Different hearts, same desire
Mera: We're back everyone!!
Neferi: Yeah and we're happy!! ^-^
Yami: You two are happy every time we're here.
Neferi: * stucks her tongue out at him*
Mera: *laughs* interesting picture!
Yami: *glares at Neferi and then focus his eyes on Mera* Wait until I get you.
Neferi: Yami you know I can kill you anytime I want, I just need a pencil and a paper to do it and it's all over. Of course I won't kill you in my stories because I love you very much! ^-^
Yami: I know that *smiles gently at her*
Mera: And you appreciate us don't you Yami?
Yami: Actually I love you both only that I love you in that special way.
Mera: *smiles* Even our reviewers know that and don't need to have a premonition.
Neferi: Let's stop babbling and get on with the story 'cause I'm very sure we're annoying the readers. One last thing, a little blood will be seen in this chapter and I'm not spoiling you why. Well read the disclaimer you two!
Mera and Yami: Nefer Neferi doesn't own YGO but she does own some characters in the story.
Neferi: Please read and enjoy.
Chapter nine: Jealous
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Mera turned around to enter the pero(palace) after Yami was out of view.
"Mera what are you going to do now?" asked Jou looking at her tear-stained face. "Would you take me to the Temple of Ra' Jonouchi? I would like to ask to the god to ease the concerns in my ab(heart)" answered Mera looking back at him. "Sure" agreed Jou.
His horse was quickly prepared and then both of them parted towards their destination. They reached there after some time.
"Here we are" said Jou as she climbed down the horse.
Mera looked around the nefer(beautiful) temple. It had hieroglyphics on the outer walls of the temple as well as giant statues of the god Ra'. Jou and Mera proceeded towards the entrance. As they entered they looked around again. The walls had colorful hieroglyphics depicting scenes of some rituals done by the priests of Ra' and also the god appeared giving sa(protection) to the Kings and aristocrats of Egypt. The columns were also giant depicting too some scenes.
Mera and Jou walked forward, passing the tepi(first) chamber. Then they entered a nefer(beautiful) garden with exquisite flowers. They both followed the path leading to the senunu(second) giant chamber.
"Hello Jonouchi" greeted a female voice.
Mera and Jou turned around in the chamber just to find a young woman before them.
"Hello Isis" greeted Jou with a smile. "And you are Mera, aren't you?" asked Isis looking at the girl. "Yes I am" answered Mera. "I am Isis, priestess of the temple of Ra', I knew you were coming Mera for I posses a Millenium Item called the Millenium Necklace, which allows me to see events of the future and of the past" replied the priestess.
"It is a pleasure to meet a priestess" said Mera lowering her head in respect. "It is nice to meet you too" replied Isis "Please follow me and I will show you to the place were you can pray our god".
Mera and Jonouchi followed her. The temple was giant but if you knew were to go you wouldn't get lost. Isis entered a chamber were a statue of Ra' appeared and said "Here".
"Thank you" said Mera entering.
Said girl knelt before the giant statue, closed her eyes and started a plea in silence. Jou and Isis were outside.
'I plead to you my god, please give your sa(protection) to the Pharaoh in battle and to all of his men too. Also let them be victorious so that Egypt might be safe from harm. Turning my attention towards other matters, I plead to you for some help in my life, so that my father may let me be as I desire and so that he may stop hurting me and my mother' pleaded Mera 'I ask for all of this with my never ending but also true faith, waiting for you, my god Ra', to grant it to me'.
After that she ended her plea and walked out of the chamber.
"Before you go there's something I must give you Mera" said Isis "If you follow me". "I'll wait for you here" said Jou to said girl.
Mera followed Isis into another chamber not far from the ua(one) she was.
"My Necklace has told me that you are destined to have a Millenium Item" said Isis now turning to look at her. "A Millenium Item?" said Mera. "Yes" replied Isis.
Then Isis picked something from a table and showed it to Mera.
"This is the Millenium Chain, you will wear it around your neck and experience some of it's powers" said Isis as she put the Chain around Mera's neck.
Mera felt a power running down her body and then it disappeared as instantly as it had appeared.
