Wow, it's really been over a week since I last updated this story. I'm slacking it seems. Well, I do not own Yugioh, enjoy!
Chapter 11
They rest of the month passed on rather dully for all of its occupants. Well, besides the occasional pranks by Yugi and his two servants. They had a habit of planning and placing them in places where they would cause the most mayhem and mess. No harm ever came from the pranks, just a whole lot of confusion mostly, and somehow they were never caught in the act of setting it up either. Like just last yesterday, Yami had been drinking what he thought to be purely water, only to discover someone had put jalapeños juice in it. The outcome had been Yami making a fool of himself as he tried to find some way to quench the flame in his mouth and throat.
How exactly did Yami know Yugi was behind it? Simple, that very same night Yugi had asked him in a very suspicious and innocent way if his day had gone well. Plus he had been inspecting his finger nails at the time, a sign that Yami had come to take as a signal that he definitely had something to do with anything that went wrong. Still, he couldn't prove it, and that's what frustrated him the most. His fiancé was a sneaky one for sure.
"We are here my Pharaoh, Princes, Lords and Priests, we are nearly in Egypt at last." The captain of the ship announced as they pulled into the harbor of the Red Sea.
"Wow, it's beautiful," Yugi whispered next to Yami looking out at the land.
"It's my home land, of course it's beautiful," Yami responded looking down at him.
"How far is the Palace?" Yugi asked turning to look up at him.
"About a full day's journey," Yami answered.
"I best go get Mira and Malik as we'll be docking soon," Yugi said nodding and pushing away from the railing. As Yami watched him disappear below the decks, he couldn't stop a foreboding feeling from creeping up on him. Pushing from the railing himself, Yami went to follow him.
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Yugi went below deck and hastened to Mira and Malik's quarters, he didn't know why but something in his gut told him they needed him. As Yugi ran through the halls to get to their quarters, from his back he pulled out his two Katana Swords. It was probably best that Yami never knew he carried these on him at all times while awake. He could only imagine his face if he discovered that his innocent little fiancé carried weapons on his person.
Yugi came across the room to find the door slightly ajar, bursting in he found the Guard Ushio Zankokuna standing over a cowering Mira, with Malik standing over her protecting her with his back. There were already three deep whip marks upon his back, and Yugi's vision went as red as the blood trailing down the skin.
Before Ushio could comprehend what was going on, he found himself on his back with a sword pointed at his throat. Yugi had a cold bone chilling look in his eyes as he stared down at Ushio like he was no more than a pestering insect he wished to be rid of. That was how Yami found them anyway.
"Did I not tell you that I didn't wish to see you near my servants ever again? Explain to me guard, what part of this wasn't clear to you?" Yugi asked in a voice that didn't sound like his own.
Yami remembered his Father saying that the Emperor said to not let Yugi's servants come to harm and try to prevent it at all costs. Looking past Yugi, he found Mira with a whip mark on her arm and Malik had three more on his back. His eyes flashed back to the cold stance Yugi was sporting as he stood above one of their largest guards.
"You're not my Prince, so I don't have to take orders from you," Ushio spat out.
"You're right you do not, and you won't be able to respond to any more orders here after either," Yugi said raising his blade high.
"No! Yugi!" Yami cried rushing into the room and grabbing the hand that was wrapped around the hilt of the sword that Yugi was wielding.
"Stand down, Yami," Yugi said glaring at him.
"I can't do that. We have our own means of justice here, and I will make sure that this guard receives every bit of it," Yami said back firmly.
"Funny, your Father gave me his word that I would see neither hide nor hair of him, and yet here he stands before me anyway," Yugi said bringing another sword down to finish Ushio off. Yami grasped that one as well.
"GUARDS!" a sudden shout sounded behind Yami. He couldn't risk turning around and seeing who it was though. All of his concentration needed to be on his fiancé, and his sudden change in character.
"Yugi, it's okay," Mira said quietly. Yugi turned his head in her direction slightly but his strength didn't lessen in the amount of pressure that he was putting on the swords.
"Yeah, you got here in time, we were barely hurt," Malik said grinning and attempting to hide his back as Mira had already hidden her arm. Yugi turned to face Yami again.
"Then get up already if you're just fine," Yugi said his voice still cold.
