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Disclaimer: opens eye hey, guess what. I don't own YGO! Yaaay...falls back asleep
Chapter four: exploration
I sat on the bed, kicking my legs from boredom. Two days have past and not much has happened. Well, except for the fact I had learned I knew how to duel, and better than I had thought. But I still couldn't beat Melanie, even when she was going easy on me.
Two days of being here also gave me time to explore. This was the basic layout of the house:
When you first enter the yard, you'd note the fact that there were statues of a male and female sphinx on either side, sort of like guardians. There was a fountain on the right with carvings of a winged Isis and a winged scarab. On the left there was a field of flowers that had more species than you could count. Trees dotted here and there and the place just gave you a sense of peace.
The front hall was grand, but it gave a sense of foreboding. Probably because it was colored black and gold and there were pictures of hieroglyphics. The heart weighing against the feather of Ma'at was especially emitting the feeling of omnipresence.
I'm not going to go into detail about the other twenty five rooms. They had the basic bed and dresser drawer combo with the occasional bathroom. There was a wing dedicated to servants and I had no idea what it looked like. We weren't allowed in there. Same goes for Malik's room. Not like I wanted to go in there anyway. On the opposite side of the house, well away from my room, was where the other Hunters stayed. The kitchen was located there, but the dining room was closer to me.
My room was pretty cool. It had a walk-in closet that had clothes of every style in my size. The bathroom was decent size with a shower, thank the lord, and there was an entertainment center. It was complete with a TV that had cable, a variety of systems, games, and a VCR/DVD player. The videos and DVD's were mostly anime, but there was a couple of American things too. Plus I had a computer nook too. Unfortunately, I hardly was allowed to play on them.
The back yard was a different story. It was like a jungle. There were trees everywhere and it stretched for quite a long time. In the heart of it all was the zoo. I loved visiting there. The birds were allowed to be free, so when hiking there, it felt like you were in another world. I found a clearing on my first exploration and was happy to find that it didn't seem to be used. I hoped sometime in the near future it would get to be my get- away spot.
Well, that's about it. Right now, I'm not doing anything because Melanie said Malik-san said I could take the day off as long as I didn't use the electronic things. He knew how to annoy me. I yawned and stretched. Speaking of Melanie, she should be here any moment now with lunch. Good thing too, I was hungry for not doing anything.
There was a knock on the door and Melanie came in. "I thought it would be good if you went out to the garden milady. You've been in here all day, and I didn't think you've been doing anything." She said. In her hand was a small basket.
I brightened. Why hadn't I thought of that?! "Okay Melanie. Will you join me?"
Melanie smiled gently. "I cannot milady. But I do believe that Malik- sama should be out there talking to Rishid."
I blinked. Rishid? Oh yeah, that guy Malik had mentioned. "I see. All well, I won't bother him." I said. Then something came to my mind. "Hey Melanie, I have a question."
"Yes milady?"
"Who was it that had changed me when I first came in here?"
Melanie smiled. "If you're thinking Malik-sama, I'm sorry to say you're mistaken. He carried you in here and put you in my arms and said to clean you and have you put in one of the rooms farthest from the Hunters."
"Trust me, it's a good thing it was you who did it." I said with a sigh of relief. "Wait, how much do you know about Malik-kun's plans?"
Melanie sighed. "If he heard you call him that he wouldn't be happy."
"I'm sorry. I meant, Malik-sama's plans?" I said, quickly correcting myself.
Melanie shrugged. "Very little. Whatever the master does is his business."
I nodded. A good servant would act as such. "Okay, that's all I needed to know. Well, I'll see you later."
I left the room after taking the basket from her. I went in the garden and was surprised to see Malik sitting there, a dark figure standing beside him. They were talking in normal voices so I could hear them. I slid behind a tree just in case they decided to lower it down.
"Master, all ready Yugi and his friends have gone to the police. They have visited most of the houses in the immediate area. It won't be long before they come here."
"Perfect." Malik said sarcastically. "Do they know of my name?"
"No. We have this house registered under another name. The name is Akita Daichi."
"Daichi...Daichi....isn't that the name of one of the hunters?"
"That is correct Malik-sama. I believe he was one of the men who er....tried to do something to the girl you brought here."
"I see. Rishid, have him have an accident." As Rishid bowed and turned to leave I could picture an evil smile appear on Malik's face. "And do make it painful."
So that was Rishid. Malik expected me to talk to that guy?! He looked like he came out from an anime where he was the psychopath's crony. I mentally slapped myself. He WAS just that!
