The chosen Pharaoh

Last time so did Mahad tell Atem that he couldn't find Mana and they looked around worried until they found her, Seto came up with a plan on building a army of shadow creatures and it seemed like Aknadin had done something bad in the past. Later so did the guardians have a practice battle but it ended with Seto sacrificing his teammates creatures in order to win. Atem decided to teach him a lesson and used Kuriboh to defeat Seto's Duos, showing him that power isn't everything, however outside the city so were Bakura planning his next move and decided that he would go after Mahad first, what will happen?

Chapter 4- Spending time with Mana

TWO DAYS AFTER THE PRACTICE BATTLE,

Mana sat in Mahad's office and sighed, Mahad looked at her irritated since it was the 20th time she sighed, "If you don't have anything to do Mana why don't you practice magic?" Mana looked at him, "I'm not in the mood, I want to see Atem but he doesn't have time for me".

Mahad looked at her, "Well he's the king of Egypt now so what did you expect?" Mana looked at him, "I just want a little time with him, even just an hour would be enough". Mahad sighed, "If I'm not mistaking so is he going to be free tomorrow but you two can't just hang out like you used to".

Mana immediately looked more positive, "We can ride down to the Nile, we haven't been there for what feels like ages". Mahad chuckled a little when he saw her happy face, "I shall talk to him about this later, so let's practice a little magic because you need it, after all it was just yesterday that I had a tornado in here". Mana rubbed her neck while she smiled sheepishly.

A FEW HOURS LATER,

Atem sighed, he had listened to the people who had gotten their houses damaged during Bakura's attack, he had tried to make sure that they had somewhere to be and had food and now that he was done with them so did he had a mountain of paperwork.

He was half done and was already exhausted, he now knew why his father had been so exhausted so often when he were Pharaoh, he had paperwork. He heard a knock and told the person to come in and Mahad entered, "What can I do for you Mahad?"

Mahad had a smirk on his face, "Mana is so bored when you aren't around her, doesn't that make you happy?" Atem's face turned crimson, "S-s-shut up Mahad".

He didn't knew how many who knew it but only his father and Mahad had told Atem that they knew that he was in love with Mana, he knew that they said that he should follow his heart but he knew that others would never accept that choice. However he was now the king of Egypt and could chose anyone he wanted to be with, but he was still unsure if he should tell her, he was afraid that their friendship would change if she didn't feel the same way.

"Anyway Atem the reason I came here was because since she knows that you will be free tomorrow so does she wonder if you wanted to hang out with her tomorrow". Atem smiled when he heard that, "Tell her that I accept the offer, I need a break from all this paperwork and there is nothing that can distract me from this kind of stuff as much as spending time with Mana".

Mahad smiled at him, "I will tell her that you are going to spend time with her and tomorrow, disguise yourself and especially hide that spiky hair of yours since anyone would recognize it". Atem smiled sheepishly as he remembered a time when he was younger when he tried to sneak out from the palace and the guards recognized him from his unique hair.

Mahad began to make his way out of Atem's workroom but then he turned around and said with a smirk: "This would be a good chance to confess to her you know". Atem's face turned crimson again and he looked for something good to throw at Mahad but by the time he did so had Mahad already left the room.

LATER THAT EVENING,

Atem was lying on his bed, he was thinking about the next day and he was also thinking about what Mahad had said. There was no chance that he could confess to Mana even though he wanted to.

He heard a sound from his balcony and sat up, his hands went over to the table next to the bed and took his DiaDhank and the Millennium Puzzle, he got up only to see Mana get inside, he sighed relieved.

"Mana you can't sneak into my room anymore, if anyone found out that a magician apprentice could sneak into my room while a crazy maniac is on the loose so would they increase the guards around my room and that's something I don't want to happen".

He suddenly saw that Mana was staring at him while her cheeks were a little red, he looked down and remembered that he didn't have a shirt on. He blushed and looked away, "S-so what brings you here anyway?" Mana smiled at him, "I just came to thank you for spending time with me tomorrow".

Atem smiled at her, "That isn't something you need to thank me for, I want to spend time with you too Mana, I guess you want to tell me what you have planned for tomorrow but don't tell me, let it be a surprise". Mana looked at him shocked over that he had figured out why she came but smiled, "Alright, then I see you tomorrow Atem, and I also heard that we need disguises so I will come by tomorrow so that we can find a way to sneak you out of this place". And with that she left him alone in his room.

THE NEXT DAY,

Mana looked so that no guards where around before she signaled to Atem that the coast was clear and he came up next to her, they had tied down his spiky hair and put on a coat with a hood so no one could get a good look on his face, Mana also had a coat with hood.

They snuck towards the outside of the city there Mahad were waiting for them with horses for them, Atem took of the hood and untied his hair that immediately stood up again. They both got up on the horses and rode away, for the next hour so were the two of them riding through the desert and chasing each other and was having fun.

AN HOUR LATER,

Atem and Mana had reached the Nile, they sat down and put their feet into the water, Mana suddenly took out her magic wand. Atem got worried when he saw the wand, he quickly stood up and backed away, Mana looked confused at him, "What's wrong Atem?"

"Well since I know how it usually goes when you use magic so is it safer to keep some distance between us when you take out that wand of yours". Mana looked hurt, "Come on, I don't mess up that badly".

Atem gave her a weird look, "How about the time you used that rain spell and flooded half of the palace? Or the time you used your fire spell and put Mahad's entire office on fire and burned up a lot of important documents? Or every time you use your wind spell, whenever you tried that one so did you create a tornado and I heard that it happened recently as well".

Mana stuck out her tongue at him, "You're mean Atem and by the way I was just going to practice my levitation spell that's all". Atem hide behind a big rock, "Well I will just hide here just in case, your spells have gone in the opposite direction before and I don't want my feet to leave the ground".

