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C.T: Crouching Tigress is jumping up and down "YAAAAAAAAAAY"
Everyone: Everyone winces from the loud yelling "Hello to you to Crouching Tigress"
C.T: Crouching Tigress is still jumping up and down "I can't believe it "
H.D: Hidden Dragon winces "Believe what?"
C.T: "Graduation is coming up…"
H.D: "not that again"
Bakura: "and?"
Sicere: "H.D, Bakura how can you belittle high school graduation?"
H.D: "Easily"
Bakura: Bakura cuddles up to Sicere, "I'm sorry love"
Yami: Yami taps his chin as he thinks, "I believe your proms coming up"
C.T: "Yup and I can't wait for prom"
Bakura: "oh yes and you still have no date ha"
C.T: Crouching Tigress begins to cry, T-T
Yami: "Bakura how dare you upset the authoress. Its alright Tigress you'll find someone to go with"
C.T: Crouching Tigress hugs Yami "Thanks Yami"
Yami: Yami smiles, "No problem"
Kura: Kura runs in "Want to know what today's secret is? It's me"
Bakura: Bakura picks up Kura "Yup all about my little girl"
Kura: Kura smiles at her father and he smiles back.
Yugi: "Yami?"
Yami: "Yes?"
Yugi: Yugi's voice holds fake and real terror "What's with the Bakura's face? It's scaring me"
Yami: Yami is playing along "I think they're smiling"
Yugi: Yugi covers his eyes "Make them stop, I'm not use to them, smiling without murderous intent" Yugi uncovers his eyes and smiles.
(The joke here was by Aitwo)
Ryou: "Crouching Tigress doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Inu-yasha"
Kura: Kura climbs so she's looking over Bakura's shoulder, "and Ms. Tigger owns me, my mommy and dusty"
C.T: Crouching Tigress sweet drops, "she means Velius… lets get this party on the road"
Bakura and Sicere: Bakura and Sicere smile at Kura
Inu-yasha: "Stop playing around and get to the story I have other things to do other then sit around and be at your beg and-"
Kagome: "Inu-yasha sit"
Inu-yasha: Inu-yasha is smashed thru the floor
C.T: "Thanks Kagome"
Kagome: "no problem"
Inu-yasha: Inu-yasha looks up from his hole, "I do no in joy this fic"
C.T: "I'm sorry I'll make it up to you later now lets get started…"
Ch.10: The Reason
After everyone had eaten their fill Malik escorted the weary travelers threw the peril less hall until they reached the guest room. The room was quite beautiful room that looked over the Egyptian landscape that sands glittered as the moon sent her gaze over it. The room had been painted to resemble an Egyptian tomb except for a few pictures that hung off the walls. They're where six beds that where covered in thin white sheets, which weren't needed because of the warm summer breeze.
"Here you go guys. You like it?" Malik asked and got a nod from all of his companies and smiled at their delight.
"I will wake you before the sun rises. Come Malik" Ishizu said drawing the blond Egyptian from his friends, "Sleep well" Ishizu bowed and left so the others could get ready for bed.
As soon as the door was shut Joey ran and jumped onto the first available bed he saw, "this is my bed and here are some rules and warnings. One: I snore deal with it Two: I talk in my sleep deal with it and-" before Joey could come up with number three he fell on his pillow.
"Huh? Joey are you okay?" Kagome asked, as she was about to reach out and grab his shoulder when he began to talk about types of cakes and drooling at the mention of said cakes.
"Oh he dose that all the time Kagome" Ryou said as he removed his over shirt and hung it neatly next to his bed.
Mokuba watched as Joey's leg began to move like a dog's when they slept. He snickered, "Big brother's right he is a dog" Mokuba thought as he lied down in the bed next to Ryou.
Yugi slipped of his jacket and unlike Ryou who set his jacket neatly near his bed simply threw the blue jacket at the end of his bed before he jumped onto the bed closest to the door his small body was almost swallowed by the sheet and mattress, "We should get a good night sleep," said Yugi who then yawned and shook his head in attempt to stay awake a little longer.
Yami smiled at his cute little light, "Alright hikari I shall return to the confounds of the puzzle for the night"
Yugi crawled under the thin sheets and turned and faced his yami, "Okay Yami see you tomorrow morning"
"Sweet dreams Yugi" Yami turned and gave a light bow to Kagome, "Good night Kagome" Yami stood up strait, "May you all have good dreams" then closed his crimson eyes and was enveloped in a golden aura and vanished with out a trace.
"Nice trick, dose he do kids parties?" Inu-yasha chuckled as he walked over to a corner adjacent to a window that had the delicate light blue moon light shining threw it.
Kagome tried to blink away her surprise, "Now I've seen everything" Kagome thought, "Well good night everyone," Kagome said as she rested under the thin white sheets.
That night most of Egypt slept peacefully but not a certain female demon, Sicere sat on the balcony in a tan almost gold flannel nightgown that curved to her form "bought" for her by a certain tomb robber. Sicere sighed thinking about the past and how she was going to complete her goal as she looked over the landscape.
The moonlight danced off the buildings. The lights from the distant city lit up the sky like it was dawn and farther then that their stood the great pyramids of Giza built by the will of man next to the Nile that gave man his will, "Soon every thing will be set right… I gave you life once… I'll make sure you get it again," Sicere mumbled as she thought of the past.
-Flashback-
Cursing, Bakura paced in the small chamber of his home, wearing a hole in the stone floor. The screams of his love got louder than ever and then the a shrill cry of an infant was heard Bakura dashed to the birthing room, realizing that his child was in the world.
After impatiently waiting at the door, Dark Necrofear, who had helped with the birth, opened the door allowing the distraught thief king to enter, "My master you may enter now" Dark Necrofear said with a smile holding her puppet close to her chest.
Soon the witch of the black forest, another monster summoned to help with the birth, appeared following Dark Necrofear, "You are very lucky master. I can see great things and in your child's future" said the witch of the black forest to beaming with happiness.
Entering the large brightly lit room, Bakura felt strange, it was as though the birthing chamber held intense heat, along with the odor of pungent blood wafting throughout the chamber like one he had never smelt before for it wasn't of death but life.
Bakura's eyes fell onto his love and he felt a smile creep across his dark features. Sicere held a small bundle tight in her arms, the contents was barley a few hours old. Sicere smiled at the small bundle, "How is it?" Sicere looked up to her worried husband.
"Its a health little girl" Sicere whispered stroking the cloth of the bundle, "Would you like to hold her?" Bakura nodded and she carefully handed the small bundle to her husband.
Bakura looked at little one in his arms, "She's so… small. How can a person be so small?" Bakura asked as he continued to stare at his child, who gently moved around in her sleep, "Uh… did you name her already?"
Sicere smiled and nodded, "Kura if it is alright with you"
Bakura eyes began filling with tears as he test out the word, "In all this time, I never knew just how beautiful and special this child was until now…" Bakura smiled "I swear to protect you my little one"
"I'm glade your happy love" said Sicere with a sigh relaxing into her bed. Bakura smiled at his wife he knew she was tired even thought she was a demon.
