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Chapter 2- Fresh Start
Yami's plane arrived in Cairo, Egypt at around noon in Egypt. He got off of the plane and looked around to see if he saw anyone.
"Hey, Yami!"
Yami turned and saw Heba, his brother-in-law, standing there. He smiled and walked over.
Heba was shorter than Yami with star-shaped, tri-color hair like Yami and his brother, but Heba didn't have the lightening bolt streaks like Yami and Atemu, and his features were soft with wide amethyst eyes instead of sharp crimson. He also had tanned skin.
"Hey, Heba." Yami said, hugging his brother-in-law.
"How was your flight?" Heba asked.
"It was fine." Yami said.
The two went to the baggage claim area where Yami got the two bags he had had left from home.
"I want to thank you for letting me stay with you guys for a while." Yami said.
"Think nothing of it, Yami. We're family, and family helps each other." Heba said as the two went to the car.
Yami put his bags in the truck before they got in the car.
Heba started the car and left the airport.
"So, where is Atemu at?" Yami asked.
"He's at the museum. They called him in to verify some items that were sent there." Heba answered.
Since they were archeologists, Atemu and Heba were called in by the Museum of Antiquates to verify if an item came from a particular place and period in time.
"You two love doing this." Yami said.
"Yeah, we do. You know that Atemu couldn't have sat at an office all day. He likes to be active too much." Heba said.
"Yeah. I'm sure that you know that." Yami said, teasing him.
Heba blushed lightly at the insinuation that Yami made. "Knock it off." Heba said.
Yami laughed. "Sorry, Heba. I can't help, but get you riled up at times." Yami said.
"Yeah. You're just like your brother." Heba said.
"How are you and Atemu doing, anyway?" Yami asked.
"We're fine. We're both just getting kind of bored since we haven't been able to go on digs recently. One is on the planning stages, but it's still going to be a while." Heba said.
"Where is this one?" Yami asked.
"In a part of Cairo." Heba answered.
"You two won't have far to travel, then." Yami said.
"No, and we like that." Heba said.
They arrived at Heba and Atemu's two-story house, and Heba pulled into the two-car garage.
Yami got the other bags out of the truck and headed inside with Heba.
"We put your things in one of the spare rooms since we didn't know what you were planning to do." Heba said.
"Well, I'll start looking for a place of my own pretty soon. I just need to get settled with my job first." Yami said.
"You can stay as long as you need to. We don't mind you staying here." Heba said.
"Thanks. I really appreciate that." Yami said.
"Yami, listen. I am sorry about what happened with Tea." Heba said as the two headed up the stairs.
"I know, Heba. In all honesty, I'm kind of glad. I didn't want to marry Tea because I realized that I didn't love her, but I was going to because of the baby." Yami said.
"If the baby had been yours, would you have married her still?" Heba asked.
"No. I knew she had been cheating on me, and it would have kept happening. I couldn't stay with someone like that." Yami said.
"I understand." Heba said. He pointed to the first room they came to and said, "You can stay in this guestroom. Your things are in this room."
"Okay. Thanks, Heba." Yami said.
"I'll call Atemu and see if he's done. He'll probably want us to go out to lunch." Heba said.
"Okay. Let me know." Yami said. He then walked into his room. He set the two bags on the floor and then sat on the bed.
After the long flight, Yami was pretty tired. There was a bit of a time difference from Japan to Egypt, so Yami's body would have to adjust to the new time.
Yami's cell phone rang then. Yami picked it up and saw that the caller ID said Mom. Yami opened the phone and said, "Hello."
"Hi, Yami. I wanted to see if you were there yet." Amara said.
"Yeah. Mom. I'm here, and I'm fine. Heba met me at the airport. Atemu had to go to the museum, but we might meet him for lunch." Yami answered.
"That's good. I was wondering if you were there." Amara said.
