Chosen Pharaoh Chronicles Part 1: Longing Reunion & The Beasts Within

Summary: Atem has returned from the afterlife. But for what purpose and what reason? Tea has more to her then meets the eye & Yugi has changed a lot. Full of surprises and a new enemy. Also major Love Triangle.

Based on the original Yu Gi Oh storyline

A/N: Here's another update! So this chapter is basically a giant phone call so a perfect place for discussion and exposition. Enjoy!

Rated M

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh it belongs to Kazuki Takahashi

Chapter 15: Father to Daughter

About twenty minutes away from the Mutou home, the Egyptian company, including the one Greek, made their stay at the Domino Prime Hotel for the night. Everyone had separate rooms with the exception of the royal princess herself. She always stayed with her companion and fiance, Joshua. Keanna was laying down in her silk pajamas near the edge of the king sized bed. She was lying on her stomach propped up by her elbows, browsing through the web on her iPad with one hand and messaging on her iPhone with the other. Her thumb tapped quickly on the smartphone's screen. She was texting with her father. She was greatly concerned about his well being considering all the drama that had occurred tonight. After offering the old king to contact her through the popular app FaceTime, her father asked what this application was. Keanna laughed aloud to herself. She quickly explained to him what the app was and how to use it on his phone. A few moments passed and then both her devices buzzed with a call on video chat application. Figuring the tablet had a stand like feature on the cover, she chose to answer the call on the iPad. After inserting a pair of white headphones in the tablet, she tapped on the green button and Atem's face emerged.

"Hey dad. Glad you were able to figure this out pretty quickly."

Back at the Mutou residence, Atem was still lying on the sofa to quell his headache and queasiness. Although he had to ask Yugi to borrow his Apple headphones for this video chat.

"Yes, I tend to be pretty quick on my feet despite being born in a completely different millennium."

Keanna laughed again. "It's okay we are all from the same time period remember. It is only responsible to learn the ways of this new world. Anyway, how are you doing pops?"

Atem give a slight smile. "I'm still getting used to you calling me that, but um...I guess I'm okay." He paused and noticed that he could see himself on the smaller screen next to Keanna's video. In this mirror image he observed the scratch traveling down his left eye. It had even dig a bit into his eyebrow and check. "I remember one of you having to wipe my face after the fight but I never looked at this damned cut."

Keanna and everyone else had seen the wound but thought nothing of it, figuring it would heal in a short period of time.

"Are you so intoxicated that you didn't notice the gash on your face? She did hit you with a glass did she not?"

Atem looked away for a second. He felt embarrassed. "Yes, I remember bleeding, not so much the pain. But it all happened so fast and I left so dizzy. I'm just now starting to think straight again."

"Yeah, you and Yugi sure did put on quite the show."

"And I deeply apologize that you all had to witness my drunken stupidity."

Keanna raised a brow. "You seemed more angry than stupid to me."

Atem shifted on the sofa, trying to place his smartphone in a comfortable position."Hmm. I've been hearing that a lot. Yeah, I guess I was pretty angry."

His daughter's eyes softened."If you want we can talk about it."

"I was pretty upset when it was confirmed Tea is your mother fully reincarnated. So I felt sad but then when I started drinking my sorrows away, I started thinking more about how one of my best friends was with someone that I love. I guess it feels like fate is constantly screwing me over when it comes to this woman."

Keanna nodded. "Did you love Tea before you found out about mom?"

Atem took a moment to think. "I was always fond of her, there were moments I almost felt possessive of her. That I had to make sure she was always safe. But when I regained my memories of your mother, something sparked in me. I would see your mother in her but I ignored the feeling and hoped to see you two after the Ceremonial Duel. When I arrived home and neither of you were there...well, I felt empty and started to miss both your mother and Tea."

"So if anything you liked her to a degree."

"Yes. There was a unique attraction to Tea. Obviously knowing what I know now, these feelings I harbor make a lot more sense."

"Sounds like you guys are star-crossed lovers to me."

"Perhaps, but as you know I cannot pursue my feelings. What happened tonight was me being desperate for something I can no longer obtain. Such an embarrassment too."

"Okay so yes, you were pretty drunk, but I don't think you should beat yourself up about it." Keanna shifted on her bed. "Then again, I wasn't exactly there when you and Tea stepped aside. We all just heard Yugi yelling at you."

