Here's the next chapter. There is a battle in this, so I hope that you like it.
Enjoy!
Chapter 4- Allies or Enemies?
The five men that Kenshin had sent arrived in Egypt.
The leader looked up and saw that they were very close to the Egyptian palace. "There it is. The Egyptian palace." the leader, Ushio, said.
"Let's bust in and deal with these bastards!" a man growled.
"What's your hurry?" Ushio asked.
"Ignore him, Ushio. He's just in a hurry to get in a fight." another said.
Ushio smirked. "Don't worry. When we get in, we'll be fighting all right. Those weak Egyptians won't know what hit them when we make our move." Ushio said.
The group headed toward the palace, making their way around the guards that seemed to be everywhere.
'This won't be as easy as I thought.' Ushio thought.
Heba looked up from the book that he was reading and frowned. He didn't know why, but he had a bad feeling.
'What is going on? I have a bad feeling that something is going to happen, and I don't know what it is.' Heba thought.
Heba put the book away and put it down on his nightstand before he stood up and headed toward the door. He opened the door to find Atemu at the door. "Atemu, what are you doing here?" Heba asked.
"What are you wearing?" Atemu asked, looking at Heba's outfit.
Heba was wearing a pair of black pants with black boots that came up to his knees. He also wore a deep blue shirt with an armored chest that was also a deep blue. He wore a collar around his neck that was black. There was a purple cape that hung from Heba's shoulder that reached his ankles. He also had two thin, gold rings that went around his head a few inches from each other. There was a sapphire jewel in the center of his forehead between the two rings.
"Oh. This is what I normally wear in the Millennial Kingdom. The Pharaoh said that it was all right for Joey, Ryou, Malik, and me to wear what we wore there." Heba replied.
"Oh. It is certainly different." Atemu said.
"I know. Was there something you needed?" Heba asked.
"Oh, yeah. I was wondering if you wanted to come to the lounge and play a game with me." Atemu said.
"Oh. I suppose I could. Do you think that your cousins will mind?" Heba asked.
"No. Come on." Atemu said.
Heba nodded and closed the door of his room before following Atemu down the hall.
Yami met them and said, "Sorry, Atemu, but Father has just called a meeting for some reason. Everyone has to be there."
"Great. I hate those meetings.' Atemu thought.
'At least you have a say in what happens in your kingdom. Father makes every decision without advice or input from anyone.' Heba thought.
The two followed Yami down the hall.
Ushio and his men had made their way into the palace and were stealthily making their way through the long hallways.
"Damn it! Where is the throne room?" one of them hissed.
"Calm down. We'll find it." Ushio said.
"Yeah, but this or boring, and why are there so many guards around?" another asked.
"Who knows. Maybe they're paranoid since Heba and those others are here." a third said.
"Please. Those idiots couldn't do anything. I would love the chance to slit Heba's throat." Ushio growled.
"Maybe you'll be given the chance." the last one said.
The five ducked into a dark room as a few guards passed.
"There's some idiots that guard this place. We haven't had a problem getting in here." Ushio said.
The group continued their way
Atemu, Heba, and Yami arrived at the throne room and found that the priests, Seto, Joey, Ryou, Bakura, Marik, Malik, Aknankanon, and Amara were already in the throne room.
"Come on in, you three." Aknankanon said.
The three then walked over and stood in their customary places.
"All right. I'll just get right to the point of these meetings. We are going to have to go to England. All of us." Aknankanon said.
"We are?" Atemu asked.
Aknankanon nodded. "Yes. We have to go there for treaty reasons. There are some formalities, so we all need to go." Aknankanon said.
"When do we leave?" Yami asked.
"It'll still be a few weeks. I'm just letting you know ahead of time." Aknankanon said.
"We'll be going separately. Aknankanon, Aknaudin, Shada, and I will go a few days before the rest of you fly out." Amara said.
"We always do that, Mother. We're used to it." Atemu said.
"Good. I want you to be ready to leave soon. You will also have to spend time with Princess Tea." Aknankanon said.
"That's fine. We haven't seen Tea in a few years." Yami said.
