Slave
Home to Egypt
Yami felt great pain as he came to, and vagually felt something warm and wet pushing on his arm.
He slowly turned his head and blinked up into the yellow eyes of the Silver Fang, who seemed to be begging him to get up.
'Silver Fang? Yugi!' he thought, and tried getting up, but fell back down in exasghten, panting.
He could hear growling far away, and had a bad feeling that the Leo Lion was prowling somewhere there.
The Silver Fang lapped his face, and nuzzled him on his shoulder, trying to get him to stand up.
"Can't...stand," he muttered, and the Silver Fang growled and levered his shoulder up about an inch or so, before it fell back to the ground.
~Stand!~
"What?" Yami asked as his eyes roamed around to pin point the voice.
~You must stand. Leo won't back off for long! Hurry!~
Yami cried out as he moved his head, and lay still, pain starting to ebb away, before trying again.
He sucked in a sharp intake of breath as he tried again, and felt the Silver Fang's silky head pushing him from the back.
Once he was in a sitting position, he waited till his vision stopped swimming before standing.
The struggle was hard and painful, and once he was on his knees, he heard something charging foreward.
His head snapped up and was horrified to see the Lion charging towards him again, but the Silver Fang head butted it.
~Hurry!~ it shouted again, but was cut off as the Lion bit the Wolf's shoulder.
It gave a howl of pain, before grabbing the Lion's ear with its teeth and pulling it off.
Yami slowly counted to three before springing up to his feet.
The pain was almost unbarable, and felt like fainting, but he knew if he did, he would lose.
The Silver Fang and Leo the Lion, circled each other, both panting and bloody, and Yami took this opertunity to do some damage to the lion.
He grasped a long bone that was discarded to the side with the other old pile of human bones, and slowly advanced towards the unsuspecting lion.
With a powerful swing, he hit the lion over the head, and continued this movement till it lay still, a pool of blood beneath its head.
Panting he dropped the disgusting thing, and re-collapsed on his postier-end, slumped over, trying to sooth the pain that shot up all over his body.
He felt something soft settle beside him, and glanced to see the Silver Fang curled up, keeping his bleeding side warm.
"You were here before I passed out, weren't you?" Yami panted.
~Yes~
"And you were there when Yugi held me."
~Yes~
"Where is he? Why isn't he here with me then? And why are you here?"
~What you saw and felt was Yugi's soul. Not him himself. Soul's can not exist in this realm for very long, and used the minimum time to comfort you. I came to be because of him. I am forever in his debt~
Yami laid a hand on the wolf's head, and took a shuddering breath.
"As am I. If it wasn't for you, the lion would probably had eatten my flesh as I was in darkness, thank you."
The Silver Fang gave a curt bark, and licked Yami's bloody hand.
With an effort, Yami stood up, and faced the Emperor, who did not seem very pleased.
"I have won this match, so you now have to full fill your promise!" Yami shouted, pointing at him.
"True," was all he said and snapped his fingers, and one of the guards removed himself from the Emperor's side and threw Yugi's body from the balcony.
Once that was done, Emerperor Katsuya glowed gold, and it emitted off of him and onto the falling body.
Yugi's amethyst eyes slowly opened, but when he looked down he screamed.
Yami and the Silver Fang ran towards the falling boy, and he fell perfectly into Yami's arms.
Yami felt pain, and was forced to kneel to sooth it.
Once it was a dull throb, he looked down at Yugi, and saw his eyes were wide and glazed, and his small body trembled.
"Yugi, Yugi, please, snap out of it," Yami murmured, and shook him gently.
Yugi's eyes slowly blinked and looked up at Yami, and gave him a shaky smile.
"Yami."
"Yugi," Yami said happily and hugged him, though it caused the pain to flare up again.
The Silver Fang licked Yugi's cheek and he patted it on the head, smiling brightly at it.
"Thank you, for helping Yami," he whispered.
~My pleasure~
Their happiness shattered, as guards surrounded them, grabbing the two brother's harshly, and dragging them out of the collosium.
The Silver Fang growled and barked at the guards that surrounded it, and one was brave enough to grab it by the scruff of the neck and too dragged it out.
"Take them back to their cell!" Emperor Katsuya shouted.
"Bastard!" Yami spat before he disappeared out of the door.
Emperor Katsuya relaxed back in his chair, frowning in concern.
"It seems we have a bit more then we bargained for," he muttered to no one in particular. "Seems the _slaves_ know how to summon like I do. This could complicate things a bit more."
