Thank you all for the reviews; I'm so happy!!! I always thought of making a Yu-Gi-Oh story that was mixed up with a fairytale; I'm finally doing one.
Well anyway, hope you enjoy the next chapter!!!
Chapter 2
Ryou and Yugi limped downstairs. The both of them were crying and in a lot of pain from all the spanks, punches, and kicks they had received from Ella.
"You boys have only an hour's break, then all of you get back to work!!!" Ella yelled from her room, then everyone could hear the door slam shut, the sound echoed throughout the house.
When Joey and Malik spotted their brothers; they rushed up the stairs towards them.
As soon as they were close enough; Ryou and Yugi collapsed into their arms sobbing.
"Shhh, its okay..." Joey said as he carried Yugi downstairs.
"It'll be alright..." Malik said as he carried Ryou downstairs.
All of them headed for their room in the basement. Joey and Malik placed their brothers gently onto their beds.
"I'll go get the things we'll need..." Malik said.
"Hurry back..." Joey said.
Malik rushed up the stairs and headed for the backyard. In the backyard he rushed over to the herb plants and picked some leaves up, then rushed back into the house into the kitchen.
He went to one of the cupboards and pulled out a few wads of bandages, then he rushed back to the basement to his brothers.
"Do you have them?" Joey asked.
"Yeah..." Malik said as he handed Joey some of the herb leaves.
The both of them ripped the leaves into pieces and put them aside. They turned to their brothers and gently took off their shirts.
Joey and Malik felt a tinge of guilt go through them when they looked at their brothers bodies. Their bodies were littered with cuts and bruises.
"Do you have to do this?" Yugi asked.
"Yes, we do, if we don't, you wounds might get infected." Malik said.
Ryou whimpered.
Joey and Malik proceeded with removing their brothers' pants, leaving them in their underwear. They picked the ripped leaves and squeezed the liquid out of them over their brothers wounds.
Yugi and Ryou were whimpering in pain; the liquid was a potion, but it still gave them a burning, stinging sensation.
"Shhh, shhh, we're almost done." Marik whispered.
Yugi and Ryou clenched their teeth and squeezed the sheets.
After a few moments of squeezing all the liquid out of the leaves; Joey and Malik began to bandage their brothers' wounds.
"You know that they won't be able to work for awhile, right?" Malik asked.
"Yeah, they'll need the rest of the day to rest up..." Joey said as he watched his little brother's drift to sleep.
"Seto, what were you thinking?!" Yami hissed. "You know that none of us, even you; will never apologize to our parents for that kind of thing!!!"
"I know that; but you never heard the other part of my deal." Seto said.
"Which is...?" Mokuba said looking at Seto.
"That if we don't find anyone; they will never, ever throw us another one of those balls again." Seto said.
"I like the deal..." Bakura said. "But do you think our parents will ever agree with it?"
"There is only one way to find out." Seto said as he walked back into his parents' room.
Joey and Malik were now making lunch for their 'family'. It had been hours since Yugi and Ryou's punishment.
The step-sisters came downstairs.
"I see that the other brats aren't here." Tea said.
"They got what they deserved." Mai said. "I hope one day that mother will hurt them so bad that they would lose the ability to walk."
Tea laughed at the idea.
Malik was boiling water for soup and starring down at it; he wished he could pick up the pot and drench the girls in the boiling hot water.
Joey was baking the bread and cooking the meat; he wished he could open the stove and throw some of the fiery pieces of wood at them.
"Girls, are you down there?!" Ella yelled from upstairs.
"Yes mother!" The girls called back in fake, sweet, sickening voices.
Ella came downstairs and came into the kitchen.
"I see that Yugi and Ryou aren't here." Ella said.
"Yes mother..." Joey and Malik said.
"I don't get why I put up with the four of you; if you four weren't our housekeepers, you'd be out on the streets..." Ella said as she and her daughters sat down at the table.
"How much time and what do the boys need to heal?" Ella said.
"If they get food today; they should be good by tomorrow." Joey said.
