The chosen Pharaoh

This is a Yu-Gi-Oh story that will take place from the day Atem becomes the new Pharaoh to the point there he seals away both Zorc's spirit as well as his own spirit in order to save the world from destruction, he will face many adventures and challenges with his sacred guardians and his friends in his short time as Pharaoh, exactly what will he experience and can he stand up to the challenges that's coming his way?

Chapter 1- A new Pharaoh and a big battle begins

3 000 BC, IN EGYPT,

The people in the city outside of the palace had gathered at the palace to see the moment of their new Pharaoh's coronation.

At that very moment sat the sixteen year old prince Atem that would from this day on be the king of Egypt on his bed, he had black spiky hair and the part with the spikes and the edges was purple, blond crooked pointy locks which some of them stood up and he also had violet eyes which always was narrow and had most of the time a determined look in them. To say that he was nervous was an understatement, he had been taught his entire life for this day, but he didn't think it would come so soon, his father the former Pharaoh, king Aknamkanon had died a year ago from a illness he had had for a while.

Even thought he knew his time was running out so didn't he want me to take over until I was sixteen, so the sacred court and Shimon took care of things during last year since I was only fifteen, I just hope that I can live up to my father's legacy and maintain peace in Egypt, Atem thought and sighed.

He heard someone knock on his door and he told the person to come in, he saw the royal adviser Shimon and his old friend and also a member of the sacred court Mahad who was also the palace's strongest magician.

Mahad looked at Atem, "It's time my prince", Atem nodded and got up on his feet and walked over to the table next to the bed there the Millennium Puzzle was on, it was the Millennium item that belonged to his father and it represented the Pharaoh and so since he would be the Pharaoh it belonged to him now, he picked it up and put it around his neck.

He walked with Mahad and Shimon towards the balcony there he would cease to be a prince and truly become a king, he was now nervous, what if he wasn't worthy to be a king, what if he messed up? He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up at Mahad, "it will be okay Atem, just be calm and it will be fine, I know that you will be an excellent Pharaoh". Atem smiled at him and nodded, he felt his nervousness disappear.

Once they reached the balcony they saw Isis, another member of his sacred court waiting with the crown in her hands, he had already swore the oath to protect Egypt and it's people and now this was the last part, meeting the people and letting them greet their new Pharaoh and then it would be a celebration inside the throne room.

Atem walked out on the balcony and saw all his people stand there below him and was cheering when they saw him, he held up his hand and all of them bowed before him, "People of Egypt, I promise you this day that I will do all in my power to protect and maintain peace in Egypt". The people began to cheer again and Atem turned around, he and the others walked towards the throne room there the celebrations would begin, he felt Mahad put his hand on his shoulder again, he looked at Mahad who was smiling at him, "It went great like I knew it would, you did a excellent job Atem", Atem smiled at Mahad and thanked him.

They reached the throne room and he walked over to the throne while looking at all the servants that was bowing for him, they were all working for him and he was responsible for all of their safety, and he would not let them down, he sat down on the throne, Shimon stood next to the throne and Mahad and Isis bowed down to him next to the rest of the sacred guardians, each one of them wielded the other six millennium items, Mahad had the Millennium Ring and Isis had the Millennium Necklace, the one who had the Millennium Rod, Seto looked up at him.

"My Pharaoh, I wonder if we are ready to get on with the celebration?" Atem nodded, "Yes we are Seto, let's get going, I know I have a lot of work ahead of me so I want to get ready for it", Seto nodded and stood up, "Let's welcome our new Pharaoh to the throne with a celebration worthy the Pharaoh". Atem watched the dancers dance and the servants eat and laugh together, he smiled when he saw all of this and hoped that he could live up to their expectations as their new king.

AT THE SAME TIME OUTSIDE THE CITY,

Two soldiers came riding towards the city with a man with white hair and a scar at his right eye and had his hands tied by chains and to them so was a rope attached and it was attached to one of the horses walking after them, he looked at the soldiers and chuckled, the soldier whose horse he was tied to looked at him, "What's so funny thief?"

The man looked at him, "Can't you call royalty properly, after all I am the thief king Bakura, I have been robbing the tombs of Pharaoh's for years and you only caught me today because of dumb luck and think about it, when you found me you're five and now you're only two left".

The soldier was about to say something when they heard horse hooves and saw seven man in black cloaks riding towards them, the soldiers got ready for battle but was soon overpowered by the men in black cloaks in the end, the leader of the men got off his horse while the others finished off the soldiers and walked over to Bakura, the man took out his blade and held it over his head while Bakura stood there in silence waiting for his obvious end.

