Chosen Pharaoh Chronicles Part 1: Longing Reunion & The Beasts Within

Based on the original Yu Gi Oh storyline (Combination of anime & manga canons).

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Chapter 17: How Could I Not

One hour prior.

Yugi had re-entered his bedroom. For good this time. Tea was in the midst of changing the bed sheets.

"What was that about?" The brunette questioned as she yanked off the last edge of the blue sheet.

"He just asked to borrow my headphones. His daughter wanted to call him."

Now the pillows were being stripped of their covers. "Oh, that's good. She's really nice. Gorgeous too."

A small smile formed on Yugi's lips. "Yeah of course that girl would be gorgeous. Look at her parents."

Tea laughed as she removed clean sheets from a drawer. "Since when did you think Atem was gorgeous."

The Duel King's smile turned into a thin line. "Not what I said, but I must admit the guy is good looking. As crazy as girls go for me, they used to be twice as crazy for him."

As she flung the clean sheet over the naked mattress, she felt a sudden tug at her heart strings in response to her boyfriend's statement. It almost confused her that she was feeling this way. "Yeah I remember. What are we going to tell people now with the two of you in the same room."

"I don't know. At least he looks like a different ethnicity from me. I could say a distant cousin."

Another laugh escaped her. "Maybe that will attract more people. Girls love a well tanned man."

Yugi then decided to help Tea with tucking in the bed sheet. No one said anything about it, however, there was certainly a tension in the air. Both of then knew exactly what this unspoken tension was about, yet neither had the incentive to bring it up. Well, until now.

"Hey. Um..."

He took a deep breath. Suddenly the air felt thin, but was probably his anxiety. It was as if he was the timid, shy boy back in high school. Sometimes Yugi had to remind himself how much he had changed since then. All thanks to the man downstairs and the reason for current tension in their relationship. With all the courage he could muster, he continued.

"I know there must be a lot going through your head right now." He took his time, choosing his words carefully. "I'm sorry sometimes it feels like you have to deal with it by yourself. But just know I'm always here and you can talk to me about anything."

Tea listened closely to strange use of words. She knew exactly what he was talking about, for every time this subject was brought up, he always talked about it in the most general of terms. Maybe it was time to stop beating it around the bush.

"Yugi...can you talk to me about what you two discussed down there?" She finished tucking the last part of sheet under the mattress. "I mean I heard some of what you guys were arguing about and I'm not stupid."

Oh, now his heart was pumping. He swore the room got hotter too. "Well, we talked about how he shouldn't have attacked you like that. He apologized of course."

Tea simply nodded, now slipping on new pillow cases.

"And then we discussed being completely honest with each other..."

Unexpectedly, Tea interrupted Yugi. "I heard what he said. That he likes me." She held the pillow in her hand close to her chest as if it were a for a means of comfort. "But what you didn't hear was what he told me before you two fought."

"And what did he say to you?"

She took a seat on the bed and placed the pillow back into its place. Her faced turned slightly away. "He told me that he loved me, and that he found out that I felt the same for him. Then he started saying that he suspected I still have those feelings even now."

Yugi started to feel his blood boiling again. "That son of a..."

"Stop Yugi please. He was drunk, sad, angry, and who knows what else. Were we any better when you confessed your feelings to me?"

"Oh c'mon I didn't just kiss you while you were dating someone else..."

She fumed. "But my heart was definitely with someone else! I loved him. How could I not?"

That shut him up.

She continued. "But you told me it was okay that I had these feelings, that you understood my grief, my anger. How many drinks did we have before deciding to fuck each other?"

"Do you regret saying yes to me all those years ago?" His own question was like knife ripping through his chest.

Finally Tea turned her face to him, tears building up in her eyes. "No I don't regret it. I liked it. But I liked what happened tonight too..."

The droplets slide down her cheek, she did the best she could not to cry a loud. His violet pools widened.

"I thought... he scared you. I-I saw your face Tea." He too sat on the bed and reached a hand out to hold hers.