Removing the soft linen that covered the girls face, Bakura fell into aw at the infant's appearance. There in his arms, lay his little angel only hours old and the child appearance seemed to favor her father. Her tresses looked the same as her father were protruding from her small head, glittering color of platinum gold, though the child had a pale complexion in comparison, she still favored her fathers looks. Although the infant appearance greatly favored her father but the infant did inherit from mother two very small birthmarks over each of the infant shoulder blades that resembled feathered wings. The infant slowly turned and opened her large eyes, blinking a few times, taking in the appearance of her father, the little one smiled and giggled.
Bakura stared in astonishment at his daughter orbs. Full of innocence and tranquility, they glittered with wonderful emeralds and specks of the sea and earth embedded within them the color from both parents.
Staring at her father, the little one began to giggle again, Bakura smiled, "and what do you find so funny?" Bakura asked his child in a low whisper with a bit of sarcasm and he found out quickly when Kura used her small hands to grab one of the lower spikes of Bakura's hair, "Ow" Bakura whined. Gently pulled the hair out from Kura's fingers then smiled, "You're lucky I have more hair than what you just pulled out."
Kura cooed in her father's arms and Bakura laughed, "I promise I'll take care of you and never let anyone harm you or your mother," he said in complete seriousness.
"I think she knows that" Sicere sighed pointing out how the small infant had already fallen a sleep in her father's warm embrace.
-End of Flashback-
Sicere sighed again then yipped when she was drawn from her thoughts when she felt two hands of her lover rap around her waist and his lips lightly kiss her on the neck, "what are you doing up?" Bakura asked with a smile.
"Thinking" said Sicere with a sigh.
"Thinking? That can be dangerous you know" Bakura said with a chuckle, "Come knowing that dammed pharaoh he will be at the tomb and we will need our energy"
Sicere giggled and leaned into her lovers strong embrace briefly seeing that grin, that mischievous grin she loved, "If your thinking what I think your thinking the answer is no" Bakura let out a disappointed groaned and Sicere giggled again, "Wasn't you who said 'we will need our energy'?"
Bakura smiled, "I got lot of energy to spare"
Sicere giggled and slightly blushed, "If you have energy to spare then I guess its okay" Sicere said turning to face her lover, "I'll meet you in our room"
Bakura planted a kiss on Sicere's forehead, "I'll wait forever for you"
Bakura turned and left and again Sicere was alone or was she, "Come out right now Succubus" Sicere shouted to the shadows.
The light from the moon fell on the form of a young man with large black bat like wings that were almost invisible from his place among the shadows. His dark amber eyes glowed with malice and his face formed a twisted smile showing his pearly white fangs. To add to his dark appearance the man was dressed in tight black leather, "You are good sister you haven't lost your touch after all these centuries"
"What are you doing here?" Sicere hissed at her half brother.
"Sister it didn't take long for all of the demon world to find out about your return… especially mother oh boy was she mad when she found out you killed the one that resurrected you"
"Your point?"
"Well your going to revive that little bitch of a halfing of yours aren't you?"
Sicere grabbed Succubus by the throat and with inhuman strength lifted him into the air and then pinned him against the wall, her eyes glowing furiously, "I'd watch my tongue if I were you in less you want it cut out"
The threat didn't register, "Ah the demon eyes long time since I saw you have that look… you always hated that part of yourself but you did use it to make yourself a goddess to so many human cultures even thou you wouldn't stay long enough to give your real name dear sister" Succubus said with a brief chuckle as he thought of the past.
Sicere growled angrily at Succubus before she threw him to the floor with a thud and stepped on his chest to pinning him down, "Hear me… blood is blood so I won't kill you but so as the gods as my witness if I see you, mother, sister or step-father I will not hesitate to gut you from navel to sternum as punishment for your words about my daughter. Is that clear?!" Sicere asked in a dangerous and demanding tone.
Succubus nodded, "Guess I should have listened to mother about staying away" Succubus thought to him self with fear from his sisters gaze.
Sicere let Succubus go and turned to leave but pause at the doorway, "I have to get to my love. Night my brother" said the demonic angel darkly.
"Yes sister good night" Succubus said rubbing his neck before spreading his wings and leaving quickly before he faced another attack from his elder sister.
With her half brother gone Sicere quickly entered the bedroom and smiled at Bakura, "What took you so long?" Bakura asked.
"Family issues that needed to be worked out" Sicere said calmly and Bakura automatically knew what his love was talking about. Sicere had issues with her mothers side of the family tree once she and her mother, Lilith got into a heated argument over her marriage to a human and birth of her daughter. No plants could grow in that valley for years.
Sicere smiled at Bakura and quickly removed her nightgown and crawled next to Bakura who striped him self of his confining boxers. The two got ready to relight the flames of their passion and their love in the land of its birth when a banging was heard from the room adjacent to theirs, "Hey I don't want to hear you two doing -anything- got me!!!" for a moment Sicere regretted choosing that CEO to work with her.
"I could always kill him then we could have all the fun we want?" Bakura proposed making the demon goddess giggle.
"No it is alright and we do need our sleep," Sicere rapped her arms around Bakura's waist and he did the same to her. Both closed their eyes and tried to sleep for tomorrow would be a big day.
-Time laps-
The morning sun had yet to rise into the Egyptian sky. Cool morning dew glittered like diamonds as what was left of the moons light danced off them. Inu-yasha opened his eyes and looked around his eyes meeting with Kagome's sleeping form and then towards the door.
With one hand Inu-yasha wiped the sleep from his eyes and let out a silent yawn but stop as his ears perked and twitched as he heard a pairs of footsteps and what sounded like a swishing of clothes, Ishizu and Malik.
"I guess that's our wake up call," Inu-yasha thought before he pushed himself off the wall with one hand. He was right not long after stood up the bedroom door opened and as slowly and as quietly as possibly Ishizu awakened everyone while Malik stood by the door way.
Once everyone was awake and dressed Ishizu led the group to the garage, which had many different types of cars, jeeps and motorcycles in vibrant colors and models. Joey would have stopped to drool over a Harley Davidson motorcycle but was pushed a head by Inu-yasha. Ishizu instructed Malik to gave each of them enough water to last for two days if rationed correctly and a map too Yugi, Yami and Kagome and with reluctance Malik did as his sister told him.
"The maps in your hands are based on historical records that I pulled up last night off the Internet" said Ishizu in her usual mono tone voice, "But there have been some changes in the geological landscape since your rule Yami so be cautious"
"Don't worry Ishizu will destroy these treasures before Sicere can get her hand on them" Yami said in restored confidence from a good nights sleep.
"Just in case Malik will accompany you on your journey" said Ishizu and Malik whined but quickly stopped when he go a glare from his sister and quickly changed his tune.
The small group jumped into a tan jeep. Kagome sat in the passenger seat again next to Malik in the drivers seat while Yami, Yugi, Ryou and Inu-yasha squeezed in the back. Mokuba wanted to come but Ishizu had insisted that he wouldn't want to see his brother that way and that Joey would only make things worse.
