilary and Xantcha winced as Kurry landed on top of Malik, Malik unconcious for a moment and Kurry dazed. Kurry and Xantcha locked eyes and the white mage stood up. Pulling up Malik she growled. "Why you...." Hilary and Xantcha glanced at each other, transformed into full demons and ran with all of their might. "I'll get you two back, count on it!!" With that, the pranksters went their seperate ways.
After walking awhile, Hilary snuck into Riyo's room. The guard loved using different herbs in vials and all sorts of good things, and Hilary knew there was some trouble to stir up. She smiled as she found a pink liquid and purple tube filled with powder. "What happens if I mix these?..." She shook the vial, and a small explosion occured in her hands as a odd purple goo covered her hands, then dried just as fast. "What the....it dyed my skin purple?.....hmmmm." She laughed as she got a large bottle and filled it with purple powder and then with pink liquid. Carefully, she walked out of the room. "Now, who haven't I played a prank on yet.....ohhhh too good."
Riyo walked down the hallway, feeling tired after helping duke gather ingredients for supper that night. 'Who knew the kitchen was that BIG? I need a nap.' She then saw the 'infamous' fox tailed demon running towards her. "Hey, Hil. What are you doing?" Hilary sighed as she handed the guard the bottle. "Can you shake this for me? I'm trying something..." Riyo thought she sounded serious, so she looked inside the bottle, then laughed. "Really? How about we find someone ELSE to shake this?" Hilary sighed. "Oh, fine...That was no fun." Riyo grinned. "I figured you were up to something. Now, come on, I saw a certain young woman walk by a moment ago." Hilary followed Riyo down the hall.
Meanwhile, Xantcha was walking with Yami after running into him by accident. She found out he couldn't get to sleep, so he walked with her. "So let me get this straight...the council is counting on us to open the forbidden Winged Dragon Gate? You know how dangerous that is. Even if we both channeled our powers." The pharaoh sighed, smiling. "I know, but they think that if we were to...well, wed...that together we could increase the powers of the items, therefore opening the gate and controlling one of Ra's most powerful creatures."
Xantcha nodded and sighed. She opened one eye to see her guard and councilor running towards her. "HEY XANTCHA!" Xantcha stopped as Yami did to meet her guard. "What?" Hilary sighed. "I'm trying and experiment and I need someone to shake this so that I can get the other stuff ready with Riyo." Yami nodded as Hilary handed the bottle to him. "Can you shake that up now?" The pharaoh stopped and looked down at the container in his hands. "Xan...can you? I need to check my scroll to make sure everything is ready." Xantcha widened her eyes at the pharaoh's use of a pet name for her, but none the less took the bottle. "Alright." As she lifted it, Riyo, Hilary and Yami all ducked to the side. *POOF*
As the smoke cleared, everyone but Xantcha died laughing. Her hair was know a deep shade of purple, along with her face. "..." She twitched as she summoned her sword to her hand. "Hilary, Riyyoooooo...Come closer." Both stopped laughing and had a face that said 'Oh Shit!' and ran. Xantcha sighed as she put away her sword and headed back to her and Yami's room. "I guess you got me back, you little idiot."
Yami chuckled as he followed her. "It was entertaining for a moment." Xantcha sighed. "It's gonna take me quite awhile to get my hair back to normal. Aghhhh, they are going to die!" The pharaoh snorted as he and Xantcha walked into their room. "Well, I'm sure it won't be too long." Well guess what?
It was his turn to be wrong. Xantcha washed her hair TEN times until it looked half decent. It was Yami's turn to laugh as she walked in front of the mirror and began to comb out her hair. "Grr, shut up pharaoh, I HATE purple." Yami smiled. "Yes well," He walked behind her and put his arm around her waist smirking as she went red. "You don't look too bad with a tint of purple."
Xantcha went from semi-red to down right flushed as he put his head on top of hers. "Besides, it will wear out, right? Now let's go, Duke is almost done cooking." The two looked at each other in the mirror for a moment before he hesitantly let go and gently picked up her hand. 'He's is not seriously...Oh well, I could get used to it.' The pendant holder slowly sighed as she allowed the puzzle holder to pull her along with him to the dining room. 'Actually, it won't take long getting used to at this pace.'
