Egypt: ok i know this is really late and u dont know how sorry i am but my laptop is broken
that's right, my life-line has decided to stop working -_-'
i got it back from repairs and they told me its dead, so now i have to wait till christmas for a new one...
so until then i'll be switching between the family laptop and my brothers so updates will be miserably slow
*bows a lot* i am SO sorry! T~T
*clears throat* anyway, this chapters from yugixyamiyaoilover, thank u for another amazing request!
Warnings: ok so the pairing is...technically TimaeusxAtemxYamixYugi, and the rating is T because theres nothing all that serious in it, a bit of angst bit of fluff,
ok so enjoy and request if u want
Cursed
The hall was loud, thunderously so with shouts and laughter, the smell of beer and ail strong in the air along with sweat. King Darts sat tall and proud on his chair on the dais above his loyal men, his generals and soldiers each enjoying a drink to commend their victory over the evil demons that had threatened their land.
Among the men were the last of his Knights, Critias, Helmos and Timaeus, Atlantis's best warriors. King Darts smiled to the three and raised a glass to them when they looked his way, two smiling and nodding back, raising their own glasses. But one didn't. No this Knight had his eyes on something past the King.
Curious, Darts looked to see his small daughter, laughing in the arms of the nurse boy, servant Yugi. The boy smiled down at his daughter as he made her laugh by tickling her, playing with the child as he was supposed to. After the death of his beloved wife, Darts had hired Yugi to act as a nurse for his daughter, to raise her and mother her. The boy was good at his work and the young Princess loved him dearly, Darts himself respected the young teen for his loyalty and devotion to him and his only child. But then Yugi looked up and his amethyst eyes met with the grey bluish green of his highest ranking Knight and the two shared a soft look.
Discreetly King Darts looked back out to the hall, his mind on the two he had just observed. A Knight is a high rank, extremely high, giving the warrior a status only one lower than the King himself, whereas a servant was as good as a slave in the eyes of nobility. If a relationship was to be possible of two such polar opposites they would need permission from the King, and even then Darts had his hands tied as the ancient law forbids such an act. For any servant looking over the child of the King was to devote their life to that child alone, and Yugi had made that oath freely. And yet there his was in plain sight sharing a romantic gaze with his Knight.
King Darts frowned sadly, slowly, reluctantly, raising a hand to summon a servant nearby. The young boy came as beckoned. "Ask my generals to send their top spy to me right now; I have a matter that needs investigating further."
Yugi sighed happily as he lay in the arms of his secret lover, his head resting on the bare chest, one of his muscular arms wrapped tight around his waist to hold him against his toned body, the other gently stroking his shoulder with his rough finger tips with a feather like touch.
"We should leave." Timaeus spoke suddenly, his voice a deep rumble as his usual gruff baritone was softened as he spoke to the boy in his arms.
Yugi frowned and raised himself over the man he loved to meet the sea green eyes. "What?"
Timaeus let his arm drop from the boy's slim waist, instead moving it to cup the teen's plump cheek and stroke over the soft flesh with his thumb. "It's only a matter of time before people find out about us. We should go now, escape to the country. I could buy us a farm and we'd work honestly for ourselves." The young Knight said thoughtfully.
"Timaeus," Yugi's tone was soft, pleading. "I can't, not yet, the Princess is still so young and she still remembers losing her mother. I can't abandon that child; I won't hurt her like that." Yugi reasoned. "We can be more careful, I know how to elude the spies, no one will find out-" The pale skinned teen rambled.
Timaeus smiled up at his love, leaning up to press his lips to the soft pink ones above him. Once Yugi had calmed some the young man pulled away. "You are too caring for your own good my love, but alright. We'll wait."
Yugi smiled down at the Knight and gave him another kiss, a sweet, loving kiss that seemed to make time pause to allow the moment to last just a moment longer. But time is a fleeting thing.
The door to the Knights private chambers burst open and in came rushing guards. Everything turned into a blur for Yugi; it was as if he wasn't really seeing anything, like he wasn't really there. I heard Timaeus shout, loud and angry. But then his ears started ringing and there was no sound. The small teen started panting, only blurry colours could be seen though his eyes and no sound made it through his fogged mind, his body had shut down from fear and shock. But he woke when he was thrown on the floor at his Kings feet.