"Yeah. Isn't she married now?" Bakura asked.
"Engaged, and yes, to Lord Tristan." Amara said.
"Well, it'll be nice to see them again." Seto said, though he didn't sound too excited.
'I wonder who these two are. I'll have to ask Atemu later.' Heba thought.
"In any case, you'll need to be ready for when we leave." Aknankanon said.
"We will, Father." Atemu said.
"And no pranks or anything on Princess Tea again." Aknankanon said, glaring at Bakura and Marik.
The two just grinned innocently.
"But it's so much fun." Bakura protested.
"NO!" Aknankanon and Amara said at the same time.
'Uh-oh. I better tell Joey and Malik to behave themselves.' Heba thought.
"There it is!" Ushio said in a hushed, excited whisper.
"Yes! Now we can get to the fun stuff!" another said.
"I just hope that this works in starting the war. Emperor Kenshin won't be happy if we don't succeed." a third said.
"Don't worry. The Emperor will have his war, and we get the chance to kill of Heba, Joey, Ryou, and Malik." the fourth said.
"Let's go on in." the last one said.
"Yes. It's time to start a war." Ushio agreed, smirking at the thought.
Since there was nothing else to say, Aknankanon dismissed everyone from the meeting.
Heba, Joey, Ryou, and Malik all headed toward the door.
"Joey. Malik. We really need to talk." Heba said.
"About what?" Malik asked.
Before Heba could answer, the doors to the throne room were blasted open, catching Heba, Ryou, Joey, and Malik in the blast.
The four slammed into the wall before they crashed down to the floor, unconscious.
All of the Egyptians were shocked by the suddenness of the attack.
"What in the name of Ra is going on?!" Aknankanon shouted.
Then, Ushio and his men walked in through the smoke.
"Who are you?!" Aknaudin demanded.
"We're your worst nightmare." Ushio answered.
"Why are you here?! What do you want?!" Aknankanon demanded.
"Simple. We're here to kill here." Ushio said. He held up his hand, and a blast of magic hit them all, throwing them back into the wall at the throne.
Atemu groaned and raised up. "What was that?" Atemu asked.
"Magic. Millennial magic." Mahado said, having dealt with it before.
"Millennial magic?! Those five are Millennials then!" Seto exclaimed.
Bakura's eyes narrowed in anger. "Those bastards! Those damned husbands of ours must have been in on this!" Bakura growled angrily.
"I'm not so sure they are." Isis said.
"Why not?" Marik demanded.
"One, they have had no contact with the Millennial Kingdom. Two, they are unconscious." Isis said, pointing at the four unconscious boys.
Everyone looked and saw that they were unconscious.
"I would worry about yourselves if I were you." Ushio said.
Quick as lightening, Ushio and his men were over at them.
Before they could react, the Egyptians were forced to fight them and failing at it.
Atemu, Marik, Bakura, Seto, and Yami were all thrown to one side of the room while Isis, Mahado, Karim, Aknaudin, and Shada were thrown to the other side of the room.
Aknankanon and Amara were the only ones left at the throne, and Ushio looked at them menacingly.
Heba groaned and rolled over to his stomach, dazed and confused. The last thing he remembered was telling Malik and Joey that he needed to talk to them.
Heba looked up, and his eyes widened in horror when he saw Ushio and the four men at Aknankanon and Amara. 'No! Father must have sent them here to cause trouble!' Heba thought. He knew that he needed to help them, but he couldn't. 'I know Father, and he will do what he said he would.' Heba thought, his heart tearing apart at the mere thought of what his father would do.
Atemu looked over and noticed that Heba was awake and doing nothing. 'What is he doing?! Is he just going to let those men kill my parents?! That bastard! He really isn't someone I can trust!' Atemu thought, turning angry.
Heba was close to just closing his eyes and not watching when he remembered someone.
'If you must choose between saving my life and saving Egypt, choose Egypt.'
Heba then knew what he had to do. 'Forgive me, brother.' Heba thought.
"It's time to do, King of Egypt." Ushio said, raising his sword.
