Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Shadow of the Past; The Light of the Future ❯ Where to from Here? ( Chapter 39 )

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Okay! I'm cooled down now.

Bakura: You only got less then forty minutes on your dad's computer.

Yeah, but it's better then nothing.

Bakura: True.

“Talking”

`Thinking'

~Place/Time~

-??? POV-

`la la la' - song(s)

^Flashback^

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`Nothing's gonna stop me now tonight

Nothing's gonna stop me now

I fly for you

I'm dreaming of you

My heart is crying for a stranger's name

Tonight I need to play a brand new game

I know I will find you

Just look around you

I feel tonight that all my dreams come true

You'll never give up thinking for me too

You are the light

In this dark night

While the night is passing by

I'm gonna make you fly

I want you to stay by my side

Nothing's gonna stop me now tonight

Nothing's gonna stop me now

I fly for you

I'm dreaming of you

Have you ever thought that this could be

This feeling so strong between you and me

Just close your eyes

There is where love lies

I hope you are the hero of my dreams

Everything seems strange also for me

This can't be wrong

My vision of love'

Ch.39: Where to from Here?

The next day rose up and its rays hit the young king's room, but he wasn't in bed. He was on the balcony watching the sunrise, looking like he was in deep thought. His thoughts were interrupted when a knock was heard.

“Pharaoh?” Seth's voice was heard.

“Come in.” Atem called.

Seth came in and walked up before bowing. “You asked for me?” He asked.

“Yes.” Atem said as he held out a scroll. “I was looking through my family's records and I found out that Akhenaden is my uncle.”

Seth became a little stiff.

“I was surprised as well…” He continued. “But then I learned something more surprising.” He looked at the young high priest with a calm look. “That you're my cousin…”

Seth nodded, already knowing this.

“Someone that I would entrust the throne to.”

Seth looked up at the young ruler with a shocked expression.

“I will leave Egypt to you when Ra reborns again…”

“What will you do my king?” Seth asked.

Atem turned to look out at the scene.

“Pharaoh! Have you ever seen your kingdom in the morning?”

He remembered what Yugi said on her second day at the palace. “Tomorrow, before Ra rises, I will send a guard to show Yugi to the port, and I will join her later.”

“Where will you and Lady Yugi go? And why so soon?!”

“It does seem sudden, doesn't it?” Atem looked up at the sky and saw a faint, almost full, moon in the sky.

“But the longer she stays, the more trapped she feels… And I don't want that for her.”

“I understand my king, but… why must you go as well? And where!?”

“Because I have to.” Atem said as he turned to face the young high priest. “And the location is, at this point, not important.”

“Then you will have to duel me!” Seth said as he got up.

“We will discuss that later, but now isn't the time…” Atem said as he walked over to a dresser and placed the Millennium Pendant on. “Today, there is much to do before Yugi and I set out.”

“Will she know?”

“She will know when and where to go, but she won't know that I will accompany her as well.”

“So, then…”

“Enough Seth, as I said before, we have much to do at this present time.” With that, he mentioned the other to follow out of his room and walked down the hall.

Yugi came out of her room and saw them. “Morning!” She called as she ran up.

“Morning Yugi.” Atem said.

“Morning Lady Yugi.” Seth said.

“How many times do I-” She started but Seth cut in.

“To tell me to stop calling you `Lady'.”

She nodded.

“More than once, but I can't do that.”

“Why not?”

“Part of the priesthood code.”

“Oh… okay…” She said with a shrug as she became cheerful. “So, what meeting will you attend today?” She asked Atem.

“Well, we saw some potential priests that would be able to be great bearers for the other Millennium Items.” Atem responded.

“That's great!” She said as Mana came around the corner.

“Hey!” Mana called as she ran up and hugged Yugi.

“Hey Mana!” Yugi said as they both laughed.

“We better be on our way then.” Seth said.

“Okay then.” Yugi said. “Don't get too stressed now!”

“We won't!” Atem said as he and Seth walked down the hall.

“Did you finish my priestess clothes?” Mana asked.

“Just needs to be fitted and it's all yours!” Yugi said.

“Yay!” The girls laughed.

