Yugioh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi and it will stay that way forever! /evil laugh/
Everyone watches in horror as a guard falls lifeless to the ground. Teana screams in her head. Once again, someone has ruined her wedding. The priests immediately stand defensively over Teana while Atem moves up to the front of the balcony. He is sort of grateful that Aknadin has stopped the wedding but then again, that would mean that they would be dueling against each other now.
"Pharaoh!" Aknadin yells, looking up at him. "It is time I take my place as king! But before I do that, I must take the millennium items first!"
"You'll never get the millennium items!" Atem exclaims lifting his wrist which has a gold duel object to summon monsters and the rest of the priests do the same. Teana slowly backs up through all of the commotion and slowly disappears inside the palace. The crowd scrambles away, to avoid getting between all the action, each and everyone of them screaming and panicking.
"Dark Magician! Come forth!" Atem yells, his wrist object glowing and Dark Magician appears in front of him. Atem's eyes widen when he sees the change of appearance in his magician. "Mahad…"
"I promised that I would become your eternal servant," Mahad replies and Atem nods.
"Twin Headed Jackal Warrior!" Shada calls. It is a dog with two heads and an axe.
"Go Duos!" Seto calls out his monster. It is a tall dark figure with a large blade and no eyes.
Aknadin reaches into his black robe and gets out a wand.
Atem gasps. 'Mana's wand!' The wand glows and skeletons start appearing from the walls and the ground, all equipped with swords.
"To get to me you must get through them! And they are not ordinary skeletons!" 'For they are magically equipped which makes them stronger!'
Mana sits on her window sill, looking out. The moon is partially full and there are a couple a stars shining along with it.
She sighs, "They're probably married by now."
"HELP!" Kisara yells, busting through her door and Mana screams with fear, almost losing her balance and falling out the window until Kisara pulls her up.
Mana holds her chest and sweat drops. "Please don't do that again. I've already had one near death experience…"
"Mana? So it is true! You are alive!" Kisara exclaims with excitement then she raises an eyebrow.
"How did you know?"
"Seto told me. He said you had a fight with Teana."
"Yeah but it's not like that mattered. They're still having the wedding."
"I don't know about that. Aknadin's back and he's brought some friends with him."
"What do you mean?" Mana asks but they are interrupted by a scream from outside of the room. They look at each other before running out to see who is in trouble.
Teana is running away from two skeletons that have found their way inside the palace. She screams and runs as fast as she can but she trips.
Mana slaps her forehead. "Typical victim," she mutters.
"Shouldn't we help her?" Kisara asks watching as the skeleton raises its swords, preparing to swipe down. Mana looks up with thought then back at Teana who looks totally helpless.
"Maybe we should ask her," Mana suggests.
"Hey Teana," Kisara yells to her and Teana turns her head to Kisara and Mana. "Do you need help!?"
"WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE YOU JERK!?" she yells back, her face turning red.
"You know, that attitude will get you nowhere," Mana says, placing her hands on her hips before looking at Kisara. "Help me with this…" They pick up a large vase and use all their strength to throw it at the skeletons, crushing them.
Teana sighs in relief and gets up, dusting off her white skirt. She glares over at Kisara and Mana who are giving each other high fives.
"YOU!" Teana yells and Mana blinks. "You've ruined everything!"
"Me?" Mana asks, pointing to herself.
"Yes you! If you wouldn't have interrupted in the first place, I would've been married already!"
Mana sighs and looks away. "I have no time for this. There are more important things to do."
"My wedding is important!"
"Wedding, wedding, wedding. Is that all you can think about?"
"YES!"
"Let's just go Mana," Kisara says and they walk away as Teana yells behind them.
"You can't ignore me! Get back here!" she yells, stomping her foot. She stops yelling when she hears cackling noises behind her. She turns around and screams, seeing more skeletons. "Wait for me!"
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Mahad blasts a whole row of skeletons with his 'Dark Magic' attack. But still the skeletons keep appearing one by one. Atem grits his teeth and growls with frustration. Even with their strongest attacks, the skeletons keep coming.
"My king, what are we going to do?" Shada asks. Atem doesn't answer, for he does not know himself.
Aknadin laughs. "I believe you all had enough. So I'll just finish this!" He points out the wand a purple mist shoots out. Seto inhales the mists and suddenly feels weak and tired. He falls back, knocked out cold.
"Seto!" Atem yells with worry and he watches as each and everyone of his priests fall. He quickly covers his face with his cape, trying to stay in the duel.
"I had a feeling you wouldn't go down that easily. So I'll just finish your monster."
Atem looks up at Mahad who has grown weak too and he knows that he will not be able to fend off against Aknadin for long. "Say good-bye!" He shoots a ball of magic at Mahad that destroys him. Atem clenches his chest, blooding spilling from his mouth before falling.
"This was too easy," Aknadin says and he levitates up to the balcony. He takes the remainder of the millennium items: the millennium rod, millennium necklace and the millennium key. He walks up to Atem and looks at his puzzle. "The last item…"
Mana stops in her tracks, causing the others to stop. She feels a sudden jolt in her heart and she knows that something is wrong concerning Atem.
