YSF: I'm back!!!!!! I spent all of my time working on defenders, my
other fic, please go read it!
Dark Magician: YSF, aren't you forgetting something?
YSF: I have no clue. Please enlighten me.
Dark Magician: sigh you have to say the disclaimer still.
YSF: that's Yami and Bakura's job. By the way, where's your master anyways?
DM: I have no clue
YSF: oh... well, you'll just have to do it.
DM: YSF doesn't own yugioh. If she did, my master would be hers, and Aniba is owned by Millennium... Now can I go?
YSF: sure watches DM leave quickly By the way, for taking so long to update, I doubled the number of pages of the chapter
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Different Classes CH. 2
Yami sighed and shifted on his throne, trying to get comfortable. 'Once I'm pharaoh, I'm making sure that these things have padding,' he thought. His day went from bad to worse so far. First, Yami couldn't sleep because of the storm, and then the swordplay entertainers might not come because of the storm.
"My lord, I have received conformation that the performers will not come," announced Shimon bowing. At this, Yami let loose an audible groan. His father, Akunumkanon, looked at Yami and said with a grin, "Shimon, see what you can do for entertainment. I fear Yami is ready to snap."
"I shall see what I can do," said Shimon bowing his way out.
Meanwhile...
Maria cursed out loud as her cloak blew from in front of her face, causing her to choke on sand. Yanking the cloak back up, Maria looked around. She should have made it to Khalid's by now. Looking around again, she cursed the god that hated her as she realized that she was right next to the palace walls. The palace just happened to be on the other side of town, away from the market.
'Well, I guess I will have to find shelter to wait out the storm in order to find my way home,' thought Maria trudging on. She didn't get too far when she heard someone yell, "You girl, come here!" Turning, she saw someone come towards her. As the person approached, she heard him say, "You're a dancer, are you not?" At Maria's nod, the man continued. "Perfect, how would you like to perform for the pharaoh?" asked the man. Maria was stunned. How did she manage to get asked that again?
"All right," replied Maria thinking of exactly what little secret of hers to use in the performance instantly. The man clapped his hands together joyfully and motioned for her to follow him. At the steps of the palace, the man turned to Maria. "My name is Shimon. I'm the chief advisor to the pharaoh. I must ask you to be respectful to the pharaoh and his son," Shimon said as the palace doors opened. Maria nodded in response and Shimon led her into the palace.
Maria stared all around her in awe. Never before had she seen so much beauty. Beautiful colored scenes adorned the walls, and there were statues everywhere. Not to mention the gold that was in everything. Shimon just chuckled as he saw Maria's face. "If you think this is impressive, just wait till you see the throne room," he said, gently guiding Maria through the halls.
Outside of the throne room, Shimon stopped as if something had just dawned on him. Turning sheepishly, he asked, "I almost forgot, what kind of music do you dance to?"
"Well, I can dance to anything, but I don't usually dance with music in the market, so forgive me if I mess up a little," shrugged Maria, discarding her cloak. Underneath, she had on her best dancing outfit (it was the first thing she grabbed). The outfit was a bluish color with gold colored trim fabric. It didn't have any holes, because it was only worn on very special occasions. Shimon just nodded, and telling her to follow behind him, entered the throne room.
At once the pharaoh's voice rang out. "I see that you found some entertainment, Shimon?" asked Akunamukon.
"Yes my lord, I found a dancer that agreed to perform for you and prince Yami,"
Maria bowed respectfully and then looked up at the pharaoh and the prince. I am honored to dance before you," said Maria.
"We are welcome to have you perform on such short notice," said Akunumkanon with a smile at the girl before him. With a clap, he signaled the musicians to start playing.
Maria took a second to absorb the fast rhythm of the song and started dancing perfectly in time with the music. Yami watched her with amazement. Never before had he seen such devotion to a talent. The girl honestly to him looked like she came straight from a mold of the goddesses Bastet and Isis. Akunumkanon looked over and smiled at the look on his son's face, knowing that Yami was enjoying the performance.
