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Chapter 36- The gods' Decree

Yami and Yugi had woken up for school.

While Yugi was getting a shower, Yami was sitting on the bed looking through the book that had Yugi's sketches in it.

Yugi didn't mind it if Yami looked through his sketches.

'Yugi is really good.' Yami thought. He saw that Yugi had drawn all of the couples in the book along with someone new ones of the ones that had been drawn over a year ago.

Yugi then walked out of the bathroom that was connected to his bedroom in a towel. "It's yours, Yami." Yugi said.

"Thanks, Aibou." Yami said. He set the sketchpad down on the desk before he headed into the bathroom for his shower.

Yugi went through his closet and got out his school uniform. He then took off the towel and got dressed for school.

It wasn't long before Yami stepped out of the shower.

"So, whose turn is it to see if Atemu and Heba are out of bed?" Yugi asked.

"Yours. I had to do it Friday." Yami said.

Yugi sighed. "Great." Yugi said.

Yami snickered. "Hey. We agreed that we'd take turns each day, so you don't have a choice." Yami said.

"Let's just hope that there's not a repeat of last time." Yugi said.

The last time Yugi had gone to wake Heba and Atemu up, the covers had been thrown into the floor, so Yugi saw them both naked, and it was obvious that they had had sex the night before.

It had horrified Yugi that he had seen his brother and his brother's boyfriend naked in bed together.

"It won't be that bad." Yami said.

"Let's hope not." Yugi said.

Yami then got ready while Yugi went to wake up Atemu and Heba.

Yugi turned the knob of the door and opened it.

All three froze.

"OH MY GOD!" Yugi screamed.

"YUGI!" Heba cried.

Yugi slammed the door shut before he dashed back into his room.

"Yugi, what-" Yami started, having heard the screams and saw the look on Yugi's face.

"I found something worse." Yugi said.

"Were they-" Yami started.

Yugi nodded.

Yami sighed. "I know the feeling." Yami said.

Atemu and Heba had been in the middle of sex, and it wasn't a sight that Yugi had ever wanted to see nor was it one that he wanted to relive.

"Okay. Let's go downstairs." Yami said.

"This is embarrassing." Yugi said.

"Well, I've done it, too. If it didn't kill me, then it won't kill you." Yami said.

Yugi nodded.

The two headed downstairs.

Yugi then started to fix them some breakfast, and he started to make pancakes.

Yami decided to make some bacon.

It wasn't long before Atemu and Heba came downstairs.

"Yugi, I am so sorry." Heba said.

Yugi sighed and turned to look at them. "Let's just forget that it ever happened." Yugi said.

"Good." Heba said.

"And lock the door from now on." Yami said.

"I think we will." Atemu agreed.

"Let's eat." Yugi said.

The four sat down and ate their breakfast before they headed to school.

~Realm of the gods~

"Well, the year probation for Pharaoh Yami is up come the end of this week." Hathor remarked.

"Yes. We are all aware of that." Horus said.

Isis looked over at Ra. "So, when are we going to bring Pharaoh Yami here to give him our final judgment?" Isis asked.

"I believe this Friday will do." Ra said.

"What do you plan to do?" Anubis asked.

"Simply tell him what I think. I will also tell him if he has earned the right to remain among the living." Ra said.

"So, he will learn whether or not he will remain by his Hikari's side." Osiris said.

"So, what are you going to do?" Ma'at asked.

Ra sighed. "What do you think I'm going to do? He has more than earned the right to remain by his Hikari's side. He has done nothing to hurt his Hikari in any way, shape, or form. I believe that he has learned his lesson." Ra said.

All of the gods and goddesses agreed with that.

At school, the four boys met up with all of their friends.

"Hey, guys." Joey said.

"Hey. What's going on?" Yugi asked.

"Not much." Tristan said.

"Oh, come on, Tristan! You know that there is plenty going on!" Tea said, glaring at her boyfriend.

"I'm trying not to think about it." Tristan muttered.

Yami raised an eyebrow. "What is his problem?" Yami asked.

Bakura and Marik, both of whom looked rather irritated, pointed to a poster that was on the wall.

It was an advertisement for the prom that was on May 18th. It was telling that the theme was Egypt, and it was also stating that the prom started at seven that night.

"Oh. The prom." Atemu said.

"Yes! Everyone is talking about it." Tea said.

"But it's over a month away." Yami said.

"Yeah, but we girls have to get ready now. We have to find our dresses, get them fitted, get jewelry to match, get-" Tea started, ticking them all off on her fingers.

"Okay, Tea. I think we get it." Yugi said with a smile.

"Well, we have to think about these things early." Tea said.

"Is everyone going?" Serenity asked.

"I don't think that there is a reason for us not to go." Ryou said.

"But Ry-" Bakura started.

"No, Kura! You are going to the prom." Ryou said, glaring at his boyfriend.

