Chapter 11- I'm His Date
"Sorry, Yami, but I win again." Yuugi said.
"Damn it. I had better luck winning against you when we were visiting you. I haven't had much luck today." Yami said.
Yuugi smiled at him. "That's probably because you have been distracted by something, Yami. If you'd actually concentrate on the game, you would do a little better." Yuugi said.
"Yeah. I guess so." Yami said. 'You're much more interesting to look at than the game, though.' Yami thought.
"Shall we play again?" Yuugi asked.
"No. There is actually a council meeting that I have to attend, and if I don't go now, I will be late." Yami said.
"Then go. I would rather not be the cause of you being late." Yuugi said.
"You can go and see Heba if you want to. Atemu has to be at this meeting as well, and I am certain that Heba wouldn't mind the company." Yami said.
"I think I will." Yuugi said. She smirked and said, "We can play some more later."
"Yeah. I'd like the rematch." Yami said. 'Of course, there are other types of games that I would like to play with you at some time.' Yami thought. He mentally slapped himself. 'I need to stop thinking those thoughts about Yuugi.' Yami berated himself.
Yuugi and Yami both left the room to go to where they needed to go.
Heba sighed, slightly depressed.
Atemu had left for the meeting, and Heba knew that it would be a while before Atemu got back.
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Heba called.
Yuugi opened the door and walked in. "Hi, Heba." Yuugi said.
"Hey, Yuugi. What are you doing here?" Heba asked.
"Yami and I were playing a game of chess when he had to go to the council meeting. He mentioned to me that Atemu would be there, too, and that you might need a little company to keep you from dying of boredom." Yuugi said, sitting down on the bed with Yuugi.
"Oh, thank goodness! I might have to kiss Yami for this." Heba said.
Yuugi smirked at her brother. "Wouldn't Atemu get a little jealous if he saw you kissing his brother?" Yuugi asked.
Heba glared at her. "You know what I mean." Heba said.
Yuugi smiled. "Yes. I do." Yuugi said.
"Anyway, what should we do?" Heba asked.
"I don't know. You're the one that lives here. You know more of what there is to do than I do." Yuugi said.
Heba smiled suddenly. "I know. Let's go out into the gardens. We can get Ryou, Jou, Malik, Marik, and Bakura to go, too. Mana should be free now, and I think that she'd like to play with us, too." Heba said.
"Um, Heba. What exactly are you planning for us to do?" Yuugi asked.
"You'll see. Come on." Heba said. He grabbed his sister by the wrist and practically dragged a very startled Yuugi out of his room.
Yami and Atemu had joined Seth, Mahado, Isis, and the other priests in the throne room with Aknankanon and Amara.
"We need to discuss the arrangements for the ball." Aknankanon said.
Yami and Atemu both groaned inwardly. Neither one had much to do with planning the balls, but had to be at the meetings as a formality.
'Great. Heba and I got interrupted during a very good make out session to talk about these last few arrangements.' Atemu thought grumpily.
'Yuugi and I could have played a little more. I would like to have spent more time with her. I might have found the right words to ask her to the ball that way.' Yami thought a little upset.
Aknankanon and the council started to talk about the arrangements for the ball.
Once Yuugi, Heba, and the rest of their family got out into the gardens, they started to play tag.
"I haven't played this in I can't tell you when." Ryou said.
"We didn't play much after Father disowned us, so it has probably been the last time we played since we did this." Heba said.
The group played for a few hours.
Finally, they sat down to rest.
"This was a great idea, Heba. This was a lot of fun." Yuugi said.
The group smiled until a snide voice interrupted their family moment.
"Well, I guess you're not that much of a lady after all."
The group looked to see Mia smirking at them.
Yuugi pasted a fake smile on her face and said, "Good afternoon, Lady Mia."
Bakura and Marik looked at each other, smirking slightly. They heard the slight sarcasm in Yuugi's voice and knew that this would be funny.
"I thought that you were a lady, but you're not since you play with these people." Mia said.
Yuugi stood up. "I would be careful, Lady Mia. Do not forget that my brother will be marrying Prince Atemu. Heba will have power over you since he will be a part of the royal family then." Yuugi said.
"Please. That slut will never marry the Prince. The council won't allow it." Mia scoffed.
Heba stood up. "Actually, I think that the council will let me marry Atemu considering the fact that my wedding to him is already being planned." Heba said.
Mia's eyes flashed at that.
Heba merely smiled innocently. "I think that you should watch how you speak to me, Mia. After all, I wonder what the Pharaoh would say of he heard you speak to his future son-in-law in such a disrespectful way." Heba said.
