I forgot to say that I am out of school for the summer, so I should have more time for my stories. I get lazy on the weekends, so might not update as much, but weekdays you'll get updates for sure. I'll also let you know if I will be going on vaction or anything, so I'll let you know when it will be my last update before the trip and when the next update should be.
The goddess Isis and Priestess Isis are both in this chapter. There will be a distinction.
Enjoy!
Chapter 19- Aftermath
The entire ballroom had gone silent after hearing Yami's shout.
Amelia was angry. She was supposed to kill Yami, not him.
Yugi, despite the pain, brought his hand across and hit Amelia in the face, knocking her backwards.
That was when the ballroom went into a panic as they realized that someone had tried to kill Yugi.
Yugi's strength left him, and he collapsed backwards.
Hondo grabbed him and broke Yugi's fall.
"Yugi!" Yami exclaimed, going over to his lover, who was obviously in pain.
"He needs help now." Hondo said.
"I'll go and find Priestess Isis." Anzu said before she ran off.
Amelia, Beatrice, and Rhonda took advantage of the panic that the ballroom was in to get out.
Yugi was fighting against the pain. "Yami, you have to get the dagger out." Yugi said.
"What?!" Yami exclaimed.
"He might do more harm than good." Hondo put in.
Yugi shook his head. "Just pull the dagger straight out." Yugi said.
Yami nodded and grabbed the hilt of the dagger. He hesitated, knowing that this was going to hurt Yugi.
"Yami, just pull the dagger out fast. Just make sure that you pull it straight." Yugi said.
Yami knew that Yugi was right and pulled the dagger out as fast as could while making sure that the dagger stayed straight.
Yugi couldn't stop the cry of pain.
Yami grimaced at the blood that was on the blade. 'That bitch will pay for this.' Yami thought.
"Yugi!" Heba cried as he ran over to where his brother was with Atemu behind him.
The two had been caught in the pandemonium, and it had taken them a while to get back over to them.
"Damn it! What happened?" Atemu asked.
Anzu arrived with Isis, Aknankanon, and Amara right behind them.
"Good Ra! What happened?!" Amara cried.
Isis instantly dropped to Yugi's side. "Yami, I need you to carry him to the healing chambers so that I can help him." Isis said.
Yami nodded and picked Yugi up, following Isis with Heba and Amara behind him.
"What happened?" Aknankanon demanded.
"One of the princesses that were here tried to attack Yami with this dagger." Hondo said, picking up the dagger.
"Attack Yami!" Aknankanon shouted, enraged that someone attacked his son.
"Pharaoh! We need to calm the people!" Mahado said.
"Yes. Atemu, go to the healing chambers. Hondo. Anzu, go with him. Don't let that dagger out of your sight." Aknankanon said.
Hondo nodded, and the three left.
"Come! We must calm everyone down!" Aknankanon said.
Aknankanon went with the priests to help calm everyone down.
As soon as Yami got to the healing chambers with Yugi and put him on the bed, Isis kicked him out of the healing chambers so that she could work.
"It will be all right, son." Amara said, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"I wish I could be so certain. That dagger hit him hard." Yami said.
"Yami, don't forget that Yugi and I are sons of Ra. We can handle more than what anyone else could." Heba said.
The ground started to shake.
"Speaking of Father." Heba said.
Ra and Isis appeared in their human forms.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?! WHO ATTACKED MY SON, AND FOR WHAT REASON WAS HE ATTACKED?!" Ra shouted.
Amara and Yami, who were not used to Ra's temper, were scared.
Atemu, Anzu, and Hondo, all of whom had just arrived, were also terrified.
"Father! Please calm down! Losing your temper will not help the matter." Heba said.
Isis placed a hand on Ra's shoulder. "Heba is right, Ra. You must remain calm. Yugi is very strong, and he will not die." Isis said.
"I hate that someone would dare attack one of our sons, Isis. It makes me angry!" Ra growled.
"I know. It angers me, too, but scaring everyone in the palace will not change the fact that Yugi was attacked." Isis said.
"Prince Heba."
Heba turned to face Anzu, Hondo, and Atemu.
"You are a son of Ra?" Anzu asked.
Heba smiled. "Yes. I don't believe we've met." Heba said.
"Oh! Heba, this is Anzu, princess of Syria, and her fiancé, Hondo, the prince of Crillian." Atemu said.
"Yugi and I are both children of Ra and Isis, along with our younger sister, Mana." Heba said.
"Where is Mana?" Isis asked.
"At this time of night, she should be in bed." Heba answered.
Isis smiled apologetically at Amara. "Forgive my husband's tamer, Queen Amara. Neither of us like the thought of someone attacking one of our children." Isis said.
