Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dark Legacy ❯ Chapter Seven ( Chapter 7 )
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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: 06.09.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 559 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Fantasy / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.09.2005 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 559 | Status: Completed
Aaries: *opens mouth to start AN with some kind of witty banter, then closes mouth again*
Chaos: *watches Aaries repeat her actions while thinking of a fish out of water* Jef: *thinks that is a very apt analogy*
PR: IF-YOU-WANT-WORDS-FROM-THEM-SKIP-TO-THE-BOTTOM-OR-SOMETHING-BUT-FOR-NOW-WE- HAVE-NO-EXCUSE-AND-NO-WAY-TO-DODGE-THE-FLAMES-THAT-WILL-LIKELY-COME-OF-THE- REALLYREALLYREALLYREALLY-LONG-DELAY!!!
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The sun was low in the sky when Yugi awoke again, still sitting where he had fallen asleep. Yawning, he stretched out, working the kink's out of his muscles, before looking around to see if his master was back yet. When the beautiful ruler turned out to be nowhere in sight, Yugi sighed and wondered what he was supposed to do now. His stomach rumbled a moment latter and Yugi realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast that morning at the Minatrens. Blushing, Yugi looked around, wondering what he was supposed to do about it.
Yugi had just decided that there was nothing he could do about it because his master had told him not to leave these rooms. A few moments later, Yugi heard someone clear their throats at the door. Turning, Yugi saw a girl there with long brown hair and big blue eyes. She wore a slave’s collar and was dressed in a sleeveless dress that cut off at her knees. She wasn’t much older than Yugi, probably around fourteen or fifteen.
"Uhmm... hi, I’m Shizuka." she said quietly. "You’re Dark Prince Yami's new slave, right? I thought you might be hungry, since you've been in here all day, so I got permission to bring some food up to you," she said, coming into the room. "What’s your name?" she asked, and Yugi almost flinched.
Yugi mimed talking then shook his head, also mouthing the words. -I can’t talk- Shizuka looked confused for a moment, before he made the motions again and it dawned on her.
"Oh, you can’t talk?" she asked, and when Yugi nodded she blushed. "I’m sorry, I didn’t realize." She seemed genuinely sorry about bringing it up, and Yugi just shook his head, trying to convey that it was alright. "Here." she said suddenly, holding out a tied napkin to him. "It’s the same thing we had for dinner in the kitchens. We generally get pretty good food here, because we work directly for the Dark Prince," she explained as he gingerly took it.
Yugi curiously opened the bundle, to reveal a half a loaf of bread and a mid-sized chunk of cheese. He stared at it for a moment, until it sunk in what she had handed him, and he looked at her curiously.
"It really is what we had for dinner, I know most slaves don’t get such fare, but like I said, we get fresh food here, instead of refuse, because we work in the palace." Shizuka explained.
-Thank you- Yugi mouthed, as he gratefully started eating.
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When Yami returned to his rooms that evening, he was chuckling darkly to himself. He had been in an uncharacteristically good mood during the meeting, while musing about his new slave. Proof of his good mood could be realized in the fact that most of the advisors still had not only their lives, but also their positions and titles still to their name. Yami was still mostly musing about his slave though, wondering what to do with him when he wasn’t there with him. He briefly considered housing him in the harem dorms down the hall from his suite, but decided against it, as the entire dorm was empty right now - and besides, he wanted the boy near him.
Yami knew it was strange for him to give the boy his personal mark on the first day of owning him, especially when he had never given that mark to a slave before, but Yami really did want to protect him. Yami was almost to his quarters when he heard someone talking in his rooms and paused by the door to listen in for a moment.
".. and that’s why I usually work in the kitchens now, but I don’t mind much because master Solomon, the cook, really is nice, not at all like Mistress Anzu," the speaker sounded like a young girl, probably a slave of some kind and Yami stepped into the room so he could see who it was.
There was a slave girl who was talking to Yugi, who was smiling as he chewed on a piece of bread. The girl had long brown hair the same color as Seto's, and a fair complexion. Yami cleared his throat to make his presence known, and the girl looked up and meeped meekly when he raised his eyebrow questioningly. She looked down at her hands as if she was afraid that Yami would have her thrown into the dungeons and tortured without a chance to explain herself, and Yami wanted to roll his eyes in exasperation. He wasn’t THAT bad, (was he? a small voice persisted) that had been his father.
