Title: It's a Cruel Summer
Author: D (Insomniac Writer D)
FFN ID: Yami Anime Writer
Email: yamiyugioh@earthlink.net
Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~yamiyugioh/
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh!
Category: Fan Fiction \ Anime \ Yu-Gi-Oh
Genre: Angst / Romance
Rating: PG-13 for fluff
Disclaimer: Blahblahblah, don't own 'em, blahblahblah, no money, blahblahblah, don't sue me!
Author's Note: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! :-) I love you guys!
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:: Chapter Three ::
Yami sighed as he wondered what to do with the boy. Being pharaoh, he could easily order Yugi to stay here in the palace, especially as he had no where else to go. But he felt that wouldn't be taken well by the boy. It needed to be his own choice... But how could he offer that option to Yugi and actually get the result he wanted instead of the boy wanting to leave?
"Pharaoh?" Yugi looked up at the pharaoh uncertainly, who had once again fallen silent in deep thought, a slight pout forming on his lips as he tried to fight back the tears from experiencing such a rough day. All he wanted right now... He didn't know.
Yami blinked, then smiled reassuringly to Yugi. "You have a home now, young Yugi, if you choose to accept it. You may stay here in the palace..." With me, he added silently.
Hope lit up the soft violet eyes. "Really?! I mean... Thank you, pharaoh." Yugi bowed, shaking in relief that his life was going to stay intact, more or less. The pharaoh had invited him to stay in the palace?! The palace! Yugi, a poor boy, living in the palace with the living god? He didn't feel worthy of such a gift, though the soft smile on the pharaoh's lips and the hopeful look in his ruby eyes made all such feelings vanish. "If it pleases my pharaoh, I accept."
Yami smiled a bit more, then nodded in approval. "Very well." He clapped his hands twice and immediately a pair of guards entered the room.
Yugi noticed that these two were nothing like the ones he had seen earlier. These two sported fine gold silks and jewelry, silver armbands with the mark of the pharaoh identifying them as Yami's personal bodyguards.
Both of the guards were young, about Yami's age, and both lean, though clearly in good shape. One was someone he had never seen before, his hair dark and came to a strange point above his forehead. The other one however...
"Jou?!" Yugi couldn't believe his eyes. It was the same shaggy blond boy that he used to hang out with when his grandfather was still alive. Katsuya Jounouchi had disappeared several months earlier. He had no clue that he had become one of the pharaoh's bodyguards!
"Yugi! Long time no see, bud'. How've you been?" Jou asked, walking up quickly to the shorter boy and pulling him into a fierce hug.
Yugi laughed softly, returning the hug to his old friend. "I was worried sick about you, Jou! Why didn't you try to get in touch?" he asked, knowing Jou well enough that he wouldn't be evaded that easily, but he didn't want to have to tell him that Grandfather was dead. Jou had been a close friend to Yugi's small family, and he was considered family himself, as well as his younger sister, Serenity.
The pharaoh coughed quietly to catch the pair's attention. Jou looked at his pharaoh apologetically as he stood with his arms wrapped protectively around his young friend. Yugi blushed faintly at the sudden show of big brother-ness from Jou, focusing his gaze on the floor.
Yami sighed inwardly at the brotherly affection his bodyguard was showing toward the boy. He was jealous of how close Jou was able to get to Yugi, though he would never admit it to anyone, especially not to anyone in his own kingdom.
"Take the boy to be cleaned up. Make sure he gets the finest clothing that will fit him. And se to it that he is well fed," Yami ordered, silently noting how Jou seemed to relax. Did that boy really think that he, the pharaoh, was so heartless that he would harm Yugi?
The other guard, who Yugi had almost forgotten about, nodded. "As you command, my pharaoh." He motioned to Jou, who nodded and whispered something to Yugi before heading him out of the throne room to obey the pharaoh's orders.
*** Later that evening ***
Yugi looked down at himself. He now resembled the pharaoh even more than before. The clothing Jou and Tristan, the other guard, had brought for him as he finished his bath, were just like those of the pharaoh's, only a little less fancy. A gold band rested against his forehead, the mark of the pharaoh in the center, almost as a third eye.
