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With and Without You	By : phantomness Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 918 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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I like powered! Mahaado, and he�s not that
weak in my opinion.

Finally beat Mako Tsunami in the game! Phew! I decked him. ^^
Chapter 2

�� Yami could
feel Mahaado tense as they walked through the gates. Well, it was an odd little
procession. Seto looked furious and kept shooting daggers at the back of the
teen�s head� well, he had just gotten kicked around rather nicely. Personally,
Mahaado had a lot of vindictive anger towards Seto and his family and it was
probably healthy for him to work it out sometimes�
�� You can
stop time?� Was what Yami asked as they finally got back to his quarters,
having snuck past Akunadin who Seto was no doubt making a report of right now.
�� You say
that like it�s a bad thing.�
�� Well, it�s
not, but aren�t people going to notice?�
�� Who said
they�re not frozen too? Have you looked outside the window yet? Besides the
palace, everything else has stopped moving. It�s bad for security if the
Pharaoh his court are compromised, of course, but��
�� Yami gave
Mahaado a sideways glance and then peeked out his window � well, actually, he
had a nice, pretty balcony he could use so he did that instead. And sure
enough, everyone on the streets was just, well, frozen solid. Time really had
stopped�
�� How did
you learn this?�
�� Another
shrug. �Time�. Can be your friend if you ask it properly.�
�� Now that
did not make any sense whatsoever. �No spells or rituals?�
�� Sometimes
the strongest spell is believing in yourself.�
�� Yami nodded
absentmindedly. �The Ring likes you.�
�� I know�
it�s quite odd.�
�� Why? You
were training to become a Priest� did you not think you�d get an Item,
Mahaado?�
�� It�s
complicated, my Prince.�

�� There was a
flurry of footsteps as Pharaoh Akunumkanon entered, followed by High Priest
Akunadin and High Priestess Aishizu. Mahaado immediately sank to his knees as
tradition demanded.
�� Who are
you?� Akunadin hissed. �If you have hurt the Prince�!�
�� Uncle!�
Yami stamped his foot. �He hasn�t done anything!�
�� Yet he has
the Millennium Ring.� Akunumkanon fixed his son with a stern glare. Yami
frowned.
�� I gave it
to him.�
�� You did what?
You don�t just hand the Millennium Items out to random people on the streets!�
�� Aishizu
coughed silently and fixed Mahaado with a surprised smile. This was her�. Twin?
He had returned?
�� Now that
was interesting.
�� Mahaado met
her eyes and the Ring glittered upon his chest, almost mocking with its
presence. �I am here on the Prince�s orders�.�
�� Well,�
Akunumkanon frowned, �What is your name?�

�� Silence.
�� Mahaado�s
reply was polite and brief, but Akunadin shivered. The boy had returned! He�d
seen, seen in a cloudy vision with the aid of his Eye, how this man would have
been troublesome, so he had driven him away, but now, he had returned� and if
that weren�t the worst part�
�� The Ring
had accepted him! It was quite easy for Akunumkanon to verify�
�� Akunumkanon
was quite surprised when he found out who the young man was. He couldn�t
remember why the boy had been dismissed, but Akunadin had told him that it was
because he lacked the aptitude necessary to be a priest.
�� Perhaps
they had judged him wrong then�
�� In any
case, as he was now, as unorthodox as it was, the new Priest of the Millennium
Ring, servants were hastily dispatched and he was given a suite of quarters in
the Priest�s wings of the palace, and would be introduced to the court
tomorrow.
�� That is, if
time ever restarted�

�� Mahaado
waited until he was sure he was alone before closing his eyes. The spell words
echoed through his mind in brilliant letters of smoke and outside, the moon
continued its path across the sky.
�� This was
his hidden power, the strength that fueled his magic, for although his magic
was pretty, it was mostly illusion�
�� Yami sighed
a bit as he watched the sky. What would happen tomorrow? Seto was sure to be
furious�
�� His father
and the priests had left, and he helped himself to a bunch of grapes as he
thought. Perhaps he could find some time to speak with Mahaado tomorrow, before
the ceremony� Yes, that would work.
�� Yami fell
asleep, tired, but for once, feeling better than he had in years. His friend
had returned. What could possibly be bad about that?

�� It was
cold, he decided, but that was nothing new. It was winter after all, and the
nights could be bitingly chill�
�� He opened
his eyes to great Ra at dawn and dressed quickly, waiting�
�� He found
Mahaado already awake as well. It had been, really, child�s play to find his
friend�s room. All he had to do was focus on the image of the teen�s Ka, and it
was like a magnet pull�
�� He found
Mahaado sitting on his bed quietly, meditating in a cross-legged position. He
sat down next to him, not wanting to disturb him too much, but�
�� Blue eyes
opened and regarded him warmly. �My Prince.�
��
�� Mahaado was
always so formal with him. It had been quite irritating when they had been
children, but now, he felt a strange surge of pleasure tint his cheeks at those
words. �Mahaado.�
�� The look
encouraged him to go on, so Yami did. �We never did have much time to talk last
night��
�� True� what
would you like to hear, my Prince?�
�� Did you�
why did you leave?�
�� It was
necessary, my Prince. In truth, I had no choice.�
�� No choice?
I always thought Uncle � I mean, Priest Akunadin had something to do with it,
but��
�� He did. He
told your father that I was incompetent and had no aptitude to be a priest and
your father believed him.�
�� Yami was
shocked. �That�s all?�
�� That was
all, my Prince.�
�� I can�t
believe it. You were powerful. They let Mana stay and she�s terrible. She
hasn�t been able to do anything!�
�� Mahaado�s
eyebrows rose slightly, but that was all the response he gave. He remembered
the little girl faintly, but not enough to make any impression.
�� She�s
Priestess Aishizu�s apprentice now.� Yami continued. �And besides, the priest�s
families can stay here with them and you�re Aishizu�s brother, so I don�t see why��
�� Shh.�
�� Yami
blinked, but went silent. Mahaado�s eyes glowed green for a second as he glared
at the wall. Suddenly, there was a cry from� outside.
�� Yami peeked
out and found a servant girl cowering against the wall, but there was nothing
frightening her, at least nothing visible to the normal eye.
�� She was
spying on us?�
�� It seems
so.� Mahaado said dryly. �You�d best leave, my Prince. Someone might find out
you were visiting me and the repercussions��
�� I
understand.�
�� So that
day, Mahaado became the High Priest of the Sennen Ring. Most people were
disinterested; they knew enough that the Ring switched holders every few
months. It seemed as if another poor soul was going to die�
�� But he
would prove them wrong.

End Chapter
Completed 10/18/05
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