This one has a few fight scenes in it. I hope that you like them.
Chapter 6- A True Fighter
"This is getting ridiculous." Yami growled.
With Yami's help, Atemu had managed to get away from Lydia, who had been following him and around and trying to seduce him all morning.
"You know, you'd think that she's get the point that you don't like her." Yami said.
"She an idiot, and I am sick of her trying to get into bed with me every time I turn around." Atemu said.
"Well, from what Heba told us, it sounds like she flirts with every guy she comes across. Sounded like she was coming onto Benshin." Yami said.
"Yeah. There's no telling who in this palace she has slept with." Yami said.
"One of her kids could be fathered by someone in the palace." Atemu said.
"Well, we know that it wasn't either one of us." Yami said.
"Yeah. She hates your guts too much to want to try to seduce you, and she'll never get into my bed as long as I'm breathing." Atemu said.
Yami laughed. "I'd rather have her hate me than seduce me." Yami said.
"Atemu!"
Atemu growled.
"The witch is back." Yami said.
Lydia came up and latched onto Atemu's arm. "Atemu, let's go out for a walk in the gardens." Lydia said, smiling in what she believed to be a sexy way.
"No, Princess. I do not want to walk in the gardens." Atemu said.
"Why not?" Lydia asked, pouting.
"I just do not wish to walk in the gardens." Atemu said. 'And certainly not with you.' Atemu thought.
Yami hid a smirk. 'He wouldn't mind walking in the gardens if it was Heba he was walking with.' Yami thought. Taking pity on his brother, Yami decided to help. "Atemu and I have a few things that we must do before the performance this afternoon, and Father will be angry at us if we do not have them done." Yami said.
Lydia glared at Yami and said, "Then why don't you go and do it so that my Atemu and I can go have some fun?"
Yami glared right back at her. "Because we're both supposed to do those things. Besides, he doesn't belong to you. He is gay and therefore, does not like women, least of all a slut who sleep with every man that she comes across and has three children with different father and still sleep around." Yami said hatefully.
Lydia gaped at what he had just siad.
Using her distraction, Yami grabbed hold of Atemu and jerked him out of her grasp. "Take a clue, and stop trying to seduce him." Yami hissed before dragging Atemu down the hall.
Lydia fumed. 'That bastard! So what if I like having sex. He'll pay fort hat, and I know that Atemu does like me.' Lydia thought, wishing Yami was dead.
Heba and Benshin had just gotten ready for the performance fight.
The gold paint on Heba's body now showed that he was an expert fight.
Heba and Benshin met in the room they were supposed to wait in until told to enter the throne room.
"Are you ready for this, Heba?" Benshin asked.
"Of course I am." Heba said.
"Are you not nervous about performing for King Moran?" Benshin inquired.
"No. To me, it's just another fight. I don't get nervous." Heba said.
"That's good. I know that a lot of people fell nervous when they have to perform for anyone, especially visitors." Benshin said.
"I honestly could care less. Out of curiosity, will the Princess be there?" Heba asked.
"Oh, yes. In fact, I'm sure that if she can get me alone, she'll be flirting although once she sees how good you are, I am sure that she'll be trying to flirt with you as well." Benshin said.
"Trust me. She'll fail there. I don't like women. I have known for several years that I don't." Heba replied.
"Doesn't stop her from trying, and we can't exactly do anything to her." Benshin said.
"All I'll do is ignore her." Heba said.
"That's what I do." Benshin agreed.
"Seems you both reached the agreement that you hate Princess Lydia."
Both turned to face Eternias.
"Sorry, Eternias, but she has hit a sore spot with me." Heba said.
"I understand. I have no great liking for her, either. In any case, are you two ready?" Eternias asked.
Both nodded.
"Good. You will be called shortly. The court is gathering in the throne room in a few minutes." Eternias said.
Heba and Benshin nodded, and Eternias left.
"Are you nervous about seeing Prince Atemu again?" Benshin asked.
Heba glared at him. "Drop it." Heba said.
Benshin smirked. "You admitted that you like him." Benshin said.
Heba sighed. "Yes, Benshin. I did, so can we just drop it." Heba said.
"Fine. We'll just concentrate on the fight." Benshin said.
"You do realize that Lydia is most likely going to complain to her father about what you said to her." Atemu said.
"Atemu, I honestly couldn't give a damn about what she does. That girl has just gotten on my last nerve. Besides, it's the truth. Yami said.
"I can see that, but you know that Father is not going to let you get away with that. Once they leave, I am certain that you are going to be in a lot of trouble." Atemu said.
"I know, and, quite honestly, getting in trouble is worth for telling her what I really think of her." Yami replied.
