Shadow's Story
OK! Early update! Because of this, there won't be an update for the next week. This is because I start a new semester this week, and I'll be busy. Ok? So now, on with the fic! (This chapters nice and long, to keep you occupied ^_^ )
Disclaimer-I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.
P.S-I don't wanna have to keep writing this, but, does anyone ANYONE know how to keep 3 dots as is? It's kind of annoying seeing periods everywhere.
~Next year, Yami's birthday~
"My my, another year older, are we Yami?" Shadow teased.
He shoved her playfully. "You'll be the same age soon," he said. It was true. Shadow's birthday was in two weeks.
She yawned, and stretched. It was early in the morning. They had no more classes, and could spend the day exploring the town. Yami was slightly apprehensive about this, though. He knew that he would be bothered by the townspeople. Shadow on the other hand, was absolutely ecstatic about it.
Priest Seto came up behind the two. "And where're you two going?" he asked. The same day that Yami became pharaoh, and Shadow became a soldier, Seto became a high priest. As did a few other people Shadow had never met.
Shadow and Yami turned to him. Yami opened his mouth to say something, but Shadow beat him to it.
"And what would it be to you?" she asked in a tone she saved especially for him.
"Nothing really, except the fact that Yami has other things to attend to than being with an under classed soldier wanna-be." He said snidely.
Shadow scowled at him, and raised her fist to his face. "Take that back. Take that back, or I'll send you to the palace of Ra myself!"
He looked at her like she was a wet rat. "Put your hand down, or you'll spend the next year in the dungeons with the convicts and rats. It would suit you well, actually."
She grabbed the front of his purple robes, and pulled him down to her height so her face was right in his (A/N-She was a pretty tall chick though, mind you! She was only about half a foot shorter that Seto) and she opened her mouth to retort to his remark, but Yami intervened. He grabbed her hand, and she let go of his robes, and Seto stood straight up.
"Look, we can go to town later, ok?"
Shadow look bewildered at Yami, and Seto smirked at her. She frowned at him, and drew her fist up, just as he turned with Yami, and they went down the hall.
"Ra damn you, Seto." she muttered under her breath. She hastily turned, and quickly walked away.
~That evening~
"Happy Birthday Yami!" Shadow said cheerily. The two had not gone to the town, because Yami had been busy all day, but Shadow actually found this a good thing, because she was able to get him a present.
"That you" he said with a smile at his friend.
"Here." she said, handing him a gift that was wrapped in papyrus, and tied with a piece of gold material.
Yami took the gift carefully. He had not been expecting anything from Shadow. She had never been able to get him anything before. He gingerly unwrapped it, to find a book. It had an emerald green front and back. The binding was a thin piece of cord that was died green as well. At the top of the cover, there was a beautiful tiny painting of a red dragon with two sets of great powerful wings. Its eyes were tiny embedded rubies. And the dragon was between two tiny golden paintings of Isis, the goddess, with her great wings pointed towards the dragon. When Yami opened the book though, it was blank. All save the front page, it was a note from Shadow. The first writing she had done for anything besides class.
It read "I thought, when you become pharaoh, you may want to record things that are important to YOU, not that moronic scribe. Friends forever, Shadow"
Yami smiled at Shadow. "Thank you."
"You're welcome!" She said with a huge smile. Lets just say, it had cost A LOT for that book.
~The next day~
Shadow attended Yami's ceremony to become pharaoh. He was presented with his 'crown' so to speak, and he sat in his throne. Shadow found this mighty boring, to say the least. And Yami, in turn, attended her graduation ceremony.
At her ceremony, she stood in ranks for a good hour, while awards were given, and positions appointed. One thing that wasn't given, though, was captain of guard. Nor was captain of the military, though, it would not be given for some time, they would've at least said who was next in line to become it, after Semaharie passed over to the other plain. She found this rather odd.
Finally it was all over. Yet, Shadow was miserable. Everyone, and it's not being over-exaggerated, EVERYONE except Shadow was given their rank and position there.
"Who am I kidding? They find me a big fat joke. I probably went through all that for no reason!" she ran into her room, crying.
A few moments later, a knock came upon her door.
"Who.who is it?" she asked through sobs.
"It's me."
