Chapter 21

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Epilogue

The Nameless Pharaoh, he was the greatest Pharaoh who had graced upon Egypt as it's Ruler, even though his reign was short and he died at young age, people still see him as a great Pharaoh. His successor, Pharaoh Heba, was not lose in the matter of public view. If The Nameless Pharaoh was the greatest Pharaoh, then Pharaoh Heba was the youngest ever Pharaoh who had become the Pharaoh at the age of 10, and he also the wisest Pharaoh ever.

Young age as he was, he had Ruled over Egypt wisely and managed to make peace treaty with many Countries and his people was blessed with peace and prosperity. Because his personality that was wise, gentle, calm and treat people as equal, his people try to be as good as him and treat each other better, the poor was helped by those who were rich and the crime rate was so low during his reign that he was thankful for.

But that was what the public viewed him, for those who were close to him, he was a childish Pharaoh who like to play prank and like to use his 'Deadly Puppy Dog Eyes' technique to get what he want.

"Heba! Akiiki!" Seth's voice boomed throughout the Palace's walls, Seth was loyal to Heba alright, but he when he was mad, he threw the formality outside the window and scolded Heba like the Uncle he was.

Heba laughed happily as he and Akiiki, Seth's 7 years old Son, hiding in the bushes in the Garden. 10 years had passed after his crowning and Heba had turned 20, they had found out that Heba had stopped growing old at the age of 16, but because people would become suspicious if he looked young no matter how many years had passed, Heba worked together with Mana and Jono to find a Magic that Heba could use to change his appearance.

They had found it, it was a spell of Illusion to make people saw him as the appearance he make them see, only those with high Magic could see through his Illusion. But Heba had make some experimental secretly, now he could change his age at will, he want to looked like 10, he would become 10, he want to looked like 20, then he would become 20, he could change his body from the range of age 1 to 20 since he was only 20, he bet that once he turned 30, he could also change his body to become 30 if he want it. It's not an Illusion anymore, so he was safe from the suspicion of those who could see through his Illusion.

Now, since he was only 20, he decided to just stay to looked like he was 16, it's not really strange to see people looking younger than their actual age. Aside from Seth, Mana, Malik, and his family, only Akiiki know that he was not human, that's why Heba often change his body to the same age as Akiiki when they were alone.

"He is mad." Heba, who was currently changing his body into a 7 years old boy, whispered to Akiiki, who giggled silently with him.

Akiiki was a boy with a pair of brown hair like his Father and a pair of green eyes like his mother, Mana. Akiiki looked a lot like Seth, but his personality was 100 percent Mana, meaning he was a prankster like Mana, that's why they get along so well.

"I bet he is." Akiiki answered as he peek through the bushes, "We put a bunch of frogs in Princess Vivian's room after all".

Vivian was a Princess from China who want to marry Heba, but not because of love, it's for power and money, a greedy Princess. Thanks to Yugi's acute hearing, he could hear everything happened inside the Palace, he could clearly heard what plan Princess Vivian were planning on doing to get into his bed and easily avoiding the Princess's trap. The down side of his acute hearing was when he heard something that would be best go unheard like Seth night activity with Mana, after a few times hearing it, he ordered for them to placed an anti eavesdrop spell on their Chamber so that he wouldn't hear a thing.

"Nee, should we stop hiding, Uncle?" Akiiki asked as Seth walked into the Garden in his search of the two, "It's time for you to go around the village, right?" he asked cutely. Akiiki might be a prankster like Mana, but he also inherit his Father's intelligence, so he was a smart but handful child.

Heba looked at the sky, "I guess you are right, I need to go to the village to see by myself what happening in the village and meeting with my Merchant friends." He agreed before closing his eyes and concentrating his body to grow up to 16 years old boy, he then stood up and offered his hand to Akiiki, who gladly accepted it, and then together they went to the fuming Seth.

"Heba, Akiiki." Seth growled before he glared at Heba, "Heba, you are a Pharaoh, you shouldn't pranking Princess Vivian like that!" he then glared at Akiiki, "And you, Akiiki, you are a Prince now, you will succeeding after Heba one day, you should watch what you are doing!".

Heba wasn't planning to have a child soon, he was planning to stay unmarried for the time being until he meet with the right person. So instead of get married and having a child, Heba decided to make Seth's Son to be his heir, so when the time comes for him to faking his death, Akiiki would ascend to the Throne.

Heba chuckled at Seth's lecture and Akiiki grinning at his fuming Father, "Okay." They both said cheerfully, but that doesn't mean that they wouldn't do any pranking again, they would.

