Chapter 26- The Assassination Attempt
~Five Months Later~
Five months had passed since Yugi had found out that he was pregnant, and everything had been quiet.
Yugi and Heba walked through the gardens.
"Yugi, I cannot believe how huge you are already." Heba said.
"Shut up, Heba." Yugi snapped.
"Come on. You were with me when I was five months pregnant, and I was not that big." Heba said.
Yugi glared at him. "Heba, every person is different when they are pregnant. And stop calling me huge." Yugi said.
"Sorry. You have to admit that you are big, though." Heba said.
"Yeah. I admit that I am big, but I don't need every person coming and telling me that I am that big." Yugi said.
"Okay. I'll stop. Is Yami still excited?" Heba asked.
"Oh yeah. Now that I can feel the baby moving, he's always wanting to feel them when their active." Yugi said.
Heba laughed. "I know. Atemu liked that, too." Heba said.
"What is it with them and wanting to feel the baby move?" Yugi asked.
"I don't know, but my guess is that it has something to do with the fact that that you and I are the ones that get pregnant, and they can only feel the baby kick some of the time." Heba said.
"Maybe, but I am thankful for the fact that the baby does not kick me all the time." Yugi said.
"I know what you mean. It can get kind of painful. Just wait until childbirth." Heba said.
"Well, you didn't exactly have a normal time of childbirth." Yugi said.
"Let's not go into that again." Heba said.
"Sure thing." Yugi said.
"This is a wonderful thing that you are doing, Aknankanon." Amara said.
"I know. I think that it's the least that I can do, and I think that Seth, Bakura, and Marik will be thrilled with the fact that I have done this." Aknankanon said.
"They most certainly will." Amara agreed. She sat on their bed and said, "When do you plan to tell them?"
"There is a meeting later today. I will tell them then." Aknankanon answered.
"Good. Do you think that the council will agree to this, though?" Amara asked.
"Actually, they already have. I talked to them before I did this, and they agreed with me." Aknankanon said.
"Then there is no reason that this won't be a good thing." Amara said.
Aknankanon smiled. "Things have been so nice and quiet for us so far. I am glad that everything seems to be going so well in the kingdom." Aknankanon said.
"At least we are in a time of peace. We have actually been in this time for a long time." Amara said.
"I am not complaining about it." Aknankanon said.
"Neither am I. I think that all of this peace is the best thing that could have happened." Amara said.
Yugi walked into his bedchambers and found Yami in the room. "Hey, Yami." Yugi said.
"Hey, Yugi. Where were you?" Yami asked.
"I was walking in the gardens with Heba. We were just talking." Yugi said.
"Okay. This morning's meeting was real boring." Yami said.
"Yami, you say that all of the meetings are boring." Yugi said.
"That's because they all are boring." Yami replied.
Yugi shook his head and sat down on their bed.
Yami also sat down. "So, how is our little one?" Yami asked, placing his hand on Yugi's stomach.
"Fine. Just tiring me out a lot." Yugi said.
"You can't blame him though." Yami said.
"I don't, Yami. I just get tired kind of easily." Yugi said.
"Well, I can think of something rather interesting for us to do." Yami said.
"Yami, you can't possible want sex when I am this fat." Yugi said.
"Well, the thought did cross my mind." Yami said.
Before Yugi could say anything, Yami had leaned forward and kissed Yugi passionately.
All protests died as the two fell into their passion.
Seth and Jou lay in the bed after several rounds of lovemaking.
"I hate this." Seth muttered.
"Come on, Seth. Stop complaining." Jou said from where he lay beside Seth.
"I can't help it, Jou. I love you more than anything, and I want to be married to you, and the only reason I can't be married to you is because of that stupid law!" Seth growled.
Jou sighed. "Seth, the law that slaves couldn't marry high class has been set up for years. I think that you need to respect it." Jou said.
Seth wrapped his arms around Jou and pulled him on top of him. "Jou, I don't give a damn about respecting that law. I wish that it could be changed." Seth said.
"Well, at least the law doesn't state that you can't have a relationship with your slave. You and I would have been killed a long time ago if that were to happen." Jou said.