As the song grew faster and faster, Maria started doing something that she never did before... Maria released magic that took shape into animals and other things that fit with the music. This, of course, startled Yami and amazed Akunumkanon. A commoner never possessed magic, if so, they were usually made into priests. Thoughts like these kept flowing through their heads until the end of the song.
Maria finished up her dance a little breathless, and with a feeling of immense satisfaction. Bowing, she stood and looked at the pharaoh. "How did you like it my pharaoh?" she asked.
Akunumkanon smiled. "It was the best performance that I've seen in a long time," he said, "I'll have Shimon pay you for your troubles."
"It was no trouble, I was honored to perform for you, my Pharaoh, and the prince," said Maria as Akunumkanon dismissed her. Once outside, she slumped against the doors and sighed in relief. Grabbing her cloak, she suddenly realized that she had no clue as to which way to go. Cursing herself for being absorbed too deeply in the wall decorations, Maria started walking, knowing that she would find her way out sooner or later
About an hour later, Maria, if anything, just ended up making herself even more lost. Finally giving in to fright, she sunk down behind a statue of Horus, and started to cry quietly.
About a few minutes after Maria hid behind the statue, Yami was walking down the hall to his room, when he heard someone crying from behind the statue of Horus that guarded his wing of the palace. Looking behind it, Yami was surprised to see the dancer from earlier sitting there crying. Crouching down so he was at her eye level, Yami brushed the tears that were still flowing down her cheeks away.
Startled, Maria looked up to meet the gaze of crimson, angular, eyes that belonged to none other than Crown Prince Yami. When she looked up, Yami smiled and said, "Are you lost?" Maria nodded and Yami stood up and offered his hand to her.
"Here," said Yami, "let's get you cleaned up."
Maria nodded and took his hand, allowing herself to be pulled gently down the hall towards Yami's room. Arriving there, Yami pushed open the doors, causing Maria to gasp in wonder. Yami raised an eyebrow at her and said, "This isn't really decorated and you're gawking like a fish out of water."
Maria sheepishly grinned. "My prince," she began but Yami cut her off.
"Please don't call me that," said Yami, "I'd much rather be called by my name, Yami. And now that you know my name, I would like to know yours."
"My name is Maria, and of course I would 'gawk,' I have never seen anything so beautiful in my life," replied Maria.
"Fair enough," laughed Yami offering her a bowl of fruit.
As Maria ate, she watched Yami walk around doing various things, until something small and fuzzy jumped onto her lap. Looking down, she saw a tiny kitten curl up on her lap
"Kikku, there you are," said Yami coming over and stroking the kitten.
"She's so pretty," said Maria stroking Kikku. 'She obviously takes after her master' she mused.
Maria and Yami spent a while longer talking and getting aquainted. Looking out to the balcony, an hour later, Maria saw that the storm had finally stopped. Standing, she said, "Yami, I must get going, I still have much to do today."
"Very well," replied Yami standing, "I will show you the way out." Maria followed Yami through the palace, and in almost no time, they were at the front doors. With a quick little wave, Maria thanked Yami and left.
"New girlfriend Yami?" asked a teasing voice from behind Yami. Yami turned to see his sister, Aniba, behind him. Aniba and Yami were always told that they were too much like siblings. They had the same crimson eyes, and black hair, except that Yami's hair was also yellow and magenta, and tended to defy gravity, while Aniba had long, wavy, hair with blue streaks through it.
"I like her a lot, but I'm not sure if she likes me, and if so, if it works out with her being a commoner and me a prince and someday Pharaoh," sighed Yami starting to walk back to his room.
Aniba wouldn't let her little brother give up that easily and followed him to his room. "Then make her a priestess," suggested Aniba.
"Are you crazy?"
"No, I'm not. I saw her magic. It's raw still, but with a bit of training, she would probably be good enough to be High priestess," reasoned Aniba.
"Father would go ecstatic over that one," replied Yami sarcastically. Aniba just smiled.
"I'll warm father up to it, and then we will find her and present the offer to her, okay?" asked Aniba knowing that she had already won. When Yami sighed and nodded his agreement, Aniba left his room and made her way to the throne room.
While that was going on, Maria was winding her way to Khalid's. Reaching there, she knocked on the door and waited till Khalid opened up.
