Atemu's Queen: woo!!! More reviews!!!

Yami: ::reads off paper:: I would like to give my thanks to Matsu Shindou, Coffeelover815, Mitsune, Black mage of sea 13, Pharaoh's Angel, Otita's Girl, and also cwthewolf!!!

Atemu's Queen: thank you so much!!!!! ::sniffs::

Yami: ……………..

Atemu's Queen: ahem….Yami? Disclaimer?

Yami: oh!! Atemu's Queen of Egypt does not own yu-gi-oh.

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Atem kindly escorted Rena to the garden where Mana was. She was standing by a tree that bore beautiful fruit on its branches. It was obvious that she wanted to have a taste of it. She noticed Atemu and Rena, so she waved to them, and they waved back to her.

Mana, called out to them, "Rena! Prince! Over here!"

Atem and Rena ran to Mana. Mana was smiling like always. You would hardly see her upset. Mana then turned to the tree, and tried to reach for some fruit. Atemu noticed that she was to short to reach the branches, so he pulled one off for her.

"Here you go Mana." Said Atem as he gave the fruit to her.

Mana was filled with thanks, "Thank you prince!!"

Just then another young boy walked into the garden. It was another good friend of Atem, Rena and Mana. It was Mahado. [He looks like the Dark Magician] Ever since Atemu's birth, he has always been a loyal and faithful servant. But most of all, he was a close friend.

"Ah, Mahado!" greeted Atem.

"Prin…"

Suddenly, Mahado's mind was drawn to something else. He stared at the tree. For a moment, he noticed something was moving in one of the branches. Mana stared at Mahado with wonder. She thought he was acting very strange. Rena also wondered what was on Mahado's mind.

"Mr. Mahado?" asked Rena, "What is it??"

Mahado finally had a clear view of what lay hidden in the trees. It was a deadly poisonous serpent. It was about to attack the young prince. "Prince!!" cried Mahado. He darted for the serpent and got bit on the arm. He saved his prince, but his body payed the price of protecting him.

"Mahado!!" cried Atem, "Are you all right??"

Mahado felt a sharp pain in his arm. The poison was quickly penetrating his body. It drove him to become very numb. Atemu ran to Mahado's side.

"Mahado, give me your arm."

Mahado obeyed his prince, and gave Atem his arm. Atem looked at wound on Mahado's arm, and placed it by his mouth. He began sucking the poison out of Mahado's body.

"Prince what are you doing?" asked Mahado, "Why is a future pharaoh such as yourself helping one of your own servants?"

Atemu looked up at Mahado and explained to him, "Blood is running through your veins, am I not correct? You see, there is also blood running through my veins as well. Even if I am a prince, and you are an apprentice magician, we are still the same."

"Prince….thank you…"

It took about five minutes for Atem to get all the poison out of Mahado's system. After all that mess, the four of them took a walk around the palace. For Rena, walking through the palace was like a grand tour of her work space. They spent the rest of the late afternoon in the Prince's chamber. The chamber itself was a fairly large space for a young seven year old prince. It was large enough to fit two families from the Servant's Sanctuary.

The four friends were out on the Prince's balcony, looking out towards the distance. The evening sky lit up the sky with a blaze of crimson orange. If you were to look at the city from the balcony, it would look as if the city itself would be engulfed in flames. Rena never saw anything like it.

"Wow…its pretty…" said Rena.

"You don't get to see the sun set from this view from the Servant's Sanctuary, do you Rena?" asked Atem.

"No. All I see from the sanctuary is a sky of crimson orange." Said Rena.

"Well, Rena, now you've seen the sunset from a great view!!" said Mana.

"Now that your in the service of the prince," said Mahado, "You can always see a sunset just like this."

"You can all come up here anytime you like." Said Atem.

"Really?" asked Mana.

"I'm sure my father wouldn't mind." Said Atem.

Mana, Rena, and Mahado smiled. Then they all just stared at the fiery horizon. Letting all thoughts of doubt and sorrow just drift away from their minds. After the sun went down and all went dark, Mana and Mahado left together to attain to their evening duties; which leaves the prince and the servant. The horizon of fire had dispersed, only to be replaced by the twilight of the night sky.

"Rena, lets go inside, its getting cold out here." Said Atem.

Rena nodded and went inside with the royal prince. All of a sudden, Rena began to ponder about the priest she saw earlier that day, Akunadin. He seemed to know her mother, Yukina, fairly well. She could never forget that cold look he had on his face.

"Prince Atem…" said Rena, "Do you know anything about the Priest Akunadin?"

"I know a little about him." Said Atem, "My father told me he was ordained a priest when my father became pharaoh. I've heard he keeps his hood up all the time to hide that strange, golden eye of his."

"Oh I see."

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. The both of them to see whom it was. They then found a amiable Miu waiting patiently.

"Aunt Miu!!" greeted Rena. She immediately hugged her beloved aunt.

"Hi there, Miss Miu." Greeted Atem with a bow.

"Oh I almost forgot!! Prince Atem, the pharaoh is sending Mahado to escort you to the dining hall. He will be arriving shortly." Said Miu, "I also came here to pick up my niece."

"Ah of course." Said Atem, he then turned to Rena, "Rena I now dismiss you for tonight. Good night to the both of you."

Rena bowed to her prince and said, "Thank you prince, good night to you too."

Miu and Rena left the chamber.