I don't own Yugioh. I do own Maria, Gold, silver, and this plot… which is co-owned by Rei…figures, but nothing more,
YSF: I am gonna have sooo much fun with this chapter.
Ryou: sweatdrop At least I wasn't in ancient egypt.
YSF: want to be?
Ryou: umm, no.
YSF: These are the step-sisters from oldest to youngest: Nephoris, Tages, Taous, Neherebkan, Nubkhas, and Nefer
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The three kept walking in silence, and finally, Mahaado and Seto stopped. "You win," they said at the same time, causing Maria to laugh happily. Smiling, they returned to the palace to get a good night's sleep before putting their plan in action the following day.
The next morning at breakfast, Atemu couldn't help but notice that Seto, Mahaado, and Maria were sharing some sort of private joke. "What are you three smiling about?" he asked. Immediately, the three burst out laughing.
"This doesn't have anything to do with our soon to be visitors, does it?" Atemu demanded when they didn't answer.
"Promise not to blow up?" Maria asked. When Atemu nodded, her grin returned. "Well," she said, "We were thinking that when the six incarnates of Seth and Apophis are visiting, that we could…"
"Speed up their visit by pranking them with some help from Maria's friends on the outside." Seto finished. At first there was a tense silence, and then everyone could tell that Atemu was trying hard not to laugh.
"Very well, as long as they don't get hurt. Who's going to help us in Thebes though?" Atemu asked.
"I was thinking Bakura," Maria admitted but trailed off when she saw him frown.
"I don't trust him."
"What if I brought him here and you asked him? Please?" Maria pleaded. Atemu nodded and Maria got up and left to go get her best friend.
About an hour later, Atemu was sitting on the throne, having finished giving out orders of palace preparation, and playing with Yugi.
"Atemu, Maria and Bakura have returned," Mahaado announced entering with the two behind him.
"Long time no see Pharaoh," Bakura commented dryly, "Arm any better?"
"What's your thought on flight?" Atemu countered.
"Behave you two," Maria said with a sigh as Yugi waved energetically at Bakura and he smiled back, "Will you help us Bakura?"
"What's in it for me?" Bakura asked suspiciously.
Atemu thought for a minute. "I'll take the bounty off your head, and I'll erase the three worst crimes off your record," he replied. Bakura contemplated and nodded finally. Yami summoned the captains of the soldiers and the guards and gave orders that Bakura wasn't to be harassed till the step-sisters leave.
"I want to know if I and my thieves can do a ride through Thebes to put a scare in your relatives but not take anything," Bakura requested.
"Go ahead, as long as you don't harm anyone," came the stern reply. Bakura sighed in annoyance but then figured that he'd take what he could get.
Maria tugged on Bakura's jacket, and the two went to find Bakura a room to stay in. The rest of the time before the relatives from hell arrived passed quickly… almost too quickly. On the eve of their arrival, Atemu stood in the throne room reflecting on the work done on the palace. The amount done was amazing. Bakura had even helped with the manual labor.
"What are you thinking about?" Maria asked entering with a sleeping Yugi in her arms. Atemu turned at her voice and smiled.
"How much we accomplished in a week and a half," he replied taking Yugi.
"I'm pleasantly surprised. We even had time to do the renovations we had been planning for a while now. I just hope the six evils won't muss it up," Maria said with a face causing Atemu to laugh. "By the way," she said suddenly, "this just arrived for you."
Atemu took the offered scroll and opened it up. Reading it, he sighed and tucked it into a pouch. "That was from them," he explained, "They're going to be arriving at the palace some time around midday."
"I'll go tell the others," Maria sighed and walked off. Atemu watched her go and then looked down at Yugi, who was starting to stir.
"Daddy? Where's Mommy?" Yugi asked sleepily seeing who was holding him.
"She went to tell everyone that your step-aunts will be coming at midday tomorrow," Atemu replied running a hand through Yugi's magenta and black spikes, "and now it's time for my gentle little Yugi to go to bed."
"I'm not sleepy though," Yugi protested with a yawn.
"I beg to differ," Atemu said with a chuckle and headed to Yugi's room.
The next day…
"Yugi, please stop fussing, you can go play with Amir later," Maria said with a sigh as she tried to get Yugi to behave and sit still. Yugi turned to face her, hands on his hips in a stance that Maria had trouble holding back her laughter every time she saw it. It was his "pharaoh" pose, taken after how he saw Atemu standing once as he dealt with a disturbance in the palace.
