Shadow's Story
Ahhhh, another chapter. Well, I may not be able to update the next chapter as quickly, because I need to write more. ^_^; And, I have, dun dun dun! WRITERS BLOCK! OMG!
Disclaimer-I don't own YGO
~The next day~
Shadow awoke the next morning feeling absolutely horrid. She knew that Yami wasn't really her friend anymore either. He was now pharaoh. Next time she messed up, it was death. No exceptions.
She went to the stables after a quick breakfast, and got a horse and a camel. She tied a mid-length rope between the two animals. One end around the camels' neck, and one end around a piece of a saddlebag that she slung over the horses back. She loaded most of her rations and equipment on the camel, and climbed on the horse when she was ready to go. She sighed, and looked back at the palace. To her surprise Yami was standing at the top of the stairs, watching her go. She smiled, and turned back to the palace wall gates, and began her journey to Kuru Eruna. Her home village.
~Near the village~
It had been only half a day, and she was already approaching the small village of Kuru Eruna.
She rode her horse up to one of the fallen buildings. Bakura had been right. The village was demolished. A tear streaked down her face.
A wind whipped past the fallen town, blowing up sand, and making something fall in the distance.
Shadow got off her horse, and tied it to a nearby, broken down building.
"Bakura was right." she muttered, walking down one of the many streets.
She finally came upon where she used to live, and tears stung her eyes. She placed a hand on a piece of the stone that she once lived in.
"Didn't you believe me?" a familiar voice drifted from behind her.
She turned to find Bakura standing across the sandy street.
She had the saddest expression on her face. They were once friends.yet, because of the pharaoh, they were now enemies.
"But, why?" she asked quietly.
"Because our village is where the seven millennium items were created. The pharaoh didn't want any evidence of where they were made, obviously." He said, disgust dripping from every syllable.
Shadow turned away from Bakura, and went to the hills they had climbed when they were young. She climbed to the top, and looked at the village. It looked worse from above. She could see every crumbling home. Every skeleton that lay in ruins. She could even see, in some homes, blood stained walls, showing that the bodies were thrown there when they were killed.
Tears fell down her cheeks as she looked upon the ruins.
"Sad, isn't it?" Bakura had climbed up after her, and was standing behind her.
"I didn't know."
"Your father did"
"What?!" she turned around to him.
"He was here when it was destroyed. He only watched. People pleaded to him. Begged him for help, but he just stood there, and watched them be murdered by the dozen." He sounded sad and sincere.
Shadow fell into his arms. "I'm so sorry!" she cried, "if I had known."
"I know." he said.
The two were standing at the edge of the cliff, and a thought passed through Bakura's mind, and he smiled evilly. Shadow, though, couldn't see he smirk, for she was still crying.
He placed his hands on her shoulders, and pushed.
Shadow gasped, as she fell backwards.
"But, once a traitor, always one!" Bakura laughed.
Shadow fell for about a second, before she regained composure, and grabbed ledge sticking out from the side of the hill. She hit the side, and got bruised and cut badly, but she figured it was better than dieing early. She then climbed down the hill, as Bakura cursed to himself at the top.
She ran through the town as fast as she could through the sand, but tripped on what appeared to be a skeletal arm sticking out of the ground. She flew face first into the sand. Bakura snickered as he walked over to her. She quickly rolled over, and stood up. Sand stuck to her face where her tears had fallen.
"You look absolutely pathetic." He said with a wicked smile.
Shadow scowled at him, and wiped the sand off her face. "How dare you," she said.
"How dare I what?" Bakura asked, trying to sound innocent.
"You know perfectly well what!" she said fiercely.
"At least I'm not a traitor."
"I'm as much a traitor to this town, as you are loyal to the pharaoh!" she barked.
"Ya, right."
Shadow glared at him. She walked over to him, then smiled.
"Do you know something?"
"What?"
"We were supposed to be married. Funny how things turn out, isn't it?" she smiled sweetly at him, and kissed him.
Bakura's eyes were wide, and she broke the kiss after a moment. She turned, and got onto her horse.
"You have a week to get out of here Bakura. Otherwise, I'll be back, and next time, you'll be one of the skeletons that litter the ground of this village."
Bakura frowned. "This'll be the second time I've had to watch you ride away on a horse."
"Except this time, it's voluntary on my part." She didn't even look back at him, and she began riding away, back to Cairo.
~Next week~
Shadow entered the throne room. Yami was talking to Shimon, but none of the priests were there.
