This chapter has more Yami/Yuugi in it, but there's Mahado/Isis in it, too.
Chapter 22- News, Games, Tricks, and Payback
"Again?!" Yami exclaimed.
Yuugi smiled sweetly at him and said, "Yes, Yami. I win again."
Yami let his cards fall onto the bed and said, "How can one person win so much?"
Yuugi shook her head. "Yami, I have told you every time that you ask me that question that if you would concentrate on the game instead of on me then you might actually win every once in a while." Yuugi said.
Yami smiled guilty. "Yeah. I know, Yuugi. It's just that you're much more interesting than the game." Yami said.
Yuugi let a playful smile cross her lips. "Then how about we make this game a little more interesting?" Yuugi suggested.
Yami raised an eyebrow. "What did you have in mind?" Yami asked.
Yuugi smiled. "Well, since you think that I'm more interesting than the game, let's play a game of chess. Only with some different rules." Yuugi said.
"What rules?" Yami asked.
"Let go to your room since the chess board is in there, and then I will tell you the new rules." Yuugi answered.
"Okay." Yami agreed. He was interested in finding out what new rules Yuugi had in mind.
The two left Yuugi's room to go to Yami's room.
Mahado looked at his wife in disbelief. "Isis, are you certain?" Mahado asked.
Isis smiled at her husband and said, "Yes, Mahado. I am very certain. Being the palace healer, I know." Isis said.
Mahado's green eyes suddenly lit up as he pulled Isis into a hug. "This is wonderful news, Isis. Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Mahado asked.
"I wasn't really sure until the last few days, and I was a little worried about how you would react." Isis admitted.
Mahado pulled away and took Isis' chin in his hand, forcing her to look at him. "Isis, I think that this wonderful news. This is something that I had always hoped that you would end up telling me." Mahado said.
"It is?" Isis asked, her blue eyes starting to shine.
Mahado nodded. "Isis, I have wanted to hear you tell me that you are pregnant for awhile. You know that I love children, and I have always looked forward to raising one of my own. This is something that is wonderful." Mahado said.
Isis' smile widened. "I'm so glad that you are happy about this." Isis said.
Mahado leaned down and kissed her. "You've made me the happiest and luckiest man in Egypt." Mahado said.
"How so?" Isis asked, tilting her head to the side.
"I have a beautiful wife who I love more than anything, and now, I am going to be a father. Nothing could make me happier." Mahado told her.
Isis smiled. "I feel the exact same way." Isis told him.
Mahado leaned down and kissed his wife again, very passionately.
Yuugi and Yami were sitting on opposite side of the chess board.
"All right, Yuugi. What are these new rules that you have in mind?" Yami asked, raising an eyebrow.
Yuugi smiled. "Well, for each piece that a player gets, the one who got the peace gets to kiss their opponent." Yuugi said.
Yami was liking where this was going. "Really?" Yami asked.
Yuugi nodded. "The more important the piece is, the linger the kiss lasts, and the one who took the piece is the one that is in control of the kiss. And if the other player tries to take control of the kiss, they have to forfeit their next turn." Yuugi said.
Yami smirked. "I think that I like these rules." Yami said.
"I thought that you would. I think that this game will be more to your liking." Yuugi said.
"Yes. It will. Ladies, first." Yami said.
"Don't patronize me." Yuugi scolded. She made the first move anyway.
Yami made his move next.
Yuugi ended up taking one of Yami's pieces first. "You know what that means, Yami." Yuugi said.
Yami smirked. "Yes. I do." Yami replied huskily.
Yuugi stood up and walked around to Yami. She took his face in her hands and leaned down and kissed Yami passionately.
The kiss was deep, but tender.
Yuugi pulled away too soon for Yami's taste. Yuugi giggled at Yami's growl. "It's still early in the game, Yami. There are still more kisses to come." Yuugi told him, sitting back in her seat.
"That's good." Yami said, making his own move.
Several more moves were played, and Yuugi ended up taking the next piece as well.
"You're still winning." Yami complained.
"You're getting kissed regardless." Yuugi pointed out. She got up and walked around to Yuugi and took Yami's face, kissing him again. This time, Yuugi pried Yami's mouth open and roamed the inside of Yami's mouth. Yami moaned into the kiss.
