Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Dark Legacy ❯ Chapter Eight ( Chapter 8 )
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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: 3 | Words: 4.1K | Visits: 541 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Fantasy / Romance | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.09.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 4.1K | Visits: 541 | Status: Completed
Aaries: Okay, we are REALY REALY sorry about last chapter being crap and all. However, we are determened to keep this going, I swear it will be finished!!!......... eventualy.
Chaos: How many chapters are we going to have in this anyways?
Aaries: right now, looks like about twenty, give or take about five. And the next three chapters or so are going to contain a LOT of pure, concentrated, liquid FLUFF between Yami and Yugi, lots of WAFFs. Its part of their bonding process and Yugi is going to come to trust Yami a bit more. I promise I will work their mind link into it within the next two chapters.
Jef: and now without further wait, which you probably realy dont want, We present, chapter eight.
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Yami spent several hours playing various strategy games with Seto and discussing plans for his new slave and about looking into Mokuba’s crush. When he finally returned to his quarters a few hours before dawn, he found his little slave sleeping peacefully, curled into a small ball in the center of his bed. After watching him for a few minutes, Yami yawned and changed into his sleeping cloths before slipping under the covers with the small boy. No harm would come from sleeping like this and Yami was admittedly tired.
However Yami's heart melted when he realized that the small boy was shivering in the slight chill in the room, despite the light covers. Gently Yami pulled the slave to him, wrapping him in a protective embrace. After a few moments the boy stopped shivering and Yami fell into a deep and comforting sleep, dreaming.
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Yami stood in a field of strange flowers that he had never seen before, and the sky was strangely dark, with no stars to light it.
-Stars exist only in the Human world- a voice that was not a voice said, and wildly Yami looked around for the source of it. A short distance behind him a tall man in deep purple robes stood, carrying a tall staff. His hair and eyes were also dark shades of purple.
"What is this, and what’s going on?" Yami asked him. "And who are you?"
-For now it is suffice to say I am a messenger. Great things are at work, and my Masters wish to warn you to keep him safe.- It still felt as if no words were being spoken, but somehow Yami knew that the man in purple was the one speaking.
"Who?" Yami asked in confusion, before his mind conjured a picture of Yugi. The purple clad man nodded, and for a moment Yami wondered how he knew what Yami was thinking.
-Yes, him. Remember my words and take heed to my warning.- The wind picked up suddenly, taking the petals of the flowers and causing a blinding storm in a matter of seconds. When the wind slowed and the flower petals settled, the man in purple was no where to be seen.
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Yu gi awoke slowly, warm and content for the first time he could remember, and futilely tried to cling to that sense of safety he felt between sleeping and waking. Slowly and grudgingly Yugi opened his eyes to greet the new day, and in the warm morning saw a warm hued expanse of lightly tanned skin.
All feelings and thoughts of safety gone now, Yugi tensed to pull away before realizing who held him in his sleep. Yugi had to tilt his head up to see his masters face, and Yugi took this opportunity to examine his master more closely.
A thousand questions circled through Yugi's mind, questions that the small slave boy could think of no answers for. Why was he here? Why was his master being so kind to him? What about Shizuka from the night before, was she ok or had she gotten in trouble? What would his new master want him to do specifically?
Sighing, Yugi realized that he needed to stretch before his legs cramped. He was used to being up a few hours before dawn and doing his morning exercises so he could go to his classes in the afternoons, but he didn’t know what was expected of him now. Yugi stretched as he could where he lay, trying not to awaken his master. As he stretched a bit, Yugi surreptitiously tried to wriggle out of his master’s grasp, however this only resulted in his master tightening his grip.
"Hmm... mine." his master murmured sleepily, nestling his face into Yugi's spiky, soft lavender highlighted hair. Yugi didn’t know how to react to that, or what to make of it either. His master sighed then, and a few moments later the arms holding Yugi loosened some and pulled away, allowing Yugi to look up and see his masters face.
Yugi immediately looked away again, embarrassed and ashamed at having been caught looking at his master, but his master didn’t seem upset with him. "Good morning, little one. Did you sleep well?" Yugi's master asked him as he pulled himself into a sitting position. Yugi nodded, also sitting up, and wondering how he would ask what his duties were. "Good." The older boy yawned slightly, then rose all the way and stalked to another room for a moment, and Yugi took the opportunity to get up and begin his stretches in an empty space on the floor.
