Yami sat down on his throne and had Yugi stand in front of him so that he could look him over. His hand ran down the boy's cheek to his chest and then undid the front of the simple garment that he was wearing. The boy tilted his head and Seto had to bite his tongue to keep from saying anything.

Yugi merely stood there as the garment fell and pooled at his feet. Yami let out a long whistle of appreciation at the boy's form then smiled a bit. He was a gift from the gods all right. He was beautiful with out a single mark to mar his perfect white skin. Yami reached a hand out to run it down the boy's chest. His skin was warm and smooth.

"Beautiful." He murmured. "So beautiful."

His hand stopped at a set of three tiny glyphs around the boy's navel, one to represent each of the three gods. He ran a finger over them his smile turning to a sneer.

"What are these?"

Yugi blinked then looked down at the little glyphs and then back at the pharaoh.

So the gods gave him a gift but they wanted for him to constantly know that it was them who gave Yugi to Yami. He wanted nothing that would so blatant a gift. He reached up and grabbed the boy by his hair.

Yugi's innocent eyes instantly flooded with confused tears as pain assailed him.

"Think your gods that I will bow to them meekly because they gave me some whore?"

Yugi shook his head.

"You think not but that is all they are doing. They flaunt their power over me everyday and I grow tired of it! I am the Pharaoh! I am the most powerful man in Egypt." He yelled his voice getting more and more dangerous.

Yugi reached his hands forward and patted Yami's cheeks trying to comfort him. Yami's crimson eyes narrowed.

"That is the second time your filthy hands have touched me without permission." He spat then a moment later Yugi was laying on his side near Seto a bright red handprint on his face and was looking totally shocked. Seto reached out and rolled the bow so that he was in a bowing position. Yami stopped his tirade glade to see that someone was still away of what was to be done in his presence.

Seto. Seto always obeyed him. He was the only one that Yami could trust.

"Take that thing to the temple Seto. I want him destroyed send him back to his gods."

Seto's eyes went wide.

"You can't be serious? Sacrifice him? He was a gift from the gods and you want to send him back?" Seto whispered in total shock. That made no sense he was going to just piss them off. "My Lord I beg you to reconsider!"

Yami stepped down from his thrown glaring down at the boy then at his high priest.

"I have spoken and you will obey." He said then headed out of the room. "But before that you will come to chambers."

Seto sat up starring after him then looked down to the boy who was breathing heavily as if in pain. Seto's eyes went huge then he wrapped his arms around him pulling him close. The Pharaoh's words and touch had done more damage then he would ever know.

"Yugi. Its ok, its ok now. You see? Now you can go back to the three gods. You will be safe from Yami and his violence." Seto said as he to his feet. Yugi pushed away from him and went over to get his clothing back on.

His face stung from the slap and his scalp from Yami's not so gentle grip on his hair but worse was that his heart hurt. So badly if felt as if he were going to die and this was just his first run in with the pharaoh. He looked over at Seto when he was redressed then walked over to stand at his side.

All three gods figured that he was going to end up coming back to them but none of them ever knew that it would be because he was going to become a sacrifice. That was so disturbing in a way that the pharaoh would send his gift back to them dead by his own command. Silent tears ran down he boys face.