Yuugi finally pulled away and sat back down. "Your turn." Yuugi said.
They made several more moves before Yami ended up getting one of Yuugi's pieces.
"My turn." Yami said, getting up. He walked over to Yuugi and kissed her passionately. Yami slipped his tongue into Yuugi's mouth, and Yuugi moaned at the sensation. Yami pulled away and sat back down.
Yuugi won the next piece, and she kissed Yami.
Unfortunately, Yami's control slipped, and he tried to take control.
Yuugi pulled away and said, "Yami, you tried to take control. You lose your next turn."
Yami growled. "With you, it's hard to stay in control." Yami said.
"You still lose your turn." Yuugi said, sitting back down.
The game continued on, although the game took a little longer then normal considering their kisses were becoming longer.
In the end, Yuugi won when she got Yami's king.
"Well, it looks like you win, Yuugi." Yami said, a little disappointed that the game was over.
Yuugi smiled. "Yami, did I forget what happened when the game ended?" Yuugi asked.
"What's that?" Yami asked, rather curious.
"The winner gets to choose what they do next." Yuugi said.
"And what do you plan on us doing, Yuugi?" Yami asked.
Yuugi got up and walked around the table, sitting down in Yami's lap. She leaned forward and said, "I was thinking that, if you want, we could have a make-out session."
Yami didn't give her time to second guess herself before he pulled Yuugi into a heated kiss, resulting in the start of one their long make-out session.
"When do you plan on telling everyone that you are pregnant, Isis?" Mahado asked.
Isis looked up at him from her laying position next to him. "I'm not real sure. I will have to tell the Pharaoh since this will affect my duties. I will have to limit myself to what patients I can tend to." Isis said.
"Well, I can't wait to tell everyone." Mahado said.
"Excited?" Isis asked.
Mahado nodded. "Aren't you?" Mahado asked.
"I have to admit that I am excited." Isis admitted.
"What do you say that we tell everyone at dinner tonight?" Mahado suggested.
"Okay. I think that that is a great idea." Isis agreed.
Malik, Jou, and Heba were laughing hysterically. After a moment, Bakura and Marik joined them in the laughter. Seth just rolled his eyes. Atemu shook his head in disbelief. Anzu, Honda, and Mana looked in shock. Yami watched, a little worried.
Yuugi climbed out of the fountain that she had fallen into thanks to Jou, Malik, and Heba's idea to push her into it.
"Ha ha ha! That has got be the best trick that we have every pulled." Malik said.
"Yeah. That was funny." Marik agreed with a chuckle.
Yuugi glared at the group that was laughing at her.
Seeing her look, Jou, Malik, and Heba instantly took to hiding behind their husbands in fear.
"Yuugi, it was just a joke." Heba told her.
"If you three value your lives on any level, I would suggest that you find yourselves very good hiding placed within the nest fifteen minutes because after I get dried off and into dry clothes, I am hunting you down, and if I find you, I will have no mercy on you!" Yuugi threatened.
All three gulped at the threat.
Yuugi stormed off and headed into the palace.
"I think you three had better hide." Yami said before he went after her.
"Do you three never learn that Yuugi isn't going to let you get away pulling those kinds of stunts on her?" Atemu asked.
"It's just for fun." Jou protested.
"Yes, and Atemu, Marik, and I may become widowers if we allow her to get her hands on you three, so I think that we had better get you away so that Yuugi doesn't find you." Seth said.
Isis and Mahado were walking down the hall of the palace.
"I wonder where everyone is at." Mahado stated.
"Doing different things. There's nothing to-Yuugi! What happened to you?!" Isis exclaimed, startled to see that Yuugi was soaking wet.
"Isis, just to warn you, Heba, Jou, and Malik are going to be needing your skills as a healer very soon. Excuse me." Yuugi said before walking on.
Yami looked at them apologetically.
"Yami, why are those three going to be in my healing chambers?" Isis asked.
"Oh. A broken bone here, a broken jaw there." Yami said.
"What did they do?" Mahado asked.
"They thought that it would be funny to push Yuugi into the fountain in the gardens." Yami explained.
Isis and Mahado starred at him in disbelief.
"What possessed them to do that?" Mahado asked.
