Millennium Ritual
Chapter 16: Soul Room
An hour passed after Shadi and Ishizu revealed The Faceless Priestess to Yugi, Kaiba, and Aura, and everyone was eating, except for Aura, Ishizu and Shadi. Aura excused herself to her room, while Shadi and Ishizu left on some private business.
Yugi stared at his now cold plate, unaware of the conversation Tea, Duke, Tristan, and Joey was having. He didn't know what to think, who just realized how much Aura looked like the Priestess. Remembering how Aura stormed out of the chamber, Yugi thought, 'Does that mean that Aura has something to hide?' He stared at the door, wondering what Aura was doing right at that moment.
Yami Bakura, who now took over the body, thought about the conversation he overheard when he followed Yugi and the others. As they were talking in the chamber an hour ago, he was on the other side of the wall, hearing every single word of the conversation. When Shadi finally dismissed himself from the chamber, Yami Bakura walked in, staring at the tablet. His eyes cast down, he smirked, and thought, 'Well, I should've known. The pitiful girl does have a royal bearing to Maeve. It makes a person wonder what her motive in this mess is.' Yami Bakura glanced at his enemy, Yugi, who was just staring into space. 'It's amusing how he has no idea what's going on. But then again, I don't know either.' He frowned. 'Well, then I must find out, shouldn't I?'
He dusted off the invisible dirt from his lap, put on his best Bakura face, and said to the others, "Well, it's getting late. I think I'll go get some shut-eye, eh?"
"Okay. G' night Bakura." Joey said, who returned to the conversation about Egyptian products. Yami Bakura nodded, stood up, and walked out of the room, saying quietly to himself, "Hope you're awake, Aura, because you're in for the time of your life." He grinned menacingly, with the Millennium Symbol glowing brightly on his head.
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"He knows. Shadi actually knows." Aura said, pacing back and forth in the little room she was given. She twirled her hair, a habit she had ever since she was a child. "Ergh! I should have been more careful! Why didn't I hide my Millennium Orb? Why? Ugh, I'm such a fool. Shadi still would have found out anyway, he is the guardian of the Millennium Items after all!" Aura stopped, breathed in and out for a moment, curled her hand into a fist, and punched a nearby vase. The vase shattered into pieces, falling to the hard wooden floor. She stared at it, and felt a twinge of pain in her hand. Holding up her hand, she saw blood gushing out of her knuckles, with pieces of the vase still in her hand. Gritting her teeth, she walked to the mirror, and washed her bloody hand in the wash bowl on her side. Quickly she took a rag and wrapped the rag around her hand. Then Aura slipped a few medicinal leaves with salve on it in between the rag and her hand, the salve facing the hand.
Satisfied, Aura walked to her bed, taking off her cape and putting it on a nearby chair. Plopping herself onto the scratchy bed, she sighed, and thought to herself, 'I wonder how long I can keep up the Mystery Girl act.' Aura went into the covers, and stared at the ceiling above her. 'I wonder when Yami will find out. I wonder when Kaiba and the others find out who I really am. I wonder if she's ever going . . .' Aura never finished that thought, for she fell asleep, with her wounded hand holding the Millennium Orb.
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"About time you fell asleep, girl." Yami Bakura said, walking in Aura's room. He stood above her sleeping form, watching her chest moving up and down. Noticing the rag on her hand, he shook his head, and said, "Tsk, tsk. Been hurting yourself, haven't you?" Walking to the sack on a chair, Yami Bakura dug through it, looking for clues.
"Let's see. A hairbrush, water bottle, first aid, stale bread, journal, more bread. . . Hello, what have we here?" Yami Bakura said, picking up a fairly large rectangular locket. He opened it, and found a picture of Aura as a child. She was smiling, holding a younger boy in her lap. 'Possibly the girl's brother.' Yami Bakura thought, as he continued to inspect the picture. In the background shown a woman, obviously Egyptian, around the age of 35. 'Ah, her mother.' He thought, as he stood up and stared at the picture. Tossing it back into the sack, Yami Bakura said, "Well, this doesn't give me a lot of information, now does it? You really didn't want anyone finding out what you're up to, now did you?" He stared at Aura, and walked up to her slowly.
"But no worries," He said, sitting on the bed besides her, "Like I said before, I will find out soon enough." Yami Bakura placed his hand on her forehead, and in a blink of an eye, he disappeared, into the depths of Aura's mind.
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"Well, this is by far one of the most interesting soul rooms I've ever been in." Yami Bakura said, as he stared at his surroundings. The walls were circular, and the color of the room was dark violet and cerulean blue.
"By the color, it seems that Aura can't get rid of her past memories. So much for forgive and forget."
He continued to look some more, now noticing several stands, standing side to side up against the walls. Each stand, Yami Bakura noticed, had a crystal sphere on the center of it. And in the center of the room, stood a single stand, with a small fire in the center of the stand.
"Hope, courage." He said, walking to the fire and swinging his hand back and forth in the fire.
"I wonder what the spheres are for," Yami Bakura said, standing before one, "Well, I guess I'll find out." He placed his hand on it, waiting.
