AN - Sorry I have been away for so long guys, we just moved house and I
have been without the Internet for weeks! Anyway, you made an almost
unanimous decision.no yaoi! I thought it might be two obvious if they
swapped girlfriends, does anyone else think this would be a good idea? Or
maybe they both prefer the same girl. Read and Review please!
Yami awoke to find that he could barely move. He groaned as pain shot up and down his spine, the hard work from yesterday had obviously not done wonders for his back! Gritting his teeth he managed to stand up and stretch his back. He walked painfully through to the kitchen area, where Mr Mouto was already bustling around, making breakfast.
"Morning Yugi!" He said cheerfully, placing a bowl of porridge in front of Yami. Yami only nodded in reply before wolfing down the tasteless mess in a few mouthfuls. "Hungry were you?" Laughed his grandpa, taking away Yami's empty bowl.
"Starving." Yami replied. "I was working in the shafts yesterday gramps."
"The shafts?" Mr Mouto replied. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I just strained my back a bit." Yami said, as he got up to leave. "I hope I'm not working down there again today."
"I wouldn't count on it." Mr Mouto said quietly as Yami left.
Outside in the street Yami made for Joey's house with one thing on his mind, to talk to Serenity. He had to make up with her for yesterday. He hid outside the house until Joey left with his mother to help her to carry some goods to her little shop down the street. As soon as they were out of sight Yami ran up to the door and knocked on it.
"Just a minute!" Serenity called from inside. She opened the door, not expecting Yami to be on the doorstep. "Yugi!" She said, her face turning decidedly white. "I'm not in the mood to talk to you right now." She began to close the door.
"Well tough, because you have to." Yami said, barging in before she could shut the door.
"Yugi, if you lay one finger on me I will scream." Serenity warned. "You're lucky that I stopped Joey from coming to see you last night, or you may not have woken up this morning. Joey was really angry, Yugi."
"Listen Serenity. I came around to apologise." Yami said awkwardly. "What I did yesterday was wrong."
"Yeah, understatement!" Serenity scoffed. "I thought I could trust you Yugi."
"You can! Please Serenity. I wasn't feeling myself yesterday. I still don't." Yami said truthfully, he certainly didn't feel like Yugi, even if he did look like him. "I know I probably can't justify myself to you. I wouldn't be surprised if you never spoke to me again. But I spent all of yesterday down in the dark, working non-stop, and it plays funny tricks on your mind. I was confused, disorientated and lonely. All I wanted was a bit of human contact."
Serenity looked at him quizzically. "Go on." She said.
"I wanted to be close to someone, and you were the first person I could turn to. I needed comfort and you offered it to me."
"Oh I get it. So it was my fault that you nearly raped me, because I was too loving!" Serenity said sarcastically.
"No, that wasn't what I meant." Yami said, walking over to her. "Serenity, I haven't known you long but I can tell what a special, unique person you are."
"What do you mean you haven't known me long?" Serenity asked, suddenly suspicious. "I have known you all my life!"
'Damn.' Yami thought. 'I forgot, I'm meant to be Yugi.' "What I mean." He said quickly. "Is that I have known you all this time, bu7t I only feel that I have got to know the real you recently. And in the grand scheme of the things we haven't really known each other that long, considering how long we are on this earth!"
"I see your point." Serenity said and Yami breathed a sigh of relief.
"Serenity if you can find it in your heart to forgive my one, miscalculated action, I can faithfully promise you that it will never, ever happen again. I swear on my life." Yami said, taking Serenity's small hands in his own and looking deep into her eyes.
"I'm sorry." Serenity said. "But I can't." Yami felt like kicking himself. What was Yugi going to say about this? "I can forgive you, but I won't be able to forget it." She continued.
"That doesn't matter." Yami said gratefully. "I just hope that I can regain your trust and your respect."
"If you keep acting like this I'm sure you can!" Giggled Serenity.
"What, hurting you and then begging on my knees for forgiveness?" Joked Yami.
