Hi everyone! Well, here I am with yet another chapter, and I have no idea what in Ra's name I shall write! Wait a minute, okay, I have an idea! Cool! Well, here's hoping I don't screw up the chapter! Read on, my pretty, helpless mind slaves!
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Akefia was leading Marik out of the fort, when all of a sudden; shouts erupted from inside the massive building. "Guards, we have a convict and a slave escaping, seize them, seize them!" Akefia swore and grabbed Marik by the hand, running as fast as he possibly could to escape the guards. "Hurry up, do you want to go back there!" He hissed at Marik, who was already starting to get tired. "N-no…" Marik gasped, unable to speak because of the rate he was running at. The two of them ran, past the storerooms, past the mud brick huts, past the emmer fields, and finally, past the town's border.
When they finally stopped running Marik collapsed upon the ground, gasping for breath; his legs aching, his lungs empty. Akefia panted for a while as he leaned against a rock face, biding his time while he regained his energy. Noticing Marik, he walked over to the younger boy and pulled him up. "Here," offered Akefia, handing out a water sack to Marik. "Where did you get that?" asked Marik curiously, eyeing the water as though it might have been poison. "It appeared in thin air! What do you think; whenever the guards gave me water I saved it in this sack, now drink!"
Without further ado, Marik reached for the water sack and drank from it gratefully. After he had finished his share, he tossed his head back and sighed. He gazed up at the sky, getting darker as the sunset was almost upon them. He turned to Akefia and asked him a question that had been on his mind for a while. "So, why did you start thieving anyway? What could have driven a kid your age to steal things?" Akefia considered whether to tell Marik the entire truth, or just part of the truth.
He hesitated before answering, "My village, Kuru Eruna…it was attacked by the Pharaoh's soldier's. They slaughtered my people…my family…They took them to a big cauldron, and then one by one they tossed them, both alive and dead, into it, to create these horrible golden items; seven of them. I was the only one who survived…it was all the Pharaoh's doing, that stupid, terrible, idiotic, psychotic, prick of a bastard who should have never been brought into this world to cause so much destruction, so much pain and suffering in the lives of others…" he cut off, shaking with rage, and tears forming in his eyes.
Marik saw the tears forming, and sat Akefia down, before raising a finger to brush away the thief's tears. "It's okay," he soothed, pulling Akefia into a hug. "None of it was your fault, and it's over now; it's in the past…" he kept on trying to calm Akefia by making little circles on the boy's back with his hands. Akefia stopped crying, and continued. "I ran away, and I swore revenge on the Pharaoh. Soon after, two men found me; thieves, and they took me in as one of their own. They taught me how to steal like an expert, but I was caught stealing food from a store room, and brought to the dungeons."
Akefia looked sad. "Maybe we can find them again." Said Marik. "No, if I know them they will have left their cave already and moved on to a different area. Besides, my appearance is known. Were they to be seen with me, they too would be arrested." Akefia seemed withdrawn, and Marik thought about all that had been said, contemplating what they could do now.
They sat there in that awkward silence for what seemed to be hours, but it was actually only minutes until the silence was broken. Marik was the one who spoke, saying to Akefia, "Well, we should set up camp anyway; we're in the desert now and that gets deadly cold at night." Akefia nodded; Marik was right, the desert was known to get so cold at night that you could freeze to death. He stood up with Marik and they went to collect fire wood, and leaves to make a bed.
Once those were collected, Akefia used his knowledge learnt from the two thieves to create a fire from the branches they had, and Marik set up the bed. There had only been enough leaves to make one bed, so the two would have to share. Akefia draped his robe over the two of them and faced the desert, thinking about all that had happened over the last couple of weeks, and wondering what was going to happen after that. Who would they meet? What would they do? Where would they go? All these thoughts rushed around unanswered in Akefia's head until he felt like screaming.
Marik broke Akefia's chain of thoughts with a cute yawn from the other side of the bed. 'Poor kid,' thought Akefia. 'He's been through a lot today. First his father nearly rapes him then he has to run away from guards and then he had to deal with me being hysterical. Hopefully we'll wake up and things will be better…for both of us!'
Well, that was the chapter; not much angst, but I have been in the mood for slightly peaceful chapters anyway. Maybe there will be angst next time, maybe not. Whatever the case, I hope you liked it. And no, this will not turn into a yaoi fic, Marik and Akefia are friends that had to make do with what they could find, nothing more. Thanks:
Computerfreak101 –Yes, finally someone who shares my views! I was so happy when Marik's dad was murdered on the show. Go Yami Marik! I hope I updated soon enough. Thanks for reviewing!
Merissala –Ooh, I am so glad! Yes, Akefia is Bakura; it has been speculated that Akefia was his name back in ancient Egypt. Either Akefia or Tozokuoh, and I prefer Akefia. Thanks for reviewing!
lil-inu –I know you were joking, don't worry, I didn't take offense! So, you have depressing days? Cool, you're like me then! I am glad you love this story, and I will keep at it! Thanks for reviewing!
Seto's Sister –Yeah, they met! Thank god for that! You felt sorry for the guard? Screw the guard, he was trying to hurt Akefia! The guys at my primary school were real jerks… Thanks for reviewing!
ttSerenity –You will never doubt my writing skills…cool! Now I will write a really bad fic and you still shall not doubt me! MWAHA! Kidding! I will keep dreaming forever…Thanks for reviewing!
Stormrose Dewleaf –I wouldn't hurt Marik or his Yami, don't worry! I won't pay, I am the authoress and I rule all! Ror, you rock, because vampires are the best creatures ever…Thanks for reviewing!
Adele –I suppose that I like it better than Exorcism too, but I get fewer ideas for this one. Poor Akefia, indeed! Seeing your family and friends getting murdered can't be good. Thanks for reviewing!
Love Sami.
