me: yay! it's the new chapter!
YUGI: hooray! now we only have 4 chapters left!
YAMI: joy! absolute joy!
me: what? that it's almost over?
YAMI: (nods)
me: you don't like it?
YAMI: no. no i do not
me: you're a poop head!
dragonlady222: yes he has. just wait until you see what his parents did
Marcela Jole' Mercilee: awww. thank you! do you want a Kleenex?
DarkMetalAngel of Destruction: thank you! im glad to know that!
frogger666: well, if you feel that way (pulls out mace and chains)
Warrior Nun: w00t! yay! that's what i'm goin for!
The Black Angels Red Rose: ah, this one is longer. it'll make up for the last one. and it's not my engagement. im a bit too young.
YAMI: about 4 years too young
Anime WarriorSkye: yes. there shall be the biggest Anzu bashing in the last chapter!
Black-Dranzer-1119: thank you. i like cute
Spicey Babe: oh yes. he is soooooo loyal
lifluvanime: yes. he wants to be with Yami, but his heart just won't let someone he loves get hurt. and i am up to much mischeif, as you shall learn this chapter. oh, and The Black Angels Red Rose congrats you as well!
spidy007: yes. short. i like short. keeps them coming back for more
me: okay, so this chapter, we are starting off with a minor history of Prince Yami's parents i.e. what happened to them
YAMI: what happened to them?
me: read, stupid. then we shall finish off our luvely entree with a nice dallop of chocolate angsty goodness
YUGI: chocolate angsty goodness?
me: yes, because chocolate goes good with angst! so, let's start the fic!
ac-the-brain-supreme does not own Yugioh. she does own the plot. so if you see it on the shelf of a Barnes and Nobles one day, you'll know who wrote it
Prince Yami strided down the richly decorated halls slowly. He wanted to take in every last detail of his home before he left. Today was the day that he was going to his sister. To tell her about his love affair with Yugi. He was going to be adamant. If Yugi was banished, the Prince would be banished alongside him. If Yugi was to be beheaded, there better be two axemen waiting for them. Prince Yami took in a deep breath.
He doubted that Queen Mai would be so cruel as to behead her younger brother and his lover. Especially after the death of their parents. Prince Yami stopped walking and stared at the wall. It was painful to think about his parents' deaths. At least, his father's death and his mother's kidnapping; but her captors wouldn't keep her alive this long, so the thought of her being dead wasn't a far stretch of the imagination. It wasn't long ago that the Prince and his family would take picnics in the Castle Garden. Trips down to the shore, even if there were also diplomatic reasons for being there, were full of laughter and joy.
Prince Yami continued his walk to the Meeting Hall. He couldn't think about it. He couldn't. If he did, the Prince would break down. But, the harder he tried, the more the Prince thought about his parents. How his mother would always come in at night and sing him and Mai to sleep. How his father would carry the Prince over his shoulder like a heavy sack. How his mother would always be so kind and curteous. How his father had a temper at the right times and a boistrous laugh the rest of the time.
How in love they were.
Prince Yami remembered how changed his father was when his wife disappeared so suddenly.
\\Flashback/
"Mai, what's wrong with Daddy?" Prince Yami questioned his 13-year-old sister.
The blonde girl turnde around and "shushed" her 8-year-old brother. "Something happened to Mommy" Princess Mai whispered into her brother's ears.
"WHAT!" Prince Yami screamed. Princess Mai covered her ears and her brother's mouth. Prince Yami was able to break free of his sister's hold though, and ran into his father's room.
"Yami, wait!" Princess Mai called out to Prince Yami.
The King stared blankly at the little boy that was running towards him. "Yami?" he murmured gently. Yami grabbed ahold of his father's pants and tugged on them. "Mai said Mommy's not here! She's wrong, right? She's just making up another story, right?" The King looked away from his youngest child. "Right?" Prince Yami asked again, tears coming to his eyes when his father refused to answer. The King looked down on his son, tears in his own eyes. He picked up Prince Yami and gently rocked in the chair he was sitting in.
"She is gone, Little Prince" the King told his son. Prince Yami could tell that there was heartbreak in his father's voice. "But, she'll be back soon. She'll come and visit soon, and we will all be able to see her. I promise."
