Seto fell into his seat, angrily. "That ingrate...that selfish little
brat! Who does he think he is?"
"The pharaoh of Egypt, Seto." Katsuya rolled his eyes and continued to look out the window.
Bakura handed Seto a glass of wine. He was ready to say something, but held his tongue, being the slave he was.
"Why don't we just let him marry the boy?" Katsuya asked irritated.
"Because he's a BOY! He can't have a kid with him! And. It's. YUGI!"
"So?" Katsuya whirled around to look at Seto.
"SO?! Are you crazy?! I thought Yugi was your best friend."
"I thought Yami was your best friend." Katsuya shrugged and turned back to the window. "Things change."
Seto's eyes widened in shock. "How dare you..." he whispered. He took Bakura by the arm and led him out of the room.
In Seto's room, he began pulling clothes out for Bakura to change in to. "Listen, Bakura, as long as you don't try to comfort me, I'll take you out to Yami's mother's tomb."
"Why?" Bakura asked confused.
"To get the God Necklace. It's there. Let's go."
Bakura widened his eyes. "You're going to help me?"
Seto rolled his eyes. "I said I would, didn't I? I'm sorry that I've been so distracted lately, or else I would have taken you there sooner."
~~~
Dark fingers weaved themselves into Yugi's pale blond hair, pulling him closer into a kiss. "You're so beautiful," Yami whispered.
Yugi smiled and blushed, looking away from Yami. "Thank you."
Yami turned Yugi's head to look at him. "I love you, Yugi. You're absolutely wonderful." He began kissing at Yugi's neck.
Yugi closed his eyes and moaned softly. "Y-Yami...Yami..."
"Yes?" he mumbled in Yugi's neck.
"I don't want to be..." he moaned softly. "Mmmmm...Yami..."
Yami weaved his fingers with Yugi's and began sucking at Yugi's bottom lip. He dropped Yugi's hands and took Yugi's face in them. "I love you," Yami said, biting on Yugi's lip gently.
"I love you, too," he murmured. "But Yami...I...I don't want to be the Celtic King." Yami's head shot up to look at Yugi. "I want to stay with you...please..."
Yami shook his head, shocked. He got off the bed and stared at Yugi shocked.
"Yami? Aren't you happy?"
"Yugi, I really don't think...what about your people?"
Tears formed in Yugi's violet eyes and his lower lip began to tremble. "Don't...don't you love me Yami?"
Yami shook his head in disbelief. "Yugi, this is a big deal."
"You wouldn't let me even if I wanted to be. Why are you...being like this?"
Yami picked up Yugi and began carrying him out. He opened the door to the small priests' meeting room. "Katsuya? Where is Bakura?"
Katsuya glanced up from a script he was writing. "He took Bakura somewhere, I'd try the temple."
Yami sighed lightly. He set Yugi down on the ground and asked softly, "Katsuya...would it be too much of a problem to leave Yugi here with you for awhile?" Yugi's eyes went wide and he ran back to Yami, wrapping his arms around his legs.
Katsuya waved his hand distractedly. "Yes, fine... If you see Seto, would you please ask him to return? I must speak with him."
Yami picked Yugi back up and carried him over to the seat next to Katsuya. "Yes, I will. Good bye Yugi."
Yugi got on his knees and panicky watch Yami leave. The second the door closed, Yugi burst into tears.
"Shut up," Katsuya said harshly. "I have work to do."
Yugi sniffed, surprised out of his tears. "Katsuya? Why are you being mean?"
"Why are you being a little baby?"
"Why did you rape me?"
"Why didn't you tell Yami?"
"Because I thought you were my friend. Even if you had hurt me, I didn't want to see you get hurt." He glanced up into Katsuya's eyes. "If you liked me, you should have just told me."
"You're a little kid, Yugi. You wouldn't understand."
"I understand perfectly. It feels good when you're with Seto, right? You like the way he feels in you and you like having his skin press against yours, right?"
Katsuya shook his head and turned away.
"Seto likes it when Yami does it. I understand."
Katsuya shook his head again. "No, you don't. You, Yugi, are a little kid. The world is going around and you don't even notice it. You have no idea what it's like being an adult, having to live life. Everyone makes decisions for you and it's not your fault if they screw up."
"I don't want people to live them for me!"
"Shut up...please just shut up."
~~~
Bakura kept running his fingers along the gold necklace. "I can't believe it...the God Necklace," he said in awe.
Seto nodded and took it from him. "We'll keep it in the temple..." He glanced up, seeing Yami sitting on the steps, waiting for them. He pocketed the necklace and walked over to him. "May I help you Morning Star?"