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As the two rulers sat at the table, the tomb robber stood up. "Before we eat, I've good news and bad news. Good news is, the horses are in perfect condition for the trip tomorrow. The bad news, on the other hand, has turned out far worse than I had ever imagined...."
Xantcha: Was that okay? It's not as good as the first copy of this chapter, because I had to delete the original on my laptop. It said it has a virus.
Bakura: What am I going to say?
Ryou: You'll see. I'll bet it's bad though.
Bakura: No duh, hikari.
Xantcha: Just be patient, 'Kura. You'll see what happens!! Now, I've got good news and bad news too. First, I'm starting a Beyblade ficcy!!!! *bows* Bad thing, I'm going to take a little longer to update. Don't worry, I'll update more often now, but for some reason or other, my pc didn't allow me to log in on ff.net. Now that it is fixed, everything is great!
Ryou: That and didn't you say you were going to have certain original characters of your friends in the fic?
Xantcha: Yes! Riyo is definetly in there, and I plan on having other friends in there as well, ne?
Bakura: FINALLY we stop getting tortured.
Xantcha: But I already said I'm gonna update regularly!!
Bakura: Ra dammit all. I should send you to the shadow realm.
Xantcha: And then have a pretty pink tutu on! ^_______^
Bakura: o__o
Ryou: Read and Review!
Bakura: You mean that bloody Hilary, right?
Xantcha: HAI! She gave me enough inspiration to laugh about for awhile!!
Ryou: Xantcha does not own any of the Yugioh Characters, Kurry, Riyo, or Hilary.
Xantcha: I only own my ownsome self. ^^
Bakura: That made no sense what so ever.
Xantcha: I know! Oh, shout to Hilary for the ideas for your pranks!!
Ryou: ...Do they have the pharaoh in them?
Xantcha: *laughs insanely* Of course! *high fives Bakura* On with the story!!!! ^___________________^
Ryou: Ra help him.
Song: Catch you catch me - Card Captor Sakura (Get the lyrics yourself, I'm too lazay...:P)
~Xantcha POV~
Xantcha sighed as she searched the book for an answer to Seth's problem. The other priests had found that there was a poisonous fluid that the arrow was dipped in, and it was slowly killing him. Not to mention the fact that Yuna had just about broke down multiple times when she found out. All she did now was stay by his side and sulk. Xantcha put down the old parchment and picked up a book. She had grown close to everyone here since she came, and had become attached to everyone, including a certain pharaoh.
Xantcha placed her chin on her hand as she glanced at the now open book. She had made her choice just minutes ago, and had announced it to boot. Yami looked quite alright with everything after, and she still found it hard to believe that she had decided to go along with everything. Taking a deep breath she flipped the page of the book. 'I hope that everything turns out okay.'
~Yami POV~
Yami sighed as he walked into the library. He had just come from the council room and was still out of sorts within himself. His and Xantcha's councils had just had a meeting, and he had heard the princess finally state her decision, and he just about went insane when she did. The pharaoh looked down to the floor, thinking about Seth. He wondered if anything would ever be the same. 'Why does everything have to happen at one time? Can't it be in stages, instead of it all happening at once? Not that I'm complaining...' The pharaoh smiled as he picked his eyes up from the floor to look ahead of him. He smiled as he shook his head sadly. 'She's been at it for awhile now.'
~Normal POV~
Yami made his way over to Xantcha silently and quickly, so as not to disturb her. He sat down quietly beside her, looking over her shoulder. She seemed to be entranced by the book, and Yami did not know why. "Do you find the history of the items interesting?" What happened next had just about made the pharaoh have a heart attack. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Yami stared wide eyed as Xantcha was standing, eyes narrowed. "What are you trying to do, scare me to the shadow realm?! Ra...." She sat down as she took in quick breaths, trying to still her heart. She suddenly stiffened as Yami rubbed her back to calm her. It was NOT helping. "I was merely asking if you were finding this book interesting. I did not mean to scare you like that."
