Chapter 1
Early, right after dawn, all the people were awoken from screaming. The pharaoh hurried to the healing chambers, where his wife and queen will get his heir any moment. Unfortunately he had to wait outside. He paced in front of the door. The priests arrived, along with the other people of the pharaoh's council. The screaming increased and the guards had to use all their might to prevent the pharaoh from entering the room. Then, out of nowhere, the screaming stopped and was replaced by crying. The crying of a little baby. A voice said that the pharaoh may enter the room so he could see his child. He literally ran into the chamber to his wife, who was holding the baby. She looked up and smiled brightly.
"Aknamkanon, come and see your son." She whispered, handing the sleeping baby to his father. He looked down at the sleeping boy, smiling softly when the baby woke up. The baby was light tan, but they both knew that that color would darken more with the time passing. He had star shaped hair with little golden bangs. Though his eyes were now bright the pharaoh knew that they would become sharper. Though what most intimidated him were the baby's eyes. It was a mix of amethyst with crimson red. He stared a little when the boy moved his little hands towards his father, giggling softly.
"I know what you think, but he's not a demon because of his eyes. He's our son and we're going to raise him together." The pharaoh turned towards his wife. He sat down at the edge of the bed and handed her the baby.
"What are we going to name him?" He asked softly.
"Atemu, I already thought about names and I chose that name as a boy's name." She whispered while she stood up. They walked towards the balcony connected to the throne room, while they got a lot of congratulations from the other priests. The pharaoh looked up to see his brother standing there with his own son.
"Aknadin come and meet your cousin. Seto, do you want to meet your cousin too?" He asked as both of them walked towards them. The baby woke up and looked towards his uncle and cousin. Seto smiled softy when Atemu grabbed his finger, but his dad thought different. He snatched his own son away from the baby, startling the baby in the progress.
"Aknadin! What was that?!" Aknadin held his son tightly.
"I won't let my son come near that demon of a child! Didn't you see his eyes?! The eyes of the devil and a murderous look, that's all I see. It's a devil's child and it should be killed." Aknamkanon stared at his so called brother.
"How dare you say those things about my son! Be happy that I won't order the guards to throw you in the dungeon. I would watch out if I were you. Make just one mistake that has to do with my son and you will be judged by the gods!" The queen tried to calm her son down, who was now crying. Seto broke free from his father's death grip on his arms and moved towards his little cousin. He asked if he may hold him and try to calm him down. Amen, who was the mother of the child, nodded and gave her son carefully to Seto.
"Heey it's okay don't cry." He whispered while rocking to baby. The baby stopped crying, but still had the tears in his eyes.
"Seto come here immediately!" He turned towards his father.
"Father can't you see that this child is nothing but a pure soul, or are you so concerned that I won't get the throne that you want him death?" Seto asked. His father literary paled a little. He handed Atemu to the pharaoh, who smiled softly at Seto. He walked towards the balcony where the people of Kehmet were waiting to see their new prince. But when they saw the new prince, whispers came up and they pointed towards the child, saying something about his eyes. The whole day he spend with Amen to stay with his son. At Ra's downfall they placed the baby in the crib, who was already sleeping after an exhausting day. They left the chamber, ordered the guard to keep an eye on their son and left for their own chamber.
Outside the palace wall, a cloaked person was talking with someone who was hiding in the shadow's.
"So you know what to do?" The hidden person asked. The other nodded.
"Yes take him and raise him as my own." He said. The hidden person nodded. The cloaked person disappeared while the other snickered.
"Dear cousin, this will be your last night at the palace." He whispered and disappeared as well.
Amen woke up with a start in the middle of the night. Something was wrong, she knew it.
"Amen what's wrong?" She looked to her left the see her husband.
"Dear I have a feeling something bad is going to happen tonight and it has to do something with Atemu and your brother." She whispered while getting out of the bed.
The baby slept soundless when the guard outside his room was killed. A shadow walked into the room and towards the crib. He looked down at the baby, who was still asleep. He picked up the baby and wrapped a blanket around his body. When he heard voices, he quickly locked the door. He moved towards the balcony. When the door was broken open, he quickly jumped and landed on the roof of another part of the palace.
"Come back here thief!" He looked up and smirked.
"Aknamkanon! Atemu is gone!" Amen cried out. The said person disappeared together with the baby.
"Guards capture him and bring my son back!" He heard in the distance. He jumped on an ebony horse and commanded to leave in a gallop.
"Mother when did dad come back again?" A woman woke up to see her son standing in the door opening, his eyes still showed sleep.