Shadow took a deep breath, and walked over to the base of the stairs that lead to the throne. Yami stopped talking to Shimon, and looked at Shadow.
Shadow bowed deeply, and said, "Pharaoh, I request to take a group of soldiers to the ruins of the village Kuru Eruna. I have reason to believe that Bakura is hiding out there now."
Yami opened his mouth to reply to Shadow's request, when a cold voice drifted through the throne room. "I wouldn't listen to her, pharaoh. She knew about him being there for the last week. She's giving him the chance to escape."
Yami looked past Shadow, and Shadow stood up, and whipped around to see high priest Seto, accompanied by high priest Shadi.
Shadow slowly turned back to Yami. He was looking at her with cold eyes. Shadow shrunk back slightly.
A feminine voice then came into the room, "Pharaoh, may I state that he is still there. He did not take Shadahrien seriously. And, may I also say, if I may, that they have been friends for a much longer time than you know."
Yami looked up at high priestess Aishisu. "Fine, I grant the group of soldiers to go to Kuru Eruna. But, this IS your last chance Shadahrien."
Shadow looked sadly up at Yami. "Yes, pharaoh" She bowed, and turned to leave.
Aishisu stepped in her path. She took off the tauk, and handed it to Shadow. "I think you may need this. Oh, and I got the clip fixed." She smiled at Shadow.
Shadow blinked a few times, and looked at the tauk in her hand. "Th-thank you" she finally managed to say. She put it on, and smiled at Aishisu sheepishly. "Thank you a lot."
"You're welcome, just take care of it, and be careful" Aishisu said, and left the room.
Shadow then proceeded to leave, and pick her team to go after the Thief King Bakura.
~At Kura Eruna~
Shadow got off her horse, and looked around. As her soldiers got off their horses, and came up behind her, she called out, "BAKURA! Are you still here?!"
A snide laugh came from the shadows of a nearby broken down house.
"Why, Shadow, it's lovely to see you again." Bakura stepped into view, and took a step forward.
"I gave you a fair warning, now I must take you back to the palace for judgement." Shadow took a step towards Bakura.
"Not today, my old friend" Bakura said with a grin. Diaboundo appeared behind him with a huge gust of wind.
Shadow smiled. "This again?" She touched the tauk, and Seiyaryu appeared behind her, with another gust of wind. "SEIYARYU! ATTACK!"
Seiyaryu went at Diaboundo full force. It rammed into it, and began to breathe fire in its face.
"Ah, ah, ah. That trick won't work a second time! Diaboundo, shield."
A glassy-looking shield surrounded Diaboundo, making Seiyaryu fly backyards a bit. Shadow frowned.
"I'm afraid that this battle won't end the same as our last one. Diaboundo can block anything you throw this time!!" Bakura laughed.
Diaboundo attacked Seiyaryu, causing it to fly backyards into a nearby hill. Smoke blocked the view of the dragon, and bits of stone and pebbles flew everywhere.
Shadow held her arms up as a shield from the rock.
"Not so hot now, are you?!"
Shadow glared at Bakura through the hail of stone, and smoke.
Diaboundo rammed Seiyaryu into the stone, and it let out a loud growl as it was hit.
She couldn't win. She realized this. "Seiyaryu! Retreat!"
Seiyaryu disappeared, and the smoke slowly drifted away. Diaboundo stood behind Bakura.
"Time for a little lesson," Bakura said with a huge grin, "of pain."
Diaboundo flew over Shadows head, and attacked her soldiers. She whipped around to see a most horrible site. Her soldier were, literally, being torn apart by Diaboundo. Her eyes grew wide, and she felt like throwing up, right then and there.
Screams from her soldiers filled the air. Their horses all ran, but hers, being tied up, just whinnied, and fidgeted, kicking back and forward.
"Stop this!" She yelled, turning back at Bakura who still had a huge grin on his face.
"Now you know how it feels. How I felt, watching my home, our home, being destroyed. Watching people die."
Shadow shook her head in disbelief, and turned back to her soldiers.
Diaboundo went back behind Bakura, leaving a bloody mess in its wake.
Shadows soldiers were no longer soldiers, but bits of body strewn across the dessert floor. Their blood seeped into the sand, dyeing it a deep crimson.
She felt like throwing up, but she was a soldier, she couldn't show weakness. She turned back to Bakura.
"Now, feel pain, like you'll never feel again."
Shadows eyes flew up to Diaboundo, who began to come towards her. She took a step back.
"I think I'll spare you from him," Diaboundo disappeared, "And kill you myself."
Shadow glared at him, and he ran at her, a dagger in hand.