"You four are lucky; you all get a full meal tonight." Ella said.
Joey and Malik smiled inwardly; Ella very rarely gave them a full meal, but when it came, they were always thankful.
After about ten more minutes; the lunch was ready and served.
Seto had made the deal to his parents and to everyone's surprise, they agreed.
In one week, the invitations would be passed out and a week after that the ball would be held in the palace.
Right now, the princes were in a carriage being taken to a shop to pick out a suit. All of them miserable because they didn't want to do anything that involved marriage; but this ball was the ball that could determine their futures.
"Do you guys always go through this?" Mokuba asked.
"Every single time..." Malik said.
Mokuba sighed and sunk into his seat; this was going to be a long day.
It was now night time; and Yugi and Ryou woke up to the smell of something good.
"It's about time you two woke up." Malik said. "Me and Joey were starting to worry."
"Sorry, we were so tired." Ryou said.
"Don't apologize for that..." Joey said as he came down the stairs with a few trays of food. "The one who should be apologizing is that wench."
"Like that will ever happen..." Yugi said. "She's a heartless bitch, and she's raised her daughters to be just like her."
"I didn't know you knew that word Yugi." Joey said surprised.
"I want to forget about the pain that hag caused us and eat some food." Ryou said looking at the food and drinks that Joey had brought down.
Joey passed out the food and drinks. Then everyone sat down and ate quietly.
Seto was walking around the palace; looking for his brothers. He was bored and wanted to see if anyone wanted to do anything. He spotted Mokuba looking out on one of the balconies.
He was curious as to why Mokuba was there and what he was looking at; so he went over to him.
"Mokuba?" Seto asked.
Mokuba didn't know that Seto was behind him, so he slightly jumped at the unexpected call. He turned around and saw he brother.
"Hey Seto..." Mokuba said, turning around again.
"What are looking at?" Seto asked.
"The stars..." Mokuba said.
Seto walked up to Mokuba so that he was next to him; then he looked up into the sky.
"Wow..." Seto said. "I've never seen this many stars out here before."
"You didn't?" Mokuba asked.
"No, I always wanted to, but never did." Seto said. "I wonder why this happened tonight..."
Mokuba said nothing; he just looked up at the stars.
All of the boys of both house slept peacefully; for one house the awakening wasn't for many hours; for the other...
"Get up you mistakes!!!" A loud voice shrieked.
Joey, Yugi, Bakura, and Malik jolted awake; only to look into the face of Ella.
"The stock of food we have is running low!" Ella yelled. "Time to buy some more today!"
"Yes mother..." The boys said as they got out of bed.
Ella stomped up the stairs out of the basement.
Malik looked over to his little brothers.
"Time to remove the bandages..." He mumbled.
Yugi and Bakura nodded and removed them. When they did, they saw that the cuts and bruises they had from yesterday were gone.
"Are you sure that you didn't use magic?" Ryou asked Malik as he looked over his wounds.
"No, remember that mama used to do this anytime we had just a little scrape." Malik said.
When any of the boys said 'mama'; they mean their birth mother.
After a few minutes they went upstairs, only to find that the girls were still in bed; Ella went back to bed after yelling at them.
"Hey guys, you need to wake up..." A voice whispered.
Seto, Yami, Bakura, Marik, and Mokuba woke up and faced Tristan.
"What's up?" Mokuba asked.
"Your parents need to speak to you..." Tristan said yarning.
"Oh no..." They boy mumbled.
They all got out of bed and headed for their parents' room.
When they got there; they were immediately presented with the news.
"The invitations are going out tomorrow." Solomon said.
"Why so early?!" Yami asked.
"I just couldn't wait!" Lovely said. "I just know that all four of you are going to find someone at this ball."
The boys rolled their eyes.
"We'll see you at breakfast mother..." Seto mumbled.
He left the room with his brothers and they all went to go freshen up for the day.
To be continued...
What will the day bring for all the boys?
Will everything go as planned for the princes?
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