"He will be back any moment Bakura." She said and went back to make breakfast. Bakura, now just 5 year old, was already making trouble in the village. Like the village was know as Kul Elna. He would make trouble, race home and hide behind his mother. She always apologized and said it wouldn't happen again. Even though this place was known as the thieves village, there was no reason for Bakura to steal. The sound of hooves and the neighing from a horse reached the house. Bakura ran out of the house to see his father jumping of the horse's back with a small bundle in his arms. His wife looked at him with a questioning look on her face.
"I found this baby near the Nile, all alone. Figure that he was left behind." He lied good. Sonia, who was the woman, walked towards Namu, who was the man. She looked at the baby in his arms.
"Oh poor child, he must be hungry, let's get him inside and give him some milk." She said while taking the boy in her arms. She led the baby inside, followed by her son and her husband. She quickly made a bottle of milk, feeding the child while talking softly to him. The baby drank eagerly, he must be really hungry.
"But what's his name? We can't call him always boy." She said.
"I thing Yami is a good name. He's a mystery with a dark past mom." Bakura suggested.
"That's a very good name Bakura. We'll call him Yami from now on." She said while looking how Yami drank his milk. Atemu was now named Yami, by the family with the man who took him away from his home.
6 years later
"Bakura wait up, I can't run as fast as you can!" The said boy sighed and stopped, waiting for the other to arrive.
"Really Yami you're very slow….." Bakura said as he waited for the other. The said boy arrived, panting and sweating slightly. His breathing became hasty breaths and it felt like he was only inhaling and now letting any air out of his lungs. The other looked worried.
"Yami you forgot to take your medicine, didn't you?" Bakura asked.
"I… forgot a-about … it" He said as he placed his hands on his chest. Bakura cursed under his breath. He quickly led the boy home, retrieving the medicine from their mother.
"Come on, open up!" He said as Yami did. He drank the bitter liquidity, almost choking.
"That's why I don't take it, it doesn't taste good." He complained. The white haired brother rolled his eyes.
"Off to bed boys!" They looked up to see their father there. They gulped and were about to ran off, but their father stopped one of them.
"Yami come here, I wanna talk to 'ya." Yami gulped and stopped while Bakura secretly stood behind the door, hoping to hear something interesting. He heard his father talk and someone gasped. But then it was replaced by soft sobbing sound. The door flew open and he saw Yami running through, tears leaking from his eyes.
"Yami!" But his shout was in fane when Yami ran outside. He turned to his father and growled deep down in his throat, before running after his little bro. He found him in their hiding pace, a secret cave deep in the cliff. He heard soft sobs. He kneeled down beside his brother.
"Heey what's wrong? What did dad told you?" He asked softly.
"D-dad told m-me th-that you're n-not m-m-my real b-brother." He inhaled deeply after every word. Bakura was about to tell him something, until he heard voices.
"Stay here!" He commanded the six year old. He ran out of the cave, leaving his cape behind around his younger 'brother'. Yami gulped but lay down in the shadows. He felt exhaustion washing over him. He slowly closed his eyes, not noticing the two men outside.
Bakura watched in horror as his parents were killed. He felt so lonely now. Wait what?! He still had Yami.
"Shit! I forgot about him!" He whispered and ran back to the cave, only finding his cape and bracelet Bakura had made for him when they were younger.
Yami opened his eyes, feeling his hands and ankles bound together, cloth before refusing to let him see anything. He remembered that he was woken up roughly and was knocked out. He felt that he was being rocked, probably he was lying on top of a horse. He groaned when he felt a huge headache coming up. He could feel dried blood on his head, so there had to be a wound.
Night started to fall and the group arrived at their destination. Just then Yami was thrown on the ground. He coughed a little and felt his bruised abandon. He screamed when a whip slash slammed against his bare back.
"Just give him 30." He heard.
"Please gods no!" He thought when it happened again, again, again and again. He screamed in agony everytime. At 29 he heard other footsteps. And there was 30… he felt his thorn skin, already blood flooding out of it. He was panting, trying to keep conscious. The blindfold was taken away and he saw grey eyes looked in his own mixed. He heard something that sounded like 'guards!' He made pained noises as he was moved to sit up. He felt soft hands on his cheek. He opened his eyes to looked into lovely green.
"Atemu…." She whispered. Just then he went limp and fell against her.
"Aknamkanon quickly, he just passed out!" She shouted. The said man ran towards them. She looked to him.
"It's him…" She whispered.