Hiya minna-san. I am sorry to say no one had guessed correctly for the tournament. But no biggie cause I'm not giving up on you guys just yet. Okay some of you didn't completely understand the rules. You're suppose to pick my favorite yugioh pairing. now thats not to hard right. good. Now these are the pairings that have indeed been crossed out for they are not my favorites though they are fun pairings.
BakuraxRyou
MalikxMarik
YamixYugi
Setoxjoey
teaxyugi (no one guessed this but its fucking obvious that its not my favorite so don't guess it)
anything else you guys guessed
Okay so thats the pairing you can no longer guess. But heres a hint to my favorite pairing. It has Bakura in it so if you guess for my tournament then be sure its Bakura with someone. Its a REALLY rare pairing and practically almost forbidden even in the yaoi world so it shouldn't be too hard for you guys to figure it out. Hopefully you guys still remember the rules for the tournament cause I am not re-explaining what the prize for this is. I am going to try updating more now that I got most of my finals done. Okay so thats mostly it for explaining the tournament. Hope you reviewers will still try out for it. I will immediately make an authors note if someone guesses correct okay.
Anyways, I am really sorry for not updating in a while. Just so you know I will NOT abandon any of my fics so I am still updating them. I decided today while updating that I haven't really been in yugi's p.o.v. a lot so this whole chapter is completely dedicated to yugi. this is so i can also have more time for the contest. Now on to thanking my awesome reviewers.
blood-fire-dragon: I'm sorry it took so long to update. wah you didn't participate in the contest. Oh well. Please do try out for it for this chapter. I'm glad you like my story. I'll try to update more often.
Black kitsune veela: sigh. you just guessed yugi. sweatdrop. oh well. make sure this time you guess a pairing. I would appreciate it. Me and my boyfriend just broke up last month. sweatdrop. I swear men are all out to get us all pissed off but we women shall be the rulers of the world so what does it matter. NYAHAHAHAHAHA.
Taikai no za kokoro: again, you need to choose a pairing, not a character. thanks for reading my story. i'm really happy you liked it.
Van helsing girl6943: Thanks so much for liking this story. i love getting new reviewers. Please continue reading this story. I promise it'll get better as time goes on.
Carmen-Nemrac: aww you didn't guess my favorite pairing. I hope you participate for the contest this time. I don't really know why people only picked one character. sweatdrop.
Dreamfox23: You mean you haven't seen the new episodes. -faints- I just watched it the other day. Its on saturdays here at like eleven in the morning or something like that. But if you missed them I can give you a website to go to so to watch em. just ask in a review if you need the website k. nope its not setoxjoey but nice try. that is an awesome pairing.
AnimeLoverAngel: Don't worry about Mana chan. I could never hurt her or sweet yugi-kun so no worries. Glad you liked the fic so far.
Bakura-Star-Ryou-Cutie: Nyahahahaha I can imagine elle chan doing that too. sweatdrop. nope its not thief bakuraxbakuraxryou though i absolutely adore that pairing. good try though.
Go Kitty Kitty: Okay I know your mad at me. I understand why. Your right, you had every right to give me your opinion and I had no right to bitch at you for it and for that I apologize. I decided to take your word for it and take down the review count. It indeed was not needed at all and again I apologize for being rude to you. I guess I had been in a bitchy mood that day and did not think straight on what you were telling me, so I admit I was wrong. I hope you continue to read this fic but if you don't I won't hold it against you cause i sure as hell wouldn't want to deal with a bitchy authoress either. so truce. and if you don't want a truce thats fine too.
I am a catlover: sweatdrop. well me and zack broke up so I don't think thats gonna happen. though that pairing was quite fun while it lasted. sweatdrop. I've learned to not be such a lovesick pup for guys like him now. Though i'll tell you a secret. I've lately liked the idea of a VixeniaxCole pairing cause I like this guy cole. nyahahaha...err...don't tell anyone that k.
Saffron-starlight: I'm glad you like the plot idea. I got the idea after reading a really good thief bakuraxryou pairing. how i got it completely though I have no clue whatsoever.