"Like I care. You're not good enough for the Prince." Mia snapped.
"Well, I think that my fiancé disagrees with you since he did ask me to marry him, and the wedding will be within the next few months." Heba said, smirking at her.
"It doesn't matter. I thought that your sister was a lady, but a lady wouldn't get dirty like she is." Mia said.
Yuugi smiled at her. "Well, at least I'm not known as the palace whore." Yuugi said.
Mia gasped.
"Don't bother denying it. I was told by Prince Yami that you have slept with male and female servants, slaves, and guards all the time. If you say he lied, I don't think it would suit well for the council." Yuugi said.
"You little bitch! How dare you speak to me like that!:" Mia hissed.
"You know, I distinctly remember Prince Yami telling you not to insult me. I wonder what he'll think when he learns that you insulted me again." Yuugi said.
"Tell him. He won't care when he asks me to the ball." Mia snapped.
"You really think that he will? After all, he has said on more than one occasion that he would not take someone of ill repute to the ball." Heba said.
"He's playing hard to get. I'll be the next queen of Egypt and then I'll get rid of you all!" Mia said before storming off.
"What a bitch! I can see why Atemu and Yami despise her." Ryou said.
"Yeah. I can't stand her either. She tried to have me put to death when I was still considered Atemu's slave because I wouldn't do something she asked me to. The Pharaoh really lit into her. Since I was Atemu's personal servant, I wasn't obligated to do anything that anyone told me other than Atemu. Besides, I wouldn't do what she told me because I was already doing something that Atemu had told me to do." Heba said.
"Sounds like she needs to get out of the palace." Bakura said.
"If a way is found to, then I guarantee you the Pharaoh would kick her out." Heba said.
"I think that I am going to clean up." Yuugi said.
"Because of what she said?" Jou asked.
"No. Because I want to and I'd rather not go to lunch like this." Yuugi answered.
Yami was walking down the hall, thankful that the meeting was over. 'Maybe I can ask Yuugi to the ball now.' Yami thought.
"Prince Yami!" a shrill voice called.
Yami growled. He was really sick of Mia coming after him. He turned and said, "What do you want, Mia?" He didn't hide the contempt he held for her because quite frankly, he was sick of her.
"Prince, I thought that you would want to know about Lady Yuugi." Mia said.
Yami's eyes narrowed. "I do not want to hear anything you have to say." Yami said.
"But she was doing something un lady-like. She was playing in the gardens and getting sweaty and dirty. A lady shouldn't do that." Mia drawled on. She hoped that hearing this would make Yami disgusted with her.
"There is nothing wrong with that. In fact, I have been known to play in the gardens as well." Yami said.
"Well, I think that it's wrong." Mia said snappily.
"I don't care what you think. Yuugi did nothing wrong by playing as I am sure that she was playing in the gardens with her family." Yami said.
Mia decided to change the subject to what she really wanted to talk about. "Have you found a date for the ball, Prince Yami?" Mia asked.
Yami saw what she was trying to do. "No. I have not at the moment." Yami replied.
"Well, the ball is only a few days away. I would be glad to go with you." Mia said in what she thought was a sexy manner.
"I have already told you that I have no intention of going with you, so leave it be." Yami said.
"You'll never find a date now. I am the only choice that you have." Mia said, thinking that she had Yami trapped.
Yami's eyes narrowed. "Do not seek to tell me what I can and cannot do. I do not have to take you if I do not want to, and I am not going to. Now leave me alone." Yami said.
Mia wasn't scared. ,"You have to take me! You don't have a date, and I am the only one left to take. You don't have a choice." Mia said. She smirked, thinking Yami would take her now.
"Actually, he does have a choice, and he can't take you." a soft voice said.
Mia and Yami both turned to find Yuugi.
Yuugi had bathed and changed and had been walking down the hall when she heard what Mia had said to Yami.
"This doesn't concern you!" Mia snapped.
"I think it does. You see, I am Yami's date to the ball." Yuugi said.
Mia's eyes widened to twice their normal size. "You're lying!" Mia shrieked.
"And why do you think that?" Yuugi asked in an extremely calm manner.
"He wouldn't take someone like you to the ball. You're not of high enough class." Mia said, confident in her words.
"My family is the Mutou family. In fact, below the Pharaoh and his court, we hold the most power in Egypt, so you're the one who is a lower class of noble than me." Yuugi said.
"You're lying!" Mia said, outraged that this little bitch thought that she was better than Mia herself was.
