Different hearts, same desire
Neferi: A new year, many new opportunities.
Mera: Yes and I hope everyone gets a great year.
Yami: We also hope you like the story so far.
Neferi: The flame I got sent, I actually was going to answer it but my reviewers got ahead of me. Some of them said the stuff I was gonna say so there's no need to repeat it.
Mera: And one of our friends, he wrote an email to her after Neferi had finished talking with him and forward it to her.
Yami: Neferi had a laughing attack because it was really funny. So she isn't going to send the flamer an email because it satisfied her what her friend wrote.
Neferi: Yes and now read the disclaimer so we can get on with the story.
Mera: NeferNeferi doesn't own YGO but she does own some of the characters that appear in the story.
Yami: Please read and enjoy.
Chapter eleven: Getting purposed
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Some days passed by and Mera kept on visiting Yami in the pero(palace). She also started to change in the way of acting.
Ua(one) day in the pero(palace)…
Mera was walking down a corridor with Jou in search for Yami.
"He's in the Aset(throne) Hall but angry because there's something nobody can help him solve" said Jou "Maybe if he sees you he gets his good humor back". "The Pharaoh is bored, that's why he's in such a bad humor Jou" said Mera as they stopped before senu(two) giant doors at the end of the corridor. "I leave you here" said Jonouchi.
As Jou left Mera pushed ua(one) door open a little so she could enter. As she entered she saw Yami giving the door his back for he was looking at something lying on the table. Mera closed the door, leaving it ajar, and approached Yami slowly. He didn't notice her.
'My father's not here and we're alone so maybe I could…' she thought as she stood behind Yami.
She put her arms around his shoulders from behind and whispered on his ear "May I help you in the problem my Pharaoh?".
As soon as Yami heard her he smirked and turning around to look at her he answered "Maybe not but you may get me out of the boredom I'm in".
Mera smiled at him and looked at the table. She found there some construction planes of a mr(pyramid). She observed them.
"I think I just found your problem" said Mera "Someone made a wrong multiplication in this part of the plane".
She pointed at it in the plane. Yami looked at it and then at Mera.
"Are you sure?" he asked. Mera smiled "My father taught me how to make calculations and I make them in mind. Trust me my Pharaoh, just do the math".
Yami nodded and made the math. Suddenly he smiled.
"You're right Mera, the multiplication is incorrect. I never thought about checking the measures" he said. "You're under much pressure, there are many things you're taking care of my Pharaoh and you can't think straight without a rest" replied the young girl. "Why don't we go out for a walk in the markets? That may take out some pressure from me" suggested the young Pharaoh.
"Is it safe for you to go out alone?" asked Mera. "Some guards will come with us. That will keep us safe" answered Yami. "I don't know if I should go out to the markets, you see my Pharaoh, I get purposed many times when I'm out there" replied Mera slowly "And I just want to spent some time with a friend". "Don't you worry Mera, I won't let them come and bother you" stated Yami. "…Very well" she finally agreed.
As they both walked out of the Hall chatting animatedly Rasejem passed by them.
"My Pharaoh, may I know where are you going with my daughter?" he asked politely. "We're going out for a walk through the markets" answered Yami. "I see…" replied the father "Well Mera, let's see if you pick up a husband and get wed. I'm sure that any man you wed will be very pleased with you as a hemet(wife)".
Mera didn't reply. It was true, at her age now she was supposed to be looking for a man to marry. But a thing was that every man proposed to her and she didn't know them and another thing was that she didn't want to be wedded with a man she didn't femi(love).
"Mera?" called her father.
She looked at him. Rasejem gave her a look of when-I-get-home-we-will-have-a-talk-about-your-different-behavior. The truth was that Mera had now started to smile, something she had not done in much time. She also started to laugh. That seemed to bother her father but she didn't know why.
Rasejem, on the other hand, didn't want that to happen. If she opened herself up to the Pharaoh she would probably fall for him and that would meant trouble for him. His 'punishments' were now much more severe than before. Anzu had started working with Yami whenever Mera was not near him and Seto went to visit Mera often to her house. Things were going to change now.
"Rasejem we have to go now" said Yami. "Yes, please enjoy your walk" replied the man. As he passed by Mera he whispered "Don't be a fool and do as I told you".
He left walking. Rasejem meant that she should do as he always said to her.
"Mera are you alright? You seem a little shaken" said Yami looking at her. "Do I? I'm sorry, I don't know what got into me" replied Mera looking back at him "But don't worry, let's go".
'She behaves differently when her father is around, I wonder why…?' thought Yami as they walked out of the pero(palace) and into the grounds followed by some guards.
They set foot out of the pero(palace) and started walking towards the market streets, not far from there. When they reached there they looked around. It was crowded as it usually was, women and children walking hand in hand with packages, some doing business with the sellers, others eating and drinking, the usual in the streets of Egypt.
"Come on let's keep on walking" said Yami to her.
Mera had the feeling that this was going to be a show off. Suddenly she saw a girl sitting on the floor of the street crying.
"Look, there's a girl crying over there" she said to Yami "Let's see what's wrong with her".