"Come in Yami."
He walked over to her, one hand behind his back. "What's wrong?"
"Everything! I'm no use here.I should go back to Kura Eruna! At least there I would be able to be a merchant or something."
"Now, why would you want to do that when you have such an important job here?"
"What?" Shadow wiped her eyes, and looked at Yami confused.
He brought out what he had been hiding behind his back. It was a headband. Much like the one Shadow already had, but much more intricate, and decorated.
She blinked. "Well, what could a pharaoh do without his captain of guard?"
She looked startled for a moment, then began to laugh, and she hugged Yami. "That's why they didn't give it to me! Oh! They did think this was a joke!"
Yami laughed. "They did. They didn't want to give it to you at all, just because you're a woman. And, you're also the next captain of the Egyptian military."
At this Shadow stopped. "Now, I know you're joking."
"No. You're the best in class. You graded above the rest."
"Oh my great gods!" She gave Yami another hug, and began laughing again. "I can't believe this! Oh! Thank you!"
Yami laughed, and Shadow took the headband.
"Better get ready, you start in an hour." he then left the room, and left Shadow to her glee.
She suddenly stopped. "An hour?!" She got up, and put the headband on the bedside table, then ran out of her room, to the weaponry. That's where all the uniforms were kept.
She slid into the weaponry, and startled the man who was making arrows.
"My, I think you have the wrong room, girly!" he said with a hardy laugh.
Shadow frowned at him. "As a matter of fact, I have the exact right room! I have to get my uniform."
"What?" he stopped, and dropped the arrowhead he had in his hand.
"Yes, I'm here to get my uniform!"
The man sat there with his mouth open, and a girl from the room behind the weaponry came out, with a bundle of linens in her arms.
"You must be Shadahrien! I have your things right here." She handed Shadow the linens, and grabbed a quiver full of arrows, as well as a bow, and handed those to her as well.
"Thank you!" Shadow said, and left. The man was still sitting there with his mouth open, looking utterly astonished.
Shadow went into her room, and unfolded the linens. They weren't much different than what she was already wearing, except that the belt and the piece of material that hung from the front were much more refined, and graceful than hers. Also, the top was more like the fine linen that Yami wore, than the heavier stuff she wore. She quickly changed, put on all of her jewellery and her new headband. But, something was still not quite right. She had it! She ran back to the weaponry, then into the room the uniforms were kept, and made.
"Excuse me?" she asked the girl who had given her the uniform.
"Yes?" she asked, turning to Shadow.
"Do you have any extra dye?"
"Um.yes, some blue."
"May I use it?" Shadow asked eagerly.
"Um.sure" The girl said, taking Shadow to the room that the Uniforms were made, and then to the large barrel of blue dye.
"Great! Um, while I'm at it, do you have any linen you don't plan on using?"
"Yes."
"Can you bring it to me?"
".Sure."
The girl went to get the linen, and Shadow grinned at her reflection in the dye.
"Here" the girl said, handing Shadow a piece of linen.
"Great." Shadow said. She pulled back all of her hair, except the left side of her bangs.
She bent, letting that side of her bangs go into the dye. She waited for a few seconds with her hair in the dye, then she slowly brought her head back up, and let it drip for a minute, then wrapped the linen around it. After a moment, when it was dry, she unwrapped it.
That part of her hair was now dyed a royal blue color.
She smiled, as she saw it through the corner of her eye.
She then smiled at the girl, and went into the weaponry, grabbed a long spear that was taller than herself by the spearhead, and left.
She put the piece of now blue linen in the drawer of her bedside table, and grabbed the dagger Yami had gotten her, and strapped it to her ankle, and then preceded to the throne room.
When she reached it, she found the 6 high priests there, each wearing their millennium items, and Yami was wearing his fathers' millennium puzzle.
Shadow swallowed hard, and walked up to the foot of the stairs that lead to the throne, and bowed deeply.
"Rise, and take your place" He said. He was very serious looking, and had absolutely no look of the Yami Shadow knew just an hour before.
She stood, and walked up the stairs, and stood to Yami's left, seeing as his adviser, Shimon stood to his right.
Yami whispered to Shadow out of the corner of his mouth, "What happened to your hair this time?"