"I wasn't scared of him. I only yelled and screamed because I didn't want to betray you. I was scared at myself. Scared that I did not immediately push him away. That I didn't walk away. He wasn't even holding me tight at all. It was so gentle and loving. Fuck I'm such a terrible girlfriend..."

She began to weep into her other hand, her shoulders trembling from each sob. Yugi moved closer and surrounded his arms around her form. He gently stroked her soft brown hair.

"Hey, hey. Don't ever say that." He kissed her temple. "Tea you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. There is nothing you could do or say that will make me think otherwise."

She buried her head into his chest. "Then why do I keep hurting you? Why do these feelings never go away?"

I want her to be honest with us as well. Atem's words rang through Yugi's conscious. "Because you are only being honest with yourself. And with me. I told you that you could have these feelings, so why would you ever get rid of them."

"But they should have been gone by now. It's been years, Yugi."

"Maybe because what you are feeling is not something that is supposed to go away. Fate, destiny...whatever you want to call it. It seems like something you never got closure on. But whatever this is, all of it is still your choice." Yugi pushed her gently so the two would look each other in the eyes. "You still chose me all those years ago, and I couldn't be more grateful for that."

Tears were still rolling down her face, but Tea was able to have a little more control with her breathing. "So what now? I'm more confused now than I've ever been."

"Well, I'm not going to let you go. We can work through these feelings together. Get that closure you deserve."

"But how?"

Yugi was now put in a spot he never thought he would be in. Perhaps confronting these demons was inevitable and Atem's sudden return was only speeding up the process. However, maybe he was the answer...

"Babe, I think you need to just talk to him. He insists that everyone should be honest with each other so why not lay everything out on the table. Ya know get it out of your system."

Tea's tears seemed to stop for now but her emotions still felt raw. "Yugi, I think this is more than just getting out of my system."

"I know but it's a start." He gave her a slight squeeze before reaching over to capture her lips.

His kisses were always soft and gentle, something she always admired about Yugi. His touches were always as sweet as his personality. If anything it did calm her down a bit. However, at the same time Tea couldn't help herself comparing how each of them kissed her. She pulled away.

"Maybe we should finish up and go to sleep. It's been a long day."

Yugi nodded. "Sure. Anything you want to do to baby."

He knew that she was still in turmoil with this whole situation, but certainly some shut eye was best for everyone.

Meanwhile back in the living room...

Atem was trying his best to stay awake as Joshua explained how his heist went down. He did not know that the priest's status with the Divine Council was so strained. This was certainly something that he would have to change.

"So this mission of yours... sounds like it was a success."

Joshua bit his lip. "For the most part yes. But the people who tend to the vaults did notice that someone opened the Chaos Gate."

"And that you left a fake staff behind." Keanna interjected.

He gave a dry laugh. "Yeah I'm a wanted man. But the worst part about this is apparently I took the wrong beast Ka."

Atem raised a brow. "Really? I never saw you use it today."

"Yeah I wanted a Mythical Beast, but instead I wasn't paying attention and grabbed something called the End of Anubis."

Keanna nodded. "I mean...I think it looks cool. It's definitely powerful once you got the handle of it."

Joshua shook his head. "Nah, not my style. So I'm planning on switching this thing for the Ka I wanted."

This detail caught the kings attention. "Do you think you could help me find a new beast Ka as well? This wolf thing is strong but maybe I could get something that reflects me a bit better."

"Of course. I'll have to bring Lykaon when we pick you a new one. He was assigned to watch over that part of this big plan."

Atem gave a thumbs up and took a glance at the time. "Hey it's getting late, I should probably try getting some shut eye. I greatly enjoyed talking with you two."

Keanna smiled. "It was good chatting with you too dad. We can discuss more about this tomorrow."

"Good night my child."

"Night dad. Love you."

Joshua simply gave a wave.

Atem smiled. "Love you too."

Hanging up the call and removing the earbuds, he noticed that his phone was in need of charging. Just getting up to plug in the device took all the strength he could muster. How the hell he was able to talk with them that long boggled the king's mind. 'Well, perhaps this is what happens when your daughter is in your life.' Atem smiled at the thought.

