HD: the new chappie!
COH: But first to answer some questions:
Are you American: Nope, an Australian who watches way too many American TV.
Are there stories leading to this one: YES! This story is a trilogy, it's the third part of my 'Shadow Time' Trilogy. But its messed up coz I'm halfway through writing the first part and the third, this story, but haven't started on the second. –Sweat drop- sorry! The first part is 'Egypt Secret'.
Malik-Hikari
Marik/u-Yami.
Bea: your pathetic, you make a trilogy and wrote the first and third part together.
HD: I know!
Alvar: no own…
Chapter 13
A white-haired man sat on the top steeps leading to a breath-taking palace, leaning against an alabaster stone pilar was a young woman with flowing black hair tipped in white with white bangs failing into diamond white eyes. On a few steeps down was a young man, his sun-kissed skin glowed in the full sun, his hair was black, tipped with crimson and golden bangs that spiked up into his pointed hair, blood eyes looked anxiously to the woman.
"Where are they?"
"It could be bandits." The girl offered. The man frowned.
"Or The Prince could have done a runner." The white-haired man cackled. The blood-eyed man glared at him, but he simply ignored it and turned to the girl. "Do you really think the bandits would attack them?"
"Oh course, a Bandit wouldn't miss a chance to loot a Prince."
"True. Hey, what's that?" They turned to where the white-haired man pointed. Two horses trotted towards them, one holding an up right person with someone laid across the saddle the other held another upright. The girl pushed off the pillar and descended the steeps.
Harry awoke to a large THUMP and realized that he'd fallen off his bed tangled in the sheets. It was still dark and Harry got to his feet, rubbing his aching head. He jumped when the door opened to reveal Malik holding…a pickle and jar of peanut butter?
"Oh hey Harry, can't sleep either?" He dipped the green vegetable into the sticky spread and Harry felt his stomach churn.
"Uh yea…" Who would willingly eat a pickle covered in peanut butter? Harry was saved from saying anything when Malik yawned.
"I don't know about you but I'm tired, night…" Harry watched him trot back to his bed and pull the hangings back to climb in, his pickle and peanut butter still firmly in his hands. Not even Ron would eat that! Harry thought. Just before Malik pulled the hangings back Harry caught a glimpse of wild sandy blonde hair unlike Malik's. Harry blinked but decided to blame it on his lack of sleep and climbed back into bed.
When Jou woke up he could smell the distant sent of…pickles and peanut butter? HOW GROWS! He scrunched his nose and yawned slightly. Seto's arms were firmly wrapped around his waist so he had little chance of moving, he settled for closing his eyes again and trying to sleep, but no sooner had he began to doze off then Seto roused him awake again.
"Come on Pup, its time to get up." Jou blinked his eyes sleepily and nodded. He sat up while Seto began to dress.
"What's da time…?" Seto looked up at him in amusement.
"It's seven." He threw Jou his clothes and pulled on his shirt. "Breakfast is on." Jou perked up at the mention of food and he jumped out of bed and got changed.
"Let's get breakfast!" Seto chuckled and wrapped his arms around Jou.
"We have to wait for the others, Pup." He kissed Jou on the lips lightly and rested his forehead against Jou's.
"Are you two already up?" They looked around to see Ryou still in his pyjamas.
"Yeah…" Jou mumbled. Ryou nodded and gathered his clothes heading for the bathroom. "Can we have breakfast now?" Jou whined.
"Fine."
Somehow Kirra had been able to pick her way through the mess of her sister's room.
'When did she get a payphone?' Kirra thought, inspecting the muggle payphone before moving on to Blitz's bed. "Blitz get up!" Kirra ordered. The lump under the covers didn't move and Kirra growled in annoyance. "Blitz Mouto I'm giving you ten seconds to get out of bed before I curse you! One, two, there," The lump shifted, "four, five, six" The lump stirred, "seven, eight, nine," The lump sat up and fell down to reveal a sleep worn Blitz, who looked up at Kirra through dropped eyelids.
"What time is it…?"
"Its eight o'clock and in half an hour you need to be in class." Kirra answered promptly, looking down at the floor where she saw several magas discarded thoughtlessly.
"Do I have to…?" Blitz whined. Kirra nodded.
"You have five minutes." She turned and picked her way back through the room. "And clean your room!" Blitz groaned and looked around at the mountain of possessions. It wasn't that messy…
"Chickako wouldn't make me go to class…"
Caitlyn rested her head on her folded arms and waited for sleep to claim her. Their first class was 'History Of Magic' so naturally only Lily was paying attention. She had just closed her eyes when a note hit her head, she raised her head and unfolded the scrunched up ball.