Aknankanon used his body to protect Amara. He wasn't going to let anything happen to Amara if he could help it.
Ushio brought his sword down.
Aknankanon shut his eyes, waiting for the blow, but it never came. He heard a metallic clank instead. Looking up, Aknankanon saw that Heba was in front of him, blocking the sword.
"WHAT?!" Ushio shouted.
Heba pushed Ushio back and kicked Ushio in the stomach, causing Ushio to fall backwards.
"Not a chance, Ushio!" Heba snapped.
"What do you think you are doing, you bastard?!" Ushio growled.
"Stopping you! If you want to kill them, you're going to have to kill me first!" Heba snarled.
Ushio smirked. "You have no idea how much I would love to do that." Ushio said. He then charged at Heba.
Heba blocked the sword again before he rammed into Ushio, knocking Ushio off balance. He turned and said, "Pharaoh, get out of the line of fire."
Aknankanon nodded and grabbed Amara before heading over to Atemu and the others.
Ushio and the other four charged at Heba.
Heba blocked a sword and ducked to avoid another one, but he was kicked in the back and thrown back into the wall. Heba ducked as a fist came at him and rammed his shoulder into the stomach of the one who had attacked him before he jumped up and kicked the man in the face, causing the man to stumble backwards.
Ushio rushed forward and punched Heba square in the jaw, throwing Heba backwards. "You're a dead man, Heba!" Ushio snarled.
Heba got up and jumped to avoid being kicked in the stomach. He pushed off the wall with his feet and flipped over the five men, landing in the middle of the throne room so that he wasn't cornered anymore.
"If you think those escape tricks will work this time, you're wrong!" Ushio spat.
"Who said anything about running?" Heba asked before he charged at them.
One brought a sword down at Heba, but Heba moved to the side to avoid the blow and then brought the hilt of his sword up, hitting the man directly in the chin. The man stumbled back.
Another man brought his sword down toward Heba, but Heba blocked it.
Ushio growled. He raised a hand to use his magic when a fist landed in his face.
Joey glared at the man. "Fight fair, you bastard!" Joey spat.
"I never have, and I never will." Ushio retorted before he charged at Joey.
Ryou and Malik went over and joined Heba to help him with the other four men.
"What is going on?" Bakura asked.
"I don't know." Aknankanon admitted.
"I saw Heba awake and just looking at you guys. I thought that he was going to let you die, but then he saved you." Atemu said.
"They're making it hard to know whether they are our allies or our enemies." Aknaudin said.
Ushio brought his sword down at Joey, but Joey moved to the side out of the path of the sword before he brought his sword up, but Ushio blocked Joey's sword with his own. Ushio jumped back before he brought his fist toward Joey, but Joey ducked and moved out of the path of his fist before he turned and rammed his foot right into Ushio's chest, throwing Ushio off balance.
Ryou blocked the sword of one of the men before he rammed himself forward and threw the man off balance. Ryou then brought his fist up and hit the man under his chin. The man fell onto his back and the tripped Ryou. Ryou fell backwards and then rolled out of the path of the sword that the man brought down at him before he jumped up and kicked the man in the face.
Malik blocked one blow from the man before bringing his sword down diagonally at the man, who used his own sword to block Malik's. The man forced Malik's sword up before he kneed Malik in the stomach, knocking the wind out of Malik. The man then tried to decapitate Malik, but Malik ducked and then rammed his shoulder into the man's chest before he rammed the hit of the sword into the man's throat, crushing the man's throat and killing him.
Heba blocked the sword of one man and then jumped up so that he could avoid the sword from the other man. One of the men hit Heba in the back and threw him into the floor. Heba jumped backwards to avoid a sword before his feet hit the floor and he went back at the men. He struck out with his sword, slicing one of the men's throat.
Malik went over to help Heba out.
"Wow. They're better fighters than I thought they would be." Bakura said as he watched them fight.
"No kidding. You thought that we could take them all down without any trouble. I think they would take us down without any trouble." Marik said.
"The question is who's side are they on." Aknaudin said.