"Alright, now Pharaoh." Seth turned to Heba, "Thankfully Princess Vivian haven't found out that you were the one who put those frogs in her room, but she had had enough of the prank and decided to get back to China, you are expected to saw her go".

"As if I would throw away the chance to see her mad expression." Heba said mischievously before he start walking, "And Seth, there's no way that brat for a Princess would find out I was the one who pranking her all this time, everyone in this Palace dislike her, you are include, Seth. So, rather than telling her what I did, they chose to help me pranking her." He looked behind to a blushing Seth, "Do you forget that you were once helping me making her food extremely spicy?".

Seth blushed become more visible, "It, it's because she dared to flirting with you in public, there's no way I would let her did that without doing something to her as punishment." He tried to make excuse, it's not a complete lie, the real reason why he did that was because he was protective upon who will become Heba's girlfriend, because he wouldn't want Heba to get his heart break due to the girl betrayed him, "The people saw you as a great Pharaoh, what she did was like throwing mud at your face, I couldn't forgive her for that".

Heba smiled, "Don't worry, I won't let the likes of her get her way." He said reassuringly before looking ahead, "Now, let's go to see that brat go, the sooner she gone, the better".

Seth chuckled, "I guess you are right, I couldn't stand to be with her much longer than this." he agreed and walked along with him.

"And that's why Uncle and me pranking her." Akiiki said cheerfully, "That spoiled Princess would surely go home sulking if we pranked her".

"That a devious plan you have there." Seth looked at his Son in horror and shock.

"I wouldn't call it devious, Dad." Akiiki protested, "I would called it brilliant!" he throw his arms high in the air.

Seth huffed, "Think as you like, prankster boy." He said grumpily before looking ahead again.

They arrived at the gate in no time and Heba walked over to the Princess, "I'm disappointed that you couldn't catch the prankster, Heba." Princess Vivian said with a sulking face.

Heba's eyes narrowed, "That would be Pharaoh Heba for you, Princess Vivian." He said coldly.

Vivian covered her mouth before laughing nervously, "Uh, I'm sorry, Pharaoh Heba, my mistake." She said while waving her hand.

"Alright." Heba said with a smile, "I hope you remember your place, Princess, for I dislike people who dare to call me by name without my permission".

Vivian blinked at him, "Couldn't you give me your permission then? I'm the best suitor you have, I'm sure we could make a perfect match." She said with a flirting smile.

Heba kept his smile on his face, "I'm sorry, but I don't have a plan to marry you for I don't love you, please search for someone else." He said calmly.

Vivian sighed, "Alright." She said in defeated tone before nodding to him, "Then I would get going now, Pharaoh." She said.

"Have a safe trip, Princess." Heba answered with a nod before the Princess turned away and get inside her carriage and left, "Finally." He sighed and let his face forming a frown, "I nearly thought that she wouldn't go home no matter what I do".

Seth and Malik, who were behind him all the time, chuckled at his words. "There's no way she could withstand your pranks, Heba." Malik said with a smile.

Over the years, Malik become a strong General and the best Healer in the whole Kingdom, he was like the combination of Marik and Isis, deadly as a General and very skilled in Healing, but he was more into a General than a Healer.

"Heba!" Mana's voice reached his ears, he looked behind Malik to see the woman running to them. Mana was still looking young as ever, even though she was already 26 years old. Mana had mastering her Magic and become the High Mage in 4 years, she still once in a while make a mistake in her Magic, but that when she use Magic for fun, if it's for battle then she was untouchable, she even surpassed Jono's skill and Jono was the best Mage in Japan even though he was a Prince.

"What's wrong, Mana?" Heba asked cheerfully, they had become good friends over the years, even though Mana was so timid around him in the past, now they even went as far as doing pranks together.

"It's bad!" Mana exclaimed with horrified face, "I received a vision! I saw you get stabbed in the stomach with a sword made by silver!" Mana had chosen by the Millennium Necklace, so she now the High Mage and High Priestess as well.

"What?!" Seth and Malik exclaimed in shock while Heba only raised an eyebrow.

"Really?" Heba asked calmly, "When?".

"It's, it's . ." Mana gasping for breath because she had run without stopping searching for him.

"Mana, calm down and took a deep breath before you try to tell me." Heba ordered gently.

Mana nodded and placed her hands on her chest before taking a deep breath and let it out slowly, "I don't really know when, I suppose it's not really decided yet, but I want you to be careful, Heba, you are the Pharaoh after all." She said in worry.