Where's Kirra? Lily's neat writing was, as usual, scrunched up in the corner of the note.
Maybe she's sick, or Blitz is.
No, I saw Blitz this morning…
Well maybe she's just late.
Maybe…
The note ended there because James and Sirius had let of two firecrackers off and the class was in an uproar, through all the commotion Professor Binns kept talking. Lily glared at James and Sirius who grinned back. The class scrambled for the door and Lily and Caitlyn ran into Kirra.
"Where were you?" Lily demanded, dragging her two friends away from the smoking class room. Kirra pulled her arm free of Lily's grasp.
"Nowhere important, mother." The stoped in front of the still ruined bathroom. "What did I miss anyway?" Kirra inquired, sitting down on the cold floor. Caitlyn sat beside her and explained the fireworks. "I should have known Black and Potter were behind it." Kirra rolled her eyes and pushed a blonde bang out of her eyes. "Who's that?" Lily and Caitlyn looked to where Kirra pointed to the far side of the empty corridor.
"Who? Nobody is here." Lily looked at Kirra in confusion who frowned.
"He's standing right there! Can't you see him? Snow white hair, brown-red eyes, tan skin!" Caitlyn looked again but the corridor was still completely empty.
"Are you sure you're not hallucinating?" Kirra shook her head.
"He's gone now anyway…" Kirra muttered. Lily and Caitlyn exchanged worried glances.
Bakura sat in his soul room mulling over his confusing thoughts. If he wasn't mistaken that girl who looked like the Pharaoh's Brat had actually seen him. Only the Hikaris and Priest were able to actually see the Yamis in spirit form, never had this happened unless she had a connection with the shadows or millennium items…Maybe Amber-Lee would know something on the matter. Bakura appeared in front of Amaya in spirit form, who gave a small 'eep' and dropped her pot.
"Miss Tono, I wish you wouldn't break my pots!" Professor Sprout barked.
"Sorry Professor." She waved her wand and fixed the broken pot. "Give me some warning next time!" She hissed out of the corner of her mind. The Spirit of the ring ignored her.
"Where's Amber-Lee?" It was more a demand than an inquiry.
"Her soul room, why?"
"I need to talk to her." Amaya's eyes glazed over before they refocused and Amber-Lee appeared beside her Hikari in spirit form. Bakura grabbed her transparent arm and took her into the soul room.
"What's going on?" Amber-Lee asked, wrenching her arm free and sitting down on the floor of his soul room.
"I think this girl saw me." It took Amber-Lee sometime to comprehend what he'd told her.
"Were you in spirit?"
"Yes!"
"How did you know she saw you?" Bakura had started pacing but stopped to answer her question.
"She looked straight at me, not through me, pointed at me then gave off a perfect description!"
"This is bad…" Amber-Lee murmured.
"You think?" Bakura bit back sarcastically, but she simply waved him off.
"If she's able to see you then she must have some connection with the shadows…" Bakura sat next to the ex-thief and looked at her.
"What do you mean? I thought only the Hikaris, Yamis and Priest could see us and use the shadows…"
"She could be a relative of the Hikaris or Seth."
"She did look like the Pharaoh's Brat, except the skin…" Amber-Lee gave him a heated glare then nodded.
"Makes sense, that old Wizard did say that Yugi had realities in this time."
"What were the brat's parents like in the past?" Amber-Lee's glare came back in full force.
"You know Bakura there was a time you would have sliced the head off of one who insulted Yugi!" Bakura gave her a confused look but she simply continued. "His parents were dead, he only had his Grandfather." She spat the name as if it were poison.
"I take it you don't like the Brat's grandfather?"
"People who give their own flesh and blood to a stranger to pay a debt are not likeable people."
"Neither are people who kill and steal." Bakura smirked.
"Yes but we got our punishment! Spending five millennium in those items served us well."
Bakura snorted then, at hearing the far of ring of the bell, stood up. "But then we got our Hikaris as rewards." Bakura grinned.
"You're lucky to even have your Hikari." Amber-Lee pointed out.
Bakura frowned. "Don't remind me…"
TBC…
HD: there's chapter 13.
COH: we hope you all enjoyed it.
Alvar: lots of thanks to: Hikari Kaiya, Masha-san, Shinigami, Josephine Taylor and Hedwig-the-MilleniumOwl.
Bea: Review!
Cole: or…nothing really…
Alvar: Ja Ne!
Alvar, COH, Cole, Bea and HappyDevil!
