Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Daughters of Egypt ❯ Chaos Ensues ( Chapter 12 )

Dearest Nichol,
I know things have been horrible lately and it sucks bein at each others' throats. I am also sorry we're in this mess I want things to be the way they were, I also want you to know me and kura don't hate you. I also no longer have any room to talk I ended up loosing my virginity to the fucking Ra be damned pharaoh's brother. Ironic ne? But your lucky the pharaoh likes you I was just a one night fuck and you know it hurts and well since I can't exactly tell you all this in person, cause I'm leaving before i really do end up dead. I'll be round and if your ever outside the palace you know where to find me I give you my love my sister.
-always

Sarah aka- kitsune

Sniffing Sarah rolled up the scroll replaced all the objects then left the room making her way down the corridors. She stopped at the pharaoh's chambers glaring icily at the guards she handed one the scroll ordering him to give it to Nichol nodding the guard agreed. Turning Sarah walked down the hall then made a turn then bolted jumping out of a window she made her way back over the wall into the city.
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Sarah was walking down an alley when something hard slammed into the back of her neck. She collapsed onto the dirt and winced slightly, then the kicks and punches came from all around her. She could barely make out the faces of the men that were attacking her, however she managed to here one phrase before she passed out.

"Look like he was right," said a male voice that sounded oddly familiar. "She actually did sleep with the Pharaoh's younger brother."

Then her world faded into nothingness.
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Nichol was in her room playing the flute when a guard walked into the room and handed her the note. She thanked him and waited for him to leave before opening the scroll and reading it. She frowned and glanced up feeling a strange feeling of worry wash over her. Her eyes faded almost like she was staring at something in the distant. Then she collapsed off the pillow she had been seating on when a wave of nausea and pain overwhelmed her.
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S arah awoke to find herself face down in her own blood, she pushed herself to her feet and winced. She was in a whole lot of pain and she knew that the Nichol's old temple was too far to reach in her condition and the brothel was on the other side of town. She groaned and slowly began to make her way back to the palace hoping she would catch Nichol alone.
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N ichol awoke to find herself on a bed and a cloth on her forehead she found herself staring into the brown eyes of a man with blonde hair.

"What happened?" she asked trying to seat up but failing.
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Blinking trying to clear her vision Sarah swayed as she walked gasping for air. She gently touched her ribs feeling a few broken wincing she half sobbed as a trail of blood flowed from the side of her mouth. Slowly the lavender haired thief approached the palace falling to the ground, only a few feet away from the front gates. The guards recognized her only as the wanted thief and dragged her carelessly jabbing her in the back each time her legs gave out all the way to the dungeons below. Punching her the guards shackled her bloodied body to the wall.
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"My name is Joey," said the male checking her pulse and then her forehead. "I am the royal physician the guards heard you faint and sent for me. I have always wanted to see the female that the pharaoh found so interesting that it would divert his attentions away from Tea."

"Tea?" asked Nichol confused.

"Yeah," said Joey. "The woman that Yami slept with before you came into the picture."

"Oh her," said Nichol when Joey sat back placing various instruments in the bag.

"You seem to be better I would rest here for awhile before moving," said Joey leaving. "It was good to meet you my lady."

Nichol watched him leave before settling back against the multitude of pillows that Yami had, she closed her eyes and sleep came quickly. When she woke up an hour later she heard the guards outside the door talk about the capture of a thief. She frowned and slowly got out of bed pulling on a short white tunic and slipping out the door into the shadows to the dungeon to see who it was.
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" You never answered my question pharaoh!" shouted Bakura following the other male into the throne room.

"What is your point?" asked Yami coldly.

"Who gave you permission to call HER THAT?!" demanded Bakura.

"Are you jealous Bakura?" asked Yami.

"What are you talking about?" growled Bakura.

"Now that I am here and in her life you are no longer the one she will run to when she needs a male to protect her."