She approached the girl and knelt before her.
"My child, why are you crying?" asked Mera gently trying not to frighten the little girl. "I lost my daddy" sobbed the little girl. "Don't cry young ua(one) let me help you" replied Mera "Let me carry you and we can look around for your daddy". "My daddy told me not to talk with strangers" replied the girl cleaning some of her tears. "He taught you right but I promise I won't hurt you my child, I just want to help you" stated Mera.
"Very well" agreed the girl. Mera smiled and before picking her up she asked "What is your ren(name)?". "Nuru" answered the girl. "Very well Nuru, come on, let's find your father together" replied Mera smiling and picking the girl up.
She walked up to Yami with the little girl in arms.
"She's lost, she doesn't know where her father is" said Mera to Yami as he observed the girl. "Well then, let's start looking for him" replied the young Pharaoh smiling.
They walked down the street carefully as the girl looked around for her father.
"Lady?" called Nuru. "Yes Nuru, what is it?" answered Mera gently. "Who is he? Is he your husband?" asked the girl referring to Yami. "Oh, I believe I forgot my manners" said Mera "Nuru he is - ". "Just a good friend of the Lady who is carrying you" said Yami cutting Mera short. "You are not her husband?" asked Nuru again "Because you seem to care much for the Lady and you both make a pretty couple".
Mera simply smiled as well as Yami.
"No, I'm not her husband" answered Yami smiling at the girl.
They kept on walking.
"I can hardly see in this crowded street" murmured Mera as she tried to make her way out from between some men. "Then let me solve your problem" said Yami looking at Mera.
He grabbed her hand and made his way with her to a tent were there was a table.
"I need to use this table for a short moment so clear it out" said Yami to the seller who was working there. "My Pharaoh, I do as you please" replied the seller putting away the jewels he was selling quickly.
When the table was cleared out Yami climbed up and turned to Mera and Nuru. He extended his hands towards both, indicating to Mera the she should give to him the girl for him to climb her. Mera gave to Yami the girl whom he took and put her on her feet on the table. Then he extended his hands towards Mera to help her.
Said girl took his hands and climbed the table, standing in front of Yami very close. Mera turned to Nuru and picked her up. Yami moved away and looked over the crowd.
"People who are gathered around here, there is a girl who is looking for her father here" spoke Yami "If any of you recognizes this girl who is in the arms of my friend, come and take her back to her father".
The people were suddenly silent when Yami started speaking.
"She's my daughter Pharaoh Yami!" exclaimed a man's voice as someone tried to penetrate through the silent crowd.
A medium height man stood in front of the table looking up at them.
"Is he your father?" asked Yami and Mera in unison to Nuru. "Daddy!" exclaimed the girl extending her arms towards the man.
Mera gave the girl to her father and smiled at both.
"Thank you very much Pharaoh, Lady" said the man taking his daughter. "Well Nuru now you're with your father so be careful and don't separate from him" said Mera. "Lady what is your ren(name)?" asked Nuru as she and her father started leaving. "Nuru don't bother the Lady!" said her father. "Don't worry sir, it doesn't bother me at all" replied Mera smiling at Nuru "I'm Mera".
"I shall never forget you Lady and neither the Pharaoh" smiled Nuru "Goodbye!".
And with that both disappeared.
"You may keep doing your selling" said Yami to the seller.
The young Pharaoh climbed down and turned to help Mera down. He put his hands on her waist and helped her down carefully. She gave him an apprehensive smile and moved away.
"Thank you for what you did" she told him as they kept on walking. "It was not a problem Mera" replied Yami looking at her. "Lady Mera!" exclaimed a man running towards her. "Oh no" she breathed.
The man knelt before her grabbing the lower part of her hedj(white) dress and looking up at her. Yami stared at the man.
"Lady Mera, I saw your nefer(beautiful) face and figure standing at the table and I knew I had to ask you" said the man as Mera moved away, making him release her dress "Would you become my hemet(wife)?".
Mera moved behind Yami since the man was following her every move.
"Leave the Lady alone" stated Yami looking at the man. "Pharaoh, I didn't see you here" said the man as he made a neb(reverence). " Of course not, you were busy trying to make Mera wed you" replied Yami seemingly angry by the fact that the man was following her. "No I won't wed you sir" answered Mera as she finally stood beside Yami. "But why?" asked the man. "Because I'm not ready to be wedded yet" answered Mera.
The man left with a defeated face. Mera let out a sigh.
"Thank you my Pharaoh" she then said. "Do they always follow you and kneel?" asked Yami looking at her. "Yes they do" answered Mera as they kept on walking.
The time passed as they kept on walking and then they decided to head back to the pero(palace). By that time Mera had gotten purposed diu(five) times and she had turned down every single man that had asked her.
"Do you know why they want to wed me?" said Mera to Yami. "Why?" he asked. "Because I make a good trophy" answered Mera "I'm just someone to show off".
Yami simply looked at her. It was true, she was a nefer(beautiful) young girl. Any man would probably wed her just because of her looks.