"Your Item will grant you some powers that other Items have but they will be slightly different, for example, you are able to see the future like I can but you are more precise in it. I can make a mistake but your Item doesn't. You are also able to read others mind like the Millenium Eye but the person can't feel you trying to do it" explained Isis "The other abilities you will find them on your own". "Thank you for the Item" said Mera.
It was a golden delicate Chain, with an ankh(an amulet, it's like the Millenium Key but smaller) pendant that had the Millenium Symbol on the center.
Mera touched her Item and thought 'I have a Millenium Item now'.
"Thank you for everything Isis but I better go" said Mera. "You're welcome Mera, come whenever you desire" replied Isis.
With that Mera walked away to meet Jou. As she was walking away she heard someone calling her.
"Mera is that you?" asked a male voice.
She turned around just to find…
"High priest Seto" said Mera lowering her head in respect. "Hello Mera, it's a pleasure finding you here" replied Seto smirking with satisfaction "What are you doing here?". "I came to plea to Ra' " answered Mera. "How nice finding you here" he said looking at her. "Well High priest Seto I must go back" she said "It was nice meeting you here". "Why don't you stay for a while and then I'll take you wherever you want go?" asked Seto.
"Sorry High priest but the girl's coming with me" said Jou appearing "She asked me to bring her down here and so I did. Now she comes back with me". "I was asking her, not you" replied Seto in a cold tone as he glared at Jou. "I really have to go High priest, there's something important that I need to do" intervened Mera. "Very well Mera, I'll see you later then" said Seto looking down at her and smirking.
Mera turned around and Jou followed after glaring at Seto.
"I'll get you later Jonouchi, I won't let that pass" murmured Seto throwing daggers at Jou with the eyes.
"I don't trust that creep" said Jou as he climbed behind Mera in the horse "I advice you to watch out for him, I've heard some nasty rumors about Seto".
That reminded Mera about the rumors her father had said to her about Yami. She was going to investigate if they were true.
"Jonouchi, you that know the Pharaoh very well, how is he like?" asked Mera trying not to bring up suspicion to Jou. "He's a nice boy, responsible and worries much for his country and friends, intelligent and clever, skilled in Shadow Games and fighting, let me see what else…" answered Jou "He's nice". "What about his way of treating people?" asked Mera. "That depends on who he's dealing with" answered Jou "Why do you ask?". "Just curiosity" replied the girl.
Darn it she's a good liar!
'Why don't I just ask him if he had heard rumors?' thought Mera.
"Jonouchi" called Mera. "Call me Jou" said himself. "Very well, Jou, have you heard rumors about him?" she asked. "About Yami? Many rumors Mera, like for example, they say he's sadistic" answered Jou "But just because they have seen him angry, but you tell me, who doesn't get angry sometimes?". "True" said Mera. "Is there a particular rumor that interests you?" asked Jou "I promise I won't tell on you Mera".
"Jou yesterday I heard a…nasty rumor that scared me very much since I'm getting close to the Pharaoh" said the girl slowly "I don't know if he told you that we had visited a cataract…". "Oh that rumor" replied Jou "No, he doesn't make fun with the girls he takes to see the cataract, it's a lie, and besides, he has just taken out you and Anzu to see it with him".
Mera felt relieved now.
"I thank you very much Jou, you have eased a trouble in me" replied Mera. "No problem" he smiled at her.
They reached the pero(palace) at noon.
Some days passed by and Mera was staying at the pero(palace). In the fedunu(fourth) night of her staying…
"Oh Ra'!" she exclaimed sitting on the bed breathing heavily.
She looked around and realized she was in the pero(palace) in her room.
"That was just a nightmare" she murmured standing up and serving some mesi(water) from a jar that was placed near her bed, in a goblet.
She drank the mesi(water) and placed her goblet on the table. Then sat again on her bed. She hadn't met her father for the past dyemet(three) days but something was haunting her in her sleeps. Unfortunately it had to do with Yami and that damned lie of a rumor. Fortunately she ignored the nightmare.
"Mera are you alright?" asked WBF who was sleeping on a chair. "I'm fine WBF, just the usual nightmare" answered Mera looking at her "Go to sleep". "Very well" replied WBF.
Mera picked a djema(papyri for writing) from her wooden chest and prepared herself to write a verse. It quickly came to her and she wrote it down. It read:
Loneliness inside,
Wonder here in mind.
