well, this was the only time that I will have placed a 'max review or chapter delay' to one of my stories's chapter, I'm very happy 'bout the result of it, I am now sure to continue it in the line I planned it to ^_^ but I will first respond to the reviewers of chapter six because they were so kind to reassure me (continue to the story if you like)
Strega
*grins widely* hehe, yeah, it is indeed funny to have him expect an answer (I'm not going to spill what's going to happen, but it will get very interesting!), owh, and besides the heavy punishments and all, me wouldn't mind living there though.
SoulDreamer
Me will continue, SoulDreamer, when I have chapters done they'll be up for reads!
shadow-demon18b
Well, if ya want to read more, guess I'll have to continue writing, ne?
Yami Tangela
This is your next chapter! ^_^ hope you enjoy it, I did when writing it
Again, thanks to all who have reviewed on this story, whichever chapter!
Owh... and I lied about the pairing... *ducks for cover* no! the pairing in the summary still stands, but there are additional pairings! *waits for stone-throwing to stop*
[I know that I said that I was to expect at least 6 reviews as a goal, read the AU at the end of this chapter if you want to know my reason for putting it up already]
[Guard Trouble]
Yugi nodded and quickly jumped up, placed the empty bowls on the board and scurried out of the room, his heart pounding in his chest as he crossed through the halls, his eyes displayed panic as he could still feel the pharaoh's touch on his cheek. He turned a corner and collided with something hard and sturdy, a strong hand grabbed him immediately and as he looked up in the face of the other person, he dropped the board, "no!" he shouted...
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Yugi struggled in the grip of the guard who was holding him tightly, "well well well... a new slave... and a cute one as well!" He looked up at the man as he felt his arm being crushed as the guard grabbed his cheek in a forceful grip to look into his eyes, "let me go!" he mumbled through clenched teeth, a ball of pain was beginning to grow in the front of his head as he looked at the guard, his eyes beginning to sparkle in a vicious glare.
"Owh, you have talks! Well, I'll make sure they are nicely beaten out of you" with that, the guard turned and began to drag Yugi down the hall into the direction of the guards quarters, not paying attention to the screaming of the little boy.
"no! NO!! let me go, please!!" Yugi pleaded as he tried to get loose, but the grip on him was so incredibly strong that he at the end lost his footing and slid onto the ground, roughly being pulled along and he weakly stretched his free arm out in the air, finding something hard and strong and his fingers latched onto it; a doorknob stopped him dragged along and the guard looked back, growling in anger "let go you stupid brat!!" he spat as he started to pull even harder, finding that Yugi was gritting his teeth to try and not lose his grip.
"no!" Yugi yelled and closed his eyes, 'please, hand, hold on! He'll hurt me if I let go... I won't let go!! I'd rather die!" his eyes slammed open and he cried out in pain as his eyes began to fill with tears, his cheek was reddening from the slap he received and he felt his grip loosening, "no!" his hand slipped from the doorknob and the guard let out a triumphant snigger as he began to continue dragging Yugi along.
"Hold it right there!!" both Yugi and guard forgot what they were doing as they looked into the direction of the voice at exactly the same time.
Yugi started to smile in hope as he saw a very angry-looking Ryou, whose chocolate brown eyes were glaring at the guard, "let...him...go!" the silvery-haired guy approached the two with firm steps, "don't you know who he is?! Let him go!" with that, Ryou grabbed the guard's hand and tried to pry it off of Yugi's arm, "c'mon! let go!"
"Back off, stupid runt!" the guard growled and shoved Ryou away with his bare hand, "unless you feel like joining him!" he looked daringly at Ryou who smirked back, raising his hand to poke into the guard's chest, "1. ...The son of Amun-Ra will certainly not appreciate it if you rape his sweet little personal servant..." he watched how the guard paled slightly, "You.. you lying cheat!"
Ryou smirked wider as he crossed his arms in front of his chest, "owh, I'm not lying..." he looked down at Yugi and a mischievous twinkle played in his eyes, "and second......" he started and heavy footsteps were heard right before a small child servant came around the corner, followed by several guards, "you're in trouble..." he whispered as he stepped aside, grabbing Yugi's untouched arm and he pulled him up.
"Captain!!" the guard straightened and saluted as a brown-haired man stood in front of him, "Guard Himtren... what's going on?!" narrowed eyes glared at the guard who tried to look innocent "n-nothing, Captain!"
