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Chapter 5

�� Oh no,
Akunadin and his son were not pleased the next morning when the Court rose, he
was certain of that. He could feel the boy�s glares throughout the Council and
he almost laughed at the futility of it. Stares could not kill, no matter how
forceful, and the most that Kaiba�s frosty stares caused were a slight feeling
of unease. Still, it was easy enough to block that portion of his mind and
concentrate on the messenger�s words.
�� It seemed
that the Hittites had rebuilt their strength and were invading again�
�� Obviously,
seeing as they still had an acute lack of soldiers, the Pharaoh and his Court
would head out to deal with the problem personally, calling the aid of the
items�and the monsters�
�� He could
feel darkness wrap around his soul, comforting him. It reminded him oddly of
his Prince, but that was being difficult. Perhaps he was just uneasy.
�� He had no desire
to be stabbed in the back during any fighting�
�� Flesh and
blood mixed in dark magic and gilded with brilliant gold shimmered beneath his
fingertips. He knew.
�� Was this
why Akunadin had driven him away? Because Mahaado knew, as soon as the Ring
joined him, that the truth was there, just waiting beneath the surface? And the
Ring delighted in telling him, showing their screams and cries as they were
melted down� and re-forged into pure power. Interesting.
�� Not that
Mahaado didn�t feel a strange delight at those times when darkness flared up in
his mind and demanded attention, oh, he knew he shouldn�t, those were innocent
lives for the most part, sacrificed for Egypt, but he couldn�t help it� it
tasted so sweet�
�� Or perhaps
Akunadin thought that his Black Paladin, one of his Dark Magician�s evolutions,
could harm Seto�s dragons, even his prized Blue-eyes, and worried for
it? Who knew?
�� In any
case, it didn�t matter, much. Who cared about the old man? He could extract his
Penalty Game at any time, if he so wished�
�� Did
Akunadin know?

�� You know,
it�s quite easy. It�s a bit sad, too, that it�s so simple.�
�� Yami looked
at Mahaado worriedly.
�� What�s
wrong with my father?�
�� Priest
Akunadin has placed some virus or another in him� and I do not know how to
counter it��
�� That can�t
be! You know everything��
�� I wish
that were the case, my Prince��
�� Can�t you
do something with time to save him?�
�� Mahaado
laughed lightly. �I can stop time, my Prince, but that is all. I can neither
take it forwards or backwards in it�s natural flow. That would disturb Ma�at��
�� Yami looked
slightly disappointed, well, quite a bit more than slightly, but it was
improper to speak of otherwise.

�� I
understand�.�
�� Magic
cannot solve all problems, most unfortunately, though the foolish assume it
can. Fools. If that were the case, disease, plague, famine, war� all those
evils would have been purged long ago�
�� Fortunately
for Egypt, Yami was not that much a fool.
�� Then is
there a way to stop this disease?�
�� If we
cured only the symptoms, the root would spring forth new weeds.� Mahaado stated
quietly, correct posture and all. Luckily, Yami was quite skilled at reading
between the lines. His eyes widened slightly in understanding.
�� What
Mahaado was proposing was treason, but� dire times call for dire circumstances.
In the end, the end will justify the means.
�� Yami did
not want the Pharaoh Akunumkanon his father to die. It was that simple.
�� I see� so
we must remove the source of the problems.�
�� I await
your commands, my Prince.�

�� He didn�t hesitate.
He didn�t quite care that if this were found out; it would be his life on the
line. He didn�t care at all�
�� Mahaado
would never betray him. Yami trusted his instincts enough to say that much. And
if he couldn�t trust himself in court, then whom could he trust?
�� It was
frightfully easy. The Eye could read minds, yes, but it was little proof
against lesser forms of thought� and if one had built up the proper resistance
and forged a shield of bright lies over truth, well, wouldn�t that dazzle an
old man?
�� Sunstroke
shattered the dark god out of the sky as Ra�s beams poured over a desert land�
but the fruit was growing swiftly and steadily inside, as the weeds were
crushed out and choked away and pruned and incinerated�
�� They would
not suffer the lesser evils to live. The harvest would be good this year, plump
golden wheat and barley�
�� The Nile
flooded with rich black soil and the Black land was fertile once more. But deep
in the night, two voices mourned, one in innocence and one in despair�
�� Akunadin,
the High Priest, had fallen�

�� Everyone
young and ambitious needs a guide after all, without one; they would flounder,
unless they were especially cunning�
�� But all the
cunning in the world would not help the High Priest now�.
�� Pharaoh was
worried. His council was set to vote on the new High Priest. A replacement for
the Eye had not yet been found, and it was not a time to leave things hanging.
The people needed to see stability�
�� How would
the votes tally?

�� You�ll
vote for me, won�t you?�
�� Shadah
fixed Seto with a slight glare.
�� I know you
will.� Seto leaned in closer. �It�s how things play out. It would not be wise
to cross me, Shadah��
�� The Priest
of the Ankh cursed the day he had met the High Priest-to-be and silently vowed
vengeance one day�

�� Mahaado
seemed unconcerned with the voting scheme. He was quite certain that if it were
up to him, he�d make Karim High Priest. The man was completely fair, and his
mastery of the Sennen Scales showed that clearly enough�
�� Aishizu,
well, who knew which way she would tip the balance? Although Seto might resent
Mahaado, he was fairly sure that no one would vote for him. After all,
he wasn�t even properly rained! He�d only been a priest about six months, while
Seto had plenty of experience�

�� Did the
Tauk show you any special vision?� Mahaado asked quietly.
�� Aishizu
shook her head. �I cannot read the futures of the ones who carry the Sennen
Items��
�� Now that
was interesting... �So you did not read my return?�
�� I did not�
I have not seen you in my visions � they stopped barely a moon after your
untimely departure.�
�� Interesting��
So he�d learned to shield himself even then? He couldn�t remember� the years
had mostly blended together into training and survival�
�� And magic,
the warmth of time first coming to him, to grant him power few others could
possess, and yet, who could tell if he used it when he chose? For it did not
have to be obvious, and if he truly wanted, well� that was for later.
�� Power was
intoxicating, but he never let it dull his eyes to his true goal. He would
protect his Prince and future Pharaoh unto death and beyond. That he vowed�

End Chapter
Completed 10/20/05

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