Things Unseen; Sequel to Millennium Ritual
Disclaimer: I want to own YGO. . . But I can't. Dang.
Chapter 6: July 13
Yugi stared lazily out the airplane window as Joey, Tea, Tristan and Ryou sat beside him, suffering severely from air sickness. He had his head in his hands with bags under his eyes, fingering the chain on his Puzzle.
Of course, there is a reason for everything. Because just a day before, a single phone call had changed Yugi's entire schedule.
:: Yesterday ::
"AH! I've got to get ready!!" Yugi screamed, digging through his closet and piling mountains of clothes into a suitcase. Yami watched amusingly as his Hikari went back and forth in the room. Solomon, hearing the news already, shook his head as he went to the front to sweep some more.
"I can't believe that they changed the schedule! They said that they'll pick us up on July 13, at 3:30 in the afternoon, and drive us to the boat! But nooo, they changed it! Instead, they'll pick us up today, July 12, in two hours and drive us to the airport. Seriously!" Yugi complained while he stuffed in a few books as well.
'Amusing how the human mind works,' chuckled Yami, as Yugi stopped to stare at him annoyingly. Running to the bathroom, he grabbed his toothbrush and other objects and dropped it inside a bag, quickly throwing the bag inside the suitcase.
"Oh my god! I forgot to call the others!" Yugi screamed, running to the phone.
"Already did Yugi!" Solomon called out from the front. Yugi sighed and continued to work. After many runs and constant throwing, Yugi was done, but felt like he was missing something.
"I know I'm missing something," Yugi started, absentmindedly putting the handkerchief in his pocket, "But what?" Going to his desk he, once more, absentmindedly placed a velvet drawstring bag inside the suitcase.
'Ahem,' Yami started, 'You may need your deck and invitation.'
"Oh. . . Right," Yugi said sheepishly, quickly placing the deck and invitation inside his belt pocket as he put on his jacket. Sighing once more, he fell atop his bed, patting his suitcase. Looking to the clock, he saw that there was more than half an hour left until he was picked up. He sat up annoyingly, staring at Yami.
"Why the heck did I work so hard?" Yugi muttered, as Yami laughed silently.
:: ::
Now it was July 13, and they were on a non-stop trip to Egypt, taking at least, as Joey thinks, millions of years to get there. They were all cranky and tired, not able to sleep because of Joey talking in his sleep about 'A monkey stealing his wallet'. Joey was sleeping once more, now saying that the same monkey stole his pizza, and that he wants it back.
A vein popped in Tristan's forehead as he threw his pillow at Joey's head. "Shut up man," he complained.
"Monkey's messin' with my do," Joey muttered, snuggling up to his airplane blanket. Tristan was on the verge of strangling him.
"I don't know them, they just followed me to school one day. . ." Tea said, as Ryou and Yugi started flinging peanuts at each other.
Ryou sighed, as peanuts landed on his white hair. "How long until we're there?"
A flight attendant passed by, saying, "We'll be there in three hours." The three groaned, as they eyed Joey annoyingly.
"I'm not willing to hear Joey rant about the monkey for one more minute. Someone hand me a knife, I need to commit seppuku," Tristan muttered, showing killing motions to himself. Instead, Yugi just gave him music to listen to, which quieted Tristan's complaints, for a while at least.
"Heh heh. . . Take that rich boy. . ." Joey muttered, smiling and rolling over to one side.
:: Egypt ::
Sadiki, A, Adio, Zuka, Badru, Chike, and Chuma were all crowded around the lockets, staring at the contents that were in it. Inside the lockets, they found two pictures and a duel monster card, Wingweaver. Badru leaned forward to look, but Adio pulled him back easily, eyeing him angrily.
"Well," Sadiki announced, "We have no use for these. Might as well throw it out, right?" Everyone but A nodded. Sadiki glared at Chike and Chuma who smiled nervously. Sadiki took the lockets, pictures and duel card and was about to fling out to the river, until A stopped his hand.
"Wait," A said, grabbing his hand in midair, "I. . . I don't think you should throw it out." Sadiki raised his eyebrows as the crew walked forward to her.
"Why not?" Badru asked.
"We have no use for it," Zuka supported, scratching his hair.
A shrugged, saying, "I dunno, it just seems. . . Like that these would be really important to those two. I mean, there's a picture of each other inside their lockets."
"Either that, or they really like looking at themselves," Adio said, the twins nodding their approval.
"What happens if they want it back? We already stole something from them, why this too? Besides," A started, "I would be angry if someone stole a locket from me. I say we give it back."
Sadiki narrowed his eyes, saying, "And how can we do that?" She shrugged.
