Destiny
By: Aimi Kitsune
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Disclaimer: I'm actually using the annoying paragraphs-must-be-double-spaced-or-they-become-one-endless-thing of I highly doubt I own the show.
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2
Marik hid beside me as I looked around the corner. "Who are they?" he asked.
"I don't know," I whispered. "But you can bet they're going to be in big trouble when the guards see them.." As they came closer, I heard them speaking. Marik and I ducked around the corner and waited for them to pass, then we both watched after them.
They were approaching one of the guards. I couldn't believe he hadn't noticed them. There were several men in the group, one of which was also Egyptian. The Egyptian man was quite handsome, or at least I thought he was, and he had the most familiar face.
The other men were all pale-skinned, and they wore clothes like that of an archeoligist or someone on an African safari or something. One of the men caught my attention. He had long silver hair and brown eyes, and he was actually pretty good-looking. He seemed pretty young as well, and I wondered what someone like him could possibly be doing here.
"Mr. Pegasus," I heard one of them say. 'Pegasus,' I thought. 'That's an interesting name.. Where have I heard it?..'
The silver-haired man turned to him. "Yes, Johnson?"
"Look!" he told him. He was pointing up ahead to first guard.
"Now there in for it.." Marik said behind me.
"Shh.." I signaled for him to come. "Let's follow them."
"There are other people here?" Mr. Pegasus asked their Egyptian guide. For a moment I thought he had seen us, but he was still refering to the guard.He sounded so innocent, like a curious child.
"Yes. The guardians of the pharoah's chamber.."
Pegasus walked in front of the first guard and stopped. "Huh?" He stood on his toes to see the guard at eye level, then waved his hand in front of him. "Why aren't they stopping us?"
"The power of my Millenium Item conceals us from their sight. Come now, the Egyptian gods await," the Egyptian answered.
'So that's it!' I thought. 'We can see them because our Millenium Items somehow synchronized with his when he used it. Wait! Egyptian gods! He can't mean-' "Marik! Come on!" We hurried after the group, being careful to stay close to the walls so we could duck into a room to hide if neccessary.
It was only minutes later, though it had seemed like hours, that we stood before those great stone doors. The doors to the chamber of the Egyptian gods!
"Isis!" Marik shout-whispered.
"What is it, Marik?"
"We're not going to follow them in there, are we?" he asked. He was shaking. I knew he didn't want to return there, and I wasn't going to make him. I was actually a bit frightened of what might happen if he returned to the place where he had received the tombkeeper's initiation.
"You can wait here..." I told him softly. "I must follow them though. We have to protect the Egyptian gods, you know."
"Yes. I know," he said unenthusiastically. "I'll wait for you." I nodded and left to get closer to the group of intruders.
"Here we are," said the Egyptian boy. "As I promised, I have brought you to the chamber of the gods. But you must not take anything from this spot, lest you may anger the gods."
'Well that's good,' I thought. 'At least they won't hurt anything. But I can't help but wonder why they're even here..'
The foreigners entered the chamber and began to take photographs of and notes about the stone tablets inside. Suddenly the Egyptian turned in my direction. I ducked behind the stone column so quickly he couldn't have possibly seen me, but somehow I knew he was aware of my presence.
"Marhaba," he greeted in Arabic. I wasn't entirely sure what to do. Should I answer him? "Marhaba," he repeated.
"Marhaba?" I said hesitantly. "Esmak eh?" I asked his name.
"Esmi Shadi," he answered. 'Shadi, huh? Why is that familiar..' "Esmak eh?"
His question took me a bit by surprise. I stepped out from my hiding place. "Esmi Isis."
"Marhaba Isis. Fein Marik?" ' 'Where is Marik!' ' I thought.
"Marik?" 'How does he know of my brother?' I couldn't help but think that he looked so familiar.
"Naam.." (Yes..) He sounded a bit irritated.
"Ana mish fahem. Henak-" (I don't understand. Over there-) I wanted to add, 'but-'
"Shukran." (Thank you.)
"Men fadlik.. Ana mish fahem.. Mumken tsaa'dni?" (Please.. I don't understand.. Can
you help me?)
"Isis.." he started. "Int betetkalem inglizi?" (Do you speak English?)
"Hm? Yemken.." (Hm? Perhaps..) I still wasn't sure if I should trust him.