Seth ran a hand through Jou's hair. "It may seem selfish, but I would like everyone to know that you belong to me just like everyone knows that Heba belongs to Atemu and Yugi belongs to Yami." Seth said.
"I get that, Seth. I really do, but we can't do anything to change the law." Jou said.
"If only you were freed from being a slave, we could get married. There is no law against marrying a commoner." Seth said.
Jou smiled at him. "Well, we can't change that, but we can be glad that we do have each other, and that we can be together like this." Jou said.
"Yeah. That is something that I am happy for." Seth said before he kissed Jou passionately.
Ryou fought to regain his breathing and his senses after a very rigorous round, or rather rounds, with Bakura.
"Ryou, you still with me?" Bakura, running a hand through Ryou's white hair.
"Yeah. I'm here, although I am completely exhausted." Ryou said.
"I hate to say this, but you can't stay in bed all day." Bakura said.
Ryou groaned. "I hope that you will learn one day to control your urges so that I don't wind up walking with a limp through the palace. Given that everyone in the palace knows that we're a couple, they know why I am limping." Ryou said.
"I don't ever hear you complaining during the sex." Bakura said.
Ryou blushed. "That's different!" Ryou insisted.
Bakura sighed. "I just wish that stupid law didn't exist so that we could get married." Bakura said.
Ryou turned so that he was facing Bakura. "I know, Bakura, but there is nothing that we can do about that. We just have to accept things for the way they are and move on." Ryou said.
"I get that, Ryou, but it doesn't change the fact that I want more than anything to be married to you, and there is nothing that I can do to accomplish that." Bakura said.
"You do get to have me. That is something." Ryou said.
"I know." Bakura said before kissing Ryou passionately.
"It's just so unfair." Marik whined.
"Marik, whining about is not going to change anything." Malik said while making sure that the sheets covered his named form.
Marik turned and looked at him. "How can you say that? Don't you want to get married to me?" Marik asked.
"Of course I would. If I were told that I could only marry you if I married you in the next second, I would. Marik, we can't change the laws. We have to abide by them." Malik said.
"I know, but it's still not fair that we can't marry when we love each other so much." Marik said, pouting.
"Marik, this won't help. You get to have me as your salve, which translates as your bed partner, so be happy that we can be together as we are now." Malik said.
"That is about the only thing that I do have to be grateful." Marik said before he pulled Malik into a rough, passionate kiss.
Heba sat up after a very vigorous round of sex. "Well, how was it?" Heba asked.
"Wow. I really need to learn to let you be in control more often." Atemu said, rather breathless.
Heba giggled. "I told you that you would enjoy." Heba said.
"I am really glad that my parents are watching Hasan right now." Atemu said, wrapping his arms around Heba and pulling him down into a passionate kiss.
Heba smiled at him. "Well, I'm glad that I could rock your world for a change." Heba said.
"You certainly did. I'll have to let you be in control more often." Atemu said.
"I may just hold you to that." Heba said.
"How about another round?" Atemu asked.
"I think we'd better wait until tonight. You have a meeting that you need to get to." Heba said.
Atemu groaned. "I hate it when those meetings get in the way of our time together." Atemu said.
"Atemu, get up. It's not like it's the end of the world." Heba said.
Atemu glared at Heba, but got up anyway.
Yugi and Yami lay in bed, breathless.
"Yugi, I thought that you were the one against us making love." Yami said.
"Well, once we got started, I guess I found that I enjoyed it." Yugi said.
Yami sat up. "We've never had more then three round before." Yami said.
Yugi laughed. "I guess my sex drive has gone up a little." Yugi said.
"Yeah. Five times in a row is nothing to sneeze at." Yami said.
"Well, you need to get up." Yugi said.
"Why do I have to do that?" Yami asked.
"Because you have a meeting you need to get to, and I think that you might want to wash up first." Yugi said.
Yami groaned. "Oh, all right." Yami conceded. He kissed Yugi passionately before he got out of bed.
Yugi and Heba were back walking in the gardens.
"Heba, can I ask you something kind of personal?" Yugi asked.
"Sure. What's that?" Heba inquired.
"When you were pregnant and after we came to the palace, did you have an increased sex drive?" Yugi asked.
