===Atemu pov===
I remember when I first saw Bakura, I was six years old and I was the only heir to the throne so I had to be protected from anything that could harm me. Me and Mahad went into the city, I wanted to escape the palace because my father wanted me to go to another boring lesson. I really didn't like the lessons I had to learn, they were boring and they would put me to sleep.
"My prince you should really head back to the palace, your father would be mad if he found out you missed another lesson" Mahad said
"No way, those lessons are boring beside isn't it better if I know the city I will be ruling first hand" I said
"That isn't the point my prince" he said
I chuckled and ran away from Mahad, it was always fun to lose him in the city. Mahad ran after me and I chuckled lightly, I ran into an alley and stopped. Mahad ran past me with full speed, I chuckled again and started to wonder the city. I stopped by a vender and started at the items he was selling, they were mostly jewelry. They looked really nice but, I didn't like jewelry much.
Then something caught my eye, it was a boy maybe a little older than me. He had darkly tanned skin and hair a strange white color, the boy's face was bleeding then he fell to the ground. I quickly ran over to him and turned him on his back. His body looked like he had been through many hardships for someone so young. I picked off the ground and started walking back to the palace. Mahad quickly rushed over to me, he looked at the boy then me.
"My prince, who is this" he asked
"I don't know, I saw him collapse in the middle of the city and he is bleeding" I said
"My prince you can't pick up bleeding stranger, what if he could be a thief" he said
"Mahad, just help me get him back to the palace" I said
I looked at him with a pleading looked and he sighed heavily.
"Your father is going to get mad at you for this" he said
"I know but, I couldn't just leave him like that" I said
Mahad sighed again and helped me carry the boy back to the palace, when we got there we quickly headed towards the healing chambers. An elderly woman looked at us, she quickly helped the boy into one of the beds and started cleaning up his wounds.
"Poor child, where did you find him my prince" she asked
"Outside in the city" I said
"You should really be careful" she said
I looked at the boy, there was a wound going across his left check it looked deep and painful. The boy slowly opened his eyes, he quickly sat up and looked around.
"Where am I" he asked
"You are in the pharaoh's palace, and you are safe" I said
"Who are you people" he asked
"I am Kebi head healer of the palace, this is Mahad one of the many students of the magicians and this here is Atemu son of the pharaoh" the elderly woman said
"You are the pharaoh's son" he said
"Please it's no do not worry about it" I said
"Thank you, I don't deserve to be saved especially someone like you" he said
"What is your name young man" Kebi asked
"Bakura" he answered
"Where are you from Bakura" Mahad asked
"Kul Elna" he said
Then he started to cry, I gently started to rub his back trying to make him feel better. Bakura wiped away his tears and sighed heavily.
"My village had been attack a few days ago, I don't remember what happen I woke up to find my village stained with blood" he said
My eyes widen and I hugged Bakura, everyone looked at me surprised even Bakura did.
"It's ok Bakura, you are safe now I won't let anyone hurt you" I said
"Thank you Atemu" he whisper
Later my father had found out about Bakura, he didn't mind Bakura being in the palace at all but, was just a little caution at times. He was afraid that Bakura was an assassin and he was plotting to kill me, I chuckled lightly in my mind. If Bakura would have killed me he would have done it by now.
It had been a year since Bakura had come to the palace, and well he became my personal guard. He hardly ever left me alone and he would make sure that I was safe. It was annoying at times but, it was nice to have him close to me. Bakura had followed me to the city as usually, there was a large vender coming into town and I wanted to see what he would be selling.
"Atemu you have to be careful" Bakura said
"Yes mother" I chuckled
Bakura sighed heavily and followed me into a giant coward , I pushed my way towards the front of the crowd and some the vender bidding different items. The item he was bidding was a large cat, it had black strips all over its body and most of its fur was orange. The cat seemed quite tamed but, you do have to be careful with them. Some one place bid the large cat for seventy five gold coins. The owner took the cat away. The next item was a cuff of not gold or brass but, silver there was engraving on an ankh on it, the starting bid was ten gold coins. The bid quickly rose to eighty gold coins.
"Five rubies" I bid
"Sold" the vender said
I handed the vender a small bag of jewels and he gave me the cuff, I smiled happily at the jewelry in my hands. Bakura walked up to me with curious eyes.
"I thought you said you didn't like to wear jewelry" he said
"It's not for me" I said
"I am sure your father's has plenty" he said
"It's not for my father either" I said
"Really, who is it for" he asked
I gently grabbed his wrist and placed the cuff on him, his eyes widen in surprise. He looked at me shocked, I gently smiled at him.