When his master returned to the room a few moments latter, Yugi was sitting and reaching forward beyond his feet, bending himself almost in half at the waist. When Yugi returned his attention to his master, he noticed that he was wearing a fresh set of robes, in black and gold, very similar to the robes he had worn the previous day. He didn’t seem upset with Yugi for continuing his stretches when he walked in, but then again Yugi didn’t know him very well yet, and didn’t know what expressions qualified as what yet.
Looking down nervously, Yugi waited for his master to give him an order or command.
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Yami felt a deep warmth in his heart when he came back into the room to see Yugi stretching on the floor. The child was so limber and graceful, and so breathtakingly beautiful as well. He also looked sad though, and confused. Carefully, so he wouldn’t scare the boy, Yami approached Yugi, and sat down next to the boy. "You are sad, little one?" Yami asked, and Yugi nodded hesitantly. "Try not to be. And you have no need to fear, I give my word that no harm will come to you here."
Yugi nodded, though he looked confused as well as sad now. Sighing, Yami pulled the smaller boy into an embrace, wanting to hold the little one, and try to reassure him at the same time. Yugi tensed as Yami pulled him close, but began to relax after a few moments as Yami did nothing else. "Trust me please." Yami asked, wondering how to prove he was sincere.
A moment later, as Yami struggled to come up with some way to earn Yugi's trust, there was a loud knock at the door. Yami gently released the boy from his grasp and stood up, growling under his breath.
"This had better be damned good." He said as he opened the doors to his room. "What do you want?" he demanded, before looking at who stood there.
"High lord, there is a matter that requires your attention immediately at the Dark temple." Shadi said. His usual turban was somehow missing right now, and his long hair hung freely to his waist, giving Yami the impression that it probably was important. "The priests of light are protesting, and were behaving quite violently before I left." Shadi explained, and with a curse Yami pushed past the advisor and made his way quickly to the temple.
Indeed the entire congregation of light was in the garden inside the temple walls, but locked out of the temple itself. Priestess Anzu was at the front, and was also the loudest of the assembled priests and priestesses, though it was impossible to make out what anyone was actually saying. When she saw Yami, she immediately rushed over to him and began to talk, and Yami had a hard time hearing her above the rest of the congregation.
"That little bastard gave my daughter insult, and I demand that he be punished!!" She screeched, but Yami ignored her and continued forward into the temple. When she and a few of the priests tried to follow him, they were stopped by a barrier, one that Yami recognized as a spell to allow only those who believed in the dark god and his consort into the temple. Ignoring the offended priests behind him, Yami continued into the interior of the temple. When Yami made it past the threshold, the din from outside was notably muted and he could hear someone crying near the back of the temple. Swiftly the monarch went to his friend, who held a crying Mokuba in his arms.
"Its alright, the harpies wont get you in here." Seto was reassuring Mokuba, rocking him a bit and patting his back soothingly.
"What happened?" Yami asked, sitting on the other side of the bench where Seto and Mokuba sat.
"Hello Yami, we were expecting you, though not this early." Seto said to him. "Tae claimed insult from Mokuba this morning when he didn’t greet her properly in the hall outside one of the lesser audience chambers. Her mother, Anzu, was nearby and they chased Mokuba back here, calling him an, and I quote, 'uncivilized heathen, raised by and uncultured bastard pretender'. The other priests caught wind of it and came to back her up." Seto explained disdainfully.
"They are calling you both much worse than that from what I heard outside." Yami said ruefully.
"I don’t doubt it. After they chased back here and began to insult us, I had to erect the barrier to get them out because they were on the verge of insulting the dark god, and did insult his consort Malik." Seto said, explaining the barrier. "That is behavior that cannot be tolerated in this place."
"I agree my friend." Yami said, turning to Mokuba. "Why didn’t you greet Tae?" he asked.
"S.. she s..snuck up on m.. me." Mokuba said haltingly. "and she s..started screaming at me."
"I see, did you tell the priests this?" Yami asked.
"They didn’t give him the chance to. They started yelling at him as soon as they found him, hardly giving him a chance to breathe let alone defend himself." Seto growled, visibly angry.
"I see. And they chased him back this way?" Yami asked, and Seto nodded. "Thank you Seto, Mokuba. I will have your lawn cleared momentarily." Yami said, stepping back outside. The commotion outside had gotten twice as loud as it had been before Yami went into the temple, and Yami had to use a spell to be heard. "SILENCE!!" he commanded, and immediately they quieted, knowing better than to argue with him when he used that tone. Frequently someone would die when he used that tone, and none of the priests wanted their lives to be prematurely shortened. "Explain yourself high priestess Anzu." Yami said, singling out the young woman.
