At the Rodrick Manor, Eric was giddy with delight as he hunted down Amon to show him the third and final Millennium spell book. He spotted the talk brooding man and smiled. "AMON AMON LOOK HERE I'VE GOT THE THIRD MILLENNIUM SPELLBOOK!" Amon turned to see the young official with a dark green leather bound book with the same markings as the first two. "Excellent! Now let me see that book." Eric handed over the book beaming with prided as Amon opened the book, yet Amon's face shifted from joy to anger as he kept reading. "Uh…Mr. Amon?"
"Do you think this is a joke?" Eric frowned. "I don't understand that is the book isn't it?" Amon pulled Eric to him with a fearsome rage. "YOU IDIOT THIS ISN'T THE MILLENNIUM SPELLBOOK! IT'S A FORGERY!"
"What! How?" Amon started to read a page from this forgery. "I am sorry to inform you that this book is completely a fake made for your ENJOYMENT! DOES THIS SOUND LIKE SHADOW MAGIC SPELLS TO YOU!?"
"No…ssssire." Eric said with a sad face, his pride was cut down by half. "This means my brother must have gotten to it…good thing I suppressed the memory of his mission so that book is safe… for now."
The next morning, Atem was eating a bowl of cereal while watching the news. It showed the apartment building and a picture of Mai for people to give information if they saw her. Atem sighed. "Baby girl…we'll find you somehow." Carter came down. "Morning Atem, how did you sleep?"
"Like crap." He glanced down with a disheartened look. Carter could see that Atem was upset about Mai's kidnapping. "Hey why not talk to Kyo. She won't come out of her room and I bet she could use some support." Atem gave an awkward glare. "I think I would be the last person she would want to see."
"Just try, she should at least see that you mean well." Atem sighed. "Alright but if she kicks me out, I'm forcing you to talk to her." Carter rolled his eyes. "Right…now go talk to her Atem…she needs someone to talk to and I think you are the best person to talk to her." Atem got up and headed towards Kyo's room. Gently he knocked on the door. "Kyo…"
"Go away! I don't want to talk." Atem frowned. "Kyo we need to talk…I'm sorry about Mai but we can't just sulk around."
"Go away asshole!" Atem glared. He knew the door was locked. "Kyo open the door." He needed to keep a calm face even though Kyo wasn't giving him much of a choice. "GO AWAY YOU NOSEY ASSHOLE!" Atem sighed. He used a little shadow magic to pick the lock, it clicked and Atem barged in. Kyo sat up in shock. "WHAT THE HELL! HOW DID YOU EVEN…" Atem marched in and noticed that Kyo was on her bed and was ready to charge Atem. "Atem if you don't get out right now…I will fight you!"
Atem glared. "You don't want to fight." Kyo growled. "RAAAAAA!" she charged Atem. Her fists up and swinging. Atem ducked to the right then to the left. Then he caught one of her fists and spun her around so that she would trip up heading towards the bed. "Hu?!" she looked behind her and didn't have time to react to Atem's tackle. He was able to pick her up and slam her into the bed, pinning her down.
"OW GET OFF ME! YOU'RE HURTING ME!" Atem lighten his grip on her wrists. "Kyo. We. Need. To. Talk." Kyo glared up into Atem's eyes. "No I don't want to talk." Atem leaned closer, his eyes studied Kyo's eyes. "Kyo we'll get your sister back I promise you that." Kyo looked away. She noticed the rise and fall of Atem's chest. His arms were more muscular than she gave him credit for and his legs were tightly pressed against her hips. Kyo didn't want to admit that Atem was strangely attractive like this. His fiery personality made his eyes seem to glow an unearthly glow. His bangs framed his fox-like face elegantly. Kyo could feel his royal aura pouring out of him. "Kyo…look at me…please." Kyo looked into his eyes again and started to tear up. "I…I…" she wrapped her arms around his shoulders then buried her face into the curve of his neck, weeping. Atem sat back up pulling her up into a sitting position. "WAH…ATEM I'M SORRY! I'M SO SO SORRY! I TOOK MY FRUSTRATIONS OUT ON YOU AND YOU DIDN'T DESERVE IT! YOU GOT BEATEN UP BADLY CAUSE OF ME! I KNOW YOU FOUGHT YOUR HARDEST AGAINST YOUR BROTHER AND I GOT MAD AT YOU FOR NO REASON AT ALL! I'M SO SO SO SORRY ATEM! UHWAA!" Atem rubbed Kyo's back and gave a soothing voice. "Hush…it's okay Kyo, I understand your anger. I understand." Kyo whimpered and sobbed.
Set then walked by and stopped right at the door. "OH ATEM GETTING HIS FREAK ON WITH KYO HAHAHA!" Atem backed up from Kyo with a deep shade of red clearly radiating from his cheeks. "AM NOT SET SHUT UP!" with that Atem got off Kyo, crossed his arms and gave a childish pout, ignoring Kyo and Set. Set glided in with a flamboyant air with him. "Oh don't clam up like that Atem bae…when you straddle someone like that, you're showing them your more vulnerable areas." Atem just narrowed his eyes as Set wrapped his arm around Atem's shoulders. "So Atem, are you using some of the tricks I used on you to swoon miss Kyo Anaki on a job well done on stealing the Millennium spell book from an educational institution?" Atem furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "Millennium what?" Kyo got up. "The Millennium spellbooks…the books you were brought back to life to destroy." Atem frowned as he rubbed his forehead. "I…no…I…I can't remember." Set looked into Atem's eyes, studying them, looking for something. "Atem…did you hit your head hard last night when you were attacked?"