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Yugi winced as he was thrown harshly into their cell, and curled up into a fedal postion, trying to make himself as small as possible.
"Yami?" he whispered.
"..."
"Yami?" he asked a bit louder, and shouted as he felt something touch him.
"Shhhhh, it's me, don't be afraid," came the soothing voice he was waiting for.
Yugi relaxed, and heard mumuring and the Swords lit up the cell once more, but gasped as he actually relized how badly hurt Yami was.
He was leaning on the bars, covered with blood and sweat, face dropping its normal tan color.
Beside him, rested the Silver Fang, who was licking its wounds.
"Hang on Yami," Yugi muttered franticlly, and flipped through the papyrus cards in his pocket.
He pulled out a card and held it high.
"Mystic Elf, I summon you!" he shouted, and the card glowed brightly.
The Elf materialized before Yugi, and bowed her head.
~What do you wish of me, my young master?~
"Mystic Elf, I need you to heal them," he said and pointed the the two.
She nodded, and folded her hands into prayer and chanted, making her body glow.
Time seemed to slow as the wounds started knitting back together, and sealed itself as if it never was there.
~Are you hurt, young master?~ she asked.
Yugi shook his head, beaming up at her.
"No, I'm fine. Thank you Mystic Elf."
~Calm me when I am needed~ was all she said before becoming a card once more.
Yugi gasped as he felt himself being grabbed and smiled up at Yami, who held him close.
"Yugi," he mumbled in his hair. "I'm not letting you out of my arms again."
"Yami, you don't really mean that do you?" Yugi asked, trying to squirm out of Yami's grip, but it only tightened.
"Who says I won't?" Yami teased.
"Hey! Yami!" he shouted, and a deep chuckle escaped Yami's throat, as a softer one came from the bars.
Yami snapped his head up and his eyes fell on...a boy?
The boy was about his age, possessing white hair and chocolate brown eyes.
He wore nothing but rags and looked malnutrioned.
"Who are you?" Yami demanded, holding Yugi closer.
"Yami," Yugi said quietly. "It's alright. This is Silver Fang, or in other words, Ryou. I met him in the Shadow Realm, and we befriended, as I know you will. He was stuck in the realm and you know the only way to escape it was either by becoming a duel monster or being brought back to your body."
Yami released Yugi, and scooted closer to Ryou, who seemed nervous as he approached.
"You helped Yugi in the Shadow Realm?" he asked, and Ryou slowly nodded.
"Can you speak?"
"...yes."
"Do you have any friends beside Yugi?"
"No."
"Well, guess what. You just earned yourself another one."
Ryou blinked, then smiled up at a grinning Yami.
"You saved me and helped Yugi, I am in your debt."
The smile brightened, and he whipped a tear from his eye.
"Thank you. This means alot to me, Yami. Yugi's told me alot about you, especially how brave and strong your heart is."
Yami blushed, and quickly looked away.
"No...I...I'm not...I mean...well...a..." he stuttered.
"Don't be so modest big brother," Yugi laughed, and received a glare.
Suddenly, they heard voices conversing with each other and they all became silent as the listened in.
"We're moving again?"
"Yes, the war is starting."
"Who shall be our victims this time?"
"We are moving out to Kemet, the land of the Pharaoh."
Ryou heard Yami and Yugi suck in their breaths sharply.
"When do we move out?"
"As soon as we find a tactican. Nobody is sure of this mysterious land, and so far, nobody we've met his familiar with the territory."
Yami closed his eyes as his thoughts quickly accumilated an idea, and shouted at the two guards.
They both looked up and marched towards the cell, glowering down at the prisoner.
"What, _slave_?" one spat.
"You said you were going to the territory of Kemet?" Yami asked slowly.
"So, what's it to you?" the guard sneered.
"And you looking for someone who knows of the land?" Yami continued as if the guard hadn't interupted.
"Yes, so?"
"I can help you. I know someone who knows the land of Kemet well, and can guide you there with ease."
"Oh yeah? Who?"
"Me."
"You!?" they howled with laughter, slapping their sides. "Why would you know about Kemet?"
"I _live_ in Kemet. I've been there for all my life, you think I wouldn't know my own home land?" Yami asked stiffly.
"But why would you want to betray your home land? Most likely trying to make an excuse in going, then would run away to warn your Pharaoh about us."
"This is my home now. Nothing can change that."
The guards stared at the prisoner for some time, before whispering to each other and nodding.
"We shall announce this to Emperor Katsuya," one said and both left.
Once they were gone, Yugi looked at Yami with disbeleaving eyes.
