Yugioh belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.
Warning: This chapter has a sort of graphic fight scene involving Cairo. Although I've seen a lot worse on Dragon Ball Z (not owned by me).
Atem's eyes open and he quickly sits up in bed after taking a nap. He looks over to the window where the sun is just setting before looking down and holding his chest. He breathes a long sigh and swings his feet out of bed, placing them on the cold ground. A strange feeling has suddenly overcome him. For some reason, he feels that he should check on his daughter so he starts heading to her room. He finds it empty. She is usually meditating in her room at sunset yet she isn't there. He had had a very disturbing dream about her and he is beginning to think that dream was some sort of vision. 'Cairo…'
Mahad walks down the hall and sees Atem standing at his daughter's room. He takes a deep breath before calling him and Atem turns his attention to him. "Yes Mahad? What is it?"
"I have terrible news. It pains me to say that Cairo has been kidnapped."
"What!?"
"Mahad!" Mana calls from afar as she walks toward them. Her blouse covers her bandages so Atem will not see. "Is it true?" Mana asks when she reaches them both. "Has she—"
"I'm afraid so."
"Oh no…" She quickly turns her back to them to hide her tears and she covers her mouth. She looks down with disbelief in her eyes. Her only daughter has been kidnapped. If she lost her…she just couldn't imagine life without her. Just thinking about it hurt. 'This can't be happening…'
"There is currently a search party looking for her now," Mahad informs them.
"Master Mahad!" yells a guard as he runs to them.
"What is it?"
He bows to the pharaoh and queen in respect before continuing. "We've found Seto. He must've been with the princess when she was kidnapped."
"Have you found Cairo?" Atem asks.
"No my king. We've—"
"Then what are you just standing here for!?" Atem yells, hitting the side of his fist against a wall. "Keep searching! Find her!"
"Y-Yes sir!" answers the guard before running off. Atem starts panting and he holds his chest, trying to catch his breath. Mana goes to his side and supports him by holding him up by the arm.
"Atem…"
"I will join the search party as well," says Mahad. "We will find her."
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Cairo sits on a small chair in a cave with a bored expression on her face. She watches as the hooded guys play small games and commune with each other around a fire near the entrance of the cave. She rests her elbow on her leg and her chin in her hand and yawns loudly. The moon gives off a faint light on her location and she sighs before standing up, causing the hooded men to stop what they are doing and stand as well. 'It's time I put Mahad's training to good use.'
"Sit down," commands one of them and he walks over to her, preparing to grab her.
"I don't take orders from you," Cairo says with a smirk. She grabs one of his arms and twists it behind his back. The others start to assist as well and she kicks the man in her grasp to two of them, knocking them to the ground. Next, she elbows two that are coming from behind before slamming her knee into the stomach of one of them and he falls to the ground. Suddenly, she is grabbed from behind and lifted off her feet. She tries to kick out of his grasp but to no avail. He is way too strong for her.
"Let go of me!" she yells and with as much force as she can, she throws her head back into his face and he drops her as blood drips from his nose. She drops to the ground on her hands and knees and looks around as more start to surround her. "Curses…Guess I have no choice." A black wand with a gold sphere on top appears in her hand and it glows, causing them all to be blown back into the wall. She heads for the exit, only to be blocked by a bigger and stronger hooded man.
"Master wouldn't be so happy if I were to let you go," he says in a deep voice. "I've seen what you can do and I'm not holding back." Cairo grits her teeth as he grabs her by the head and hits her stomach hard with his knee, causing her to gag and pant. She drops to her knees, holding her stomach and gasping for air.
"Monster…" she says, glaring up at him.
"What's wrong? The first strong person you see and immediately you give up."
"I never give up."
"Good. That means that I can have more fun torturing the princess of Egypt." He grabs her by the back of her shirt and flings her up in the air. She shuts her eyes, knowing what is about to happen next and soon her back is once again met by his gigantic knee. She bites her lip to keep from screaming and showing her pain as she lands on the ground.
She is picked up once again and slammed into a hard wall before being punched continuously in multiple places. Blood spurts from her mouth when he hits a certain spot in her gut and he lets her drop to the ground.
"Had enough?"
She grins to his surprise. "Is that all you got?"
"What?"
"You…hit like a girl."
"You'll pay for that," he says and he lifts her up to eye level. "I'm gonna—" He is interrupted when she kicks him in the face and he stumbles back with her still in his grasp. "Why you little runt! How dare you!? Who do you think you are!?" He gasps when her eyes suddenly go black and she grins evilly.
"I am the princess of Egypt and I will not be defeated by the likes of you." A shadow appears from behind her and a tall figure with a wand appears. "Say hello to my ka." As the magician's wand glows brightly, a loud scream echoes throughout the desert.
Cairo pants heavily, barely standing on her feet and she looks toward the exit. 'Now to get back to the palace.'
"That was quite impressive little Cairo," says a voice and she looks around for the source. "Or should I say, Princess Cairo."
"Show yourself." Out of the shadows appears a tall man with grey spiky hair going in all directions and tan skin. His blue eyes are dark and cold and he grins down at her. "Who are you?"
"Just call me Marik."
Wow, Cairo's quite a fighter. Please review!
Author's Note: I feel like I've been using Bakura too much in my fics so I decided to switch it up. Just go with it.