His lightly tanned skin, now cleaned, was free of scars after the healer had done her job. His thick mane of hair practically shined. Yugi ran a hand gently over his own arm, feeling the soft, smooth skin that had not been such for many years of living in poverty. And for the first time in his life that he could remember, he actually had a full stomach with a very satisfying meal.
Jou looked at his younger friend and smiled. "You certainly cleaned up nicely," he commented, wrapping an arm over Yugi's shoulders. "Now, shall we go see the pharaoh again?"
Yugi couldn't help the faint whimper of the idea. He had heard many things about their pharaoh, and none of them were good. And yet, the pharaoh had sent him to be pampered. If he was so cruel and heartless as everyone claimed, why was he being treated like royalty himself?
Tristan sighed, shaking his head. "Our Pharaoh Yami isn't as bad as you think, Yugi. He's rather compassionate, actually... Though I will admit, I haven't seen him be this nice to anyone in years, but..." He fell silent, gnawing on his lower lip slightly.
Jou smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry, Yug'. The Pharaoh's a great guy. After all, look at what's happened to me!" He stepped back from Yugi to turn a full three-hundred sixty degrees to allow Yugi to see his new guard uniform. "You'll love it here. Trust me."
Yugi smiled in return. Perhaps he would like it here. He knew Jou would never lie to him, and that he could be trusted with Yugi's very soul if need be. He would stay, at least until he found out for sure why the pharaoh of Kemet was doing all this stuff for a commoner, and a peasant at that.
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A/N: Well, I made it a little longer this time. Sorry, but once again it's running late, and I have to run this one file through two different programs, saving it in three different formats before I can upload it to FFN without anything messing up.
Hope you enjoyed the story thus far. Maybe I'll finally get Yami with Yugi in the next chapter. You know, it doesn't help when the characters don't cooperate with you... *sigh* Oh well... Until the next chapter: Tootles!
~ D
Author: D (Insomniac Writer D)
FFN ID: Yami Anime Writer
Email: yamiyugioh@earthlink.net
Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~yamiyugioh/
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh!
Category: Fan Fiction \ Anime \ Yu-Gi-Oh
Genre: Angst / Romance
Rating: PG-13 for fluff
Disclaimer: Blahblahblah, don't own 'em, blahblahblah, no money, blahblahblah, don't sue me!
Author's Note: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! :-) I love you guys!
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:: Chapter Three ::
Yami sighed as he wondered what to do with the boy. Being pharaoh, he could easily order Yugi to stay here in the palace, especially as he had no where else to go. But he felt that wouldn't be taken well by the boy. It needed to be his own choice... But how could he offer that option to Yugi and actually get the result he wanted instead of the boy wanting to leave?
"Pharaoh?" Yugi looked up at the pharaoh uncertainly, who had once again fallen silent in deep thought, a slight pout forming on his lips as he tried to fight back the tears from experiencing such a rough day. All he wanted right now... He didn't know.
Yami blinked, then smiled reassuringly to Yugi. "You have a home now, young Yugi, if you choose to accept it. You may stay here in the palace..." With me, he added silently.
Hope lit up the soft violet eyes. "Really?! I mean... Thank you, pharaoh." Yugi bowed, shaking in relief that his life was going to stay intact, more or less. The pharaoh had invited him to stay in the palace?! The palace! Yugi, a poor boy, living in the palace with the living god? He didn't feel worthy of such a gift, though the soft smile on the pharaoh's lips and the hopeful look in his ruby eyes made all such feelings vanish. "If it pleases my pharaoh, I accept."
Yami smiled a bit more, then nodded in approval. "Very well." He clapped his hands twice and immediately a pair of guards entered the room.
Yugi noticed that these two were nothing like the ones he had seen earlier. These two sported fine gold silks and jewelry, silver armbands with the mark of the pharaoh identifying them as Yami's personal bodyguards.
