After All This: Chapter two
Yami gasped, as he sat straight up in bed. Gasping slightly he glanced around the almost dark room before glancing down at Bakura. 'Thank Ra, your safe.' He muttered to himself as he laid back down wrapping Bakura in his arms and kissing his forehead. Yami knew that it had been just a horrible nightmare that had awakened him like that yet it was so really and was still fresh in his mind. He shivered slightly, even thought there was no breeze outside. He glanced at the window again and frowned when he saw that it was open. 'Chances are Bakura got up and opened it.' He told himself, still having the ill feeling. He felt Bakura stir beneath him and glanced down.
"Yami..." Bakura muttered, opening his eyes slowly. "Why did you open the window? It's cold."
Yami froze at his beloved's words. "What do you mean; I thought you had opened it."
Bakura yawned and sat up a bit. "No, the wind must have caught and opened it or something."
"But there's no wind." Yami pointed out.
"Well not now there isn't but maybe before there was." Bakura said, as he pulled away from Yami and went to the window. "I'm sure that's all it was love."
Nodding, Yami watched as Bakura leaned out the window and glanced about, before he shut the window and locked it. "I guess I forgot to lock it before I went to bed."
"No. You didn't." Bakura said, quietly.
Not liking the tone in his lover's voice, Yami rolled out of bed and went next to him. "What is it?"
"The lock Yami... it's broken." Bakura said. "And from the looks of it, someone outside was trying to get in."
Yami felt shivers go down his back as his dream came back to him.
Yami shot up awake at the sound of the window fly open. All of a sudden a tall shadow entered the room. "Who are you? Why are you breaking into this room, we have nothing of value." Yami told the shadow, trying to keep his voice even.
"Oh you're wrong there Pharaoh, you do have something of value, something that used to be mine and now I want it back." A deep voice uttered out.
"What are you talking about?" Yami asked, nervously. Pulling his lover closer with one had and holding his puzzle with the other.
"Bakura..." The man whispered. "I want him back, he's mine and you can't stop me from taking him."
Yami got nervous as the man walked closer to him. "You'll never get your hands on him, now leave or I won't hesitate to act."
The shadow stopped and turned, speaking before he left. "I will be back for him. Just you wait and see."
"...mi? Yami? Are you okay?"
"Huh, what?" Yami said, as he focused on Bakura's worried eyes.
"I asked if you were alright, you kind spaced out on me." Bakura said softly, as the walked back to bed.
"Oh I'm fine, just thinking." Yami smiled.
"Oh, alright." Bakura said.
"Big day tomorrow, I guess we should try and get some more shut eye before we leave." Yami said, lying down.
"Sound's like a good plan to me." Bakura yawned as he lay in Yami's arms. "Night love."
"Night Kura." Yami said, kissing him softly.
Soon, both had drifted back to sleep, not knowing that someone watched them from a distance.
Next morning
Yugi and Ryou sat together at a small table in an eating are of the place they had stayed at for the night. Both were laughing as Ryou's dad re-told one of his stories on his first dig in a tomb.
"Yes that was a very different experience all together." Danu finished off.
"I didn't realize that you had such an interesting first dig in a tomb." Ryou laughed.
"Well if it wasn't for your mother I would have quit right there and then." Danu smiled. "God that woman was amazing."
"Hey look who finally decided to get up." Yugi said, as he pointed towards Bakura and Yami who were working there way over towards them.
"Morning guys." Yami said, trying to cover a yawn.
"Morning to you too sleepy head." Yugi smiled. "Trouble sleeping last night?"
"You could say that." Yami nodded.
Bakura just smiled sadly and kept quiet. Both had agreed to keep the matter from last night a secret, it was just a broken lock and there was no proof that anyone had been in the room.
"Do you boy's want anything to eat?" Danu asked.
"I'm just having coffee thanks." Yami said, as he ordered. "How bout you Kura?"
"Eh, same I guess." Bakura shrugged.
