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Chapter 21- Explanations

The sun shone brightly over the sky in the Millennial Kingdom. It was a great contrast to the storm that had raged the night before.

The sunlight streamed in through the windows of Yugi's room, hitting Yugi in the face.

Yugi squeezed his eyes shut before he opened them to look around. He found himself lying on Yami's chest.

Yami was still sound asleep.

Yugi smiled as he looked at his lover. Yugi couldn't have been happier now. He had his lover back, and he knew that he wasn't going to be leaving again. 'Things are a lot better now.' Yugi thought, knowing that he hadn't been this happy since Yami had left the Millennial Kingdom.

"Happy now?"

Yugi sat up and looked to see that Firestar was laying at the foot of the bed, looking at him. "When did you come in here?" Yugi asked, knowing that Firestar hadn't been in there when he and Yami went to sleep the night before.

"I came in here not too long ago. I knew that since Yami was back, I wouldn't want to come in here." Firestar said.

"Probably a good thing." Yugi agreed.

Yami groaned. "Can't you two be quiet? I'm trying to sleep." Yami said.

Yugi laughed. "Come on, Yami. You need to get up." Yugi said.

"Why?" Yami grumbled, turning so that his back was to Yugi and pulling the covers over his head to block out the sunlight.

Yugi rolled his eyes and grabbed the covers, jerking them off of Yami's head. "Yami, in case you have forgotten, there's a lot that we are going to have to now." Yugi said.

"Like what?" Yami asked.

"Well, for starters, we're going to have to explain to my grandfather, Dartz, and the council about why you are here." Yugi said.

Yami opened his eyes and turned to face Yugi, "I suppose that is a good reason to get up. What are they going to say?" Yami asked.

"I have no idea, but I would rather get this part over with before long." Yugi said.

"I get it." Yami said.

"Then you two might want to get a shower." Firestar said.

"Why? Are you saying that we stink?" Yami asked.

"In a way, yes. You both smell like sex." Firestar said.

Yugi blushed.

"I don't think that you want anyone to know about that at the moment, at least not in that much detail, so I suggest that you both get a shower." Firestar said.

"Okay. Fine. I just have one problem." Yami said.

"What's that?" Yugi asked.

"I don't have any other clothes." Yami said.

Yugi then climbed out of the bed, grabbing a robe to put on. "Yes, you do." Yugi said.

Yami glanced at him. "What do you mean?" Yami asked.

"When you went back to Egypt, you left some of your clothes here in my room. You can wear them." Yugi explained.

"Oh." Yami said.

Yugi went over to a drawer and got out the clothes. "Come on. We should go and get a shower." Yugi said.

"Okay." Yami said, getting out of bed and following Yugi into the bathroom.

Firestar sighed. "I'd better get out of here. I don't want to hear them if they go at it again." Firestar muttered to himself as he got off the bed and left the room.

"Get up, Atemu." Heba said, shaking his husband.

Atemu was stubborn and wouldn't wake up.

Heba sighed. "Come on, Atemu. It's time to get up." Heba said.

Atemu was still sound asleep.

Heba sighed. There was only one way that he was going to get his lazy husband out of bed. He leaned down to Atemu's ear and said in a singsong voice, "Até. If you don't get out of bed now, you're going to be going without sex for a month."

Atemu's eyes flew open and he jumped out of bed in a flash. "ALL RIGHT! I'M UP! I'M UP!!!" Atemu said frantically.

Heba couldn't help it. He collapsed into a fit of laughter. "Y-you don't know h-how funny you l-looked." Heba said.

Atemu glared. "That wasn't funny in the least, Heba." Atemu said.

Heba wiped the tears from his eyes. "I thought it was. I have never seen you move so fast. Besides, I thought that you said you were never having sex again." Heba said, referring to their conversation the night before.

"I changed my mind." Atemu said.

Heba shook his head. "Come on. We need to shower and get dressed." Heba said.

"Yeah. I'm sure that my parents are going to want to know what Yami finally decided. Besides, if they see that Yami is gone, they're going to assume that he's been kidnapped and start a full-scale search for him when it's not necessary." Atemu said.