"That little urchin that the Dark priest calls a boy insulted my daughter this morning and refused to apologize." Anzu said, and Yami noticed for the first time that Tae was standing next to her mother. Tae was an exact replica of her mother, only thirteen instead of thirty. Yami allowed a fierce glower to settle itself on his features before he spoke.
"I was called from my morning rest because two CHILDREN could not agree to common courtesies?" Yami demanded in a deadly quiet tone. Many of the priests and priestesses present paled and began to tremble, but the high priestess continued undaunted.
"But you highness..." She began insolently.
"BUT NOTHING!!" Yami interrupted her, raising his voice so that he might get through to what little brain might have been present. "If you are making this much of a spectacle over two Children and their manners, you seem to be loosing your touch, High Priestess of Light." Yami said acidly. "I could think of at least a dozen more productive ways for you to spend your mornings, not the least of which would be your usual duties to your temple." The thinly veiled insults and unspoken threats seemed to finally penetrate Anzu's thick skull as the woman paled some. "Leave. There is no reason for you to be here." Yami said, and all of the priests and priestesses left quickly, most glad to have escaped with their lives.
When the last one was gone, Seto made his presence known. "Thank you." he said, from just behind Yami.
"It was not that much of a problem my friend. I can not stand hypocrites." Yami said, smirking slightly.
"Even so, she would have been a valuable ally." Seto pointed out quietly. Yami snorted then, looking at Seto like he was crazy before laying his hand against his friends head, checking for signs of fever.
"Like I said, I can not stand hypocrites. Why are you arguing my decisions Seto? She would more likely stab me in the back than give me useful information."
"Only because you do not worship the same gods as her." Seto pointed out.
"Hypocritical gods. I value my choice in worship thank you very much." Yami said scowling.
"I know." Seto said simply, smiling slightly.
"Then why do you say such drabble?" Yami demanded. "It is very annoying to help a friend only to be questioned afterwards by that same friend on the fine points of my decision."
"It is something that you would do good to think about." Seto pointed out. "Do you have plans today?"
"No, today is my rest day. Once a month I get a day to myself and it has to start like this." Yami scowled. "Everyone should know by now what day it is, as it has been the same day every month since I was coroneted. And this morning started out so well too, before all of this."
"You sound like a little child complaining about lesions." Seto said laughing quietly. "How did your morning start.
Smiling happily, Yami told him of waking up with Yugi in his arms and the feeling of warmth that had washed over him.
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After informing the Dark prince of what was happening at the temple, Shadi took a moment to catch his breath. Glancing into the monarchs rooms, he saw for the first time the boy looking toward him.
"Hello." Shadi said politely. "Who are you?"
The boy shook his head before patting his throat and shaking his head again. "You cannot speak?" Shadi asked, and the boy nodded. It was then that Shadi noticed the armband, though it took him a moment to recognize it. "Interesting. You are Yugi then, gift from Kina ner Mintaren?" The boy looked startled before nodding. "Pharaoh Yami has not yet told many people of you. I am a friend of Kina." Shadi explained.
Yugi looked at him with curiosity for a moment, though Shadi had no idea what the boy could be curious of. A moment later, Shadi turned away. "If you need anything not already provided, find me and I will help you how I can." Shadi said, turning back for a moment to see the boy nod. "Good bye for now then." The advisor said, leaving the room to make his way back to the dark temple to retrieve his things.
Shadi took his time, having no desire to get to the temple before the priests of light left. He was thinking about Kina and Prince Yami's new slave and was slightly distracted when he ran into High Priestess Anzu, literally.
"YOU!!!" The priestess shouted as Shadi picked himself up off the floor. "You Bumbling Imbecile!!!" She screamed at him. "Do you have any Idea who I am!!!"
"Yes Priestess Anzu." Shadi said calmly. "My apologies. It seems that I was distracted."
"It seems!!! That is No excuse for such lack of attention!!" she screeched.
"Begging your pardon madam, but it does take two to collide in a hall this large." Shadi pointed out, beginning to lose his temper with the woman. Anzu's eyes flashed in anger before she stormed off, presumably to find someone else to bother.
