I've found myself set up with a free day from school (teachers checking the exams and all, I faintly fear, no need for students to whine at them then, right?) Well... gives me time to write another chapter.

For the reviewers:

The Lady Winged Knight

*blinks* wow, ya know, I opened up my hotmail account and saw it loaded with messages from fanfiction.net's dear and beloved email-bot *takes out story stats* NO-one ever reviewed for each chapter!! *glomps you* thankies thankies, hope you'll enjoy each upcoming chapter!!

Warning; I better say this before you start reading this chapter; two pairings: R/H and Y/A(YY), all fluffiness so....... Run away if you don't like it, dun flame me cause I warned ya (pairing of Y/A(YY) was also in the summary) (it's merely a bit of fluffy... ya know me *puts on angel face*)

Owh, besides, I have placed Atemu's palace down in Memphis, just so people know.

[Power to frame]

Ryou returned down the hall, "I sure hope Yugi will be alright" he muttered to himself as he passed several rooms, "He seems so different from the others" he looked up as he stood in front of a door and he began to smile, "He will be alright" he concluded and opened the door, his face beaming as he stepped inside, "Shukun!" he called out and grinned madly, waiting for a response as he looked around the room, "Well, it seems you still know our differences" a voice whispered behind him as Ryou felt how strong arms embraced him from behind, "of course I do..." he sighed as he leaned back, "how can I forget?" he smiled softly as the man behind him shook his head, "I sometimes wonder...." They both began to laugh softly as the man began to cherish Ryou's stomach, slipping his hands under the servant's shirt, "Ryou, you are late..." the silverhaired guy widened his eyes, "I am?" he asked and felt the other man nuzzle his neck, inhaling the scent of food imbedded in his hair "yes you are, did that Yugi-kid arrive this day?"

"Yes, he did arrive this day..." Ryou whispered, missing the ministrations to his body and he turned around, "Honda?" he looked into brown eyes with a worried look, "yesterday, Ryou, the Pharaoh took an escort of guards along with a few supply-horses with him out in the desert... he comes back with that boy, who's almost Atemu himself, but in younger years" Ryou nodded, he knew that Honda was the son of the former guard captain, he grew up with the pharaoh, "what are you implying, Honda-kun?" he tilted his head slightly as Honda frowned.

"What I'm implying, or better, wondering, is how Atemu could lose his escorts and those horses and return with a boy who is immediately raised to the status of a personal servant... Mastani never displeased him, did she?" Ryou shook his head, "the pharaoh was always ordering extra's for her... (he looked away) but he somehow changed his mind, I believe Yugi means more to him than Mastani had ever"

Honda chuckled, a worried look still on his face, "Mastani is a very sweet girl, but she's spoiled by her former high status, keep an eye on her, Ryou" he watched how the white nodded, "I will, but she's still in her room, refusing to come out" he shrugged, "but I will be careful" he then grinned, "but why are we spending our time with talking? If I may inquire?" he watched how Honda grinned as well, "owh, I don't know, we could change that..." he softly kissed Ryou and felt how the white began to shiver in joy, "owh, and one more thing...." He said as he pulled back, "Yugi belongs to the Pharaoh, I can get you out of trouble with others, but not from Atemu... don't mislead yourself by Yugi's appearance, love, the moon was red in my dreams, it replayed my father's death....." Ryou gasped, "will Yugi?!" he stammered and touched his lips, "just don't do anything to bring a fit into this palace... we will all be needed soon" Honda knew better than to simply shrug it off as a dream, he was known to see warnings of the gods in rare occasions, "To bad Seth must rely on his pebbles" he muttered and Ryou started to laugh, nodding, "I will be careful if it pleases you, Honda-kun, at any rate, you are always so generous to me..." Ryou watched how Honda paled slightly, knowing how sneaky the guy in front of him could be regarding to their relationship, "you can be such a cheat sometimes..."

-At Atemu's room-

He was looking out of his room as Yugi called out to him, making his return known, "alright, Yugi" he answered but kept staring outside, watching how the sun was lowering behind the horizon.

Yugi frowned and slowly took a step towards the man by the window, holding his breath to await any reaction but none came, Yugi's face showing a mischievous hint of daring as he casually but dead silently strode over and stood behind the pharaoh, following his gaze for a while and he tried his best to suppress an amused giggle as Atemu was still not aware of his proximity, his view shot to the side and he squealed before crossing the room in a hurry.

"Huh..." Atemu widened his eyes at the squealing sound and he turned around, seeing how Yugi crossed the room quickly and was overlooking the large map that decorated the wall, the boy's eyes were shining in excitement and Atemu sighed, 'it couldn't hurt that much' he thought before he strolled over, "you like it? It's the map of the entire kingdom" he said and Yugi nodded avidly, "it's.. it's so huge!" he whispered and started to reach out and trail the Nile river but a strong hand grabbed that of his before it could touch the surface, "Yugi... do not touch it; it's been handmade and painted on the finest silk, I do not want you to touch it, ever, understood?" Yugi nodded and started to work his hand back, a soft impish mew sounded from deep within him with every pull and Atemu frowned, loosening his grip, "now, Yugi..." Atemu started and Yugi looked up at him, "there are a few things I want you to know, you shouldn't have any trouble with them: you have a very high status and I will seek some additional clothing for you, also I want you to take care of this room and my personal care, like for instance... you will fill my bath..." he stepped aside, waiting to see if his faint hint was picked up by the boy.