"I have no idea. All I do know is that Yuugi made it clear that they would die if she found them once she was in clean clothes." Yami said.
"Excuse me. I think that I will go and see if she is all right." Isis said. She walked down the hall to see Yuugi.
"Will those three ever learn that Yuugi always gets back at them when they do stuff like this?" Mahado asked.
Yami shrugged. "I don't know. I do know that I am not helping them in any way, shape, or form." Yami said.
"Truth be known, I wouldn't either." Mahado admitted.
Isis knocked on Yuugi's door. "Yuugi, it's Isis. May I come in?" Isis asked.
"Yes, Isis." Yuugi answered.
Isis opened the door and walked in as Yuugi walked out of her bathing area in dry clothes.
"Yami told us what those three did." Isis said.
"Then you know why they're dead." Yuugi said.
"Are you really going to put them in them in the healing chambers?" Isis asked.
Yuugi smiled. "No, but I will get revenge on them. It'll just be something that won't harm them." Yuugi said. She suddenly got an inspiration for her revenge. "Isis, I have an idea for getting revenge, but I need a little help. Could you help me?" Yuugi asked.
"What do you want to do?" Isis asked.
"I just need the things to do it, and I think that you can help me with that." Yuugi explained.
"It's not going to hurt them, is it?" Isis asked.
"No, but it will embarrass them." Yuugi answered.
"Very well. What is it that you need?" Isis asked.
Yuugi told her what she would need.
Isis smiled. "I think this is good payback. Come with me, and I'll get what you need." Isis said.
Yuugi nodded and followed Isis out of her room.
"All right, boys." Aknankanon said.
Heba, Malik, and Jou screamed, ducking behind their respective husbands.
Atemu, Marik, and Seth looked embarrassed and apologetic toward Amara and Aknanaknon.
"What is wrong with them?" Aknankanon asked.
"Well, they decided that it would be funny to push Yuugi into the fountain in the gardens. She didn't find it so amusing and promised death to them if she found them, so they are basically fearing for their lives and using us as human shields." Atemu explained.
"I have news for you, Malik. If I see Yuugi coming, I'm pushing you into her." Marik's aid.
"I thought that you were supposed to protect me as my husband." Malik shot back.
"Not when it comes to your enraged cousin." Marik said.
"Was there something that you needed, Father? Mother?" Atemu asked.
"We were wondering why you seemed to be hiding, but I think that I already know the answer to that." Aknankanon said.
"Yuugi wouldn't really hurt them, would she?" Amara asked, slightly worried.
"Nah. Yuugi's idea of hurting them is doing something tricky to get back at them. Remember the food incident. She'll do something like that again. Just a harmless practical joke." Ryou explained.
"Do not come to me when she does something because you will deserve it? She can do anything as long as it doesn't hurt you." Aknankanon said.
"Where's Yami at?" Amara asked.
"He went after Yuugi, so I assume that he's with her." Atemu replied.
Aknankanon shook his head. 'May Ra have mercy on these three. They will never learn that they should not mess with Yuugi because she always finds a way to pay them back.' Aknanaknon thought.
"AHHHH!"
There were three loud shouts that resonated from the chambers in the Royal living area.
Aknankanon, Amara, Karim, Shada, Isis, and Mahado had been walking down the halls when they heard the screams.
"What in the name of Ra is going on here?!" Aknankanon exclaimed.
As if in answer, three of the doors flung open, and Heba, Jou, and Malik came out.
By this time, Ryou, Bakura, Eternias, Yue, Anzu, Honda, Mana, Yami, and Yuugi had joined them.
Everyone took one look at Heba, Jou, and Malik, and they all burst out into a fit of laughter.
Heba had pink hair, Jou had purple hair, and Malik had orange hair.
"THIS ISN'T FUNNY!" Jou shouted.
"WHO THE HELL DID THIS TO US?!" Malik exclaimed.
"Oh. This is just a little something that I like to call payback." Yuugi said, a smirk on her lips.
"YOU DID THIS?!" Heba yelled.
Yuugi nodded. "Let's just say that I thought this would be a good way to pay you all back for thinking that you could get away with pushing me into the fountain." Yuugi said.
"Yuugi, as much as I agree that these three deserved this, please tell me that this isn't permanent." Atemu said. He didn't want his husband to have pink hair for the rest of his life. He liked Heba's tri-color hair, much like his own.
