AteKake: UGH! I still don't know much about the plot of this, I have a few ideas, but I just don't know which one I should go with. Hmm. Oh well, sigh. I seriously am just gonna wing this. I kinda know what to put in this chapter, but I just don't know how to write it…kinda get what I'm sayin' Oh well. Let's just see how this turns out.
Mana and Yugi finished reading the piece of parchment, before both the teens looked at each other; Yugi seemed to be the only confused one at the moment. Mana was the first to budge, she looked once more at the letter, before patting Yugi's back. "Don't worry, Yugi. Atemu wouldn't even hurt a fly! Now, let's get you to his chambers."
Yugi didn't really say anything, he felt as though he couldn't. So, first he was taken to the palace for a little stealing; now he was being basically forced to be the pharaoh's personal servant? Wouldn't that just make him a slave? Yugi sighed, "Okay Mana, but just to let you know, I'm actually scared about this."
Mana looked at Yugi, gently smiling. "Don't you worry. I've known Atemu for how many years now, and I can assure you that Atemu wouldn't do anything to kill you. Unless you're Bakura, then that's a whole different story."
Yugi looked at her for a few moments, seeing the sincerity in Mana's eyes. "Fine. Just can you show me to his chambers?"
Mana nodded her head happily, "Of course! Come on, I'll show you the way, but just to let you know, we get to pass Atemu's personal gardens, even if you can't really see them 'cause of the curtain there (a/n I have no clue if they had some sort of curtain thing back then, but I'm gonna add it on to the story anyway)."
Yugi nodded his head. Mana started towards one direction, Yugi following behind her. The two passed the huge halls of the palace in silence, but small conversations broke out from time to time.
After a good few minutes, Mana and Yugi were very close to Atemu's chambers, before Mana gave a short gasp, turning to Yugi. She pointed to a doorway, covered with a silk, crimson curtain. "Here! Even though the curtain is covering the entrance, this is Atemu's personal gardens. If you even listen really closely, you can hear the flow of water. I don't fully know what it is, but I bet it's kinda like a little pool or something like that."
The two grew quiet; Yugi closed his eyes, somehow to him it made everything easier to hear when he did. A faint flowing water sound could be heard, and some small splashes. Mana smiled, "I bet he has some fish in there or something. Probably really pretty ones too. Now he's probably really tired, but he still needs to explain everything to us, so come on. It's that door right there." She pointed to another doorway, also covered by a crimson silk sheet.
Mana and Yugi approached the door. Mana knocked on the wall, before quietly saying, "Kay, Atemu. We're gonna come in." She didn't even give Atemu time to respond, before grabbing Yugi's hand and pulling him into the room. She pulled the silk back, before they entered the room.
Empty.
Mana was confused. Atemu wasn't there, the only thing that was there was Horus, who was cleaning his feathers.
The falcon saw the two before stopping his grooming and staring at the two. Mana looked at the bird before saying, "Horus, where is your master?"
The bird responded with a short caw. As if she understood the exact words of the animal, she turned to a confused Yugi. "I bet you that Atemu is in his gardens. Just leave him there by himself. Try to get some sleep, I bet you're tired. You can sleep on his bed, if he gets mad; just tell him that I said you could. I need to go to my chambers now so good night!" Mana happily wished.
"Good night," Yugi returned. Mana left the room happily, leaving him a little nervous. "I just hope that Pharaoh doesn't get mad at me for this. But, it is kind of awkward not really knowing anyone here," Yugi sighed, "But I'm tired so I'll try to get some sleep."
Yugi got up on the bed, which could fit about six people, and still have room to move a bit. He got to one side of the bed, picking up some covers in his hands and pulling them over himself. Even though Egypt was a desert, it did get cold in the night. Yugi rested his head on a pillow, trying his best to fall asleep.
Atemu sneaked back into his chambers late in the middle of the night, almost morning even. He looked into the chambers, in the dim light on his balcony, he couldn't make out anything within his room. He sighed, realizing that he needed to wake up early for tomorrow's meeting with his priests.
Wait. He thought for a moment, wasn't Yugi supposed to be sent to him? Atemu wondered this for a few moments. He shrugged; Mana must have just let him stay in her chambers or anything like that. Atemu made his way to the gigantic bed, before seeing a pale shadow in the moonlight resting within the covers to his bed.
Atemu peered at the figure, squinting his eyes and doing his best to make out what it was. A petite figure was within the covers, and at the top a tricolor mop of hair. Yugi. Atemu smiled a bit, at least he now knew fully where Yugi is. "Mana must have brought him here. But she does know that is any guards saw him, they'd panic and maybe even kill him on the spot. Thank the gods that she's sneaky.
Atemu felt drowsiness slowly take over. He decided to rest now but was kind of unsure of what to do.
He could sleep on the other side of the bed, yet Yugi might feel bad if waking up and Atemu being feet away from him on a single bed. Maybe sleeping sort of next to him might be fine, but it might be kind of awkward. "Oh whatever," Atemu said to himself. He slid next to Yugi but not right next to him. He gave out a yawn and closed his eyes to try his best at falling asleep.
Yugi noted a small moving while he woke a bit. He could just hear Atemu's footsteps, but he was too tired to care. He closed his eyes a bit, but not fully going back to sleep just yet. Yugi felt a long time of waiting. Atemu did go closer to the bed, he could just sense it.
A quiet silence.
Yugi then felt something move up the bed, settling next to him. Yugi would have turned to see what was there, but he didn't want Atemu to know that he was kind of awake. Yugi just let out a deep breath, at least Atemu didn't wake him to ask as to why Yugi was in his bed. Yugi closed his eyes once more as he felt Atemu shift in his sleep.
