Author: Junko the Lost
Disclaimer: Me no own!
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Yami faced the Nile, his eyes not focused on anything, merely standing and enjoying the warmth from the setting sun. Around him, the air crackled with the magical waves he was emanating. His pure red eyes gleamed in the invading darkness, his element, his very being. With the approach of nighttime, his powers grew tenfold, stretching to roll along the ground, only seen by those with magical instincts.
The power in the air throbbed like veins. Slowly, Yami sighed, and began to withdraw the magic back within him. His power disappeared as quickly as it had come, and the sorcerer's thoughts turned to the pharaoh. Yuugi was like a light for the world, an image of perfection that all people should strive to be. He had awakened feelings within Yami that he hadn't known he had. He could coax the good out of anyone, with his calm, ever-patient smile, and his tender eyes. The world may have beaten him down, but he had picked himself up, and still managed to want to be his best for the world, to give all he could to his people.
He began to walk back towards his nearby horse, casting a glance back at the iridescent moon, shining brilliantly in the night sky, surrounded by stars, and the surface of the Nile, black and unreflecting of the moon's light. He shivered at that. The river should be reflecting the moon's image, but it remained black, glinting like a river of evil in the saturating darkness.
As he swung himself up on his horse, he looked up at the sound of gallops to see Aisha, her new robes streaming out behind her as her night black mare galloped up towards him. He smiled, his lips curling upward, even though his heart was heavy with sadness. She returned the smile, but then she cast a glance behind him at the Nile. She shivered, looking up at the moon.
"What to you see?" he asked her, his voice low, sad.
Her eyes fogged as she looked, not at what she saw, but beyond, as she was being taught. "I see turbulence, and pain...tears." She looked away from the river, her own eyes brimming with tears, but her glance was caught by the lights across the river, the evidence of the flourishing that thrived under Yuugi's rule. "It's not going to last, is it?" she asked, referring to the perfection that they both saw in that village across the blackened river.
"No, it will not last," he responded, turning his horse around and preparing to gallop back towards the palace.
"When are you going to tell him?" she questioned, turning her own horse and following him.
"Tonight, I will tell him tonight," he replied, sounding unsure and unconfident, two things you never expected to hear in his calm, authoritative voice, his molten red eyes distressed.
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Yami walked into the palace, to see a very angry looking Yuugi, glaring at two of his advisors. You could practically feel the anger and resentment radiating off of him. His eyes were a commanding red flecked with violet. The candles in the room flickered.
"They are my friends. Why should it matter who I chose to give my trust to?"
"They are below your status, Pharaoh. It is forbidden for you to befriend them," one of the advisors replied, his voice much calmer than the near- hysteric Yuugi.
"Well, then, everyone is below my station except for my High Priests. I cannot spend all my time associating with only a handful of people. It will drive me crazy!" Tears flecked in the corners of his eyes as he screamed at them.
"You can associate with them, be kind to them, but they can never be your friends," one of them replied matter-of-factly.
"I hate this! I hate being Pharaoh! I can't do ANYTHING!" he screamed, throwing his crown off with a loud clank and running out of the room. Yami cleared his throat and walked forward, approaching the advisors.
"What was that about?" Yami questioned.
"This is none of your business, _magician_. You are not welcome here."
"As a matter of fact, I think it is my business, as I am one of Yuugi's friends," he glared at them, not up to a battle of wits tonight.
"You are nothing but a peddler of simple card tricks. Please leave the palace grounds immediately. You're presence is not required. Pharaoh does not wish to see you."
"I think he wants to see me very much," Yami began to walk towards the Pharaoh's chambers, only to be stopped by a pair of guards. Angrily, a tendril of magic wrapped around their weapons and threw them across the room. He picked up the crown from the floor, throwing at the advisors. "You keep your stupid Pharaoh; I'm going to go help Yuugi."
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Yami knocked on Yuugi's door, listening to the anguished sobs coming from within. "Go away," came the tormented voice from inside.
"Yuugi, it's me, Yami," he tried. He was startled as the door flung open and Yuugi wrapped himself around Yami, tears leaking out.
"Oh, Yami, it was horrible. Someone saw me hanging out with my friends, a- and they want to make me stop seeing them. I-I'll go insane, I'll die. I'll go back to being like I was be-before I met you. I can't do that again. I just can't." Yami took Yuugi's hand and led him back inside the room, closing the door.
"Shh, it'll be okay. Everything will work itself out. I won't let them do that to you. I love you," Yami whispered reassurances to the too young ruler. He solemnly rocked him back and forth, rubbing smooth spirals soothingly along his back.
"I love you too," Yuugi sniffed. His head tilted forward to fall asleep on Yami's chest.
/I'll tell him tomorrow/ Yami thought sadly. Deep inside, he knew that it wouldn't be okay. That the ball had begun to roll, and things were bound to change, for the worse. Deep inside, he knew that it wouldn't work itself out. Disasters would happen, and everyone's finger would be pointed at Yuugi. He had cursed them, they would say. Cursed them with his lack of reverence for station.
There were disadvantages to being a sorcerer. Looking out the window, he saw the gleaming black snake of the Nile, winding throughout Egypt. Above it twinkled the moon and stars, and a single star flickered and went out, a testament to the tragedies ahead...
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Junko the Lost
Disclaimer: Me no own!
