Yugioh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.
Seto goes to his room for the night and sets down his hat on the table near his bed. He takes off his stained shoes and puts them at the foot of his bed before sitting down, wearing no top and just a skirt like he always does when he goes to bed. He swings his feet on the bed, placing the covers over them and lastly he rests his head on the pillow. But a weird squishy sound makes him sit up with a puzzled look on his face. He looks back at the pillow and starts poking it continuously. With each poke comes the weird squishy noise. Slowly he lifts up the pillow and his eyes widen before narrowing as his face suddenly turns a boiling red. He grits his teeth and clenches his fist before yelling, "Cairo!"
Cairo turns over on her side on her bed and giggles before placing her blanket over head. 'Hehe…' In another bedroom, Atem groans loudly, placing a hand on his burning forehead, knowing what has occurred just now.
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Mana goes past the room that Atem is resting in the next day to find him still in bed trying to recover from his exhaustion and illness. She bows her head with a sigh but quickly lifts up her head when she feels someone place a hand on her shoulder. She turns around to see Mahad behind her. "Mahad…I'm not sure if I can do this. It's such a big responsibility."
"I know. But you signed up for this responsibility when you both got married. You should've expected that something like this would happen."
"I know, I know," she sighs and she looks over Atem again. "I just prayed that it wouldn't."
"Do not worry. You will be given training. You will be taught how to rule properly and how to defend yourself in combat. You cannot always rely on your monster and magic all the time."
"Yeah…so who's training me?"
"Priest Aknadin," he replies making her eyes go wide in shock and disbelief. "He will be a suitable trainer for you."
"Are you serious!? You can't! That guy is…creepy…" she mutters her last word.
"Even so, it is for your own good."
"Yeah right…" They stop their conversation when Seto storms past them, stomping his feet which each step. His eyes are enraged and his fists are clenched tightly at his sides. Mana raises an eyebrow and asks, "Rough night Seto?"
"Don't even get me started!" he exclaims back and Mana and Mahad look at each other with clueless looks before shrugging their shoulders.
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Mana walks out to the courtyard not wearing her royal clothing but instead a white pleated skirt and a strapless blouse along with a gold belt worn tightly around her waist containing a red ruby in the middle. Her head piece still remains on her head. She stops in the middle of the courtyard looking in all directions to find no one there…or so she thought. After waiting there for a while she shrugs and turns away. 'Maybe the old man for—'
"Rule number one: never turn your back on the enemy," comes a voice from all directions. She turns around and quickly dodges a kick and she stays crouched down as she looks up at the person that gave the attack. It is none other than Aknadin himself. Most of his face is covered by his hood but you can see his grey beard and the millennium eye as well as his real one. He glares down at her and she returns a blank stare. She has never seen him act this way before. She didn't even know that he had combating skills. It is like he has another side to him. "Stand," he commands and she slowly gets up to her feet, only to be nearly attacked again and she falls back.
"What was that for!?"
"You must be quick. Now stand!" he orders once again. She tries to stand up a lot quicker this time, only to be grabbed by the neck and lifted into the air. Her eyes widen and she looks at him with shock. This is definitely a different side to him. "If I were your actual enemy, you would already be dead." He drops her and she lands on her feet as he walks away.
"Hey! Where are you going? What about my training?"
"That was a test to see where you currently are. Our real training shall start tomorrow." Mana holds her neck, gasping for air as she watches him depart from her. She has a feeling that her training will be a lot harder and tense than today.
"How'd it go?" asks Mahad as they walk in the hallway.
"He nearly killed me on my first day," she replies making Mahad chuckle. "Are you sure it's such a great idea for him to train me? Geez, doesn't he know I'm a girl?"
"Mana, his training will be good for you. Do you think that any intruder will hesitate to fight you because you're a girl?"
"Man I thought Atem's training was hard. Speaking of him how is he? Any progress?"
Mahad shakes his head. "No. He's still much too weak. It'll take awhile for him to fully recover."
"Darn…"
"You should've expected this Mana. You are queen of Egypt anyway. You had to rule sometime."
"That's the thing. I didn't expect it," she says to herself. "Atem warned me but…"
"You're talking to yourself again," Mahad points out making her blush. "You'll be fine Mana, I know it. All you have to do is listen to the advice the priests and I give you and you'll be alright."
"You make it sound so easy."
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Cairo dashes into her father's room and closes the door silently so that she will not awaken him. There is no way Seto would even dare to come here because he would not want to disturb his king. She wipes her face which is moist from running before going over to her father's side. His chest rises up and down as he breathes calmly. He sleeps peacefully yet she still knows that he is still sick on the inside which makes her sad. Tears form in her eyes but she quickly wipes them away. She's never cried before and she isn't going to start now. Besides, she needs to be strong for her father. She closes her eyes and takes a couple of deep breaths to calm herself down.
Her eyes reopen when
she feels a hand cupping her cheek and she stares into the eyes that
resemble hers so greatly. "Cairo…"
"Please tell me you're
feeling better," she says.
"I'm still the same as yesterday. I feel very weak," he replies before looking into her reddened eyes. "Have you been crying?"
"No. Never."
"I assure you, I will be fine. Slowly but surely."
"I know." Atem grins weakly and she tilts her head to the side in question. "What?"
"You're sweating Cairo. What have you been doing?"
Cairo sweat drops and places a hand behind her head, chuckling nervously. "Nothing! Nothing!"
"You can't lie to me. Were you running away from Seto?" Cairo looks away with a dark aura appearing around her and he dims his eyes with a pearl of sweat going down the side of his head. "When will you ever learn?" (AN: Anime moment! Lol)
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Mana plops down to her bed on her stomach and sighs. She has a feeling tomorrow will be a very hard day for she will be receiving her real training. The training that she dreads the most is the training that she will be getting from Aknadin. That would be a lot of physical training but it shouldn't be that bad since she is already a little athletic as it is. She drops her head. 'Okay, okay. I've got to get myself together. Gotta prepare myself,' she says mentally before sighing heavily. 'Cuz it's gonna a long day.'
Otay! Another chapter done! If you didn't notice, Cairo is kind of the comic relief of the story. Till then, please review!