Sadness fills my life,
Pain became at sight.
Then another ua(one) came to her and she wrote it. It read:
My heart is made of glass,
My life is not a dream.
I can't possibly be glad,
Because I can't feel free.
With that she decided to end up writing. As she put her new verses inside her verse chest something told her to dress up quickly. She gave attention to the feeling and took her sleeping dress off and dressed up. When she had finished suddenly someone knocked on the door.
Mera opened it just to find Honda there.
"Yami has arrived" he said trying to catch up his breath "But he's injured". Mera put a hand on her mouth and whispered "You can't be serious". "I wish I wasn't but it's true" said Honda.
Mera walked out of her chambers hurriedly toward Yami's. As she approached it suddenly the door was swung open and his voice roared angrily "GET OUT!" as a man was actually thrown out of the room. Mera stopped in her tracks but then kept on going as the man stood and walked away. She approached the chambers and looked inside for the doors were open.
Dyemet(three) doctors were around his bed, supposedly trying to treat the Pharaoh. Yami couldn't be seen.
"Get out of my chambers now!" yelled his voice full of anger as all the doctors backed for Yami was on his feet with a khopesh(Egyptian sword) in hands.
It was clear that he didn't want to be treated so the doctors had to go out before Yami really lost his patience and decided to punish them for not following orders. The doctors walked passed Mera and the last ua(one) said to her "If you're going to see him, be careful".
Mera decided to enter the chambers and so she did. When Yami heard her footsteps he noticed her.
"Get out!" he yelled, making her jump "I don't want to see anybody and less of all you!".
Mera ignored his order and approached him slowly.
"Get out now!" he yelled as she stood before him. Then he pointed at her with his weapon and said "I don't want to hurt you Mera so get out!".
She touched the blade of the sword with her whole hand and closed the blade in it. Blood started dripping from her hand because of the wound she had caused to herself as she moved the weapon aside. When it was far from her she let go and then wrapped her arms around the young Pharaoh. The khopesh(Egyptian sword) fell to the floor making a sound and suddenly Mera felt Yami's arms around her as well. Said girl closed her eyes.
"Oh Mera" said his voice softly.
She didn't care about her wound, Yami was back, alive as she wanted to see him and they were there. Mera felt glad. Suddenly Yami appeared to be shaking and Mera remembered he was wounded.
"Here my Pharaoh, lay down and let me treat you" she said helping him to sit on the bed.
As he lay down Mera took some bandages and put them in her wounded hand as quickly as possible and not caring if they were rightfully put. Then she prepared the things she was going to use. She started by observing his wound.
'He's wounded in the waist, it's slightly profound and it's slightly wer(big). I have to hurry' thought Mera.
She took a towel and submerged it into the clean mesi(water) that was on a bowl in the table before her. She would clean the blood around his wound tepi(first).
"Mera" called his voice. "Yes?" answered Mera as she started working. "You're a darn good liar" he said.
Said girl looked at him.
"And a very good actress" he added. "What are you talking about my Pharaoh?" asked Mera without understanding.
Yami sat on the bed looking straight at her.
"You know what I'm talking about Mera, your lies to me" answered Yami. "I have never lied to you my Pharaoh" replied Mera still without understanding what was going on. "Yes you have Mera!" he suddenly exclaimed now seeming angry again "When I was leaving and I kissed you that day and you hugged me, that was a lie! You never felt what you were showing!". "That's not true my Pharaoh, I felt what I was showing you, my tears were real" replied Mera.
"Liar!" he yelled angrily as Mera stood and backed away from him a few paces. "I'm not lying" she stated. "You are Mera and you know it's true!" replied Yami in another yell now standing up "Don't lie to me!".
He was getting on her nerves now.
"I'm not lying my Pharaoh, honestly" she replied as he approached her slowly. "Liar Mera, you're a liar!" he kept on yelling "I thought you felt something for me! How stupid of me!". "My Pharaoh it's not true!" she finally exclaimed.
She was not going to be able to keep her cool down any longer.
"There's no way I can believe you again Mera!" Yami yelled now standing before her. "I'm not going to talk to you until you're calmed down! It's pointless to talk to an angry person!" exclaimed Mera turning around with the towel in hands.
