AN: Sorry for the wait. Me and my bro recently got into 'Lodoss Wars' stuff for three days, and had to put some of our other projects on hold. But we still found time to work on this one. Start looking for a 'Lodoss War' fic soon, under SirLarry. Until then, Enjoy!
Chapter Three
Secrets From The Past Revealed
(Two Months Earlier)
"Stop!" cried the security guards as the man cloaked in black ran through the museum. He'd searched and searched, and now he'd found one of the two treasures he desired more than anything. He ran up to the large glass case that held the sheathed saber. It was decked in jade and obsidian, and legend said that when one of immense strength drew it, the blade itself was as dark as a moonless Midnight. It was glorious.
"I said freeze!" shouted the captain of the museum security forces. The men drew their side arms, and prepared to fire if the intruder tried anything hostile.
"I have waited centuries for this chance!" the dark man screamed hysterically, "You mortals shall not stop me!" he turned from the armed guards and punched his hand through the three-inch thick glass that normally held up to bullets. His bleeding hand grasped the hilt of the Sword of The Conqueror, and unsheathed the blade. The unearthly metal expanded, and grew six feet long, and blacker than black. Shadows swirled about it like wispy, dark serpents.
"Fire!" ordered a guard, They shot off their firearms, the bullets speeding directly to the criminal. But the bullets never reached their target, for at that moment, the man in black swung the blade- a blade no one on earth could have had the strength to even lift, let alone swing- and a wave of shrieking darkness engulfed the bullets, and the men.
When the miasma that the sword created lifted, the guards were gone. But their shrieks of terror still echoed through the corridors of the museum. The man in black sheathed the Conqueror's Sword, and casually walked out of the museum. When he emerged into the night air, the wind billowing his dark cloak behind him, he lifted his hood, exposing the top knot on his shaved head. Coming around the bend, a priestess rode astride a camel, leading a second behind her.
"Have you the sword, oh Great Fathi?" the lovely woman asked, her platinum hair glimmering in the moonlight.
"Indeed, my beautiful Layla" said the man in black. He leaped onto the back of the se4cond camel, and snapped the reins. "My Master, Odion, would be proud of me. I have wielded the Sword of Conquest. And now I, Ra'd Amir, have the strength and power of the Pharaoh- nay- the very gods themselves! With this sword, I shall rule over this world!"
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(Present)
Merik leaped from the Jeep before the motor had stopped turning over. He ran through the ruins to the old covering in the ground.
"I must tell Ishizu and Odion what I have found!" Merik said breathlessly as he lifted the metal lid, "This could change everything!" He jumped down into the opening just as Pegasus caught up with him. Merik didn't even need a torch, he knew these tunnels like back of his own hand.
"Merik, slow down," Pegasus said, "Not all of us are as proficient in the dark as your are."
"This discovery is bigger than you know," Merik said, "My sister and Odiojn must know. There is little time to contact all whom we need."
"Relax," Pegasus said, "I have a feeling that our friends are already here." He was right. When Merik forced open the door that led to the habitats, he found the Pharaoh, and several others, sitting around. Didn't these people know that time was of the essence?!
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"And then I woke up here," Joey said. He was just finishing his explanation of last night's strange phenomenon, when suddenly, the stone door swung open, and Merik burst in, with Pegasus following behind him.
"Sis… Sister," Merik said breathlessly. "I… We…"
"We have something very important to tell you, Lady Ishizu," Pegasus said grandly.
"I hope it's not what I'm thinking'," Duke said aside.
"He's probably coming out of the closet," Inu-yasha muttered in agreement.
"You found a tomb," Mai said nonchalantly.
"How do you know?" Pegasus asked.
"I have all my 'Eyes' open , and I know what you're thinking, And no, my hairdresser's name is strictly confidential. " Mai said, pointing to her forehead, where the Eye of Ra began to glow.
"Is that My Millennium Eye?" Pegasus demanded.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but no. It's mine. Yugi has entrusted it to me."
"What tomb do you speak of?" Ishizu interrupted.
"The Tomb of the Pharaoh's Servant!" Merik blurted out. Everyone gasped.
"The Pharaoh's Servant?" Tea asked, "Isn't that you, Joey?"
"You found my tomb?" Joey asked Merik. "Where is it?"
