Hello peoples! ! I had a lot of trouble with the last chapter because I'm not very into fashion. I've been really busy lately. I had a lead in a play that my theater group was doing two weeks ago, last Saturday I went to darksilicon's birthday party, and then my cat died ;;. (Cassie for anyone that has read my profile page.)
The Lady Winged Night. S: Yeah, sewing is a rare ability among guys. Actually, the ability to sew is pretty rare among girls too. I…
Yami: You should not be talking. You can't sew.
Neko2: Yes I can…a little…and you can't! XP
Yami: Good point. --;;;
Neko2: As I was saying before I was SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED, I needed some reason for Yugi and Amneris to bond. There's this boy I used to know, that actually was enthusiastic about learning how to sew!! Really! Who doesn't enjoy bashing their favorite anime characters? Whacks Yami on the head with a rubber chicken. (Yami: ) That porcupine thing with Yugi was hilarious!! Snorts I once read this HP/YGO crossover a toddler called Yami "Lightning". It became his nickname. He really enjoyed that! And about Mai, I agree she sometimes is a little valley girlish. But I like her because, she's got that "I don't take that kind of crap from no one!" kinda attitude and I admire that. You're right the boyfriend and a purse to match is just plain stupid.
Join the club; I talk people's heads off too. I probably just did. ;;
Yami: You could start a collection of victim's heads. --;;;
Neko2: I'm not going to even respond to that! is shuffling though pieces of paper with reviews on them.
Yami: Who's next?
Neko2: Kitty Neko reads review Wow she said something other than "update soon"!
Yami: OO She did…? What did she say? Reads review Oh.
Neko2: Well, I was listening to my copy of the Aida soundtrack and I thought it would be interesting to do something like this.
Yami: But you didn't have to make us sing!
Neko2: Let's just say, at the time the thought of not having the song hadn't occurred to me.
Neko2: Next up is Yana5
Yana5:
Neko2: I'm glad to hear that.
Yami: I can't wait either. I hope she doesn't make me do something silly.
Koishii No Tenshi:
Neko2: That's okay that you did not. I understand. Yugi walks by with a Jar-Jar Binks mask on his face. Hmmm… I guess hesa likes talking that way too. Me Too.
Yami: That is not my aibou right now!
Latias:
Neko2: is singing rather loudly. Thee sight mice, three sight mice, see how they run see how they run, see how they run see how they run, they all somehow regained their sight, seeing the most amazing sight of their lives, Did they ever use their eyes? three sight mice, three sight mice!!!
Yami: Ummm…you realize that made no sense what so ever right? But, then that's you, the Queen of dog roll. uu reads review That wasn't what Latias wrote.
Neko2: I know that. But, it had a glitch in the middle! I apologize if I offended anyone.
Neko2: Now time for disclaimer! Nope. Still don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Aida.
Atem sighed heavily as lay on his bed. Right now stress weighed down on his shoulders as heavy as two or three stone tablets. A servant entered his chambers, but Atem immediately dismissed him saying he wished to be left alone for now. He could hear servants bustling around the halls decorating, and cleaning them for a banquet that the Pharaoh had ordered in honor of Egypt's victory over Nubia. Atem hated banquets and other formal occasions. They made him feel extremely uncomfortable even if he did not show it. He found it extremely annoying when people, who he had never even seen before knew everything he was doing, talked to him. What annoyed him the most was when girls insisted on following him everywhere!
'I wish I did not have to go,' he thought to himself as he buried his face into his pillow. He let his mind wander towards Seto's plan. As long as he could remember Seto had always been bitter towards Pharaoh, but he had never thought that Seto would go as far as to kill him! 'I don't want to think about it!' He placed his hand over his heart pinching his bronzed skin together, squeezed his eyes shut for a second, then opened them and quickly lifted his hand off of his chest as if he thought he could get all of his anxiety out that way. It did not work.
Once again his mind wandered, this time towards Yugi and his big lavender eyes and pale white skin. 'He is so beautiful; I wish he were my slave, then…Wait, did I just call him beautiful? Oh my Ra! I did not just think that,' he thought. Atem's mood seemed to have sunk lower and lower with the sun as the banquet drew nearer.
Yugi glanced at the setting sun as he placed a large vase of lotus flowers on a table. He looked in awe around the gorgeous room. The dining hall looked wonderful with all of the torches being lit and various kinds of elaborate decorations, some of which had monsters on them. Others displayed scenes of everyday life. They had never had such things at home in Nubia. It was then that he noticed one particular design showed the Egyptian soldiers burning down Nubian houses and killing innocent people, one of them being the prince himself! 'That is not the way it was! He did not kill any of those people! My people' thought Yugi bitterly as he remembered what the banquet was honoring.
Yugi had not spoken with the prince sense he first came to Egypt. However, the prince did not seem the killing type, like his father. No, he was gentler than the Pharaoh. Yugi could not see him like he was depicted in the picture. It was obvious to Yugi that the artist had never spoken to the prince. The prince's eyes were much colder than Yugi had ever seen them in real life. He supposed it was because they were red, the color of blood and anger. To him they always seemed warm, but lonely. Unable to gaze at the horrible picture any longer, he turned away and walked out the door.
