Ch 4

Yami woke up feeling extremely well rested. He couldn't remember the last time he had slept that peacefully. When he was sharing a body with Yugi he never got to physically go to sleep and wake up, instead, his soul just rested in the puzzle. Making his way to the bathroom for a shower, he couldn't help but smile at himself when he saw his reflection in a mirror. This was his body, his long legs, his tan skin, his violet-crimson eyes. He turned the water faucet on feeling giddy. The guest space was grand, and the bathroom was bigger than Yugi's room back home. He initially expected the luxuries of the Kaiba mansion to feel foreign to him, but he felt strangely at home.

After his shower, he began opening drawers in search of something to wear. To his surprise, all he found were silk bathrobes and more silk pajama sets. He briefly toyed with the idea of just wearing a robe for breakfast but quickly thought otherwise, so he opted for the pajamas.

Before heading towards the kitchen, the former pharaoh gently knocked up Yugi's door to see if he was awake. The lack of reply prompted Yami to peer his head into the vacant room. I wonder what time it is, he thought. The sunlight illuminating the room indicated that it was closer to noon than it was morning and Yami hoped he hadn't been keeping everyone waiting on him for too long.

A savory aroma greeted Yami as he entered the kitchen and his stomach immediately growled. He didn't realize how hungry he was. There was a woman he didn't recognize in the kitchen. Seto was sat at the bar typing furiously away at his laptop, a steaming mug beside it. Coffee perhaps? Seto was wearing more casual attire than Yami was accustomed to seeing him in; dark pants with a light purple sweater. Yami couldn't help but think it made it him softer in a way. Yugi and Mokuba sat at the end of a long dining room table. Yugi had apparently opted to put his clothes back on from yesterday. Yugi's deck was sprawled out between them and Mokuba was picking through them asking Yugi questions about his strategy and deck choice. Seto lifted his eyes from his laptop, "sleeping beauty awakens." There was a smile playing at his lips.

Yami smiled at everyone and walked over to the table where Yugi and Mokuba were and sat down next to Mokuba across from Yugi so that he wouldn't have his back towards Seto.

"Yes, I found that the facilities were quite accommodating," he chuckled. It felt so good to be well rested he thought.

The women in the kitchen walked over to Yami and set a plate and glass down in front of him. She was wearing a white long-sleeve chef top and black pants. Her dark hair was tied in a knot at the top of her head, and warm hazel eyes smiled at him. "I hope you like it Mr. Muto." Yami stood up and extended his hand, "It looks delicious, thank you very much. May I know your name?"

"Sara." She smiled shaking his hand.

"It's very nice to meet you Sara." Sara blushed, then bowed and walked back into the kitchen to work.

Seto Kaiba watched this all out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but think how king-like Yami was. He'll probably know everyone's name in the house by the end of the day, he thought.

Yami eyed his plate. The breakfast croissant and orange juice looked delicious, and as he took his first bite an inaudible moan almost escaped his lips, it was so good. Yugi noticed and laughed. "How long has it been since you've had a proper meal Yami?"

Yami simply shrugged his shoulders, he was enjoying the food way too much to stop eating and respond. Mokuba let out a laugh. Watching Yami experience life was going to be fun. Seto got out of his seat and left the kitchen without any explanation and he returned a few minutes later when Yami had finished devouring his breakfast with a stack of paperwork that he set in the middle of the table and he pulled up a seat next to Yugi so that he was facing the pharaoh.

"So here we have all the documentation that you will need to," Seto said as he slid the paperwork towards Yami and reached into his pocket pulling out a wallet. "This is yours as well."

Yami raised an eyebrow, and Kaiba extended his hand to give it to him. Yami's mouth dropped open when he saw a government identification card and credit card in his name. There was also cash inside the wallet. Yami pulled out the i.d. and was surprised to find his picture on it. He didn't remember taking the picture, but this was him. "How?"

Kaiba face almost looked disappointed. "Are you doubting the authenticity?"

"No. I just, never mind. Thank you Kaiba, I am very grateful for your help."

"Yeah, whatever. Just know that we're going to have our rematch soon enough. It's time I got my title back."

Yami smirked, "Kaiba, the title is Yugi's now. You'll have to beat him if he agrees to duel you."

Kaiba frowned. He hadn't thought about it like that. Yes, the title was Yugi's but he didn't want to duel Yugi. He wanted to duel the person that's been across from him in the arena all this time.

Yugi chimed in blushing, "Actually, that was something I've been thinking about. I know that I did defeat you Yami, but I'm not the King of Games. We accomplished a lot of our victories together as a team, but I didn't defeat the creator of Dungeon Dice Monsters, and it certainly wasn't me who defeated Alexander the Great in India. I might be the current Duel Monsters champion, but you are the King of Games."

Kaiba rolled his eyes and sighed. "Fine then. I guess I just get to duel you both. But first, you must go to meet your friends, it's almost noon."

"Where are we going?" Yami asked.

Mokuba was the first to answer, "You're going shopping! You need clothes!" Mokuba eyed the pajama set Yami was wearing and laughed. He thought it was an obvious next step.

"Oh, I guess you're right."