Shadow nearly let out a laugh, but suppressed it into a snort. Shimon bent, and looked at her past Yami. She didn't look at him, and he stood straight again. She whispered back, "Well, I had to do something to show my loyalty to you, so I dyed it."
Yami's expression changed to surprise, and he looked at her. She smiled slightly, and shrugged. He sat back in his throne, and for a moment his expression stayed the same, then he shook his head, and his expression went back to serious.
The 6 priests turned to the throne, and they all bowed as one. Then, one by one the rose, stated their name, and loyalty, blah blah blah. Shadow only really wanted to know their names. The first was Akunadin high priest of the millennium eye, second was Mahadoo high priest of the millennium ring, third was Seto high priest of the millennium rod, forth was Shadi high priest of the millennium ankh, fifth was Karimu high priest of the millennium scales, and sixth was Aishisu high priestess of the millennium tauk.
It was rather late when all that was finished, and Yami was to retire to his bedchambers for the night. Shadow posted guards at is doors to keep him safe, and she too retired to bed.
~The next day~
Today Shadow actually could do as she wished. Yami was in meetings all day, and so, he had plenty of protection with the 6 high priests around himm all day.
She took this chance to go down to the Nile again, seeing as she hadn't for nearly 12 years.
She stood at the edge of the bank, staring into the water, remembering the fun she and Bakura had had on the day she left her lessons to play with him.
Suddenly, someone came from behind her, and put their arm around her neck, and put a dagger to her side.
"Palace scum." a mans voice whispered in her ear, "You're as good as dead, my dear lady."
Shadow rolled her eyes, and elbowed the man in the stomach, and then stamped on his foot. He let go of her, and dropped his dagger. She then whipped around and grabbed the front of his robes, and threw him into a nearby tree. He slammed his back on it, and slumped to the ground.
Shadow grabbed his dagger from the sand, seeing as hers was at the palace, and walked over to him.
"Never underestimate a woman." She said snidely, and she took the dagger, and made a cut on his cheek, then two more across that. "Now, I can tell who you are, no matter where I see you." She said, dropping his dagger beside him, and standing up.
She turned, and walked away.
The man lifted his head, and watched her leave. He touched his face gingerly where she had cut him. They weren't that deep, but they would leave life-long scars.
~Next week~
Shadow stood beside Yami. She had just been stated captain of the Egyptian military the day before, and it was a relatively quiet day at the palace.
Until.
The doors to the throne room burst open. Clouds of dust billowed in, and a man stood in the middle of it. He wore a deep red robe with a hood. It was slightly too big for him, and his face was scarred. A cut down his cheek, and two across it.
Shadow's eyes grew large. It was the man who attacked her at the Nile. She stepped forward slightly, her spear pointed at him. The 6 priests stood in front of the throne, ready for anything.
The man pulled back his hood.
"Well, hello my dear pharaoh!" he said, his white hair covered in dust.
Yami stood up, and Shadow dropped her spear.
"Bakura?!" She said.
He looked at her, and scowled. "TRAITOR!" he yelled at her.
"WHAT?!" She yelled, scowling at him.
"You heard me! You betrayed our village!"
Shadow shook her head, and frowned at him.
"But, that doesn't matter right now." his gaze returned to Yami, "first, I kill the pharaoh."
Yami frowned, and stood his ground.
A couple of the priests began to summon their soul monsters, but Shadow was fast. She ran down the stairs, and ripped the tauk off from around high priestess Aishisu's neck, and stood in front of them all. The tauk was now broken, seeing as when Shadow had pulled it off of Aishisu, the clip that kept it around her neck broke.
Shadow held it in her hand, and faced Bakura.
"Why'd you attack me last week, and why'd you call me a traitor?" she asked fiercely.
"Well, I attacked you yesterday for the same fact that I called you a traitor. You serve a pharaoh who cares nothing for his people! His father destroyed our village!!"
"DEMOLISHED IT! I'm the only one still alive from the attack!" He said, just as fiercely as Shadow had.
Shadow frowned. "That's not true."
"Yes it is!"
"No it's not!"
"Enough! I came to kill the pharaoh, and I will, so get out of my way!"
"No! You aren't harming him. And I'll make sure of it."
