There will be a sequel. It's being wrote now I just have to finish Were You a Dream, My Sanctuary, and Survival of the Fittest all which are nearing their respective ends.

Lotus Petals

Chapter 9: Love You, Kill You

"You'll never see the earth again, High Priest of Darkness! White lightning attack!" screams Seto.

The dragon blasts crackling pure electricity at the vile man. I watch in my numbed state as the blast catches the dark priest head on and vaporizes him on the spot.

Bakura yanks on my bindings, forcing me to drop Malik and stand up. Bakura spins me around to face him and his lips slam into mine. He breaks away from me and leaves me feeling dazed...and wishing he had not stopped.

That's when he lets the shackles drop to the stone floor with a clang.

"I love you...Promise me that you'll recognize me in the next life."

"What-What are you talking about?"

"Just promise me!"

"I promise only if you remember me."

"Then I promise."

A sad yet relieved smile crosses Bakura's features. But that small smile only lasts a second long enough for me to see.

He's going to die...and he knows it.

Bakura turns around and takes his stance in front of me.

"Ready to die thief?"

He smirks, "As ready as I'll ever be."

Without a breath the dragon launches its final shimmering light attack straight at Bakura.

The blinding light steals me of my sight and envelopes the room in a warm glow. Once the lighting is returned to normal, Blue-Eyes has disappeared and on the ground motionless is Bakura.

It all seems as if I'm in a dream like state...where you can see your actions but you don't quite remembering giving them.

I slowly walk over to Bakura's body and cradle his head to my chest. I run my fingers through his snow hair and all that hatred I had for him takes a back seat to the agony of the hole his absence leaves inside of me. It's just not visible yet.

Strong arms pull me away and Bakura's head bangs against the floor. The sickening thud sends me back into reality and gives me the goal I must complete. Seto wraps his arms around me in an attempt to console me. My dear elder cousin knows not of what I'm scheming. The tears I didn't know I still held roll freely down my cheeks even though a grim smile lights my thing lips. Pulling away I look up at him.

"Seto...I want you to be Pharaoh."

"You can't mean that. You're still alive, Atemu."

I grab the dagger in his belt and hop back a good five feet from him. His expression switches from helpless to utter fear.

"Atemu, what are you thinking?"

"After everything...I want to be with Bakura and I want you to be Pharaoh."

I don't wait for him to object any further. I merely plunge the dagger deep into my chest cavity. The blood wells up in my throat, choking me. Seto rushes to me and catches me before my frail frame touches the ground. Or...maybe its because all the pain had already ceased...

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Seto watched as he could do nothing but let his own sorrow well up and spill over inside him. Despite the morbid scene, a peaceful expression rests on his young cousin's face. Lying Atemu beside the man he loved he leaves the place of death. Returning to the palace, Seto took the throne just as Atemu said to.

But in a land 3,000 years later, the past is beginning to reappear. If the past is not known then it can't be prevented. So now it's starting to repeat or will it all stayed buried?