"Maria! What are you doing here?" asked Khalid
"Simple, I was hungry and out of food, so I've come to get some," Maria replied entering the house. Pulling out her moneybag while Khalid went to get her some food, Maria frowned as she felt that it was definitely heavier than when she last held it. Opening it up, Maria gasped. Her bag was filled to the top with not only debens, but there were gold coins in it also. Smiling, she made a mental note to thank Yami the next time she saw him.
Returning home, Maria took down her jar and put the gold coins in first, and then covered them with the debens so that it wouldn't look suspicious of being poor and suddenly having gold coins. Suddenly yawning from the tiring day, Maria retired early and fell asleep not long before Ra set.
Akunumkanon sat on his throne way after his usual time of retirement to his room contemplating. His daughter, a few hours ago, had come to him with a request that was quite farfetched. Apparently, Aniba had seen the dancer's performance with the magic, and she and Yami wanted to make her a priestess. The only problem was that if he agreed to this request, she will have to be taught basically everything. Akunumkanon groaned as he listed the necessities in his head. Manners, policies, rules, reading, writing, and other priestly duties swam through his head until he made up his mind.
Priest Seto was in his room just about to prepare for bed, when a knock sounded on his door.
"What?" growled Seto, obviously irritated that someone would bug him this late.
"You know, you should be kinder to your cousin, let alone the Crown Prince of Egypt," said Yami entering Seto's room and sitting on the bed.
"What do you want Yami?" asked Seto rolling his eyes at Yami's comment.
"Father wants to see you in the throne room for a second," said Yami standing up and leaving.
Seto, now curious, left his room and headed to the throne room. Reaching it, he entered and bowed. "You wanted to see me, Uncle?"
Akunumkanon waved Seto up from his bow. "Seto," said Akunumkanon, "I have a favor to ask of you. I have someone arriving at the palace in a few days to become a priestess. Would you mind teaching her everything she needs to know?"
"Honored Uncle, I would be honored to accept this favor," said Seto bowing again and leaving the throne room.
Later the next day, Yami and Aniba walked down to the throne room with confusion on their faces. Their father had sent for them, but they didn't know why. Entering the throne room, they heard Akunumkanon call out, "Yami, Aniba, I have made my choice about your request."
Yami looked at his father, who had a stern face, but gazing into Akunumkanon's eyes, Yami saw that his father was inwardly laughing. "And what would that be?" asked Yami.
"I have decided," said Akunumkanon, "that the dancer..."
"Maria" corrected Yami
"...Maria shall become a priestess. There is on condition," said Akunumkanon starting to smile.
"What?" asked Aniba.
"You both must help Seto with her training," Akunumkanon stated, "Yami, since you know the town better than anyone here from sneaking out so often, I want you to find Maria tomorrow and bring her here. Understood?"
"Yes father," chorused Yami and Aniba as Akunumkanon dismissed them.
Maria was so tired out from the previous day, that she took the liberty of sleeping in. She would have slept longer if it weren't for a certain someone tickling her nose with a feather.
"Quit it Bakura," groaned Maria sitting up and glaring at her friend who was now laughing.
"We missed you today, where were you?" asked Bakura once he had recovered from his bout of laughter.
"Here, sleeping, why? What time is it?" asked Maria with a yawn looking out the window.
"It's around maybe late afternoon. I wouldn't know, because I can determine night time a lot better than day time," said Bakura.
Maria just stuck her tongue out at Bakura and shrugged. "I didn't need to dance today," she said calmly.
"I don't believe that. You would be short on money, because you haven't danced in two days now," snapped Bakura.
"If you don't believe me, look in my jar. I'm sure there's enough proof in there," replied Maria coldly.
Bakura, still suspicious, got the jar and emptied it onto Maria's bed. What he didn't expect, was for gold coins to come tumbling out. "Where did you get these?" he asked in awe, fingering the gold.
"I'm not going to say, because then you would steal from it," voiced Maria in a disapproving tone as she scooped the coins back up.
"I would not!" exclaimed Bakura stalking out and slamming the door behind him. Maria just sighed and got her things ready for dancing tomorrow.