"Isis..."
"Ana batkallem englizi.." (I speak English..)
"Thank you.." He started to speak English now for some reason. Perhaps he had become more accustomed to speaking it from working with the foreigners. "Now.. I am a spirit, and the guardian of the Millenium Items."
"I see.." I couldn't believe it. I was talking to a spirit. "Shadi? How did you know of my-"
"I have known of the two of you before you were ever born. You have manditory roles in fate's plan for the pharoah's return."
"The pharoah has returned!"
"In a very short time, yes. A young boy shall help the pharoah return to us. You must-" Suddenly, Pegasus's voice rose up.
"Marvelous! Simply marvelous! This should be perfect for the ressurection of my Egyptian god cards!"
"Wait!" I said. "Cards? That man - Pegasus - he couldn't be the Maximillion Pegasus, could he?"
"One and the same," Shadi answered. "But I am afraid you must go. I don't think Mr. Pegasus would be thrilled to find out that other people knew of his coming here. Marik is waiting for you, now go," he said determinedly. I couldn't help but notice how deep a blue his eyes were. It was almost mesmorizing. "Isis!" he said, snapping me out of my trance.
"Oh! I'm sorry. I'd better go. Salam.." I ran back to where Marik wait, just as Pegasus and the others came back from their rendezvous with the gods.
"Isis..." Marik said fearfully. I blinked.
"Yes? What is it, brother?"
"Is.." he started. "Is that who I think it is..?" He was looking at Shadi. I knew it! I had seen him before; Marik recognized him too. Now who was he was the only question. "That... That's the guy who killed..." He couldn't finish. My eyes widened as I remembered. Obviously Shadi was one of the good guys, and he hadn't done anything to our father, though Marik didn't know that, so I had to protect him.
"No! Of course not!" I lied. Well, it wasn't really a lie. He was the man Marik was refering to, but he wasn't the one who killed Father, so..
He blinked. "A-.. Are you sure?" I nodded.
"I was talking to him wasn't I? Don't worry.. He's one of our kind." Marik looked very relieved. Despite how much he hated the tombkeeper clans, he still would've been angry had I spoken with an outsider.
"Well in that case.." An evil smile appeared on his face. Not the evil smile of his dark side controling his thoughts, but the evil smile of a tormenting sibling. "You certainly seemed...interested in him," he said with a sly tone to his voice. My face turned about the color of Slifer's blood.
At first I didn't know what to do, but then I thought of a perfect excuse. "Marik! We need to be paying attention to them and staying quiet, remember!" He pouted slightly but did as I reqested. We turned our attention back to the intruders.
"Did you find everything you needed?" Shadi was asking.
"Yes, yes. Thank you so very much.." Pegasus answered. "My Egyptian god cards will be the most coveted monsters in the world!"
"I have given you access to much information about the gods, but be warned Maximillion Pegasus.. The gods have powers beyond your understanding. You may not be able to control them." 'He has the strangest accent.. It's very soothing somehow though..' I thought. 'Ra! I have to stop that!'
"Ridiculous!" Pegasus yelled. "I shall be their creator! And they're merely cards! Since you gave me this eye and my first battle in the Shadow Realm I've known these monsters have more power and magic than people credit them for, but they can't possibly be too powerful to control!"
"This eye?" Marik whispered. That was when we saw the magic golden relic on his left eye. We both gasped. A Millenium Item!
Shadi gave a bow-like nod. (You try rewording that any better, okay! It took me several minutes to come up with something that sounded even that normal!) "You may do as you wish.. But remember, you have been warned of the consequences of trying to control the gods."
"Fine.. Fine.. But let's not talk about this anymore, shall we? It's such an upseting conversation. We'll just be on our way.." Pegasus and his party walked past where we were hiding and out into the corridor to where the path went left or right. He turned around with a sheepish look. "Um.. Which way was it again?"
Shadi laughed lightly, and Marik and I tried hard not to do the same. "Right," he answered.
"Um.. Thanks.." They went on their way, and Shadi began to follow. As he went past us, I decided I had to talk to him.
"Shadi!"
"Hm?" He turned to look at me. "Yes, Isis? What is it?" I left Marik behind to go talk to him.
"I.. I was just wondering.." Ooh, this was embarressing! Why couldn't I just speak? "Will I see you again?" I blurted out.