That said Yami left Bakura in the hallway fuming and remembering when he first called Nichol kitten, ironically it was the same day he finally fully trusted her.
Flashback***************************************************
Sarah and Bakura ran through the halls of the temple the priestesses knew Sarah, but barely knew her accomplice. At that moment the duo was trying to out run a group of priestesses; while trying to carry large bags full of gold cat statues and other temple artifacts. Bakura following Sarah the two almost made it to the exit when Sarah tripped rounding a corner, Bakura falling over her the bags spilled open. Groaning the two disentangled from each other only to be hauled up by the ears by one of the senior priestesses and dragged off to the head priestess Bastista.

An hour later the two were nursing sore hands which had been lashed with interlaced dried river weeds, which in Bakura's words hurt like a bitch. Glaring Bakura and Sarah tried to get out of there bonds wincing as there bound hands were struck again. Bastista was about to sentence the two would be temple thieves to the chamber for the elder priestesses to punish them when Nichol walked into the room. Wincing as she looked at her friends' hands Nichol began a conversation with her mom.

A few minutes later the two were released with a warning; Nichol walked over to the two whacking them both in the head calling them idiots.

"Che thanks," Sarah said sourly blowing on her wounded hands.

Bakura just grinned and nodded his thanks silently the three walked outside the temple walls.

"Um Nichol what is the chamber?" Bakura asked noticing Sarah's shudder.

Laughing Nichol explained, "it is where we place thieves such as your selves to be punished." Smirking she glanced at Sarah. "Sarah's been there three times I figured she'd of learned her lesson by now guess I was wrong."

Looking insulted Sarah went to smack Nichol who ran around a cat statue sticking her tongue out at Sarah. Smiling Bakura grabbed Sarah before she could clobber the little priestess.

"Kitten if you want to get to her aim for her sides that's her weak point," he said smirking.

"BAKURA YOU TRAITOR!" Sarah yelled now trying to attack her white haired friend. "AND WHATS WITH KITTEN she your girlfriend now?!" she added slyly. "Bakura has a girlfriend, Bakura has a girlfriend," Sarah chanted only to be whacked by them both. "Owwww," she whimpered.

"Fox," Bakura began.

"Huh?"

"Shut up."
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Nichol stood still in the shadows and waited for the five minute interval when the guards changed shifts. The moment it happened she grabbed the keys from the passing guards and rushed to open the cell door. She unlocked Sarah from the chains and carried her out of the cell careful of her wounds.

She brought Sarah up to her own rooms and began to bandage her wounds but not before noticing the bruises along her inner sides and below her stomach. She decided to order food for them to eat while she waited. The moment the food was brought up Sarah awoke.

"What happened?" she asked.

"That is what I would like to know," said Nichol. "Do you know what happened before you were locked away?"

"Ambushed," said Sarah softly.

"Well," said Nichol handing her friend a slice of cheese. "Lets eat up and then we will go to my mother's temple and have you checked out."

"Will the pharaoh approve of such a thing?" asked Sarah nibbling at the cheese.

"He has a meeting that will last all day we can leave and be back before they are over and he will never know the difference."

"I never knew you could be so devious kitten," said Sarah.

"Well I learned from the best."

The two friends laughed and continued to eat. Spearing a mango with a small fruit knife Sarah slowly nibbled on it. Looking around the room they were in She noticed all the treasures of the pharaohs collection; Nichol noticing her friends expression all to well swatted the other girls arm lightly.

"Don't even think about it, you get me into enough trouble," she said trying to hide her smile knowing it would only encourage her delinquent friend.

"Oh come on," Sarah said smirking. "You know you enjoy your punishments." Laughing she ducked as her friend aimed for her head this time.

"Oh," said Nichol. "So now you are happy about my involvement with the pharaoh?"

"No," said Sarah. "Just that I have a scapegoat to use whenever I steal something."

"Sarah!" shouted Nichol aiming for her head again.

Sarah laughed and rolled off the bed jumping to her feet.