"I am, Mom. Could you tell Dad that I won't start working at the office until tomorrow? I don't think that I could think straight enough to work since I'm so tired." Yami said.
"Of course, dear. Actually, your father mentioned he would tell you to wait until after you got rested to go, so he won't have a problem it." Amara said.
"Okay, Mom. I'll talk to you later." Yami said.
"All right, dear. I'll talk to you later. Bye," Amara said.
"Bye." Yami said and hung up. He smiled. He knew that his mother worried a lot, so it wasn't surprising that she called him. In fact, he had expected her to call.
There was a knock on the door.
"Yeah." Yami said.
The door opened, and Heba looked in. "I talked to Atemu, and he's going to meet us at the restaurant. You coming?" Heba asked.
"Sure. Just let me freshen up." Yami said.
Heba nodded and closed the door.
Yami then freshened up a little before he headed downstairs where he knew that Heba was.
"You ready?" Heba asked.
"Yeah. Let's go." Yami replied.
The two then got in the car and left the house, going to the restaurant.
Atemu was already sitting in the restaurant when Yami and Heba arrived. He smiled and said, "Glad to see you made it all right, Yami."
"Yeah. I made it." Yami replied.
"I hope you haven't been corrupting my husband." Atemu said.
"Oh, yes. I just love corrupting him. Like you haven't already corrupted him." Yami said.
Heba laughed. "He is right about that, Atemu." Heba said.
Atemu shrugged. "I can't help it." Atemu said.
The three looked at their menus after the waiter came and got their drink orders.
When the waiter came back, they placed their food orders.
"How was the flight, Yami?" Atemu asked, sipping at his drink.
"It was fine. Nothing unusual happened, thankfully." Yami said.
"I know that the flight from Egypt to Japan is kind of long, so it takes its toll on a person." Atemu said.
"Yeah. We've made enough trips between them to know that." Heba added.
"When are you going over to the office?" Atemu asked.
"I'll wait and start with that tomorrow. I just need to get myself together today." Yami answered.
"Well, when you get back to the house, you can rest and relax." Atemu said.
Their food came, and the group started to eat as they kept talking.
When he was almost finished, Heba's phone rang. He took it out and answered it. "Hello?" After a minute, Heba added, "Hi, Yugi. What's up?" Heba listened and sighed. "Yugi, everyone who has ever met Bakura knows that he's an ass." Heba said.
Yami looked at Atemu. "Who doesn't know that?" Yami asked.
"Someone who has never met with Bakura before in their lives." Atemu answered, taking a drink.
"Okay, Yugi. I'll come over there." Heba said. He then hung up the phone.
"Where are you headed?" Atemu asked.
"Yugi's home. I need to go over there and stop him from charging over to Bakura's home and murdering him." Heba said.
"All right." Atemu said.
"Do you need me to take you back to the house first, Yami?' Heba asked.
"Go on, Heba. I don't have to go back to the museum, so he can ride with me." Atemu said.
"All right." Heba said. After kissing Atemu goodbye, Heba left the restaurant.
"Who was he talking to?" Yami asked.
"His twin brother, Yugi. Yugi works for Bakura, and you know how Bakura it." Atemu said.
"Yeah. He's a bigger ass than Seto can be." Yami said.
After Atemu paid the bill, the two left the restaurant.
"Do you want to go back to the house?" Atemu asked.
"Actually, I think that I had better go car shopping. I can't use your cars all the time, and I need one." Yami said.
"Okay." Atemu said.
Heba arrived at a house and walked up to the door. He tried the door and found that it was unlocked. He went on in. He looked around and said, "Yugi, are you here?"
"In here." Yugi called.
Heba walked down the hall and found the door to Yugi's office open. He walked in and said, "What's up?"
Yugi turned to face his brother. "Bakura's a complete and total ass." Yugi said.
"What did he do?" Heba asked.
"He's having me redo the whole program that I have spent the last few months designing." Yugi answered.
Yugi worked as a computer programmer for Bakura Mao.