"I-.. Isis?" I looked away from him, but unfortunately, right at Marik. He was giving me another evil sibling look. I returned the look with a death glare, which he returned by making little kissy faces and laughing silently but evilly. I would've killed him then and there had Shadi noticed.. I looked back at him to see. Fortunately for Marik, he hadn't. Or at least he showed no signs that he had. Shadi smiled. "I have a feeling destiny intends for our paths to cross again," he answered.
"But-.. How often will they cross?..." I could only imagine how red my face was. Why did I even talk to him in the first place? If we were destined to become closer, then we would. I didn't need to say a word. Why did I never think things through before doing them?
"Isis.. Are you trying to say-?" I looked to the ground and nodded so slightly I hoped he wouldn't notice. "But I am a spirit-.. Isis.." I looked into those pure blue eyes, and he smiled warmly. "Were you to look at the destiny's path now, probably not often. But we holders of the Items have the power to change destiny if we can figure it out. I suppose I could come visit you here if you so wished.." My eyes grew large. I couldn't believe it. A smile found its way to my lips. "Would you like me to do that?"
Out of pure spontaneous reaction I threw my arms around his neck. "Oh yes! Thank you! Thank you!" Suddenly I realized what I had just done and pulled away. "Oh! I'm so sorry.. I just-.. When you-.. Oh.." I couldn't believe it. I'd never done anything like that. Why now?
He just smiled though. "It's all right.. Really.." He put his hand under my chin and tilted it upward. Blue looked into blue. "I promise.. I shall come see you as often as I can.. You're very pretty.. Did you know that?" I blushed again. 'Dang it..' I thought. 'At this rate I'm just going to stay red.'
"Sha-"
"Shadi!" I was interupted by the voice of Pegasus.
"Well.. I guess he's lost again.. I'd better go," he said.
"I guess you're right.. You'd better keep that promise though!" I said, smiling.
He looked down lovingly. "I will. Salam."
"Salam." He went to find Pegasus and I returned to Marik. He was giving me a sly look. "Don't- even.."
He shrugged. "I didn't say word.."
"DON'T- even.."
"Not a word.." He snickered tauntingly.
"Look! See? You're making fun of me!" I yelled.
"I still haven't said one word about it.." He snickered again.
"Ooh! You are the most impossible child! Did you know that?" He could be so infuriating at times..
He shrugged. "Of course I knew that." He looked at me. I hate that look! "Did you know what Shadi told you?"
I was shocked. "You could hear us!"
"Duh.. You think all those years of spying on the elders worsened my hearing? No.. But I believe you're avoiding the question, my dear Isis.."
"Hey! Now you ARE making fun of me!"
He grinned stupily. "So?"
"Oooohhh... Come here!" I started to chase him.
"Whoah!" He ran full speed into the hall. It didn't do any good.. I always was faster than him.. "Isis! Hey!"
"Get back here! I still need to kill you for that!" I laughed, though I was still angry with him. This was just too much fun to stay mad.
"C'mon! Give me a break, would ya!"
I shook my head. I was gaining on him now. "Huh-uh! You got yourself into this!"
"Isi- whoah!" Odeon came out of the one of the rooms and Marik ran right into him. Somehow they managed to keep from falling down, but I couldn't stop and ran right into them both, sending us all falling to the ground. I burst into a fit of laughter. "What's so funny..?" Marik pouted.
To be perfectly honest, I had absolutely no idea. But Marik didn't have to know that. "Your stupidity.." I answered tauntingly. I tried to get up. "Ow.." I fell back down.
"What!" He tried to get up too, but Odeon had fallen on his right leg so he couldn't move either. "I know you didn't just say that, sis.." He glared, but it was almost a playful glare.
"Will you two- ow..- stop arguing? Ow.." I realized I was on Odeon's arm and quickly moved. "Thanks.." He sat up, which allowed Marik to get up, which allowed me to get up.
"Well that was certainly a difficult situation.." I said half to myself.
Odeon nodded. Marik scowled. "My leg hurts now.." he complained.
"My arm hurts now.." Odeon said. He wasn't helping the situation..
"Hey! I don't weigh that much!" I said.
Marik snorted. "Che! Yes you do!"
"What!" I hissed. "I am not fat!"
