Fee:( sweatdrop) I took ages updating again. I'm really sorry. I was taken to hospital just after new year and then my mum was rushed in and we both haven't been well and stuff
Yami: tsk tsk. Taking ages as always
Fee: Thanks for all the reviews I got. They cheered me up! Unlike someone (glares at Yami)
Yugi: Lets get on with the chapter!
Thinking
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The Prince of Egypt
Chapter 5- A Boy Named Bakura
Yami lay on the bed sighing. Tomorrow he would be going to school for the first time ever. He didn't really understand what it was. Yugi was amazed to hear that he'd never been to school in his life and had tried his best to explain it but that didn't stop Atemu from feeling extremely nervous.
He sat up as Yugi walked into his room.
"Are you ok Atemu?" he asked, sitting down on the bed.
Atemu was about to answer "yes" but found he couldn't. "Not really. I miss my home. And I'm nervous about going to your school tomorrow"
Yugi moved closer to him. "Do you think your parents will be worried about you?" he asked.
Atemu sighed again. "Both my parents are dead, murdered" he said sadly. He'd always found talking about his parents hard. Even though he didn't know them and couldn't remember them, he'd still grieved for them when he was told what had happened on that day. DM had told him when he was 13 after he'd asked about them. He hated this "Bakura" that had taken them away from him. DM had told him about Bakura, about how he wanted his power. But he didn't feel scared about Bakura. Bakura was dead. He has been for thousands of years.
"I'm sorry" Yugi said quietly.
Atemu snapped out of his thoughts and moved closer to Yugi. "It's ok. It happened a long time ago. Thousands of years ago" he said.
"What?". Yugi looked at him puzzled. His eyes full of questions. Questions Atemu knew he couldn't avoid.
"It's time to tell you where I'm from and who I really am. It's a long story"
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"And that's basically it" Atemu finished. He hadn't looked at Yugi at all while he'd told him his story.
Yugi just looked at him, unable to say anything. His eyes wide with amazement, his mouth open.
Atemu continued to look at the floor. He doesn't believe me. He jumped when he felt two arms wrap around him and cuddle into him. "I'm so sorry" Yugi whispered. "You can stay here as long as you like. I know my Grandpa won't mind".
He believes me? He really believes me? He really is different from the humans I've met and the ones that DM has told me about. Atemu wrapped his arms round Yugi and they stayed like that for several hours.
It had been several hours since Atemu had told Yugi everything. Yugi was currently cooking dinner while Atemu was laying the table. "So, you believe me? You know, about my past?" Atemu asked. He hadn't dared ask earlier.
Yugi stopped what he was doing and turned to look at him. "I do" he said. "My Grandpa is an archeologist. A few years ago he found a chamber that told this incredible story. It told about how the chosen prince the world had been waiting for was born. The hieroglyphs talked about how he would save the world from darkness using his incredible magic and how his light would burn through his enemies and fill the hearts of all. But there was an attack on the palace. It told of how the Pharaoh's most dangerous enemy invaded the city and palace. The Pharaoh died while the Queen escaped with their son. She was cornered and was killed, but she didn't have a child with her. The palace crumbled after that. No one knew what happened to the prince. Some archeologists believe he died before his mother, others say he died destroying the palace. But my Grandpa and his friend believe that he was sent through time, that he would one day return to save us all from the darkness".
Atemu was silent through Yugi's explanation. Yugi smiled. "Guess my Grandpa and his friend were right. I always thought it would be cool if that were true. I can't wait for Grandpa to meet you". He turned back to the cooker.
Everyone talks about me like I'm some great hero, but I'm not. Everyone expects me to be able to lock this "darkness" away. But what darkness? I'm so confused.
The ringing of the phone interrupted Atemu from his thoughts. "I'll get it!" Yugi cried as he ran to the phone. Atemu finished laying the table when Yugi came back in. "That was Grandpa checking up on me" he explained. Atemu nodded.
An hour later when they were cleaning up Atemu asked "Do you think I'll like this school Yugi?". "I'm sure you will once you settle in. My friends and I will take good care of you there" he said. Atemu smiled. Yugi checked his watch. "Want to watch some TV before we go to bed?". "Sure!" Atemu said.
