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Ties That Unite
Chapter 2: Missing?
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-six years later...-
"Yami! Yugi!" yelled the high priest Seto as he ran down the hallway
searching for the missing princes. " Get back here and finish your
lessons!" As Seto franticly searched the palace, in a vase near the
entrance to the study room, a small, tri-colored haired boy peeked
out of the decorative vase. Looking around, noticing Seto gone,
climbed out of the vase and grabbed a small hand from behind the vase.Yami than proceeded in pulling the other boy down the hallway, checking every corridor for a guard, priest or priestess.
--In a Corridor--
After looking for hours trying to find the boys, Seto decided on his last resort...to find the pharaoh and tell him his sons were missing. Seto hated having to do this to Yugi and Yami, he had to do this once before when the Pharaoh was in a meeting with foreign advisors. Seto didn't really know what had happened when both were caught, but all he knew was that neither Yami or Yugi attempted to sneak away from their classes until now.
Upon reaching the guarded door to the conference room, Seto was unaware of two pairs of crimson and amethyst eyes watching him from behind one of the pillars in the main hall of the palace.
Seto was able to get into the room without any trouble and quickly went to the front of the table. The Pharaoh, already seeing the look of uncertainty on his priest's face, quickly asked, "What did they do now?"
Seto quickly snapped out of his thoughts at the quick question the Pharaoh had asked him. "Well, you see my Pharaoh..." Seto stopped there, uncertain of how to explain that he had lost his son's, yet again.
"Yes, Seto?" Akahosh said, his eyes never leaving the priest. "Please finish."
"You see sir... Yami and Yugi kind of snuck out of their studies, yet again." Seto finished, turning his eyes as an attempt to avoid the Pharaoh's stare.
"Very well then." Akahosh replied as he left his chair and proceeded to the door. "Seto, go get some rest, I can tell you have been looking for them most of the day. I will find them myself. Good day priest Seto."
"Good day, Pharaoh." Seto responded while bowing.
--In the Palace Garden--
Two small boys walked peacefully amongst the flowers and little pond filled with fish in the center of the large garden. The smallest, Yugi, approached the pond only to be tackled down by a large, black jackal. Yugi, closing his eyes afraid of looking at the jackal on his stomach, started to shake and cry. The jackal, on the other hand, started to howl a low eerie note into the sky.
Yami hearing the cry and looking behind him for Yugi. Noticing his brother gone, Yami's crimson eyes filled with worry and panic as he ran towards the howling jackal. As soon as he got there, pushing the jackal and yelling "Bad Dagger!" as he firmly slapped the jackal on the nose, causing the jackal to sit in a corner and whine.
Yami easily picked up the small form of his scared brother and sat him on the bench next to the pond. Yami rubbing small circles on Yugi's back in an attempt to calm him down. While Yami was trying to get his brother to stop shaking, someone else entered the garden.
"It is not wise to leave your studies to roam about the palace grounds young princes" replied Isis as she stepped out of the shadows. Yami watched her from his spot as he felt it unnecessary to move from his position. While Isis was explaining to Yami what his and Yugi's actions had done to the inhabitants of the palace, Yugi had crawled onto his brother's lap seeking comfort from the thought of their angry father.
Yami sensed the change in his younger brother and pulled him closer into a hug as Yugi slowly drifted to sleep. Once Yugi had awoken, Isis gently picked him up and than led Yami into the palace where their father and mother were waiting for their return.
--In the Palace--
"Yugi and Yami Atemu! What were you two thinking, leaving your studies like that?!" yelled a very pissed off Akahosh. "I have never seen Seto so worried and stressed out with my many years of working with him! I know both of you are very bright and think you don't need to take all these studies you do, but you have no reason to run off like that!"
"We're sorry, father." Yami replied to his stubburn Pharaoh. "I guess we were just bored with priest Seto's lesson." As Yami talked, Yugi had found hiding behind his brother the best way to escape his father's cold stare.
Things like this were said most of the night throughout the usually peaceful palace. The workers of the palace all herd the through ranting and raving of the Pharaoh as he yelled at his two sons misbehavior.
When finally released from their father's presence, headed straight towards their chamber.
Late in the night Yami awoke to the startled screams and pleads of his brother from the other side of the room. Jumping off the bed and running to help his brother, Yami noticed Yugi was sweating and panting for breath. He carefully picked up his brother and whispered words of comfort to get him to settle down.
With Yugi finally settled down and sleeping peacefully once again, Yami returned to his bed only to be awoken by Yugi poking him in an attempt to wake him up. Yami sensing the fear in Yugi's eyes as he remembered the nightmare earlier, pulled the covers back and moved over making room for his brother to sleep.
Yami, instinctively pulled Yugi closer as he felt an unknown presence from somewhere in the palace.
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Chibi Pharaoh Yami: Thanks Crystal56 for the help in editing this story. Sorry if I missed a few things though... Please R&R!
P.S.- In this story Yugi and Yami have a pet jackal, instead of a dog.