Secrets in Thebes- A Long Awaited Meeting

CHNY: Sorry it took so long, I was trying to bring this story back where it was supposed to be going, but it didn't want to. You see, originally, this story was supposed to explain some gaps in the flashbacks in my first Yugioh story, FLBD (Don't read it! It sucks... And all the hikari's get hurt. I dunno what I was thinking.) But it has a life of its own. Chibi Khalid Muse, Disclaim. Now.

CKM: CHYN does not own Yugioh or Thebes. She thinks she owns Burkyna and Makyra, but she isn't sure. She knows she owns her head, and her ideas...

CHNY: Right!

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The weeks passed slowly. Signs circulated the city with pictures of Khalid, now dubbed Bakuru'runa, and Burkyna. But they stayed low at Kuru Eruna, and no one recognized them, for they had worn disguises. They didn't see Atemu, Makyra, or Khiseki, because they were stuck at the palace. Malik stopped by occasionally, to get food for his family and to talk.

The only people who would have realized what was happening were cut off from Khalid. So no one noticed the increase of Shadow Magic around him, or the evilness on his person. That is, until the night that corrupted destiny.

Makyra and the princes were once again at Mahado's side, but they were soon going to attend a council meeting. Not long ago Makyra and Mana had gained the right to sit in on the councils. This would be the first Mahado had attended since that night.

Burkyna and Malik were at Isis', getting an herb for Malik's brother. Burkyna had tagged along because Khalid had told her to. So no one accompanied Khalid to the gates of the palace. He didn't even know what he was doing there, he just felt compelled to be there. Then he felt himself being pulled gently out of 'control' and became a bystander in his own body.

He felt the need to take revenge on the Pharaoh, and now. He thought he had taken care of his hate when Atemu had told him that his father, the Pharaoh had no idea what exactly the Sennen spell had entailed. But it all came rushing back, and he was immediately in 'dangerous mode'. He knocked out the guards by the gate, with just his Shadow Magic, and stalked angrily through the corridors of the Royal Palace. Soon he came upon the doors to the council. He did not know that the council was meeting, but went there all the same.

Khalid flung open the doors madly and stepped into the dim light of the council hall. He immediately noticed Makyra, Atemu, and Khiseki, and for a moment, his resolve broke down and he almost turned and fled. But the thief in him made him stay, and the resolve came back as strong as ever. Several of the others in the hall gasped, including the fool who had possessed the Sennen Ring before him.

They all had recognized him, and the sane part of him realized that from this time on, there was no turning back. The Pharaoh yelled, "Seize him, guards!" But Khalid, or Bakuru'runa simply sent them to the Shadow Realm without a second thought.

Then Atemu stood abruptly and said, "Khalid, or Bakura, or whatever you have named yourself, what business you have with the royal family, take out upon us instead of upon our guards. Were you not satisfied with what you have already taken? The Ring, the trust of one whom so foolishly befriended you? Khiseki, Makyra, and I extended our hands, hands, knowing who and what you were, wished to forge a friendship with you. Were we but fools, to trust one such as you?"

With his speech delivered, he turned to Khiseki, who nodded sadly, and turned to Makyra, who's eyes widened as she whispered her assent. Khalid laughed.

"Who are you to talk of such things, son of the Pharaoh? You knew as well as I that there was no friendship between us! We are enemies. You father smote my family, so I shall smite him and his offspring. Yes, I shall smite you! I may be unaided physically, but in the Shadows, I am more powerful than you could possibly imagine!"

Everyone else in the room seemed to shrink away as Atemu said quietly, "But you said we would be friends until one of us was dead." Soon after he spoke, three figures burst into the room. Two were Burkyna and Malik, but the other, the other was a woman whom had never stepped foot into the Palace, but was brethen to all in the vincity. She was, yes, the seventh Sennen priest or priestess. She spoke, her lyrical voice filling the hall.

"This is not the age for us to interfere, Pharaoh. Let the children resolve this, for they are the cause, and they are destined to fix the mistakes they have made. For this Bakura, as Atemu has put it, is one of them, and like my predecessor, they must fix their mistake and be cast out for it, because they know naught else. If you take nothing from my speech, that is fine, but I pray you, do not interfere!

Malik and Burkyna took their places next to Khiseki and Makyra. In sync, they closed their eyes and began weaving a spell none of them knew they could use. They wove a spell of compassion, using each of their kaas in the process. Atemu with his holy dragon, Osiris. Khiseki with his swordsman, Neo. Makyra with her destroyer, Executioner. Malik with his metal beast, Zoa. Burkyna with her game board, Oujiki.

Bakura had watched the spectacle, then summoned his own beast, a golden dragon known as Diabound. He waved his arm, signaling an attack, and the dragon obliged.

There was a flash as everything the six knew faded away.

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They awoke, standing in a circle, lines from each of their feet connecting to someone else's, forming a star, and a circle. Each wanted to move, but felt they couldn't. Their kaas floated in the center of the circle, surveying each of them, almost as if judging them. But then each Shadow Being drifted off, leaving Osiris alone in the center. Soon, two gods joined him. Ammit, goddess of the dead, and Anubis, god of the dead.

A man followed them awkwardly, carrying ankh, a feather, and a set of scales. Anubis motioned towards Atemu. A magician was standing behind him, his face slightly resembling Mahado.

The mysterious man stepped towards the future Pharaoh, and bowing slightly, placed the feather on the scales. Atemu slumped down, his heart appearing on the opposite side of the feather. Before he could move, the magician grabbed him and held him up, supporting him as his destiny was decided. The scales balanced, and Atemu's soul returned to his 'body'.

The man then moved on to Khiseki, bowing again as he repeated the process, but instead of Mahado holding him, it was a girl with a resemblance to Mana. He was judged, and the man moved on again. He judged Bakura, Malik, and Makyra each in turn, before coming to a complete circle at Atemu.

Then Anubis spoke. "Now your destinies shall be revealed. Atemu, you shall be locked in a golden pyramid, attached to the sky instead of the land, your name lost to the sands of forever. Thief, your true name shall also disappear, replaced by the name of your village, and you shall take residence in the cursed item around your neck. Mana and Mahado, you have chosen your fate. One to follow his master, the other to follow her teacher. Malik, you shall be split by insanity, but live out your days in calmness now. Khiseki, Makyra, and Burkyna, you shall go back to your time, and live till you must be judged again. The verdict now shall be the verdict later, but you must wait. You are all being dispersed, but your bond as friends shall remain after the sands in the hourglass of time has run out. Too much Shadow blood is bad for a place, so scatter like the wind."

He waved his hand, and Ammit touched Malik, Makyra, Burkyna, and Khiseki, and they disappeared with a flash. Then the remaining humans felt the shadows tearing at their souls, wearing them thin until they were nothing without golden items that eluded even the most stealthy thief.

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Okay! This actually wasn't supposed to happen until chapter ten, but I got a bit ahead of myself...

Atemu: Big role, right. I died, or whatever. But I did get a nice speech...

CHNY: Bai-bai!