Hi! Look, I am so sorry for not updating, but two of my fics got deleted, so I had to wait until I was allowed to update again to write these. Ever since my fics got deleted, I lost inspiration and passion for writing, and I couldn't do anything but wait for a time when I had to write, because writing was more of a duty than a pleasure, really, but now I know I can write again! I really needed the break I got from my fics being deleted, and even though I mourn their loss, I am better for it! So yeah. Well, here is the next chapter. Read on, my pretties…
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh. But if I did, do you honestly think I would ever tell you? You'd want to star in it, and I can't have everyone under the sun appearing on my wonderful show!
The Pharaoh, Akunumkanon, was surveying the building of the latest shrine, when all of a sudden a messenger ran up to him, breathing heavily; having run a great many miles. "Your…your majesty, Ra-Akunumkanon…our soldiers who were sent to attack the village of the slaves…they were attacked!" The Pharaoh narrowed his eyes. "How many survivors?" he asked, sharply. The messenger bowed his head, and solemnly replied with, "None, my Pharaoh, none." The Pharaoh exhaled deeply. "So the village still stands?" the messenger raised his head up, daring to meet the mighty Pharaoh's eyes. "No, Pharaoh. The village is lined with corpses, both of its inhabitants and of the soldiers. It appeared that there was a massacre there." Once again, the Pharaoh narrowed his eyes. "What caused it! Who caused it! I must know!" the messenger had, on impulse, jumped back an inch or two, stammering out, "Well, my Pharaoh, this is what happened…"
It was then that the messenger began to tell the story to the Pharaoh. "Well, a servant of one of the nearby villages was delivering goods across the desert, when he noticed a cloud of dust on the horizon. He rushed to see what the disturbance was, and he saw soldiers charging the village, attacking all in sight. Then, all of a sudden, an enormous white beast emerged from one of the houses and began attacking all people and huts. It delivered crushing blows to your soldiers, and flattened the houses in one swipe of it's massive hand. It picked up villagers and squeezed them so hard that their very hearts burst out of their chests. Nobody was to escape from the tyranny of this monster at all. Not one soul survived. I know what a loss this is to your army; most of those men have been under your reign for decades, I understand…"
The Pharaoh held his hand up, signalling silence. "This creature shall dearly pay. Now, what did this servant see afterwards?" The messenger thought hard, trying to remember. "This servant, Ptolemy, watched for a little while, perhaps to catch any glimpses of survivors, and as he was about to leave, he saw two boys leaving the village. One had ghost white hair, like a demon! And the other had sandy blonde hair. He didn't get a good look at their faces, but this boy with the demonic white hair should be easy to spot. We could question him and ask him what he knows!" The Pharaoh considered this, and then nodded. "Indeed. Shadah, come here at once!" Shadah, one of the high priests, who held the Millennium Key, came rushing up to the Pharaoh, and asked what he could do. "Priest Shadah, I want you to send out an alert to the villages! Be on the lookout for a young boy with white hair, and with him is a blonde boy of the same age. They must be brought before me, alive." The Pharaoh put pressure on the word 'alive'.
At once, Shadah nodded, and without saying a word he took off to give the word. A child, around the age of ten, came up to the Pharaoh. "Father, what's going on?" Akunumkanon stared into the amethyst eyes of his child, his gaze softening. "It's merely a disturbance, Atemu. Nothing for you to be worried about, now go and play with Set or Sphinx." Atemu nodded, and went to search for his beloved cat, Sphinx, so he could go and play with his High-Priest-in-training friend, Set. The Pharaoh raised his callused hand to stroke his beard thoughtfully. 'What shall I do about all of this? I've never seen nor heard of anything like this before…a strange white beast. This isn't good.' He continued to mull over the information he'd been given, but nothing made sense to him at all.
Meanwhile, Akefia and Marik were trudging through the sands of Egypt, wondering what they could do next. They had long ago given up trying to work out what had caused the devastation at the village, saying it was probably one of those strange quakes that were happening in foreign lands far away. But they'd never had one before, so why should quakes start happening now? "Akefia, I'm thirsty!" whined Marik. Akefia groaned. "Well, I don't see any water here, do you?" Marik shook his head, wondering what he could do to quench his thirst. He spied another village in the distance, and elbowed Akefia in the ribs, pointing, and asking if they could go there. "Oh, alright," Akefia sighed, giving up. They began to walk towards the village, wiping the sweat from their brows and dusting off their robes. Eventually they reached the village, looking for a place to find water.
Soon afterwards, they came across a water pit, filled with sweet, cold water, that had obviously just been carted there from the Nile. Akefia drank slowly, but Marik was so thirsty that he swallowed down the water as fast as he could, nearly choking in the process. They looked at each other, drinking up the last drops, and laughing, but they heard hooves in the next alley, and silence fell upon them. Voices were emitting from the stall outside the alleyway they had found the water pit in. "Excuse me," said the voice, to the owner of the stall, "Have you seen two young boys, one with white hair and the other one with blonde hair?" the stall owner shook his head. He hadn't noticed the boys. Marik and Akefia snuck out of the alleyway, but were spotted by the guards. "You there, boys!" They turned around, and winced. It was the Pharaoh's soldiers. "Um, yes…" answered Akefia. "The Pharaoh requests you to be in his presence." Akefia gulped, and turned to Marik.
There was no possible way out of going with the soldiers, so of course the boys had to oblige the men, and sat together on a horse, to be taken to the Pharaoh's palace. It took three hours to get to the palace, and they were both starving. "You boys hungry?" asked the soldier on the next horse. Akefia and Marik nodded heartily, and the man tossed them a bag full of bread. "Eat up," he said. Finally, they were entering the palace through the huge entrance that was crowded with servants and people bearing gifts to the Pharaoh. They were led through a winding maze of passageways, until at last, they were thrown before the Pharaoh, and made to bow down. "Rise, you two." The Pharaoh commanded. "Now, it is my understanding that you were both there at the time of the massacre of the slave village. Am I to be correct in saying this?" His tone was so sharp and alarming, so all the boys could do was nod. "Okay, now, what did you see while you were there? What exactly happened?"
Well, I wonder what they are going to say? Tune in for the next chapter to find out! Thanks:
Stormrose Dewleaf –I am pleased that you liked the chapter! Yes, it was online music. I am so happy you got your MP3! I need one now…Thanks for reviewing!
ttSerenity –Yeah, it is a little bit odd, but I thought it rocked. Wait, Ryou is gone? Where, when and how! He dies! NO! When the heck is this! WAAA! I am so sad now… I will be inspired, hopefully. Thanks for reviewing!
PsychoKitty13 –Yeah, Time 2 Duel DOES rock! I love it! I am still waiting for Music 2 Duel by, which I ordered in, oh, I don't know, JANUARY! Oh well, thanks so much for reviewing!
Computerfreak101 –Yep, and I told Aurora about Sess and Maiana, so you can't take it back now! Wait, Maiana was mad at ME! What did I do, I ask you? I am glad you liked the chapter! Thanks for reviewing!
Dark Sorceress of Egypt –I wrote that song! If you want, go to my bio and email me and I will send it too you! It's pretty much based on the fic, so yeah, I think it's pretty good! Wait, I said Joey? Damn… Oh well. No, you are not having Bakura and Ryou, they are mine and I need them otherwise this fic will never get finished! Well, Ryou is obviously a popular character to kill off! I've killed him of twice so far, and once in an un-posted fic. I knew it said reposted. Thanks for reviewing!
Adele –Yeah, it is a cool song. Yeah, I wanted to mood to be lightened a bit. Next chapter should be good, hopefully. Thanks a million for reviewing!
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