Chapter Ten: I'll Worship You Forever
POV: Atem
Seito laughed as his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon roared in triumph.
"You have no more options, Atem. My Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon can destroy your Dark Paladin with one blast. You might as well surrender and save yourself the embarrassment of losing officially to my great beast."
I hung my head.
Seito was right. I was going to lose in this turn unless Seito doesn't attack me, which would be near to impossible in reasoning.
I sighed.
I suppose it wouldn't be so bad if I lost. Seito was always better in politics than I was...he probably could be a better Pharaoh too. And it wasn't like there was anyone who needed me...Jou had family, and Suzu...
I felt a lump in my throat as I thought of her.
She couldn't care less about me right now...
Maybe I should just surrender...
POV: Sahara
I appeared with Horus in the middle of the Shadow Realm, and in the middle of a duel.
There, dueling against each other, were two men.
One was wearing blue robes and holding a golden rod. He had dark brown hair falling handsomely into his face and framing his cold blue eyes and broad smirk. Behind him stood a large three-headed blue and white dragon.
The other had spiky tri-colored hair and bright gold bangs that had a golden crown laying in it, and blazing crimson eyes that held hopelessness and brokenness. Around his neck was a upside down golden pyramid, and in front of him was a magician wearing a blue green outfit and holding a blue-green magic staff.
I looked at my brother.
"Are those two duelists Seito and Atem?" I asked him.
Horus nodded.
"Seito is the one with the dragon," he told me.
I looked again at Seito. He did look very much like how someone with his personality would look. His eyes shone with triumph, and they were doorways to a cold and calculating soul within.
I then looked at the other side of the dueling arena and Atem, and felt myself blush. I knew Atem was kind and warm, but I never knew he was so handsome...
I looked at Horus again.
"Should I...?"
Horus smiled.
"Go on ahead," he replied.
I smiled back at my brother, before stepping forward.
POV: Seito
"ATEM!" came a voice from near the arena.
I froze.
Suzuki?
I turned, and instead of the blind-deaf girl I knew, there was a goddess.
She had white cat ears, fur, and a tail, and falling down her shoulders was silky strands of brown hair. Her eyes flashed blue, filled with knowledge and wisdom.
But yet, she still had this aura of innocence I found very familiar...
But it couldn't be...
POV: Atem
I stared at the goddess.
She was so beautiful...
But everything about her was so familiar...her aura, her voice...but most of all was her eyes. There was only one person I knew with that eye color.
"Suzu?" I whispered, "Suzu, is that you?"
The cat goddess nodded, smiling as silent tears went down her face.
"Yeah. It's me."
Without thinking, I ran over to her and embraced her.
"Oh, Suzu..." I said softly, feeling like I could be eaten alive by a crocodile and still die happy.
But she hugged me back.
"Atem..." she whispered, 'I'm so sorry..."
"No, no," I soothed her as she cried into my shoulder, "I'm the one who should be sorry, I never should've lied to you..."
"ATEM!"
I looked up at Seito, whose eyes were cold.
"By the rules of Shadow Realm duels, anyone who leaves the dueling area automatically surrenders...so I suppose you surrender?"
POV: Sahara
Atem looked at me, and then at Seito.
"No, cousin," the young Pharaoh whispered, "This duel is not over until it's over...and I will be the victor."
He smirked as he got back up on the dueling arena. "I suggest you look after your dragon, because my Dark Paladin is ready to take it down!"
"Impossible!" Seito snapped, "Your Paladin couldn't even scratch my dragon! Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack the Dark Paladin and win me Atem's kingdom!"
The dragon attacked, and I held my breath.
Please Ra, don't make Atem lose this duel...
"I reveal my facedown card, De-fusion!" Atem yelled, "This magic card splits up your Ultimate Dragon into the three dragons it first was!"
Seito's eyes widened in horror. "That cancels out the attack...and since the Dark Paladin gains attack points for every dragon on the field..."
"It's now the strongest monster in play!" Atem finished for his cousin with a smirk, "Dark Paladin, destroy Seito's dragons with your mighty scepter!"
The Dark Paladin attacked, and Seito's lifepoints went down to zero.
"You lose, cousin," Atem whispered.
Seito fell to his knees, looking shaken and filled with disbelief. "I...lost...?"
I, however, ran to Atem and hugged him. He hugged me back, before picking me up and swinging me around, both of us laughing and crying all at the same time.
After our little round of relief and joy, Atem looked into my eyes seriously.
"But I don't understand, Suzu..." he whispered, "What made you look like this?"
"I might be able to answer that."
I looked back at my brother as he stepped forward, smiling slightly.
"H-Horus?" Atem was shocked. "The God Horus?"
Horus laughed. "No need to be so formal, Atem," he said with a grin, "I'm not that old."
Atem stared.
"W-what?"
His eyes then widened.
"Taro?"
Horus smiled, before turning into his human form and back.
"That's right," my brother granted, "I'm the God Horus, and my sister, who you know as Suzu, is the long forgotten goddess of innocence, Sahara."
"Sahara?" Atem repeated, before looking at me. "You mean...you're a goddess?"
I nodded. "I didn't know until Horus told me...I didn't even know I was born part feline..."
Atem laughed. "Cats are holy, so I shall worship you for the rest of my life, dear Sahara."
I glared playfully at his sarcasm. "No, really?" she teased.
Atem nuzzled my cheek, and I shivered slightly at the odd feeling it gave me. It made me feel so...whole...so content...
"No, really," Atem said softly.
I loved it when he talked like that...his voice went deep into the back of his throat, making his words sound caring...deep...loving...
Atem nuzzled his nose against my own cat nose. "I'll worship you forever, beautiful, holy Sahara."
"Atem..." I whispered.
I didn't quite know what these feelings meant, and I didn't know what Atem was doing, but I barely cared.
Atem drew closer, and before I knew what was happening, his lips met mine.
He kissed me.
And you know what?
A second later, I kissed back.
Kitty: That's it!
Yugi: (shiny eyed) Aw...
Lina, Bakura, Noa, Marik and Yami: (mirroring Yugi's expression)
Kitty: R&R, peoples!