"May I inquire as to why you are here?" he asked her politely, though Yugi seemed to be getting very nervous.
"I...I brought him something to eat because I saw him come in earlier and you’re the only one who’s come and gone in these rooms, Master," she said quietly, her words nervous and unsure. Yami suddenly wanted to slap himself in the head, wondering why he hadn’t thought of the smaller boy's needs, such as food, earlier.
"Thank you, that was very considerate," Yami replied, a sincere note in his voice, though he did control it so that it wouldn’t be too warm to her. "You may go now." The young girl was startled, but nodded and bowed briefly before leaving the room.
"You seem to have made a friend already," Yami smiled at Yugi, who seemed unsure about how to answer this statement. "It’s alright, I don’t mind. It’s late, are you tired?" inquired the prince. Yugi hesitated, but nodded anyway, and Yami could tell he was more afraid now than he had been before. "Don’t worry, little one, I will not harm you," Yami sighed, trying to set the boy more at ease, though it seemed not to work. Yami took the boy’s hand and gently led him to the bed, pushing him to a sitting position and sitting near him. "Please, you have no need to fear me. Rest, I will not harm you."
Yugi nodded, uncertainty evident in his posture, and lay down. Yami watched him for a second as he closed his eyes and tried to even his breathing. "Rest little one, no harm shall come to you here," Yami said quietly after extinguishing the lamps in the room. He then decided that now would be a good time to take Seto up on that offer to play chess that he had extended earlier. After quickly checking on his slave again, Yami left to find his friend and perhaps work a little of his sudden nervousness away in a game.
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Aaries: Wow... all that wait and this is filler crap.
Chaos: Not just any filler crap, but super filler crap.
Aaries: Sorry, we’ve been really, really distracted lately, and that’s only a little bit of an understatement.
Jef: What she means to say is that we have had a sudden welling of free time on our hands and absolutely no inspiration for this particular fic, or, for that matter, any Legacy fic. Meaning, expect all future updates to be rather sporadic, please.
Aaries: Now that that’s over, how about the review replies. This will be the last time they are all answered individually unless there are questions in the reviews, but we will still thank everyone at the end of chapters.
Chroni: Thank Ra for that . . . editing review replies is tedious and unrewarding . . . for me, at least, perhaps some of you reap benefits . . . ((trails off into angry mutters))
To Amber Eyes23: If we said that, then it is so. About the prize, don’t hold your breath for that either. ((Embarrassedly scratches back of head.)) However, we have got a GW fic that’s pounding itself out of our brain that we could tribute to you if you like. It’s that, or wait for a while longer. This probably counts as too short doesn’t it? Well, it does for us at least...
To kenshinfan21: Eeep!!! NO!! Teletubies are the purest form of tortureous EVIL that exists!!!! Thanks for the kind review and round about death threat though. ((grins)) We are glad you liked the last chapter though and hope this one wasnt too much of a let down for the long wait.
To tiger witch: Glad you like it. ((Smiles))
To yaminakathy: Glad you liked it, even though this update is anything but ASAP. ((Is chagrined))
To Osiris-Lee: This chapter is just as bad a last chapter. ((Cries.)) The armband will come in handy once or twice. About two more chapters before I can work the Yami/Yugi link into this, maybe... And yea... as for Dragon... don’t kill us, please, but it might be a little while. We are still trying to... well, do something with the time-lapse, actually. About fanart: HECK YEA WE WOULD LOVE SOME!!!! ((Jumps up and down crazy.)) That’s if you’re still willing to give it to us, though. We would have nowhere to put it on the net, but we would print it out and layer our RL room with it!!! ((Sighs dreamily.)) In our experience, everybody has trouble with feet. Please E-mail it to us if you can.
To xamosy: Yes, Yami is a bit obsessed with Yugi right now, and yes, it is a good thing. Yeah, a little bit of both. Hope this isn’t too much of a disappointment.
To rainystar186: Sorry, we didn’t mean for it to be lacking in detail and short besides, but we are glad you like our expression of Yami.
To KNT: We are really glad you like it, here’s more.
