The chosen Pharaoh
Last time so did Mahad challenge Bakura to a shadow game. In the beginning so had Mahad the upper hand with his Illusion Magician and Shadow Ghoul but when Diabound destroyed Shadow Ghoul and gained his ability to walk through walls so did Bakura get the upper hand. Mahad tried to fight but Diabound was just too strong and his Illusion Magician was badly damaged and was about to disappear. Mahad used his last power to fuse himself with his Illusion Magician in order to become Dark Magician and blasted Bakura and Diabound to they fell of the bridge and was then sealed in stone. What will happen next?
Chapter 6- A white dragon and Aknadin's secret
Atem rode through the gates to the palace yard with his guardians behind him. he rode slowly while he was holding Mana, she had cried herself to sleep, he thought back to the soldiers left at what was left of the spellcaster's training grounds.
FLASHBACK,
Atem picked up Mana in his arms and walked towards his horse, but then he looked at the soldiers that was starting to wake up, "I'm going to send people to help the wounded and to get Mahad's tablet back to the palace, so just sit tight and wait I know that nothing more will happen now".
Atem reached his horse and put Mana on it before he sat up behind her to make sure she didn't fall off and then he and his sacred guardians rode of back towards the palace.
END OF FLASHBACK,
Atem got off his horse and was careful when he got Mana off it and held her carefully as he walked towards the palace, some guards came up to him and wondered what was going on.
"Send some people to the spellcaster's training grounds, there is wounded soldiers there and I also want you to get Mahad's stone tablet here and place it in my sanctuary".
The guards got shocked when he said Mahad's tablet and so he told them everything, they got sad when they heard what happened and said that they would do as he had told them. One of the guards tried to take Mana saying that he would take her to her room but Atem take a step backwards so that she was out of his reach.
"No I will do it, just send people to the training grounds as soon as possible". Atem walked past the guards and into the palace with Mana in his arms and his sacred guardians followed him.
A few minutes later so did Atem reach Mana's room, he carefully opened it and walked in, he walked over to her bed and placed her on it he sat down on the bed next to her.
He caressed her hair and was sad when he saw her sad face, he heard a sound behind him and looked around to see Isis stand there. "How is she Pharaoh?" He looked at Mana, "She hasn't woken up yet so I don't know but I know how she feels since we both have known Mahad for many years".
Isis came over to them and sat down and looked at Mana with a sad expression, "I wish that Mahad would have defeated Bakura, if you want so can I stay with Mana so you can rest Pharaoh".
Atem shook his head, "She needs a friend next to her when she wakes up, and I'm the only one who really fits the description now". Isis nodded and said that she understood and then left, leaving Atem with Mana, the young Pharaoh looked at the girl that he loved and wished that he could do anything to take away her pain.
A HOUR LATER,
Atem was sitting on Mana's bed while leaning on the wall trying to stay awake, it was in the middle of the night and he was exhausted after all that had happened only some hours ago.
He suddenly heard Mana moan and looked at her now fully awake to see her waking up, she sat up slowly while she was rubbing her left eye, she looked up and blushed a little when she saw Atem next to her.
But then she remembered that had happened and she looked at him with tears building up in her eyes again. "Atem, Mahad was… he was…" Mana broke down in tears again, Atem took and hugged her and held her tight, "Don't worry Mana it will be okay, I swear I will get Bakura for this".
Atem felt Mana who had her face buried in his chest shake her head, "Don't, I don't think I would be able to recover if he took you away from me too". When Atem heard that so did he feel his heartbeat increase, he wanted to tell Mana about his feelings but knew that this wasn't the best time for that.
Mana took her face away from his chest and looked him in the face, "Don't worry about me so much Atem, go and get some rest, you have much to do tomorrow". Atem didn't want to leave but Mana told him again to go and he realized that she needed time to be alone.
Atem got up and left the room, he walked through the corridor towards his own room but before he got there so did he stop, he remembered Mana's sad face and felt his anger rise, he slammed his arm in the wall. At the same time in a side corridor so were Seto walking when he heard a bang, he looked around the corner ready in case there was trouble only to see Atem with his arm against the wall.
Seto looked at Atem and heard him mumble, "I hate you Bakura, I really hate you for what you did to Mahad and for hurting the girl that I love, I swear that I will use the power of the Egyptian gods to send you to the deepest parts of the shadow realm there you will be tormented for all eternity".
Seto couldn't help but feel bad for the young Pharaoh, he may be the king of Egypt but he was also still just a teenager and he was going through things that he shouldn't, he decided he would do anything to stop this madman before things gets even worse.
Seto watched while Atem walked to his room to get some sleep, he hoped that he would be able to get some sleep, he would have a long day ahead of him.
A FEW HOURS LATER,
Atem was sitting on the throne, with his remaining guardians next to him with a soldier in front of him, "My king, we have searched through half of our villages but have not been able to find Bakura". Atem slammed his arm in the armchair of the throne and everyone looked at him shocked, he stood up and rage could be seen in his eyes.