Atemu lay in bed. He'd been tossing and turning for hours. He kept looking at the golden box beside his bed.
I don't know why but I feel the pieces calling to me, like they want me to solve the puzzle urgently. I can't help but feel like something bad is going to happen soon and that I need to be ready for it.
He sat up in bed and took the box from his bedside table. He lifted the lid. The pieces were glowing. He picked one up and they all stopped. He started to work on the pieces. He was so absorbed in doing this that he didn't hear the alarm go off and was startled when Yugi came into his room.
"Wow what is this?" Yugi asked looking at the half-finished puzzle. Atemu shrugged. "I'm supposed to solve it and it will give me more powers in addition to the ones I already have" he said.
Yugi looked at it some more. "Cool" he said. "O here" he said passing Atemu what seemed to be a uniform. "That's my spare school uniform for you to wear today" he explained when he saw Atemu's puzzled look.
"Thank you Yugi" Atemu said standing up bowing. "I really am in your debt for everything".
Yugi smiled. "No you're not. Now we better hurry or we'll be late. I've got to take you to the office early so they can sort you out with classed and stuff". He turned to leave then stopped and turned round. "You'll be fine today Atemu. We'll all look after you" he said before leaving and closing the door behind him.
Atemu sat on the bed and started to peel off Yugi's spare pajamas. I hope you're right Yugi.
The walk to school was slow as Atemu was nervous and walking really slow. Eventually Yugi grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the school. Atemu got even more nervous as they got closer. He'd never seen so many people in one place.
"I'm gonna puke" he said. Yugi gripped his hand harder. "No you're not" he said firmly. "You'll be fine. I'll make sure of it".
Atemu smiled at that. He really is kind. I keep getting a strange feeling whenever I'm near him. Like yesterday when we were holding each other, I wanted to kiss him. Are these feeling wrong? Atemu suddenly blushed when he realized that Yugi had been holding his hand the whole time. He quickly let go, he didn't want to cause trouble for Yugi.
Yugi led him inside and took him to an office. Atemu was amazed by it. He'd never seen anything like it. There were telephones everywhere, and lots of little TVs with long things that had lots of buttons next to them. A tall woman with long black hair and wearing a black suit came out. "So you're Yugi's cousin Atemu. You boys look so alike!" she said. "err" Atemu replied. He felt Yugi give him a nudge. "Yes, yes we are!" he said. The woman nodded and handed him a piece of paper. "That's your timetable. Yugi will look after you and show you round the school" she said. "Thank you" Atemu said. The woman nodded again and went back into her office.
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It was lunch time. Atemu had survived the morning, just. He sat under a tree with Joey, Seto, Tristan and Tea. Joey had introduced him to Tristan and Tea who kept looking at him strangely. He was uncomfortable sitting by her. After all, he'd never seen a girl before, let alone spoken with them. He looked around. "Where's Yugi?" he asked Joey. "He'll be out in a minute" Joey said. "Tell us about your morning". Atemu groaned and began to tell them all.
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"This is the room. I'll wait outside here for you when the bell goes since our next class is together. And remember, you have to ask to go to the toilet, don't just get up and walk out". Atemu nodded at Yugi's instructions. He went in and sat down at the front. He heard laughter behind him. He turned round to see several guys standing at the back pointing at him and whispering. The tallest one looked really mean with a face like a gorilla. He blushed and turned back to face the front. Remember what Yugi said, ignore them if they laugh. He jumped suddenly as a door slammed, interrupting his thoughts. A tall man walked towards the front and started writing on the board. He then turned to the class. "Copy those notes down while I take the register and then we'll get started". He got to the end where he struggled to pronounce Atemu's name. "A-tem-myou?" he called out. Atemu felt himself going red for the second time that day. "It's pronounced A-tem-oo" he said. "Sorry" the teacher said. The rest of the lesson went on smoothly. Atemu felt several things hit his back but he ignored them, although he wanted to turn round and blast whoever it was to the shadow realm, if he could. The bell rang. Finally! He grabbed his things and headed for the door when he was stopped by the gorilla guy. "So you're the new kid. You look like that wimp Yugi". Atemu felt his blood bubble up. Wimp! HOW DARE HE CALL YUGI A WIMP! I'LL MAKE HIM PAY FOR THAT!. "I'm Ushio. Remember that". "How can I forget someone who looks like a gorilla" Atemu replied. Ushio's goons burst out laughing until a look from Ushio silenced them. "You'll pay for that comment twerp" he said before walking away. Atemu walked out the door to see Yugi waiting. "There you are! I thought you'd never come out! How was your first lesson? Tell me on the way to Maths".