"Ryou?" The captain looked at the silverhaired guy where the little girl and Yugi were cowering behind, but Ryou seemed unafraid to look him straight into his eyes "Himtren was planning on leaving his post and duty and place abuses on Yugi here... the new personal servant of His Highness" At the mentioning of Yugi's name, Ryou could feel the young boy trying to make himself complete invisible behind his back and he could not help but smile a bit, focusing himself on the captain of the guard again, "Yugi has just arrived today and must have a special meaning to the Pharaoh to have acquired an immediate status of that measure" much to his pleasing, the captain nodded, "Himtren, I will see through the fact that you tried to take Yugi to your room... but leaving your post will not be granted such kindness; you are confined to your room until I'll let someone get you for discipline lessons" Himtren visibly winched, lessons of discipline were... painful... Himtren turned and started to walk away, shrugging to himself, it was better than to have the Pharaoh's wrath against him.
"Yugi?" the captain then turned to look behind Ryou's back, meeting the violet eyes of a very frightened Yugi "You don't need to be afraid Yugi, you will not be harmed by any guard with brains or common sense anymore, I will have your features identified by all of them, now... could you come forward?" he watched how Yugi very slowly took a little step forward and he smiled, "now, my name is Honda, and I'm the captain of the royal palace guard... if you have any problems, tell them to Ryou here and he'll redirect them to the right person for you, who will contact you then as soon as possible" Yugi nodded as Honda smiled, "that's one of the advantages you can enjoy in your function" Ryou grinned and Yugi smiled at him brightly, blinking as he noticed the long time that the eyes of Ryou and Honda were locked on each other, 'that's... so strange...' he clasped his hands behind his back as he silently began counting, tilting his head slowly.
"eh... I have to go, I will see you two around again, have a nice evening" with that, Honda quickly turned and walked away from the two. "Yeah, see you later, Honda!" Ryou smiled and turned to Yugi, halting as he looked at the boy in front of him, "eh, is there something wrong Yugi?" he asked softly.
"No... what were you doing?" Yugi smiled a bit as he asked the question and Ryou began to grin as he gave Yugi a small push, "get to the kitchen, you nitwit!" Ryou laughed as he guided both of them through the door that Yugi was holding to tightly several moments ago, seating the boy down to a table along with other servants, "Yugi is our new addition to the household, pass him a plate here!" Ryou said and sat down next to Yugi, grinning as Yugi immediately seemed to launch an attack on the food in front of him.
-15 minutes later-
"This is really good!" Yugi grinned as he shoved the empty plate away, noticing how everyone was staring at him, "what? Is there something wrong?"
"Are... are you really the new personal servant of... IYami/I?" a small, mouselike boy whispered, speaking the last word almost unhearable but everyone was so deadly silent that Yugi had no problems with hearing it, "personal servant, yes... who's Yami?" he then felt awkward as everyone sucked in their breath sharply and a little girl began to sob softly.
"Yugi..." Ryou slowly pulled Yugi from his seat and started to walk back to the entrance to the kitchens, "Yami... is Pharaoh Atemu's real birth name... it means darkness and we hardly dare to call it out" he looked away, "forget that that name was ever mentioned to you... everyone calling it out will immediately have Atemu's sword at... well, you won't survive" Yugi nodded in understanding and was gently directed back through the hall, "The Pharaoh must be very cruel then?" he asked softly as Ryou walked along with him, "he is, Yugi, he is very harsh" the silverhaired boy nodded and stopped, making Yugi stop as well, "Yugi... if you are obedient, he will not be so harsh to you... just..." he lifted Yugi's chin so the boy was looking into his eyes, "just know that one's past holds great value in what that person becomes" with that, Ryou gently lowered his head, very gently grazing Yugi's lips with his own, carefully placing a very soft bite down on the boy's lower lip before he pulled away to look in Yugi's eyes again "many people see and immediately judge... get my point?" Yugi nodded and watched how Ryou turned and walked away from him, "I... get your point..." Yugi whispered as he softly touched his lips, his eyes narrowed in determination and he turned, entering the Pharaoh's chambers, "My Pharaoh... I have returned as you requested me to do so......"
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Well, this is another chapter finished, hope everyone enjoyed it *walks away* next chapter will be up, but I'm unsure of the time of when it'll happen.
