Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dark Legacy ❯ Chapter Five ( Chapter 5 )
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By: The Chaotic Ones 
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Fantasy / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 04.21.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 4.7K | Visits: 627 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Fantasy / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 04.21.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 4.7K | Visits: 627 | Status: Completed
Aaries: Ok, this chapter was NOT written this way before.
Chaos: For one thing, Yami spent more time bantering with Kina and Mejiah. For another, the sedan was bigger... far bigger....
Jef: In other words, Yugi didn’t have to sit in Yami's lap... hehehehe...
Angel: Whatever, now we started typing this a few hours after we posted the last chapter and have only the vaguest Idea how it will turn out.
Aaries: BY THE WAY!!!!!! For the ten reviews we have so far, only one person cast a vote about Dragons Legacy. I NEED EVERYONE TO CAST HIS OR HER VOTE ON THIS!!!!! If you don’t know the details go back to chapter four and read the authors notes at the beginning of the chapter to find out.
PR: AS-IN-LAST-CHAPTER,-REVIEW-REPLIES-WILL-BE-AT-THE-END-OF-THE-CHAPTER!!!!!!!
Aaries: And, as usual, our most profuse thanks to Chroni, our Beta reader.
Jef: Without further fuss, may we present Dark Legacy, Chapter Five.
Aaries: Where Seto and Mokuba make an appearance. ^__^
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"Yugi, go retrieve what belongings you wish to take with you." Kina said kindly. Yugi nodded, leaving the room hastily. Kina felt badly about what she was doing to him, but she knew it would all turn out well in the end.
"Why has he not said anything?" The Dark Prince questioned once Yugi was safely out of the room, and Kina looked at him, only to see that he was thoughtfully watching the door Yugi had walked out of.
"He cannot speak, my Lord. According to what little records we have from before we found him, he has never been able to speak." Kina explained. "I have his papers ready if you would like them," she said, picking up a scroll that sat by her side and offering it reverently to him.
"Very well." Yami replied, taking the document. He opened the scroll and glanced through it, sneering lightly, before he rolled it again and stood. "I will be waiting in the courtyard. Since I have no other business here, I will bid you farewell for now. My royal treasurer will oversee the changes in your tax status." He added absently as he left the room.
When he was safely out of earshot, Kina's grandfather began cussing quietly. "I thought you said that he would forget about that if we gave him your dancer?" Mejiah demanded, and Kina sighed in resignation. Couldn’t he understand the great events that had just taken place in this room?
"He will." Kina promised, trying to placate her grandfather. Yugi was her best and favorite student, couldn’t he see how it upset her to just get rid of him like that?
"He had better..." Mejiah murmured as he got up and left the room, mumbling about being able to sell such grace for the ransom of a kingdom. Kina shook her head silently and stood to find Yugi.
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Yami waited by his sedan for his new slave to come to him, wondering what was taking so long. Surely the little slave did not own so many belongings to warrant taking this long? Sighing, Yami began to count his breaths to keep his agitation from showing, and thought back to what he had read in the slave boy’s record. As a matter of propriety, all slaves had a personal record that went with them from their previous master to their new one when they were sold or given away, and it was their master’s duty to see that the document was kept in good order. According to his new slave’s record, his name was Yugi and his father had sold him into slavery eight years ago at the age of five. He had gone through over a dozen owners in that time, each time recorded as a pleasure slave, bought and sold in poor condition.
It was enough to make Yami's blood boil. The last selling note had been labeled as the boy being sold in abused condition to Kina. After that, there was a blank space for Yami to fill in his name and the condition he had received the boy in, which would automatically be updated in the country's archives by magics that the earlier princes of the country had built.
Finally, the boy emerged from the shadows of one of the entrances of the Mintaren estate, carrying a small beige bundle. He had removed his dancing bells, and briefly Yami wondered where they were, but he wasn’t concerned. If the Mintarens kept the bells, Yami could always get more for the boy. Not that it mattered too much because Yami didn’t know whom he would be willing to share the boy's grace with.
"Come," ordered Yami, seating himself so that he was lounging gracefully in his sedan. He motioned for the boy to join him. It wasn’t Yami's biggest sedan, being only seven feet long and four feet wide, but it was one of his most comfortable, with a tall covering that shaded him and drapes that could be drawn back or let to hang so that no one could see him. There were pillows and cushions littering the inside and a half a dozen slaves to carry it, all of one height and specifically trained to march smoothly in step.
Yami frowned when the boy hesitated, then stated clearly "Come here." The boy slowly walked over to him, and without further ado, Yami pulled the boy into a sitting position and gave the signal for his servants to carry them back to his palace.
