Heroo 2 - Back in Domino City

"You have no heart ...", God Seth with his short cut red hair stepped forward and looked closely at the Pharaoh. "That's all. We can't judge your heart because you don't have any more."
In disbelief, Atemu's gaze wandered from the redhead to the other gods and goddesses, but they all looked just as embarrassed that he could save himself the question of whether this should be a joke. Her eyes spoke volumes and unfortunately they were all against him. "No heart ... how ?!"
"Well ... you haven't given away a heart ..." began Nepththys, who had passed Seth and was now standing in front of him. "At that time, during your lifetime, you gave your heart to a woman. It was just a phrase for many, but it is now a fact that the heart that you contribute is hers and she keeps yours with her until you see again. Accordingly, she only came as far as here and did not enter the kingdom of Osiris. The plan was that she has been waiting for you - since her death, which was before yours ... "
"What ?!", Atemu raised his hand to let the whole thing settle for now. Certainly there was no lying here ... but inwardly he did not understand what that meant for him. Giving away the heart ... a metaphor if you loved ... It was a phrase that lovers whispered to each other and a promise at some marriages .... Apparently also with his. His hand was placed on the chest in which a warm heart could be clearly felt. It struck gently, calmly and confidently ...
Nepththys looked at him mildly and put a hand on his shoulder. "Atemu, you gave your heart to your wife shortly after your first meeting. She loved you, more than was good for her and waited ... She was often in a very burial chamber and looked at the fragments of Lot, tried yours To feel the present. Only at some point it never came back. Some time ago we lost its trace somewhere between time and space ... "
"You were looking for her?", Atemu looked up confused ... Why were you looking for a soul? "Why are you looking for her? Does she have evil in mind?"
"Hardly ...", Osiris shrugged his shoulders. "Isa not ... she loves people and is not megalomaniac either. Technically she could have done it ... but then we would have found her again a long time ago. A few months ago we felt a touch of her, but then he was gone again ..."
"A few months ago?", Atemu frowned ... "Could it be that Dartz has locked you up? In his boards to call the Leviatan?" He didn't know how he got the idea that it would be timed. Dartz had collected people and energies, but he didn't know how it was with souls ... whether he could also use the energies of the dead.
"The crazy Atlantean? Yes, quite possible as revenge, probably he blamed her for getting in his way." Isis' forehead frowned deeply."Nut gave it to us because she saw it ... Dartz had been hanging around in Egypt during your time. He was aiming for your power. Before he came to the train, however, Isa met him behind your back and confronted him. That Duel back then was fast and Dartz lost so much of his strength that he first had to pull back. I can well imagine that he liked to captivate her soul when he found it by accident. She threw his plan back thousands of years, including her Given life and yet it is still there ... Sure, he could not tap into her power, since she would then have turned against him, but locking her up was quite possible. Her power is not so strong in ghost form. "
"Don't think about it, Pharaoh. Not now and here. It wouldn't bring you anything to remember if you didn't have your heart. Your heart has all memories in it, but to get it you should go on a search "suggested Thoth as an ibis and poked at him on his long legs. "We'll send you back to earth for this. But not again as a ghost. That would certainly be difficult if you are in a foreign body. We don't want to do that to Yugi and it is certainly better if you can act freely now and then . "
"That means I'll be sent back to Yugi and my friends again?"
"NO!", Mana simply ran into the circle to Atemu and clung to him. "That's not fair! He should stay with us!"
"Mana ?!", Atemu winced when she suddenly jumped out. He felt sorry for her waiting so long, but what should he do? "Everything okay, yes?"
"Child!", Seth took a step towards them.
"Leave her, it's okay. The little one is cute!", Anubis stopped him and smiled mildly. "Mana, you have to let him go. He'll be back and he won't have to do without you, even if you like it here."
"I don't understand!" Said Mana and grimaced. "How am I supposed to stay with him if I can't go with you. And why don't you do it yourself? You are gods ..."
"Yes, gods, so restrain his tongue. I don't want you to be punished," Atemu interrupted and put her hand on her head. "Don't worry. I'll just go and find her."
"I hope so too! It's all your fault anyway!", A god who had a strong inner glow suddenly stood behind Atemu, who turned to him uncertainly. The voice still gave him space and somehow a growl echoed along with it.