"Watch what you say, Lady Mia. Do not forget that Yuugi is a guest of my father's, and he would not appreciate the way that you are continuing to insult her. Yuugi is of the class she has stated." Yami said.
"She lying about being your date, though." Mia protested.
"Actually, she speaks the truth. Lady Yuugi has consented to be my date for the ball." Yami said smoothly.
"But you said you had no date!" Mia cried.
"Yes, he did. You see, Yami wished that we tell our families of our going to the ball together before anyone else knew, so we agreed to tell no one. I agreed to be his date this morning. We have had no chance to tell them." Yuugi said.
Mia looked at Yami, hoping that he would tell her that Yuugi was lying.
"Yuugi is correct. I did ask her, and she accepted. I have no need to take you. Now, if you will excuse us, Yuugi and I need to go and tell our families." Yami said. He took Yuugi's hand and walked off, leaving a fuming and wide-eyed Mia behind.
Once they were sure Mia couldn't hear them, both burst into a fit of laughter.
"I can't believe the way she acted. Doesn't she realize that anyone that saw that would think that she was immature and a crybaby?" Yuugi asked.
"Knowing Mia, she could care less what anyone thought as long as she got what she wanted." Yami said.
"I'm sorry that I put you on the spot, Yami. You had just told me that you didn't want to go with her, and I thought that would be the best way to get her off your back." Yuugi said.
Yami shook his head. "Don't apologize. It was worth it to see the look on her face. Besides, I had actually planned to ask you to go the ball with me, but wasn't sure how to." Yami said.
"Really?" Yuugi asked, obviously surprised.
Yami nodded. "I take it that you don't mind." Yami said.
"Well, we were both worried about what our date would do, and this is the solution. I don't mind going as a favor to a friend." Yuugi said.
"Good. I guess it's settled then." Yami said.
"I think that we had better tell our families about this." Yami said.
Yuugi nodded.
The two went to find their families. They decided to head to Atemu and Heba's rooms since that's where their friends tended to be.
On the way, they came across Aknankanon.
"Yami, have you found a date for the ball yet? It's only three days away." Aknankanon said. What he was really asking was if he had asked Yuugi yet.
"Yes. Yuugi has agreed to go with me." Yami answered.
"I'm glad to hear that." Aknankanon said.
"Pharaoh, Lady Mia might be coming to complain." Yuugi said.
"There's not much she can do about you and Yami going to the ball together." Aknankanon said.
"Not about that. Heba, Jou, Ryou, Malik, Marik, Bakura, and I were in the gardens earlier, and she got into an argument with us." Yuugi said.
"What happened?" Aknankanon asked.
Yuugi told Yami and Aknankanon everything that Mia had said.
"I see. No doubt that she will try to complain. Thank you for warning me." Aknankanon said.
"Of course." Yuugi answered.
Aknankanon went on.
"If Atemu hears that Mia called Heba a slut and that she said Heba wasn't good enough for him, he'll hit the roof and probably do something to her." Yami said.
"She would deserve it." Yuugi responded.
"True." Yami agreed.
The two neared Atemu and Heba's room.
"THAT BITCH DID WHAT?!" Atemu screamed from inside the room.
Yuugi winced. "I think he knows." Yuugi said.
"Yeah. I would agree with that." Yami added.
The two walked into the room to find that Heba was trying to calm Atemu down.
"Atemu, it's fine." Heba said.
"No it's not! Mia had no right to call you a slut or say that the council wouldn't let us get married! The wedding is set for two months from now!" Atemu shouted.
"Well, you could always have her punished for what she said." Bakura said.
"I might." Atemu said.
"Go ahead although Mia would argue that they are lying and that she didn't say anything like that. Mia would probably have someone she slept with vouch for her." Yami said.
"Yeah, but it still burns me." Atemu said.
"Well, you will be happy to know that I have a date for the ball now." Yami said.
"Really? Who?" Atemu asked, forgetting about Mia for the moment.
"Me." Yuugi answered.
They told them about their encounter with Mia earlier.
Atemu, Heba, and the other burst out laughing.
"I wish I could have seen that. It had to be priceless." Seth said.
"Oh, it was." Yami said.
"Well, at least you don't have to worry about Mia wanting you to take her now." Anzu said.
"For that, I am grateful." Yami said.
'Now all we have to do is get them to admit how much they like each other, and everything would be perfect.' Heba thought.
'I think the ball will be perfect to try and get Yuugi to fall for me.' Yami thought, already plotting.
That was chapter 11. I know you all liked what happened with Mia, and I thought that she deserved it.
The next chapter is about the ball.
R&R.