Yami chuckled as she growled, frowning. "I WAS in a deep train of thought! Ra knows that I have too much to think about..." The pharaoh smiled as he rested his head on Xantcha's shoulder. "Well, relax, because I've got good news." Xantcha sighed as she closed her eyes. "What is the good news?" She waited patiently for Yami to answer. "Tomb robber found something about a cure." The princess snapped open her eyes. "Whaaaaaaa? Then let's go!!" Xantcha quickly stood up and grabbed Yami's arm. "Well, don't be slow! I want to see what he found!!" Yami smiled as he stood up. "All right, he is in the west wing. I'm guessing that you're exci-..." He didn't have time to finish as Xantcha tore of, still holding onto his arm.
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The two rulers got to the west wing in less time than Yami expected, thanks to Xantcha almost pulling his arm off. "Oy, Bakura! What did you find?!" The tomb robber looked up and quickly and nearly died laughing at what he saw. There stood the pharaoh, almost dead on his feet and Xantcha, the most hyper he had seen yet. "Have a nice trip here, pharaoh?" Yami merely waved it off as Xantcha once again pulled him over. "Well, no more suspense, hm? What did you find?" Suddenly they heard someone yell. "Kur, SLOW DOWN!!"
Kurry came flying around the corner, clinging onto a now tired Malik. "Sorry, Malik, but I wanted to get here as soon as possible!!" Malik sighed. "You could have *gasp* let me get here at *pant* my own pace..." He suddenly fell down as Kurry let go of his arm. "Oops, sorry..." She immediately pulled him up, against his own wishes. "I want to sleep now..." Bakura laughed loudly as both pharaoh and a curing priest glared. "Well, now that you two have dragged along your guys, I can tell you what I found." What Bakura had just said sunk in and Kurry, along with Xantcha yelled. "TOMB ROBBER!!" Bakura merely smirked as he showed the four a gold embossed book. "Look here."
After about an hour of deciphering the rest of what was written in Ancient Egyptian language, they found out the contents. "It says here that we have to head to a cave about half a day south of here. I can probably get there on horse." The other four stared at Xantcha. Kurry rose her voice. "Are you crazy!? You need to stay here to take care of everything!" Malik nodded as Xantcha 'hmphed'. "Well, you have to stay here to take care of Seth with Malik, Duke needs to stay here to cook, Hilary and Riyo have to stay here to protect the city, and Bakura has to make sure there is no battles started! What choice do we have? I must go to get that herb!"
Yami stayed silent as she continued. "Listen, Hilary is to take my place, lest anything happen to me. She can properly run everything with your help. I promise that I will come back in 3 days or less otherwise." Kurry's shoulder's slumped in defeat. "Yeah, and Yuna will stay here with Seth...I guess you are right..." Everyone stayed quiet for a minute until the pharaoh spoke up. "Allow me to go as well. He is my priest after all."
Everyone stared as Yami looked at Xantcha. She opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Looking down, she sighed. "I already know I can't change your mind..." The group turned as a third voice spoke. "Come to think of it, you can't change my mind either." Xantcha smiled as she walked up to the millennium cloak holder. "You had best not argue with me, princess. I won't take no for an answer. Pharaoh, Xantcha, when do we leave?" Bakura chuckled as Xantcha grinned. "I'll take care of everything here otherwise, alright? Hey, pharaoh..." Bakura slapped Yami's back. "Take care of her, hm?" Yami smirked as Xantcha face faulted. "What is that supposed to mean?!" The whole group laughed. Kurry sighed. 'Ra, help them get back safely...'
~Next day~
Xantcha sighed as she walked into the dining area. "Ready you two? We have to leave early tomorrow, you know." Marik and Yami nodded as Yuna came out. The three stopped and stared as she walked up to Xantcha. Unspoken words rose up between the two as Yuna broke the silence. "I want you to know that I appreciate this. Here," Yuna handed Xantcha a pack of herbs.
"These can be used to instantly heal wounds, and are hard to find. Now, you had better come back alive, princess." Xantcha nodded wordlessly as she accepted the pack that was the size of her palm. "Good luck to all of you, and Sakhmet grant you her blessings." The four glanced at each other through the tense silence. 'Come back safely, because I cannot handle more losses if Seth goes.'