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Yugi was terrified, as he had been since Lady Kina said that the Dark Prince was now his master, though he had known it was coming. He had gladly seized the chance Kina offered him to gather his things. In all honesty, Yugi didn’t own much, but he did want to take his practice clothes with him. With many of his previous masters, he would go for years without ever getting a change of cloths, and he had no idea if this would hold true outside the Mintaren complex.
As Yugi took off his wrist and ankle bells, he wrapped them in his beige practice pants so that they would remain quiet until his master required that he use them. It wasn’t until a calm hand had made itself known on his shoulder that he realized he was crying, or that someone had come up behind him. Startled he quickly looked up to find Lady Kina behind him, a sad look on her face. Quickly he looked down and wiped the tears from his eyes, ashamed that she saw his weakness.
"It is alright, Yugi, I understand what you are feeling." Lady Kina said, her voice soft but full of emotion. "Trust me, all will be well or I would never have even offered you up like that." she said vehemently.
Yugi looked up into her eyes and blinked his tears away again. Lady Kina looked almost as bad as he felt, and for some reason that made him feel very guilty as well. He truly disliked causing her any pain. –I’m sorry,- he wanted to say, to tell her that though he didn’t understand, he would forgive her, he always would.
"It is time to go, his Highness will be waiting for you." Lady Kina said, standing up straight. Yugi wiped the last traces of tears from his face before taking his bundle of practice pants and bells. "I will walk you to the courtyard, but I cannot go any further." she said, and they began walking. All too soon they reached the opening to the large courtyard, and Yugi could see the Dark Prince standing near a sedan chair that rested on the ground. "Go to him, Yugi, and remember all that I have taught you. It will become useful, I promise." Kina said, giving him a quick hug. Yugi struggled to master his tears again, and went forward to where the prince, his new master, waited.
"Come." was all that the prince said, and Yugi was confused for a moment wondering what the prince wanted him to do. "Come here." the prince said next, and Yugi was afraid as he approached the Dark Prince, wondering what he had done wrong already. He was not expecting to be pulled practically into the man’s lap, or for the sedan to start moving immediately afterwards.
Yugi turned to take one last look at the place he had come to consider his home, before looking down to his hands, which he folded demurely in his lap. Much to his dismay, his hands were trembling violently, and Yugi clenched them together to get them to stop while he wondered if he was truly that afraid. When the Dark Prince shifted, he realized that yes, he was that afraid and more. He would be hurt again like he was before Lady Kina had rescued him, and discarded to someone else afterwards when his new master no longer wanted him, like before...
"Look at me." the Dark Prince suddenly commanded, in a tone that made Yugi flinch. Yugi took a breath before twisting his head and looking toward his new master, trying to settle his nerves. The first thing his mind registered about his new master was that he was not that much older than Yugi, if his chest and shoulders were anything to go by. "No, look at me." The Dark one commanded, and Yugi started trembling as he lifted his gaze inch by inch, waiting for his new master to tell him to stop.
He didn’t. Yugi continued to lift his eyes until he was looking directly into the Dark Princes, amazed to find gorgeous Ruby eyes that were set in deeply tanned ochre skin. The Prince had golden colored bangs that were much like Yugi's though the rest of his hair had a more crimson tint to it rather than Lavender. Exhaling, Yugi quickly looked away, terrified to find that not only had he stared boldly into his master's eyes, but that he was trembling all over now.
Silently he waited for his new master to become angry with him.
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Yami watched eagerly as the boy looked up, being agonizingly slow about it. He could have purred with delight when he saw those beautiful, expressive, amethyst eyes focused on him again, though he was surprised when he saw a flash of fear before the boy looked away.
With a tenderness he hadn’t known he possessed, he reached out and caressed the boy's cheek, running his thumb below the boy's lower lip. "Why do you fear me so, little one?" he asked when Yugi flinched. When Yugi flinched again, Yami mentally berated himself for his poor choice of words as he remembered that Yugi couldnt speak. Sighing with regret, Yami pulled Yugi the rest of the way into his lap and wrapped his arm around the boy’s slender waist. Yami sighed again when Yugi tensed in his arms, and whispered in what he hoped was a soothing tone, "Shh… relax, I will not harm you."
It would have been amusing to watch Yugi try to unclench his tensed muscles, if it hadn’t been so frustrating for Yami to try to calm the boy. After several minutes of silence though, Yugi began to relax more naturally, and Yami thought that he was finally getting through to him until he realized that the boy was struggling to stay awake. Yami felt a pang of sympathy as he realized that the boy must have had a very long morning already, though he didn’t move for fear that he would jolt the boy back to full awareness.
