Shadow's Story
Hi! Sorry that I'm late with updating. I told myself I'd update every week, but I lost track of the last time I updated, and it all went downhill from there. I'm really sorry!
Disclaimer-I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.
P.S-AGAIN, I really would like to know how to keep those 3 dots AS 3 dots, instead of a period! Anyone know how??
~At the palace~
Shadow ran as fast as she could back to her chambers, but when she reached it, she was too late.
"SHADAHRIEN! Where have you been?!" her father yelled. Shadow turned to her father slowly.
"I'm sorry father, but I saw Bakura in town, and I just HAD to see him."
"I don't care who you just 'HAD' to see! You missed your classes, and you never came for supper. If you miss one more class, your going straight back to becoming a chamber maid, and I don't care what the pharaoh's son says at this point, you got that?!"
"Yes father." Shadow said obediently.
"Good, now, go to bed." He said, and walked away.
Shadow sighed, and her stomach grumbled. "Why'd I have to miss supper?" she muttered to herself, holding her stomach, and going into her room.
When she walked in, she saw a bowl of fresh fruit on the table that stood beside that small balcony that was attached to her room. She walked over to the table, and found a note on top of the fruit. She picked it up slowly, then scowled. She had no idea how to read, but she had a faint idea of who had left her the food.
She picked up an apple from the bowl, and bit into it, as she stepped onto her balcony. "Well, prince, I guess this means we're friends." she whispered into the wind.
~11 years later~
Shadow had grown up since the day she met Bakura in the small town outside the palace walls. She was 16, and had only one year left to learn all she needed to know to become a soldier. Her hair had grown back, and her attire had changed dramatically. Instead of the beige robe that she wore when she was young, she wore a white linen tank top, which was cut just below her collarbone, and cut off about an inch above her navel. She also wore a short skirt, which was cut off nearly half an inch above her knees. With the skirt she wore a royal blue and gold belt that was an inch wide, and down the centre of the belt, in the front, was a long piece of material, that was also royal blue and gold, that went down to her ankles. With all this, she wore a gold hair band, that held her hair back in a ponytail, a gold choker, several gold armbands and bracelets, two gold anklets one one leg, and one on the other, as well as a hoop of gold around the ankle that had only one anklet, and lets not forget embroidered slipper-like shoes.
Shadow ran down the hall to her room. Even as a 16 year old, she was still forgetful. "How could I forget my dagger?!" she muttered to herself.
She burst into her room, and snatched a small leather hilt off a table beside her bed. It was only big enough to put around her ankle. Which she did. It held a dagger that had a 10-inch blade. It was a gift from Yami on her sweet 16.
She then bolted out of her room, and ran to the courtyard. She was horribly late for a lesson on chariot running.
"Why're you in such a rush?"
Shadow stopped just before running into priest Seto, the cousin of Yami, who had a slight hatred of Shadow.
"Because I'm late for a class." Shadow said hastily to Seto.
"Is that so? Well, I wouldn't want to make you late." He said snidely.
"Ok, well then, move." Shadow said, sidestepping him. He followed her movement.
"Whoops, terribly sorry." He said with fake sincere-ness.
"I'm sure you are." Shadow said, shoving Seto out of the way, and walking past him. Seto stumbled over to the side, and glared at Shadow as she went past. She then began running again, seeing as now she was even later then she had hopped for.
She slid to a halt near the person farthest away from her teacher, and she snuck into ranks.
"Shadow, how nice of you to join us after we've already gone over the basics of riding a chariot.
"I-I'm very sorry, I got held up." She said.
"Uh-huh." he then went back to teaching his lesson.
~That evening~
"My great Gods!!" Shadow said, walking down the hall beside Yami.
"What?" he asked.
"I thought that stupid lecture on chariots would NEVER end!!" she said, throwing her arms in the air, and letting then fall to her sides.
Yami smiled. "Try memorizing the names of the last 20 pharaohs, and see if YOU make it through the day."
Shadow smiled at him. Shadows skin was as dark as any Egyptians, but Yami's was a fare bit lighter. He hadn't been able to go out to the courtyard as much as she, and he was stuck in classes indoors, while most of hers were outdoors.
Yami yawned, then quickly stifled it when he glanced Shadows amused look.
"What?" he asked.
"Hmmm.well, you get to sit inside a nice palace all day, and learn desk work, while the rest of us are outside, and working much harder, and YOU'RE the tired one." She said bemused.