"On the eastern edge of the desert," Merik said, "We found it in diggings where Pegasus's company excavated some ruins, wherein was found a sand-script tablet, detailing the exact position of the tomb. The tomb seems to have been built on top of a ancient city."
"When we first uncovered the tomb, we hand no idea what we were looking at," Pegasus said. " But then when we broke down the door-"
Just then, the Millennium Puzzle began to glow, and Yami took control. He rose to his feet, and promptly rose to his feet. "Pegasus!" Yugi/Yami cried, "You have trespassed in the realm of soul! You have evoked the wrath of the Pharaohs. Why do disturb my servant's tomb? It is a holy place, where in only I am allowed."
"Forgive me, Pharaoh," Pegasus said, his mind suddenly filled with a great terror. Though he himself stood a head taller than the young man who now glared at him with an ancient rage, he was still afraid.
"Cool it Yuge," Joey said, stepping up beside his friend, "This ain't the time for a fight." The Key around Joey's neck also began to glow. When Joey spoke again, his voice had changed. "If it is indeed my tomb he has disturbed, then I will forgive him."
"Guys," Kagome said, getting nervous. "That's the Joey from last night! He's flipping out again."
"Then it is true that you live again, Rafiq?" Yugi/Yami asked.
"I do, my liege," Joey/Rafiq said. "I have kept my vow, and followed you even after death. I remain your humble servant, my lord king."
"I don't know who that is, but that's not my brother," Serenity said. "Hello, Joey? Are you still in there?"
"Your brother still lives in me, child," Joey/Rafiq answered, "But I have need of his body for a time."
"Can't you use someone else's body?" Mai asked, "My boyfriend is not a puppet."
"And you are his woman?" Joey/Rafiq asked Mai. "I think I preferred the Asian beauty." He said looking at Kagome with devotion in his eyes.
Kagome giggled nervously, and blushed. "So this is what happened to the Joey I liked so much. I knew you had an old soul." she said.
"What?!" Inu-yasha yelled. He looked at Joey/Rafiq, and growled, "Back off! You had your chance, she's mine now!"
"Not this again," Tristan grumbled, "I had enough of those two fighting over Kagome last time."
"Merik," Joey/Rafiq said, paying no heed to the han-you, "Lead me to my resting place. There is something there I must have."
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They stood in front of the tomb under the noonday sun. Yugi/Yami and Joey/Rafiq stood within inches of the entrance. Everyone's hearts nearly stopped. They waited. Joey/Rafiq and Yugi/Yami disappeared into the tomb. The others waited a minute.
"I can't stand this!" Tea cried. She rushed ahead, bringing everyone out of the trance. They all climbed over crumbled stone, into the Servant's Tomb. They all gasped, Ooo'd and Ah'd. The walls were covered in pure gold, the hieroglyphs carved and inlaid in silver. The sunlight that filled the ancient resting place was blinding. In the center of the antechamber rested a sarcophagus. The golden face was Joey's.
"This place is amazing," Kagome whispered. "And a little scary."
"What do those say?" Duke asked Ishizu, pointing to the hieroglyphs. The Gravekeeper walked over to a wall, studied the glyphs.
"They tell his story," Ishizu said. "The story of the Servant." She looked over them a little more, then, finally, began to read. "He was born the son of a priest of Ra, and a serving woman, who's hair was the color of wheat, a foreign slave from the land of Canaan. The child was handsome, with hair the color of the purest gold. The boy's father saw at once that the child had been blessed with holy magics, and so he took the child at once to be trained in the ways of magic, and to serve in the temple of Ra. He was but one of many apprentice magicians, but he was by far one of the strongest ever seen. One day, the Pharaoh Yami, only a young boy then, came to the temple disguised as an apprentice, to search for a royal advisor and magician. Of all the students there, he found only one whom he trusted. When the new boy Pharaoh revealed his true identity, he left, and took his new friend with him, appointing him High Priest and Magician. And renaming him Rafiq.
" Rafiq served Pharaoh Yami for six years of peace. Then, the Sorcerer came, and tried to overthrow Yami. Rafiq challenged the Sorcerer, and though he fought valiantly, he lost the battle. And his life. Upon Rafiq's burial and mummification, the Pharaoh had his tomb covered in gold, and to have the greatest treasure of Egypt hidden within, for this man alone had the power to protect it. Then, the Servant Rafiq was laid to rest, and his tomb sealed.