Shadi had tried to be polite, but the priestess had that effect on people, driving them either to madness or rudeness. The priestess would be angry with him, but it was no problem of Shadi's because he did not worship at the temple of light, but at the temple of darkness. Making his way through the gardens in front of the temple, Shadi heard laughter from inside the temple, and he stopped for a moment to appreciate the sound. Both the Dark prince and the dark priest were laughing, and it was a very rare event. Neither of the boys enjoyed their lives nearly enough in Shadi's opinion, but there was little that the advisor could do about it. Sighing, Shadi continued his way into the temple, feeling the magic barrier as he passed through it, and made his way to where he had left his things when he left earlier that morning. Priest Seto would have to take the barrier down soon so that the Priests of light wouldn’t protest again.
Shadi had retrieved his bag and was on his way out again when he heard Prince Yami call his name.
"Shadi, why are you here?" the prince asked, seemingly genuinely curious.
"I came to retrieve my bag. I left it here this morning before all of the excitement." Shadi explained.
"Very well." The prince said nodding, then turning back to Priest Seto.
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Yami watched his advisor leave, wondering why the man had been in the dark temple in the first place. As if reading his thoughts, Seto answered his question. "He comes every morning when he has time, and worships at both altars." Seto explained. The way the temple was set up there was the main altar to the Dark God at the front, and a smaller altar to the God Malik off to the side.
"How interesting." Yami mussed. "Well, I should go get Yugi. I left him there this morning without any kind of explanation."
"I'll see you later then." Seto said, and the young monarch took his leave.
When Yami made it back to his rooms, he found that the door was still slightly open and he had the perfect opportunity to watch his young slave stretching again. The boy was very graceful, and Yami felt as if he could watch him for hours on end without ever growing bored. A few moments latter though, Yugi realized that he was no longer alone and stopped his stretches to see who was there.
"Hello little one." Yami said, trying not to sound menacing. Yugi flinched slightly anyways, looking away, and Yami felt a searing pain in the core of his being at the sight. "I would like to show you around the palace so you don’t get lost." Yami explained softly, and was pleased when Yugi stood up, though the boy carefully kept his face averted.
Yami nodded and led the boy from the room and into the rest of the palace, explaining directions on how to get from here to there in a quiet, hopefully soothing voice.
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Yugi was more than just a little confused, for that matter, he was more than merely confused as well. He knew for a fact that his master didn’t need to show him around personally, yet he did and Yugi found it unsettling. He did pay careful attention to what his master was saying though, because he did not know if he would need to know all of this in the future and it was best to try to remember rather than ignore it.
"..And if you follow these symbols they will lead you to the healers’ sanctuary." His master was saying, indicating a symbol on the wall of a stylized table with a person laying on it and a sun just above that. There was a small pointer symbol pointing to a hallway. Yugi took a moment to memorize the symbol and its meaning, before turning again to his master. Yugi glanced up, expecting to see his master moving forward again to show him something else, but the older boy was standing there looking at him.
Yugi looked away quickly, feeling suddenly clumsy and scared, but at the same time something in him was feeling... exited. It only confused him more to think about it, so Yugi did his best to push those thoughts aside. Most of his attention had been turned inward to calm his thoughts, so Yugi was caught by surprise when his Master reached down and lifted his face so that Yugi was looking up into his masters crimson eyes.
His masters very pretty crimson eyes.
Blushing furiously Yugi half looked away, not turning his head, just trying to avert his eyes.
"You don’t have to look away." The dark prince said, "Your eyes are very fascinating, and so expressive. You don’t have to look away." He stated again, and Yugi's confusion grew. He had been taught the entire time that he had been a slave never to look into his masters eyes, and in most cases never to look into his masters face either.
"Let’s go then, there is more to see." His master said, releasing Yugi's face, and continuing to show the small slave around. As the tour continued, a warm feeling settled deep in Yugi's chest and though Yugi didn’t know what it was, it felt good.
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Aaries: Eh.... Wow...Sorry it didnt have that fluff we promised, but we're getting to it? I swear we are.
Chaos: eventualy. We are sorry that this chapter kind of focuses on Seto, that was almost unintentional. At least, having it end up as being half a chapter was.
Angel: And Shadi is in here!!! In his POV and everything. thats cool right?
Aaries: Eh, is it just me or are there two unplanned scenes in this?
Jef: Yes, but one ties into Moon and the other is character developement.
Chaos: Cookies to anyone who can guess which scenes those are.