\\End Flashback/
Two more years passed before the former King was found dead with a bottle of poison near his bed and a note saying how he couldn't be without his precious Queen. And that Mai would become the sole monarch of Azka.
Prince Yami wiped away a tear. Mai was chosen over him becuase of her age and because she would be a strict yet gentle queen. So, for the next seven years, Prince Yami and Queen Mai gained the peoples favor and blessings. But, now, Prince Yami will scandalize his sister's reign. Having a family member that was in a love affair with the same gender would cause any family to completely cut that member off. They would become outcasts, hated by society, but ultimately happy. Because they got what they wanted out of life. The person they loved.
And if that's what will happen to Prince Yami and Yugi, then so be it. Yugi was worth it.
The great doors of the hall stretched up before the Prince. And with the doors, came the sound of screams, cries, and pain. Prince Yami hurried. What if they were under attack? He opened the doors with a slam. What he saw was worse than any attack scene. Lady Anzu was on the floor, Queen Mai holding her back and away from a lump that laid face-down on the floor. The lump moved towards the sound of the opened doors and revealed itself to the Prince. "Yugi" Prince Yami mumbled in horror.
Before Prince Yami could rush to the side of his young lover, Lady Anzu slammed into him. "Oh, dear Prince, why did you not tell us about this worm's horrid deeds toward you?"
"What?" Prince Yami mumbled. "It wasn't something you already knew?"
Lady Anzu stared straight into her fiance's face. She looked angry.
"Mai, what is this about?" Prince Yami asked his sister.
The blonde turned towards her little brother. "Your servant just admitted to how he forcefully slept with you" Queen Mai answered, using the formal form of speaking she was entitled to use in the Meeting Hall.
"What?" Prince Yami questioned quietly. He turned his gaze upon Yugi. He looked so small. The little angel that the Prince fell in love with on his knees, sitting on his legs, head downcast. Yugi, the Prince thought, how could you? I was going to set us free. What are you doing?
"Now, little one, explain to us your reasons for committing this horrid act" Queen Mai told Yugi as she kneeled in front of him.
Yugi raised his head, but didn't look into the Queen's eyes. "I love him" Yugi admitted. "He makes me so happy, so special. I've never felt that way because of any person in my entire life. So, one night, I drugged him and...and... I'm so sorry. I didn't know what to do! He was just so kind to me! I never meant to do something so drastic!"
Prince Yami's heart broke and kept breaking. How could Yugi lie like that? Prince Yami wanted to say how he was lying, how he loved Yugi as well and how he let him make love with him. But, something kept the words in his throat. Something kept the Prince from coming to his lover's aid.
"Mai, this boy deserves the death penalty!" Lady Anzu chimed in. "Rape is an extreme crime, let alone the rape of a royal!"
NO! Prince Yami thought.
"Anzu" Mai snapped, "I am the Queen, so I shall be the one to dole out punishment. And if you dare to speak out of turn, be prepared to live the rest of your life as an old spinster woman!"
Lady Anzu gulped and kept her mouth shut.
"She does have a point, Your Majesty" one of the councilmen said.
"The same goes to you two, but instead of a life without a spouse, you'll lead lives without tongues!" Queen Mai shouted at the men. They both shut up immediately. The blonde turned back to the boy in front of her. "And so, little servant, your punishment shall be eternal banishment."
Yugi looked back down at the floor. "Thank you" he whispered.
"Queen Mai!" Lady Anzu shouted. She let go of Prince Yami and stormed over to the Queen. "How could you let this boy go like that!"
"That is none of your business" Queen Mai retorted. "You are dismissed boy."
Yugi got up shakily and retreated to the little hall that led to the Meeting Hall. Prince Yami followed silently, leaving the two women who were screaming at each other. "Yugi" he said when he was in the hall. Yugi's eyes filled with tears. He ran up to Prince Yami and jumped into his lover's open arms. Prince Yami picked up the crying boy and took him back to his apartments.
me: and that's the end of the chapter!
YUGI: Oo
me: what's wrong with Yugi?
YAMI: aibou?
YUGI: why did i claim to rape him?
me: that is for the next chapter chibi ichi. now, review please!
YUGI: but i wanna know now!
me: oh fine! i'll tell you in two minutes
YUGI:) yay!
me: later!
