Angel of the Night
Chapter five: Happily Ever After
Disclaimer: check first chapter(s).
Sighing contentedly, Safiya laid on the bed in the room she and Yami shared. The sun was peeking through the sheer curtains of the room. Cuddling up to Yami, Safiya nuzzled his chest. They had been married the day before. Yami rolled over in bed and looked up at Safiya.
"Morning," he whispered in her ear.
"Yami?" Safiya asked.
"Mmhmm?"
Safiya stared out the window. "What do you think...the future will be like?"
Yami stared at Safiya. "Why?"
Safiya shrugged. "I don't know, I was just wondering."
Yami sat up and took Safiya's hand in his. "I'll tell you what the future will be like. We will go to Northern Egypt and rebuild your kingdom. We'll rule over all of Egypt in peace and prosperity. Somewhere along the road of life, we'll have children. You'll be the most wonderful mother. After that, when we get old and our children ascend the throne, we'll have grandchildren. We'll be together until the end of time, even in the afterlife. Anubis will allow us never to be separated."
Safiya smiled. "You think so?"
Yami nodded solemnly, "I know so."
Safiya sighed. "I wish I could know for certain too."
Yami looked Safiya in the eye. "I know well enough for both of us."
Safiya giggled. "Oh, all right. I guess that'll have to do."
"Darn right," Yami smirked.
"Oh you!" Safiya slapped him playfully on the shoulder. "Sometimes you're too smug for your own good."
"But you love me for it, am I correct?" Yami pointed out.
"Yes, thought I don't know why," Safiya replied, kissing the tip of Yami's nose.
"Um, sir," Jou called from outside.
Grumbling, Yami called back, "Yes?"
"You might want to take a look at this!" Jou called back.
Yami grabbed Safiya's hand and went out to the hallway where Jou was. Jou then led them down to the throne room with blindfolds on their eyes.
"Surprise!" about thirty or forty people shouted.
Safiya jumped and clung to Yami's arm. The room was decorated for a party. There were dancers and food and music. After the initial shock wore off, Safiya smiled and joined the festivities.
Yami pulled Seto and Jou aside. "What is the meaning of this?" he asked.
"I know the festivities were cut short last night. We saw fit to...rekindle the party since Queen Safiya enjoyed it so. Consider it a wedding present," Seto smiled.
Yami looked at Safiya. "Yes, she seems to be enjoying herself very much. Thank you both," and with a sharp turn, he walked over to Safiya.
"Took long enough for them to get together hm?" asked Seto.
Jou nodded. "I wasn't even here for that long while they knew each other. Seeing how well they match, I'm surprised they didn't get together immediately."
Seto laughed. "She thought he kidnapped her. First thing she did was slap him."
Jou winced. "I see. Hey, there's Mai, see you later Seto," Jou ran off to his long-time girlfriend. They were also to be married soon.
Across the room, Yami had lured Safiya to a shadowed corner. Kissing her softly, Yami smirked as a tiny giggle escaped Safiya's lips.
"Yami! People are here! They could be watching!"
Yami smiled. "So?"
"Oh, you're impossible," Safiya pouted.
"Yes I am," Yami stated seriously.
The party lasted through the night and by the time all the guests went home, the moon had set and the sun had just begun to rise.
Safiya and Yami collapsed into bed once more. "We've got to tell Jou and Seto to stop spoiling us," Safiya mused.
Yami nodded in agreement, flopping down on the bed, eyes closed.
"Yami?" Safiya asked after a while.
"Mmph?" was the muffled reply.
Safiya giggled. "I was thinking. Well, maybe we should do something nice for Jou and Seto. Since they've been 'spoiling us'."
Yami thought for a moment. "What did you have in mind?"
"I dunno."
"Then we won't. I tell you, they're perfectly happy. the only thing I can think of that'd make them happier is you helping Mai out on her wedding day. I heard Jou saying that she was going to be a nervous wreck."
Safiya laughed. "She'll be fine. Seriously, is there anything we can do for them?"
Yami thought for a moment. "Do you always have to be so...caring?" he asked curiously.
"Do you want me to be selfish?" she asked back playfully.
"No, I just..." Yami shrugged.
Safiya shushed him with a kiss. "It's okay, I understand. My father used to say the same thing..."
Yami put his arm around Safiya. "You miss him?"
Safiya nodded sorrowfully. "But I have you now. I'll be all right."
Yami smiled. "Good."