When the boy's breathing evened out in the deep rhythms of sleep, Yami turned his attention to the near future and what he would do with his newest treasure. It took the rest of the time between when he left the Mintaren complex and when he returned to his palace for him to decide what to do.
Nodding his head decisively, Yami lifted his precious sleeping bundle and carried him through the back halls and servants’ walkways to his room, where he gently deposited the boy on his bed. It wasn’t like Yami actually used it very often; after all he was a nocturnal creature by nature and got plenty of sleep when court was in session. After lifting the blankets to cover his new slave, Yami thanked the Dark God that the boy hadn’t wakened during the trip from the courtyard to his rooms before leaving and heading to the Dark Temple.
There were two temples in the Palace itself, The Temple of Light and the Dark Temple, each located on opposite ends of the property within the Palace grounds. Any closer and there would have been problems, and any further and they would be on opposite ends of the city for all practical purposes. Thankfully, Yami's own quarters were situated near the centre of the palace, so he only had to walk about a mile to get to the Dark Temple.
When he finally arrived, the inside of the temple was dark, as none of the candles or torches were lit and the windows were all very high on the walls. Yami walked in, leaving the warm afternoon sun behind him. (((It had taken several hours to get back to his palace from his little visit.))) It was refreshingly cool inside the temple, and as his eyes quickly adjusted to the lower lighting, Yami automatically searched out his friend Seto. It wasn’t hard to find the slightly older man, as the Temple had no one else in it at all.
"Majesty, you’re earlier than usual." Seto said, calling fire to a nearby candle to better illuminate the insides of the temple.
"Perhaps," Yami commented, hiding his smirk. He and his Seto played this game every time Yami came to the temple. He was always either early or late. "Why, am I disturbing you?"
"Not at all. You may come and go as you please," responded the brunette, in an offhanded tone that would have gotten anyone else executed, but from the High Priest of Darkness only made Yami laugh.
"If I didn’t protect this place, those hypocrites from the Temple of Light would have destroyed it years ago," Yami stated, once he reigned back in his amusement.
"Right," Seto snorted, moving toward the back of the temple. "So, what’s bothering you enough that you’re here, this early in the day, instead of taking you usual nap in the Grand Audience chamber?" asked Yami’s favorite priest.
"Well... I’m not truly sure, but I need some advice." Yami stated, shifting uncomfortably, before explaining the events of that morning and the emotions that had stirred within him. By the time he was done, he was blushing lightly, and Seto was laughing his ass off.
"It’s not funny!" Yami snapped, looking away.
"It’s alright Yami, there is never darkness without light," Seto informed him, after he calmed himself down.
"Perhaps, but does that make me weak?" Yami asked, musing out loud.
"Is Seto weak, for taking care of me for all these years?" a new voice said from the doorway of the Temple, and a boy of about fifteen entered. "Hi, Seto," Mokuba smiled at his brother as he stalked to the back of the large room where they were seated.
"Hello Mokuba, what trouble have you gotten into now?" asked the older of the brothers teasingly. "None, if you please!" Mokuba shot back in a mocking tone as he bypassed Seto and Yami, headed for the door to the back of the temple - where he and his brother lived. "I need to talk to you later though, ok?" he said before he closed the door behind him.
"What was that all about?" Yami asked.
"Mokuba is suffering through his first case of puppy love," explained Seto. "He hasn’t gotten the courage up to talk to her yet though, and that’s about all I know about the situation. Hopefully, he will tell me more later on."
"Isn’t he a bit young for that?" Yami asked shrewdly.
"Weren’t you as well?" Seto said, pointing out bluntly that Yami had been the same age when he first took a lover.
"I don’t think so, besides it was only two years ago." Yami said nonchalantly. "And as the monarch of this country, I do believe I can do as I please when I choose a lover."
"Like this boy you were telling me about earlier?" Seto asked, "Even the Dark God has light in his heart," Seto reminded him when Yami tensed again.
"You refer to Malik, the God of Mercy and Innocent Love," Yami stated, well versed in the mythology surrounding The Dark God. "And consequently, one of the few gods to allow mortals like us to use his name."
"True. The Dark God teaches that strength is absolute and power is to be prized, but shows by example that it is acceptable to use that power to protect the ones we love." Seto explained.
"That still doesn’t explain why I feel this way." Yami said, only slightly mollified.
"Who knows," Seto shrugged. "Perhaps the gods work in mysterious ways, or perhaps this boy's beauty has enthralled you," he teased gently, not afraid of the tyrant prince in the slightest. They had grown up together after all, and Seto knew that Yami was nowhere near being truly angry yet.
"Stop teasing and tell me what I do about it!" Yami snapped irritably.
"That depends entirely, I think, on what exactly you feel for him and what you want to do about it," Seto started. "Do you want him to be happy or do you just want him? Does he strike you as a person or a possession?"
