Just a few Author Notes.

For one: Yes, this IS an AtemuXAnzu Fic. Though that doesn't mean that I can't have SethXAnzu fluff in it! n.n

The other thing: Seth is not OOC in this fic. He was actually a very respected and liked person in Ancient Egypt. It was his father (Seth doesn't know it's his father) that was the evil person. It'll all be explained.

Chapter Five: Learn The Language

The weeks went by smoothly for me; I would speed through my "lessons" and then go out to tame Tsuyoi. That—by the way—was going great. I could walk up to him slowly, and if I keep my palms facing him, I could pet him.

After staying with Tsuyoi for a little bit, I would wander over to the soldier's dorm. That place was a mess! Not only was the roof torn through, but the inside was stained with every kind of color I could think of. And it stunk like a Ryo-Ran that had too many Kuribou to eat.

Jonouchi and I had made our deal so that he wouldn't give me battle lessons until I finished the roof. That was fine with me, though, because I wanted to get into the inside of the dorm and not only air it out, but try to get all those stains of who-knows-what off the walls.

Seth helped with the dorms, too, by the way.

I never saw Akunumkanon after that bad incident a while ago; I hope he has "more important things to do than baby-sit the Princess". I would be fine with him if he didn't try to force me to marry his arrogant jerk of a son.

Though I found myself missing my parents a lot during this time, I found that I also begrudged them for slapping me here in the first place. They've tried to get in touch with me, but I'd ignore their messages and sneak out.

And finally: I never did sleep with Atemu. I made it look like I did by getting into the bed, but then I would inch out and sleep on the really big chair I put in the corner. I'd get up really early—much earlier than Atemu—and start my lessons so I could finish them early enough to do everything else.

That's basically my whole schedule for every day. Eating and breaks aside, of course.

Atemu and the Pharaoh never found out that I was fixing the soldier's dorms, but they did notice that it was much cleaner than usual. They almost caught me one day.

I was on the roof again, putting more mud on it. There was someone on the inside of the dorm that would hold it in place while Seth dried it with some type of spell. He said he'd teach it to me one day. He's already taught me some tricks and spells during my breaks.

We had just dried another part of the roof when the palace doors opened wide. Now, the soldier's dorms are right next to the palace, so they would have to be looking up at the roof to see us.

Who should come out but Akunumkanon and Atemu!

"Oh geez!" I groaned, falling onto the roof face-down and staying still.

"Anzu, what's wrong?" Jonouchi asked. I put my finger up to my house and shushed him. Then I motioned for him to look down off of the roof. He walked over towards the side and paled.

"Don't move, Anzu." Seth ordered.

"You don't have to tell me twice," I acknowledged.

"Hello, my Pharaoh, and good Prince!" Jonouchi bowed. "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Actually, yes, Jonouchi-kun." Atemu nodded. "We're looking for the princess. We have brought something for her."

"Good soldiers," Akunumkanon asked. "What are you doing on the roof?"

"Pharaoh, we are fixing the roof, so these soldiers who risk their lives for you every day can live in civilized quarters." Seth said, smirking. "And we have not seen the Princess here today."

"Though—" Jonouchi said. "Someone said she was inside the stables."

"Really?" Atemu asked. "Thank you very much. Good-bye!"

They left us there after that. I shot up off the ground.

"Why did you tell them that!" I scowled at Jonouchi.

"They would have searched the soldier dorm thinking you were hiding from all of us!" Jonouchi argued. I sighed.

"I think they're gonna be able to tell I'm not there."

"Then we suggest you run," Seth smiled, pointing in the direction of the stables. I stared into his eyes to see seriousness. He really wanted me to run all the way to the stables.

So I thanked them, and slid off the building.

There was a sheet in front of the dorm that I landed on, which slid me down to a point where I could land safely on the ground.

I landed with a thump and took off instantly, forgetting that I was wearing a red skirt and darting. It's not like anyone could see me anyway, I was running too fast.

I stayed on the other side of buildings from the Pharaoh and Atemu. I could see them walking slowly, taking their time getting to the stables. I lost them once I got so far ahead of them.

I turned towards the stables and figured it would be better if I was found in the back, so I could catch a better breath. I went around the back where Tsuyoi is found and jumped the wooden fence standing there. Then I opened the back doors of the place, running in and catching one of the grooming tools. The servants in the back smiled at me, but also gave me a confused look.

"If the Pharaoh and Atemu ask, I've been here all day." I began brushing a horse and trying to catch my breath.

"I hope this isn't going to happen all the time, Mazaki-sama." One of them remarked.

"Oh, please don't call me that. Call me Anzu, please!" I pleaded.

"You keep saying that…." One of the other servants joked.

The doors opened, showing Atemu and the Pharaoh. I rolled my eyes once more (I had gotten good at that) and put on another scowl.

"Ah! Mazaki-san, there you are." Atemu smiled. I crossed my arms.

"Hello." I bowed a tiny bit so I wouldn't get my head blown off for disrespect. "And, to what do I owe this great honor?" There was more scowl in my voice than sincerity.

"Atemu and I have been thinking about how hard you've been working, and how little we have done for you during that time." Akunumkanon stated.

"So we got something for you." Atemu finished. "Follow us, please." He turned around and began to leave the building.