I STRONGLY advise people to go to my profile and read my 'current status' block of text there before they start expecting other chapters (owh, they will come alright, you just wanna read that block of text to know when), it concerns anyone reading my stories and having a tendency on having me on author alert!!
Strega
*grins widely* hehe, yeah, it is indeed funny to have him expect an answer (I'm not going to spill what's going to happen, but it will get very interesting!), owh, and besides the heavy punishments and all, me wouldn't mind living there though.
SoulDreamer
Me will continue, SoulDreamer, when I have chapters done they'll be up for reads!
shadow-demon18b
Well, if ya want to read more, guess I'll have to continue writing, ne?
Yami Tangela
This is your next chapter! ^_^ hope you enjoy it, I did when writing it
Again, thanks to all who have reviewed on this story, whichever chapter!
Owh... and I lied about the pairing... *ducks for cover* no! the pairing in the summary still stands, but there are additional pairings! *waits for stone-throwing to stop*
[I know that I said that I was to expect at least 6 reviews as a goal, read the AU at the end of this chapter if you want to know my reason for putting it up already]
[Guard Trouble]
Yugi nodded and quickly jumped up, placed the empty bowls on the board and scurried out of the room, his heart pounding in his chest as he crossed through the halls, his eyes displayed panic as he could still feel the pharaoh's touch on his cheek. He turned a corner and collided with something hard and sturdy, a strong hand grabbed him immediately and as he looked up in the face of the other person, he dropped the board, "no!" he shouted...
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Yugi struggled in the grip of the guard who was holding him tightly, "well well well... a new slave... and a cute one as well!" He looked up at the man as he felt his arm being crushed as the guard grabbed his cheek in a forceful grip to look into his eyes, "let me go!" he mumbled through clenched teeth, a ball of pain was beginning to grow in the front of his head as he looked at the guard, his eyes beginning to sparkle in a vicious glare.
"Owh, you have talks! Well, I'll make sure they are nicely beaten out of you" with that, the guard turned and began to drag Yugi down the hall into the direction of the guards quarters, not paying attention to the screaming of the little boy.
"no! NO!! let me go, please!!" Yugi pleaded as he tried to get loose, but the grip on him was so incredibly strong that he at the end lost his footing and slid onto the ground, roughly being pulled along and he weakly stretched his free arm out in the air, finding something hard and strong and his fingers latched onto it; a doorknob stopped him dragged along and the guard looked back, growling in anger "let go you stupid brat!!" he spat as he started to pull even harder, finding that Yugi was gritting his teeth to try and not lose his grip.
"no!" Yugi yelled and closed his eyes, 'please, hand, hold on! He'll hurt me if I let go... I won't let go!! I'd rather die!" his eyes slammed open and he cried out in pain as his eyes began to fill with tears, his cheek was reddening from the slap he received and he felt his grip loosening, "no!" his hand slipped from the doorknob and the guard let out a triumphant snigger as he began to continue dragging Yugi along.
"Hold it right there!!" both Yugi and guard forgot what they were doing as they looked into the direction of the voice at exactly the same time.
Yugi started to smile in hope as he saw a very angry-looking Ryou, whose chocolate brown eyes were glaring at the guard, "let...him...go!" the silvery-haired guy approached the two with firm steps, "don't you know who he is?! Let him go!" with that, Ryou grabbed the guard's hand and tried to pry it off of Yugi's arm, "c'mon! let go!"
"Back off, stupid runt!" the guard growled and shoved Ryou away with his bare hand, "unless you feel like joining him!" he looked daringly at Ryou who smirked back, raising his hand to poke into the guard's chest, "1. ...The son of Amun-Ra will certainly not appreciate it if you rape his sweet little personal servant..." he watched how the guard paled slightly, "You.. you lying cheat!"
Ryou smirked wider as he crossed his arms in front of his chest, "owh, I'm not lying..." he looked down at Yugi and a mischievous twinkle played in his eyes, "and second......" he started and heavy footsteps were heard right before a small child servant came around the corner, followed by several guards, "you're in trouble..." he whispered as he stepped aside, grabbing Yugi's untouched arm and he pulled him up.
"Captain!!" the guard straightened and saluted as a brown-haired man stood in front of him, "Guard Himtren... what's going on?!" narrowed eyes glared at the guard who tried to look innocent "n-nothing, Captain!"
