Chapter 33- The Coronation
Several months had passed since Yuugi and Yami's wedding. Everything had been going fine for the newly married couple.
All of Egypt was excited about the newly married couple and were sure that when Yami took the throne, he would make an excellent Pharaoh, and that Yuugi would make a wonderful Queen.
Aknankanon sat in the throne room with the council and the priests in a very important meeting.
"My Pharaoh, are you certain that you wish to do as you have said?" Omar asked.
"Yes, I am. My Queen and I have talked over this extensively for the last few weeks, and we have agreed that this is what we want to do." Aknankanon said.
The council looked to Amara, who nodded her head to say that she was on agreement with what her husband had just said.
"Very well, my Pharaoh. If this is what you wish, then you will have the council's full support." Omar said.
"As you will have the priests full support." Eternias added.
"Good. We will need that for the people to adjust to this." Aknankanon said.
"Has Prince Yami and Princess Yuugi been notified of this?" Mahado asked.
"No. We will tell them of this today." Aknankanon said.
"Very well, my Pharaoh. We will not start with any of the planning until the Prince and Princess have been notified of this." Omar said.
"Good. My wife and I will tell Yami and Yuugi as soon as the meeting has ended." Aknankanon said.
The council and the priests nodded their heads in understanding.
Yami and Yuugi were walking out in the gardens. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the two usually ended up taking a walk in the gardens together as long as there was nothing else going on. Even then, they usually managed to walk in the gardens for a few minutes at least.
Yuugi let out a tired sigh.
"Are you tired, Yuugi?" Yami asked.
"Considering you kept me up half the night, yeah, I'm tired.' Yuugi replied.
Yami grinned and said, "Maybe, but I know that you enjoyed it."
Yuugi groaned. "At the time, it seemed like a good idea. I usually end up so tired for the next day that all I can do is think about going to sleep." Yuugi said.
"Well, I won't keep you up late tonight." Yami said.
"Doesn't mean that you are going to leave me alone." Yuugi replied.
"Hey. I said that I wouldn't keep you up late. That doesn't mean that I would leave you alone." Yami said.
"Ever since we got married, you have wanted to have sex every night." Yuugi said.
"Is that a bad thing?" Yami asked.
"Again, at the time, it doesn't seem like a bad thing, but I do end up regretting it the next day." Yuugi said.
"Excuse me. Prince. Princess." a female servant said, bowing respect respectfully to them.
"Yes. What is it?" Yami asked. He was disappointed that his time with Yuugi had been ruined, but he knew that it was bound to happen at some point or another.
"The Pharaoh requests your presence in his study." the female servant said.
"Which one of us?" Yuugi asked.
"Both of you, Your Highness." the servant replied.
"Very well." Yami said and dismissed the servant.
The female servant quickly left them.
"I wonder what Father wants." Yami murmured.
"Well, we could always go and see what he wants." Yuugi said sarcastically.
"All right. You're really wanting me to punish you tonight, aren't you?" Yami asked.
Yuugi smirked. "I guess it's up to you to decide if I deserve it." Yuugi answered.
Yami grinned evilly at her. "We'll see." Yami said.
The two walked through the halls of the palace until they reached the door that lead to Aknankanon's study.
Yami raised a hand and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Aknankanon asked.
"It's me, Father. Yuugi, too." Yami replied.
"Come in." Aknankanon said.
Yami opened the door, and the two walked in, closing the door behind them. They found that Amara was also in the room.
"Father, you sent for us?" Yami asked.
"Yes. There is something that we need to talk to you about. Sit down." Amara told them.
From her tone, Yami and Yuugi knew that whatever they were going to talk about was very serious, so the two sat down to listen to what needed to be said.
"Yami, you know that I am not as young as I used to be, and I'm afraid that the duties of being Pharaoh have started to take their toll on me." Aknanaknon said.
Yami frowned. "Father, what do you mean?" Yami asked.
"Don't get me wrong. My health is fine for a man my age. Isis has said so herself. However, it has gotten increasingly harder for me to keep up with all the duties that I am expected to perform. Your mother and I have spent the last few discussing this, and we have not come to this decision lightly. However, we have agreed that it would be best both for me and for Egypt if I were too step down from the throne and allow you to take over." Aknankanon said.
Yami's eyes widened. "You mean, you want me to go ahead and become Pharaoh?" Yami asked.
"Yes, I do. It is not a decision that was lightly made. I know that normally you wouldn't take over until my death, but I believe that the time has come for you to take the throne, Yami. I have already discussed this with the council and the priests, and they have agreed with me on this decision. You and Yuugi will be crowned as the new Pharaoh and Queen within the next few weeks." Aknankanon said.