Yami thought about it for several long moments before coming to a decision for himself.
"Do you feel up to a game of chess?" Seto asked, quite out of the blue.
"No, I think I should get back before my new slave wakes up," Yami responded, politely excusing himself once he came out of his thoughtful introspection. "Perhaps . . . later." It was one of the things he did to relax, playing games with Seto. They both liked games of all kinds, and frequently got together at the temple to play them.
"Very well. I will see you later." Yami made his way out of the Temple and to his rooms.
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Seto watched Yami leave and hoped that his words had gotten through to the young ruler who was his best friend. He had just turned from the temple door when he remembered that Mokuba had wanted to talk to him.
"Hey, Mokuba," Seto called quietly, walking into his brother’s room at the back of the temple.
"Yeah, Seto?" inquired the youth from his position on his bed, where he was reading a book.
"You said earlier that you wanted to talk, and I don’t know about you but my schedule is free right now," replied the priest of darkness, walking in and sitting down by his brother.
"So Yami left already?" Mokuba asked sardonically, putting his book aside as Seto rolled his eyes.
"Yes, Yami left, though I fail to see what that has to do with this situation. So what did you want to talk about, squirt?" Seto demanded teasingly.
"Well... its about that girl I like..." Mokuba started, looking down at his hands in front of him.
"Ah, I see. So, have you finally decided to tell me who she is?"
"Uhmm... about that. I don’t know how to say this, but she is really nice from what I've seen, and very pretty too, but... I’m afraid you might not approve of who she is..." Mokuba explained haltingly before he trailed off.
"Mokuba, she’s not that snob Tae, Priestess Anzu's daughter is it?" Seto asked, dread beginning to creep up in him. Tae was about Mokuba's age, but unlike Mokuba, who seemed like an angel in comparison, she was a self-righteous little bitch who thought that Mokuba and Seto were lower than trash because of their fathers origins.
"Hell NO!!!" Mokuba said, and Seto let out a sigh of relief.
"Then I probably won’t mind to much as long as she isn’t a follower of those hypocritical gods of light." Seto reassured his brother.
"I don’t think she is, but that’s not the problem," Mokuba said, and then he gathered his nerve for a moment, and said, "Seto, she’s a slave." With that, the fifteen-year-old boy looked down, blushing.
"Mokuba," Seto started, sighing, and Mokuba cringed slightly, expecting his brother to disapprove. "You don’t like her just because she is a pretty slave do you?"
"No," Mokuba said, a little confused by his brother's tone.
"Then I don’t mind. If you thought I would disapprove just because she is a slave, you have forgotten our father's beginnings." Seto said. Their father had been a slave who had saved the life of King Kage when letting him die would have freed him, and as a reward, he and his family had been freed. Their father had become the old king’s bodyguard and died in his service, a few days before Mokuba had been born. Seto had met Yami shortly afterwards, and a little while after that had been apprenticed to the previous Dark Priest. When Seto's mother had died, he had taken in Mokuba and cared for him, and when the former Dark Priest "disappeared" Seto had become the high priest of the Dark Temple in the Palace.
However, because Seto followed a different but just as bloodthirsty path than the few other Dark Priests, others shunned him. It was no big deal to Seto, he had his family, and his best friend, and for now that was enough.
"I'm glad bro," sighed a relieved Mokuba. "I really like her, but I don’t know how to talk to her."
"Well, I could bring her to the temple if she has any abilities." Seto offered. "What’s her name?"
"I uh... I don’t know actually," Mokuba grinned, sheepish. "She is really pretty though, about the same age as me, with long brown hair like yours, and lovely blue eyes, and she normally works in the kitchen." Mokuba explained.
"Hm… well, this is a rare hair color around here." Seto said, and it was true. Most people had black hair and dark brown eyes. "I’ll see what I can do about her. Is there anything else you need right now?"
"No," Mokuba replied, before picking up his book again. "Thanks Seto."
"Not a problem." Seto said, ruffling Mokuba’s long hair before he left.
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Aaries: That is a Hella long chapter...
Chaos: Sorry about it taking so long to type, but we skipped over quite a few things in the written version and it was a little confusing for us to sort out what is staying and what is being ripped out.
Jef: Okay, here are the review replies.
To kenshinfan21: Sorry for the cliffie, but this should make up for it. It is a REALLY long chapter, and we are sorry but it took forever to write.
Chroni: ((Sighs)) and for me to get to edit . . . ((To everyone)) I swear I’ll check my email more. I SWEAR I’ll check my email more.