Yami smiled sheepishly. His father had died nearly 3 years after Shadow had arrived, and his uncle, High Priest Akunadin, had been running the country as Yami took his classes. The same day that Shadow would graduate and become a soldier, Yami would take his place as pharaoh, which was next year, the day after his birthday.
Suddenly, as the two were talking, and walking, Shadow got rammed by a small girl.
"MANA!" Mahaado yelled, coming around a corner, a ways away down the hall.
"Oh, please, let me by! I don't want to go!" Mana pleaded at Shadow. (A/N- Anyone know who Mana is? I'll tell ya! She's the Dark Magician Girl! Anyway, same note as Mahaado, read the manga to find out the whole story)
Shadow bent, and looked into Mana's eyes. "Where don't you want to go to?" she asked, in a mother-like tone.
".Class." muttered Mana.
Shadows eyes gleamed for a moment, and she smiled. "But, why Mana? You get to have some of the best classes in the whole palace!"
Mana looked at Shadow confused for a moment.
"Yeah, because you get to learn magic. That is the best thing to learn!" she said, reassuring the young girl.
Mana's confused look grew into a happy one, just as Mahaado reached them. "Mana! It's time for class," he said, out of breath.
Shadow stood up, as Mana turned to her teacher. "Ok!" she said, and ran back to where the two had come from. Mahaado blinked, then sighed, exasperated. He then ran after Mana, a bit slower than what he had been chasing her.
Yami looked at Shadow, his expression now confused.
"What? I do think that. I wish I could've learned magic.maybe then I could've become a mage, or a priest." she said.
Yami smiled. "And you probably would've been a great one."
Shadow burst out laughing. "Yeah, right! I probably would've screwed every little thing up!" The two walked down the hall laughing.
"Shadahrien." her father said, coming in front of the two.
Shadow blinked. "What is it father?" she asked, going to her father. He had been sick for the past week, and he shouldn't have been up and walking yet.
"Shadow, I have to tell you something."
"Alright." she said, helping her father walked to his room.
Yami stopped, watched them go, and he went to the dinning hall.
"What is it father?" she asked, sitting him down on his bed. He lay down, and Shadow put a wet cloth on his forehead.
"Shadow, my dear daughter.you are coming upon your graduation, and you are a year past the age most women get married."
Shadow nodded, not understanding what her father was trying to get to.
"Well, my dear, you are to be married to Bakura." he said quietly, and then coughed.
Shadow was startled at the news, she didn't think he had arranged a marriage for her.
"But, seeing as you are to become a soldier, and he to be a merchant." he stopped in mid sentence to catch his breath, "there would be no point.besides, I don't think he'd want to marry you anyway."
Shadow was even more startled at this, after all, she was pretty, why wouldn't he want to marry her?!
".because that would be a complete switch from what everyone else does.the women are merchants.and the men are soldiers."
Oh.
"So, my dear.I'm afraid my time has come.I love you." He drew a breath, and his eyes slowly closed.
"Father?!" Shadow said. Tears slowly made their way down her cheeks. "I love you too." she said, holding his hand, and resting her head on his chest as she wept.
~Later~
It was well past supper, and Yami had become worried about where Shadow was. He had been walking the halls of the palace for sometime, and had not seen her. Finally, he decided to stop his search and go to the side courtyard. When he reached it, he found Shadow standing at the edge of the small pond that housed many Nile Lotus flowers.
"Shadow." he said quietly, walking over to her.
".My father died." she said, staring at the water, her gaze never wavering.
"Well.I promise you that he will have a good tomb," he said, touching her shoulder.
"Thank you." she muttered, "Yami.I.My father told me that I was to be married.to an old friend of mine"
"Hmmm? Who?" He asked.
".Bakura."
"Interesting.was he the one who you ran off to meet in town when you were supposed to be in class several years ago?" He asked, moving beside her.
"How'd you know that?" her gaze finally left the pond, and went to his face.
He smiled. "Well, who do you think left the bowl of fruit for you? Mahaado. 'accidentally' let it slip that he saw you run into town, and he later mentioned that he saw you with a boy with white hair."
Shadow was just struck dumb, but she smiled, and shoved Yami. "You know.I never could read your note."
"Ah, I had forgotten that you couldn't read"
"Yes, well, we've been learning for that last week, and I've been piecing it together as best I can."
"Well, I can always tell you what it says."
"What does it say?"
"It said 'I noticed you were gone at supper. I thought you may be hungry.' Signed 'a friend'" he said, moving away, and going back into the palace.
"Hey! Wait for me!" she shouted after him.
A Lotus flower moved slightly in the breeze, and a petal from a nearby tree landed in the water, making a small ripple.
