Chapter 23- The Second Royal Wedding
The entire palace was buzzing as preparations were made.
It had been announced that Yugi and Yami were going to be married, and everyone was excited that the wedding would take place.
Yugi and Yami walked back to their chambers after being with the palace seamstress.
"I am so tired of all of this wedding stuff." Yami groaned.
Yugi smiled. "Yami, you know the marriage of one of the princes of Egypt is a very big deal, so you know that you just have to deal with it." Yugi said.
"I know. I just hate all of the things we have to do to prepare for the wedding." Yami said as they walked into their room.
Yugi turned and pushed Yami against the door before he kissed Yami forcefully. "Think of it this way." Yugi said, not moving back much so their lips were only a few centimeters apart. "Once we are married, all the princesses, the princes, the ladies, and all the like will actually have to leave you alone since we will be married." Yugi said.
Yami smirked before he leaned down and kissed Yugi again. "That is the good thing about it along with the fact that I am going to be married to the most beautiful person in the world." Yami said.
"I think that Atemu would argue with you on that point." Yugi said.
"Since when have I listened to what he said?" Yami asked.
"Never." Yugi replied.
Yami leaned down and kissed Yugi again.
There was a knock on the door.
"Yami! Come out here! The Pharaoh needs you and Yugi!" Bakura shouted.
"All right!" Yami shouted back.
They heard Bakura leave with a huff.
"I hate him." Yami muttered.
"Yami, don't worry about it. We should go and see what your father wants." Yugi said.
"But I wanted to be alone with you." Yami whined.
Yugi rolled his eyes. "Yami, you'll have the soon. For now, we need to go." Yugi said.
Yami pouted, but followed Yugi out of the room anyway.
Aknankanon was in the throne room when Yami and Yugi entered.
"You wanted to see us, Father?" Yami asked.
"Yes, I did. I wanted to make sure that you knew everything that you needed to." Aknankanon said.
"Father, we do know everything that we need to know." Yami said.
"You two do realize that you cannot stay in the same room tonight?" Aknankanon asked.
"Yes, Father." Yami said.
"Atemu and Heba have agreed to work with us on that. Yami will stay in our room, and Atemu will stay in there, too. I'll stay in Atemu and Heba's room with Heba." Yugi explained.
"Good. I'm glad to hear that you've worked that much out. You know everything about the wedding ceremony and all the festivities afterward?" Aknankanon asked.
"Yes, Father. Seth went over all of this with us." Yami said.
"All right. I was just making sure." Aknankanon said.
After talking about a few more details, Yugi and Yami left the throne room.
"You know, I was supposed to meet Heba to talk to him. I'll see you in a little while." Yugi said.
"All right, Yugi." Yami agreed.
Yugi kissed Yami before he left to find Heba.
Yami decided that he would go back to his chambers.
As soon as Yami reached the door to his chambers, a voice said, "Hello, Prince Yami."
Yami turned and mentally groaned. "Yes, Princess Ariana."
"I was wondering if you would like my company." Ariana said seductively.
"No. I want to be alone." Yami said.
"But your fiancé is not here. He would never know that anything happened between us." Ariana said.
Yami's eyes narrowed. "I would know, and I do not want that. I am not going to betray Yugi with anyone." Yami said.
"Why would it matter? He's not worthy of you, anyway." Ariana snapped.
"I will decide who is or is not worthy of me, Princess, and I do not appreciate you speaking to me in such a tone." Yami said.
Ariana, at that point, didn't care what Yami thought. "What does that bastard have that I don't? I would be a much better match for you than him." Ariana stated.
"I do not believe that you are a better match for me than Yugi is. I think that Yugi is the perfect person for me, regardless of what you believe." Yami said.
"Why?" Ariana demanded, wanting to know why Yami had chosen Yugi.
"If you must know, I chose Yugi because he is a kind and caring person who loves me for who I am, not the position that I am in or for my looks." Yami said.
"I could satisfy you much better than he ever could." Ariana said.
Yami raised an eyebrow. "Do you really think that?" Yami asked.
"Yes. I do." Ariana said.
"I hate to disappoint you, Princess Ariana, but I don't think that you would be able to satisfy me very much." Yami said.
"And why is that?" Ariana asked.
"Because I am very satisfied by Yugi, and you also don't have the right equipment for me." Yami said.
"What do you mean?" Ariana asked, completely confused.