"So," said Sarah slowly while Nichol nibbled on some grapes. "Is it true what they say?"

"Is what true?" asked Nichol.

"What they say about the Pharaoh and his bed adventures?" asked Sarah smirking. "Is he really a whore like everyone says?" Laughing Sarah ducked away from Nichol and grabbed a cloak. "If we're gonna go we should leave now."

"Right," said Nichol standing up. "Just let me change out of this into something a little more common. The Pharaoh should be in meetings all day and probably won't get out of them until after midnight. We should be back by then and he won't even know we are gone."

"Why are you so worried about him knowing if you left?" asked Sarah watching her friend pull the silk tunic off her body and rummage around in a chest for Bakura's clock. "You aren't only going to wear that are you?"

"No," said Nichol tearing it a bit. "I am going to turn it into a tunic.

"You never told me why you worried about the pharaoh knowing you had left."

"I am not supposed to leave the palace at all," said Nichol standing up and pulling the sleeveless short tunic over her head, the tunic stopped an inch above her knees.

Nichol rummaged back in the chest for an old cloak and put in on drawing the hood over her head. "Let's go."

"OK!" yelled Sarah as she jumped up only to wince and bend over slightly "Ra I feel like shit," she gasped as pain ignited through-out her legs and back "Gods Nick can you check my back? It hurts like crazy like its burning right in my lower back."

Nichol frowned, "alright lay down on the bed and I will take a look at it."

Sarah looked at the bed and turned to Nichol, "I am not laying on that!"

"Sarah do you want me to look at your back or not get on the damn bed!"

"Nichol I never knew you were that kinky," grinned Sarah.

"Fine," said Nichol turning to the balcony. "I won't look at your back."

"Alright, alright I'll get on the damn bed."

"Good," said Nichol turning back to look at her.

Nichol pushed away Sarah's hair and pushed the tunic up slightly, her eyes widened when she saw the mark on her back.

"Gods Sarah," she whispered. "You had better hope that the Pharaoh doesn't see this."

"What do you mean?"

"Yugi marked you as his own."

"What?!" shouted Sarah jumping up and grabbing Nichol's shoulders. "Tell me Yami did the same to you!"

Nichol slowly shook her head negative.

"By the gods i am so officially fucked," Sarah groaned and flopped back down onto the bed pulling a pillow over her face and screamed into it throwing it across the room Sarah glared at Nichol. "And just why did he mark me?? This is punishable by death you do know this? And I'm not even close to his station I'm not even a commoner!!! RA WHY ME!!!" Sarah ranted to Nichol, her eyes narrowing. "And why haven't you been marked???"

"I don't know," said Nichol shrugging her shoulders. "Come on Sarah we have to go now or by the time we get done arguing it will be midnight!"

"I would have expected the pharaoh to mark you; after all you two have been at it almost every night. What does this mark mean aside from I belong to him?"

"It means you are the one that he has chosen to carry his heir," said Nichol softly.


"What do you mean?!" demanded Sarah.

"Yugi has chosen you to carry his children, to carry the heirs of his legacy," said Nichol seating on the floor.

"What does that have to do with Yami not marking you?" asked Sarah softly.

"He doesn't want children," said Nichol.

"How do you know?"

"He puts a drug in a glass of wine he gives me to drink every night," said Nichol.

"How did you know?! Did he tell you?"

"No," said Nichol. "I saw him and the royal physician put it in there the other night?"

"What would happen if he got you pregnant?"

"He would have no choice but to mark me," said Nichol. "But he won't I have been taking that herb for nearly almost two months now by the end of the third month I will no longer be able to bear children."

"But your line will end with you," said Sarah. "Only High Priests are allowed to have more then one child and your mother can no longer have another after you."

"I know," said Nichol. "Come on let's get going if we are going to find out what is going on with you."

Nichol stormed toward the balcony and climbed up onto the roof so she could climb back to the tree limbs without being noticed by the guards.