Safiya grinned, "Let's get some sleep. And hope Seto and Jou don't throw us another party."
"Yes, by Ra yes," he shook his head. "Too many parties and we'll never get our duties done."
Falling gently into sleep, though they had planned it out, neither knew what the future would hold.
The days and weeks rolled by. Seasons passed. Then came a time that many of you may have heard of. The seven Millennium item holders were gathered together before the Pharaoh to decide the fate of the Shadow games.
Safiya begged to be let in during the meeting, but Yami would not hear of it. She was not to be brought into the conflict. Yami wanted to know who was turning on him. He could not find the traitor.
Many moons passed. And the Millennium Rod was shown as the heart that turned cold. Seto betrayed his Pharaoh and the land was lost to darkness. In the end, it was always so. As the sands rolled over hills long forgotten, a young woman cried, cradling pieces of a broken puzzle.
Gently, she placed them in a golden box bearing the Eye of Horus. Sealing the box with a charm and a kiss, she waited for the day where a young boy, so much like her beloved Pharaoh, would bear the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Her work done, she stood. The box fell to the ground, enveloped by the desert sands. Back to the palace, her work was not yet done. She would grow old and die, her children's children would reign after her. But her love's spirit would stay forever, until the day came when another would be tested. Then, only then, when the world was at peace, would he return to her.
But it was enough, to know she would see him again. He lied to her, that day so many years ago, the day after their marriage. But she cared not. He would fulfill his duty, and she hers. He had made her another promise. He would come back to her, he told her to wait for him.
Many years in the future, farther so than we can calculate, a young woman awaits a young man by great golden gates richly carved with Egyptian runes.
The woman is Safiya, the man Yami. And so, Yami's promise was kept, he and Safiya reunited in the afterlife. Running to each other's arms, they laugh and cry with joy.
Safiya smiles. Yami kept his promise after all.
meh...all who liked this last chapter say i! *crickets chirp* eh...fine. Well, I'm off to work on my LOTR fic. Later on I'll be back with a not- quite-sequel to The Diamond Star. I'm just gonna have fun with it. No couples at all. So I can start from scratch with countless romances with the tons of OC's I'll have. (explain later)
well, thanks minna san!
~Seraphstar
Chapter five: Happily Ever After
Disclaimer: check first chapter(s).
Sighing contentedly, Safiya laid on the bed in the room she and Yami shared. The sun was peeking through the sheer curtains of the room. Cuddling up to Yami, Safiya nuzzled his chest. They had been married the day before. Yami rolled over in bed and looked up at Safiya.
"Morning," he whispered in her ear.
"Yami?" Safiya asked.
"Mmhmm?"
Safiya stared out the window. "What do you think...the future will be like?"
Yami stared at Safiya. "Why?"
Safiya shrugged. "I don't know, I was just wondering."
Yami sat up and took Safiya's hand in his. "I'll tell you what the future will be like. We will go to Northern Egypt and rebuild your kingdom. We'll rule over all of Egypt in peace and prosperity. Somewhere along the road of life, we'll have children. You'll be the most wonderful mother. After that, when we get old and our children ascend the throne, we'll have grandchildren. We'll be together until the end of time, even in the afterlife. Anubis will allow us never to be separated."
Safiya smiled. "You think so?"
Yami nodded solemnly, "I know so."
Safiya sighed. "I wish I could know for certain too."
Yami looked Safiya in the eye. "I know well enough for both of us."
Safiya giggled. "Oh, all right. I guess that'll have to do."
"Darn right," Yami smirked.
"Oh you!" Safiya slapped him playfully on the shoulder. "Sometimes you're too smug for your own good."
"But you love me for it, am I correct?" Yami pointed out.
"Yes, thought I don't know why," Safiya replied, kissing the tip of Yami's nose.
"Um, sir," Jou called from outside.
Grumbling, Yami called back, "Yes?"
"You might want to take a look at this!" Jou called back.
Yami grabbed Safiya's hand and went out to the hallway where Jou was. Jou then led them down to the throne room with blindfolds on their eyes.
"Surprise!" about thirty or forty people shouted.
Safiya jumped and clung to Yami's arm. The room was decorated for a party. There were dancers and food and music. After the initial shock wore off, Safiya smiled and joined the festivities.
Yami pulled Seto and Jou aside. "What is the meaning of this?" he asked.
