DISCLAIMER: DON'T. OWN. EXCEPT. ANAT.
CHAPTER 2Anat rode on her motorcycle as fast as she could desperate to get home.
'Badru, Mom, Dad, I'm coming,' thought Anat her brown hair flying in the wind at the speed she's going. Anat screeched to a halt as she came up at her house. It was no lie, her house was on fire.
"MOM! DAD!! BADRU!!!!" called Anat. She searched the crowd gathered in front hoping to find her family. She couldn't find them. Then realization hit her. Her family was probably still in the house!
"BADRU I'M COMING!!" yelled Anat grabbing a bucketful of water and dumping the water on her head before running inside.
At the house…Anat ran through the blazing flames searching for her family.
"MOM!!! DAD!!! BADRU!!! WHERE ARE YOU!?!?!" called Anat.
"SISTER!! SISTER!!!!" Anat recognized that voice immediately.
"BADRU!!! WHERE ARE YOU!?!?!" called Anat.
"IN YOUR BEDROOM!!!"
Anat ran toward her bedroom careful to avoid the wreckage that was once pieces of their house and the flickering flames that was eating them away.
Anat jumped over the burning door of her bedroom and dashed inside searching for her little brother.
"SISTER I'M HERE!!!" Anat turned around to see her little brother cowering under her bed. Fortunately he wasn't burned.
"BADRU!!" yelled Anat overjoyed to see her brother was okay. "Come on brother, let's get out of here."
"But sister, I'm scared."
"Don't worry." Anat took her little brother by the hand and helped him out from under the bed. Sliding the only window in the room open she unhooked the screen panel and threw it aside. Picking up her brother she heaved him out of the window and onto the porch.
"GO TO SAFETY!! I'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!" said Anat. Her brother nodded before running off. Anat climbed onto the sill and jumped out of the window and ran to the yard where a whole bunch of fire fighters were there putting out the fire.
Badru hugged his sister tight crying as they both watched their house burn. Anat hugged her brother back, but she was crying too. She didn't even know if her parents made it out.
When the fire was finally put out Anat wondered the wreckage that was once their house. She went over to what was once her room. Everything was burnt. Her bed had holes in the mattress and the quilt was beyond repaired. All around she saw her things either in ashes or burnt.
Venturing further she noticed something that wasn't burnt. Dusting away the ashes that covered it she picked it up. It was her prized possession. Most people would think it was just a plain small stone tablet, but to her it was much more than that because her mother said that the carving was the carving of a powerful creature that protected a High Priest 5000 years ago.
Happy that it was still safe she put it around her neck. Just then one of the fire fighters walked up to her.
"Are you the eldest child?" he asked.
"Yes," replied Anat.
"I need you to come with me," said the fire fighter gesturing for her to follow. A little scared at what was going to happen she followed him to what was once the living room. The fire fighter pointed to something among the ashes.
"Are those your parents' bodies?" he asked. Anat saw the horror in front of her face. She didn't want to see what was now in front of her. Tears brimming in her eyes she slowly nodded.
The next few hours were spent answering questions coming from fire fighters and police officers. It turned out that Anat and Badru didn't have any godparents or relatives to adopt them. Anat was still 16 so she couldn't get a job and Badru was too young to take care of himself.
All that time Badru was crying into Anat's blouse. Anat was hugging him to comfort him but deep down she was crying as well. She couldn't stop her shivering and her blue eyes were now red and puffy.
The next day Seto was the first person to notice something was wrong with Anat. When she walked into class her eyes were red and puffy and her hair wasn't brushed. Before she sat down she handed a note to the teacher. She didn't give Seto a smile when she sat down next to him, just a sorrowful look.
'What's up with her?' thought Seto staring at the Egyptian. 'She looks like she was crying all night. Did something happen to her? Oh wait a minute, what am I thinking? Why am I so concerned about her?'
"What's wrong with you?" asked Seto not showing any concern in his cold blue eyes.
"My parents died in a fire yesterday," Anat sniffed still having that sorrowful look on her face. Seto was a little astounded, but didn't show it.
'So her house was the one that burned. The two bodies must have been her parents,' thought Seto. 'Where's she going to live now? Wait! What am I thinking!?!? I don't care what happens to her!'