Rishid left and he walked right by me. He turned his head ever so slightly and I knew he had spotted me. A small smile appeared on his face, but he didn't say anything. He walked on.
I smiled. He didn't seem too bad. He also had smiled, that's more than Malik had offered. I never would have thought I would miss Yami so much after that weird day I had with him.
I decided to come out of hiding and walked hesitatingly walked towards Malik who was still sitting in the same position. "So you were eavesdropping." He said coldly without turning around.
I blushed. "Um, I didn't want to interrupt. So that's Rishid..." I said, hoping that he would do anything or punish me for listening in.
He stood up and brushed himself off. Finally he turned to me. "So you know that your boyfriend is looking for you. Are you going to try to run away?"
I blinked. "No. I'd get lost before I was half a block down the road. I have no sense of direction." I said.
Malik left me there without saying anything else. "Hey, that wasn't all he said." The tree next to me muttered.
"You mean I didn't come at the beginning? What else did they talk about?" I asked. I couldn't help my curiosity.
"They talked mainly about you. The Hunters are getting restless." It answered.
The color drained from my face. Great, just great. "Tha-" Before I could say the two words I found myself about a foot high with four paws and a sleek tail. I was catalized. I jumped into the basket, trying to figure out what had happened. Jenie had said that I would turn into a cat when feeling a strong emotion. So that meant...oh, I had felt a strong sense of fear.
I opened one of the napkins and found a chicken sandwich. I didn't realize how hungry I had been. I ate it in a flash and looked at the plate. I was all black with a white star on my forehead. I smiled, if you could call it that, in cat form. I looked like an okay cat. I purred and jumped out of the basket.
I explored the house and was surprised to find that there were zero mice to chase. Aw damn. Wait, what was I thinking?! Why on earth would I want to chase a mouse? I sniffed and found two scents reach my nose. Melanie was in one of the rooms, the one on the left, and Malik was the second. He was in the upper right room. I wondered who I should check up on. Judging from the smell in the room on the left, someone was cooking. Not that much fun to see. In Malik's room however, there was the scent of blood.
Author: sigh finally I get to where I want. Expect a bit more from the next chapter...I hope...
Disclaimer: opens eye hey, guess what. I don't own YGO! Yaaay...falls back asleep
Chapter four: exploration
I sat on the bed, kicking my legs from boredom. Two days have past and not much has happened. Well, except for the fact I had learned I knew how to duel, and better than I had thought. But I still couldn't beat Melanie, even when she was going easy on me.
Two days of being here also gave me time to explore. This was the basic layout of the house:
When you first enter the yard, you'd note the fact that there were statues of a male and female sphinx on either side, sort of like guardians. There was a fountain on the right with carvings of a winged Isis and a winged scarab. On the left there was a field of flowers that had more species than you could count. Trees dotted here and there and the place just gave you a sense of peace.
The front hall was grand, but it gave a sense of foreboding. Probably because it was colored black and gold and there were pictures of hieroglyphics. The heart weighing against the feather of Ma'at was especially emitting the feeling of omnipresence.
I'm not going to go into detail about the other twenty five rooms. They had the basic bed and dresser drawer combo with the occasional bathroom. There was a wing dedicated to servants and I had no idea what it looked like. We weren't allowed in there. Same goes for Malik's room. Not like I wanted to go in there anyway. On the opposite side of the house, well away from my room, was where the other Hunters stayed. The kitchen was located there, but the dining room was closer to me.
My room was pretty cool. It had a walk-in closet that had clothes of every style in my size. The bathroom was decent size with a shower, thank the lord, and there was an entertainment center. It was complete with a TV that had cable, a variety of systems, games, and a VCR/DVD player. The videos and DVD's were mostly anime, but there was a couple of American things too. Plus I had a computer nook too. Unfortunately, I hardly was allowed to play on them.
The back yard was a different story. It was like a jungle. There were trees everywhere and it stretched for quite a long time. In the heart of it all was the zoo. I loved visiting there. The birds were allowed to be free, so when hiking there, it felt like you were in another world. I found a clearing on my first exploration and was happy to find that it didn't seem to be used. I hoped sometime in the near future it would get to be my get- away spot.
Well, that's about it. Right now, I'm not doing anything because Melanie said Malik-san said I could take the day off as long as I didn't use the electronic things. He knew how to annoy me. I yawned and stretched. Speaking of Melanie, she should be here any moment now with lunch. Good thing too, I was hungry for not doing anything.
