The chosen Pharaoh
The last time so did Atem become the new Pharaoh but his rule got a bad start, it started when someone tried to assassinate him, when a criminal whose name is Bakura learned who had destroyed his village and was going to take his revenge on Atem for what happened during his father's rule, he also wanted to anger Atem so he brought along with him Atem's father's sarcophagus causing Atem to hate Bakura, this is the signs of a big battle that is about to start, how will it end?
Chapter 2- A big battle, Obelisk vs Diabound
Bakura smirked as he saw the new Pharaoh Atem almost explode of anger, he enjoyed to see that he managed to anger the son of the man who destroyed his home and took away his family and friends, so what if they had been a village of bandits and thieves? It didn't mean that the former Pharaoh had the right to wipe out his entire village except for him in order to create the seven Millennium items.
Seto took a step forward, "You dare not only disrespect the new Pharaoh but the former Pharaoh as well, you shall be punished rogue", here Bakura interrupted him, "That might have been the case, but I live outside of your kingdom so I don't follow your rules, now if you want me to spare at least a few of your lives be so kind and hand over your Millennium items to me or I will destroy all of you in this room and when I will destroy the city as well".
Aknadin took a step forward, "I don't know who you are Bakura but I do know that if you were to touch one of the items so would your soul be torn apart and spread across the shadow realm there evil people like you would end up if they were to touch one of the sacred items", Bakura was about to give answer to that when he saw Aknadin's face, his eyes widened before it narrowed and was filled with the purest hatred that existed, "You.. YOU BASTARD I WILL CRUSH YOU!" Aknadin got a look of shock on his face, "What do you mean thief, I don't even know you".
Bakura gritted his teeth and growled, "Remember the village of Kul Elna", Aknadin's normal eye widened in both shock and horror, how could this thief know about Kul Elna, but the knowledge of its existence should have disappeared since the city was destroyed.
"Your former Pharaoh was a tyrant who created the seven items to gain even more power, enough power to control the entire world". Atem had had enough, "THAT'S ENOUGH BAKURA! My father created the items in order to bring peace to Egypt. Don't go around and lie about my father because you never knew him, you shall now be judged by the Millennium items".
Mahad agreed and Seto told the guards to bring in a stone tablet so that the Millennium trial could begin, but Bakura just chuckled. "This is completely pointless fools". Bakura began to laugh, "No one can withstand the power of the sacred items".
But Shada was interrupted by Karim who told them to wait and Shada asked what was wrong, "The Millennium scale is unable to find balance, which means that the evil within his heart is immeasurable", said Karim as the scale in his hand was unable to stay still, Aknadin used his eye to look inside of Bakura. "Yes I see that his soul is a bottomless pit filled with darkness that knows no bounds and inside it hides a creature with terrifying power".
Shada held out the key, "Now Millennium Key, reveal the beast that lurks within the soul of this man". The key glowed and Shada's mind entered Bakura's soul looking for the creature that was dwelling within him. He suddenly saw a giant snake head appear and Shada could only gasped as the snake head attacked his mind, Shada withdrew his mind from Bakura's soul and back into his own body again.
"That's no ordinary beast", Aknadin looked at him, "What did you see Shada?", "The most powerful beast I have ever seen", Shada pointed at the tablet. "That stone tablet won't be enough to contain it", "Ridicules", Aknadin agreed with Seto, "Seto is right we have never had any trouble with sealing creatures before".
They got interrupted by Bakura who had begun to laugh, "If you want to meet my creature that badly then I will just summon him". A bright pillar of light appeared behind Bakura and the first thing they saw was a snake appear only to see that the snake was the lower part of a humanoid creature with wings. It was gray white in color, everyone was shocked when they saw the creature, "Unbelievable, how can such a creature live inside the heart of a petty thief".
Bakura laughed at Aknadin's words, "I'm no ordinary thief, I'm the king of thieves and there is nothing that I can't steal in this world and now let me introduce you, Diabound meet the Pharaoh and Pharaoh, meet the instrument of your demise".
