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POV Tamara
I just gaped at him, staring stupidly. How did he know my name? How could he have been expecting me? I slowly turned around, and looked at Jou disbelievingly.
"Jou, you traitor!" I spat at him venomously. It was the first thing that occurred my mind, and I didn't remember that it was really High Priest Seto.
"I… it wasn't me!" Jou cried desperately, "I swear! It was Seto! Remember? You said you saw him yourself!"
The white haired man was laughing, a cold, hard laugh.
I shifted my venomous gaze to him, directing all my anger at him.
"The dog is right," Bakura said, still laughing, "He is not the traitor. Seto is. High Priest Seto."
He paused for a second, then said smirking, "Oh, and so sorry about your boyfriend. I guess Seto ruined it, didn't he?"
I was so filled with hate and anger that I lunged for him, but Jou held me back.
"Ya don't know wha' he's gonna do, so just be careful! Don' mess with him, I'm telling ya this from experience."
I looked into those dark brown eyes of his, and nodded my head. Suddenly, Seto stepped out of the shadows as if from nowhere.
Jou narrowed his eyes, and let go of me. He gave Seto such a look of hatred, that it far outstripped my own.
"Why did you do this? What will you gain from betraying your cousin? Revenge? Are you doing to avenge Kisara?" Jou asked Seto poisonously.
Seto then shook his head. He stared at me with his cold, blue eyes, then looked at Jou.
"No, servant, I am doing this to bring Kisara back." Seto said coldly, tauntingly.
It was Jou's turn to lunge, but I held him back like he did to me.
"Sometimes, it hurts more not to." I whispered in his ear.
Jou just gave me a dirty look and faced Seto again.
"Bring Kisara back? It's impossible. You don't have that kind of power." Jou said, this time smirking.
Seto just continued to look at Jou with his frigid eyes and said, "I don't, but Bakura does."
Bakura stood up strait again, because he was examining his nails while we were arguing.
"Yes, it is quite possible." Bakura said with his evil smile, looking at me with his dark brown eyes.
"How?" Jou spat angrily.
Bakura just continued to smile, and said, "You will find out soon enough."
POV Atem
A servant entered the room where I was staring at my ruby sword, and while sheathing it, he said, "Your h-highness, th-there is a p-problem…"
The servant was stuttering so hard, that I barely understood him.
"What is it?" I asked impatiently.
"T-the camels… w-were found all s-slaughtered in their s-stables."
He seemed so afraid, that I decided not to yell.
"Fine." I said grumpily, "In fact, better. First, get me the fastest horse available in the stables. If their aren't any, buy it from the trader for any price that he asks. Second, send out a search party. It's time to go."
The servant stumbled out of the room, tripping on his feet. When he was out, I unsheathed the sword again, and stared at it, its blade almost touching my nose.
"This is for you, Tamara," I whispered quietly.
POV Tamara
Jou just gaped at Bakura, then said angrily, "What kind of response is tha'? Just tell us, you white haired manure bag!"
Bakura stared at Jou as if he hadn't heard a word he had said, until Jou said, "I've had enough of this. Guards, arrest him!"
"NO!" I screamed at the top of my voice.
"Yes." Bakura said wickedly. All of a sudden, the tomb turned into a black hole with swirling purple streaks in it. My head felt dizzy, and I barely could keep myself standing.
"No…"The guards then began to yell frantically, as the inky blackness sucked them in, one by one. Jou and I stood there, horrified at the scene.
"Now it's your turn." Bakura said evilly, facing Jou. Jou turned around, wide eyed in fright, as the blackness started to suck him in.
"NO! Jou!" I faced Bakura, my hair covering my face messily.
"You! What did you do to him?" I screamed at him, anger filling me.
"Now, now, Tamara, don't cheat on your little boyfriend," Bakura said coolly, "I don't think he'd want you to love the likes of him."
I was so angry, I couldn't speak. I just glared at Bakura, while he was just smirking and glaring right back.
