Chapter 10

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+Japanese Language+

[Stands for voice from the past]

Underline stands for letter

"Quote stands for dialogue"

"Spirit Talking"

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Bold italic stands for a dangerous tone

Discovered

Marik growled as he slammed his fist into a nearby wall, he had been searching for a week straight but he didn't get even the least bit information about the Slave Hunters.

"Woah." Marik turned around in a flash when he heard the voice, but then gaping when he saw who was the one in front of him, "Never thought I would ever see you again".

"Akefia?" Marik asked in disbelief as he looked at the Thief King's appearance from the top to the bottom, the Thief King was wearing his usual red robe, sandals and shorts, but they looked cleaner than the ones he remembered. Then his eyes glued to the bandage at his right shoulder, "You are wounded?" he asked in disbelief, "How come?".

Akefia grimaced, "I was careless last week, that's all." He said grumpily, "Then again, I was shot from behind, I didn't see it coming".

Marik closed his gaping mouth, he was wearing a simple shirt and shorts, a sandals and a brown robe, his usual clothing during his time as an Assassin. "I see." He muttered before clearing his throat, "Um, Akefia, do you happen to know where the base of the Slave Hunters that attacking this village last week?" he asked seriously, "You are a Thief King, so you must be know about them, or at least some of your underlings know".

"I don't know where they are, and my underlings didn't know anything at all." Akefia growled lowly, "But I will be sure to find it out".

Marik blinked, "Why?" he asked in confusion, "They are not your problem right?".

Akefia looked at Marik with a plain face, "I was searching for them for the same reason as you, Assassin turned General Marik." He said in bored tone.

Marik was staring at Akefia for a moment before chuckling, "I see, so you also found someone that you care." He commented before blinking and looking at Akefia in confusion, "How do you know that I was searching for them because they are taking someone important to me?".

Akefia sighed before he motioned for Marik to come closer, he walked closer to Akefia and Akefia whispered to him, "From what Isis told me about you, of course you will searching for Malik when you found out that he was kidnapped by Slave Hunters".

Marik pulled back and looked at Akefia with blinking eyes, "Isis told you about me? How come?" he asked in surprise.

Akefia smirked, "Don't you know that the reason for her and Malik often coming to the village was to meet me and my son when I was taking a break from stealing?" he asked in humor, "She's an interesting High Priestess I must say".

"Indeed." Marik agreed with a smirk of his own, "By the way, you have a son now? How old is he?" he asked curiously.

"The same age as Malik." Akefia answered before he looked aside and motioned for Marik to do the same, so he looked sideways and saw two men walking on the street below the rooftop he and Akefia was standing on, "You see them? I was stalking them, they are the members of the Slave Hunters, I'm sure they can guide us to their base".

Marik grinning an evil and crazy grin, "I see." He said before started walking with Akefia to follow them, "When I found them, I will be sure to kill them all for kidnapping Malik".

"The same for me." Akefia answered calmly, "But I will make sure they have a painful death, no one mess with me and my son".

"What's your son's name?" Marik asked before he jumped from the roof he was on to the roof across from him, Akefia following suit.

"His name is Yugi, I found him three years ago." Akefia answered casually, "He was inside a chained box, I guessed the merchants wanted to sold him here in Egypt".

"He was foreigner?" Marik asked without taking his eyes off the men they were stalking.

"Yeah, but he had a mild amnesia, so he forget the names of his Country and it's language, he can still remember some of his family though." Akefia answered with fondness leaking from his voice, "So far, no foreigner we met was losing a boy like him, so I kind of taking him as my son".

"Ah, I see." Marik answered before they fell in silent as they following the men.

They followed the men from the rooftops before the men walked out from the village, carrying fruits to their horses, then took off to the desert. Marik jumped down from the roof and started walking following their horses footsteps before a hand stopping him, he looked back and raising an eyebrow at Akefia in question.

Akefia only pointed behind him with his right thumb, he looked behind Akefia to see a huge grey monster with a human-like upper body and a snake as it's tail, two pair of white wings adorning it's back. "Oh right, I forget that you have a Ka." Marik commented before they climbed onto the Ka and took off, following the men from the air.

"Heh, so that's where they were all this time." Akefia and Marik commented at the same time before smirking to each other, they nodded silently before flying back to the village near the Palace.

"Thank you, Akefia." Marik said as he climbed down from the massive Ka, "I will stay quiet about you, don't get caught or they will execute you".

"The funny thing was Isis told me that I would become a High Priest one day." Akefia said as he also climbed down from his Ka before his Ka disappeared, "So I don't know whether I will be executed or not".

"Isis told you that?" Marik asked with a grin, "Funny, I was an Assassin and now a General, I wonder what causing you to be a High Priest?".

"I don't know, she didn't tell me how I become a High Priest." Akefia scowled, "But I will surely rather be executed than become a High Priest".

Marik glared at Akefia, "Think about Yugi, you moron." He scold his ex-partner, "What will happen to him if you got yourself killed? He will be sad and lost without you".

"Not really." Akefia shrugged as he start walking, "Yugi is so matured for his age, I'm sure he would know what to do if I ever get myself killed, and he might be sad, but he will move on, like when he witnessed his parents murdered".

"He what?!" Marik exclaimed in shock.

"Hey, I also witnessed my family and friends massacred in front of my eyes, but your reaction was not as bad as this." Akefia raised an eyebrow as he said that.

Marik shook his head, "But Yugi was still 9 now, if you found him three years ago, then he witnessed his parents murdered when he was less than 6 years old! It would be a mortal wound for him!" he reasoned, "You are already 10 when that happened, I know you must still feel the loss, but you can move on better than if you witnessed it when you were 6!".

"Calm down." Akefia huffed, "As I said, Yugi was too matured for his age, I often get myself crept out by how mature he was acting, I'm sure he didn't have a mortal wound like that." He looked at Marik with a soft smile that Marik never seen in the man's face, "Yugi is strong, and being who he is, I'm sure Yugi know that sooner or later, I would also left him by himself, because I don't want him to be a thief like me, and because I would die one day".

"You said as if he wouldn't die one day." Marik frowned.

Akefia staring hardly at Marik, "Yugi is an immortal, he is a Vampire, of course he wouldn't die." He explained seriously, "But don't you dare to tell anyone about this, he isn't dangerous, so just stay quiet about this fact".

Marik was gaping at the Thief King again, Vampire? He thought in disbelief, but then when he looked at the seriousness in Akefia's eyes, he know that Akefia would protect Yugi with everything he had, so he nodded. "I won't tell, don't worry." He promised with a smile, "I would also acting like you if Malik is a Vampire".

Akefia grinned, "Then I'm going now, I need to prepared something to attack those Slave Hunters tonight." He said before ran off without waiting for Marik's answer.

Marik shook his head but smiled softly to himself, "You will be late, Akefia, since the Pharaoh will attack as soon as I reported this to him." he said out loud to himself before walking to the Palace's direction.

To be continued . . .

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