Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Don't Let Go ❯ Chapter 01: Escape from hell ( Chapter 2 )

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Escape from hell

 

“ATEMU!” an angry voice yelled through the palace halls.

No reply.

“ATEMU!” the voice yelled again, growing more impatient with each passing minute.

Still no reply.

“Your majesty, I think he's in his room.” another voice, belonging to one of the servants said, sounding very scared.

The Pharaoh - who had been the one yelling - ran over to his son's room and, threw the door open. He saw the 17-year old lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling in a bored way. He was wearing his usual sandy white robe with a gold collar, a blue cape, golden manacles, and other jewellery. The millennium Puzzle hanging from a chain around his neck, was lying on his chest peacefully.

“ATEMU! Why didn't you answer when I called you?” Aknunkanon demanded angrily, very irritated that his son was acting the way he was.

“Didn't feel like it.” Atemu answered, not even looking at his father but staring at the same spot on the ceiling, not bothering to even glance at his father.

Aknunkanon shook with rage. Why was his son doing this to him? Why was he so undisciplined when he had been taught to behave himself and listen?

“GET OFF THE BED AND COME WITH ME!” Aknunkanon ordered but Atemu didn't move a muscle.

“I don't wanna.” he said, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

“ATEMU! LISTEN-” Aknunkanon started but before he could start ordering Atemu to do anytthing, Atemu cut him off.

“NO!”the teenyelled, finally looking at his father with hate shining in his crimson orbs, “YOU LISTEN! GET OUT!”

He jumped off the bed, the Millennium Puzzle shining brightly now, and pushed his father out of the room. Aknunkanon was soshocked by Atemu's reaction, that he couldn't react in time. By the time he had recovered enough to be able to, Atemu had already locked the door right in front of him.

Atemu went back to lie down on his bed again, the Millennium Puzzle dimming as he did. He heard his father banging on the door in rage, but just ignored it. He'd give up eventually; he always did. Atemu started to stare at the ceiling again, emptying his mind and just not thinking about anything. He didn't even notice his father running away while cursing loudly.

After an hour or so,Atemu heard a soft knock on the door. That couldn't be his father, right? No, his father wouldn't knock on the door, he'd probably try to break it down.Atemu stood up and walked to the door, opening it slowly to reveal a boy looking just a bit older than he was, standing in front of him.

The teen was wearing blue and white robes with broad golden shoulder-pieces, a thick golden collar, golden anklets and manacles, a tall blue hat with a gold egyption snake resting on his forehead, and a golden ankh in the centre of his chest hanging on his neck by a chain. If you had to guess an age, it would probably be around 18.

Atemu smiled a little, and opened the door completely, “Hey Seth.” he greeted.

Seth looked at him with a worried look on his face, “You're really doing it on purpose, aren't you?” he questioned.

“What did I do now?” Atemu asked, stepping aside so Seth could enter.

“Your father's about ready to kill you.” Seth replied calmly. He entered the room and sat down on the bed as if the room was his own.

“So? What else is new?” Atemu asked shrugging. He locked the door again, and sat down next to Seth.

“I just don't get why you keep doing this. I know your father is a tyrant but you're only making it harder on yourself.” Seth said.

Sethlooked at Atemu, who had lied down on his bed again, and was once more staring at the ceiling as if something really interesting was happening there.

“I just hate him.” Atemu whispered, “I don't even know why. He did something terrible, but for some reason I can't remember. I only know that I could never forgive him for it.”

Seth looked at Atemu frowning. They had already been through this conversation for what seemed like a million times, but he still didn't get what his friend had so obviously blocked out.

“I still think it has something to do with the death of my mother.” Atemu added sighing.

“It's not like your father had anything to do with that, Atemu.” Seth countered, “She was poisoned by someone.”

“I know.” Atemu muttered. He turned his head to face Seth and looked at him seriously, “But I still think father had something to do with it.”

Seth let out a sigh. Atemu was just too darn stubborn. He looked at the prince and saw a smile come ontothe other'sface… a smile he knew all to well.

“What are you thinking about now?” Seth asked with a sigh, “Something against the rules I presume.”

“Of course. Would I do something that my father would approve of?” Atemu asked, his smile turning into a smirk.

“No.” Seth replied, his lips now curling into a smile as well, “Not even if your life depended on it.”

“That's what I was thinking.” Atemu stood up and walked to the window, “You coming?”

“What are we going to do?” Seth asked suspiciously. No doubt this would be another one of Atemu's crazed ideas that would get them both into a lot of trouble.

“We'regoing tojump out of the window and go see what's up in the kingdom.” Atemu replied simply as if it was the most normal thing to do.