"Very well, Father. If this is what you think is best for Egypt." Yami said.
"I do think that this is best for Egypt." Aknankanon answered.
"Wow. I didn't expect this this soon." Yuugi said.
"I know." Yami said, sitting down on their bed. "I honestly didn't think that Father would have stepped down like that." Yami said.
"Are you worried?" Yuugi asked.
Knowing better than to lie to his wife, Yami nodded. "I guess I am a little worried. I knew that would become Pharaoh one day, but I didn't expect it to be so soon." Yami said.
Yuugi smiled and sat down beside him. "You know, it's not like you're going to be going through this alone. I'm in the same boat that you are." Yuugi told him.
Yami smiled at her. "I know. I'm glad that I do have you to help me with this." Yami said.
Yuugi smiled at him again. "You're always going to have me to go through things with you." Yuugi said before she leaned up to kiss Yami on the lips.
Yami kissed her back. When they finally broke the kiss, Yami said, "I guess we won't be a prince and a princess for much longer."
"No, we won't." Yuugi agreed.
Yami smirked. "I guess that means that if I want to make love to my princess, I'll have to do a lot of it." Yami said.
Yuugi's eyes widened. "Ya-" Yuugi started, but Yami pounced on her and knocked her back on the bed, kissing her.
Yami pried Yuugi's mouth opened and slipped his tongue inside of Yuugi's mouth. He immediately started to roam around the inside of Yuugi's mouth, stroking every inch of her mouth before he coaxed her into tongue duel, which he allowed her to win. Yuugi ended up slipping her tongue inside of Yami's mouth, and she started to roam around the inside of Yami's mouth, eliciting a moan of pleasure from Yami. When the need for air became too great, the two finally broke apart, panting.
"Yami, just so you know, you're going to have to wait until tonight." Yuugi said.
Yami pouted. "But why, Yuugi?" Yami whined.
"Because Father is most-likely going to announce to the kingdom that he will be stepping down and that you will be the new Pharaoh very soon, and I don't think that you want someone coming to knock on our door when we're in the middle of sex." Yuugi said.
Yami grinned sheepishly. "I guess you're right. I would rather not have someone coming to the door when we're making love." Yami agreed.
"Good. I really don't need that." Yuugi said.
"You do realize that I am going to have to punish you tonight for what you said in the gardens." Yami said.
Yuugi smiled. "I'm actually looking forward to that, Yami." Yuugi answered.
Yami smirked. "I'm glad to hear it because you are going to be punished tonight, Yuugi." Yami said.
"If you think that I deserve it, all right." Yuugi said.
"Oh, trust me. You deserve it." Yami replied.
The afternoon, Aknankanon had called his people so that they could hear the news.
The people of Egypt looked on rather expectedly, wondering what it was that their Pharaoh needed to tell them this time.
"My people, I have called you here to make a very important announcement. I wanted to inform you that I have decided that I will step down form the throne." Aknanaknon said.
There were soft murmurs heard throughout the crowds.
"In doing so, my son, Yami, will become the new Pharaoh of Egypt." Aknankanon said.
That caused an excitement to run through the crowd. Everyone had wondered what kind of king that Yami would make, and it meant that they would know what kind of Pharaoh they would have in Yami.
"The coronation of my son and his wife will take place at the end of next week." Aknankanon said.
"Wow. Queen of Egypt, huh." Heba said.
"Shut up. It's not like you didn't know that this was coming at some point." Yuugi said.
"So, what has to happen now?" Ryou asked.
"Well, starting tomorrow, Yami and I will be working with the council and the priests to get the coronation ceremony planned out." Yuugi said.
"Which translates into another ball." Bakura grumbled.
"Yeah. That night, there will be another ball." Yuugi replied.
"Good luck on getting Yami to help plan it all. You'll probably end up planning the whole thing by yourself." Marik said.
"Trust me. He's going to help me if he knows what's good for him." Yuugi said.
"Yami, get up." Yuugi said, trying to get her husband up the following morning.
Yami groaned and rolled over. "Go back to sleep, Yuugi." Yami mumbled into his pillow.
"Yami, get up. We have to get to the throne room so that we can start planning for the coronation." Yuugi said.
"It can wait." Yami replied sleepily.
Yuugi sighed. "I guess I have no choice now." Yuugi muttered to herself. She leaned over so that her lips were by Yami's ear as she said, "Yami, if you don't get up right now, you'll be going without sex for at least three weeks."
Yami was out of bed and on his feet in a split second. "I'm up, Yuugi! I'm up!" Yami exclaimed. He really didn't want to have to go without being with Yuugi for so long.