"You know that Bakura's does this half the time just to get you riled up." Heba said.
Yugi glared. "He wants me to redo a program that took me months to complete. I completely wasted my time." Yugi said.
Heba sat down in a chair that was in the room. "So, why do you have to redo it?" Heba asked.
"Bakura explained to me what he wanted on this program, so I did it the way he told me to. He completely changed the idea for the program, and I'm the one who has to pay for it." Yugi said.
Heba smiled. "Well, you know how Bakura changes his mind on a whim." Heba said.
"I know, but this is the third time that he's done this to me." Yugi said.
"Come on, Yugi. What can you do?" Heba asked.
"At the moment, I'm tempted to go over to his house and murder him." Yugi said.
"I'm not letting you out of this house as long as you have thoughts of committing murder. I'm not letting you go to jail." Heba said.
Yugi groaned. "I just wish that Bakura would stick to an idea when he has one." Yugi said.
Heba patted his shoulder. "Don't worry about it, Yugi. Everything is going to be all right." Heba said.
Yugi sighed. "Anything new with you?" Yugi asked.
"Well, you remember that I told you that Atemu's brother was moving out here to take over his father's office here in Cairo?" Heba asked.
"Yeah. I remember. Yami, right?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah. He arrived today." Heba said.
"I'm sorry, Heba. If I had known that you were with Yami, I wouldn't have called you." Yugi said.
"Don't worry about it. I'll be seeing a lot of him. He's staying with me and Atemu for a while." Heba said.
"Okay. Anyway, you know I won't kill Bakura." Yugi said.
"Yeah, but you'll hurt him." Heba said.
"Maybe." Yugi said.
Heba smiled. "Yugi, you know what Bakura's like. Just do what he's asked you and make him happy. And speak your mind and tell him what you think of all this." Heba said.
Yugi raised an eyebrow. "And risk losing my job?" Yugi asked.
"You know that Bakura's not going to fire you because he likes that you go back at him. Besides, he doesn't want to risk having to sleep on the couch for a year by Ryou." Heba said.
Yugi smiled. "I guess so." Yugi agreed.
"When are you starting the new program?" Heba asked.
"Tomorrow." Yugi said.
"What are you going to do with the old one?" Heba asked.
"I'll save it in case Bakura says one day that he wishes he hadn't had me scratch that one. It happened the first time, and I didn't save it, so I decided to be safe the last few times and save it." Yugi said.
"Good move." Heba said.
Both heard a door open and close.
"Yugi, are you here?" a female voice called.
"In here, Serenity." Yugi called.
A young woman with brown hair and green eyes walked into the room. "Hi, Heba. I didn't know you were here." the woman said.
"Well, I had to come over here and make sure that Yugi didn't go and try to kill Bakura, Serenity." Heba replied.
"Bakura being a jerk again?" Serenity asked.
"When isn't he?" Yugi asked.
"Well, I talked to Joey today. Seems that he and Joey are going to moving out here." Serenity said.
"I knew that Seto was planning to move his company's headquarters out here. He's been in the middle of doing that the last few months." Heba said.
"Well, he got it done. They'll be out here in the next few weeks." Serenity said.
"It'll be good to see them again." Yugi remarked.
"Well, I'd better go. I'll see you guys later." Heba said before leaving.
"Where's he going?" Serenity asked.
"Oh. Atemu's brother came here to take over his father's office out here, and he's staying with them for now." Yugi answered.
"That's why he's leaving." Serenity said.
"Yeah." Yugi replied.
Heba arrived home and was surprised to see a new car there. 'Hmm. I wonder what's going on.' Heba thought. He parked his car in the garage and headed inside.
Atemu and Yami were sitting in the living room, talking.
"Hey, Heba. Welcome home." Atemu said.
"Okay. What's going on, and what's with the car outside?" Heba asked.
"I bought it today. I need a car since I'll be living here anyway, so I bought it today." Yami said.