Then the man's blade came down and cut the chains in half, Bakura watched the chains fall to the ground while rubbing his wrists, he looked at the man, "Why did you guys help me?"

The man looked at Bakura, "We are the servants of the great Zorc the Dark One, he wants over to this world but he needs help and he has chosen you to help him since he senses great darkness within you". Bakura chuckled, "Even though it's an honor that the Dark One asks me for help so do I wonder what I will gain from helping him, please tell me, what will I gain from it?"

The man looked at him, "You will get a chance for revenge, the one responsible for the destruction of your village Kul Elna was the Pharaoh Aknamkanon and his servants, unfortunately so is he no longer in this world but his son is getting crowned Pharaoh today so you can make the son pay for the sins of the father". Bakura felt his anger rise, so it had been by the order of the king of Egypt that his village had been destroyed 15 years ago and all of his fellow villagers were gone forever, "I will help you to release your master to our world, I don't care what he does with this world as long as I can get my revenge but we have to do a detour before we leave for the palace". Bakura chuckled and took one of the soldiers horse and rode towards the Valley of the Kings.

BACK TO THE PALACE,

Atem sat and watched the celebrations continue and enjoy seeing everyone having fun, but what no one noticed was that a storey up behind a pillar was a man in the shadows, he took out a blowpipe and aimed at Atem, at that moment so did Isis's Millennium Necklace began to glow, it had the ability to let her see into the future, she gasped and saw the man aiming at Atem, "Mahad quickly", Mahad saw the man use the blowpipe to blow a metal spike at Atem.

Mahad flung his cape and knocked away the spike and everyone noticed the man, the dancers began to run away while Seto ran up next to Mahad, "Guards stop that intruder he's getting away". The man tried to escape but the guards managed to catch him and brought him down before Atem, "Assaulting the king of Egypt is an inexcusable crime", Isis said and an angry Mahad continued: We are in the midst of a sacred ceremony toss this scoundrel in the dungeon", "Wait, not yet", Isis and Mahad looked at Seto.

"I have a better idea, let us use this rogue to demonstrate our power to our new Pharaoh, wouldn't you agree master Aknadin, master Shimon?" Aknadin nodded, he also were a sacred guardian as well as Atem's uncle, he was the owner of the Millennium Eye, Shimon also agreed, "Very well, so let it be written, so let it be done, let this man's judgment begin".

Seto nodded agreeing, he looked at the man, "Let's begin with the Millennium trial of this man's soul", the man looked worried, Atem looked on, he had heard of the Millennium trials before but had never actually seen one, the guardians of the sacred court stood in front of the man, "Thou shall now be judged by the magic of the sacred Millennium items" Seto said and held out his Millennium Rod, he looked at Shada, "Shada will begin with his Millennium Key".

Shada took of his hood and stood in front of the man, "I shall now with the power of the key read your mind", The Millennium Key began to glow and Shada looked inside the man's soul and saw a shadow inside of him, "I sense a evil shadow creature inside of his soul", Shada stepped to the side and Aknadin took his place in front of the man, "I shall now invoke the power of the Millennium Eye and use its power to reveal and extract the beast that dwells within, the eye began to glow and the man's body began to glow before dark energy came out his mouth and began to take on a physical form, Atem gasped, he knew that was going to happen next, he had experienced the process of sealing a shadow creature before, he had had a creature born out of his own heart and it had been sealed inside a stone tablet three years ago.

Soon so was it Seto's turn, he stood face to face with the creature while the guards put up a stone tablet, "A creature of darkness like thou self has no place in this kingdom", the creature tried to attack Seto but he used the power of the Millennium Rod and sealed the shadow creature inside the stone tablet, Atem was amazed over what he had just seen.

AT THAT MOMENT IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS,

Bakura laughed as he was dressed in a fancy rope coat and had taken a lot of gold bracelets, he looked around, "If you are going to visit the palace you need to be dressed right and I will bring this with me as well", he patted the sarcophagus of Aknamkanon, he tied it to his horse and pulled it behind the horse while they rode towards the city and the palace, Bakura looked at the leader of Zorc's servants, "You never told me what I have to do in order to help your master come over to our world". The man looked at him, "You remember the seven items that was created by the sacrifice of your fellow villagers, those Millennium items need to be returned to their resting place, the Millennium stone tablet which they originally came from. Once all seven of them are back in the stone so will a doorway between this world and the shadow realm which our master created centuries ago open and he will be able to cross over to this world. And our service in this world is over and we can return to our true form, as evil spirits".

