Finding Destiny Chapter 3, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Atemu had left Sapphire in the comforts of the healing water as he attended to the rest of his duties. He had been lacking in governing Egypt for the past few days due to his private affairs. He sat in the meeting chamber with his priests and most trusted advisors discussing trade, economics, labor, and the recent search for Akifa. During the evening, he had a small dinner in the library while pouring over books. After that he traveled to each of the temples and paid offerings and prayers to each one for the welfare of Egypt and for the protection of his wife and child. Finally entering his bedroom at the end of the day, he collapsed onto his bed and fell straight asleep.

Sapphire was already in the room unnoticed as he fell asleep on the bed she smiled and limped over to the bed and laid down next to him and rested her head on her arm which was propping her head up from the bed.

She looked at his sleeping form smiling.

He looked so cute when he was asleep. She gently ran a hand through his tri-colored hair slowly trying not to wake him she kissed his forehead and then rested her head back on the bed and slowly closed her eyes slowly drifting off to sleep.

Atemu woke up to the feeling of someone shaking him. He opened his purple eyes to gaze up at Mahaado. "Pharaoh," he whispered "Akifa is in the palace. We were told to alert you on any intrusions." Atemu nodded his head while glancing over at his sleeping wife. She looked so peaceful.

"Alright, let's go." He slipped out of the room with Mahaado as they ran in the direction of the conflict. They entered the room to see the other priests trying to fight off the tomb robber.

"Diabound, attack them!"

A giant monster threw itself against the ka of the priests. "Pharaoh!" yelled Seth before he got attacked and tossed back against the wall, his ka vanishing from sight.

"Seth!" Atemu growled as he turned to face Akifa. "I told you to stay away…You never learn, do you?" The other priests scattered from the room leaving only the Pharaoh and the tomb robber. "Now you'll pay. Pay for killing my first love, pay for attacking my wife, and pay for endangering the heir to Egypt." A strange gust of wind blew throughout the room as the three Egyptian Gods appeared behind their master. Their looming eyes pierced right through Diabound and Akifa.

Seth stood outside as crashes and screams were heard from within. The priests stood guard at the closed door as their Pharaoh waged war against the tomb robber. Soon all went silent. Atemu emerged from the room, blood smeared on his clothing as he shut the room behind him. His hair was a tangled mess, crimson liquid ran down his cheek from a wound on his head. "I doubt we will be having any troubles with Akifa anymore…" he says as he walked off away from the group and off back towards his room.

Sapphire woke up as soon as she felt someone leave the bed she groaned and slowly opened her eyes as he entered the room again about a few hours later all bloodied up she gasped and weakly stood up.

"Atemu...love how did you get like this?" she helped him over to the bed and sat him down and checked the wound on his head and ripped a piece of her robes and dabbed at the cut trying to stop the small flow of blood and started to clean his face.

She looked at him worryingly and she frowned at him.

"Don't tell me that Akifa came back!"

He sat down and allowed his wife to tend to his wounds. He removed his shirt and tossed it to the side, a few cuts and scrapes were found along his chest. "Akifa won't be bothering us anymore…" he murmured as he closed his eyes, feeling her concern as she fixed him up. "He snuck into the palace again tonight. Mahaado came and got me. Akifa isn't around anymore." He opened his eyes and looked up at her. "I promised you that we would be safe."

"You better be sure love..." She kissed his lips gently and began bandaging his wounds for him she then sat beside him and ran a hand through his hair slowly and let him rest his head on her shoulder she kissed his forehead again and again rocking his head gently in her arms.

He soon fell asleep while lying within her lap while murmuring something soft before he drifted. "I swear by the Gods he is gone…"

The next morning the palace was silent. The priests did a ceremony to cast Akifa's spirit off into the afterlife. Mana snuck in the room and pulled Sapphire along with her and Kisara to take a walk in the gardens to allow the Pharaoh to rest. "I heard it was horrid," she commented about the death of the tomb robber at the hands of Atemu. "No one saw what happened. Atemu walked out in the state he was, obviously the winner. Once they entered the room, the carnage was too much for Seth to even bare."

Kisara frowned slightly as she spoke. "Seth-sama usually can stand anything. It is very strange for him to shudder in the aftermath. Do you think everyone will fear Pharaoh's wrath now? He usually is peaceful, not a string of violence in him…"

"Heh who knows...but I bet ya no one going to try and hurt anyone in the palace once this reaches out...even I'm a bit frightened of him now that you've said it...even though I'm afraid to admit it to him."

She said looking at the ground she sighed and looked up at her home and up at the balcony jutting out from her and Atemu's room.

She knew he must be up by now wondering where she was but then she looked up and smiled at her two friends...she was happy that Akifa was gone...but now she had Atemu to deal with.

She then looked onward as Seth passed them she smiled even more and paused for a moment but then shook her head...and laughed a bit at what she had just thought to herself.