"That's another reason why we need to hurry." Heba said.

The two then headed into the shower.

After showering, which ended up in another session of lovemaking, the two got out and changed into the clothes that they had.

"I'm glad that I left these now." Yami said as he pulled his shirt on.

"I am, too. I didn't even discover them until after you left." Yugi said.

Yami smiled. "Well, it's a good thing that I left them seeing how I needed them." Yami said.

Yugi walked over to him. "I agree." Yugi said.

Yami then pulled Yugi down in a kiss.

Yugi smiled into the kiss as he kissed Yami back before he broke the kiss. "Come on. We should go." Yugi said.

"Yeah. If we keep this up, we're never going to get out of this room." Yami said. He smirked and added, "Of course, I wouldn't mind that."

Yugi blushed. "All right, Yami. For the next few hours, please keep your mind out of the gutter. There's a lot that we have to explain, and I would rather do it without your perverted thoughts causing some troubles." Yugi said.

"Oh, all right. I promise that I'll be on my best behavior." Yami said.

"Good. Now, come on. We have a long day ahead of us." Yugi said.

Yami nodded and followed Yugi out of the room.

The headed down the hall only to come across Solomon.

"Prince Yami! What are you doing here?!" Solomon exclaimed.

"Well, um, it's a long story, actually." Yami said.

"Grandpa, I would rather just tell you, Dartz, and the council all at once." Yugi said.

"Well, the council won't be meeting for a few hours at least." Solomon said.

"In that case, I'll tell you and Dartz now. Just over breakfast." Yugi said.

"All right." Solomon said, wondering what was going on.

The three then headed down the hall to the dining room where Dartz was already at.

"Prince Yami? Why are you here? Is everything all right in Egypt?" Dartz asked, wondering if something else had happened.

"Everything is fine back in Egypt. My being here has nothing to do with that." Yami assured him.

"Then what brings you back here?" Dartz asked as they say down.

A few moments later, a few servants brought all four of them their breakfast.

"All right. How about I just give you the short version of what happened?" Yugi suggested.

"As you wish." Dartz said.

"Back when Yami was staying here for six months, well, he and I ended up falling in love with each other, and the truth is that we started a relationship." Yugi said.

"You what?!" Solomon and Dartz exclaimed.

"You didn't know because we didn't want anyone to know. Only Firestar knew. The thing is that because of the different duties that we were held to because of our kingdoms, we knew that it couldn't last, so we agreed that it would only last as long as Yami was staying here. When he left, we ended the relationship." Yugi said.

"Then what changed?" Solomon asked, knowing that something had to have changed since Yami was now back.

"Well, the truth is that I was miserable without Yugi and he was miserable without me. We both knew that. So, when my brother figured out what was going on, he told my parents about it, and they pretty much told me to come back here if that's what I wanted to do. I decided that I did want to be here, so I came back." Yami said.

"So, does that mean that you are giving up Egypt to remain here?" Dartz asked.

"Yes, I did." Yami answered.

Solomon frowned. "Why weren't we informed last night?" Solomon asked.

"Because he came here in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep." Yugi answered.

"Oh." Solomon said.

"So, do you two plan on getting married?" Dartz asked.

Yugi and Yami looked at each other, realizing that they hadn't even talked about that, but they knew that they would want to just by one look.

"We haven't actually talked about it, but we know that we will want to." Yugi answered.

"Well, that's good then." Dartz said.

"So, no problem with this?" Yugi asked.

"Of course not. As your grandfather, I just want you to be happy." Solomon said.

"It makes no difference to me." Dartz said. He smirked. "Although I think that there are going to be some girls and boys who are going to be rather upset when they learn that you are no longer available." Dartz said teasingly.

Yugi groaned. "Please don't remind me about that. I have had it with all of them coming onto me." Yugi said.

Yami chuckled. "Well, you don't have to worry about that now." Yami said.

Solomon looked at Yami. "Do your parents know that you are here?" Solomon asked.

"Well, no, not yet. I'm sure that they know by now. I am going to have to go back and work all these things out." Yami said.

"Not to mention we're going to have to work out the wedding." Solomon said.