"What's wrong?"
"It's the pharaoh. He's hurt," she replies.
"How would you know?" Teana asks, narrowing her eyes.
"I just know alright?" 'I guess our bond is so close, I can feel when he's in pain.' She rushes off quickly, making it hard for Teana and Kisara keep up with her pace. 'Please be alright,' she thinks as she runs to the balcony just in time to see Aknadin snatching the puzzle right off his neck.
"Now to make sure you don't interfere.' He outstretches the wand, pointing it down at Atem. "Time to die…"
"No way!" Mana yells, punching Aknadin and he drops the wand. She quickly picks it up, standing defensively over Atem.
"How dare you!?"
"I won't let you hurt him!" Atem slowly opens his eyes and looks up. His sight is blurry but he knows that is Mana standing there from the sound of her voice. He wishes that he can help, but he feels too weak to even stand and he closes his eyes. Mana closes her eyes and focuses on her wand, but surprisingly, nothing happens and she gasps.
'It's acting up on me again!'
"Too bad! You had your chance!" Mana closes her eyes, waiting to be attacked when another attack comes out of nowhere. She opens her eyes and she could not believe her eyes. Teana has summoned her ka, The Dark Witch, to intercept. Aknadin flies back, toppling over the balcony and landing on the ground.
'I have the millennium items. All I have to do is return it to my master. Then taking the palace will be easy!' Aknadin thinks and he runs off.
"Thanks back there," Mana says with a smile and Teana folds her arms, sticking her nose up in the air.
"I only did it for Atem. I would never save you, low life," Teana says. Mana sighs and looks over to see that the priests are waking up. She covers her ears, preparing to hear the priests scream for their king.
"My king!" Shimon yells!
"He's hurt!" Shada exclaims in a panic.
"We must take him inside for aid," Seto says calmly and Mana smiles, uncovering her ears. At least he did something besides yell in a panic. But then again she expects that from Seto because he is usually calm like his cousin, Atem.
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"Success!" Mana whispers loudly, throwing her hands up and leaning back before wailing her arms in a panic, almost falling back on the chair she is sitting on. Finally her wand has worked for her for once. The wand has been acting silly lately. It feels so good to be a teen again instead of a kid. She crosses her legs and looks over at Atem who is recovering.
Seto has asked her to watch over him to make sure he doesn't do much to stress himself out and to also make sure no intruders go inside.
"I guess changing myself back is the only thing I can do right," she says to herself, looking at the wand in her hand. "But why aren't any of my other spells working?"
"Are you talking to yourself?" she hears a baritone voice ask and she turns to the source and smiles.
"Someone's feeling better."
"And someone's back to her old self."
"Took awhile though. My wand is acting…funny," she says and she places her hands on the back of her head. "I'm glad you're alright."
"You saved me."
"I hate to say this but--" The door opens, revealing Teana. "INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" Mana yells
"Oh stop it," Teana says as she walks up to Atem's bed, sitting on it. "What are you doing here anyway?"
"I'm his guard. I was supposed to protect him from intruders," she replies, resting her hand on her chin and leaning on her leg. "Apparently I'm not doing a good job since I let you in," she mutters her last statement, earning a glare. Teana turns her attention to Atem.
"How are you feeling?" she asks with concern.
"I'm
fine," he replies. "What happened?"
"That
monster was about to attack you. But I saved you."
"You did? But I thought--"
"You thought what? Mana made an effort, but she froze up at the last minute. Don't worry. I'll always be there to help my love," she says before kissing him on the lips. Mana looks in disgust before turning her head. Atem opens his eyes, still into the kiss and glances over at Mana and he pulls back.
"I should be getting my rest now," he says and she nods, getting up.
"Alright then. Get a good night's rest. I'll see you in the morning." She leaves, closing the door and Mana sighs, dropping her head.
"I'm sorry you had to see that," he apologizes and she waves it away with her hand, groaning. "I sense that something is wrong." Mana gets up and sits on his bed with her legs crossed, facing him.
"It's this whole magician thing. I don't feel that I'm getting the hang of it."
"You just need to train more."
"But that's all I've been doing!" she exclaims before sighing. "I'm sorry." Atem nods before she continues. "Sometimes I think…well…maybe I'm not meant to be a spell caster. In the difficult situations like today, I can never do any spells. If Teana hadn't come, you would've…" She bows her head.
"But I'm not," he says, raising her head, looking into her eyes. "Give it some time. You can't rush things like this."
She smiles. "Yeah, you're right. Hey, you should be resting. You need your strength," she says before yawning. "And I do too. I think my job here is done."
"Good-night." He pecks her on the forehead, causing her mind to go in a daze and falls off the bed with a yelp. "You okay?"
She stands up quickly and nods before running out and he smiles.
'Stupid, stupid, stupid!' Mana thinks, turning red and she runs to her room.
Atem sighs, looking down. The millennium puzzle and the rest of the items are gone. But he wonders what Aknadin wants with them…
Chapter 10 done! Send in some reviews!