"But this is one set of words is different from other tombs," she said, pointing to the last bit on one wall. "Most tombs say that when one dies, their spirit goes to the underworld, is judged, and then either spends eternity in torment, or in bliss. But these hieroglyphs say that instead, the Servant's soul followed his Pharaoh's, to be reborn, and ready when his master needed him most. That is all these walls say of Rafiq."
No one could speak. They were in total shock of these new insights into both Yami's and Rafiq's pasts.
Joey/Rafiq studied a wall carefully. In the center was a hand print. "Master," he said to Yugi/Yami, "Place your hand here. There is something important that is sealed behind this wall."
"I know," Yugi/Yami, said, "I can feel it's energy from out here." Yugi/Yami walked over to the wall, and place his hand firmly on the print. Immediately, the wall erupted in a burst of white light. Then, it disappeared. Behind the wall, encased in diamond glass, was an unsheathed saber. The blade didn't even look like metal. It looked like polished pearl, it's golden hilt crested with sapphires and diamonds. Etched on the wide blade was the golden Eye of Ra.
"Behold," Joey/Rafiq said, "The Sword of The King."
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Within their lair, the Priestess Layla - servant of Ra'd Amir- was meditating in the darkness . Suddenly, she felt a shockwave of physic energy. A great disturbance in the balance of power. She knew at once what it must be.
"My lord!" she cried, "The Second Sword has been found!"
"By whom?" Demanded Ra'd.
She peered into the darkness, chanting a spell of enlightenment. Then. She went quiet. The silence of the grave.
"Layal? What do you see?"
"It is the Pharaoh," she said. "He has claimed the Sword for his own. He has brought great warriors from distant lands. And His servant has awoken."
"NO!" Ra's said. He could face the Pharaoh, but not both the Pharaoh and his servant.
"Yes," Layal said. "Someone has trespassed in the realms of their souls. They seek… restitution."
AN: Does anyone else think Pegasus is a little too girly? Well, he is, but only cause we feel that's what he is on the show :) This story just keeps getting weirder and weirder doesn't it? Please review!
Chapter Three
Secrets From The Past Revealed
(Two Months Earlier)
"Stop!" cried the security guards as the man cloaked in black ran through the museum. He'd searched and searched, and now he'd found one of the two treasures he desired more than anything. He ran up to the large glass case that held the sheathed saber. It was decked in jade and obsidian, and legend said that when one of immense strength drew it, the blade itself was as dark as a moonless Midnight. It was glorious.
"I said freeze!" shouted the captain of the museum security forces. The men drew their side arms, and prepared to fire if the intruder tried anything hostile.
"I have waited centuries for this chance!" the dark man screamed hysterically, "You mortals shall not stop me!" he turned from the armed guards and punched his hand through the three-inch thick glass that normally held up to bullets. His bleeding hand grasped the hilt of the Sword of The Conqueror, and unsheathed the blade. The unearthly metal expanded, and grew six feet long, and blacker than black. Shadows swirled about it like wispy, dark serpents.
"Fire!" ordered a guard, They shot off their firearms, the bullets speeding directly to the criminal. But the bullets never reached their target, for at that moment, the man in black swung the blade- a blade no one on earth could have had the strength to even lift, let alone swing- and a wave of shrieking darkness engulfed the bullets, and the men.
When the miasma that the sword created lifted, the guards were gone. But their shrieks of terror still echoed through the corridors of the museum. The man in black sheathed the Conqueror's Sword, and casually walked out of the museum. When he emerged into the night air, the wind billowing his dark cloak behind him, he lifted his hood, exposing the top knot on his shaved head. Coming around the bend, a priestess rode astride a camel, leading a second behind her.
"Have you the sword, oh Great Fathi?" the lovely woman asked, her platinum hair glimmering in the moonlight.
"Indeed, my beautiful Layla" said the man in black. He leaped onto the back of the se4cond camel, and snapped the reins. "My Master, Odion, would be proud of me. I have wielded the Sword of Conquest. And now I, Ra'd Amir, have the strength and power of the Pharaoh- nay- the very gods themselves! With this sword, I shall rule over this world!"