Seth stared at him dumbstruck. What was Atemu thinking! They couldn't just go into the kingdom. They'd be recognized!

“Are you out of your mind!” Seth exclaimed.

“Yes.” Atemu replied smirking.

“Dumb question.” Seth muttered, “We'll be recognized! We can't do this.”

“Yes we can. I have some peasant clothes hidden in the garden; I do this all the time.” Atemu said as he got ready to jump out of the window, “Come on!”

Atemu jumped out of the window and landed on the ground on his feet. He looked up and saw Seth staring at him through the window.

“COME ON!”he yelled, before running towards the garden to change, knowing that his cousin would follow eventually.

Seth stared at his friend as he ran away. Why was he so adventurous? Why couldn't he just be the indoor type? Seth looked at the door behind him, thinking about what he should do now. He could go back to the Pharaoh and tell him he couldn't bring Atemu with him, or jump out of a window, break about every rule he'd ever been taught, but have a blast. The first option would mean getting yelled and possible decapitated, the second having a lot of fun and then getting decapitated when the Pharaoh found out. The phase, 'no brainer', deffenitely comes to mind here.

Atemu changed behind a bush, and as he pulled the hat of his cloak over his head to hide his trademark tri-coloured spiky hair, he saw Seth coming towards him. Atemu smirked; he knew his friend couldn't resist a day full of fun.

“I can't believe I'm doing this.” Seth muttered as Atemu handed him some clothes.

“You're doing it because you know it's gonna be fun.” Atemu said to his friend, his smirk widening.

Seth glared at his cousin, before quickly changing behind the bushes as well, before walking to the city. It was only a 2 minute walk, and when they got there, Seth couldn't believe his eyes. He saw merchants trying to sell so many different things; he would've never guessed so many things even existed. Thieves were trying to steal food and jewellery - the merchants yelling at all those thieves - and so many more things.

“You okay Seth?” Atemu asked, “You look sort of... astonished. That's not a look I'm used from you.”

Seth immediately changed the expressing on his face back to the way it normally was, and looked at Atemu, “Me? Astonished? Never.” he said smirking.

“I didn't think so.” Atemu said smirking back.

They walked around the market for a few hours until they both got hungry. Seth suggested going back to the palace, but of course Atemu had a better idea.

“And what is this idea of yours?” Seth asked, eying Atemu suspiciously and seeing another stupid plan forming in the other's head..

Atemu glanced at a merchant who was selling fruit, and while the merchant was busy helping a customer, grabbed two apples from the cart.

Seth stared at the prince dumbstruck. When Atemu turned back and saw Seth's expression, he burst out into laughter. The look on Seth's face was just too funny not to.

Seth quickly dragged his friend into an alley so the merchant wouldn't find out what Atemu had done, before turning back to the still laughing teen and glaring at him.

“What in Ra's name did you think you were doing!” he exclaimed at the Prince.

“What?” Atemu asked, whipping away the tears in his eyes.

“YOU STOLE THOSE APPLES!” Seth yelled.

“So? I didn't bring any money.” Atemu replied shrugging.

“Now you've really lost me. You're the richest person inall of Egypt,and you're stealing?”

“So?” Atemu asked. “I don't care.”

Seth was about to start yelling at his friend, when someone ran into the alley they were in and knocked Seth on the ground. The next minute that person was grabbed by a couple of guards.

“Now we've got you!” one of the guards said.

Atemu stared in slight shock at the person who was trying to get loose from the guards to no avail. The boy had the same tri-coloured hair as he had, only the boy's was less wild and had no blond going up the spikes in lightning shaped forms like his own had.The other'seyes were wider, more childlike and innocent, and a beautiful amethyst colour,wherehis own were more narrow and crimson. The boy's cherubic face was more childlike than his own anyway. His own was sharper, more matured, and the boy was obviously younger and shorter then himself, though Atemu suspected theboy to be around 16. Still, you could easily mistake them for each other.

The boy was wearing robes that must've been white at one point, but were now a grey colour with a purple sash around his slim waist. Atemu could only describe the boy intwo words: breathtakingly beautiful.

Atemu kept staring in some sort of trance as the boy's amethyst eyes looked around frantically for help, “LET GO!” the boy yelled at the guards as he struggled to get free.

“Over my dead body Yuugi! We finally got you after all this time! I'm not letting you get away from us this time.” one of the guards said.

The boy - Yuugi - looked around at thetwo other people present once more with pleading amethyst eyes, before deciding that neither of them could help him and he stopped most of his struggles - though he still continued at a less wild level - so he could look at thetwo figures. Both of them were in dirty peasant clothes with caps that shadowed their faces. He took in the person who he had crashed into while running. The only thing you could really see weretwo cerulean blue orbs that were right now showing off a bit of shock, though the person was obviously trying to hide it. His clothes were a light brown though it was darkened by the dirt and dust. A black sash was around his slim body and though the he was really tall, Yuugi could still tell that he was around 18 years old.

