The Shadow Duel
One morning in Egypt Prince Yami woke up. Yami got out of his bed and walked over to the window.
"What a wonderful morning this is!" Yami said happily. He studied the out doors he could see the gates of the place and also his mother, the queen, who was working in the garden with help from a slave.
"Good morning, mother!" Yami yelled.
"Good morning!" The queen yelled back. "Your father is in an important meeting this morning so do not bother him."
"Okay I won't." Yami said. Yami sighed and looked down at the floor. "Hey wait if father is having a meeting that probably means that the sons and daughters of the nobles will be here!" Yami thought. "I'd better hurry if I want to play with them!" Yami ran out of his room and down the hall and over to the second meeting room.
When Yami walked into the meeting room Ishizu, Karim, Shadi, Mahado, and of course Yami's cousin Seto were already there.
"Good morning your hinges." Ishizu said taking a bow. The others bowed as well.
"Good morning!" Yami said.
"We heard that the Pharaoh was teaching you how to call monsters from the shadow realm is that true?" Mahado asked.
"That's right, but father says that I am to young to have a fight."
"That's alright, I'm sure that you'll be able to have a duel soon." Ishizu said.
"I know how to call monsters." Seto said.
"That's great! Then why don't we have a duel?" Yami asked.
"No, you can't have a duel now!" Shadi said.
"Who's going to stop us?" Seto asked.
"No wait! Shadi has a point if our parents come in and see what we are doing they well get very angry." Mahado said.
"Why don't we all sneak out at night to duel?" Karim asked.
"Alright. I guess you guys are right." Yami said.
"Well then I guess I'll just have to wait until tonight to send you to the shadow realm." Seto said.
"Uh...why don't we practice engraving things on the walls?" Ishizu suggested.
"What?" Karim asked. "Now why would we do that?"
"Oh um...never mind." Ishizu said.
"Why did you start talking about that Ishizu? I was talking about the shadow realm!" Seto said.
"Because I don't want either of you to go to the shadow realm." Ishizu said.
"Well I just now that I will beat you, Yami." Seto said. "Because my father taught me a lot about calling monsters before..."
"Before what?" Shadi asked.
"Before he left you here." Yami filled in."
"You don't need to finish my sentences!" Seto snapped.
"Please stop fighting Pharaoh Akunumakanon won't like this." Mahado said.
"I'm going to my room." Seto said. Yami watched his cousin walk out of the room. Yami put his hand into a fist.
"Seto..." Yami thought. "Just because you are older than I am (Yami 8 Seto 12) that doesn't mean that you'll beat me easily!" Yami took a deep breath and released his fist. "I'll show you how strong I am tonight." Yami turned to face his friends.
"Meet us by my grandfathers tomb." Yami said and started down the hallway.
In the hall Pharaoh Akunumkanon was walking out of his meeting with all the nobles priests and priestess following him.
"Good morning, Father." Yami said.
"Good morning, Yami." The Pharaoh replied.
"How was the meeting?" Yami asked.
"Fine."
"Father?"
"Yes?"
"Could you teach me more about calling monsters today?"
"Not today, Yami I am going to be a little busy today."
"Okay father." Yami said sounding disappointed.
"I'm sorry, Yami I'll teach you more tomorrow I promise. For now why don't you go play with Seto?" The Pharaoh asked as they kept walking down the hall.
"Yeah sure." Yami said. Yami stopped walking and let all the priests' priestess and nobles walk ahead of him and then he turned around and walked the other way.
"I can't believe that father thinks that Seto and I are friends." Yami thought frowning.
That night after dinner Yami ran out of the place.
"Darn it! There's no way to get past those guards!" Yami thought looking at the two guards standing by the gate. Then something caught his eye. It was Seto he was climbing up the gate behind a bush!
"That's a great idea!" Yami thought and started to walk toward the gate then he stopped.
"No!" He thought shaking his head. "I can't use Seto's idea! I can't rely on him I need to think of a way myself!" Yami looked around. "I got it!" Yami thought snapping his fingers. "I'll swim through the river under the gate!"
Yami ran over to the crystal clear water and jumped in. It was easy for him to get to the other side of the gate.
"Yes I made it!" Yami said happily and he started to run down the sandy path towards his grandfather's tomb.
"I know that this is wrong of me, to go beyond the gate at night but I have to! Seto will see how great I am!"
When Yami finally got to his grandfathers tomb all his friends and Seto were already there.
"Finally the little prince desides to show up." Seto said. "And I thought that you were scared and weren't going to come." Seto smiled and looked closely at Yami with the moonlight. "Why are you all wet?"
"Because I took an odd route to get here." Yami explained. Karim leaned over to Mahado.
"I'm glad that I didn't say anything because I thought that Yami had just taken a bath with his clothes on." Karim said.
"Hush they are going to start!" Shadi said.
"Alright, Seto let's go!" Yami said.