"Could I remind everyone that the council still has to be told about this?" Yugi asked.

"Don't worry. They won't care. In fact, they'll probably welcome the marriage." Dartz said.

Yami glanced at him. "Why do you say that, Dartz?" Yami asked.

"Because the council has worried about the treaty between Egypt and the Millennial Kingdom because of everything that went on before. I'm sure that they'll be happy to learn about this. It'll make them feel very secure about the peace between us." Dartz explained.

"He's right about that." Solomon agreed.

"That's not the point of this." Yugi said.

"We know. It's just something that happens as a result of your relationship." Solomon replied.

Yugi nodded.

'I wonder how Mom and Dad are handling the news of what I decided.' Yami thought.

"Where is he, though?! He could have been kidnapped!" Amara exclaimed.

"Amara, calm down." Aknankanon said, putting his hands on his wife's shoulders.

"Calm down?! Something might have happened to Yami, and you want me to calm down! We don't know who has him or if he's hurt!" Amara said hysterically.

Seto, Joey, Ryou, Bakura, Marik, and Malik were also worried since they now knew that Yami was missing, and no one had seen him.

"I will go and set up a search for him." Aknaudin said, standing up.

Atemu and Heba walked into the room at that time and saw how tense everyone was.

Wondering what was going on, Atemu said, "What's happening? Is something wrong?"

"Your brother has disappeared, and no one knows where he is." Aknankanon answered.

"This is why we needed to get here sooner." Heba said, glaring at his husband.

Atemu shrugged.

"How can you be so calm?!" Amara demanded.

"Because I know where he is." Atemu said.

"Then where is he?" Seto asked.

Atemu sighed. "Yami made his decision last night. He went to the Millennial Kingdom." Atemu said.

The group grew quiet as they starred at him.

"You mean, he chose to go back to Yugi?" Amara asked.

"Yeah. He finally came to his senses and went back." Atemu said.

"Oh, thank Ra!" Amara said, a hand over her heart. "I thought that he had been kidnapped or something." Amara said.

"He's fine, Mom." Atemu said.

"Well, I'm glad that he finally did the right thing." Aknankanon said.

"Um, mind telling us what is going on?" Bakura asked, completely confused.

"Well, we basically told Yami that if he wanted to go back to Yugi, that he could go. He shouldn't have to be tied down to his duties and lose this chance." Aknankanon said.

"He was told to choose if he wanted to stay in Egypt or go to Yugi. He made his choice." Amara finished explaining.

"Oh. That makes a little more sense." Marik said.

"At least we can relax now." Seto said.

Joey smirked. "So, Yugi finally landed someone." Joey said.

"Joey, stop making it sound like that. They're in love with each other." Heba said.

"We know that, Heba. We all think that it's great for the both of them." Ryou said.

Everything went over rather well with the council.

"Dartz was right. They were thrilled with the idea." Yugi said.

"How long before they push the marriage?" Yami asked.

"I give it a few weeks, tops." Yugi answered as the two walked down the hall.

"I have to admit that I was a little afraid that I was too late." Yami said.

Yugi looked over at Yami. "What are you talking about?" Yugi asked.

"Well, after leaving, I wasn't sure if you would have found someone else.." Yami replied.

Yugi smiled. "You never had to worry about that, Yami. I love you, and there is never going to be anyone else in my life." Yugi explained.

"I know that now because I am going to be in your life from now on." Yami said.

Yugi smiled brightly. "I know." Yugi said.

The two went to Yugi's room and sat down on the bed.

"When are you going to go back and work everything out that you need to back in Egypt?" Yugi asked.

Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi. "I don't know. To be honest, I don't want to leave you again." Yami said.

Yugi giggled. "Yami, I'll live without you for a while. I know that you're going to be back this time around." Yugi said.

Yami nodded. "You better believe it. Now that I think about it, I think that I had better go on and do that." Yami said.

"Okay, Yami. I'd better get you there." Yugi said.

"No need." Yami said. He showed Yugi the medallion that Heba had given him. "Heba gave me this, so I can use it to go back, right?" Yami asked.