"I understand perfectly. I would be angry as well if one of my sons' were attacked." Amara said.
"Will he be all right?" Ra asked.
"Isis is working with him now." Yami said.
Isis smiled. "If Priestess Isis is helping him, then he is in good hands. She is a very gifted healer." Isis said.
An hour later, Isis was still working with Yugi.
Ra was pacing and getting angry. "What is taking so long?!" Ra demanded.
"Ra, these things take time. You must remember that Yugi and Heba are vulnerable to human injuries as mortals. They are not afforded the same invincibility that they have when gods." Isis said.
"I know. I know." Ra said.
Aknankanon arrived with the other priests. "Well, we finally-Lord Ra! Lady Isis! I was not aware that you were here!" Aknankanon exclaimed before bowing.
"No need to bow." Isis said.
"Aknankanon, have you managed to calm the people down?" Amara asked.
"Yes. We were able to assure everyone that everything was under control, and that they should return to their rooms for now." Aknankanon said.
"Who did this?" Ra demanded.
"I don't know." Aknankanon admitted.
"I do, Father." Yami said.
"Who?" Aknankanon asked.
"Princess Amelia of Dorax was the one who used the dagger. Princess Beatrice of Zoran and Princess Rhonda of Voriance were also there. They may have known what she planned. I don't know." Yami said.
"It's true. Hondo and I were there when they came over." Anzu added.
Hondo nodded in agreement.
Aknankanon turned. "Mahado. Karim. Shada. Go and find all three of them now." Aknankanon ordered.
All three bowed before going.
"Wait!" Ra said.
The three turned.
"Look in the servants' quarters in the west wing of the palace. They are hiding there." Ra said.
"Thank you, Lord Ra." Mahado said before the three ran off.
"Pharaoh, I expect that they will be dealt with." Ra said.
"Yes but the political shit will cause a great deal of hassle as they are princesses of other countries." Aknankanon said.
"We understand that. We just don't want them to get away with it completely free." Isis said.
"They won't." Aknankanon assured them.
"Prince Yami, why would they try and attack you as we know that Yugi pushed you out of the way?" Isis asked.
"Anger? Jealousy? Either one of those, I guess." Yami said.
"What do you mean?" Seth asked.
"Those three had been coming onto me ever since they got here, despite knowing that I am gay and am with Yugi." Yami said.
Aknankanon groaned. "Why is it always jealousy?" Aknankanon asked.
"What will you do?" Bakura asked.
"That depends on what happens to Yugi." Aknankanon said.
"If he dies, they'll be dealing with me." Ra growled, gold light surrounding him.
Everyone knew that he was beyond pissed.
A few moments later, Isis walked out of the healing chambers. She was startled to see Ra and the goddess Isis there.
"Isis, is Yugi all right?" Yami asked.
"Yes. He'll be fine. He's resting right now." Isis said.
"Is it bad?" Amara asked.
"No. It's not as bad as it looked." Isis said.
"Then what took so long?" the goddess Isis asked.
"We were arguing." Isis replied.
"Arguing?" the group exclaimed.
Isis nodded. "He's not a very good patient." Isis said, crossing her arms.
Heba couldn't help it. He burst out laughing hysterically. "Th-that soun-sounds like m-my brother." Heba said, talking through the laughter.
The goddess Isis also started laughing. "Yes. He always did give Anubis a hard time when he tried to aid Yugi after training sessions with Set." Isis agreed.
"Can we see him?" Yami asked.
"Of course." Isis said.
Yami, Heba, Atemu, Amara, Aknankanon, Isis, and Ra all went in the room.
Yugi was sitting up in bed, fuming.
"I hear you've been giving Isis a hard time." Heba said.
Yugi glared. "Yes. I hate being stuck in bed!" Yugi growled.
"How long?" Heba asked.
" A week at least!" Yugi groaned.
"Is that so bad?" Atemu asked.
"You've never seen him restless before, have you?" Isis, the goddess, asked.
"No." Atemu said.
"You'll know soon enough." Ra said.
Yugi blinked, realizing that his parents were there. "Mother. Father. What are you doing here?" Yugi asked.
"Once we sensed that you had been injured, we came." Isis said.
"Oh." Yugi said.
"We will get all three princesses for what they did, Yugi." Aknankanon assured him.
"I didn't think that they would have gone that far." Yugi said.
"Well, at least we know who did it." Atemu said.
It wasn't long before everyone left except for Yami, leaving Yugi and Yami alone.
"You okay, Yugi?" Yami asked, climbing on the bed beside Yugi.
"Yeah. It'll take me at least a month to heal." Yugi said.
