Yawn... what a busy weekend, I am knackered. Done two one hour swimming sessions, running, cycling and been on a hike. I wanted to get this chapter posted though. I have given it a quick once over but I'm tired and probably missed some mistakes. So I apologise if there are any typos.

Warning: Some adult content. And a naked Yugi taking a shower.

I do not own Yugioh.

Beyond Egypt 2

Chapter 12. Schools Out.

Summer had now well and truly arrived, and with it the long hot days that were so familiar to this part of Japan.

It was now the end of June and the trees were displaying a rich variety of vibrant green leaves, providing welcome shade from the hot sun. In the flower beds, plants were in full bloom, filling the warm air with their intoxicating scent. All competing to attract bees and other insects so that they may spread their pollen.

Domino park was so full of life at this time of year.

School had closed early today, after someone had decided to let stink bombs off outside the teachers staff room, before starting a fire in the boys locker room; virtually destroying it.

Jonouchi and Mai had decided to go for a drive out to Mount Fuji. They had asked if Yugi and Anzu wanted to go with them, but they had declined, preferring to spend the afternoon with just the two of them, together in the Park.

"This is a nice spot. What do you think?" Yugi asked as he spread a small rug out under a shady tree. Apart from joggers and dog walkers, not many people used this part of the park. It was fairly secluded. They could talk and maybe fool around a little; Yugi hoped.

Things had been going really well since his birthday party, when they had overcome their shyness and made love.

All right, so they hadn't set the world on fire; it had been a bit of a fumble. His hands had started shaking so much with anticipation, that he had struggled to undo the foil packet on the condom. And then, when he had got it open, he had dropped it between her legs and she had ended up sitting on it when she moved to try and help find it. They had ended up giggling, which had at least helped ease their nervousness. Yugi smiled to himself at the memory. That first time had brought them so much closer as a couple.

"I still keep wondering who it was," Anzu wondered out loud. "I can think of at least two possible culprits." Anzu sat down and pulled her bento lunch box out of her bag.

"What? Oh! Yeah," Yugi laughed, breaking out of his thoughts, suddenly realising that she was talking about the incident at school. "A couple of years back, Jonouchi would have been a likely suspect. It's really good how he turned things around," he added.

Anzu leant over and kissed his cheek. "That's all down to you, you know Yugi. If you had not made friends with him, he would still be the complete jerk he was when he first came to our school."

"Did I really help him that much?! I think he helped me as much as I helped him. And anyway, that's not really why we became friends."

Yugi had never really analysed why they became such close friends. They were from such differing backgrounds, and really had nothing in common before they met. In fact he had hated Jonouchi and Honda at first, because they had tormented him so badly. Part of him had wanted to fight back and prove to Jonouchi that he was a man; not a girl, or a cry baby. He just didn't want to use his fists to do so.

It had taken time, but slowly Jonouchi had realised that you didn't always need fists to win a battle. Yugi had learned that sometimes you did!

He sighed and pulled out his own bento. "What have you got in yours?" He enquired, peeling the lid off and poking at the sticky pieces of spicy beef, sticky rice, shredded pickled vegetables and a yoghurt dip.

"I have chicken, crispy sea vegetables, noodles and pickled cucumber with a lemon/mayo dip. We can share if you like?"

Yugi nodded and picked up a piece of beef with his chopsticks and reached out to feed it too her. Yugi looked longingly at her lips as she accepted the food offered.

"Mmm, delicious. Did your mum make it?"

He blinked and peered at her through his long lashes. "She does sometimes, but no, this came from the deli this morning. Mum is visiting her sister in Nagoya, so Grandpa went out to do the grocery shopping, really early."

"Oh.." God he was just so adorable when he blinked and looked at her like that! "Here, try this?" Anzu picked up a piece of chicken with her chopsticks and popped it into his mouth.

Yugi smirked when he noticed that Anzu had something on her face, just next to her mouth. "You have a blob of dip.. or something.. on your cheek, next to your mouth."

"Oh!" Anzu went to wipe the corner of her mouth.

"No, other side. Here, let me?" He leant forward and gently placed his mouth over the spot using his tongue to remove the lemon/mayo dip, kissing her face as he did so.

"Yugi!" Anzu gasped, "That might have had my saliva on it!"

"Mmm." Yugi arched his eyebrows in an amused expression. "That's why it tasted so good."

"That's gross!" Anzu couldn't stop herself from smirking mischievously. It was time to out gross him!