"It's for you" I said
"Atemu, I couldn't wear something as beautiful as this" he said
"It's a gift" I said
"I don't deserve something like this my prince" he said
"Hey what did I say, you can call me Atemu" I said
"Forgive me" he said
"It's alright" I chuckled
"Come on, your father doesn't want you to miss another lesson" he said
I pouted and Bakura grabbed my wrist and went back through the crowd. When we had gotten out of the large crowed, and then we started running back towards the palace. Then all of a sudden seven thugs blocked our path, they cracked the knuckles and looked at us with greedy eyes.
"Well well what do we have here, it's the son of the pharaoh and his pet" one of them said
"Listen, we don't want to hurt ya children just hand us whatever jewels or coins you got" another said
"I don't think so" Bakura said
"If you don't give us everything you got, then we are going to beat ya till you do" another said
"Listen my prince is going to get in trouble again if he misses another lesson, his father would be mad at him and me. So please don't make him miss his lessons" Bakura said
Then one of the thugs punched Bakura in the face knocking him down to the ground. I was about to rush over to him but, one of the thugs grabbed the back of my shirt and lifted me off the ground. Then another ripped over the necklace I was wearing, I kicked and screamed trying my best to get the thug to let me go but he only laughed at me.
"Hey why don't we just take the kid, I am sure the pharaoh would pay a handsome prince for his head" the thug said
My eyes widen in fear, I struggled more only to be laughed at my poor attempts. All of a sudden one of the thugs was out cold. We looked at the thug, Bakura kicked and stomped on the thug.
"That's for punching me in the face" he yelled
The other thugs went after Bakura only to ended like the thug early, the thug that held me looked at Bakura with fearful eyes Bakura walked up to the thug with a crazy smirk on his face.
"Boo" Bakura said
The thug dropped me and took off running, I looked at the thugs then at Bakura. Bakura knelt down and picked up my broken necklace, he looked at it sadly then at me.
"Sorry, it's broken" he said
"It's alright Bakura, I am just glad you are safe" I said
"I should be saying that" he chuckled
Before either one of us could react, one of the thugs got up with a knife in hand. He swapped it at me but, Bakura stepped in the way and took the attack. Blood feel to the ground, Bakura quickly disarmed the thug and sent him running. Bakura looked at me, there was a wound on his face just below the scar he had gotten a year ago. I quickly ripped off a piece of my clothing and wiped away the blood.
"Are you alright" I asked
"Yes, don't worry about me Atemu I will be fine" he said
"Still, I just want to be sure you are alright" I said
He chuckled and placed a small kiss on my lips, I felt my face grow warm. Bakura had quickly pulled away and smiled.
"Come on, if we don't hurry you are going to miss another lesson" he said
On the night of my thirteenth birthday, my father told me that I will marry princess Serenity from the upper kingdom to keep peace in order. I begged my father not to do this to me but, he said that there was no other choice I had to do this. I ran to my room and fall on my bed, I started to cry heavily I didn't want to marry Serenity.
I felt someone rubbing my back, I looked at them and it was Bakura. He looked at me worried.
"Atemu why are you crying" he asked
"My father…he wants me to marry someone I don't love" I cried
I hugged Bakura tightly and cried on him, Bakura hugged me back and stroked my hair. He let me cry on him for some time until I looked up at him, he wiped away my tears and smiled. Ra he was so beautiful when he smiled. He was the fitful age of fifteen, his silver hair had brushed his shoulders, his body was nicely toned and strong. I looked into his ruby red eyes, those eyes which I can look in forever and be lost in a sea of wonderful feelings.
"Atemu, I think I have an idea" he said
"What is it Bakura" I asked
"Take someone else for you bride" he said
"Huh, how will that work" I asked
"If you are already married to someone you love then your father won't force you marry" he said
"That's a great idea but, only one problem" I said
"What" he asked
"Who am I going to ask to marry" I said
Bakura chuckled then his lips crashed on mine, my eyes widen in shock. We had developed feelings for each other but, we didn't tell anyone about us being together. My father would become enraged if he found out I had fallen in love with someone not of royal blood. Bakura gently pushed me down on the bed and started removing my clothes.
"Atemu will you please marry me" he said
"Of course I will" I said
"I love you Atemu" he said
"I love you too Bakura" I moaned
That night Bakura made love to me, for the first time and only time in my life. The next day I went to the throne room to tell my father that I will be marrying Bakura. I don't care if my father thinks it is wrong to marry Bakura, I love him and that's that. I opened the doors to the room and walked in. The six millennium priests were discussing something about taxes and crops, they stopped talking and looked at me. I looked at my father who was sitting on the throne, he looked at me with concern eyes.