Hi! Sorry that I'm late with updating. I told myself I'd update every week, but I lost track of the last time I updated, and it all went downhill from there. I'm really sorry!
Disclaimer-I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.
P.S-AGAIN, I really would like to know how to keep those 3 dots AS 3 dots, instead of a period! Anyone know how??
~At the palace~
Shadow ran as fast as she could back to her chambers, but when she reached it, she was too late.
"SHADAHRIEN! Where have you been?!" her father yelled. Shadow turned to her father slowly.
"I'm sorry father, but I saw Bakura in town, and I just HAD to see him."
"I don't care who you just 'HAD' to see! You missed your classes, and you never came for supper. If you miss one more class, your going straight back to becoming a chamber maid, and I don't care what the pharaoh's son says at this point, you got that?!"
"Yes father." Shadow said obediently.
"Good, now, go to bed." He said, and walked away.
Shadow sighed, and her stomach grumbled. "Why'd I have to miss supper?" she muttered to herself, holding her stomach, and going into her room.
When she walked in, she saw a bowl of fresh fruit on the table that stood beside that small balcony that was attached to her room. She walked over to the table, and found a note on top of the fruit. She picked it up slowly, then scowled. She had no idea how to read, but she had a faint idea of who had left her the food.
She picked up an apple from the bowl, and bit into it, as she stepped onto her balcony. "Well, prince, I guess this means we're friends." she whispered into the wind.
~11 years later~
Shadow had grown up since the day she met Bakura in the small town outside the palace walls. She was 16, and had only one year left to learn all she needed to know to become a soldier. Her hair had grown back, and her attire had changed dramatically. Instead of the beige robe that she wore when she was young, she wore a white linen tank top, which was cut just below her collarbone, and cut off about an inch above her navel. She also wore a short skirt, which was cut off nearly half an inch above her knees. With the skirt she wore a royal blue and gold belt that was an inch wide, and down the centre of the belt, in the front, was a long piece of material, that was also royal blue and gold, that went down to her ankles. With all this, she wore a gold hair band, that held her hair back in a ponytail, a gold choker, several gold armbands and bracelets, two gold anklets one one leg, and one on the other, as well as a hoop of gold around the ankle that had only one anklet, and lets not forget embroidered slipper-like shoes.
Shadow ran down the hall to her room. Even as a 16 year old, she was still forgetful. "How could I forget my dagger?!" she muttered to herself.
She burst into her room, and snatched a small leather hilt off a table beside her bed. It was only big enough to put around her ankle. Which she did. It held a dagger that had a 10-inch blade. It was a gift from Yami on her sweet 16.
She then bolted out of her room, and ran to the courtyard. She was horribly late for a lesson on chariot running.
"Why're you in such a rush?"
Shadow stopped just before running into priest Seto, the cousin of Yami, who had a slight hatred of Shadow.
"Because I'm late for a class." Shadow said hastily to Seto.
"Is that so? Well, I wouldn't want to make you late." He said snidely.
"Ok, well then, move." Shadow said, sidestepping him. He followed her movement.
"Whoops, terribly sorry." He said with fake sincere-ness.
"I'm sure you are." Shadow said, shoving Seto out of the way, and walking past him. Seto stumbled over to the side, and glared at Shadow as she went past. She then began running again, seeing as now she was even later then she had hopped for.
She slid to a halt near the person farthest away from her teacher, and she snuck into ranks.
"Shadow, how nice of you to join us after we've already gone over the basics of riding a chariot.
"I-I'm very sorry, I got held up." She said.
"Uh-huh." he then went back to teaching his lesson.
~That evening~
"My great Gods!!" Shadow said, walking down the hall beside Yami.
"What?" he asked.
"I thought that stupid lecture on chariots would NEVER end!!" she said, throwing her arms in the air, and letting then fall to her sides.
Yami smiled. "Try memorizing the names of the last 20 pharaohs, and see if YOU make it through the day."
Shadow smiled at him. Shadows skin was as dark as any Egyptians, but Yami's was a fare bit lighter. He hadn't been able to go out to the courtyard as much as she, and he was stuck in classes indoors, while most of hers were outdoors.
Yami yawned, then quickly stifled it when he glanced Shadows amused look.
"What?" he asked.
"Hmmm.well, you get to sit inside a nice palace all day, and learn desk work, while the rest of us are outside, and working much harder, and YOU'RE the tired one." She said bemused.
