Chapter 10- Confession
"Yami, wait."
Yami stopped walking and turned back to face Yugi.
Yugi still had his back to Yami.
"Yes, Yugi. What is it?" Yami asked.
Yugi took a deep breath before he turned around to face Yami. "I- want, no, I need to talk to you." Yugi said.
"About what?" Yami asked.
Yugi let out a sigh. "There's a lot that I want to talk to you about." Yugi said.
"All right." Yami agreed. He shut the door and walked back over to where Yugi was.
Yugi sat down on the bed, and Yami sat down in the chair.
Yugi took a breath and said, "Why did you believe Teana, Yami?" Yugi said.
"I honestly thought that she was telling me the truth. I had known Teana for years, and I thought that she was my friend. I thought that she would always tell me the truth. I didn't think that she would lie to me about something that was so serious." Yami said.
"But you didn't even listen to me, Yami. You didn't give me the chance to tell my side." Yugi said.
"I know, Yugi, and you have no idea how much I regret that. I know that I should have listened to you. I know that I should have given you the chance to explain. I just was angry. After hearing what Teana said, I was angry. I thought that she was telling me the truth, and I just didn't think rationally. Atemu didn't, either. We were wrong not to listen to you." Yami said.
"What made you think that I would do something that despicable? You remember how I was at the start of the relationship." Yugi said.
"I remember. You were really self-conscious and didn't particularly like me seeing you naked." Yami said.
"Why would I want anyone else to see me like that when it took me almost year to get comfortable with you seeing me? Besides, you know that I was always honest with you. I had no reason to lie." Yugi said.
"I know, Yugi. Deep down, I knew that you hadn't betrayed me, but I couldn't bring myself to face that reality. I couldn't being myself to admit that I was wrong to believe Teana, and I couldn't admit that I was wrong." Yami said.
"You always did have a good bit of pride." Yugi said.
"Yeah, and it's what almost cost me everything." Yami said. He sighed and said, "When Father decided to talk to the men that Teana has claimed she's seen you and Heba with, Atemu and I both thought that he had planned to punish those men. When he started to question them, it became clear that none of the men had even been near you. Many of them already had relationships with people. It was then that Isis told us that she believed Teana had lied. Isis had always known of Teana's lust for power and her infatuation with me. Isis explained to Father that it was Teana that started those rumors about you two, and Isis also said that it was her belief that Teana had lied in hopes of having me for herself. When Father had brought Teana to the throne room, she had this smug look in her eyes. I guess she thought that Father wanted to reward her for exposing you two. I'll never forget how she tried to lie." Yami said.
~Flashback~
Teana walked into the throne room, looking very happy. 'I know that the Pharaoh wants to thank me for exposing those runts. Maybe I'll even get to marry Yami!' Teana thought excitedly. Teana kneeled and said, "You called for me, my Pharaoh."
Teana, why did you lie to me and my Court?" Aknankanon demanded.
Teana looked up, obviously surprised. "My pharaoh, I have never lied to you." Teana said.
"Bring them in." Aknankanon ordered.
The door to the throne room opened, and guards walked in with several men.
Teana looked back and her eyes widened in fear. 'What are all of them doing here?! They shouldn't be here. They should be dead by now.' Teana thought.
"Teana, you told my sons, my Court, and me that you saw Prince Yugi and Prince Heba with those men. They have been thoroughly questioned, and we know without a doubt that not one of them have ever been with them. You told us that you saw them with the Princes. Explain yourself." Aknankanon demanded.
Teana looked back. "I assure you that I saw those whores with-"
"ENOUGH! If you speak of them in such a disrespectful way, I will have you whipped!" Aknankanon said.
Teana cringed in fear. "I did see them with those men. I swear it." Teana said.
"No, Teana. You did not. You have lied to us all." Atemu said.
"No. I did see them." Teana insisted.
"No, Teana. Aknaudin used the power of the Millennium Eye when the men were questioned. They spoke the truth." Yami said.
"They never betrayed either of their husbands. You lied." Aknaudin said.
"No! I did see them! They betrayed them. They slept with them!" Teana cried.
"SILENCE! You were given the chance to be honest, but you still lie. You are under arrest, Teana, for high treason in lying to me, my sons, and my Court, and for speaking blasphemy of my sons-in-law." Aknankanon said.
Guards grabbed Teana.
"NO! I did nothing wrong!" Teana cried.
"You are also charged with hiring an assassin and allowing him into my palace so that he could rape Prince Yugi. He was caught and admitted that you hired him. Thankfully, you failed to have that done." Aknankanon said.
Teana turned her eyes to Atemu and Yami. She had hoped that they would come to her defense, but she saw the anger, hatred, and disgust in their eyes, and she knew that they would not help her. She knew that Atemu and Yami knew the truth. She knew that she would be punished. 'At least they will be dead.' Teana thought.
The doors to the throne room were thrown open, and Jono ran in.
"Jono, what is the meaning of this?!" Aknankanon demanded.
