"O-Kay, if this has'to be done, so be it!" Yami jumped out of the window, missing the shattered glass and fell right for the river! Before he made contact with the surface Yami pulled out a pair of white angel wings from his back, it had hurt, but it was done. Yami caught himself and flew right for Yukai, red blood seeping off the tips of the primary feathers since he hadn't had his wings out in a while.
Yami dove for Yukai, as soon as he did she made a sharp turn around and, with the Sennen Eye glowing gold on her forehead, she shot a beautiful gold beam right at Yami. Yami blinked and just barely missed it.
Calling her name out, Yami realized that whatever the shadows had been in her eyes that he had seen before that gold strip of light was the blast from her Sennen Eye. But, the Sennen Eye was his Pharaoh Symbol, the symbol he was putting on all his creations, how had she come to own Sennen Blood within her? Were her parents Sennen? Yami became even more intrigued of Yukai's past—the Sennen Eye, the flashes of memories in her eyes, her not telling anyone of who she was, not having a name, the fireworks to the south and his father's murder were somehow all linking right back to Yukai! But, why?
Yukai blasted out her angel wings, they were as equally beautiful as Yami's and just as grand. Yami braced himself to be attacked by a flying girl when he noticed Yukai using her wings as an extra set of arms instead. Yami held back from laughing, but none-the-less he was still curious as to why she hadn't charged up at him.
Yami flew down, careful to not get whacked by Yukai's wings, and took a close look. She had no primary feathers! Yami was utterly astonished at this; Yukai had no primary feathers but she had the pearl-white wings of an angel! Was this just some trick to him from the gods?
Yukai noticed Yami in the air behind her and, not noticing his wings, she whirled around and punched him in the face into the water! After doing so, she swam with the mighty current out of the Pharaoh, out of the city and farther south. Yukai figured, as long as she followed the river south it should take her right back to her village.
After Yami had pulled himself out of the water, gasping for breath, he looked around for Yukai. "Yukai! Wait! Come back! You're making a big mistake!"
Yukai couldn't hear the Pharaoh, she was too far away and the sounds of the waves were too loud. Yami soared into the cloud cover above so the sandstorm wouldn't get him.
Yami thought carefully. /Okay, if she's heading to the south then I'll just follow her. She'll be safe in the water from the sandstorm, but I'll be crippled if I try in the air, so I'll just follow above the storm/
For five hours Yukai swam south and used the current as a helper so she didn't run out of energy as quick. Yami, in the meantime, flew over-head and used the winds from the sandstorm to his advantage whenever he could. Soon Yukai reached the end of the storm and the end of the river.
Yukai climbed out and took a last, sad look, back in the direction of the Pharaoh. "Oh...I'm sorry, but my place is here—in my village, even if it is nothin' but ash and coal now..." Yukai turned forward and began to walk, pulling in her wings and tying the back of her neck strap, that had been ripped in two halves by the force of her wings, together so her shirt wouldn't fall. Her back was now bare.
Yami landed at the end of the river and looked around. Yukai had already arrived a few hours before and the small winds of the storm that were still mingling about dusted away her footprints. "Drat! Uh-oh...if Para finds out that I'm not home in bed I'm really gonna get worn out from him when I get back!"
A flash of blue hazy light came from the earth and figure with angel wings came out of it, it was the spirit of Yami's mother, Leis. "Oh, really? My son, do not fret."
Yami blinked and looked right at the translucent figure. "M-mom?" Tears wound their way to Yami's eyes from deep in his heart. He had missed his mother so much in the last few days, but to him it felt like an eternity!
Leis nodded. "Yami, the road ahead is barred by challenges. The winds are harsh to the south, too harsh to ride and live."
"What of Yukai?" Yami was getting worried about his love.
"No need to fret, she is just fine." Yami sighed from this reassurance.
"But?" Yami knew there was a 'but' somewhere.
"But, she is returning to her home of birth. She is afraid of you, of the Pharaoh, of Jetna and evil Jola and most of a huge spirit." Leis was giving a clue to Yukai's past, but nothing the young Pharaoh could understand.
Yami slightly lowered his eyes/Why can't she ever just tell me what's going on without all these riddles/ Yami tilted his head. "Spirit?"
Leis nodded. "Yes, a huge black cat spirit that awaits Yukai's return. Its fangs are endowed with the urge to taste her blood..."
Yami's eyes widened. "So...so it wasn't Yukai who killed her people!"
Leis shook her head. "No."
"But...but, I thought..."
"You thought only what your eyes could show you. You saw the shadows in her eyes, but dearest, the shadows were none other then that cat! You pieced together all of what hooks back to Yukai." Leis sighed.
"So, then the shadows were a cat and the yellow beams were Sennen Blasts..." Yami thought hard. "But, how could Yukai get Sennen Blood into her? That's a blood that only Yami's have, creatures that control the Shadow Monsters naturally and need no teach."
Leis faded out. "My son, piece together it just like a puzzle would..."
"MOM!" Yami felt tears burst through his eyelashes and down his smooth cheeks. "Alright." Yami took in a breath to calm himself, pulled in his wings and began to walk south.
As he walked Yami thought hard and complex thoughts. /Okay, so the blasts were the Sennen Blasts from her Sennen Eye and the black thingy was a huge black fur-ball. Yukai's village aided the men of Apep who killed my father...and aided Livi... Her not telling anyone was probably because she was afraid... No name, that's a sticky mess... I bet those fireworks were just some sort of decoration for some kind of ceremony... This is a fine lemon, how can I find out Yukai's past if I can't even find her/
Yami soon found himself looking over huge areas of crops that had been burnt. The beautiful desert sand was quickly changing to a hunted wasteland with ash and coal everywhere. Yami couldn't believe all of this destruction. Yami walked right to the edge of a high dune that used to be covered in flowers. Yami sighed, all this destruction and for what to be gained?