Modern Day Pharaoh
Authoress' Notes: I'd like to thank Dark Bakura from Yu-Gi-Oh eXtreme for the names of the council so… thanks! Now… chapter 12!
Chapter 12: Muffin Man Wake-Up
Note: Ryou = Good Bakura/ Hikari
Note: Bakura = Bad Bakura/ Yami
¹: Itai – [Japanese] Ow or similar (said when one feels pain)
²: name-kun – [Japanese] added onto a male's name as a sign of respect
³: Yadonushi – [Japanese] Host/ King's Property (Bakura being King of Thieves)
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Aniba gave a groan of annoyance and reached through the curtains of her bed to hit the snooze button. Sighing in content she went back to sleep. To her, she had only been sleep for a few seconds, to her clock, five minutes when it went off again. Grumbling, she sat up in bed, reaching behind the table and pulled out the plug.
Falling back into the pillows, she slept once more.
/./Oh, rise and shine, Hiiikaaariii!!!/./
/Tu homo fatuus! Quietus!/ She yelled.
/./Eh? What the hell is that supposed to mean?/./
/You idiot! Shut up!/ She yelled, then pulled the pillow back over her head.
Lynex just shrugged from her soul room then appeared in Aniba's where her soul was sleeping. Holding out her hands, there was a soft hum and two trashcan lids appeared.
/./ – CLASH – "DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN? – CLASH – THE MUFFIN MAN. – CLASH – THE MUFFIN MAN? – CLASH – DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN – CLASH – WHO LIVES ON DRURY LANE!!!" – CLASH – /./ She 'sung' through both the link and into the spirit form of Aniba, dancing around the white four-poster bed, clashing the trashcan lids together.
Aniba woke with a start in her physical form, she then fell unconscious and woke up in spiritual form. "Why the heck did you do that for?!" Aniba yelled, sitting up in her soul room bed.
Lynex just responded with an evil smile, then clashed the lids together again in her face making Aniba jump in shock.
"AHH!" She yelled, then fell over backwards becoming entangled within one corner of the curtains. "Ack!" She then attempted to disentangle herself from the cloth, oblivious to the evil glint in her darker half's eye, nor that fact that she was getting closer.
"Oh, why my me…I wonder if that little hikari of mine is ticklish…?" She said, crawling over the bed to get closer. Aniba jerked her head up, her eyes wide as she frantically tried to remove the cloth.
"L-Lynex…y-you wouldn't d-dare!" She stuttered.
"You know I don't like to turn down a dare, my dear, precious light."
"Crap." Aniba started to back away, her eyes wide.
There was a rip sound and the curtain gave was causing Aniba to tumble on the floor. "Itai¹!"
Lynex pouted as Aniba erected a golden barrier around her, smirking as the process was completed. "Ha! Now you can't touch me!"
Lynex just sat crossed legged, her hair around her waist and partially on the bed. "Oh well. You're gonna be late anyway." She then pointed to the ceiling and a clock appeared showing the time, 6:30AM.
"Oh, Lynex!" She whined, then disappeared – her physical form up and awake now as she changed into her uniform, /You're gonna make me late if you keep play these games./
There was a yawn of boredom, /./You can't talk. You yourself love games-/./
/Not tickling ones!/
/./-and you would've slept in if I didn't wake you././
/Fine./ Aniba said huffing as she adjusted the blue bow on her blouse then grabbed a brush.
Walking down the hall, she went up to the room Resu was staying in and knocked on the door, "Rise and Shine!" She yelled, "If you want to eat breakfast, you better be up." She called as she quickly brushed her hair.
There was a annoyed moan heard then a scuffle as the words registered in Resu's mind.
Once she was finished brushing her hair, she left the brush on the couch and went off to make breakfast.
Entering the kitchen she walked over to the sink then washed her hands. Pulling out a large bowl and some ingredients, she began to make a pancake mix.
By the time Resu dragged himself into the kitchen Aniba was already halfway through cooking.
"Morning."
Grunt.
Looking over at the young Pharaoh, she giggled as she saw him slumped over on the counter and sleeping. "What?" He asked annoyed, opening his eyes to glare at Aniba. She just burst into a fit of laughter at not only the state of his hair, but also the fact that he had dragged his pillow along for the ride.
"I'm still tired, alright?!" He protested in a whining voice, then closed his eyes and slept again.
Aniba just rolled her eyes in amusement and finished the last pancake. Turning the stove over she brought two plates over to the breakfast bar that Resu was currently using as a bed and waved the plate of pancakes near his nose.