"Atemu, I am in the middle of a meeting" my father said
"Father, I want to discuss my marriage with princess Serenity" I said
"We have discussed this before Atemu, we cannot avoid this marriage" he said
"Actually there is a way" I said
"And what is that" uncle Aknadin said
"If I marry someone else then I won't have to marry Serenity" I said
"And who is this person" my father asked
Then Bakura walked into the room and walked over to me, I smiled but he didn't smile back which was strange but, I let the thought go.
"Father, I am going to marry Bakura" I said
"What" everyone gasped
"Actually we are not" Bakura said
"What, Bakura what's wrong" I asked
"I found out just now…YOUR FATHER'S ARMY KILLED MY VILLAGE" Bakura yelled
"That insane the pharaoh would never do such thing" the priest of the millennium rod said
"It's true, I went into the library to look for some laws about refusing marriages and I come across a report about the attack on Kul Elna" he said
"Bakura, I am sure my father didn't do that" I said
"Shut up" he yelled
"How dare you speak to my son like that" my father roared
"I will speak however I want, I finally remember that night at my village. I saw them being forced into a got pot of liquid gold, I watched as one by one my family die. I watched as the millennium times were brought into this world. Then one of the palace guards saw me and whacked me over the head thinking I was dead, I woke up the next day to find my village empty. The only thing that was left of it was bloodshed" he said
"Bakura" I said
Tears started to leave his eyes then he smirked, he took out a knife then he grabbed me and held the blade to my throat. Everyone was about to react until Bakura pushed the blade against my neck. I started to cry, why why would Bakura be doing this.
"If anyone moves then I will kill him" Bakura threaten
"Bakura let him go right now" my father said
"Because of you, my family is dead and now I am paying you back pharaoh" he said
"Bakura, please don't do this" I begged
"Goodbye Atemu" he said
Then Bakura was pushed back by an unknown force, I looked at my father he looked at Bakura with murdering eyes and Bakura looked back at him with the same eyes. He growled and brought the blade above his left eye. He made a quick slashed and smirked.
"I swear by this scar I will burn your city, kill all that you love, and make you die a horrible death. I swear by my blood pharaoh" he said
"Bakura" I said
He looked at me for a moment, blood had dipped into his left eye it was odd his eyes looked the same color as his blood. He glared at me and runaway, I fell to my knees and tears starting falling heavily from my face. Bakura…why.
I slowly opened my eyes to find myself back in my bedroom, I looked out to the balcony to see it was night time. I sat down and ran a hand through my hair, it's been awhile since I had dreamed about Bakura. I sighed heavily and got out of bed, I walked over to the wall across my bed. I removed one of the stones and reached inside the whole, I drew out a dusty silver cuff with an ankh on it. It shined a little and I smiled sadly, I do miss Bakura but he hates me because of the attack on Kul Elna. I have searched for the reports Bakura had talked about but, I couldn't find them. I want to believe Bakura but, I don't want to disbelieve my honorable passed away father.
I was taken away from my thoughts when I heard a knock on the door. I quickly hid the cuff back in it's place and dusted myself off.
"Come in" I said
The door opened to reveal Mahad and Yugi, I smiled at them both and walked over to him.
"How are you feeling Atemu" Mahad said
"Fine but, I am more worried about Yugi" I said
"I am fine, thank you for healing me" Yugi said
"I hoped I healed your wounds, I am not the best when it comes to healing" I said
"No, that's ok I am fine" he said
"That is good to hear" I said
"We just wanted to check on "Mahad said
"That is nice of you both but, Mahad can you leave us I have to discuss something with Yugi" I said
"Oh alright, just call me if you need anything Atemu" he said
I nodded my head and he left, Yugi looked at me and I looked at him. I can tell by the looks in his eyes, he wanted to talk about what happen last night. I sighed heavily and sat on the bed, Yugi followed me and sat next to me. I hope he will understand how I feel.
===end of part 25===
Hikira: yay summer is here
Cat: finally no more cold days ^^
Yami: you girls like the summer huh
Dark: *nods* it's out favorite time of year
Yugi: how come
Dark: because it's when we get to go swimming a lot
Hikira: we get to eat more watermelon
Cat: and I get to write more X3
Yami: *sighs heavily* I knew that would be Cat's favorite
Cat: *chuckles* R&R I DO NOT OWN YUGIOH