"Then go well my pharaoh, brother and friends may Ra shine upon you" Ishizu said with the best smile she could muster and waved them good-bye.
"See ya later sister" Malik said as he pulled out of the over head compartment a pair of black sunglasses and put them on and gave a cheesy smile, "hold onto your butts were going for a wild ride" Inu-yasha and Yami gulped when the little jeep went from zero to sixty in three seconds flat out of the museum garage.
Ishizu sweet dropped as she listened to the screams that vanished into the distance, "my poor brother will kill someone driving like that" said Ishizu and with that Ishizu prepared to get the museum ready for opening she noticed something or someone was missing, "where did Joey and Mokuba go?"
The in the desert the little jeep flew over the sand dunes crashed then taking off again. Everyone wished that Malik would slow down or at least drive like sane person but laughing like a insane person wasn't the way to do that. Eventually the blond Egyptian brought the jeep to a stop and turned around to his passengers, "where here" Malik said with a smile.
Yami, Yugi, Ryou, Kagome and Inu-yasha quickly filed more like jumped out of the car out of fear that Malik would take off again, "That… that lunatic is not going to be driving that land demon back you hear me Kagome" Inu-yasha said pointing at Malik.
"Oh common Inu-yasha I've been driving cars for…" Malik looked at his fingers as he mentally counted the weeks, "four weeks now and Ishizu said I was doing well sure I crashed a few times but I'm getting better"
Yami, Yugi and Ryou shook their heads but now wasn't the time to discuss driving. Kagome removed the maps that Ishizu had given her laid them on the hood of the small vehicle. The map had three circles made in black marker and in the far side of the map written in the same ink was a message.
" 'The places I have circled are three possible places the tomb could be. Be carefully my friends and Ra be with you- Ishizu'" Kagome said reading from the map.
"Hey this section of the map says their might be a tomb less then half a mile away," Yugi said as he pointed out a circle that was further away from the other tombs, "maybe this is it?"
"But Yugi from the other map Ishizu gave us says the geological landscape closed around that area years ago so if their was a tomb their we can't reach it" Ryou said in a- matter- a- fact tone of voice.
"Don't worry I'll fix that problem when we come to it" Inu-yasha said fingering the hilt of the Tetsusiga.
Yami gathered up the maps together and stuffed them in Yugi's backpack, "Lets get going we don't have much time till Ra awakes"
"You mean when the sunrises Yami" Yugi said raising an eyebrow at Yami's Egyptian analogy.
"Oh yes you are right Yugi" Yami said with an embarrassed smile.
"If you're done now can we get going" Inu-yasha said taping his foot. Inu-yasha never liked to wait for other. Yugi and Yami nodded and turned to join the others and together they began to walk into the desert valley.
Hours passed and the Egyptian sun was begging to rise over the sun dunes when Yami, Yugi, Ryou Malik, Kagome and Inu-yasha found the buried tomb. Ishizu's maps were more then correct. Boulders that reached the sky and pebbles the size of crumbs covered the entrance.
"Wow dat's a big rock" Yami, Yugi, Ryou Malik turned around and their stood Joey and Mokuba who were awing at the rock.
"Joey, Mokuba what are you doing here?" Yugi asked his friends.
"I not letting my best little buddy whole wide world go after a demon alone…" Joey leaned down to Yugi's ear, "and I really want to see da jerk Kaiba being dat demons slave" Joey whispered with a sly Joey grin plastered on his face.
"And I want to see for myself if my big brother has become evil" Mokuba said with a stern look.
"And how exactly did you guys get here?" Kagome asked Joey and Mokuba.
Joey smiled, "da trunk" Joey said in a- matter- a- fact tone ginning wildly. Joey looked a head and saw the huge boulders that dwarfed the New Yorker and scratched his head, "So uh anyone got any dynamite, C-4, T.N.T or a nuke?"
"Sorry Joey I left my 'little terrorism and world domination' kit at home" Malik said with a laugh.
"What do we need that junk for stand back and watch" Inu-yasha took a step forward tightening his grip on the Tetsusiga and with ease removed the demotic blade to have his dog like ears pick up the sound of muffled laughing.
"dat dinky piece of rusted metal is going to break those rocks dat's rich" Joey said with his hands still clamped over his mouth.
"Just wait till you see what this 'dinky piece of rusted metal' can do human" Inu-yasha looked down at the seemingly useless sword began to glow as a pulse began to run threw it as thou the spirit of the one who gave his fang to make it was living with in the very core of the blade. The Tetsusiga grew larger and curve making it resemble a large fang and then the light and pulse stopped and the true Tetsusiga was reveled.
Inu-yasha smiled at Joey with a look that said 'what was that human?' and promptly swung the 'steel-cleaving fang' which seemed to created the illusion of a white flame as it moved thru the air. After the strike Inu-yasha rested the fang on his shoulder and stared at the still intact boulders.
"What a jip dat dinky piece of junk didn't do anything 'cept getting big-" Joey statement was halted by a belated cracking sound.
The towering boulders began to crack and shattered as thou made from glass reveling a limestone door with a large bird carved on it; the red and purple paint had been chipped off due to wear and tear. In each claw were an orb one black and the other white. The "phoenix" eye was made of a clear red gemstone shaped like a diamond placed into the door.
"So now we need to open the door…" Ryou placed a pale hand on his chin and thought and was instantly reminded of what Ishizu said the night before, "Kagome do you have a mirror?" Ryou asked and Kagome shook her head for 'no', "oh man" Ryou thought snapping his fingers in frustration.
Inu-yasha placed the large fang on his shoulder, "The Tetsusiga didn't even make a dent when I used it the door should be ruble right now. How are we going to get inside?" thought Inu-yasha as he starred at the carving on the door.
"Don't worry guys I got this covered," said the dark haired child. Mokuba walked over to Yugi and pushed him towards the mouth of the canyon.
"Mokuba what are you doing?" Yami asked as Mokuba pushed him a little to the right of Yugi but closer to Inu-yasha.
"Trust me guys I know what I'm doing" with that said Mokuba ran back towards the door and looked how he had set the yami and hikari, "okay stand completely still guys until I say so"
Yami and Yugi looked at each other and shrugged as over the horizon Ra opened his eye, as Yami would have put it. The suns light glittered as it bounced off the gold surface of the millennium puzzle that the light and dark wore and then off the Tetsusiga and into the small entrance.
Kagome watched as the limestone door began to shake, rattle and then fell over, "wow Mokuba you did it" Kagome cried and brought the boy into a hug.
"Yeah not for nothing but how ya know to do that?" Joey asked Mokuba.
"Well in Velius journals he said 'The hand of Ra the starches over the sands of Egypt before the day begins' well with that sun light couldn't get here since the rocks were blocking it I had Yugi and Yami millennium puzzles and Inu-yasha sword like mirrors" Mokuba smiled slyly, "glade I came now?"
"Yeah yeah lets get going" Inu-yasha said walking past the others and into the tomb and soon was followed by the others. The walk to the burial chamber was unbelievably short.