"What do you mean this is our home now? And how dare you betray Kemet!" Yugi shouted.
"Yugi, listen, it's all part of my plan."
"What plan?" Yugi asked suspiciously.
"Hey, I'm not the Pharaoh's General for nothing," Yami said with a shrug before leaning back. "You better rest. If my plan goes into order, we shall have a busy day tomorrow."
"What is your plan?" Ryou finally spoke.
"You shall see, tomorrow," Yami repeated before closing his eyes.
~*~
Emperor Katsuya paced inside his chambers, eyes dazed as he listened absently to the pitter patter of his own footsteps.
Suddenly, he pain seared at his temple and he collapsed to his knees with a groan.
~Someone help me!~
~Your attepmts to escape my power is futile _emperor_~ a voice sneered in his head.
~Stop controlling me! I don't want to hurt my people!~
~Your people are useless garbage and when I find shit I usually discard it.~
~Bastard!~
~Now, now, let's be more civilized.~
~Civilized my ass! Stop it! Get out of my head! Stop controlling my body! I saw what you did to that innocent ship of people and that boy...that poor boy. You sent him to Hades Realm and made his older brother almost die at the colloseum for him! What kind of heartless bastard are you!~
~You have no say in this Katsuya. I'm in control now~
Emperor Katsuya cried out as his head built up with immense pain, before panting on all fours.
A knock on the door brought him back to his senses and wrenched the door open.
"What do you want!" he barked.
"Sir, the _slave_ claims to be from Kemet and is offering to help us into the land of the Egyptians."
To the guards surprise, the Emperor smirked evilly.
"This was exactly what I was hoping for. Ready the slaves. They shall be our new members of our army."
"Yes sire," the guard said with a bow.
~Wait! Please help me!~ the voice called out to the guards back, and made the emperor's lips smirked evilly.
~Your attempts our futile Jounouchi. For you see, I won, and my prize, Rome and Kemet~
~NO!~
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Mijikai: Oooooo, can you say plot twist? Okay, I have a question. Who thought Yami was the Pharaoh?
Yami: But I _am_ the pharaoh.
Mijikai: In the anime.
Yami: You mean...I'm not Pharaoh? (faints)
Yugi: -_-
Mijikai: Thank you for the many supportive reviews, and I apologize for the long wait for this chapter.
Review!
Yami felt great pain as he came to, and vagually felt something warm and wet pushing on his arm.
He slowly turned his head and blinked up into the yellow eyes of the Silver Fang, who seemed to be begging him to get up.
'Silver Fang? Yugi!' he thought, and tried getting up, but fell back down in exasghten, panting.
He could hear growling far away, and had a bad feeling that the Leo Lion was prowling somewhere there.
The Silver Fang lapped his face, and nuzzled him on his shoulder, trying to get him to stand up.
"Can't...stand," he muttered, and the Silver Fang growled and levered his shoulder up about an inch or so, before it fell back to the ground.
~Stand!~
"What?" Yami asked as his eyes roamed around to pin point the voice.
~You must stand. Leo won't back off for long! Hurry!~
Yami cried out as he moved his head, and lay still, pain starting to ebb away, before trying again.
He sucked in a sharp intake of breath as he tried again, and felt the Silver Fang's silky head pushing him from the back.
Once he was in a sitting position, he waited till his vision stopped swimming before standing.
The struggle was hard and painful, and once he was on his knees, he heard something charging foreward.
His head snapped up and was horrified to see the Lion charging towards him again, but the Silver Fang head butted it.
~Hurry!~ it shouted again, but was cut off as the Lion bit the Wolf's shoulder.
It gave a howl of pain, before grabbing the Lion's ear with its teeth and pulling it off.
Yami slowly counted to three before springing up to his feet.
The pain was almost unbarable, and felt like fainting, but he knew if he did, he would lose.
The Silver Fang and Leo the Lion, circled each other, both panting and bloody, and Yami took this opertunity to do some damage to the lion.
He grasped a long bone that was discarded to the side with the other old pile of human bones, and slowly advanced towards the unsuspecting lion.
With a powerful swing, he hit the lion over the head, and continued this movement till it lay still, a pool of blood beneath its head.
Panting he dropped the disgusting thing, and re-collapsed on his postier-end, slumped over, trying to sooth the pain that shot up all over his body.
He felt something soft settle beside him, and glanced to see the Silver Fang curled up, keeping his bleeding side warm.
"You were here before I passed out, weren't you?" Yami panted.
~Yes~
"And you were there when Yugi held me."