"Yes you are!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Hey Isis.." His tone surprised me. It was almost normal. "I just thought of something. Despite your name, I think Set is the god who watches over you."
I blinked. "Hm? Now why on earth would you think that?" Maybe he was saying I was evil? Hm..
He grinned evilly. "Because Set's the god of hippos!" he yelled tauntingly.
My jaw dropped. I was right on that fine line between bursting out laughing and tearing him limb from limb. Yeah.. Limb from limb.. "Marik!"
"Hippo!" (Author's Note:Maybe this scene is why she's so freakin' anorexic! I'm not being mean, there're few things I would love more than to BE Isis, but I'm telling you, she's anorexic! She's 5'6" and weighs a whole 95lbs.! She's gotta be anorexic!)
I growled. "Marik!" He started to run again, but I tackled him to the ground and sat on his stomach. "Now, you are dead!"
He struggled for a moment, then looked up at Odeon. "O-.. Odeon?... Help?..."
Odeon just shrugged. "Sorry.. You do kinda deserve it.. And I'M not gonna try to take her on.."
Marik looked very worried. He looked up at me with the most adorable puppy eyes I'd ever seen. "Pwetty pwetty pwease don't hu't me, sister.. You won't weally hu't me wi' you..?" He was just too cute. I wanted to just pick him up and huggle him. Don't get me wrong, I still wanted to kill him. And I hadn't forgotten that either.
"Oh don't worry, baby brother.." I said innocently. "I would neve' eve' hurt you.."
He blinked. "Re- really?"
I rolled my eyes. "No!" I began to tickle him until he was begging for mercy. Odeon just stood by watching.
"Please...stop...Isis?...please stop!" I did. For the moment anyway...
"And why should I?"
"Please? I think I'm about to wet myself here.."
I acted as though I was thinking about it. "Weeeellllll... No. Not good enough."
"Because I'm your only little brother and you just love me so much?" I didn't say a word. "Ugh.. Yeah.. Didn't think so.." His eyes suddenly lit up. I could tell he had had an idea that I couldn't say no to.. And of course, I had to be right.. "Or maybe Odeon would like to hear about your new boyfriend.." Oh no.. Why did he have to say that?
Odeon looked down with interest. "Her.. boyfriend?" He seemed a bit angry. Of course.. I'd always known that Odeon cared about me as more than a little sister. He was nearly ten years older than I was, but he actually had feelings for me. Our father- or rather Marik and I's father..- had always made it perfectly clear to everyone that Odeon was NOT his son and not our brother, so there really shouldn't have been anything strange about it. But I didn't care what they all thought. He would always be my big brother and nothing would ever change that. Marik felt the same way. I suppose that's why I felt so uncomfortable when he would act like he cared that way for me. Alrhough, being raised in the ancient ways, there shouldn't have been anything wrong with it anyway. But Odeon understood my feelings, thankfully, and was most respectful of them. But now thanks to Marik- Ugh.. Little brothers..
"Oh yes.. What was his name, Isis? Shadi?"
I rolled my eyes with exasperation. "What in the name of Ra do you mean, 'what was his name, Isis?'? We both just met him five minutes ago! And he's not my boyfriend okay!" I finally let him get up. I thought maybe he'd run away instead of running his mouth more.. I thought wrong..
Marik gave me the same evil sibling look it seemed I'd been recieving from him all day. "You're right.. He's not is he? At least not for now..."
"Isis?"
"Marik!"
"Come on! I freakin' saw you okay! You guys would've kissed had it not been for Pegasus and them!" I was speechless. H-.. Had we really been that close?
Odeon was slightly upset, but mainly confused. "Pegasus?"
Marik brushed it off. "It's a guy's last name.. I'll explain later.. But I notice you're not saying anything, Isis.. What's the matter? Is it the fact that you know I'm right?" I hardly heard him. I was consulting my necklace. I looked back into the recent past.
-Oh yes! Thank you! Thank you! 'I really acted like that!' I was never that giddy! Here I was nearly twenty and acting like a little girl!
