The chosen Pharaoh

Last time so did evil creatures attack the city in the middle of the night, as Atem wondered how they could stop them so did he gain the knowledge to summon the third god, The Winged Dragon of Ra. He used the sun god to stop the evil creatures but then he learned that both Bakura's body and the Millennium Ring had disappeared, what is about to happen?

Chapter 11- Bakura's return and stolen puzzle

It had now gone a week since the city was attacked and now Atem was sure that it had been a distraction so that someone could take both the Millennium Ring and Bakura's body but what Atem couldn't understand was why someone would bother doing this.

"I can understand why someone might take the ring but why Bakura's body? I mean it's worthless now that his soul is gone so why would anyone take his body as well?"

Atem sighed, due to this weird advent so hadn't he gotten much sleep in the past week, he was too confused over what was going on. He looked up and saw Seto and Isis come towards him.

"Heard anything Seto, Isis?" They shook their heads, "Nothing my Pharaoh but we need to talk to you anyway". Atem looked at them, "Talk about what?" Seto looked him in the eyes, "We think that you should take it easy tomorrow, rest up and have a free day".

Atem looked at them shocked, "But why? What if something happen?" Seto and Isis gave him a serious look, "That's why you should rest up, we know that you haven't slept much since the attack and you need to get you mind off it just a little, let us take care of things tomorrow".

Atem sighed, he knew that they were right but he didn't like it but he agreed anyway, Seto bowed for him and walked away while Isis remained there, Atem looked at her wondering, "Is there something more that you want to talk about Isis?"

Isis smiled at him, "I was just wondering if you would spend time with Mana tomorrow", Atem sighed and looked away to hide the blush on his face, "Maybe, I haven't seen her much at all this week". Atem got up and was about to walk away when Isis said, "It must be hard on you two since you are in a relationship with each other".

Atem almost tripped over his own feet when he heard that, he looked at Isis, "W-what are you talking about Isis?" Isis chuckled, "Pharaoh, both me and Seto knows about you and Mana, I don't know about the others but the two of us knows".

Atem sighed, he knew that trying to lie to Isis would be pointless, "I knew that someone else knew, I had a feeling that you would know but not Seto and I would never expect him to keep quiet about it".

Isis laughed, "Yeah I guess it's pretty hard to believe that Seto would not talk about your relationship and try to put an end to it, but he really cares about and respects you Pharaoh and after what you have gone through and done in such a short time we all think that you deserves to be happy".

Atem smiled at her, "Thanks Isis and yeah, I was planning on seeing Mana tomorrow, for some reason she seems to be worried about something, maybe it's just the attack and the disappearance of Bakura's body and the ring, but I get the feeling it's something else".

Atem went to his workroom, even though he had agreed to take a day off tomorrow so did he have to work today and he would work extra hard to make up for tomorrow.

THE NEXT DAY,

Atem and Mana was sitting in the palace garden and looking at the clouds, Mana pointed at one, "That one looks like Shimon when he has been drinking a little too much". Atem took and looked at the cloud and after looking for a few seconds he could see that it looked like Shimon did when he was drunk.

Atem laughed, "Speaking of Shimon drunk, did you see the dance he did at the celebration party that was thrown after I defeated Bakura?" Mana giggled and nodded, Shimon had made a really weird dance while holding a bottle of liqueur.

"Didn't he forbid everyone to speak about it the next day?" Atem nodded, even though Shimon knew how he became so couldn't he resist taking a few drinks at parties and it ended up embarrassing for him most of the time.

Atem looked up into the sky, he then looked at Mana, "Hey Mana, do you want to take the horse and ride to the Nile again?" Mana smiled at him and nodded. Atem was happy that she wanted to but he could also see a hint of worry in her eyes, he wondered what was troubling her.

Later when they were riding through the desert towards the Nile so did Atem look at her, "Mana I have noticed that you have looked troubled for the past few days, is something wrong?"

Mana looked shocked at him for a few seconds before she forced a smile to her face. "Nothing's bothering me Atem but thanks for worrying about me". Atem could see that she was lying but he decided that he should wait because he figured that Mana would tell him when she was ready.

AT THE SAME TIME AT KUL ELNA,

Zorc's servants were in the underground chamber there a big stone tablet were, there a hole for each of the seven Millennium Items in the stone tablet. One of the servants looked at a corner there the shadow of a person could be seen, "Have you recovered enough to battle again?"

The person stood up and walked out from the shadows and the person was actually Bakura, he held his chest in pain. "Ugh, I haven't completely recovered from the pain, damn that little bastard of a Pharaoh and his damned Egyptian god".

The servants looked at him, "You should be grateful that we had taken precautions or you would have been trapped in the shadow realm for all eternity".