~Yes~
"Where is he? Why isn't he here with me then? And why are you here?"
~What you saw and felt was Yugi's soul. Not him himself. Soul's can not exist in this realm for very long, and used the minimum time to comfort you. I came to be because of him. I am forever in his debt~
Yami laid a hand on the wolf's head, and took a shuddering breath.
"As am I. If it wasn't for you, the lion would probably had eatten my flesh as I was in darkness, thank you."
The Silver Fang gave a curt bark, and licked Yami's bloody hand.
With an effort, Yami stood up, and faced the Emperor, who did not seem very pleased.
"I have won this match, so you now have to full fill your promise!" Yami shouted, pointing at him.
"True," was all he said and snapped his fingers, and one of the guards removed himself from the Emperor's side and threw Yugi's body from the balcony.
Once that was done, Emerperor Katsuya glowed gold, and it emitted off of him and onto the falling body.
Yugi's amethyst eyes slowly opened, but when he looked down he screamed.
Yami and the Silver Fang ran towards the falling boy, and he fell perfectly into Yami's arms.
Yami felt pain, and was forced to kneel to sooth it.
Once it was a dull throb, he looked down at Yugi, and saw his eyes were wide and glazed, and his small body trembled.
"Yugi, Yugi, please, snap out of it," Yami murmured, and shook him gently.
Yugi's eyes slowly blinked and looked up at Yami, and gave him a shaky smile.
"Yami."
"Yugi," Yami said happily and hugged him, though it caused the pain to flare up again.
The Silver Fang licked Yugi's cheek and he patted it on the head, smiling brightly at it.
"Thank you, for helping Yami," he whispered.
~My pleasure~
Their happiness shattered, as guards surrounded them, grabbing the two brother's harshly, and dragging them out of the collosium.
The Silver Fang growled and barked at the guards that surrounded it, and one was brave enough to grab it by the scruff of the neck and too dragged it out.
"Take them back to their cell!" Emperor Katsuya shouted.
"Bastard!" Yami spat before he disappeared out of the door.
Emperor Katsuya relaxed back in his chair, frowning in concern.
"It seems we have a bit more then we bargained for," he muttered to no one in particular. "Seems the _slaves_ know how to summon like I do. This could complicate things a bit more."
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Yugi winced as he was thrown harshly into their cell, and curled up into a fedal postion, trying to make himself as small as possible.
"Yami?" he whispered.
"..."
"Yami?" he asked a bit louder, and shouted as he felt something touch him.
"Shhhhh, it's me, don't be afraid," came the soothing voice he was waiting for.
Yugi relaxed, and heard mumuring and the Swords lit up the cell once more, but gasped as he actually relized how badly hurt Yami was.
He was leaning on the bars, covered with blood and sweat, face dropping its normal tan color.
Beside him, rested the Silver Fang, who was licking its wounds.
"Hang on Yami," Yugi muttered franticlly, and flipped through the papyrus cards in his pocket.
He pulled out a card and held it high.
"Mystic Elf, I summon you!" he shouted, and the card glowed brightly.
The Elf materialized before Yugi, and bowed her head.
~What do you wish of me, my young master?~
"Mystic Elf, I need you to heal them," he said and pointed the the two.
She nodded, and folded her hands into prayer and chanted, making her body glow.
Time seemed to slow as the wounds started knitting back together, and sealed itself as if it never was there.
~Are you hurt, young master?~ she asked.
Yugi shook his head, beaming up at her.
"No, I'm fine. Thank you Mystic Elf."
~Calm me when I am needed~ was all she said before becoming a card once more.
Yugi gasped as he felt himself being grabbed and smiled up at Yami, who held him close.
"Yugi," he mumbled in his hair. "I'm not letting you out of my arms again."
"Yami, you don't really mean that do you?" Yugi asked, trying to squirm out of Yami's grip, but it only tightened.
"Who says I won't?" Yami teased.
"Hey! Yami!" he shouted, and a deep chuckle escaped Yami's throat, as a softer one came from the bars.
Yami snapped his head up and his eyes fell on...a boy?
The boy was about his age, possessing white hair and chocolate brown eyes.
He wore nothing but rags and looked malnutrioned.
"Who are you?" Yami demanded, holding Yugi closer.
"Yami," Yugi said quietly. "It's alright. This is Silver Fang, or in other words, Ryou. I met him in the Shadow Realm, and we befriended, as I know you will. He was stuck in the realm and you know the only way to escape it was either by becoming a duel monster or being brought back to your body."
Yami released Yugi, and scooted closer to Ryou, who seemed nervous as he approached.
