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Atem found Mahado out in the garden.
"Mahado, can we please talk?" Atem asked when he was in speaking distance. Mahado looked up.
"What about my Pharaoh?"
"Have you ever had a strange feeling when you are around someone? Like butterflies in your stomach?" Mahado smiled.
"Yes, Pharaoh. I believe the feeling is called love. And may I ask who this special girl is?" Atem blushed.
"Oh... uhh... I have to go now Mahado. Thanks!" Atem quickly made a run for it. He didn't want Mahado to know about his 'love'.
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It was a few days later and Yugi hadn't seen the Pharaoh since the day he had come to give him lunch. Yugi was getting tired of being in the same room for days. He longed to explore the gardens around the palace. From what he had seen they were beautiful.
Yugi didn't know if he was allowed to explore, but he desperately wanted to. He decided to get up the courage and just leave the room. He wanted to see what the guard outside his door would do.
He opened the door and walked out. He saw the guard and noticed that he was asleep. Yugi silently laughed.
It then occurred to him he didn't know which way to go. He looked down the hall way and picked the direction he came from when he first arrived.
Yugi looked all around. He didn't dare go into any closed doors, who knew who was behind them, so he kept walking and peeping through open doorways. Finally he found a door that lead outside.
Yugi opened the door and breathed in the fresh air. Although his room had a big open window, he still preferred to be totally in the fresh air.
He looked around and saw a pathway that looked like it was just a nice path to walk along to look at the scenery. He made his way there.
As Yugi was walking along the pathway, he heard voices. He stopped behind a large bush to listen for a moment.
"I don't understand you, Pharaoh. You bring the boy here, and then excuse him from all social events." Yugi recognised this man. It was of the one he saw when he got off the carriage the other day.
"What is there to understand? He is grieving for the loss of his family." This was Atem.
"I still don't think you should have told him of your dream, Pharaoh, especially after you just brought him here." Yugi also recognised her. That was the lady who came with the Pharaoh when he brought him here. Yugi thought her name was Isis.
"Well, I did. I didn't know what else to say. Wouldn't you want to know why you were taken away from your old life suddenly?" Yugi saw Isis sigh.
"You are right. It just would have been a lot to deal with, especially after your family died and you lost your house and all your belongings."
"You don't know anything about him, Pharaoh. For all you know he could be a spy, or worse, an assassin." Seto started.
"That's rubbish. Why would a teenage boy who didn't even know he was coming here be an assassin?" Atem defended Yugi.
"Just be careful Pharaoh. You never know." Seto reasoned.
"Seto, be reasonable. The Pharaoh is right. I highly doubt that the young boy is an assassin." Isis strongly agreed with Atem.
"Of course. You would know Isis. You after all had a vision about him." Seto backfired at Isis, angry about this situation.
"You had a vision about him? Why didn't you tell me?" Atem suddenly grew more interested in the conversation. Isis gave Seto a glare.
"Because, Pharaoh, you will find out in due time. If I told you everything of your future, things that are not meant to happen will. We wouldn't want you to accidently destroy the world, would we?" Atem thought of this. He didn't really want the world to be destroyed, but he wanted to know what the vision about Yugi was.
"Don't worry, Pharaoh, Isis won't tell me either."
Yugi went to get closer because it was getting hard to hear, when suddenly he tripped. Yugi fell flat on the floor in front of the Pharaoh, Isis and who he found was named Seto. The three looked at him.
"Yugi? What are you doing here?" Pharaoh Atem asked, surprised at the sudden appearance. Yugi scrambled up and bowed to the Pharaoh.
"I... uh..."
"How much have you heard, boy?" Seto asked. Yugi took a step back, frightened.
'Oh great, now I've really done it. I'm definitely going to get killed for this.' Yugi thought.
"His name is Yugi, Seto, not 'boy'." Atem gave Seto a disapproving look.
"Just answer the question."
"Since you mentioned that I was excused from all social events." Yugi spoke in a whisper.
"No one can hear you." Seto said to Yugi, angrily.