Atem sat at the far end of the dining room table trying to keep his eyes form glazing over as Amneris spoke loquaciously about the dress she was wearing. It was a long aquamarine strapless dress with white polka dots on it with a matching box shaped hat. In Atem's opinion it was perfectly tawdry. He cleared his throat.
"Is that dress in style?" he asked trying his best not to sound bored. He did not want to upset her, as she knew she was incredibly insecure. He had known her for nine years, and over those nine years he had discovered that she was all about show.
"It is now." She stated happily, smiled, and tossed her head as if to say, "look at me".
"You are always quite the trend setter," he stated. She beamed at the complement. Just then the Pharaoh called for attention. Atem looked up to see his father, who normally stood tall and proud, standing tiredly and grasping his forehead with his eyes shut tightly in pain. Atem could not help but feel alarmed and by the look on her face, Amneris was feeling the same.
'Oh no! Seto must have started poisoning Father with the arsenic he got form the copper mines! That means father only has about two years to live!' he mentally gasped.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, honored guests,' boomed the Pharaoh 'it is my pleasure to throw you this banquet in celebration of our soldiers, under the command of my son, the crowned prince of Egypt, gloriously conquering the enemy, Nubia! And it is my pleasure to announce that my son, the crowned prince of Egypt will marry the Princess Amneris in seven days time!"
Amneris had never looked happier in all her life. Her gray eyes shown like diamonds as she wept for joy. Atem nearly choked.
'I don't want to get married in seven days!' he thought angrily. 'I don't even love her, I mean she is pretty and all but Yugi is even…I …I just need to think.' He said a quick "excuse me for a moment" to Amneris, scooted back his chair, and left the banquet. Amneris was so absorbed in her fantasies that she did not even notice. However, the Pharaoh did notice, but he dismissed it.
Outside the dining hall, Atem leaned against a wall breathing heavily. "Why does everyone dump all their problems on me? I do not even want to be Pharaoh! I just want to be free to explore." Suddenly he heard a clanking sound looked up. There stood Yugi gazing at him with an armload of wood in his hands.
"You think you are the only one?" he asked. Atem could tell that it was a rhetorical question by the way Yugi asked it.
"Oh…I'm sorry your highness, I forgot my place here, " he bowed. Then he felt the prince place his finger underneath his chin. Both marveled at the touch as they rose together.
"No, that's alright. It was actually kind of relieving. You like to explore?" he asked gently.
"Sailing, I like to sail, that's true freedom. When I was little I used to sail with my grandfather.' He smiled at the happy memories, his eyes lavender eyes lighting up. 'When we would stop, I used to run up and down the shore line singing and laughing the my grandfather would tell me to behave like a-" he quickly came to his senses.
"To what?" Atem asked, curious as to why the boy had cut off his sentence.
"To…to…to behave your highness. I love the feeling of sailing." Yugi stuttered.
"Hmmm' replayed the prince 'I know what you mean." He burst to song.
To sail away to half discovered places
To see the secrets so few eyes have seen
To see the moments of enchantment on our faces
The moment when we smile and those between
Yugi looked at Atem with his huge, bright puppy dog eyes.
"Are you talking about Nubia now?" he asked with his voice full of hope.
"Yes,' said Atem handing Yugi a rare smile, 'in a way."
Yugi closed his eyes, smiled, and sang:
If I could leave this place then I'd be sailing
To corners of my land where there would be
Sweet southern winds of liberty prevailing
A beauty so majestic and so free
" I will take you sailing, south, you can be my guide," Atem stated.
Atem frowned, reflecting on his current situation, and sang:
There'd be no ties of time and space to bind me
Yugi:
And no horizon I could not pursue
Atem:
I'd leave the world's misfortunes far be hind me
Yugi:
I'd put my faith and trust in something new
Atem & Yugi:
But why should I tell you this?
Yugi:
A stranger I just met
Atem:
A man whom I hardly know at all and should forget
Atem & Yugi:
A journey we can only dream of
Enchantment passing through
And how is it I say these things so easily to you?
"I'm never going to take you sailing! I'M NEVER GOING TO LEAVE EGYPT AGAIN!" Atem shouted a bit more angrily than he intended.
"You talk as though you've been enslaved! YOU ARE YOUR OWN MASTER! THERE ARE NO SHACKLES ON YOU!' As if to emphasize his point he shook his hands, causing them to rattle. 'SO DON'T EXPECT ANY PITY OR UNDERSTANDING FROM THIS HUMBLE PALACE SLAVE!" he spat angrily and walked off in a huff down the hall towards the kitchens.
Atem sang to himself:
And why did I tell him this?
A stranger I've just met
A man whom I hardly know at all and will forget
Anonymous and gone tomorrow
Enchantment passing through
And all I've done is tell him things
That he already knew
He knew …
He knew …
With that he walked off down the hall wallowing in his own misery.
Neko2: Well I hope liked it. I hope that the length made up for the wait.
The Egyptians believed that the heart controlled all emotions. I do something very similar when I have anxiety.
I did some research on arsenic poisoning symptoms for this.