Author's Notes: Disclaimer, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh Obviously haha! Chapter Five will be up by Sunday. On with Chapter Four!
Kaiser, The Nubian General sat at his table in his tent as they were on the Road to Hattusa in Hittite. "He said that it was a spy of Atem's that stole the information and by his description of her she could defiantly have been mistaken for the servant girl" he said to his most trusted guards as he skimmed over the letter in his hand once more.
The guards all looked between each other muttering, "makes you think how a girl snuck right past us" one of them said.
"you twit" Kaiser said angrily, "it is because she is a girl. She probably charmed one of the guards to get into the camp and then gave the servant girl something to knock her out for a few hours and then swapped their clothes"
Kaiser sat in thought for a moment, she was certainly quite a girl if she went to all that trouble to get steal that information and all for the Great Pharaoh? perhaps they were more than just friends, Aknadin had said they were close in his letter. He could kidnap her and make the pharaoh watch as he tortured the woman he loved right in front of his eyes or even better he could marry the girl himself, she must be quite a capable woman to do spy work all by herself, he needed a strong woman at his side.
"Who was the letter from anyway, sir?" one of the guards asked.
Kaiser blinked and threw down the letter on his table, "Oh just an acquaintance" he said before planning his next move.
Early the Next Morning:
It had been over a week since the diplomat had been sent to Hattusa and Atem was growing more impatient. He hadn't slept all night, instead he just stared at the beauty lying beside him. It was still dark out and the moonlight bathed the skin of her bare shoulders as she breathed steadily and contently. Even though he was on edge most of the time she knew how to keep him occupied, he thought with a grin. It wasn't just having her in his bed that kept him sane though, it was her laugh, her whit, her smile, just having her back at the palace made him forget about so many problems he had to face on a daily basis.
Knowing Anzu that was probably her intention too, to keep him distracted. She had him wrapped around her little finger and she knew she could make him do anything for her, and he'd do it in a heartbeat but she never asked for anything, just his love and attention, when he had the time, off course. There was only ever one thing that he couldn't do for either of them, he couldn't make her his Queen nor his wife, which pained them both. Anzu was not interested in being a Queen and Atem knew that he'd have a hard time taming her if she ever did become Queen by some miracle. Queen's were expected to act refined, wear heavy makeup and wigs. Atem chuckled, he could never imagine Anzu sitting on the throne beside him letting him rule Egypt in his way, she'd find someway of getting her opinions into the Royal Court.
But still, he'd put up with that if he could be married to her. It was such a burden to bare knowing they could not be fully honourable to one another, but Anzu said she was fine just living in the moment. One day soon he would be expected to marry some royal from another land so the Egyptian Royal line would continue.
Anzu shifted in her sleep snapping him out of his thoughts, "Atem?" she muttered fluttering open her cerulean eyes, "What keeps you awake?"
"it is nothing love" he assured her leaning down to kiss her forehead, "go back to sleep, that's an order" he teased.
Anzu laughed shaking her head, "since when do you give me orders?"
"since I was crowned King if I am not mistaken" he chuckled as she brought her face close to his, "and what happens if I disobey the Great Pharaoh?" she teased back dragging her lips across his. Atem grasped her shoulders and kissed her hard, "then you shall be punished".
Later on:
Atem was taking a leisurely walk around the gardens when someone jumped on him from behind and covered his eyes. "Guess who?" a female voice said. "Mana, how can you keep forgetting he's the King of Egypt now, he's not the prince" Mahad scolded the young magician who pouted as Mahad dragged her off of her friend. Atem just chuckled at his friends antics.
"So Atem, how's Anzu" Mana nudged giggling. "she's quite well I believe" he said clearing his throat.
Mahad gave Mana a stare, obviously they knew but Atem knew they wouldn't say anything. "hey, isn't it her day of birth next week" Mana said balancing her wand on her index finger.
Atem blinked, he had totally forgot until she had just said. "Yes, I believe it is"
Mana slapped him on the back "so what are you going to do for her birthday?"
"I haven't given it that much thought" Atem lied rubbing his forehead. Mahad laughed obviously seeing right through him. "Oh what a typical man" Mana complained, "well its a good job you have me because I have many ideas"
Mahad and Atem both looked at each other rolling their eyes, when Mana had an idea she'd never let it drop. This was going to be a long afternoon, Atem thought as he followed them back into the palace.
Author's Notes: So Mana has finally appeared in my story, I love her character in the anime, she's so funny and obviously there's a connection between her as Dark Magician Girl and Tea/Anzu early on in season three, I presume DMG is Tea's favourite card, in the episode 'The creator returns' (Season 4, Episode 4) I'm pretty sure you can see DMG poster's on Tea's bedroom wall too when she's packing to fly to California to see Pegasus with Yugi and the others.