Atemu's lessons went smoother than his first one. He decided that he hated Maths as he couldn't understand anything in it. To him, it was just a bunch of numbers on the page. There was nothing special about them. In his next lesson he forgot what Yugi had said and tried to go to the loo without asking, putting him in his History teacher's bad books. He then walked into the cafeteria door before finally going outside to eat lunch with the gang.
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"You called Ushio a gorilla!" Tristan said. Atemu nodded. "He's gonna be after ya now" Joey said. Atemu shrugged. "Let him do what he wants. I'm going to find Yugi". Atemu stood up and went looking for his friend. He looked round the school. He was walking past a dark pathway between buildings when he heard a frightened squeal. Curious, he peered round to see Ushio holding Yugi against the wall by his neck. He felt his anger fill him up.
"LET YUGI GO RIGHT NOW!"
They all turned to see Atemu standing there looking angry.
"Well if it isn't the gruesome twosome" Ushio said. His mates laughed. "Come to try and save your little friend?" He threw Yugi to the ground and kicked him.
"Touch him again and you'll regret it for the rest of your pathetic lives!" Atemu growled.
Ushio cracked his knuckles. "Time to teach the new kid how things are done round here" he said.
Atemu looked at Yugi and felt nothing but rage. He felt something burn on his forehead, he could feel power welling up inside him. He raised his hand and yelled "Mind Crush!". There was a massive flash of light. Ushio and his friends went flying backwards and slammed into the brick wall and landed with a thud. Atemu felt the power and his rage melt away, like ice melting into a stream to become water.
Atemu fell to his knees. He felt slightly weakened. Yugi crawled over to him. "What did you do?" he asked. Atemu stared at the bodies that lay before them. "I have no idea".
That night, after dinner, Atemu went up to his room to work on the puzzle. He felt a new determination to solve it and unlock it's secrets.
What happened earlier? I don't understand it. I felt like I really wanted to send them to the shadow realm to be punished. Did I really send them there? Has my power finally awakened within me? But what will this do to Yugi? I've never seen him so scared. I wish someone could give me some answers. But the only thing I feel will give me answers is this puzzle. I have to finish it. I'll finish it for Yugi. No doubt he'll have a lot more questions after today.
Atemu worked on the puzzle for a few more hours before finally letting sleep claim him.
Yugi lay awake in the next room. I wonder what Atemu did. I hope he doesn't think I'm mad at him. I'm grateful for him saving me. But how did he stop them? And what was that weird eye on his forehead? I'll ask him tomorrow once we've all had some sleep.
The next morning they both awoke feeling better. But the alarm hadn't gone off so they were rushing around. Yugi decided to wait until later to have a talk to Atemu. They ran into their form room, thankful the bell hadn't rung yet. They overheard some girls giggling and pointing to a kid with white hair sitting by himself. "I heard he's new. Can you believe it? Two cuties in one week!". "I heard his name is Bakura. Such a cool name! Like Atemu!". Atemu blushed and walked passed the kid to see Joey and Seto. He turned and saw the kid had long white hair and deep brown eyes. The kid looked at him, straight into his eyes. Atemu suddenly clutched his chest in agony. "Atemu! What's wrong?" he heard Yugi cry out. He fell to his knees, struggling to breathe. He felt really weak, like his energy was being sucked out of him. He heard Yugi cry out as everything went black.
Fee: Hope you liked! I hope it makes up for me not updating sooner ducks incoming objects
Yami: Remember, NO FLAMES!
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