The prisoner's savior. (Boyxboy)

Chapter 13

Author's note 

I have decided to just finish this story up in one go so here's the next chapter! Only 2 more after this one. 

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Mahad's men charged down the hill with swords and spears held high. Mahad sounded a war horn in hopes of catching the invasion force off guard. They succeeded. The back side of the troops stirred into chaos as Mahad's squad moved in for the kill. The squad of Egyptians collided with the barbarians. The Egyptians tore through the ranks at break neck speed considering how few in number they were. Despite being a large army the barbarians seemed to have crude combat skills which gave the highly trained Egyptian warriors the advantage.  

The ranks in the back began to scatter and regroup as the news of the egyptian squad spread. Mahad knew that they would soon lose their element of surprise and when that happened he hopped that the rest of the Egyptian troops scattered a crossed the land would be close enough to aid them. He also hoped that his efforts would give the pharaoh the chance to save some of the citizens before the barbarian armies broke through the city gates. 

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As Yami was commanding what little troops he had left to hold the city gate he saw the barbarian troop scramble. No general in their right mind would command their troops to attack in such a chaotic way so there had to be something else going on here. 

"Pharaoh! Come look at this! It looks like Mahad and some of his troops are back!" one of his centuries cried out.

Yami ran over to the century and peered through his telescope. He smiled at the sight of his friend.  

"Tell the others to start pulling the villagers out of the city and bring them to the castle that is the safest place for them now!" Yami ordered

The century bowed , "Yes my King." he then scurried off to find the rest of the troops to gather the villagers while Yami made his way to the castle himself. 

Manna greeted him at the castle gates with a bow. 

"Mana will you ready places for the villagers to stay in the castle. It's going to be a long night." he asked. 

"Absolutely!" she replied before taking off to go ready as many rooms as possible. 

Moving the villagers was easier then Yami expected. The barbarians were so focused on fending off Mahad and his skilled warriors that they stopped their attack on the village at least thats what appeared to happen.  Bakura and some of his goons had snuck into the village and were planning to infiltrate the castle themselves. 

When Yami finally brought all the villagers inside some of them came to him wishing to help including Yugi.

"We want to help you find your brother and that retched queen!" one man said 

"Yeah!" said another. 

"we might not be able to fight out there but we might be able to help by sneaking into and sabotaging enemy camps!" one suggested. 

Yami thought about that last comment. It wasn't a half bad idea. 

He was  about to answer when he felt someone tug on his cape to get his attention. He turned to see Yugi looking at him with determined but said eyes. 

"I'm going to go save your brother whether you like it or not! I can't stand to think about... about what they might do to him!" he cried out. 

The young man looked as though he was about to cry. Yami suddenly realized that his brother meant a lot to this boy and that perhaps even more than his brother did to him. He realized now that although he was a slave he was just as much Atems brother as he was although he thought vaguely that Yugi's love for his brother seemed to be more than that. He shook the feeling away. He had no right to judge that. Only time would tell, but first he had to bring his brother home safe and sound and keep Egypt safe enough for him to return to. 

His face softened into a smile, "alright. Bring him home." 

Yugi nodded before he walked off with the other villagers to form a plan.

Mana put her hands on his shoulders again rubbing them slowly. They were so tense with worry. 

"You made the right choice." she said to him calmly, "just like you always do. Egypt will not fall and your brother will be safe. Your mother will be dealt with accordingly. Yugi will never fail you. He loves Atem to much to fail." 

His shoulders relaxed a bit, "how do you always know what to say...?" 

"Because I always know what your thinking and trust me I've known you for a long time, I know in my heart that this will all work out." she said turning him around and embracing him. 

He pulled her close to her chest and whispered, "thank you for everything."

Just then Mana let out a cry of surprise as she saw Bakura walking towards the gates.