"You will, will you? Fine. I guess you'll die first. DIABOUNDO! I SUMMON YOU!" Bakura yelled, and a huge soul monster appeared behind him. It was so big, it's head nearly touched the high ceiling of the throne room. A mask covered its face, and its lower body was that of a snake, not the tail though. It ended with a snake's head. The great beast also had huge bird wings sprouted from its back. Each one of its fingers ended in a sharp claw. (A/N-Read the manga to find out what Diaboundo really looks like, cause I did a horrible job of describing it. Imagine more evil and ferosiciousness! ^^')
Shadow swallowed hard. This monster was summoned without a tablet. Even the high priests needed to use tablets. That meant Bakura was very strong.
But so was Shadow. She took a deep breath, and glared at Bakura.
"I'm not afraid of that oversized freak of nature." She said defiantly.
"Well, I don't see you summoning anything to stop it." He said with a huge grin. Shadow closed her eyes, and concentrated hard.
"Oh, please work." The millennium tauk glowed in her hand, and her eyes opened quickly.
"SEIYARYU! I SUMMON YOU!" Suddenly a huge pink dragon appeared behind Shadow. It stood on hind legs, each foot adorned with huge claws that could tare anything apart. Both of it's arms had wings on them so it could fly, and it's fingers had 3 claws a bit smaller than those on it's feet, but were still able to shred through most things. It's tail almost looked like feathers with crystal on the end, and it wasn't very long at all. It's eyes were piercing green, like the emeralds in the eyes of the dragon on the book she got for Yami. (Mergle-_-' Bad job, once again of describing it. If ya have the card, go off that, if not, I'm sorry for describing it so horribly)
She hadn't used a tablet, which meant she was stronger than even the priests. She grinned just like Bakura.
"Lets see what you can do." She said.
"Sure" he said, "Diaboundo, ATTACK!"
"SEIYARYU! BLOCK IT!" Shadow bellowed.
The big pink dragon obediently blocked the attack with ease, although, it had trouble keeping it blocked, but it did somehow manage.
Bakura growled deep in his throat, then ordered Diaboundo to attack again. Once more, Seiyaryu blocked it, but with more difficulty. Shadow may have been strong, but Bakura WAS stronger.
Then Shadow got an idea.
"Seiyaryu! ATTACK!"
Bakura was startled; he didn't think she would actually attack him.
Seiyaryu blasted Diaboundo with flames of burning blue and gold. Diaboundo recoiled as the flames hit it, and melted through the wall beside the doors.
Bakura blinked, and stared at Shadow.
"But how?! DIABOUNDO IS UNBEATABLE! HE'S INVINCIBLE!" he yelled furiously.
"Well, Seiyaryu's special flames burn those who are unworthy. That's means your unworthy scum!" Shadow retorted at the disgruntled tomb raider.
Bakura growled, and quickly threw a dagger at Shadow, which she easily ducked, and it got stuck in a pillar of alabaster.
Shadow stood up, and smiled. "You have such horrible aim." She yanked the dagger out of the pillar, and threw it back at Bakura. As he ducked it, it chopped off a piece of his hair.
He stood, and scowled at Shadow. "This isn't over! I'll be back to kill that Ra damned pharaoh!" he turned to leave, "always remember my name, pharaoh, for I will be your undoing. Always remember, THEIF KING BAKURA!" and with that, he ran out of the palace.
Shadow made to run after him, but a slight cough from behind her made her stop, and swallow hard. She turned to face the 6 high priests, Yami's advisor, and Yami.
She sighed, walked up to Aishisu, handed her the tauk, then kneeled at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the throne, to await her punishment.
Yami sat down, and sighed. "You saved my life once, many years ago, and that dept hasn't truly been paid. Consider us equal now, Shadahrien."
Shadow flinched. Yami had never called her by her full name. Never.
She slowly stood up, and dared not look up at Yami.
"Pharaoh.I request to go to the village of Kuru Eruna.just for a day."
Yami was silent for a few moments, and then he finally spoke. "Fine. One day to get there, one to stay there, and one to get back. You have 3 days. Beginning tomorrow."
Shadow bowed, and left the throne room to gather rations, and equipment for her journey.
