" Yagami, I swear to Ra, if you don't take your hands off my body, I will never speak to you again!"
" But I like your body."
" By the gods, don't you ever get tired?!"
" No. Now sit still!"
" No! We're already late! I'm still supposed to be mad at you! And get your hands out of there!"
" But I wanna play!"
" Ra, you're not human! We have to go to the banquet!"
" You said we're late by now, what's a little longer?"
" Hey!! That was not meant for fingers Pharaoh! Now get off me! I gotta find my clothes!"
Sephiroth rolled out of the Pharaoh's bed and gathered his clothes that had been strewn around the room. He didn't even remember how Yagami got him in the bed that time, but that's where he ended up. And the voracious Pharaoh still couldn't get enough of him. It was greatly flattering, but he wouldn't dare tell the Pharaoh this at all. He'd probably try to jump him again.
" Ra, where is my belt?" Sephiroth looked under the bed for his missing belt/sash.
" Around your wrist where I tied it." Yagami watched him with one hand propping up his head.
He looked at his hand and there it was. The yellow belt was dangling around his wrist. He blushed at the memory of how it got there and what happened once it did. Then shook his head to get rid of the thoughts. He didn't need to think about them now; he needed to get going. Ra forbid a guard come in and see them like this.
" Neshi! Find the rest of my clothes!" He ordered the small BEWD.
Neshi squeaked from her place on the window seat. That was where they were all asleep. They slept through everything but their master's beckoning. She flew around the room gathering the High Priest's clothes and brought them to him.
" Thank you Neshi. All of you, let's go. We're going to the feast. If the Pharaoh ever gets out of bed!" Sephiroth looked back at Yagami. He stuck his tongue out at him from the bed and started to get dressed.
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The Pharaoh and the High Priest stood and talked to everyone at the dinner. All the important people from other kingdoms were there to congratulate the new priest. Sephiroth had never seen so many people in one place before.
Yagami greeted people and talked with other Pharaohs. He kept glancing to the right of the room to see where his koi had disappeared. He was talking with a bunch of other priest. One poked at Neshi on his head and she bit him.
" Ow!"
He chuckled at that. It served him right for provoking the dragon. She was a living creature after all. Sephiroth's dragons were very proud and protective of their master. He was glad they were on his side and liked him already.
" So Yagami, introduce us to this new priest of yours that was good enough to replace Pegaseth."
Yagami turned to see who was speaking to him. It was Nakht. He was the Pharaoh of a kingdom to the west of his own. He was his own age. He had blond hair, blue eyes, tanned skin and a scar over his left cheek. His eyes weren't nearly as beautiful as Sephiroth's. Nor was he as gorgeous as the High Priest. How he loved to look down on Sephiroth's flushed face; his eyes clouded with passion and lust.
Oh my, Yagami thought to himself, is it getting hot in here or is it just me?
He shook his head to rid the thoughts of their past encounter. " You were saying Nakt?"
" Your High Priest. I'd like to meet him."
" Oh, of course."
Yagami scanned the room for his koi. He wasn't surprised that Nakht wanted to see who replaced Pegaseth. He enjoyed the ex-priest's displays of Shadow Magic. He had known the other Pharaoh for a long time.
/ Sephiroth? /
/ Wha? What is it Yagami? /
/ Come over here for a minute please. There's someone that wants to meet you koi. /
/ Who? /
/ Just an old friend of mine. He wants to know who replaced Pegaseth. /
Sephiroth walked over towards where Yagami was. There was a guy there. He assumed he was the friend he was talking about. The guy was okay but he was no Yagami.
" This is Sephiroth. He is my new High Priest. Sephiroth, this is Nakht; the Pharaoh from the west kingdom." Yagami introduced both of them.
" Nice to meet you Nakht."
" No, no. The pleasure is all mine Sephiroth."
Sephiroth scrutinized Nakht. He was giving him the same look that Jono kid had when he walked past the temple ground. He recognized it to be lust. Not the kind of lust Yagami had for him. Yagami loved him too. This was raw desire and he didn't like it.
Nakht was in turn looking Sephiroth up and down. Oh he was a beautiful creature. Something to be treasured and taken. His eyes and his hair and his skin…. they just added to his beauty. He had to have him. He wanted this boy now.
" Yagami?" Nakht didn't even take his eyes from Sephiroth.
" Yes?"
" I have a favor to ask you."
" You know anything of mine is yours Nakht."
" Really? Then what about him?" He pointed to Sephiroth.
/ Yagami! / Sephiroth was starting to get uneasy.
Yagami sensed the edginess from his koi. Sephiroth didn't want to be there anymore. Nakht was making him nervous and he wanted to leave right now.
And now Nakht was asking if he could have Sephiroth? Well that was an immediate red light. Sephiroth was his property, his koi, his soul mate, and HIS period. So he stepped in front of Sephiroth and put an arm in front of him.
" Anything but him."
" You just said anything that's yours is mine."
" But he's not a thing. He's a person. And he is off limits. Understand?"
" Very well. Shame," Nakht took Sephiroth by the chin and held his face in front of him," You're so beautiful."
" Nakht!" Scarlet eyes narrowed at him; warning him not to press his luck any further.
