Z Star: Hello! Again. The last chapter didn't have much to do with the plot, but it was just for a bit of fun. Like in the Simpsons, sometimes they show something else that's happening that has nothing to do with the episode's plot. Anyway, in this chapter, it will have a lot to do with solving the mystery.
Joey: Why do I feel like something bad is going to happen?
Z Star: Depends on your definition of bad. Ok who wants to do the disclaimer? Anybody at all?
Kaiba: Ok, I guess I will. Z Star does not own anything but the characters she made up for no apparent reason.
Z Star: WHOOT! Ok let this chapter begin!
Chapter Fourteen: The Pharaoh, The Water Priestess and The Painting
The pokemon trainers continously searched through several books, scanned through several old scrolls and thousands of books on ancient history all morning. It was a very tiresome job. Especially for Misty, who would not take a break, not even for a cupcake!
"Come on Misty! You know you want it! Smell that cupcake goodness!" Ash grinned, waving the sweet treat infront of the redhead's face.
"ASH! Get lost! I have A LOT of work to do, to find my first clue! I only have three months to solve this mystery! THREE ASH! Or I shall be cursed to live the rest of my life as a MUK! So either help me find the first clue or leave me to work!" Misty snapped, opening ANOTHER book.
"Ok, jeez, sorry." Ash said, walking off again. He was looking for some sort of escape from his boredom, until his eyes set on Ella. He grinned and stood next to her, as she gazed at the huge painting.
"Hello sweetness. What are you looking at?" Ash said sweetly, wrapping his arm around Ella's waist. Ella was a little surprised at first, but relaxed into his arms.
"This painting. It kind of reminds me of all of us." Ella said.
"Why?"
"Well, for example, look at that boy there!" Ella pointed at a boy with long black hair tied into a ponytail. "He reminds me of a younger version of you. And the redhead next to him, reminds me of Misty, but with long hair. And the guy with no eyes reminds me of Brock, of course. And those neko-jin(1) like people remind of me and Sedmet. Then there are those people in the corner who reminds me a lot of Max, May and Tracey."
"WOAH! THEY DO LOOK LIKE US! Hey… I just thought of something!" Ash beamed.
"That this might be some sort of clue that will help release Shinju's soul?" Ella said.
"I think this might be an actual clue!" Ash said ignoring what Ella said. "I am a genius!"
"Of course you are…" Ella said rolling her eyes.
"HEY MISTY! GET YOUR BUTT OVER HERE! I! OW! OK ELLA, WE! FOUND A CLUE!" Ash shouted. Rubbing his sore arm.
"SHHHH! This a library! Be quiet!" The librarian whispered.
"Oops. Sorry." Ash grinned sheepishly, while the old, cranky librarian glared at him.
"What is it Ash?" Misty asked, soon more of the gang followed to see the first clue.
"I- OW! I mean me and Ella. Have found the first clue!" Ash announced, rubbing his sore arm again. Who could have caused his injury? Maybe the innocent lioness? "Misty, you said that your Grandma looked like you, but with long hair. Well who does that look like?"
Ella touched the painting where Shinju's face was and it was the spitting image of the water pokemon trainer! But the lioness left a white mark on the piece or art work.
"Ella! You're not allowed to touch paintings!" Sedmet chided.
"Why? Can't I just have a little feel of the texture?"
"No!" Sedmet whined, swiping Ella's hand away, again.
"You're mean!" Ella pouted, crossing her arms. She narrowed her eyes her sibling, but it didn't make her scary, just naïve looking.
"That painting does seem familiar…" Misty mused, taking a closer look at the master piece. When the Cascade Tear waved infront of the mark Ella had left, it glowed a bright light and sucked Misty in! "Guys! Help!"
"OMG! THAT PAINTING IS EATING MISTY!" Tracey screamed.
"WHAT TO WE DO! WHAT DO WE DO!" Brock panicked, pulling on his hair.
"Grab her! Quick!" Ash instructed. Everyone grabbed Misty's legs, but the painting was putting up a good fight. It didn't want to let the girl go so easily, it managed to swallow the redhead whole, along with the others! Screams could be heard echoing the library, bouncing back and fourth!
"This is a library! SO FOR THE LAST TIME, SHUT UP!" The librarian screamed, ripping some of her hair out. Another woman, much younger and calmer looking, came to the librarians side.
"Aunt Lawrence you need to calm down. I didn't hear anything, maybe you should take a holiday from this place. I'm a librarian too you know." The bruenette said.
"Laura! You will never be abel to run this library if you have an attitude like that!" Aunt Lawrence growled. Laura shrugged and went off to sort out some books and help the customers. But it was surprising that she didn't notice Pikachu or Sparkscat.
