Disclaimer: I do not own YGO or Ladythief15's character, Captain K/Kana.
Yeah! 90 reviews! I'm hoping to make it to 100.
Many of the readers have been asking why there were pirates down there, and you will find out in this chapter. A lot of my fics have unexplained events that usually get explained in later chapters.
I'm going to thank reviews from ch7 and 8 now:
Master Ruby – Thanks for always reviewing my stuff! Please update your story soon!
Palaeh – Sorry, but other people are going to have to die… It just leads up to the sequel. Sorry!
Ladythief15 – Thanks for putting the description in your review! I hope I got your character right the way you wanted her.
Sailor Tiamat: Hehehe… yes. I'll be updating your fic soon… I hope. But I'm trying to finish my Halloween one first.
Cerulean No Hime – Don't worry; Shizuka isn't ending up with Seto!
DojomistressAmbyChan – Well here's another update. This story's getting close to the end. I'm thinking 1-2 more chapters…
JenniChan – I updated!
Eye-Of-Misery – I hope I cleared up any questions!
Pharaoh'sJewel – An update!
This chapter is dedicated to Ladythief15 (sorry for all of the misspellings) because her character appears here!
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Beneath the Desert Sands
By: Chi Yagami
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Chapter 9 – The Sand Never Felt so Welcoming
Bakura stared at the woman pirate. Was she crazy? She sounded like she was HAPPY to see them!
"Bakura," she chuckled, "you don't remember me?"
'How does she know my name?!'
"It's me, Kana! That girl you helped escape 3 years ago!"
Bakura's jaw dropped. About three years ago, when he had just started hanging out with Paltrick and the others, he had helped a girl escape from being raped. He had built a raft for her and watched her leave. Of course, he had never found out what had become of her… until now.
"Kana! You're alive?!" he exclaimed, jumping up and hugging her.
"Glad to see you, too, old friend. Who's your lady friend?"
"Oh, this is Anzu, the girl I told you about," Bakura said smiling. "Anzu, meet Kana. I helped her escape years ago."
Anzu didn't really understand what was going on, but she shook Kana's hand anyway. She seemed to be a very nice person.
"You fools," she said, turning to Fred and George, "I told you that you're supposed to come and tell me when you capture people! Idiots, treating Bakura and his friend this way… No dinner tonight!"
Fred and George pouted but left. Kana motioned for Bakura and Anzu to follow her, and she told them they'd be eating breakfast.
Kana's cabin was small but homey. Her bed was carved into the wall so that there was more floor space, and a small table big enough for four sat in the middle.
The three of them sat down as a pirate served them breakfast.
"So, Kana, would you like to explain how you came across all of this?" Bakura asked making a gesture with his right hand.
She nodded and pushed her brown hair behind her ears.
"Well, after you pushed the raft away from the shore, I just went sailing away. My raft floated for about, say, six days… I think. Anyway, I came across this ship, and these idiots tried to capture me," she told them. "Well, I was a little too smart for them. I stole their weapons and took over the ship. I was going to come back for you, Bakura, because I knew you wanted to return to Egypt too. But a storm came along and cast my ship far away."
"How did these fools get here?"
"My crew? Oh, they were once a gang of pirates on the Mediterranean, but their ship fell into a hole and landed down here."
"You mean there are other holes that lead to this place besides the one that I fell into?" Anzu piped up suddenly. Kana looked confused, and Bakura decided he needed to explain.
"Kana, remember how I told you I fell from Egypt? Well, I left Anzu behind, and so the pharaoh tried to force her to marry him. Luckily she escaped, but she fell down the same hole that I once did, and I helped her escape because, like you, boys were after her. We got on a boat and then your crew captured us," Bakura said.
"Pharaoh?"
"Well, his son, Yami–"
"Yami?! That bast.rd! I always hated him," Kana growled.
"You used to live in Egypt?" Anzu asked. Kana nodded.
"I was a merchant in Thebes."
"Okay, so if this place, Kombi, is located under the desert, how could a ship on the Mediterranean fall down here?" he asked.
"I'm not sure… Maybe magic…"
Anzu glanced down at the Ring that lay against her chest. She wasn't sure whether or not to give it to Bakura, but she knew she needed to do something with it.
