The last few days of..........wait.........soz......i dont own Yugioh or any of the characters in my stories apart from the girl in this one.....

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Akunadin's Promise>>>>>>

Atem took a breath and held his head high, it this was Akunadin approaching then it would be a fight that that uncle of his wont forget.

As the steps grew louder he braced himself.

"Come!" gasped the girl taking his hand. "We must hide you!"

She pulled him towards another concealed room.

"This temple's full of these hidden places." stammered the prince.

"Shhh!" the girl interrupted. "You can stay here. This is my room." she whispered checking behind her.

"But if Akunadin comes in and sees me he'll get angry with you as well."

"Don't worry. That old priest would never come in here." she smiled. "Just don't touch anything or make any loud noises, he's very agitated now days anything could set him off."

Atem nodded. She turned to leave but the prince took hold of her hand. They stood in silence for what seemed an eternity.

Akunadin could see the evidence of the Priestess' work, she should have been waiting by the alter.

He looked around with his good eye and approached the statue of Hathor. The millennium eye had been self placed in his left eye socket; no one really knew why he had caused himself so much aggravation.

He was unhappy, Seto had just challenged his authority. The girl was what he needed to see.

"Aurelia!" he called.

In her room Atem released her hand and let his eyes bid the farewell.

"Aurelia!" called Akunadin again, harsher and full of impatiens this time.

"I'm coming." she answered him.

Although they had only known each other for a short amount of time, prince and virgin priestess felt a strange connection. It was almost like the threads of destiny had begun to weave their futures together.

With a slow and oddly heart wrenching turn, Aurelia left her concealed room.

Akunadin was standing by the Alter. "I should have you whipped for you lazyness." he snarled as she approached him.

Atem peeped through a small opening in the door. He could clearly see Aurelia's Back and Akunadin's face.

"I am sorry Akunadin." said Aurelia calmly.

Akunadin pursed his lips and frowned. The girl walked right passed him and knelt to prey.

"Aurelia, where were you?" asked the high priest glancing to her point of origin.

"I was in my room." she said after along silence.

For a split second, Atem believed that Akunadin could see him.

"What where you doing?"

"Sorting out a fresh robe. I had spilt the liquid incense on my previous one." she lied glancing at him. "I was getting dizzy from the strong smell."

Akunadin stared at her for a while and said nothing, but was content on her answer. He stood behind her and tenderly pulled Aurelia to her feet. The priestess shook him off her shoulders and stepped forward.

"Remember your Promise." she said.

Akunadin harshly turned her to face him. He forced her body close to his, she gave a cry of protest.

Atem stood up so fast that he got a head rush and fell back down.

Aurelia heard him fall thankfully Akunadin hadn't. She risked a glance towards her room as the man began to slowly squeeze the air out of her.

"It is my promise.. I can brake it whenever I want." he said, Aurelia could tell by the way his voice quivered he was trying to hold back his real anger.

"That would mean your weak." she wheezed slightly. "To resist temptation till the due time would prove a strong heart." she took a desparate breath. "but braking your promise would be a sign of weakness."

Akunadin stopped crushing her but didn't let her go. He pulled her hood back to reveal her face.

From Atem's angle he couldn't see what she looked like but a long tail of black hair fell down her back. It was held up by a golden band with many golden twits and braids mixed with the black silky like waves.

"Aurelia." sighed Akunadin taking her face in his hands. "I am strong. There is only 3 more moons till that time when I can do more than look at you."

Aurelia palled away and faced the statue. 'I'll kill myself first.' she told herself.

"Don't try and hide you thoughts from me." snarled Akunadin slapping Aurelia across the face, she fell to the floor. "With the power of my eye I can read them clearly. If you wish to end you life I will take you now!"

Atem was about to rush to Aurelia's rescue when Mana materialized in the room to his left. He went to cry out but cupped his mouth and tried to remain quiet.

Mana looked about the room. Her blue eyes excited but then she must have realised she was in the wrong place. She noticed Atem and opened her mouth to start talking. Atem put his other hand over her mouth and signalled to be quiet. He pulled her to the corner of the room. He never saw a wine vase and so he kicked it against the wall. It smashed and quiet loudly.

Akunadin had hold of Aurelia's arm, he glance back, the priestess cursed.

"What are you hiding?" he asked as he pulled her along towards the door.

Aurelia tried to pull away but the old mans strength was surprising.

Just before Akunadin reached out for the curtain, Mana burst through. Surprising both of them.

"Akunadin!" she cried flinging her arms out to hug him.

The priest backed away.

"The Pharaoh is looking for Prince Atem. Have you seen him?" asked the bubbly young woman.

"No I haven't."

"How about you Aurelia?"

"You know I'm not allowed outside Mana." she replied.

Atem's jaw dropped, 'How come Mana knows about her?' he asked himself. 'Then Mahado and Isis know as well. They really keep secrets.'

Mana looked at Akunadin. She had obviously heard about the incident with Seto. A small smile began to form on her face. She squinted slightly and then placed her hands behind her back.