Sighing softly into the pillows which for the moment eased her pain. "Nichol?" she questioned. "Can you help me I can't walk very well?" Looking around when she didn't receive an answer, growling Sarah took a deep breath then yelled at the top of her lungs. "NICHOL YOU IDOIT! GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE I CANT SNEAK OUT OF HERE ON MY OWN AT THE MOMENT I NEED YOUR HELP!" she finished breathing heavily and glaring at the window.

"Shit," said Nichol scampering back down into the room when the guards started coming into the castle. "Damn it Sarah you alerted the guards! Come on get on back!"

Sarah slowly climbed up Nichol's back and Nichol ran with the cat like grace she was known for. Nichol leapt from the balcony to the rooftop before leaping from tree limb to tree limb, she landed on a rooftop and leapt into the shadows racing forward into the darkened streets of the shadows. She crept into her mother's bedchambers, leaving Sarah there on the bed to rest while she went in search of her mother. She found her in the prayer room and stood quietly for a few minutes.

"Mother," she said softly.

"Hmmmmmmmm," thought Sarah looking around the chambers it had been awhile since she had been in these chambers.

Snapping to attention as the door to the bed chambers that she was in opened and a young priestess in training named Mikteika casually walked in holding some cloths over her left arm and holding a small basin with a pitcher of heated holy water and some small bottles containing healing herbs and oils. Smiling at Sarah she placed the basin with the supplies down on a small table gently folding the wash cloths then bowing respectably.

"My lady," the young brunettes addressed the pale haired thief. "The High Priestess as giving instruction that I am to report you to the bathing chambers, than you are to attend a summons in which your wounds will be dressed and you will be rubbed down with our holy oils; then you will report back to the High Priestess' chambers."

The young girl bowed once again then helped Sarah out of the bed and to the bathing chambers.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" asked Sarah.

"You kept the young lady happy," said Mikteika. "She was never truly happy here until you came along."

"What do you mean?" asked Sarah.

"That my lady is not for me tell if you most know then you will have to ask her yourself or the High Priestess."

Mikteika helped Sarah seat on a bench while she helped the thief out of her clothes. Then she helped Sarah down into the bathing chambers and bathed the young thief herself. Once that was finished Mikteika helped Sarah out of the bath and into a fresh tunic, toward a healing chamber where she gently helped Sarah down on the stone table where an elder priestess named Torega rubbed oils on her body careful of some of the more serious wounds.

"Come Sarah," said Torega who helped Sarah back to her feet and back into the tunic. "Time to see the High Priestess."

Leaning on the older woman Sarah made her back to the High Priestess' chambers and was laid down on the bed once more.

"Mikteika dress her wounds," said Torega.

"Yes Senior Priestess," said the younger female bowing.

Gazing at Mikteika through half lidded eyes as the herbal oils started taking effect making the pale haired girl in a daze her body numbing off the pain.

"Yoush doose shish ofnnnnnn," Sarah slurred as her body was taken over by fumes of burning incense and the oils.

"Huh?" the brunette gazed at her then giggled at how odd the powerful thief sounded as the concocted medications took their desired effects.

First she had been rubbed down with various healing oils then she was giving a small goblet of wine which contained a truth drug which Bastista had specially made from Bakura's mother it was added because anyone who knew Sarah knew she never spoke the truth unless forced or thought it was necessary. Mikteika wrapped the cloth strips from the basin and the warm water adding the various herbs and oils to the water she began dampening strips of cloth, then removed the upper part of the girls shift then wrapped the more serious wounds after that was done she winced as she pulled the rest of the shift open revealing her abdomen and legs.

"Oh dear they are worse then I thought," said Mikteika. "Oops I guess that didn't help any."

"Ya think?!" shouted Sarah struggling to get out from under the priest's hands.

"Stay still or I can't do this right," scowled the female.

"Why are you wrapping them so tight?!" complained Sarah.

"So that it won't bleed so much."

"Yeah but," began Sarah only to have the door open and the Head Priestess step in followed by her daughter.