To Osiris-Lee: Thank you SOOO much!! Sorry it was so short, but this hopefully makes up for it? Don’t worry too much about Kina; she is taken by one of the less likely characters and its only mentions like once or twice if that. You’re the ONLY one who left an opinion about Dragons’ Legacy, thank you very much. We probably will end up posting the chapters alternately when we post Dragons’ Legacy. Thank you sooo much for actually letting us know what you thought about the other story.
To tiger witch: Thank you so much for reviewing and we are really glad you like it. Here is the next chapter, please enjoy!! ^__^
To Yana5: No, Yugi can’t talk at all. But he will develop a form of telepathy later on, first with Yami, and then the rest of the world.
To Amber Eyes23: Don’t worry, our Ego is under strict control. ^__^ Yea, but he will develop a link with Yami very soon, within two chapters or so the way things are going.
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Chaos: For one thing, Yami spent more time bantering with Kina and Mejiah. For another, the sedan was bigger... far bigger....
Jef: In other words, Yugi didn’t have to sit in Yami's lap... hehehehe...
Angel: Whatever, now we started typing this a few hours after we posted the last chapter and have only the vaguest Idea how it will turn out.
Aaries: BY THE WAY!!!!!! For the ten reviews we have so far, only one person cast a vote about Dragons Legacy. I NEED EVERYONE TO CAST HIS OR HER VOTE ON THIS!!!!! If you don’t know the details go back to chapter four and read the authors notes at the beginning of the chapter to find out.
PR: AS-IN-LAST-CHAPTER,-REVIEW-REPLIES-WILL-BE-AT-THE-END-OF-THE-CHAPTER!!!!!!!
Aaries: And, as usual, our most profuse thanks to Chroni, our Beta reader.
Jef: Without further fuss, may we present Dark Legacy, Chapter Five.
Aaries: Where Seto and Mokuba make an appearance. ^__^
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"Yugi, go retrieve what belongings you wish to take with you." Kina said kindly. Yugi nodded, leaving the room hastily. Kina felt badly about what she was doing to him, but she knew it would all turn out well in the end.
"Why has he not said anything?" The Dark Prince questioned once Yugi was safely out of the room, and Kina looked at him, only to see that he was thoughtfully watching the door Yugi had walked out of.
"He cannot speak, my Lord. According to what little records we have from before we found him, he has never been able to speak." Kina explained. "I have his papers ready if you would like them," she said, picking up a scroll that sat by her side and offering it reverently to him.
"Very well." Yami replied, taking the document. He opened the scroll and glanced through it, sneering lightly, before he rolled it again and stood. "I will be waiting in the courtyard. Since I have no other business here, I will bid you farewell for now. My royal treasurer will oversee the changes in your tax status." He added absently as he left the room.
When he was safely out of earshot, Kina's grandfather began cussing quietly. "I thought you said that he would forget about that if we gave him your dancer?" Mejiah demanded, and Kina sighed in resignation. Couldn’t he understand the great events that had just taken place in this room?
"He will." Kina promised, trying to placate her grandfather. Yugi was her best and favorite student, couldn’t he see how it upset her to just get rid of him like that?
"He had better..." Mejiah murmured as he got up and left the room, mumbling about being able to sell such grace for the ransom of a kingdom. Kina shook her head silently and stood to find Yugi.
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Yami waited by his sedan for his new slave to come to him, wondering what was taking so long. Surely the little slave did not own so many belongings to warrant taking this long? Sighing, Yami began to count his breaths to keep his agitation from showing, and thought back to what he had read in the slave boy’s record. As a matter of propriety, all slaves had a personal record that went with them from their previous master to their new one when they were sold or given away, and it was their master’s duty to see that the document was kept in good order. According to his new slave’s record, his name was Yugi and his father had sold him into slavery eight years ago at the age of five. He had gone through over a dozen owners in that time, each time recorded as a pleasure slave, bought and sold in poor condition.
It was enough to make Yami's blood boil. The last selling note had been labeled as the boy being sold in abused condition to Kina. After that, there was a blank space for Yami to fill in his name and the condition he had received the boy in, which would automatically be updated in the country's archives by magics that the earlier princes of the country had built.
Finally, the boy emerged from the shadows of one of the entrances of the Mintaren estate, carrying a small beige bundle. He had removed his dancing bells, and briefly Yami wondered where they were, but he wasn’t concerned. If the Mintarens kept the bells, Yami could always get more for the boy. Not that it mattered too much because Yami didn’t know whom he would be willing to share the boy's grace with.
"Come," ordered Yami, seating himself so that he was lounging gracefully in his sedan. He motioned for the boy to join him. It wasn’t Yami's biggest sedan, being only seven feet long and four feet wide, but it was one of his most comfortable, with a tall covering that shaded him and drapes that could be drawn back or let to hang so that no one could see him. There were pillows and cushions littering the inside and a half a dozen slaves to carry it, all of one height and specifically trained to march smoothly in step.