"Yes, Master," they both said climbing to their feet.
Yugi yanked his hands and their hilts away from Yami's grasp as if the strength he was using to hold them there was no more than that of a child's. It made Yami realize just how little he really knew about his beautiful fiancé. True they had gotten to know each other a little over the course of the month's journey, but that had simply been likes and dislikes.
Still looking Yami in the eye, Yugi put his swords back where they belonged before leaving the room, without so much as a signal to his servants that he was leaving. They didn't seem to need it though, as they rushed immediately after him. What had just happened?
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"You both are truly fine then?" Yugi asked glancing over his shoulder.
"Yes Master, we're sorry you had to rescue us," Mira said looking down. She didn't like this Yugi, he was too royal, and she wanted her Yugi back. The one she had helped the midwife raise.
"Very well," Yugi said looking forward again and taking the steps two at a time to reach the glaring sunlit deck. Without a moment's hesitation he made his way over to the stern of the ship. Yugi leaned against the railing as he waited for his servants to follow him up. Once he felt their presence behind him, he turned to face them.
"What happened?" Yugi asked his face was so emotionless it appeared to be made of stone.
"We were packing the last of our things when that Guard burst into the room. I was the closest and he seemed to be aiming for me anyway as he raised his whip high and brought it down upon me. I was able to raise my arm and deflect it. Malik then shoved me out of the way and protected me with his back until you arrived, and well you know the rest." Mira explained looking down at the deck of the ship.
"Your arm," Yugi said simply holding out his hand for her appendage.
Mira raised the sleeve of her left arm and showed him the twisting mark that had stopped bleeding. It was like a snake twisting around a branch of a tree, from her forearm to almost her elbow, the whip left a tight twisting mark upon her light skin. Yugi dropped the appendage after studying it for a little while and motioned for Malik to turn around. Yugi took more time to study the long slash marks upon Malik's back, touching the one that was still bleeding. Ripping a piece of cloth from his tunic, he pressed it gently against Malik's open wounds. Once he had wiped all of the blood away, he ripped another piece of his tunic and turned to Mira. Holding out his hand again, Mira put her arm in his hand. Yugi wrapped the cloth and tied it around her own whip mark.
"We'll have to get you fixed up at the palace, but until then take off your shirt," Yugi said looking to Malik as he pulled Mira's sleeve back down to hide the makeshift bandage.
"Master?" Malik questioned but Yugi wasn't done speaking.
"And wear this instead," Yugi continued pulling off his own shirt and handing it to him.
"I cannot Master," Malik said horrified by even the suggestion of such a thing.
"You will," Yugi ordered.
"Y-yes Master," Malik conceded taking off his shirt and putting on the one that Yugi held out. It was much too short for him, but at least it covered the whip marks sufficiently enough.
"Malik, do you see anybody else around here?" Yugi asked sighing in what appeared to be frustration.
"No Master," Malik said glancing around him.
"Then quit with the Master bit! You know how much I hate that!" Yugi spoke as if aggravated.
"Yugi!" Mira cried out giving him a tight squeeze.
"I'm the same person Mira," Yugi sighed out returning the hug and then pushing her away as he noticed Yami come up and start to look for them.
"No you're not, you're different." Mira mumbled.
"Only because I hate to see you guys get hurt when you've been hurt so much in the past already," Yugi whispered keeping his eyes trained on Yami.
"It's all that man's fault," Malik whispered out harshly.
"No it's my own fault. If only I had been able to protect the two of you better, perhaps things would have been different," Yugi said quietly as Yami locked eyes with him and started to make his way over.
"Don't you dare blame yourself, when you did all you could do at such a young age. He brought this part out of you, and he's the only one to blame for it," Mira said trying to force Yugi to look at her. It was like trying to turn a stone statue for all the effort Mira put in it, Yugi's head did not budge.
"Quiet, we have company," Yugi mumbled as he finally broke the gaze he had been sharing with Yami.
"Do you mind explaining to me just exactly what happened down there?" Yami asked loudly as if he wanted the entire ship to hear him. Yugi pushed Malik and Mira behind him as he faced Yami head on. Bedsides he didn't know if Yami lashed out when he was angry, and didn't want to take any chances if that was the case.