Yugi patiently waited for Atemu to finish speaking, but became bored when the pharaoh stopped to look at him, "eh... owh, what's in there?!" he scurried trough the room to gaze up at a reinforced door, he tried to open it but found that it was locked, along with the firm hand that the royal pharaoh placed on his shoulder, "that room is off limits for you, you never want to go in there... now, wasn't my order clear?" Atemu looked into the violet eyes as Yugi pouted, turning and entering the bathroom adjacent to the room they were currently in.

"hmm" Atemu looked at the reinforced door, a look of pain on his face before he turned to sit at the table, he grabbed a sheet of papyrus and began to write, knowing that it would take Yugi quite another hour to fill the bath... Time enough for the pharaoh to finish some tasks that Yugi's arrival brought along with him

""...To the governor of the city of Heliopolis.

I have decided to place Mastani back to the position of palace servant, instead of personal servant, I know you are very proud of her having the status of my personal caretaker, but I have met a boy who proves to be even more capable than the servant who you offered to me already was. His name is Yugi... I am planning on keeping Mastani in the household under condition that she won't bring to much trouble over herself, in which case that she will, her family may take her back with themselves... Do not see this as an insult to Heliopolis or you, we both know about Mastani's temper...""

Atemu looked up from his writing as he heard a noise, watching how Yugi scurried trough the room to light the torches, he hadn't even noticed that the sun was giving less and less light in the twilight of the evening and he nodded to himself, 'without having given the order as well' he thought as he watched how Yugi lit the last torch and approached him, bowing, "your bath is ready, my pharaoh" the tricoloured boy whispered and Atemu frowned, "Yugi, you have only been gone for a little while! You... you do know that the water has to be heated?" he felt a bit of strange and unfamiliar amusement coming over him, the warm and friendly type of amusement; obviously Yugi had filled the bath with cold water, but a shake from the boy's head told him wrong, "no my Pharaoh... the water is very warm" the royalty then felt his patience snap and he stood up, his eyes cold as he turned to enter the bathroom, "Yugi, you are in no position to make jokes!" he snarled as the boy followed him, his crimson eyes focused on the bath, the scent of perfumed oil reaching his nose and he dipped his hand into the water, widening his eyes in shock and he pulled away with a gasp, "that's... that's..." he held his hand protectively as he watched it's skin turning red, "that's boiling hot!!" he stared at the boy next to him who was looking at the ground, "did you not feel for yourself, slave?" he asked trough clenched teeth and Yugi shook his head

"I don't have any problems with the heat" Yugi whispered and demonstrated by slipping his hand through the water, keeping it submerged as he looked at Atemu.

'how...' Atemu frowned, deciding to shrug it off, "lower the temperature with cold water!" he ordered and watched how Yugi filled a wooden bucket with water from a canal in the bathroom, adding it by the hot bathwater.

"that's enough" Yugi immediately placed the bucket back on the ground and averted his eyes as Atemu undid his clothes, dropped into the bath and leaned back, closing his eyes.

'well... I guess this is all I have left' Yugi thought sadly as he grabbed a cloth and began to wash his master, not noticing that Atemu was watching his every movement.

'This... ain't so bad!' Yugi started to smile a bit as he started to work on the man's right arm, leaning over the bath, 'me expected much worser things!' he smiled a bit more and began to hum softly to himself, 'just some stupid little job MeMe used to order me' he widened his eyes and hesitated for a moment, MeMe was not his mother, but she had taken care of him in the village... Yugi looked at Atemu's face, the face of the man who destroyed his home in one action, and found crimson orbs examining his face most carefully, "they deserved it..." a tenor, grown up voice answered his thoughts as Atemu raised himself slightly, "what happened to your mother?" he looked at Yugi, noticed how the violet eyes were wide in fear, "yes, I can read your thoughts..." Atemu started, inching his face closer to that of the boy, "oh well..." he whispered and connected his lips with that of Yugi, his mouth demanding Yugi to submit himself, showing a strong sense of dominant willpower.

Yugi's heart was beating faster and faster as he gripped the border of the bath, his right hand began to shake and suddenly, Atemu pulled back, looking shocked at Yugi as his chest began to redden from the nails that had digged into his chest and pulled down, "NO!" he could hear Yugi scream out and watched how the boy stumbled away, panting as scared violet eyes met crimson versions, crimson that was slow but steadily turned to display only two emotions; coldness and anger.

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*cries* sorry! Me wanted to write even more, but then this chapter would get even longer, and that's not that attractive to read (I know what it's like to read from a screen, I do it every day) well... please read and review, just press that button in the left corner and spare a few 1 minute of your time to type something for me to read! Me humbly asks of you! *holds Yugi-chibi tightly*

Japanese words (Japanese in Egypt? Hey, it's my story!):

shukun = master