The offending Pharaoh laughed to himself and then walked off. Yagami glared at his back as he left. He was finding it easier and easier to dislike him. Sephiroth was his and no one was going to take him from him.
/ Yagami, why does everyone want me like that? /
Yagami stopped glaring at Nakht's back and smiled warmly at his koi. / You're special Sephiroth. You're a gorgeous person and you've got a butt to die for. /
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Yagami and Sephiroth sat next to each other at the royal table. Yagami had an unusual grin on his face as he talked. It had something to do with where his other hand had gone under the table and why Sephiroth had turned beet red.
But neither was aware of the danger that was around them. Above the banquet hall was a shadowy figure. This figure was armed with a bow and arrow. The arrow had poison tips and they were designed to kill.
Silently, the figure drew back two arrows at the same time and aimed at the Pharaoh and his High Priest. They were getting paid a lot of money for this hit and they didn't want to miss them at all.
" Goodnight Pharaoh and your little Priest."
And with a thwack the arrows flew down to hit their targets in the heart.
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Neshi raised her head at a sound. She was sitting on the Pharaoh's shoulder while he harassed Sephiroth. She knew she heard something come from the ceiling. Something moving fast and coming her way.
An arrow.
With a roar/squeak, she snapped and caught the arrow in her mouth. Someone had just tried to kill the Pharaoh.
Unfortunately, Qenna was not so lucky. She took the arrow for Sephiroth and the hit had killed her.
" Qenna!!"
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Sephiroth couldn't believe what just happened. Qenna. His dragon. His creation. She was gone. Someone had killed her trying to kill him. And when he looked over to Yagami, he saw someone had tried to kill him as well.
As Qenna lay lifeless in his arms, the other dragons got angry and growled. Sephiroth tried not to let tears fall, but it was very hard.
" Sephiroth, I'm sorry." He heard Yagami say.
" Are you alright?" The words came out strangled from trying not to cry.
" Yes. Your Neshi saved my life," Yagami petted her head," For that I am thankful. But I promise someone will pay for this."
The three remaining dragons sniffed around and focused on the ceiling. They could see who was up there. They knew the arrows came from there.
Sephiroth turned and looked where they were looking. He sensed they knew something he did not.
" You're right. Someone will pay. Senh! Neshi! Djer! Take flight!"
The three dragons flew off in chase of the shadowy figure. As they neared the ceiling, a shower of arrows came down on them. Sephiroth and Yagami ducked under a table for cover, but the three BEWDs maneuvered around them until they reached the top.
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Nakht took off running as fast as he could on the rock rafters of the temple. He was hired by Pegaseth to kill the High Priest and the Pharaoh, but no one said anything about dragons. He was out of there.
The three small dragons were hot on his trail. They flapped their wings furiously as they chased down the assassin that dare slay one of their own. They would make him pay.
He killed Qenna!
He made Sephiroth-sama cry!
He tried to murder Sephiroth-sama! Let's get him!!
They began to fire steady beams of white lightning. Nakht was having a terrible time ducking them and keeping his balance as he ran to get out of the temple. These dragons were trying to kill him!
" I'm not getting paid enough for this!"
As he was running, one of the dragons shot down at the rafter he was running on. It blasted into pieces and sent Nakht falling down to the unforgiving ground below.
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Nakht groaned as the dust settled. He coughed and sputtered on the sand in the air. He looked up and found crimson and 4 pairs of blue eyes glaring down at him.
" Nakht. How could you?" Yagami shook his head.
" My kingdom is poor Yagami. The money is good. At first it was going to be hard, but when the you denied me the beautiful slave, I found it much easier." Nakht gave Sephiroth a heated looked.
Sephiroth just got so angry he punched him." You cold-blooded slaughterer!! You killed Qenna!! You killed my dragon!! I'll send you to Anubis with my bare hands!!"
Yagami held Sephiroth back as he lunged again at the assassin/Pharaoh. He knew he was upset, but they needed to know who paid him to do this and make them pay for this.
" Lemme go! I'm going to rip his throat out through his nose!!"
" Calm down Sephiroth. Who paid you to do this Nakht?"
" I don't remember."
" Tell me or I swear I shall shatter your soul into a thousand pieces, now TALK!!"
" Pegaseth!! Alright?! Pegaseth! He told me to kill you and the priest and he'd pay me! I don't know why, I was just going to do it! That's all I know, I swear!" Nakht cowered against the wall.
Yagami closed his eyes and sighed in frustration. Pegaseth had done this. He had tried to kill him and his koi. He killed Qenna in the process. He was jealous and he wanted his power. That was not acceptable.
/ Sephiroth, calm down! We're going to take care of this problem right now. /
/ Oh you're right we're going to take care of this. / Djer! Neshi! Senh! Finish him!!" Sephiroth pointed an accusing finger at Nakht.
His dragons increased their size. They weren't to their full size, but they were big enough to deal with Nakht. He was trying to press himself even more into the wall as the dragons advanced.
Sephiroth and Yagami heard him screaming as they stalked off to find Pegaseth. He was going to pay dearly for what he had done this time. Yagami was beyond pissed off. Attempts made on his and his koi's life, one of his koi's dragon's was dead and it had been his own best friend who had done it.
May Ra have mercy on your soul Pegaseth, Yagami seethed, because I won't.