She stuck her finger in the dip, scooping out a big blob and then smearing it on his cheek, before poking her tongue out, licking it all off; making sure she trailed her tongue all the way from his chin to his cheek bone.

"Hey! You made my face all wet now." He grabbed her and pulled her close, rubbing his face against hers. They play wrestled for a few minutes, giggling and trying to lick each others faces, before Yugi ended up on top, with Anzu at his mercy. He threatened to plaster a big slobbery tongue all over her face.

"Don't you dare!" She squealed, scrunching her eyes up, waiting for the slobber attack that never came.

Instead he planted a big kiss on her forehead, before releasing her so they could go back to their food. "Did you think I actually would?!" He sniggered. "I wouldn't be that disgusting."

"I would have been shocked if you had. I would expect Jonouchi to behave like that, not you."

After they had finished their bentos, they tidied the empty cartons away- to be put in a rubbish bin later.

Yugi flopped onto his back and gazed up to where Anzu was sitting next to him. He reached out and rubbed her arm affectionately. She took hold of his hand and laid down next to him. Together they gazed up into the tree canopy, watching the way little shafts of sunlight penetrated and flickered through the gently rustling leaves, giving them little glimpses of the blue sky above.

"Oooh, I love the summer," Anzu giggled. "I have heard New York summers can be really hot! But that the winters can be really bad, like the north of Japan. Blizzards and icy cold and..." She trailed off, realising that reminding him she would be leaving next spring was spoiling their afternoon. They had the whole of the summer holidays, followed by winter together first.

Propping himself up on one elbow, Yugi leant over her. "Just as long as you don't find someone else to keep you warm in New York." His eyebrows knotted together in a slight frown, he sounded and looked serious.

Anzu reached up and cupped his face in her hand. "Yugi! That will never happen. You are the only boy I love," she winked. "And besides, what about all those loose young women at university? I worry that they will be all over you. You are pretty hot you know."

"Hot! Me? Nah, they are only interested in me because of my title! I am most definitely not interested in anyone else but you."

"You say that Yugi Mutou, but how do I know? Things might change. You might get tempted." She winked and made it sound playful, but deep down she did worry a little. He was kind, loyal and sincere, but everyone changed over time. Even the nicest people could succumb to temptation. And if his fame ever did start to change him, or if he ever started to realise just how many of Atem's attractive qualities he had developed. In fact, he was even sexier than Atem now, because he lacked the arrogance, making him still very much Yugi!

Looking at him now, it was hard to remember him as the small weedy little guy, who used to hang his head submissively while trying to be invisible, just in case he got picked on.

Anzu was almost too ashamed to admit, that in the past she had been slightly embarrassed about going on a date with him, because it had been like going out with a twelve year old kid! Now however, she no longer had to look down to speak to him. And when she looked up, into his eyes, she could see the same intense sparkle in them that used to make her tummy tingle with delight when Atem had looked at her through Yugi's eyes.

"You can trust me. I give you my word Anzu Mazaki." He was sincere in his promise.

Stroking her hair away from her face he started peppering her face with little kisses. "Anyway," he said between each kiss, "We have..nearly.. nine months.. before.. you have.. to go." Anzu cupped his face in her her hands so that she could kiss his lips. Within moments their bodies were passionately entwined. Yugi made light work of undoing the clip on her bra, enabling him to slide his hand to her breasts.

They were startled suddenly, when a Labrador came bouncing over and started nudging them with its nose, barking playfully.

Both teens startled, and leaped apart. Anzu fumbling to reposition her bra and do the clasp back up before the dog's owner appeared.

The dog had dropped its saliva covered tennis ball on their picnic blanket and seemed to want them to throw it for her to chase.

The owner was very close, they could hear her calling the dogs name, so Yugi reacted quickly, picking the ball up and throwing it in the direction of the voice. The dog barked its appreciation and bounded after the ball, returning seconds later for Yugi to throw it again!

At that moment its owner appeared. Luckily Anzu had managed to do her bra back up, just in time.

However, it still didn't stop both teens faces from turning bright red. The dog's owner must have guessed what they were up to, because her face also flushed as she apologised profusely, ushering the dog away.

When she had gone, Yugi scratched the back of his head and laughed sheepishly. "Phew, that was close, ten minutes later and well...!"

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Mai allowed Jonouchi to drive her car up into the mountains. Even she had to admit he was a better driver than her! Which was surprising, given his excitable nature.