There was a knock on the door and Melanie came in. "I thought it would be good if you went out to the garden milady. You've been in here all day, and I didn't think you've been doing anything." She said. In her hand was a small basket.
I brightened. Why hadn't I thought of that?! "Okay Melanie. Will you join me?"
Melanie smiled gently. "I cannot milady. But I do believe that Malik- sama should be out there talking to Rishid."
I blinked. Rishid? Oh yeah, that guy Malik had mentioned. "I see. All well, I won't bother him." I said. Then something came to my mind. "Hey Melanie, I have a question."
"Yes milady?"
"Who was it that had changed me when I first came in here?"
Melanie smiled. "If you're thinking Malik-sama, I'm sorry to say you're mistaken. He carried you in here and put you in my arms and said to clean you and have you put in one of the rooms farthest from the Hunters."
"Trust me, it's a good thing it was you who did it." I said with a sigh of relief. "Wait, how much do you know about Malik-kun's plans?"
Melanie sighed. "If he heard you call him that he wouldn't be happy."
"I'm sorry. I meant, Malik-sama's plans?" I said, quickly correcting myself.
Melanie shrugged. "Very little. Whatever the master does is his business."
I nodded. A good servant would act as such. "Okay, that's all I needed to know. Well, I'll see you later."
I left the room after taking the basket from her. I went in the garden and was surprised to see Malik sitting there, a dark figure standing beside him. They were talking in normal voices so I could hear them. I slid behind a tree just in case they decided to lower it down.
"Master, all ready Yugi and his friends have gone to the police. They have visited most of the houses in the immediate area. It won't be long before they come here."
"Perfect." Malik said sarcastically. "Do they know of my name?"
"No. We have this house registered under another name. The name is Akita Daichi."
"Daichi...Daichi....isn't that the name of one of the hunters?"
"That is correct Malik-sama. I believe he was one of the men who er....tried to do something to the girl you brought here."
"I see. Rishid, have him have an accident." As Rishid bowed and turned to leave I could picture an evil smile appear on Malik's face. "And do make it painful."
So that was Rishid. Malik expected me to talk to that guy?! He looked like he came out from an anime where he was the psychopath's crony. I mentally slapped myself. He WAS just that!
Rishid left and he walked right by me. He turned his head ever so slightly and I knew he had spotted me. A small smile appeared on his face, but he didn't say anything. He walked on.
I smiled. He didn't seem too bad. He also had smiled, that's more than Malik had offered. I never would have thought I would miss Yami so much after that weird day I had with him.
I decided to come out of hiding and walked hesitatingly walked towards Malik who was still sitting in the same position. "So you were eavesdropping." He said coldly without turning around.
I blushed. "Um, I didn't want to interrupt. So that's Rishid..." I said, hoping that he would do anything or punish me for listening in.
He stood up and brushed himself off. Finally he turned to me. "So you know that your boyfriend is looking for you. Are you going to try to run away?"
I blinked. "No. I'd get lost before I was half a block down the road. I have no sense of direction." I said.
Malik left me there without saying anything else. "Hey, that wasn't all he said." The tree next to me muttered.
"You mean I didn't come at the beginning? What else did they talk about?" I asked. I couldn't help my curiosity.
"They talked mainly about you. The Hunters are getting restless." It answered.
The color drained from my face. Great, just great. "Tha-" Before I could say the two words I found myself about a foot high with four paws and a sleek tail. I was catalized. I jumped into the basket, trying to figure out what had happened. Jenie had said that I would turn into a cat when feeling a strong emotion. So that meant...oh, I had felt a strong sense of fear.
I opened one of the napkins and found a chicken sandwich. I didn't realize how hungry I had been. I ate it in a flash and looked at the plate. I was all black with a white star on my forehead. I smiled, if you could call it that, in cat form. I looked like an okay cat. I purred and jumped out of the basket.
I explored the house and was surprised to find that there were zero mice to chase. Aw damn. Wait, what was I thinking?! Why on earth would I want to chase a mouse? I sniffed and found two scents reach my nose. Melanie was in one of the rooms, the one on the left, and Malik was the second. He was in the upper right room. I wondered who I should check up on. Judging from the smell in the room on the left, someone was cooking. Not that much fun to see. In Malik's room however, there was the scent of blood.
Author: sigh finally I get to where I want. Expect a bit more from the next chapter...I hope...