The small boy looked up at his monarch to see pain filled eyes. "I am sorry Yugi, truly sorry. But you and my Knight have broken ancient law-"
"Is being in love breaking the law!?" Came a thunderous roar. Yugi gasped and looked to his love, still bare chested with his cotton trousers on that he wore at night, wrapped in chains and held between five guards. The sight brought tears to the small boy's eyes.
"Timaeus." He whimpered.
Darts hung his head. "I am bound by the law as much as any civilian in this Kingdom, the both of you included. Magicians." At the command the Dark Magician Girl and Magician of Black Chaos appeared in front of their King, backs to him to look down on Yugi. The boy coward in fear and Timaeus began to struggle. "Pass judgement." The two beings nodded, raising their staffs towards the crying boy.
"Timaeus I love you." Yugi announced loudly before the beams were shot. Yugi's eyes widened to the extreme as he fell backwards, a scream of pain ripping through him. His body shook dangerously, an ice fire burning and consuming him from the inside out. The young Knight screamed for it to stop, fighting with all his might against the chains.
"Knight Timaeus, I order that you be turned into a guardian for Atlantis, a Dragon, and a beast that feels no love." The magicians turned to the young man and raised their staffs as their King spoke. "Yugi shall be cursed to live for an eternity, banished from our land never to return while you are bound here to serve the people in your new form."
The beams where shot, and then everything went blurry once more for the small boy as his body became numb with the freezing temperature. The last thing he saw was the form of his lover turn sea green and transform into a large beast that roared in pain as he blacked out.
"Yugi, I cannot tell you how sorry I am for what I did. I can only beg you to forgive me someday. I have cursed you to have forever, as a creature from the dark. You will forever be cold, forever young, forever beautiful, and forever hungry.
"You will always be different from others, inhumanly strong and fast, heightened senses that will warn you of danger and your surroundings, keen sense of smell which will be both an aid and curse in itself, you will be able to hear more than you could ever have imagined.
"You will seem like a monster to others if they find out of your abilities so please, tread carefully. You will never feel the effects of aging or growing sick, you will be alone as any friend you make will eventually pass on, and you will be cursed like this for as long as the earth spins.
"What I have done to you is awful and I regret not refusing to deliver your punishment, but there is one comfort I can offer. Timaeus will live again.
"The spell put on him was that to transform his body and way of thinking, with turning into a mythical creature he lost the ability to remember you and what it felt like to love. But his soul remained human and could not forget you. And so I cast a spell of my own, making his soul immortal, allowing him to be reborn anytime anywhere.
"With this gift of another chance I pray you can forgive me one day. So look for him Yugi, find him, love him again, each time he dies he will be reborn. But be warned, his soul is meant for great things and with the power he will receive eventually his soul will weaken to the point it will fade, then he can no longer come back for you. Also, he will not remember you, a part of him will but you will have to find a way to bring that part out.
"Good luck Yugi, and I am sorry, I hope one day you will find peace."
Amethyst eyes snapped open as the voice stopped and the body they belonged to shot up straight to sit up. The teen made no sound, no panting, no crying, just staring blankly at the wall in front of him.
A groan and a shift in the bed caught his attention and his gaze moved to the dark form beside him. A smile spread on his lips as he admired the lovely tanned skin, the muscular form, the royal red in his hair. Atem the Egyptian Pharaoh. Timaeus the Atlantian Knight. His lover, two different people and yet so much the same.
Yugi lay back down carefully and almost immediately two large arms wrapped themselves round him and pulled him close to amazing warmth.
Your wrong about so many things, Yugi thought to himself with a peaceful smile as he allowed himself to fall back to sleep. I'm not cold anymore, I'm not hungry all the time any more, and he does remember, more than you had me believe. The small form shivered as the memories of wondering the wilderness alone passed his mind and for a moment he was lost again.
Forests, plains, rocky lands, all so barren and empty, just as Yugi had become. Tears seemed to forever stream down his cheeks, as his heart that no longer had a beat throbbed and ached in constricting pain.
The first few years were the worst for the young boy, wondering the world aimlessly with the words that he always dreamt of ringing through his ears, constantly looking for his lost love. He'd scream at the sky at night, his throat raw and burning with thirst and his stomach rumbling with starvation. But the pain from his mouth and belly was nothing compared to the crushing in his heart. So hollow his heart had become, so agonizing the pain that he picked up a rock with a blades shape edge and tried to end it that way. But the pitiful rock just turned to dust against his impenetrable skin. The tears became angry, his sharpened teeth fought against each other as he clenched his jaw, all mounting into a furious roar of anguish and sorrow.