Heba smiled and nodded, "I will be careful, tell me when you get a better knowledge as when this vision will happen." He said softly before placing a hand on her shoulder, "But there's no need for you to worry, I won't let my guard down for it would always bring disaster to me".

Mana nodded with a smile, "Well, at least I can relax now that you won't let your guard down." She said before bowing to him, "Now, if you excuse me, I still need to get back training my apprentice".

"Don't messed up." Heba said with a grin, earning a chuckle from Mana before the woman run to the Palace's Training Ground.

After the warning from Mana, 12 years passed without anything dangerous happened, but Heba could see that the possibility of Mana's vision coming true was high. There's a big group of rebellious people threatening to kill him, even though his way of ruling make most of the people happy, there's still those who thought that they would be a better King than him. It's not like they couldn't fight with the rebels, it's because the rebels were high in number that Heba afraid that a war will explode.

"Pharaoh!" Malik called out as he stormed in to the Throne Room, "It's bad, I received news that the rebels was in alliance with Libya, Libya promised that they would give the leader of the rebels a lot of treasure if they help Libya take over Egypt's Throne!".

"Hm, do you know if they would attack?" Heba asked calmly from his Throne.

"I heard that they would attack in a month away." Malik answered seriously, "Please give me permission to prepare the army and requested for people's help".

Heba sighed, "This war is inevitable, huh?" he asked to no one as he stood up, "Seth, Malik, Mana, you stay here, the rest are dismissed".

Everyone bowed before they left the room, after the door to the Throne Room was closed, Heba walked to Seth, "Seth, Akiiki is old enough to take over my Throne, right?" he asked with a smile.

Seth, Mana and Malik gasped, "It's, it's true that Akiiki could take the Throne now that he had become 19, but isn't this too early for you to go?" Seth asked in shock.

"Nah, I wouldn't go completely away." Heba grinned, "I would come back here once in a while and I will always send you message, don't worry." He looked at all of them with a warm smile, "If we don't use this opportunity, I don't know how we can faking my death in the future for the people know that because I have a strong Magic, there's no way I could get sick".

"We, we could making it's seems like you died because you already so old, you could just step down from the Throne because you feel that it's time for Akiiki to ascend." Mana tried to talk sense to him, "There's no need for you to go this early".

Heba sighed and shook his head, "I'm sorry, but I'm tired of being a Pharaoh for so long, how long is it again? 22 years? It's a long time." He said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will always coming here at night to meet with you all, so it's not like we won't meet each other anymore, only the people who think that I would die, you know that I would stay alive, so don't be sad or worried about me".

Malik sighed in relief, "I thought that you would left Egypt right after you faking your death." He said with a smile, "If you planning to still be here, even if it's only at night, then I would help you with your plan on faking your death".

Mana and Seth also sighed, "Alright." Seth said with a smile as well.

"We will help!" Mana grinned.

"Alright." Heba nodded, "Okay, so here is the plan." He said before telling them what he planned on doing.

That night, Akiiki received words from Seth what Heba was planning to do and stormed to his room, he make Heba promised to keep meet up with him and the rest until they had grow old. He also make Heba to promised to be with him when it's time for them to die, because they would like to say Good Bye, for Heba was immortal and would be very hard to die, not to mention Heba wasn't planning to die just yet. Heba want to at least meet with the Three sealed Spirits once again before he die.

A month after that, Lybia and the rebels attacked Heba and the army he prepared. In the war, Heba let Libya's King to stabbed him with his silver sword, just like Mana saw though her vision, but right when the sword went through his body, Heba also make his attack and sliced his dagger at the King's neck, killing him in an instant. Seth also managed to kill the leader of the rebels, so Egypt won the war.

Heba was in a bit of danger because the wound he received was from silver, but with Malik's skill as a Healer, he managed to stopped the bleeding and Heba was not in danger anymore. But still, Malik said to the people that Heba had died from his wound, just like what they planned, and make an empty sarcophagus to be placed in Heba's tomb. Heba's tomb didn't has as many traps as The Nameless Pharaoh's tomb, because not many treasures placed in his tomb, just like what he wished. But traps were still installed in the tomb, because even if it's empty, if they didn't installed some traps then people would get suspicious or able to enter the tomb easily.

"Seth." Mana called to her husband when the return to their Chamber after they buried Heba's empty sarcophagus.

"What is it, Mana?" Seth asked calmly as he began to read the report from Malik on whatever happened that day.

"Last night . . ." Mana started as she walked to the balcony, "I saw a dream, where Heba was together with his Daddy and Papa, so far away in the future".