"Ryou?" The captain looked at the silverhaired guy where the little girl and Yugi were cowering behind, but Ryou seemed unafraid to look him straight into his eyes "Himtren was planning on leaving his post and duty and place abuses on Yugi here... the new personal servant of His Highness" At the mentioning of Yugi's name, Ryou could feel the young boy trying to make himself complete invisible behind his back and he could not help but smile a bit, focusing himself on the captain of the guard again, "Yugi has just arrived today and must have a special meaning to the Pharaoh to have acquired an immediate status of that measure" much to his pleasing, the captain nodded, "Himtren, I will see through the fact that you tried to take Yugi to your room... but leaving your post will not be granted such kindness; you are confined to your room until I'll let someone get you for discipline lessons" Himtren visibly winched, lessons of discipline were... painful... Himtren turned and started to walk away, shrugging to himself, it was better than to have the Pharaoh's wrath against him.
"Yugi?" the captain then turned to look behind Ryou's back, meeting the violet eyes of a very frightened Yugi "You don't need to be afraid Yugi, you will not be harmed by any guard with brains or common sense anymore, I will have your features identified by all of them, now... could you come forward?" he watched how Yugi very slowly took a little step forward and he smiled, "now, my name is Honda, and I'm the captain of the royal palace guard... if you have any problems, tell them to Ryou here and he'll redirect them to the right person for you, who will contact you then as soon as possible" Yugi nodded as Honda smiled, "that's one of the advantages you can enjoy in your function" Ryou grinned and Yugi smiled at him brightly, blinking as he noticed the long time that the eyes of Ryou and Honda were locked on each other, 'that's... so strange...' he clasped his hands behind his back as he silently began counting, tilting his head slowly.
"eh... I have to go, I will see you two around again, have a nice evening" with that, Honda quickly turned and walked away from the two. "Yeah, see you later, Honda!" Ryou smiled and turned to Yugi, halting as he looked at the boy in front of him, "eh, is there something wrong Yugi?" he asked softly.
"No... what were you doing?" Yugi smiled a bit as he asked the question and Ryou began to grin as he gave Yugi a small push, "get to the kitchen, you nitwit!" Ryou laughed as he guided both of them through the door that Yugi was holding to tightly several moments ago, seating the boy down to a table along with other servants, "Yugi is our new addition to the household, pass him a plate here!" Ryou said and sat down next to Yugi, grinning as Yugi immediately seemed to launch an attack on the food in front of him.
-15 minutes later-
"This is really good!" Yugi grinned as he shoved the empty plate away, noticing how everyone was staring at him, "what? Is there something wrong?"
"Are... are you really the new personal servant of... IYami/I?" a small, mouselike boy whispered, speaking the last word almost unhearable but everyone was so deadly silent that Yugi had no problems with hearing it, "personal servant, yes... who's Yami?" he then felt awkward as everyone sucked in their breath sharply and a little girl began to sob softly.
"Yugi..." Ryou slowly pulled Yugi from his seat and started to walk back to the entrance to the kitchens, "Yami... is Pharaoh Atemu's real birth name... it means darkness and we hardly dare to call it out" he looked away, "forget that that name was ever mentioned to you... everyone calling it out will immediately have Atemu's sword at... well, you won't survive" Yugi nodded in understanding and was gently directed back through the hall, "The Pharaoh must be very cruel then?" he asked softly as Ryou walked along with him, "he is, Yugi, he is very harsh" the silverhaired boy nodded and stopped, making Yugi stop as well, "Yugi... if you are obedient, he will not be so harsh to you... just..." he lifted Yugi's chin so the boy was looking into his eyes, "just know that one's past holds great value in what that person becomes" with that, Ryou gently lowered his head, very gently grazing Yugi's lips with his own, carefully placing a very soft bite down on the boy's lower lip before he pulled away to look in Yugi's eyes again "many people see and immediately judge... get my point?" Yugi nodded and watched how Ryou turned and walked away from him, "I... get your point..." Yugi whispered as he softly touched his lips, his eyes narrowed in determination and he turned, entering the Pharaoh's chambers, "My Pharaoh... I have returned as you requested me to do so......"
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Well, this is another chapter finished, hope everyone enjoyed it *walks away* next chapter will be up, but I'm unsure of the time of when it'll happen.
I STRONGLY advise people to go to my profile and read my 'current status' block of text there before they start expecting other chapters (owh, they will come alright, you just wanna read that block of text to know when), it concerns anyone reading my stories and having a tendency on having me on author alert!!