"No. I mean, if you keep talking about your feelings openly. Talking about us as if there is an us to talk about. You always used to keep your feelings bottled up and just treat me like a friend." Serenity said.
"I'm a changed man." Yami said truthfully.
"You're a dead man!" Came a voice from the doorway. Joey stood framed in the sunlight, his face contorted in anger. "What were you planning to do to my sister last night?" He said, advancing. "I thought I could trust you with her, but it looks like I need to keep a closer eye on you."
"Joey I.." Yami began.
"Don't talk to me and don't ever come near my sister again!" Joey shouted, lunging at Yami. Joey's fist connected with Yami's eye and Yami found himself on the floor in a second.
"No!" Serenity screamed as Joey pounced at Yami again. She grabbed hold of Joey's arm to stop him from hitting Yami again. "Joey stop it. Yugi and I already made up. He apologised and I forgave him. Stop this nonsense fighting!" There were tears in her eyes as she pleaded with her fuming brother.
"You already apologised?" Joey asked Yami.
"Just this minute." Yami said, rubbing his eye tenderly. It had already swelled where Joey's fist had made contact with his face.
"Geez, sorry Yam." Joey began, about to call Yami by his really name. "I mean, gimme y'arm Yugi." He said, glancing at Serenity who thankfully had not noticed his mistake.
Joey helped Yami up awkwardly. He couldn't believe that he had just punched the future king of Egypt. "Well, we should be going Yuge. We're gonna be late for work." Joey said, leading Yami out.
"Hey Yugi!" Serenity called after them. "Maybe I'll see you later?" She asked hopefully.
Yami was about to agree when he felt Joey's hand tighten on Yami's arm. "Maybe not today Serenity, perhaps tomorrow." He said.
Serenity looked slightly unhappy from this, but she understood that Yugi, or rather Yami, needed to keep Joey happy.
Joey and Yami walked to work in silence. Yami wanted to say something, to apologise for, well everything. But every time he tried to talk Joey either stopped him or walked ahead. As they neared the work site Yami ran in front of Joey and turned to face him.
"Joey please, I want to talk to you."
"Well I don't want to talk to you." Joey said, pushing past him.
"I order you to listen!" Yami shouted grabbing Joey's arm, irritated by Joey's insolence.
"You're not in the palace now pal!" Joey said angrily, pushing Yami away. Yami staggered back a few feet.
"How dare you!" Yami roared. "Do you know who you are talking to?"
"I know who I would prefer to be talking to!" Joey snapped. "Yugi may be nothing special, but compared to you he is a saint!"
"I could have you locked up in an instant!" Yami shouted.
"Then go ahead. Turn me in." Joey yelled. "I'm sure that a life in prison would be better than slaving away day in day out building your pyramid!"
"You would die in prison, and I wouldn't be sorry."
"I'm gonna die by your hand anyway. As one of the builders of the pyramid that will house your corpse, when you die us slaves get locked in the pyramid with your body. We will die a slow death." Joey took a deep breath to steady him. "I would welcome death to escape this hell!" He said.
Yami could find no reply, so he stood his ground whilst Joey stormed off. In a daze-like state Yami walked to the quarry, where he was set to work down the shafts. Hours later he returned to the surface as the sun began to set on the horizon. He walked home alone, crawled into bed and lay there staring at the cracked ceiling.
'I have been building my coffin.' He thought. He had been thinking similar things all day. 'And when I die, Joey, Tristan and Ryou will be locked up with me, to die a slow death. Buried alive. They face hell in life and death because of the sanctions of my father and his fore-fathers.'
Yami rolled over. 'And Serenity will live a life of poverty because of the high taxes we demand. She may die young because of inadequate healthcare. Little Yugi.what will he have when his grandpa dies? How many times shall Joey feel the whip across his back because he has no energy to work? How many young children will be exploited in the shafts during my reign as Pharaoh?'
Yami closed his eyes to stop tears from rolling down his cheeks. 'I will be responsible for the deaths of hundreds, maybe thousands, of innocent people just like Joey and Serenity. I, my family, we are all murderers!'