Ahhhh, another chapter. Well, I may not be able to update the next chapter as quickly, because I need to write more. ^_^; And, I have, dun dun dun! WRITERS BLOCK! OMG!
Disclaimer-I don't own YGO
~The next day~
Shadow awoke the next morning feeling absolutely horrid. She knew that Yami wasn't really her friend anymore either. He was now pharaoh. Next time she messed up, it was death. No exceptions.
She went to the stables after a quick breakfast, and got a horse and a camel. She tied a mid-length rope between the two animals. One end around the camels' neck, and one end around a piece of a saddlebag that she slung over the horses back. She loaded most of her rations and equipment on the camel, and climbed on the horse when she was ready to go. She sighed, and looked back at the palace. To her surprise Yami was standing at the top of the stairs, watching her go. She smiled, and turned back to the palace wall gates, and began her journey to Kuru Eruna. Her home village.
~Near the village~
It had been only half a day, and she was already approaching the small village of Kuru Eruna.
She rode her horse up to one of the fallen buildings. Bakura had been right. The village was demolished. A tear streaked down her face.
A wind whipped past the fallen town, blowing up sand, and making something fall in the distance.
Shadow got off her horse, and tied it to a nearby, broken down building.
"Bakura was right." she muttered, walking down one of the many streets.
She finally came upon where she used to live, and tears stung her eyes. She placed a hand on a piece of the stone that she once lived in.
"Didn't you believe me?" a familiar voice drifted from behind her.
She turned to find Bakura standing across the sandy street.
She had the saddest expression on her face. They were once friends.yet, because of the pharaoh, they were now enemies.
"But, why?" she asked quietly.
"Because our village is where the seven millennium items were created. The pharaoh didn't want any evidence of where they were made, obviously." He said, disgust dripping from every syllable.
Shadow turned away from Bakura, and went to the hills they had climbed when they were young. She climbed to the top, and looked at the village. It looked worse from above. She could see every crumbling home. Every skeleton that lay in ruins. She could even see, in some homes, blood stained walls, showing that the bodies were thrown there when they were killed.
Tears fell down her cheeks as she looked upon the ruins.
"Sad, isn't it?" Bakura had climbed up after her, and was standing behind her.
"I didn't know."
"Your father did"
"What?!" she turned around to him.
"He was here when it was destroyed. He only watched. People pleaded to him. Begged him for help, but he just stood there, and watched them be murdered by the dozen." He sounded sad and sincere.
Shadow fell into his arms. "I'm so sorry!" she cried, "if I had known."
"I know." he said.
The two were standing at the edge of the cliff, and a thought passed through Bakura's mind, and he smiled evilly. Shadow, though, couldn't see he smirk, for she was still crying.
He placed his hands on her shoulders, and pushed.
Shadow gasped, as she fell backwards.
"But, once a traitor, always one!" Bakura laughed.
Shadow fell for about a second, before she regained composure, and grabbed ledge sticking out from the side of the hill. She hit the side, and got bruised and cut badly, but she figured it was better than dieing early. She then climbed down the hill, as Bakura cursed to himself at the top.
She ran through the town as fast as she could through the sand, but tripped on what appeared to be a skeletal arm sticking out of the ground. She flew face first into the sand. Bakura snickered as he walked over to her. She quickly rolled over, and stood up. Sand stuck to her face where her tears had fallen.
"You look absolutely pathetic." He said with a wicked smile.
Shadow scowled at him, and wiped the sand off her face. "How dare you," she said.
"How dare I what?" Bakura asked, trying to sound innocent.
"You know perfectly well what!" she said fiercely.
"At least I'm not a traitor."
"I'm as much a traitor to this town, as you are loyal to the pharaoh!" she barked.
"Ya, right."
Shadow glared at him. She walked over to him, then smiled.
"Do you know something?"
"What?"
"We were supposed to be married. Funny how things turn out, isn't it?" she smiled sweetly at him, and kissed him.
Bakura's eyes were wide, and she broke the kiss after a moment. She turned, and got onto her horse.
"You have a week to get out of here Bakura. Otherwise, I'll be back, and next time, you'll be one of the skeletons that litter the ground of this village."
Bakura frowned. "This'll be the second time I've had to watch you ride away on a horse."
"Except this time, it's voluntary on my part." She didn't even look back at him, and she began riding away, back to Cairo.
~Next week~
Shadow entered the throne room. Yami was talking to Shimon, but none of the priests were there.
Shadow took a deep breath, and walked over to the base of the stairs that lead to the throne. Yami stopped talking to Shimon, and looked at Shadow.