I glanced at the servants, who were all working intently, and slowly followed the Pharaoh and Atemu.

They led me back into the castle, which passed right by the soldier's dorm. Jonouchi and Seth looked at me and signed "What's happening?"

I shrugged and ran inside the palace, so Akunumkanon and Atemu wouldn't think that I was doing anything.

I was led into my room, the door shutting behind me. There was only one thing I knew when I walked in there.

There was a girl in my room who I didn't know. Her long blonde hair was tied up in a tight bun. Her hands and feet were wrapped close together, so she could walk, but couldn't run. She had on a skimpy brown dress, probably made of deer hide. She was squatting in the corner of the room and had a look of total terror in her eyes.

"What's this?" I asked sharply.

"This is your new personal servant." Atemu said.

"You mean a slave?" A turned to him and glared. I detested having slaves.

"Well, yes." The Pharaoh said. "I will let you two be alone for a while, so you can get to know her."

"By that he probably means he wants me to drown her with work." I murmured when they left. I turned to the girl. "Are you okay? Let me get these off of you."

I walked towards her, preparing to mess with some knots on her hands and feet. She squealed and pushed herself further into the corner.

Then she said something to me. I couldn't understand a word of it!

"What?" I asked. I crouched down beside her. "I don't understand."

She said something else, when I finally realized what was going on. She didn't speak Egyptian, she spoke Hebrew! I nearly fell over on my bottom. That idiot Pharaoh and his son! I slapped my hand on my head.

"I'll kill 'em." I said. Then I smiled and put my hand to my chest. "I…am…Anzu." I stated to her. "Anzu. I am Anzu. Anzu."

The girl's eyes seemed to light up considerably from the smile.

"Rebecca. Rebecca." She said shakily.

"Ra-be-kka." I repeated. It didn't sound like anything I had ever heard before. I began slowly crawling towards her, always keeping my hands out in front, like I did with Tsuyoi. I got up to her, her eyes watching me with curiosity. I pulled up her bound hands and began playing with the knot, trying to break it. After what seemed like forever I got the knot loose enough for her to pull her hands out.

Once her hands were out she began rubbing her wrists, like she was trying to get circulation back into them. She sat on her bottom with her legs pointed to me. I think she was hoping I was going to untie her totally. She didn't have to worry, though, because I had already planned to do that. I began fiddling with the knot on her feet, which was put on tighter than on her hands. This one took both of us pulling and tugging on it before it came off, about two minutes later.

I stood her up and smiled at her. She smiled back, a big smile that made me want to smile bigger.

Then I remembered she didn't speak my language.

I held out my hand, wanting her to take it and hoping she would understand. She apparently did and grabbed it in a tight grip. I began walking out of the room with her dragging along beside me.

We began weaving our ways through the halls, getting to the exit of the palace. I needed to find someone who knew Hebrew. Or—

A sorcerer to teach me Hebrew!

We got outside and I immediately swerved towards the dorms.

"Seth!" I shouted. "Seth! Come here!"

"Yes, Anzu?" Seth was still on the roof.

"I need your help with something." I explained. "Let me come up there."

I pulled Rebecca to the door and tried to go inside, but she froze at the look of all the big scary men in armor.

"Nice." I said to her, smiling. "They—" I pointed to the now watching men. "Are nice." I smiled again.

"Dey aw naiss." Rebecca repeated. She was trying to learn the language! I suppose that's kind of smart….

I coaxed her through the dorm and over to the ladder. I sent her up the ladder first, and then followed right after.

"Who's this?" Jonouchi asked. Rebecca looked very confused and tried to copy that.

"Hooz dis?"

We couldn't help but smile. That was just sooo cute!

"This is—" I couldn't finish my sentence because Rebecca finished it for me.

"Rebecca. Rebecca. Dis iz Rebecca." She said. "Hooz dis?"

"This is Jonouchi and Seth." I pointed to them when I said their names.

"Ah, she doesn't speak the language, I take it?" Seth asked.

"No, she speaks Hebrew." I answered.

"Noh, shee speekz Heebrew." Rebecca copied.

"And you need help fixing that?" Jonouchi asked.

"I was thinking Seth could help me learn her language so I could understand her." I retorted, crouching down to Rebecca.

"Soh ai cood undastand er."

"I can do better." Seth said. "Watch this."

He picked his staff up off the ground and waved it around. Then he said something none of us could understand.

"There."

"Hey!" Rebecca said. "I understood that!"

"We can understand you now, too." Seth smiled. "You and Anzu now have the choice of speaking to each other in Egyptian or in Hebrew. In addition, you can speak and understand Egyptian so you don't get confused."

"So now I can speak Hebrew?" I asked, confused.

"And I can speak Egyptian! Great! That saves me the trouble of learning it." Rebecca stated.

"Thank you so much Seth!" I acknowledged. "You've been a big help. What can I do for you in return?"

"You and your friend can show up here tomorrow after you play with Tsuyoi and finish up this dorm," Seth suggested. "We're almost done with the inside, and we can finish the outside in a few days time."

"We'll be there!" Rebecca pointed her index finger in the air in triumph.

THE END!

The next chapter is focused around Tsuyoi and Anzu, so review please!