Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Young God ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 15 )

Chapter 8

Sana...

What was that voice? Seto couldn't decipher. It was calling him by his childhood name. He remembered the Pharaoh using it, but this was not the Pharaoh.

Sana, ashi shenia...

Who is saying that? Seto couldn't tell. He shifted.

" Sana?"

The voice was different this time. Seto opened his eyes weakly. The Pharaoh was here. Again.

" Pharaoh..." He breathed, but the Pharaoh hushed him.
" There's someone calling you." The Pharaoh's grip tightened on him. Seto tensed. Why was the Pharaoh so upset? He looked at the dark shadow. Suddenly, fear caught at his heart.

" Beware the holders of the Sennen Items..."

Struggling now, he tried to escape the Pharaoh's hold, but it seemed the Pharaoh had become a different person, only clutching even more tightly at his wrist.

" Pharaoh," He whimpered, his eyes searching the Pharaoh's face for anything of the man he knew before. " Pharaoh, you're hurting me!"

The great Horus looked down upon the actual god on the bed for a long moment before slowly releasing his hold on the trembling boy. The child shifted away from him, his blue eyes staring into his own red ones. The Pharaoh was silent. He did not know what just happened.

Seto hurriedly got out of bed. He stared at the Pharaoh with fear filled eyes for a minute. Then he bolted out.

The Pharaoh sat there for a long moment, wondering what took hold of him.

Seto ran as fast as he could down the hall in a speed that surpassed those of men, but the problem was he could not steer quite as well and ran into Shadi.

Shadi fell from the impact but also wrapped his arms around the terrified child, knowing full well who the strange blur was and protecting him from the fall. But Seto didn't know that. He lay there, wind knocked out of him but trembling and utterly lost. Then he started screaming.

" Hush!" Shadi whispered urgently. " You'll wake all. I will not do you harm. It will be alright."

Seto stared at Shadi for a long moment, silent but weeping.
" What frightened you?" Shadi asked, letting him go and holding the young child's shoulders.

Seto looked down the hallway. He looked back at the item holder. Wiping his eyes he remained silent.

Shadi sighed. " Let's get you back to your room."
" No..." Seto shook his head. " No,"
" Why?" Shadi asked.

Seto remained silent.

Banat sneaked into the palace rather easily. Down the hall, he saw a man in a turban and a young child. That child was glowing.

Oh shoot, it's the High Priest. Banat thought to himself. For the love of Ra, what is he doing here crying like a baby? Oh, right. He's an immortal baby. Smacking his head mentally he moved with the shadows.

He saw Shadi gently leading the child outside the huge hall and decided to creep out, but before he did the boy suddenly turned and looked straight at him.

Banat froze. Did he move? Was there any sound? But then he remembered.

Oh Ra, I'm dead for sure.

The child looked at his direction for a long moment and started to huddle against Shadi. Banat noticed that the boy looked scared.

Why is he afraid? The tomb robber found himself wondering. He can do anything to me. Right? Or is it...

Is it the Ring?

Shadi looked curiously at where Seto was looking. He didn't see anything.

" Stay right here." He whispered to the child, before moving slowly over there.

I have to stay cautious. He thought.

Suddenly, a fist came out. Shadi caught it swiftly and pulled it towards him. Out came an albino, with a yelp of surprise. Shadi twirled around and pinned the arm behind the robber's back, pulling his head back by the hair.

" Who are you?" Shadi growled. Seto just remained his glowing blue eyes watching.

Banat only growled and spat at him, but in the process, exposed the Sennen Ring.

Shadi was silent for a moment while the tomb robber panted beneath him.

So that's what the boy was talking about. He thought. " Where did you get the Millenium Ring?"

Banat spat at him again.
" He got it from his father." Said the child.

Banat looked at the boy in surprise. Then he remembered that the child knew everything. Growling, he twisted out of Shadi's grasp. Looking between them, he kenw he was trapped.

Shadi lunged forward for the Ring, tearing the strap from Banat's throat. Banat, furious, kicked out at him. Shadi called out to Seto and thrusted the Ring to the child. Seto caught it.

What should I do with it? Seto thought wildly. Keep it? Use it? Run away with it?

Banat fell to the wall, bleeding at the mouth. He noticed that the child was still there, still holding his precious ring.