AN - Light hearted wasn't it? More angst between Joey and Yami? Should Yami stay true to Tea, or go with Serenity? Any more ideas.cos I'm running out fast!
Yami awoke to find that he could barely move. He groaned as pain shot up and down his spine, the hard work from yesterday had obviously not done wonders for his back! Gritting his teeth he managed to stand up and stretch his back. He walked painfully through to the kitchen area, where Mr Mouto was already bustling around, making breakfast.
"Morning Yugi!" He said cheerfully, placing a bowl of porridge in front of Yami. Yami only nodded in reply before wolfing down the tasteless mess in a few mouthfuls. "Hungry were you?" Laughed his grandpa, taking away Yami's empty bowl.
"Starving." Yami replied. "I was working in the shafts yesterday gramps."
"The shafts?" Mr Mouto replied. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, I just strained my back a bit." Yami said, as he got up to leave. "I hope I'm not working down there again today."
"I wouldn't count on it." Mr Mouto said quietly as Yami left.
Outside in the street Yami made for Joey's house with one thing on his mind, to talk to Serenity. He had to make up with her for yesterday. He hid outside the house until Joey left with his mother to help her to carry some goods to her little shop down the street. As soon as they were out of sight Yami ran up to the door and knocked on it.
"Just a minute!" Serenity called from inside. She opened the door, not expecting Yami to be on the doorstep. "Yugi!" She said, her face turning decidedly white. "I'm not in the mood to talk to you right now." She began to close the door.
"Well tough, because you have to." Yami said, barging in before she could shut the door.
"Yugi, if you lay one finger on me I will scream." Serenity warned. "You're lucky that I stopped Joey from coming to see you last night, or you may not have woken up this morning. Joey was really angry, Yugi."
"Listen Serenity. I came around to apologise." Yami said awkwardly. "What I did yesterday was wrong."
"Yeah, understatement!" Serenity scoffed. "I thought I could trust you Yugi."
"You can! Please Serenity. I wasn't feeling myself yesterday. I still don't." Yami said truthfully, he certainly didn't feel like Yugi, even if he did look like him. "I know I probably can't justify myself to you. I wouldn't be surprised if you never spoke to me again. But I spent all of yesterday down in the dark, working non-stop, and it plays funny tricks on your mind. I was confused, disorientated and lonely. All I wanted was a bit of human contact."
Serenity looked at him quizzically. "Go on." She said.
"I wanted to be close to someone, and you were the first person I could turn to. I needed comfort and you offered it to me."
"Oh I get it. So it was my fault that you nearly raped me, because I was too loving!" Serenity said sarcastically.
"No, that wasn't what I meant." Yami said, walking over to her. "Serenity, I haven't known you long but I can tell what a special, unique person you are."
"What do you mean you haven't known me long?" Serenity asked, suddenly suspicious. "I have known you all my life!"
'Damn.' Yami thought. 'I forgot, I'm meant to be Yugi.' "What I mean." He said quickly. "Is that I have known you all this time, bu7t I only feel that I have got to know the real you recently. And in the grand scheme of the things we haven't really known each other that long, considering how long we are on this earth!"
"I see your point." Serenity said and Yami breathed a sigh of relief.
"Serenity if you can find it in your heart to forgive my one, miscalculated action, I can faithfully promise you that it will never, ever happen again. I swear on my life." Yami said, taking Serenity's small hands in his own and looking deep into her eyes.
"I'm sorry." Serenity said. "But I can't." Yami felt like kicking himself. What was Yugi going to say about this? "I can forgive you, but I won't be able to forget it." She continued.
"That doesn't matter." Yami said gratefully. "I just hope that I can regain your trust and your respect."
"If you keep acting like this I'm sure you can!" Giggled Serenity.
"What, hurting you and then begging on my knees for forgiveness?" Joked Yami.
"No. I mean, if you keep talking about your feelings openly. Talking about us as if there is an us to talk about. You always used to keep your feelings bottled up and just treat me like a friend." Serenity said.
"I'm a changed man." Yami said truthfully.
