Adult-FanFiction.org : Yu-Gi-OH

Gypsies and Theives	By : Rochelle Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1535 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh!, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 1
- 2
Gypsies and Thieves

I don�t own shit. Such is life.
Author: Rochelle B

Rating: Pg-13 to R (unless you catch this on a NC-17 friendly sight)

Series: Part One in the Long Road series. Slightly edited from the original.

Summery: The Pharaoh�s trusted allies: an elven guard, a mage, a priest, and a consort, sworn to protect him. They failed and the kingdom falls into the hands of a corrupt mage. Can they reclaim it with the aid of a band of theives, or is Egypt lost?

Pairings: Seto/Yami/Yugi, Seto/Yami, Seto/Yugi, Yugi/Yami, Seto/Jou, Dark/Celtic/Jou, Honda/Otogi, Ryou/Bakura, Marik/Malik, Marik/Bakura.

Warnings: This is a long story folks. It�s my baby. That aside, some major Shota because Yugi�s almost a decade younger than Seto and Atemu. Oh and anyone with a serious interest in history is going to hate this, because I have twisted history to suit my own wicked purposes. Seriously AU.
---------------------

Prelude

Gifts to a Prince

---------------------
When Pharaoh Serpet died his son, Prince Atemu, was but a child. This left his sister, the boy�s aunt, to rule the kingdom until the boy was of age. She took Atemu as her own son, having none of her own, and loved him fiercely. She would have died for him. Many people spoke of the goodness of Queen Nefrat, who was said to have a heart as pure as Ra�s sunlight. Egypt flourished under her gentle touch.
Powerful alliances were formed and enemies trembled at the very idea of invading because of the strength of these allies. The Conquers of Rome would lend their armies, the Scholars of the Nearby Deserts their wisest generals, the Warriors of the North their most feared fighters, and the Inventors of the West their best weapons. Egypt stood tall and unshakeable.
As proof of these alliances and of the good will of the distant kingdoms her adopted son was graced with four unique gifts, one from each ally. They would be unmatched in their area of skill and their loyalty to the young prince would be unquestionable.
From the West came a babe from the womb of one of China�s most beautiful women. He was called Lian (1) and much younger than the young prince, nearly nine years so. He had the most striking violet eyes and hair such a dark red it was nearly black before giving way to the palest blond any had ever seen. He looked much as the prince had as a child and so he was giving the second name Ata. His first name would be Zahur, for he reminded the Queen much of a flower.
She declared that he would be the prince�s companion for all of his days, once they were both of age. Until then he would learn with the wisest of tutors to learn the ways of the kingdom, politics, reading, writing, healing, and seduction. He would learn to be Atemu�s greatest friend, ally, confidant, and consort when the time was correct. He would be at his side always and dedicate his life to making that of his master more pleasing.
He would know nothing of his people or kingdom and would live only to serve Atemu.
The next gift was a young man, two years older than the Prince. His father had been High Priest to the prince�s grandfather. When the former pharaoh had passed the man left Egypt to marry a beautiful woman from across the sands. He now offered his youngest son to carry the tradition of High Priest.
The queen knew the boy, named Kahil (2), had a quick and cunning mind coupled with a keen sense of awareness. She could have refused the boy and asked for one of his elder brothers but knew that he would be truly skilled at his job, surpassing his father and all of those in his line who came before him, and so she accepted him gladly. She was said to have the ability to look into ones soul and see what laid in his or her future and so no one questioned her.
She renamed him Sethos and sent him to study with the oldest priests at the temples along the banks of the Nile to ensure that he had the knowledge to serve her son well. He would be cut off from the real world, stripped of all contact to his family, and know nothing of the outside world save Atemu.
The third gift was the oddest by far, coming from across great distances to reach them. A child with hair the color of the Nile when the sun and eyes of the burning sands, barely into his sixteenth year, but already the greatest warrior his tribe had to offer. He was the son of a Virgin Princess, grandson of the Chieftain of his tribe, born during a full moon tinted with blood. They said he was the son of their god Thor and cold lay waste to his enemies with ease.
He was called Ansgar (3) of the Cathan clan, but the queen decided he would be called Badru, her son�s personal guardian. He would train amongst her most skilled guards. They would look down upon the young man as a lesser being, unworthy of their company, and it would make him harden his heart. He would distrust the people around him, and the Queen counted upon this.
She wanted his loyalty to Atemu, not for him to make companions among the other warriors.