Her father cleared his throat. "Well, if you must know...I asked for us to talk privately and I thought it would be a good idea to tell her how I felt. Very crudely mind you. Then I ended up doing was kissing her, thinking it would make a difference."

Keanna nodded and took a moment to think. "I see. Mind me asking how that went before the whole, you know...fist fight."

Atem was quite surprised by his daughter's question. He darted his pupils back and forth. "Um, why would you want to know about that?"

"Cause I'm trying to get to the bottom of this. You said you kissed Tea right? Yugi wasn't happy about it at all. But if what you did was so wrong then why didn't Tea say something about it as well? I mean if my friend just decided to try sucking face with me I would make sure he got a piece of my mind."

"She did protest my actions." He then pointed at his scar. "Not to mention she did this to my face."

Her mouth formed a thin line. "True. But like..." She was having a difficult time forming her thoughts. "This is going to sound so weird and wrong...what I'm asking is did she reciprocate in any way."

The pharaoh thought about the question. He wasn't sure if he wanted his mind to travel back to that place. A place of immense desire. But looking back at this embarrassing moment, he did remember the woman not pulling back from his kiss. Although it was probably from shock and would explain her swift kick to his groin.

"Listen Keanna, I can't be sure whether she felt anything from that. But I don't what my drunken behavior to be a means of bringing up a difficult subject."

"Oh, and what subject would that be?"

Not realizing he had let that concept slip, Atem was now forced to talk about it again. Then again he did not want to keep secrets from his daughter. "It was something, Yugi and I had to discuss when he confronted me about what I had done. Basically I told him the truth about my feelings and that I want everyone to be honest, especially Tea."

"I'm guessing this stemmed from this whole promise thing?"

Atem scoffed. "I see everyone knows about this. Yes, I told him that I was aware of this promise he made to Tea years ago. I mean I understand I was more or less dead but I would never agree to such a thing."

"Maybe it was really hard for her to move on." Keanna took a moment to think. "You know mom missed you a lot, like there were days where it really tore her apart. I think the worst time was when we tried to come and see you."

Immediately Atem felt a sharp sting from the mention of this memory. It did not have to be unlocked from conquering Zorc, but it was something that happened not to long after his own death.

"I remember darling." The man felt his eyes glaze over. Thanks to the high definition cameras on these new smartphones, Keanna could see her father being emotional as well. "I can't imagine what you and your mother went through just to see me."

The young woman could also feel those emotions swell up inside her. She was only five when it happened.

Flashback

Both the Queen and princess had transported themselves into the tomb of the Chosen Pharaoh. Upon arrival Keanna gripped onto her mother's dress as they stepped into the depths of gloomy tomb. Only small torches along the walls gave the place of death light. Her mother stopped in step to gaze upon a mysterious figure ahead. The woman turned her head and nodded it toward the man in front of them.

"Go ahead sweetie. That is your daddy over there."

The small girl's eyes widened and her legs found the confidence to run toward the stranger. "Daddy!"

Racing across the slim pathway to the back of the tomb, little Keanna collided with her father in a tight hug. The spikey haired man looked down at the child with confusion. His hands remained stationary for he was not sure how to react.

"Excuse me, but who are you?" The king finally spoke.

Keanna looked upon her father with surprise. "I'm your daughter Keanna, daddy." Her small hands tugged at his long purple cape. "Don't you remember me?"

Teana had just walked over to them, and she could not believe her ears nor her eyes. She had heard the rumors about what they did with her husband but she never thought it would be to this extent.

Atem tilted his head. Nothing about the girl rang any bells. "I'm sorry but I do not remember you." He heard the sound of a gasp ahead of him. "Do you know who this is?"

The woman felt her eyes water up but she held the tears back. "That little girl is my daughter. Our daughter."

"Our daughter?" He gently nudged the girl back to her mother's side. Picking up his head he closely examined the woman's features. Still nothing came to mind. "How can this be…I do not remember ever meeting you?"

Hearing those words was like a knife to heart yet again. As if someone had told her she had become a widow. "Oh my love what have you done to yourself…" Teana realized that this was the great sacrifice her husband had made for their safety.

When his father came to her a few years ago she simply thought he just meant that Atem had given his life. In years of waiting for him to finally come home in the afterlife, she decided to investigate herself. She had expected many various situations to occur in result of her husband still residing within his tomb, but never in her wildest dreams had she expected this.

"Listen closely, love." Teana placed a hand on the king's cheek. "You have lost your memories and I will provide them back to you via our contact."