"Yes. You can." Yugi answered.

"Well, I might need to go before I change my mind and decide not to go." Yami said.

Yugi leaned up and pressed a kiss to Yami's lips. "Yami, go on. I know that you are going to be back. I understand that there are things that there that you need to take care of, so go and do them." Yugi said.

Yami nodded.

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Yugi called.

The door opened, and Solomon walked in. "Good. You haven't left yet, Yami." Solomon said.

"No. I haven't. Why?" Yami asked.

"Because I was going to tell you that you might want to go with him, Yugi." Solomon said.

"Why?" Yugi asked.

"Well, I think that you should go and work out all the details with them as well. Besides, I honestly think that you should go ahead and discuss the wedding details." Solomon said.

"Right. I think that might be a good idea, Grandpa, but can I be away right now?" Yugi asked.

"It'll be fine. We can handle things here." Solomon said.

"All right, but I think that I'll come on back tonight." Yugi said.

"If that's what you want." Solomon said.

"Then can I go as well?" Firestar asked.

The group turned to look at the tiger.

"All right, Firestar. You can come, too." Yugi said.

"Great!" Firestar said.

"Well, we should go." Yami said.

Yugi nodded and opened a portal before the two stepped through it with Firestar right behind them.

Solomon smiled. 'I'm glad that Yugi finally found someone. Granted, I didn't expect it to be Yami, but I'm glad that he did find someone.' Solomon thought.

Yugi and Yami had ended up in Yami's room at the palace.

"Why are we in my room?" Yami asked.

"Because you distracted me." Yugi retorted, grabbing Yami's hand, which was on his butt. "Stop that already!" Yugi growled.

Yami smirked. "You said I had to behave with the council. We aren't with them now." Yami said.

"Please tell me that you won't act like this in front of your parents." Yugi said, praying Yami had some sort of decency.

"Of course I won't. I wouldn't do that. It would be too embarrassing." Yami said.

"Good. I'm glad to hear that you have some sense of decency." Yugi said.

"Come on. We should find my parents." Yami said.

The two had barely stopped out the door when Yugi was tackled to the ground.

"Yugi, I'm so glad to see you!" Heba said, hugging Yugi tightly.

"Heba. Air." Yugi gasped.

"Sorry." Heba said, letting go.

Atemu looked at Yami. "What are you two doing here?" Atemu asked.

"Well, Yugi and I need to talk to Mom and Dad about arrangements, so that's what we're doing here." Yami answered.

"Are you two planning to get married?" Heba asked.

"Pretty much. Might as well start planning it since the council will be pushing it now." Yugi said.

"That's true." Heba agreed.

"Heba, could you get off my legs so that I can stand up?" Yugi asked.

"Oh! Sorry!" Heba said, getting off his brother.

"Well, Mom and Dad might be in Dad's office. We should check there." Atemu said.

"Let's knock this time." Yami said.

"Right." Atemu said.

"Why? Did you two walk into something that you shouldn't have?" Yugi asked.

"Uh-huh. Needless to say, we were scarred for life." Atemu said.

Heba burst out laughing.

"It's not funny!" Atemu said.

"Especially since we were twelve at the time." Yami added.

Yugi joined his brother in laughter.

"Oh, shut up!" Atemu snapped.

Yugi wiped some tears away. "Okay. Let's go." Yugi said.

Amara and Aknankanon were in Aknankanon's office.

"Well, it looks like we'll be having another wedding coming up." Aknankanon said.

"Yes, but at least this one is being based off love to start with." Amara said.

"True. I wonder when we'll hear from them about this." Aknankanon said.

There was a knock on the door.

"Enter!" Aknankanon called.

The door opened, and Atemu walked in. "We have some visitors." Atemu said.

Aknankanon and Amara were surprised to see Yugi and Yami there.

"What are you two doing here?" Amara asked.

"Mainly, to talk about the wedding and other arrangements that need to be made." Yugi answered.

"Good. That's what we were just talking about." Aknankanon said.

The group sat down to talk about the wedding.

"Lord Solomon?" Dartz said.

