Any good Prideshipping fan knows that Atemu and Seth are just Yami and Kaiba in the past, but think about it, these guys have three thousand years of history between them, what other lives have they had in between those lives?
Well, thanks to Duelists of the Roses, Yami was Henry Tudor while Kaiba was Christian Rosencrantz (who actually was not involved in that time period at all and was actually from the sixteen hundreds or so) but were there any other lives that they lived?
I thought about this in 2006 while I was in the hospital for my diabetes when I went through an old Shonen Jump, and I sat there thinking about it. Then I came up with an idea, but I ended up only storing it away. But a month or so ago, the idea came back and now I'm working on it.
Welcome to Love History 101!
Aside from this being Prideshipping, this is also a history lesson and history is my major subject! *grins* This is a good start for me because I want to become a high school world history teacher!
Summery: We all know about Atemu and Seth, but who else were Yami and Kaiba in the past?
Warnings: Major changes (well… kinda) to history to match the characters, gender changes (on Yami's part), blood, gore, violence, education, yaoi, shonen-ai, cussing, and some other stuff along the way. Also names will be changed to fit the characters and their time periods, the only thing the same for Seth and Atemu is their eye colors and their memories, but they won't come out until it's knocked into their fat heads.
I might put in historical facts during the end of each chapter (each chapter is a specific time period) so that you can understand what some of the things in it are. They are real, also I might make some Atemu or Seth an actual historical person, like a king or writer or whoever pops into my head.
I originally wanted to put Timaeus and Critias in this, but it wouldn't work to well since the eye color thing is a major thing and those two have different color eyes then their future selves so we'll stick to Atemu and Seth. Also, I am not writing the Egypt stuff, we all know about that already.
I will also take suggestions for time periods!
I own nothing but the plot!
On with the fic!
Love History 101
Chapter One: Greeks of Old
Blue-eyes scanned the areas, looking for any signs that will allow him to move. Suddenly the chance came up and he dashed. People cried out as he ran around and past them until he jumped and skidded down a hill.
"You crazy brat! Watch where you are going!" An old man yelled at the boy who only smirked.
"Whatever you say." He shrugged and walked off, never noticing that a large pair of red-eyes was looking at him. He smiled as he looked at the taller boy who was walking past some broken columns from an abandoned temple, walking away from his hiding space that smaller boy went after him.
"Sir, sir!"
The blue-eyed teen stopped and looked around, and saw about ten feet from him was a small boy wearing a short tunic. He had brown hair that was tied back in a pony tail and his large red-eyes looked at him in curiosity.
The other snorted in disgust and continued to walk, leaving behind the confused boy. "Sir, sir! Can I talk to you?" He called as he followed after him.
"No."
"And why not?" The smaller pouted as he stood in front of him.
"Because I do not like you, you mangy dog."
"I'm not a dog! I'm Neo!" The crimson-eyed boy glared up at him and the other only smirked.
"Neo? What a stupid name." The other chuckled, brushing back some other blond hair that was in his face and continued to walk.
"It is not, I bet it is better then the name you were given!"
"The name is Leo, and leave me alone."
"At least tell me what it was you did when you ran across the street!" Neo continued to follow until they stopped at an old temple. Neo blinked, looking around. The place was old and forgotten, stripped of its treasures by thieves and the townspeople. He saw that statues were broken or worn down, some of the forgotten metals left behind were rusted, and that there was trash and leaves everywhere.
Neo blinked when saw that there was a small section in the back near a large statue of Zeus that was decorated and looked like someone lived there. He then looked at Leo was who glaring at him.
"What are you doing here still?" Leo growled and turned away before pulling something out of the bag he carried on his belt.
In his hands were golden bracelets and coins as well as rings. Neo gasped. "You… you stole those! Is that what you were doing while running?!"
"So what if I did, like anyone is going to care about a little thief like me! And from the outfit you are wearing, I'm surprised that you haven't been robbed."
