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Faithful Servant	By : trystkinkou Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 5141 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter 4

Sunlight filtered through the window coverings to fall on the still form on the bed cushions. Enjoying the warmth, the form purred in its sleep. At least until it was rudely awoken by its sudden airborne state. With a surprised yowl, the golden form got his feet under him before hitting the floor. Turning fiery gold eyes on icy blue, the large cat hissed.

His answer was a deep growl from ‘his’ human. “I told you no sleeping in my bed, Mutt. You have your own to spread your fleas in.” Seth plopped the cushion back in place, ignoring the mental hiss of “not a mutt!” as he left to perform his duties. Seth paid no notice to his grumbling golden ‘guardian’ as his rituals continued and prayers released on the winds’ travels to the Gods. Already two weeks elapsed since the golden annoyance and the other cats arrived at the Palace, and Seth still had no clue why. All the tom would tell him is that the cats were supposed to act as guardians to their bonded. How, Seth was not sure. Most of the fuzzballs barely fit inside one’s hand. The only one that could POSSIBLY cause damage was the large golden tom. When Seth asked, the cat merely grinned and continued washing his paw.

Shaking his head, Seth headed through the gardens to his cousin’s dining hall for the nooning meal and meeting. The Pharaoh and other councilors already sat around the low table. Their own cats meandered or played around them. One red and gold streaked kitten, Seth recognized as his own brother’s, stopped pouncing on the feather her master was moving around to race over to his Mutt followed quickly by the other felines. Seth wondered why, again, he was stuck with the ‘Mutt’ and not one of the more tolerable kittens.

A light meal of fruit, bread, and spreads already lay out. Cool fruit juice flowed into his goblet as he joined the others. Atemu waited until after Seth drank deeply before beginning. “So, cousin, how goes your day?”

Looking over his selections, Seth settled on some bread with his favorite spread. A strange dark red fruit, almost black really, that come from the north. It was mostly bitter, but held a slight hint of sweet he prefered. “Same as usual, my Pharaoh. The seasonal prayers have begun. By the solstice, everything will be ready for the Renewing Ritual. In a few moons time, we will need to meet and plan the celebrations and purgings.”

Atemu took a bite of an apple before nodding. “I noticed the various evening shifts lately, myself, the Celestial Merging is not far off, is it?”

“Yes. The conjunction is nigh and the signs point to a favorable ritual. All should be fi-” The conversation screeched to a halt literally as Atemu’s little kitten screeched and hissed at his owner’s hand; biting down before it lifted the loaf of sweet bread it held.

Yelping, Atemu dropped the bread and cradled his hand to his chest. Everyone watched as almost every cat swarmed the basket hissing. The Gold Annoyance merely snorted not even lifting his head from his paws. Confused, Seto asked what happened. Yawning, the tom sighed. “Just a mild compound poison in da bread.”

Blue eyes narrowed. “And you didn’t think to warn us?”

“Not really. It’s such a small dose; ya’d only get sick. Now if ya tried ta eat some of da figs wit it like ya usually do den I’d let ya know. Da figs have nuff of da poison when ya eat da bread ta kill ya.”

Mokuba and Atemu flinched at the tick mark on Seth’s forehead, but a certain feline smirked. “I thought you were SUPPOSED to be my guardian.”

“Oh I am, but only fer stuff dat’ll kill ya.”

Seth felt the vein twitch again. Lazy, annoying… damn he IS a cat. Grumbling, Seth ignored the smug smirk as his attention returned to the others. His response to the Mutt’s mental comments was a silent wide-eyed stare from all. “What?” His growl brought the others out of their shock.
Mokuba was the first to speak. “Um. Big Brother. Are you feeling alright?” Seth’s glare quickly goaded him on. “It’s just… why are you yelling at your cat?”

“This annoying feline explained why the cats are all acting strange very rudely if you must know. Why didn’t your’s tell you?”

Sharing a look between their cousin, Atemu ordered the others out of the room. Once only the three remained, Atemu took up the conversation. “Seth, they are just cats. They can not speak.”

Blue eyes blinked at the other two. Slowly, they shifted to the smug feline again. Snarling, Seth realised what they were trying to tell him. Disregarding them for a moment, his attention centered on the tom. “And you were going to tell me WHEN that the others could not hear you?”