"Hey, where did they go?" Sparkscat asked.
"They forgot about us! Again!" Pikachu mumbled.
"How long do you think it will be until they comeback?"
"I don't know… but how about we have a little fun until they do comeback, Sparkscat baby…" Pikachu winked, moving his eyebrows up and down suggestively. Sparkscat eyes widened and she slapped Pikachu across the face. Pikachu blinked several times. "Ok. I understand. You're waiting till the moment is right and when you're ready. I'll wait until then Sparkscat baby!" Pikachu winked.
"Yeah, sure, that will happen. Only in his dreams…" Sparkscat said rolling her eyes.
THE GAME SHOP
Yami and Yugi were playing on their playstation 2, to beat the boredom on the cold Monday morning.
"HA! I win again! I am truly the King of Games!" Yami cheered running around the couch like a madman. Yugi just sat there staring into space, ignoring his Yami. "Come on Aibou, I never win! Aren't you going to celebrate with me?"
Yugi did not reply. Yami waved a hand infront of his face. Still no response. The ex pharaoh thought hard. Then he had an idea! With an evil smile he extended his index fingers and shoved them into Yugi's ribs.
"OW! Yami! What was that for?" Yugi cried, rubbing his sore sides.
"Because you were ignoring me." Yami grinned. "What were you thinking about?" Yugi blushed. He couldn't tell him the truth, no way.
"Uh… just stuff!"
"Stuff?"
"Yeah stuff."
"Why don't I believe you?" Yami said cocking an eyebrow. Yugi sweat dropped, searching his brain for an answer.
"Well… Maybe you need to be a bit more trusting?" Yugi sheepishly grinned.
"Ok, let's play 20 questions. Question one, is the thing you're thinking about have red hair?" Yami smirked.
"What! What are you talking about!" Yugi said, his pale face turning red.
"Next question, does it have blue eyes?" Yami continued to ask.
"No!" Yugi shouted, blushing, Yami was getting closer to the thing that he was daydreaming about.
"And that means yes. Is the thing you were thinking about a she?" Yami asked.
"Yes, no!"
"Aha! I know who you were thinking about! You have a thing for that Misty girl don't you?" Yami smirked.
"No! Well… I think she's cute, but I don't have athing for her!" Yugi blushed.
"Aha! I knew it!" Yami smirked, while performing a ridiculus victory dance for a flustered Yugi. "I know everything! Because I'm the Pharaoh! Oh yeah!"
"Ex pharaoh." Yugi mumbled.
"What?"
"Nothing!" Yugi smiled innocently. Before Yami could continue his 'dance' he noticed something very strange going on with the Millenium Puzzle. The eye of horus beamed a bright light and started to float. The ex pharaoh's eyes widened, mirroring Yugi's disgruntled look. "Um, Yami! What's happening with our puzzles?"
"I-I don't know." Yami's item nearly dragged him across the room, almost making his fall flat on his face! "Ah! I think it wants us to follow it Yugi."
"Are you sure? How could a lifeless object know what it wants and where it wants to go?" Yugi asked. "It's impossible!" Mentioning that, Yugi's puzzle tugged on his throat too. "Ok, maybe it's not."
"Let's just follow the puzzles and see what they want." Yami said.
"Ok. It's lucky it's early in the morning, or we'd be getting A LOT of attention." Yugi smiled, following Yami out of the house and into the streets. Now where would the Millenium Puzzle want them to go? Any guesses? Any at all?
POKEMON TRAINERS
A few thousand years ago, a huge stone wall stood out in the countryside next to the temple that watched over the Waterflowers. On the stone wall were strange scriptures. And several kids falling out, crashing onto the cold ground and dust. Some of the dirt jumped into Ash's mouth and he gagged the awful tasting earth out.
"Well this is great! I can't believe we don't fly and end up crashing into things more often, I just LOVE doing that!" May growled in a sarcastic tone.
"May, please, I cannot stand your whining." Max said. Everybody lifted themselves from the ground. They spotted the beach were there were several people standing around and conversing. They were divided into two cultures, both from the east, but so different. The one group were tanned and the other were fairly pale. "Who the heck are they?"
"How we did we even get here!" Gary asked.
"Who knows?" Brock said. "Louds of stuff like this happens and nobody knows why! Like what happened to my pan! Ain't it a hoot!" Soon Brock burst into tears, with Tracey to comfort him, with a pat on the shoulder.
"There, there, let it all out."
"I think… this might have something to do with when the pharaoh met Shinju! Remember the story!" Misty exclaimed, looking at the beach crashers.
"Oh yeah!" Sedmet said. "The part when the lovers' spark began!"
"O.O Ah…"
"What? I'm a romantic! So sue me." Sedmet huffed.