She walked away towards the door.
"I demand for you to stop right there!" yelled Yami "This conversation is not finished yet!".
Mera turned around and looked at him as he approached her.
"I had no idea that it was that bad trying to take care of someone important in my life" she replied as Yami stood before her and she threw the towel to a corner of the room.
With that she turned around and walked out of the chambers.
"Stop right there Mera!" he yelled as she walked down the corridor.
Mera wasn't going to stop. She had no intention of talking to Yami. Suddenly someone grabbed her arm and made her turn around. Her eyes met the Pharaoh's.
"Get into the room right this instant, our conversation isn't finished" he said in a low mad tone. "I believe I did finish it" replied Mera in a low tone also. "No you didn't, I'll finish the conversation, now get in" said Yami in the same tone.
Mera moved away from his grasp and entered the room followed by Yami who locked the door behind him.
"Now Mera --" started Yami but Mera cut him short. "Now you will listen to me Yami, I don't know what the heck was told to you but I'm not staying to listen to you insult me without even letting me talk. What do you think? That just because you're Pharaoh I'm letting you talk to me like that when I'm just trying to help you here and haven't done anything? You're wrong, you should listen to people before acting" she said a little out of temper "And if you want to lock me in a dungeon then do it because sincerely I don't care".
Yami was speechless. Nobody had ever talked to him like that.
"I'm waiting for your sentence Yami so I can get out of here" she said looking at him. "I'll tell you what happened Mera" he said now calmed down "I'm sorry for my outburst, it's just that I was…jealous of something that someone told me". Mera let out a sigh and then said "Now that you're calmed we can talk and I can treat you".
Yami nodded and walked to the bed. When he lay down Mera picked another towel and started working again.
"I'm sorry for the speech" she then apologized. "No, it's alright, you are right Mera, I should tepi(first) listen to people before talking" replied Yami as Mera cleaned the surroundings of his wound "And I won't sentence you".
Mera finished cleaning the surroundings of the wound and told to Yami to sit down. As he sat Mera took the medicine and applied it carefully. Then she used the bandages, as Yami told her why he had acted like that.
"A man told me that you were fooling me, that you were acting and lying to me" said Yami as Mera finished bandaging him "It wasn't just any man, it was a man to whom I gave my trust". "I see…" murmured Mera putting the bandages on the table "Well it's not true Yami, you can use your Puzzle and look at my bay(soul)".
Suddenly Yami revealed a pleased smile.
"You called me by my ren(name)" he said still smiling. "Did I?" said Mera looking at him "I shouldn't have done that". "No Mera, please call me by my ren(name) I like to be named like that by my friends" replied Yami now caressing her face.
Mera moved away her face and said "I'm finished, I'll stay here and watch your sleep to see if you need anything for you can't move for a few days". "You don't have to stay if you don't want to" said Yami looking down at her. "Oh it's no problem, I can't sleep any way" replied Mera. "Thank you" said Yami "Now let me treat your wound as a repayment for your help". "No you don't have to" said Mera. "But I want to" stated Yami.
And so he treated her wounded hand carefully.
"There" he said smiling. "Thank you very much my Pharaoh" she said. Suddenly he seemed to be in pain and Mera quickly said "Lay down carefully".
She helped him lay down and then looked at him. Without even noticing what she was doing she moved some of his golden bangs from his face and touched his face gently. He seemed pleased for the shown appreciation.
"Sleep well my Pharaoh" she whispered softly.
Yami touched her face now and made her lean forward to him.
When she was close enough he kissed her on the cheek and forehead and then whispered softly "Thank you Mera for treating me and also for the teaching".
She looked at him and nodded. Then Yami went to sleep and some time later said girl also fell asleep leaning against the table. The last thing she thought before falling asleep was 'I'm important to someone, I think he is in femi(love) with me because he showed me he was jealous'.
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Neferi: Long chapter, you asked for it.
Mera: It was a good one also, well, every chapter is good.
Yami: Yes.
Neferi: I liked the last thought you had Mera, too bad that when you wake up the next morning you won't remember it.
Mera: Yes too bad.
Yami: Well, please review and –
Neferi and Mera: Keep reading!!