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Xantcha thought to herself as she walked down the hall. 'Tomorrow we leave. What will happen?' Suddenly she heard giggling in the boy's bathing room. 'What the?' Walking around the corner she nearly dropped. There Hilary was, pouring some blue stuff into the water. "What are you DOING?!" Hilary started to laugh. "Dying the water, why, what's it look like?" The fox demon's ears twitched slightly as Xantcha smirked. "Why?"
It was Hilary's turn to smirk. "It will dye their hair blue, of course! C'mon, help me out! Get some more of this herb dye stuff from the storage. Here," Xantcha blinked. "it's the storage room key. Let's just say I snuck it from, almost literally, the pharaoh's nose." Hilary grinned as Xantcha grabbed it. "I'll be right back!" Xantcha tore down the hallway, not noticing a certain Tomb Robber sneaking into the bathing area.
"So, is that what you were doing? My, my, what a bad thing to do, demon." Hilary cried out as she nearly fell in. Bakura grabbed her arm and pulled her up. "Don't fall for your own prank, that would almost be breaking just about every tomb robber rule I know." Hilary backed away slowly, wondering why he was smirking. "What, exactly, do you think you are going to pull, hmmmm? This looks like dye..." Bakura dipped his finger in, and it washed away with no mark. Confused, he pulled a hair out of his head and dipped it in. He watched it turn blue and laughed.
"Ahaaaa....Although you are going to have to make it less potent. Hmmm..." Bakura walked over to a cabinet and smirked. "This will do the trick. You want it to be noticed AFTER they get in. I, on the other hand, have had many pranks pulled on me from 'fellow tomb robbers' in the past." Hilary stared wide eyed as the white haired tomb robber stood up. "Why are you helping me?" Bakura chuckled deeply and smirked. "Why, to get back at the pharaoh, of course." Hilary thought to herself of possibilities of him back stabbing her. 'Hopefully not.'
Xantcha came out of the storage room, holding two large jugs of the liquified herbs used to die the pool. Laughing, she locked the door and turned around. This time, however, seeing an unexpected face. "And what are you doing with my storage key?" Xantcha yelped as she looked in her right hand. 'Crap!' "Ahhh...Duke wanted some herbs...You know, for cooking." She laughed nervously as he smirked. "Oh? Well, I don't know how he got my key..." Xantcha froze. 'Agghhhhhh...bad recovery, bad recovery...' The princess smiled almost wistfully. Putting the bottles down and walking slowly towards the pharaoh, she saw him freeze. "Well, I saw it on the table beside your bed..."
'He is going to be reaaaallly nervous after this.' Xantcha put a hand on his right shoulder. "So I figured I could use it, hm? I thought you wouldn't mind.." Yami was absolutely in shock as she rubbed his shoulder lightly. He swallowed as he stammered. "Ahhh...It's..Al...right..." Xantcha smirked. 'Piece of cake...' She smiled as she placed the key in his hands. "Okay then. Thank you. I'll see you later, hmm?" (A/N: *Smacks readers with hams.* Doooon't go there!! I know what you are all thinking!!) Yami half-smiled as she walked away. 'Well, that was...random...'
The young princess walked around the corner, then took off full speed. 'I know that was a dirty trick to pull, but it was all I could do! Playing on his feelings was...cheap though. Oh well.' Almost literally flying into the room, she gasped. "Aggggghhhhhhhh!" She went to run away only to see Hilary laugh. "Don't worry Xan. He's helping us." The tomb robber quickly took a jug and started pouring it in. "All right, give me the other one, and fast! I hear someone coming." Hilary's ears twitched as both half-demons and the tomb robber ran into a walk-in closet. "Shhhhhhh..." Bakura covered Xantcha's mouth when she went to say something, nd she frowned. They gasped at what they saw.
Yami walked in slowly and sighed. "I need a hot bath to calm my nerves. Hm? The water's ready...someone must've been in a little while ago." The pharaoh shrugged to himself as he went behind a curtain to change. The three pranksters in the closet, however, decided to look away rather quickly. Hilary giggled quietly and whispered to Xantcha. "Awwww, c'mon...you ARE going to be engag-..." Xantcha placed her hand on her friend's mouth. "NO!" She hissed as Hilary giggled. Bakura suddenly growled. "Alright, he's in the other room. He is going to see it any time now, so let's get out of here!" The three ran as they heard someone yell. "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?????????????"