"We went to four different dealerships before he finally found the car that he wanted." Atemu remarked.
"You were the one who said we would go to as many places as I needed to." Yami shot back.
"I didn't know that it would mean spending the entire afternoon car shopping." Atemu said.
"Well, the car looks great, Yami. It looks like you got a good one." Heba said as he sat down by Atemu.
"Thanks. I've been good at getting good cars. I don't just take the first deal that comes my way." Yami stated.
Atemu glared at him. "That only happened one time." Atemu snapped.
"And I'm never going to let you forget about it." Yami replied.
Heba shook his head. "Are you two going to be like this the while time?" Heba asked.
"Probably." Atemu said.
"Most likely." Yami added.
"By the way, did you manage to calm Yugi down?" Atemu asked.
"Yeah. I calmed him down. Bakura just did one of those things were he changed the project that Yugi had working on for the pat few months and has asked Yugi to do something completely different with the program." Heba answered.
"And Bakura's still alive?" Atemu asked.
"As far as I know." Heba answered.
"What does your brother do?" Yami asked.
"Yugi works as a computer programmer for Bakura. Bakura tends to change things on a whim for Yugi, and Yugi gets angry, and I have to calm him down." Heba said.
"I'd have killed Bakura." Yami remarked.
"Thankfully, Yugi is not as temperamental as you, Yami. He does have some self control." Atemu said.
Yami shrugged.
"Anyway, what do you guys want for dinner?" Heba asked.
"Did you plan anything out?" Atemu asked.
"Well, you have a choice. Chicken or hamburgers on the grill?" Heba asked.
"What do you want, Yami?" Atemu asked.
"Hmm. I think that the hamburgers sound better." Yami said.
"Okay." Heba said. He then went to the kitchen to start dinner.
"Does he mind?" Yami asked.
"No. Heba likes to cook. It's just not something he loves. Don't worry about it. Truth be known, Heba probably would prefer the burgers himself." Atemu said.
Yami nodded.
That night, Yami decided to look over some of the files on his laptop that he would have to know to take over the office.
While Yami was looking over the reports, his phone rang.
Yami picked it up and looked at the caller ID, which said Dad. Yami opened the phone and said, "Hello?"
"Hi, son. How are you doing?" Aknankanon asked.
"I'm fine, Dad. Heba met me at the airport, and Atemu met us for lunch. I spent the afternoon with Atemu. I found me a car since I'm going to be living here." Yami said.
"That's good. I'm sure that Atemu didn't mind." Aknankanon said.
"No, he didn't. I actually enjoyed spending the afternoon with Atemu. It's been a while since we spent time together." Yami said.
"I know. We would all be together when he and Heba would visit, so you two didn't get the chance to see each other that much. I'm sure that you'll be able to see him more often now." Aknankanon said.
"I know I will. Atemu won't let me out of seeing him since we live in the same city. Even after I find my own place." Yami said.
"Anyway, I was wondering if you were ready for taking over the office." Aknankanon said.
"I am. I was actually looking over some of the files I would need for tomorrow. I just wanted to make sure that I was ready." Yami said.
"It never hurts to be ready. Don't worry about anything, Yami. You'll be fine. I've seen you in action, and you're a good businessman." Aknankanon said.
"Well, I did learn from the best." Yami said.
"In any case, good luck tomorrow, and make sure that you let them know that you're in charge. They'll try to walk all over you otherwise." Aknankanon said.
"Since when have I ever let anyone walk all over me, Dad?" Yami asked.
"I know. I was just making sure that you knew. Good luck tomorrow, son. Bye." Aknankanon said.
"Thanks, Dad. Bye." Yami said. He hung up the phone and put it on the desk beside him.
Yami then got back to looking over the files.
The following day, Yami had had a meeting with the top executives in the Cairo branch of the Sennen Games Incorporated office.
