Hi! Once again I am back to wreak havoc in my realm of utter chaos and total despair! Mwahaha! Okay, that was odd, but who gives a Ra? Anyway, this chapter will be really stressful. Oh, and whatever is mentioned, there is no yaoi at all in this fic, and no shonen-ai. Read on, my pretties!
Disclaimer: If I owned YuGiOh, Bakura would be with Ryou and Marik would murder more people.
The sun rose high in the sky that morning, and when Marik awoke, there was no one else with him. "Akefia!" he yelled, scared that his new friend had left him in the middle of the night because he was too much of a distraction. "Akefia, where are you?" Marik was now sounding desperate. How would he be able to find his way through the deserts without Akefia there to help him? He would have to go back to the fort as a slave; he couldn't allow that, not now that he was free at last! He ran around looking for the young thief, but finding nothing to tell him which direction Akefia had gone in. He was on the verge of tears before he felt a tap on his shoulder.
"Get away from me!" Marik yelled in fear; struggling and trying to get away. "Marik, don't be stupid; it's me!" Marik turned around and saw that the person behind him was Akefia. "Ra damn it, Akefia, don't do that to me!" he said in relief. Akefia laughed at the look on Marik's face. "Where were you anyway?" asked Marik, embarrassed by his earlier panic attack. "Getting us some food, we need to eat!" Akefia answered. And after saying that he pulled out a dead bird which had a suspicious looking mark on its neck. "What's with the red mark on its neck?" asked Marik.
Akefia grinned and answered, "Teeth marks. I had to bite it to kill it, how else would I have caught it without any daggers or weapons?" Marik looked weirdly at Akefia's teeth, which were stained with the blood of the bird, and decided to comment no further on his friend's strange hunting habits. He winced as Akefia re-lit the fire and speared the bird through the stomach with a sharpened stick and set it over the fire, and tried not to barf as he heard the skin crackling and roasting. When the bird was removed from the fire, he looked away from its burnt eyes and featherless body.
The other boy noticed Marik's uneasiness, and turned to him. "Want some?" he asked, pointing to the bird. "Um…no thanks…I'm a vegetarian…" the last part was said in a whisper. "Sorry, you're a what?" Akefia asked, looking unconcerned at his friend. "I'm a vegetarian; I don't eat meat." Marik stated. Akefia stared at his friend in shock, and then calmed down. "Well, why didn't you say so? Here, I took some bread from a nearby hut." Akefia passed Marik a fresh loaf of bread. "Thanks," Marik said gratefully, taking the loaf and almost tearing it apart as he ripped into its crusts.
Akefia watched his friend eat with an amused expression on his face. After they had both finished eating, he took Marik back to the village, to see if they could steal anything else. He decided to send Marik into a hut to steal some more bread and fruit. Marik looked at Akefia in disbelief. "You expect ME to steal?" asked Marik. Akefia nodded, and gave Marik a little push to get him going. He was quite pleased when five minutes later, Marik emerged with six loaves of bread and a whole sack full of grapes and dates. The younger boy, however, thought that he was going to be sent to the seven Realms of Anubis for committing such a crime.
They both snuck around the village, keeping to the alleyways and shadows. Akefia smirked in glee as he spotted two horses tethered around the side of someone's hut. One was pure white with a grey mane, and the other was a sandy brown with a long golden mane. He jumped on the white one, and beckoned for Marik to hop on the other one. Marik looked uncertain at first, but then sat upon the horse, holding on for dear life. "Do you know how to ride?" asked Akefia. Marik shook his head, and Akefia explained how to ride a horse to him. Marik kicked the horse's sides with his legs and the horse took off; with Akefia following quickly after. At first Marik had feared for his life, but soon he was enjoying the new found activity, and screaming in excitement as the Egyptian winds blew through his hair.