Ryou blocked another sword blow before he rammed his head into the head of the other one. The man stumbled backwards, dazed. Ryou brought his sword down vertically at the man, but the man managed to block the attack before knocking Ryou backwards. The man then charged at Ryou, not realizing that Ryou had his sword pointed at him and impaled himself on Ryou's sword. Ryou pulled the sword out of the man and let the man fall on the ground, dead.
Malik brought his sword down at the one that was left fighting Heba and brought his sword down at the man. The man blocked the sword and then charged at Malik. Malik ducked to avoid the sword before he brought his sword up, his sword going through the man in his stomach.
The only one that was left was Ushio, who was still fighting Ushio.
Ushio saw that all his men were dead and was enraged. 'I won't let these fools defeat me! I will complete the Emperor's plan so that we can start the war with Egypt.' Ushio thought determinedly.
Ushio suddenly hit Joey so hard in the chest that he was thrown backwards right into Malik, knocking them both down to the ground.
"You okay, Joey?" Ryou asked.
"I'm fine." Joey replied.
"If you think that I am going to let you win, you have another thing coming." Ushio growled.
"Like I said, you'll have to kill me first." Heba said.
"You'll have to kill us first." Ryou said, clarifying it.
Ushio smirked. "Gladly." Ushio said.
To the surprise of most of the Egyptians, black wings suddenly appeared on Ushio's back.
Ushio smirked before he flew up into the air and then charged down at them.
Heba, Ryou, Joey, and Malik all dove out of the way to avoid being hit by the sword.
Ushio laughed as he rammed his foot into Joey's stomach, knocking Joey backwards through a statue before Joey crashed into the ground.
Joey groaned in pain.
Malik jumped at Ushio only be thrown backwards by Ushio's burst of magic. Malik crashed into the wall.
"Ryou, we need to even the battle field." Heba said.
"Right." Ryou agreed.
A moment later, a pair of chocolate brown wings appeared on Ryou's back while a pair of amethyst wings appeared on Heba's back.
Heba flew up at a surprised Ushio and his sword clashed with Ushio. Ryou also flew at Ushio.
"They have wings?!" Bakura exclaimed.
Aknankanon looked at him. "Of course they have wings. Why are you acting so surprised? All Millennials have wings." Aknankanon said.
"You knew?!" Seto, Marik, Bakura, Atemu, and Yami exclaimed.
"Yes, and apparently, you didn't." Aknankanon said.
Ushio hit Heba so hard that he was thrown into the ground.
Ryou then charged at Ushio. Ushio blocked Ryou's sword and then moved backwards, out of the way of another blow. Ushio struck out with his sword and nicked Ryou in his wing.
Ryou cried out in pain.
Ushio then punched Ryou so hard that he crashed to the ground.
Heba got back up and flew at Ushio. Ushio stopped the sword and tried knee Heba in the stomach, but Heba moved out of the way and rammed his fist in Ushio's face, throwing Ushio back into the wall.
Ushio glared at him. "I won't let a runt like you stop me!" Ushio snapped before charging at Heba.
Heba's eyes narrowed. 'You shouldn't have underestimated me, Ushio. There's more to me than meets the eye.' Heba thought.
Heba dodged Ushio's attack before he turned in the air and brought his leg down into Ushio's back, throwing Ushio down to the ground. Heba flew down at him, and Ushio flew up out of the way. Heba's feet barely touched the floor before he flew back up at Ushio. Heba turned to the side as Ushio brought his sword across and avoided the hit before he charged at Ushio again. Heba's sword pierced Ushio's wing, causing Yugi to scream in pain as he fell.
Heba landed in front of him, "It's over, Ushio." Heba said.
Ushio glared at him. "You'll pay for what you have done, Heba. Your father already knows of your treachery. You just signed your brother's death warrant. You have yourself to blame for his demise." Ushio said.
Heba felt tears prick the back of his eyes as he knew that it was true.
Ushio then sent a blast of magic at the Egyptians.
"NO!" Heba shouted.
The Egyptians started shouting in fear.