"No…but…Amon did something that caused a pressure in my head." Set walked over to the dresser and took out a flash light. He then hurried back, turned the light on, and looked into Atem's eyes again. "Atem…when were you born?"
"The nineteenth day of the third harvesting month which in this time would be about July 26th."
"Okay what was your cousin's name?" Atem frowned. "Seto." He shook his head as he started to get dizzy. "Hold on Atem one last question. Where did your uncle get the spell for the millennium items?" Atem shook his head. "I…I…" He backed up against the bed. Set sighed. "He didn't…that damn Bastard locked up fragments of your memory dealing with the spellbooks. I knew something was up when you came home last night. You didn't ask about the mission." Atem sighed as he sat back down on the bed. "I…" Atem shook his head. "Set, you know what to do. Go ahead and unlocked the parts of my memories that were locked." Kyo frowned. "Wait a minute, are you saying that Atem's memory was effected?" Set nodded. "What Amon did was a spell very similar to the one Atem pulled when he faced off against Zork. Except on a smaller level, which in Atem's case that's good because it make unlocking his memories a whole lot easier." Set placed a hand on each side of Atem's head and mumbled a few words, and Atem slipped into a trance like state. Kyo looked at Set, "Uh…"
"Hush Kyo, I need to concentrate." Kyo sat on the floor with her legs crossed and arms folded. She watched as Atem seemed to have fallen asleep at Set's command. With a few more hushed words Atem slowly woke up. "Hey Atem welcome back. Those locked memories should be unlocked now." Atem nodded. "Yea they are back thanks Set." Atem looked over at Kyo and smiled. "See better now." Kyo frowned. "Yea I see that…but why would Amon do that?"
"Simple he wants to make me lose track on why I am here."
"No…I mean…why would he hurt you like that? He's your brother, if anything, he shouldn't have hurt you the way he did. You two are blood related, your family, a royal family for that fact. You would be the epitome of perfect." Atem gave a sad look. "Kyo just because my family was the royal family in Egypt, it doesn't mean it was perfect."
"You're just over reacting, there is no way a Royal family could have any major issues. Your brother must have been crazy or on some kind of drug to make him act like that." Atem's face turned red, as if he was just slapped across the face. His eyes dimmed and looked darker. "Uh…Kyo I suggest not talking about his family like it's a picture perfect family." Set mentioned to Kyo, however she didn't listen. "But the pharaohs were living representations of the gods. Why wouldn't that be a good thing?" Atem then got up and snapped. "I'M NOT A GOD! I AM JUST AS HUMAN AS YOU!" With that he stormed off, leaving Kyo and Set with a stunned look on their faces.
A day passed and Kyo was talking to Carter. "So…is Atem willing to train with me today?" Carter sighed. "Kyo really? Why not ask him, I'm sure he's still willing to train you." Kyo sighed at Carters answer. "I don't think he will." Carter looked up at Kyo and saw the worried look in her face. "Uh oh…you pissed him off didn't you?" Kyo let out a sharp breath of air and gave an annoyed pout. "He was the one who threw a hissy fit! All I said was that his family issues were probably not as bad as the one I had. I mean how bad can a royal family be? It's not like they had money issues or had to worry about bills and food and having to worry about whether you father is alive and having a mother who died in an asylum. UHG! YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T EVEN FEEL LIKE TRAINING NOW BECAUSE HE IS MAKING SUCH A BIG FUSS ABOUT THIS!" Kyo then quickly grew quiet as she could feel a pair of eyes glaring at her. She turned and saw that Atem was walking by when she made her comment. His eyes were cold daggers that were slicing into her very soul. "Uh…" Kyo looked away in a panic. "Holy shit! He's going to murder me in my sleep!" Looking back in Atem's direction she could see that his eyes were still angry looking. But there was something else that Kyo couldn't comprehend. Shame? What would Atem be ashamed about? "YOU KNOW WHAT…I AM SORRY ATEM CAITO! I OBVIOUSLY OFFENDED YOU AND NOW I MUST SAY THAT I AM SORRY!" Atem looked surprised at Kyo's outburst. "Kyo what the hell is all the yelling for?"
"I didn't know if you could hear me through that thick skull of yours." Atem blushed then started to laugh. Kyo didn't know what to think of his sudden burst of laughter. "What is so funny?"
"Kyo…th…that was the most sudden and unexpected apologies I had ever received. Frankly I shouldn't have gotten too upset. You don't know how my family works and I got angry because I hated being put in that high standard of being perfect just because I am of royal blood but honestly I have what my other mother would say poor breeding." Kyo frowned at Atem's words. "Other mother? Poor breeding? Why would anyone say those things? What is that anyway Poor breeding?" Atem shifted as he tried to think of a good way to explain what he meant. He sat Kyo down and sighed. "You might want to sit down for this…it's a fairly long story."