"Wow it's beautiful," Kagome said as she marveled at the beauty of the tomb walls. The tomb walls where off white from age but they still held their elegance. The walls here painted in what looked like gold and each of the walls told the stories of the gods and goddess, tales of duel monsters, and the life and death of its owner. Along the walls were once lit torches that surrounded the room and the area around where the body was kept. In the center of the room stood a golden arc that had tens of thousands of ancient symbols and incantations carved into it that seemed to shine. In the far off corners laid a few old weapons such as a bow and arrows, knifes and shields rusted with time. An old wooden chest lay tipped over with shards of pottery littering the area accompanied by what looked like old dolls that if you picked up would turn to dust in your hands. Lastly there laid the old bones, feathers and ashes from a bird the color lost with time.
"You think it's magic?" Kagome asked as she placed her hand on the wall to find the paint still wet, "The paint is still wet… how can that be?"
"Maybe we should leave" Joey whined holding his limbs close to his body like one of the painting from the walls would rise out and strike, "I mean it might be too scary for Kagome… yeah to scary for Kagome"
"Joey don't worry were safe and anyway Kagome and I face this stuff all the time" said Inu-yasha with a bit of a laugh.
Yami looked at the walls and stopped and stared at a section of painted text, "Malik could you read this script"
Malik looked at the painted words Yami was pointing out, "um… this is a protection spell"
"Protection from what?" asked Yugi.
"Read it to us mate" Ryou said to Malik.
"No no no it'll be just like that movie where the mummy comes back from the dead and-" Joey was quickly silenced form a quick bump on the head when Inu-yasha hit him with the hilt of his sword.
"Inu-yasha was that really necessary?" Kagome asked Inu-yasha.
"No it was fun"
"Sit" Once again the necklace around Inu-yasha's neck began to glow and once again Inu-yasha was slammed face first into the Limestone floor, "Please read Malik"
Malik nodded and placed his finger above the script, "... I carry the light of my awareness upon my forehead. Isis, who is concealed, supports my action and I can see through the divine light of immortality. Now for those who rise up against me with evil, the power of darkness within them will destroy them…"
Everyone felt a wave of confusion float over each of them as Malik paused to find the next part of the script,"Grant me the power of reason so that I may use it and follow my heart into the darkness of the night. Grant my daughter the same power to fight the darkness..." [1a.]
Yugi quickly realized what the words meant he had heard something like this before and it wasn't just a random chant. It was a prayer, " Who ever this tomb belong to must be special to Sicere" Yugi thought to himself.
"Malik could you take a look at this script on the coffin?" Yami asked indicating the hieroglyphs on the arc
"Yeah I guess," said Malik walking over to the arc. Malik placed his finger above the script like he had with the wall but this time it seemed to glow as he read the text, "May she flow away - she who comes in the darkness, Who enters in furtively. With her nose behind her, her face turned backward- Failing in that for which she came!"
Malik paused and looked at the text then continued, " Have you come to kiss this child? I will not let you kiss her! Have you come to injure her? I will not let you injure her! Have you come to take her away? I will not let you take her away from me! " [1b.]
"Wow" Yugi said taking in the two charms, which got a nod form Yami in agreement.
Malik looked to the others, "Theirs more but it would take hours to read but it seems to be dedicated to a daughter"
"It must be Sicere's child," said Kagome, "This child must have been loved a lot by her parents" Kagome thought with a sadly for she didn't want to know how or why she died.
"Great we might have to fight a demon hell spawn," said Inu-yasha in a huff, which got him an angry look from Kagome.
"I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't call my daughter that"
The gang except Inu-yasha gasped and turned to see standing next to the golden arc the angelic demon, Sicere and spirit of the millennium ring, Bakura and rather confused CEO, Kaiba.
Sicere's amber gaze stretched from each invader but stopped at the two lights one in particular, "No it can't be…" the sight of Ryou dug up an old and tragic memory from the demons past which began to bring tears to her eyes, "Kura?" thought Sicere as she felt tears building but she blinked them away, "No… that's not my daughter… although the likeness is unbelievable," Sicere told her self mentally over and over as she looked at the gold arc.
"Bakura…" cried Bakura's happy light, "Your safe"
"Big brother" Mokuba cried happily but was stopped from running up to him by Inu-yasha.
"Listen kid he maybe your brother but he's also the enemy right now" Inu-yasha said crushing Mokuba's hopes of running up to his brother.
"Inu-yasha right about dat" said the now conscious Joey.
"Sicere how did you get here so quickly?" Yami shouted at the angelic demon.
"When you have power one must learn to us it wisely Yami I just used mine to shimmer my friends…" pointing out Bakura and Kaiba with one hand, "and I here. It was a lot easier then going by plane, jeep or motorcycle… now I will give you one chance have the innocent ones leave believe it or not I think violence should not be witnessed by the young and impressionable."
Yami looked down at Yugi, "Yugi" Yami whispered. Yugi didn't respond verbally for a determined look had been plastered on his face told all he was staying.
"I made a promise to Téa and I'm going to keep it" Yugi thought as he stared at the demon before him.
"So you don't heed my warring? Fine but I would like you to know you're the reason for all the heartache in my life" Sicere hissed at the former pharaoh.
"Heartache? You had two innocent girls killed in your name one being my best friend Sicere," shouted Kagome.
"You speak of what you do not know human" Sicere pointed at Yami her amber eyes glowering, "You will pay in blood Yami-"
"Oh will you shut up!" shouted Kaiba.
Sicere turned to Kaiba, "What?"
"I have had enough of your bitching" Kaiba slowly backed away from Sicere and reached into the chest pocket within his trench coat and pulled out a 32 caliber revolver and pointed it at Sicere. (Writers note: think of the gun James Bond uses. Okay go back to reading.)
"Alright Kaiba" Yugi cheered.
"I knew my brother couldn't be changed" Mokuba cried with a smile.
"Kaiba what about our deal?" Sicere said glaring at Kaiba.
Kaiba snickered, "Why would I ever want my parents back? I'm the most powerful man in the business world" Kaiba snickering turned into a short and cold laugh, "Thanks for the little trip Sicere now if you don't mind I'm canceling our contract but I will be taking those paper weights you call treasures" Kaiba pulled the trigger of his weapon.
BANG!!!
As the bullet flew towards Sicere time seemed to slow down, a second drawing into a millennium. Sicere shut here eyes and lowered her head, " Bad move" she whispered as the bullet was a centimeters from her forehead gem.
The bullet made contact but Sicere did not flinch as the blue gem shattered and the ribbon holding her raven hair back fell to the ground making the demon look quite radiant. Kaiba felt unbridled fear run threw his body which he tried to cure by shooting Sicere three more times, the bullets having the same effect as the first. Nothing but make a few gunshot wounds in her body that gave no blood, tears or wails of pain.
With a sigh and wave of her hand the demonic priestess sent Kaiba flying into the arms of his brother and their blond friend, "That's for shooting me and destroying my favorite charka stone" said Sicere with her black strains of hair covering her face.
"Joey!" Yugi cried as he watched his friend and rival collide.