"My fault ?!" asked the young Pharaoh while Mana hid behind him.
"Of course! Whose else, please? If I had only suspected that you ..."
"Brother!", Osiris rose and sighed. "These are my halls, not yours. I can understand your anger, but I still ask you to keep your composure. You are one of the highest gods ..."
"Come on as if you ..."
"Uncle Ra ...", Horus eyes became bird-like and Atemu thought he saw how he wanted to puff himself up to the hawk, but still this god was calm."It won't do anything if you yell and yell around here. Intimidation is very childish. We all have the same feelings as you do, we all loved her, but you won't be able to change the facts. She has this way Chosen of her own free will, Atemu did not approve or tried to persuade her. On the contrary, and you know it too. So let it be, okay? "
"No way!", Ra's face turned fiery red with anger.
"He scares me!", Mana mumbled and pressed against Atemu, who didn't know what was going on. It was all so strange ...
"Mana ... Say ... Isahra was my wife ... and then her father was ..."
"Ra ... you fell in love with a demigoddess and since she wanted you too, she gave up her immortality in order to be with you. To grow old with you and then later, after the trip to the westerns, with you and also with you to be us, "Mana whispered, trembling more and more.
"Oh ..." Atemu tried not to grin. He had snatched the daughter of a god ... no wonder Ra was so angry ... his daughter had died for him and the country, because she had renounced immortality because of him. "Great ..." Angry fathers ... somehow he felt as if Ra hadn't loved him as his titles had always claimed ... at least not after Isa had sacrificed her immortality.
"Nothing OH! Get them back to me or I'll stretch myself in front of my sun bar!
Atemu frowned, sure he was talking to a god. Without a doubt, but also with his father in silence ...? It felt strange, because he wouldn’t let himself be so belittled who he talked to a man who was related to him, if only by marriage. "Get yourself back, father ..." Atemu managed to get out at the end. "I'll find them and get them back."
"I hope so ...", Re paused in mid-sentence and growled in his face to express his displeasure with this title. Too bad that he couldn't even defend himself properly. He had to accept the "father". "Take care, son! Not so cheeky, I'm still older than you! So get on your socks, you youngster!"
"Brother!", Osiris suppressed his laugh and looked at Atemu. "It is good, I think he understood. He will find it, even your power has not been able to cloud his senses and make them forget. Resign yourself to the fact that you have fulfilled your duties as a father. Believe in it little to the feelings of mortals. Atemu, would you please wait outside? Nepththys will meet you at the gate and take you back to earth. "
"Of course, great Lord of the Wes ..."
"Uncle!" interrupted Osiris. "Please call me Uncle Osiris. I like that better than the noble form of address."
"OK..."; a little confused, Atemu nodded hesitantly and then turned away ...
"Hm ..." Mana clung to it until he left the circle of gods.Only when the doors of Mahado were closed again did she look at the sand ... "That's not fair! You have had to wait so long, save the world several times and then still not enough? That's really mean!"
"Mana!", Mahado put his hand on her shoulder and sighed deeply. "It can be, but it cannot be changed. Without his heart he cannot enter the realm of the dead. Our Lord must go, alone."
"But…"
"I'll be back!", Atemu nodded to her. "Please don't worry about me and look forward to the day we go through the gates and step into the west. I'll hurry too."
"Hm…"; Mana made a face: "Yes, I understand, but I want to go with you!"
"That doesn't work and you know that. We are at home in the world in a different form ... to protect our master. Our Ka are always with him, so our minds and hearts too. We are not allowed to do more," Mahado explained young magician and then turned to his Pharaoh. "Our thoughts will accompany you and our hearts will always be tied to you. Forgive us that we have to leave you alone again. I would prefer if my path would leave me by your side and not force me here, in the intermediate realm waiting."
"I know that ..." Atemu's voice dropped a little. It was a strange feeling that crept into his heart. Most of all he wanted to stay and chat and rest with his friends after the long time. On the other hand, he would see Joey, Yugi and the others again, whom he had made as friends in the new time.
"Hm…"; Mana growled and stepped on the sand. She had just seen him again and was happy and now she should say goodbye again ... That was anything but mate ... It was just mean not to allow a dead person to rest.
"It's okay ...", Atemu took her hands in his and smiled at her. "Trust me, I came back this time, even though I had no memories