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Egyptian Daze
Chapter 2: Visiting friends and the art of tomb raiding
Ruby soared through the market place and between alleyways grumbling. Ignoring the local mammals’ reactions to her presence, she flew toward the desert out of the main city limits, in search of wild Niwatoris that usually hide around the dunes.
Out of all of Katsuya’s plans, this one was by far the foolish on. (and dangerous too!) Raiding tombs of dead nobles was by far one of the most dangerous crime known in Egypt. But she understood Katsuya’s reasoning : if they manage to salvage something valuable, he will be
rich and a little more famous. But if he gets caught by the authorities… She
just didn’t want to imagine her best friend’s predicament.
Meanwhile, Jou collected the basic items one needed for a good session of tomb raiding. He still needed a good sturdy rope and there was only one place he knew he could get it without trouble: at Mako’s place.
---Mako was a friend of his. He was a 17 years old dark skinned foreigner and it was said that he had been found, many years ago, in a ship wreck near the ocean. Mako told Jou that he had been traveling with his father on his ship, just surfing around the ocean, when they were
caught up in a storm. The boy seemed obsessed with the ocean and always talked about the sea. Jou, who had never seen an ocean in his entire life, was awed at Mako’s tales and sometimes he and Ruby would visit the dark skinned boy and hear his tales. Mako resided in the “rich” part of the city and was known to be the Pharaoh’s messenger. He had attracted the rulers attention by coming to the main city aboard a strange contraption that Jou had never seen before. Mako
told him that it was a sail boat that he built and made it so it could voyage on sand.
(Jou then decided to call it a “sandboat”) The Pharaoh decided to make the foreigner his messenger. ---
“Hey Mako! You’re here?” receiving only a muffled response Jou ventured further into the house he had just snuck in.
“Mako?”
“Katsuya? I’m here.”
Following the voice Jou entered a large room where a black haired teen laid on the floor, working on some sort of contraption. “What are you doing again?”
Mako stood up, dusted up his “Egyptian pants” that served as his only piece of clothe and let out a throaty laugh. “Why, I am working on a new transportation of course!” Jou just looked at Mako’s work: all he could see was a wooden plank.
“Right… Say Mako, could you lend me some of you homemade rope? I know they are the best in the city.”
Mako frowned. With the small scar on his chin, his bare muscular torso and arms, he looked quite intimidating. After a short session of eye-to-eye between the two, Mako sighed and rummaged through a pile of junk lying near his invention.
“Jou, you’re goin do do something stupid and dangerous again are you?”
At the blond’s silence he continued. “You know you don’t have to do this. I can always lend you silver or gold coins, or you can come and live with me. I’m sure the Pharaoh would gladly make you one of his messenger.”
one one with his advise, he handed a long coil of rope. Jou just shook his head, took the rope and shove it in his bag of stolen goods. “You know I can’t become a messenger. Messengers are forbid to learn how to read, but you and I both know that I can read.” With that said, the blond made his way out of the house waving his friend good bye. Mako’s eyes stayed on the departing boy for a while; he had a bad feeling about all this.
“Be careful my friend…”
It was past noon and the sun was still blazing. Jou quickly jogged toward the desert area, as much as he loved to visit Mako he hated to wander around this part of the city. Mako’s house was near the palace grounds and usually the streets were full of palace guards; needless to say
that it wasn’t the ideal place for a thief like him. It was known that the green
eyed terror that served as the royal captain of the guard wasn’t very fond of thieves. (1)
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Ruby was annoyed. Niwatoris were one of the most annoying kind of monsters that roamed the desert. They were weak but extremely nimble, and could outrun the fastest horse or camel that existed. In her small compact form she had no chance of catching them so she turned into
her original form. The only bad thing about that, she found out, was that she was gigantic and the dumb Niwatoris could see her miles away. After hours of chasing, she managed to catch one between her claws without killing it. Just in time too, Jou was waiting for her.
Later
Jou was busy resting under a tree when he felt a rush of wind signalling Ruby’s arrival. “Hey Ruby, you caught him?” A roar from the big dragon and a small cry from the overgrown chicken was his answer.
“Good, with this Niwatori we’ll get to that tomb without being seen in a matter of minutes!” Jou took out a saddle he stole this morning and put it on the wild chicken, who was too scared to run away. (The Niwatoris are like the Chocobos in Final Fantasy series) Ruby shifted into her smaller form and hung on Jou’s shoulder while the Niwatori ran full speed ahead.