Yugi's eyes fluttered open as he gave a yawn. It was now morning and Ra had risen. Yugi was just a bit confused as to where he was at the moment. Last he remembered was Mana taking him somewhere. Where was that again? Yugi thought a few moments; he was still drowsy a bit so he couldn't fully think straight.
Wait.
He stared straight ahead, seeing silk curtains over a small bit of an opening to a balcony. Yugi then remembered. Mana had taken him to Atemu's chambers because of the letter that he had sent him.
Yugi then realized that Atemu had fallen asleep next to him, and he could still feel the weight on his side. Yugi turned to face Atemu, who was thankfully still deep asleep. Yugi blushed, noting that the pharaoh had only the lower part of his regular attire on. He quickly turned away. Yugi shook his head, deciding to try to fall asleep once again.
Mana skipped through the halls of the palace. She was hyper today and she wasn't fully sure why. She didn't even have breakfast yet and she just got done getting prepared for the day. She hummed a small tune as she traveled the halls, spotting Mahado who had a worried look on his face. She approached the priest, giving him a look of curiosity. "What's wrong Master Mahado?"
Mahado looked at his apprentice with a worried look. "Well, Pharaoh hasn't been seen yet since yesterday and I am not sure if he is still in his chambers asleep," he stated.
"Oh, well last night he asked me to bring Yugi into his chambers, which I did. He wasn't there at the time, so I am guessing that he was in his private gardens again. He always goes there when he can and I bet he stays there for long periods of time," Mana said happily.
"I see. I bet he is still sleeping within his chambers," Mahado waited a moment, "Wait, did you say that you brought Yugi into the pharaoh's chambers?"
Mana nodded her head, "Yup. Why?"
Mahado sighed, "Did his highness say that you could Yugi into his chambers?"
"Well no duh. Why? Do you think that I'd really just bring anyone into the Pharaoh of Egypt's chambers without permission? You can always know that I follow orders," Mana happily said.
Mahado looked at the teen, sighing. "Fine. So now, why don't you go and wake Pharaoh up and Yugi, since you did show a bit of disrespect with your last statement. You know that his highness does get a little cranky when you wake him."
Mana pouted, but when along with what her master said. "Fine, but can I bring Master Seth with me? He can be like a back-up if Atemu gets mad."
Mahado sighed before pointing in the direction of Atemu's chambers, "Go now before I make you go and clean the kitchens." Mana giggled before running off into the direction of Atemu's chambers.
She happily skipped in the direction that Mahado had pointed to, moving quickly through the halls to wake Atemu up in time. In less than a few minutes, she had reached his room. The curtain was still over it, so she peered through a slit between the doorway to see the pharaoh sound asleep in the covers.
Yugi seemed to be awake by now, so she just entered the chambers quietly. Yugi moved to turn and see Mana slowly and quietly moving over the floor. She put her pointer finger on her lips, showing Yugi that he needed to be quiet. She then quietly called Yugi over.
Yugi looked at her before quietly slipping out of the bed, making sure that he didn't wake Atemu up. He crept quietly over to Mana's side, doing his best not to make any noise loud enough to wake Atemu.
Mana smiled at Yugi and quietly whispered, "Good morning, Yugi."
Yugi smiled back at the teen, "Good morning."
"I was sent by master Mahado. He told me to wake up Atemu, but anytime someone wakes him up, he gets pretty cranky. I hope that he doesn't yell at me or anything like that," Mana hoped. "You need to get ready for later. Do you want me to help you get ready? Well, I can try using my magic to make it faster."
Yugi looked at Mana for a moment. "Um, you can use your magic now to get me ready?"
Mana nodded her head and whispered once more, "Yup. I can try my best to make it quick. And I doubt that I would actually hurt you through the process. I think…"
"You… think?" Yugi asked. He shrugged his shoulders, "Okay, but make sure not to wake the pharaoh up."
Mana smiled, pulling out her wand and waving it in front of Yugi. He closed his eyes, scared of what might happen. "Okay," Mana whispered, "You can look now." Yugi opened his eyes like Mana said.
He looked at his tunic, which seemed to be changed and washed almost. He saw that his necklace was still there, which gave him some relief. Mana giggled at Yugi and then snuck over to Atemu, before quietly shaking him. "Atemu, wake up."
The pharaoh moaned in his sleep, not wanting Mana to wake him.
The magician sighed, "Come on Atemu! You need to get ready for your council meeting! Plus you need to have some breakfast! I bet that you are hungry."
"Go away," Atemu said into his pillow. Mana watched Atemu, before going to his feet to try and pry him off of the bed (a/n I somehow can just see this happening). Yugi watched the two in a little bit of amazement. Atemu might have been the Pharaoh, but he acted just like any other teenager.
"Wake up Atemu! You do know that Yugi is watching you right now? Right?" Mana happily said.
Atemu froze, before slowly lifting his head, seeing Mana pulling on one of his legs while Yugi was just innocently watching the two. "I hate you right now, Mana," Atemu growled at Mana. He looked right at her while she happily laughed.
Mana smiled at Atemu happily, "Don't forget that you still need to explain why Yugi is going to be your personal servant remember? So come on and get up already!"
AteKake: This just seems like drabble to me. Well, it might seem like that for a while. I do have an idea of what's going to be in the next chapter, but I don't know what will come after. And once again I apologize for the delay! School is almost done for the year though! Yay! So I hope that you guys enjoy this even if this is only drabble. Review please!