His eyes still closed, Aniba watched in amusement as his nose twitched then sniffed at the air, he then took a deep sniff and opened his eyes, "What smell is that?" He said, sitting up eyeing the food.
"Breakfast, now eat." She said, pushing his pillow off the counter and replacing it with a plate.
"I was using that…" He said in a sad tone as he saw the pillow fall onto the seat next to him. But soon disregarded it as Aniba started pilling the pancakes on his plate.
Eating her pancakes fast, she was finished in about ten minutes, though Resu had reclaimed his pillow and was using it as he attempted to eat each pancake with his head on the counter, surprisingly enough, succeeding with each attempt.
Putting away the plates and cutlery in the dishwasher, she pulled out a bowl and grabbed a tin of cat food, opening it and pouring the contents in the bowl. "Mafdet!" She called, tapping the tin.
Almost instantly there was a meow and a silver streak ran into the kitchen, leaping from the chair to Resu's head – surprising him – then into Aniba's arms.
"Huh? What was that?" Resu asked, sitting up as he looked around, disorientated.
Moving the Silver Egyptian Mau to her shoulder, she placed the bowl in the microwave and heated the food up before giving it to the waiting cat. Picking Mafdet off her shoulder, she placed her on the mat on the floor in front of the food and Mafdet readily ate it.
Resu leaned over the breakfast bar to get a better look at the cat, "Oh, its Mafdet." He said, smiling. "For a moment I thought I was hallucinating, or still sleeping." Shaking his head he went back to eating his pancakes, except this time in a normal manner.
"Uh huh…" Aniba said nodding, giving him a weird look then went off into the study to grab her school books and bag.
When she came back she was searching through her bag muttering, "Where is my history book?"
/./On the table in your room././
/Thanks./
Running back to her room, she grabbed her book, cards and mobile phone then came back, slipping them back into her brown school bag.
Pulling open the top flap, she tried to tug one of the straps out from inside, but it wasn't coming easily. /./Did you bother with the Velcro straps?/./
Looking inside the bag, she smiled as she undid the Velcro and pulled out the strap, clasping it to the other end of her bag. Putting it near the door she pulled on her socks and shoes, the grabbed a notepad and pen, scribbling down a few quick notes.
"Okay, everything you need to know is on here," Aniba said, handing the note to Resu who took it in confusion. "If you need me, try that mind link you did last night…uh…food is in the fridge…just read the note, and it should explain everything." Sparing a quick glance at the clock, she then rushed off to the bathroom to brush her teeth.
Resu blinked then opened the note, it was in Demotic. "Aniba!" He called, "It's in demotic!"
"I know! It's the easiest of all the texts and fastest to write so I just used that!" She called back.
Demotic was one of the easiest of the three text's in Egypt, and one that just about everyone could understand, even the peasants. Hieroglyphs were usually reserved for the royal family and important text, and priests usually wrote and used heretic. Resu read the scribbles quickly, 'She was right…everything is here.'
"Is the note self-explanatory?" She asked.
"Yeh." He said, finishing the food, looking up. Only then did he notice the clothes she wore.
She had a pink long sleeved blouse, with a blue bow on the front and a short large-pleat skirt.
"Uh…what are you wearing?"
"This is my school uniform, I have to wear it." She said glaring at his smirk. "Now, I you excuse me, I have to get going to school." Opening the door, she paused, "Don't touch anything you don't know about, don't start a sacrificial site in my apartment, don't open the door to strangers, and if you need me, call." She finished, "I'll be back in the afternoon! See you later!" She called, closing the door behind her.
"Bye." Resu said, then looked around the apartment.
"Meow!"
Looking at the floor, he saw two bright blue eyes stare back at him, a silver and black stripped tail swished along the floor back and forth. "Hello…Mafdet, is it?" He asked, bending down to pick up the cat.
Mafdet just mewed then leapt up, landing on his head and skidded along the bar, running into the wall. Shaking herself, she jumped back down then ran down the hall out of sight.
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Walking out of the apartment block, Aniba looked back at the building, 'I hope everything is still in one piece when I get back.' Sighing, she swung her bag onto one shoulder, adjusting the one long strap that hung over her shoulder and down to her waist. Once it was at the right height, just near her waistline, she continued her walk off to the bus stop where other there were other people waiting.