"But I don't want to." Bakura complained.

"Too bad." Ryou said.

"Malik-" Marik started.

"Forget it, Marik. You're going." Malik said.

Marik groaned.

"There is no way I am going to do something as trivial as that." Seto said.

Joey looked over at him.

"Here is comes." Mokuba muttered.

"You are going." Joey said.

Seto looked over at him. "You can't tell me that you want to go." Seto said.

"Of course I do! This is our senior prom, and I don't want to miss it." Joey said.

"Puppy, I do not want to go to something like that." Seto said.

"Come on, Seto. It won't hurt. And I really want to go." Joey said, turning on the puppy dog eyes that Seto couldn't resist.

"Fine." Seto groaned.

Everyone snickered at that.

"What about you guys?" Serenity asked, looking over at Yugi, Yami, Atemu, and Heba.

"Well of course we're going." Yami said, wrapping an arm around Yugi's waist. "I'm going to show off that I have the cutest boyfriend in the school." Yami said.

"Yami." Yugi groaned, turning red at that. He hated when Yami would call him that.

Yami chuckled. "Well, it's the truth." Yami said.

"There's no chance that I would miss it, either." Heba said.

"You wouldn't?" Atemu asked.

Heba glanced at his boyfriend. "You didn't want to?" Heba asked.

"I had to deal with that enough when I was in ancient Egypt. You know that I hated them." Atemu said.

"Well, this is a lot different. You know that you won't be the center of attention at the prom, and you know that people aren't going to be trying to seduce you the entire time." Heba said.

"I know, but I still dislike them a lot." Atemu said.

Yugi laughed. "Don't worry, Atemu. It won't be as bad as you think." Yugi said.

"I hope not." Atemu muttered.

The bell rang.

"Come on. We need to get to class." Yami said.

The group headed to their separate classes.

Atemu and Yami were sitting in their math class.

The teacher had given them work to do out of the book and was allowing them to work in pairs, so Yami and Atemu had decided to work together.

"Do you really not what to go to the prom, Atemu?" Yami asked.

"I guess I don't mind it too much, but it's not high on my list of things that I want to do." Atemu answered.

"But you'll go because it's what Heba wants." Yami said.

"Yeah." Atemu said. He looked over at Yami. "Do you really want to go?" Atemu asked.

"Yeah. I do. I don't mind them. I enjoy it mostly because I love dancing with Yugi." Yami said.

"I can see your point." Atemu said.

"It won't be as bad as you think." Yami said.

"I hope not." Atemu said.

Yugi and Heba had history at that time and were sitting in class by each other.

There was a sub that day, so most of the kids were talking.

"Forcing Atemu to go to prom, huh?" Yugi asked.

"Well, I wouldn't completely force him, but I really want to go." Heba said.

"Which means that Atemu won't mind going." Yugi said.

"I suppose not." Heba said.

"Well, you know the real reason Yami wants to go." Yugi said.

"He wants to make sure that everyone knows that you're with him, and he wants to show off the fact that you two are an item." Heba said.

"That's all he's done this school year. I still don't get it." Yugi said.

"After the past, Yami didn't think that he would stand a chance with you. He's just really happy that you're dating him." Heba said. He chuckled before he added, "Plus, by making sure everyone knows that you're dating, he knows that there is less of a chance of anyone hitting on you."

"No one has the guts to do that because they know that Yami will kill them if they try to hit on me." Yugi said.

Heba shrugged. "Yami's just being careful." Heba said.

"Heba, he's jealous, and we both know it." Yugi said.

"All Yamis are." Heba said.

"I guess so." Yugi said. He shook his head. "I'm starting to understand why Ryou and Malik were always so irritated by the fact that Bakura and Marik were so jealous." Yugi said.

"Joey knows the pain, too." Heba said.

Yugi smiled. "I know." Yugi said.

~Friday~

"So, what are we doing tomorrow?" Joey asked.

"Not sure." Yami said.

"Why don't we just meet at the mall and then we can decide what we're going to do then." Ryou suggested.

"Good idea." Atemu said.

The group then headed their separate ways.

"So, what are we doing tonight?" Yugi asked.

"We can eat dinner and then watch a movie." Yami said.

"Sounds good." Heba agreed.

The four headed home and did their weekend homework.

That night, they had a pizza delivered to the house and watched a movie while they ate.

Once dinner was over, they turned off the TV.

"So, what now?" Atemu asked.

"We could play Duel Monsters." Yami said.

The group agreed, and they got their decks and played a tag team duel with Yugi and Heba on a team, and Yami and Atemu on the other team.

After playing, Yugi and Heba ended up winning although barely.

"Well, we win." Heba said with a smile.

Atemu groaned.

"Don't take it so hard." Yami said.

"That's not why." Atemu said.

Heba snickered. "He's bottom tonight." Heba said.