"Oh, yes. I know that Atemu was rather satisfied." Heba said.
"At least I'm not the only one." Yugi said.
"So, you're experiencing an increase sex drive." Heba said.
Yugi nodded. "Yeah. I didn't think that I would want to given that I am pregnant, but I do." Yugi said.
"I know how you feel. I wasn't sure I would either, but I proved myself wrong. I know it got to be about seven eight times a day for us." Heba said.
"Wow. That's pretty incredible." Yugi said.
Heba laughed. "Yeah. It is. It's normal. My sex drive isn't as high as it was then, but not as low as before I got pregnant." Heba said.
"Yami will love that." Yugi said.
"Atemu did." Heba said.
"Yugi! Heba!"
Yugi and Heba looked to see Mana and Ishizu running over to them. "What is it girls?" Yugi asked.
"We're bored." Mana said.
"Have you done your lessons for today?" Yugi asked.
"Yes." both girls said.
"Well, what do you want to do?" Yugi asked.
"We don't know." Ishizu said.
Yugi winced at a sharp kick to his side.
"You okay, Yugi?" Heba asked.
"Yeah. The baby's just kind of active." Yugi replied.
"That happens." Heba said.
"Can we feel the baby kick?" Mana asked.
"I suppose so." Yugi said.
Mana and Ishizu both out their hands on Yugi's stomach and felt the baby kick.
"That's cool." Mana said.
"Yeah." Ishizu said.
Yugi smiled at them as did Heba.
It was then that Yugi and Heba both sensed it.
"Get down!" Heba shouted.
Yugi grabbed Mana and Ishizu and pulled them down as an arrow whizzed by them. Had Yugi not ducked, it would have hit him right in the heart.
Heba called on his Sais and ran for where the dagger had come from.
The assassin tried to fire another arrow, but Heba knocked the bow out of his hand.
The assassin pulled out a dagger and attacked Heba with it. Heba blocked the dagger and pushed the assassin back. He struck at the assassin, but the assassin moved back and then moved forward, thrusting with his dagger. Heba ducked and brought his foot up, hitting the assassin the chin. He then jumped up and kicked the assassin in the stomach, throwing him backwards.
The assassin remained down on the ground.
Thinking he was unconscious, Heba turned and said, "Yugi, you three okay."
Yugi looked and saw the assassin about to get up. "Heba! Behind you!" Yugi shouted.
Heba turned and struck out with his Sai, striking the assassin in the heart as the dagger the assassin wielded nicked Heba in his cheek.
The assassin fell to the ground, dead.
Heba ran over to Yugi, Mana, and Ishizu. "You three okay?" Heba asked.
"We're fine. We managed to get down in time." Yugi said.
"Yugi, you need to let Isis look over you." Heba said.
"Heba, the arrow didn't-" Yugi started.
"Prince Yugi! Prince Heba!"
The four looked to see four guards running over.
"What happened? We heard shouts." a guard said.
Heba pointed to the dead assassin. "That assassin tried to kill Yugi. One of you, go and inform the Pharaoh. Tell him that we'll be in the healing chambers, and also inform Priestess Isis that she needs to come and check Yugi. He's not hurt, but just a precaution." Heba said.
One of the guards ran off to do as told.
"Two of you, stay here. Someone will be here soon to deal with this. One of you, come with us." Heba said.
Heba helped Yugi up, and the five made their way to the healing chambers.
"There is one last piece of business that must be dealt with." Aknankanon said.
"What is that?" Atemu asked.
"Seth. Bakura. Marik. This involves you three." Aknankanon said.
The three priests were surprised by that.
"What is it, my King?" Seth asked.
Aknankanon handed each of them a scroll. "Yo are to give these to your slaves, and inform them that they are free." Aknankanon said.
"Free?" the three echoed.
"That's right. I have decided to free them from being slaves. They are now free men, to do as they please." Aknankanon said.
Seth, Bakura, and Marik each caught his hidden meaning. They were allowed to marry Jou, Ryou, and Malik now.
"Thank you, Pharaoh." Marik said.
"We will inform them if this immediately." Bakura added.