Jef: Well, we hope you like it. And now, We give thanks to our reviewers by mentioning their names. Thank You rainystar186; xamosy; Osiris-Lee((please update persephone soon((gives you puppy eyes)))); Kuramaotaku08; LovingKitten; Yana5; Hikari's-dark-side-08; pharohs-slave; kenshinfan21; Idgie Jones; momocolady; tiger witch; Masami, Mistress Of Fire; Dark Guardian24; SnowIce; Sabby-chan Yaoi Fan; and TJ. Everyones reviews are very apreciated, and give us inspiration to continue writing this.
Aaries: MERRY CHRISTMAS, Happy Yuletide, Happy Haunika, Happy New year, and In general HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!! (whatever it may be that you celebrate)
Chaos: How many chapters are we going to have in this anyways?
Aaries: right now, looks like about twenty, give or take about five. And the next three chapters or so are going to contain a LOT of pure, concentrated, liquid FLUFF between Yami and Yugi, lots of WAFFs. Its part of their bonding process and Yugi is going to come to trust Yami a bit more. I promise I will work their mind link into it within the next two chapters.
Jef: and now without further wait, which you probably realy dont want, We present, chapter eight.
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Yami spent several hours playing various strategy games with Seto and discussing plans for his new slave and about looking into Mokuba’s crush. When he finally returned to his quarters a few hours before dawn, he found his little slave sleeping peacefully, curled into a small ball in the center of his bed. After watching him for a few minutes, Yami yawned and changed into his sleeping cloths before slipping under the covers with the small boy. No harm would come from sleeping like this and Yami was admittedly tired.
However Yami's heart melted when he realized that the small boy was shivering in the slight chill in the room, despite the light covers. Gently Yami pulled the slave to him, wrapping him in a protective embrace. After a few moments the boy stopped shivering and Yami fell into a deep and comforting sleep, dreaming.
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Yami stood in a field of strange flowers that he had never seen before, and the sky was strangely dark, with no stars to light it.
-Stars exist only in the Human world- a voice that was not a voice said, and wildly Yami looked around for the source of it. A short distance behind him a tall man in deep purple robes stood, carrying a tall staff. His hair and eyes were also dark shades of purple.
"What is this, and what’s going on?" Yami asked him. "And who are you?"
-For now it is suffice to say I am a messenger. Great things are at work, and my Masters wish to warn you to keep him safe.- It still felt as if no words were being spoken, but somehow Yami knew that the man in purple was the one speaking.
"Who?" Yami asked in confusion, before his mind conjured a picture of Yugi. The purple clad man nodded, and for a moment Yami wondered how he knew what Yami was thinking.
-Yes, him. Remember my words and take heed to my warning.- The wind picked up suddenly, taking the petals of the flowers and causing a blinding storm in a matter of seconds. When the wind slowed and the flower petals settled, the man in purple was no where to be seen.
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Yu gi awoke slowly, warm and content for the first time he could remember, and futilely tried to cling to that sense of safety he felt between sleeping and waking. Slowly and grudgingly Yugi opened his eyes to greet the new day, and in the warm morning saw a warm hued expanse of lightly tanned skin.
All feelings and thoughts of safety gone now, Yugi tensed to pull away before realizing who held him in his sleep. Yugi had to tilt his head up to see his masters face, and Yugi took this opportunity to examine his master more closely.
A thousand questions circled through Yugi's mind, questions that the small slave boy could think of no answers for. Why was he here? Why was his master being so kind to him? What about Shizuka from the night before, was she ok or had she gotten in trouble? What would his new master want him to do specifically?
Sighing, Yugi realized that he needed to stretch before his legs cramped. He was used to being up a few hours before dawn and doing his morning exercises so he could go to his classes in the afternoons, but he didn’t know what was expected of him now. Yugi stretched as he could where he lay, trying not to awaken his master. As he stretched a bit, Yugi surreptitiously tried to wriggle out of his master’s grasp, however this only resulted in his master tightening his grip.
"Hmm... mine." his master murmured sleepily, nestling his face into Yugi's spiky, soft lavender highlighted hair. Yugi didn’t know how to react to that, or what to make of it either. His master sighed then, and a few moments later the arms holding Yugi loosened some and pulled away, allowing Yugi to look up and see his masters face.
Yugi immediately looked away again, embarrassed and ashamed at having been caught looking at his master, but his master didn’t seem upset with him. "Good morning, little one. Did you sleep well?" Yugi's master asked him as he pulled himself into a sitting position. Yugi nodded, also sitting up, and wondering how he would ask what his duties were. "Good." The older boy yawned slightly, then rose all the way and stalked to another room for a moment, and Yugi took the opportunity to get up and begin his stretches in an empty space on the floor.
