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The pair lay in the bed, cuddling. "Do you remember when we first saw each other?" The first asked. The second man answered him saying, "Yes, master. I don't know how you think that I could forget." The other chuckled.
"You were brought into the palace throne room by the guards, fighting all the way."
Time Rewind
The young boy was dragged, struggling, into the room filled with the pharaoh's advisors. The priest Seto wasn't interested in these trivial affairs, and was wondering why his cousin had asked him to stay for this session, probably to keep him from falling asleep out of sheer boredom. However, when the guards pulled the boy's head up, his attention was gathered. The boy was obviously beautiful. There was no doubt of that. His golden, though caked with dirt, hair was shining in the light coming in from the windows of the throne room. His brown eyes were captivating to say the least. They pulled his soul from his chest and made it float in the air. He was a peasant, judging by the looks of his clothes. He wondered why he was here.
"What is he here for? What has he done?" The Pharaoh asked the guards.
"This is the thief that has been stealing the jewels from the higher up houses. The jewel king." The guards explained. Seto wondered if this was really true. He did seem rebellious, based in the snarls he gave anyone who looked his way, but a jewel thief? It just showed how low people could sink when they got desperate.
The boy snarled when the guards got too close and told the Pharaoh, "You will never get anything from me. You might as well kill me now."
The Pharaoh smirked. "I didn't know a boy could have such a temperament. Fine. You might get what you want. I have to discuss it with my advisors. If I decide otherwise, however, you might want to be thinking about your future while in the dungeon. Take him away."
After the session, Seto couldn't stop thinking about the boy. He approached the Pharaoh. "Cousin, could I speak to you later tonight? I regret that I have to slip out early." His cousin knew that he wasn't going to get him to stay, and he also knew that he really didn't have anything else to do that day. But his cousin wouldn't stop him. He knew that for a fact.
"Yes, of course my High Priest. I will speak to you later about this. I have a feeling that I know what you want to talk about." He smiled a bit as he was saying the words. He must have known about the boy and how he would affect him. Sometimes he swore that his cousin knew more about him then he himself did. Somehow he was still thinking about the boy for the whole day.
Joey was carried down through the palace until they reached the dungeons. He was hoping that the Pharaoh just decided to kill him. Anything other than that and he might have to do it himself. He was however, wondering who that man was. He was standing next to the Pharaoh and looked undeniably bored. But when he saw me he got a strange look in his eyes. If anyone would have told me that he was ugly, I would have denied it wholeheartedly. But the fact that he was in a position of power next to the Pharaoh, was a definite turn-off. He sighed. Nothing makes sense anymore. After mom left, and dad started abusing me, things have gone wrong. I was turned out on the streets and left to fend for myself. That's why I was forced to steal food to live. After I got pretty good at that, I moved up in the ranks. If I hadn't been betrayed by someone I trusted, then I wouldn't be in this mess. This stupid mess that's left me in this hole of a dungeon. I wonder what's going to happen to me now.
Later on in the Night
"Enter" The sound of the Pharaoh's voice carried through the door to let him in. He walked in the room and took in the sight that awaited him. Atem was sitting in his chair with his favorite (and only) slave kneeling at his feet. The Pharaoh's hand was stroking through Yugi's spiky hair as he was reading.
"Seto. How wonderful to see you!" He said with a big smile on his face.
"Really, cousin? Could you not meddle with my life for once?" He asked. Atem chuckled.
"But it's so fun. You give me so many things to meddle with." Seto rolled his eyes.
"Atem, I think you know what I'm going to ask." At the Pharaoh's look, he sighed and said, "I want the boy as my slave. Are you happy now that you've heard me say it?" He deadpanned.
"Very. But, I will only give him to you on 1 condition. You have to train him to be acceptable in public. I don't want your name talked about badly because people feel like you can't train a slave. Promise me this and I will give you your prize. I do know how lonely you've been lately cousin. I can't help but notice." Seto growled.
"Yes, I agree to your condition. Why haven't I been seeing you lately? Are you that busy? You know that I have offered to help you with anything you think that I can handle."
The fellow Egyptian sighed. "I know, and I find you perfectly capable of doing so. It's just hard for me to accept that I can't do the work that was given to me."
"I know how you feel. Yugi, I want you to make sure your master has a good night tonight. Don't let him do any more work then he needs to." The slave blushed, and looked down.
"I will do my best to do as you ask, sir." The Pharaoh reached down to pet his head, and Seto knew that he should leave.
"I will see you tomorrow. Thank you, Atem. It does mean a lot to me." He said, gratefully.
The Next Day
The guards led him out of his cell. He thought he was going to be taken back to the same room he was in yesterday, but to his surprise they took him to a room with pale tan walls.
The guards called out, "Ishizu, are you here?"
Joey heard a voice answer, "Yes, I'm coming." When a woman with long black hair came into view, he was taken aback. "Where am I, and what's going on?" he asked.
"You may leave." She gestured for the guards to leave the room. They gave her the key to his irons, and left. Ishizu took the key and unlocked his chains, letting them drop to the floor. He rubbed his wrists.
"What's going on and where am I?" he asked once more. The woman gave him a pondering look.
"The Pharaoh has decided that you are to be the High Priest's slave. You are in the preparation room right now."
Joey was alarmed. "SLAVE?! What do you mean? There must have been a mistake! I'm no slave. I'm a free man."
Ishizu gave him a look of pity before saying, "You might have been yesterday, but today you are now a slave. Things will go better if you obey. I really don't want to have the guards come back in. They make me nervous."