Yami frowned when the boy hesitated, then stated clearly "Come here." The boy slowly walked over to him, and without further ado, Yami pulled the boy into a sitting position and gave the signal for his servants to carry them back to his palace.
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Yugi was terrified, as he had been since Lady Kina said that the Dark Prince was now his master, though he had known it was coming. He had gladly seized the chance Kina offered him to gather his things. In all honesty, Yugi didn’t own much, but he did want to take his practice clothes with him. With many of his previous masters, he would go for years without ever getting a change of cloths, and he had no idea if this would hold true outside the Mintaren complex.
As Yugi took off his wrist and ankle bells, he wrapped them in his beige practice pants so that they would remain quiet until his master required that he use them. It wasn’t until a calm hand had made itself known on his shoulder that he realized he was crying, or that someone had come up behind him. Startled he quickly looked up to find Lady Kina behind him, a sad look on her face. Quickly he looked down and wiped the tears from his eyes, ashamed that she saw his weakness.
"It is alright, Yugi, I understand what you are feeling." Lady Kina said, her voice soft but full of emotion. "Trust me, all will be well or I would never have even offered you up like that." she said vehemently.
Yugi looked up into her eyes and blinked his tears away again. Lady Kina looked almost as bad as he felt, and for some reason that made him feel very guilty as well. He truly disliked causing her any pain. –I’m sorry,- he wanted to say, to tell her that though he didn’t understand, he would forgive her, he always would.
"It is time to go, his Highness will be waiting for you." Lady Kina said, standing up straight. Yugi wiped the last traces of tears from his face before taking his bundle of practice pants and bells. "I will walk you to the courtyard, but I cannot go any further." she said, and they began walking. All too soon they reached the opening to the large courtyard, and Yugi could see the Dark Prince standing near a sedan chair that rested on the ground. "Go to him, Yugi, and remember all that I have taught you. It will become useful, I promise." Kina said, giving him a quick hug. Yugi struggled to master his tears again, and went forward to where the prince, his new master, waited.
"Come." was all that the prince said, and Yugi was confused for a moment wondering what the prince wanted him to do. "Come here." the prince said next, and Yugi was afraid as he approached the Dark Prince, wondering what he had done wrong already. He was not expecting to be pulled practically into the man’s lap, or for the sedan to start moving immediately afterwards.
Yugi turned to take one last look at the place he had come to consider his home, before looking down to his hands, which he folded demurely in his lap. Much to his dismay, his hands were trembling violently, and Yugi clenched them together to get them to stop while he wondered if he was truly that afraid. When the Dark Prince shifted, he realized that yes, he was that afraid and more. He would be hurt again like he was before Lady Kina had rescued him, and discarded to someone else afterwards when his new master no longer wanted him, like before...
"Look at me." the Dark Prince suddenly commanded, in a tone that made Yugi flinch. Yugi took a breath before twisting his head and looking toward his new master, trying to settle his nerves. The first thing his mind registered about his new master was that he was not that much older than Yugi, if his chest and shoulders were anything to go by. "No, look at me." The Dark one commanded, and Yugi started trembling as he lifted his gaze inch by inch, waiting for his new master to tell him to stop.
He didn’t. Yugi continued to lift his eyes until he was looking directly into the Dark Princes, amazed to find gorgeous Ruby eyes that were set in deeply tanned ochre skin. The Prince had golden colored bangs that were much like Yugi's though the rest of his hair had a more crimson tint to it rather than Lavender. Exhaling, Yugi quickly looked away, terrified to find that not only had he stared boldly into his master's eyes, but that he was trembling all over now.
Silently he waited for his new master to become angry with him.
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Yami watched eagerly as the boy looked up, being agonizingly slow about it. He could have purred with delight when he saw those beautiful, expressive, amethyst eyes focused on him again, though he was surprised when he saw a flash of fear before the boy looked away.
With a tenderness he hadn’t known he possessed, he reached out and caressed the boy's cheek, running his thumb below the boy's lower lip. "Why do you fear me so, little one?" he asked when Yugi flinched. When Yugi flinched again, Yami mentally berated himself for his poor choice of words as he remembered that Yugi couldnt speak. Sighing with regret, Yami pulled Yugi the rest of the way into his lap and wrapped his arm around the boy’s slender waist. Yami sighed again when Yugi tensed in his arms, and whispered in what he hoped was a soothing tone, "Shh… relax, I will not harm you."