The final gift came from Athens in the form of a boy, midway through his twelfth year. His mother, the queen�s own sister, had been unmatched in beauty and so had been married to a well thought of senator to strengthen their ties to Rome. She�d been quite well thought of until she became pregnant. She�d descended into a sort of madness and couldn�t be talked out of the idea that Anubis or Hades had sired her child.
She hadn�t been believed until after the child�s birth. He had hair and eyes of the darkest midnight, skin like milk, and it was said he�d been wielding the power of the shadows since birth. He didn�t speak, preferring to absorb himself in his studies and pursuits of the mind. His father had named him Demetrios (4) but his mother, still gripped by madness, called him Kek and refused to be near him.
He had been sent to a master of Chaos and Shadow magic to learn and when he finished his apprenticeship there he would study under Pegasus, who had been mage to the pharaoh and now advised the queen. Kek would take over his rule when Atemu took the throne.
He, like the others, would be cut off and only know of his craft, his duty, and his future Pharaoh.
------------------
Nefrat smiled to herself as her messengers took her decrees regarding the gifts and turned to her made and trusted friend. He was much older than she, having even served under her father. He was a wise man and she trusted him to guide her in the proper direction and she usually followed his advice as carefully as she could because of it.
But this time she�d gone against it. He thought it unwise to bring in four outsides to be her adoptive son�s council and protectors. He claimed they could not be trusted because of their allegiances with other kingdoms.
If war were to break out they�d probably side with their own people over them. He claimed this was especially true of the warrior for he had not only lived among his people for so long, but he lacked the Egyptian heritage of the other two older boys. At that she�d smiled wryly, plum colored eyes sparkling with mirth. He�s growled.
�This is no laughing matter? They can�t be trusted to be true to Egypt.�
�I don�t want them to be true to Egypt my friend.� She smiled again while pushing a strand of dark hair behind her ear. �I want them to be loyal to Atemu and they will be. Anything beyond that is unnecessary to their lives. As long as Egypt is true to Atemu, they will be true to Egypt.�
She noticed he seemed to go pale and that his lips pressed together until there were little but a thin bloodless line. Then he replied stiffly. �As you wish Nefrat.�
---------
The queen would become mysteriously ill shortly there after, much as her brother before her. It was decided that if she passed before Atemu�s eighteenth year he would become Pharaoh automatically. Until he then he would continue his studies and pursuits in becoming a good ruler, as the queen had ordered some time before.
Pegasus slaved for long hours trying to heal the queen of course, but as each year wore on her condition worsened and she began to simply fade away.
By the time he was of age to take over she had become little more than a living skeleton in a constant state of pain so horrific she was too blinded by it to even recognize the child she had raised as her own. Perhaps, had she been around to advise him things would have one differently and the reign of the young Pharaoh wouldn�t have ended in such tragedy.
But this tale starts before then.
------------------
(1): This is Yugi, obviously. (Just chant �it�s AU, it�s AU, it�s AU� over and over.) Lain is Chinese for Graceful Willow, which just seemed so Yugi. Ata is Egyptian for Twin (Regarding his resemblance to Atemu) and Zahur is Egyptian for A Flower. I think. It could also be a type of flower, I suppose� He�s eight years younger than Atemu.
(2): This would be Seto. He�s half Egyptian, half Arab. Kahil is Arabic for Friend or Lover and Sethos is the name of some Egyptian Prince. He�s from a long line of priests and his family is related to that of the Pharaoh�s, so he�s Atemu�s second cousin. Youngest of eight brothers, though while he�s gone his mother has another child. He�s two years older than Atemu.
(3): This is the Celtic Guardian, only human. He�s Celtic of the Irish/Gael variety (as opposed to being Welsh Celtic and yes there is a difference.) Ansgar is Gaelic for �Of Battle� and Cathan is Gaelic for Warrior. Badru is Egyptian for �one born during the full moon.� Thor is the Norse/Swedish/early Anglo-Saxon god of Thunder and War. Which makes no sense actually, because the Celts were into animism but whatever� He�s eight years older than Atemu.
(4): This is the Dark Magician, only human. He�s half Roman, half Egyptian. Directly related to the royal family in that his mother was the Pharaoh�s sister. His father is, in theory, a senator in the Roman Governing System. Unless you believe his mother and think it�s Hades and/or Anubis, the respective Gods of the Underworlds in Roman and Egyptian mythology (I can neither confirm nor deny this claim at the present). Demetrios is Roman for �Gift from Demeter� and Kek is Egyptian for �God of Darkness�. Which is a fantastic name for a child� He�s four years older than Atemu.
- 1
- 2
You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
Report Story

Gypsies and Theives