me: okay...well...the line thingy isn't working, so...hello!

YAMI: so close...one chapter left!

me: yeup. then i can focus on finishing Heartstealer and KAiOW. oh, beleive me, that is an awesome thing to look forward to!

YUGI: i don't like this chapter

me: i betcha i'm gonna die after it too

YAMI: and i'd gladly do it

me: no way! stay the hell away from me! (runs)

yamiyugi23: i dunno! i can be and i can't be mean at the same time!

yugixyamiyaoiilover: yeah, it's puzzleshipping...but they already got together didn't they?

Kyo lover with little sanity: kill someone? Oo;

dragonlady222: that was so bland. and you should know by now that Yugi has nill self-esteem

Warrior Nun: of course i wouldn't mind! Anzu is in the bathroom, getting rid of an unsightly blemish. AC-sensei. hmm...kawaii!

The Black Angels Red Rose: short? you thought that was short? and...uhm...okay scary looming lady

Anime WarriorSkye: yes...yes i am

DarkMetalAngel of Destruction: sad yes. thank you!

spidy007: okay. thank you

Black-Dranzer-1119: yes. we know all that.

Marcella Jole' Mercilee: i dunno. you don't know me all that well

Spicey Babe: okay

wild4rose7cool: okay. will do!

Atemu Yugi Lover34: they have no idea! abusing their only child, selling him off into slavery at such a young age...or at all... BAKA PARENTS!

me: okay, i have my protective dragon statue, so if anyone want to kill me, they have to get through my dragon!

YUGI: you really think someone is going to kill you

me: yes, yes i do. but still, start the fic!

ac-the-brain-supreme does not own Yugioh. she will soon own a head stone though, thanks to her loyal readers

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After their activities had moved from the bath to the bed and the Prince had fallen asleep after his duties as the one on top, Yugi quickly scurried into his own room. Lady Anzu had no need to spy on them anymore, right? Yugi hoped not. He was banished after all; sentenced to never see the one who he loved more than his own life. Lady Anzu should be doing what Yugi assumed she should: celebrating with her only loyal friend, her servant Adrianne. In fact, that was what Lady Anzu was doing, laughing and asking how Adrianna made Yugi talk. Adrianne just said she learned from the best, a.k.a Lady Anzu.

Yugi took climbed over the remaining half of the door. He looked around the little room. Bare except for the matt-bed and the tub he used for bathing. Yugi walked over to a heap of gray-ish colored clothes. The clothes he came in. The cloth that was tied around his feet was also still there, lying in a little pile, expected to never be used again. Tears flooded out of Yugi's eyes. He slipped on the rag he called clothing and the torn fabric he used to protect his feet when he traveled. When you're a slave being given to another family, you have to walk on your own lest you be dragged. Of course, that's all depending on the family. The Creelanian Queen and Princess were kind enough to give him a cage that was dragged by horses.

As Yugi finished tying on the torn, white fabric, he exited the tiny room, but not before looking around in it. It was the largest room he had in all his slave life. Most rooms he had were either smaller or had about ten or twenty other slaves in the room, making it crowded and hot. And Yugi was always pushed against one of the corners in the back. Prejudiced against by the other slaves who were jealous of his beauty and youth.

Yugi quietly snuck back into his Master's room and over to his bed side. Prince Yami looked so peaceful. Lips partly open; tan face free of stress; arms spread out, searching for the warmth of Yugi that once lied next to him. Yugi touched that beautiful face he loved so much. "My Prince," Yugi whispered, "please, forget about me. That'll make everything about my leaving so much easier. Please, please, dear Prince, forget about me and be happy with your soon-to-be bride."

Yugi stared at his love for a few seconds longer before turning around and walking away. This would be for the best, he told himself. This way, he would no longer be a burden and Prince Yami would have everything he deserves.

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Prince Yami sat on his sister's right side. It was the day of Yugi's banishment, and this was the first time he could get to Mai since Yugi's punishment was dealt. Prince Yami had discovered Yugi being gone a few hours after his precious left. The Prince wished he'd gotten up earlier, than maybe he would've stopped Yugi, but he decided that wishing was for later and that he needed to find Queen Mai as soon as he could.

Queen Mai stood up and looked down on her subjects who had gathered before the castle. It was customary for the banished person to be shown before the citizens of the main city before their banishment. It was to humiliate and to let all know what the prisoner looked like if they dared to come back. Few who had been banished did come back and all of them were found and hunted down very soon afterwards.

"My loyal subjects," Queen Mai shouted to the crowd below, "a great wrong has been commited against my brother, your Prince Yami, by the boy who is to be shown to you." Queen Mai signaled to the gaurds below that it was time to let the prisoner come out. Prince Yami felt his heartbeat quicken. This was it. As the crowd riled up with the concept of someone doing wrong to their precious prince, Yugi was dragged out from an opening to the dungeons. Prince Yami's sweetheart was in shackles; arms tied behind his back and chains connected to his ankles. Yugi looked small, defenseless, and afraid. Prince Yami had to really focus on not crying or else he would completely loose all control over his emotions.

"This servant, named Yugi, has confessed to drugging and forcing himself upon my brother" Queen Mai announced. Another tradition: saying what the person did. It was another way to humiliate and warn the people of the criminal.

The crowd was stunned and disgusted. They became loud with anger. This little midget had touched their Prince. How dare he, a servant, even conceive of the Prince even liking that disgusting activity. "Silence!" Queen Mai shouted when the crowd became too loud. "Yugi, do you have anything to say?"

Yugi looked out to the crowd. He was quiet. Yugi wanted to say something, but what? He didn't want to use some used excuse, but telling the truth would only get his love in trouble. Yugi mulled over his final words and chose what he thought would be the best. "I love you, Prince Yami" he said simply. "I will never forget you." Something flew out of the crowd. Yugi only saw it for a second before it crashed into his forehead. With a cry of pain, Yugi went down to his knees. Tears were blending with blood that seeped from the wound created by the rock that hit him in the head. "Get him!"

"Settle down!" Queen Mai shouted. The crowd ignored her and charged at little Yugi. "Guards, do something! Quickly!" the Queen shouted. The gaurds went to work of fending off the rioting crowd. Yugi was lost in the mass of angry people.

Prince Yami leaned over the balcony rail. "No!" he shouted. He wasn't heard though.Queen Mai's commands to those below, the riot's yells, the clang of metal, the cries of pain and fear, and Lady Anzu's comments of "So violent" and the like. All blended into a sound so defening that the Prince eventually lost the ability to hear them at all. What he did hear was his servant. Yugi's voice rang in his ears. Memories that coupled Yugi's voice passed before his eyes.

"My name is Yugi."

"Maybe you don't have to love her. You just have to respect her."

"...you're the best Master I've ever had."

"I...I'm sorry Master..."

"I love you Prince Yami."

The Prince heard his sister call out his name before the world went dark.

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me: PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!