Modern Day Pharaoh
Authoress' Notes: Err…let me think…Oh ya! I still need the name's of Akunumkanon's council! I've been watching the new series of Yu Gi Oh lately, but still nothing has turned up…Any clues? Please add them in your reviews cause at the moment for Prophecy I got "?….?" for all the priests and priestess'…I know there's Akunadean…but I need more than that! I've seen pics of them, so I know they're mentioned in the manga somewhere…but where? Please tell me in your reviews if you can, thanks!
Chapter 9: Scratched up for Dinner
¹: Netjeru – [Kemetic] Gods
²: Moshi-moshi – [Japanese] Hello?
³: Gomen – [Japanese] Sorry
⁴: Hai – [Japanese] Yes
" What is this place?" Shadii wondered.
"I just told you already!" Aniba said pouting. "It's the Temple of Ra. I kinda stay here." She then ran back to where Shadii stood looking around.
"Weren't all these destroyed?"
Aniba looked at him with a shocked and hurt face, along with confusion, "Destroyed? How can you even think that? Why would anyone want to destroy a Kaa in their sealed form? They're defenseless!"
"What I mean, young child, is through age and war."
"Age and War?" She said blinking. "But the creation of the Millennium Items stopped that. Pharaoh Akunumkanon used the book to keep it away from the evil people." She then frowned. "But that lady wasn't happy…She told me something about how the items were created…a sacrifice of sorts…But I still don't get age! It hasn't been that long since the war ended!" She protested.
Finally it hit him; she was from the past. Choosing his words carefully, he spoke, "Young one, just how much do you know about the Millennium Items?"
"A fair bit!" She exclaimed. "Um…Pharaoh Akunumkanon has the puzzle, but Atem will get it soon…also Akunadean has the eye…Er…I can't remember her name, but her neck is a bit long, she has the necklace, Mr. Shimon has the key- Hey…it looks just like yours…" She said looking up with light brown eyes that sparkled with curiosity. "Where did you get it?"
"It was left under my protection." He said, slipping the key back into the depths of his white robes. "Now, what did you want me to see?"
"Oh!" She said, giggling, "I forgot! I was supposed to show you the Netjeru¹ Kaa's!" With that she grabbed him by the hand and started pulling him towards the pentagon altar. "You won't be able to see it from here. Unless of course they get moved, but I definitely wouldn't be able to do that!" She laughed.
Standing up, she waited till he had climbed the stairs. "Now, look over there!" She said pointing to some large stone tablets, Shadii looked at the tablets that were larger than he was. "See? That's the Phoenix." She said pointing to the first one, "And that's the dragon, and that's the blue monster!" She said pointing to each in turn. "Oh, and that's a carving of the Millennium Puzzle. It show's that only those of the Royal Bloodline may use these Kaa's and they will obey." She said, explaining.
"How do you know the colours of them?" He asked.
"Oh, um…I've seen them twice! Once in a duel and the second time when my…" She fell silent, all enthusiasm gone.
Shadii picked up on this at once. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing." She stepped down. "I think it'd be best if we leave." She murmured, then walked along the stone bridge and out through the maze of hall's and stairs.
He followed closely behind, his fingers tightened on the Millennium Key he held under his robe. "I would like to search your soul." He said, taking the key out.
Aniba turned, a sad expression on her face. "You won't find anything. You won't even get there." She said looking at the Key.
"I will try anyway, to prove you have nothing to hide." He took a step forward, Key out and activated it. There was a flash of blinding light and he was thrown into darkness.
Looking around, he could make out some walls and doors, but nothing more. Apart from the darkness. "I told you!" Aniba said, irritated. Tapping her foot impatiently she glared at him, though it was abit hard for her to make it look fearsome due to her age and height.
Shadii blinked. It was getting dark. Looking around he realized that he was no longer in the darkness but back out in the desert. "What happened?"
"I don't know. But, you definitely weren't invited there. That was rude!" She huffed and a strand of black hair fell across her face. "I forgive you anyway. Most people are driven to crazy ends because of the Items. You were a victim of one, am I correct?" She said eyeing him with a thoughtful expression.
"What do you mean?" He asked, taken aback by her sudden thoughtfulness.
"You're a spirit." She said simply.