A part of him blamed himself for what happened; if he had listened to his love and followed him they would have escaped to live peacefully together, live a quiet life.
A soft snore and the tightening of the hot arms around him brought the immortal child back and his smile returned. The pain of loneliness had disappeared the moment his eyes met the red ones of his love reincarnated. The memory of their first meeting was still so fresh in his mind.
Walking through the desert aimlessly, Yugi couldn't even feel the scorching heat on his ice cold skin; his throat was dry and painful even after having a good amount to drink from the last village he passed. And the pain in his heart had only worsened with each day that had passed since the day he was cursed. 4,000 years' worth of awful suffocating pain. Eventually Yugi had become used to it, accepting the pain as a part of him and managed to stop his tears, instead suffered silently as his feet kept moving forward of their own accord.
Finally, the city came into view, the palace standing tall over it. The teen used his speed carefully to near the large city of Thebes, walking normally through the streets to try find somewhere to attempt to quench his thirst. He didn't get far, the whispers of fear and wonder from the peasants about a beautiful pale being in the streets reached the palace quickly, and before the teen knew it he was being escorted to the palace. Inside the court asked him question of if he was a God or demon, but the boy stood silently staring blankly at the wall far in front of him, his eyes dead to the court.
And yet before they could have him removed the doors behind the immortal child opened, and in wafted the most mouth-watering smell the teen had ever sensed. The being turned to look for his next meal only to freeze. A tanned, slightly shorter version of Timaeus dressed in white and gold, surrounded by light. When Yugi turned Atem saw the boy and stopped to stare, dazzled as others where by his inhuman beauty.
The child was offered a room in the palace, rather close to the Kings to Yugi's glee. The courting that followed began subtly, innocent at first before Yugi became impatient one night and snuck into Atem's room. The teen managed to saddle the young man's hips and lean down to bite the succulent neck, sucking slowly and gently to indulge in the amazing taste. He stopped though when he was suddenly pushed back, rolled over so he was laying on the bed. Atem pulled away and Yugi swore for as long as he lived he'd never forget that stunning smile he received. "It's being so long my love." The young Pharaoh had said, and Yugi knew then that his love had remembered.
Having the angelic boy moved into his room had shocked the people of Egypt, no doubts there, but Yugi was eternally grateful for the closeness. Yugi snuggled closer, basking in the heat. Only since he saw Atem did he feel warn again, only when he drank from Atem did he feel quenched, only when Atem was in his presence did he feel whole and no longer alone. But that haunting feeling of himself being the one to blame for what happened to them both... That kept him awake at night.
With a sigh Yugi sat up and curled up into a ball to tiredly rest his head on his knees as he remembered again the pain of transforming and his loves screams as he changed to. "Yugi?" Said teen looked at his lover from the corner of his eye, not rising his head. Atem sat up slowly and shifted to rest his hands comfortingly on the boy's shoulders. "What is the matter?"
At first the pale beauty could not make the words, but finally he forced them out. "It was my fault. If we had left when you suggested none of this would have happened. We could have lived our lives out just as you said, in peace in the country, on a little farm of our own with no threat. We could have done it, but I was stupid and refused, I was naive to think we wouldn't be caught. I…." Yugi clenched his sharp teeth together as the tears returned. "I-I'm so sorry." And his control over his broken heart was gone, the teen wept helplessly.
Atem quickly wrapped the young boy in his arms and pulled him onto his knee, holding him tight. "Stop it, don't you dare blame yourself." Atem said sternly, his tone strong and determined. Yugi sniffed and looked up as Atem held his face between his hands. "Don't you dare put the blame on yourself when it was out of your control. It was neither of our faults Yugi, and I don't regret a thing. Do you know why?" the young King stroked the pale cheeks before him to rid the angelic face of the tears before continuing. "Because I love you, and no matter how much time may pass, that will never change. So no more holding yourself responsible, alright?" Atem said softly to sooth his love. Yugi managed a small smile and nod before leaning into his love reincarnated for support, closing his eyes to fall back to sleep.
There was nothing left. Nothing left of me. That's how I felt. My chest, it's empty, always empty. And it hurts. Like someone's punched a hole in my chest and ripped out my heart with their bare hands. Left me to bleed. Left me to wraith in the pain of missing the most vital organ. There's nothing left of me. Yugi, who's he? A small weak boy who foolishly fell for a Knight of Atlantis. A boy who spent a few blissful months with the man he loved before being turned into...this...thing. Am I a monster now?
