Time for another chappie! Hints of Yami being paired with Isis will happen in the next chapter… along with a few burnings of certain AHEM characters…
Anyway, I am now the proud owner of YuGiOh!
Just kidding. I do not own YGO. sniff
Now, on with the ficcie!!!
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Beneath the Desert SandsBy: Chi Yagami
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Chapter 5 – What the Hell is a Rainforest Doing Down Here?
"Paltrick! Where is that buffoon?"
He sat down in one of the Caf's chairs, waiting for his friend. His long, snowy-white hair reached his shoulders, and his gray eyes scanned the perimeters.
"Yo! Bakura! Over here!" a boy called.
Bakura got up and joined his friends at their table.
"So, what news of the boards?" he asked.
"None yet, but even so, Chief Klingnsmith says if it's allowed, we'll only be able to wave-ride in Big Kahunah," Paltrick said, stuffing his mouth with Frog Legs.
Bakura growled. He still didn't like this Mother-Nature-crap. Sure, he'd been here for five years, but that didn't mean he'd gotten used to it.
When he'd first arrived, the people had called him a freak. But then Paltrick's family had taken him in and he'd become accepted. He'd had to learn a whole new language, too. They didn't speak Egyptian, but he still remembered it.
It was strange to think that a huge rainforest lay beneath the Sahara. But the people that lived here were trying to preserve it. There was sort of a magic barrier between the layers of sand and the forest.
People lived in tree houses and ate only animals of much abundance. They were all about preserving nature.
Big Kahunah was a large ocean near the edge of the Rainforest, which was called Kombi. No one had ever sailed across the ocean, so there was no telling what lay beyond its waves.
The people dressed normally: robes and shoes. They made their own clothes.
Most families consisted of one or two children, mainly boys. At this time of the century, the only girls were either small children or elderly women, so the guys had no way of amusing themselves.
"So, Whyl, what's the latest?" Bakura asked, turning to the youngest of his friends. His friends were 18, 16, and 14. Paltrick was 18, and Danny was 16.
"Well, I hear they're thinking about letting us have female monkeys as mates, since there are no girls our age," he said slowly.
All the boys wrinkled their noses.
"But not Bakura," Danny teased. "He's got his fair Sun maiden."
"Shut up," Bakura said. "I can hardly remember her name or what she looked like."
"Well, she must have been pretty since you wanted to have sex with her!"
Everyone, even Bakura, laughed at this remark. Bakura sighed. He wished he was still with her, though. Whoever she was, he still loved her.
He would've gone back, but the Kombians didn't know of a way up. Besides, watching his friends laugh was the best thing he had. At least they accepted him, not like those Sun people…
Whyl was shy and quiet. He didn't really like talking about girls and sex; he just enjoyed reading and playing single-player games.
Danny was the exact opposite. He was the roughest, toughest guy in the group, and he was loud. His only weakness was his 6-year-old sister, Lila. Paltrick was just… average. And Bakura… was just the same old Bakura.
Suddenly, all four boys heard a scream. A feminine scream.
"Who would be this deep into the forest?"
"Nobody knows about our clubhouse, right?" Paltrick asked.
"Nobody except… Lila!" Danny screamed, running towards where they'd heard the girl. The other three scampered after him.
When they reached a clearing, they all split up.
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Anzu opened her eyes slowly and looked around. She appeared to be in some sort of rainforest…
'That can't be… I thought I fell through the sand… Maybe I'm dreaming…'
She got up and looked at her robe: it was dirty.
Anzu began to wander around. She spotted a very large tree and decided to climb it and look around.
'How did I get here? What happened? Why in the name of Ra am I climbing this tree? Ouff! Barely caught that last branch! And I'm like… 50 feet above the ground! Yikes!'
She stopped to rest and look about, but all she could see were more trees.
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'What the hell is she doing? Why is she climbing this tree? Who IS she? There aren't any girls my age, so…'
Bakura watched the girl stop and rest. He decided to watch her for a while. He was just a bit higher in the tree than she was.
Anzu gathered herself together and reached for the next branch. She grabbed it, and reached for the one above it. Just as she was about to reach it, the other branch broke. She screamed in surprise and readied herself for the fall. But none came.
She opened eyes and was surprised to find herself in the same spot. She looked up and gasped.
A boy was gripping her hand tightly and trying to pull her up. She realized what he was trying to do and reached for the wide branch he was on. She wasn't that light, and the Ring around her neck wasn't helping.
Finally, he managed to pull her up. She swung her legs up and landed with a – THUMP – onto his chest.
Anzu looked up and their eyes locked. His gray eyes and white hair seemed so familiar, yet she wanted to forget it all.
Bakura looked into her sapphire eyes and gasped. He was sure he'd never seen her before, but her eyes were so… familiar.
They stared at each other for a while, until she spoke.
"Who are you? Where am I?" she asked.
He looked at her. She sure wasn't speaking Kombian, but he understood her as well so… Egyptian! He tried to remember…
"Umm… You are… in the land of… Kombi and we… speak Kombian here," he said.
"You speak Egyptian?" she asked.
"Mostly… I've sort of forgotten…"
"What's your name?" she asked.
"Bakura…"
Anzu gasped. It couldn't be. Not the same Bakura that had dumped her in the middle of the desert, left to be married to Yami. She couldn't believe it. She didn't want to believe it.
"I'm… Anzu…"
Bakura's eyes widened as he remembered whose name that was.
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