OK! Early update! Because of this, there won't be an update for the next week. This is because I start a new semester this week, and I'll be busy. Ok? So now, on with the fic! (This chapters nice and long, to keep you occupied ^_^ )
Disclaimer-I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.
P.S-I don't wanna have to keep writing this, but, does anyone ANYONE know how to keep 3 dots as is? It's kind of annoying seeing periods everywhere.
~Next year, Yami's birthday~
"My my, another year older, are we Yami?" Shadow teased.
He shoved her playfully. "You'll be the same age soon," he said. It was true. Shadow's birthday was in two weeks.
She yawned, and stretched. It was early in the morning. They had no more classes, and could spend the day exploring the town. Yami was slightly apprehensive about this, though. He knew that he would be bothered by the townspeople. Shadow on the other hand, was absolutely ecstatic about it.
Priest Seto came up behind the two. "And where're you two going?" he asked. The same day that Yami became pharaoh, and Shadow became a soldier, Seto became a high priest. As did a few other people Shadow had never met.
Shadow and Yami turned to him. Yami opened his mouth to say something, but Shadow beat him to it.
"And what would it be to you?" she asked in a tone she saved especially for him.
"Nothing really, except the fact that Yami has other things to attend to than being with an under classed soldier wanna-be." He said snidely.
Shadow scowled at him, and raised her fist to his face. "Take that back. Take that back, or I'll send you to the palace of Ra myself!"
He looked at her like she was a wet rat. "Put your hand down, or you'll spend the next year in the dungeons with the convicts and rats. It would suit you well, actually."
She grabbed the front of his purple robes, and pulled him down to her height so her face was right in his (A/N-She was a pretty tall chick though, mind you! She was only about half a foot shorter that Seto) and she opened her mouth to retort to his remark, but Yami intervened. He grabbed her hand, and she let go of his robes, and Seto stood straight up.
"Look, we can go to town later, ok?"
Shadow look bewildered at Yami, and Seto smirked at her. She frowned at him, and drew her fist up, just as he turned with Yami, and they went down the hall.
"Ra damn you, Seto." she muttered under her breath. She hastily turned, and quickly walked away.
~That evening~
"Happy Birthday Yami!" Shadow said cheerily. The two had not gone to the town, because Yami had been busy all day, but Shadow actually found this a good thing, because she was able to get him a present.
"That you" he said with a smile at his friend.
"Here." she said, handing him a gift that was wrapped in papyrus, and tied with a piece of gold material.
Yami took the gift carefully. He had not been expecting anything from Shadow. She had never been able to get him anything before. He gingerly unwrapped it, to find a book. It had an emerald green front and back. The binding was a thin piece of cord that was died green as well. At the top of the cover, there was a beautiful tiny painting of a red dragon with two sets of great powerful wings. Its eyes were tiny embedded rubies. And the dragon was between two tiny golden paintings of Isis, the goddess, with her great wings pointed towards the dragon. When Yami opened the book though, it was blank. All save the front page, it was a note from Shadow. The first writing she had done for anything besides class.
It read "I thought, when you become pharaoh, you may want to record things that are important to YOU, not that moronic scribe. Friends forever, Shadow"
Yami smiled at Shadow. "Thank you."
"You're welcome!" She said with a huge smile. Lets just say, it had cost A LOT for that book.
~The next day~
Shadow attended Yami's ceremony to become pharaoh. He was presented with his 'crown' so to speak, and he sat in his throne. Shadow found this mighty boring, to say the least. And Yami, in turn, attended her graduation ceremony.
At her ceremony, she stood in ranks for a good hour, while awards were given, and positions appointed. One thing that wasn't given, though, was captain of guard. Nor was captain of the military, though, it would not be given for some time, they would've at least said who was next in line to become it, after Semaharie passed over to the other plain. She found this rather odd.
Finally it was all over. Yet, Shadow was miserable. Everyone, and it's not being over-exaggerated, EVERYONE except Shadow was given their rank and position there.
"Who am I kidding? They find me a big fat joke. I probably went through all that for no reason!" she ran into her room, crying.
A few moments later, a knock came upon her door.
"Who.who is it?" she asked through sobs.
"It's me."
