Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Hope lost, and found? ❯ Love ( Chapter 4 )

Um… I'm trying to put up chapters as fast as possible, no one kill me please! Lot's of fluff on this chapter.

_______________________________________________________________ _________

~Recap

Seto began to smile, really smile, "Oh Ra indeed Yami!"

Isis also smiled, "Yami is…"

_______________________________________________________________ _________

"…in love" she finished with a happy sigh. Seth smiled and whispered to her, "The Thief Lord has fallen asleep, look at them both"

"I'm not!" Yami exclaimed shooting up from his position on the bed. Unfortunately that also meant that Bakura, who had been sleeping half on Yami fell back onto the bed and had a rather nasty wake up call. He sat up and blinked, rubbing his head, "What happened?" he asked as if he couldn't recognize anyone. His eyelids started drooping immediately after he said that and he yawned, Yami's heart instantly melted. He sat down beside Bakura and pulled him into his arms saying softly, "Nothing, are you tired?" Bakura nodded slightly though his second yawn would have been answer enough. He snuggled into Yami and fell asleep again. Yami looked at him for a few moments before Isis coughed, Yami looked up at her and asked, "Why is he so tired?"

Seth frowned and shook his head, Isis said in a troubled manner, "He must have lost a lot of energy when he insulted you, but still…"

Yami interrupted, "He hasn't been eating for some time. The guard at his door told me, he refused to eat or drink for over three days."

Seth raised an eyebrow and said icily, "He's quite near to death's door by now I'm sure."

Yami looked panicky, "So what are we going to do?"

"Nothing," replied Isis. "Not until he wakes up, I mean," she explained when she saw Yami's disbelieving face

"Until then you really won't be doing anything else judging by the hold you have on him, and you expect us to believe you don't love him?" Seth commented dryly

Yami blushed, then he protested hotly, "So I'm head over heels for him just because I wouldn't let him die?"

"Yes," was the reply he got from both. Yami winced. Isis gently explained, "It's not the fact that you saved him from death, it's more the fact what you did to save him from death. The first time, at the risk of your own life you brought him back from the Shadow Realm. Then you sacrificed the chance of having a wife and you took the risk of having someone literally dependent on you for life, lastly is what happened today, when he fainted you shot up from the throne as if it was your one true love falling. Which," she added thoughtfully, "it probably was."

"Ha ha, very funny. We should applaud your wit," Yami replied sarcastically

Isis opened her mouth as if to reply then apparently though better of it. Seth shook his head, "Back to the Thief Lord, we'll have to go slow with his eating, if he eats too much at once he'll be sick."

Yami turned to him, "So what exactly can he eat?"

"Good question," Seth sighed, "I would suggest a few small fruits or so about every twenty minutes."

Isis nodded, "He should have that until he can stand up by himself."

Yami stared at her, "Was that a joke?"

"No," Isis answered. "He won't be able to stand up for himself for, say, the next three to five days. He'll need someone around him all the time."

Yami bit his lip. "Can you two take over for me? I don't want, um…I really don't like…"

"Leaving him alone?" Isis finished for him with her old smile back in place. Yami nodded. "We'll do it," Seth said. "But for the moment don't you think you should eat?"

Isis nodded. "I'll go to the kitchen for two plates, when Bakura wakes up give him the other one. Until then since Court has already been dismissed we'll stay. My work is finished, what abut you Seth?"

Seth motioned yes. "A long time ago. By the way Yami, I came here in the morning and you weren't here."

Yami thought back to the morning. `Of course not, I was in Bakura's cell,' he reminded himself. `But I don't want to tell them that just yet.' So he replied, "I went out for a walk, it was a beautiful morning"

Isis gave him a funny look. "In which part of the garden exactly?"

Yami replied quickly. "North, towards the flower-beds"

She suddenly smiled and looked down at the bundle in Yami's arms. "Oh, I see."

Yami looked down as well; Seth on the other hand gave Isis a funny look who mouthed to him. "I'll explain later"

Seth knew he wouldn't get anything more out of her. `But she'll tell me later, won't hurt to wait a little while,' he reasoned. Then he tapped his feet and said. "I'll go get the food now shall I?" he told Yami

Isis also spoke up. "And I'll go with you"

Yami nodded in a preoccupied way, Seth doubted he had even heard them. Isis stood up and motioned to him to follow, as soon as they were out of the room Isis burst into laughter. "Oh Ra!" she gasped out after her laughter had eased slightly. Seth just stared at her. "What's so funny?" he finally asked.

"Yami," Isis replied

"I still don't understand," Seth informed her oh-so-nicely

"Yami and his excuse about going out this morning he must have been with him all along," Isis nearly started laughing again

Seth rolled his eyes. "Oh thank you, now I really understand a lot. If you hadn't explained I would still be baffled," he told her

"Actually," Isis started explaining properly. "This morning until you called me I was in the north part of the gardens, sitting in the flower-bed. If he had been there I would have known."

Seth thought about this and a smile started building up. "Three guesses where he was and the other two don't count!"