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(Present)
Merik leaped from the Jeep before the motor had stopped turning over. He ran through the ruins to the old covering in the ground.
"I must tell Ishizu and Odion what I have found!" Merik said breathlessly as he lifted the metal lid, "This could change everything!" He jumped down into the opening just as Pegasus caught up with him. Merik didn't even need a torch, he knew these tunnels like back of his own hand.
"Merik, slow down," Pegasus said, "Not all of us are as proficient in the dark as your are."
"This discovery is bigger than you know," Merik said, "My sister and Odiojn must know. There is little time to contact all whom we need."
"Relax," Pegasus said, "I have a feeling that our friends are already here." He was right. When Merik forced open the door that led to the habitats, he found the Pharaoh, and several others, sitting around. Didn't these people know that time was of the essence?!
-----------------------------------------------
"And then I woke up here," Joey said. He was just finishing his explanation of last night's strange phenomenon, when suddenly, the stone door swung open, and Merik burst in, with Pegasus following behind him.
"Sis… Sister," Merik said breathlessly. "I… We…"
"We have something very important to tell you, Lady Ishizu," Pegasus said grandly.
"I hope it's not what I'm thinking'," Duke said aside.
"He's probably coming out of the closet," Inu-yasha muttered in agreement.
"You found a tomb," Mai said nonchalantly.
"How do you know?" Pegasus asked.
"I have all my 'Eyes' open , and I know what you're thinking, And no, my hairdresser's name is strictly confidential. " Mai said, pointing to her forehead, where the Eye of Ra began to glow.
"Is that My Millennium Eye?" Pegasus demanded.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but no. It's mine. Yugi has entrusted it to me."
"What tomb do you speak of?" Ishizu interrupted.
"The Tomb of the Pharaoh's Servant!" Merik blurted out. Everyone gasped.
"The Pharaoh's Servant?" Tea asked, "Isn't that you, Joey?"
"You found my tomb?" Joey asked Merik. "Where is it?"
"On the eastern edge of the desert," Merik said, "We found it in diggings where Pegasus's company excavated some ruins, wherein was found a sand-script tablet, detailing the exact position of the tomb. The tomb seems to have been built on top of a ancient city."
"When we first uncovered the tomb, we hand no idea what we were looking at," Pegasus said. " But then when we broke down the door-"
Just then, the Millennium Puzzle began to glow, and Yami took control. He rose to his feet, and promptly rose to his feet. "Pegasus!" Yugi/Yami cried, "You have trespassed in the realm of soul! You have evoked the wrath of the Pharaohs. Why do disturb my servant's tomb? It is a holy place, where in only I am allowed."
"Forgive me, Pharaoh," Pegasus said, his mind suddenly filled with a great terror. Though he himself stood a head taller than the young man who now glared at him with an ancient rage, he was still afraid.
"Cool it Yuge," Joey said, stepping up beside his friend, "This ain't the time for a fight." The Key around Joey's neck also began to glow. When Joey spoke again, his voice had changed. "If it is indeed my tomb he has disturbed, then I will forgive him."
"Guys," Kagome said, getting nervous. "That's the Joey from last night! He's flipping out again."
"Then it is true that you live again, Rafiq?" Yugi/Yami asked.
"I do, my liege," Joey/Rafiq said. "I have kept my vow, and followed you even after death. I remain your humble servant, my lord king."
"I don't know who that is, but that's not my brother," Serenity said. "Hello, Joey? Are you still in there?"
"Your brother still lives in me, child," Joey/Rafiq answered, "But I have need of his body for a time."
"Can't you use someone else's body?" Mai asked, "My boyfriend is not a puppet."
"And you are his woman?" Joey/Rafiq asked Mai. "I think I preferred the Asian beauty." He said looking at Kagome with devotion in his eyes.
Kagome giggled nervously, and blushed. "So this is what happened to the Joey I liked so much. I knew you had an old soul." she said.
"What?!" Inu-yasha yelled. He looked at Joey/Rafiq, and growled, "Back off! You had your chance, she's mine now!"
"Not this again," Tristan grumbled, "I had enough of those two fighting over Kagome last time."
"Merik," Joey/Rafiq said, paying no heed to the han-you, "Lead me to my resting place. There is something there I must have."