When his master returned to the room a few moments latter, Yugi was sitting and reaching forward beyond his feet, bending himself almost in half at the waist. When Yugi returned his attention to his master, he noticed that he was wearing a fresh set of robes, in black and gold, very similar to the robes he had worn the previous day. He didn’t seem upset with Yugi for continuing his stretches when he walked in, but then again Yugi didn’t know him very well yet, and didn’t know what expressions qualified as what yet.
Looking down nervously, Yugi waited for his master to give him an order or command.
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Yami felt a deep warmth in his heart when he came back into the room to see Yugi stretching on the floor. The child was so limber and graceful, and so breathtakingly beautiful as well. He also looked sad though, and confused. Carefully, so he wouldn’t scare the boy, Yami approached Yugi, and sat down next to the boy. "You are sad, little one?" Yami asked, and Yugi nodded hesitantly. "Try not to be. And you have no need to fear, I give my word that no harm will come to you here."
Yugi nodded, though he looked confused as well as sad now. Sighing, Yami pulled the smaller boy into an embrace, wanting to hold the little one, and try to reassure him at the same time. Yugi tensed as Yami pulled him close, but began to relax after a few moments as Yami did nothing else. "Trust me please." Yami asked, wondering how to prove he was sincere.
A moment later, as Yami struggled to come up with some way to earn Yugi's trust, there was a loud knock at the door. Yami gently released the boy from his grasp and stood up, growling under his breath.
"This had better be damned good." He said as he opened the doors to his room. "What do you want?" he demanded, before looking at who stood there.
"High lord, there is a matter that requires your attention immediately at the Dark temple." Shadi said. His usual turban was somehow missing right now, and his long hair hung freely to his waist, giving Yami the impression that it probably was important. "The priests of light are protesting, and were behaving quite violently before I left." Shadi explained, and with a curse Yami pushed past the advisor and made his way quickly to the temple.
Indeed the entire congregation of light was in the garden inside the temple walls, but locked out of the temple itself. Priestess Anzu was at the front, and was also the loudest of the assembled priests and priestesses, though it was impossible to make out what anyone was actually saying. When she saw Yami, she immediately rushed over to him and began to talk, and Yami had a hard time hearing her above the rest of the congregation.
"That little bastard gave my daughter insult, and I demand that he be punished!!" She screeched, but Yami ignored her and continued forward into the temple. When she and a few of the priests tried to follow him, they were stopped by a barrier, one that Yami recognized as a spell to allow only those who believed in the dark god and his consort into the temple. Ignoring the offended priests behind him, Yami continued into the interior of the temple. When Yami made it past the threshold, the din from outside was notably muted and he could hear someone crying near the back of the temple. Swiftly the monarch went to his friend, who held a crying Mokuba in his arms.
"Its alright, the harpies wont get you in here." Seto was reassuring Mokuba, rocking him a bit and patting his back soothingly.
"What happened?" Yami asked, sitting on the other side of the bench where Seto and Mokuba sat.
"Hello Yami, we were expecting you, though not this early." Seto said to him. "Tae claimed insult from Mokuba this morning when he didn’t greet her properly in the hall outside one of the lesser audience chambers. Her mother, Anzu, was nearby and they chased Mokuba back here, calling him an, and I quote, 'uncivilized heathen, raised by and uncultured bastard pretender'. The other priests caught wind of it and came to back her up." Seto explained disdainfully.
"They are calling you both much worse than that from what I heard outside." Yami said ruefully.
"I don’t doubt it. After they chased back here and began to insult us, I had to erect the barrier to get them out because they were on the verge of insulting the dark god, and did insult his consort Malik." Seto said, explaining the barrier. "That is behavior that cannot be tolerated in this place."
"I agree my friend." Yami said, turning to Mokuba. "Why didn’t you greet Tae?" he asked.
"S.. she s..snuck up on m.. me." Mokuba said haltingly. "and she s..started screaming at me."
"I see, did you tell the priests this?" Yami asked.
"They didn’t give him the chance to. They started yelling at him as soon as they found him, hardly giving him a chance to breathe let alone defend himself." Seto growled, visibly angry.
