Atemu's Queen: AAHHHHHHH!!!!!! YAMI IT'S A VIRUS!!!!!!!! KILL IT!!!!!! EEEKKKKKK!!!!!!
Yami: it's a fly….
Atemu's Queen: its screwed up my computer!!!!! In case you wanna know, ch 3 wasn't really "complete". My computer screwed up and blew up!!!!
Yami: it….is….a….fly….
Atemu's Queen: never mind….say the disclaimer before we start to bore the readers…
Yami: Atemu's Queen does not own Yu-gi-oh….
Atemu's Queen: oh and I like to thank the people that reviewed the previous chapter. Thank you Dark Mage of Sea 13, Pharaoh's Angel, and cwthewolf. Its good to know that people like the stories when one writes.
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Miu brought Rena back to the Servant's Sanctuary where Yukina stood waiting. Yukina had a cloak on, which meant only one thing: She was going out to the city. It was required by law to where a cloak if you were a resident of the Servant's Sanctuary, and you wished to go out into the city. All people who served the royal family, had to conceal their identity before stepping out into the outside world. In the city, servants were considered to be "monks" or "priestesses".
"Mommy, where are you going? Into the city?" asked Rena.
"Rena, Miu, put on a cloak, we have to go somewhere." Said Yukina.
"Sister, are you saying we're going to that place where…"
Yukina replied with a little hush. She helped her daughter find a cloak that would actually fit. After all, Rena was the youngest servant in the whole palace, finding a small size for her is very difficult. Once the three of them were ready, they quietly took off towards the stables. There were two young stable boys watching over the horses and livestock. One of the boys was fast asleep on a large heap of hay, the other was holding onto two horses, waiting for Yukina.
"Miss Yukina," said the boy, "Here is two horses you asked for." He handed over the horses to Yukina and Miu. Yukina and Miu got on the horse with no problem. The stable helped Rena got on; she sat directly behind her mother.
"Mommy, where are we going?" asked Rena again.
Yukina didn't answer, instead she took off towards the city with Miu following from behind. Like Rena's tour around the palace, this was like a quick tour around the city. She always stayed within the cold, stonewalls of the Servant's Sanctuary. Anyway she was to young to wander off in such a vast area full of people. They rode past through the gateway of the city, and off into the desert, a forbidden area to many people. They rode on until they reached a small cave at the base of a mountain.
"Mommy, where are we? Why have we left the city?" asked Rena.
"Rena…I never told you about what happened to Taka…I mean your father." Said Yukina quietly.
"No. I never even knew I had a father. I've never even met him." Said Rena, "What happened to him?"
"Come with me, and I will show you."
They all dismounted and hid the horses behind some large rocks. Then, they went inside the cave. All the cave passages were dimly lit by torches of a blue flame. Everything seemed strange to Rena. She wondered, what person would bother putting up torches in a cave that was a far distance from the city? Yukina guided her sister and daughter through the dark passage. She seemed to know which way they were going. They went deep underground until the passage came to a dead end. At the end of the passage, there was a small shrine. There were small candles lit with blue flames, a sword that was stabbed deep into the earth, and a stone table. The stone tablet depicted a warrior clad in armor, ready to go into battle. (FYI: The picture on the stone is the Black Luster Soldier)
"It looks like a swordsman…" said Rena, "But what happened to daddy?? Why hasn't he been with us for seven years??"
"Rena, this stone tablet you see before you is all that remains of your father, Takanori." Said Yukina, "All that remains of him is his spirit, which now sleeps within this stone tablet."
"But then why is he gone?" asked Rena, "I don't understand."
"Your father was a brave man…he was a powerful warrior when I first met him. I met him in my village, where it was soon burned by a band of thieves. Miu and I escaped with his help. When we wandered in the desert, we all thought it would become our grave. But then we were all saved by a member of the royal family." Said Yukina.
"Who saved you from the desert?" asked Rena.
"He was the prince of the royal palace, but now he is the man you know as Pharaoh Akunumkanon." Said Yukina.
"Touch the stone Rena. It'll feel as if he was right next to you." Said Miu.
Rena stepped slowly towards the stone tablet, and touched it with her youthful hand. Unlike the stonewalls she lived in, this stone was warm. There was a strong, powerful, yet kind presence inside of it. Then, Rena felt as if there was a hand touching her face.
"Daddy…." Said Rena, "I can feel his hand on my face."
Yukina sighed. She knelt down with her hands pressed together. Miu understood how her sister felt and placed her hand on her shoulder to comfort her. Yukina was crying in silence. It's been seven years since the death of Takanori. He was said to have died a few weeks before the birth of his daughter.
"Its ok Yukina…don't cry…" said Miu.
Suddenly, there were footsteps coming from one of the passages. Yukina got up and carried her daughter. She gave a motion for her sister to hide somewhere. She too, took her daughter to find a hiding place. This cave, which was Takanori's grave, was a forbidden place. For the past seven years, Yukina went alone to the cave to visit her husband. When the footsteps came closer, there was a man heading to the shrine. It was the Priest Akunadin. He walked towards the stone tablet a stared at it for a while.
"So this is the legendary resting place of that fool Takanori…." Said Akunadin to himself, "I can sense great power within this stone, and it has a very powerful Ka inside of it. But the spirit of Takanori repels me from getting this powerful Ka. He refuses to obey my orders…." (FYI: Ka is what they called a duel monster in Ancient Egypt.)
Akunadin glared at the tablet, and spat at its feet. Yukina glared at Akunadin as he made his way to the surface. They waited about an hour, not moving a single muscle. Rena started to become very sleepy, and gradually fell asleep in her mother's arms. She looked over to her sister, who waited patiently for an hour. Yukina gave her a signal that it was ok to move again.
"Yukina that was Akunadin…" said Miu, "Why was he here?"
"I don't know…" said Yukina, "I have a suspicion that he wants the power that Takanori left behind. But only a descendant of Takanori can control that power."
Miu and Yukina both stared at the sleeping Rena. It was made clear to them that Rena was the one who was destined to control the Ka sealed inside the tablet. They both left the cave quietly without saying a word. They rode their horses back into the city, and they made it in time before the servants had to check into the Servant's Sanctuary. Yukina put Rena to bed, and sat on the roof of the sanctuary staring into the night sky. Rena's destiny was finally made clear, but how is a young girl who has virtually no place at all in the vast Egyptian Kingdom destined to wield a power that even Akunadin lusts for?
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Atemu's Queen: phew!! All done!!!
Yami: you made that chapter sad…
Atemu's Queen: and I revealed some things about Rena, Takanori, and….
Yami: ::sighs:: and she thinks I'm the one who reveals all the information…
Atemu's Queen: oh well, please review… and as a little spoiler, the next chapter will take place 6 years from when Rena sees her dads burial site. And there might be a little thing going on between Rena and the…
Yami: will you stop giving away the main plot!!!
Atemu's Queen: sorry…but I'm a little high on sugar….