Seth looked up from the report, "Vision?" he asked.

Heba was set off to Japan right after Malik prepared for the sarcophagus, there's no need to play dead anymore after all, he had decided to stay in Japan for a few months before going back to Egypt, he was planning to go and back like that for the rest of their lives.

Mana turned around, "I had a feeling that it's a vision." she answered him with a smile as she leaned on the railings, "At least, he would be able to meet with them again." But then her smile vanished and replaced by a frown.

Seth noticed her expression and asked, "Is there something else?" he stood from the bed and walked to the balcony.

"Ee." Mana mumbled, "I saw that he would have another fight, a fight with Darkness Power involved, where he would eventually fight with the Dark God once again, together with Akefia, Marik, and the Pharaoh".

Seth sighed as he hugged her, "Don't worry, they are strong, I'm sure that they could win the next time, because I'm sure Yugi would get stronger, even more strong than now." He said as his eyes looking at the night sky, "I hope we could help them".

"Help?" Mana asked before her eyes widened and her Millennium Necklace glowed, she closed her eyes and concentrated on the vision she was receiving.

Mana could see a stone with picture engraved to it, with every detail, she could clearly seen it. Then the image change, different time, the time so far away in the future, Heba was with his family together with the Pharaoh, Marik and Akefia. Then the image change again into the picture of the Pharaoh sitting in a strange place across someone that looked like Akefia yet the feeling was so wrong, a big table with the picture of Egypt taken from above, from the sky. Yami no Game, that words echoed in Mana's mind before everything blackened.

Mana opened her eyes to see that she was on the bed with Seth looked at her with worry, "What happened?" she asked hoarsely.

Seth sighed in relief, "You passed out after you received the Vision, it's Morning now." He explained calmly, "What did you see?" he asked in concern.

Mana sat up and looked at Seth seriously as she told him everything, "Yami no Game . . ." Mana mumbled, "That's words echoed in my head, what was that words mean?".

"I don't know what those words mean." Seth answered as he stood from the bed, "But could you tell me more about this stone you saw? I'm sure that it's important and we need to find it".

"I will send the image to you." Mana said as she touch her Necklace with one hand and the Seth's forehead with the other.

Seth and Mana then searching for the stone, but they couldn't find it anywhere. Seth was sure that the stone was important, so he decided to make the stone if they couldn't find it. After the stone finished, Seth locked it in a safe place, he was sure that it's the right thing to do.

A few months later, Yugi came back from Japan, he noticed that Mana and Seth want to tell him something, but it's seemed that they couldn't and decided to just not saying anything to him. Yugi was curious and worried, but because there's not a sign that they are in danger, he left it alone.

Heba keep his promise and stayed with his friends and family even though they could only meet at night, and he was there for them when it's their time to join the afterlife. In the whole Palace, only Seth, Mana, Malik and Akiiki who knew that he was a Vampire, so when the four had died, he didn't have any reason to stay in Egypt and decided to go all around the world for an adventure.

Heba was away from Egypt most of the time, but when he heard that Egypt was in a bad time and need help, he would always come and helped out a bit while disguising his age but the name was always the same, Heba, he was only using his real name, Yugi, when he was outside Egypt only. But even with his help, Egypt's glory come to an end, years had passed so quickly for him and now the Egypt where he grown up had been called Ancient Egypt.

People had forgotten about the Pharaoh and their Magic, only those whose job were finding out about their ancient culture were the one who know about them, but even the Archaeologists were not fully understand what really happened due to Ancient Egypt had lost the the sea of sand.

Rumors about the Nameless Pharaoh's tomb having many treasures was still around and that rumor attracting many people to come and try to enter the tomb, those who entered the tomb, only a few who managed to come out while the rest died inside. The few people who managed to come out after entering the tomb always ended up dead not long after, they were dying in different ways but one thing stayed the same, before they died, they always saying the same words, Yami no Game. Because of this rumor, no one dared to enter the tomb anymore.

Until now. . .

Sitting on a horse on top of a cliff over looking the entrance to the tomb was a man waring a black suit and a hat, his round hat creating a shadow around his eyes from the sunlight.

"Is that the place?" The man asked the two people behind him, who he hired as his guide, "The Nameless Pharaoh's tomb?".

"Yes." One of the men answered.

"Are you sure you are going in, even after hearing the rumor?" The other man asked.

"Of course." The man answered as he looked at the tomb, "It's my passion to try and win in any game, even this Yami no Game".

That was . . . the end of one story, but the beginning of another.

Fin

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