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The Pharoah and Prince's Lover chapter 10:
The night was quiet as in any other night in Japan, even the people who were at the club where the Yami's went had gone home. Only two young teenagers were tossing and turning in their beds, both sharing a memory long forgotten and known only to their past selves. Malik was writhing in bed, looking like he was almost in pain and clutching his stomach, his fingernails digging into his skin and almost drawing blood, while Ryou tossed and turned in bed, sweating profusely and grabbing at sheets, looking like he was trying to find something that wasn't there.
In a room in the palace, three children were laughing and playing, while one Hikari was sitting and the other chasing after a child. Dakarai was sitting with his little girl in his lap, playing with her dolls and making her laugh, while Nemu played a game of tag with Akefia's boy, almost close to grabbing the boy each time he got near, but the child was quick and slipped out of Nemu's reach. Akhom was watching them play while looking at the door every now and then, waiting for his mother to come back. Jono had duties today with the other guards since the Yami's were off at war, so Jono asked for Akhom to stay with the other children and the two Hikari's. Heba had a job as a scholar and since the council had gone to war, he had the job of making sure the scrolls were taken care of while they were gone. Even though Heba was pregnant, he could do little tasks while his Yami's were gone, as long as he didn't over do it. Nemu finally caught the boy and started tickling him, the boy squealing and laughing in delight. Dakarai looked over at Nemu and smiled, giggling at the sight. "Alright, Nemu, put him down, that's enough." he said and Nemu pouted before letting the boy go and sitting down to rest as the boy went over to his 'mother'. Akhom smiled and chuckled, shaking his head at seeing Nemu pick up a doll and start playing with the little girl, making her and Dakarai laugh. Nemu was two months pregnant, his stomach showing that the child was still growing inside him. He was going to make a good mother, Dakarai saw as Nemu captured both his children's attention as he played with them, making them both giggle. He looked towards Akhom, seeing him looking towards the door again. At moments like these, he was really like his father's, worrying about Jono so much and looking like he would go off to find him, but knew he had to stay. The only thing he saw that Akhom got from Jono was the honey colored eyes, but in most aspects he was like Seth and Seto. As Nemu and Dakarai played with the little ones, Jono and Heba walked into the room, Akhom immediately getting up and heading to his mother. Jono grinned and hugged Akhom close, kissing him on the forehead. "Hey there, Akhom, did you do a good job of watching over the others?" Jono asked and Akhom nodded eagerly as Heba went to sit down in a chair, hardly able to sit on the floor anymore. It would be soon when Heba would be able to have the child, and everyone in the room was hoping that the war would be over so that Atemu and Yami would be able to see their first child to be born. Akhom and Jono sat down on the floor with the others, though Akhom was eagerly talking to his mother about different things, while Heba talked with Dakarai and Nemu as the boy and girl played with each other. As hours passed, Jono offered to go get food, telling Akhom to stay with the Hikari's again before leaving. Akhom pouted and Heba comforted him, telling him that it was ok and Jono would be back soon. As they waited, all three Hikari's started to feel something. Something dark and ominous that was in the palace. Then, a knock came to the door. Nemu, thinking it was Jono or a guard, told the person to come in, but it wasn't who they expected. A stranger in a cloak walked in and shut the door behind him, his hands hidden in the cloak. Immediately, Dakarai and Nemu pulled the children behind them and Akhom got in front of Heba, all of them suspicious of the person and wondering where the guards were. As silence filled the room, the stranger chuckled before looking at the Hikari's around him. "Now, don't do that, the fun's just beginning. All I need is for the Hikari's to come with me, and none of you will be harmed. So, are we going to do this the easy way, or the hard way?" he asked and Akhom glared at the person, shaking his head. "They aren't going anywhere with you, as soon as my mother gets here, he'll make you wish you had never stepped in here." Akhom hissed and the stranger looked at him, quiet for a few moments, before he burst out laughing. When the stranger had almost stopped laughing, still chuckling at Akhom's words, he smiled. "Do you mean Jono? Don't be so sure about him, he won't be able to come here."
he said and Akhom looked like he was about to ask when the stranger pulled his hands out, holding two things in his hands. One was a dagger, while the other was a pendent. They all recognized it. Jono had worn that pendent ever since Seth and Seto had given it to him, telling Akhom that he would get it when he was old enough. Akhom stared at it in horror, seeing that it was crusted in fresh blood and in a fit of rage, he attacked the stranger. As soon as Akhom was close to the stranger, the lights went off, making the children scream in fright before they came back on just as quickly. The stranger looked like he had hardly moved, but the dagger was now drenched in blood and at his feet lay Akhom, clutching the wound on his chest. Heba rushed to Akhom's side to apply more pressure to the wound but the stranger grabbed him and yanked him away. "So, one of you has decided to do this the easy way, excellent choice." he said, motioning for some more people in cloaks to come in and threw Heba to one of them. "Go put him and the other Hikari's in the throne room, I'll be there once I'm done here." he said as the other strangers nodding, separating Nemu and Dakarai from the children and the children pushed away. The three Hikari's were carried away, struggling and screaming to be let go, as the door to the room closed. As they were rounding the corner, there were screams from the twins before everything went silent and Darkarai screamed for his children. Malik gasped and sat up in his bed, panting and feeling tears running down his cheeks, cursing at himself. He tried to remember what the dream was about, but there was nothing, so he sighed and tried to calm down. He lay back down when the tears had stopped and tried to get back to sleep, seeing how early it was and wanting to get some sleep before getting ready for school. As he dozed back off into a fitful sleep, Malik didn't know that Ryou was up and only remembering a few things from the dream they had shared and crying his eyes out.
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