Looking at each of the people, she recognized a boy in long blue pants and a buttoned up blue jacket with snowy white hair, "Oh, Ryou-kun ²!" She called.
The boy looked over to her with dark brown eyes, "Aniba? Back already?" He asked in his light accent. Aniba just smiled and nodded.
"It was just for the weekend." She looked at him "Why? Did you miss me?" She teased.
"So, where did you go again?" He asked, changing the subject.
"Oh, just to E-"
/./Hikari././ Lynex warned.
"Um, Tokyo. I was originally going to go to Egypt, but instead I went to Tokyo."
/Lynex?/
/./You idiot! There is no way you could fly from Domino to Cairo and back in just two days!/./
/Oh…/
"Why did you go there though?"
"Well, I was going to go to Egypt to meet my, er, cousin and we'd fly back together, but instead he called me up and I met him at the Tokyo airport instead. We got back yesterday." She explained.
/./She lies././ Bakura accused.
/Please, we're just trying to have a polite conversation./
/./Whatever, yadonushi ³././ Bakura said, blocking the link.
"What is your cousin's name then?"
"Resu Fal." Aniba said, remembering the last name Lynex had supplied. At that moment, the bus arrived and they both boarded and sat down in at seat next to each other, their conversation leading towards their schoolwork, causing a groan of annoyance from both Yami's, Bakura on Ryou's side and Lynex on Aniba's side.
Once they arrived at school, both met up with the friends, though Pasenture and Ryou stood off to the side, then talked with each other.
Aniba met up with Heq and Yugi, though Yugi had a habit of standing near Aniba as not to look so dwarfed by the seventeen-year-olds height.
Once the first period bell run, the group split up to go off to their own classes, Heq and Aniba headed off to Computer Class.
"Hello, Ishtar." Came a cool voice from behind Aniba.
Turning, Aniba saw a blue eyed brunette looking at her, "Oh, Seto. Morning!" she said happily, "I've told you already, keep it at Aniba."
"Whatever." He said, striding past her entering the classroom.
"He can be such a jerk sometimes." Heq said, glaring at the back of his head.
"Oh, don't worry about it." Aniba said lightly, taking her laptop from her bag and opening it. "Some people are just people. They're called emotions." She said waving her finger at him.
Heq just shook his head, "I don't need a 'Mr. I-love-science' lecture."
"Oh, come on! Mr. Taragashi isn't that bad."
"Yes he is!" Heq huffed.
"Honestly." Aniba said, as she typed her password in.
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Resu looked around, cringing at the sight of the mess. Mafdet, being the stubborn cat she is, decided to play cat and mouse with Resu in the lounge and had knocked a lot of things over, thankfully though, nothing was broken.
Grumbling to himself, he began to pick up the life-like paintings and put all of the cushions on the couch. Once he had put them all in a neat pile, Mafdet jumped upon them and yawned. Looking 'innocently' up at the Pharaoh with her blue eyes then went to sleep.
"You really are something." Resu said amused. Looking around the now, 'relatively' clean lounge, his eyes widened in horror as he saw that the lamp had been knocked over. "NO! RA!" He gave a cry and ran over to the 'injured God'. "Don't worry! I'll save you!" He exclaimed.
Outside, several workers were working with the power lines and accidentally cut the power supply…
Standing up the lamp, he touched it to turn it on, and he frowned in worry.
"Ra, you are weak…" Looking around her gave a gasp as all the lights in the apartment turned off. (The curtains still being closed from last night) "Do you need a sacrifice? I'll get you some food!" He declared then went to approach the food goddess, A.K.A.… the fridge.
Opening it he looked around inside, grabbing some apples and grapes, placing them in a bowl and arranging them nicely then 'presenting it before Ra'.
Running off he looked around the apartment for anything that would be 'worthy' for a god, spotting some plastic flowers (though he thought them real) he grabbed the flowers and vase and placed it in front of the lamp next to the 'food offering'. "Accept these gifts so that you may flourish and bring us light again, Ra, god of the Sun."
At that precise moment, the electricians outside were able to turn the power supply back on and nearly jumped in shock from a great yell they heard at the apartment building across the road…
"RA! You have been SAVED! PRAISE THE GODS AND GODDESSES!" Resu exclaimed, giving a large whoop of joy as he began dancing around.
Running up to the couch he picked up Mafdet and exclaimed, "I have saved a God!"
Mafdet gave a yowl of surprise, then growled, glaring at Resu for disturbing her sleep and jumped from his arms to head off down the hall to Aniba's room where her cat-basket awaited.