Solomon stopped walking down the hall and turned to face the aqua-haired man. "Yes, and I've told you to just call me Solomon." Solomon answered.

"Sorry. Where is the Emperor and Prince Yami? I haven't seen either one of them since the meeting with the council." Dartz said.

"Oh. Yami was going back to Egypt to deal with some of the things that need to be done before he moved here permanently, and I told Yugi to go with him to discuss some of the wedding plans." Solomon answered.

"Oh. Getting a jump start on it?" Dartz asked.

"Might as well. It won't be long before the council wants to talk about it." Solomon said.

"Point taken." Dartz agreed.

"I'm sure that they will be happy to get married." Solomon said.

"Indeed. I'm just glad that the Emperor found someone like Prince Yami. I liked him. He seems like a good man." Dartz said.

"I couldn't agree more." Solomon replied.

Atemu and Heba had left to let Aknankanon, Amara, Yami and Yugi talk about the wedding plans.

"Now, where should the wedding be held?" Amara asked.

"I can already tell you that the council would prefer it in the Millennial Kingdom." Yugi said.

"I tend to agree. It will be a big deal for your kingdom given that you are the Emperor." Aknankanon agreed.

"What am I? Chopped liver?" Yami asked.

"Oh, he doesn't mean it like that." Amara said.

"I know." Yami replied.

"Well, we do things a little differently." Yugi said.

"How so?" Amara asked.

"Well, the night before the wedding date, there's always a lavish ball, and I mean lavish. The two getting married aren't allowed to see each other until the wedding the following day once the wedding ends. A member of the family would stay with each of them, normally a brother or sister." Yugi said.

"Hmm. That's not too bad." Amara said.

"Not for you. It will be celebrated for at least a week." Yugi said.

"A week?!" Yami exclaimed.

"Hmm-mm. My getting married is going to be a big deal." Yugi said.

"Well, we can discuss the details later. I think that it is a going to be fine." Aknankanon said.

Amara rolled here eyes. "You say that because it means that you won't have to deal with a lot of the planning." Amara said.

"Of course." Aknankanon said.

Yugi smiled. "It's okay. I don't mind." Yugi said.

"When will I move there?" Yami asked.

"That eager to leave, Yami?" Aknankanon teased.

Yami blushed.

Yugi laughed. "Any time you want although the council will want you to stay in a room separate from mine, and then your things would be moved into my room after we are married." Yugi said.

"Okay." Yami said.

"Well, I would say that the peace treaty that the two of you made pretty well unnecessary now." Aknankanon said.

"Yeah. I guess so." Yugi agreed.

"Indeed. Your marriage is the best peace treaty that we could have asked for." Amara added.

"Well, if it hadn't been for that treaty, Yami and I might not have fallen in love." Yugi said.

"True." Aknankanon agreed.

After finishing talking with Amara and Aknankanon, Yugi and Yami left.

"Hey, Yugi. What will my duties be in the Millennial Kingdom?" Yami asked.

"Well, right now, you won't have any. After we are married, you'll help me rule. You basically do everything that I do. We just do it together, meaning that the major decisions we will have to discuss." Yugi said.

"Hmm. It doesn't sound too bad." Yami said.

"Oh. There is one other duty." Yugi said.

Yami glanced over at him. "What's that?" Yami asked.

Yugi smirked and said, "Providing an heir."

"That I will enjoy." Yami said.

"I thought you would." Yugi agreed.

It was getting rather late.

"I had better return. I don't want Grandpa and the council to worry about me." Yugi said.

"I wish you could stay here." Yami said as they went into his room.

"I know, but once you move to the Millennial Kingdom, you won't have to worry about that." Yugi said.

"I know." Yami said.

"I'll see you soon." Yugi said.

Yami then pulled Yugi into a deep kiss. "Yes, I will." Yami agreed once the kiss was broken.

Yugi smiled before he returned to the Millennial Kingdom.

Yami sighed. He wished that he could have went, but he knew there were things there that he needed to take care of.

It wouldn't be long before he and Yugi would together for the rest of their lives, anyway.

Hope you liked it. Don't worry. Yami's going back.

Next: Most likely the wedding ball.

R&R.