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Review Responses:
Thank you everyone who reviewed
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Yami faced the Nile, his eyes not focused on anything, merely standing and enjoying the warmth from the setting sun. Around him, the air crackled with the magical waves he was emanating. His pure red eyes gleamed in the invading darkness, his element, his very being. With the approach of nighttime, his powers grew tenfold, stretching to roll along the ground, only seen by those with magical instincts.
The power in the air throbbed like veins. Slowly, Yami sighed, and began to withdraw the magic back within him. His power disappeared as quickly as it had come, and the sorcerer's thoughts turned to the pharaoh. Yuugi was like a light for the world, an image of perfection that all people should strive to be. He had awakened feelings within Yami that he hadn't known he had. He could coax the good out of anyone, with his calm, ever-patient smile, and his tender eyes. The world may have beaten him down, but he had picked himself up, and still managed to want to be his best for the world, to give all he could to his people.
He began to walk back towards his nearby horse, casting a glance back at the iridescent moon, shining brilliantly in the night sky, surrounded by stars, and the surface of the Nile, black and unreflecting of the moon's light. He shivered at that. The river should be reflecting the moon's image, but it remained black, glinting like a river of evil in the saturating darkness.
As he swung himself up on his horse, he looked up at the sound of gallops to see Aisha, her new robes streaming out behind her as her night black mare galloped up towards him. He smiled, his lips curling upward, even though his heart was heavy with sadness. She returned the smile, but then she cast a glance behind him at the Nile. She shivered, looking up at the moon.
"What to you see?" he asked her, his voice low, sad.
Her eyes fogged as she looked, not at what she saw, but beyond, as she was being taught. "I see turbulence, and pain...tears." She looked away from the river, her own eyes brimming with tears, but her glance was caught by the lights across the river, the evidence of the flourishing that thrived under Yuugi's rule. "It's not going to last, is it?" she asked, referring to the perfection that they both saw in that village across the blackened river.
"No, it will not last," he responded, turning his horse around and preparing to gallop back towards the palace.
"When are you going to tell him?" she questioned, turning her own horse and following him.
"Tonight, I will tell him tonight," he replied, sounding unsure and unconfident, two things you never expected to hear in his calm, authoritative voice, his molten red eyes distressed.
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Yami walked into the palace, to see a very angry looking Yuugi, glaring at two of his advisors. You could practically feel the anger and resentment radiating off of him. His eyes were a commanding red flecked with violet. The candles in the room flickered.
"They are my friends. Why should it matter who I chose to give my trust to?"
"They are below your status, Pharaoh. It is forbidden for you to befriend them," one of the advisors replied, his voice much calmer than the near- hysteric Yuugi.
"Well, then, everyone is below my station except for my High Priests. I cannot spend all my time associating with only a handful of people. It will drive me crazy!" Tears flecked in the corners of his eyes as he screamed at them.
"You can associate with them, be kind to them, but they can never be your friends," one of them replied matter-of-factly.
"I hate this! I hate being Pharaoh! I can't do ANYTHING!" he screamed, throwing his crown off with a loud clank and running out of the room. Yami cleared his throat and walked forward, approaching the advisors.
"What was that about?" Yami questioned.
"This is none of your business, _magician_. You are not welcome here."
"As a matter of fact, I think it is my business, as I am one of Yuugi's friends," he glared at them, not up to a battle of wits tonight.
"You are nothing but a peddler of simple card tricks. Please leave the palace grounds immediately. You're presence is not required. Pharaoh does not wish to see you."
"I think he wants to see me very much," Yami began to walk towards the Pharaoh's chambers, only to be stopped by a pair of guards. Angrily, a tendril of magic wrapped around their weapons and threw them across the room. He picked up the crown from the floor, throwing at the advisors. "You keep your stupid Pharaoh; I'm going to go help Yuugi."
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Yami knocked on Yuugi's door, listening to the anguished sobs coming from within. "Go away," came the tormented voice from inside.
"Yuugi, it's me, Yami," he tried. He was startled as the door flung open and Yuugi wrapped himself around Yami, tears leaking out.
"Oh, Yami, it was horrible. Someone saw me hanging out with my friends, a- and they want to make me stop seeing them. I-I'll go insane, I'll die. I'll go back to being like I was be-before I met you. I can't do that again. I just can't." Yami took Yuugi's hand and led him back inside the room, closing the door.
"Shh, it'll be okay. Everything will work itself out. I won't let them do that to you. I love you," Yami whispered reassurances to the too young ruler. He solemnly rocked him back and forth, rubbing smooth spirals soothingly along his back.
"I love you too," Yuugi sniffed. His head tilted forward to fall asleep on Yami's chest.
/I'll tell him tomorrow/ Yami thought sadly. Deep inside, he knew that it wouldn't be okay. That the ball had begun to roll, and things were bound to change, for the worse. Deep inside, he knew that it wouldn't work itself out. Disasters would happen, and everyone's finger would be pointed at Yuugi. He had cursed them, they would say. Cursed them with his lack of reverence for station.
There were disadvantages to being a sorcerer. Looking out the window, he saw the gleaming black snake of the Nile, winding throughout Egypt. Above it twinkled the moon and stars, and a single star flickered and went out, a testament to the tragedies ahead...
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Junko the Lost