"Pharaoh, there were servants who caused the north wall to collapse. Prince Yugi and Prince Heba were caught in the collapse. They were both injured and are in the healing chambers." Jono said quickly. He spoke fast, but everyone understood what they said.
Isis ran from the room toward the healing chambers, knowing her skills were needed then.
"Take her to the dungeons. She is not to be released unless I give any further instructions." Aknankanon ordered, pointing to Teana.
The guards dragged a screaming Teana out of the throne room.
Everyone else ran out of the throne room toward the healing chambers.
~Flashback~
"So, Teana still tried to deny it despite the fact that there was overwhelming proof that she had lied." Yugi said.
"Yes, she did. Teana didn't think that we would check into it, so she thought that it would be safe to say a few names. That backfired entirely since it became her undoing." Yami said.
"I was out of it for awhile after the wall collapsed. I know that Teana was already executed when I woke up again." Yugi said.
"I know. After Father had been told that you two were alive, he asked what happened to all of the servants that had been responsible for the wall collapsing. Once he heard they were being guarded, he went and faced them. Turns out, Teana had paid them to do it. That was the last straw for Father. It took Father and the Council five minutes to decide that Teana would die fro her actions. Her sentence was carried out the next day after it was publicly made known what all of her offences were." Yami said.
"So, she was humiliated before she was executed." Yugi said.
"That was the law. Teana's family left Egypt after that since their family was also humiliated be what she did." Yami said.
"After she was executed, what did you think? About us?" Yugi said.
"I was thinking about how much of a fool I was for letting Teana lead me to believe that you would do something like that. I knew that you would never have betrayed me, but that didn't stop me from thinking it and I hurt you in one of the worst ways possible. I'll never be able to forgive myself for that. What's worse if that I let the exact same thing happen in this time, despite the fact that I knew Teana had lied in the past. I knew that Tea was Teana's reincarnation, but I thought that maybe she had changed, and it was that belief that allowed me to do the exact same thing to you again. I never thought that I would be that stupid again." Yami said.
"You wanted to believe that her reincarnation was better than Teana had been. What gets to me is the fact that you didn't even give us the chance to explain." Yugi said.
"Chalk it up to stupidity. Yugi, there is no real excuse for what I have done. Any reason that I said would just be trying to justify what I did, and there is nothing that can justify what I did." Yami said.
Yugi nodded. He took a deep breath and said, "Yami, there's something that I need to tell you. About what happened back in Egypt." "Yugi, you don't need to tell me anything." Yami said.
"Yes, I do. It's something that I should have told you back then. I didn't, and at the time, I thought that it was the right thing to do, but I need to tell you now." Yugi said.
"Yugi, whatever it was, it's five thousand years in the past, so there is no reason for you to tell me anything." Yami said.
"Yami, to me, it was just recently. Even if I did have all my memories of Egypt, I would feel like it was more recent than you do." Yugi said.
"All right, Yugi. If you feel that it's that important to you, then go ahead." Yami said.
"Yami, I was pregnant back then." Yugi said.
"I know that, Yugi. We had three children together." Yami said.
Yugi shook his head. "No, Yami. I-I was pregnant during the time that we were separated because of Teana's lies." Yugi said.
Yami was about to say something, but Yugi continued.
"I had just found out the day that you started yelling at me because of what Teana said. I was going to tell you, but when you accused me of cheating on you and basically called me a whore, I knew that I couldn't tell. You would have said that the baby was one of the other men that I had slept with." Yugi said. He took a deep breath.
"Yugi, you don't have to-" Yami started.
Yugi shook his head. "No, Yami. I need to tell you all this. Please, let me finish." Yugi said.
Yami nodded.
"I had to keep it a secret. Isis knew, of course, but after everything that happened, she agreed not to tell anyone. I couldn't handle it alone, so I eventually told Mahado since he was also supportive of my and Heba during that time. I didn't tell Heba. I knew that he would have blurted out the truth. Besides, he had enough to deal with." Yugi said. He took another breath. "I was about five months pregnant. No one except Isis and Mahado knew. At the time, I wasn't really showing. I just looked like I might have gained a little weight. That was what I was telling everyone. That I was just gaining weight." Yugi had to stop and compose himself. "When Teana had that wall collapse on me and Heba, the collapse-it-it-" Yugi found it hard to say the last part.
"Yugi, listen, I-" Yami started.
"Yami, because of that collapse, I lost the baby. Isis and Mahado agreed never to tell anyone." Yugi said, getting up and starting to pace.
"Yugi, please, just calm down. You don't have to do all of this." Yami said.
"Don't you get it! We lost our daughter because of her!" Yugi said angrily, tears streaming down his face. "Teana caused us to lose our daughter! I wasn't angry with you those four months that I distanced myself from you. I was grieving! I wanted to keep you at a distance so that you would never find out what happened. I didn't want you to know." Yugi said.
"Yugi, listen, I-" Yami tried.
"I didn't want anyone to know! I didn't want your parents to know that they lost their granddaughter. I didn't want Atemu and Heba to know that they lost their niece. I didn't want Eternias and Seth to know that they lost their cousin. I didn't want you to know that you lost your daughter!" Yugi said.