"It's not permanent. It will last for only a week before their hair color will return to normal." Isis assured them.
"How do you know?" Yue asked.
Isis smiled. "Who do you think gave Yuugi the things that she needed to pull this off?" Isis asked.
"You helped her?!" Jou exclaimed.
"After hearing what you three did, yes. It's not like any real harm has come to you." Isis pointed out.
"It is a rather ridiculous and funny sight thought." Aknankanon said.
"It's actually dinnertime, so I suggest that you all come." Amara said.
"I'm not leaving this room until my hair's blonde again." Jou said.
"Yes, you are. You brought this on yourself, so you can live with it." Seth told him.
At dinner, the group was still laughing about the fact that Heba Jou, and Malik had new hair colors.
"This isn't funny." Jou muttered.
"Yes, it is." Ryou said.
"I think I like their new hair color. I wonder if there is a way to make it permanent." Bakura said.
"NO!" Atemu, Heba, Marik, Malik, Seth, and Jou said at the same time.
"I don't think that Atemu, Seth, and Marik like that idea too much." Yami said.
"They might deserve this, but I don't want Jou to have purple hair for the rest of his life." Seth snapped.
"He won't. I wouldn't have let Yuugi use them if it would have been permanent." Isis assured them.
"Why couldn't you do something else?" Heba asked.
"I don't know. I thought that this was a better idea." Yuugi answered.
Mahado caught Isis' eye, silently asking her if she wanted to go ahead and tell them their news.
Everyone at the table knew of their marriage, even if there were few that did know.
Isis nodded her head slightly, but enough that Mahado saw it and knew that she said yes.
"Mahado and I have something that we need to say." Isis said.
"What's that?" Heba asked, desperate to get attention off their hair color.
"Go ahead, Isis. Tell us your news." Aknankanon said.
"Well, we thought that we would let you know that I am pregnant." Isis said.
"You are?!" everyone exclaimed.
Isis nodded, starting to blush a little at the attention on her.
"That's great!"
"Congratulations!"
"Wonderful!"
"That's excellent news!"
"This is certainly something good. We are all very happy for the both of you." Aknankanon said.
"Thank you, Pharaoh." Isis and Mahado said.
The rest of dinner consisted of them discussing political matters.
"Did you really give Yuugi the things to do that to those three?" Mahado asked.
Isis smiled. "Yes, I did. After what they did, I thought that Yuugi had earned the right to have a little revenge. Besides, it's not like they really got hurt, and it will only last a week." Isis said.
Mahado shook his head as he sat down on their bed. "Isis, you keep on surprising me. I never thought that you would help do something like this." Mahado said.
"Mahado, I didn't actually do anything. All I did was give Yuugi what she needed to pull this off. Although I must admit that I did find it rather fun to do that to them." Isis said as she also sat down.
Mahado laughed. "I still can't believe how the three of them looked. I don't think that Atemu, Seth, and Marik were any happier about this than Heba, Jou, and Malik were." Mahado said.
"Well, I think that it didn't bother them so much when they learned that it was not going to be a permanent look for them." Mahado said.
Isis smiled. "You know that I wouldn't have done anything that would be permanent. Besides, you do know that they deserved it." Isis said.
"Yes, I do. I never said that they didn't. I just didn't expect you to help in it, even if you didn't do that much." Mahado said.
"I may not do it often, but I can be tricky if I want to be." Isis said.
"Then are you going to help Yuugi in her revenge schemes later on?" Mahado asked as they lay down to go to sleep.
"I might, if she asks for help, although Yuugi is pretty good at figuring these things out for herself." Isis replied.
"I'm just glad that everyone reacted so well to our news." Mahado said.
Isis smiled serenely. "Mahado, you knew that no one would mind. Besides, it's not like there was much that they were going to be able to do about it." Isis said.
"I know, but it's nice to know that they all like the idea." Mahado said.
"I know. Good night." Isis said.
"Good night." Mahado replied.
True to Isis's word, Heba, Jou, and Malik's hair returned to normal within a week's time.
That was chapter 22. Hope you like it.
I'm not real sure what will be in the next chapter. Haven't really figured it out yet.
R&R.