The fiery ache in my throat gave an excruciating throb as that thought crossed my mind.
Yes I suppose so. How else do you describe someone who craves the blood of humans?
It's been 5000 years. 5000 years since I saw his face, felt his touch, felt his presence, felt his warmth, tasted his life.
I had tried to gain some of that warmth back during the long wait, but in England I had my eyes opened. The Grim Reaper they had called me. The name was whispered in fear through the streets. After that I swore to myself that I'd never kill again...even if I had to starve myself.
My solution came in talk of the new world, so I snuck onto a boat and once arriving I found a beautiful old home, the old lady who had once lived there had passed on and no one wanted the house, so I lived there, hiding under it, listening to the pathetic lives of pointless squabbles of the mortals.
As the years passed every night I was haunted by the same dream. No not a dream. A memory. A nightmare of a memory. I closed my eyes and let the tears fall as it came back.
Atem, lying on the bed we've always shared. He's so wrinkly and frail looking. He looks over to me, those ruby eyes, their fire slowly diminishing, and yet he still has that special look for me. So soft and full of love. My eyes are watery but he's asked me not to cry. He holds out his hand for me and I take it gently, sitting beside him. So warm. Even so close to the end he's still so warm. But I can feel the jaws of the cold threatening to engulf me once more, I can feel the chilly tingles on the back of my neck and it's scaring me. He talks. Oh that strong rough baritone reduced to a weak whisper. Has 30 years passed already? "I love you. Find me soon my sweet Yugi." I shiver and the first tear falls. I promise him, I swear to him that I won't stop until I do. He smiles, nods, and then says something else. "I want you to end my life Yugi, drink from me and this time don't stop, maybe the thirst will stay away for longer if you do. Please? It's what I want." I'm shaking all over but I nod then lean forward. A part of me is screaming to stop, I don't want to be the one to take him away, but the darkness inside me says do it. A Part of me knows I won't see him for a long while, and then my heart throbs awfully. "I love you." I whisper once more before my fangs find their mark. I feel his once powerful arms wrap themselves around me as I drink. I feel them tighten then loosen slowly, then drop. Tears fall from my eyes like a rain in a sea storm but I don't stop drinking. Only once there is none left do I pull away. He's ice cold, like I am now, for once we're the same temperature but there's no comfort in that. I stroke his face before wrapping him in my arms and hold him, rocking. Then the pain takes my chest once more and the loneliness returns, overwhelmed by the force I throw my head back and scream.
I looked up at the sound of the front door opening and growled furiously at the sound of that annoying voice. It sounded like he had a constantly blocked nose and a high pitched voice all rolled into one, and having to listen to his pathetic rambling every other day was driving me to insanity...if I wasn't already there.
Someone else stepped in behind him; they stayed silent as they followed him around the house. I quickly lost interest and leaned further into the darkness, resting back into the wall. They pass above but the one behind stops at my door. I open my eyes again and listen intently. I hear the whisper of skin on metal; he's holding the door handle. I hear the rusty groan of the old metal moving as he turns the knob, then the squeak and cry from the hinges as the old wood opens.
I froze as I listened intently to this new person. No one has ever tried come down here before. They step into the door and I gasped.
"N-No! Please Sir this way."
After a pause the door shuts once more. "I'd like to sign the paper work today and move in as soon as possible."
"O-of course sir!"
The front door opens and closes again after that, and I am frozen to the spot.
That smell. That oh so mouth watering amazing aroma. Atem. Timaeus. Your back. And this time, you found me.
The house was filled with people and boxes for hours until finally the last box was unloaded from the truck. The young man, to tired for anything else, stuck a quick microwave dinner into the machine, at on his bed then curled up to sleep off the exhausting day.
The other inhabitant within the house, however, had other plans.
Silently, the small form made his way to the bedroom, standing in the doorway to take a good long whiff. With a breathy sigh, the pale figure moved closer to the bed, the light from the moon the only light source as it streamed through the window as the curtains were not yet up.
Using his enhanced abilities he managed to crawl up the bed undetected to look at the new incarnation of his lover.
