It was 8:00 at night in Cairo, New Egypt and Joey, Tristen, Solomon and Joe arrived at the palace's front gates. They had forgotten how huge the front gates were; there was top security everywhere. After the helicopter left them at the front gates, they headed in the guest line to show the guards at the gates their invitations. While they were waiting in line, Tristen noticed two guards talking in hushed voices, glancing at him and Joey every now and then.
"Hey Joey," whispered Tristen as he tapped Joey's shoulder from behind. "See those two guards over there?" Tristen eyes were glancing in the direction of the two guards.
Joey glanced back at Tristen in response to the tap, then turned around and said "Huh? What two guards?" Joey then glanced in the direction Tristen was glancing in, and they both watched as the two guards were walking towards them.
Both Joey and Tristen's faces were surprised yet goofy, as they quickly turned and looked forward towards the line. Once the guards reached them, one of them sternly asked
"Are you two Tristen Taylor and Joey Wheeler?"
They both glanced at each other, until Tristen replied
"Uh, yeah?"
"Okay then, do you happen to be with a Joe Moto and Solomon Moto?"
"Ah, yeah they're right behind us."
This caused Solomon to glance a bit forward, as well as Joe. The guard took their invitations while saying
"You'll all be escorted to the front of the line, so that you will be the first to walk in to the wedding room. These were orders by the Pharaoh himself, you cannot deny them."
"The Pharaoh? You mean Yami-Yugi?" exclaimed Joey.
"Yes, now please follow us as we escort you to the front of the line."
All of them did so, and were now at the front of the line, which was at the front gates. After that the guards walked back to their guarding positions, and Joey, Tristen, Solomon and Joe were the first in line. Being the closest to the gates of the palace, they all prepared themselves for what they may see. They noticed the actual palace's front door were open, but there was top security everywhere. Of course, there was a metal detector which they would have to walk through before passing through the gates.
A front guard then opened the gates after all the guests went through the metal detector, which everyone was unarmed. Thus, Joey took a deep breath in before walking with the others through the gates; Tristen seemed to grow a little wondered at the beautiful sights of the palace. Once everyone was in the front of the Palace's opened doors they walked in very calmly. Guards were leading them to the throne room's doors, and they waited there until the guards were given the okay to open them. Joey seemed all the more serious about everything, and Tristen started to as well.
Both of them realized the situation they were in. They were going to see the Pharaoh of New Egypt get married. They were finally going to see Tea and, hopefully Yugi back to normal. They knew that as soon as Yugi and Yami synchronized, the clock would be ticking for them. It's almost been a full 3 years since then, there were only 2 weeks left of the year. Meaning it was winter, but it did not snow in New Egypt.
Inside the throne room, Yami-Yugi and Tea were sitting on the throne and decided that they were ready to start the wedding. Tea felt like her emotions were riding in all directions. She didn't know if she was excited or if she was nervous. What she did know was that she loves Yami-Yugi and that she is happy to be marrying to him.
Yami-Yugi felt directly the same, but for some reason he just didn't feel right. He didn't know what kind of feeling it was, but he felt as though he was slowly getting weaker and weaker. He did his best to stay strong for Tea; he didn't want to ruin the most important day of his life.
Of course Sababah was standing in his usual place next to the throne, hands behind his back; he looked more serious than usual. Bakura was standing on the opposite side of the thrones, hands behind his back as well. Bakura seemed very relaxed yet expressionless. Every now and then he would side step back and forth for three seconds, then continue standing.
Yami-Yugi glanced at the nearest guard and nodded his head. The guard saluted, then brought out a walkie talkie and told the guards that were outside the palace doors to open them.
Just then, a small sliver of shining light was released from the throne room doors that were slowly opening. This caused all the guests to shield their eyes, until the breath taking, awe wondering sight was before them. As soon as the brightness cleared up and they began to walk inside, music of ancient Egypt filled the room. They were walking on a white carpet that led all the way to the thrones. There were musicians of all kinds, dancers flowing around long white and golden ribbons.
When they looked up, the ceiling seemed immeasurably tall, with a huge white and gold banner that had the phrase "Welcome to the Wedding of Pharaoh Yami-Yugi and Tea Gardner" in English. A little passed the doors were white, cushioned chairs for the guests to sit on. The instant the last guest walked in, Yami-Yugi arose from his chair and raised his hand to halt the dancers and music. Him raising his hand also made the guests stop walking as they stood, waiting for the Justice of the Peace to speak.
Lowering his hand, he noticed Joey, Tristen, his grandfather and father were in the front of the crowd. He felt relieved that they could make it. Tea then stood up as her and Yami-Yugi were standing face to face, the Justice of the Peace now behind them.
"Welcome everyone, I hope that you all are doing very well this evening. We are here today in the presence of family and friends to share with Tea and Yami-Yugi the most important day of their lives. We do this as the legal requirement to be married but this ceremony does not alter the love required to be husband and wife. Without the love between these two people we would not be here today."
The Justice of the Peace began to look curious at the bride and groom; he began to seem much wondered on a thought.
"What is marriage? It has been said that marriage is that relationship between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual and the obligation reciprocal. Tea and Yami-Yugi you are now to bring together the best parts of your individuality, uniting spirit, talent and experience to create something better than either of you alone can offer. You must, and I'm sure will, Work hard to maintain this unison."
Those last few sentences made Yami-Yugi feel quite uncomfortable. The best parts of your individuality, uniting spirit, maintain this unison... hearing those phrases made him feel very uneasy.
*How...how can I show the best parts of my individuality to Tea if I am not my individual self? How can I unite my spirit with Tea if my spirit is synchronized with Yugi's? How could I ever maintain my unison with Tea...if I can't even maintain my unison with Yugi? All my negative feelings have rubbed off on him...and now...*
