Chapter 8


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Thought

Letter

-Telephone-

"Dialogue"

"Egyptian Language"

Emphasis

Dangerous tone


The Storm and Rescue


Atem was still in his study when Mahad came running in, "What is it?" He asked as he looked up at his old friend, "Is Mana running away again?".

"Yes - no, I mean- yes, but this is something more important than Mana's whereabouts." Mahad said as he panted to regain his breath, "The guards found Seth unconscious and injured in the street, but Prince Yugi couldn't be seen anywhere!".

"What?!" Atem stood up from his seat abruptly and walked out to him, "Where is Seth?".

"In the Healing Chamber, Isis is still working on him." Mahad reported seriously.

"Seth, Yugi . . ." Atem whispered softly to himself as he walked in haste to the Healing Chamber, with Mahad following after him. "I really want to go out there and search for Yugi, but he said that duty called first . . ." He looked at Mahad, "Mahad! Send out a search party! I want for the guards to search whatever information they could get about Yugi, we have to help him!".

"Right away, Pharaoh." Mahad said dutifully and went to do as he was ordered immediately.

Atem ran to the Healing Chamber as soon as Mahad was out of sight. Royalty or not, Pharaoh or not, there's no way he could not worry when his Cousin injured and his dearest friend went missing. When he arrived at the Healing Chamber, he could see Isis walking out of the Healing Chamber while cleaning her hands.

"Isis!" Atem called out to her, "What happened to Seth?!".

"Seth is alright, Pharaoh." Isis said to him to calm him down, "He got stabbed at his stomach, but fortunately his wound is not fatal. I had sew up his wound, all he need now is to rest, he would wake up when his body is ready".

Atem sighed in relief, but then his relief washed away by his concern, "Isis, did you see this happened?" He asked with worry coloring his face and voice.

Isis exhaled softly, "My apologize, Pharaoh." She said sadly, "But I didn't see this happening, I'm sorry . . . If only I saw this then maybe I could try to prevent it".

"It's alright, Isis." Atem reassured her, "Maybe there's a reason why the your Millennium Necklace couldn't see it, maybe it's because this is a part of the reason why the God would send Yugi to our time".

"You don't mean . . ." Isis asked with a frown.

Atem nodded, "Remember Shada said that he couldn't enter Yugi's mind with his Key?" He asked, Isis nodded in answer, "When I asked the rest, I found that Yugi is immune to the power of all Millennium Items with the exception of the Puzzle, maybe it's because Yugi owned the Puzzle before he came here. If you couldn't see this incident to happen, that's mean that Yugi is fated to be missing and for this to happen without our interference." He smiled at his High Priestess, "The God must have a plan for this, for Yugi to enter our life and changed me to be a better Pharaoh. So, I'm sure that this is also a part of why Yugi came into our time".

"What should we do now, Pharaoh?" Isis hated to be feeling clueless, her Necklace had helped her to know most of the stuff, and now that something like this happened, she didn't know what to do at all.

"We could only do what we would have do in this situation." Atem told her, "Try our best to solve this problem with the best of our ability, only then that everything would turn out alright".

Isis smiled at the Pharaoh and nodded, "Yes, you are right." She said softly and bowed to him, "Then I will go and see if I can find Yugi with my Necklace".

Atem nodded, "Alright." He said and looked at Seth when he heard a moan, he nodded at Isis once again before entering the Healing Chamber and walked to his Cousin, "You alright, Seth?" He asked in worry.

"Pharaoh?" Seth asked uncertainly before he gasped and sat up on his bed, Atem hands shot up and tried to keep his High Priest in bed, "Pharaoh, Yugi . . .!" He gritted his teeth as pain stopped him from sitting up.

"Lay down and tell me what happened." Atem ordered softly.

Seth layed down and inhaled deeply, he exhaled softly before looking at the Pharaoh, "We were on our way to the Palace when the Bandits blocked us." He started slowly, he was still weak after the loss of blood, "We fought with them, we were holding quite nicely, but then Yugi got attacked from behind and fell unconscious. I was angry and summoned White Dragon, but even then, I was taken off guard and get stabbed." His expression turned pained, "I'm sorry, Pharaoh." He apologized as tears started gathering at the corner of his eyes, "Yugi had been injured and taken because I'm too weak to protect him, I'm sorry, I really am".

