Chapter 9
{In the Study}
Seto had been so engrossed in the document in his hands that he didn't even hear Atem's entry into the room or when he had stood behind him.
'What is he looking at?' Atem, with an amused look, stood behind him as he gazed at the paper.
"Hmm?" Seto felt someone behind him and turned around to look ... "AH!"
"Ah?!"
The two were surprised by the other at the same time. Seto was surprised because he hadn't expected to see Atem's face and Atem was surprised by the sudden yell from Seto.
"You ... why were you standing behind me?" Seto asked, patting his chest. 'You nearly scared me to death ...'
"I ... I only wanted to see what you were looking at ... Who asked you to abruptly yell like that ..." 'I was the one who was nearly scared to death by you ...'
Atem felt the same uneasiness as the pair stood still for a long while. In the end it was Atem who broke the silence. "What were you looking at?" He picked up the paper that Seto had dropped in his shock.
" ... Nothing ... Now give it back." Seto tried to take it back but Atem took a step back from him.
'These details are?!' Atem's eyes widened.
"You wouldn't understand it ... give it back to me." Seto snatched the paper away.
Atem asked, surprised, "You're so young but you're already studying magic?!"
'What?! How did she know that this is about magic?!' Seto's surprise was just as great as Atem's. He held the paper as he responded, "You can read these characters?!"
"Uh ..." He thought, 'I'm finished ... those are written in the official style ... commoners aren't supposed to be able to read them ...'
"Tell me!" Seto continued to ask.
' ... I don't have any other choice ...' Abruptly, Atem turned around to run from the study.
"Wait!" Seto chased after him. 'The power I felt from her was odd already ...' he thought. 'Now she can understand the characters written on this paper ... that means ...' In a quick flash of movement, he had grabbed a hold of Atem's clothes. 'She is most certainly not a commoner!' This is what his intuition told him.
"Let me go!" Atem began to struggle to free himself, and in a moment of carelessness, RIP! The sounds of clothes ripping were heard ...
'Ah?!' Both of them inwardly voiced the same surprise, especially Seto because he was the one who shredded Atem's clothing.
'Ra!' Seto was extremely embarrassed, but he took a cautious look and ... 'What?! How could this be?! How is this possible?!' He couldn't believe what his eyes told him.
'I'm finished ... I've been discovered ...' Atem didn't feel encouraged by what these turn of events.
"You ... you're a man?!"
{In the Study}
"You're saying ... that you're the eldest Princess ... Eh ... the Crown Prince?" Seto spoke after listening to Atem's explanation.
"That's right ... I never thought that after leaving the palace, so many amusing things would happen to me ..."
"Then what are you planning to do?" Seto sat at his desk. "You can't be staying at my place forever."
"I know that ... but I really don't want to go back there ..." 'I'll have to dress as a female again ... I won't do it ...'
'This guy ... don't tell me he wants to live here with me.' Seto thought, a bit displeased. He suddenly thought of a good idea. 'It may just work ...' "Hey!"
"What?"
"Do you want to regain your status as the Crown Prince?" Seto asked.
"Aren't you speaking of the obvious here?" Atem glared at him. 'You're supposed to be Priest Meti's grandson. Act like it.'
"If we were to do this ..." Seto begin to detail his plan to Atem.
"Hey! This sounds pretty good." Atem was interested. "But what should I do?" He asked.
Seto laughed. "Hehehe, you'll have to find 'him'."
"... Do you mean ...?" 'Can it be ...'
Atem had an idea as to the identity of that person when Seto dragged him out of the residence. "Let's go look for that guy. Don't worry. My grandfather is easy to lie to."
"You ... it's your grandfather's misfortune to have a grandson like you ..."
Author's Corner:
Youlan: This chapter signifies the entry for the main point for this story ... Ah! The ending seems so odd ...
Pharaoh: It seems that the day for me regaining my true identity is fast approaching.
Seto: (looking at the script) ... Why does this story need to be so complicated ...
Youlan: It's a response to the audience's request. Ah! (Suddenly, a copy of the script flies over)
Yami Youlan: ... Stop shifting blame ... it's obvious that you're trying to drag out the story ...
Posted on August 25, 2004.