"I must admit that I enjoyed that look on her face. She was rather shocked that you dared to say something like that to her. She must have thought that no one would ever comment on her behavior." Atemu remarked.
Yami rolled his eyes. "Someone needed to tell her off. I just did what no one else was willing to do. At least she knows that people don't see her as the innocent and our princess that she tries to fool people into believing that she is." Yami said.
"I agree with you there." Atemu said.
"Yami! Atemu!"
The two Princes turned around to see Seth approaching them.
"It's time to go to the throne room." Seth told them.
The three nodded and headed to the throne room.
Once they entered the throne room, they headed to their places.
Once Atemu was seated, he glanced discretely to the side to see Lydia and Moran seated. He also noticed that Lydia still looked angry. 'Well, she did deserve it. She shouldn't call people hers when there is no feeling in it.' Atemu thought. The mere thought of being with the girl sent chills down his spine.
Benshin and Heba walked into the throne room and reached the middle of the room before they turned their back to each other, Sais in hand.
"Begin!" Aknankanon ordered.
Heba and Benshin turned to each other and started to fight. They struck out with their Sais and continued to strike at each other, their Sais clashing and filling the throne with a metallic clanking sound. Benshin jumped up and kicked Heba in the chest, causing him to stumble back. Benshin brought his Sai down at Heba, but Heba blocked the Sai with one of his. Benshin tried to Jab at Heba with his other Sai, but Heba used his other Sai to block that Sai. The two jumped away from each before charging back once more. Once more, the metallic clanking sound filled the room once more. Heba ducked to avoid one of Benshin's Sais and tripped Benshin, causing him to fall backwards. Benshin rolled out of the way to avoid Heba's Sai and then jumped up, kicking Heba in the side. Heba stumbled, but kept his footing. Benshin jabbed with a Sai, and Heba moved to the side out of the way before he jabbed forward with one of his Sais. Benshin ducked and brought a Sai up, but Heba jumped backward out of the way.
'An excellent fight once more.' Aknankanon thought, pleased with the fight so far.
'Heba would make a great guard, but he would be able to protect Atemu if they were married.' Yami thought, still scheming.
'Heba's an excellent fighter. I really am impressed.' Atemu thought, admiring Heba.
'A great fight. This has to be the best fight that Aknankanon's fighters have put on. Than again, he did say that he had recently added a new fighter who was impressive.' Moran thought.
Lydia didn't care about the fight. 'Stupid Yami. That bastard is going to pay for what he said to me! No one disrespects me, but I can't have him killed by my father, so I had to seek outside help.' Lydia thought. She was thrilled at her plan and knew that it would work. 'I'd been planning this anyway.' Lydia thought.
Heba and Benshin's Sais clashed once more. They continued to clash their Sais, each one being forced to back at one pint before regaining the advantage. Heba tried to strike Benshin, but Benshin ducked and moved out of the way before striking out at Heba, who blocked the Sai. Heba jumped up as Benshin tried to strike him and then kicked Benshin in the chest, throwing him backwards. Benshin rolled out of the way and jumped up only to be forced to block the Sai that Heba jabbed at him. Heba struck out at Benshin several times, forcing Benshin to back up. Benshin ducked to avoid being hit by the Sai and struck up at Heba, who blocked it. Heba kicked Benshin in the stomach, causing Benshin to stagger. Heba charged forward and knocked one of Benshin's Sais out of his hand. Benshin blacked Heba's other Sai with his remaining Sai and forced Heba back. Heba ducked to avoid a strike and rammed right into Benshin. Benshin lost his other Sai and landed flat on is back and looked up to see Heba holding a Sai at him.
'Well, guess I'm not the champion anymore, but at least I lost to a worthy opponent.' Benshin thought.
'Sorry, Benshin, but you said to fight my best, so I did.' Heba thought.
Aknankanon stood up and walked down the steps of throne with Yami and Atemu behind him.
Heba and Benshin both kneeled down before them.
"A well fought battle. I am very pleased with both of you." Aknankanon said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Heba and Benshin said.
"Rise and remove your masks." Aknankanon commanded.
Benshin and Heba stood up and removed their masks.
Lydia's eyes widened. 'That little pipsqueak beat my Benshin.' Lydia thought.
Moran stood up and walked down to where Aknankanon was.
"I must say that you were not joking when you said that the fight would be an excellent one." Moran said.
'No. Father get away.' Lydia thought frantically.
Aknankanon dismissed Heba and Benshin, and the two started to leave the throne room.
There was a loud commotion that came from outside the throne room.
"What is going on?" Aknankanon demanded.
A moment later, the doors to the throne room were thrown open.