The next day...
Yami wandered through the market, cloaked and dressed as a commoner, observing the crowd while looking for Maria. Good thing she had told him her favorite dancing spots, or Yami might have had to look for about two days straight before finding her. After going to most of the spots and not seeing her, Yami decided to ask a merchant for help. Going up to the nearest stand, Yami said, "Do you, by any chance, happen to know where the dancer Maria is today?"
The merchant smiled. "Of course I know where she is, I'm one of her friends. Maria is down near the Nile today," he said.
Thanking the merchant, Yami walked down to the Nile. After he reached the banks, it wasn't too hard to find her. All he had to do was look for people. Yami waited until Maria was done, and walked over to her. "Excuse me miss, I was wondering if I could have a word," Yami asked.
Maria looked at him and nodded. "Alright, Let me just tell my friends that I'm going," she said, turning back to her friends. A minute later she and the "stranger" were walking down the Nile. Yami stopped and faced Maria after they were far enough away from her friends. "Who are you?" asked Maria.
Yami just smiled and started removing his hood. "Do you not know? It's only been two days," laughed Yami as the hood slid down to reveal his face.
Maria impulsively hugged him. "Yami! What are you doing out here?" she asked.
"Visiting you, and to tell you something."
"What is it?" asked Maria.
"Well, my father wants you to become a priestess, so you can sharpen you're magic skill. Me and my sister Aniba convinced him. What do you say?"
"I think I would like that very much. First I would like to go home though, so I can retrieve my possessions," said Maria beaming. Leading Yami to her home, they went in and Yami couldn't help but say, "When you move into your new room, it's going to be about twice the size of your home. It may feel odd."
"Why would I need a room that big?" asked Maria gathering things together.
"That's the size of all of the rooms, except for the slaves and servants quarters, and also the pharaoh's chambers and they are bigger," said Yami.
"Maria just raised her eyebrows and shrugged. "I'm all set, let's go," she said about to pick up the bag that held all of her possessions, but found Yami shouldering it all ready. "I see you're a gentleman," laughed Maria.
"Don't get used to it", grunted Yami walking out the door.
Dark Magician: YSF, aren't you forgetting something?
YSF: I have no clue. Please enlighten me.
Dark Magician: sigh you have to say the disclaimer still.
YSF: that's Yami and Bakura's job. By the way, where's your master anyways?
DM: I have no clue
YSF: oh... well, you'll just have to do it.
DM: YSF doesn't own yugioh. If she did, my master would be hers, and Aniba is owned by Millennium... Now can I go?
YSF: sure watches DM leave quickly By the way, for taking so long to update, I doubled the number of pages of the chapter
'blah' = thoughts &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Different Classes CH. 2
Yami sighed and shifted on his throne, trying to get comfortable. 'Once I'm pharaoh, I'm making sure that these things have padding,' he thought. His day went from bad to worse so far. First, Yami couldn't sleep because of the storm, and then the swordplay entertainers might not come because of the storm.
"My lord, I have received conformation that the performers will not come," announced Shimon bowing. At this, Yami let loose an audible groan. His father, Akunumkanon, looked at Yami and said with a grin, "Shimon, see what you can do for entertainment. I fear Yami is ready to snap."
"I shall see what I can do," said Shimon bowing his way out.
Meanwhile...
Maria cursed out loud as her cloak blew from in front of her face, causing her to choke on sand. Yanking the cloak back up, Maria looked around. She should have made it to Khalid's by now. Looking around again, she cursed the god that hated her as she realized that she was right next to the palace walls. The palace just happened to be on the other side of town, away from the market.
'Well, I guess I will have to find shelter to wait out the storm in order to find my way home,' thought Maria trudging on. She didn't get too far when she heard someone yell, "You girl, come here!" Turning, she saw someone come towards her. As the person approached, she heard him say, "You're a dancer, are you not?" At Maria's nod, the man continued. "Perfect, how would you like to perform for the pharaoh?" asked the man. Maria was stunned. How did she manage to get asked that again?