Yami smiled sheepishly. His father had died nearly 3 years after Shadow had arrived, and his uncle, High Priest Akunadin, had been running the country as Yami took his classes. The same day that Shadow would graduate and become a soldier, Yami would take his place as pharaoh, which was next year, the day after his birthday.
Suddenly, as the two were talking, and walking, Shadow got rammed by a small girl.
"MANA!" Mahaado yelled, coming around a corner, a ways away down the hall.
"Oh, please, let me by! I don't want to go!" Mana pleaded at Shadow. (A/N- Anyone know who Mana is? I'll tell ya! She's the Dark Magician Girl! Anyway, same note as Mahaado, read the manga to find out the whole story)
Shadow bent, and looked into Mana's eyes. "Where don't you want to go to?" she asked, in a mother-like tone.
".Class." muttered Mana.
Shadows eyes gleamed for a moment, and she smiled. "But, why Mana? You get to have some of the best classes in the whole palace!"
Mana looked at Shadow confused for a moment.
"Yeah, because you get to learn magic. That is the best thing to learn!" she said, reassuring the young girl.
Mana's confused look grew into a happy one, just as Mahaado reached them. "Mana! It's time for class," he said, out of breath.
Shadow stood up, as Mana turned to her teacher. "Ok!" she said, and ran back to where the two had come from. Mahaado blinked, then sighed, exasperated. He then ran after Mana, a bit slower than what he had been chasing her.
Yami looked at Shadow, his expression now confused.
"What? I do think that. I wish I could've learned magic.maybe then I could've become a mage, or a priest." she said.
Yami smiled. "And you probably would've been a great one."
Shadow burst out laughing. "Yeah, right! I probably would've screwed every little thing up!" The two walked down the hall laughing.
"Shadahrien." her father said, coming in front of the two.
Shadow blinked. "What is it father?" she asked, going to her father. He had been sick for the past week, and he shouldn't have been up and walking yet.
"Shadow, I have to tell you something."
"Alright." she said, helping her father walked to his room.
Yami stopped, watched them go, and he went to the dinning hall.
"What is it father?" she asked, sitting him down on his bed. He lay down, and Shadow put a wet cloth on his forehead.
"Shadow, my dear daughter.you are coming upon your graduation, and you are a year past the age most women get married."
Shadow nodded, not understanding what her father was trying to get to.
"Well, my dear, you are to be married to Bakura." he said quietly, and then coughed.
Shadow was startled at the news, she didn't think he had arranged a marriage for her.
"But, seeing as you are to become a soldier, and he to be a merchant." he stopped in mid sentence to catch his breath, "there would be no point.besides, I don't think he'd want to marry you anyway."
Shadow was even more startled at this, after all, she was pretty, why wouldn't he want to marry her?!
".because that would be a complete switch from what everyone else does.the women are merchants.and the men are soldiers."
Oh.
"So, my dear.I'm afraid my time has come.I love you." He drew a breath, and his eyes slowly closed.
"Father?!" Shadow said. Tears slowly made their way down her cheeks. "I love you too." she said, holding his hand, and resting her head on his chest as she wept.
~Later~
It was well past supper, and Yami had become worried about where Shadow was. He had been walking the halls of the palace for sometime, and had not seen her. Finally, he decided to stop his search and go to the side courtyard. When he reached it, he found Shadow standing at the edge of the small pond that housed many Nile Lotus flowers.
"Shadow." he said quietly, walking over to her.
".My father died." she said, staring at the water, her gaze never wavering.
"Well.I promise you that he will have a good tomb," he said, touching her shoulder.
"Thank you." she muttered, "Yami.I.My father told me that I was to be married.to an old friend of mine"
"Hmmm? Who?" He asked.
".Bakura."
"Interesting.was he the one who you ran off to meet in town when you were supposed to be in class several years ago?" He asked, moving beside her.
"How'd you know that?" her gaze finally left the pond, and went to his face.
He smiled. "Well, who do you think left the bowl of fruit for you? Mahaado. 'accidentally' let it slip that he saw you run into town, and he later mentioned that he saw you with a boy with white hair."
Shadow was just struck dumb, but she smiled, and shoved Yami. "You know.I never could read your note."
"Ah, I had forgotten that you couldn't read"
"Yes, well, we've been learning for that last week, and I've been piecing it together as best I can."
"Well, I can always tell you what it says."
"What does it say?"
"It said 'I noticed you were gone at supper. I thought you may be hungry.' Signed 'a friend'" he said, moving away, and going back into the palace.
"Hey! Wait for me!" she shouted after him.
A Lotus flower moved slightly in the breeze, and a petal from a nearby tree landed in the water, making a small ripple.