Different hearts, same desire

Neferi: I'M SO HAPPY!! Apart from being back and having all those reviews I won't have to see my Geometry teacher again until the start of school!!

Mera: I suppose that makes you happy.

Nefer Neferi: Oh, everyone an announcement: Mera will be hosting with me the next chapters and Yami will also be with us. And yeah, that makes me happy 'cause I hate the class and he doesn't know how to explain.

Mera: I got your point Neferi. Now I'll read the disclaimer: Nefer Neferi doesn't own any YGO character but she owns me and your favorite character, Rasejem.

Neferi: You will read one of my verses in this chapter. There will appear more in chapters yet to come. Please read and enjoy.

Chapter seven: The truth

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Yami and Mera entered the stable side by side.

"Where's my horse?" asked Yami.

No one answered.

"If no one answers me I'll send everyone that works in my stable to a dungeon!" he said angrily.

Mera wasn't scared or anything, she was used to hear yells every time in her house. Then a young man came and made a neb(reverence) before them.

"I'm so sorry Pharaoh I was helping Nadinah with the food she was carrying towards the pero(palace)'s cooking place" he said looking to the floor.

Yami observed the man with narrowed eyes, probably full of anger.

"Stand up" he said.

The man stood looking at the ground. Mera knew something was about to happen, she could feel it in the air.

"I'm going to punish you for leaving your working area unattended" said Yami angrily. "Please my Pharaoh, do not punish him" said Mera.

Yami looked at her with eyes full of anger. Mera lowered her head and sank to the floor on her knees, hiding her face with her long dark hair.

"I beg you" she said as tears formed on her eyes.

That image reminded her of herself and her father, he about to punish her for a stupidity and herself full of fear trying not to show it. It was a painful memory.

Yami didn't understand why she had done that. He just waved his hand away as a signal for the man to leave and then kneeled before the young girl.

Mera wasn't looking at him, just at the ground as she felt some tears run down her cheeks. Suddenly she felt the Pharaoh's hands touch and raise her nefer(beautiful) and soft face and she met his eyes.

"Don't cry Mera, it's all right, I didn't punish him as you asked" said Yami softly as he surveyed her face still in his hands.

The young girl closed her eyes in an attempt to stop crying. She stopped crying and then looked at the handsome Pharaoh before her, still feeling his touch.

"Mera why did you beg for him? You have no need to beg for someone like an ushebtis(servant)" asked the young Pharaoh. "I just… don't like to see people being punished by something… that it is not of great importance" answered Mera. Then she quickly added "My Pharaoh".

She was a good speaker when it was about to choose the magnitude of the words in a tight spot, unfortunately it didn't work with her father.

"You are very right Mera" said Yami "I apologize if I made you feel uncomfortable with my way of acting". "Don't apologize my Pharaoh, I understand" replied the young girl.

And then he cleaned her tears with his fingers carefully.

"Come, stand up" he said extending his hand to help her. "Thank you" said Mera taking it and standing up.

The horse was ready and they both climbed up. Mera sat in front of Yami. Then they parted.

"May I ask, were are we going?" she questioned. "A place I want to show you, I think you will like it" he answered.

She felt his arms beside her and his chest against her back. She hated the proximity and moved forward a little. After some time riding they stopped.

"We're almost there Mera" he said as the young girl looked at the known vegetation.

They penetrated trough it and stopped when they reached the other side. Mera's eyes filled with what she saw. They were before ua(one) of the cataracts of the river Nile. It was a nefer(beautiful) view. The mesi(water) was clear and its sound while falling was enchanting. Mera had always wished to visit a cataract and now, she had finally achieved that desired moment.

Yami climbed down the horse and offered her his help to get down. She accepted and he helped her get down.

"Oh my Pharaoh this is a very nefer(beautiful) place" said Mera as she approached the borders of the river with a genuine smile on her lips.

Too bad, Yami hadn't seen it.

"Be careful, it's slippery near the borders" he said as she put her hand into the mesi(water). "It's warm" she said taking her hand out.

Suddenly she slipped and fell onto the water. Before falling Yami got her. He pulled her from behind and she fell on the floor sitting between his legs.

"That was close" said Mera putting a hand on her forehead as a sign of relief. "I told you to be careful" replied Yami.