"All right," replied Maria thinking of exactly what little secret of hers to use in the performance instantly. The man clapped his hands together joyfully and motioned for her to follow him. At the steps of the palace, the man turned to Maria. "My name is Shimon. I'm the chief advisor to the pharaoh. I must ask you to be respectful to the pharaoh and his son," Shimon said as the palace doors opened. Maria nodded in response and Shimon led her into the palace.
Maria stared all around her in awe. Never before had she seen so much beauty. Beautiful colored scenes adorned the walls, and there were statues everywhere. Not to mention the gold that was in everything. Shimon just chuckled as he saw Maria's face. "If you think this is impressive, just wait till you see the throne room," he said, gently guiding Maria through the halls.
Outside of the throne room, Shimon stopped as if something had just dawned on him. Turning sheepishly, he asked, "I almost forgot, what kind of music do you dance to?"
"Well, I can dance to anything, but I don't usually dance with music in the market, so forgive me if I mess up a little," shrugged Maria, discarding her cloak. Underneath, she had on her best dancing outfit (it was the first thing she grabbed). The outfit was a bluish color with gold colored trim fabric. It didn't have any holes, because it was only worn on very special occasions. Shimon just nodded, and telling her to follow behind him, entered the throne room.
At once the pharaoh's voice rang out. "I see that you found some entertainment, Shimon?" asked Akunamukon.
"Yes my lord, I found a dancer that agreed to perform for you and prince Yami,"
Maria bowed respectfully and then looked up at the pharaoh and the prince. I am honored to dance before you," said Maria.
"We are welcome to have you perform on such short notice," said Akunumkanon with a smile at the girl before him. With a clap, he signaled the musicians to start playing.
Maria took a second to absorb the fast rhythm of the song and started dancing perfectly in time with the music. Yami watched her with amazement. Never before had he seen such devotion to a talent. The girl honestly to him looked like she came straight from a mold of the goddesses Bastet and Isis. Akunumkanon looked over and smiled at the look on his son's face, knowing that Yami was enjoying the performance.
As the song grew faster and faster, Maria started doing something that she never did before... Maria released magic that took shape into animals and other things that fit with the music. This, of course, startled Yami and amazed Akunumkanon. A commoner never possessed magic, if so, they were usually made into priests. Thoughts like these kept flowing through their heads until the end of the song.
Maria finished up her dance a little breathless, and with a feeling of immense satisfaction. Bowing, she stood and looked at the pharaoh. "How did you like it my pharaoh?" she asked.
Akunumkanon smiled. "It was the best performance that I've seen in a long time," he said, "I'll have Shimon pay you for your troubles."
"It was no trouble, I was honored to perform for you, my Pharaoh, and the prince," said Maria as Akunumkanon dismissed her. Once outside, she slumped against the doors and sighed in relief. Grabbing her cloak, she suddenly realized that she had no clue as to which way to go. Cursing herself for being absorbed too deeply in the wall decorations, Maria started walking, knowing that she would find her way out sooner or later
About an hour later, Maria, if anything, just ended up making herself even more lost. Finally giving in to fright, she sunk down behind a statue of Horus, and started to cry quietly.
About a few minutes after Maria hid behind the statue, Yami was walking down the hall to his room, when he heard someone crying from behind the statue of Horus that guarded his wing of the palace. Looking behind it, Yami was surprised to see the dancer from earlier sitting there crying. Crouching down so he was at her eye level, Yami brushed the tears that were still flowing down her cheeks away.
Startled, Maria looked up to meet the gaze of crimson, angular, eyes that belonged to none other than Crown Prince Yami. When she looked up, Yami smiled and said, "Are you lost?" Maria nodded and Yami stood up and offered his hand to her.
"Here," said Yami, "let's get you cleaned up."
Maria nodded and took his hand, allowing herself to be pulled gently down the hall towards Yami's room. Arriving there, Yami pushed open the doors, causing Maria to gasp in wonder. Yami raised an eyebrow at her and said, "This isn't really decorated and you're gawking like a fish out of water."
Maria sheepishly grinned. "My prince," she began but Yami cut her off.
"Please don't call me that," said Yami, "I'd much rather be called by my name, Yami. And now that you know my name, I would like to know yours."