"We can find out later," she said. He glared at her angrily. She smiled back. Sadiki took one look at her, sighed, and tossed the items at the table.
A grinned, and said, "Not such a tough guy after all. Now get ready for the Tournament, it's starting today." As Sadiki was about to protest, she put her finger to her lips and said, "Hush," and walked across the deck to her room, shutting the door quietly. He sighed and turned toward the men, their eyes glittering with amusement.
"Shi-pow," Chike said, making a flicking movement like a lion tamer with a whip, "You are whipped, boy!"
"Like whipped cream on a sundae," Chuma finished, grinning. Sadiki's golden eyes widened, staring at his crew mates. Bowing, the twins dashed away, singing love songs.
"What in the world are you guys talking about?" Sadiki asked, suddenly feeling very nervous. Adio, Badru and Zuka smiled and walked up to him, their arms around his shoulders. Surrounded by the men, Sadiki stared at them with suspicion and tried to walk away, but was unable.
"Aw, isn't that cute? He doesn't know," Badru exclaimed, ruffling Sadiki's hair.
"Someday you'll figure it out, mate," Zuka said, winking at him.
"Until that time, we'll just tease you about it," Adio whispered in his ear, as they broke away from their leader to do their own tasks. Sadiki looked at each of them separately, trying to see some clue of what they were talking about. Of course, being masters of the bending truth, they just smiled at him.
"Sadiki!"
Sadiki turned and saw A dressed in a long tan dress with a tan cloak over her shoulders and a cloth covering her face so only her green eyes, one blind, were showing. She was tapping her foot on the hard deck of the boat, her arms crossed.
Glaring at him, she said through the cloth, "I told you to get ready. We have to get there in time, okay? We're not going to stay in Cairo forever. I heard from the streets that the tournament is gonna be moved. . . And we have 30 minutes left. So come on! Lets go; no time to waste!" Pushing him foreword, she quickly grabbed the nearest cloak and placed it on his shoulders, Sadiki moving uncomfortably. A also took an Egyptian hat and slapped it down on his head.
"You're gonna need this," A assumed, giving Sadiki his invitation and deck, as Sadiki saw that she was carrying her deck and invitation as well.
"Don't we need clothes?" Sadiki asked, as A fastened the clasp of his cloak, "And do I have to wear this? I feel like a fool."
"We're Fellahin Egyptians; get used to it. And as for your first question, we're gonna stay on the boat, not in a hotel, 'cause one of the guests might recognize us," A replied, standing back to take a look. "Good."
Sadiki fumbled with his hat annoyingly. He glared at her and pointed to the hat, as she nodded her no-buts nod. Sighing, he said, "Alright, lets go." Walking away, he saw that A wasn't following. "Coming?"
A didn't answer as she quickly grabbed the lockets and placed the pictures inside of them, and, hesitating for a moment, placed the folded up duel monster card in her deck. 'For some reason, I want to keep this.'
"Coming! Bye you guys!" A yelled, running quickly to Sadiki's side.
:: Cairo Airport ::
Yugi, Joey, Ryou, Tea and Tristan stumbled out of the airport and outside to the busy streets of Cairo, gasping for air. As Yugi looked at his watch, he saw that it was 3:20 pm, and as he stared at his surroundings, saw that over a hundred people were waiting outside the airport. All of them looked at their watches and grumbled, tired of waiting.
"Well, I guess this is where we meet Apis Enari, isn't it Yug'?" suggested Joey, carrying his suitcase.
"I guess, but where can he be? It's kinda funny to see that the person holding the tournament isn't early for it." Yugi said, chuckling.
"Well, funny or not, I'd like to go to that hotel room right about now," said Tea, carrying two suitcases, as everyone else had one suitcase. They stared at her unbelievingly.
"What time is it now Yugi?" asked Ryou, dropping his green suitcase to the ground. He checked his watch.
"3:22," Yugi said simply, as Tristan groaned loudly. Yugi looked around again, to see people from all around the world were coming to this tournament. 'Whoa,' thought Yugi, 'This tournament is the real thing.' He was about to walk away and look around some more until he heard footsteps stop behind him.
"Well, well. Look what we have here," said a voice. Yugi looked up and gasped in surprise.
Kaiba was standing behind the five friends, staring at them closely. Mokuba stood behind him, waving his hand at them. Kaiba had his arms crossed, looking down at Yugi.
"Kaiba! Mokuba! I didn't know you were going to this tournament! In fact, why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be working on your new game in America?" Yugi asked, cocking his head a little.
"Apparently, I had a little. . . problem. . . Something that couldn't be ignored. So I had to come to Egypt to fix it, and since I was here. . . Well, you know the rest." Kaiba said slyly, "I hope we get to duel again Yugi."