Xatntcha stopped for a minute before giggling and beginning to run. She didn't get all the way though. "Where do you think YOU are going?! It SEEMS that a little prank was meant for me. Do you have any idea why? I wonder why you were in there? I'm sure it doesn't all add up, right?" Xantcha turned around and gulped. Yami stood there, with a towel on and his hair blue. He was hanging onto her cloak, and she was shocked at how fast he caught on. "Noooooo...not.....really..." Yami shook his head sighing as Xantcha smiled nervously. "Well, it adds up to ME." Xantcha laughed and then sighed.
After Yami got the full story out of Xantcha, he tried to wash the dye out of his hair. Soon, eight times later of washing his hair, it finally came out. Xantcha snorted as Yami walked into 'their' room. The council men needed to make room for another guest, and deciding that it shouldn't bother the princess, moved her in with Yami. The two got along well, but there was the odd moments that made it edgy.
Xantcha started to giggle as Yami narrowed his eyes playfully. (A/N: *smacks readers again.* .....) "Well, if you hadn't dyed my hair, I wouldn't have my hair like this!" Xantcha grinned. "But you should have seen yourself! It was hilarious! Ra knows it was!" The 17 year old pharaoh sighed as he shook his head. "Well, it was AFTER I got the stuff out of my hair. However, don't be surprised if I pull a prank on you now." The princess' grin widened. "Yeah, right! You'll never get back at me for this one!"
She was wrong. When she turned back to her book, Yami grabbed her and pulled her towards him, tickling her. She laughed as she tried to get away. "Yami! Hahahahaha, stop! All right, I surrender!!" After a good few minutes, he finally stopped. She gasped for air as the pharaoh smirked. "I KNEW you were ticklish. See? I got back at you." Xantcha slowly took deep breaths while smiling. "Yeah, don't rub it in, pharaoh..." She sighed as she flopped down on the bed as she whined playfully. "But you didn't have to get even!" Yami smirked. "Well, I suppose, but you were likely to do it again, hm?" Xantcha 'hmm'ed. "Yeah, most likely." The two laughed as she got up. "I'm gonna go for a walk in the art gallery, ok?" Yami yawned. "Mmmm, alright." He laid down. "I'm going to go to sleep...I hardly have had any since I was preparing the scroll..." Xantcha shook her head as she walked out of the room. "Have a good sleep then."
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As Xantcha walked down the corridor wondering through the gallery, her eyes saw a very...unnerving painting. On it was the most ugly bird she has seen in her life! It had black and brown wings and looked like a, well... "A Very, very demented crow..." Xantcha smirked as she walked towards another painting, this time with a young woman, but she had the most awful looking clothes. "Okay, maybe that is a little ugly...I'll have to redecorate the gallery...What the?" The eyes in the painting started moving and she blinked. "Magic....maybe?" As she looked closer, she screamed bloody murder.
"What, you don't like me or something?!" Xantcha tore off down the hallway without hesitation. "THE PAINTING TALLLKEDDD!!!! (A/N o__0)" The person BEHIND the painting laughed. "Xantch, wait! Oh well...she doesn't have to know it was me..." Hilary slowly opened the door, aka the picture. (A/N: Get it? Hint: secret halls...) "That's actually really interesting how many secret corridors are behind these walls, heh!" The half fox demon walked slowly down the hallway. "I'll just hope I haven't convinced her that the place is haunted, though."
As the young princess raced down the hall, she saw Marik walking slowly. Spinning him around, she cried out. "ApaintingtalkedtomeohmyRathisplaceisabsolutley..." Marik laughed. "Woah there, slow down! Now, what is it?" Xantcha took a deep breath before continuing. "A painting...in...the....gallery....talked!!" Marik laughed. "Alright, Xantcha, show me the painting." After She dragged him where the painting was, he stared at it. "It's not talking..." Xantcha sighed. "But it DID! I swear!!" Marik shook his head sadly.
"You have a lot of pressure on you, right? Go read a book or something and relax. You are most likely hallucinating." Xantcha sighed. "I guess so...Sorry." The Cloak-keeper laughed. "Just don't let everyone think you are crazy, hm? The servants will get scared of you." The two laughed and went opposite directions. Xantcha headed to the bedroom. "Maybe I DO need some rest..."