"My name is Maria, and of course I would 'gawk,' I have never seen anything so beautiful in my life," replied Maria.
"Fair enough," laughed Yami offering her a bowl of fruit.
As Maria ate, she watched Yami walk around doing various things, until something small and fuzzy jumped onto her lap. Looking down, she saw a tiny kitten curl up on her lap
"Kikku, there you are," said Yami coming over and stroking the kitten.
"She's so pretty," said Maria stroking Kikku. 'She obviously takes after her master' she mused.
Maria and Yami spent a while longer talking and getting aquainted. Looking out to the balcony, an hour later, Maria saw that the storm had finally stopped. Standing, she said, "Yami, I must get going, I still have much to do today."
"Very well," replied Yami standing, "I will show you the way out." Maria followed Yami through the palace, and in almost no time, they were at the front doors. With a quick little wave, Maria thanked Yami and left.
"New girlfriend Yami?" asked a teasing voice from behind Yami. Yami turned to see his sister, Aniba, behind him. Aniba and Yami were always told that they were too much like siblings. They had the same crimson eyes, and black hair, except that Yami's hair was also yellow and magenta, and tended to defy gravity, while Aniba had long, wavy, hair with blue streaks through it.
"I like her a lot, but I'm not sure if she likes me, and if so, if it works out with her being a commoner and me a prince and someday Pharaoh," sighed Yami starting to walk back to his room.
Aniba wouldn't let her little brother give up that easily and followed him to his room. "Then make her a priestess," suggested Aniba.
"Are you crazy?"
"No, I'm not. I saw her magic. It's raw still, but with a bit of training, she would probably be good enough to be High priestess," reasoned Aniba.
"Father would go ecstatic over that one," replied Yami sarcastically. Aniba just smiled.
"I'll warm father up to it, and then we will find her and present the offer to her, okay?" asked Aniba knowing that she had already won. When Yami sighed and nodded his agreement, Aniba left his room and made her way to the throne room.
While that was going on, Maria was winding her way to Khalid's. Reaching there, she knocked on the door and waited till Khalid opened up.
"Maria! What are you doing here?" asked Khalid
"Simple, I was hungry and out of food, so I've come to get some," Maria replied entering the house. Pulling out her moneybag while Khalid went to get her some food, Maria frowned as she felt that it was definitely heavier than when she last held it. Opening it up, Maria gasped. Her bag was filled to the top with not only debens, but there were gold coins in it also. Smiling, she made a mental note to thank Yami the next time she saw him.
Returning home, Maria took down her jar and put the gold coins in first, and then covered them with the debens so that it wouldn't look suspicious of being poor and suddenly having gold coins. Suddenly yawning from the tiring day, Maria retired early and fell asleep not long before Ra set.
Akunumkanon sat on his throne way after his usual time of retirement to his room contemplating. His daughter, a few hours ago, had come to him with a request that was quite farfetched. Apparently, Aniba had seen the dancer's performance with the magic, and she and Yami wanted to make her a priestess. The only problem was that if he agreed to this request, she will have to be taught basically everything. Akunumkanon groaned as he listed the necessities in his head. Manners, policies, rules, reading, writing, and other priestly duties swam through his head until he made up his mind.
Priest Seto was in his room just about to prepare for bed, when a knock sounded on his door.
"What?" growled Seto, obviously irritated that someone would bug him this late.
"You know, you should be kinder to your cousin, let alone the Crown Prince of Egypt," said Yami entering Seto's room and sitting on the bed.
"What do you want Yami?" asked Seto rolling his eyes at Yami's comment.
"Father wants to see you in the throne room for a second," said Yami standing up and leaving.
Seto, now curious, left his room and headed to the throne room. Reaching it, he entered and bowed. "You wanted to see me, Uncle?"
Akunumkanon waved Seto up from his bow. "Seto," said Akunumkanon, "I have a favor to ask of you. I have someone arriving at the palace in a few days to become a priestess. Would you mind teaching her everything she needs to know?"
"Honored Uncle, I would be honored to accept this favor," said Seto bowing again and leaving the throne room.