"Come in Yami."
He walked over to her, one hand behind his back. "What's wrong?"
"Everything! I'm no use here.I should go back to Kura Eruna! At least there I would be able to be a merchant or something."
"Now, why would you want to do that when you have such an important job here?"
"What?" Shadow wiped her eyes, and looked at Yami confused.
He brought out what he had been hiding behind his back. It was a headband. Much like the one Shadow already had, but much more intricate, and decorated.
She blinked. "Well, what could a pharaoh do without his captain of guard?"
She looked startled for a moment, then began to laugh, and she hugged Yami. "That's why they didn't give it to me! Oh! They did think this was a joke!"
Yami laughed. "They did. They didn't want to give it to you at all, just because you're a woman. And, you're also the next captain of the Egyptian military."
At this Shadow stopped. "Now, I know you're joking."
"No. You're the best in class. You graded above the rest."
"Oh my great gods!" She gave Yami another hug, and began laughing again. "I can't believe this! Oh! Thank you!"
Yami laughed, and Shadow took the headband.
"Better get ready, you start in an hour." he then left the room, and left Shadow to her glee.
She suddenly stopped. "An hour?!" She got up, and put the headband on the bedside table, then ran out of her room, to the weaponry. That's where all the uniforms were kept.
She slid into the weaponry, and startled the man who was making arrows.
"My, I think you have the wrong room, girly!" he said with a hardy laugh.
Shadow frowned at him. "As a matter of fact, I have the exact right room! I have to get my uniform."
"What?" he stopped, and dropped the arrowhead he had in his hand.
"Yes, I'm here to get my uniform!"
The man sat there with his mouth open, and a girl from the room behind the weaponry came out, with a bundle of linens in her arms.
"You must be Shadahrien! I have your things right here." She handed Shadow the linens, and grabbed a quiver full of arrows, as well as a bow, and handed those to her as well.
"Thank you!" Shadow said, and left. The man was still sitting there with his mouth open, looking utterly astonished.
Shadow went into her room, and unfolded the linens. They weren't much different than what she was already wearing, except that the belt and the piece of material that hung from the front were much more refined, and graceful than hers. Also, the top was more like the fine linen that Yami wore, than the heavier stuff she wore. She quickly changed, put on all of her jewellery and her new headband. But, something was still not quite right. She had it! She ran back to the weaponry, then into the room the uniforms were kept, and made.
"Excuse me?" she asked the girl who had given her the uniform.
"Yes?" she asked, turning to Shadow.
"Do you have any extra dye?"
"Um.yes, some blue."
"May I use it?" Shadow asked eagerly.
"Um.sure" The girl said, taking Shadow to the room that the Uniforms were made, and then to the large barrel of blue dye.
"Great! Um, while I'm at it, do you have any linen you don't plan on using?"
"Yes."
"Can you bring it to me?"
".Sure."
The girl went to get the linen, and Shadow grinned at her reflection in the dye.
"Here" the girl said, handing Shadow a piece of linen.
"Great." Shadow said. She pulled back all of her hair, except the left side of her bangs.
She bent, letting that side of her bangs go into the dye. She waited for a few seconds with her hair in the dye, then she slowly brought her head back up, and let it drip for a minute, then wrapped the linen around it. After a moment, when it was dry, she unwrapped it.
That part of her hair was now dyed a royal blue color.
She smiled, as she saw it through the corner of her eye.
She then smiled at the girl, and went into the weaponry, grabbed a long spear that was taller than herself by the spearhead, and left.
She put the piece of now blue linen in the drawer of her bedside table, and grabbed the dagger Yami had gotten her, and strapped it to her ankle, and then preceded to the throne room.
When she reached it, she found the 6 high priests there, each wearing their millennium items, and Yami was wearing his fathers' millennium puzzle.
Shadow swallowed hard, and walked up to the foot of the stairs that lead to the throne, and bowed deeply.
"Rise, and take your place" He said. He was very serious looking, and had absolutely no look of the Yami Shadow knew just an hour before.
She stood, and walked up the stairs, and stood to Yami's left, seeing as his adviser, Shimon stood to his right.
Yami whispered to Shadow out of the corner of his mouth, "What happened to your hair this time?"