"This ought ta do." He pulled up and parked in a popular car parking area. There was a viewing platform nearby, where you could see right across the valley to the fields and villages of rural Japan. The views were stunning. Sometimes, wispy low cloud would hang in the valley, hugging the hillside like ghosts. Today, however it was warm and sunny; not a cloud to be seen.

The area was also ideal for hiking, with trails leading up to the summit of Mount Fuji and beyond- there were shorter walks for the less ambitious.

Mai got out and opened the boot to retrieve the picnic hamper, which she had managed to pack at short notice, with the help of Anzu's mother.

"Here, let me carry that Mai." Jonouchi grabbed the hamper from her hands. Swinging it around as he did so.

"Be careful, you idiot. You will damage the food," Mai scolded. He could be so thoughtless and clumsy at times, yet so kind and well meaning at the same time.

"No worries, it all goes down the same way," he shrugged.

Mai picked up a blanket and they set off along one of the trails. "Yes but some of us like our food to resemble food!"

Jonouchi ignored her comment and instead strode onto the viewing platform. "I'm surprised Yugi and Anzu didn't wanna come. They are missing out big time. Look at da view?" Jonouchi took in his surroundings and inhaled the clean air deeply. "Last time I came up here was with my parents and Shizuka. I was eight. They was much happier times. Six months later my dad had started to drink heavily, had an affair, so mum chucked him out." He and Shizuka's happy childhood had become a nightmare when his parents had started fighting. He had avoided coming here since his fathers behaviour had torn the family apart.

"Brings back memories huh?" Mai came up and wrapped her arms round his chest from behind, resting her head against his shoulder.

"Yeah... Coming up here with you is good though. I can make new memories and put the old ones that make me sad, to bed."

"No. You should never forget those happy times with your family. Keep them with you and cherish them."

Jonouchi took another deep breath. "Anyway, It hurts less these days, especially since I see my little sister regularly again. Come on, I will show you the spot where my folks set up our picnic. I can still remember it ten years on."

They walked past the picnic tables to a spot on a gentle slope, just above an orchard. "This is it." He stopped and looked around. "Yep! Right under this old cherry tree. I booted my ball all the way down there into the orchard, and my dad had to climb through the barbed wire to get it back. He ripped his pants on the wire." He blinked back a tear, and sniggered at the memory.

"Come here you big softy." Mai grabbed him and pulled him down onto the blanket that she had just spread out. "You know? That's why I love you, you idiot. You always act like the tough guy, ready to fight, but underneath you are all soft and gooey. It makes me want to wallow in you. And god would you just listen to me? I'm talking like a romantic! Shut up Mai."

"Nah. Don't shut up. I love you when you show me your romantic side. We must bring the best out of each other eh?"

"And the worst," Mai added. "Don't forget that! We are a bit volatile sometimes." She snaked her hand through his hair and pulled him in for a kiss.

After a few minutes. "Food, need food now!" He mumbled through their kiss.

Mai slapped him on the head. "And there was me thinking you were feeling all loving, while in reality all you were thinking of was your stomach. Again!"

"Well, a man's gotta eat. And I can't do no lovin on an empty stomach," he winked and grinned.

Mai rolled her eyes and opened the hamper to reveal rice balls, chicken drumsticks, coleslaw, apples, bananas and some sticky sweet pastries. There was also a flask of green tea and bottled water. Jonouchi wasted no time in getting stuck in to the food.

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Hearing the door slam and footsteps coming up the stairs, Sugoroku called out from the kitchen, where he was busy preparing the evening meal. "Is that you Yugi?"

"Yes Grandpa," Yugi kicked his shoes off on the mat and joined his grandfather in the kitchen. After their picnic, he and Anzu had spent the rest of the afternoon at her house. Anzu's mother was at work, which meant they had been able to enjoy having the house to themselves for a couple of hours. He was feeling pretty worn out, but was in an extremely good mood.

"You are just in time Yugi, there is a news report on your school."

Yugi sat down at the dining table and looked up a the TV screen hanging on the wall.

It seemed the incident at the school had been taken very seriously.

The police had been called in to view CCTV footage from the back of the building and car park, and the culprit had already been identified as a boy named Eiji Kato who had been expelled several months earlier. They had moved quickly and arrested him.

This meant that school was closed for the remainder of the week, for deep cleaning of the hallway. The stench left by the stink bombs and soot from the smoke damage needed to be removed.