Then she noticed how they were sitting and also his arms around her waist from behind. She was uneasy. Mera seemed calmed outside but inside a war was taking place. Said girl was debating between letting him hold her like he was doing or moving away.

"Mera are you alright?" asked Yami without letting go of her. "I am fine thanks to you" answered said girl "I thank you". "No problem" he replied.

The want and the fear involved in a battle but at the end the want was greater somehow and it won. Mera stayed. Being in his arms those moments was comforting and soothing to her ab(heart). For Yami it felt relaxing holding her in his arms. They seemed to have an effect on each other.

"My Pharaoh" she suddenly said without even knowing what she was saying "We shouldn't be doing this".

Yami let go of her. He moved away and sat down beside her.

"What do you think?" he asked referring to the place. "I like it very much" answered Mera "I thank you for bringing me here". "There's no need to thank me, I also wanted to come and see it" replied the young Pharaoh.

Suddenly he noticed that the girl took out a djema(papyri for writing) and a brush and wrote down something on it.

"What's that?" he asked curiously. "A personal thought I wrote down" said girl answered looking at her verse "It's a little… dark". "May I?" asked Yami again.

Mera nodded and gave the djema(papyri for writing) to him. Yami took it and looked at it. It read:

So lonely is my life,

That I can't feel alive.

I can't taste the shimmering light,

I don't know the wonders of time.

The young Pharaoh looked at Mera seriously.

"It's not true" she lied "It's just a thought that came to me".

He handed her the papyri back without a word.

"It's surprisingly dark coming from a girl like you Mera" then said Yami. Now it was Mera's turn to stay quiet.

They stayed sitting there together for another while and then decided to head back to the pero(palace) for it was getting dark. When they reached there the night had already fallen.

"Come on Mera it's time to go home" said Rasejem as soon as both had arrived. "My Pharaoh I thank you for your hospitality with me while I was here and also I thank you for the nice day I spent" said Mera to Yami. "It was a pleasure having you as my guest today" replied Yami smiling at her. "Thank you for inviting my daughter here my Pharaoh" said Rasejem as Mera climbed the horse behind him "Our pact is still up".

"See you Mera and have a nice mesut(evening)" said Yami. "You too my Pharaoh" replied Mera.

With that she and her father left the pero(palace).

When they had reached their house…

"Where did the Pharaoh took you?" asked Rasejem to Mera as they entered the house. "To see ua(one) of the cataracts of the Nile" answered Mera closing the house's door behind her. "And did you senu(two) had fun?" he asked sitting on a chair.

The girl thought she had heard wrong.

"I asked you, you answer" said the father.

Mera couldn't reply.

"They say that when the Pharaoh meets someone he likes he takes her to see ua(one) of the cataracts of the river and has fun with her" said Rasejem "Did he?". "No" answered Mera without believing her father. "So I advice you to be careful with him, he appears to be what he's not Mera" said Rasejem.

He was lying. That was part of his plan to separate Mera and Yami who were not together. He had been making the girl believe everything he wanted for many years passed. This was just something normal for him. Of course Mera wasn't that stupid, she didn't believe him always but today she did. After she had seen him angry earlier that day and felt his arms around her while they were alone she kind of believed him.

"And something else Mera" added Rasejem now walking towards her.

He grasped her arm and squeezed it without mercy.

"Don't you dare say something to the Pharaoh about what I do because if you do your mother will be found dead in the morning and then you would be the next victim" he said angrily "And guess who's going to do it. I will be watching you closely and carefully Mera so think tepi(first) about what you are going to do".

Then the father let go of his daughter and she walked upstairs holding her tears. Her life was hell, she had a father who didn't treat her the rightful way, her mother was also scared of him like she was and now that she had finally found a human friend it results that he's not what he seems. Mera had no idea if she would last in this role that some people called life.

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Neferi: Dramatic at the start and tragic at the end.

Mera: Unfortunately that is my life and that is how you first created me.

Neferi: Yeah not in this story but in one that is like this one.

Mera: Anyway things are about to get more interesting in the next chapter.

Neferi: I had to make this chapter end like that because it is part of the way things will fit in. Remember that I have the end of the story written and I won't change it so it has to go like this. You met the truth of Mera's life.

Mera: Now that you stopped all your long explanations I may end by saying please read and review.