She began to pull herself close to her husband, their lips only centimeters apart. However, an elder man pulled the two apart. It was King Aknamkanon.

"What in Ra's name do you think you are doing Teana!" He questioned furiously.

Teana ripped herself from her father-in-law's grasp. "I'm getting my husband back! It has been five damned years and he needs to be with his family."

Aknamkanon sighed. "I understand but you see… My son erased his memories in order to lock away Zorc. It is now by the hand of fate that will choose when he will be released from the chains of his own entrapment."

"When will that be grandpa?" Keanna asked innocently.

The older man frowned. He hated it when small children were involved. "I'm sorry sweetie but even I do not know. Some say thousands of years."

The child was becoming frustrated and stomped her foot. "But that is too long!"

"I know my child…" He sighed again. "Teana please take your daughter out of here. She does not need to go through this."

Teana would normally fight for her husband but she knew this was the way things are going to be from now on. She held her daughter close. "Come on Keanna. We have to go home. Daddy has to come home when he is allowed to and it is for our protection. Then one day I promise you, your father will return to us."

As the flashback faded away, a single tear rolled down her tanned cheek. Initially she did not notice it, but then her father spoke up.

"Are you alright my dear?"

His baritone voice broke through her trance like state. Looking at her own video feed she saw the glaze in her eyes and wet stream on her face. An 'oh shit' could be heard before she moved her iPad down a bit to grab a tissue and wipe her face. The new angle of the device's camera brought a scar near Keanna's collarbone into a better view. Of course any parent would be concerned from the size of what must have been a painful gash.

Atem spoke up again. "By Ra, when did you obtain that wound?"

Luckily her headphones remained in her ears and she noticed her pajama top was opened a bit too much to expose the scar. She never liked seeing it herself ever since she regained a body.

"Oh this. It was you know..." The princess didn't want to bring up more painful memories. Not that she could recollect this one since she was just an infant, but there was no point in lying about it. "This is from when I was killed. I guess scars from our old bodies stay with us. I wish this one wasn't as noticeable."

A masculine voice then spoke aloud from the back of Keanna's hotel room. "There you go complaining about that darn thing again. I told you it makes look badass."

The iPad's camera shifted up and down for a few moments before a half naked and wet haired Joshua emerged into view. He was only wearing blue shorts and hieroglyphic tattoos traveled up his strong arms. The man was very well-built but it was to be expected for a warrior-like priest in training. He crawled onto the bed and behind Keanna before kissing her cheek and neck. The princess's face visibly reddened at the weird situation she was in. Through the mirroring screen on the iPad, she could see that her fiance was the most inappropriate position, basically on top of her.

"No scar can make you look any less sexy baby." Joshua placed another kiss on her face and tried reaching for her lips, but Keanna dodged. "Oh c'mon play along with me. It's been a while."

"Josh, please... can't you see that I'm on the phone with my dad."

The young priest peered up slightly and practically jumped off of his fiance with a bit of a yelp. Surely the king did not want to see his own daughter getting frisky.

Atem was not too bothered by what he had witnessed, in fact he started to laugh a loud.

Keanna decided to shift from her laying position to where she was sitting up more. Joshua on the other hand was in the background desperately looking for a top to wear. Then he said.

"I am deeply sorry your highness, I had no idea you two were on FaceTime. I had just gotten out of the shower."

Keanna pulled out her headphones and put her father on speaker.

"You don't have to apologize Joshua. You already have my blessing to be with my daughter. I understand that we all have certain needs and wants."

The subject of the conservation ended up grabbing a basic hooded sweater and zipped it half way, figuring it was better than being bare chested in front of what would soon be his father-in-law. Keanna began to laugh at her fiance's appearance with his frazzled wet hair, sport shorts, and baggy hoodie. The man tried to ignore the teasing.

"So anyway...what were you two talking about before I clearly interrupted."

Atem tried to think how to summarize the conversation. "I guess you can call it family drama."

His daughter rolled his eyes. "More like my best friend is screwing my soulmate."

The pharaoh was about to reprimand his daughter, but in all honesty she was telling the truth. "Very true perhaps. But I wish not view my situation like that. After all I did not make the best impression tonight."

Joshua shrugged. "Well, look nobody is perfect. If you think you were bad, you should have seen the way Yugi was interrogating us."

"To be fair he and the rest of them had no idea what was going on. Also he is very afraid."

The priest seemed a bit surprised. "Afraid of what?"