"You… why are you doing this? Seto is doing this for Kisara, but you are doing it for your own selfish reason. Is this how you get what you want? By hurting others? Is it?" I spat angrily at him. My feelings were trapped inside me, and I let them all out with an angry scream.
Bakura just watched me suffer, howling, and had a look of pity in his eyes.
"You're letting all the dark feelings out of you Tamara," Bakura said gently, "You don't belong with Atem. You belong as a thief, a conniving snake that lies, cheats and steals. You belong with me."
Bakura lend out his hand to help me up, and I stared at it confusedly.
'Is it true? Am I truly evil? I don't deserve Atem. Maybe Bakura is right… Atem is the pharaoh of all Egypt, and I'm… a liar, cheater and stealer. Maybe I do belong with him… as a thief…'
I was so confused. I stared blankly at his hand, with black purple flames licking the ground around me.
'Follow your heart.'
A voice what seemed to be in my mind was talking to me.
'Follow your heart, brave warrior'I started to reach for Bakura's hand…
POV Jou
'Where am I?'
I got up from the black ground, my whole body aching. I held my head, trying to remember what had happened, when it hit me. Tamara! Is she alright? Where's Atem? Where am I? Then I remembered how I had been sucked into the black hole. I felt like all the happy feelings were being sucked out of me, leaving all of the miserable feelings. (A/N: Like the dementors!) Flashbacks of bad memories were racing through my head, one after the other. I held me head to my hands, trying to make them go away.
"Stop it… leave me alone…" I started to moan, "No, don't make me remember that… stop it… STOP IT!"
I started to roll around the ground unable to control what I was thinking about.
'Don't let the shadows overcome you' a gentle voice said in my mind.
Suddenly, my mind began o clear up. I began to fight back, overcome the shadows in my mind.
"Keep fighting brave warrior. Fight for Tamara and Atem. Keep fighting.'
The blackness began to withdraw, and light filled the room. Everything was clear, then I realized I was in another room of the tomb, and I dashed for the main room.
'Hold on Tamara.' I thought silently 'Hold on'
POV Atem
Soon enough, I was dashing on the fastest horse in Arabia, to the tomb where Tamara was, and my cousin, the traitor, Seto. My sword was flapping at the side of the horse, inside my bag. I glanced at its sharp blade, unable to believe that I might have to use it to kill someone.
'Follow your heart'When I remembered those words, my determination was renewed. Nothing could stop me from getting Tamara back. Nothing.
I pulled the reigns of the horse when we were at the door of the temple. The horse whinnied as I tied him to the pillar, and I took the sword and tied it to my belt. I bravely made my way to the trapdoor, took a deep breath, and opened the trapdoor. I crawled through the narrow passageway into the hall.
I suddenly heard voices inside the main tomb, where I caught a glimpse of Seto's head. I hid quickly behind the pillar and listened to Bakura's cold voice.
"You… why are you doing this? Seto is doing this for Kisara, but you are doing it for your own selfish reason. Is this how you get what you want? By hurting others? Is it?"
I heard Tamara's angry voice say venomously. Suddenly, I heard a ghastly howl emanate from the room. It couldn't have been Tamara. Or was it…?
"You're letting all the dark feelings out of you Tamara," I heard Bakura say gently, "You don't belong with Atem. You belong as a thief, a conniving snake that lies, cheats and steals. You belong with me."
When I heard the last sentence, I nearly emanated a howl of my own. How could he say something like that? Why was he talking to Tamara as if he truly understood her.
I started looking at what was happening. With swirling black and purple flames surrounding her, Tamara began to reach for Bakura's extended hand. I stared dumbly at this scene.
'Why is Tamara betraying me for him?' I asked myself, confused.
'She's confused.' Said the voice in my dream, 'She needs to understand that she is good enough for you. Tamara thinks you're too good for her. But that's not true is it?'
I started to nod my head to nothing, looking like a complete and total idiot.
'Now stop nodding your head like an idiot and make sure she understands!' The voice said impatiently.
I snapped out of it and ran into the black room.
"Tamara!" I yelled at the top of my voice.
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