Shadow bowed deeply, and said, "Pharaoh, I request to take a group of soldiers to the ruins of the village Kuru Eruna. I have reason to believe that Bakura is hiding out there now."
Yami opened his mouth to reply to Shadow's request, when a cold voice drifted through the throne room. "I wouldn't listen to her, pharaoh. She knew about him being there for the last week. She's giving him the chance to escape."
Yami looked past Shadow, and Shadow stood up, and whipped around to see high priest Seto, accompanied by high priest Shadi.
Shadow slowly turned back to Yami. He was looking at her with cold eyes. Shadow shrunk back slightly.
A feminine voice then came into the room, "Pharaoh, may I state that he is still there. He did not take Shadahrien seriously. And, may I also say, if I may, that they have been friends for a much longer time than you know."
Yami looked up at high priestess Aishisu. "Fine, I grant the group of soldiers to go to Kuru Eruna. But, this IS your last chance Shadahrien."
Shadow looked sadly up at Yami. "Yes, pharaoh" She bowed, and turned to leave.
Aishisu stepped in her path. She took off the tauk, and handed it to Shadow. "I think you may need this. Oh, and I got the clip fixed." She smiled at Shadow.
Shadow blinked a few times, and looked at the tauk in her hand. "Th-thank you" she finally managed to say. She put it on, and smiled at Aishisu sheepishly. "Thank you a lot."
"You're welcome, just take care of it, and be careful" Aishisu said, and left the room.
Shadow then proceeded to leave, and pick her team to go after the Thief King Bakura.
~At Kura Eruna~
Shadow got off her horse, and looked around. As her soldiers got off their horses, and came up behind her, she called out, "BAKURA! Are you still here?!"
A snide laugh came from the shadows of a nearby broken down house.
"Why, Shadow, it's lovely to see you again." Bakura stepped into view, and took a step forward.
"I gave you a fair warning, now I must take you back to the palace for judgement." Shadow took a step towards Bakura.
"Not today, my old friend" Bakura said with a grin. Diaboundo appeared behind him with a huge gust of wind.
Shadow smiled. "This again?" She touched the tauk, and Seiyaryu appeared behind her, with another gust of wind. "SEIYARYU! ATTACK!"
Seiyaryu went at Diaboundo full force. It rammed into it, and began to breathe fire in its face.
"Ah, ah, ah. That trick won't work a second time! Diaboundo, shield."
A glassy-looking shield surrounded Diaboundo, making Seiyaryu fly backyards a bit. Shadow frowned.
"I'm afraid that this battle won't end the same as our last one. Diaboundo can block anything you throw this time!!" Bakura laughed.
Diaboundo attacked Seiyaryu, causing it to fly backyards into a nearby hill. Smoke blocked the view of the dragon, and bits of stone and pebbles flew everywhere.
Shadow held her arms up as a shield from the rock.
"Not so hot now, are you?!"
Shadow glared at Bakura through the hail of stone, and smoke.
Diaboundo rammed Seiyaryu into the stone, and it let out a loud growl as it was hit.
She couldn't win. She realized this. "Seiyaryu! Retreat!"
Seiyaryu disappeared, and the smoke slowly drifted away. Diaboundo stood behind Bakura.
"Time for a little lesson," Bakura said with a huge grin, "of pain."
Diaboundo flew over Shadows head, and attacked her soldiers. She whipped around to see a most horrible site. Her soldier were, literally, being torn apart by Diaboundo. Her eyes grew wide, and she felt like throwing up, right then and there.
Screams from her soldiers filled the air. Their horses all ran, but hers, being tied up, just whinnied, and fidgeted, kicking back and forward.
"Stop this!" She yelled, turning back at Bakura who still had a huge grin on his face.
"Now you know how it feels. How I felt, watching my home, our home, being destroyed. Watching people die."
Shadow shook her head in disbelief, and turned back to her soldiers.
Diaboundo went back behind Bakura, leaving a bloody mess in its wake.
Shadows soldiers were no longer soldiers, but bits of body strewn across the dessert floor. Their blood seeped into the sand, dyeing it a deep crimson.
She felt like throwing up, but she was a soldier, she couldn't show weakness. She turned back to Bakura.
"Now, feel pain, like you'll never feel again."
Shadows eyes flew up to Diaboundo, who began to come towards her. She took a step back.
"I think I'll spare you from him," Diaboundo disappeared, "And kill you myself."
Shadow glared at him, and he ran at her, a dagger in hand.