An arrow went flying.
Eternias, who had gotten to them when he heard the commotion, knocked Aknankanon to the ground as the arrow went over him.
Several raiders were in the room.
"Stop them!" Eternias ordered.
Unfortunately, the priests were not able to get to them before the raiders had separated them from Yami and Atemu.
Both Princes were thrown backwards into the wall.
A raider leered down at them.
"YAMI! ATEMU!" Aknankanon screamed.
"Someone really wants the two of you dead." the raiders told Atemu and Yami before he raised his sword.
Atemu and Yami looked up in fear, knowing they couldn't stop him. They closed his eyes as the sword was brought down toward them.
There was a metallic clank.
Yami and Atemu were startled to find that nothing happened to them. They opened their eyes and gasped in shock.
Heba had moved quickly and blocked the sword with one of his Sais.
"Why you little-" the raider started.
Heba punched the raider with his other hand and threw the raider back. Heba lunged forward and swiped across with his Sais several times. The raider blocked the Sai and ducked to avoid being hit. He thrust forward his sword, but Heba jumped up to avoid being hit. Heba kicked the raider in the chest and threw him backwards. The raider stumbled and then glared up at Heba.
"You'll pay for this, runt." the raider growled.
"Just for the record, " Heba said, ducking to avoid the sword and ramming his elbow right into the raiders stomach, knocking the wind out of the raider, "I have being called a runt!" Heba rammed back and knocked the raider down to the ground.
Two other raiders ran toward Heba and lashed out with their swords. Heba blocked a sword with each side before forcing the raiders back. He blocked the first raiders sword and then ducked to avoid the other raider's sword. Heba jumped up and rammed himself into one raider before he turned around and blocked the other raider's sword with his Sai. Heba forced the raider back before whirling round and kicked the other raider in the chest.
Seth and Mahado ran over to where Atemu and Yami were.
"Both of you okay?" Seth asked.
"Yeah. Thanks to Heba." Atemu said.
"Thank Ra you two brought him here." Yami said.
"I already have. Several times." Mahado replied, looking at where Heba was still fighting the raiders, only now he had four attacking him.
Eternias wasn't willing to let Heba deal with this alone and ran over to where Heba was fighting, both his swords in hand.
Heba blocked a sword and kicked the raider back. He ducked and tripped the raider before punching him as hard he could in the face. Heba ducked and then lashed out with a Sai, hitting a raider. Heba was hit in the side by one of the raiders, but Heba pushed the raider back and ducked, kicking a raider off his feet.
Eternias blocked a sword and then kicked the raider back. Eternias moved to the side and rammed his sword forward, hitting the raider in the shoulder. Eternias ducked and rammed forward into the other raider. Eternias ducked and jabbed up with sword, hitting the raider in the neck and killing him. Eternias turned and punched the other raider in the face knocking him out.
Heba jumped up and kicked the raider in the face before he whirled around and jabbed forward with his Sai, hitting the raider in the shoulder. Heba was hit from behind with a sword, but turned and rammed himself into the raider. Heba brought a Sai across, knocking the sword out of the raider's hand. He then kicked the raider hard in the stomach and the punched the raider in the face, knocking the raider flat on his back.
Heba put his Sai right at the raider's neck, breathing heavily, and said, "Don't tempt me. Right now, I could kill you, and not feel anything."
The raider knew he was serious and didn't try anything.
Guards came over and got the raiders out of the throne room.
Heba collapsed to the floor, holding his injured side.
Benshin ran over and said, "Heba, are you okay?"
"I've-been-better." Heba said through deep breaths.
Isis, being the palace healer, ran over to look over him.
"Isis, take him to the healing chamber and tend to his injuries." Aknankanon ordered. "Yes, my Pharaoh." Isis said. She had been planning to do that anyway. Isis looked at Benshin and said, "Benshin, can you help him to the healing chambers?"
Benshin nodded, and he helped Heba out of the throne with Isis following.
Aknankanon turned to face the raiders and said, "You are going to pay fort his."
The raider who had tried to kill Atemu and Yami looked at Aknankanon and said, "Then perhaps you should do something to Princess Lydia as well."
"Why?" Aknankanon asked.
Moran looked at his daughter and frowned at how much she had paled.
"What did the Princess do?" Shimon asked.
"Well, Princess Lydia acme to us a month ago and asked us to kill both of your sons, Pharaoh, while she and her father were here visiting." the raider said.
So, who enjoyed what Yami said to Lydia? I ocouldn't resist? And who didn't see here hiring the raiders?
The next chapter will have Lydia being dealt with and Heba being honored and offered a new positin in the palace.
R&R.