He glanced at the other person, only to gasp slightly, though nobody seemed to notice. The other was wearing robes the same colour as the sands of Egypt with a crimson red sash around his slim waist. The cap of hiscape was slightly lifted higher than his companions so the hairstyle had to be spiked upwards or something. He was quite well-toned, and had a rich tan. When Yuugi looked up into his eyes, he was met with crimson orbs that were staring right back at him. Yuugi couldn't help but blush at the intense stare coming from the other, as well as the body the other had.

”What's going on here?” Seth demanded, breaking the stares between Atemu and Yuugi and glaring at the guards.

The guards - as well as Atemu who had snapped out of his daze at his friend's voice - looked at him strangely. They obviously didn't recognize him.

“And who do you think you are?” a guard asked.

“I'm-“ Seth started but Atemu put his hand over Seth's mouth, silencing him quickly.

“Nobody!” Atemu said quickly, “We're just a couple of commoners.” he glared at Seth for almost giving them away, before looking back at the guards.

The guard looked at him with a death glare on his face, “THEN SHUT UP!” he yelled.

Atemu wanted to retort but managed not to. He removed his hand from Seth's mouth, and started thinking of a plan to help the boy. There had to be some way to get him out of this without showing the guards who they really were… but what?

“Excuse me.” Seth said.

The guard looked at him again, “What do you want now?” he growled.

Seth started to ramble about things that he didn't like about the way they were treating the commoners. At first Atemu just stared at him - wondering if his friend had finally gone nuts - but then he understood that Seth was merely distracting the guards so he could help the boy.

Atemu slowly stepped over to the guard holding the - in his opinion - little angel. The boy had stopped trying to free himself completely now, and looked up at Atemu when he was next to him.

“Run when you can.” Atemu whispered so only his angel could hear.

Yuugi nodded, still half in a daze, and looked as the other closed his eyes in concentration.

Atemu concentrated on some of the shadow magic in the Millennium Puzzle around his neck - which he had managed to keep hidden under his clothes.

A small blue flaming aura appeared around him as his eyes snapped back open, but the guards were too busy listening to Seth to notice, though the younger boy's eyes widened in surprise.

Atemu used the shadow magic to throw the guard holding his angel into a wall. He quickly grabbed the hand of his still shocked look-alike, and started to run away as fast as he could, hoping that Seth would follow him. He had sneaked out of the palace so many times already, that he knew the city better than the palace itself, so he knew actually where he had to go.

He stopped when he was sure the guards hadn't followed him, and turned around to see Seth stopping behind him. He then let go of the younger boy's handthey had saved, who was standing next to him.

Yuugi looked up at his saviours with a grateful look on his face, “Thank you.” he said, “I would've never gotten away from them if it hadn't been for you two.” he added before beating down a new upcoming blush as crimson eyes once again locked with his.

“It was nothing.” the cerulean eyed boy replied.

“Yeah, he's right.” his crimson eyed said.

Yuugi's heart skipped a beat at hearing the deep silky bariton voice from his saviour, `Damn it, I don't even know him and I'm already falling for him! What happened to me never falling in love with anyone!'

Atemu stared at the angel in front of him once again, fighting off a blush at once again taking in the younger teens looks. He hoped neither Seth, nor the younger boy would see that blush since he knew it was there all right.

“What are your names?” the boy asked curiously.

“Uhm…” Atemu's mind raced, trying to think of a name; he'd never given thought to a name if he met someone in the city, “Yami.” he said smiling nervously.

The boy smiled, not seeming to notice the nervous tone in Atemu's voice. “What about you?” he asked, turning to Seth.

“Seto.” Seth said calmly.

“Mine's Yuugi.” Yuugi said.

Atemu smiled and shook Yuugi's outstretched hand as he held it out, but before he could start thinking of stuff to do with his new friend - some ideas less innocent than others - Seth just had to interfere and crush all chances of having fun.

“Hey Yami.” Seth said in a mocking tone,” We have to get back home.”

Atemu glared at his friend mildly, but nodded nonetheless.

“See you around some other time perhaps.” Atemu said to Yuugi.

“Yeah. I hope so. I'm in your debt.” Yuugi said smiling.

“Don't worry about it.” Atemu said shrugging. He and Seth walked back to the palace, and sneaked back in after changing back into their normal attire.

“So how did you like it?” Atemu asked smirking. He looked at Seth who was walking next to him.