Neo looked at his clothing, some of the finest white clothes in the city mixed with a few jewels and gold since he was the son of the lord of the city. "So what! It's none of your business, and if you try to rob me, I shall tell my father on you and you will be taken away!"
Leo smirked and walked over, grabbing the smaller boy's chin and lifted up his head. Cerulean met crimson. "You really want to get me in trouble, you rich people, always having other people do your dirty work. You get the easy life while I have to work to live."
"I stand up for myself! I am not like my brothers and sisters who are lazy and do not take responsibility for this city like my father does! I just don't want to be the one to hurt you!"
"Why did you follow me?" Leo pulled him a little closer.
Neo narrowed his eyes. "Because I wanted to see what people outside of the walls of my home were like, this is the first time I was ever let out, I wanted to see the common folk and you caught my interest."
"You are such an idiot, why would you want to see this? You are the same as always, my Crown Prince of Stupid."
The smaller blinked and Leo jolted slightly, where did that come from and why did it seem familiar to call him that? "Seth…?" Neo tilted his head and looked up at him, seeing that Leo was staring in shock.
"You can't be… you're soul, it is locked in the puzzle… Atemu…" Seth let him go and was shaking; he had not been called Seth in fifty five years, since he died. But Atemu was suppose to be dead, his soul locked away in the broken Sennen Puzzle, how was he reincarnated?
"Seth, when I died, I only put a portion of my soul in the puzzle, the other part was to go off into the afterlife so that I could still be with you, even after death, but we have been reincarnated to be with each other again. I have missed you my priest!" Neo, well actually, Atemu smiled and hugged Leo, who was actually Seth.
"Those red-eyes, I had a feeling but I didn't want to believe."
"I could say the same about those blue-eyes of yours. Though, I did not like the fact that you remembered me when you called me by that stupid nickname."
"At least its better then you calling me Setti" Seth chuckled, watching as Atemu pouted.
"You are so mean!" Atemu sighed but smiled and they shared a quick but loving kiss.
"I still can't believe it has been so long since I last looked into those lovely eyes of yours." Seth held him close. Atemu smiled and closed his eyes, but everything turned bad when they heard someone.
"Him! That's the man who stole from me!"
The couple turned to see the man who had yelled at Seth before hand and a few other people as well as some soldiers and Atemu's father, who did not look happy one bit at the sight before him.
"Neo! What in the name of Ceres are you doing with that thief!?"
Atemu was taken out of the arms of his past-lover by two of his father's guards. "Father, please! I know him, he is not bad! He loves me and I love him, we always have!" The small boy shut his mouth, seeing the look of pure anger on his father's face.
"Kill the thief! He was ruined the mind of my son and has stolen from us all!"
Seth looked in fear and looked at Atemu who was crying and struggling. "No! Father, please don't! Seth, you can't leave, I just got you back!" He cried, trying to reach out. "Seth, I love you!" He watched as one of the soldiers held a blade, ready to slice Seth's back.
The other smiled. "I love you too Atemu, I'm glad I saw you, but we will meet again…"
The blade came down and in a fountain of blood, so did Seth. He laid on the floor, dead as the souls in the River Styx. The smaller lover broke from his grasp and ran over to his dead priest. "Seth, no! Why, why father?! I just got him back, I got to see him again and you killed him!" He turned to the man who stained the temple floor with his lover's blood. "You! Take me too! I must be with him, do it!"
The man slashed at Atemu, cutting his throat and the boy died, falling to the floor, his blood mingling with Seth's. All this took place in the eyes of the statue of Zeus.
TBC
That's the end for the Greek chapter, I may do another one, probably when Alexander the Great was alive or when Cleopatra ruled. I know that this sucked, but they were suppose to die, plus I wanted some angst!
Historical notes: Umm… Leo and Neo were Greek names, though Neo was not common, I found it in a German book a flipped through. Thieves could be murdered for their crimes, though they usually had a hand or finger chopped off. Umm… homosexuals really weren't that frowned upon because some of the Gods were gay, and who cares, they even married and had kids with their own siblings so it wasn't that much of a problem, but still, some people might not like it.
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