Author's note Wow. Its been a while. I couldn't sleep one night and just got to thinking about this story and had a few ideas come to mind so...I wrote a chapter which is really over due. I'm truly sorry if you were following the story and i let you down by not updating :( I'm hopefully going to be able to start updating again. Please read and review :)

Ami's POV

I yawned as the boys in front of me continued their chatter about what actions to take next. I was almost ready to fall asleep. 'For a place that sees so much action it's surprisingly boring.' Suddenly I felt a stabbing jolt in my hand that made me fall back off my chair.

"Shit!" I growled angrily as I fell onto the floor. Ulrich turned towards me with a look of concern. I heard the standard questions of 'Are you okay?' and such, but chose to ignore them. My eyes lingered on my throbbing hand. I felt a horrible feeling swelling in the pit of my stomach and quickly rose to my feet. Ulrich stayed by my side as I fled from the room. The others began to follow causing another curse to find my lips.

"Sorry boys but this isn't a matter of flipping cards." I spoke while raising my hand to create a barrier. Not wasting time, I turned and continued running towards Ally.

"She's here." Ulrich stated as we approached the blue dorms. I could feel my sister's presence and couldn't stop the shaking that overcame my body.

"We have to get in and save Jessie…and at all costs." We nodded to each other in understanding as we entered the run down housing. The unstable energy in the air kept switching between my closest friend and my worst enemy. As we rounded a corner I could hear Ally yelling…as well as my sister. The words were far enough to be muffled and incomprehensive. Finally, the jumble words were mixed with clarity.

"No…you will not harm what you will never have, and you will never have friends and you sure as hell will never have MY body!" I heard Ally shout as my sister's presence was dispelled. I was just within reach of the room when Ulrich grabbed my arm. I turned and stared at him incredulously.

"I think Jesse's got it from here." He whispered as I tried to jerk away.

"What if she's hurt?" I reasoned as he began back the way we came. He stopped and gave me a look that implied I was stupid.

"You would know." I almost smacked myself in the forehead. 'Duh! I'm connected to her.' I grumbled in defeat, walking past him.

"Shut up Ulrich." He slightly chuckled as we both headed out of the building. I turned with one final glance and sent a message to my dear friend.

"She might be gone for now…but she'll be back."

It wasn't long before I heard her voice in my mind.

"I know…"

My eyes found the ground very interesting as we headed to I-don't-know-where. I stopped when I noticed that only my feet were moving. I turned back and looked at Ulrich.

"What's wrong? Do you sense something?" I said quickly shifting my eyes around and looking for anything unusual. After a second, I was pulled from my observing by a hand grabbing my own. I met Ulrich's eyes and saw so many emotions. Then it hit me. I hadn't seen him in months, years…centuries. The last time he saw me was right before I left to go battle against my sister…

"This is stupid and dangerous…why can't I go again?" Ulrich said with a smile as we both leaned against the palace balcony. He slumped against the limestone, facing the palace, while I stared out at the kingdom.

"For that reason dummy. Its too dangerous for you, and besides I always do stupid things and live. It's one of my many alluring traits." I said with a joking smile attempting to keep the light mood. I realized I failed miserably when I saw his eyes shift away from me.

"There's a chance you won't come back." His voice sounded as if he had just lost a hundred duels in a row.

"I will come back." I said confidently trying to reassure him.

"I'm going with you." He said turning completely towards me.

"No," my voice was stern, " This is my duty and responsibility and I won't allow you to endanger your life for what my sister has done."

"Your duty, your responsibility! What about mine? I'm a shadow seeker and I'm supposed to protect my pharaoh and Egypt at any cost. This is my duty to my kingdom! Have you ever considered the responsibility I have to myself? How I hold myself responsible for protecting those I love…for protecting you?" Ulrich was shaking with anger and it seemed as if his tears were fighting to stay buried beneath the surface. I could only stare at him in shock. I had never heard him raise his voice towards anyone, let alone myself. What was more heart stopping was his confession. He loved me. I knew he had feelings for me and that I returned them, but I had never expected him to openly admit his love for me. It wasn't his style, or mine…but then again neither was him yelling. I felt tears begin to slide down my face and a slight smile appear as I spoke.

"You think mine is any different from that? I refuse to let you go, because I won't let you get hurt. I have to protect what I love…our kingdom, Atem, and most importantly- you. Even if you hate me for it, as your superior I command you to stay here and do nothing." My tears were freely flowing. I watched them fall to the floor, but was stopped from watching them shatter on the floor as Ulrich lifted my chin up so that my eyes met his. He had closed our distance so quickly.

"I could never, under any circumstance hate you." He said just before he bent down and met his lips with my own. Nothing had ever felt so right. In that moment, as he kissed me, I knew that he was the one, my only one. We pulled apart and looked into each other's eyes. I was about to speak when Atem entered from the corridor.

"I apologize for interrupting, but we have to leave now." He looked over both of us before turning towards Ulrich.

"Shadow has sent parts of his army to attack the people. It won't be long until they arrive. I place you in charge of the battle front." Ulrich looked at me before turning towards our pharaoh. He kneeled before speaking.

"As you wish, my pharaoh."

Atem nodded before turning his attention towards me. He gave a smile.

"I will give you a moment to say your farewells." He said as he returned to the corridor he had come from.

"We'll both come back." I said as I grabbed his hand. "I promise I will come back."

He squeezed my hand and smiled at our linked hands.

"I promise I will come back." As he finished speaking I released his hand, immediately missing the warmth. I turned and followed where Atem had gone, prepared to face my sister and more than ready to feel the warmth return to my hand.

That had been the last time I really spent with him…and so much had happened. We hadn't gotten a chance to talk about what was said or what was going to happen. Come to think of it…how was he here? What had happened after I sacrificed myself? How much pain had I caused him? So many more questions plagued my thoughts, but as I opened my mouth only two words slipped out.

"I'm sorry."

As soon as the words passed my lips, tears poured down my face, and his arms wrapped around my body. A few minutes later, I was pulled out of my crying fit by Ulrich's body shaking. Great. Not only did I probably crush his soul by breaking my promise to him and separating us for centuries, but I also managed to make him cry. Way to go me! I opened my eyes to see that his hair was covering his eyes. I was about to apologize again…until I heard a noise coming from him. In a matter of mere seconds he burst out into laughter. I stopped crying. He got punched in the gut.

"Why are you laughing?" I screamed at him. He sat there holding his aching stomach, smiling nonetheless.

"I'm just laughing at how neither of us broke our promise." I looked at him curiously.

"Think about it," he said, "we promised each other that we'd come back. We never really said where or when. Turns out that it would only be so far in the future that neither of us really could have imagined. It's kinda funny." He chuckled. He was right. Technically we didn't break our promise. I couldn't help but release a small laugh.

"Next time we set a time and location. I'd hate to see what would happen if we have to wait this long to see each other again."

We both shared a laugh.

Then, we both shared a kiss.

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