Suddenly Yami Bakura was whisked into a past memory of Aura's mind, his eyes wide with surprise. As he looked around, he saw a girl, Aura, weeping for a woman, her mother, dead. Aura and her mother were covered with blood, as Yami Bakura saw several daggers sticking out of the mother's dead body. Sickened, Yami Bakura left, leaving himself to the room he started in.
"Interesting," He said, walking up to another one, "I wonder what will happen next." He touched another sphere, and was whisked to another memory. An older Aura, but not quite as mature, was arguing with a young Kaiba. As they argued, Kaiba slapped her across the face, as Aura crumbled to the ground. Tears rolling down her eyes, she stormed out of the room, with a very young Mokuba running after her. Returning to the room, he thought to himself, 'Again, interesting.'
Yami Bakura now noticed the door at his left, and said, "Now what have we here." He walked to the door, and opened it. A bright light surrounded him, as he covered his eyes in annoyance. As the light dimmed, he saw as what he would call, "another annoyance." For what he saw was 5 more doorways, each with a different symbol.
"This is going to be harder than I thought." Yami Bakura thought, as he studied each of the strange doors. Growling, he opened the first door, which zapped his hand as he turned the doorknob. Yami Bakura stared at it, annoyed once more. He tried the other door, which zapped him as well. Then he tried the other, zapping him again. Trying the door next to it, he opened it. Grinning, he walked in, only to be almost crushed by a giant slab of rock. And so he tried to open the last door, only this time the door threw him against the wall.
He dusted himself off as he stood and walked back to the two doors. Thinking, he said, "Ah, so one of these two doors hold the answer I am looking for." He looked back and forth between the two doors. "But which one?" Yami Bakura pondered for awhile, and suddenly said, "Of course! Why didn't I notice before? The fourth door has the Millennium Symbol, which means, this is the door."
Cautiously Yami Bakura opened it, and quickly ran to the other side of the doorway, which just in time got out of the way before the rock collided to the floor.
"Finally," Yami Bakura said, as he walked toward the other door, "I have come to my destination." He opened it, and what he saw inside it made him gasp.
"I-It's you! B-But how? That spell. . . I thought it was never to break! How did you. . ." He stammered, backing away slowly.
"Get out," The woman said, casually throwing an orb of light to Yami Bakura, which made him get out of Aura's mind.
"And never come back." She finished, who slammed the door behind her.
To Be Continued. . .
Okay, hope you like this chapter! Listen, I have to hurry up, because my mom is getting really mad at me now. . . uh- oh. . . here she comes. . . Darn, it's my sister! NOO!!!!
Oh yeah! Please review!
Chapter 16: Soul Room
An hour passed after Shadi and Ishizu revealed The Faceless Priestess to Yugi, Kaiba, and Aura, and everyone was eating, except for Aura, Ishizu and Shadi. Aura excused herself to her room, while Shadi and Ishizu left on some private business.
Yugi stared at his now cold plate, unaware of the conversation Tea, Duke, Tristan, and Joey was having. He didn't know what to think, who just realized how much Aura looked like the Priestess. Remembering how Aura stormed out of the chamber, Yugi thought, 'Does that mean that Aura has something to hide?' He stared at the door, wondering what Aura was doing right at that moment.
Yami Bakura, who now took over the body, thought about the conversation he overheard when he followed Yugi and the others. As they were talking in the chamber an hour ago, he was on the other side of the wall, hearing every single word of the conversation. When Shadi finally dismissed himself from the chamber, Yami Bakura walked in, staring at the tablet. His eyes cast down, he smirked, and thought, 'Well, I should've known. The pitiful girl does have a royal bearing to Maeve. It makes a person wonder what her motive in this mess is.' Yami Bakura glanced at his enemy, Yugi, who was just staring into space. 'It's amusing how he has no idea what's going on. But then again, I don't know either.' He frowned. 'Well, then I must find out, shouldn't I?'
He dusted off the invisible dirt from his lap, put on his best Bakura face, and said to the others, "Well, it's getting late. I think I'll go get some shut-eye, eh?"
"Okay. G' night Bakura." Joey said, who returned to the conversation about Egyptian products. Yami Bakura nodded, stood up, and walked out of the room, saying quietly to himself, "Hope you're awake, Aura, because you're in for the time of your life." He grinned menacingly, with the Millennium Symbol glowing brightly on his head.
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"He knows. Shadi actually knows." Aura said, pacing back and forth in the little room she was given. She twirled her hair, a habit she had ever since she was a child. "Ergh! I should have been more careful! Why didn't I hide my Millennium Orb? Why? Ugh, I'm such a fool. Shadi still would have found out anyway, he is the guardian of the Millennium Items after all!" Aura stopped, breathed in and out for a moment, curled her hand into a fist, and punched a nearby vase. The vase shattered into pieces, falling to the hard wooden floor. She stared at it, and felt a twinge of pain in her hand. Holding up her hand, she saw blood gushing out of her knuckles, with pieces of the vase still in her hand. Gritting her teeth, she walked to the mirror, and washed her bloody hand in the wash bowl on her side. Quickly she took a rag and wrapped the rag around her hand. Then Aura slipped a few medicinal leaves with salve on it in between the rag and her hand, the salve facing the hand.