Yami smirked. "Simple. I am gay, therefore I prefer men in my bed, so you can guess from there what I mean." Yami said.
Ariana's eyes widened in shock at those words as she realized exactly what he meant.
"Now, if you will excuse me, I would like to be alone for now." Yami said. He opened the door to his chambers and went in, leaving a shocked Ariana behind the doors.
"So, are you ready for the wedding?" Heba asked.
"Yes. Yami's not too thrilled with the actual ceremony itself, but he can't wait for us to be married." Yugi said as he drank the juice that he had been given.
"I know. Atemu didn't like the ceremony either, but he loved the fact that we were getting married." Heba said.
"Yami's going to be glad that all of the girls will be forced to leave him alone." Yugi said.
"That was something that Atemu loved more than anything." Heba said.
"Well, I have a feeling that someone has already tried to come onto Yami, and I don't think that he's going to be too happy when I find him again." Yugi said.
Heba laughed. "Well, once you two are married, there is nothing that any of the girls can do." Heba said.
"Well, I know that Yami will be very happy when that happens." Yugi said.
Heba laughed. "You have no idea how happy Atemu was when that happened. I think that was the first time in a long time that he had actually been left alone like that." Heba said.
"Well, at least Yami will be more at ease then." Yugi said.
"Very at ease." Heba agreed.
Yami walked down the hall and headed for his brother's room.
"Prince Yami." a voice said.
Yami turned and groaned.
It was Princess Kina, another of the princesses that were after him.
"Yes, Princess." Yami said.
"I was wondering if you would like me to accompany you." Kina said.
"No. I was going to talk to my brother." Yami said.
"Come on. We can go back to my chambers and then we can have some fin instead." Kina said.
"No, Princess Kina. I have no desire to go with you." Yami replied.
"Why not?" Kina demanded.
"Because I love Yugi, I don't want to betray him, and I do not want to sleep with any woman." Yami answered before he walked off.
When Yami reached the door to Atemu's room, Yami knocked on the door.
"Enter." Atemu called.
Yami opened the door and walked in to find that Atemu was playing with Hasan.
"Hey, Atemu." Yami said.
"Hey. What's up with you?" Atemu asked, noticing Yami's frustrated look.
"I have already had two princesses come onto me. I thought that they would have given up considering the fact that Yugi and I are getting married tomorrow." Yami said.
"Yami, something I learned is that until you are married, there is no way that they are going to give up. After the ceremony, none of them are even going to come near you, and they'll just target a prince of another kingdom now." Atemu said.
"That will be a great day for me when I don't have to worry with all of these people coming onto me." Yami said.
"Well, until then, I think that you should keep Yugi close at all times. He'll make sure that all of them stay away." Atemu said.
"Yeah, and I think that they know that, too." Atemu said.
That night, there was a dinner that was held in honor of Yami and Yugi's wedding.
Everyone was eating and talking.
Yami noticed that many of the princesses were trying to catch his eye, and they were also trying to flutter their eyelashes at him or look as sexy and seductive as possible.
Yami growled low.
Yugi nudged Yami in the leg. "Yami, calm down." Yugi said.
"I hate that they are all starring at me, Yugi." Yami said.
"I know. It'll end after tomorrow." Yugi said.
"Thank Ra for that." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "I've already thanked him." Yugi said.
Yami looked over at him. "You know, I forget sometimes that you are Ra's son." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "Well, you might want to start remembering that." Yugi said.
The dinner continued, and when it was over, Yami, Yugi, Atemu, and Heba walked to their chambers on the other side of the palace.
"Well, at least I made it through the dinner." Yami said.
"Well, you won't have to deal with it after tomorrow." Atemu said.
"I know, but I still wish that all of these girls would back off." Yami said.
"Well, since this morning, none of them have tried." Yugi said.
"That would be because you have been with me at all times." Yami said.
"And I'm certain that you didn't mind Yugi being there with you all the time." Heba said.
"No. I didn't." Yami agreed.
Once they reached the room, Yami and Atemu shared a passionate goodnight kiss as Atemu and Heba did before Yugi and Heba headed into Atemu and Heba's room, and Yami and Atemu headed into Yami and Yugi's room.
The following morning, everyone was running around, trying to get all the last minutes things done.
Amara approached her husband and said, "Is everything ready?"
"Yes. Everything is set for the wedding." Aknankanon replied.
"That's good. I know that Yami and Yugi have to be excited that their wedding is today." Amara said.
