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but finally after 2 months (SOB SOB) her is chapter 10!!!!!! curtain rise!


"Marik how much longer?"

"Four hours. Look pharaoh you've been asking me 'how much longer' for 2 hours every ten minutes". He yelled in annoyance drawing everyone's attention.

"I'm sorry Marik I'm just worried". Atem sighed.

Yugi looked at his friend and patted his shoulder making him turn to him.

"It's ok Atem, everything will be fine" He reassured him making him smile.

"Thank you Yugi"

"The sun will set in a short time so then we will go find T'ea and bring her back"

Joey looked at the strange disguised temple and saw the sun reflect on it and catch his eyes.

"Ahh…ow" he said shielding his eyes.

"Joey are you ok?" said Ishizu.

"Yeah I just, the sun got in my eyes…ah"

"C'mon man it can't be that bad" said Tristan

"Seriously this really hurts…crap…"

"Come hear let me see" said Ishizu. She walked over and took his hand away from his eyes and gasped. The skin surrounding his eyes had gone red. And his eyes were a darker shade of brown.

"What happened to you!?"

"I was looking at the temple and the sun reflected off of it and got me in the eyes."

"That looks bad Joey." Said Yugi coming towards him.

"Ah this really hurts" he seethed through clenched teeth.

Ishizu put her hand in front of his eyes and waved it from side to side.

"Joey if you can, try and follow my hand with your eyes". Joey tried to see her hand but all he could see were blurred shapes

"Man I can't see anything." He sighed.


"Mmm…Khaldun stop it" said T'ea as he planted butterfly kisses on her neck.

"Why? Aren't you enjoying it?" he said moving towards her collarbone.

"Mmm…c'mon now stop it…you know I can't resist it when you do this to me" She giggled as she pushed him away.

"And that's what makes it so easy for me" he giggled kissing her hand.

"So…what are we going to do today?" she asked bored.

He looked at her confusedly.

"What are you talking about? We'll just do what we always do"

"Please Khal…I don't wanna be cooped up in this room forever" she said sweetly. Khaldun smirked and thought t himself.

'Perfect'

"T'ea how would you like to see my throne room?". She gasped and smiled excitedly.

"You have a throne room?"

"Yes" he said laughing seeing the expression on her face. She looked like an excited child that been given a new toy.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"I didn't think you'd be interested" he said shrugging his shoulders.

"Are you mad! Take me there now!!"

"Ok, ok c'mon" he made his way over to the door and opened it letting a look of sheer dread and terror wash over T'ea's face.

"W-what are you doing?"

"Taking you to my throne room."

"I-I've changed my mind I'm not going"

"What? Why?"

"I don't like it in there" she said peering into the pure darkness. He walked over to her and enveloped her in a caring embrace.

"Are you still frightened of what's in there?" she looked at him and nodded.

"T'ea I want you to close your eyes and stand up. I'm going to walk you through the door and keep you right next to me and do NOT open your eyes." She looked at him and sighed nodding. T'ea stood up and went to Khaldun's side.

"It's going to be alright T'ea" he covered her eyes and wrapped her in his cloak leading them out.

Khaldun led them into the darkness the door closing behind them.
Where Khaldun had taken them both was a dreadful place filled with fear and pain It was pitch black and all would be blind in that place but Khaldun himself, If he had let T'ea see the red eyes that watched there every move or the creatures that lurked at their own feet she would have surely died from the fright.
T'ea's body suddenly froze and she wouldn't move.

"T'ea what's the matter?"

"Th-there's something crawling up my leg…and my arm" she said in short sobs.

"Shh it's ok. Don't open your eyes keep them closed and keep my cape wrapped around you.

"O-ok".

He bent down and took a look at her leg to see a serpent crawling up it.
He grabbed it by the head and pulled it off her and seethed to it venomously.
"She is mine!" It hissed at him but he squeezed its head and clicked his thumb to the side breaking its neck. He threw it to the ground then stood up to find yet another serpent crawling it's way up to her neck. He pulled this one off wasted no time making threats and merely threw it to the ground and stood on his head.

"Does anyone else want some?" he said calmly. All the creatures that had taken a liking to their masters new found mate, all backed away and moved behind Khaldun to let him pass.

"There you are see your fine now T'ea" he said stroking her hair"

"Ok"

"Come on. We are almost there" He walked forward with T'ea at his side and they walked for five more minutes until they came to another door.

Khaldun opened it and let T'ea go through first then him.
T'ea got out of the room and waited to hear Khaldun shut the door until she turned to him and buried her face in his chest, beginning to cry.

"I-I was s-so frighte-tened"

"I know, I know Shh there, there it's ok your safe now" he led her over to his throne and sat her down on his lap as though she were a youth.
He lifted her chin with his finger and thumb, wiped her tears away and kissed her gingerly.

"Do you feel any better?" she nodded and rested her head against his chest.

"I know you were afraid and I'll try to stop us going through there as much as I can. Just for you" he kissed her hair.

"Thank you" she said as she sat up to kiss him.

"Khaldun…I'm a little bit tiered…can I…"

"Yeah go to sleep it's ok," he said, stroking her chocolate locks.