"You're a dead man!" Came a voice from the doorway. Joey stood framed in the sunlight, his face contorted in anger. "What were you planning to do to my sister last night?" He said, advancing. "I thought I could trust you with her, but it looks like I need to keep a closer eye on you."
"Joey I.." Yami began.
"Don't talk to me and don't ever come near my sister again!" Joey shouted, lunging at Yami. Joey's fist connected with Yami's eye and Yami found himself on the floor in a second.
"No!" Serenity screamed as Joey pounced at Yami again. She grabbed hold of Joey's arm to stop him from hitting Yami again. "Joey stop it. Yugi and I already made up. He apologised and I forgave him. Stop this nonsense fighting!" There were tears in her eyes as she pleaded with her fuming brother.
"You already apologised?" Joey asked Yami.
"Just this minute." Yami said, rubbing his eye tenderly. It had already swelled where Joey's fist had made contact with his face.
"Geez, sorry Yam." Joey began, about to call Yami by his really name. "I mean, gimme y'arm Yugi." He said, glancing at Serenity who thankfully had not noticed his mistake.
Joey helped Yami up awkwardly. He couldn't believe that he had just punched the future king of Egypt. "Well, we should be going Yuge. We're gonna be late for work." Joey said, leading Yami out.
"Hey Yugi!" Serenity called after them. "Maybe I'll see you later?" She asked hopefully.
Yami was about to agree when he felt Joey's hand tighten on Yami's arm. "Maybe not today Serenity, perhaps tomorrow." He said.
Serenity looked slightly unhappy from this, but she understood that Yugi, or rather Yami, needed to keep Joey happy.
Joey and Yami walked to work in silence. Yami wanted to say something, to apologise for, well everything. But every time he tried to talk Joey either stopped him or walked ahead. As they neared the work site Yami ran in front of Joey and turned to face him.
"Joey please, I want to talk to you."
"Well I don't want to talk to you." Joey said, pushing past him.
"I order you to listen!" Yami shouted grabbing Joey's arm, irritated by Joey's insolence.
"You're not in the palace now pal!" Joey said angrily, pushing Yami away. Yami staggered back a few feet.
"How dare you!" Yami roared. "Do you know who you are talking to?"
"I know who I would prefer to be talking to!" Joey snapped. "Yugi may be nothing special, but compared to you he is a saint!"
"I could have you locked up in an instant!" Yami shouted.
"Then go ahead. Turn me in." Joey yelled. "I'm sure that a life in prison would be better than slaving away day in day out building your pyramid!"
"You would die in prison, and I wouldn't be sorry."
"I'm gonna die by your hand anyway. As one of the builders of the pyramid that will house your corpse, when you die us slaves get locked in the pyramid with your body. We will die a slow death." Joey took a deep breath to steady him. "I would welcome death to escape this hell!" He said.
Yami could find no reply, so he stood his ground whilst Joey stormed off. In a daze-like state Yami walked to the quarry, where he was set to work down the shafts. Hours later he returned to the surface as the sun began to set on the horizon. He walked home alone, crawled into bed and lay there staring at the cracked ceiling.
'I have been building my coffin.' He thought. He had been thinking similar things all day. 'And when I die, Joey, Tristan and Ryou will be locked up with me, to die a slow death. Buried alive. They face hell in life and death because of the sanctions of my father and his fore-fathers.'
Yami rolled over. 'And Serenity will live a life of poverty because of the high taxes we demand. She may die young because of inadequate healthcare. Little Yugi.what will he have when his grandpa dies? How many times shall Joey feel the whip across his back because he has no energy to work? How many young children will be exploited in the shafts during my reign as Pharaoh?'
Yami closed his eyes to stop tears from rolling down his cheeks. 'I will be responsible for the deaths of hundreds, maybe thousands, of innocent people just like Joey and Serenity. I, my family, we are all murderers!'
AN - Light hearted wasn't it? More angst between Joey and Yami? Should Yami stay true to Tea, or go with Serenity? Any more ideas.cos I'm running out fast!