"I know." Aknankanon agreed.
Yami was getting ready for the ceremony.
"I wish that what we wore didn't have to be so fancy." Yami said.
"You know that it's tradition, Yami. You only have to deal with this once." Atemu said.
"I know." Yami said. He was about to enter the bathing chambers when there was a knock on the door.
"Yami, you go and get ready. I'll see who's there." Atemu said.
Yami nodded and went on into the bathing chambers.
Atemu opened the door and found that Ariana was there.
"Oh! Hello, Prince Atemu." Ariana said.
Atemu knew she was one of the princesses trying to seduce Yami. "What do you need, Princess?" Atemu asked.
"I wanted to speak with Prince Yami." Ariana said.
"I am sorry, Princess, but Yami is getting ready for the wedding, so he does not have time to speak with you." Atemu said.
Before Ariana could protest, Atemu shut the door and walked back into the room.
"Who was it?" Yami asked.
"No one you wanted to see." Atemu said.
"Thank you for dealing with that then." Yami said, knowing that Atemu was referring to one of the princesses.
"No problem." Atemu replied.
"Why is it necessary to have to dress so fancy?" Yugi asked.
"I don't know, but it is tradition, so you can't get out of it." Heba said.
"I know that much, Heba. I'm just saying that it seems a little excessive." Yugi said.
"I know how you feel, but it is just what is done." Heba said.
"Well, I guess the good thing about all of this is that this means that Yami and I will be married." Yugi said.
"That was what I was thinking." Heba agreed.
The time had come for the wedding to start.
Yami was already at the alter with Mahado, who would perform the ceremony.
Aknankanon signaled for the musicians to start the music.
The music started and then Yugi started to walk down the aisle toward Yami.
Once Yugi reached where Mahado and Yami were standing, the ceremony started.
"We are gathered here today in the sight of Ra to join Prince Yami and Yugi together in marriage." Mahado said. He turned to Atemu and said, "Prince, Yami, do you take Yugi as your husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, as long as you live?" Mahado asked.
"I do." Yami answered.
"Yugi, do you take Prince Yami as your husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, as long as you live?" Mahado asked.
"I do." Yugi answered.
"Then I pronounce you married. You may kiss." Mahado said.
Yami then pulled Yugi into a rather passionate kiss.
Everyone clapped, happy for the new married couple.
Aknankanon then stood up and took the crown that Isis gave him. "Yugi, from now on, you will be known as a Prince of Egypt." Aknankanon said as he placed the crown on Yugi's head.
Everyone clapped once again.
"Now, if everyone will join us in the ballroom, we will continue to celebrate." Aknankanon started to make their way to the ballroom.
Yami took Yugi's hand in his.
"This has to be one of the best days of my life." Yami said.
"I'm glad that you think that because I think that, too." Yugi agreed.
There was music, dancing, and food in the ballroom to continue celebrating Yami and Yugi's marriage.
Yugi and Yami along with Atemu and Heba were out on the dance floor, dancing.
"Well, I would say that this has been a great day." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "You would think that since none of the princesses will be able to come onto you anymore." Yugi said.
"I'm glad of that, too, but mostly I am glad to finally be married to you." Yami said.
"In that case, I'm flattered that you think that." Yugi said.
"That's good." Yami said. He glanced up and saw that Ariana and Kina were watching Yami and Yugi with lustful and forlorn gazes.
"Mind telling me why you're smirking?" Yugi asked.
"Oh, I just noticed that two of the princesses that were coming onto me looked rather unhappy about the fact that I am with you." Yami replied.
"Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore." Yugi said.
"That is something that I am very thankful for." Yami said.
Amara and Aknankanon were watching Yugi and Yami dance.
"I am so glad that Yugi and Yami are happy together now." Amara said.
"Yes. I'm glad that both of our sons are finally happy." Aknankanon agreed.
Yugi and Yami walked over to the refreshment table.
"This has been quite a day." Yugi said.
"Yes, but I am getting sick and tired of all of these false congratulations and happy wishes." Yami muttered.
"Well, there won't be that many more." Yugi said.
Yami smirked and said, "Actually, I just want to get to our chambers."
"Well, we'll get there later." Yugi said.
Hope that you liked it.
I'm having trouble getting into my writing rhythm right now. I'm hoping to get the next chapter of Restaurant Love up today.
Next: A lemon between Yugi and Yami for their wedding night.
R&R.