Author's notes: I'm back and I'm tired.
Toshiro: You should take it easy and not be typing so much everyday.
FireWing Pegasus: Must..finish... story... before...Halloween.
Toshiro: -starts to massage author's back- Man, you're tense. -author falls asleep- Oh well, Hashira owns nothing. Not even yugiyamifangirl's idea from her story Children of Ra. The only thing she owns is her OC.
"And that should cover the very last of the food." Joey looked up as he grins at Yugi, who is currently at 22 week, or fifth month, of pregnancy. "Good." Yugi sighs as he rubs his growing stomach. "I can't wait to get this done." "You'll be okay." Atemu says as he also rubs Yugi's belly. It has become a habit for both of them to feel Yugi's stomach, mainly for the fact they are both excited that there is life that they have created there. Atemu also does it because he wants to feel the baby kicking when he could. Yugi hasn't felt anything yet, but according to Isis, it will happen soon. Poor Atemu would have to wait about another month.
Tea, on the other hand, is also showing and trying to seduce Atemu to no end. Atemu has almost hit her a few times, I too have also almost hit her a few times, but Yugi has managed to keep us, and his hormones, restrained. "Excited?" Joey asks as he nibbles on some fruit. "Nervous." Atemu and Yugi admit at the same time. "Why?" Bakura asks as he wraps his arm around a three month pregnant Ryou. "Because Tea will probably try something." Yugi sighs. "She always does." "She keeps trying to seduce me." Atemu groans. "We even found her in my room a few times." Yugi whimpers as we recall one of the memories.
Flashback: "Will you quit?" Yugi giggles as he slaps Atemu's hands away from his four month and visibly pregnant stomach. "Why?" Atemu asks as he snakes his arm around Yugi's waist again. "You know you like it when I do." "True." Yugi giggles more as he nodded greeting to Alister and Valon, who were walking to the showers from a training session, before he opens the door to his room. "Oh Atemu." Yugi shrieks and slams the door shut and locks it with his magic, often held in royalty and high ranking families in Japan, before raising his hands to cover his eyes. "What happened?" Atemu demands as Alister and Valon come running back at the sound of Yugi's cry. "Is everything okay?" Valon asks. "T-t-t-t-Tea." Yugi stutters out. "In there, on the bed, no clothes." "What!" Atemu gasps before pulling Yugi into a tight hug, trying to shield him from the outside world. "I am going to murder her." I say with a growl. \Uni-Shira, no murdering anyone.\ I calm down. "Ew!" Alister wrinkles his nose. "How are we going to get her out of there?" "I have no idea." Atemu says. "And she shouldn't even be in there. She doesn't have permission to enter this wing of the palace, much less Yugi's chambers." "Yugi!" Sugoroku runs up. "What happened? Are you alright?" "Besides mentally scarred for life," I give a pointed side glance at the ground, "I think he'll be okay." "What happened?" Sugoroku growls. "Lady Tea is in there." Atemu jerks his thumb at the door. "With nothing on." "Oh." Sugoroku's eyes widen before sliding behind his 'serious emperor' mask. "She will be removed and punished. Guest or not." "What kind of punishment?" Yugi asks. "She will be confined to her room for two weeks." Sugoroku says firmly. "Yes." Valon and Alister cheerfully whispered. None of the Japanese guards like Tea. They can't wait to spread the word around. "Atemu." Tea whines through the locked door. "Come in here so we can have some fun." "No." Atemu growls. "Put on your clothes and get out here Lady Tea." Sugoroku says firmly. I turn to the Sugoroku and say, "I am the only one who get her out of there, wish me luck." I sense Yugi and Atemu leave to spread the word, while I head to the danger zone. :End Flashback
"Ah," Marik sighs with a dreamy look on his face, "the peaceful two weeks of silence." We can't play pranks on her anymore, because she would go whining to her father that whoever pulled the prank was trying to make her miscarry. Seeing her confined to her rooms is very satisfying for all of us. "I'm never marrying her." Atemu says randomly. "We know." Yugi sighs as he leans onto Atemu's shoulder. "But if the baby looks like her," Ryou bites his lip in worry, "there's nothing to say that you didn't sleep with her." "Yugi and I have been with each other each night." Atemu replies with a mild glare. "Ever since we admitted we love each other." "Like the other members of the council will believe that." I grumble, thinking of elderly men that don't know what the word 'retirement' meant. It isn't in their dictionaries. "Let's just focus on the wedding." Malik replies as he stands up and stretches. "Want to practice some magic Joey?" "You know it!" Joey cries out and runs out of the room. "Three…" Seto counts down. "Two… One." "You coming or what?" Joey asks as he runs back in. "Yep." Malik chirps cheerfully. Once the two leave the room with their respective fiancés, Bakura ends up on the floor in laughter, Yugi clinging to Atemu as he laughs, Atemu chuckles, and Ryou rolls his eyes as he giggled at the antics of his friends, I am just shaking my head with small chuckles.