Atem sat down beside his Cousin and gently touched his hand, "It's not your fault, Cousin." He said softly, "Isis didn't see this happening, so I'm sure Yugi was fated to be kidnapped, you are not at fault here." He smiled at his Cousin, "What you have to do now, Seth, is not regreting that you couldn't protect him, but rest well so you would heal faster and help us find out where they had taken Yugi".

Seth looked at Atem and smiled a watery smile, "You have grown, Cousin." He said softly, "You are not a spoiled brat anymore, you have grown into a mature and wise person".

Atem grinned, "Thanks to Yugi." He said before getting serious, "Now, as Yugi said, duty called first. so, Seth, I will leave you to rest, I need to get back to my study".

"Yugi might said that duty called first, but he also said to not working yourself to death." Seth reminded him as he wiped his tears, he was still wondering how Atem would listen to Yugi when he wouldn't listen to anyone else, but he had guessed the reason and he used Yugi's name to reason with the Pharaoh occasionally.

Atem sighed, "You are right." He said in resignation, he had still so many things to do, but Yugi will surely scold him if he didn't rest, and he was sure that Yugi will really scold him now if the boy was with him. "I will retreat to my Chamber then." He stood up and looked at Seth, "You need to rest as well, Seth, or I will be the one who are doing the scolding this time".

Seth chuckled in response, "Alright." He agreed and closed his eyes to show that he would sleep.

Atem nodded to himself and turned around, he know that one of Isis's apprentices will watch over his Cousin, so he can rest himself . . . or try to, because he wasn't sure if he could sleep well with the knowledge that Yugi was out there somewhere, with a group of Bandits doing Ra-know-what to the poor boy. He shuddered at the image that entered his mind, he shook his head to clear his head and began walking to his Chamber. He would save Yugi, he vowed to himself that he would, "Wait for me, Yugi." He whispered to himself as he looked at the night sky outside one of the windows in the hallway, "Wait for me".

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Atem was restless, he was so worried about Yugi that he couldn't sleep at all, and he also couldn't stay still and doing nothing, so he just went to his study and did anything he could to take his mind away from the fact that they still couldn't find Yugi.

"Cousin." Atem looked up to see Seth leaning on the door to his study with a crossed arms, "You need to rest, you can't lead your people when you are not in the best condition".

"I know, Seth, I know." Atem said with a sigh as he looked down to the scroll in his hands, "But I have to do something, or my anxiety will eat up on me and all I can do is pacing around, I have to take my mind away from reality if I want to stay sane".

"Yugi wouldn't approve of it, you know that." Seth said softly, "It's alright to be anxious, I myself am worried about Yugi, all of us are." He walked to Atem and took the scroll from Atem's hand before pulling Atem off his seat, "Yugi is already like my own Brother now, I also feeling restless like you, but I'm not burying myself in my work. It's not the right thing to do, Atem." He grabbed both of Atem's shoulder and looked straight at his eyes, "Yugi is important for all of us, so we will understand if you abandon your duty this time to search for him".

Atem's eyes widened, "You mean . . ." He started, but he couldn't continued his words.

Seth smiled and nodded, "Go, Cousin, you can go and search for Yugi by yourself." He confirmed, "Rather than working yourself to death, go out there and search for Yugi, you want it, right?" Atem nodded in answer, "Then go, I will cover for you here, just give the command and I can take over for your duty here until we find Yugi".

Atem's eyes softened, "Thank you, Seth." He said and his face turned determined, "Seth, take over my duty for now, until I find Yugi".

Seth nodded and smiled before releasing his hold of Atem, Atem didn't waste any time and ran out of the sudy immediately, he looked at the door with a warm eyes, "I hope you will find him, Cousin." He shook his head, "No, I know you will find him, because only you can find Yugi and no one else could".

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"My Ra, how long since he left now?" Shimon mumbled as he paced in front of the Throne, where Seth sat in Atem's place and watched the elder man with a mix of amused and worried expression.

"A week since Yugi disappeared, and 3 days since Atem left to search for Yugi." Seth answered as he read the report from the guards, "Don't worry about him that much, if worse come to worst, I'm sure he would call out Dark Magician at the least, or one of the Divine Beasts if Dark Magician is not strong enough".

"But what if he caught off guard?" Shimon demanded as he glared at Seth, "Just like how they caught you off guard, what if they got the Pharaoh as well? How come you said something like that to him?!".