One morning in Egypt Prince Yami woke up. Yami got out of his bed and walked over to the window.
"What a wonderful morning this is!" Yami said happily. He studied the out doors he could see the gates of the place and also his mother, the queen, who was working in the garden with help from a slave.
"Good morning, mother!" Yami yelled.
"Good morning!" The queen yelled back. "Your father is in an important meeting this morning so do not bother him."
"Okay I won't." Yami said. Yami sighed and looked down at the floor. "Hey wait if father is having a meeting that probably means that the sons and daughters of the nobles will be here!" Yami thought. "I'd better hurry if I want to play with them!" Yami ran out of his room and down the hall and over to the second meeting room.
When Yami walked into the meeting room Ishizu, Karim, Shadi, Mahado, and of course Yami's cousin Seto were already there.
"Good morning your hinges." Ishizu said taking a bow. The others bowed as well.
"Good morning!" Yami said.
"We heard that the Pharaoh was teaching you how to call monsters from the shadow realm is that true?" Mahado asked.
"That's right, but father says that I am to young to have a fight."
"That's alright, I'm sure that you'll be able to have a duel soon." Ishizu said.
"I know how to call monsters." Seto said.
"That's great! Then why don't we have a duel?" Yami asked.
"No, you can't have a duel now!" Shadi said.
"Who's going to stop us?" Seto asked.
"No wait! Shadi has a point if our parents come in and see what we are doing they well get very angry." Mahado said.
"Why don't we all sneak out at night to duel?" Karim asked.
"Alright. I guess you guys are right." Yami said.
"Well then I guess I'll just have to wait until tonight to send you to the shadow realm." Seto said.
"Uh...why don't we practice engraving things on the walls?" Ishizu suggested.
"What?" Karim asked. "Now why would we do that?"
"Oh um...never mind." Ishizu said.
"Why did you start talking about that Ishizu? I was talking about the shadow realm!" Seto said.
"Because I don't want either of you to go to the shadow realm." Ishizu said.
"Well I just now that I will beat you, Yami." Seto said. "Because my father taught me a lot about calling monsters before..."
"Before what?" Shadi asked.
"Before he left you here." Yami filled in."
"You don't need to finish my sentences!" Seto snapped.
"Please stop fighting Pharaoh Akunumakanon won't like this." Mahado said.
"I'm going to my room." Seto said. Yami watched his cousin walk out of the room. Yami put his hand into a fist.
"Seto..." Yami thought. "Just because you are older than I am (Yami 8 Seto 12) that doesn't mean that you'll beat me easily!" Yami took a deep breath and released his fist. "I'll show you how strong I am tonight." Yami turned to face his friends.
"Meet us by my grandfathers tomb." Yami said and started down the hallway.
In the hall Pharaoh Akunumkanon was walking out of his meeting with all the nobles priests and priestess following him.
"Good morning, Father." Yami said.
"Good morning, Yami." The Pharaoh replied.
"How was the meeting?" Yami asked.
"Fine."
"Father?"
"Yes?"
"Could you teach me more about calling monsters today?"
"Not today, Yami I am going to be a little busy today."
"Okay father." Yami said sounding disappointed.
"I'm sorry, Yami I'll teach you more tomorrow I promise. For now why don't you go play with Seto?" The Pharaoh asked as they kept walking down the hall.
"Yeah sure." Yami said. Yami stopped walking and let all the priests' priestess and nobles walk ahead of him and then he turned around and walked the other way.
"I can't believe that father thinks that Seto and I are friends." Yami thought frowning.
That night after dinner Yami ran out of the place.
"Darn it! There's no way to get past those guards!" Yami thought looking at the two guards standing by the gate. Then something caught his eye. It was Seto he was climbing up the gate behind a bush!
"That's a great idea!" Yami thought and started to walk toward the gate then he stopped.
"No!" He thought shaking his head. "I can't use Seto's idea! I can't rely on him I need to think of a way myself!" Yami looked around. "I got it!" Yami thought snapping his fingers. "I'll swim through the river under the gate!"
Yami ran over to the crystal clear water and jumped in. It was easy for him to get to the other side of the gate.
"Yes I made it!" Yami said happily and he started to run down the sandy path towards his grandfather's tomb.
"I know that this is wrong of me, to go beyond the gate at night but I have to! Seto will see how great I am!"
When Yami finally got to his grandfathers tomb all his friends and Seto were already there.
"Finally the little prince desides to show up." Seto said. "And I thought that you were scared and weren't going to come." Seto smiled and looked closely at Yami with the moonlight. "Why are you all wet?"
"Because I took an odd route to get here." Yami explained. Karim leaned over to Mahado.
"I'm glad that I didn't say anything because I thought that Yami had just taken a bath with his clothes on." Karim said.
"Hush they are going to start!" Shadi said.
"Alright, Seto let's go!" Yami said.