"Hey Misty… what if we go and watch the pharaoh and Shinju and see what happens! It might give us an idea of how to free Shinju's spirit!" Ash exclaimed.
"Heh, no da genius. Come on guys, be quiet and make sure no one sees you." Misty instructed. So the guys walked up behind the green bushes that touched the yellow sands of the beach, and watched as the scene unfolded.
DOMINO LIBRARY
Yukiko and Takumi gasped when they watched the pokemon trainers from outside the painting, watching the moving characters like a TV.
"Hey Takumi! I want one of these things! The people in this painting look so realistic!" Yukiko grinned.
"You idiot! Those people are real! They're the brats we're spying on remember?" Takumi barked. Footsteps could be heard knocking against the old wooden floors, that set the two demons into a panic. "Uh-oh! Someone's coming!"
"What do we do! What do we do!" Yukiko sqeauled, jumping on the spot. Takumi smacked him and grabbed his brother's hand.
"We jump into the painting! Aliop!" Takumi dragged Yukiko into the painting and out of the library. The people who made the arupt footsteps were none other then the Prince of Games and the former pharaoh of Egypt. Yugi and Yami had come a long way but they were finally at the library. The Millenium puzzle dragged them over to the painting that was over looked by so many on lookers, until today.
"Yami! Look! That painting is alive!" Yugi exclaimed pointing at the moving picture. "And the people look familiar too! … Yami?"
The spiky haired man stared at the painting, as he recalled that day. He reached out his hand and slowly grazed his hand across the pretty portrait. A white light grew and sucked the perplexed king into it's fortress. The ex pharaoh did not even break into a sweat, he was too entranced.
"Yami! Hold on!" Yugi grabbed the pharaoh's hand a desperately tried to pull him out, but he just wasn't strong enough. He pulled until he himself was taken into the painting's grasp.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
POKEMON TRAINERS
"Hey look! There's the pharaoh of Egypt and princeYami! And that dude with the beard must be Lord Rong! And the freaky guy with no eyes must be Akilah!" Ash whispered.
"Hey! I'll have you know that having no eyes is a very attractive feature!" Brock grunted.
"Yeah, when the universe explodes!" Ash laughed, earning a kick from Brock. "OW!"
"Stop it you two, or we'll get caught!" Gary growled.
"Who cares! I want to meet some ancient Egytians!" Max giggled.
"And I want to meet some hunky guys!" May grinned. "What? That guy other there looks cute!"
"How can you tell, they're all hidden under those big hats!" Ella pointed out.
"Oh Ella are you that naïve? She's looking at their bodies not their faces." Sedmet pointed out.
"Yeah, she's a big fat pervert!" Tracey smirked, earning a smack across the face. "Ow! May, you didn't have to hit that hard!"
"Will you all be quiet please! I want to hear what happens!" Misty said. So everybody hushed up and watched what was happening with the others.
Lord Rong stood at the docks as the Pharaoh of Egypt (Not Yami) stepped off the ship. The two leaders stared the other down, studying the others foreign features, while trying to figure out weather the other counterpart was their enemy or friend. A smirk appeared on Lord Rong's face and he extened his hand.
"Greetings! I am Lord Rong. What brings you to Yu Yao?" The leader of asked. Pharaoh Akunaumhanon was surprised, yet relieved by the other man's friendly behavior. He took the other man's and shook it.
"I am Pharaoh Akunaumhanon. I am here to explore your New World in hope of broadening my kingdoms horizons." The king of Egypt smiled. Pretty soon they become fast friends, along with all the soldiers that had become close. Akilah spoke to the high priests and even Yami, Mana, Hikaru, Onyx, Shinju and Madame Shui came from their hiding spot to be introduced to one another.
"This is my wife, Madame Shui." Lord Rong said with a protective arm around the lady's shoulders.
"Please to meet you. I am honored to have a royal guest in my humble home." She said bowing her head. The pharaoh took her hand and kissed it.
"It is a pleasure to have a lovely woman in our presence. You are blessed to have a wife like Madame Shui, Lord Rong." Akunaumhanon said. Madame Shui blushed, and hid her face behind her fan.
"Hey! Don't flirt with my wife!" Lord Rong exclaimed, pretending to be mad. Akunaumhanon chuckled and soon the other two adults joined in.
Over with the children, they just kept eyeing one another, not entirely sure what to do. Well, except for the youngest ones.
"Hi! I'm Mana." She smiled, taking Hikaru's hand and shaking it.
"I'm Hikaru!" The small boy smiled, he let go of the dark magician girl's hand and pointed at Shinju. "That's my sister Shinju."