Kisara, Mana, and Sapphire spent the rest of the day wondering around the courtyards. (Sapphire doesn't have a choice with Mana and Kisara with her, lol!) Atemu slept well unto the evening. He dreamt of images that disturbed him and awoke as Ra began to set in the west. He walked out onto his balcony, the scent of fresh fruit floating in the air. He felt the wind brush through his hair, sending tri-colored locks into the breeze. He had never killed anyone, but the Gods seemed to have approved of his decision. He felt restless and bored. He walked to his closet and pulled out a huge worn looking cloak and fitted it on. He climbed out of the palace from his balcony window. He slipped past his own guards and climbed over the palace walls and fell onto his feet into the city streets. A perfect disguise to use while wondering down the dusty streets. The old merchants were sitting by their stands while talking to a few lingering customers. They talked of a festival taking place in the town square to celebrate the death of Akifa. Atemu had not heard of such news, so he made his way to one of the old man talking to a few of his friends.

"You say a festival is taking place, old man?"

"Yes, indeed. It was issued by the Pharaoh himself but announced by High Priest Seth. I guess the palace feels it is worth it after battling with that wretched fool for so long."

Atemu frowned slightly; he couldn't believe Seth would do such a thing without consulting him. But then again, when could he? He slept all day, exhausted over the ordeal. Atemu's eyes gazed over the merchandise laid out on the table; jewelry. He picked up a sparkling blue lapis necklace and gazed at it amazingly.

"You buying that, young man?"

Atemu meet the man's eyes and nodded his head a bit. "Yes, I am going to buy it for my wife, she loves such beautiful things."

"A wife? Such wife is that?"

"One who shines brighter than Ra himself; whose beauty surpasses Hathor."

"Those are powerful words coming from a commoner! You should watch it, the Gods hate to be spoken ill of. You are a brave one. To speak like that, you put down the Pharaoh's wife!"

"I am sure the highness herself could understand." He smiled as he slipped the necklace into a bag and paid the man. "Thank you for your service." Atemu walked away, leaving the man and his friends murmuring about Atemu's boldness. He smiled to himself as he walked throughout the city, buying a few things and talking amongst his people; only they didn't know it was him. It soon became darker in Egypt, the time where few remain out in the open. The Pharaoh entered a bar and sat down on one of the stools at the bar. He requested a wine drink and sat there sipping it as the man around him eyed him suspiciously. He ignored their stares and kept to himself. One man walked up to him and poked at the bag hanging from his belt.

"Sounds like you have a lot of valuables in there, man," a sick smile crossing the man's face.

Atemu glanced back at him. "Yes, there is."

"It would be a pity if you lost them, eh?"

Atemu closed his eyes while tilting his head down a bit. "It would be a pity if a man such as you would think he could rob me of my jewels."

"Is that a challenge, you pathetic wimp!"

"Only a challenge if you accept. Only, we duel instead. If you win, you can have my bag and I'll be your slave for the end of my days. If I win, well…heh, I determine your fate."

"I've never lost a duel challenge, you're on!" The two moved out into the street as everyone filed out to witness the duel. The stranger summoned a monster, who was in doubt, not weak. Atemu only smirked as he raised his right hand. A bright light shot from the skies and struck the ground. Soon God of Osiris appeared and defeated the man, who fell backwards as the crowd scattered backwards. "You can't summon that monster! That is a GOD! Only Pharaoh can summon God!"

"I'm aware," answered Atemu as he pulled back the hood on his cloak to reveal himself.

The man opened his mouth and gasped and then stood up and ran...it was apparent that a lot of people were becoming afraid of him now after what he had done...

Sapphire sighed as she sat by the fountain in the gardens with Mana and Kisara she rested her elbow on her knee and her head on her hand and she dreamily stared off into the distance.

"Hey sapphire? Did you even here a word of what I was saying?" said Mana elbowing her gently in the ribs sapphire giggled then looked up at her "Huh...oh no I didn't Mana sorry I was just thinking about something..." She said as she sighed and looked back into the distance...Mana sighed and began talking again.

Seth was walking into the gardens looking bored...but somehow, that's who Sapphire was looking at, her eyes sparkling in the setting sun.

Kisara was listening to Mana still but she was still looking at Sapphire questioningly.

Atemu snuck back in the palace but was caught as Seth stood there with his arms crossed, tis the reason why he was in the garden. "Atemu, you can't keep doing this…"

Atemu smiled slightly at his cousin, "I'm sorry. You know I can't stay in this place all the time, I enjoy venturing out. I get to know my people better in their natural stage. Plus I don't have to worry about the body guards all the time."

Seth shook his head slightly.

"Come on Seth! We use to do it all the time…you liked it back then…"

"You're the Pharaoh now, and I'm the High Priest, we can't take risks like that anymore…"

Seth didn't get a chance to finish his lecture on Atemu because the Pharaoh slipped by him and joined the girls, who watched the whole thing of him sneaking back in. He smiled at Sapphire and pulled a beautiful lapis necklace out of his bag. "I got this for you." He said and smiled. The two girls awed at the lovingness between the two. Seth walked over, up from behind Atemu and watched.