Shadow nearly let out a laugh, but suppressed it into a snort. Shimon bent, and looked at her past Yami. She didn't look at him, and he stood straight again. She whispered back, "Well, I had to do something to show my loyalty to you, so I dyed it."
Yami's expression changed to surprise, and he looked at her. She smiled slightly, and shrugged. He sat back in his throne, and for a moment his expression stayed the same, then he shook his head, and his expression went back to serious.
The 6 priests turned to the throne, and they all bowed as one. Then, one by one the rose, stated their name, and loyalty, blah blah blah. Shadow only really wanted to know their names. The first was Akunadin high priest of the millennium eye, second was Mahadoo high priest of the millennium ring, third was Seto high priest of the millennium rod, forth was Shadi high priest of the millennium ankh, fifth was Karimu high priest of the millennium scales, and sixth was Aishisu high priestess of the millennium tauk.
It was rather late when all that was finished, and Yami was to retire to his bedchambers for the night. Shadow posted guards at is doors to keep him safe, and she too retired to bed.
~The next day~
Today Shadow actually could do as she wished. Yami was in meetings all day, and so, he had plenty of protection with the 6 high priests around himm all day.
She took this chance to go down to the Nile again, seeing as she hadn't for nearly 12 years.
She stood at the edge of the bank, staring into the water, remembering the fun she and Bakura had had on the day she left her lessons to play with him.
Suddenly, someone came from behind her, and put their arm around her neck, and put a dagger to her side.
"Palace scum." a mans voice whispered in her ear, "You're as good as dead, my dear lady."
Shadow rolled her eyes, and elbowed the man in the stomach, and then stamped on his foot. He let go of her, and dropped his dagger. She then whipped around and grabbed the front of his robes, and threw him into a nearby tree. He slammed his back on it, and slumped to the ground.
Shadow grabbed his dagger from the sand, seeing as hers was at the palace, and walked over to him.
"Never underestimate a woman." She said snidely, and she took the dagger, and made a cut on his cheek, then two more across that. "Now, I can tell who you are, no matter where I see you." She said, dropping his dagger beside him, and standing up.
She turned, and walked away.
The man lifted his head, and watched her leave. He touched his face gingerly where she had cut him. They weren't that deep, but they would leave life-long scars.
~Next week~
Shadow stood beside Yami. She had just been stated captain of the Egyptian military the day before, and it was a relatively quiet day at the palace.
Until.
The doors to the throne room burst open. Clouds of dust billowed in, and a man stood in the middle of it. He wore a deep red robe with a hood. It was slightly too big for him, and his face was scarred. A cut down his cheek, and two across it.
Shadow's eyes grew large. It was the man who attacked her at the Nile. She stepped forward slightly, her spear pointed at him. The 6 priests stood in front of the throne, ready for anything.
The man pulled back his hood.
"Well, hello my dear pharaoh!" he said, his white hair covered in dust.
Yami stood up, and Shadow dropped her spear.
"Bakura?!" She said.
He looked at her, and scowled. "TRAITOR!" he yelled at her.
"WHAT?!" She yelled, scowling at him.
"You heard me! You betrayed our village!"
Shadow shook her head, and frowned at him.
"But, that doesn't matter right now." his gaze returned to Yami, "first, I kill the pharaoh."
Yami frowned, and stood his ground.
A couple of the priests began to summon their soul monsters, but Shadow was fast. She ran down the stairs, and ripped the tauk off from around high priestess Aishisu's neck, and stood in front of them all. The tauk was now broken, seeing as when Shadow had pulled it off of Aishisu, the clip that kept it around her neck broke.
Shadow held it in her hand, and faced Bakura.
"Why'd you attack me last week, and why'd you call me a traitor?" she asked fiercely.
"Well, I attacked you yesterday for the same fact that I called you a traitor. You serve a pharaoh who cares nothing for his people! His father destroyed our village!!"
"DEMOLISHED IT! I'm the only one still alive from the attack!" He said, just as fiercely as Shadow had.
Shadow frowned. "That's not true."
"Yes it is!"
"No it's not!"
"Enough! I came to kill the pharaoh, and I will, so get out of my way!"
"No! You aren't harming him. And I'll make sure of it."