"Now, this meeting-" Aknankanon was interrupted when the throne room doors were thrown open.
The guard that Heba had sent had burst into the throne room.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Aknankanon demanded.
"My Pharaoh, an assassin attacked Prince Heba and Prince Yugi in the gardens." the guard said hurriedly.
"What?!" Aknankanon shouted.
"The assassin is dead, and they are in the healing chambers." the guard said.
At the words healing chamber, Isis quickly made her way out without being dismissed.
The others soon followed.
"Karim. Shada. Go to the gardens. Deal with this." Aknankanon ordered.
The two went to do as they were told.
"Heba, I told you that I am fine." Yugi said.
"I know that, Yugi, but since you're pregnant, we need to let Isis be the judge of that." Heba said.
The healing chamber doors were thrown open, and everyone rushed in.
"Who's hurt?" Isis demanded.
"No one is hurt, Isis. I just want you to check Yugi because he's pregnant." Heba said.
Isis kicked everyone out.
"What happened, Heba?" Atemu asked.
"We were just in the gardens talking. I think Yugi and I both sensed something and managed to get down in time. If we hadn't, the arrow that was fired would have killed Yugi." Heba said.
"Who killed the assassin?" Aknankanon asked.
"I did. I was fighting him, thought that he was unconscious, and turned my back. Luckily, Yugi shouted to me in time, and I managed to counter, but it ended up killing him." Heba said.
"That doesn't matter. All that matters is that all of you are fine." Aknankanon said.
"Why would someone want to kill Yugi?" Mana asked.
"I don't know, Mana." Heba said.
Isis came out a few moments later with Yugi.
"He's fine." Isis said.
"As I said." Yugi said.
"In any case, we all stay together until the palace is thoroughly searched." Aknanaknon said.
Karim and Shada arrived at the gardens and found the two guards.
"Where is the body?" Karim asked.
"Over here." the guard said, leading them to it.
Shada removed the mask. "It's Odin." Shada said.
"He's one of the most notorious assassins in Egypt." Karim said.
"He's not anymore." Shada said.
"The Pharaoh will both like and hate this. He'll be glad that Odin is dead, but angry that he tried to kill Prince Yugi." Karim said.
Shada turned to the guards. "Take the body to the dungeons. The Pharaoh will decide what to do with it then." Shada said.
The guards nodded and did as they were told.
"Well, a thorough search of the palace showed that no one is here who shouldn't be." Mahado said.
"Good. What happened to the assassin?" Aknankanon asked.
"We had the guards take the body to the dungeons until you decide what to do with it." Karim said.
"Have the body burned." Aknankanon said.
The two nodded.
"Pharaoh, who do you make of this?" Seth asked.
"I don't know. Bakura. Marik. Did you confirm that this was Odin?" Aknankanon asked.
"Without a doubt." Bakura said.
"At least he's finally out of our hair." Marik said.
"Yes, but we have the question of who hired him." Isis said.
"Odin doesn't always kill because he's hired. Some jobs were just because he wanted to kill the person." Bakura said.
"Let us hope that once Egypt knows that the assassin is dead that it will end with this." Aknankanon said.
"Are you sure that you are all right?" Yami asked for the hundredth time.
"Yes, Yami. I am fine. Nothing happened to me." Yugi said.
"Sorry. I know you're magic is weaker when you're pregnant, so I'm kind of worried." Yami said.
"I'm fine. I was more concerned about the girl, but they're fine, and so are the rest of us." Yugi said.
"That was scary." Yami said.
"I know. I just hope that this is a one-time thing, and that no other assassin tries something like that." Yugi said.
"Well, with Heba around, I feel much better." Yami said.
"Right now, so do I." Yugi said.
"Damn it!" a female voice hissed.
Egypt had been informed of the failed assassination attempt and told that the most feared assassin in Egypt, Odin, was dead.
"He was supposed to kill that bastard so I could have revenge!" the woman growled.
She stalked forward and looked up. "I don't care what it takes. That damned Prince Yugi will die, and that worthless bastard Heba will pay for what he did to me." the woman raged.
Hope that you liked it.
Next: Another attempt on Yugi.
R&R.