Summary: When gods still ruled the world, humans played as puppets and life was a game. But as the cruelest creature is betrayed by all the gods, life is no longer a game but a destiny in which one boy lives to save humanity or his own soul mate. SxJ AU
The Forbidden
"How can you do this to me," She cried as she drowned in agony. "How can you be so cruel? How can you curse me with the same lips that praised me and kissed me?"
"You couldn't have possibly thought I was sincere, Cecilia," He chuckled. "Did you really mistake my mere games as-"
He spat.
"Love?"
"G-Games? And is that supposed to explain what this is? A game? What am I? Your puppet? Your entertainment? Answer me, Seth, answer me for Hell's pity!"
She fell to the floor and below was an earthquake and humanity underneath screamed in shock.
"Hell has no pity. I would know. I am, after all," He smirked. "The God of Death."
"I supposed that answers your question, beloved. All Hell breaks loose when I'm indeed, bored. Stop your crying Cecilia, you wouldn't want to flood your country now would you?"
His storming laughter was heard beside the hurricane.
He knew very well what the aftermath would be. Cecilia, the Goddess of Nature, wouldn't be able to control her easily moved emotions. Her agony would drug her into a fog of misfortune for the pity named humans and that would only add to his collection of Hell's minions.
But he didn't suspect it to be this easy.
He didn't think she would be so naïve in thinking he was actually, for shame, in love.
He was in fact, the most dangerous creature to exist in the universe.
His eyes look right through you, tempt you and misguide you. His voice calms you and controls you. His touch excites you, and his words lure you.
All straight into Hell.
"G-Grandpa," The boys huddled together in tears. "Y-You saved us. You s-saved our lives."
"Come closer Yugi, come closer Jono," The old man began to cough blood and the boys cried harder.
"Yugi, my grandson, I see it all too clearly now.
You will stand beside a man and guide him to rule a kingdom far, far away. He will one day have to decide between his own freedom and his own country, and you will guide him to his true decision. He may come to blame you, despise you, and regret ever meeting you or he may realize your good intentions and reward you with something everlasting. Fate will decide then.
Come closer, Jono, you belong to me just as Yugi belongs to me, do not fear-
Though Chaos is inevitable, you will somehow tame it. You will continually face obstacles, but ultimately, my boy, in final- you will win. You will meet a man who's only half of what he seems and he will try to change you without your consent. What you desire may be completely different from what he offers. Be careful.
It must Death approaching me. It brings me epiphanies, my children. It must be Death."
"G-Grandpa, d-don't say such things.." The violet eyed boy began to sob.
The blond beside him listened intently to those words and sat quietly while holding the old man's lifeless hands.
"Respect the gods, bring honor to their names. Worship the Holiness." His voice grew faint and weak.
"Fear them."
And he closed his eyes.
"There must be a way to punish him. I will not tolerate his games anymore!" Beautiful eyes grew wide in anger.
"Oh Sophie, why must you be so livid, it will soon be a Day of Mourning for the Head Priest has passed away."
"None of this would have happened Dawn- None of this chaos if it wasn't for," Her jade eyes flared as she spoke his name. "Hades."
"Seth has always been your eyesore. He can't help but irritate you. He can't get off your mind, Sophia." Dawn spoke bitterly.
"He broke my own sister's heart. He broke it into pieces! The earthquake killed thousands, including Solomon- our only chain to human kind. He must pay for this."
"I have an awful idea." A shrill voice revealed itself from the darkness. Sophia and Dawn quickly turned to face the unexpected and glared.
"Tamesis? Why brings you here?" Sophia accused without any tremble in her voice. "You left centuries ago, dearest Betrayal."
"I don't expect the God of Treachery to whole-heartedly guide us through our mere problems. Leave at once, Tamesis. We wouldn't allow anything to go wrong." Dawn spoke curtly and turned his attention back to Sophia.
"Now, now, please don't let my label be my name, Goddess of Wisdom and God of Light," Tamesis grinned. "Nevertheless, do not mistaken me for my unfaithfulness to you because we all share the same enemy!"
"Do not think of us as fools! Betrayal only leads to rotting in Hell. You two get along just as fine as a fish does to water. Drown in your darkness and go back from where you're from!"
"Always as wise, Sophia, but it's time for me to betray Seth just as I betrayed you before. His …humor no longer amuses me."
"And how can we trust you?"
"We? You're in this too, Dawn? For Her I should think?"
"Keep your mouth shut Tamesis. She has nothing-"
"Who, Dawn? Who is Tamesis referring to?" Sophia inquired, her green eyes in a different atmosphere when facing Dawn's golden eyes.
"Enough, Sophia. Your sister is very ill and if we want revenge, we must decide now." Dawn spoke bitterly and Sophia nodded in agreement.
"Tamesis- you will not betray us again. That would only mean misfortune for your part. I trust you are wiser than that," She spoke slowly. "And with that I would like to hear what you have to say."
Tamesis began to laugh just as the sun started to set. He lightly brushed off his raven hair off his face and revealed a strikingly beautiful face.
All forms of Darkness had their own beauty ever so differently from the Lights. Something so enticing that made every creature in the universe so curious-
Tamesis's ruby eyes shined like a star as the night grew nearer. He finally began to speak.
"Seth has one weakness, my dear God and Goddess," Dawn and Sophia listened intently. "His soul mate- is a human."
"W-What?"
"How can that be?"
"Asked Love herself."
"Venus?"
Tamesis nodded and laughed a bitter laugh once more.
"We all know Lux's blunt humor. She wasn't afraid to hide it. She wouldn't lie either."
"This would only mean-"
"We expose it to Seth and use it against his soul."
"Yes."
The three spoke in unison.
"And who is this boy?"
"A runaway slave in Greece. A daily worshipper of you Athena, he would die for you. Isn't it perfect? Everything fits too perfectly!"
"No- I won't act as the likes of him. But show me this boy! This boy must be revealed to me first!"
"Go to your Temple during Solomon's funeral. He will be there."
"…and so will Seth."
"To pick up Solomon's soul." Dawn finished.
"Perfect. Just perfect." Tamesis hissed.
Author's Note: Confusing? I know, it totally is. It's funny because one character can have literally five names/titles. Just to organize, Seth (Seto) is also referred to as Hades, Death, God of Death, Destruction, etc. Cecilia is simply the Goddess of Nature. Her older sister is the God of Wisdom, Athena, also known as Sophia. Dawn is the God of Light and Tamesis who is an interesting character known as the God of Betrayal. Venus we all know is the Goddess of Love and she is also known as Lux. I combined my own ideas into Greek gods but its fair to say not all of them will appear, only some.
And I hope you don't mind the switch from Jounouchi to Jono (it really is the same character we're talking about)
I'm sure you noticed the Italics for a change between gods and humans but don't get too comfortable, this only works because the gods haven't directly interacted with the humans yet. (Which they will most like next chapter) Oh, just in case- Solomon is the Head Priest, also known as Yugi's grandpa.
I usually add on useless details than dialogues but as an interesting introduction (and perhaps a change in style) I focused more on giving the characters their voices than a third point narration. But not to worry, details and such will definitely show up again, most likely next chapter.
Character Backgrounds will be revealed throughout the chapters, (including their personas of course) and so read on and review any comments/concerns/feedback. I will be happy to reply/answer/comment a.s.a.p.