Joci: Hello everyone, and welcome to chapter two!
This chapter will be giving you more of a background on the boys and what problems they go through daily.
Just as I reminder, I do not own Disney's Hercules or the cast of Yu-Gi-Oh.
I hope you enjoy this new chapter, I love the fact that people have added this to their fav's all ready, and added it to their alerts, but I'd love to hear from you, your comments brighten up my day all the time.
Oh, and for those of you who don't know, you might wana check out my other yu-gi-oh story, The Darkness and The Light, If you're liking Sons of Ra a lot.
Well, onto chapter two of Sons of Ra.
Previously in Sons of Ra…
From the Pharaoh's chamber, sounds of pots of clay breaking woke the king and queen as roars followed with soft cries. "The babies'!" Screamed Amara as she jumped out of bed and ran out of the room as Akunumkanon followed after her. Amara found the babies' door opened slightly, pushing it open fully, she gasped in terror at the sight. Silfer was on the floor stuck in a knot while Obelisk was rolling on his back stuck and unable to roll over as little Ra's wings were tied making him unable to fly. "My babies!" She screamed as she hurried over to the broken crib and found it empty. "No! My babies, no!" She cried as she fell to her knees and cried.
Akunumkanon stood behind his wife walking in after her to help their son's pets. He clenched his fists tightly before he cried out loudly waking all in the palace and in Ra's kingdom.
Chapter Two
*Out of Ra's kingdom*
"Gosh these gods' infants are heavy." Growled Marik as he held Yami by his feet.
"Watch it, we have to do this fast before anyone finds us." Hissed Bakura as they landed on solid ground. "Here, give this to Yami, I'll take care of Atem." He said as he tossed him the baby bottle filled with the vile's liquid before he pulled out his own for Atem.
"Alright, open up." Said Marik as he started to feed Yami and he started to drink the formula as Atem did the same. "Look, they're fading. Can we kill them now?"
"No, not until they drink the last d-"
"Hello, is anyone there?" Asked a voice startling the two as they dropped the empty bottles and babies as they hid, unknown to them that a drop fell from the glass remains of both Yami's and Atem's bottle. An older man walked around the bend with a torch in his hand when he spotted the infants on the ground. "Oh, oh my! Is there anyone there?" He called out as he rushed toward the two. "Shh, there there, I got you." He said when another figure walked around the bend.
"Father, why did you wander off?" Asked a young woman.
"My daughter, please take them." He said as he motioned for her to come over. She gasped and kneeled down to the ground gently taking the two into her arms, cradling them both as their cries softened.
"Where did they come from Dad?" She asked.
"I don't know my dear; I think the gods may have granted your wish though." He said as he found a rather big golden pyramid that hung upside down on both boys' necks and a name was inscribed on the top, "Atem and Yami…"
"Oh father we have to take them in, we can't leave them out here alone, for who knows what dangers lurk around each corner." She said as she rocked the two.
"You have no idea." Said a dark voice behind them and the two turned to see two jackals hissing and growling at them as they snapped at them.
The daughter screamed as the jackals jumped at her when Atem threw out his arm and hit the jackal in the jaw, sending him flying away as Yami grabbed hold of the other jackal's muzzle and shook him around before flying him after the other one.
The two infants laughed together before they were slapping their hands together. The young girl and grandfather looked at the two infants in shock and astonishment. They were truly a gift from the gods.
Up in the land of Ra, the Pharaoh and his wife watched in sadness and sorrow. Ra and the gods had found their children, but they were now mortal, and unable to return to Ra's land. The gods pets cried as they huddled together in the babies fixed crib, for they missed their masters as the Pharaoh and his wife Amara cried having to watch their son's grow up in a small home on the outskirts of a small village.
As the years went on, the boys grew up growing in size and strength. Their features were surprisingly similar to their grandfathers, only it was quite obvious that they did not have his height for they were 5'7" and 5'8" at 16 while their grandfather was 5'2" and his daughter was 5'5".
Atem and Yami were identical to the human eye, but anyone who knew them would see that there were indeed differences between each other. Atem was 5'8" with sharp crimson eyes. He had spiked black hair that was tipped crimson like his eyes, and golden bangs that looked like lightning that shaped his face, and three spiked up like his hair. His personality was more on the serious side while he still acted like a kid.