"I think that it'll take longer than that." Yami said.
"Yami, I'm a son of Ra. I heal faster than average humans. It will only take a month before I'm back at full strength." Yugi said.
"Okay." Yami agreed.
Yugi turned and said, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah. You took the blow. Thank for that, by the way." Yami said.
"Well, I couldn't let them hurt you. Plus, I knew I would heal much faster than you." Yugi said.
"True enough." Yami said. He wrapped his arms around Yugi, and Yugi laid his head on Yami's shoulder.
"What about the princesses?" Yugi asked.
"Mahado, Karim, and Shada are going to get them now. Your father told us where they were hiding themselves at. Father will deal with them soon, although politics will make it hard to do much to them." Yami said.
"Well, I know what he can do." Yugi said.
"I'm sure that Father will want to hear it." Yami said.
"I'll tell him later." Yugi said.
Yami nodded, and the two stayed like that with Yugi in Yami's arms.
Amelia, Beatrice, and Rhonda were in the servants' quarters.
"What do you think? Is it safe to leave yet?" Beatrice asked.
"Of course not! We'll be killed for what we did!" Amelia snapped.
"Then why did you decide to kill Yami in the first place?" Rhonda demanded.
"Because if we couldn't have him, then no one should have been able to. My plan was to kill him so that bastard that stole him from us couldn't have him! That failed because of that bastard, but at least I know he will die!" Amelia said.
"Yeah. That'll show Yami to turn us down." Rhonda agreed, loving the thought.
"Once everything dies down, we can sneak out of here and head to the safety of our countries. There's nothing that the Pharaoh can do to us once we are out of his kingdom." Beatrice said.
"That's the plan." Amelia said.
"Won't the servants turn us in if they see us?" Rhonda asked.
"No. I found out that these servants' quarters are not used now. No one will come here, and we'll escape in the dead of night, where no one will see us." Amelia said.
"Good. Yami will heartbroken and alone at the death of his damned lover, and we get away free." Rhonda said gleefully.
Beatrice smirked. "Wish I could see the look in Yami's face when he hears that his precious lover is dead." Beatrice said.
"You won't get to!"
All three whirled around to face Mahado, Karim, and Shada along with some guards.
The three priests had decided to take a few guards since there was a chance that they had weapons and might attack them.
"Come with us, princesses. The Pharaoh knows that you attacked Yugi." Mahado said.
"Never! That bastard deserves to die!" Amelia shouted. She took her dagger out.
Beatrice and Rhonda took out theirs and attacked them.
Mahado, Karim, and Shada easily disarmed the princesses, as they had no training in battle.
The three guards that had come with them grabbed the princesses by their arms, holding them in place.
"Let go!" Amelia demanded.
"We are princesses!" Beatrice yelled.
"You have no right to treat us like this!" Rhonda declared.
"We see it differently, princesses. You see, you attacked a member of the Pharaoh's council as well as the beau of Prince Yami. The Pharaoh will not let you off so easy." Mahado said.
"The fact that you are princesses will help you some, but you will still stand trail for your offences against the kingdom of Egypt." Karim said.
"We will take them to the Pharaoh and see what he wishes us to do with them." Shada said.
The three priests left the room with the guards behind them, forcing the struggling princesses to go with them.
Aknankanon was not surprised when the King of Dorax, the King of Zoran, and the King of Voriance came to him.
"Pharaoh, we are having trouble finding our daughters." the King of Zoran said.
"I am not surprised." Aknankanon said.
"What do you mean? They could have been attacked by the person who attacked in the ballroom!" the King of Dorax said, angry that Aknankanon did not seem worried in the least.
"I am looking for your daughters right now because they are the ones that are behind this." Aknankanon said.
"That is preposterous!" the King of Voriance said.
"It was Princess Amelia who used the dagger. Princess Beatrice and Princess Rhonda are suspected to be involved in this." Aknankanon said.
"My daughter would do no such thing!" the Kind of Dorax exclaimed.
Aknankanon produced the dagger. "This was the dagger used to attack my councilman. It has the crest of your family on it." Aknankanon sad.
The King of Dorax was shocked.
"Also, Princess Anzu of Syria and Prince Hondo of Crillian were there when the attack happened and saw everything. They testified that they were the ones behind the attack. Princess Amelia was aiming at my son, Yami. Yugi noticed the dagger and pushed Yami out of the way." Aknankanon said.
"I do not understand. Why would they do this?" the King of Voriance asked.
"I do not know. All I have is a theory." Aknankanon said.
"Why?" the King of Dorax demanded. He wanted to know why his daughter would do this.