"I see. And they chased him back this way?" Yami asked, and Seto nodded. "Thank you Seto, Mokuba. I will have your lawn cleared momentarily." Yami said, stepping back outside. The commotion outside had gotten twice as loud as it had been before Yami went into the temple, and Yami had to use a spell to be heard. "SILENCE!!" he commanded, and immediately they quieted, knowing better than to argue with him when he used that tone. Frequently someone would die when he used that tone, and none of the priests wanted their lives to be prematurely shortened. "Explain yourself high priestess Anzu." Yami said, singling out the young woman.
"That little urchin that the Dark priest calls a boy insulted my daughter this morning and refused to apologize." Anzu said, and Yami noticed for the first time that Tae was standing next to her mother. Tae was an exact replica of her mother, only thirteen instead of thirty. Yami allowed a fierce glower to settle itself on his features before he spoke.
"I was called from my morning rest because two CHILDREN could not agree to common courtesies?" Yami demanded in a deadly quiet tone. Many of the priests and priestesses present paled and began to tremble, but the high priestess continued undaunted.
"But you highness..." She began insolently.
"BUT NOTHING!!" Yami interrupted her, raising his voice so that he might get through to what little brain might have been present. "If you are making this much of a spectacle over two Children and their manners, you seem to be loosing your touch, High Priestess of Light." Yami said acidly. "I could think of at least a dozen more productive ways for you to spend your mornings, not the least of which would be your usual duties to your temple." The thinly veiled insults and unspoken threats seemed to finally penetrate Anzu's thick skull as the woman paled some. "Leave. There is no reason for you to be here." Yami said, and all of the priests and priestesses left quickly, most glad to have escaped with their lives.
When the last one was gone, Seto made his presence known. "Thank you." he said, from just behind Yami.
"It was not that much of a problem my friend. I can not stand hypocrites." Yami said, smirking slightly.
"Even so, she would have been a valuable ally." Seto pointed out quietly. Yami snorted then, looking at Seto like he was crazy before laying his hand against his friends head, checking for signs of fever.
"Like I said, I can not stand hypocrites. Why are you arguing my decisions Seto? She would more likely stab me in the back than give me useful information."
"Only because you do not worship the same gods as her." Seto pointed out.
"Hypocritical gods. I value my choice in worship thank you very much." Yami said scowling.
"I know." Seto said simply, smiling slightly.
"Then why do you say such drabble?" Yami demanded. "It is very annoying to help a friend only to be questioned afterwards by that same friend on the fine points of my decision."
"It is something that you would do good to think about." Seto pointed out. "Do you have plans today?"
"No, today is my rest day. Once a month I get a day to myself and it has to start like this." Yami scowled. "Everyone should know by now what day it is, as it has been the same day every month since I was coroneted. And this morning started out so well too, before all of this."
"You sound like a little child complaining about lesions." Seto said laughing quietly. "How did your morning start.
Smiling happily, Yami told him of waking up with Yugi in his arms and the feeling of warmth that had washed over him.
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After informing the Dark prince of what was happening at the temple, Shadi took a moment to catch his breath. Glancing into the monarchs rooms, he saw for the first time the boy looking toward him.
"Hello." Shadi said politely. "Who are you?"
The boy shook his head before patting his throat and shaking his head again. "You cannot speak?" Shadi asked, and the boy nodded. It was then that Shadi noticed the armband, though it took him a moment to recognize it. "Interesting. You are Yugi then, gift from Kina ner Mintaren?" The boy looked startled before nodding. "Pharaoh Yami has not yet told many people of you. I am a friend of Kina." Shadi explained.
Yugi looked at him with curiosity for a moment, though Shadi had no idea what the boy could be curious of. A moment later, Shadi turned away. "If you need anything not already provided, find me and I will help you how I can." Shadi said, turning back for a moment to see the boy nod. "Good bye for now then." The advisor said, leaving the room to make his way back to the dark temple to retrieve his things.
Shadi took his time, having no desire to get to the temple before the priests of light left. He was thinking about Kina and Prince Yami's new slave and was slightly distracted when he ran into High Priestess Anzu, literally.
"YOU!!!" The priestess shouted as Shadi picked himself up off the floor. "You Bumbling Imbecile!!!" She screamed at him. "Do you have any Idea who I am!!!"
"Yes Priestess Anzu." Shadi said calmly. "My apologies. It seems that I was distracted."
"It seems!!! That is No excuse for such lack of attention!!" she screeched.
"Begging your pardon madam, but it does take two to collide in a hall this large." Shadi pointed out, beginning to lose his temper with the woman. Anzu's eyes flashed in anger before she stormed off, presumably to find someone else to bother.