Seto chuckled, "I'm afraid that you're mistaking thief, you creature's fate was sealed the moment you summoned him, I now activate the power of my Millennium Rod and will now seal you beast inside of this stone tablet".
A bright beam came out of the Millennium Rod and hit Diabound who turned into a sphere of light and flew inside the stone tablet and Diabound's picture appeared on the stone, Seto smiled, "As I suspected his creature was not so difficult".
Bakura chuckled, "That was pointless". Cracks appeared on the stone tablet to everyone's shock before it shattered and Diabound was free again. Bakura began to laugh, "If this is all the power you have then you won't be any challenge for me at all".
Atem gritted his teeth, he had never seen a creature as powerful as Bakura's Diabound before and he had seen some really powerful creatures, "Sacred guardians of the Pharaoh, we must unite our power in order to conquer this enemy". Everyone agreed with Aknadin and activated their DiaDhanks and Atem realized that a shadow game was about to begin in the throne room.
Bakura chuckled, "Well what are you waiting for guardians, let's play", Aknadin was a little worried over how much power his Diabound had shown so far, "Careful, he is a strong one, we must combine our powers".
Seto looked at him, "Fear not I can defeat this scum by myself", Aknadin looked at him, "Seto don't be foolish", he said with a seriously voice but Seto didn't listen, "Now creature of darkness I call upon thee, awaken from thy slumber and join me in this battle".
AT SETO'S STONE SANCTUARY,
A stone tablet inside of Seto's stone sanctuary began to glow and a beam of light flew out of it and towards the palace. It light flew up in front of Seto and Seto's DiaDhank glowed and on one of the blades so did the symbol of the creature appear. "And now I summon Garestgolath".
A pillar of light appeared behind Seto and a dragon came out of it, Atem knew that Garestgolath had been released from a criminal and sealed inside a stone tablet two years ago. Seto pointed his Millennium Rod at Diabound, "Garestgolath attack, tear his Diabound apart".
Garestgolath roared and rushed towards Diabound, he tried to slash Diabound with his claws but Diabound used his snake tail and one of his hands to grab both of Garestgolath's front legs. Garestgolath tried to bite Diabound but he used his other hand and grabbed Garestgolath's throat holding the dragon at bay and no matter how much the dragon struggled so couldn't he overpower Diabound.
Bakura chuckled, "Now Winged Sage Falcos". A pillar of light appeared between Diabound and Garestgolath causing Garestgolath to fall on his back. Seto all the others was shocked over seeing that Bakura not only summoned a second creature but a creature that used to serve king Aknamkanon.
Falcos attacked Garestgolath destroying the dragon and Seto felt some of his life force getting drained when his dragon was destroyed, Atem stood up. "Bakura how did you summon that creature? It used to serve my father and on top of that you need a DiaDhank to summon a creature that doesn't live inside of your heart".
Bakura chuckled again, "You remember that I visit your father's tomb right Pharaoh? There I found an interesting item that looked important so I took it". He lifted on his sleeve and everyone gasped when they saw that he had a DiaDhank on his arm, he folded out the three blades.
Atem was furious, "You not only disturb my father's resting place but you also dare to use the creatures that are supposed to guard his tomb, you have now gone too far Bakura". Bakura laughed, "Well then why don't you come down here and fight me yourself Pharaoh or are you too much of a cowards to do it?"
Seto got a furious look on his face, "No one disrespect the Pharaoh like that and gets away with it, now let our shadow game continue". Bakura smirked, "As you wish, but it won't be much of a battle unless you summon a creature".
All six of the guardians held up their DiaDhanks in the air and called for a creature.
Seto: "I call upon Battle Ox".
Karim: "Bastet".
Isis: "Spiria".
Shada: "Zelua".
Aknadin: "Gadius".
Mahad: "Illusion Magician".
