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Chapter Eleven – Disturbed Night
As the day finished and the evening began the Pharaoh did not emerge from his room, not even to eat. Atem was lying on his back on his bed, his face covered with one hand. The cape he had been wearing earlier was discarded at the end of the bed; the Millennium Puzzle had been placed on the wooden surface which was beside the bed. The Pharaoh did not move he was trying to cool down. Even though it was the evening and the temperature had fallen, Atem felt so hot. Beads of sweat tickled down the Pharaoh's forehead making him stand. He moved over to a basin full of water, slapping the cool water on to his face. The Pharaoh closed his eyes and gripped the surface, upon which the basin was standing, feeling the cool water trickle down his face. Along with feeling so hot, his head was pounding which meant that he could not think straight at all.
The water seemed to evaporate off his face but it had done no good, he still felt as hot and sweaty as he had done before. So the Pharaoh stumbled out onto his balcony, gripping the balcony wall. The cold night air was being blown around gently making seem even cooler. It danced across Atem's face but this still did not make any difference. The Pharaoh breathed deeply trying desperately to ignore what was going on inside him. He had so many things which were more important to deal with. There was Yugi and his kingdom, they all needed him. So how was he supposed to suddenly think of himself before anything else?
There was a knock on the door which interrupted his thoughts, Atem came into the room and tried to look like his normal self. Shimon shuffled through the door, bowing to his King.
"My Pharaoh, I came to see if you are alright? You never came for any food."
"Yes Shimon, I am perfectly fine. I was just not hungry."
Shimon gazed into his king's face. The Pharaoh looked very pale and there was something missing from his eyes, which was always a giveaway that something wasn't right.
"Really my King, I find that hard to believe. Let me bring you something."
The Pharaoh shocks his head, but regretted it as his headache got even worse. He didn't need food. He needed to be left alone so that he could rest.
"Please Shimon, I appreciate your concern but I am fine. By tomorrow I will be back to normal."
Shimon wanted to say more but he had to respect the Pharaoh wishes. He gave a last concerned look before bowing and exiting the room.
Once the door closed, Atem sat on his bed again closing his eyes. He started to breathe deeply again and rub his temples. Atem hoped that he would be fine by the morning, so he sent a prayer to all the Gods. He was about to climb into his bed to rest but there was anoher knock at the door. Atem sighed heavily; Shimon didn't know when to give up. But as he stood and looked at the person entering it was not Shimon or in fact anyone from the secret court. It was Yugi who had walked in. He stared at the Pharaoh with excitement and anticipation in his eyes.
"Yugi, what are you doing here?"
"I just couldn't sleep with without knowing!"
The Pharaoh sighed and sat on his bed again but maintained eye contact with Yugi.
"Knowing what?"
"About you! I mean, what you do as Pharaoh."
Yugi watched the Pharaoh close his eyes momentarily. There was something off about the Pharaoh but Yugi was not paying attention to this. He wanted to know about the Pharaoh and what he does! It didn't matter that there was something off about him, the knowledge was more important.
He waited for the Pharaoh to speak. But he didn't, he just looked at Yugi. Yugi saw the look in the Pharaoh's eyes; he did not want to speak.
"Come on Pharaoh! If I am going to stay here I need to know!"
The Pharaoh was aware of Yugi's wish to stay as he had over-heard him say it to his friends. But he now he a chance to find the root cause of Yugi's Obsession.
"Why do you want to stay here?"
"Because I have read so many books about how life is lead here and now actually being here is just so amazing that I think I would be better here than back home."
The Pharaoh thought for a moment, although he wanted to sleep this could be the only opportunity to snap Yugi out of this. So, the Pharaoh stood and beckoned to follow him. Yugi followed the Pharaoh out onto the balcony which had an amazing view of the town; you could even just about see the River Nile in the distance. Yugi looked at the Pharaoh in amazement; he got a view like this! It was something to behold. The grin in Yugi's face got even wider as he took in the view.
"You see, all this is amazing and seemingly faultless." The Pharaoh said,
"Yeah! You Egyptians are pretty peaceful people; you defended your homeland but never wanted to conquer lands."
The Pharaoh tried to ignore the 'You Egyptians' comment and focus on the other things Yugi had said.
"That's true, we are very peaceful. My father created the Millen-"
"The Millennium Items in order to maintain peace in Egypt." Yugi interrupted, "Because of all that shadow magic which you locked away. So, that really is the only thing that you need to defend your kingdom from... the Shadow Magic."
"Yes Yugi, but don't you see." The pharaoh interjected, "Even though we Egyptians might be peaceful there is still dangers that we have to prepare for."
"Yes I know. Like the little rain fall, the dangerous creatures –"
As Yugi began to babble on and on about the many dangers in Egypt, the Pharaoh zoned out. He could still feel little beads of sweat running down his forehead. He knew, he had to sleep then by morning he would be well again. Yugi looked at the Pharaoh.
"It was amazing, thank you for showing me this. It makes me want to stay even more."
The Pharaoh nearly whacked his head on the balcony wall in frustration but thought better of it. Instead, he walked back inside with Yugi, watching Yugi walk to the door. Then watched as Yugi bowed to him and exited the room. Atem let of a frustrated moan before he blew out the candles which lit the room and climbed into his bed, he would have to try again in the morning. Even in the darkness his headache didn't stop or lessen. So, Atem had a hard time settling down, not only because of all his worries, but eventually his worn out body allowed him to drift gently off to sleep.
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I hope you enjoyed this!
I have to thank the song Paradise by Coldplay, it made me laugh because Yugi is in paradise XD
Anyway, please review with anything you have to say whether it is good or bad.
Poor Atem :( What's wrong with him?
Oh, I am sorry to be a pain but there is a poll on my profile and I would really appreciate a response as it is something I am unsure about (and it will relate to my third fic)… :)
Thanks for reading, see you next time..
It is better to say this now… HAPPY EASTER!