Bakura smiled evilly, "I just have to get those items, I guess that the Pharaoh and his servants have them? If that's the case your master will be free by the end of the day, thanks to my creature". The man looked at him, "We know all about you and your Diabound, your creature is powerful but don't overestimate the power of your creature, the Pharaoh and his sacred guardians are powerful".

Bakura laughed like a madman, "They will fall by the overwhelming power of my almighty Diabound, and I will get my revenge", they rode towards the city and Bakura knew that he would enjoy making the new Pharaoh pay for his father's sins.

BACK TO THE PALACE,

Aknadin walked over to Seto, "Good work Seto", Seto bowed his head for him, "Thank you master Aknadin and now that where finished with his let's toss this foolish scum to the dungeon", but Aknadin didn't agree on what Seto was saying, "We have already expelled the darkness within this man's heart so now it's the duty of the Pharaoh's sacred court to let this man go free", Seto bowed his head again and Aknadin told the guards to release him while Seto looked at Mahad.

"If I'm not mistaking Mahad so is palace security your responsibility", Seto walked up to him, "Perhaps you would like to shed some light on this afternoons events, how did that man get past the royal guards?" Mahad walked over to Atem and went down on a knee, "Master Seto is right, please accept my apologies my Pharaoh, the Millennium ring has been acting rather strange lately making it difficult for me to detect criminal activities, may I ask for you permission to increase security forces to fortify the city my king?"

Atem nodded, "Yes please do you so Mahad, I know that you knows what you're doing old friend", Mahad smiled at Atem while Seto pointed at the guards, "Now store that creature in the tablet sanctuary". The guards began to pull the tablet out to put on one of the sanctuaries, Atem put a hand over his face, it was his first day as Pharaoh and someone had already tried to assassinate him, this was not a promising start.

Shimon came over to him and whispered, "My king if I may say maybe we should hurry up and continue with the coronation festivities as quickly as possible", Atem looked at him, "What, Shimon I was just attacked", Shimon whispered: "Yes that's true but you must show no fear, if your royal followers sense your fell they will also fell unsafe, and the best way to hide that fear is with merriment and laughter". Shimon chuckled in his hand and Atem looked away, felling that Shimon was a little weird, "Very well I will try".

"Let the festival of the Pharaohs continue". Aknadin said but before they could continue so told Isis them to wait, Aknadin asked if something was wrong, "I sense a great evil approaching the palace", Aknadin asked how far away it was and Atem got worried, "The being lurks just outside the palace walls, and he bears a great power within him".

OUTSIDE THE CITY,

Bakura looked at the city from a cliff with the servants of Zorc behind him, he chuckled, "Alright let's go", they rode down the cliff and inside the city, the men fired burning arrows at buildings setting them on fire while they rode through the city, when they neared the palace gates so tried a few guards stop them but Bakura jumped over them with his horse and the guards had to deal with Zorc's servants while he went inside the palace.

INSIDE THE THRONE ROOM,

Mahad gasped as he felt his rig react to a powerful evil, "Mahad is something wrong?" Aknadin asked worried and Mahad looked at the ring, "The Millennium Ring, it senses pure evil", Aknadin got worried and said Oh no, then they heard a scream and saw a soldier fall unconscious at the entrance to the throne room, Mahad asked who was there and Bakura walked in, "Hello Pharaoh, since we're both royalty I thought that I should welcome you to the throne, I am the thief king Bakura and my gift to honor you is your demise". Bakura laughed while Atem and the sacred guardians looked at him with both shock and anger over what he had just said, he suddenly whistled and his horse came in there and then turn to the side so that the sarcophagus that was behind it slide over the floor to Bakura who put a foot on it stopping it, "Say hello to your father Pharaoh, the former Pharaoh, king Aknamkanon, I wanted him to witness his son's destruction from the other side, that way my revenge will be even more sweet".

Atem stood up and he was angrier than he had ever been in his entire life, not only did this guy, Bakura trespass on sacred ground like the palace but he also trespass and dishonored the resting place of a former Pharaoh which was even more sacred and also the tomb of Atem's father which was unforgivable, he looked at Bakura with hatred in his eyes while Bakura just stood there and laughed.

So Atem has been crowned Pharaoh and he has so far had a really bad first day as king, someone tried to assassinate him and now so does the thief king Bakura show up from nowhere and coming into the palace while dragging the sarcophagus of Atem's father behind him, filling Atem with rage and hatred, what will happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review.