"Big brother!" cried Mokuba, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah fine" Kaiba said holding his side, hissing from pain.
Kagome placed a caring hand to both Kaiba and Joey's sides. Joey was fine but Kaiba hissed again in pain at Kagome's touch, "I think he fracture a rib or something"
Bakura laughed, "Kaiba that should teach you for being foolish. You should have known better" Bakura turned to Sicere, "May I remove these fools for you?"
"If it please you do so" Sicere replied calmly walking to the arc.
"Hey where are you going?" shouted Inu-yasha to Sicere. Without thinking the demon half-breed swung his sword releasing the ferocious power of his demon blade aiming for the angelic demon and the arc, "I got her," he laughed
The arcs lid cracked and dust blinding everyone. When the dust cleared most of the lid was destroyed and high in the corner of the tomb floated Sicere holding what had been in the arc.
Sicere slowly pulled away from her chest the body of a child. Sicere looked at it the wounds on the body and tears began to return as she looked at the lifeless corps that belonged to her daughter.
-Flashback-
Bakura walked into the front room, his earth brown eyes searching for something, "Now where could have Kura gone?" he said aloud intentionally receiving a giggling from the hidden individual. Bakura's eyes locked on to the source of the giggling and smiled as he approached.
"This is so tough" Bakura lied as he got closer and closer, "maybe she's behind the couch" Bakura pushed the couch aside and scooped the little girl in his arms.
"Hi daddy" the tot said happily with a smile on her face which made her father smile.
"Hello to you too sweetie" Bakura smile vanished, "Kura what have I said about playing behind the couch?" Bakura said in a stern tone but comically shaking his finger in font of her face.
"Um…" Kura began to play with her fingers, "Don't?"
"Right now why don't you go and play with your dolls" said Bakura then he placed the girl on the floor and ruffling her blond hair, shaking off a little dust bunny that had found it's way into her hair.
Kura took off to her room and came back a second later with a small hand made wooden box followed by the small violet and crimson bird and sat on the floor.
Bakura smiled as the small girl began to play and walked up to Sicere, who was sweeping the floor, and planted a kiss on her red as a rose lips, "I'm going to the bizarre," Bakura whispered into Sicere's ear as not to gain his daughter's attention.
Sicere looked over to their daughter, who had not noticed her parent's conversation. Sicere leaned her broom against the wall and nodded, "Try and be back before supper or Kura's surprise will be ruined"
"Don't worry nothing will go wrong and if you need any thing you can have that bird give me the message to come home," Bakura said in a whisper.
"All right" Sicere kissed Bakura one last time before he headed outside the house, mounted his horses and left for the bizarre.
Sicere calmly grabbed a large knife and began to cut some wild bore meat that would be for their dinner, every once and a while looking over to her daughter, who was playing with few dolls she had made herself with the small violet and crimson bird, that Kura had named Benu because of his resemblance to the Egyptian phoenix, on her shoulder.
"Okay Benu this will be you" Kura said showing the small bird his doll. The doll was made of tan cloth stitched together with black thread and stuffed with sand. The dolls wild hair was made of black horsehair, the tips dipped in red dye and the bangs where made of gold colored thread with some spreading into its wild hair. The doll's eyes where made of red beads of glass that were held in place by black thread that framed the eyes perfectly. On the dolls forehead made of gold colored thread was the eye of Ra.
"I'm the king" Kura said happily lifting the doll high above her head. Benu chirped happily. The doll looked true to the role it was made to play and the figure he was modeled after although it's maker had never seen him.
Kura took out a doll that had a evil sneer on it's face, it too looked true to the role it was made to play, "Oh no a evil man want to destroy everyone in the world" Kura gasped which was followed by what sounded like a gasp from the little bird, "Don't worry I'll save you. No one will hurt anyone while I'm king" Kura began to smash the two doll against each other and muttering word along the lines of "Take that", "I got you" and "Oh no you got me!"
Sicere smiled at her daughter's activities and continued to cut and season there dinner until a knocking was heard at the front door. Sicere put down the knife and cleaned her hands with a washcloth and walked to the door.
Sicere opened the door and saw two men, one had shoulder length black hair, dark green eyes that had a shine of malice and had a bronze colored skin; the man wore a gray cloth rapped around his waist that was torn at the edges that connected to a thick leather sash that went over his right shoulder, knee high leather boots on his feet and in his left hand he carried a very large sword.
The other man had no hair upon his head; his eyes that where dark with malice that they could swallow you in their evil void and he had a darker tan then his partner that covered his muscular body; the other man wore a uniform much like his companion but in his right hand was a old sword covered in dried blood, this man believed that the blood was trophies from the people who didn't obey the law which he enforced with the utmost cruelty.
"Can I help you?" Sicere asked fearing the look in these men's eyes, yet not showing it.
"We heard that the tomb robber and king of thieves, Bakura of Kuruelna, lives within your residence…" said the dark haired solider, the expression on his face holding strong showing no emotion, "In the name of the pharaoh we order you to open your home for inspection"
Sicere looked over the uniform that the men wore and remember that is was in the style of the royal guard; "I'm sorry I can't do that" Sicere lied, the rule of the house was to deny that she was married to the famous tomb robber due to the fact that Bakura was still a wanted criminal and that the whole family would suffer under the penalty of death if anyone knew[2.]. Sicere began to close the door on the men but one pushed his way into the house pushing Sicere back a few steps.
"I wasn't asking…" the solider said as he advanced towered Sicere and away from this muscular partner, "I was telling you" the solider backhanded Sicere making her fall to the ground with a loud thud.
Kura heard the sound of her mother's fall upon the ground, dropped her dolls and ran into the living room to see the solider that had slapped her mother looming ever closer to her. Kura ran over to her mother and began to shake her.
"Mommy? Mommy? Are you okay?" Kura asked as she shook her mother not seeing the solider staring at her with his poisons eyes.
"What's this?" the solider picked up the small girl by a lock of her long platinum blond hair, causing the small bird to jump off Kura's shoulder, "She must be his daughter" the solider assumed since light haired Egyptian were rare. The solider looked over to his partner, "What do you think Kontar?" the seconded solider nodded.
The solider smiled with malevolence as he reached down and grabbed a larger chunk of the small girls hair and lifted her inches off the floor. Kura yelped from the pain of having her hair pulled and so with out knowing it bit down on the soldier's hand, which was very close to her face making him drop her.
"You little bitch!" the soldier's hand began to bled but he didn't care with lighting like speed of a desert viper the solider grabbed Kura by the arm and threw her against one of the kitchen chairs. Kura let out a short scream as she made contact with the wooden chairs and then stone floor. "You bit me!" the solider raised his sword, "You will pay you little bitch"
"Don't you touch her!" Sicere screamed. Sicere quickly got up from the floor with almost god like speed and slammed into the solider with all her might making him drop his sword and stumble away from Kura.
"Mommy!" Kura cried, looking fearfully at the two adults from under the table while clutching her side with one arm.
"Kura! Run, sweetheart!" Sicere shouted.