"Hey! What about me?!" Joey yelled, stomping his foot. Kaiba eyed him.
"What about you?" Kaiba asked. Joey fumed, as Tristan and Ryou held him back.
"Well, it was nice to see you guys again. Good luck in the tournament," Yugi said, giving a thumb up. Kaiba nodded, obviously growing a little respect for him, and walked away, while Mokuba quickly followed.
As Kaiba and Mokuba walked away, Mokuba saw that two objects fell in front of them, glinting in the sunlight. Pushing through the crowd, Mokuba bent down and picked them up, to see that it was their lockets.
"Seto! Our lockets!" Mokuba exclaimed, showing it to him, "How. . . How did we lose it? I didn't know we left them here." Kaiba took his, and stared at it closely.
"Strange, I didn't know that we lost them. And we never been to this part of Cairo. . . How did it get here?" Kaiba thought, eyebrows furrowed.
As Mokuba opened his locket and fumbled with it, he gasped and said, "It's gone!"
Kaiba looked at him suspiciously. "What's gone? The picture is still there."
Mokuba looked up and said quickly, "Oh yeah, it's still here. Ha ha, just kidding. . . Err. . . Come on, we should go up front!" 'What happened to the card?' he thought, as he placed the locket around his neck. Kaiba glanced at him, and placed his locket around his neck also. And so they continued to walk forward through the crowd.
Behind them Sadiki and A walked the opposite direction of the brothers, saying, "See? It's that simple. You know, for a genius, he isn't that observant is he?"
"I don't know," Sadiki muttered, touching his hat once more, "Something tells me that he knows that Chike and Chuma done it."
"Oh stop worrying," A reassured, walking through a clump of people, "Everything will be just--" That was when a girl with short brown hair bumped into her. A stopped and turned around, her eyes showing annoyance.
"Oh, err sorry," the girl said, blushing a little.
A clicked her tongue, saying, "Tsh, whatever. It's fine." The cloth covering her lower face moved a little as she said it.
"Nice going Tea," a boy with pointy brown hair said, "Just a few minutes in Egypt and already you mess up." The girl named Tea muttered under breath.
"Sorry about that," another boy said, who had a mass of white hair, "We just got here. Jet lag, you know."
"Ryou's right about that. Anyway, don't mind Tea, she's just tired. I'm Joey, and these are my friends, Tea obviously, Tristan, and Ryou. We just came from Japan," Joey said, pointing at each of them as their names were said, "But only me and another friend of mine are gonna duel. What's your name?"
"My name is Eshe," A said, quickly thinking up of a name.
"And I am Kaphiri," Sadiki said, also thinking up a name.
"We each are going to duel, and we come from Egypt. So Japan, eh? Nice place, Japan. Kaphiri here visited Japan once, he knows how to speak it too." A said, pointing at him.
"Koneichiwa," Sadiki said, waving his hand. Ryou smiled and clapped his hands in approval as Tea laughed lightly.
"You look familiar. . ." said Tristan, eyeing A closely, "Have we met before?"
"I'd remember a face," A replied, "Well, we must take our leave. Good luck, Joey." Sadiki and A waved their hands, and quickly walked away.
"Dang tourists," muttered Sadiki, as A sighed loudly.
As they walked away, Yugi suddenly appeared, who went to the bathroom before. Walking through the crowds, he saw that his friends were talking to two people. Raising an eyebrow, he continued walking towards them.
"Hey Yug'. We were just talking to some cool Egyptians a few minutes ago." Tea said, as Yugi stood beside him.
"Oh really? What were their names?" Yugi asked.
"One was girl named Eshe, the other was a guy named Kaphiri. They're around our age, I think. Tristan said that one of them looked fam--" Joey started, until a hushed silence surrounded them. As they looked around, they saw that everyone was staring in one direction.
A black limo pulled up on the road. The driver stepped out and walked down the car and opened the door, and everyone saw a man around the early 20's step out of the limo. He had a nice build, and was dressed in a dark blue suit, his light brown hair wild yet neat. His gold eyes glittered with superiority.
That was when he clapped his hands and said aloud, "Welcome to the Osiris Tournament!"
To Be Continued. . .
In the next chapter the tournament begins, yay. Just for your info, seppuku is a Japanese ritual where you have to kill yourself if your master dies, so you can continue the honor of your master's family. The Fellahin are the closest descendants of the Ancient Egyptians, sometimes considered to be 'True Egyptians' (no Egyptian today is a true Egyptian. NONE). They also pretty much dress and act like the Ancient Egyptian peasants, and most of them live in small villages. And obviously, Koneichiwa means hello in Japanese.