"This form I got as a result of an Item thief, driven to insane ends to collect the items." He said, looking at himself. "Are you scared?"
"Of what?"
"Spirits."
"No."
He looked up as he saw the moon beginning to rise. "Why?"
"Because…I knew some…" She replied, but by the tone in her voice, Shadii gathered it was something she didn't want to talk about.
"I must take my leave." Shadii said as he faded away. "Farewell."
"Please come back and see me soon! Goodbye!" She cried out to the spirit.
He nodded then faded completely.
"All alone again." Aniba said sadly then went back into the Temple, however this time into she didn't go down any stairs; instead she kept walking until she reached a room.
There was a constant ringing sound that could be heard.
"Bells?"
The ringing continued.
Aniba gave a groan as she sat up in bed. "I must've fallen asleep," She mumbled, then walked over to the study table and picked up the phone. "Moshi-moshi ²?" She asked, tiredly as she rubbed her eyes.
"Aniba! You know my Japanese is bad!" A voice protested on the other line.
"Oh, hi Heq. It's you." She said smiling, then chuckled. "Gomen ³!"
"Aniba!"
"I said, 'sorry'!"
"Yeh, but you don't have to say it in Japanese!"
"Hai ⁴, hai. I know." She gave snickered when she heard an exasperated sigh on the other end. "So, why did you call?" She asked, looking in the mirror at her hair which was now currently a mess.
"Well," He said, sounding a bit panicky, "Have you started making dinner yet?"
Aniba just rose an eyebrow as she fixed her hair. "No, actually I'm going to start soon." She said, looking at her alarm clock which read 4:15PM.
"Good. Just don't make dinner. I'll do it. SeeyouatfiveAniba,bye!" He said, quickly the hanged up.
"No, Heq wait-" She sighed as she head the dial tone. Hitting the red button, she replaced the phone back in its original place and walked off towards the lounge where Resu was still sleeping.
Looking over at him, she had to bite back her comments about him being cute, cause she knew that he didn't think of himself as 'cute', and the cute she was referring to was 'little kid with teddy' cute.
She had cut off the link with Lynex while she was sleeping (or more, so she could sleep) and was now a bit bored. Walking over to a table she knelt down looked inside of the fish tank that sat upon it.
"Hey…where'd Kiddy go?" She wondered, confused as she looked in the tank at eye-level for a large Flower-Horn fish. She then mentally smacked herself in the head, "That's right, Heq volunteered to look after it." She thought quietly to herself.
Getting up she walked off to the kitchen and poured herself a drink of water. Drinking it down, she then looked in the double-door fridge for some soft drink, her face fell when she discovered none.
/./Nah, nah!Lynex, said in a taunting voice././
/Hey! Who allowed you to open the link?/
/./You did. It leaked open when your mind was elsewhere thinking of that fish././
/Oh./
/./Anyway… Nah, nah!/./She said again.
/By Ra, what's with you?/ Aniba asked, confused.
/./I got soft drink and you don't!/./She said in a taunting voice.
/You have to stay in the Soul Room and I don't!/ Aniba responded in the exact taunting voice. She grinned as she felt a mental pout sent to her.
/./Silly Hikari…/./Lynex mumbled.
Aniba just rolled her eyes. Looking in the fridge, she found nothing, opening the freezer, she tried to remember where she kept the ice-cream when a voice interrupted her thoughts. "What in the name of Anubis? It's so cold!"
She turned and there directly behind her was Resu, stuttering slightly and rubbing his arms to keep warm. Closing the door, she looked up in surprise, "Resu? When did you wake up?"
"When I heard someone mumble the word 'Kiddy'." He rubbed his arms more to get warm.
"Cold?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. Immediately he dropped his arms by his side.
"No."
"Sure, you're not." She then walked off towards a door which appeared to actually be a closet and grabbed a blanket. "Here." She said, handing it over.
He took it and draped it over his shoulders and pulled it closer to him. Aniba went and sat at the breakfast bar, watching his moves. After about five minutes or so, he threw off the blanket muttering something along the lines of 'Ra-damn body heat'.
Taking the blanket, she instead put it back on the couch and then suddenly there was music playing. Resu looked around for the source, "What's that?"
"Doorbell. Heq's gone and changed it again." She sighed as she heard the familiar tune of an instrumental piece that Heq had played for her some time ago.