"I need to speak with Bakura."
Fear filled Bakura as he stepped over to Yami. "Yes, pharaoh?"
"Yugi said something very strange to me, Bakura. Something I doubt you'll believe. He told me he didn't want to be King of the Celts. He told me he wanted to stay with me."
Bakura's eye widen in shock. "I...I... May I speak to him?"
Yami nodded. "I'd prefer if you did."
~~~
Yugi rushed up to Yami, tears forming in his eyes. He hugged Yami's leg close and stared back at Katsuya. "Please Yami...I wanna go."
Yami picked Yugi up into his arms and brought him in a seat. Sitting down, he motioned for Bakura to join them. He leaned into Yugi's ear and said softly, "Tell Bakura what you told me."
Yugi couldn't look at Bakura and he began to tremble a bit. "I...I..." He hide his face into Yami's chest. "I don't want to be the king," he mumbled.
Panic-stricken, Bakura grabbed Yugi's arm. "You are the *king*, Yugi. You don't just give that up."
"You be king...I don't want to be."
"I can't do that, Yugi...you're of royal blood. I'm not."
"Pretend I died!" He began crying into Yami's chest.
"Yugi...Si Yami gnikam uoy yas siht?"
"On!" Yugi screamed. "I nac ton od ti! I ma ylno a dlihc!"
"I liw eb ereht ot pleh uoy. I esimorp." Bakura softly ran his hand up and down Yugi's arm to comfort him. "Esaelp...esaelp, Yugi...Uoy evah ot ekat erac fo ruoy elpoep, yeht deen uoy."
"I evol Yami. I nac ton evael mih. Rof gnihtyna. I ma yrros."
Bakura stood up, angrily. "I was told to protect the Celtic King and his kingdom no matter what. Sa eht dneirf fo ym ymene, I nac on regnol tcetorp uoy. Doog Eyb." He threw down a bracelet and walked out furiously.
Yugi slide from Yami's grasp and fell to his knees next to the piece of metal. He picked it up and held it close to him, tears streaming down his cheeks. Standing up, he ran out of the room.
Seto pushed past Yami roughly. "Nice going, Pharaoh. I'll be in the temple if you need me."
Yami grabbed Seto's arm. "Meet me in my room later, we need to talk."
~~~
"The pharaoh of Egypt, Seto." Katsuya rolled his eyes and continued to look out the window.
Bakura handed Seto a glass of wine. He was ready to say something, but held his tongue, being the slave he was.
"Why don't we just let him marry the boy?" Katsuya asked irritated.
"Because he's a BOY! He can't have a kid with him! And. It's. YUGI!"
"So?" Katsuya whirled around to look at Seto.
"SO?! Are you crazy?! I thought Yugi was your best friend."
"I thought Yami was your best friend." Katsuya shrugged and turned back to the window. "Things change."
Seto's eyes widened in shock. "How dare you..." he whispered. He took Bakura by the arm and led him out of the room.
In Seto's room, he began pulling clothes out for Bakura to change in to. "Listen, Bakura, as long as you don't try to comfort me, I'll take you out to Yami's mother's tomb."
"Why?" Bakura asked confused.
"To get the God Necklace. It's there. Let's go."
Bakura widened his eyes. "You're going to help me?"
Seto rolled his eyes. "I said I would, didn't I? I'm sorry that I've been so distracted lately, or else I would have taken you there sooner."
~~~
Dark fingers weaved themselves into Yugi's pale blond hair, pulling him closer into a kiss. "You're so beautiful," Yami whispered.
Yugi smiled and blushed, looking away from Yami. "Thank you."
Yami turned Yugi's head to look at him. "I love you, Yugi. You're absolutely wonderful." He began kissing at Yugi's neck.
Yugi closed his eyes and moaned softly. "Y-Yami...Yami..."
"Yes?" he mumbled in Yugi's neck.
"I don't want to be..." he moaned softly. "Mmmmm...Yami..."
Yami weaved his fingers with Yugi's and began sucking at Yugi's bottom lip. He dropped Yugi's hands and took Yugi's face in them. "I love you," Yami said, biting on Yugi's lip gently.
"I love you, too," he murmured. "But Yami...I...I don't want to be the Celtic King." Yami's head shot up to look at Yugi. "I want to stay with you...please..."
Yami shook his head, shocked. He got off the bed and stared at Yugi shocked.
"Yami? Aren't you happy?"
"Yugi, I really don't think...what about your people?"