It's all right... Really... This scene made me blush even now. 'Does my face actually turn that red? Ohh.. But his eyes are so blue..' Your very pretty.. Did you know that? He was just too sweet!.. I wished I could be with him, but.. But what? I wasn't just some girl. I was Isis Ishtar, possessor of the Millenium Necklace! Had Shadi not said that we Item holders had powers over fate? Even if we couldn't bend it but just a tiny bit, we could find some way to be together! ...Couldn't we? Suddenly another vision came to mind.
-I've been here two minutes and I'm already bored.. What was this? I recognized this vision. It was- or I suppose would be- right before I would give Seto Kaiba the Obelisk the Tormentor card. I don't know why on earth I would ever give him a card like Obelisk. From a few other visions I'd had (For some reason I kept seeing a boy named Yugi and his friends and the Kaiba brothers in visions that seemed to be from about the present time.) he seemed quite the duelist as it was. Besides, to give him anything seemed stupid in and of itself. He seemed like such a stuck up bastard.. But who knew? Maybe he really did have a heart. Maybe you just had to get to know him. Yeah! And maybe someday hell would freeze over too! No. He didn't seem like the person who cared for anyone but himself..
"Yoo-hoo.. Isis? Hello-o.. Anyone home in there...?" I snapped back to reality to see Marik waving his hand in front of my face, and it was getting quite annoying.. "You back or what? Hello..? Are you having a vision or just daydreaming about your little boyfriend?"
I glared. "How many death threats do you have to get a day before you know when to quit..?" He just shrugged and smiled. "And yes, I WAS having a vision, okay?" He didn't know I could control my visions too. Suddenly I got an idea to mess with his head, BIG TIME.. "But there's no way I'm going to tell YOU about it. I mean, sure it would probably be useful but... I don't know if I really want to help you or not.." Immature. But effective.
He blinked. "Um.. What do you mean by be useful? Nothing's gonna happen to me, is it? ... Isis?" He was getting worried. "Isis?"
"Mm... Let's just say, you might wanna watch your back during sandstorms..." I barely kept from laughing. He always had been paranoid..
"Um.. W- Why? What's gonna happen to me? Do you mean every sandstorm or- Isis! What are you talking about! Why do I need to watch my back! What's going to happen!" Odeon was standing behind Marik and gave me a look that seemed to say, 'Will you leave him alone, already?' I actually did laugh a little this time. Marik noticed and turned around to Odeon. "What's going on!" I took the opportunity. I mouthed silently, 'But this is way too fun..' Odeon laughed and Marik turned back to me. "What's the deal! Why do you two keep doing that!" Odeon acted like he was going to stop for a moment, but I guess he just couldn't resist. He mouthed the words, 'Just do it..' I laughed at both of them. I knew exactly what he was trying to do. "Stop it!" Marik looked back and forth quickly as to prevent anymore communication between us. "You guys are plotting against me, aren't you! You're going to force me to live underground forever, aren't you!" We were both fighting the urge to laugh. "I put my trust in you and this is what you do behind my back!"
We both burst out laughing. "Come now.. You don't really believe that do you?" Odeon asked.
"Um.." My poor little brother.. He was just so confused.. I almost felt sorry for him.. Who am I kidding? I was loving every moment of it! But I really did love my baby brother, so I decided I'd be nice now that I'd messed with him a little.. After all, knowing about the whole psychotic spirit taking over his mind thing years in advance kind of made me want to be on his good side..
"Odeon's right.. We love you; you know that. We have to give our widdle bwother a hard time sometimes don't we?" He chuckled. Little did I realize at that time it would be one of the last times I would ever hear my brother laugh in good humor.
"Yeah.. I guess your right.. Besides, I did give you a pretty hard time earlier. I deserved that."
"Well.. I won't argue with you!" I smiled.
"Hey!"
I rolled my eyes. "You big baby.. Come here.." I hugged him tightly.
"Come on.. Isis. Master Marik. Let's go find something for dinner," Odeon suggested before walking off.
"Good idea.." I followed him.
Marik blinked. "MASTER Marik? I like the sound of that.." I rolled my eyes and sighed. "Well I do.." he muttered, then he started to follow as well. "Um.. Hey Isis.. You WERE just kidding about the whole sandstorm thing right?" I smiled, but decided to let him suffer a bit. "Right? Isis?" He ran to catch up with us. "Isis!"
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Aimi:Yes! It! Is! FINISHED! BUAHAHAHA! Now for the next two or three years of her life... -sigh- Oh well. Please review!