Shadi had tried to be polite, but the priestess had that effect on people, driving them either to madness or rudeness. The priestess would be angry with him, but it was no problem of Shadi's because he did not worship at the temple of light, but at the temple of darkness. Making his way through the gardens in front of the temple, Shadi heard laughter from inside the temple, and he stopped for a moment to appreciate the sound. Both the Dark prince and the dark priest were laughing, and it was a very rare event. Neither of the boys enjoyed their lives nearly enough in Shadi's opinion, but there was little that the advisor could do about it. Sighing, Shadi continued his way into the temple, feeling the magic barrier as he passed through it, and made his way to where he had left his things when he left earlier that morning. Priest Seto would have to take the barrier down soon so that the Priests of light wouldn’t protest again.
Shadi had retrieved his bag and was on his way out again when he heard Prince Yami call his name.
"Shadi, why are you here?" the prince asked, seemingly genuinely curious.
"I came to retrieve my bag. I left it here this morning before all of the excitement." Shadi explained.
"Very well." The prince said nodding, then turning back to Priest Seto.
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Yami watched his advisor leave, wondering why the man had been in the dark temple in the first place. As if reading his thoughts, Seto answered his question. "He comes every morning when he has time, and worships at both altars." Seto explained. The way the temple was set up there was the main altar to the Dark God at the front, and a smaller altar to the God Malik off to the side.
"How interesting." Yami mussed. "Well, I should go get Yugi. I left him there this morning without any kind of explanation."
"I'll see you later then." Seto said, and the young monarch took his leave.
When Yami made it back to his rooms, he found that the door was still slightly open and he had the perfect opportunity to watch his young slave stretching again. The boy was very graceful, and Yami felt as if he could watch him for hours on end without ever growing bored. A few moments latter though, Yugi realized that he was no longer alone and stopped his stretches to see who was there.
"Hello little one." Yami said, trying not to sound menacing. Yugi flinched slightly anyways, looking away, and Yami felt a searing pain in the core of his being at the sight. "I would like to show you around the palace so you don’t get lost." Yami explained softly, and was pleased when Yugi stood up, though the boy carefully kept his face averted.
Yami nodded and led the boy from the room and into the rest of the palace, explaining directions on how to get from here to there in a quiet, hopefully soothing voice.
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Yugi was more than just a little confused, for that matter, he was more than merely confused as well. He knew for a fact that his master didn’t need to show him around personally, yet he did and Yugi found it unsettling. He did pay careful attention to what his master was saying though, because he did not know if he would need to know all of this in the future and it was best to try to remember rather than ignore it.
"..And if you follow these symbols they will lead you to the healers’ sanctuary." His master was saying, indicating a symbol on the wall of a stylized table with a person laying on it and a sun just above that. There was a small pointer symbol pointing to a hallway. Yugi took a moment to memorize the symbol and its meaning, before turning again to his master. Yugi glanced up, expecting to see his master moving forward again to show him something else, but the older boy was standing there looking at him.
Yugi looked away quickly, feeling suddenly clumsy and scared, but at the same time something in him was feeling... exited. It only confused him more to think about it, so Yugi did his best to push those thoughts aside. Most of his attention had been turned inward to calm his thoughts, so Yugi was caught by surprise when his Master reached down and lifted his face so that Yugi was looking up into his masters crimson eyes.
His masters very pretty crimson eyes.
Blushing furiously Yugi half looked away, not turning his head, just trying to avert his eyes.
"You don’t have to look away." The dark prince said, "Your eyes are very fascinating, and so expressive. You don’t have to look away." He stated again, and Yugi's confusion grew. He had been taught the entire time that he had been a slave never to look into his masters eyes, and in most cases never to look into his masters face either.
"Let’s go then, there is more to see." His master said, releasing Yugi's face, and continuing to show the small slave around. As the tour continued, a warm feeling settled deep in Yugi's chest and though Yugi didn’t know what it was, it felt good.
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Aaries: Eh.... Wow...Sorry it didnt have that fluff we promised, but we're getting to it? I swear we are.
Chaos: eventualy. We are sorry that this chapter kind of focuses on Seto, that was almost unintentional. At least, having it end up as being half a chapter was.
Angel: And Shadi is in here!!! In his POV and everything. thats cool right?
Aaries: Eh, is it just me or are there two unplanned scenes in this?
Jef: Yes, but one ties into Moon and the other is character developement.
Chaos: Cookies to anyone who can guess which scenes those are.
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