Shinju… that's a pretty name… The young Yami thought to himself as he gazed at the girl, accompanied with a dark crimson blush cursing his tanned skin. She blinked at the prince, wondering that why on earth he was looking at her. Usually most boys would ignore her and wouldn't take a second glance at Shinju.
"Wow! You're really pretty!" Mana grinned. Shinju blushed, shyly returning the friendly gaze.
"Uh… thank you Mana. But there is no need to compliment me." She said taking the younger girl's hand. Yami stared in shock, he felt almost jealous that those two miniature ladies were getting on so well, and so fast.
I wish I said that… HUH! Yami gasped; did he just think what he did? No, he could never be having feelings for a girl. They were annoying, whiny and boring. Well, except for Mana…
"And this is Onyx! Why he looks like you guys is a mystery to me." Hikaru continued. Onyx hit him on the arm and scratched the back of his neck nervously.
"Nice to meet you." Yam smiled, snapping out from his thoughts. He seemed to be more open with Onyx due to the fact the son of a strategist was similar to him, in appearance anyway.
"This is prince Yami! My best friend!" Mana said, shaking his arm, to get his attention. Soon they all began to talk more and got used to each other they became fast friends, even though they didn't know it. Over behind the bushes the group was surprised.
"Wow, I thought Yami and Shinju hated each other! But they're being so civil!" Misty pointed out.
"Well, maybe something happens that turns them against one another." Ella said.
"Hohoho, does that mean we might get to see a fight? WHOOPEEEE!" All the guys cheered, even Max. The girls rolled their eyes and kicked the boys. "OW!"
"What did you kick us for?" Max asked, nursing his poor behind.
"Because you were being idiots. And you would have blown our cover." Misty commented.
As soon as the parents and guardians of the offspring came they were about to go inside.
"Lord Rong, I am surprised how friendly and welcoming you and your people are. One of my advisors told me that the Chinese were… well… hostile towards foreigners." Pharaoh Akunaumhanon admitted, nervously waiting for the lord's reply. A grin spread on his face and he burst out laughing.
"Ha, ha, ha! Oh no, you must be kidding! We don't mind foreign people like yourselves; we just don't want to get involved with the affairs of war and that lark with you." Lord Rong informed the Pharaoh.
"Oh… but I was told that you attack ships that come within a mile of your country." Akunaumhanon stated.
"What? You must be mistaking us for Japan, they are the ones who attack sailors, (1) you must have had us confused with them." Lord Rong informed him. "I hate it when people get Japan and China mixed up."
"So do I…" Pharaoh Akunaumhanon said, glaring at Mahado, who had a nervous sweat pouring off of him.
"Hehe, forgive me my Pharaoh, sometimes my magic orb does not always give out the correct information." The nervous high priest giggled nervously, earning more glares from the rest of the Egyptian born onlookers. "Hey stop looking at me like that, I said I was sorry didn't I? I'm allowed to make one or two mistakes!"
"No you're not!" Everyone shouted, even the residents of Yu Yao.
"Hey! You guys stay out of this!" Mahado said to his hosts. Everyone was lead inside to the castle and the modern teens and pre-teens followed behind, but they weren't only one's being tailed though and you could guess by whom…
YUGI AND YAMIOut of the same stone tablet, Yugi and Yami were thrown across the marble floor, at the same spot the pokemon trainers had landed. Yugi and Yami groaned in slight pain, but got up and nursed their soar body parts.
"Where the hell are we?" Yugi asked, then his eyes widened. "Ah! Oh no, I swore! There goes my virgin mouth…" Yami chuckled so hard tears were coming down his eyes.
"I don't know where this place is Yugi, but it seems so familiar…" Yami said, trying to recall the images of this place that zoomed past his mind.
"Maybe we should look around and see if we can find someone who'd be willing to help us." Yugi suggested.
"Yeah, let's take look around, it's getting dark and I don't think it's safe to out here…"
"How would you know Yami?" Yugi asked.
"Just call it… a feeling. Come on, we better start looking…" Yami said, he and Yugi went off down by the beach and walked down the path that lead to the castle, where certain people were conversing, watching and maybe even self discovering their roots.
End of Chapter Fourteen
1) In the movie The Last Samurai, I heard in the documentry that in the old days Japan would fire at ships. It's a good thing that they don't do that anymore eh? ;) Because I really to visitJapan one day!
Z Star: Sorry for the long wait, but it's here. The chapter.
Max: Whoopee!
Marik: Oh and the authoress would like to thank everyone who reviewed!
Z Star: Thanks guys!
Yukiko and Takumi: WAIT! WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT? WILL YAMI KNOW WHERE HE IS AND RECALL HIS PAST? WILL MISTY GET A MUCH NEEDED CLUE? WILL WE GET A MUCH NEEDED PROMOTION! AWW HERE WE GO! (The demons run off)