It would have been amusing to watch Yugi try to unclench his tensed muscles, if it hadn’t been so frustrating for Yami to try to calm the boy. After several minutes of silence though, Yugi began to relax more naturally, and Yami thought that he was finally getting through to him until he realized that the boy was struggling to stay awake. Yami felt a pang of sympathy as he realized that the boy must have had a very long morning already, though he didn’t move for fear that he would jolt the boy back to full awareness.
When the boy's breathing evened out in the deep rhythms of sleep, Yami turned his attention to the near future and what he would do with his newest treasure. It took the rest of the time between when he left the Mintaren complex and when he returned to his palace for him to decide what to do.
Nodding his head decisively, Yami lifted his precious sleeping bundle and carried him through the back halls and servants’ walkways to his room, where he gently deposited the boy on his bed. It wasn’t like Yami actually used it very often; after all he was a nocturnal creature by nature and got plenty of sleep when court was in session. After lifting the blankets to cover his new slave, Yami thanked the Dark God that the boy hadn’t wakened during the trip from the courtyard to his rooms before leaving and heading to the Dark Temple.
There were two temples in the Palace itself, The Temple of Light and the Dark Temple, each located on opposite ends of the property within the Palace grounds. Any closer and there would have been problems, and any further and they would be on opposite ends of the city for all practical purposes. Thankfully, Yami's own quarters were situated near the centre of the palace, so he only had to walk about a mile to get to the Dark Temple.
When he finally arrived, the inside of the temple was dark, as none of the candles or torches were lit and the windows were all very high on the walls. Yami walked in, leaving the warm afternoon sun behind him. (((It had taken several hours to get back to his palace from his little visit.))) It was refreshingly cool inside the temple, and as his eyes quickly adjusted to the lower lighting, Yami automatically searched out his friend Seto. It wasn’t hard to find the slightly older man, as the Temple had no one else in it at all.
"Majesty, you’re earlier than usual." Seto said, calling fire to a nearby candle to better illuminate the insides of the temple.
"Perhaps," Yami commented, hiding his smirk. He and his Seto played this game every time Yami came to the temple. He was always either early or late. "Why, am I disturbing you?"
"Not at all. You may come and go as you please," responded the brunette, in an offhanded tone that would have gotten anyone else executed, but from the High Priest of Darkness only made Yami laugh.
"If I didn’t protect this place, those hypocrites from the Temple of Light would have destroyed it years ago," Yami stated, once he reigned back in his amusement.
"Right," Seto snorted, moving toward the back of the temple. "So, what’s bothering you enough that you’re here, this early in the day, instead of taking you usual nap in the Grand Audience chamber?" asked Yami’s favorite priest.
"Well... I’m not truly sure, but I need some advice." Yami stated, shifting uncomfortably, before explaining the events of that morning and the emotions that had stirred within him. By the time he was done, he was blushing lightly, and Seto was laughing his ass off.
"It’s not funny!" Yami snapped, looking away.
"It’s alright Yami, there is never darkness without light," Seto informed him, after he calmed himself down.
"Perhaps, but does that make me weak?" Yami asked, musing out loud.
"Is Seto weak, for taking care of me for all these years?" a new voice said from the doorway of the Temple, and a boy of about fifteen entered. "Hi, Seto," Mokuba smiled at his brother as he stalked to the back of the large room where they were seated.
"Hello Mokuba, what trouble have you gotten into now?" asked the older of the brothers teasingly. "None, if you please!" Mokuba shot back in a mocking tone as he bypassed Seto and Yami, headed for the door to the back of the temple - where he and his brother lived. "I need to talk to you later though, ok?" he said before he closed the door behind him.
"What was that all about?" Yami asked.
"Mokuba is suffering through his first case of puppy love," explained Seto. "He hasn’t gotten the courage up to talk to her yet though, and that’s about all I know about the situation. Hopefully, he will tell me more later on."
"Isn’t he a bit young for that?" Yami asked shrewdly.
"Weren’t you as well?" Seto said, pointing out bluntly that Yami had been the same age when he first took a lover.
"I don’t think so, besides it was only two years ago." Yami said nonchalantly. "And as the monarch of this country, I do believe I can do as I please when I choose a lover."
"Like this boy you were telling me about earlier?" Seto asked, "Even the Dark God has light in his heart," Seto reminded him when Yami tensed again.
"You refer to Malik, the God of Mercy and Innocent Love," Yami stated, well versed in the mythology surrounding The Dark God. "And consequently, one of the few gods to allow mortals like us to use his name."
"True. The Dark God teaches that strength is absolute and power is to be prized, but shows by example that it is acceptable to use that power to protect the ones we love." Seto explained.
"That still doesn’t explain why I feel this way." Yami said, only slightly mollified.