They rode until Akefia pointed out a little oasis sitting in the middle of no where. Marik glanced at it, and followed Akefia into the little coven of palm trees. The two dismounted their horses, and walked to the water in the oasis. Marik bent down to drink, and Akefia did the same. All of a sudden, they spotted guards coming towards their little paradise, and they leapt into the water. The guards passed by the oasis without so much as a passing glance; obviously they carried their water with them. Marik surfaced, and looked around for Akefia. But the young thief was no where to be found. Marik looked all over for Akefia, and suddenly he saw some bubbles rising to the surface, and dived down to the bottom of the water.
He rose up out of the water carrying a drenched, bleeding and unconscious Akefia. "Akefia, oh no…what do I do!" Marik cried out. He sat Akefia up and hit the boy on the back, hoping to force the water from Akefia's lungs. When that didn't work, he laid Akefia on the ground, and tried mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. (No shonen-ai, don't worry; you would do the same were your best and only friend like that!) He clamped his fingers down on Akefia's nose and breathed into his friend's lungs, and Akefia's body, sensing air flowing into the lungs, pushed it back out, bringing the water back up with it. Akefia sat up, coughing and throwing up water. Marik looked at him in relief. "I guess I must have hit my head when I dived, huh?" asked Akefia sheepishly. Marik nodded, and sighed.
For the rest of the day, they rode even further out into Egypt, and when they got tired, they stopped in front of the Pyramids. "Did you know it took them twenty years to make this big pyramid here?" asked Marik. Akefia shook his head, and looked up at the great Pyramid of Khufu with awe, at it's size, it's beauty and the amount of work it must have taken to build it. It stood at over four hundred metres tall, which was so impressive to him. "Twenty years…" he whispered. To a child like him, that seemed an eternity. But twenty years would eventually lose its amazement to him. But just then, as the sun set, the scene found the two boys stretched out atop the highest limestone in the pyramid, watching the golden and red sky, which became purple and slowly, black.
Aw, that was a sweet ending. A lot happened today; Marik learned how to steal and ride a horse, and Akefia nearly drowned, they were nearly caught, and it ended with a sunset…I really want to skip ahead to later years, but not yet. I need to include the Valley of Kings first…thanks:
Seto's Sister –Yep, and what I have to call one particular girl at my school is far to rude for your ears! Or eyes, whatever…Cutekitty is reading this with you? OMG, that is so awesome! I liked his explanation of the Pharaoh too! Thanks for reviewing!
Merissala –Yep, that is his name! Which name is better; Akefia or Bakura? I like Akefia cause it sounds more exotic, but Bakura is really cool; all Japanese and that…Thanks for reviewing!
Computerfreak101 –Ooh, Get right is playing on the radio! Sorry, that is what happens when I listen to the radio while writing. You don't like yaoi. (pouts) Yaoi is the best thing since YuGiOh was created! I have no idea what will happen to Marik and Akefia, but I can't finish the series until I see the very end of YuGiOh, and that will take until next year or more…Yes, kill Mr Ishtar! I was looking for pics of YGO today, and HE was there, holding his knife…thanks for reviewing!
Stormrose Dewleaf –Ror isn't an Egyptian Goddess at all! Blood-thirsty maniacs rock; they are so awesome! Thanks for reviewing!
Lil-inu –Do you like yaoi or not? Just wondering. Hey, what are you doing with Bakura anyway; give him here, he's the main character! (Grabs Bakura) Aha, now I have him! Here, have Yugi, Yami, Joey, and Yami Marik! Mmm, choc chip cookies! Thanks for reviewing!
The Sabbit –I am so glad you like it so much! Well, we have been studying Ancient Egypt in Society and Environment class, so I knew a bit already. I am glad you are learning. I hope Eminem doesn't stop rapping…wait, then I can own YuGiOh…Gah, it's such a hard choice! Thanks for reviewing!
ttSerenity –You would still give me a good review. Even if I purposely wrote a bad one it would be good? What if I just wrote: 'One day there was a boy called Noah. He died. He came back. He left the series. The end.' That would be bad, not to mention it would get deleted. Thanks for reviewing!
OMG, STOP THE MUSIC IS ON THE RADIO!
Love Sami.