Xantcha walked into the room and saw Yami immediately, so she stood there for a moment, watching him. 'I wonder if this will ever really work out? We do get along really well...' She didn't notice as a fox slipped in and jumped on the bed. Staring for a moment, the fox 'giggled'. Xantcha blinked. She then transformed into her full demon form, a black wolf. The two had telekinetic powers when in demon state, but they could only use it on each other. /'Hilary, what are you doing?'/ Hilary pawed at the pharaoh's face. \'Watch.'\ Xantcha giggled as she watched. /'*snort* Let me try!'/
Xantcha pounced onto the bed gracefully and wagged her tail. /He's gonna kill us if he wakes up.../ Hilary tipped her head to one side. \I know...and?\ Xantcha shook her head lightly then pawed at the pharaoh's face. Yami muttered something incoherently and 'mmm'ed. Just as Xantcha was about to jump off of the bed, Yami spoke in his sleep. "That...feels...nice..." Shocked with her eyes wide, Hilary smacked the pharaoh with her paw, waking him up slightly. "What the..." The fox and pharaoh looked at each other striaght in the eye before he cocked his head to one side, then laid down. "Good......ni.....ght." Xantcha nearly died laughing as Hilary jumped off and scampered out of the room.
Now half-demon, the two friends laughed. "Can you believe he LIKED that? Oooohhhhh what a jerk!" Xantcha smiled. "But entertaining. You should have seen your face! Now THAT was funny!!" Both laughed before they heard the door open behind them. The two took off at break neck speed, never stopping until they got around the corner. Yami stood there for a moment blinking. "I just wanted to tell them to be quiet." He sighed as he walked in. 'Why does my face feel...wierd...? I feel like I've been hit a few times...wierd...' With that, he feel asleep on the bed.
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Both half-demons laughed together as they walked down the halls. "I dunno if he saw us or not, but I bet he doesn't know what happened." Xantcha nodded. "Agreed...Hey, isn't that Kurry-chan?" The two walked up until Hilary told Xantcha to wait. "I'm gonna have fun with this one. Bring Malik to the bottom of the stairs, k?" Both wolf and fox went their seperate ways. Hilary ran up to Kurry with the most large smile ever. "Hey Kurry!! I'm bored...race you down the banisters!" Kurry laughed as she walked up. "Well, alright. Just this once, alright? 1, 2..."
Xantcha ran and quickly pulled Malik to the bottom of the stairs without any explanation. Malik blinked as she stopped. "Just exactly why did you bring us here?" Xantcha giggled. "You'll see..." The princess looked up and grinned. "Stay right here a second, ok?" She ran as she heard a scream. "MALIKKKKKK.....getouttathewaaaaaaayy!"
Hilary and Xantcha winced as Kurry landed on top of Malik, Malik unconcious for a moment and Kurry dazed. Kurry and Xantcha locked eyes and the white mage stood up. Pulling up Malik she growled. "Why you...." Hilary and Xantcha glanced at each other, transformed into full demons and ran with all of their might. "I'll get you two back, count on it!!" With that, the pranksters went their seperate ways.
After walking awhile, Hilary snuck into Riyo's room. The guard loved using different herbs in vials and all sorts of good things, and Hilary knew there was some trouble to stir up. She smiled as she found a pink liquid and purple tube filled with powder. "What happens if I mix these?..." She shook the vial, and a small explosion occured in her hands as a odd purple goo covered her hands, then dried just as fast. "What the....it dyed my skin purple?.....hmmmm." She laughed as she got a large bottle and filled it with purple powder and then with pink liquid. Carefully, she walked out of the room. "Now, who haven't I played a prank on yet.....ohhhh too good."
Riyo walked down the hallway, feeling tired after helping duke gather ingredients for supper that night. 'Who knew the kitchen was that BIG? I need a nap.' She then saw the 'infamous' fox tailed demon running towards her. "Hey, Hil. What are you doing?" Hilary sighed as she handed the guard the bottle. "Can you shake this for me? I'm trying something..." Riyo thought she sounded serious, so she looked inside the bottle, then laughed. "Really? How about we find someone ELSE to shake this?" Hilary sighed. "Oh, fine...That was no fun." Riyo grinned. "I figured you were up to something. Now, come on, I saw a certain young woman walk by a moment ago." Hilary followed Riyo down the hall.