"But I always ride Amir at this time!" he whined.
"And get filthy in the process," Atemu interrupted, "You're in your good clothes. We want to make a good impression to our relatives as much as I don't like them. You can play with Amir after they arrive and before dinner."
"Come off it Pharaoh," Bakura spoke up suddenly from where he was sitting at Maria's feet on the steps leading up to the thrones.
"Last time I checked, I don't recall asking for your input," Atemu snapped, his patience already wearing thin.
"Look," Bakura sneered, "I was merely commenting that you're never going to get Yugi to behave like that. What if I took him to at least brush his horse and make sure he doesn't get dirty? That will satisfy both of you."
Maria started laughing at Atemu's expression. Nodding to Bakura, she stopped laughing and replied, "Just make sure both of you return within an hour."
About an hour later, Bakura and Yugi returned. Yugi was spotless, except for his hands, which Isis helped him clean. By then, all of the priests had appeared in their best robes, and the tension was almost unbearable.
"Your Highnesses, your step-sisters are near the palace," A servant said entering and bowing. Atemu made a face and stood. "Let's get this over with," he muttered heading out to the front steps of the palace, the others following. A minute later, the six sisters from hell were carried through the palace gates.
"Atemu!" Nubkhas squealed as she slid off of her sedan chair, "You've grown into quite the pharaoh." The other five slid off their sedan chairs and also came over to greet Atemu.
As Nephoris hugged Atemu, she saw over his shoulder Maria standing somewhat behind him. "Still here?" she sneered.
Maria's face flushed and she took a step forward. Seto sensed the rivalry between them and held Maria back. "Of course. Did you actually think that a little fall would keep me from returning to those I love?" Maria shot back. Nefer looked from one to the other, thoroughly annoyed that Nephoris had to start trouble already. Since she was the only sweet and innocent one (and the only ones that Atemu and company liked), she didn't understand why they hated Maria so much. Gazing around, she noticed a little figure dart behind Atemu.
"Atem, who's that?" she asked with a point.
Atemu turned and produced Yugi from behind his cloak. "This is my son Yugi. He's quite shy," he replied picking up Yugi and smiled when the shy little boy buried his face into Atemu's shirt.
"He's so cute!" Nefer replied with a smile. Yugi peeked out at her and rewarded Nefer with a shy grin.
"Is that the little princeling we've heard so much about?" Tages and Taous asked. Bakura rolled his eyes at the girls cooing over Yugi, who obviously wasn't liking the attention and smirked when he spotted Maria fuming.
"Temper Maria, don't blow up at them," he said casually.
Maria sent an icy glare in Bakura's direction. "They are terrorizing Yugi. You know I can't stand it," she hissed.
"Deal with it. As long as they're here, Yugi's probably not going to have a moment's peace," Bakura reasoned somewhat harshly. Maria hung her head slightly in acknowledgement and sighed.
"Yugi," she called, "if you want to go play with Amir now, you can, but change first." Yugi nodded, relieved, and Atemu handed him to Maria, who quickly walked off.
"Who's this?" Neherebkan asked going over to Bakura and running her fingertips over his shoulders in a flirtatious gesture.
Mahaado laughed a bit at Bakura's discomfort. "This is Bakura," he replied, ignoring the death glare that Bakura sent him.
"Is your hair always this white?" Nephoris asked, running a hand through Bakura's shoulder length locks.
"Is your face always this hideous?" Bakura countered sharply, shoving the hands off of him and pulled his head cover up, thus shadowing his eyes so that they looked more evil.
Atemu and Seto and Nefer tried their best to not laugh at the shocked looks on Nefer's sisters' faces. Those five had been spoiled rotten by Atemu's mother and others, and was probably the first insult that any of them had heard.
"I'm out of here. Pharaoh, if you need my help, Maria knows how to find me," Bakura said as he sauntered to the palace gates.
"Ooh, he's horrible!" Tages said once they were out of Bakura's hearing range.
"But he has a point," Seto mumbled.
"Come on girls," Atemu said with a humorous shake of his head as he turned towards the palace, "Let's get out of the sun and catch up."
YSF: Poor Kura. By the way, sorry for not updating for so long, I have become lethargic and lazy. Not to mention I am just coming out of spring break. Review, and urge me to get my lazy ass in gear!