Taking his father's advice, Yami had made sure to put it in a subtle, firm manner that he was the boss, and he wouldn't take anything from them.
The executives had realized that Yami wouldn't take them being underhanded and knew that he was good at his job and decided just to do what they were supposed to.
Yami was sitting in his office working at his computer while having a phone conversation with his father. He had it on speakerphone.
"I heard that you made quite the impression on the executives there." Aknankanon said.
"I just did what you told me, and I made sure that they knew that I was the boss, and that I wouldn't take any crap from them just because of my age. Besides, I think they all know that I'm good businessman." Yami replied.
"I'm sure that they do. You made a lot of good deals for us while you were working over here, and I know that they found out about there." Aknankanon said.
"Well, I'm going to make sure that I do as good of a job here as I did there." Yami said.
"I know you will, son. You don't need to worry about that." Aknankanon said.
Yami then ended the phone conversation with his father.
Heba and Atemu were sitting in the house together.
"So, how do you think Yami's first day is going?" Heba asked.
"I really don't know. I do know that Yami is going to be fine. I've heard from Dad that Yami is as good of a businessman as he is, and that's saying a lot." Atemu said.
"If he's as good as your father, then Yami will make that office even better." Heba said.
"I know what you mean. Yami will let them know fast that he doesn't take any crap from anyone." Atemu said.
"About like you." Heba said.
Atemu shrugged. "Can I help it if my brother and I are so much alike?" Atemu asked.
Heba shook his head. "Have you talked to Seto?" Heba asked.
"Yeah. He and Joey should be here at the end of next week." Atemu said.
"Well, I'm sure that Mokuba will be happy. I know he doesn't mind working at the KaibaCorp office, but when Seto gets here, he won't have as much to worry about. Seto will take some of the pressure off of him." Heba said.
Mokuba Kaiba was Seto's younger brother, and he was currently the head of the KaibaCorp office in Cairo until his brother came.
"Well, Mokuba is going to want to concentrate on his wedding. You know that he and Serenity are planning to get married within a few months." Atemu said.
"I know. I can understand why he wants to concentrate on that. A person's wedding day is a very special time for them and something that they want to be able to remember fondly." Heba said.
"Like us?" Atemu asked.
"Yes." Heba replied.
"I know that our wedding day is something that I will never forget." Atemu said. He smirked and leaned forward a little. "The wedding night, either."
Heba blushed. "Knock it off." Heba hissed.
Atemu then leaned forward to capture Heba's lips in a passionate kiss. Heba moaned and wrapped his arms around Atemu's neck as they deepened the kiss. Atemu's hand started to crawl up Heba's shirt.
"If you're going to do that," Yami said, causing Atemu and Heba to jump apart, "please take it to your room. I understand this is your house, but I really don't want to come home to find my brother and his husband having sex on the couch."
Heba's blushed deepened.
Atemu looked a little flushed. "Sorry. Kind of forgot." Atemu said.
Yami shook his head. "Just don't do that again. At least not until I get my own place." Yami said.
"How did your first day go?" Heba asked.
"It was fine. I just made sure everyone knew I was in charge." Yami said.
"I figured that." Atemu said.
"So, think that you're going to like running this office?" Heba asked.
"I think so. It's what I've always wanted to do." Yami replied.
"Well, I think that I'll go and get dinner started." Heba said.
"And I'll go get out of this suit." Yami said.
Atemu snickered. "That's what I like about my job. I rarely have to get dressed up in a monkey suit." Atemu said.
Yami glared at him. "Oh, shut up!" Yami snapped before heading upstairs.
In his room, Yami changed into something more comfortable.
Yami looked out the window. 'I don't mind being back in Egypt. I'm actually Egyptian, so I don't mind being back in my homeland. Maybe I can get a fresh start here, and find a better life.' Yami thought.
With that thought, Yami headed downstairs.
Hope you liked it.
Next: Yami and Yugi meet.
R&R.