"Alright, two coffee's then." Yami told the waitress.
"Alright sir, it will just be a moment." The waitress smiled.
"So what's going on today dad?" Ryou asked.
"The Pharaoh's kingdom, the same one Yami ruled five thousand years ago." Danu said. "He may be recognized seeing that among the palace walls is writing, tales of how the young Pharaoh took his own life to save Egypt from the powers of the shadow realm. Of course I'm rather excited to go back to finish the tale."
"Why couldn't you finish it before?" Yugi asked confused.
"The other half of the tale is written in a language I have no knowledge of; it doesn't seem to be related to Hieroglyphs." Danu told them. "But if I'm lucky, either Yami or Bakura will be able to read it."
"I'm sure one of us will be able too, they wouldn't put up a language that no one can read upon the walls of the ancient kings." Yami said.
Bakura nodded in agreement, and took his coffee from the waitress. "So when do we leave?"
"The second you two are done your coffee." Danu said.
Bakura and Yami shared a look and down their coffee before Danu could finish.
"Alright, well now that were done will grab the bags and go." Yami smiled, as he started to drag Bakura upstairs. "Will meet you at the check out area."
Bakura gave a quick wave before he was pulled all the way to there room.
"Oh wow Bakura, this is so exciting. After so many years... thousands of years I finally get to re-visit my home. I've wanted to do that for ages." Yami said excitedly as he gathered both there bags.
"Yes, it will be something I wonder how much it's changed over the years." Bakura said, as the left the room again.
"Most likely a lot, I'm just surprised that it's still there." Yami said.
"That alone is a shock." Bakura nodded in agreement.
The five soon headed out across the desert in their jeep, doing there best to beat the mid-day sun.
"So how much longer till we get there?" Yugi asked.
"Ten minutes." Danu answered.
"Do people still live within the city of the kingdom?" Yami asked.
"Yes, the only thing that is left empty is the palace. The empty reminder as everyone here calls it." Danu said. "Well here it is."
Bakura's and Yami's mouth's both dropped open when they got a sight of the city.
"It looks so different." Yami said. "I barely recognize it."
"Yeah, they've made it harder to rob and steal from I see." Bakura said, as he glanced around.
"Yes well, there is no need to rob and steal from this place." Ryou said kindly.
"I know, I was just thinking back that's all." Bakura sighed.
"Thinking back can be dangerous." Ryou said.
"So I've heard." Bakura nodded.
Soon, Danu pulled the jeep up to the palace. "Well here it is the home of many pharaohs. Let's go in shall we."
The five wandered around for hours just glancing at things and taking times to listen to Yami's stories. Soon they came upon a small room that was used to hold prisoners for questioning.
"Remember this place Yami?" Bakura asked.
"Yeah, this is where we first met. I remember like it was yesterday." Yami sighed.
"Okay, now this may be the first story worth listening too." Yugi said as he sat down.
"Excuse me; all my stories are worth listening too!" Yami said, stamping his foot down.
"Of course Yami, please continue." Ryou smiled.
"Yes, any way's... it was during the time of my father's ruling a few years before his death and he had requested that I was to start handling thief's and prisoners of war and such, well I was pretty excited because this was the big one the thief everyone called the 'Unstoppable White devil' and I had caught him." Yami sighed. "I remember walking into this room and glancing down at where the thief was placed. I was in such a shock because I saw no devil before me, just an angel. Half naked too."
Bakura blushes slightly and glanced around the room.
"Wait you were attracted to Bakura in Egypt so why when you first meet again did you hate each other?" Ryou asked confused.
"Because, I fell in love with him then and I considered that a weakness." Yami sighed. "Unfortunately my father found out that I had fallen for him and took over everything, including the punishment."
Bakura shivered and closed his eyes. "That was one reason I came back hating Yami because he fell for me and because of that I had to pay. Plus the whole soul thingy. But it's in the past."
"Very much so." Yami whispered.