Emotionally drained, Yugi collapsed to the floor, still crying.
His heart wrenching painfully at seeing Yugi on the floor, sobbing, Yami quickly got up from the chair and ran over to where Yugi was crying. Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi and pulled him into hug.
Instinctively, Yugi buried his face into Yami's chest and held onto him as he continued to cry.
"Shh. It's okay, Yugi. It's okay." Yami said in a soothing voice. He gently ran his fingers through Yugi's hair, knowing that it was soothing to Yugi and usually helped him to calm down.
Slowly, Yugi started to calm down. He pulled away and said, "I'm sorry, Yami. I should have told you, but at the time, I thought that the best thing I could do was make sure that you never knew what happened. I thought you all would have been better off never knowing than having to grieve over her loss." Yugi said. He was still crying and had his face turned away from Yami.
Yami looked at Yugi with sympathy and took Yugi's hand in his chin, turning Yugi's head to face him. "Yugi, I knew. I knew five thousand years ago." Yami said.
Yugi's eyes widened in shock and horror. "Bu-but how?" Yugi asked.
Yami sighed. "Mahado. Even though he knew you didn't want me to know, he told me. He thought that I had a right to know." Yami said.
"W-when did he tell you?" Yugi asked.
"He told me a few weeks after you lost the baby. He was worried about your health, and that's why he didn't tell me until then. He told me that you had been pregnant with my daughter and that you lost the baby as a result of the collapsed wall." Yami said.
"You never s-said anything, though." Yugi said.
"No, I didn't. Mahado also told me why you didn't tell anyone. You didn't want anyone else to have to suffer. I understood that. I told my parents, Atemu, and Heba. We all agreed that it would never be known outside all of us." Yami said.
"Why didn't you tell me you knew?" Yugi asked.
Yami wiped the tears from Yugi's face. "Yugi, Isis and Mahado told me about how much trouble you were having dealing with it. I knew telling you that we all knew would only open those wounds again, and I didn't want you to have to suffer again." Yami said.
"Did Isis say anything to you?" Yugi asked.
"No. Isis never knew that I knew the truth. We promised Mahado that we would never tell you he told us." Yami said.
"I'm sorry. I should have told you, but I thought it would be easier if you never knew." Yugi said.
"I understand. I'm not angry. Honestly, I would have killed Teana myself for what she caused if she had not already been executed." Yami said.
"I know I should have told you, but-" Yugi was cut off when Yami placed a finger against Yugi's lips.
"Yugi, don't. I'm not angry. I understand." Yami said.
Yugi didn't say anything more. He just wrapped his arms around Yami.
Yami hugged him back, resting his chin on Yugi's head.
They remained in each other's embrace for quite some time.
"Yami." Yugi said softly.
"Hmm." Yami replied, not moving.
"I never believed her." Yugi said.
"Believed who about what?" Yami asked, moving back a little so that he could look at Yugi's face.
"Teana about when she said that you two were sleeping together. I never believed her when she said that." Yugi explained.
"How did you know?" Yami asked.
"You don't like women. I remember that look you got when Seth and Atemu were teasing you about sleeping with a harem girl. You looked like you wanted to puke at the mere thought of sleeping with a woman." Yugi said.
"That's how I still feel." Yami said.
"Yami, why did you believe her over me? You know I wouldn't have lied to you." Yugi said.
"I know, Yugi. I don't know why I did that, but I do regret it." Yami said.
Yugi nodded.
Yami could tell that Yugi was very drained and tired from his emotional distress. He picked Yugi up into his arms, startling the boy.
"Yami, what-" Yugi started.
"Yugi, you're tired, and so am I. We're both drained and need to rest." Yami said.
"Oh. I guess we are." Yugi agreed as Yami set him on the bed.
Yami turned to leave, but Yugi reached out and grabbed Yami by the wrist.
Yami turned back to him.
"Yami, could you stay here with me?" Yugi asked.
Yami nodded and lay down beside Yugi. He wrapped his arms around Yugi, who curled up into Yami's arms. The two soon fell asleep.
"Atemu, do you think that Yugi will be able to forgive Yami?" Heba asked.
"He did five thousand years ago. I just hope that he gets memory back soon." Atemu said.
"You know that part of the reason he's like this is because of the baby." Heba said softly.
"I know, Heba. I know." Atemu said.
"I think that I should check on Yugi." Heba said. He opened the door to Yugi's room and was surprised at what he saw. "Atemu, look." Heba said.
Atemu looked and saw what Heba saw.
Yugi and Yami were laying on Yugi's bed together with their arms wrapped around each other, sound asleep.
"I guess they worked everything out." Atemu said.
"Or reached an understanding at least." Heba said.
Heba closed the door back, leaving Yugi and Yami to sleep for awhile.
"Come on. Let's leave them be." Atemu said, taking Heba's hand in his.
Heba nodded and let Atemu lead him back downstairs.
Yugi and Yami are on good terms again. Congradualtions to everyone who figured out what the secret it. I must be becoming a little predictable.
The next chapter might be the last. I'm not quite sure yet.
R&R.