Hi! Sorry for the late update; but my computer was taken away for a while to have all it's info downloaded for something…but I've been back for a week or two, and here is my next chapter! I wonder what Akefia is gonna say? Who knows? I do, I do! I feel like including lemurs in the story because I just saw Madagascar, but lemurs are not native to Egypt, so yeah…Well, here is the chapter!
Disclaimer: Own YuGiOh, I do not. Be crazy to think that, you must. (Yoda is the almighty munchkin King!)
"What exactly happened?" The pharaoh narrowed his eyes, waiting for the answer. Akefia was secretly panicking. 'What do I say?' he thought 'I don't know what happened!' So, being the intelligent person that he was, he thought of what to say. "My Pharaoh, it was terrible!" He cried, sinking to his knees, "There were soldiers everywhere and they were invading my village where me and my cousin here (he indicated Marik) were visiting our enslaved uncle, and our uncle told us to run and hide, and so we ran as fast as we could and hid in the cellar of one of the houses and I could hear screaming, and people were crying outside and all of a sudden there was this great roaring noise and when we came out all the houses were flattened and everyone was dead…they were all just lying there, dead!"
By this time, Akefia had managed to make tears fall from his eyes by remembering the massacre that had occurred at his own village. "Everyone was gone, and it was so silent…I'm sorry, but I don't know what happened to that village…to those people…to my uncle…" The Pharaoh's heart had begun to melt. He genuinely felt the boys (fake) sadness and grief. "I'm sorry for your loss. I shall have one of my slaves prepare a room for you both so you can stay the night. I bid you goodnight. Mana, get these boys a room!" And with that the Pharaoh exited the room. Mana approached the boys, and without saying a word, took them to a room which was lavishly decorated with gold and was painted the most marvelous red, and closed the door.
Marik breathed. "That was good; how the heck you came up with that I'll never know!" Akefia grinned deviously. "Oh well; it was nothing! Now what do you say we go and explore the palace?" Marik looked unsure, but he supposed he owed Akefia for saving their lives back there, so he nodded enthusiastically. Akefia took his hand and led him through the door and around the many hallways in the palace. Eventually they came to a weird sort of maze, and stopped in their tracks. "What's this?" asked Marik, pointing to the maze. "I guess we have to get to the end, but I know a much easier way!" Akefia climbed up a statue that was next to one of the labyrinth walls, and climbed on top of the wall. Marik gulped, looking nervously up at him. "Well" Akefia said, "What are you waiting for?"
"Um, nothing!" Marik said worriedly, and proceeded to climb the statue to the top of the wall where Akefia was waiting for him. Marik balanced his feet, looking at the precarious edge of the wall where at any moment he could fall to his untimely death. Or at least break a few bones; either way he figured it would hurt. Akefia began walking along the edges of the wall, towards the exit. Marik followed him, terrified, but he decided that if he looked straight ahead and not down he would be okay. Until they both came to the end of the maze and had to jump to the floor below. "Um, isn't that kind of a long fall?" asked Marik. Akefia shrugged and replied with "I've jumped from a higher distance; now are you going to jump because if you aren't you'll have to stay up there forever."
This convinced Marik, so he jumped down from where he was perched and landed with an "Ow" on the hard ground, with Akefia coming right after. "Not really experienced at jumping, are you?" asked Akefia, who, unlike Marik, had landed neatly on his feet. Marik growled and stood up from where he'd fallen on his face. They began to walk out of the maze chamber and outside into what appeared to be a wondrous garden filled with tropical plants. (Yay, Exodia music from music 2 Duel by is so uplifting) They could hear laughter in the distance, and as they explored the garden, they found it came from two boys around their age who were playing with a cat the color of sand. The boys noticed them, and called out to them "Hey, who are you two?" Akefia and Marik walked over to the boys and told the boys their names. "Oh, okay; my name is Atemu and this is my best friend Set!" (Remember, Atemu doesn't actually know that Set is his cousin. Don't ask me why, but he actually didn't know.)
Well, they've met the Prince and the High Priest-in-training. I wonder what's gonna happen next. I'm sorry if it's a bit short but I set myself a deadline and I've crossed the deadline already. Thanks to:
Computerfreak101 –Yes, CF101, they lied. Good thing too. Aurora is going very well with Yami Marik, or 'Rik' as we all call him. Well, she did have him first! She liked him first and they are soul mates in my opinion. (ASD) They keep disappearing to rooms at odd intervals; it's getting annoying whenever Storm messages me and they do that. Computers are so unreliable. (dies) Well, see ya! Thanks for reviewing!
Stormrose Dewleaf –Stormy! I'm just in the middle of messaging you! YAY! Hi Rik! (waves frantically) Yeah, Atem was cute as a little kid; about the only time he was EVER cute. Thanks so much for reviewing!
T.Lei –Don't be worried; Akefia is going alright! I am really happy that you like this story! Oh well, sorry for the late update, Thanks so much for reviewing!
Nameless One –Akefia should eventually realize that he has a great white beat inside of his soul, but not for a while, unfortunately. I will always keep working on it until it is done! Thanks for reviewing!
Adele –Yes, they were deleted, unfortunately. Yami is so cute when he's playing with kittens! The idea of him having a cat came from this adorable pic that I found that had a picture of him as a child looking at a sandy colored cat and written above was 'Do You Want To Play With Me' and it was so cute! The Pharaoh will die sometime, don't worry. Thanks for reviewing!
Dragonwing725 –Aw, that was so sweet of you to write that! You are a completely awesome friend and you rock! Thanks for putting the lyrics there too! That was awesome! Thanks for doing that!
ttSerenity –Aw, I'm very happy that you thought it was a brilliant chapter! I will always be inspired so long as I have YuGiOh, music and the internet! Thanks for reviewing, Fate!
Guardian Aeotos –Yeah, Marik had a terrible father to inflict that kind of pain on his own kid. At times I actually felt sorry for the heartless bastard, but then I got over them instantly; he's not worth bothering over. Yep, it's Diabound! It was REALLY sad when my fics got deleted, but oh well, thanks for reviewing!
Love Sami.