T.Lei: Nyahahahaha. I do love that idea. oh what shall happen even I don't know. nyahahahaha
Chaos Guardian Sethros: THANKS. I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT MEW.
Yeyana: since you been begging and begging for an update than here it is now quit whining nya.
Kane-chan: YAY YOU REVIEWED. thanks for reviewing. that cheered me right up. nyahahahaha hyperness sounds good right about now.
Hikari Tenshi Mika Rissa: I fear you I fear you. NYAHAHAHAHA. hope you participate in my contest this time. I would really appreciate it.
kyoOo: nope not ryouxbakura. but close.
Lunabakura-chan: Nyahahahaha. Okay I won't force you to. sweatdrop.
ficfan3484: nope its not ryouxbakura. wow a lot of people guessed that pairing.sweatdrop.
dragon fairies: yes i love yusukexkurama but thats not a yugioh pairing. sweatdrop. nyahahahahaha. glad you enjoyed the ficcie.
Broken mirrors and tainted...: sweatdrop. Glad you like the fic. hopefully you'll join the contest this time.
Ryou's soccubi: YAY i'm so happy that you really like this fic. nope its not ryouxbakura. T.T why does everyone guess that...
Ryou VeRua: Yup I updated. FINALLY. glad you liked this fic. makes me so happy i wanna cry. sweatdrop
Unknown: nope
Nienna: really its that good. Thank you so much.
ditto: nope
Chibi sweetheart: nope not malikxmarik though they are hilarious
TheWhiteStarDragon: Yeah i know bakura marrying a girl doesn't seem yaoish but no worries. we all get our happy endings ... hopefully. and nope.
Disclaimer: Yugioh is not mine...FOR NOW. BUT SHALL BE. OH YES. YES IT SHALL. NYAHAHAHAHAHA
Yugi's P.O.V.
"Don't you know you could get in trouble?" I said to Mana as she was looking at the lock with interest. Mana just blinked owlishly at me.
"Don't you want to be freed?" she countered. True oh so true. I'd love to get out of here, but what if we got caught or something. I'm as good as dead if that happened. Plus all my friends are here. I can't just abandon them.
"Oh don't worry about being caught, Mahaad said I could have a new slave to play with so I will just tell the guards you're my new playmate, plus you don't look like a thief, I'm sure they won't mind." Mana whispered as she took out her staff and muttered some sort of charm. A small shine of light appeared in the lock and then it seemed the lock just...well...turned into jelly.
"Oops, eh heh heh, I meant for it to unlock but I suppose this is good too, my magic isn't too good right now so um...don't tell anyone okay." Mana said as she quietly opened the gate while no one was looking and pulled me from my prison.
"Wait I can't go, my friends are here!" I whispered as she started rushing me through a door that seemed to be an exit.
"Don't worry they will be fine, now if you want to get out of here than come on." Mana said before finally dragging me off somewhere. I gaped as I looked around. It seemed we were in some part of the palace. We must of went through a different doorway than the one I came through because the hallway was completely different.
Sure mostly everything was made out of greyish looking bricks but hey, they were nice looking bricks so there. Soon enough we were out of that hallway and had entered a golden hallway that looked almost as incredible as the outside of the palace. Keyword: almost.
"Wow Mana, do you live here?" I asked. This place was really amazing. Vases and hieroglyphics lined around the hallways and walls, some hieroglyphics were even on the ceiling.
"Its like I stepped into an Egyptian fairytale." I said an awe.
"Yup, and its my home, I've lived here since Mahaad took me in when I was four and I've been training as a magician here ever since." Mana said giving me a bright smile.
"If you live here then do you know the pharaoh?" I asked curiously. Mana blinked and then smiled.
"Yeah, we've known each other since we were kids. Its just recently that he has gotten the thrown, but he's still the same old prince I remember." Mana said thoughtfully.
I looked around again. I was starting to see more people around us. Guards, servants, even some royal like people were passing by. It was really an amazing site to see.
"Mana, what is the pharaoh like? Is he nice or mean? Is he super arrogant or what?" I asked but blushed when Mana started giggling.
