If you have read this story previously then not much has changed for this chapter. If not, then welcome to the story and I hope that you enjoy this story. I decided to NOT take down the previous chapters, this way when new readers come, they can read what happened, nothing storyline wise will change to awful much. They might change slightly but if they do it won't be until roughly the last three chapters before I went on hiatus. My goal is to have at least three chapters redone tonight as a christmas present to my readers. I have the story planned out outline wise but please if you have ideas or requests send them to me and I promise to work them in and you WILL get credit for the idea. Once i finish re-working these chapters i will start typing up the new material. I wanted to hold off typing up the new stuff just incase i did decide to change some things to make sure I don't mess up with this again. Happy Holidays to my readers and fans and hopefully we'll all enjoy the holidays and the new year that's apon us.
Luna aka Kayland Elric.
Chapter One
Wonder.
That was all the young Egyptian outcast could do. The said outcast was only around sixteen years old and was never accepted by anyone. He wasn't accepted because of his personality but because of his looks. Looks that were far different from any other typical Egyptian.
The boy was deathly pale and that was highly uncommon for Egyptians because they lived in the desert where there was nothing but sun and heat. His hair and eye color was also different from a typical Egyptian, heck, a typical human. The boy was born with spiky tri-color hair that had crimson, dark blond, and black sections and he also had amphyest colored eyes that usually shined like the gem, were currently dull and lifeless.
Children, or any Egyptian that was born with unusual qualities usually faced similar treatment to the boy. Outcasted by the village they were born to and dubbed Anubis' Rejections. The curse stated that the God of death cursed the souls of those he did not want to allow into the afterlife would be marked by unusual body traits, the same ones the boy had. Pale skin, abnormal eye and hair color, all of those features in Egyptian citizens were automatically cursed, and their lives a long with it.
At first the boy lived in a regular village, which was unlike most of the children who were usually killed on the spot by the village or the parents of the child. The child lived on the outskirts of the village, raised by his parents and grandfather who grew and did everything the village did except separately because they weren't allowed to do business within the village so trading and selling crops weren't accessible to the family. The boy's parents were able to get by, but just barely until a few months ago, when a raid destroyed parts of the village and killed the boy's family. The remaining villagers blamed the boy for their misfortune and dragged him, deep into the desert by horse and abandoned him there while he was unconscious, leaving him for dead. However, the boy had managed to survive for all that time in misery, fear, and most of all, sadness.
He wondered the barren wasteland of the desert until he found a small oasis. His torn rags that were a poor excuse for a pair of clothes were carelessly thrown as a strong wind blew; promising the start of a fierce sandstorm would soon be approaching.
The boy decided to head towards the small oasis, hoping it wasn't a mirage, and hoping to provide some relief to his dangerously parched throat.
He was only about half way towards the oasis when a wave of dizziness overcame his body and dark colored dots started to cloud his vision as he collapsed onto a huge sand dune.
"Well this is it. I'll soon meet Ra and see if I really am Anubis' rejection." The boy thought as he gave up on everything and unconsciousness settled over him.
Not too much longer, four horses came into view in the middle of the fierce sandstorm, each horse was carrying a rider. Two wore Royal robes and the other two were obviously guards due to the armor they were equipped with and the swords that were sheathed by a rope around their waists.
"Priest Seth, Priest Akunadin!" One of the guards shouted. "This storm is getting too bad sirs. We should find a place to bunker down until it blows over for your safety!"
"I agree sirs." The second guard called. "Look, there are some really tall sand dunes over there. Why don't we bunker down there until this storm passes?"
"I agree with the guards father. Unless we want to lose our lives and leave the Pharaoh without two members of his Royal Consul we should bunker down." The priest named Seth shouted as he dismounted his horse and led the horse over to the sand dune.
"Fine my son." The other Priest, and also Seth's father, Akunadin replied. "Dismount your horses. We will bunker down by the dunes."
"Sir." The guards said. Everyone dismounted their horses and led them over to the tall sand dune and hid behind one of them when one of the guards noticed the body of the boy.