"T'ea I-" he would have finished that sentence if T'ea had not already fallen fast asleep.

"Sleep well T'ea."


Atem looked to Marik who knew what was going to happen and he said simply

"Half an hour" Atem stood up and walked around in a circle, trying to find a way to make the time pass with more haste.

"Atem stop that your making me dizzy"

"Why what's he doing?" said Joey, his eyes still blind.

"He's walking around in circles and I feel queasy."

"Well then Tristan, don't watch me!"

"…Sorry man"

Atem sighed and looked at his friend. He looked like he'd been slapped in the face.

"No…Tristan I'm sorry I'm just nervous…I don't know what we're going to find in here"

"It's okay m- Is Yugi asleep "

"No I am merely closing my eyes"

"Why?"

"Because I'm tiered"

"I'm sorry Yugi you can sleep as long as you want just as soon as we get T'ea back."

"Not that I'm for the whole she hanging around with a vampire thing but…why are we going after her? I mean it was her choice to leave…she didn't wanna watch you go right?"

"Yugi what are you implying?"

"I'm implying that when we get inside this thing…who knows if she'll even come with us"

Atem looked at Yugi puzzled. He had been making a lot of negative comments lately. In fact it was strange his opinion on the whole situation would change almost instantly at the most random of times
(Some of these won't be written down in previous chapter they happened in the days that aren't mentioned in detail)

'Pharaoh you have to stop being so depressed she's gone face it'
'Pharaoh why are you so worried about her she left US remember'
'Can't you understand! She's GONE'
'Atem get over it! You can't expect her to come crawling back'

And now this, it was confusing not only Atem but everyone else as well.

"Yugi is there something bothering you about the fact that I want to get T'ea back?"

"Nothing at all Atem in fact I'm fine with the idea I am just stating the obvious"

"Yugi man, stop it. This isn't like you. The Yugi I know would be just as desperate to get T'ea back as Atem!"

"I do feel that way but you were there like me! She chose to leave us! Why would you think she would want to come back just to watch Atem leave as I recall that's why she left. So she wouldn't have to am I the only one who has thought about this"

"No Yugi you aren't. I've thought about that possibility but I'll be damned if I'm going to leave her to someone who is going to kill her and pretend to love her so
BE QUIET!!!"

Yugi looked at his friend and felt rage build up inside him.
Where the heel did he get the nerve to be able to talk to him like that. Heck if it weren't for him, Atem wouldn't have even found T'ea in this world.
Before Yugi knew what he was doing he had punched Atem hard in the face.

"YUGI WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" yelled Tristan as he ran to help Atem.

"Atem man are you ok?" he said helping him up.

"I'm fine…Yugi what-"But Yugi had already walked off.

"Guys 10 minutes" said Marik as he stood with Atem.

"Hey Ishizu do you think you can help me over to Yugi?"

"Yes" Ishizu helped Joey up and walked him over to him.

"Yugi man…what's really going on here?"

" It's unfair…it sounds so childish but it seems the closer I get t T'ea the more her and Atem start to feel for each other…I've always loved her Jo…she just never seemed to notice"

"oh Yugi…man I knew something was up, dude I know how you feel about her but…sometimes it's just best to wait at the sidelines sometimes…ya'no?"

"But I've been waiting for 6 years man!"

"Man sometimes we don't all get our happy ending…hell man I'm blind!"

"But not forever Jo it's temporary"

"I have no Idea what's gonna happen Yug all I know is-"

"Guys…sunset" the sun was now just a half circle setting. Meeting the desert sand.

The temple that was disguised was now becoming clear and solid. Pretty soon the whole thing was visible and they had completely underestimated its size…it was HUGE.

"My Pharaoh now is the time to enter the temple."

"I know…thank you Ishizu"

Atem walked forwards and up the stairs of the temple. He reached the big stone door at the top and pushed it open.


Khaldun sensed several energy sources making their way towards the throne room. He shook T'ea slightly and she woke up staring straight up at Khaldun.

"Mmm…Khaldun…how long was I out?"

"A few hours" he said kissing her softly"

"Mmm hey what's with the wake up call?"

"I just wanted to see you…"

He reached down and kissed her softly but then deepened it, Instinctively making her wrap her arms around his neck.
Khaldun smirked when he heard the door to the chamber open and he heard gasps of horror.


Atem passed different doors, with different carvings all over them and the walls until he came to a certain one that he sensed two different people inside.
He pushed it hard and it came open and he saw something that sickened him to the core.
T'ea kissing that disgusting creature Khaldun, and what was worse. she was enjoying it.


"…T'ea…" he said just loud enough for them to hear.

T'ea heard someone speak and turned her head.

"…what the…Urgh my head…" she shook her head and realised what position she was in and jumped up.
T'ea looked at this strange boy and then gasped taking a few steps forward

"It's you…that boy I keep dreaming about…Atem…"


OMG!!!!! JUST HAVE TO SAY ONCE MORE HOW SORRY I AM FOR THE 2-MONTH DELAY! COMPUTER CRASHED MAJORLY!!!!

I promise i will try to update sooner and be such a Bch

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