"We didn't need to know that!" Yugi and Yami exclaimed at the same time.

Atemu and Heba couldn't keep themselves from laughing.

But no one had the chance to move as a bright light filled the room, and they vanished.

~Realm of the gods~

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" Bakura shouted.

All of the Yamis and Hikaris had ended up in a gold room.

"Bakura-" Yami started.

There was a low chuckle behind them.

"Very vocal, Tombrobber."

All of them turned to find themselves facing the gods of Egypt. Instantly, all of them were kneeling.

Ra waved them off. "There is no need of that." Ra said.

Slowly, they all got on their feet.

"My lords, why have you called us here?" Atemu asked.

"Well, Ra thought that it was time for you to know what our final decision is." Ma'at explained to them.

However, everyone look clueless.

Anubis raised an eyebrow. "You do remember what this time is, do you not?" Anubis asked.

There was still no recognition on anyone's face.

"Are you telling me that you forgot what we said one year ago?" Osiris asked.

"Um, apparently." Heba said, rubbing the back of his head.

Then, all of the gods and goddesses started laughing.

"Oh, that's rich! They could be facing the worst, and they wouldn't have any idea why it was happening!" Horus said.

Isis chuckled. "Perhaps we should enlighten them first, Ra." Isis said.

"True." Ra said.

Bakura was getting irritated. "Well, get on with it then." Bakura said.

"Well, it would seem that you have all forgotten about the probation period that we put Pharaoh Yami on a year ago for his actions beforehand." Hathor explained.

Realization dawned on everyone then.

"It's been that long already?" Joey asked.

"Yes. It has." Ra said.

Yami gulped. He hadn't even thought about this happening. He would soon know if he was staying with his Hikari for good or not.

Yugi moved a little closer to Yami and took Yami's hand in his hand.

"Now, since we are all on the same page, perhaps we can get started." Ra said.

Everyone nodded.

Even Bakura, Marik, and Seto had become solemn since they now knew why it was that they were there.

"Now, had you asked me a year ago, I wouldn't have thought twice about separating you two permanently given what you had done then." Ra said.

"I understand." Yami said.

Yugi grew worried at that thought. 'I hope that they aren't going to take Yami from me. I won't be able to stand it.' Yugi thought.

"However, we have observed you over the last year, and I have come to a decision." Ra said.

Everyone was worried as they waited for the final verdict.

"In the last year, you have done absolutely nothing to harm your Hikari, and we do not foresee any such mistakes in the future. Therefore, you are now off this probation period, and you are free from worry from us." Ra said.

"What?" Yami said, shocked.

"So, he's off the hook?" Ryou asked.

"For this, anyway. Just let this be warning to you all. We are going to come after you if you make a mistake like this." Ra said.

"We understand." Marik said.

"Good. You are off the hook, Pharaoh Yami. You won't be seeing us again for quite some time." Horus said.

"Thank you." Yami said.

The same bright light from before surrounded them, and all the Yamis and Hikaris were gone.

"Well, that was funny." Hathor said, laughing again.

"Yes. I could have really had them going for awhile." Ra agreed, laughing as well.

It was going to be something that the gods were not going to forget any time soon.

"I can't believe that I forgot about that." Yami muttered. He was lying in bed with Yugi that night.

"Well, it doesn't matter, Yami. The important thing is that they are letting you stay." Yugi said as he leaned over to kiss Yami.

Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi as he kissed Yugi back. Once the kiss ended, Yami said, "I know what you mean. I'm just glad that we get to stay together."

Yugi smiled. "Well, it's not like you've done anything to warrant being taken from here." Yugi said.

"In your eyes." Yami said.

"Yami, all you've done is put me first in everything. There isn't anything that they could have found against you." Yugi said.

"I suppose not." Yami agreed.

Yugi smiled at Yami. "Don't worry about anything, Yami. It'll be fine." Yugi said.

Yami nodded.

Yugi leaned down and kissed Yami again. "In any case, I'm just glad that we are going to be able to stay together." Yugi said.

"So am I." Yami agreed.

"By the way, what was that remark about not seeing them again for some time?" Yugi asked.

"Oh. That. Well, all of us from ancient Egypt will see them again when we die. We'll go the Egyptian afterlife." Yami said.

"Oh." Yugi said. He was a little disappointed because it meant that they wouldn't see each other in the afterlife.

Yami chuckled. "Don't worry, Yugi. As my Hikari, you'll have the choice of going with me to the afterlife." Yami said.

"I will?" Yugi asked.

Yami nodded.

"Well, I feel better about that." Yugi said.

"I suppose so." Yami agreed.

"In any case, we might as well go to bed. No telling what time Joey will be calling us to do something together." Yugi said.

"You're right about that." Yami said.

The two then settled down together and were soon asleep, wrapped in each other's arms. They were glad to know that they would be together forever.

Hope you liked it.

Next: Prom!

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