Two days later, the palace is in an entire uproar. The marriage of the two princes is today! Oh, what excitement! What thrills! What a mess, Joey! Get out of the kitchen! "You're ready." I grin at Yugi, who smiles as he looks at his reflection. He's wearing what the bride would wear for a wedding ceremony, the traditional white kimono called a shiromuku. A white veil that covers his hair is called a watabōshi, and is wrapped around his head, like the way a turban would. Traditionally, this would hide his 'demon horns' of jealousy to the mother of the groom, and shows he plans to be a gentle and submissive 'wife'. Atemu's mother has already died, but it is still tradition. "Let's go than." Yugi replies as he turns his white powdered face, a symbol of his maiden-ship and unmarried status, to me. His eyes are outlined in a black lining, and his lips had been painted red.
I sit in the audience with Toshiro and see Atemu breathing calmly as he walks up the aisle to the altar inside the temple, probably grateful Yugi has already explained what the ceremony would entail. He has done his first part flawlessly, walking up to the alter. Walking behind the altar, Atemu watches as Yugi comes into view and I see my handiwork. Mai pulls the veil attached to the watabōshi over Yugi's face, a tradition his mother would do, but since she is dead, it is done by his cousin. It symbolizes the last act a mother could do for her daughter before marriage.
Emperor Sugoroku leads Yugi up the aisle to alter, where he stands next to Atemu as they face us, not each other. Pharaoh Aknankanon, High Priest Seto, and Mokuba face Emperor Sugoroku, and Princess Mai, as is the tradition. Quite frankly, it is a tradition everyone would love to do away with. Mahad comes up and ask for them to speak their oaths. Atemu takes a deep breath, and began to speak the oath to always be committed to Yugi. Yugi in turn, recites the oath to be faithful and commits to his soon to be husband. Mahad reads the wedding contract and then the two princes turn to each other and kiss.
"We need to do the next part." Yugi whispers to his new husband. "Right." Atemu nods. "Everyone is welcome to join the celebration in the banquet hall. Please come and enjoy yourselves." The reception starts with the introductions of Atemu and Yugi as a married couple. Afterwards, a meal is held and several guests make contributions such as speeches, songs and the like. During the whole celebrations, and Yugi before, both changed their kimonos several times into something more colorful. And Yugi is able to take his watabōshi off. At the very end of the party, they make a speech to all the guests and thank everybody.
"That went well." I turn to Toshiro as we crawl onto the bed. "Yeah, well we still need to do Ryou's wedding, and figure out what we are going to do about us." I shake my head and say, "Well, we have our necklaces so we will always remember each other if I do leave for Egypt without you and we have the mind link, so we can contact each other." Toshiro nods and then says, "We still need to completely fulfill your end of the bet." I sigh and say, "Fine, but be careful not to get me pregnant, we don't know if we will get separated or not." Toshiro nods and smirks. The night we lose in passion.
Author's notes: I am beginning to really like the endings of these chapters.
Toshiro: But the more chapters you post the closer to the end of the story and you will be crying,
FireWing Pegasus: I will worry about it when it comes along.
Toshiro: -shakes head- Please review.