To Tayko: Uhm... did we say that? ((Is trying to remember what we said about the girly)) Well, we hope this chapter answers who she is, and we are VERY sorry about it taking so long, its not Chroni's fault, honestly. Chroni: Honestly. I’m editing at 6:00 a.m. my time to send it off before I go to school.
To Neo-QueenRini1: ((Hopes your teachers are nice too so you can write at home and glomps the generous plushies)) Was it an adrenaline rush or a sugar high? ((Smiles.)) Yep!! Armband will be a bit more important later on. As for Seto, and what he thinks of Yugi, well, Sore Wa Himitsu Desu! ((Smiles in a wired Xellos kind of way)) Marik and Malik will come in much, much later in the story line, quite a bit after Dark and Dragon, actually, so it’s a secret about them too.
To Yana5: Glad you liked it. ((Smiles))
To YugiYamiforever: It’s ok to be lazy once in a while. We’re glad you like, and sorry about the really long wait and very short chapter.
To kristen89: Here ya go, sorry it wasn’t faster coming.
To Hikari's-dark-side-08: Kawaii!! Well... not exactly, I think we put it in there somewhere that Yugi is mute. He can’t talk to anyone yet, though he does find ways to communicate with people. Bakura and Ryou come in during Legacy of Light, the sequel to this, and Joey is Jou in Dragons Legacy, the sidefic to this. Marik and Malik don’t come in until the last story, the one after Legacy of Light, so its going to be a while. Hope you like this.
To Animegoddess800: Here’s the update, sorry about it taking so long.
To Dark Guardian24: We like the plot. Here’s the update.
To Marina-Kashu: We're glad you like it.
Aaries: If Chroni still agrees to beta this, then she’s a saint. Okay, well here you are, please oh please don’t try to kill us or anything, lack of inspiration due to lazy, lazy muses is something that happens often right? Right? ((is slightly panicked and on the edge of a break down))
Chaos: that and Aaries is still guilty about the death of Blaze, her pet rat a few weeks ago. Please review and have mercy on the lazy authoress. (and Chroni is a Saint, BTW)
-- Says St. Chroni, the All-Powerful Beta-Reader: I was beginning to expect you had died.
Chaos: *watches Aaries repeat her actions while thinking of a fish out of water* Jef: *thinks that is a very apt analogy*
PR: IF-YOU-WANT-WORDS-FROM-THEM-SKIP-TO-THE-BOTTOM-OR-SOMETHING-BUT-FOR-NOW-WE- HAVE-NO-EXCUSE-AND-NO-WAY-TO-DODGE-THE-FLAMES-THAT-WILL-LIKELY-COME-OF-THE- REALLYREALLYREALLYREALLY-LONG-DELAY!!!
XPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPX PXPXPXPXPXPXPXP
The sun was low in the sky when Yugi awoke again, still sitting where he had fallen asleep. Yawning, he stretched out, working the kink's out of his muscles, before looking around to see if his master was back yet. When the beautiful ruler turned out to be nowhere in sight, Yugi sighed and wondered what he was supposed to do now. His stomach rumbled a moment latter and Yugi realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast that morning at the Minatrens. Blushing, Yugi looked around, wondering what he was supposed to do about it.
Yugi had just decided that there was nothing he could do about it because his master had told him not to leave these rooms. A few moments later, Yugi heard someone clear their throats at the door. Turning, Yugi saw a girl there with long brown hair and big blue eyes. She wore a slave’s collar and was dressed in a sleeveless dress that cut off at her knees. She wasn’t much older than Yugi, probably around fourteen or fifteen.
"Uhmm... hi, I’m Shizuka." she said quietly. "You’re Dark Prince Yami's new slave, right? I thought you might be hungry, since you've been in here all day, so I got permission to bring some food up to you," she said, coming into the room. "What’s your name?" she asked, and Yugi almost flinched.
Yugi mimed talking then shook his head, also mouthing the words. -I can’t talk- Shizuka looked confused for a moment, before he made the motions again and it dawned on her.
