Son of the Pharaoh

Disclaimer: See first chapter, I'm not writing a million of these things.

A/N: I bet some of you are wondering where the hell I got this crazy Ideaa from. Well our library just got a bunch of new anime/manga books, one of the sets being the Yu-Gi-Oh Millenium World series (Which I'm totally in love with now). So I think "Hell, it'd be fun doing a fic about Atem's childhood." So here's what I got.

Chapter Two: Seto Seeks

"Seto!" Atem yelled, halting his and Mana's game of tag to hug his older cousin. "What are you doing? I thought you were studying again."

"My father gave me the day off to do whatever I want and since you've been begging me to play with you for Ra knows how long, and I decided I had nothing better to do so... what the hell."

"Yay! Well how about You, Me, and Mana play hide and seek?" he suggested, excitedly.

"Yeah!" Mana agreed, eagerly. Seto sighed. He hated playing Hide and Seek with these two. They were so good at hiding because they were so small.

"Fine." Seto reluctantly agreed. "Who's it?"

"YOU!" Both smaller children yelled and ran away, giggling.

"Count to 20!" Atem yelled over his shoulder before disappearing around a corner.

"Damnit!" Seto grumbled, he was always It first. He began to count.

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Atem and Mana ran through the palace, nearly bumping into several guards and servants along the way.

"You go that way, I'll go that way." Atem said, pointing in two opposite directions."

"Right!" Mana said, nodding and scurrying away. Atem ran the other way, down corridor after corridor, through doorway after doorway, finally coming to a hall lined with statues of the gods. He ran down it, coming to the statue of the god Horus. He climbed between the statue's legs and into the shallow hole that lay behind the statue's base. This was his favorate hiding spot. His father had shown it to him when he was four, claiming that it was his favorate hiding spot as a child too. Not even Uncle Aknadin knew about it. Atem giggled, Seto would never find him.

He heard footsteps coming down the hallway and stilled.

"Now where did Atem get off too," came Seto's frustrated voice. "He's way to good at this game." Atem stayed silent until he heard Seto turn the corner, still mumbling to himself. Atem giggled. He climbed out of the hole and ran down the hall again. It was no fun if Seto would never have a chance to find him.

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Mana ran down the hallway, trying to find a place to hide. She stopped a minute to think. Hmmmmm where to hide. The kitchen? Nah, I'd get distracted by the food, and Seto would check there first. The throne room? Nope, I bet Pharaoh Aknamkanon is holding court in there. Interupting is a good way to get in trouble. The Hall of Gods? Nope, I bet Atem's hiding somewhere in there. Then she spotted the pots lining the walls of the hall. Perfect! She first pushed one out of place and pulled the lid off a crack. Then she went to the other side of the hall and hopped inside a pot, pulling the lid completely closed.

"Well, there's no point looking for Atem, I'll never find him. But Mana...well well well, what do we have here." Seto had obviously spotted the pot. "Well Mana...! What? Hmmmm...good trick, gotta remember that one..." his voice faded but Mana stayed in her pot.

Then she heard more footsteps and another voice.

"Hmmmmm...Mana was here, hehe, looks like she used my pot trick then. Then I'm guessing she's right here!" The lid lifted and light flooded into the pot. Mana looked up at Atem.

"Put that back Atem! Seto might come back!" she hissed.

"Ok, back in the dark you go." he joked, replacing the lid. Atem chuckled and walked over to the pot that Mana had pulled out. Seto had already looked there so he wouldn't look again if he came back. He climbed into the pot and put the lid down, excactly as it had been.

"We're in for a wait." he muttered, grinning.

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"Where are they?" Seto growled, frustrated. He'd been all over the palace and hadn't seen hide nor hair of the two younger children.

"Something wrong Seto?" Seto turned to see one of the Priests, Mahad, standing there, looking at him.

"No Mahad, nothing's wrong. I'm playing Hide and Seek with Atem and Mana and they are way too good at it." he grumbled. Mahad laughed.

"Yes, that they are. Where have you looked?"

"Everywhere! Well, not the throne room but I know they wouldn't be in there. The Pharaoh is busy in there right?" Mahad nodded. Seto sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I bet they just keep moving all of the time."

"You're probably right Seto. Well, I wish you luck in your search." and Mahad walked away.

"Yeah, I'll need it." Seto muttered and continued looking.

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Mana and Atem sighed from their pots. They were bored. Seto had not come back and they were getting sick of waiting. Both thinking they should move, they came out of their pots just as Seto rounded the corner. He looked at them for a moment and then laughed.

"I guys I found you two then. Intending on moving I suppose?" they nodded.

"You picked a bad time to do it then. Well since I found you both at the same time, who's It?"

"No one." They turned to see Aknamkanon walking towards them. "Its almost time for the feast and you three need to get ready."

"Feast?" the three asked.

"Ah, I see Shada didn't manage to catch up with you then, well we're having a feast tonight. I have something important to announce tonight. So, to your rooms, get ready." he said. Mana and Atem climbed out of their pots and made their ways to their respective rooms to get ready for the feast.

A/N: So? How is it? Like it? Hate it? I'd like to know.