Yami on the other hand was his near opposite. Yami stood at a height of 5'7" with sharp violet eyes. He had the same spiked hair as Atem, but the tips of his black spiky hair was violet like his eyes. He was serious like his brother, but he had a softer side to him that cared about the life and well being of not only people, but plants and animals.
On any regular day, the boys would be at home helping their grandpa build some games after doing the small farms chores then in the late afternoon they enjoyed themselves as they played with one another in the fields. But on this day in particular, it was delivery day. "Dad, I don't think you should be unloading all of this yourself. Please let one of the boys go with you at least." She pleaded.
"Yea, please grandpa." Asked Yami.
"We'll help you and we won't touch anything." Said Atem.
He sighed, "I am getting too old for this… All right, you both can come with me." He said and the boys whooped and high-fived one another as they jumped to sit on front of the cart with their grandpa when the added weight broke a wheel.
"Uh oh." Said the daughter.
Grandpa sighed, "Well, looks like I'll have to get the spare wheel, unhook Sadie here and-"
"Wait Grandpa, let Atem and I handle this, we are at fault for it." Said Yami as he and Atem jumped from the car and they unsaddled Sadie and gave her to their sister to tend to as they each lifted one side of the cart and took off at a walk before they started to run toward the village.
"Boys, boys! Slow down, this isn't one of the comfiest rides!" Hollered their grandfather as he could see the approaching city he would normally see in 10 minutes, rather than in 2.
"What's he saying?" Asked Atem.
"Faster I think?" Questioned Yami.
"Then let's go." Smirked Atem and the two raced toward the village dragging their Grandpa along the way.
"BOYS!" He hollered when they entered the small village and the boys suddenly started to break as they dug their feet into the ground, doing deep into the dirt and sand before the cart stopped. "Phew." He sighed calming his heart.
"That was awesome!" Yelled the boys as they got themselves out of the dirt and high-fived one another.
"All right boys, settle down, we're in town now." Said Grandpa as he stepped off of the cart.
"All right, unload?" Asked Yami as he lifted a crate with one hand as Atem grabbed two, one in one arm and the other over a shoulder.
"No, leave them for now; I'm going to check things with him." He said as he walked over to a small shop and went inside.
Atem and Yami sighed as they stood by the cart waiting. It was like this each time they went into the village. No one spoke to them or looked at them. They knew that the children were not his daughters for she was widowed without bearing a child and his wife had past years ago leaving him to raise their daughter on his own. "Atem, I just don't understand people sometimes."
"I know, it's like we don't even belong here." He said as he kicked a pebble into a wall causing a rather large crack to scale up the wall to the roof. "You didn't see that."
"See what?" Questioned Yami with a smirk when a clay disk landed at his feet. He picked it up as he saw a group of 3 boys, each thin and lanky, run over.
"Hey, wana pass t-, oh… Hey Yami, Atem." He said when he noticed the two.
"Hey, think you can add two more?" Asked Yami as he picked up the disk and handed it to the boy.
"Uh…" The three looked at one another and sighed. "Sorry Yami, but uh, we already have a group of three, anymore would be chaos, sorry." He said as he took the disk and ran with the other two member of his group muttering about how destructive Atem and Yami are together rather when they're separated.
"Okay boys, time to deliver." Said Grandpa as he walked to the cart and both Yami and Atem picked up the crates and carried them inside and into the AC. "All right, he wants them in the back storage room. Now be careful, there are some rare, unique, one of a kind pieces. I don't want to be paying for anything broken."
"We understand." They sighed as they lifted the cargo and walked inside the store.
"Oh, Sugoroku, righ-" The man at the counter stuttered, "A-Atem, Y-yami, I th-thought you w-were Sugoroku."
"We're helping grandpa, where would you like these?" Asked Atem as he stepped forward.
"No! Leave them there, I can-"
"They're quite heavy though. We can put them in the back." Insisted Yami.
"Just put them down!" He said and the boys sighed and put the crates down.
"There, let's go Yami." Sighed Atem and they turned to walk out of the store when Yami's shirt snagged on a shelf.
"Oh no, I'm stuck." Said Yami and he grasped his shirt and tugged roughly and the shelf wobbled.
"No no no!" Yelled the store own when the shelf knocked over and caused a domino effect throughout the entire store leaving the place in a shamble.
The boys rushed out of the store as he yelled at them. Sugoroku hurried over as fast as his short legs would let him as a crowd started to surround the commotion. "You boys have been nothing but trouble since you got here!" He hollered at them.