Pale skinned, creamy and flush with energy, his face was a little rounder to show the young man still had some youth, his hair lines with amethyst instead of sea green or ruby red, but the rest of him was so much the same, a strong toned body bare chested under the sheets. The smell, it was stronger than before, and yet the strength of the soul...it wasn't anywhere near as strong or fresh as Atem's had been. "Be warned, his soul is meant for great things and with the power he will receive eventually his soul will weaken to the point it will fade" the words stabbed at his heart.
"Are you the last then?" He whispered to himself. The thought brought tears to his eyes but they did not fall, his hand instinctively reached out to brush the golden bangs away from his handsome face with a feather touch. "Does that mean you won't remember me?"
Yugi froze as the form on the bed stirred before amethyst eyes fluttered open. Shock then fear ran through those eyes before the human shot up and out of bed, pressing himself to the wall. "Who the hell are you? What are you doing in my house?"
The words were like lemon juice to a fresh wound, they stung terribly. But Yugi took a deep breath, climbing off the bed to stand in front of this new form of his lover. Make him remember the words rung through his mind. As the boy neared the young man before him, he could feel the cold slipping away, his chest didn't hurt so much, but the thirst in his throat was burning for relief.
Slowly, carefully, Yugi raised his arms to the young man, placing them on his cheeks. The smaller watched as the pale young man's eyes widened, then the boy went up on his tip toes and leaned in for a gentle, sweet kiss. The immortal child watched as the wide eyes of his lover slid closed, only then did he let his own drop as well. A moment passed, then another. Yugi pulled away and was going to step back, when two arms took hold of his forearms and pulled him closer.
"Looks like I found you this time, my love." The words made Yugi gasped, and before he could control himself he wrapped his arms around his lover and wept.
"Oh Timaeus, Atem, I've missed you so much!" Yugi cried. The taller chuckled, picking the boy up bridal style to climb back on the bed with him and hold him tight on his lap.
"Actually my name in this time is Yami." He grinned, wrapping the tears from the boys rosy cheeks. "You look thirsty."
"I's been 5000 years since I had a decent drink." Yugi joked.
Yami sighed happily. "You know, that was the most peaceful, blissful moment in my entire life."
"Me draining you?" Yugi asked in a shocked tone, pulling away from the worked for chest to look into Yami's honest eyes. The young man nodded. Yugi let that sunk in. That had been his biggest regret for the past thousand years, and yet his lover had liked it. The thought brought him peace.
"5000 years...it must have been hard...1000 years longer than last time." Yugi only nodded in agreement, he couldn't bring himself to admit how awful the wait had been, it would only make his love feel guilty. "Yugi." The boy looked up. Yami looked saddened. "How bad was it?" Yugi only looked down and away. "That bad hu?" The small teen bit his lip and scrunched his eyes tight so he wouldn't cry again. Yami stayed silent and so did Yugi.
"I couldn't find you." Yugi finally spoke in a small voice. "I looked everywhere after 4000 years, you weren't there...I thought I'd missed my chance and I'd be alone to starve forever. Then I smelt you when you opened the cellar door yesterday. I wanted so much to run to you and hold you. But I heard you say you wanted the house so I made myself wait."
Everything fell silent. "Change me." Yami finally spoke up after a few minutes.
Yugi looked up at him with wide eyes. "W-what?"
Yami looked down at him. "Change me. I don't have any family here; I don't even have a job. Change me Yugi, that way we can be together forever. With the two of us as immortals we'll never be alone, never be hungry."
Yugi looked down. "You don't know what it's like, to never feel anything, to know you're going to live forever-"
"Forever will never be enough time with you Yugi." The same teen looked up into the sure eyes of man he loved.
"Are you sure this is what you want?" Yugi asked quietly, half afraid of the answer.
"Yes." Came the reply, a strong, level, loud reply. Yugi nodded slowly, raising his own wrist to his mouth to graze his teeth over the veins, and then lifting it to Yami's mouth.
"Drink." The white skinned young man commanded gently. Yami held the wrist as he took a gulp, the older shivering at the taste and texture. Yugi's blood was sweet, like sugar, the texture thick like honey. Yami look another gulp before becoming very sleepy, Yugi helped hi lay down then curled into his side, reaching up to bite and take a gulp of his own from his lover, then kiss the four marks. "Sleep my love, when you wake, we'll have eternity."
Egypt: did u know there's no shipping name for TimaeusxAtemxYamixYugi?
i was so upset when i learnt that, so i was thinking of calling it Warriorshipping...is that already taken? what do u guys think?
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