Keanna knew what her father was referring to. "Yugi is afraid of losing Tea. Especially since she still has feelings for my dad."

Atem brought up his hand. "Hold up, I'm not completely sure if that is true."

"Dad please listen. I got to have some small talk with her while you were unconscious...trust me she still likes you."

Now this got the king's attention. "Wait you two talked? About what?"

Another eye roll. "It wasn't much trust me. I would ask simple questions here and there, just to make her comfortable around me. But the whole time we were taking care of you, her face was basically pink. Not to mention the girls were teasing her left and right."

"I mean I was in my underwear, I think anyone would be embarrassed to see their friend in a state of undress."

Keanna started to fume. "By the gods dad! Yugi would not be so afraid if he didn't know the truth either. Tea likes you a lot. Hell she loves you!"

Atem was taken aback by his daughter's tone. But clearly she was trying to prove a point to him. "Well, even if what you say is true...what can I really do about it? She is with Yugi and they have a young child."

Joshua decided to chime in. "So? They can raise the child without being together. Hell my dad isn't my biological father and he raised me pretty well."

"Yet another truth." Then a thought sprung into the king's mind. Something about this young man's appearance had him making assumptions but now he had to be sure. "Not to stray from the topic...Joshua, no one ever really explained this to me, but who is your mother and father?"

The young priest laughed. "You know I get asked this question a lot but I thought my mom would have told you. She is your friend Mana. As for my dad, that would be Mahad but like I said he is not my real father because, well that's sort of impossible. Marcus is the rare expect of heavenly children but then again he is a dragon."

Atem had a strong feeling Mana was his mother. The resemblance in their emerald eyes and wavy hair are almost uncanny. Also her relationship with Mahad was bond to happen sooner or later. "I had a feeling this was the case. But since Mahad was already dead, who exactly is your real father? Not to mention the name Joshua isn't exactly Egyptian."

"Well, this is part no one likes to hear. So when my mom became a priest for King Seto, there was a slight influx of servants, slaves, and prisoners of war. Ya know since Zorc pretty much wrecked the kingdom. One of these newcomers became a caretaker for the palace bath houses and I guess you can my mom thought he was handsome and decided to..." He tried to think of an appropriate phrasing. "...indulge herself with him."

Keanna snickered. "I can never get over the fact that you are basically the son of a pool boy. And she named you after him."

Her father spoke up. "Ah, so that explains your name. Your father had to have been a Hebrew then."

"Yup. Also that is why I never met the guy. You know the whole believing in different afterlives."

Yet, another question was brought to mind. "Wait, if you were alive during Seto's reign, then how did you meet Keanna? I assumed you two grew up together."

Joshua scratched the back of his head. "You see, my lineage doesn't rub right with a lot of people. When I was just five years old, my father and I were killed for mixing with Egyptian noble blood. So considering the time frame, Keanna was like six when I met her. And Mahad raised me until I was reunited with my mother again."

The old king's features soften. He couldn't believe Mana suffered a similar fate to him. The pain of losing her son must have torn her apart. "Well, at least you were all reunited."

"Yeah, and that is our goal for you guys." Joshua pointed to both Keanna and the iPad screen.

"Good luck with that."

Joshua flashed a toothy grin. "Look if I can pull off marrying your daughter, then I think we can accomplish anything."

The princess nudged her fiance. "Josh..."

"Why would you two getting married be a problem?" Then he remember something his daughter told him. "Hold on does this have to do with the Divine Council?"

Joshua nodded. "The one and only. They really don't like priests, let alone, oh what did they call me...oh yeah a half breed entering the royal bloodline."

Atem scrunched his features. "Those laws are older than I am, and this is still an issue?"

"Yes, and I haven't made my standing with them any better with them recently."

"Oh, yeah didn't you steal something?"

The man looked to his fiance. "How much did you tell him?"

Keanna held up her hands. "All I said was not that Divine Council doesn't like you and you stealing your powers from the ka vaults didn't help either."

Atem chuckled. "Now this is story I would like to hear. How did a young priest in training manage to obtain the Sorcerer of Dark Magic and a beast ka. One of which I had not seen yet."

"Well, since we have to see the Council soon, I guess it is best I update you on my so-called crimes. Our friend Marcus was involved as well."

So this call will be split into two chapters. I wanted one for Atem and Keanna to talk and the next one will be Joshua and Marcus little back story about this thing with the Divine Council. My OC's need love too ya know. As always please leave your reviews and comments. They keep me going! See ya!