"You helped Yugi in the Shadow Realm?" he asked, and Ryou slowly nodded.
"Can you speak?"
"...yes."
"Do you have any friends beside Yugi?"
"No."
"Well, guess what. You just earned yourself another one."
Ryou blinked, then smiled up at a grinning Yami.
"You saved me and helped Yugi, I am in your debt."
The smile brightened, and he whipped a tear from his eye.
"Thank you. This means alot to me, Yami. Yugi's told me alot about you, especially how brave and strong your heart is."
Yami blushed, and quickly looked away.
"No...I...I'm not...I mean...well...a..." he stuttered.
"Don't be so modest big brother," Yugi laughed, and received a glare.
Suddenly, they heard voices conversing with each other and they all became silent as the listened in.
"We're moving again?"
"Yes, the war is starting."
"Who shall be our victims this time?"
"We are moving out to Kemet, the land of the Pharaoh."
Ryou heard Yami and Yugi suck in their breaths sharply.
"When do we move out?"
"As soon as we find a tactican. Nobody is sure of this mysterious land, and so far, nobody we've met his familiar with the territory."
Yami closed his eyes as his thoughts quickly accumilated an idea, and shouted at the two guards.
They both looked up and marched towards the cell, glowering down at the prisoner.
"What, _slave_?" one spat.
"You said you were going to the territory of Kemet?" Yami asked slowly.
"So, what's it to you?" the guard sneered.
"And you looking for someone who knows of the land?" Yami continued as if the guard hadn't interupted.
"Yes, so?"
"I can help you. I know someone who knows the land of Kemet well, and can guide you there with ease."
"Oh yeah? Who?"
"Me."
"You!?" they howled with laughter, slapping their sides. "Why would you know about Kemet?"
"I _live_ in Kemet. I've been there for all my life, you think I wouldn't know my own home land?" Yami asked stiffly.
"But why would you want to betray your home land? Most likely trying to make an excuse in going, then would run away to warn your Pharaoh about us."
"This is my home now. Nothing can change that."
The guards stared at the prisoner for some time, before whispering to each other and nodding.
"We shall announce this to Emperor Katsuya," one said and both left.
Once they were gone, Yugi looked at Yami with disbeleaving eyes.
"What do you mean this is our home now? And how dare you betray Kemet!" Yugi shouted.
"Yugi, listen, it's all part of my plan."
"What plan?" Yugi asked suspiciously.
"Hey, I'm not the Pharaoh's General for nothing," Yami said with a shrug before leaning back. "You better rest. If my plan goes into order, we shall have a busy day tomorrow."
"What is your plan?" Ryou finally spoke.
"You shall see, tomorrow," Yami repeated before closing his eyes.
~*~
Emperor Katsuya paced inside his chambers, eyes dazed as he listened absently to the pitter patter of his own footsteps.
Suddenly, he pain seared at his temple and he collapsed to his knees with a groan.
~Someone help me!~
~Your attepmts to escape my power is futile _emperor_~ a voice sneered in his head.
~Stop controlling me! I don't want to hurt my people!~
~Your people are useless garbage and when I find shit I usually discard it.~
~Bastard!~
~Now, now, let's be more civilized.~
~Civilized my ass! Stop it! Get out of my head! Stop controlling my body! I saw what you did to that innocent ship of people and that boy...that poor boy. You sent him to Hades Realm and made his older brother almost die at the colloseum for him! What kind of heartless bastard are you!~
~You have no say in this Katsuya. I'm in control now~
Emperor Katsuya cried out as his head built up with immense pain, before panting on all fours.
A knock on the door brought him back to his senses and wrenched the door open.
"What do you want!" he barked.
"Sir, the _slave_ claims to be from Kemet and is offering to help us into the land of the Egyptians."
To the guards surprise, the Emperor smirked evilly.
"This was exactly what I was hoping for. Ready the slaves. They shall be our new members of our army."
"Yes sire," the guard said with a bow.
~Wait! Please help me!~ the voice called out to the guards back, and made the emperor's lips smirked evilly.
~Your attempts our futile Jounouchi. For you see, I won, and my prize, Rome and Kemet~
~NO!~
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Mijikai: Oooooo, can you say plot twist? Okay, I have a question. Who thought Yami was the Pharaoh?
Yami: But I _am_ the pharaoh.
Mijikai: In the anime.
Yami: You mean...I'm not Pharaoh? (faints)
Yugi: -_-
Mijikai: Thank you for the many supportive reviews, and I apologize for the long wait for this chapter.
Review!