"Wait, please!" Said Sugoroku as he walked into the center and stood between the boys and the man. "They're just boys, they're humans like us, and we make mistakes every day, no one's perfect."
"These boys do not belong here with us!" Yelled the man and some people in the crowd agreed with him.
"Now you can't say that." Said Sugoroku.
"Those boys are different from us and you know it, they've been different since you and your widow daughter found them long ago. You should just leave, you cause nothing but trouble!" He growled as he pointed to the boys who flinched at the harsh words.
The crowd then dispersed as the man stormed off to examine the damage of his shop. Sugoroku sighed and slowly walked to their cart while Atem and Yami walked after him with their heads hung in shame. Atem helped their grandpa up onto the cart before he and Yami grabbed a side of the cart and started the gloomy walk home.
Sadie wined from the stable when she saw Sugoroku and the boys were home. They stopped in front of the house and let their grandpa off before they carried the cart to the side of the stable where they replaced the broken wheel. "You know that it wasn't your fault." Said Atem as he spun the wheel, checking to see that it was secured.
Yami then dropped the cart, "But it just so had to have happened to me, didn't it." He huffed as he walked off. Atem followed noticing his twins stress. They walked to their favorite oasis and skipped rocks, making a game out of it without much talk.
"May I?" Asked an older voice and they turned to see their grandpa with a stone. He flicked it with his wrist and got only 4 hops out of it. "Oh, I'm not as good as I used to be." He chuckled and the boys joined him before they walked over to a large palm tree. "Now, my boys, I hope you don't take their words seriously."
"We don't grandpa, really." Said Yami.
"But we can't help but believe them." Said Atem. "There's no one like us. We have super strength, and we can stand to take a severe wound and heal in a matter of days."
"Let's face it grandpa, we are different, and we don't belong here." Said Yami as he punched the palm tree, snapping it in half like a twig.
Grandpa sighed and he stood from the ground, "I think you boys need to see something." He said. He led the boys away from the oasis and back to the house where there sister sat at the table with a small box. "It's time my daughter." He said.
"Yes father." She said and opened the box. "Atem, Yami, as you may know, my father is not your grandpa as I am not really your sister. One fateful night 16 years ago, my father and I found you two when we were returning home from visiting my mothers and my late husband's grave. You two had these treasures around your necks." She removed the cloth around the golden pyramids and lifted them out of the box.
"W-what are they?" Asked Yami as he took the one that had his name inscribed on it, and Atem took his.
"These are ancient artifacts that come from a great pharaoh that ruled our land nearly 3000 years ago when Gods, Titans and humans coincided in harmony. As legends say, the titans rebelled against the gods and the pharaoh of the humans fought alongside them, but he was severely injured in the fight and dies with his wife. But the symbol of his reign was the upside down pyramid with the Sennen eye." Explained Sugoroku.
"So you think we're connected to this Pharaoh?" Asked Atem.
"No, I know you are." He said. "In the ancient text of the burial chamber of the Pharaoh, they mention that the greatest God, Ra, bestowed the Pharaoh a chance to live with his wife alongside him and the other greater Gods in Ra's home land as a God, and his wife would be a Goddess. The in scriptures of the ancient text do not say whether or not he accepted this offer, but the fact that the queen also died when she was a perfectly healthy woman who in fact died suddenly beside her husband's own death… I think it's quite clear that the pharaoh had accepted the offer Ra had given them."
"So then what are you saying? We're related to these two gods?" Asked Yami.
"I don't know." Said Sugoroku. "But I think it's best if you two travel to the Valley of the Kings and go to Pharaoh Akunumkanon's temple and see if you can find some answers to your questions in Luxor."
"It's only fair that you two know where you actually come from." Said their sister as she took the treasures and placed them around their necks. "You two travel along the Nile River and go to the Pharaoh's temple, and I pray that you two will find your answers there."
"Thank you sis." Smiled Atem and Yami and they hugged her and their grandpa.
"Let's gather some things we'll need we leave." Said Atem.
"Yes. It's going to be a long journey there, and we'll need to be prepared." Said Yami as they hurried to their room. Within moments, they were dressed for the long journey with a bag over their shoulder that held the necessary supplies for their journey. With one final farewell, they bid their grandpa and sister goodbye and they left as the sun set over the horizon to begin their long journey.
End Chapter Two
Joci: Man what a back-story for these two boys. Anyway, it's nearly time for my match so this is all I can give you for now. Till next time, I hope to hear from more of you shortly.