"Who is it?" She called through the door.
"It's me, Pasenture-ahh!" A loud THUD was heard from the other side of the door. Looking at her watch, she saw it was 4:55PM.
Opening it, she looked around but saw no one, then her eyes fell on the swirly-eyed figure on the floor, a cat-carrier with the door wide open and a large silver and black marked pillow which could have been mistaken for Pasenture's hair.
The pillow stood up, gave a loud meow and leapt into Aniba's arms.
"Aww…How's it going Mafdet?" She asked, stroking the silver and black Egyptian Mau cat. Mafdet just looked up at Aniba with beautiful blue eyes and gave a soft purr. "You okay Pasenture?" She asked, looking down at the boy who was currently in the process of getting up.
"Yeh." He mumbled, standing up and putting his hand on the door frame for support. "She does that all the time." He said shaking his head in amusement.
"Mafdet!" Aniba sighed. "You should learn to be nice to Pasenture!" She scowled playfully.
The cat just responded with another meow and leapt from her arms and into Aniba's apartment and settled herself on the couch as if she owned the place.
"Want to come in?" She asked looking at him then frowned, "You have scratches all over your face." Pasenture blinked and nodded, picking up the cat-carrier.
"I do?"
"Yeh."
"Must have happened when Mafdet decided to attach herself to my face." He said, snickering. "Don't worry about it."
Aniba just nodded and closed the door after him when suddenly a foot caught itself in the door.
"Ah-ha! Just on time!" Heq panted, looking at his watch while trying to balance the four boxes of pizza in one hand.
"Sorry!" Aniba said apologetically as she opened the door. "Wow. Pizza!" She exclaimed.
"That's not all!" Heq said grinning. The opened the door more as various deliver guys (and girls) started pouring into the room…
A/N: Okay… just to clear up some information!
Flower Horn Fish – This is a labyrinth (air breathing) fish I saw over when in Malaysia… I based it on my uncles' one which too was named Kiddy. They're actually quite smart and can recognize people. A Hybrid species I believe, about 25cm across. They're territorial and have some really nice colours. From what I heard, keeping one in the house is supposed to bring prosperity and good luck. Well, for the fanfic, Heq got it for Aniba as a 'house-warming' present…though she had already been living in her apartment for a few weeks anyway.
Thanks to the Reviewers;
Yami Tangela, Pharaohs Angel: Thanks for the nice comment! And yup, Yugi will be in this fic and he and Resu/ Atemu will meet. Here's your update for ya! [grins]
Ente: Don't worry about it! Yeh…Lynex is kinda forbidden to drink/eat any sugary product…a big no, no…and later on in the fic you'll see one of her full-scale sugar attacks first hand. I've been called a walking dictionary before, but not with languages! One of my friends refers to me as the walking, talking anime dictionary! I have found soo much on the Egyptian/ Kemetic language, and I'm thinking of putting one up on my web site. But, thanks for the review!
Ain-Siti-Naunet: I'm glad you're enjoying the story! Yeh, and I know you meant "don't" so don't worry yourself too much about it. ;)
Glitnir-Gebo: Thank you!!! Here's an update, you're safe now!
Millennium: Another chapter down… school and technology coming up next! [big grin]
Aniba: Why don't you have your weird text smiley faces anymore?
Millennium: FF.net changed the format so certain characters aren't coming up. (-.-) My little tiny four looks like a rectangle on the net, Argh! But the upside is that I can center text now. [is happy]
Lynex: [is sugar high] Oh, lah, lah, laaaah!
Nympthsis: (0.o) That… is weird…
Lynex: LOOK! A GIANT PINK ELEPHANT!
M & A: (-.-) No… that's just the fairy floss stand…
Aniba: Bad move…
Lynex: Fairy…floss? [starry look in eyes] WHEEEEEEEE!!! [runs off and takes over fair floss stand scaring poor owner half-to-death] FREE FAIRY FLOSS FOR EVERYONE!!!
Nympthsis: [sitting down eating popcorn and watching as if it's a movie] Destruction and Chaos, here we come!
Millennium: SHH! Stop reading ahead!
N & A: [Blink, Blink]
Aniba: [is worried] What…does that mean…?
Millennium: Uhh….
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