Mana rolled her eyes and waited, when a fish jumped out of the water in the Nile so did she use the levitation spell and the fish stopped in the air, she moved her wand and the fish followed the movements.

Atem watched her use the spell and thought that she actually had been able to use it without problem, but then the fish stopped in the air, Mana got shocked before she began to swing her wand around trying to get the fish to move again. It got blown up like a balloon and then air came out through its mouth and it flew around in the air for a few seconds before it flew into Mana's face, it then fell into the Nile and Atem saw a red mark in Mana's face there the fish had hit her.

Atem blinked a few times before he began to laugh like crazy, Mana looked at him irritated, she gathered water in her hands and threw it in his face. He used his hands to get the water out of his eyes, and then he ran over to Mana who jumped into the water, he chased her until they tripped and Atem landed on her.

They opened their eyes and blushed when they saw how close their faces were to each other, he tried to move but felt his left hand squeeze something soft and Mana moaned, he looked down and saw that his left hand were on her left breast.

Atem jumped back up on his feet and turned his back to Mana to hide his face that was completely red, Mana got up and looked away with an equally red face.

"S-s-sorry for that Mana, it was an accident". Mana nodded, "Yeah I know", Then Mana smirked, she turned around and knocked away Atem's feet and the young Pharaoh yelled in surprise as he fell on his back into the water.

He shook his head to get rid of the water and looked at Mana shocked and saw her laughing, he got a smirk and splashed some water into her face. Mana shook her head and saw Atem get up on his feet and so did they began to chase each other and were laughing like they did when they were younger.

A few minutes later so did they lie down next to the Nile and was breathing heavy, they smiled at each other, "Thanks for spending time with me Atem, I haven't have this much fun for a while". Atem smile got bigger, "Don't' mention it, I needed this, but I think we should start getting back now or someone will panic because the king of Egypt can't be found anywhere". Mana nodded and they got up on their feet and walked over to the horses.

AN HOUR LATER,

Atem and Mana returned to the place they had met Mahad earlier and saw him stand there waiting for them. Mahad came up to Atem, "I have been able to make the others think that you have been in your workroom and didn't want to be disturbed, so you have to get into the room before someone discovers the truth".

Atem nodded and told Mana that he would see her later and put on his disguise and followed Mahad. Mahad kept a lookout for any soldiers or guards as they walked through the palace. They reached Atem's workroom and he got inside and closed the door just as Aknadin and Shimon was coming towards the room, they stopped in front of Mahad.

"Is the Pharaoh still in there Mahad? We have gotten the report from the soldiers that are looking for Bakura". Atem heard that and immediately told them to come in, the three of them came into the workroom, the three of them bowed their heads for him.

"My king, the soldiers have searched through most of the kingdom but they haven't found a trace of Bakura". Atem gritted his teeth, "Even so we must find him before he strikes again". The others nodded and left, Atem looked out through the window.

I won't rest until I have taken you down Bakura, you will not destroy the peace that my father worked so hard to create in the land of Egypt, Atem thought.

AT THE SAME TIME WITH BAKURA,

Bakura looked at the city with Zorc's servants behind him, he chuckled, "It's almost time now my friends, I will soon make a move which will eventually lead to the Pharaoh's downfall and the destruction of Egypt". Bakura began to laugh and he and the servants rode away.

LATER THAT EVENING WITH MANA,

Mana sitting in her room while thinking about her time with Atem, it had been a while since she had had him for herself, she liked it that way, she shook her head, "I have to stop thinking like this, he's the king of Egypt and my oldest friend, we can never be anything more than friends".

Even though she had always known this so couldn't she stop herself from falling in love with Atem when she was thirteen, she liked everything about him but mostly that he is a really amazing person.

Every time there was a big social party at the palace and she saw him with the daughters of nobles so did she just want to cry. She knew that they were trying to catch his interest, make him want to marry one of them, and Mana hated that even though she knew that there was no way that Atem had the same kind of feelings for her.

So earlier today when Atem fell on her so was she forced to stop herself from kissing him, "I just have to forget my feelings for him, even though they have grown over the past three years I have to forget them, after all we can never be anymore than friends anyway".

AT THE SAME TIME WITH ATEM,

Atem was looking out over the city, even now they hadn't found a trace of Bakura, he was wondering what that thief was planning to do next and why he hadn't attacked again.

Maybe he realized that he can't take us all on at once and is planning on taking us on one by one, if he does he will wipe out most of the guardians since most of them don't have that much power alone, Atem thought.

Atem came to think of Mahad, it wasn't known by many but Mahad had sealed away most of his true power right before he got the Millennium Ring since it was so great that his life was at stake since he might lose control over his magical energy. If Mahad were to release all of his power he could take on Bakura and his Diabound and hold his own, but no matter how powerful Mahad is so would he in the end not be able to defeat Bakura.

Atem sighed, he needed to find where Bakura was hiding and fast, he heard steps behind him and turned around and saw Mahad come towards him, Mahad stood next to Atem.

"It looks like something is troubling you Atem, what's wrong?" Atem looked at him, "I'm just thinking about Bakura, we have to find him before he strikes again".

Mahad looked at him, "We will find him and stop him, trust me". Atem smiled at him, Mahad got a smirk on his face, "So did you confess today?" Atem's face became crimson, "Oh come on Mahad, stop already". Mahad laughed at his friend's embarrassment and Atem soon began to laugh as well before the two of them walked towards their rooms to get some sleep.

So Atem had a good day with Mana there he could just relax and have fun but now he has to focus on finding Bakura, he has to stop the thief king from causing more destruction, but will Atem be able to stop him? Continue reading to find out and please review.