The cat shrugged. “Not really important.” Nonchalantly he cleaned a paw. “So the others can not speak to their chosen yet, no big deal. They ARE just kittens.” Honey eyes laughed at the narrowed blue. “Or maybe yer just that SPECIAL… or plain crazy.”

*Twitch**twitch* “I AM NOT CRAZY!”

“Dat’s what all da crazies say.”

Roaring loud enough to shake the goblets, Seth reared back to slam the unrespectful beast back into the wall with his Rod. Unfortunately, Atemu and Mokuba jumped in. They restrained the fuming Priest; watching the tom stretch slowly and leave the room. “Let me go! Ra damn it! That pest shall be dealt with! I will not allow such disrespect!”

“Seth, calm down.” Atemu tried to coax his cousin to sit once more.

“I will not calm down! Don’t interfere! I have put up with far too much.”

“Remember, Seth, the Gods decree was they were to be returned to the palace unharmed.”

“And they WERE. They are now at the palace so they do not fall under that order any longer!”

Narrowing his eyes, Atemu looked askance of Mokuba’s help. “But what about Bast, Big Brother. She will be most upset if any harm comes to one of her children.”

Seth grumbled under his breath. “I do not care about Bast’s opinion. She teamed me up with that… rude and uncouth creature. I seriously doubt it is in any relation to her at all. I say more likely one of Apep’s.” It took everything the other two had to not laugh at the mighty Priest’s pouting. Sighing, Seth crossed his arms. “Fine. I am calm once more, but I will not guarantee not hitting him when we cross paths.”

“That is all we ask, cousin.” Atemu motioned for them to sit once more. Once comfortable, he picked up his goblet. “Now. Please continue your observations earlier. What is it about the cat speaking?”

Sighing, Seth took a long drink of his goblet. He stared into the dark red juices, wishing it would impart a better knowledge than what he was about to impart. “The Mutt can speak to me.” Glaring at the two under his bangs, Seth’s eyes commanded silence. “In my mind, not by mine ears. He has been doing so from the moment we began the trek back to the palace; I did not know it was him at the time.”

Atemu coughed. “What has he been… telling you?”

Seth swirled the juices before draining the cup. “Mainly complaints about my personality and how their ‘Great Mother’ bound him to me. He’s said him and the others are supposed to be our guardians and protectors. How, he has not said. But just from the responses today,” Seth waved at the basket that started the whole problem. “I can make some guesses.”

“What was that about anyway?” Mokuba asked reaching for one of the figs. Quickly, Seth rapped the Rod against his hand.

“There is poison.” Moving the breads and figs away, Seth wished one of the cats remained to point out if any other items bore the wretched taint. Almost as if bidden, both Atemu and Mokuba’s kittens returned. Jumping back onto the table, they went from item to item sniffing. When any offending scent greeted them, their hissing was quickly noted. Of all the nooning meal items, only the bread, figs, apples, and wine held the taint. Seth removed them quickly to investigate further. Locking eyes with the little ones, he sighed. “Do you also understand or can speak to us?”

Amethyst and green-brown blinked at him then at each other. Mewing sadly, they nodded once but quickly shook their heads. Seth pinched his nose. So they could understand the humans, just not speak to them. Well at least they could nod. Wait a moment. “Can you write or read?” By their blank looks, that was a resounding no. Maybe they could devise a way to communicate with them. Shelving that thought back in his mind, Seth frowned. “Is the large tom the only one that can speak of you?” Nods; damn he was hoping at least another would be able to help.

Jumping into the conversation, Atemu caught his kitten’s attention. “Heba, can the tom speak to any other human?” Tri-colored shoulders shrugged. Apparently he didn’t know. “Okay. Is Seth special in being able to hear him?” Another shrug from the kitten garnered a frustrated sigh from the Pharaoh. Saddened, Heba raced to comfort his master. He didn’t mean to upset his bonded. Smiling at the little furball’s attempt to cuddle him, Atemu picked him up. “It’s alright, Aibou. If you do not know, you do not know. But is the other liable to tell us if asked?” This time the little red and gold streaked female of Mokuba’s shrugged. She knew her brother. He may answer, he may not. Depended on his mood and Mother's wishes, really.
“Well that was a grand help.” Seth grumbled then sighed deeply. “I guess, I’d better start looking into this poison before the culprit disappears. We’ve been distracted long enough.”
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