The damage to the locker room would take longer to repair due to quite extensive fire damage. This area would be closed off to enable the school to reopen to the students on Monday.

Yugi made a whistling sound at the news. "I remember that boy, he was in the year above me. His father was in prison for murder. He was bad news," Yugi recalled with a slight snarl in his voice. It had brought back a horrible memory of Kato producing a knife and threatening him with it while he was walking home from school one day. Luckily, Yugi had managed to outrun him and had lost him in the crowd of commuters.

Hearing that boy's name again had put a slight dent in his good mood. "I'm just heading upstairs for a shower Grandpa."

"Okay Yugi. Your mother won't be home until tomorrow afternoon, so it is just you and me for supper. It will be ready in about thirty minutes."

"No probs Grandpa. I won't be that long." Yugi trotted up to the bathroom and stripped off his sweaty clothing- dumping it in the laundry bin.

Before stepping into the shower he looked at his neck in the mirror, gently running his finger over the small reddish purple bruise on his neck where Anzu had sucked at the skin there. He could still smell her scent on his skin, mixed with his own slightly sweaty odour.

Stepping into the shower, he allowed the water to cascade over his body, smiling to himself as he recalled how amazing his afternoon with Anzu had been.

Grabbing the shampoo he rubbed it into his hair until he had worked up a good lather, before rinsing it out. Since his hair was so thick, this always took quite some time.

When he was finished washing, he shut off the shower and stepped out, grabbing his towel.

As he dried himself off, a thought crossed his mind that next time he and Anzu had some time alone together, they should shower together. Despite being exhausted, he still found himself becoming aroused at the thought.

He wrapped the towel around his waist and headed back to his bedroom to dry his hair and get dressed.

In order to maintain his trademark spikes, he always hung his head forward so that he could dry his hair upside down. Once he got it to stand up, he usually found that due to the thickness of his hair it stayed up on its own, with only a small amount of gel.

He pulled on a white t-shirt and a pair of grey sweat pants and trotted back down to the kitchen ready for his supper.

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Since school was out, Friday morning found Yugi minding the shop so that his grandfather could go out on some important business. He would not tell Yugi what it was, but Yugi suspected that his grandfather was meeting with a lady friend.

Since Mai was working today, Jonouchi was keeping Yugi company in the shop, until his late shift at the warehouse.

"Do ya know where Gramps is off to with his lady friend,Yuge?" Jonouchi was plotting to follow him.

"Well, as soon as he knew I was home today, he was on the phone last night to arrange today. This morning, he trimmed his beard and spent ages in the bathroom and covered himself in cologne. That's how I know he is meeting a woman. He got dressed up in his best suit too. There is a horse race meeting on in Tokyo today. Which must mean that he planning to take her to lunch in the VIP members club to impress her. He is a lifelong honorary member due to his legendary status as a gambler."

"So how do I get in to this VIP place?" Jonouchi wanted to know.

"You don't. I could get in because I am his grandson and because of my so called fame. You would have to go in the main grandstand. It will be really busy, I doubt you would find him."

"Why don't you go. I can mind the shop while you're gone."

"I can't do that! I'm not spying on Grandpa! Anyway, why are you so interested?"

"I dunno, something to do I guess. And anyway, don't you wanna know who your Grandpa is dating. I mean she might just be using him to get at the Mutou fortune."

"Fortune! What fortune?" Yugi laughed. "You are officially losing it Jou. Plus, I really don't want to imagine Grandpa on a date!"

"Meh. So what's Anzu doing this morning?"

"Anzu will be over later, she is getting some dance practice in, ready for next weekends show. She was a bit upset not to get the lead part, but as I explained. She is not a professional yet. The woman who got the part is a full time dancer. Anzu is still in high school. Even to get the part she has is an amazing achievement."

"Yeah, she will do just great in New York. I know it."

Yugi bit his lip. "Yeah I know," he tried not to sound worried or sad. He was pleased that she would get the chance to live her dream, but part of him still worried about her, alone in foreign place.

"Aw, she will be alright Yuge. Me and Mai plan to visit her during our travels, and I'm sure you will be able to visit her during the holidays."

"Yeah," Yugi smiled weakly. "I'm sure it will all work out." He would not let any harm come to her. He would skype regularly and message her every day. If he had any concerns for her well being, he would drop everything and be on the first flight to New York, no matter what.

An old enemy will resurface over the next few chapters.

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