"Exactly," Isis replied

"But did you come with me just to tell me this?" Seth asked shrewdly

Isis shrugged. "Well, if the Thief Lord does wake up and we aren't there…" she didn't bother finishing the sentence, she didn't have to.

Seth let the subject go. "We should stop calling him Thief Lord; if we're right then he's not going to be able to go back to being a thief in a hurry."

Isis nodded. "And I don't think he'll want to either"

"Actually since we don't really know much of his past we can't judge," Seth reminded her.

"But we do know that he was an orphan for most of the time, if it was me I would jump at the chance to have a safe home and someone who loves me!" argued Isis

"If it was you, you wouldn't have become a thief in the first place," Seth reminded her. By this time they had reached the kitchens. Isis went in while Seth waited, she knew sending Seth would be a very bad idea. His temper was nearly as famous as the Pharaoh's and not even close to controlled. As soon as she was inside everyone stopped working and bowed, Isis smiled at them, she was well known around the lower castes because she was so kind. Her name as the `Mother Healer' was practically a byword. She spoke up in her sweet voice. "May I have two plates of food? The Pharaoh and a friend of his need it."

The ones at the front immediately nodded. "Just give us a few minutes, Mother Healer."

After some time two plates laden with food were given to her. She half-bowed and thanked them. She quickly went out of the room, refusing the sweets they offered her. "Did you miss me?" she asked when she was outside. Seth was strolling impatiently when she saw him. "Of course not, some time away from you was quite nice," was the cutting reply

Isis, being used to this, wasn't at all abashed or angry. "I know you care a lot but I'm sorry I don't like you that much."

Seth blinked hen she said that and muttered something that sounded like, "Crazy witch", but he didn't reply to her directly so they reached the room in silence. Seth stepped towards the door, he held out his hand to open it but then he let it fall. He turned to Isis and whispered to her, "Listen"

They both listened and from inside the room came the faint sounds of someone screaming and another voice comforting, a deep familiar voice. "What is going on?" he whispered agitated. Isis stepped back and murmured a spell that would allow them to see what was going on inside the room. As the picture appeared her eyes widened and she heard a barely restrained gasp beside her. Bakura was thrashing about in his sleep; Yami was holding him and whispering to him. `Is he really asleep?' she wondered, Seth beside her was wondering the same thing. But inside Yami was quite sure that he was, `This is just like last night, did he scream every night? Didn't the guards hear him?' Bakura was fighting him, Yami just held on more tightly, "I love you," he whispered. "I love you". And that calmed him down, he stopped screaming, he was panting hard as if exhausted and he suddenly sat up straight. He was awake and Yami knew it, but he didn't let him go, he still held him, `I won't let him go until he asks me to', Bakura gazed at him, into fiery pools until Seth opened the door and he and Isis came in. That broke the spell, Bakura turned away and started looking panicky, "It's alright, no one's going to hurt you," Yami tried to soothe him. It didn't work, Bakura opened his mouth but not a word came out. To all three's surprise Bakura's face suddenly closed in then went completely blank. Yami frowned. "What's wrong, why aren't you talking?"

"Yes," Seth muttered, "I thought you would have started screaming by now."

Isis scowled at him, not that it had much effect. "Are you alright? We really aren't going to hurt you." this was to Bakura

Bakura cocked his head, he motioned writing, "What?" Yami asked, "You want a quill?" Affirmative, "And something to write on?" Bakura rolled his eyes as if saying, `Yes genius' Yami took a quill and a piece of parchment and handed it to Bakura. He read it a second later when it was handed back to him, ~My voice has broken, I can't speak~ short and to the point. "Oh," Yami said

Isis looked thoughtful. "Is there any medicine that can help him?" she murmured more to herself than anyone else

Seth shook his head no. "How did you lose your voice anyway?" he asked Bakura

Bakura shrugged irritably. His gestures seemed to say, `How do I know?' Yami handed the quill and manuscript back to him and asked, "Are you alright otherwise?" Bakura stared at him for a few minutes then wrote, ~I'm aching all OVER~ the capital letters said a lot. Then he suddenly added ~Why do you care anyway?~ Seth read over his shoulder and Yami had to crane his neck trying to see it until it was shoved into his lap. `What do I say? Why do I care anyway? Really,' Isis from the side noticed and said, "It doesn't matter now, first we have to take care of that throat"

Seth added, "Have you been shouting a lot lately?"

The other three turned to stare at him. "Well, it was only a question," he protested Bakura shook his head, he grabbed everything out of Yami's lap, "What the…," Yami exclaimed. Bakura ignored him and wrote ~I'm leaving~ Just that, two simple words and they could have caused a catastrophe. Bakura got off the bed, out of sheer willpower he remained standing until he nearly reached the door when he collapsed. For the second time that day Yami raced against time to stop him from getting seriously hurt. Bakura fell into his arms unconscious, Yami was shaking in anger, "What a fool!" Isis tried to calm him down, "What did you expect? He doesn't trust us"

"Yes but…," Yami began when he heard a soft moan, Bakura tried to struggle up, he found him self in Yami's arms again. The look on his face was one of pure fright. Everything in the room was quiet until…

_______________________________________________________________ _________

Please read and review!