Forever Mine

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Yana: It will be explained

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“But I’m not the Pharaoh,” Yugi managed to yell out as he was dragged into a large, cold stone room. Instantly the girl pulled off his clothes, frowning as she stared at his boxers.

“Give me my clothes!” Yugi yelled as he tried to cover his privates in embarrassment.

The girl wrapped the finely woven loincloth around his waist and pulled a gold beaded shirt over his head, followed by an ornate headdress, with a serpent perched on top and a heavy golden collar around his neck.

“Come Pharaoh,” she said as she led Yugi down several halls. She went into one door and dragged him in after her. “Osiris, I found him!”

Yugi gasped as a tall brunet glanced over at her. His hazel eyes showed pity as he settled a long spear against a wall.

“Tristan?” Yugi whispered as Osiris resituated his thin armor as he stepped forward.

“Tumaini, Adofo, will you please take our Pharaoh to the throne room for his audience with the six priests of the Millennium items,” Osiris sighed as he directed two servants forward.

The two servants nodded quickly, Tumaini brushing his white hair out of his face as Adofo leaned over and whispered something to him and he nodded in sudden agreement.

Yugi’s eyes widened as he watched the two servants and silently wondered what type of trick this was and who else he would meet in this strange dream as he stared at the faces of Ryou and Malik.

“Come Pharaoh,” Tumaini said as he tried to hold back a giggle.

“Don’t worry about it Teana,” Adofo whispered as he bent to place a kiss on her cheek. “Everything will be alright.”

Teana nodded her head as she glanced down. Adofo jogged up to catch up with Tumaini who was leading Yugi out.

“Priestess Aishizu requested that I give you this,” Osiris said calmly as he held out an ornate necklace of rare gold and stones to Teana. “Tell her how you feel Teana, before it’s too late,” Osiris whispered as he left her.

Yugi swallowed hard as he was led into the large throne room. It screamed of the wealth of Egypt with everything that it held. Inside, stood six people in two straight lines. They were at an angle leading away from the throne as they stood there decked in white and ornate decorations and each held a Millennium Item.

But between the two lines was the greatest shock in Yugi’s life. It was Yami, sitting in the throne. Tanner, most likely from the Egyptian sun, but still it was Yami. Yugi tore away from Tumaini and Adofo and raced towards Yami only to be stopped by a pair of spears that were brought down before him.

“Who is this imposter? What is he doing dress in my royal robes,” Yami bellowed loudly.

“I’m sorry Atemu, my Pharaoh,” Osiris said as he stepped forward into the throne room and bowed low in front of him. “It was my doing. It was ineptness but I mistook this child for you, Ra on earth. Please, punish me as you will.”

Atemu snorted as he turned his gaze down at Osiris. “Your punishment shall be fifteen lashes. Report to them immediately.”

Osiris nodded as he backed slowly out of the throne room. The idea of the punishment waiting for him made Yugi’s stomach churn and he wondered how anyone could be so cruel especially Yami. What has happened to his loving Yami who caressed him as he cried and made love to him so gently? He seemed to be gone.

“There is no evil Ka evident in him,” a man spoke up.

Yugi glanced at him, shocked at the likened appearance to Odion he held, and beside him was a young woman who appeared to be exactly like Ishizu.

“Fine, send him to my chambers for his punishment. Seth!” He bellowed and one priest glanced up “You will be in attendance during his punishment. Have your slave bring a whip and prepare my chambers.”

“Yes my Pharaoh,” Seth droned. It was when he left with a swish of his robes that Yugi began to worry for his safety.

Roughly two guards grabbed Yugi’s arms and ignored his pleas to be released. No one seemed to care, after all this was what the Pharaoh ordered.

It wasn’t long before Yugi was thrown into a dark room where he would sit and wait for his punishment. Inside was a whip lying on the bed and a young man standing in the shadows, a loin cloth wrapped around his waist that fell just above his knees. Unlike the priests he wore no jewelry or shirt and his body was decorated by barely audible scars.

Yugi could see the muscles moving under his flesh as he moved carefully through the room. Yugi eyed the golden hair as he turned around. “Who are you,” Yugi gasped as he eyed the blond hair and soft brown eyes. At that moment Yugi was sure that if Joey had gone around in decent clothes before he would had jumped him long ago.

“Jono,” he whispered quietly.

“Jono, what’s going to happen to me?”

“You’ll be punished for your lie and afrontal to the Pharaoh.”

Yugi sat down on the floor hard. He didn’t understand anything and everyone seemed so indifferent about punishments no one deserved.

The eyes looked mournful as Jono turned away from Yugi. Before Yugi could say anything Seth had entered, Atemu behind him, and Yugi cringed as they both looked down at him.

“Strip him, slave,” Atemu ordered Jono instantly. Jono did as commanded, pulling the royal clothing off Yugi’s body. The next thing he did was pull Yugi over to a large pillar and secured him so that his back was facing the Pharaoh and the priest.

Jono took a small stick and held it in front of Yugi’s mouth before whispering in his ear. “Bite on this, it helps. Trust me,” a reassuring hand was placed on Yugi’s shoulder as his wide eyes fell shut with the shock of what was going to happen to him.

The reassuring presence of Jono lifted just as the first lash fell across Yugi’s back. He wanted to scream but instead he just bit down harder against the stick. He could feel the heat of his blood seeping out of his body as the next lash fell, again and again.

Soon things started to disappear and go black as Yugi let out moans and screams with each lashing and the next one never fell.

Yugi gasped as he heard the whip crack but he didn’t feel anything. He could feel and hear the ragged breathing of another as Jono used his body as a shield between the punishing whip and the prone body of Yugi.

Finally the pummeling whip stopped as Yugi was released from the post. His eyes averted down to Jono lying on the ground, the blood spattered over his body.

“Osiris,” Atemu snapped. “Bring the imposter to the dungeon and Seth, see to your slave. Train him, if this happens again he’ll be fed to the jackals.”

Yugi watched closely as Seth’s eyes lit in anger. “Cousin, you will never touch my slave. If you do, let the great god Horus help me, I shall destroy you.”

“It is a sin to threaten Ra on earth,” Atemu snarled.

“As it is one to slay another’s possession, lest you be a god or man. Jono and his ancestors have belonged to my family for generations. His mother was an obedient slave and the last thing my father promised her as she sacrificed herself for him to the jackals was a request, to keep her son safe of harm. Therefore if you strike him down you shall enrage the gods.

Atemu snorted as he turned away. “Get out of my chambers, and take the filth with you!”