Chapter 16

"Atemu, you really know how to push a girl away don't you?" Seto sighed, walking past him.

"Shut it priest," he huffed, moping back to his room.

Sighing quite disheartened, he closed the door to his room, eyes fixated on the floor beneath his feet.

"Don't look so sad," a soft voice cooed from the balcony, raising his head in less than an instant.

"Masi," his words airy and light, hardly louder than the whisper of wind that passed his ears.

She wasn't looking at him, much less facing him; she stared over the balcony, as though there was still a large gap between them.

"You came back…"

"Of course," she sighed uncomfortably, "I live here remember?"

"Well… yeah, but I thought you were angry…"

"I'm not angry, at least not too much," her words were growing more heartless each second, all hint of emotion was leaving her; as though she didn't know how to feel anymore.

He was more than hesitant to join her at the balcony, so he contented himself with the bedside, watching her movement cautiously.

"Atemu… we need to have a talk."

His eyes widened; was this going to be a bad thing? "What about?"

"The future, get the council, in the library, now," her words somehow made Bakura seem polite as she turned, stalking out of the room just as quickly and swiftly as she'd entered.

Pharaoh could only gulp and do as he was told.

He made his rounds, calling all the priests to the library as Masi had ordered. The large, and rather unhappy, group.

"This had better be good," Seto growled, "we were just in here not long ago… if you don't remember."

"I remember Seto, so don't be smart with me," she retorted, "I called this meeting to alert you to something I believe may be a threat, but obviously you now care more for your sleep than the good of the country."

"Masika? What's gotten into you?" Atemu's eyes resembled plates.

Her hand found rest on her stomach, eyes unable to meet with any other's in the room, "Bakura will be back."

"That's what this is about?! C'mon Masi, you know we've got things protected now!" Shadah rolled his eyes.

"No, that's not what I mean… when I was there… he was so, serious. There's no way he'll let Atemu live, not after what happened to his village."

The priests looked at her oddly.

"What? Don't you know?"

"Know what?"

"About the slaughter of Kul'eldna… surely you've been told about it," her voice trailed off, slightly shocked as half the council shook their heads in question.

She sighed, explaining it to them as though they were kindergarteners, "The thing is, I think he may seriously be after Atemu and myself."

Seto slid from the room, possibly to immediately up the security, but one could only guess. The rest of the council only remained silent, some shifting uncomfortably, some just staring off into space.

"What do we do now?" Atemu blinked.

Thanks for reading... I know its been a while since i brought this fanfic, up and the thing is, my memory loss has been acting up lately, and if i can't remember the plot for this story soon, i may have to discontinue it. I don't want to, but i may have no other choice.

Anyway, thanks again for reading and do please review