Heba flew quickly in front of them and used his sword to block the attack. When Heba looked again, he was gone.
"Ryou!" Malik shouted.
Heba then ran over to Ryou, who was holding wing.
"Damn it! That hurt!" Ryou snapped.
"Calm down, Ryou. Let me look at it." Heba said, kneeling down by his friend. He looked at it and said, "We should bandage it, but it should heal by tomorrow morning." Heba said.
"You guys have wings and can fly!" Bakura shouted as the Egyptians came over.
"You didn't know?" Joey asked.
"No." Seto said.
"It seems we forgot to tell them." Aknankanon said.
"Priestess Isis, could I use your medical room to bandage Ryou's wing?" Heba asked.
"Of course. I should probably watch to know how to treat them in future if need be." Isis said.
The group nodded before leaving the room, Ryou holding his injured wing.
"Damn it! You mean those four killed the other four and defeated you before you could kill even one of them!" Kenshin shouted.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I underestimated them." Ushio said.
Kenshin lashed out and hit Ushio so hard that he crashed to the ground.
Ushio winced because of his injured wing.
"You idiot! You failed me completely!" Kenshin shouted.
"I apologize." Ushio said.
"Your apologies mean nothing! The war will not start now!" Kenshin growled.
"What will you do? The Pharaoh will confront you about this attack." Ushio said.
"I'll say that they were member of the rebellion. It's all I can do. I will have to come up with another plan." Kenshin said. He glared at Ushio and said, "Get out."
Ushio quickly left the throne room, wanting to get away from the enraged king.
Kenshin fumed. 'I underestimated Heba. He's a better fighter than I thought. No matter. He'll share the same fate as his brother. After all, I made sure that pathetic excuse of a prince is dead.' Kenshin thought.
"Take it easy, Ryou." Heba said as he carefully bandaged Ryou's wing.
"That's easy for you to say." Ryou retorted.
"I've had my wing injured before so I know the pain you're in." Heba said. He finished bandaging the wing. "There." Heba said.
"Thanks." Ryou said.
"So, you all have wings?" Atemu asked.
Heba nodded.
Joey and Malik then revealed their wings. Joey's were a honey gold while Malik's were lavender.
"Are your wings always the color of your eyes?" Isis asked.
"Yes. It's just the way it is." Heba answered, glancing back at his own amethyst wings.
"It's odd." Marik said, grabbing Malik's wing and pulling on it.
"OWWW!" Malik howled, jumped away. He glared being Marik on the top of the head. "DON'T DO THAT, YOU IDIOT!" Malik shouted.
Marik jumped back, rubbing his head. "What was that for?!" Marik demanded.
Heba sighed and grabbed Malik, stopping him from attacking Marik. "Our wings are very sensitive. Pulling on our wings is equivalent to pulling on a cat's tail." Heba said.
"Ouch." Seto said, grimacing.
"Exactly." Heba said.
Karim entered the room and said, "Pharaoh, we have the bodies out of the throne room, and the room is cleaned. The doors are being replaced now."
"Good." Aknankanon said.
"What now?" Atemu asked.
"I will confront Emperor Kenshin about this." Aknankanon answered.
Heba, Joey, Ryou, and Malik looked at each other unnoticed. They knew Kenshin would blame it on the rebellion in the Millennial World.
"I think that we have all had enough for today. I suggest we all rest. It is late." Amara said.
Everyone nodded and went to their own rooms.
Heba walked into his own room. He banished his wings before going over and sinking down on the bed.
Heba turned over and buried his face into his pillow, starting to cry.
'You just signed your brother's death warrant. You have yourself to blame for his demise.'
Heba started sobbing into his pillow. "I'm sorry, Yugi. I'm so sorry. I had to do what I did. I'm sorry." Heba said over and over again, grieving the loss he knew would be coming.
Hope you liked it. I used Ushio as a bad guy because I knew he was a bully to Yugi. I thought he'd make the perfect villan. Also, I'd like to state that Millennials are not angels. They just have wings. That'll come into play later.
Next: News from the Millennial Kingdom.
R&R.