"You were warned were you not, of the consequences that could happen if my servants were harmed?" Yugi asked stiffly.
"We weren't told of any consequences Yugi. We were only told to make sure it never happened if there was anything we could do to prevent it," Yami said in a dangerously low voice getting close to Yugi's face.
"Go," Yugi said grabbing the hands of his servants and motioning them away.
"You think I'm going to hurt them?" Yami asked in disbelief as Mira and Malik scrambled to get away.
"It's better to be safe than sorry. You're very angry, and I would hate for them to get caught in the crossfire of your anger should you lash out," Yugi replied just as heatedly.
"I feel as if I don't even know you anymore!" Yami said looking Yugi up and down, and just noticing for the first time that he wasn't wearing a shirt.
"You never did. Why do you think the engagement is a yearlong? It's so both parties of the engagement can get to know one another to the full extent of where there is no use for anymore secrets," Yugi explained harshly.
"Where's your shirt?" Yami asked distracted by his counterpart's surprisingly small muscled form.
"Were you even paying attention?" Yugi asked flabbergasted by the sudden change if subject.
"Of course I was." Yami said.
"Really? Then what did I say?" Yugi asked crossing his arms over his chest and giving Yami a stern look.
"You said that I never knew you, and that the purpose of a yearlong engagement is so that we can get to know each other so well that secrets are useless," Yami repeated the gist of Yugi's words back to him.
"Lucky guess," Yugi said unfolding his arms and looking away.
"No, I was paying attention. Now where's your shirt?" Yami stressed.
"On Malik. I wasn't about to let any servant of mine parade around in a shirt that had been torn at the back. Also, I didn't want anyone to see his scars," Yugi said turning to look back out at Egypt coming closer to them by the second.
"That was, very Noble of you," Yami said bracing his arms against the railing around Yugi's small form.
"I'm a Prince, Noble is one of my best qualities," Yugi said smiling, even if Yami couldn't see it.
"Hmm," Yami commented before turning Yugi's chin to face him.
Before Yugi could protest or even make a sound, Yami had captured his lips with his own. Twisting Yugi around to face him fully he pressed him into the railing. Yami gently nipped and licked at Yugi's bottom lip, as his hands smoothed circles with his thumbs into Yugi's abdomen. Yugi practically melted into gooey mess at Yami's ministrations to his body. His lips parted as he let out a ragged breath. Yami took the chance and slid his tongue into Yugi's moist cavern. Yami attempted to get Yugi to play with him, but it seemed that the boy was lost in Yami's sense of touch upon his body. Taking a huge risk, Yami slid his hands up to Yugi's small pects. The moment was broken as soon as Yami gave one rising nipple a single flick. Yugi shoved him away with amazing strength and force for someone so small.
"I don't think so," Yugi said his chest rising and falling with both exertion and Yami's kissing abilities. His eyes were livid and bright.
"I was only testing boundaries," Yami said trying to smooth things over while raising his hands as if surrendering.
"Keep your tests to yourself next time," Yugi ground out as he knocked Yami's shoulder with his own in his rush to get away from him.
"My Princes, there you are. We have docked in Egypt, and are now making to go ashore," a servant said coming up to them but making sure to keep her head down a she addressed them.
"Thank you," Yami said as he stared after Yugi. Yugi had simply nodded and went to find where his servants were hovering. It seemed that Yami was entering the lands of Egypt alone.
Yugi: must you always take advantage?
Yami: of course.
[rolls eyes] Get off the screen you two. Okay, this chapter was a test to see how you reacted to cold Yugi. If you never want to see him again tell me in your reviews, and I'll have Yami come to the rescue for Yugi. So let me know if you like him or not, choice is yours.
Yugi: wait, if they tell you to, you're going to make me weak and helpless?
Yes.
Yugi: that's not fair! [storms away]
Yami: sweet, you guys should definitely have me come to the rescue.
OI, no persuading the readers!
Yami: i'm not, i'm just making a casual...suggestion.
Yeah, well go make it somewhere else. I would like to thank everyone who have/are favorited/following this story. I'd also like to thank those who reviewed, Guest and User alike. Please review and tell me what you think! Midnight ;p
Yami: tell her you want Yugi to be defenseless.
Get out of here!