"I don't care what you have to do, if you have to drain the river Nile of water then do so, JUST FIND HIM!" The soldier and the guardians looked shocked at him, Atem calmed down and sat down, "Please, just find him, he can't get way for this".
Seto looked at the Pharaoh, he then stepped forward and said, "It's true, what he has done is unforgivable but there is also another reason that he can't get away, he now has the Millennium Ring which makes him more dangerous than ever".
Karim looked at him, "We don't know that, for all we know so were Bakura crushed when the spellcaster's training ground collapsed from their battle". Shada looked at him, "It is a possibility but my key can still feel his presence", Seto looked at Karim, "And besides that, do you really think a person with so much power as Bakura would be finished by something like that?" Karim looked into the floor, he like all the others couldn't believe that Bakura was gone for good.
Seto looked at Atem, "I have a plan for hunting Bakura down and punish him for his crimes my king, "Atem looked at Seto and Aknadin gasped as he realized what Seto was going to do, "First we must seal off all the gateways out of the kingdom as well as the other villages, and then we must carefully observe all the village, until we find him so can no one be trusted".
Shimon looked at Atem, "He's right my king, for now so is everyone a suspect", Atem sighed, he knew that Seto had some other motives as well but right now so did he not care, all he wanted to do was stop Bakura from bringing more suffering to his people. "Very well, proceed with your plan Seto and inform me off all your findings", Seto nodded and ordered the guards to prepare the carrying chairs and told Shada to come with him.
AT THE SAME TIME WITH BAKURA,
At a sea under a waterfall so did Bakura come up from the water and was gasping, "Well I didn't think that would be so hard, I barely managed to get my hand on the Millennium Ring and get away with my life".
FLASHBACK,
Bakura and Diabound fell down after getting hit by Mahad's last attack and soon saw the ground under them come. He had Diabound fire his Helical Shockwave at the ground, blasting a huge hole into the ground straight down to a underground river which Bakura fell into.
END OF FLASHBACK,
Bakura smirked as he lifted the Millennium Ring, "But it was worth it because I now have the Millennium Ring, one item down and six items left". Bakura got up from the water and began to make his way to the palace, this time he would make some research on the remaining guardians, but not before he had made his Diabound even stronger.
A HALF HOUR LATER,
A few guards carried Shada and Seto on their carrying chairs and the people bowed for them, Shada looked at him, "What are you planning Seto? I know you're not doing this only to seal off Bakura's chances of escape".
Seto looked at Shada, "You know as well as I do that with the strength of our current shadow creatures we can't defeat Bakura and his Diabound, that is why Mahad is now sealed, we must strengthened our army of shadow creatures and hunt him down in order to protect our king".
Shada looked at him shocked, "Seto are telling me that we are going to put innocent through the Millennium trial? What would the Pharaoh say about that?" Seto looked at him, "I'm doing this to protect the Pharaoh Shada and…" Seto jumped down to the ground and looked at Shada, "My targets are not the innocents, it is potential criminals I will find and punish".
Shada looked irritated but knew that he would not change Seto's mind and the best way to end this fast was to help him, Seto looked at the guards. "Guards this is your orders, find everyone you suspect of criminal activities and bring them before me".
AT THE SAME TIME WITH ATEM,
Atem had been wondering if he did the right thing to agree to Seto's plan, he knew that Seto had another reason for doing this and that he didn't want Atem to know about it. He suddenly saw Mana going down to one of the underground chambers under the palace, he followed her and saw that she was practicing her magic, he heard her say, "I must improve my magic so I can take Mahad's place and protect Atem".
Atem felt happy that Mana wanted to be able to protect and make sure that he was okay, but he would be really worried if she stepped in to protect him and if she got hurt so would he snap and really hurt the one responsible for hurting her, he left and let her practice alone.
BACK TO SETO AND SHADA,
Seto and Shada had just finished checking a lowlife and found no shadow creature in him and sent the guards to take him away because they had heard him talking about assassinating the Pharaoh.
A few other guards came and threw a man on the ground, "We heard this scum disrespect the Pharaoh and say that he let Bakura do whatever he wanted without caring". Seto's eyes narrowed with anger, "Well that was very foolish things to say, prepare yourself to be judged by the Millennium items".
Shada stepped forward, "Now Millennium Key, let me look into this person's soul", the key allowed him to see into the man and saw a creature, "I see a creature growing within him, it looks harmless but it could become stronger later", Seto's eyes narrowed, before he would just have tossed this man aside but after being defeated by Kuriboh so would he not look past the possible powers of creatures that looked weak.
He told the guards to bring that man to the dungeon, but the man yelled, "You're making a mistake, why waste time with me when the dragon is loose? Seto looked at him confused, "What do you mean by dragon?" The man looked him in the eyes, "I'm talking about the terrifying white dragon".
Seto gasped when he heard that and memories of his past returned, how his village had been burned down and how a huge white dragon with blue eyes had appeared and had shown incredible power, "It's true I swear, the dragon hides on the day and is stalking their city on the night".
