She then turned on her heels and left
"Over my dead body." I growled quietly before walking back into the room
"Yes Yugi, Yami is hurt." I heard Jono say, I then looked over at Yami t see him with crimson tipped ears and tail that had chunks of fur missing from it and he was in Atem`s arms being comforted
"I am not one to guess but if I had to say Mana did this you would probably say I'm right."
"Yes you are right Seth." Jono said
"Does anyone but Yami know how Mana found out?"
"No, not yet, the pharaoh has only just been able to get him to stop crying and I've only just got Yugi to sleep from him crying."
"Why was Yugi crying?"
"Because Yami was hurt and upset." I walked over to Jono and carefully stroked Yugi`s head and he purred in his sleep. I smiled before looking at Jono and ruffling his hair earning a purr from him as well soon followed by a blush
"There, are you feeling better now?" I heard Atem say, I turned around to see him getting to his feet and helping Yami up as well
"Just a little bit, thank you pharaoh." Yami replied
"Come let`s sit down."
"But what about-"
"Leave it, I`ll get someone else to do it I don`t want you leaving and running into Mana."
"Okay." Atem led him over to the sofa and the pair of them sat down and I did the same with Jono
"Yami, how did Mana find out about you?" Jono asked, I heard Yami whimper as he lowered his head
Before he started talking in the Neko language, after a few moments I heard Jono gasp before Yami stopped talking
"Jono? What did he say?"
"He said she found out the first day he started to work here."
~Flashback~
Yami`s Pov (brief)
After the long day of work I walked back to my small room just as a lot of other servant. I entered the room and closed the door, I laid down on my bed and curled up before allowing my tail and ears to come out and slowly fall asleep.
I was woken up a few minutes later by footsteps and my door opening, I looked up to see Mahad`s apprentice closing the door and walking over to me
"I knew it, I knew you were different, but Mahad would tell me what." Mahad was the only one to know about me and I trusted him. I whimpered; looked away and flattened my ears against my head whilst curling my tail between my legs. She grabbed my hair and forced me to look at her
"You`re cute, I want you as my play thing." I whimpered and shook my head only for her to slap me across my face and grab my tail
"You dare refuse me?!" I whimpered and nodded, I felt her grab some of the fur on my tail before I felt complete agony
"Every time you refuse me you will get this and worst." She then let go of my hair and left the room, I whimpered and looked down at my tail to see a chunk missing and blood trickling down the cut that was there as well. I moved my tail close to my mouth and began to lick the wound clean wincing in pain each time
~Flashback End~
"and he says it`s been going on ever since."
"So that`s why you were whimpering at every movement you made the next day." I saw him nod before looking at Atem and saw he was confused
"Yami was my helper the next day, but he wouldn`t tell me what was wrong, but now I know."
"Yami why wouldn`t you tell me? I`m your friend."
"I-I`m sorry Jono, but she said I couldn`t tell anyone or she`d take away the most precious thing I had, I couldn't even tell Mahad and he knew something was wrong."
"What your most precious thing Yami?" Atem asked him, Yami whimpered and shook his head
"Pharaoh, Yami has never been taken before." Jono explained
"Oh."
"Jono, is that the little brother you told me about?" Yami asked, Jono grinned
"Yes, this is my sleeping little brother Yugi."
"Who is in care of both me and Jono." Atem explained
"Really?" Jono asked
"Well I`m not going to take him away from his brother."
"Thank you Pharaoh." He smiled before looking at me
"Seth go and fetch Mahad and make sure Mana is not with him." I nodded and left the room
Jono`s Pov
I looked down at Yugi`s sleeping form and smiled as he purred and rolled onto his back before opening his eyes and looking at me
"Welcome back to the land of the living little brother." He jumped up onto my shoulder and pawed my hair
"Ears? Tail?" I chuckled before letting my golden tipped ears and tail out and laughed a bit when Yugi began pawing my ears
"Having fun little brother?"
"Yes." I heard Yami let out a laugh before Yugi jumped back into my lap and grabbed an apple from the bowl and began eating, I then heard the Pharaoh chuckle
"I`m guessing he`s still hungry." The pharaoh said
"Yes pharaoh it seems like it."
"Please you two, whilst we are alone like this or with Seth in here call me by my name."
"What about Mahad?" Yami asked, looked down at his lap
"Mahad is my childhood friend, so you can call me by my name around him as well."