"Fine." Resu huffed. "Be that way, I can enjoy celebrations by myself!" With that thought in mind, he began conjuring up various coloured ribbons with his Puzzle, most-likely, all of them from the Shadow Realm. Next he conjured up several Duel Monsters, the Musician King, Spirit of the Harp and Sonic Maid, along with a few various instruments.
Once he was finished his "little" magic spell, he gave the order in Kemetic for the music and celebrations to begin…
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"I'll see you all at school tomorrow!" Aniba called as she ran to catch her bus. "Bye!"
Tea, Joey, Tristan, Yugi, Pasenture and Heq all waved as she boarded the bus with Ryou.
"Phew. I didn't realize that missing one day of school would involve so much missed homework." She said to Ryou, gesturing to the folder she had.
Ryou nodded.
"So, how was your day? Boring? Exciting? So much happened that to describe it would take your breath away?" She and Ryou laughed at that.
"Let's just say it was…interesting. That History lesson most definitely was, who would've thought that Atem was even higher than Ra? I mean, you'd expect Ra to be the almighty God of Egypt and all."
"Yeh.." She said, absentmindedly.
"How come you knew so much about it?" He asked.
"Oh, I was reading through one of my books and came across it. I looked at the information again last night, just to prove something to Resu."
"Resu…you said he was your cousin right?" She nodded. "Will he be attending Domino?"
"Well, actually. Yes…Tomorrow most likely."
The bus stopped and both got off. Walking towards the apartment together they got to Aniba's door and Aniba paused, "Would you like to come in?" She offered.
Ryou was about to accept, when he heard a voice in his head.
/./Decline, Yadonushi. I have something I want to talk to you about…/./
"Um, sorry, but I have to finish up on some stuff…maybe another time?" Ryou suggested, hopefully.
"Sure. No problems then. See you tomorrow!" She called as he left.
"Bye." With that he walked down the hall and towards his own apartment door.
Aniba looked back to her own door as she saw his retreated back into his apartment, using her card, she swiped it across the lock and it opened.
Her eyes widened in shock at the sight that met her eyes, "RESU!!!"
Authoress' Notes: Well, there we have it! Ra's revival, some history, waters falls, and a few other things. [sigh] I didn't intend on it going for so long, but I wanted to leave Chapter 13 clear for…some other matters…Five pages! Yay me! Expect next chapter to be long as well, but then I'll probably go back to my regular length of 3-4 pages… or maybe not…
Thanks to the reviewers!
Pharaohs Angel: Thanks! Glad you like the soap scene!
Glitnir-Gebo: Why wouldn't he be? Thanks!
Ain-Siti-Naunet: The chapter was a bit slow? Sorry about that! I'll try and speed things up (but at the moment I'm in the middle of typing chapter 14) Thanks for the reviews and pointing out the mistakes!
Millennium: So tired… must rest.. [passes out] X–X
Everything: [unfreezes]
Aniba: [Looks around] Where did Millennium go?
Y.M.: [walks into room drinking red cordial] There [points]
Lynex: Who killed the Authoress?!
Y.M.: [slurps drinks and shrugs]
Nympthsis: [looks around] Hey… Millie has crosses for eyes…
Lynex: [in thought] I think they look more like 'X's
Millennium: [sits up like zombie]
Aniba: AHH!!! THE UN-DEAD HAS RISEN!
Millennium: [holding head due to headache] WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT UP!!! I'VE BEEN DEPRIVED OF MY SLEEP HERE AND WANT TO CATCH UP ON IT!!! [breathes deeply] Now, if you excuse me… [faints/ go back to sleep]
Everyone: 0.o
Y.M.: … o.o;; That was un-called for…
Everyone else: [nods in agreement]
Millennium: [sits back up] Oh, stuff it. Not even the dead could sleep with the noise you're making. [grumbles and goes to bed]
Y.M.: -.-;; Why couldn't I have been given a relatively normal hikari?
Millennium: I heard that!
Aniba: … Er… Review?
Millennium: [happy] [throws Petit Dragon plushie at Aniba's head]
Aniba: Ow! T-T [notices plushie] AWWW!! SO CU-UTE. [huggles plushie] Arigatou Millie-chan!
Computer voice: Thank you Millennium.
Lynex: 0.o … What was that…?
Aniba: [glared] hey, I said review and that means end of the line, so REVIEW! … Please?
Please Read and Review! R&R