Kura nodded then scrambled out from under the table and ran as fast as she could for the front door with her phoenix not to far behind her. As she ran she bumped into the broom that was leaning against the wall slowing down her as she ran as quickly she could outside.
Meanwhile Sicere did her best to hold the man back, to keep him from chasing the small girl. She was willing to give up her life to protect her like she would for anyone who was part of or a friend of her family past and present.
"Kontar! the kid coming your way!" the solider shouted catching Sicere by surprise and sent her flying into the wall.
Sicere tried with all her might to stay conscious but it was a battle she was losing, "Kura… please…be…safe" Sicere whispered as her mind wavered between consciousness and unconsciousness. Then a thought entered the women's mind, "oh no… the seconded solider!"
The seconded solider entered the room with the small girl hung over his shoulder and his faced bleeding form scratches and claw marks most likely from Benu, "She was quick Shubi," Kontar said as he dropped the small girl on the floor next to her mother.
"But not enough to miss your sword huh?" Shubi said with a laugh as he looked at the large and fatal wound that went right thru the small girls abdomen spilling lifeblood freely. Covering both of Kura's forearms were several deep and long cuts, some deep enough you could see bone while on her back were two large dark red bloodstains that stained her white dress and Shubi didn't want to ask how his partner made them or cared. Shubi looked at his partners face and gave another laugh; "Looks like that red rat with wings got you pretty good" Kontar rolled his eyes with a look that said 'yeah yeah what ever you say'.
Kura slowly opened her eyes and looked up at her mother, tears coming from her emerald eyes threatening to stain her soft cheeks, "What's going on mommy? Is Anubis going to come for me, mommy?" Kura's voice was raspy; she could hardly breath as tears forced their way thru the dieing girls jewel like eyes.
"Kontar you didn't kill the girl?" Shubi asked very upset at his partner's failure.
Kontar smiled at his partner, "I thought you'd like to have the final blow" Kontar handed Shubi his sword, still stained with Kura's blood.
Sicere's eyes lit up with fear. Sicere covered her daughter with her body and looked up at the two 'men', "No not my daughter" Sicere shouted to the two bloodthirsty monsters, "Take me… Take my life not hers. Please!"
The two soldier's smiled at Sicere, "You thinking what I'm thinking, Kontar?" Shubi asked his smile dripping with malice.
Kontar grabbed Sicere by the arm and thru her a cross the room, the back of her head banging on the kitchen table. Kura's eyes lit up with fear and worry and she tried to scramble to her mother's side but the pain and placement of her wounds wouldn't let her move from her spot.
"And now for the brat" Shubi raised Kontar's sword high above his head, malice poured down from every part of his body, "By order of the pharaoh Atem I slay thy… and may Ra have mercy on your soul" Shubi sent his sword down on the small girl but with only a inch between them the sword stopped by a golden light.
"You have entered my home, hurt my daughter for crime she has not committed and now you wish to take her life" Sicere stood up from the floor her magnificent sapphire eyes darkened with rage and cradled a light amber, "I will not allow this" Kontar and Shubi slowly stepped back as a pair glorious wings appeared on Sicere's back, "I will not allow it!!!!!" Sicere shouted at the top of her lungs the house began to shake in response to the ex-priestess fury.
Kontar and Shubi dropped to their knees and buried their faces in the now blood stained stone, "Please forgive us Isis we are only doing as our pharaoh ordered" Kontar and Shubi said simultaneously praying that they would not feel "Isis" wrath.
"Your pharaoh ordered you to kill an innocent child?" Sicere said her anger growing like a raging inferno, "Then you will pay for all eternity…" Sicere raised her right hand and pointed it at Kontar and Shubi, "For this will be your final judgment!!!" Sicere hand gave off a golden light that hit Kontar and Shubi. The two wicked men began to scream they watched their bodies begin to catch on fire, burning, melting and scaring them; they felt as thou they where being hit with a million of flaming needles that began to pull and rip their rotten flesh from their bones like a shark would to it's own pray while Kura, who was also hit by the light, felt only a kind warmth like that from the sun.
Sicere slowly lowered her hand and looked at the charred remains of the two soldiers, who now resembled lifeless blood red skeletons with little of what they had been hanging off their being, "If your hearts had been pure you would have lived thru that trial but they weren't" Sicere smiled, "But for once dear Ammit will have a warm meal to enjoy"
Sicere knelt down next to Kura and laid the small girls head upon her knees. Kura looked up to her mother and saw the beautiful white wings, "M-mommy?" Kura asked weakly.
"Yes Kura?" Sicere asked as she brushed her daughters cold cheek, Kura was running out of time.
"M-mommy?" Kura let out a cough, covering Kura's small hand was a large amount of blood, "A-are you… I-Isis?" Kura asked, her voice slowly becoming nothing more then a whisper fuelled by short gasps of breath.
"Sweetheart I-" Sicere saw tears slowly come from her daughter's eyes which where followed by her own, "Yes I am Isis and don't worry I'll make it up to you… you will have the life that Yami has denied you this day… no matter what it takes if I must give my soul to the devil I will. I promise" she didn't want to lie but if it would make her happy then she was willing to steal the name of a god as long as it was to give a dieing child one last chance at happiness.
Sicere watched the rise and fall of the small girls chest, "M-mommy… t-that's… neat"
Sicere let out a dry chuckle, "Yeah I guess it is now Kura hold still" Sicere laid her hands over Kura's large wound and concentrated all of her energy into an ancient chant.
"Isis, great mother of our divine king Horus, I call upon your name to support my action so I may see through the divine light of immortality. In your name I reveal my awareness upon my forehead and let it shine bright. Evil has risen up against me that evil, with the power of darkness within them will be their undoing and destroy them…" Sicere paused to keep from breaking down into tears during her prayer, "oh great mother I beg to you grant me the power of reason so that I may use it and follow my heart's own strength into the darkness and find the light in the everlasting night. Oh great mother I beg to you grant my daughter the same power to fight the cruel hand of death and heal her wounds" a pale light erupted from Sicere's hands surrounding Kura's dieing body and then it vanished. Sicere opened her eyes chocked back tears; nothing had changed Kura was still bleeding and so Sicere hung her head low and began to weep. Her chant to the mother goddess fell on dull ears.
"W-why great mother? W-why do you support the hand of death?" Sicere said in a whisper, tears falling from her sapphire eyes.
The door of the small house flew open and Bakura ran into the living room, beads of sweat and worry dripped from his pours and saw the chaos that had ensued there a moment ago reviving his long dormant past, "Please be okay" Bakura whispered mostly to himself. Then Bakura's eyes fell on his wife and daughter, who's faces where stained in tears and blood. Bakura fell to his knees next to his wife and daughter, "Dear Ra what happened?"
"T-the royal guard came looking for you… T-they" Sicere whipped a tear from her check, "They broke into our home and hurt our daughter and so I…"
Bakura looked over to see the charred remains of the two soldiers that had dared hurt his family, "Sicere can't you heal her?"
Sicere shook her head, "No… returning life to trees and flowers is not the same as returning life to a animals or humans" Sicere closed her eyes and tried to force the tears from falling, "Even when you ask the gods for help" she finished in a low whisper.