A light came out of each of the guardians stone sanctuaries and flew towards the palace and soon so stood Diabound and Winged Sage Falcos against six creatures. Mahad ordered Illusion Magician to attack and it destroyed Falcos, Bakura gritted his teeth. "Oh please you have to do better than that, "Diabound show them what a real attack is, attack them now with Helical Shockwave".
Diabound gathered energy between his hands and then released a energy wave that destroyed Bastet, Zelua and Gadius and sent Battle Ox, Illusion Magician and Spiria flying into pillars. Everyone was shocked over how powerful Diabound was. "I have never seen such strength", Shada said and Aknadin agreed but also said that Bakura was outnumbered.
Mahad took a few steps forward so he was next to Seto, "Please allow me to attack again". But Seto told him that Illusion Magician would only be destroyed and that they needed to weaken Diabound first, Seto lifted his DiaDhank again. "I summon Mystic Horseman".
A pillar of light appeared in front of Seto and the centaur creature appeared next to Battle Ox and Seto turned to Karim. "Take over from here Karim", Karim held up the Millennium Scale. "Now with the power of the Millennium Scale I will now combine the spirits of Battle Ox and Mystic Horseman to form Rabit Horseman".
Battle Ox and Mystic Horseman became spheres of light and combined, a few seconds later so came Rabit Horseman out of the sphere of light, he had the over part of Battle Ox while the lower part was Mystic Horseman.
Seto pointed the Rod at Diabound, "Now strike down his Diabound with Battle Axe Swipe". Rabit Horseman rushed toward Diabound and tried to strike Diabound with his axe but Diabound caught Rabit Horseman's arm with his snake tail and grabbed the other arm with his left arm and pulled so Rabit Horseman fell on his side.
Diabound held out his fist while charging up a Helical Shockwave and aimed at Rabit Horseman's head. Bakura chuckled, "Looks like your pony are finished". But to his shock so chuckled Seto, "I don't think so, your Diabound is wide open, now's your chance Mahad".
Mahad order Illusion Magician to activate his power of Binding Illusion, Illusion Magician summoned the magic circle and trapped Diabound in it, stopping him from attacking and freed Rabit Horseman at the same time. Rabit Horseman used this moment to get back up on his feet, Mahad looked at Seto. "Illusion Magician won't be able to hold him for long so you have hurry up and defeat him now Seto".
Seto nodded before he looked at Bakura, "Let's try this again shall we? Rabit Horseman attack Diabound again with Battle Axe Swipe". Rabit Horseman charged at Diabound again and swung his axe at Diabound's head, but when the axe was close to Diabound's face so did a smirk appear on Bakura's face. "That won't be enough, Diabound Helical Shockwave".
Diabound released his Helical Shockwave from his arms and broke free from the circle as well as destroyed both Rabit Horseman and Illusion Magician at the same time and sent the six guardians flying into the walls. Atem growled and Shimon was shocked, how could one man singlehandedly overpower all six of the sacred guardians?
Bakura laughed, "I'm disappointed, I heard that you guardians were powerful but I guess you haven't fought anyone with real powerful before, now finish them off Diabound". Diabound released another Helical Shockwave that was coming directly at the sacred guardians.
Isis got up on her feet and order Spiria to activate her Spiria Shield, Spiria put up her shield between the guardians and Diabound's attack. She managed to stop it from destroying the guardians but Spiria was destroyed and Isis was drained on strength, Atem had seen enough and he walked down and in front of his sacred guardians.
"Pharaoh please don't bother yourself with this intruder, let us take care of him for you", Seto begged but those words fell on deaf ears. Atem looked at Bakura with eyes that were filled with rage, "Bakura you have gone too far, the crimes you have committed here is unforgivable and I will make sure you pay for what you have done".
Bakura growled, "Unforgivable you say? Well if you think that's unforgivable how about that your father's men destroyed my village and took away everyone I held dear, and here is the man responsible for that it happened". Bakura kicked the sarcophagus so it slide over the floor and stopped in front of Atem.