~Modern Day: Domino~

“Let's go to Egypt.” Bakura said suddenly.

The gang, who were in the house part of the game shop, looked at him.

“What for?” Ryou asked.

“I don't know really.” Bakura admitted. “I guess… to pay respects to Pharaoh Atem and Queen Yugi.”

“Respects?” Duke said, a little taken back.

“Yug'll find a way da get back!” Joey said.

“And what do we do when she finds out that Atem is gone from existence?” Seto pointed out.

“There is a reason she was able to solve the puzzle in the first place.” Tristan said, slightly admitting the worse.

“Dere's no way Yug'll decide to stay in Ancient Egypt!”

“Why not?” Duke said. “I mean, if Atem was breaking down when Yugi disappeared, what do you think Yugi will be doing when she finds out that Atem is gone for good. She would rather be dead!”

Joey was about to lunge out at Duke if Seto didn't restrain her.

“Shut the hell up!!” Lisa shouted, making everyone stop. “Bunny boy here isn't done talking yet. Damn!”

Bakura glared at her, who glared back.

“Don't make me beat the shit out of you. And you know damn well I mean everything I say is true.”

“Don't call me Bunny boy.”

“Sure, when hell freezes over.”

He sighed, knowing he was never going to win an argument with her, and looked at the gang. “Look, I just think we should just go to Egypt and check out that one place that Marik brought up. I just got this feeling… that's all.”

“I got that feeling too…” Marik said as he brought up a photograph. “Since I saw this, the first thought that came to mind is `go there'.”

“I have to agree.” Malik said. “As crazy as it sounds, but I think it's really important that we all go over there.”

The gang was silent for a moment before Joey turned to look at Seto, with her best Puppy Eyes she could muster.

“Seto-koi, do you think we could get the next earliest flight to Egypt?”

Seto grinned. “You don't have to give me that look for me to say yes.”

“Aw! Get a room!” Tristan said.

“Shut up Tristan!” Both Joey and Lisa shouted at him.

“So, we're going to Egypt?” Moukaba said as Lisa glomped him.

“Do you have damn fluff in your ear?! Of course we're going damn it!”

“What should we bring?” Ryou asked.

“Lots of sunblock for you definitely.” Malik said.

As everyone chatted about the trip, Grandpa walked in and smiled.

“Well, well… What's all the commotion up here?”

“Pack ya bags Gramps!” Joey said. “We're going da Egypt!”

“Already did.”

“Huh?”

“Ishizu thought you might want to go and already booked flights for all of us.”

“About time someone did the paying.” Seto said.

“Oh, Ishizu told me to say sorry, but she needed to borrow money from you.” Grandpa pointed out.

“She what?!”

“Calm down Dragon.” Joey said as she grabbed his ass, which made him blush.

“I hate it when you do that.” He mumbled.

“And I love it when you blush. So it works out.”

“Does not!”

“Does too!”

“Does not!!”

“Does too!!”

“Does not!!”

“Does too!!”

“KISS ME!!”

“LOVE TOO!!” They kissed.

“I'll never get those two…” Bakura said as he watched, as well as everyone else, the two arguing lovebirds playing tonsil hockey.

“Jeez! Get a room!” Tristan said, but fell on deaf ears.

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`If I never knew you
If I never felt this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be

And if I never held you
I would never have a clue
How at last I'd find in you
The missing part of me.

In this world so full of fear
Full of rage and lies
I can see the truth so clear
In your eyes
So dry your eyes

And I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

If I never knew you
I'd be safe but half as real
Never knowing I could feel
A love so strong and true

I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we'd make the whole world bright
I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong
all they'd leave us were these whispers in the night
But still my heart is saying we were right

Oh if I never knew you
If I never knew you
I would have no inkling of
If our time has gone too fast
How precious life can be...
I've lived at last...

I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we'd make the whole world bright
I thought our love would be so beautiful
We'd turn the darkness into light
And still my heart is saying we were right
we were right

And if I never knew you
If I never knew you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Empty as the sky
Never knowing why

Lost forever
If I never knew you
If I never knew you (oh)
If I never knew you'