"He's really nice to me and people he's close to but if he doesn't know you he may act like a total jerk so don't be too discouraged by him if you bump into him. He is pretty arrogant, really handsome but you prolly didn't need to know that now did you."
I blushed big time at her last statement. The fact that I knew full on just how handsome Yami was and actually liked him in that way. I couldn't help but wonder what Yami would think of me in this time. What if he didn't like me or something? That would be bad. I wonder if he'll even want to get to know me.
I sighed. Now was not the time to worry about that. How could I possibly be wondering if Yami is the same person here that I know in the future when my friends are locked in some torture chamber getting well...tortured. I could feel my eyes tear up. How could I have just left them like that? I know they would probably never do something like that to me. What would Yami have said. What would Ryou have done.
"Don't worry Yugi, it'll be alright, I'm sure your friends will be alright, they would have wanted you to get away from that kinda thing, you just gotta believe in them okay." Mana said quietly, as if to make me feel better.
I wiped away the water from my eyes and smiled. "Thanks Mana." I said shyly.
"No need to thank me, the pharaoh is always saying things like that to me whenever I'm feeling down or something, so I'm just passing his advice from me to you so keep it in mind alright." the Egyptian girl said happily. I nodded and smiled even wider. So Yami really is the same here. Thats good I suppose.
"So Yugi what did you like to do before you got captured." Mana asked. I blinked and gave her a small grin.
"I liked to play games. I was really good from where I was from but um... I dunno if I'd be good at any games from around here." I said, feeling a little better about talking about something other then my friends, it took my mind off of things.
"Really, finally someone who can challenge me then. Yami and Mahaad are always kicking my butt at games but I am really good and getting better. Maybe you can help me practice." Mana squealed happily. My eyes must have lit up at the idea of playing games again. It seems like forever since I last played a game though it was prolly only a few days ago.
"Sure I'd love too. But I warn you, I hardly ever lose." I said proudly. Mana gave me a cat like grin.
"Neither do I." she said before grabbing my hand and dragging me off somewhere again. I whined at the idea of once again being dragged off somewhere. Ra why is everyone dragging me everywhere. Its not like I don't have legs or something. I thought while giving out a depressed sigh.
Soon enough we were out in a nice looking courtyard with a bunch of trees and all sorts of flowers. It really was a nice place. But how was such a beautiful garden staying alive in a place like Egypt. Ah well, no worries, I'll think about that some other time. Soon enough we came across what looked like a game board and all sorts of different game sets were off in a corner.
"Whenever the pharaoh or Mahaad are off duty they come over and play with me here. It shouldn't be long before they come here so you can help me warm up so I can kick their arrogant butts. I blinked. Was she serious. Was the pharaoh really gonna come over. I don't know whether to cry in happiness or scream and hide. I sighed. Well might as well have some fun.
It only took five times of me winning against Mana to get her to realize I was indeed a great duelist. I smiled again at my latest victory.
"Damn it Yugi how the heck are you so good at these games, I mean you've never even played some of these before and you still beat me. Are you cheating Yugi, cause if you are I swear I'm gonna turn you into a fish, hook you on a fishing line and then hold you a foot above a pond just to torture you." Mana said while she pouted. Before I could reply to that someone beat me to it.
"Perhaps Mana he's not cheating and your just very, very bad at games." A very familiar voice said behind me. I went rigid as that soothing low voice filled my mind. All I could think was Yami. 'My Ra he's right behind me.' I thought nervously, trying my hardest not to turn around and just say hi yami or something else like that. I gulped silently. What was I gonna do.
"Oh your so mean pharaoh. Geesh, Yugi is just lucky thats all." Mana said as she stuck her tongue out playfully at me. I grinned back at her.
"Oh Mana, really your such a sore loser." I said jokingly, momentarily forgetting who exactly was right behind me.
"Thats so not true." she whined as she began putting away another board game. Not really knowing what to do with the pharaoh right behind me I decided to stay quiet, trying to tell myself that the pharaoh didn't know me in this time, so I shouldn't act like I knew him.