"You don't have to answer, Yugi. Seto is just being too overprotective. Come on." Atem grabbed Yugi's hand and lead him away.
"Let them be, Seto. It is not wise to meddle." Isis said as she saw the anger in Seto's eyes.
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"Don't mind Seto, Yugi. He just wants to protect me. He believes greatly in what he does and can be a great friend, once you get to know him." Atem smiled down at Yugi.
"I am sorry for snooping." Yugi apologised.
"That is alright. Just don't get caught next time."
"He thinks I am an assassin." Yugi spoke quietly.
Atem stopped walking and faced Yugi. He placed two fingers under Yugi's chin and lifted his head so Yugi was looking into his eyes.
"He was just saying that, Yugi. Seto has a lot on his mind, and promise me that you will not take anything that he said before to heart. He just wants to protect me from the unknown before something bad happens, and unfortunately, you are the unknown. So just smile. It will all work out." Atem smiled at Yugi.
'His smile... it's so beautiful. So serene and full of... of... friendship? Love? No... It can't be love. But then what are these feelings I am feeling? My stomach hurts and I feel lightheaded. Maybe it is just because I am with the Pharaoh.'
They started walking again.
"So what brings you out of your room, Yugi? Did you want to do some exploring?"
"I wanted to see the gardens. They are really beautiful." Atem smiled again.
"I know. I get special people to take care of these gardens. I hand pick them myself. First, they have to go through some tests. They have to show me that they know how to take care of plants. They have to grow a plant from a seed in a pot." Atem stopped and leaned down. He held a flower in his hand. "Then they have to show me that they know how to prune the plant and take care of it properly."
Yugi looked at the plant that Atem was touching. It was a beautiful flower with purple petals and a yellow centre. He didn't know the name, but he reminded himself that he should ask the gardener some time.
The two kept walking. It was getting late in the afternoon.
"Would you like to join me for dinner in the garden tonight Yugi?" Atem asked. Yugi blushed.
"Uhh sure."
Atem asked a servant to get dinner ready in the garden and they kept walking. Once dinner was ready they both sat down.
"So how old are you, Yugi?" Atem asked as they were eating their food.
"I am 16 years old." Yugi replied. Atem was 18.
"You are quite small for your age."
"Yes. My grandfather is quite small too. I get my genes from him." Atem smiled.
"Do you miss them? Your family and friends?" Atem was not sure if he should ask this or not. He was, after all, the one to bring him here. After a short silence Yugi answered.
"Yes... I think I always will. They died that night and I will never see them again, but I know they are safe. I just have this feeling. And I didn't have many friends at school. Only one really." Atem nodded.
They kept eating and were soon finished.
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"Pharaoh! There are two people who would like to have a meeting with you regarding the young boy." Seto said to Atem as he walked past him in the hall way.
"Now?"
"Yes. They are waiting in the hall." Atem and Seto made their way there.
Atem saw that the rest of his court was already there. He took his seat in his throne.
The doors opened and a guard lead two men into the room. One man was tall and skinny and the other was short and fat. The short one had a walking stick.
"My Pharaoh!" They bowed.
"Who are you and what is it you would like to discuss?" Atem asked them.
"I am Amon and this is Ottah." The short one said, "We are here regarding Yugi Motou."
"What about him?" Atem asked. He didn't like these two. He had a bad feeling about them.
"It seems that when his family died, he was to come and work for us."
"And why is that?" Atem was surprised.
"His father owed us money, Your Highness."
"How much money?"
"Quite a bit. We hope you will understand that he belongs to us and we wish to take him with us." The short one bowed again.
"Absolutely not." Atem said.
"But your highness, he is a filthy street rat. What business do you have with him?" Amon was surprised at hearing the pharaoh's reply.
"A son should not have to pay for a Father's sins. You are excused." Atem got up and left. The two were looking at him evilly.
Once out of the room, Atem sighed.
"My Pharaoh, are you alright?" Isis asked. She had followed him out.
"Yes, I am fine." Isis gave a small smile.
"You should go to bed now. It is late. Goodnight, Pharaoh."
"Goodnight Isis."
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