Satisfied, Aura walked to her bed, taking off her cape and putting it on a nearby chair. Plopping herself onto the scratchy bed, she sighed, and thought to herself, 'I wonder how long I can keep up the Mystery Girl act.' Aura went into the covers, and stared at the ceiling above her. 'I wonder when Yami will find out. I wonder when Kaiba and the others find out who I really am. I wonder if she's ever going . . .' Aura never finished that thought, for she fell asleep, with her wounded hand holding the Millennium Orb.
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"About time you fell asleep, girl." Yami Bakura said, walking in Aura's room. He stood above her sleeping form, watching her chest moving up and down. Noticing the rag on her hand, he shook his head, and said, "Tsk, tsk. Been hurting yourself, haven't you?" Walking to the sack on a chair, Yami Bakura dug through it, looking for clues.
"Let's see. A hairbrush, water bottle, first aid, stale bread, journal, more bread. . . Hello, what have we here?" Yami Bakura said, picking up a fairly large rectangular locket. He opened it, and found a picture of Aura as a child. She was smiling, holding a younger boy in her lap. 'Possibly the girl's brother.' Yami Bakura thought, as he continued to inspect the picture. In the background shown a woman, obviously Egyptian, around the age of 35. 'Ah, her mother.' He thought, as he stood up and stared at the picture. Tossing it back into the sack, Yami Bakura said, "Well, this doesn't give me a lot of information, now does it? You really didn't want anyone finding out what you're up to, now did you?" He stared at Aura, and walked up to her slowly.
"But no worries," He said, sitting on the bed besides her, "Like I said before, I will find out soon enough." Yami Bakura placed his hand on her forehead, and in a blink of an eye, he disappeared, into the depths of Aura's mind.
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"Well, this is by far one of the most interesting soul rooms I've ever been in." Yami Bakura said, as he stared at his surroundings. The walls were circular, and the color of the room was dark violet and cerulean blue.
"By the color, it seems that Aura can't get rid of her past memories. So much for forgive and forget."
He continued to look some more, now noticing several stands, standing side to side up against the walls. Each stand, Yami Bakura noticed, had a crystal sphere on the center of it. And in the center of the room, stood a single stand, with a small fire in the center of the stand.
"Hope, courage." He said, walking to the fire and swinging his hand back and forth in the fire.
"I wonder what the spheres are for," Yami Bakura said, standing before one, "Well, I guess I'll find out." He placed his hand on it, waiting.
Suddenly Yami Bakura was whisked into a past memory of Aura's mind, his eyes wide with surprise. As he looked around, he saw a girl, Aura, weeping for a woman, her mother, dead. Aura and her mother were covered with blood, as Yami Bakura saw several daggers sticking out of the mother's dead body. Sickened, Yami Bakura left, leaving himself to the room he started in.
"Interesting," He said, walking up to another one, "I wonder what will happen next." He touched another sphere, and was whisked to another memory. An older Aura, but not quite as mature, was arguing with a young Kaiba. As they argued, Kaiba slapped her across the face, as Aura crumbled to the ground. Tears rolling down her eyes, she stormed out of the room, with a very young Mokuba running after her. Returning to the room, he thought to himself, 'Again, interesting.'
Yami Bakura now noticed the door at his left, and said, "Now what have we here." He walked to the door, and opened it. A bright light surrounded him, as he covered his eyes in annoyance. As the light dimmed, he saw as what he would call, "another annoyance." For what he saw was 5 more doorways, each with a different symbol.
"This is going to be harder than I thought." Yami Bakura thought, as he studied each of the strange doors. Growling, he opened the first door, which zapped his hand as he turned the doorknob. Yami Bakura stared at it, annoyed once more. He tried the other door, which zapped him as well. Then he tried the other, zapping him again. Trying the door next to it, he opened it. Grinning, he walked in, only to be almost crushed by a giant slab of rock. And so he tried to open the last door, only this time the door threw him against the wall.
He dusted himself off as he stood and walked back to the two doors. Thinking, he said, "Ah, so one of these two doors hold the answer I am looking for." He looked back and forth between the two doors. "But which one?" Yami Bakura pondered for awhile, and suddenly said, "Of course! Why didn't I notice before? The fourth door has the Millennium Symbol, which means, this is the door."
Cautiously Yami Bakura opened it, and quickly ran to the other side of the doorway, which just in time got out of the way before the rock collided to the floor.
"Finally," Yami Bakura said, as he walked toward the other door, "I have come to my destination." He opened it, and what he saw inside it made him gasp.
"I-It's you! B-But how? That spell. . . I thought it was never to break! How did you. . ." He stammered, backing away slowly.
"Get out," The woman said, casually throwing an orb of light to Yami Bakura, which made him get out of Aura's mind.
"And never come back." She finished, who slammed the door behind her.
To Be Continued. . .
Okay, hope you like this chapter! Listen, I have to hurry up, because my mom is getting really mad at me now. . . uh- oh. . . here she comes. . . Darn, it's my sister! NOO!!!!
Oh yeah! Please review!