"So, Anzu, could I speak to you in private?" Kana asked her.
The two girls left a puzzled Bakura and went into a different room. Kana closed the door and sat next to Anzu on a large bench.
"So, you're Anzu Mazaki, huh?"
"Umm, yes…"
"Bakura told me all about you," Kana said, grinning.
"Really now? What did he say?"
"He said you make for a good bedtime snack, if you know what I mean."
Anzu's eyes widened and Kana laughed.
"I was just joking. No, he said you're the only girl he's ever and hasn't robbed or killed. I think he really loves you a lot; you're one lucky girl."
"I don't think so…"
Anzu explained all about Malik, the others, and their plan that would've surely gotten them killed.
"I just they're not dead…"
"Anzu, I'm sure they're fine. And don't you worry; we're going to escape this place, you, Bakura, and me. We're going to return to Egypt! And then we'll beat the living snot out of that wanna-be-pharaoh!"
Anzu laughed.
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They were going in search of a hole to climb out of.
"Well, we could always return to Kombi and try to find that hole that leads back to Egypt, but I'm sure we'd all be put to death. So instead, we're going to the hole that I fell from. It's near Kombi, but on a small island a few miles away. Besides, I'm positive that there was a rope leading from it…"
"A ROPE?!" Bakura and Anzu gasped.
"No, it was the drool of Ra," she replied sarcastically. "OF COURSE IT WAS A ROPE! Well, I think…"
"Why didn't you escape?"
"I wanted to explore. I wasn't in a big hurry to return to my tedious job."
The ship finally came to island that Kana had been talking about. Her bluish-gray eyes scanned the premises before she and the other two got out of the boat.
"We'll be waiting for ya, Cap'in K!" Fred called out.
"Then they'll be waiting until they die," she muttered. The three of them began walking towards the center of the island, where Kana believed the rope was.
The walked through miles of jungle, and Anzu could feel her stomach growling.
'I'm so hungry and tired… but I have to keep going. I don't want to slow down Kana and Bakura…'
Anzu began to feel hot, tired, and even hungrier. They finally reached what appeared to be a lagoon. A waterfall was pouring down into the crystal blue waters, and fish were everywhere.
"There," Kana cried, pointing up to what looked like a piece of thread hanging just above the waterfall. They found a path leading up the side of the waterfall, and Kana could barely contain her excitement.
"Kana, you go first, then Anzu, and I'll go last," Bakura instructed, and the two girls nodded.
Kana began to climb the rope, and when she was a little ways up, Anzu began to follow her.
'I can barely see Kana's feet above me… Everything's so blurry; what's wrong with me? I have to keep going though…'
When Kana reached what appeared to be some sort of force field, she stopped..
"I can't climb any higher," she called out. "Something's blocking the way!"
"Anzu, use the Millennium Ring," Bakura shouted up to her.
"Huh?"
"Point it at the sky and visualize the shield breaking!"
'Great… I'm not very good at using this thing's power… If I had known this thing could break stuff, I would have broken Yami's neck long ago…'
She pointed the eye in the center up at the sky and tried to see the sky opening up to reveal Egypt.
"It worked!" Kana cried out. "I can feel the breeze! Ekk, and I just choked on some sand, too…"
When all three of them had climbed out from the sky and into the sand, they watched as the hole disappeared as some sand blew over it and sealed the entrance.
'That was… weird. We climb out of the sky and onto the ground. Now I've seen everything.'
"Ah!"
Kana stretched her arms out and fell back onto the sand.
"Home sweet home."
"Well, where to, Anzu?" Bakura asked. She pointed to the left, where they could see the top of what looked like a pyramid. Kana sighed.
"I'm going the opposite way," she said, pointing to the right, where they could see a small town. "Maybe I can visit you sometime."
"Yeah…"
"Well, I guess this is goodbye."
The three friends shook hands, and Kana gave Anzu a knowing wink before heading off to her village. Anzu felt Bakura slip his hand around hers.
"Let's go home."
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Sorry that was such a short chapter, but I really need to work on my Halloween fic!
Please read and review! Sayonara!