"Who knows," Seto shrugged. "Perhaps the gods work in mysterious ways, or perhaps this boy's beauty has enthralled you," he teased gently, not afraid of the tyrant prince in the slightest. They had grown up together after all, and Seto knew that Yami was nowhere near being truly angry yet.
"Stop teasing and tell me what I do about it!" Yami snapped irritably.
"That depends entirely, I think, on what exactly you feel for him and what you want to do about it," Seto started. "Do you want him to be happy or do you just want him? Does he strike you as a person or a possession?"
Yami thought about it for several long moments before coming to a decision for himself.
"Do you feel up to a game of chess?" Seto asked, quite out of the blue.
"No, I think I should get back before my new slave wakes up," Yami responded, politely excusing himself once he came out of his thoughtful introspection. "Perhaps . . . later." It was one of the things he did to relax, playing games with Seto. They both liked games of all kinds, and frequently got together at the temple to play them.
"Very well. I will see you later." Yami made his way out of the Temple and to his rooms.
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Seto watched Yami leave and hoped that his words had gotten through to the young ruler who was his best friend. He had just turned from the temple door when he remembered that Mokuba had wanted to talk to him.
"Hey, Mokuba," Seto called quietly, walking into his brother’s room at the back of the temple.
"Yeah, Seto?" inquired the youth from his position on his bed, where he was reading a book.
"You said earlier that you wanted to talk, and I don’t know about you but my schedule is free right now," replied the priest of darkness, walking in and sitting down by his brother.
"So Yami left already?" Mokuba asked sardonically, putting his book aside as Seto rolled his eyes.
"Yes, Yami left, though I fail to see what that has to do with this situation. So what did you want to talk about, squirt?" Seto demanded teasingly.
"Well... its about that girl I like..." Mokuba started, looking down at his hands in front of him.
"Ah, I see. So, have you finally decided to tell me who she is?"
"Uhmm... about that. I don’t know how to say this, but she is really nice from what I've seen, and very pretty too, but... I’m afraid you might not approve of who she is..." Mokuba explained haltingly before he trailed off.
"Mokuba, she’s not that snob Tae, Priestess Anzu's daughter is it?" Seto asked, dread beginning to creep up in him. Tae was about Mokuba's age, but unlike Mokuba, who seemed like an angel in comparison, she was a self-righteous little bitch who thought that Mokuba and Seto were lower than trash because of their fathers origins.
"Hell NO!!!" Mokuba said, and Seto let out a sigh of relief.
"Then I probably won’t mind to much as long as she isn’t a follower of those hypocritical gods of light." Seto reassured his brother.
"I don’t think she is, but that’s not the problem," Mokuba said, and then he gathered his nerve for a moment, and said, "Seto, she’s a slave." With that, the fifteen-year-old boy looked down, blushing.
"Mokuba," Seto started, sighing, and Mokuba cringed slightly, expecting his brother to disapprove. "You don’t like her just because she is a pretty slave do you?"
"No," Mokuba said, a little confused by his brother's tone.
"Then I don’t mind. If you thought I would disapprove just because she is a slave, you have forgotten our father's beginnings." Seto said. Their father had been a slave who had saved the life of King Kage when letting him die would have freed him, and as a reward, he and his family had been freed. Their father had become the old king’s bodyguard and died in his service, a few days before Mokuba had been born. Seto had met Yami shortly afterwards, and a little while after that had been apprenticed to the previous Dark Priest. When Seto's mother had died, he had taken in Mokuba and cared for him, and when the former Dark Priest "disappeared" Seto had become the high priest of the Dark Temple in the Palace.
However, because Seto followed a different but just as bloodthirsty path than the few other Dark Priests, others shunned him. It was no big deal to Seto, he had his family, and his best friend, and for now that was enough.
"I'm glad bro," sighed a relieved Mokuba. "I really like her, but I don’t know how to talk to her."
"Well, I could bring her to the temple if she has any abilities." Seto offered. "What’s her name?"
"I uh... I don’t know actually," Mokuba grinned, sheepish. "She is really pretty though, about the same age as me, with long brown hair like yours, and lovely blue eyes, and she normally works in the kitchen." Mokuba explained.
"Hm… well, this is a rare hair color around here." Seto said, and it was true. Most people had black hair and dark brown eyes. "I’ll see what I can do about her. Is there anything else you need right now?"
"No," Mokuba replied, before picking up his book again. "Thanks Seto."
"Not a problem." Seto said, ruffling Mokuba’s long hair before he left.
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Aaries: That is a Hella long chapter...
Chaos: Sorry about it taking so long to type, but we skipped over quite a few things in the written version and it was a little confusing for us to sort out what is staying and what is being ripped out.
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