“Besides from the rescue operation and finding out that you're nothing but a thief… I had fun.” Seth said, “I still don't get why you stole those apples.”

“Because it creates chaos and that's bad for my father.” Atemu replied simply.

Seth stared at him, “Is that really the only reason?” he asked.

“Yeah. Iwant tobug my father and this is one way of doing it.” Atemu said. He looked at the sundial and saw it was almost dinner time.

“Come on. We'd better get to dinner or my father'sgoing toask where we were.” he said quickening his pace.

Seth followed, quickening his pace as well. “When are you going to the city again?” he asked, a small smirk on his face.

“I don't know. Tomorrow I guess.” Atemu answered, “Why?”

“Because I want to come with you.” Seth said.

“Aren't you afraid I'll infect you with the `thief-virus'.” Atemu mocked.

Seth rolled his eyes. “Whatever.” then smirked again, “By the way, did I see wrong, or did you blush?”

Atemu turned his face away, knowing that another blush was already appearing, “I don't know what you're talking about.”

Seth's smirk widened, “I knew it. The great almighty `I-never-fall-in-love' Atemu finally has a crush on someone.”

Atemu glared at him, “I do not have a crush on Yuugi.” he said defiantly.

“Riiiiiiiiight, and I'm going to be the next Pharaoh.” Seth said.

Atemu decided to ignore Seth's teasing for now as they entered the dinning room, and sat down at their usual seats.

Aknunkanon entered only seconds later and they all started eating silently, although you could see that Aknunkanon would just love to start yelling at his son again. The only thing keeping him from doing this, were all the servants around them. Atemu just hoped that he could get away from his father before they were done eating, and his father would have another chance of yelling at him.

Yuugi slowly entered the duel ground, still thinking about what had just happened to him. He looked around trying to find his friends so he could tell them of his little adventure in town. His childhood friend Teana was sitting near a table, as his other friend Jou was duelling someone - obviously winning by the looks of it as Jou had a hugegrin plastered to his face.

Yuugi walked closer and as he reached the table, Jou called out his last attack.

“I attack you directly wit' my Panther Warrior, which means I win.” Jou said, his honey brown eyes shinning with mirth as he took away the last of his opponent's life points.

His opponent groaned at losing again, but shook Jou's hand to congratulate him before walking away to find someone else to duel or go home.

Jou turned to his friend to see not only Teana, but also Yuugi standing there, “Hey Yuug, what's up?” he asked, the large smile still plastered to his face.

Yuugi shook his head smiling at his friend, “I'm just fine, you won't believe what happened to me.”

“What?” Teana asked, casting her ocean blue eyes on him questioningly.

“Well, I was walking through town today just looking for something to eat. When I spotted a cart with bread and tried to take a loaf without the merchant noticing, those guards saw me. They chased me half way through town. I ran into an alley trying to get rid of them, but crashed into someone.” Yuugi started.

“So da guards finally got ya?” Jou asked worriedly and wondering how his pal had gotten away.

“Yeah, they did. But then the person who I crashed into started to rant at the guards to distract them, while his friend saved me. He somehow threw the guard into a wall…” Yuugi voice trailed off as he thought back to that point. Yami had saved him by sending some sort of shockwave of shadows at the guard holding him... but he still didn't understand what it was or how he had conjured it up.

“And then what?” Teana asked curiously.

“Well the person who saved me grabbed my hand and started running.” Yuugi lightly blushed at the holding hands part, but tried to fight it down as hard as he could.

“And you escaped? Wow, who were they?” Teana asked.

“Their names are Yami and Seto. They're really nice from what I've seen of them.” Yuugi replied smiling brightly.

“Hope we see dem `round. We need to repay em for gettin' ya back.” Jou said as he ruffled Yuugi's hair playfully.

Yuugi glared mildly as Jou smiled innocently at him, “I give up, you're hopeless Jou.” Yuugi shook his head, “But I've got to get home. I've got a big day tomorrow.”

“I still can't believe you want ta work at da palace.” Jou snorted.

“I have to, I don't want to be a thief for the rest of my life.” Yuugi admitted, “Well I'll see you tomorrow guys.”

Teana and Jou said their goodbyes as Yuugi left the building walking back to his house.

`I hope I see you again tomorrow.' he thought as his mind went back to Yami. Although most of his saviour had been cloaked, just the piercing crimson eyes had been enough for Yuugi's heart to start beating faster, the deep voice wasn't really helping either.

Yuugi shook his head, trying to rid his mind of his thoughts, but was unsuccessful, `I give up…' he thought as he entered his house.

And that was the first real chap. I plan on updating this story every Saterday/Sunday for those who want to follow it. Now it's time for you to REVIEW. Cya next week.