Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, they can stop asking any time now.

NS: Sorry it's been awhile, I've been having some serious family issues and mental issues, no I am not asking for pity or sympathy, I just thought I should explain my lack of updates. What does annoy me though it that people don't review, I know people are reading it and I don't expect people who do review to do so every chapter, just I'd like to know what y'all think and/or suggestions. Now that I'm done babbiling, here's the story!

Immortal Death: Chapter 12

Son of Satan

Ishtar looked at the solar disc in the sky, it was so beautiful, the colors all blending together harmoniously to create a moment in time that seemed to be fleeting but yet standing still forever.

Then he realized, the sun is already setting! " Shit!", he said jolting up. "Hm?" Rei looked at him confused. " I'm sorry Rei but I must leave, I'm late.", with that he scrambled up and ran towards his home. / What's up with him? He seems panicked. He's usually so calm/ she thought. She shrugged and went home.

Meanwhile...

Ishtar's heart seemed to leapt into his throat as his feet pounded the hard dirt road. He knew the fate that awaited him but the later he was, the worse it would be. He made his way through the maze of ally ways, and skidded around a corner. He burst through the door of his home, and there was Father, standing in the kitchen, tapping his foot angrily. ( Ironic Note: I'm writing this and listening to Disturbed's " Get down with the sickness" which for what is about to happen is like the ending part of the song if Ishtar had an abusive Mommy, it amuses me.) " Where have you been?", his Father demanded. " Please forgive me Father but I got stuck in a crowd in the market."" NO EXCUSES!" Father yelled as he approached Ishtar. He instinctively backed up, he knew what Father would do and that was no escape. His Father grabbed Ishtar's arm with a vice-like grip.( Yes he is old but strong) He dragged Ishtar to a pair of restraints nailed into the wall and secured him there, his back facing him. Ishtar already had part of the tomb keeper's initiation on his back but the application was used a punishment. Father heated the knives in hot coals. The minutes seemed to drag on like hours, Ishtar felt nauseous and his stomach did loops. ( Like the feeling you get when you know something's gonna happen or similar to being in one of those 'haunted' house things) Father finally pulled knives from the coals and began to slice into Ishtar's skin, with slow precision. Ishtar bit his lip, trying hard not to cry out and give his father the satisfaction that he was in pain. The blood flowed freely from his wounds and his lip also bled, small tears ran down his face and fell to the water deficit dirt floor below. Ishtar shook slightly but knew if he allowed himself to shake too much he would make this punishment more messy and painful than it needed to be. Finally, after a bout a half an hour, Father had finished. Now he had about 3/4 of the carvings, but Father would save the rest for later.

Rei returned home to see Bakura up and about, getting ready for a night of thieving. " Hey Rei, what's with the face? You look confused." " Huh? Oh, It's just that I was sitting on the bank with Ishtar when suddenly he got up and ran off. It was,... for lack of a better word, random." Bakura shrugged. " Well whatever his problem is I have no clue but I must be on my way now. I'll see you later." " Ok, have fun.", Rei said sarcastically.

Ishtar was let down from the wall and collapsed onto the floor, Father grabbed his coat, and some money and left for a night of drinking to relieve his 'stress'. Ishtar pulled himself up, wincing, and stumbled into his room. Since he was incapable of wrapping up his wounds properly, he laid down a thick, wide strip of linen. He carefully laid down on it and tied the ends around his abdomen. He sighed and drifted into a fitful sleep.

NS: sorry it was short, I feel ill and I keep hearing strange noises in my house, that's what I get for being home alone, oh well, no big deal, if I die and this is my last update, I guess I can die,... semi-happy.

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