"Priest Akunadin sir. Look there." The second guard called pointing to the boy as they slowly approached.
"Is that a corpse?" Akunadin asked curiously.
Seth moved towards the boy and placed two fingers on the boy's neck.
"No Father. This boy is alive, although he's barely alive."
"If he lives through the sandstorm we'll take him to the Palace. The Pharaoh or the Princes will decide what to do with him." Akunadin added.
"Yes my Lord." The first guard said moving the boy over to where they were going to hide and covered their bodies with a tarp to shield themselves from the sandstorm. The priests and guards tried to wake the boy but to no avail.
A half hour passed and the sandstorm finally blew over so everyone remounted their horses and started to prepare to head back to the royal palace.
"Have the young one ride with one of you." Seth said to the guards as he and his father headed towards the palace.
"I wonder if this boy is like Mercenary Bakura's slave." The first guard said.
"Oh, you mean little Ryou? If so it's no wonder why the boy looks like hell." The other guard added.
"You mean he may be from Ryou's ex-village?" Seth asked. "So they thought that this boy was Anubis' Rejection? What a load of crap that is."
"If the boy is from that village it isn't a kind village in the first place. It's no wonder why they cast him out." Akunadin added. "He's so young, they pretty much sent him to his grave, not just exiling him. He can't be older than ten years old."
"Sending him to the harems would be too horrible."
That and he's too young to actually provide pleasure to the one he'd bed." A guard huffed.
"Hush! The boy's unconscious not dead." Akunadin shouted. "He may be able to hear you."
"Whatever, let's keep going." The second guard added.
The group finally made it to the Palace and the Palace glowed brightly in the sun as it looked over the main town of Cairo.
"Priest Seth, Priest Akunadin, welcome back." A guard at the gate said helping the group dismount their horses.
"Thank you. Can someone send for Isis? This boy needs medical attention." Seth said as the Guard handed the boy to Seth.
"Son, bring the boy to the healing chambers, wait for Isis, and then join the pharaoh and me in the meeting room so that we can tell him of our travels to Nubia."
"Yes Father." Seth said carrying the boy inside and he saw his personal slave and lover Jonouchi wandering the halls.
"Seth!" Jonouchi shouted happily as he ran over and kissed Seth with a small peck on his lips.
"Hey Jonouchi. Be careful, I need to bring this boy to the healing chambers." Seth replied letting Jonouchi see the boy he was carrying.
"Let me guess, he was out casted and called Anubis' rejection just like Ryou was."
"It's highly possible." Seth said. "Especially with the injuries he has. It's obvious he's been rejected and thrown out of a village."
"You'd better bring him to Priestess Isis then." Jonouchi said stepping out of the way.
"Alright. If you haven't finished your duties yet go and finish. When you're done wait for me in the chambers." Seth said seductively on the last part.
"Okay." Jonouchi added blushing.
Seth then continued to head to the healing chambers to meet up with Isis so he could turn the boy over to her care.
Once he arrived he just opened the door and walked towards a bed and he gently laid the boy on the bed and stood at his bedside until Isis came into the room which didn't actually take all that long.
"Seth, I heard you found another one of 'Anubis' Rejections'" Isis replied approaching the bed. "Whoa, he looks like Prince Atemu's lover and slave."
"Oh, you mean Heba? Yeah I suppose he does look like him now that you mention it. He has noticeable differences though."
"Hey, aren't you supposed to be elsewhere?"
"Yes. Father and I must tell the Pharaoh about our travels to Nubia." Seth added.
"Well you'd better go and attend that meeting. After all, you can't reject or ignore the pharaoh."
"Yeah you're right." Seth replied. "Once he recovers we should let him meet Ryou, Jonouchi, Heba, and Merick. Then again who knows, maybe Prince Yami will be taken with him."
"Now let's not jump to conclusions. You know that Prince Yami rarely likes anyone other than you four and your servants." Isis said before realizing what Seth was doing. "Stop staling Seth! Go now!"
"Yeah, yeah." Seth sighed and walked out of the healing chambers and headed to the throne room.