Bakura looked down at the small girl, "Why must Ra touchier us like this?" Bakura slowly stroked his finger thru his daughter's light blond hair stained with crimson lifeblood, "Why must he take away our happiness?"
Benu flew thru an open window and landed near his masters. His crimson eyes filled with shock and then filled with tears at the sight and he let out a mournfully cry for the small girl. Bakura looked over to the bird, "Thank you for getting me Benu I just wish that your message could have come sooner"
Bakura looked down on the small frame of his treasure. Kura's skin was slowly becoming paler as her lifeblood left her body, her lips turned a light shade of blue and her green eyes began to haze over as the cold hand of death was slowly placed its fingers over the girl's innocent soul and dragged it from this world, "Kura… I should have gotten home sooner," mumbled the proud thief.
Tears began to form in the tomb robber's eyes, "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry Kura this is my fault!!!" Bakura shouted as he punched the ground with one hand and clutched the millennium ring around his neck in the other, tears poured from his brown eyes stinging his scar and crimson tears from his hand, "Maybe if I had gotten home sooner or even stayed I could have protected you and your mother then you would have been okay… not between this world and the next" Bakura bellowed while in his mind the sight of blood revived the demons from his youth. He didn't want Kura have the same fate as his family and friends of the ill-fated town of Kuruelna. To die for a crime she had not committed.
"That's enough, Bakura!!!" Sicere screamed as she cradled her daughter, "It's not your fault it's the one who sent them… the pharaoh… Yami"
"M-mommy? D-daddy?" both parents looked at their daughter who did her best to smile, "D-don't… w-worry… I'll b-be okay… I-I'll… be…o-okay" the emerald eyes of Bakura's little blood spattered angel slowly closed. The last sight Kura would see would be her crying parents.
Sicere and Bakura watched the final raise and fall of the small girl's chest, which broke their strong hearts.
"Kura? Kura! No no you can't die. Please!" Bakura screamed at the lifeless corps, "Please come back"
Bakura laid the corps flat on the ground and began what would be later known in medical history as C.P.R but after of ten minutes of trying he stopped when he felt his goddess buried her head in her beloveds shoulders and began to weep. His daughter. His little angel. His light of warrior. His hope for the future. His life was dead.
After they mourned their daughter's death they gathered her lifeless body they rode to the valley of the queens with Benu flying above their heads bringing with them a gold chest. Once their Bakura and Sicere combined their powers and together burned a long corridor into the limestone wall to make their daughter's final resting place.
Bakura lied his sweet Kura's lifeless corps on a pedestal that he had finished carving. Bakura looked at Kura and brushed a stray lock of hair out of her pale face and into its proper place. He didn't try and hold back his tears he just let them fall onto her pale cheek.
Bakura reached into a small pouch and pulled out a small golden ring, "I had been planning to give you this at dinner tonight to celebrate your fifth summer of life but…" Bakura tried to brush his tears away but they continued to fall with out any mercy, "I guess we wont but I got you this… maybe in the afterlife you can use this to remember me" Bakura slipped the small ring on the corps ring finger which was to small for the ring. Bakura stepped away from the pedestal; his eyes never left the little girl, his little angel of light.
Sicere stepped up onto the pedestal, in her hands was the gold chest. In all of Sicere's life she had never seen someone she loved with all her heart die her heart ached to the point she would have gladly traded her life for her daughter's… if within her power.
"Kura when I was a priestess I was given three powerful items by the high priest Seth to use to protect Egypt… I was going to give these to you at your fifteenth summer or when you began to question your heritage" Sicere removed the lid on the golden chest and revealed a dagger, a necklace and a vulture shaped crest, which were covered in a layer of dust from their long time in storage, "Kura these have great power… just like you had. I hope they protect you in the afterlife and into your next"
Sicere removed the dagger, the necklace and the crest from the chest and placed the necklace around Kura's neck, the dagger in her hands and the vulture shaped crest on her chest, "May the gods keep you safe" Sicere slowly bent down gently kissed the girls forehead. Sicere's eyes filled with tears and more tears fell on Kura's perfect cheek. Sicere slowly stepped away from the pedestal and into her husband's embrace.
"I'm sorry for your loss lady Sicere"
Sicere and Bakura turned to see someone step out of the shadows, "Velius what do you want?!" Sicere shouted at the half demon that dared enter her daughter's tomb.
Velius walked next to Sicere bowed then glared at Bakura for a moment, "You have all given gifts to help the little one to the afterlife I would like to give my own" Velius closed his eyes and began to whisper something what neither Bakura or Sicere could understand. As Velius whispered his spell the walls of the tomb began to give off a black almost purple light.
Outside the sky began to cover in dark clouds releasing thunder and black lighting turning what ever it hit into black glass. It was as thou the gods them selves had been angered by the activities taking place underground.
Slowly Velius stopped his chanting and Sicere and Bakura looked around the tomb, which looked nothing like it had. The tomb walls where now white like ivory and was elegantly painted in what looked like gold and each of the walls told the stories of the gods and goddess, tales of duel monsters, and the small girls life. Along the walls were dimly lit torches that lit up the room and the area around Kura's body. The pedestal that Kura's body had laid on was changed into a golden arc that had tens of thousands of ancient symbols and incantations carved into it that would help its contents to the afterlife.
Velius turned to Sicere and Bakura, "To your liking malady?" Velius asked in a sickly sweet tone, which got him a no reply from either Sicere or Bakura. Velius stepped next to Sicere his blood red eyes mocked sadness, "The pharaoh's wedding is in two days we could easily get there by sun down if we shimmer"
Sicere didn't have to think twice she nodded quickly, "Yes let's go" Sicere said her blue eyes still were stained with tears cradled a hidden amber.
Velius turned and began to walk swiftly to the exit but when he turned to see if Sicere was following to see she had never left her place, "Come Lady Sicere we don't have much time"
"Bakura will come with us," Sicere said sternly which confused Velius greatly.
"Why do you wish to bring your servant with you Lady Sicere?" Velius asked glaring at the tomb robber. He hated how such a stunning creature like his goddess could fall for a low life such as Bakura it angered him to think about it.
"How dare you son of-" shouted Bakura in anger but both the attack he was planning and sentence he was saying was cut off by Sicere who was equally enraged.
"Velius this man is my husband and he deserves the same treatment as me if not more you understand me," Sicere shouted as she glared at Velius, who could have melted under the intensity like an ice cube in the middle of the desert.
"I-I understand malady," Velius said with a bow. Sicere and Bakura looked back to the golden arc and whispered their silent farewells and left the tomb together, passing the still bowed Velius. Once the two where out of sight Velius rose and glared at a mental image of Sicere in Bakura's his arms, "Well then I guess I'll have to just separate you two wont I then I'll have the great one in my arms instead of that filthy thieves"
-End of Flashback-
Sicere slowly floated down to the arc, her back turned to her attacker and his friends," He has no right to see you … the one he killed"
"Lady Sicere are you alright?" Bakura shouted to his secret love.