"Your daughters have been flirting with Yami since they arrived. They wanted him to want them. However, my son is gay and already has a lover. Yugi is his lover, actually. They knew this. I believe anger and jealousy drove them to this. Again, this is just a theory." Aknankanon said.
The three kings were shocked at this.
Just then, Mahado, Karim, ad Shada arrived.
"My Pharaoh, we found them." Mahado said.
Amelia, Beatrice, and Rhonda were glad to see their fathers.
"Daddy, make them let us go!" Amelia pleaded.
"Pharaoh, is it possible for them to release them?" the King of Dorax asked, not liking seeing his daughter held prisoner, though he knew that it was necessary.
"Only if they do not run. If they try to run, my guards will restrain them." Aknankanon said, nodding to his guards.
The guards released their holds on the princesses, ready to grab them again if necessary.
The three princesses ran to their fathers.
"They attacked us for no reason!" Rhonda accused.
"What happened, Shada?" Aknankanon asked.
"We found them in the old servant's quarters in the west wing. They attacked us with these daggers, but we disarmed them and brought them here. We did not harm them." Shada said.
Aknankanon along with the three kings saw the crests on the daggers.
"Daddy, they're lying!" Amelia cried.
"Amelia, enough!" the king of Dorax said.
Amelia was startled.
"We know what you did. You tried to attack Prince Yami, but attacked his lover and member of the Pharaoh's council instead." the King of Dorax said.
"We know you were involved, Beatrice." the King of Zoran said.
"As you were, Rhonda." the King of Voriance said.
"But-" Amelia started.
"You know that they will have to be tried for their crimes against Egypt." Aknankanon said.
"Yes. They will not leave." the king of Zoran said.
"I understand, but you must understand that they must be guarded." Aknankanon said.
"Not the dungeons!" Rhonda cried.
A look from her father made Rhonda be quiet.
"The dungeons are what you deserve. However, I will not do that, only because of the fact that you are princesses. There will be three guards at each other their doors. If they try to escape, they will be in even more trouble than they are in now." Aknankanon said.
"We understand, Pharaoh. They will not leave." the King of Dorax said.
"I will deal with them tomorrow." Aknankanon said.
The three Kings left with their daughters, obviously lecturing them.
"What now?" Karim asked.
"Karim. Shada. Find three trustworthy guards and station them at the room that each princess is staying in. If they try to leave the room, tell them to stop the princesses and come get me." Aknankanon said.
"Yes, Pharaoh." the two said and left.
"What will you do?" Mahado asked.
"I do not know yet." Aknankanon said.
"So, they are found now?" Amara asked.
"Yes. Tomorrow, they will be tried." Aknanaknon said.
"Normally such acts would arrant death, but that'll be difficult given their stations." Marik said.
"I know. I don't know what to do." Aknankanon said.
"Well, I did have an idea." Yugi said.
"What's that?" Aknankanon asked.
"Although you cannot kill them, you can still punish them. After all, they virtually committed high treason, correct?" Yugi asked.
"Yes they did." Atemu said.
"Well, you can banish them for high treason with the warning that if they are ever found in Egypt again, they will be killed." Yugi said.
"Hmm. Had promise, Pharaoh." Bakura said.
"Indeed. It does seem like a good idea, Yugi." Aknankanon said.
"And it's within the rights given their crimes." Yami said.
"Is that what you will do?" Seth asked.
"Most likely. It is the worst that I can do to them. Given the politics of all this, there is not much else I can do." Aknankanon said.
"Well, that is for tomorrow." Isis said.
Getting the hint, everyone except Yami left.
"Isis, can Yugi return to his chambers?" Yami asked.
"I would prefer he not be left alone." Isis said.
"He can stay with me in my chambers." Yami said.
"Is that such a good idea?" Isis asked.
"Isis, nothing will happen. Right now, I just want to sleep." Yugi said.
"All right. I'll come by in the morning and see how you are doing." Isis said.
Yugi nodded, and Yugi and Yami left the healing chambers to go to Yami's room.
Once in the room, Yugi went right to the bed. "I am glad Isis let me come here." Yugi said.
"So am I. I didn't want to have to stay in the healing chambers, too." Yami said.
"Would you have?" Yugi asked.
"In a heartbeat." Yami answered.
"Well, let's get some sleep." Yugi said, yawning.
Yami climbed into bed with Yugi. "Agreed." Yami said.
Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi and drew him closer. Yugi rested his head on Yami's chest and was soon asleep. Yami smiled down at him and ran his fingers through Yugi's hair before drifting off to sleep as well.
Hope that you liked it.
Note: In what I have seen, Anubis is the god who prepares teh dead and heals the living. My resource might be wrong.
Next: The princesses' trial.
R&R.