"I know the festivities were cut short last night. We saw fit to...rekindle the party since Queen Safiya enjoyed it so. Consider it a wedding present," Seto smiled.
Yami looked at Safiya. "Yes, she seems to be enjoying herself very much. Thank you both," and with a sharp turn, he walked over to Safiya.
"Took long enough for them to get together hm?" asked Seto.
Jou nodded. "I wasn't even here for that long while they knew each other. Seeing how well they match, I'm surprised they didn't get together immediately."
Seto laughed. "She thought he kidnapped her. First thing she did was slap him."
Jou winced. "I see. Hey, there's Mai, see you later Seto," Jou ran off to his long-time girlfriend. They were also to be married soon.
Across the room, Yami had lured Safiya to a shadowed corner. Kissing her softly, Yami smirked as a tiny giggle escaped Safiya's lips.
"Yami! People are here! They could be watching!"
Yami smiled. "So?"
"Oh, you're impossible," Safiya pouted.
"Yes I am," Yami stated seriously.
The party lasted through the night and by the time all the guests went home, the moon had set and the sun had just begun to rise.
Safiya and Yami collapsed into bed once more. "We've got to tell Jou and Seto to stop spoiling us," Safiya mused.
Yami nodded in agreement, flopping down on the bed, eyes closed.
"Yami?" Safiya asked after a while.
"Mmph?" was the muffled reply.
Safiya giggled. "I was thinking. Well, maybe we should do something nice for Jou and Seto. Since they've been 'spoiling us'."
Yami thought for a moment. "What did you have in mind?"
"I dunno."
"Then we won't. I tell you, they're perfectly happy. the only thing I can think of that'd make them happier is you helping Mai out on her wedding day. I heard Jou saying that she was going to be a nervous wreck."
Safiya laughed. "She'll be fine. Seriously, is there anything we can do for them?"
Yami thought for a moment. "Do you always have to be so...caring?" he asked curiously.
"Do you want me to be selfish?" she asked back playfully.
"No, I just..." Yami shrugged.
Safiya shushed him with a kiss. "It's okay, I understand. My father used to say the same thing..."
Yami put his arm around Safiya. "You miss him?"
Safiya nodded sorrowfully. "But I have you now. I'll be all right."
Yami smiled. "Good."
Safiya grinned, "Let's get some sleep. And hope Seto and Jou don't throw us another party."
"Yes, by Ra yes," he shook his head. "Too many parties and we'll never get our duties done."
Falling gently into sleep, though they had planned it out, neither knew what the future would hold.
The days and weeks rolled by. Seasons passed. Then came a time that many of you may have heard of. The seven Millennium item holders were gathered together before the Pharaoh to decide the fate of the Shadow games.
Safiya begged to be let in during the meeting, but Yami would not hear of it. She was not to be brought into the conflict. Yami wanted to know who was turning on him. He could not find the traitor.
Many moons passed. And the Millennium Rod was shown as the heart that turned cold. Seto betrayed his Pharaoh and the land was lost to darkness. In the end, it was always so. As the sands rolled over hills long forgotten, a young woman cried, cradling pieces of a broken puzzle.
Gently, she placed them in a golden box bearing the Eye of Horus. Sealing the box with a charm and a kiss, she waited for the day where a young boy, so much like her beloved Pharaoh, would bear the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Her work done, she stood. The box fell to the ground, enveloped by the desert sands. Back to the palace, her work was not yet done. She would grow old and die, her children's children would reign after her. But her love's spirit would stay forever, until the day came when another would be tested. Then, only then, when the world was at peace, would he return to her.
But it was enough, to know she would see him again. He lied to her, that day so many years ago, the day after their marriage. But she cared not. He would fulfill his duty, and she hers. He had made her another promise. He would come back to her, he told her to wait for him.
Many years in the future, farther so than we can calculate, a young woman awaits a young man by great golden gates richly carved with Egyptian runes.
The woman is Safiya, the man Yami. And so, Yami's promise was kept, he and Safiya reunited in the afterlife. Running to each other's arms, they laugh and cry with joy.
Safiya smiles. Yami kept his promise after all.
meh...all who liked this last chapter say i! *crickets chirp* eh...fine. Well, I'm off to work on my LOTR fic. Later on I'll be back with a not- quite-sequel to The Diamond Star. I'm just gonna have fun with it. No couples at all. So I can start from scratch with countless romances with the tons of OC's I'll have. (explain later)
well, thanks minna san!
~Seraphstar