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They stood in front of the tomb under the noonday sun. Yugi/Yami and Joey/Rafiq stood within inches of the entrance. Everyone's hearts nearly stopped. They waited. Joey/Rafiq and Yugi/Yami disappeared into the tomb. The others waited a minute.
"I can't stand this!" Tea cried. She rushed ahead, bringing everyone out of the trance. They all climbed over crumbled stone, into the Servant's Tomb. They all gasped, Ooo'd and Ah'd. The walls were covered in pure gold, the hieroglyphs carved and inlaid in silver. The sunlight that filled the ancient resting place was blinding. In the center of the antechamber rested a sarcophagus. The golden face was Joey's.
"This place is amazing," Kagome whispered. "And a little scary."
"What do those say?" Duke asked Ishizu, pointing to the hieroglyphs. The Gravekeeper walked over to a wall, studied the glyphs.
"They tell his story," Ishizu said. "The story of the Servant." She looked over them a little more, then, finally, began to read. "He was born the son of a priest of Ra, and a serving woman, who's hair was the color of wheat, a foreign slave from the land of Canaan. The child was handsome, with hair the color of the purest gold. The boy's father saw at once that the child had been blessed with holy magics, and so he took the child at once to be trained in the ways of magic, and to serve in the temple of Ra. He was but one of many apprentice magicians, but he was by far one of the strongest ever seen. One day, the Pharaoh Yami, only a young boy then, came to the temple disguised as an apprentice, to search for a royal advisor and magician. Of all the students there, he found only one whom he trusted. When the new boy Pharaoh revealed his true identity, he left, and took his new friend with him, appointing him High Priest and Magician. And renaming him Rafiq.
" Rafiq served Pharaoh Yami for six years of peace. Then, the Sorcerer came, and tried to overthrow Yami. Rafiq challenged the Sorcerer, and though he fought valiantly, he lost the battle. And his life. Upon Rafiq's burial and mummification, the Pharaoh had his tomb covered in gold, and to have the greatest treasure of Egypt hidden within, for this man alone had the power to protect it. Then, the Servant Rafiq was laid to rest, and his tomb sealed.
"But this is one set of words is different from other tombs," she said, pointing to the last bit on one wall. "Most tombs say that when one dies, their spirit goes to the underworld, is judged, and then either spends eternity in torment, or in bliss. But these hieroglyphs say that instead, the Servant's soul followed his Pharaoh's, to be reborn, and ready when his master needed him most. That is all these walls say of Rafiq."
No one could speak. They were in total shock of these new insights into both Yami's and Rafiq's pasts.
Joey/Rafiq studied a wall carefully. In the center was a hand print. "Master," he said to Yugi/Yami, "Place your hand here. There is something important that is sealed behind this wall."
"I know," Yugi/Yami, said, "I can feel it's energy from out here." Yugi/Yami walked over to the wall, and place his hand firmly on the print. Immediately, the wall erupted in a burst of white light. Then, it disappeared. Behind the wall, encased in diamond glass, was an unsheathed saber. The blade didn't even look like metal. It looked like polished pearl, it's golden hilt crested with sapphires and diamonds. Etched on the wide blade was the golden Eye of Ra.
"Behold," Joey/Rafiq said, "The Sword of The King."
-----------------------------------------------------
Within their lair, the Priestess Layla - servant of Ra'd Amir- was meditating in the darkness . Suddenly, she felt a shockwave of physic energy. A great disturbance in the balance of power. She knew at once what it must be.
"My lord!" she cried, "The Second Sword has been found!"
"By whom?" Demanded Ra'd.
She peered into the darkness, chanting a spell of enlightenment. Then. She went quiet. The silence of the grave.
"Layal? What do you see?"
"It is the Pharaoh," she said. "He has claimed the Sword for his own. He has brought great warriors from distant lands. And His servant has awoken."
"NO!" Ra's said. He could face the Pharaoh, but not both the Pharaoh and his servant.
"Yes," Layal said. "Someone has trespassed in the realms of their souls. They seek… restitution."
AN: Does anyone else think Pegasus is a little too girly? Well, he is, but only cause we feel that's what he is on the show :) This story just keeps getting weirder and weirder doesn't it? Please review!