"Yes" Sicere lied. Inu-yasha's attack made a large gash across her chest. Although she wasn't bleeding the attack had revealed the sparkling shard of the shikon jewel imbedded into her chest.
Sicere placed the body back into the arc not showing her daughter's pale and lifeless face to the others only to her father. Sicere eyes softened as she looked upon her daughter's corps, her small and pale hands we still grasping the moon dagger like her non-existing life depended on it, "Please forgive me sweet heart but I must borrow a few of the gifts I gave you" Sicere whispered as she gently removed the moon dagger and the soul of retribution from her daughter's cold and lifeless hands.
"Now" Sicere turned and faced the gang her eyes glowing a dangerous amber, "Where were we? Oh yes payback. Bakura…" Sicere tossed to her lover the moon dagger.
"Oh my favorite. Thank you lady Sicere" said Bakura with a smile, which soon vanished as he looked at the weapon that had been in his little girls hands remembering what happened, "For everything the Pharaoh's and his bloodline has done. The death of my people, the death of my daughter and the petrifaction of my wife after a millennium of waiting the time is now" Bakura thought to himself as an evil sneer crossed his face to hide his personal heart ach.
"Now lets get this battle get on the way," Sicere said holding up her weapon, the soul of retribution.
"I'll take you head on" Yami countered taking his usual dueling pose.
"I don't think so pharaoh" Bakura said with a sneer, "You'll be the last to touch her and the first to die"
"Will see about that," said Inu-yasha with a confident smirk moving the Tetsusiga into position.
"For our friends killed in your name Sicere…" Kagome picked a bow and took aim with the aged weapon, "Miranda… I'll make sure that you are aloud to finally have peace," thought Kagome.
"We will see won't we" Bakura responded as thou he could read Kagome's thoughts before Bakura took the neko-ashi dachi [3] and holding his the moon dagger at throat height, his elbow slightly bent to allow freedom of movement Bakura smirked malevolently at the others, "Now prepare yourselves mortals for you will fall under our combined might"
-End Story-
C.T: "Did you enjoy-"
Bakura and Sicere: "YOU KILLED KURA!!!!"
C.T: Crouching Tigress is scared as Bakura and Sicere advance
Bakura and Sicere: "WILL KILL YOU!!!!!"
Kura: Kura walks in perfectly fine, "Who kill who?"
Bakura and Sicere: "KURA?!!!!"
Sicere: Sicere hugs Kura, " Thank the gods"
Kura: Kura has no idea what's going on, : )
C.T: "As I was saying did you enjoy it?"
Bakura: Bakura hugs and kisses Kura's head, "You better or ELSE"
Kura: Kura still has no idea what's going on, : )
H.D: "and what's the "or else" Bakura?"
Bakura: Bakura smiles evilly at Hidden Dragon
C.T: "Common guys behave"
Sicere: "Bakura be nice or no…" Sicere whispers in Bakura's ear and his eyes expand from whatever she's saying.
Bakura: Bakura smiles wildly, "Alright I'll be good"
Sicere: "Thank you Bakura" Sicere kisses Bakura on the cheek, "Now I believe its time for the secrets"
Kura: "YAY secrets"
C.T: "Okay the inspiration for little Kura was from this one line. Will you please read, Ryou?" Crouching Tigress hands Ryou a of a copy script.
Ryou: "Alright lets see…" Ryou skims the copy, "Here we are…" a spot light falls on Ryou, "I don't think I want to know now" 0Bakura said as he suddenly realized what his spirit meant by 'memories' though Bakura felt sorry for anyone who had any of his darker half's DNA." Ryou bows and gets ready to walk of the stage.
C.T: "Thank you Ryou"
Ryou: "Glade to do it" Ryou walks away.
C.T: "Well this quote is from Sakura's "Baby blues" and from it I got to thinking. What if there was a child and so threw E-mails to friends Kura came into existence"
Inu-yasha: "Question: then why did you make her have his…" Inu-yasha points at Ryou, "Hairstyle and green eyes… in Kagome's books green eyes are less dominant then brown eyes or something like that"
C.T: "Kura has Ryou's hairstyle so you can tell she's Bakura's daughter and anyway…" Crouching Tigress grabs Ryou "Isn't it cute?"
Ryou: "Huh thanks… I guess"
C.T: "Also Inu-yasha I have read science books that has said the same thing and I came up with a good reason. Since Kura's half demon her demonic blood would be stronger slightly stronger then her human so her eyes would green instead or either brown, blue or yellow"
Kagome and Inu-yasha: Kagome and Inu-yasha nod in understanding.
Bakura: "Are you saying I'm weak?"
Yami: "You just learned this?"
Bakura and Yami: Bakura and Yami get ready to fight
C.T: "don't fight guys you'll destroy my fic world"
Bakura: Bakura adopts a thinking expression, "Your right I have other things to worry about like that AV me for Aitwo's fic"
Yugi: "Your both the same so Kura is his daughter too"
Kura: "I have two daddys cool huh"
Bakura: "no she is mine mine mine mine"
Yugi: "that's not what the little piece of paper said" Yugi hold up a legal document.
Bakura: "I know… how I hate him and wish I had gotten a better attack in"
Inu-yasha: Inu-yasha is thinking of something else "don't we all… but I will defeat you Naraku"
Everyone: "huh?"
Inu-yasha: Inu-yasha walks off to think of how to defeat Naraku.
C.T: "Well… Were almost to the end people, who will win the final fight and will Yugi make the ultimate sacrifice to keep his promise to the lifeless Téa? To find out read the next chapter of "Not a walk in the park" now well Kura will you say the good bye to everyone?"
Kura: Kura smiles, "okay Tigger… please review the Tigger" Kura gives the sweetest puppy dog eyes anyone has seen, "Pretty please with ice cream and cookies with a cherry on top"
C.T: Crouching Tigress waves to the readers, "Good bye everyone and have a great summer and to all the graduates wither from elementary, middle school, high school or college…" Crouching Tigress jump up and down and cheer like a cheerleader, "WAY TO GO 04! WE DID IT! YAY!"
Kura: Kura smiles and waves to readers "Bye bye"
Writers Note:
1a and 1b: The Egyptian text Malik read (you know the italic text) was from actually chapters of the "Pert Em Hru" which means "Coming Forth by Day" the original title for the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The first and second protective charms and prayers are from Aitwo and so I take no credit for their discovery... I guess the archeologists would but Aitwo will because I got them from her.
2: In ancient Egypt if a member of a family or the whole family were tomb robbers said suspect(s) would be tortured and the crud beat out of them until they gave the names of their fellow tomb robbers. With that the tomb robber would go on an unjust trial, taken into the middle of the desert and impaled. I found this out in a Discovery channel documentary on one tomb robber who met with the fate above and so you see I wasn't blowing smoke why Sicere would lie.
3: The neko-ashi dachi or the cat stance is an actual martial arts stance. One performs it by placing 90% of your body weight on his back foot, bend your knees, narrow your legs, point your feet forward and have your back turned sideways at a 90 degree angle. The cat stance is very flexible stance.