"Oh, you can’t talk?" she asked, and when Yugi nodded she blushed. "I’m sorry, I didn’t realize." She seemed genuinely sorry about bringing it up, and Yugi just shook his head, trying to convey that it was alright. "Here." she said suddenly, holding out a tied napkin to him. "It’s the same thing we had for dinner in the kitchens. We generally get pretty good food here, because we work directly for the Dark Prince," she explained as he gingerly took it.
Yugi curiously opened the bundle, to reveal a half a loaf of bread and a mid-sized chunk of cheese. He stared at it for a moment, until it sunk in what she had handed him, and he looked at her curiously.
"It really is what we had for dinner, I know most slaves don’t get such fare, but like I said, we get fresh food here, instead of refuse, because we work in the palace." Shizuka explained.
-Thank you- Yugi mouthed, as he gratefully started eating.
XPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXPXP
When Yami returned to his rooms that evening, he was chuckling darkly to himself. He had been in an uncharacteristically good mood during the meeting, while musing about his new slave. Proof of his good mood could be realized in the fact that most of the advisors still had not only their lives, but also their positions and titles still to their name. Yami was still mostly musing about his slave though, wondering what to do with him when he wasn’t there with him. He briefly considered housing him in the harem dorms down the hall from his suite, but decided against it, as the entire dorm was empty right now - and besides, he wanted the boy near him.
Yami knew it was strange for him to give the boy his personal mark on the first day of owning him, especially when he had never given that mark to a slave before, but Yami really did want to protect him. Yami was almost to his quarters when he heard someone talking in his rooms and paused by the door to listen in for a moment.
".. and that’s why I usually work in the kitchens now, but I don’t mind much because master Solomon, the cook, really is nice, not at all like Mistress Anzu," the speaker sounded like a young girl, probably a slave of some kind and Yami stepped into the room so he could see who it was.
There was a slave girl who was talking to Yugi, who was smiling as he chewed on a piece of bread. The girl had long brown hair the same color as Seto's, and a fair complexion. Yami cleared his throat to make his presence known, and the girl looked up and meeped meekly when he raised his eyebrow questioningly. She looked down at her hands as if she was afraid that Yami would have her thrown into the dungeons and tortured without a chance to explain herself, and Yami wanted to roll his eyes in exasperation. He wasn’t THAT bad, (was he? a small voice persisted) that had been his father.
"May I inquire as to why you are here?" he asked her politely, though Yugi seemed to be getting very nervous.
"I...I brought him something to eat because I saw him come in earlier and you’re the only one who’s come and gone in these rooms, Master," she said quietly, her words nervous and unsure. Yami suddenly wanted to slap himself in the head, wondering why he hadn’t thought of the smaller boy's needs, such as food, earlier.
"Thank you, that was very considerate," Yami replied, a sincere note in his voice, though he did control it so that it wouldn’t be too warm to her. "You may go now." The young girl was startled, but nodded and bowed briefly before leaving the room.
"You seem to have made a friend already," Yami smiled at Yugi, who seemed unsure about how to answer this statement. "It’s alright, I don’t mind. It’s late, are you tired?" inquired the prince. Yugi hesitated, but nodded anyway, and Yami could tell he was more afraid now than he had been before. "Don’t worry, little one, I will not harm you," Yami sighed, trying to set the boy more at ease, though it seemed not to work. Yami took the boy’s hand and gently led him to the bed, pushing him to a sitting position and sitting near him. "Please, you have no need to fear me. Rest, I will not harm you."
Yugi nodded, uncertainty evident in his posture, and lay down. Yami watched him for a second as he closed his eyes and tried to even his breathing. "Rest little one, no harm shall come to you here," Yami said quietly after extinguishing the lamps in the room. He then decided that now would be a good time to take Seto up on that offer to play chess that he had extended earlier. After quickly checking on his slave again, Yami left to find his friend and perhaps work a little of his sudden nervousness away in a game.
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Aaries: Wow... all that wait and this is filler crap.
Chaos: Not just any filler crap, but super filler crap.
Aaries: Sorry, we’ve been really, really distracted lately, and that’s only a little bit of an understatement.
Jef: What she means to say is that we have had a sudden welling of free time on our hands and absolutely no inspiration for this particular fic, or, for that matter, any Legacy fic. Meaning, expect all future updates to be rather sporadic, please.