The High priest guessed what she was smiling about.

The temple door opened again and Isis the older and more experienced Priestess came in. She was in a white robe and around her neck was the millennium necklace.

"Akunadin, the Pharaoh requires and audience with you." she said looking at every one and noticed Aurelia's reddened cheek. "The Babylonian ambassadors are here, but the pharaoh can't understand them. You can be a translator." Isis frowned and glared at Akunadin. "Mana! Mahado is looking for you." she added a little more calmly.

Mana nodded. "I know."

Isis looked unimpressed. "Akunadin I suggest you get there as soon as possible." she said more demandingly.

The old man looked down at Aurelia, she stared up a him. With an angry sigh he turned and stormed out of the Temple.

"Aurelia are you hurt?" asked Mana helping the girl to her feet.

"Not as bad as last month." smiled Aurelia.

"Mana if I where you I would find Mahado. He's in a bit of a mood, he said Atem had said something that made him rather uncomfortable." said Isis.

'I knew it!' Atem thought. 'After all these years Mahado does care for Mana.'

"Ok Isis. Listen Aurelia, if you ever want me to whip Akunadin's butt just let me know. I'll show that perverted priest what a girl high on magic can do." said Mana triumphantly thrusting her hip to the side and punching the air.

Aurelia laughed and put her hood back on. "Ok. I'll let you know."

Mana hugged the girl and kissed her on the cheek.

"Get outta here!" said Aurelia pushing her away.

"See ya!" waved the energetic sorceress .

Isis waited till Mana had gone, she sighed and hugged Aurelia as well.

"Listen I'm going to have words with the Pharaoh. It's about you." said Isis. "I don't think you should remain here. It may be bad for your health. You will become my apprentice and so live outside with the rest of us, you'll be free."

Aurelia was quiet but her eyes where full of hope.

"I should go too. The banquet needs all hands." smiled the gentle woman, she turned to leave and took several steps before stopping. "Oh yeah when your done. Can you tell Atem to get over to the main palace and see his father."

Atem slapped his forehead.

"Ok." said Aurelia with a giggle.

Isis left and once again the temple was quiet.

Aurelia placed a hand on her burning cheek and slumped her shoulders.

"So…………….." said Atem close behind her.

Just like before, Aurelia jumped and turned to face him.

"Your name is Aurelia?…..it's a pretty name." said Atem.

"Thanks. Are you done? Because you need to see your father."

"Not quite. Remember the promise?" asked Atem wagging a finger at her.

"Promise?"

"Yep. A promise."

"What…." began Aurelia but Atem rested his finger on her lips to silence her.

He pulled up her chin and pushed his face towards hers. Quickly and gently the prince stole a kiss.

"That wasn't a part of the promise." whispered Aurelia as he pulled away.

"No it wasn't but hay….what ya gonna do?"

"I could scream and claim you had wished to take me."

"Like they could do anything."

"While I belong to Akunadin they can."

Atem looked worried.

"A promise is a promise." said Aurelia pulling down her hood.

The prince was slightly surprised but yet pleased with what he saw. Pale skin, unlike his own, but he had already guessed that by her hands. Aurelia was almost alien to the Egyptian race. Instead of dark eyes she had a deep amber colour. Though Atem had purple and Seto had blue, hers was almost unheard of.

"You're very….." began Atem but he felt he wasn't that romantic. "Wired looking." he sighed hopelessly.

Aurelia was taken back and she frowned. "You don't talk to many girls do you?"

"I do but not like this."

The girl had raised an eyebrow.

Atem bit his lip and noticed the hand mark on her face. He reached out and touched it.

"Does it hurt bad?"

"No." came her reply. "I'll be fine really; I don't know why you care! You hardly know me." she put her back towards him. "You really should go. I think if it would be best if you never came back to this place when its closed. The chance that you and I might have together is near impossible."

"Who said I'd want to have a future with you." blurted out Atem.

Aurelia flinched. "Fine! Just get out." she snapped hiding her hurt. "Your just a snobby prince and you're a player."

"We haven't even had a relationship, how could I have played you?" demanded Atem.

"Do you remember I told you that I wasn't allowed to reveal my face until a certain event had taken place?"

"Yes!"

"What I didn't say was that I was only allowed to reveal it to one person. That person must have never known about me and I was shown in a dream who it was, that person was to bring my freedom" said Aurelia not looking at him, her voice and bottom lip quivered. "It was you."

She waited for Atem reply, there was a long moment of silence then all she heard where footsteps.

'He's leaving.' she thought. 'He really doesn't care. I thought my dream was a vision. Maybe it was just a fantasy." Aurelia almost broke down but felt Atem's arms encircle her.

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There is alittle more to this chapterbut if people want to see it email me or review saying you would like to see the little bit extra.

BUt anyhow, what is this strange blossoming relationship between two people who have just met, is love at first sight or was i running out of ideas for this part of the story.......you decide...