Seth's POV/thoughts

Seth watched as Sapphire marveled over the necklace. Half the time he wished he could sneak out and get a necklace for Kisara. Although, he took responsibility and never dreamed of doing such thing. He looked at Kisara who was watching him and smiled. The girl was young and spirited. She lived a horrible life, always being put down because she was different. Long white flowing hair, beautiful crystal blue eyes. He knew that she cared a lot for him. Whenever he was in danger, her white dragon was always there to protect and look after him. Whenever he felt down, she was always there to brighten up his mood. She cared a lot for her friends also. He watched as she stood up and threw her arms around him. He chuckled softly as he caught her, her smile radiating. He watched as her hair fell by her shoulders, as if slow motion to take in her essence.

"Seth-sama...you look as if you are spacing out!" She giggled as she turned her head to look back at the other three. Sapphire smiled, her attention drawn from the necklace my cousin had gotten her. Atemu smiled as well as he looked up at me.

"No," I said while looking back down at Kisara. "Just thinking is all..." She smiled and laid a kiss on my cheek. A flushed slightly at this, never do we show such affection in the company of others, she knew this, and she was amused. Kisara then detached herself from me and sat back down next to Mana who sat next to Sapphire. I watched the three girls, my attention shifting from one to the other. Mana, although she looked joyful, I could tell felt miserable. Mahaado had been very busy lately with his tomb guarding tasks. I frowned slightly, feeling very sorry for her. My mind soon wandered off to think about Isis. The poor woman was just plain alone. I could tell she kinda fancies Shada, but also Karim. A smirk soon touched my lips. I couldn't help it! Atemu stood up now, leaving his bag with the three girls, gifts for each of them lied within. They squealed happily while examining them.

"I need to talk to you," said Atemu while looking up at me and lead my off to the side, a fair distance away from the girls.

Sapphire watched them leave for the moment her mind caught up in daydreams but then she snapped out of it with a lil help to Mana and Kisara who were happily trying on their jewels she smiled and put on the lapis necklace and smiled, as she looked as it sparkled in the full moonlight.

She sighed as Mana left to go into the palace she was a bit exhausted and wanted to get some sleep and Sapphire stayed out with Kisara...who right now she loathed a lil bit for being with Seth...it was true then...

Sapphire was slowly falling for her husband's high priest and cousin...but she couldn't tell anyone...she looked at the ground then looked at the pharaoh and high priest who were still talking she smiled at the both of them and sighed and looked at them both dreamily...she couldn't help it...she then yawned.

(Jumping ahead in time here, can't thing of anything else to write.)

Months later Sapphire had her child, a healthy boy with fluffs of black hair with red tint in it. His eyes were amethyst purple, just like his father's. The baby's cries were heard throughout the garden as many people came to visit Sapphire and the young heir to Egypt. Atemu sat in the meeting hall with the rests of his priests. The have been sitting there for hours, trouble was amidst of them. "The trades keep getting attacked and the temple priests keep spreading the word about an evil god that will soon attack Egypt," stated Mahaado as he stood up, speaking to the rest of the group.

A woman soon burst into the room, tears streaming her cheeks as she looked towards the Pharaoh. "My Lord! An accident has occurred!" She looked towards Seth next. "Kisara has been found, fatally wounded, my lord!"

Kisara wasn't around earlier that day; word was that she went out to do some shopping. Seth and Atemu darted out of the room, the other priests following behind as the came into the throne room. Kisara's pale figure, lied lying on the floor, dark red blood split everywhere. Her clothes were stained, even her hair had blood in it. "S…Seth-sama…" Seth ran to her and fell to his knees by her side. Atemu came up from behind him, shocked by the condition she was in. No one tended to her wounds because they knew there was no way they could help her, her time had come.

"Kisara…" sobbed Seth as he lifted her head delicately up into his arms.

Sapphire and Mana were next to run into the room. Sapphire had handed the child to one of the nurses and came to see her friend.

Atemu stood there and watched his cousin try to sustain himself, as if praying to the Gods to save her. "Seth…" whispered Kisara as she shakily raised her hand up to place it over Seth's cheek. Blood smeared off her hand and into his flesh as she struggled to keep alive. "I just…want you to know…that…I'm sorry…and…" she chocked her words while trying to say them, her voice getting softer as she spoke, "I'm sorry…and…I love…you…" her eyes flickered shut as her hand slowly slid from his cheek and fell to her side. She was gone…

Seth's sobs got worse and louder as he lost himself and all control he had, he had completely broken down. Tears soon plagued everyone's eyes. The loud sound of a wailing dragon came from outside. Atemu kneeled down by his cousin and wrapped his arms around his shoulders. Seth clutched onto Kisara's body as Atemu held him trying to calm him down. Mana hugged Sapphire tightly while crying her eyes out. Mahaado came over and hugged the two girls while his gaze stayed on Seth. The death of their friend was hard on them all.