"Enough take him away now", Seto walked away with Shada looking after him shocked over his reaction and the man yelled that Seto would regret this. Shada followed Seto, "What was that Seto?" Seto was about that it was nothing when they heard shouting and saw a crowd gathered and walked over to them.
Seto walked through them and saw that they were throwing stones at a young girl with white hair, "What is this all about?" All gathered there looked at Seto when the young priest yelled at them, he walked over to the girl and looked at her, Shada came up to him.
But as Shada was about to ask what was going on when his key was reacting to the girl, it let him see inside of her and saw an incredible light and saw the form of a white dragon. Shada went down on a knee and Seto called out to him and asked what happened.
"I have never seen such a powerful spirit before", Seto looked at the girl shocked and then he got the feeling that he had seen her before. He looked at the guards, "Guards, this girl is coming with us, give her all the water and food she desires, and for all of you, leave at once or I will place all of you in the dungeon for what you did".
All the people gathered there ran away and Seto walked with the guards who were carrying the girl with Shada after him. Seto looked at him, "What did you see Shada?" Shada looked at him, "I creature that might have enough power to rival the power of the gods, a white dragon".
Seto looked at him shocked, he realized that the two things from his past that had returned, the white dragon and the girl, might be connected to each other, and he was going to find out if that was true.
WITH BAKURA,
Bakura was laughing as a beam of energy could be seen behind him that flew over the ground causing huge explosions and then so could Diabound be seen. The over part of his body was now green with blue lines on his shoulders with huge fangs and round red eyes and his snake tail was now purple and his four wings was now black.
The more chaos I cause the faster my Diabound will evolve, now he will be able to take on Obelisk or any other gods the Pharaoh might summon, Bakura though before he laughed again and got on his horse and rode towards the palace.
LATER OUTSIDE OF THE PALACE,
Bakura had just separated from Zorc's servants, he had given them a piece of his soul as he had been told even though he didn't know why, they said that it was a safety precaution in case he was defeated.
He chuckled, he saw all the guards but they were nothing to worry about, he walked past them right under their noses, his Diabound had gained the ability to camouflage himself in the shadows and he used this ability to make the guards unable to see him and so he walked into the palace without getting detected.
He found his way to the archives and soon found the files on the sacred guardians, he ignored the one about Mahad since he had already defeated him. He found the file on the old guardian, his name was Aknadin and that he was actually the younger brother of the former Pharaoh Aknamkanon, "Interesting, very interesting indeed".
LATER AT AKNADIN'S STONE SANCTUARY,
Aknadin turned around when he heard steps and saw Seto come towards him, "Master Aknadin, we looked through the city and found some pretty strong creatures, you must be proud". Aknadin looked at him with a hard stare, "Do you really think that? Release these people at once". Seto said that he could not be serious, "Be silent Seto, you have disgraced the Pharaoh by doing this, so do the right thing and release them".
"I won't, I did this to protect the Pharaoh and I won't regret what I did", Aknadin tried to tell him to change his mind but Seto just excused himself and left, "Seto wait, listen to me you're making a huge mistake". Aknadin went down on a knee, "I should know all about that, after what I did at Kul Elna, destroying the village and its villagers to create the Millennium items. Please don't do a mistake similar to mine my son".
Aknadin sudden heard someone chuckle and got up and looked around and saw to his horror the last person he wanted to see when he was alone, Bakura.
A FEW MINUTES LATER WITH SETO,
Seto walked into the room where the girl was sleeping, he wondered if she really was the girl he had met some many years ago, the girl with the blue eyes and the white hair he had saved from a group of marauders, after they had managed to escape from them on his horse so did he sent her towards his village after he told her his name when she asked for it.
After he returned to his village on foot so did he seen smoke coming from the village from the cliff just outside the village, he knew that it was the same group he had saved the girl from, he ran into them and then they burned down his house right in front of him, he knew that his mom was still inside.
But then a huge white dragon with blue eyes appeared from the flames of the house and the men who held Seto pushed him away and tried to escape but the dragon wasn't planning on letting them get away, it charged up its attack and fired what looked like white lightning's at them and destroyed them, it then looked at the sky and roared while Seto stared at the dragon amazed over its destructive power. Back realized that this must be the same girl, she looked too much like her to be just a coincident.
AT THE SAME TIME AT AKNADIN'S SANCTUARY,
Bakura had one of his feet on Aknadin's chest pinning him to the ground while Diabound was destroying tablet after tablet from within the walls, he soon burst out of the walls and appeared behind Bakura who was laughing, "Looks like I can finally settling the score with you, I will make you pay for what you did to my village, you know the one you destroyed, Kul Elna". Aknadin gasped in fear and Bakura laughed even louder.
So Bakura survived the battle with Mahad and is now planning on getting another item, will he take Aknadin's Millennium Eye or does he have something else planned? And who is this mysterious white haired girl? Continue reading to find out and please review.