The throne room was on the opposite side of the Palace so it took Seth a few minutes to get to the room.
"Ah Priest Seth." The throne room guard said. "The Pharaoh and your father are eagerly awaiting your arrival."
"Then please open the doors." Seth said.
"Yes sir." The guard said and eventually opened the massive doors.
"Priest Seth." Pharaoh Akhamkanon replied. "Did you tend to the boy your father told me about?"
Akhamkanon had short black hair and wore the crown on his forehead with the eye of Ra in the middle and he wore upper arm bracelets that were shaped like wings and he also wore a crimson red robe, wore golden bangles on his feet and he also wore the Royal Medallion that had an amber sealed Scarbe beetle in the middle.
"Yes Pharaoh Akhamkanon. The boy is under Isis' care for now." Seth replied. "Would it be possible for me to make a request my lord?"
"Sure."
"Would it be possible to allow the boy to stay here in the palace? Sending the boy out of the palace will or might end him."
"Do you have a plan for this child?"
"Yes. I am aware that this is a long shot but Prince Yami has yet to pick a personal slave like the rest of us have. Maybe he'll allow the boy to work for him. If not maybe he can help out in the kitchen or help clean up the palace." Seth proposed.
"We will see what both the child and my son say. Yami may take on the boy because he looks at Ryou like a younger brother and may possibly be one of the 'rejected' souls." Akhamkanon said. "Now let us talk about Nubia."
The meeting lasted a rather long time and by the time the meeting ended it was dinner hour and the sun was about to set.
Seth decided to head to his chambers remember he had ordered Jonouchi to the chambers once he was done with his daily chores.
Seth walked into the chambers and saw Jonouchi taking off his shirt and a long wound was on his back that was never there before.
"Jono! What the hell is that!?" Seth asked using Jonouchi's nickname.
"Seth! Um…it's just your imagination." Jonouchi rambled franticly. "Those long, tiring days to Nubia and being in the sun has left you delirious. Why don't you come lie down and rest and I'll bring back dinner."
"Hell no Jonouchi! I am not crazy or delirious. I want you to tell me everything. So I can ring the bastard's neck that did this to you." Seth shouted and was beyond furious.
"Alright." Jonouchi sighed. "But you don't have to worry about ringing the guy's neck. Bakura already handled him."
"What happened that Bakura… did someone attempt to kill Ryou again!?" Seth asked both shocked and furious beyond belief now.
"Yeah. A lord from the next town east came to ask the Pharaoh for advice. Ryou and I were cleaning the main hall when he saw Ryou. He called Ryou an abomination and he said that Ryou was lucky that he was here and that the only reason was so that Bakura could use him and rape him senseless. Ryou finally stood up for himself and the noble pulled out a horse whip and went to strike Ryou but I took the blow and protected him. Ryou then tended to me and defend both me and the love he and Bakura shared." Jonouchi said.
"Did you have Isis examine it?"
"Yeah. I'm alright and the Pharaoh allowed me to have the week off to recover. It doesn't even hurt anymore."
"What did Bakura do to the noble?"
"Beat the hell out of him." Jonouchi said simply.
"Good." Seth replied pinning Jonouchi to the bed and he kissed Jonouchi as passionately as he could, making the boy moan. "I'm glad." Seth added kissing him again but this time along the jaw line.
"I wasn't…I wasn't going to let him hurt Ryou." Jonouchi replied and gasped in pleasure when Seth bit on Jonouchi's ear lobe and then his stomach gave a tremendous growl, making Seth pull away.
"Jonouchi, didn't you eat today?"
"Not since breakfast. I was too excited about you coming home." Jonouchi admitted.
"Let's continue this later. For now I have to fill my love's black hole of a stomach." Seth said.
"Aww you know I would rather have you." Jonouchi replied.
"Yes as would I but what kind of lover would I be if I put sex before nourishment?"
"A damn good one."
"Come on." Seth said pulling Jonouchi to the kitchen. "After we eat I'm all yours."
"Alright." Jonouchi agreed with defeat and neither of them were seen until late the next day.