Zypher: Here I am again with another chapter to Lovers' Fate, Jealousy's Price. I hoped you had enjoyed the last chapter well and will love this one. (even with the angst) -opens to book to read the next chapter-

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Lovers' Fate, Jealousy's Price

Chapter 3

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When they were heading towards Yugi, they pretended to weep. "You poor boy!" They sobbed. "We have thought about it long and decided to tell you. You must know before you are in danger!" Anzu continued. "What do you mean?" he asked, quite wary about this.

"You know we love you too much to let you be faced with this but you must know before it's too late. Your husbands are enormous snakes! They're dangerous things that could crush you like a twig or fill your body with their venom. Remember that the oracle said that you would marry two savage beasts! We talked to the people and some said they have seen these creatures. They said that they take people into their wonderful palace and feed the men until they're nice and plump or impregnate woman and wait until they are ready, the child being ripe and full before one of them eats them whole!" Mai explained.

"Yes and we don't want that to happen to you! The only choice you have is to run away with us, right now!" Poor Yugi, so beautiful and yet so naïve. He believed every wicked lie his sisters told and started to turn pale with fear. "It must be true!" he gasped with horror. "That's why they won't let me see them! They are horrible creatures that only want my body as food." he wept, caressing his stomach, now feeling sorry for his unborn child. Anzu and Mai saw they were winning and with hidden glee, continued on with their plight.

"There's only one way how to defeat these horrible things. Get a knife and hide it under your pillow. Then get a lamp and make sure it has plenty of oil. Light it and turn the wick down, placing it behind the curtain since it won't shine through that heavy silk. When those revolting serpents are asleep, curled around your body like the slimy things they are, take the lamp, fetch your knife and slice their heads off. We'll hide in the room so we can take their treasure and leave the palace so you can get married to a nice human." Anzu said.

When they knew Yugi took their ingenious plan to heart, they left to go back to their boring old husbands but filled with delight that Yugi will kill off his own because of their plan. And they didn't want to be found when the disaster struck.

It was nothing but agony for Yugi. He didn't want to be married to deadly serpents but he still loved them. They treated him well and gave him a wonderful place to live and food to eat. They can't possibly be evil but the truth of his sisters' words took over rational thought and he headed back to his palace. When he got back, he still thought about what they said and the love he held for them. Would he dare do such a thing to the ones he loved? He sighed, wrapping his arms around himself, making his decision.

He lit the lamp and hid the knife, waiting for nightfall.

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When night finally came, in the pitch dark, they came once again and made love to him, so gentle and so sweet. Yugi loved it as always but was still determined. When they were asleep, he took out the knife and took the lamp. He turned up the wick and went to do the deadly deed but gasped with he found out who was sharing his bed. They were the most beautiful and delicate of people. When Yugi saw the wings on Yami's back, he finally knew exactly who they were. He breathed in lightly. 'It was Yami and Aqua themselves!' he thought with shock. The gods of Love. They were the ones that always shared his bed.

He looked down and there was his bow and quiver of arrows right there, propped at the end of the bed. He would've touched the tip of the arrows but he didn't want to do that but curiosity won and he gently touched it, pricking himself. He was now blinded by love with Love and pounced on Aqua, kissing and caressing, just hopelessly dazzled by his smooth scales and soft, silky spines. He was careless, though, when he placed the lamp down and when he accidentally nudged it, a drop of scalding-hot oil landed on Yami's shoulder.

He woke up and took in the situation. Seeing Yugi with the knife cause him to fly off, catching Aqua's attention who also looked back to him and flew off as well. He grabbed onto his tail though and he shook him off. He landed with a thump on the forest ground and Yami landed in front of him, speaking with anger and sadness.

"You mortal fool! Our mother told us to make you fall in love with a nobody, an idiotic person that you don't really deserve. But we disobeyed and fell in love with you instead. But you broke our agreement and listened to those filthy-minded sisters of yours! We'll have our revenge on them yet but now, as punishment for this," he started as he turned away from the saddened prince. "You can never see us again." he whispered, tears coming to his eyes as he flew away, soaring into the skies and back to his home.

After hearing this Yugi cried. Because of his carelessness, he had driven away the ones that gave him what he wanted. He knew he couldn't live with himself from doing such a dishonest act and went to drown himself in the river that led him to the palace all those months ago. But the river god won't let him do so and washed him ashore. With dismal thoughts, he wandered on continuously until he came upon a strange city. But this was a city where his eldest sister ruled and he quickly made it to the palace.

Mai was surprised to see him there, crying his little heart out. "What happened, Yugi?" she asked, still wanting to play the caring sister game with him since she was still jealous. "I did as you both told me but who shared my bed wasn't two ugly serpents but Venus' dear children themselves lying by my side asleep! I was overcome with shock and emotion and accidentally spilt a drop of oil on Yami's shoulder! They got up, saw the knife and Aqua told me: "Leave, you vile child! We shall divorce you and marry your dear elder sister instead"!" Yugi explained, now glad he had gotten better with his lies.

Mai could hardly wait and told her husband some believable lies, she ran to the cliff and jumped off. But since Yugi's orders were cancelled, they didn't let her down gently and she fell to her death. Yugi went to the city where his younger sister ruled and told her the same story and just as eager, went to the cliff and died upon the rocks below.

After the deed was done, he traveled on, bearing the weight of his child and hoped that he could do something to bring back the gods he loved so.

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Zypher: And that's how the wicked sisters were taken care of. But poor Yugi has to suffer now. Oh what will he do? Well, you find out about that in the final chapter. See you all soon and leave a nice review.