DAUGHTER OF THE MASTER

CHAPTER ONE

PRINCESS FLAME

PF: Yes, another fic. So sue me. No, don't really; just…uh…yell at a poster? Okay…I'm going now…*scurries off*

Disclaimer: PF: For this I will use…Rishid! *pulls Rishid onto stage*

Rishid: Princess Flame does not own Yu-Gi-Oh. She merely owns a video game, cards, a tin, an action figure, a model, and a notebook.

PF: Gee…Not technical are you? On with the fic.

~*~Malik's POV~*~

            I know she's my daughter. She has my eyes. But why I kept her, is still a mystery to me. I could've killed her easily with my Rod. Or I could've given her to Isis. But no; I brought her in my home and raised her.

            The night I found her was in the middle of winter. Snow was at least an inch thick on the steps, and still falling. But there she was, wrapped in a thick blanket, crying her little heart out. My heart weakened, and I brought her in.

            Now she is fifteen, and attending the same school I did in my youth. And she's made friends with the children of those I once was enemies with. But she's still my baby girl, and her mother is still unknown.

            Shana proves to be a mix of me, as well as Marik. So he is partially her father as well. But the girl could be much more than that. She's beautiful and talented, and she could get far in the world. But she wishes to stay here, and serve her father, as Egyptian girls usually do when they reach the age of seventeen.

            "Father! Where are you?" Her voice calls out. One of her talents was singing, and she did so beautifully.

~*~Authoress's POV~*~

            "I am in here Shana," he replies, putting away the book.

            His daughter entered the room, looking a bit scared. "Father…I lost Ryou. I can't find him anywhere." She bowed her head, dark blond hair falling in a sheet to hide her face.

            Malik smiled gently. "It's alright. I will help you look for him."

~*~Malik's POV~*~ (PF: Sorry, but it sounds so sucky from my POV.)

            We begin to search for Ryou, our cat. He likes to hide, so Shana checks all the low places, while I check the higher ones she can't reach.

            As I walk by the bookcase, a white streak came pelting out of it and down the hall towards Shana's room.

             "Shana, he headed to your room," I say to her, chuckling warmly as she dashes past me in pursuit of our pet.

            A few moments later, she returns with the cat in her arms, purring loudly as she rubbed his ear. A scratch was becoming clearer across her left cheek. She sits next to me on the couch, still clutching her beloved feline.

            "I miss Ryou, father. He was very kind to me, remember?"

            I do. He wasn't that fond of me, but seeing as I had to raise Shana alone, he helped me, along with that freak Tea, whom he married (PF: Actually, I hate this pairing, but it seemed right for this fic). Together, they had taught Shana what she needed to know from a capable father and mother figure.

            "I suppose…maybe…" I start.

            Shana sits bolt upright. "What?"

            Laughing a bit, I continue before my daughter goes mad from suspense. "I suppose that maybe we could go visit. I'm off next week. The whole division is, and you have a school vacation, so I thought we could go see them before your birthday."

            Joy flooded her face, where shadows of depression were a moment ago. "Oh, father! It would be so wonderful! Wait…this won't be my whole birthday present, will it?"

            "No. There will be more, don't worry."

            Shana jumped up, depositing Ryou onto my lap. "I'm going to IM Rain! Don't shut the power off like last time!" She ran out of the room, hair fanning out behind her.

            I look at the cat, which looks at me with chocolate eyes. "Sometimes I don't understand teenage girls. Do you?"

            Ryou answered with a meow, and then jumped off my lap to play with his foil ball.

~*~Malik's Book~*~

            Shana has no clue what is going to happen. She has no clue that she will be given the Millennium Rod and Amulet. But, It is her time to carry on the Items, and since there are no more Ishtar boys, they go to her. And I hope that she will be able to control their powers.

            Bakura and Yami are going to attend the ceremony, as well as Rishid and Shadi. The friends Shana spends time with have been invited, and since they know about the Millennium Items, they agreed to come. So that means all of Yami's hikari's friends will be there, as well as Seto and Mokuba Kaiba, with their daughters Selene (Mokuba), and Kaira (Seto).

            But the feeling of dread is getting stronger. I feel as if something terrible will happen to Shana, as a result of the Items.

            I must push the feelings aside for now, and help Shana pick out her outfit for her concert tonight. She is singing in front of the entire student body and their parents. She is prepared, but she has the usual case of the jitters.

PF: I think that was pretty good. Um…R&R, pretty please with sugar and chocolate sauce and caramel sauce and Pixi Stix powder and a cherry and sprinkles and banana slices and nuts and cookie crumbs and candy bar pieces and marshmallows and M&Ms and Reises Pieces and a Millennium Item on top? First reviewer gets a sundae with everything they want on it. So get reviewing!

Rishid: How are you able to pay for all that?!

PF: *grins and hides Rishid's credit card behind back*