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The sun had already set. Jou, Ruby and the Niwatori stood near a gigantic tomb. That tomb had been build in honour of the mother of the Pharaoh who died not long ago. Jou was sure that no thief had yet ventured into those grounds and the tomb was filled with many valuables. As
they approached the tomb Jou turned to Ruby.
“You know you can’t get inside Ruby. Tombs are known to have traps that keeps wild shadow monsters away, you’ll get killed if you enter.” At the dragons whines he answered. “Don’t worry, I’ll be okay. Just look out for Drumstick okay?” The Niwatori warked indignantly at the dumb name
he was dubbed. After searching for an entrance, all they found was a small whole in the wall; definitely made by a monster of some sort.
“Seems like today’s my lucky day.” With that, Jou squeezed himself in the whole. Ruby and Drumstick were left on their own.
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‘Man, this place is creepy.’ It had been a while that Jou cautiously wandered through the halls of the tomb. All he had seen so far was a lot of hallways. The thought of being lost inside the tomb for the rest of his life slowly drawn on to him when he found out he was lost. “Oh man, I’m lost.” Trying not to panic he took a random path to an hallway….. only to come face to face with a
gigantic stone blocking the way. Using the small torch he had lit a while ago, he noticed the strange carving on the stone. Taking a step back he noticed, with a sense of doom, that the carving was in reality a drawing of a Koumori Dragon. The beast must have been sealed as a guardian or something. ‘Lucky for me he’s not awake yet.’
A low growl proved him otherwise. ‘Oh Ra! I’m dead!’ Jou thought, dropping his torch just as the giant stone tablet glowed and in it’s place stood a Koumori Dragon. The dragon’s yellow eyes blinked at the intruder, and with a high pitched roar attacked the blond.
Jou quickly dodged the attack and ran for his life, dragon close behind him.
As he rounded up a corner he looked for a place to hide. All of the sudden a hand whipped out of the shadows, grabbed him and pulled him in a hiding place. A hand found it’s way on Jou’s mouth, keeping him quiet while the Koumori Dragon passed by them. When he was sure the dragon
was gone, Jou pushed himself out of his captor/saviour’s arm and turned to look at him/her/it.
It was a boy that looked around his age and height. He was tanned skinned and had white hair. The boy was dressed in a red and white coat and “Egyptian pants”. Jou blushed a little, entranced at the boy’s bare chest; he wasn’t that badly build. Slowly the blond lift his head and inspected the white haired boy’s face. Dark brown eyes stared at him and Jou couldn’t help but wince at
the nasty scars that were right under the other’s right eye. Jou took a cautious step back. Dark brown eyes locked with honey brown eyes and Jou felt like the other was wondering what he was going to do with him. Finally, Jou decide to speak. “Hey, my name’s Katsuya Jounouchi.” He attempted a friendly handshake. “Thanks for saving me from that dragon.”
The dark brown eyes narrowed a little, calculating something. The white haired boy then smirked and shook Jou’s hand.
“You must be another thief.” Said the blond, noticing the other boy’s golden rings.
‘This guy must be after valuables too. I should stay with him for now, he’ll lead me to the treasure for sure.’ Jou couldn’t help but smile at the thought.
The other thief smiled too, although it looked more like a sadistic smirk. “Why yes, I am. And my name is……Akuma” (2)
End of chapter2
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1-I wonder who is that green eyed guard captain? Do you know who is it? :P
2- Akuma!? Who is Akuma? ^-^ I’m in a mystery mood today.
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--Reviews--
ACIDFLOWER
^-^ Thanks. -_- But like we say: It’s easy to write a
great story, but it’s easier to mess it up.
Alostblackcat
It does sounds cool, maybe I should write summaries more often.
Leaf Zelindor
^-^ Heh. I thought it was cute too. But I hope it’s not too Pokemon-ish
(Well, the REBD doesn’t go around and say her name over and over again…)
Anon
Ruby loved your ham. She nagged me for more Ruby-time in hope of getting more ham.
Sd-snow-vixen
^-^ Happy to know it caught you attention.
Joey fanatic
It was your challenge that made me want to update. ^-^ My fic inspire people? That’s cool.
Cat in the web (I like your nick)
*Snicker* What made you think that it was a Seto/Jou story? ^-^ I’m still debating about the pairing. I think I’ll try every one possible than ask the readers opinion.
youko-moon
Thanks! I like Ruby too!
^-^
That’s all for now peeps. Please read and review, comments are welcome and constructive critics are more than welcome.
Next chapter : Who is Akuma, what does he want with Jou?
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