"Mikteika leave it and see to the temple," said Bastista.

"Yes High Priestess," said the woman leaving the room.

"Well Sarah," said Bastista kindly. "Looks like you've bitten off more then you could chew. Come on let's get this finished."

"I feel like a mummy," complained Sarah.

"You look like one too," said Nichol.

"Shut up!"

"Good to see you two back together again," said Bastista.

"So.." Sarah growled. "Any reason as to why my legs have to be wrapped so fucking tight!! I feel like there's a giant bruise all over my lower body" she finished with a whine.

Bastista raised an eyebrow sitting down next the bandaged girl Nichol snorted trying not to laugh, "well idiot it's because you are bruised."

Glaring Sarah crossed her arms across her chest and turned to stare at the wall with a childlike anger in her face.

"Shut up you brat " she said childishly.

Unable to hold it anymore Nichol began laughing uncontrollably at her friend's behavior.

Smiling slightly Sarah rolled back over and gazed seriously at Bastista "is there any way to determine if i have been," she gulped. "Raped?"

"Yes," said Bastista. "There is but you must stay still and try to relax."

"Why?" asked Sarah. "Because I have to feel your vagina to see if there is any sign of forced enter."

"She slept with the prince," volunteered Nichol.

"Shut up Nichol!" shouted Sarah.

"You slept with Prince Yugi?" asked Bastista turning to stare at Sarah in amazement.

"Yeah," said Sarah pouting. "So!"

"This is amusing now stay still," said Bastista.

Sarah lay still and tried not to squirm when she felt the woman probing her gently finally the woman removed her fingers and stared down at Sarah smiling.

"I have good news," said Bastista. "You weren't raped and you are pregnant."

"WHAT?" shrieked Sarah.

"Just kidding," said Bastista. "Now it is late I think you two should get back to the palace before the pharaoh sends his guards looking for my daughter."

Nichol looked out the window and saw that the sun had been replaced by the moon and the moon was low in the sky.

"Oh no I hadn't realized it was that late," said Nichol.

"You are screwed," taunted Sarah.

"Shut up Sarah," snapped Nichol pulling her friend onto her back again. "Lets go bye mom thanks."

Nichol leapt out the window rushing back to the palace as fast as she could.

Clinging to Nichol Sarah tried hard not to laugh as Nichol had threatened to leave her behind in the sand if she mentioned that she, Nichol, Was royally fucked 'literally' when they reached the palace.

"Sarah," Nichol growled as Sarah giggled.

"What?" she asked innocently.

"Don't even start," said Nichol.

"Come on the pharaoh is going to need his sugar," cooed Sarah.

"He probably got it from Tea," snorted Nichol.

"Who's Tea?"

"You don't want to know. Good we are here."

"And you were worried we would be caught," said Sarah getting off Nichol's back and stepped around her only to trip over something which resulted in a loud crash.

"So much for sneaking in," muttered Nichol.

Nichol bent to help Sarah up when the sound of a fire being lit was heard she looked up see Yami seating next to a newly lit lamp.

Gulping Nichol took a few steps, well quite a few steps back dragging Sarah in the process.

"Y, Y, Yami " she stuttered.

Grinning Sarah looked at Nichol, "so its Yami now."

Whack!

"Shut up!" Nichol hissed then looked back at Yami who had an all but thrilled look on his face. "Um this is a surprise."

Yami stared at Nichol a smirk appearing on his face.

"Come here pet," said Yami.

"Um thanks but I think I'll pass," said Nichol grinning.

Yami's face darkened slightly and he stood up moving toward her.

"Oh uh Nichol you made him mad," smirked Sarah. "Well I got to go see ya!"

"Hey!" shouted Nichol as Sarah ran back to the balcony and leapt off to who knows where. "Idiot!"

She soon became aware of Yami's breathe on her neck.

"So pharaoh what can I do for you?" asked Nichol backing up into a wall.