" Seto, go, now." Shadi ordered.

Seto didn't move. The Dark Magician appeared. Banat gave a cry of surprise.

What in the world?

The Dark Magician picked up the young child, who gave a frightened squeak, and carrying him protectively the magician ran off.

Malik muttered under his breath. What by the name of Ra is taking Banat so long?

Suddenly, he saw the queerest sight.

The Dark Magician was carrying the child swiftly through the gardens and into the woods.

What the hell? Malik blinked in shock. Does the Dark Magician have a son?

Taknash wandered about the hall.

What the- He stopped, staring at Shadi and the white haired stranger.

" Taknash, what are you doing here?" Shadi blinked in surprise. Banat suddenly bolted out. Shadi started to run after him, but lost him very soon, for Banat was fleet of foot as any robber.

" What are you doing, gaping like that?" Bakura panted.
" He...what in the world was that?" Malik cried.
" What?" Banat asked.
" The Dark Magician was carrying a boy with your Millenium Ring!"
" That's Seto Kaiba! Quick, we need to get my ring back. Seto Kaiba's an immortal. Who knows what he'll do with it!"

The two robbers were hushed.

" Ugh!" Malik cursed. The two of them hurriedly ran off after the Dark Magician.

Seto sobbed against the Dark Magician, clutching the strap of the Millenium Ring, terrified beyond compare. His side still hurt and the rapid movements of the magician were making it worse.

The Celtic Guardian appeared beside them and the Dark Magician slowed.

" A kaina, shime." The Celtic Guardian said briefly.

The Dark Magician whipped his head around. Sure enough, the two robbers were close behind.

" The Blue Eyes White Dragon would be too big." The Dark Magician said. " We need someone else that can fly."
" Harpie?" Celtic Guardian asked.
" No. Change of Heart." The Dark Magician answered. " She'll be more gentle."

But Banat and Malik already caught up with them and Malik used his item to freeze them.

The Dark Magician and the Celtic Guardian could only watch helplessly as the child limped a little distance away from the tomb robbers.

Banat advanced cautiously. Was the little boy wounded?

" Give it to us." He commanded.

Seto's side was burning and he collapsed. Staring at the two with deep fear, he froze.

" Banat, I don't think he'll do anything to us. Look, he's bleeding." Malik advanced forward without fear. Seto tensed but was helpless. It seemed all his powers had abandoned him.

Malik took the Ring without much trouble because the child was too scared to cry. Banat picked up the child and suddenly the monsters disappeared.
" What happened?" Banat asked.
" I made them go away." Malik answered. " Come on, we have to get out of here."

" What?!"

Cruk would have been happy if it weren't for the Pharaoh, who was burning with anger. Shadi looked calmly at the Pharaoh.

" The robbers will do him no harm." Shadi said. " After all, Seto is a god."

The Pharaoh took a deep breath and composed himself.

" Start the search. I want him back tonight."

" Well, that was smooth," Ashika muttered. " What do we do now?"
" Banat's not going to hurt him." Rishna answered. " Seto saved his life."
" He's a robber, for heaven's sake!"
" He has a heart, unlike most robbers. Pity he'll lose it soon." Rishna answered, watching from the bushes.
" Should we follow them?"
" Of course we should follow them!"
" Fine then. Come on, we'll lose them soon-"
" Egypt is really small. We'll find them."
" They're robbers."

Rishna paused. " Good point."

" What should we do with him?" Banat asked Malik angrily. " The Pharaoh will find him."
" Well," Malik answered, equally angry, " We certainly can't leave him there! Why don't we just finish him off?"
" No, I won't have that!" Banat answered. " That boy saved my life."
" You're concerned about that?" Malik cried in astonishment. " He nearly got you killed today!"
" He's wounded. Look." Malik looked. Sure enough, the blood had increased. Seto's breathing was raspy. He had ran from the Pharaoh at a fast pace with no feeling of pain at all, but the damage was already done. Now he could only sit there and cry silently, afraid of his fate.

Malik looked at Seto for a long moment.
" Fine. As long as he doesn't get us into trouble." He growled.
" Oh, I don't think he'll bring trouble. He might give us some gold pieces yet." Banat looked at the boy. " I wonder why he's not using his powers."

Seto was wondering too. And that made him even more afraid.