Tears formed in Yugi's violet eyes and his lower lip began to tremble. "Don't...don't you love me Yami?"
Yami shook his head in disbelief. "Yugi, this is a big deal."
"You wouldn't let me even if I wanted to be. Why are you...being like this?"
Yami picked up Yugi and began carrying him out. He opened the door to the small priests' meeting room. "Katsuya? Where is Bakura?"
Katsuya glanced up from a script he was writing. "He took Bakura somewhere, I'd try the temple."
Yami sighed lightly. He set Yugi down on the ground and asked softly, "Katsuya...would it be too much of a problem to leave Yugi here with you for awhile?" Yugi's eyes went wide and he ran back to Yami, wrapping his arms around his legs.
Katsuya waved his hand distractedly. "Yes, fine... If you see Seto, would you please ask him to return? I must speak with him."
Yami picked Yugi back up and carried him over to the seat next to Katsuya. "Yes, I will. Good bye Yugi."
Yugi got on his knees and panicky watch Yami leave. The second the door closed, Yugi burst into tears.
"Shut up," Katsuya said harshly. "I have work to do."
Yugi sniffed, surprised out of his tears. "Katsuya? Why are you being mean?"
"Why are you being a little baby?"
"Why did you rape me?"
"Why didn't you tell Yami?"
"Because I thought you were my friend. Even if you had hurt me, I didn't want to see you get hurt." He glanced up into Katsuya's eyes. "If you liked me, you should have just told me."
"You're a little kid, Yugi. You wouldn't understand."
"I understand perfectly. It feels good when you're with Seto, right? You like the way he feels in you and you like having his skin press against yours, right?"
Katsuya shook his head and turned away.
"Seto likes it when Yami does it. I understand."
Katsuya shook his head again. "No, you don't. You, Yugi, are a little kid. The world is going around and you don't even notice it. You have no idea what it's like being an adult, having to live life. Everyone makes decisions for you and it's not your fault if they screw up."
"I don't want people to live them for me!"
"Shut up...please just shut up."
~~~
Bakura kept running his fingers along the gold necklace. "I can't believe it...the God Necklace," he said in awe.
Seto nodded and took it from him. "We'll keep it in the temple..." He glanced up, seeing Yami sitting on the steps, waiting for them. He pocketed the necklace and walked over to him. "May I help you Morning Star?"
"I need to speak with Bakura."
Fear filled Bakura as he stepped over to Yami. "Yes, pharaoh?"
"Yugi said something very strange to me, Bakura. Something I doubt you'll believe. He told me he didn't want to be King of the Celts. He told me he wanted to stay with me."
Bakura's eye widen in shock. "I...I... May I speak to him?"
Yami nodded. "I'd prefer if you did."
~~~
Yugi rushed up to Yami, tears forming in his eyes. He hugged Yami's leg close and stared back at Katsuya. "Please Yami...I wanna go."
Yami picked Yugi up into his arms and brought him in a seat. Sitting down, he motioned for Bakura to join them. He leaned into Yugi's ear and said softly, "Tell Bakura what you told me."
Yugi couldn't look at Bakura and he began to tremble a bit. "I...I..." He hide his face into Yami's chest. "I don't want to be the king," he mumbled.
Panic-stricken, Bakura grabbed Yugi's arm. "You are the *king*, Yugi. You don't just give that up."
"You be king...I don't want to be."
"I can't do that, Yugi...you're of royal blood. I'm not."
"Pretend I died!" He began crying into Yami's chest.
"Yugi...Si Yami gnikam uoy yas siht?"
"On!" Yugi screamed. "I nac ton od ti! I ma ylno a dlihc!"
"I liw eb ereht ot pleh uoy. I esimorp." Bakura softly ran his hand up and down Yugi's arm to comfort him. "Esaelp...esaelp, Yugi...Uoy evah ot ekat erac fo ruoy elpoep, yeht deen uoy."
"I evol Yami. I nac ton evael mih. Rof gnihtyna. I ma yrros."
Bakura stood up, angrily. "I was told to protect the Celtic King and his kingdom no matter what. Sa eht dneirf fo ym ymene, I nac on regnol tcetorp uoy. Doog Eyb." He threw down a bracelet and walked out furiously.
Yugi slide from Yami's grasp and fell to his knees next to the piece of metal. He picked it up and held it close to him, tears streaming down his cheeks. Standing up, he ran out of the room.
Seto pushed past Yami roughly. "Nice going, Pharaoh. I'll be in the temple if you need me."
Yami grabbed Seto's arm. "Meet me in my room later, we need to talk."
~~~