Later the next day, Yami and Aniba walked down to the throne room with confusion on their faces. Their father had sent for them, but they didn't know why. Entering the throne room, they heard Akunumkanon call out, "Yami, Aniba, I have made my choice about your request."
Yami looked at his father, who had a stern face, but gazing into Akunumkanon's eyes, Yami saw that his father was inwardly laughing. "And what would that be?" asked Yami.
"I have decided," said Akunumkanon, "that the dancer..."
"Maria" corrected Yami
"...Maria shall become a priestess. There is on condition," said Akunumkanon starting to smile.
"What?" asked Aniba.
"You both must help Seto with her training," Akunumkanon stated, "Yami, since you know the town better than anyone here from sneaking out so often, I want you to find Maria tomorrow and bring her here. Understood?"
"Yes father," chorused Yami and Aniba as Akunumkanon dismissed them.
Maria was so tired out from the previous day, that she took the liberty of sleeping in. She would have slept longer if it weren't for a certain someone tickling her nose with a feather.
"Quit it Bakura," groaned Maria sitting up and glaring at her friend who was now laughing.
"We missed you today, where were you?" asked Bakura once he had recovered from his bout of laughter.
"Here, sleeping, why? What time is it?" asked Maria with a yawn looking out the window.
"It's around maybe late afternoon. I wouldn't know, because I can determine night time a lot better than day time," said Bakura.
Maria just stuck her tongue out at Bakura and shrugged. "I didn't need to dance today," she said calmly.
"I don't believe that. You would be short on money, because you haven't danced in two days now," snapped Bakura.
"If you don't believe me, look in my jar. I'm sure there's enough proof in there," replied Maria coldly.
Bakura, still suspicious, got the jar and emptied it onto Maria's bed. What he didn't expect, was for gold coins to come tumbling out. "Where did you get these?" he asked in awe, fingering the gold.
"I'm not going to say, because then you would steal from it," voiced Maria in a disapproving tone as she scooped the coins back up.
"I would not!" exclaimed Bakura stalking out and slamming the door behind him. Maria just sighed and got her things ready for dancing tomorrow.
The next day...
Yami wandered through the market, cloaked and dressed as a commoner, observing the crowd while looking for Maria. Good thing she had told him her favorite dancing spots, or Yami might have had to look for about two days straight before finding her. After going to most of the spots and not seeing her, Yami decided to ask a merchant for help. Going up to the nearest stand, Yami said, "Do you, by any chance, happen to know where the dancer Maria is today?"
The merchant smiled. "Of course I know where she is, I'm one of her friends. Maria is down near the Nile today," he said.
Thanking the merchant, Yami walked down to the Nile. After he reached the banks, it wasn't too hard to find her. All he had to do was look for people. Yami waited until Maria was done, and walked over to her. "Excuse me miss, I was wondering if I could have a word," Yami asked.
Maria looked at him and nodded. "Alright, Let me just tell my friends that I'm going," she said, turning back to her friends. A minute later she and the "stranger" were walking down the Nile. Yami stopped and faced Maria after they were far enough away from her friends. "Who are you?" asked Maria.
Yami just smiled and started removing his hood. "Do you not know? It's only been two days," laughed Yami as the hood slid down to reveal his face.
Maria impulsively hugged him. "Yami! What are you doing out here?" she asked.
"Visiting you, and to tell you something."
"What is it?" asked Maria.
"Well, my father wants you to become a priestess, so you can sharpen you're magic skill. Me and my sister Aniba convinced him. What do you say?"
"I think I would like that very much. First I would like to go home though, so I can retrieve my possessions," said Maria beaming. Leading Yami to her home, they went in and Yami couldn't help but say, "When you move into your new room, it's going to be about twice the size of your home. It may feel odd."
"Why would I need a room that big?" asked Maria gathering things together.
"That's the size of all of the rooms, except for the slaves and servants quarters, and also the pharaoh's chambers and they are bigger," said Yami.
"Maria just raised her eyebrows and shrugged. "I'm all set, let's go," she said about to pick up the bag that held all of her possessions, but found Yami shouldering it all ready. "I see you're a gentleman," laughed Maria.
"Don't get used to it", grunted Yami walking out the door.