While he was standing, Atem decided to shut off all the lights and prepare for bed. Licking his lips he realized the alcohol consumption had made him really dehydrated. Strolling to the kitchen he filled a glass cup with water from a dispenser on the fridge. What he didn't notice was the little patter of feet approaching from behind him. Someone else was also thirsty.

"Excuse me can I get some water too?" An innocent voice pleaded from behind Atem.

He quickly turned around to face the small child. It was none other than Yugi's daughter Hanna. "Of course. Do you want me to fill your cup?"

"No I can do it." She walked up to the fridge and reached for the dispenser button. "But thank you Atem."

The pharaoh couldn't help but notice the image on Hanna's plastic cup. It was a sturdy object, something people would probably get at an event on convention and the picture printed on the cup was Yugi with a Duel Disk on his arm. Hanna caught Atem staring at the item and she beamed.

"Oh do you like my cup? Uncle Romie gave it to me. He said it was from the KC store." She finished filling up the cup with water. "But I like it because it has my daddy on it. He's the best."

Atem gave a small smile. "That he is."

She took a few sips of her water. "Hey, mister Atem are you sad?"

"What?" He was not expecting such a question from the little girl at all.

"Are you sad?" She took another sip using both hands to hold the cup. "I saw you and daddy fighting but everyone said you were friends."

By Ra he did not have any more brain power for this but he did not want to push Hanna away. "Don't worry about me little one. As for the fight, we just had our differences. It wasn't that serious."

"Was it about mommy? Lykie said you like her a lot."

Why the hell were Roman and Lykaon was giving this child all this sensitive information? Not to mention she was one smart cookie. "Listen Hanna, this is a lot of grown up talk that you shouldn't have to worry about. Your mother is with you father and that is how it's going to be alright."

"But that's why you are sad."

He had to nip this in the butt right now. Kneeling down to her level he reached out to place his hands on the girl's shoulders. "Okay maybe you are right, but you do not have to concern yourself with how I'm feeling. You are much too young to be saying such things."

Hanna looked down at her cup and then at Atem. She had Yugi's violet eyes. "Okay. I just wanted to help. I don't like it when people are sad and fight."

That melted his old heart. "Yeah, me neither. C'mon we should head back to bed."

Standing up Atem guided Hanna through the kitchen and living. When they reached the door to her room she turned around to look up at the old king.

"Hey, I know you said not to talk about it but can I ask one more thing?"

Atem figured the girls curiosity couldn't do much harm. "Sure but this will be the last time we talk about this okay."

"Okay." She seemed to gather her thoughts for a moment. "Do you love my mommy?"

His heart started to pump rapidly just at a mention of the subject. He knew this child would not stop until she got some solid answers and in all honesty she probably deserved them.

"Yes, I love her. Quite a lot actually." He gave a dry laugh at himself. "How could I not?"

Hanna nodded, as if silently telling him that she knew it all along. "I think you should tell her."

He raised a brow. If only the girl knew what had conspired at the store front. "And why is that?"

"Because I think she would like it. You guys shouldn't keep secrets from each other. It's not nice."

Atem gave a nod. "I agree. Now that is all for tonight. I have a very bad headache and need my sleep."

"Okay, good night and feel better." She entered her room and closed the door.

After hearing her shut off the light, Atem strolled back to the sofa and plopped down on it.

His head was throbbing again. He couldn't believe a small child was smart enough to see right through him. Although he was sure her care givers told the girl way too much information. Regardless, his secret was out of the bag and it was a concept he still had yet to fully grasp.

"I'm in love with my best friend's girlfriend." Atem said softly to himself. "But then again, I was always in love with her. I just didn't realize it until it was too late."

Before his emotions could consume him, he grabbed the blanket at his feet, wrapped it around himself, and went straight to sleep. But Atem's inner turmoil would continue to haunt in his dreams.

I find little kids tend to be smarter than adults at times, especially with issues involving the family. Anyway this was the last 'conversation chapter' before we start to reach the next part. I'm nearing the end of these rewritten chapters and will have to start preparing for book #2. Please leave your reviews!