Both of the guards were young, about Yami's age, and both lean, though clearly in good shape. One was someone he had never seen before, his hair dark and came to a strange point above his forehead. The other one however...
"Jou?!" Yugi couldn't believe his eyes. It was the same shaggy blond boy that he used to hang out with when his grandfather was still alive. Katsuya Jounouchi had disappeared several months earlier. He had no clue that he had become one of the pharaoh's bodyguards!
"Yugi! Long time no see, bud'. How've you been?" Jou asked, walking up quickly to the shorter boy and pulling him into a fierce hug.
Yugi laughed softly, returning the hug to his old friend. "I was worried sick about you, Jou! Why didn't you try to get in touch?" he asked, knowing Jou well enough that he wouldn't be evaded that easily, but he didn't want to have to tell him that Grandfather was dead. Jou had been a close friend to Yugi's small family, and he was considered family himself, as well as his younger sister, Serenity.
The pharaoh coughed quietly to catch the pair's attention. Jou looked at his pharaoh apologetically as he stood with his arms wrapped protectively around his young friend. Yugi blushed faintly at the sudden show of big brother-ness from Jou, focusing his gaze on the floor.
Yami sighed inwardly at the brotherly affection his bodyguard was showing toward the boy. He was jealous of how close Jou was able to get to Yugi, though he would never admit it to anyone, especially not to anyone in his own kingdom.
"Take the boy to be cleaned up. Make sure he gets the finest clothing that will fit him. And se to it that he is well fed," Yami ordered, silently noting how Jou seemed to relax. Did that boy really think that he, the pharaoh, was so heartless that he would harm Yugi?
The other guard, who Yugi had almost forgotten about, nodded. "As you command, my pharaoh." He motioned to Jou, who nodded and whispered something to Yugi before heading him out of the throne room to obey the pharaoh's orders.
*** Later that evening ***
Yugi looked down at himself. He now resembled the pharaoh even more than before. The clothing Jou and Tristan, the other guard, had brought for him as he finished his bath, were just like those of the pharaoh's, only a little less fancy. A gold band rested against his forehead, the mark of the pharaoh in the center, almost as a third eye.
His lightly tanned skin, now cleaned, was free of scars after the healer had done her job. His thick mane of hair practically shined. Yugi ran a hand gently over his own arm, feeling the soft, smooth skin that had not been such for many years of living in poverty. And for the first time in his life that he could remember, he actually had a full stomach with a very satisfying meal.
Jou looked at his younger friend and smiled. "You certainly cleaned up nicely," he commented, wrapping an arm over Yugi's shoulders. "Now, shall we go see the pharaoh again?"
Yugi couldn't help the faint whimper of the idea. He had heard many things about their pharaoh, and none of them were good. And yet, the pharaoh had sent him to be pampered. If he was so cruel and heartless as everyone claimed, why was he being treated like royalty himself?
Tristan sighed, shaking his head. "Our Pharaoh Yami isn't as bad as you think, Yugi. He's rather compassionate, actually... Though I will admit, I haven't seen him be this nice to anyone in years, but..." He fell silent, gnawing on his lower lip slightly.
Jou smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry, Yug'. The Pharaoh's a great guy. After all, look at what's happened to me!" He stepped back from Yugi to turn a full three-hundred sixty degrees to allow Yugi to see his new guard uniform. "You'll love it here. Trust me."
Yugi smiled in return. Perhaps he would like it here. He knew Jou would never lie to him, and that he could be trusted with Yugi's very soul if need be. He would stay, at least until he found out for sure why the pharaoh of Kemet was doing all this stuff for a commoner, and a peasant at that.
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A/N: Well, I made it a little longer this time. Sorry, but once again it's running late, and I have to run this one file through two different programs, saving it in three different formats before I can upload it to FFN without anything messing up.
Hope you enjoyed the story thus far. Maybe I'll finally get Yami with Yugi in the next chapter. You know, it doesn't help when the characters don't cooperate with you... *sigh* Oh well... Until the next chapter: Tootles!
~ D