"Hey Yugi, why did you go quiet all of a sudden, are you alright, did you get heat stroke or something." Mana asked curiously. I could feel sweat begin to form on my forehead.
"Um Mana, I think if I had heat stroke then I would probably be screaming in pain, not being quiet, and I'm not being quiet, I'm just uh...listening to nature is all." I said, laughing nervously.
"You know Yugi, you're a REALLY bad liar, you know that right." Mana said as she gave me a light wack on the head. I could feel a blush of embarrassment go across my cheeks.
"My friends from home always said that too. They always said that was a good point about me though cause I could hardly ever lie and if I did they would know right away." I said nervously. I could feel Yami's gaze burning into my back and I was starting to feel like a bunch of butterflies were flying around my stomach making me fidget nervously. Mana blinked and she gave off what sounded like an Oh sound.
"Pharaoh, your making Yugi nervous, stop looking at him like that, I was wondering why Yugi went all quiet, geesh you bone head, scaring him like that, if you weren't the pharaoh I swear I would bonk you on the head right now." Mana said with her hands on her hips. It kinda reminded me of a mother scolding her child and I couldn't help but giggle at the thought.
"Oh, sorry about that." I heard Y... I mean the pharaoh say. I heard soft footsteps and soon the pharaoh was finally in my vision. My eyes widened at the site. Yami really did look like me even in the past.
His skin was darker though, like rich dark chocolate, and his hair was now a bit more wild, and he was still of course taller than me, who wasn't. But what caught me by surprise was the fact that his eyes were a dark cold crimson, unlike how in the future they were like a warm red color. I bit my lip so as not to say anything as I bowed respectively before him Egyptian style.
Thank god my grandpa taught me a lot of stuff about how to react in the presence of a pharaoh or else I would be dead right now. I thought happily.
"So you must be Mana's new slave, I must say you look a lot like me. How...intriguing." the pharaoh said as he grabbed my chin and forced me to look him in the eyes. My eyes widened. Wasn't it a crime to look directly into a pharaoh's eyes. Well he made me so I guess it wasn't my fault.
Not really trusting my voice to his question I just nodded silently. Yami gave me a small smirk. I blinked. So he really is arrogant here huh.
"So I take it your good at games, perhaps you could duel me, I'd love to have an opponent who can actually provide somewhat of a challenge for me." He said while staring at me square in the eyes.
"Um...sure I guess. Why not." I said cheerfully. It had been awhile since me and Yami had last dueled. This could be fun.
"Aw thats no fair, you were suppose to duel me pharaoh." Mana whined. I smiled weakly at the pharaoh as he rolled his eyes in fake exasperation. It was funny to watch sometimes but I knew better than to laugh. Mana might be a friend of his but here I am not, so I best not act like it. Ra this is gonna be harder than I thought.
"So um...what are we gonna play?" I asked quietly, trying my hardest to not get too excited. The pharaoh looked thoughtful for a few minutes before looking at the game sets that had been set out. I just now realized that the pharaoh still had my chin in his grasp and I let out a sigh of embarrassment. I couldn't really tell him to let go now could I.
Luckily he caught on to my predicament and let go of my chin which I somehow was thankful for. The pharaoh was now looking through all the games and I couldn't help but chuckle. He looked like a child trying to figure out what present to open first on Christmas.
Yami threw me a narrowed look which immediately shut me up. It took me a few moments to realize he was only giving me sarcastic look but I guess it really didn't matter anyways. I nervously started looking at my feet. They still kinda hurt from all the walking I did earlier.
Not really caring about manners at the moment I took off my shoes and sock and gave out a sigh of relief.
"Wow Yugi, what did you do, walk a thousand miles or something, you've got blisters all over your feet." Mana said with wide eyes. I winced slightly at the idea of the fact that it had seemed I did walk a thousand miles earlier.
"Oh my god your bleeding." I heard Mana whisper as I finally took notice to the red spots on my socks.
"Eh heh heh, yeah, those guards made me walk what seemed like a million miles earlier and I never really had any time to stop walking." I said as I plopped down on my bottom and looked at my feet. Blood was slowly dripping off them and I winced again, almost making my lip bleed because I was biting it so hard.