Aaries: Now that that’s over, how about the review replies. This will be the last time they are all answered individually unless there are questions in the reviews, but we will still thank everyone at the end of chapters.
Chroni: Thank Ra for that . . . editing review replies is tedious and unrewarding . . . for me, at least, perhaps some of you reap benefits . . . ((trails off into angry mutters))
To Amber Eyes23: If we said that, then it is so. About the prize, don’t hold your breath for that either. ((Embarrassedly scratches back of head.)) However, we have got a GW fic that’s pounding itself out of our brain that we could tribute to you if you like. It’s that, or wait for a while longer. This probably counts as too short doesn’t it? Well, it does for us at least...
To kenshinfan21: Eeep!!! NO!! Teletubies are the purest form of tortureous EVIL that exists!!!! Thanks for the kind review and round about death threat though. ((grins)) We are glad you liked the last chapter though and hope this one wasnt too much of a let down for the long wait.
To tiger witch: Glad you like it. ((Smiles))
To yaminakathy: Glad you liked it, even though this update is anything but ASAP. ((Is chagrined))
To Osiris-Lee: This chapter is just as bad a last chapter. ((Cries.)) The armband will come in handy once or twice. About two more chapters before I can work the Yami/Yugi link into this, maybe... And yea... as for Dragon... don’t kill us, please, but it might be a little while. We are still trying to... well, do something with the time-lapse, actually. About fanart: HECK YEA WE WOULD LOVE SOME!!!! ((Jumps up and down crazy.)) That’s if you’re still willing to give it to us, though. We would have nowhere to put it on the net, but we would print it out and layer our RL room with it!!! ((Sighs dreamily.)) In our experience, everybody has trouble with feet. Please E-mail it to us if you can.
To xamosy: Yes, Yami is a bit obsessed with Yugi right now, and yes, it is a good thing. Yeah, a little bit of both. Hope this isn’t too much of a disappointment.
To rainystar186: Sorry, we didn’t mean for it to be lacking in detail and short besides, but we are glad you like our expression of Yami.
To KNT: We are really glad you like it, here’s more.
To Tayko: Uhm... did we say that? ((Is trying to remember what we said about the girly)) Well, we hope this chapter answers who she is, and we are VERY sorry about it taking so long, its not Chroni's fault, honestly. Chroni: Honestly. I’m editing at 6:00 a.m. my time to send it off before I go to school.
To Neo-QueenRini1: ((Hopes your teachers are nice too so you can write at home and glomps the generous plushies)) Was it an adrenaline rush or a sugar high? ((Smiles.)) Yep!! Armband will be a bit more important later on. As for Seto, and what he thinks of Yugi, well, Sore Wa Himitsu Desu! ((Smiles in a wired Xellos kind of way)) Marik and Malik will come in much, much later in the story line, quite a bit after Dark and Dragon, actually, so it’s a secret about them too.
To Yana5: Glad you liked it. ((Smiles))
To YugiYamiforever: It’s ok to be lazy once in a while. We’re glad you like, and sorry about the really long wait and very short chapter.
To kristen89: Here ya go, sorry it wasn’t faster coming.
To Hikari's-dark-side-08: Kawaii!! Well... not exactly, I think we put it in there somewhere that Yugi is mute. He can’t talk to anyone yet, though he does find ways to communicate with people. Bakura and Ryou come in during Legacy of Light, the sequel to this, and Joey is Jou in Dragons Legacy, the sidefic to this. Marik and Malik don’t come in until the last story, the one after Legacy of Light, so its going to be a while. Hope you like this.
To Animegoddess800: Here’s the update, sorry about it taking so long.
To Dark Guardian24: We like the plot. Here’s the update.
To Marina-Kashu: We're glad you like it.
Aaries: If Chroni still agrees to beta this, then she’s a saint. Okay, well here you are, please oh please don’t try to kill us or anything, lack of inspiration due to lazy, lazy muses is something that happens often right? Right? ((is slightly panicked and on the edge of a break down))
Chaos: that and Aaries is still guilty about the death of Blaze, her pet rat a few weeks ago. Please review and have mercy on the lazy authoress. (and Chroni is a Saint, BTW)
-- Says St. Chroni, the All-Powerful Beta-Reader: I was beginning to expect you had died.