Another Child
{Thunder and wind. Camera passes some calmly grazeing horses; we open
on Seto's room.}
SETO:
Asante sana
Squash banana
We we nugu
Mi mi apana!
{We see he is painting on his wall: a new child, with the
ceremonial mark across the forehead, next to the old drawing of Atem.}
Ahh, Mana...
{Wind blows Seto's hair wildly, signifying Aknamkanon's presence}
Ooh, Aknamkanon! Such a day this has been! Princess Mana's birth...
another Circle of Life is complete, and the Pride's future is once
again secure.
{Wind blows at the paintings, scattering some of the markings}
Aaah! Stop it, stop it, stop it! Aknamkanon-- look what you are doing! The
Circle is broken now. Why do you--
{He pauses, understanding}
Ooh... there is trouble in the Pride Lands. {he looks toward the edge
of the painting, at a rough black figure} There is another child?
Hmm... where could this be? {realization comes to him with a puff of
wind} In the Outlands...
{Camera switches to the Outlands, slowly zooming in. The landscape is a
barren desert, with strange rock formations everywhere. Seto's voice
continues in narrative.}
But that is where Atem banished Bakura's followers. Including his most
loyal... Mai.
{An insect lands on the ground; immediately, Yugi appears, trying to chatch it.}
YUGI:
Ha!
{Yugi opens his hands to reveal the insect, buzzing; he smiles and opens
his hands, releasing it to fly away.}
MAI:
Yugi!
{Camera switches to Mia, who is supervising. She snatches the insect
from the air and smashes it to the ground.}
Don't let it go. What's the matter with you?
YUGI:
But Mother! He wasn't hurting anyone--
MAI:
There is no room for weakness here, my son. Remember... Bakura took you
in and accepted you as his own son.
{Mai has moved close and pulled Yugi against her. Yugi seems
doubtful.}
YUGI:
But he wasn't my father.
MAI:
No... but he chose you to become the next Pharoah. When you rule, we shall
no longer be forced to live in these dry, barren, disgusting, pathetic,
termite-infested Outlands!
{Mai is swatting at the ground, railing against fate. Yugi looks down,
in quiet agreement. Suddenly, Ryou and Rebecca come bounding in from
off-screen, fighting to be the first back with the news.}
RYOU and REBECCA:
Mother! Mother! Mother!
{Ryou and Rebecca are speaking over one another, trying to get the first
word in.}
RYOU:
We were there-- in the Pride Lands. We saw the whole thing!
REBECCA:
At Pride Rock. We saw everything!
RYOU and REBECCA:
We saw Atem's kid!
Mai:
What? Rebecca-- what did you see?
REBECCA:
Atem's new child is a girl!
MAI:
A girl! Bakura, my beloved... did you hear that? This couldn't
be more perfect.
RYOU:
Who's she talking to?
REBECCA:
Ssshhh. Bakura.
RYOU:
Where? Where?
REBECCA:
Bakura's dead... genius.
MAI:
Yes! Because of Atem... if not for him, Bakura would still be Pharoah. And
I, Mai-- his loving, devoted Queen!
RYOU:
You know, speaking of pharoah's... I was thinking, since I am the oldest...
maybe I should be Pharoah! Huh?
MAI:
Uh? Don't be a fool, Ryou.
RYOU:
Heh heh... just a thought.
{Ryou has layed down on the couch.}
MAI:
Yugi is the chosen one. We must fulfill Bakura's dying wish, and train
Yugi to become Pharoah.
RYOU:
Oh... yeah.... oh, yeah. I can do that!
{Mai climbs up on a rock point to gaze out over the land. The others
follow.}
MAI:
Look... at the Pride Lands, my pets. So green... so inviting. That is
our home... that is where we belong. And soon, my beloved Bakura... we
shall reclaim your kingdom.
{Thunder and wind. Camera passes some calmly grazeing horses; we open
on Seto's room.}
SETO:
Asante sana
Squash banana
We we nugu
Mi mi apana!
{We see he is painting on his wall: a new child, with the
ceremonial mark across the forehead, next to the old drawing of Atem.}
Ahh, Mana...
{Wind blows Seto's hair wildly, signifying Aknamkanon's presence}
Ooh, Aknamkanon! Such a day this has been! Princess Mana's birth...
another Circle of Life is complete, and the Pride's future is once
again secure.
{Wind blows at the paintings, scattering some of the markings}
Aaah! Stop it, stop it, stop it! Aknamkanon-- look what you are doing! The
Circle is broken now. Why do you--
{He pauses, understanding}
Ooh... there is trouble in the Pride Lands. {he looks toward the edge
of the painting, at a rough black figure} There is another child?
Hmm... where could this be? {realization comes to him with a puff of
wind} In the Outlands...
{Camera switches to the Outlands, slowly zooming in. The landscape is a
barren desert, with strange rock formations everywhere. Seto's voice
continues in narrative.}
But that is where Atem banished Bakura's followers. Including his most
loyal... Mai.
{An insect lands on the ground; immediately, Yugi appears, trying to chatch it.}
YUGI:
Ha!
{Yugi opens his hands to reveal the insect, buzzing; he smiles and opens
his hands, releasing it to fly away.}
MAI:
Yugi!
{Camera switches to Mia, who is supervising. She snatches the insect
from the air and smashes it to the ground.}
Don't let it go. What's the matter with you?
YUGI:
But Mother! He wasn't hurting anyone--
MAI:
There is no room for weakness here, my son. Remember... Bakura took you
in and accepted you as his own son.
{Mai has moved close and pulled Yugi against her. Yugi seems
doubtful.}
YUGI:
But he wasn't my father.
MAI:
No... but he chose you to become the next Pharoah. When you rule, we shall
no longer be forced to live in these dry, barren, disgusting, pathetic,
termite-infested Outlands!
{Mai is swatting at the ground, railing against fate. Yugi looks down,
in quiet agreement. Suddenly, Ryou and Rebecca come bounding in from
off-screen, fighting to be the first back with the news.}
RYOU and REBECCA:
Mother! Mother! Mother!
{Ryou and Rebecca are speaking over one another, trying to get the first
word in.}
RYOU:
We were there-- in the Pride Lands. We saw the whole thing!
REBECCA:
At Pride Rock. We saw everything!
RYOU and REBECCA:
We saw Atem's kid!
Mai:
What? Rebecca-- what did you see?
REBECCA:
Atem's new child is a girl!
MAI:
A girl! Bakura, my beloved... did you hear that? This couldn't
be more perfect.
RYOU:
Who's she talking to?
REBECCA:
Ssshhh. Bakura.
RYOU:
Where? Where?
REBECCA:
Bakura's dead... genius.
MAI:
Yes! Because of Atem... if not for him, Bakura would still be Pharoah. And
I, Mai-- his loving, devoted Queen!
RYOU:
You know, speaking of pharoah's... I was thinking, since I am the oldest...
maybe I should be Pharoah! Huh?
MAI:
Uh? Don't be a fool, Ryou.
RYOU:
Heh heh... just a thought.
{Ryou has layed down on the couch.}
MAI:
Yugi is the chosen one. We must fulfill Bakura's dying wish, and train
Yugi to become Pharoah.
RYOU:
Oh... yeah.... oh, yeah. I can do that!
{Mai climbs up on a rock point to gaze out over the land. The others
follow.}
MAI:
Look... at the Pride Lands, my pets. So green... so inviting. That is
our home... that is where we belong. And soon, my beloved Bakura... we
shall reclaim your kingdom.