"Yugi I think you need a healer, that looks really bad." Mana said worriedly as she looked around frantically as if to make a healer magically appear.
"Its alright, really Mana it is, besides, I promised the pharaoh I would duel him and I never break a promise." I said determinedly as I began ripping off my sleeve and turning it into long strips. Slowly I began wrapping a strip around my right foot, wincing slightly at the pain.
"But shouldn't you clean it first. It might get infected." Mana said. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm not leaving till I have my duel, sides, I'll clean it in a little bit, I've had worse." I said, thinking back to the times before I knew yami and the others, when bullies used to pick on me on a daily bases. I winced at the thought. That was DEFINITELY something I did NOT want to remember.
I finished tying the strip on my right leg and started working on my left one but gave out a loud scream of pain. I tried to hold the tears in as I clutched the ground, trying to get over the waves of pain that were shooting through my entire body.
"Idiot, you should be more careful when dressing your wounds," I heard Yami say.
"Well geesh its not like everyday I walk a thousand fucking miles because some ass said so, so don't think you can just call me an idiot when I don't fucking realize there is something wrong with my foot other than the fact that its bleeding." I yelled angrily.
I blinked in surprise as I watched the pharaohs eyes widen in shock. My eyes must have doubled their size big time right there. I did not just do that...right. I thought mournfully as I watched Yami's eyes narrowed. I knew that look. It was obvious how pissed off he was. I gulped and could feel blood as well as tears drip from my face. Blood mostly cause I bit my lip to hard, tears because I was scared of what would happen now.
I said nothing as I watched Yami take in a deep breath as if to calm him down. Ra I feel like an idiot. He could probably have my head slain for yelling at him. I looked at Mana and I could tell she was scared of what might happen to me. I gulped and closed my eyes.
Suddenly I felt a gentle hand wipe away my tears. Slowly I opened one of my eyes and then soon both were opened. Yami was actually wiping away my tears! Okay thats strange. He was giving me a small reassuring smile as I began to furiously rub away my tears.
"S-Sorry pharaoh, I had no right to snap at you like that, I didn't mean it, well actually I kinda did but I'm really sorry." I said.
"No need to apologize. I understand you had a rough day today and I probably was not making it any better. Now why don't we check on that foot of yours before it gets infected ne." He said gently, combing his hands soothingly through my hair.
I gave him a weak smile and nodded. This suddenly reminded me of what Yami used to do whenever I got hurt or was upset. He would always say sweet things to me and brush my hair to make me feel better.
"Thank you." I muttered before wiping the rest of my tears and blood away though I had a feeling it just smeared onto my face. Oh well. I'll worry about that later.
"I'm gonna go get a bowl of water okay." Mana said happily before running off somewhere. I was gonna protest but decided better of it.
"Pharaoh...um...thanks a lot, I didn't mean to insult you, I really didn't...my foot just hurt a lot thats all." I muttered, feeling my cheeks heat up in embarrassment. Why was it I was always crying or something whenever it came to such pitiful things like this. I feel like a complete idiot.
"Do not apologize for it. Everybody yells every once and a while about something so no need to say sorry. Besides, Mana use to do that to me and actually does still 'snap' at me as you so say, so I'm used to it." He said.
I smiled. I guess Yami really wasn't too different in this time after all. I chuckled quietly at that and fell back against the grass. It felt nice to know that no matter where I was, Yami still cared for me, even if he didn't know me.
I guess it was at that moment I felt the big urge to get to know this pharaoh more than ever. With that thought I closed my eyes and fell into a light slumber, Yami smiling at me as I did so. Ah now this is what life is truly worth living for.
So what did you think. oh my god that took so long. T.T sorry it took me forever to update. luckily its spring break so i have plenty of time to update. YAY. PLEASE TRY OUT THE CONTEST. AGAIN RYOUXBAKURA IS NOT MY FAVORITE PAIRING THOUGH IT IS INDEED AWESOME. BUT THE PAIRING DOES HAVE BAKURA IN IT. well hope you review. bai bai