Shimon gasped and ran towards it and fell next to it and began to cry, "Oh king Aknamkanon, I never thought that your return the palace would be so disgraceful. Please Pharaoh don't believe a word of what this monster says, your father was kind and just and would never do something like that".
Atem went down on a knee next to Shimon and put a hand on the sarcophagus while looking at Shimon, "I know, after all he was my father, he raised me to be fair and just and taught me to never cause another pain and suffering no matter what crimes they had made". At that moment he felt a strong pulse from his father's sarcophagus, he looked down and felt the pulse again and then he heard his father's voice.
"Justice lies with the Egyptian gods my son, justice lies with Obelisk", Atem gasped because he had just learned the name of one of the three Egyptian god monsters that protect the palace and the tombs of all the Pharaohs.
Atem got up on his feet and looked at Bakura, "Bakura I will take you down but your fate lies in the hands of the gods". Everyone looked at Atem and wondered what he meant, Bakura laughed. "Well then let us see your precious gods stop Diabound from tearing you apart Pharaoh".
Diabound's snake head came towards Atem, but then the puzzle began to glow and then the palace began to shake as a giant pillar of light appeared behind Atem. Everyone got shocked and wondered what creature Atem was about to summon that could make the palace shake.
"I told you Bakura your fate lies in the hands of the gods, now great deity of darkness I invoke thee, hear my call, arise Obelisk the Tormentor!" Obelisk's symbol showed up on Atem's DiaDhank and everyone gasped as the blue giant war god came out of the pillar of light.
Bakura was in complete shock, had he pissed of the Pharaoh that could control the three legendary gods? But soon so did his shocked look disappear and was replaced by a smirk. "Interesting Pharaoh, I never thought that a god would actually stand in my way but that doesn't matter, Diabound will surpass the power of the gods as well".
Atem didn't say anything and Bakura went on the offensive, "Diabound, show them that your even more powerful than the Egyptian gods and destroy Obelisk". Diabound unleashed his Helical Shockwave, Obelisk put an arm in front of him and blocked the attack.
Bakura had a confident smirk on his face but it was soon replaced by a look of complete shock again when Obelisk repelled the attack without taking any damage at all. "Diabound's Helical Shockwave didn't have any effect on him at all?"
Atem looked at him, "Bakura, I will stop your evil right here and now, Obelisk attack his Diabound with Fist of Fury!" Obelisk charged up his fist and then punched Diabound sending him flying across the room and Bakura was sliding backwards because of the force of the attack his creature had received. The attack drained 75 percent of his life force, he and his creature had barely any power left.
Bakura looked at Atem, "I guess I underestimated the power of the gods, now I can understand why they're the most powerful beings in this realm, but just wait next time so will Diabound defeat your god". Atem looked at him, "you're talking like you think that you will get away from here".
Bakura smirked and then Atem saw that Diabound was charging up another Helical Shockwave, only that it had barely any power now, "Didn't Obelisk just make it clear that your Diabound are no match for him?" Bakura's smirk grew, "Who said that I'm aiming at your god?"
Diabound released his Helical Shockwave and it was going straight for Atem, he got shocked when he saw that Bakura had been aiming at him, Obelisk put his arm down in front of Atem and shielded him from the attack but it caused an explosion and smoke covered the all of their sight.
The smoke soon cleared and they saw Bakura riding away on his horse, Aknadin told the guards to follow him while Atem called back Obelisk and ran out on the balcony and saw Bakura riding away with a lot of soldiers after him, he then saw that a big part of the city was burning and he immediately sent out people to put out the fire and save what could be saved.
I won't let you get away the next time we meet Bakura, Atem thought as he saw Bakura getting away from the soldiers.
So Atem managed to defeat Bakura but before they could capture him so did he manage to escape, when will they meet again? Continue reading to find out and please review.