"You will, will you? Fine. I guess you'll die first. DIABOUNDO! I SUMMON YOU!" Bakura yelled, and a huge soul monster appeared behind him. It was so big, it's head nearly touched the high ceiling of the throne room. A mask covered its face, and its lower body was that of a snake, not the tail though. It ended with a snake's head. The great beast also had huge bird wings sprouted from its back. Each one of its fingers ended in a sharp claw. (A/N-Read the manga to find out what Diaboundo really looks like, cause I did a horrible job of describing it. Imagine more evil and ferosiciousness! ^^')
Shadow swallowed hard. This monster was summoned without a tablet. Even the high priests needed to use tablets. That meant Bakura was very strong.
But so was Shadow. She took a deep breath, and glared at Bakura.
"I'm not afraid of that oversized freak of nature." She said defiantly.
"Well, I don't see you summoning anything to stop it." He said with a huge grin. Shadow closed her eyes, and concentrated hard.
"Oh, please work." The millennium tauk glowed in her hand, and her eyes opened quickly.
"SEIYARYU! I SUMMON YOU!" Suddenly a huge pink dragon appeared behind Shadow. It stood on hind legs, each foot adorned with huge claws that could tare anything apart. Both of it's arms had wings on them so it could fly, and it's fingers had 3 claws a bit smaller than those on it's feet, but were still able to shred through most things. It's tail almost looked like feathers with crystal on the end, and it wasn't very long at all. It's eyes were piercing green, like the emeralds in the eyes of the dragon on the book she got for Yami. (Mergle-_-' Bad job, once again of describing it. If ya have the card, go off that, if not, I'm sorry for describing it so horribly)
She hadn't used a tablet, which meant she was stronger than even the priests. She grinned just like Bakura.
"Lets see what you can do." She said.
"Sure" he said, "Diaboundo, ATTACK!"
"SEIYARYU! BLOCK IT!" Shadow bellowed.
The big pink dragon obediently blocked the attack with ease, although, it had trouble keeping it blocked, but it did somehow manage.
Bakura growled deep in his throat, then ordered Diaboundo to attack again. Once more, Seiyaryu blocked it, but with more difficulty. Shadow may have been strong, but Bakura WAS stronger.
Then Shadow got an idea.
"Seiyaryu! ATTACK!"
Bakura was startled; he didn't think she would actually attack him.
Seiyaryu blasted Diaboundo with flames of burning blue and gold. Diaboundo recoiled as the flames hit it, and melted through the wall beside the doors.
Bakura blinked, and stared at Shadow.
"But how?! DIABOUNDO IS UNBEATABLE! HE'S INVINCIBLE!" he yelled furiously.
"Well, Seiyaryu's special flames burn those who are unworthy. That's means your unworthy scum!" Shadow retorted at the disgruntled tomb raider.
Bakura growled, and quickly threw a dagger at Shadow, which she easily ducked, and it got stuck in a pillar of alabaster.
Shadow stood up, and smiled. "You have such horrible aim." She yanked the dagger out of the pillar, and threw it back at Bakura. As he ducked it, it chopped off a piece of his hair.
He stood, and scowled at Shadow. "This isn't over! I'll be back to kill that Ra damned pharaoh!" he turned to leave, "always remember my name, pharaoh, for I will be your undoing. Always remember, THEIF KING BAKURA!" and with that, he ran out of the palace.
Shadow made to run after him, but a slight cough from behind her made her stop, and swallow hard. She turned to face the 6 high priests, Yami's advisor, and Yami.
She sighed, walked up to Aishisu, handed her the tauk, then kneeled at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the throne, to await her punishment.
Yami sat down, and sighed. "You saved my life once, many years ago, and that dept hasn't truly been paid. Consider us equal now, Shadahrien."
Shadow flinched. Yami had never called her by her full name. Never.
She slowly stood up, and dared not look up at Yami.
"Pharaoh.I request to go to the village of Kuru Eruna.just for a day."
Yami was silent for a few moments, and then he finally spoke. "Fine. One day to get there, one to stay there, and one to get back. You have 3 days. Beginning tomorrow."
Shadow bowed, and left the throne room to gather rations, and equipment for her journey.