FLASHBACK,

Zorc's servants were standing over Bakura's soulless body, one of them were holding a orb of light, the orb was in fact a piece of Bakura's soul, the one holding the orb looked another of the servants and nodded at him, he drew his sword and slashed in the air.

A tiny portal to the shadow realm opened, the one holding the orb went down on knee next to Bakura and put the orb on his chest, the orb went into his body since it was a piece of his soul and it recognized his body.

The servant then held his hand on Bakura's chest and then held his other hand towards the portal, he began to glow dark purple. Then a light came out from the portal and to his hand which was the rest of Bakura's soul, he placed Bakura's soul back into his body and a few moments after that so did Bakura open his eyes and they were filled with more hatred than ever before.

END OF FLASHBACK,

Bakura gritted his teeth, "Next time I meet the Pharaoh so will I destroy him, no matter if he summons Obelisk or Slifer, I will completely annihilate whichever god that stands in my way".

The servants looked at him, "It would be foolish to challenge him like you did last time, especially now that he have gained the power of the third Egyptian god, the sun god, The Winged Dragon of Ra". Bakura looked at them in shock and then he felt his anger rise even more.

If the young Pharaoh has the power of all the Egyptian gods now so is it impossible for me to defeat him even with Diabound, I'm sure that if he defeats me with the Winged Dragon of Ra so won't I be able to get out of the shadow realm for a second time, Bakura thought irritated.

Bakura knew that the servants were right about not carelessly challenge Pharaoh Atem to another shadow game, so he decided that he would take him down when his guard is down and then take his Millennium Puzzle.

A FEW DAYS LATER,

Atem was sitting in the throne room, he was listening on the soldiers rapports, so far no one had found either Bakura's body, the Millennium Ring or the ones who took the body and the ring.

Then suddenly so did a soldier run into the throne room, Atem looked at him, "What's wrong?" The soldier looked at him, "One of our villages has been attacked and it looks like the work of a shadow creature". Atem's eyes narrowed, of course this happened when his guardians were on different missions.

He stood up, "Gather some of our best soldiers, I'm going there to check this out personally". The soldier looked worried at him but said that he would do as he had been told and left the room.

Atem looked into the roof, he was sure that this wouldn't be too difficult but if he was wrong so could he summon one of the gods in order to stop whoever destroyed the village.

LATER AT THE DESTROYED VILLAGE,

Atem looked at the destruction that was all around him, he had two dozen soldiers with him in order to protect him in case he was in need of it. Atem was getting a bad feeling, there were still some energy left from who had done it and it felt like Diabound's energy, but it was impossible, Bakura was the only one who could summon him and he was in the shadow realm.

But then Atem noticed something in the corner of his eye, he turned around and saw someone disappear behind a destroyed and he got really worried when he saw that person had white spiky hair.

Atem took and rode towards the place he had seen the person, the guards called after him before following him. Atem looked behind at them and was about to tell them to split up, one group to follow him and the other group to try to get the person from the other side when a massive energy wave appeared and destroyed all of his soldiers.

Atem quickly activated his DiaDhank but before he could summon a creature so did he see a Illusionary Shockwave come his way, it hit the ground next to his white horse and sent them both flying, Atem rolled hard over the ground a few meters before he stopped rolling and saw his horse land hard on its side.

Atem tried to get up despite his body screaming in pain, but before he could get up in a sitting position so did someone stomp him in the chest pinning him to the ground, he looked up and saw to his horror that Bakura was standing over him.

"Bakura, but how is it possible?" Bakura got a smirk on his face, "With a little help so did I manage to escape from the shadow realm after you defeated me and speaking of which…" Bakura grabbed Atem and lifted his head from the ground before he gave Atem a hard punch across his face.

"That's for last time, my body still hurts from your god's last attack", he let go of Atem before he stomped him hard in the stomach.

Atem gasped in pain and held his stomach, he looked at Bakura and saw that he once again had a smirk on his face, "But I guess that if I take this we will be even", he bent down and grabbed the Millennium Puzzle and ripped it off Atem's neck.

Bakura looked at the puzzle and smirked, "Two down, five to go and now..:" He grabbed Atem and lifted him completely off the ground, "What to do with you? I could kill you here and now, but it would be too easy and it's also not the right place and time, when you recover come to Kul Elna so will I tell you the truth about what your father did before I finish you off once and for all".

Before Atem could answer him so did Bakura throw him to the ground before he gave Atem a hard kick across the face. Atem felt his consciousness beginning to fade away and the last thing he saw before everything went dark for him were Diabound come up from the ground, taking Bakura and went back into the ground.

So Bakura did an ambush attack on Atem and managed to take the Millennium Puzzle before leaving Atem on the ground badly hurt. Will Atem be okay and can he defeat Bakura without his puzzle? Continue reading to find out and please review.