All through the day Anat's mood never changed. Even in class she was still thinking about the horror of her house burning and the sight of her parents' burnt bodies. She just couldn't get it out of her memory.
After school Yugi decided to ask Anat why she was acting all grave and gloomy.
"Anat?" he asked.
"Yes?"
"Is their something wrong? You're not acting like yourself," said Yugi a concern look in his eyes. Anat stared at the smaller teen for a while before speaking.
"My parents died in a fire yesterday," said Anat. "My little brother, Badru, and I were the only survivors. I don't know what to do. I'm still only 16 and my brother's only 12. We're now on our own and we don't have any relatives, godparents, anything! All we have left is this."
Anat took out her little stone tablet and showed it to the others. Everyone gasped when they saw what was carved on it.
"My mom told me never to lose it because it'll protect me from harm," said Anat. "They say that this creature protected a High Priest 5000 years ago in Egypt. You guys call it 'Blue Eyes White Dragon' right?" Everyone nodded.
"That jerk, Kaiba, owns the only Blue Eyes in existence," said Joey.
"Why do people think he's a jerk?" asked Anat being careful to control her anger. "He wasn't bothering anyone in class."
"Well, we haven't told you before, but Kaiba owns his own company called Kaiba Corporation and his dueling techniques are pretty good. The only one who ever beat him was Yugi," said Téa.
"That still doesn't explain why people think Seto is a jerk," said Anat. Everyone was astounded to see Anat call Seto by his first name. Only Mokuba did that.
"Well, he plays kind of aggressive and he makes bad remarks about his opponents in duels," said Téa.
Just then Anat's cell phone rang. Anat flipped it open and hit the send button.
"Hello?"
"Are you Anat Senusert?"
"Yes I am."
"I am Lieutenant Ryuzaki," said the person on the other end. "Please report to the Police Station so we can discuss about you and your brother." Then the person hung up. Anat put away her phone.
"Guys, I have to go," said Anat. "See ya!" She hurried over to her motorcycle and after putting on her helmet she sped off.
Anat sped toward the police station. Thankfully she took a walk when they first got here so she knew where to go. Parking her motorcycle she walked inside over to Lieutenant Ryuzaki's desk. Taking a seat she sat down.
"Are you Anat Senusert?" asked Lieutenant Ryuzaki.
"Yes," replied Anat.
"Well, in that case, as you know, we didn't find any records of godparents, relatives, or any of that to take you and your brother in."
"So where are we going to live?" asked Anat.
"I'm afraid, we found just one relative of yours back in Egypt. So, since you are 16 I've given you a chance to get something together for you to stay here."
"How long to I have?" asked Anat.
"You have one week to figure something out," said Lieutenant Ryuzaki.
'What! One week!?!?' thought Anat. 'I can't think of something in one week!'
"Will you take it or not?" Anat knew it would be hard, but she didn't want to go back to Egypt.
"All right," said Anat.
Anat rode over to where her little brother was, at their burnt down house. That spot now brought her back the horrible memories from the other day.
"Why are you living in this dump?" Anat turned around to see someone with hair the color of blue toothpaste.
"This 'dump' used to be our home," Badru shot back.
"I'm Anat," said Anat. "That's my little brother Badru."
"Noa Kaiba," said the person.
"Hey! Are you Seto's little brother?" asked Anat. "Your forenames are the same." Noa was astounded to hear the Egyptian call his stepbrother by his first name. Quickly regaining his composure he spoke.
"I'm his stepbrother," said Noa. Suddenly his cell phone rang. "Excuse me. I've got a call." He hit the send button. "Hello?"
"I'M BORED!!!!" complained the person on the other end. Taken by surprise Noa almost dropped the cell phone, but regained his composure quickly and held the phone an arm's length.
"What do you mean, Mokuba?" asked Noa.
"SETO'S WORKING AND NO ONE'S HERE TO PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!" Noa once again held the phone at an arm's length.
Noa thought it over and then started staring at the two Egyptians. That gave him an idea.
"Okay, Mokuba I'll be over there with some people." He hung up.
"Hey Anat, Badru," he said. "Want to come and play with my other stepbrother, Mokuba?" Anat stared. Then nodded.
"Follow me," said Noa. The three started walking to the Kaiba Mansion.
TO BE CONTINUED…
I'll just stop there for now. Oh, and don't for get to R&R. NO FLAMES!!