Meanwhile, Xantcha was walking with Yami after running into him by accident. She found out he couldn't get to sleep, so he walked with her. "So let me get this straight...the council is counting on us to open the forbidden Winged Dragon Gate? You know how dangerous that is. Even if we both channeled our powers." The pharaoh sighed, smiling. "I know, but they think that if we were to...well, wed...that together we could increase the powers of the items, therefore opening the gate and controlling one of Ra's most powerful creatures."
Xantcha nodded and sighed. She opened one eye to see her guard and councilor running towards her. "HEY XANTCHA!" Xantcha stopped as Yami did to meet her guard. "What?" Hilary sighed. "I'm trying and experiment and I need someone to shake this so that I can get the other stuff ready with Riyo." Yami nodded as Hilary handed the bottle to him. "Can you shake that up now?" The pharaoh stopped and looked down at the container in his hands. "Xan...can you? I need to check my scroll to make sure everything is ready." Xantcha widened her eyes at the pharaoh's use of a pet name for her, but none the less took the bottle. "Alright." As she lifted it, Riyo, Hilary and Yami all ducked to the side. *POOF*
As the smoke cleared, everyone but Xantcha died laughing. Her hair was know a deep shade of purple, along with her face. "..." She twitched as she summoned her sword to her hand. "Hilary, Riyyoooooo...Come closer." Both stopped laughing and had a face that said 'Oh Shit!' and ran. Xantcha sighed as she put away her sword and headed back to her and Yami's room. "I guess you got me back, you little idiot."
Yami chuckled as he followed her. "It was entertaining for a moment." Xantcha sighed. "It's gonna take me quite awhile to get my hair back to normal. Aghhhh, they are going to die!" The pharaoh snorted as he and Xantcha walked into their room. "Well, I'm sure it won't be too long." Well guess what?
It was his turn to be wrong. Xantcha washed her hair TEN times until it looked half decent. It was Yami's turn to laugh as she walked in front of the mirror and began to comb out her hair. "Grr, shut up pharaoh, I HATE purple." Yami smiled. "Yes well," He walked behind her and put his arm around her waist smirking as she went red. "You don't look too bad with a tint of purple."
Xantcha went from semi-red to down right flushed as he put his head on top of hers. "Besides, it will wear out, right? Now let's go, Duke is almost done cooking." The two looked at each other in the mirror for a moment before he hesitantly let go and gently picked up her hand. 'He's is not seriously...Oh well, I could get used to it.' The pendant holder slowly sighed as she allowed the puzzle holder to pull her along with him to the dining room. 'Actually, it won't take long getting used to at this pace.'
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As the two rulers sat at the table, the tomb robber stood up. "Before we eat, I've good news and bad news. Good news is, the horses are in perfect condition for the trip tomorrow. The bad news, on the other hand, has turned out far worse than I had ever imagined...."
Xantcha: Was that okay? It's not as good as the first copy of this chapter, because I had to delete the original on my laptop. It said it has a virus.
Bakura: What am I going to say?
Ryou: You'll see. I'll bet it's bad though.
Bakura: No duh, hikari.
Xantcha: Just be patient, 'Kura. You'll see what happens!! Now, I've got good news and bad news too. First, I'm starting a Beyblade ficcy!!!! *bows* Bad thing, I'm going to take a little longer to update. Don't worry, I'll update more often now, but for some reason or other, my pc didn't allow me to log in on ff.net. Now that it is fixed, everything is great!
Ryou: That and didn't you say you were going to have certain original characters of your friends in the fic?
Xantcha: Yes! Riyo is definetly in there, and I plan on having other friends in there as well, ne?
Bakura: FINALLY we stop getting tortured.
Xantcha: But I already said I'm gonna update regularly!!
Bakura: Ra dammit all. I should send you to the shadow realm.
Xantcha: And then have a pretty pink tutu on! ^_______^
Bakura: o__o
Ryou: Read and Review!