Seth glared coldly at the elder man, enough to cause the Adviser to flinch at the coldness of the glare, "I know my Cousin well enough, he might be stupid enough to get caught off guard in the past, but not anymore." He said coldly as he stood up of the Throne, "Atem had grown, he has matured over the past months Yugi was here, there's no way he would doing something rashly anymore, therefore erasing the possibility of him being caught off guard. He will come back to us with a good news, so stop with the pacing and help me sort out whoever needed to be invited for the Pharaoh's Birthday Celebration".

Shimon sighed in defeat and walked to the door, just then though, Atem burst into the room with an enraged expression, "My Lord!" Shimon gasped in surprise, having nearly bumped into the Pharaoh.

Seth stood up again from the Throne and bowed to his Cousin, "You are back, Your Majesty." He said respectfully, "I'm glad that you returned safe-".

"Seth!" Atem cut off Seth's speech angrily, making his High Priest looked up in surprise at the angry tone, "Prepare the guards, we are going to launch an attack!".

"Who are we going to attack, Pharaoh?" Seth asked with a frown.

"Thief King Akefia." Atem hissed in anger, "That lowly thief had kidnapped Yugi! We are going to get Yugi back from him, and put an end to the terror that bastard thief had caused to our people!".

Seth's eyes widened, "The Thief King?" He asked in shock before he turned serious, "Attacking the Thief King is fine, Cousin, but we need you to calm down so we can think of a good strategy".

Atem opened his mouth to retort but Shimon stopped him by adding, "High Priest Seth is right, Your Majesty." The Adviser bowed to him, "Without a clear mind, we couldn't think of the best way to attack and win, if we don't do this right, we might unable to save Yugi".

Atem gritted his teeth and balled his hands into fists, he really wanted to just go out there and save Yugi before it was too late, but what Seth and Shimon said was true too. He sighed and nodded, "Prepare for a meeting, I'm going to take a short bath to calm myself first." He looked up, Seth and Shimon was taken aback by the fire which light up Atem's eyes, "I will take Yugi back, and if I said I will, then there's no one who can stop me." He then turned around and head out to his Chamber.

"He really had grown." Shimon said in awe as he looked at Atem's retreating back.

Seth chuckled in amusement, "Didn't I said so?" He asked and then turned serious, "Alright, we got something to do, I will inform the guards to make preparation, please go and call everyone to the Throne Room".

"Understood." Shimon nodded and they left to do what they have to do.

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"He's still not talking?" A white haired man asked the brown haired man beside him, "Even after what you did to him?".

"Yeah, Akefia." The man answered with a scowl, "I thought that since he was not used with this kind of thing, he would be more breakable, but he stay quiet even after all that".

Akefia growled, "We are still don't know the Pharaoh's weakness at all." He grumbled before they heard a loud noise, they stood up immediately before going to the window, "Shit! It's the Pharaoh's Dark Magician and the guards!".

"What should we do?" The man asked in panic.

"Fight back." Akefia answered angrily, "Diabound!".

While the two sides launched their attack, Atem was looking coldly from a bit distance away from the battlefield, and from the look of his face, he was beyond pissed. From the look of it, it will take a long time to win the battle, Atem thought as he observed the scene in front of him, one of the thieves saw him and attacked him, but he simply struck the thief with his sword and killed the man in an instant. He looked at the battlefield again, "By the Name of the Pharaoh, Atem, I summon thee." He raised his hand and looked up at the sky, "Osiris The Sky Dragon!" A big red snake-like Dragon with two mouths descended from the sky and bit down to the Thief King's Ka monster, Diabound, Atem then marched into the battlefield by himself.

The fight didn't last long, not at all, with Osiris on Atem's side and the other Kas and Monsters, it's not a surprise that Akefia was defeated and arrested, while the other Bandits or Thieves were killed on the spot under the Pharaoh's order.

In that battle, the people of Egypt learned something about the Pharaoh, that was to never messing around with someone whom the Pharaoh hold dear, or they would have to face the wrath of the Pharaoh. Seth shuddered as he looked at the blood bathed Pharaoh, My Cousin is like a Demon when he is enraged, you learn something new everyday, he thought when he saw Atem looking down at the Thief King with a dead cold eyes that full of anger and hatred, something that even his own glare couldn't rival with.


To be continued . . .


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