In the city, Anai walked with Atem as she kept her hood on so no one would recognized her while her brother, Amun, was using the shadows to stay close to them. She was unsure if it was a wise thing for him to do since the prototypes could overcome them somehow depending if they used all their Ba on the items. She usually used her item unless it was an emergency, but she knew that her brother would use his daily to protect everyone that is both living and the dead. She was in deep thought as she felt a squeezed from Atem, causing her to look at him for a brief moment.
"What's wrong?" Atem asked her calmly.
"Oh, it's just one of those trail of thoughts. Nothing to worry about," Anai replied to him while giving him a sweet smile, trying to make sure he wouldn't know.
Atem nodded his head as he saw their friend, Jono, getting into trouble with a few troublemakers while preparing for a fight.
"Oh not this again," Anai said as she grabbed a stone and took off her sash around her street robes, causing her to turn it into a sling.
"Anai, please be careful. I don't want to see you getting hurt," Atem said as he watched her swing the sash a bit and throwing the stone above the group, causing Jono to look over.
"Look what we have here. A street mouse and another rat," the leader of the group said.
"Who are you calling street rats!? The only rats I see are you guys!" Jono snapped as he cracked his knuckles.
"Let's see if you can back your tough guy act by actually fighting us," the other member said as he threw a punch at Jono until the fist was caught by Amun, causing him to look at them.
"Troublemakers," Amun said as the group began to back up as a woman ran over towards Atem and Anai.
"Oh boy. The Medjai leader is here," she said as Anai glanced at her.
"With good timing too. Right, Teana?" Anai asked her as Teana nodded her head in agreement.
"I could of taken them," Jono grumbled as he was with his friends while the sound of thrashing of combat was heard as Anai wrapped the sash around her waist calmly.
"You would have been buried in an unmarked grave," Anai told him as she looked at him, causing Teana to place her hands on her hips while Atem watched Amun finish up cleaning up the group.
Amun glanced at Atem, causing him to see Atem's secret signs to handle it personally, as he took the group away with his Gravekeeper's Assailant and Spies took the group to the dungeons until further noticed. Amun slowly slipped back into the darkness as Jono and Teana shivered a bit from what they witnessed, causing them to look at their friends.
"I will never get used to seeing that guy doing that," Jono said. "It's like you don't get any privacy anywhere," he added.
"Well, he is doing his job Jono. Protecting not only the residents at the palace, but within the kingdom as well," Anai replied calmly.
"I heard that Pharaoh Atem is going to wed soon from the market sellers," Teana said. "Is that true?" She asked, causing Atem to turn red on the cheeks a bit.
"Now Teana, you know very well not to hear such rumors. If Pharaoh Atem wishes to choose a bride, then he will know by listening to his own heart for whom he loves dearly," Anai answered her as she was blushing as well, causing Atem to glance at her briefly while having a smile on his face.
"Well since Ata and Ani are here, let's go to our spot already," Jono replied as he looked at both Atem and Anai, which Anai cleverly used the alias of 'Ani' while she gave Atem the name 'Ata' while being in the streets of the kingdom to spend time with their friends, causing them to nod their heads once as they went to where their secret location.
Anai leaned over to Atem's ear and to whisper private matters while Jono and Teana were ahead of them. "I am guessing that discussion has already been discussed within the palace?" She asked him quietly.
"Yes. Shimon stated that I need to have a legacy to continue on the peace after Bakura is settled," Atem replied quietly.
"And as brother said to everyone. He will handle the situation while Mahado uses the Gravekeepers to secure your father's tomb," she said as both of them looked at each other for a moment.
"I don't want anything happening to either of you," Atem stated. "You two along with everyone else are important to me," he added as Anai held his hand.
"And you are important to everyone," Anai said to him.
A few hours passed, Anai and Atem bid their farewells to Jono and Teana as Amun emerged from the shadows.
"Time to come back to the palace," Amun said to them as both Anai and Atem nodded towards him. He pulled them into the shadows as the trip was indeed quick as they arrived back in Atem's bed chambers, causing Atem to step out first and began to change into his royal garments while Amun stepped out of the shadows.
"How was everything after the incident?" Atem asked him calmly, causing Amun to lower his cowl and hood.
"It was usual. No serious threat whatsoever," Amun replied honestly.
"That's good to hear," Atem said as he walked with him.
"Mahado knew you went out again," Amun said.
"He always knows along with Isis," Atem replied. "As long as the others doesn't know, it's fine. Besides, it's good to see how things are within the kingdom. Am I right?" Atem asked.
"It is indeed. A ruler must know firsthand instead of hearing it from misleading words of another that wishes to cause corruption within the kingdom," Amun answered.
"I am guessing that Seto gave you trouble?" Atem asked him.
"When doesn't he? He's the most obnoxious person who thinks he is too good for everyone," Amun replied truthfully as he knew that Seto talked poorly about him, he would talk poorly about Seto as well.
Atem shook his head as he walked with his childhood friend down the hallway, sighing softly. "I don't want you two fighting. Eventually you two will battle something evil soon in case something happens to the other Sacred Guardians along with myself," Atem said to him.
"That will never happen. The medjai are the best elite forces here and there will be no incident of that matter," Amun quickly answered him as he didn't want to think of that outcome. Not in this life time nor the next. "A pharaoh should not be tardy to his duties," Amun said as he walked with him while keeping his guard up around the surroundings to guard the Pharaoh.
Unknown to him, Priest Aknadin was spying on them both from the shadows as he retreated back to his secret lair within the grounds of the kingdom.