"Good. Now, how about we get dressed and go down for breakfast? We should eat before we talk with the council and the priests about the arrangements for the coronation." Yuugi said.
"All right." Yami said.
The two got dressed for the day before they left their room to go and eat breakfast.
Yuugi and Yami were sitting in the throne room with the council and the priests to plan the coronation ceremony.
"We'll have the musicians play songs, and you can nod to tell us if you like the song or not." Omar said.
They started with the musicians, and Yuugi and Yami told them the songs that they did or did not want to be played during the coronation ball.
"We'll do the dancers now." Seth said.
They watched as several of the different dancers performed different dances, and Yuugi and Yami chose the ones that they wanted to have performed at the coronation, and the ones that they didn't want.
They discussed many of the coronation plans before the meeting finally ended, much to Yami's relief.
After the meeting ended, which had taken most of the day, Yuugi and Yami walked back to their room.
"I have never had such an exhausting day in my life." Yami muttered.
"Oh, calm down, Yami. Look at it this way. This is the only coronation that you have to plan." Yuugi said.
"That's about the only consolation that I have to doing all this." Yami said.
The two entered their room and started to get ready for bed.
"I'm really tired." Yami said as he sat on the bed.
Yuugi smirked. She climbed onto the other side of the bed and crawled over so that she was behind Yami. Using his being unable to see her, Yami was startled when he suddenly felt lips on his neck. "Hmm. Yuugi." Yami moaned.
Yuugi smirked as she started to suck on Yami's neck. After she left a bruise mark there, Yuugi pulled away and whispered in Yami's ear, "Are you too tired to punish me?"
Yami immediately pounced on Yuugi, knocking her backwards onto her back. "I'm never too tired to punish you, Yuugi." Yami said.
With that, he leaned down and captured Yuugi's lips with his own.
The day of the coronation had arrived.
"I hope that Yami's ready for this." Atemu said.
"Do you wish that it was you?" Heba asked.
"Nope. Truthfully, I never wanted to be Pharaoh, but being the oldest, I wasn't going to be given an option. I really didn't want to become Pharaoh after I fell in love with you." Atemu said, wrapping his arms around Heba's waist. "Which is why I very grateful that Yami decided to become Pharaoh in my place." Atemu added before he leaned down to kiss Heba.
Heba smiled. "You know, we really do owe your brother a lot for his sacrifice." Heba said.
"Actually, I don't think that Yami considers it that much of a sacrifice. After all, if he hadn't decided to take my place, I would have been forced to marry, Yuugi would have never known you were here and sent that letter, we never would have went to see them, and Yami would have never met Yuugi. So, in the end, it's because Yami decided to become Pharaoh that he was able to meet your sister in the first place." Atemu said.
"Yeah. At least I know that my sister will be taken care of, and she will make a good queen for Egypt in the end." Heba said.
The coronation ceremony came.
Yuugi and Yami, with many witnesses gathered, stepped up to the throne where Karim and Mahado were standing.
"Prince Yami. Princess Yuugi. Kneel." Mahado said.
The two did as they were told.
Mahado removed Yami's princely crown and replied it with the one that represented his kingship, and Karim did the same for Yuugi.
"Stand up. Pharaoh Yami. Queen Yuugi." Mahado said.
As Yami and Yuugi stood up, there was applause for the new Pharaoh and Queen of Egypt.
That night was the ball to celebrate the crowning of the new rulers of Egypt.
The first thing that had been done was a big banquet in their honor. It was strange to Yuugi and Yami to be sitting at the head of the table.
Aknanaknon and Amara had warned them that it would take them a while to adjust to their new roles, as it had been hard for them.
The next part was for everyone to go to the ballroom to dance and give their good wishes to the new rulers.
Yuugi and Yami were out dancing in the ballroom among the other couples.
"Well, it looks like we've got a lot more to do now." Yuugi said.
"Yes. I agree with that." Yami said.
"Do you think that we will be able to handle it?" Yuugi asked.
"Yes. I think so, although I think I'll worry about that tomorrow. I have something else to worry about tonight." Yami said.
"Like what?" Yuugi asked.
"Making love to my queen for the first time." Yami said low enough that only they heard it
I hope that you liked the coronation. I know it's not my best, but I hope you liked it. Just to clarify the last sentence, Yami means that it will be the first time that they will ahve sex as Pharaoh and Queen. They were still the Prince and Princess for the other times. Just clarifying that for anyone who didn't get my meaning.
The next chapter has Yuugi a little sick, and Yami learns why.
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