The Great Kingdoms Guardian
Okay, I've been lazy. But alas dear reviewers, I have miraculously come up with another chapter. Well, a really short one. Now, I've never actually watched the series before save for a few episodes so, if I make anything major all messed up, please tell me and I'll do my best to fix it. Thank you! Also, any ideas you have will be thought about, after all, I've been having a slight writer's block for this story. Also, I guess this story won't be set specifically after any certain part of the series but changing it so that they did defeat Zorc Necrophades, so that way, I won't really have to deal with having characters in my story that are supposed to be dead after a time XD! Oh and IMPORTANT: I don't know if I can finish this on my own, so I've decided I think I want to co-author with somebody, and for those who might not know what it is, it's when I do a chapter, then you do a chapter etc. So, if anyone is interested, then please private message me and I'll give you my e-mail and you can send me a paragraph you want to use in the next chapter and then I'll choose who I'm going to co-author with. Thanks!
Kagome sighed and glanced over at Atem, and looked up, squinting into the hot dessert sun. She could feel the scorching sand slipping into her sandals and it took everything she had not to yelp out in pain. They were, after all, only another 10, give or take a few, minutes from the palace, which was coming into sight and was much larger than Kagome had pictured it from afar.
Atem looked over at her and smiled weakly. "Are you alright?" he asked.
Kagome let a forced smile form on her chapped lips and looked back over to the pharaoh. "Yeah, of course. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, you certainly look as if you are in pain." He said softly as he continued to observe her.
She shrugged. "Ah, it's alright, really. We're almost at out destination, right? So, I can wait a little longer walking in the heat with this sand."
He nodded but still watched her carefully through the corner of his eyes, making sure she wasn't going to pass out from the heat, or exhaustion. He himself was getting tired, but the heat didn't bother him much, since he did live here in Egypt most of his life.
"Hey, Atem," Kagome started, wanting to get a conversation going. "So, tell me again what exactly is going to be waiting for us over there." She nodded towards the palace and Atem nodded.
"Well," he said with a yawn. "If all is doing well, my sacred court should be waiting there."
"Alright, the sacred court is basically people to help protect you?" Kagome questioned, trying to keep her mind off of the heat.
Atem shrugged. "Yes, each one holds a Millennium Item."
Kagome looked at him with interest and lifted the ankh around her neck slightly. "So, they're kind of like me? Did they get to choose what item they got?"
Atem smiled over at her. "No, they were chosen by the Millennium Items and they ensure my safety."
"The Millennium Items ensure you're safety?" she questioned with her head tilted slightly to the side.
He chuckled softly and she blushed. "You ask a lot of questions, don't you?"
"Well, I'm curious." Kagome huffed.
"Is there not a saying about curiosity? Like, curiosity killed the cat?" Atem smirked at her as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Ah, but Satisfaction brought it back." Kagome stated triumphantly and lifted her head up proudly.
It became quiet for a few moments and Kagome looked over at Atem, who seemed to be thinking. She looked straight ahead and saw they had gotten even closer. Now she could make out the small outlines of windows on all of the homes and the palace itself. Only a little bit longer. Kagome cheered herself on.
"My Court are the ones that really do most of the protecting, although the Millennium Items do their fair share in battle and such." He finally answered her previous question.
"Oh, okay." Kagome nodded.
She couldn't help but glance over at him again and she blushed when he looked over and caught her gazing at him. She blushed and quickly looked away as she heard his nearly inaudible chuckle. Without speaking, they made a little game of it, to see if the one who was looking at the other got caught. Although, Kagome quickly got bored and looked around the vast dessert, hoping for something else to keep herself and Atem with. But, of course, it was after all a dessert and she didn't see anything else to keep them occupied.
"Do you like cheese?" Kagome questioned and Atem looked at her with an eyebrow raised.
"Well, I suppose. I think Sardo cheese would have to be my favorite." He said. "Why?"
"Hey, it's a conversation starter." Kagome held her hands up mockingly. "But, what does Sardo taste like?'
"Well," started the young pharaoh. "It's usually soaked in brine, smoked, and left on shelf to ripen, and it's firm, smooth, and sometimes has a bitter taste to it. I personally like the taste, but some don't."
"Okay." Kagome said as her eyes roamed around her.
"What about you?" he asked softly.
"What?" Kagome asked owlishly.
"What cheese do you like?" he said with a grin.
"Well, I guess it's a tie between White Cheddar and Parmesan. I like both a lot." She smiled over at him.
"That's…good." The pharaoh said, not quite sure what to say.
Another silence came between them, this time more awkward than the first. Kagome cleared her throat and hummed for a second, trying to keep some form of noise going besides the soft hiss of the sand being blown around.
"Sooooo," Kagome started again. "You and Yugi met through the Millennium Puzzle, right?"
"Yup." Atem said, with a renewed energy as he saw the palace getting closer and closer. "After I defeated Zorc Necrophades, I sealed him into the Millennium Ring and my soul was sealed into the Millenium Puzzle and I erased my memory so that the spell I used to seal him would never be used to resurrect him."
"Millenium Ring." Kagome pondered. "Isn't that what Ryou has?"
Atem nodded. "Yes, and he has a spirit inside the ring called Yami Bakura, but I have a feeling that he is the spirit of Zorc, whether he realizes it or not."
Kagome nodded, understanding going across her features. "Okay, so that's why you aren't really friends, per say, with Ryou. I get it now."
"Yeah, that's why."
They were now only about a mile away from the city and Kagome was getting excited. "Wow! I can't wait to see what the inside looks like! It looks magnificent from the outside."
"Thank you. I'm sure you'll like it." He said offering her a smile.
"Oh," she said softly, suddenly remembering something. "What about the others? What will happen now?"
"I don't know." He answered truthfully. "We'll just have to wait it out and see how everything goes."
"Okay." She muttered. Her thoughts drifted back to Inuyasha. She felt the corners of her lips twitch downward into a frown. She cleared her mind of him and focused on her other friends. What if they found Naraku and had to verse him by themselves? Her stomach churned at the thought of her friends going through that without her. Along with the other people who were friends of Yugi and Atem, they might get seriously injured.
She blinked out of her thoughts when she saw Atem give her a weak smile, as if he knew what she were thinking. She could have looked into his mind at this point, but she decided not to. She really only used her mind reading powers when she felt compelled too. She turned and looked up at high walls around the city.
"Woah." Was all she could get out and Atem smirked.
She saw guards waiting ahead of them at the entrance and she suddenly felt nervous to meet the sacred court that would be waiting inside the gates. She could sense the Millennium Items as they got closer and closer and was almost smothered by their auras.
"Welcome." Said the Pharaoh with a grin. "To my city."
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Sorry for the shortness! I know, it's not much. But please remember if you are interested in co-authoring, if you haven't already, read the note under where it says important in bold letters at the beginning of the chapter and private message me if you're interested! Please Review, Thanks!~