Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Double Spy Lani ❯ Conversation on the Silver Beetle ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters therein

(This story is based on Mara, Daughter of the Nile although I am making some changes from the book)

~ On the Silver Beetle ~

Lani woke up in the morning wondering where on earth she was. Then she remembered the events of the day before. Lani sighed. She already missed her family and felt bad about leaving them before. She wished she had gone back to her hut after she had been explained to in the hotel what she was to do. Then she would've been able to explain to them what was going on with her and be able to say good-bye to them.

She stepped off the bed and heard noises coming from the next door cabin room. She walked over to the door, opened it, and found herself in the kitchen of the ship.

"Hello, Lani," Captain Yugi said. "Would you like some breakfast? We're all just finishing up."

"Yes, thanks, I would love to have some breakfast," Lani replied. She sat down at the small table and was handed a plate with food on it. She started eating and was very glad to have something in her stomach.

"You like it?" Yugi asked.

"Yes, I do. Thanks, Yugi." Yugi then left Lani alone and headed out of the cabin to direct the ship crew with their tasks. Lani soon finished her warm breakfast and also headed out to the deck of the ship.

Lani went over to the edge of the ship and looked out across the river. She had never seen the river from a ship before because she had never been on a ship. Suddenly, she felt someone's presence behind her. She whirled around to see a tall young man, looking out to the river as well.

"Beautiful river, isn't it?" he commented.

"Who are you?" Lani asked a little rudely. She had been very startled by this young man. She was also surprised because he didn't appear to be part of the crew and she had thought that she was the only passenger on the ship.

"Oh, I'm sorry," the man said, amused. "Did I frighten you?"

Lani recovered from her shock and replied haughtily, "Of course not. Nothing scares me."

"Oh really?" the man asked, now very amused. He suddenly recognized the girl as being the same one he had seen in the market, stealing the cakes. How did she get on this ship? he asked himself but answered his own question with the thought that she was a master of stealing. "What are you doing on this ship?" he asked.

"Why do you ask? You don't think I have the money to get on a ship?" Lani said defiantly.

"Never mind," the young man said. "We got off on the wrong foot. What's your name?"

"I'm Lani," she said and thought to herself, Relax, he knows nothing about you. You don't have to be so defiant. "Who are you?"

"I am Yami," the man said. "I am a scribe's apprentice. I am truly sorry for startling you before."

"You didn't startle me!" Lani exclaimed. "I just didn't know someone was behind me."

"Of course," Yami said, with laughter in his eyes. Lani was miffed by this. There's something mysterious about this Yami, she thought. I'll find out what it is, she then vowed to herself.

"I have to get back to my scribe's work," Yami said. "I'll see you around though."

"Yeah, sure," Lani said, and went back to watching the blue river twinkle in the sunlight.

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