"But I told myself something" added Mera "I said that I would wed a man that truly appreciated me. A man whom I knew and who knew me, someone that loved me for what I am. But that will be something hard to find". "You will find him Mera" replied Yami "Perhaps you already found him".
Mera looked at him as he looked back at her.
'He couldn't mean…' she thought.
"Lady Mera!" called a man from the top of a house.
Mera and Yami looked up at him. Another crazy man trying to get her to wed him.
"Oh Ra', I'm so abashed" she said as she lowered her head. "While he tries to get down here to you I can steal you away" whispered Yami on her ear.
As Mera looked up at him he grabbed her hand and pulled her away gently towards their destination. The guards followed closely as they hurried their pace. They both passed the gates of the pero(palace) and the guards closed them as the others entered.
"Thank you my Pharaoh" said Mera as she moved her hand gently away from his. "No problem my dear Mera, now let's enter" replied Yami smirking at her.
They both entered the great hall and walked to the garden. They sat down on a bench when they were there.
"Yami there's a problem in the Hall between Jou and Seto!" exclaimed Anzu appearing.
Mera and Yami ran towards the Hall to see what was the problem about.
"Cool down Jou!" said Hoda trying to hold tight Jou from punching Seto.
The problem was that the grip didn't work with either ua(one) of them. As soon as they got rid of their grips they went on fighting again.
"By the sekhem(power of the God) of Ra' " said Mera as soon as she saw both young men fighting on the floor.
Yami moved towards Jou and held him tight in his grip. Honda and another guard held Seto.
"Why are you fighting here?" asked Yami. "He's looking for trouble! He came to preach me and punish me for interrupting a talk he was having with Mera the other day!" answered Jou trying to get away. "You should learn not to get into affairs that are not of your concern" replied Seto. "Stop it both of you" said Mera "There's no need to fight over a conversation that happened long ago". "I believe that I have a powerful reason to fight over that conversation Mera" replied Seto looking at her "And it has to do with you".
"What is it?" asked Mera looking back. "I wanted to tell you something in private that day Mera, something important" answered Seto as Honda and the guard let go of him for he wanted to approach the girl. "But you could have told me that any of these past few days you have come to visit me" replied Mera as Seto approached her.
Yami's eyes narrowed when he heard Mera say that Seto had gone to visit her.
"I couldn't, I did not want to worry your folks because we were alone in a room talking something" stated Seto standing before her "After all, they would be wondering what do I have to do with you". "Well then you can tell me now in private on a chamber High priest" replied Mera. "No since Jonouchi doubts me I will say it to you here" said Seto "That way" he glared at Jou "He will be more comfortable".
Everyone stayed silent waiting for what was he going to say to Mera. In those moments Rasejem came into the Hall and when he saw what was happening he simply stood by the doors to watch. All part of the plan Anzu, Seto and him had.
"Mera" said Seto looking down at her "Will you wed me?".
Mostly everyone gasped in the Hall except for Yami who's eyes narrowed as he heard Seto. Mera stared at Seto without a word.
"Let me show you how much you mean to me" said Seto.
Suddenly he raised her head with a hand, leaned down and actually kissed her! Everyone gasped again while Yami's eyes narrowed even more. He let go of Jou and walked out of the Hall hurriedly. Rasejem smirked with satisfaction. Seto moved away from Mera and looked at her. She was standing there like a statue without saying a word. She couldn't, everything had happened so fast.
"Mera?" said Seto. "My daughter the priest has purposed to you, what will you answer?" asked her father.
Mera looked at her father. He gave him a severe look as if he was forcing her to answer a 'yes' to Seto. The girl turned her gaze back towards Seto having an answer.
"High priest Seto, I will have to think about it" she answered. "Take as long as you want to answer me Mera, when you're ready just tell me" replied Seto. "Very well" said Mera making a nod "Now if you will excuse me I have to be somewhere else now".
She turned around and left followed by Jou.
"Mera where are you going?" he asked catching up to her. "Where's Yami? He wasn't there when I left" she said. "He left when Seto was…kissing you" answered Jou. "I must find him Jou, do you know where he might be?" asked Mera, showing worry on her eyes. "He could be anywhere" answered Jou looking at her. "Oh please Jou tell me where he is, I know you know it" replied Mera worriedly "If I need to beg you so you would tell me then I will do it".
"Don't beg me Mera, alright I'll tell you" said Jou "Yami always goes to his favorite place when he wants to be alone. He must be by the Nile right now, in the cataract he showed you that day". "Thanks Jou" said Mera walking away towards the stable. "Wait a moment Mera" said Jou "I won't let you ride a horse all alone, I'm taking you there". "I thank you so much Jou" said Mera.
They both walked away towards the stable with a hurried pace.
'Please Yami, don't be mad at me' thought Mera 'I didn't kiss him back, I assure you. Please don't be mad at me, I could never stand the fact that you were mad at me because I…I…'
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Neferi: End of chappie, now I really left you in a cliff hanger!
Mera: You did, I want to know what happens next so I hope you write soon.
Neferi: I will write soon, don't you worry, and I will also update soon to you my readers.
Mera: Yami is not here with us neither I wonder where has he gone to…
Neferi: Anyway, please review and keep reading!