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Whispers in the Dark	By : BlackGargie Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 6866 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: Now we shall see more of the Whisperers� side after Seto�s rendezvous with Joey. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh.
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WHISPERS IN THE DARK
�� It is a dangerous web you weave,
brother dearest. I gather you have gone to see him again.�
�� How did��
�� Seto spun
round, wanting to argue but the heat on his face stopped him as he realized it
was Katz, mate of his twin brother and Co-Leader of the Clan Seth, looking at
him with knowing eyes. His brother must�ve somehow known that he had went
missing from his chambers to be gallivanting and spending the night with Joey
instead of tending to the palace like a Royal Advisor should, and must�ve sent
him to search for him. It was bad enough to be found slacking off from his duties,
but to be found by his brother-in-law and in the middle of sneaking back into
his office was worse. He scowled and looked away, walking quickly to avoid
Katz. Katz followed behind him, adjusting his robe so that his protruding belly
was decently covered.
�� My personal affairs are none of
your concern, half-breed. Leave me be.�
�� What have your blood brother spoken
to you about succumbing to emotion? Are you trying to break the tradition that
been centuries old? And you�ve taken his Millennium Rod no less.�
�� A tradition that
is not written in law in black and white. Who are you to deny me my way
of handling my mate? You�re just a half-breed��
�� With that kind of attitude, I just
might issue such law,� Seth said coldly, appearing from behind the scroll shelves,
giving Seto a disapproving look. �What have I spoken
to you about respecting your brother-in-law? And where have you been, Seto? Yami and I didn�t see you
at the political meeting today.�
�� I was�well�occupied,� Seto tried to worm his way out of the situation but Seth�s
cold blue eyes held him in place. So far, the only person who could ever hold Seto�s ground and bite his tongue was his brother, and
since they were pups, Seth had always been his means of discipline ever since
their mother died due to the Plague and their father died during the War.
�� To see your human
counterpart again, no doubt. How many times do we have to go through
this? We are still��
�� At the aftershocks of war, I know,�
Seto replied exasperatedly. �Look, we haven�t exactly
have an attack since, what, three hundred moons ago? There is no reason to
doubt that the aftershocks are over as we all know it.�
�� We can�t be too careful, brother,�
Seth growled, taking the Millennium Rod out of Seto�s
hand and dematerialized it in his hand. �What if something were to happen when
you�re not at your post to defend the armed forces? What would become of our Sky City?
You know you are an important asset in leading the troops to battle.�
�� Seto
sighed, too tired to argue with Seth. He had undergone this argument ever since
he was elected Royal Advisor alongside Yami, and
after so many centuries of listening to the same lecture for the umpteenth
time, it was getting really, really old.
�� I know this tradition is as old as
time and isn�t exactly a compulsory thing to abide,� Katz said as he lay a hand
on his brother-in-law�s shoulder, �but you cannot further complicate things by
acting at your whim. You know that you and your mate are of different worlds.
The tradition is set because we do not want too many strings attached and
complicate the lives of humans and of ourselves. Our lives are already at stake
here. Please be careful and wary of what you are trying to pursue.�
�� Yes, brother-in-law, I understand,� Seto
sighed grudgingly after a long silence, spitting out Katz�s title like it was a
disease. Katz spoke the truth, in a way, no matter how much distaste he had for
him. Ever since the end of the Duelist Phantoms War, though the world of humans
have regained control and are living an almost normal life, there is still much
loose ends in the Ethereal Clan that needed to be settled that involved a lot
of counter-balancing. To upset another set of balance between human and
Ethereal was not an option.
�� Milord,� Yami
suddenly popped his head through the curtains that serve as Seto�s
office door. �Your presence at the chambers of counsel is needed.�
�� Is anything the matter?� Seth asked, his face nonchalant but his eyes concerned.
�� It is regarding the aftershocks
issues, I�m afraid. His Majesty Maximillion Pegasus
is here and requires the audience of both of you in private. I cannot tell you
anymore.�
�� Very well,� Seth sighed and walked
out, but not before he gave a warning look at his twin. Katz gave Seth a
�That�s enough� look and consoled Seto.
�� Remember what your blood brother
and I have spoken to you, brother dearest. And Brother Yami,
please ensure that my brother dearest be present at the counseling of the
commons later.�
�� Yes, milord,� Yami
bowed slightly and watched Seth and Katz leave before leaning against the table
beside Seto, who was taking a seat and letting out a
tired sigh. �So, brother, Lord Seth and Lord Katz lectured you again of your
Puppy?�
�� Don�t even try to repeat whatever nonsense he just bombarded me with,� Seto growled. �Who does that little half-breed Katz think
he is, anyway? He�s not the lord of me!�
�� Pleas stop
calling Lord Katz �half-breed�. You know very well he�s just as much of
a normal Halfling as Brother Duke Devlin is, and that he�s your brother-in-law.
I don�t recall seeing you calling Brother Duke Devlin half-breed as much as you
call Lord Katz.�
�� That�s because Brother Duke Devlin
is our friend, and a decent Halfling! But him! I wouldn�t mind him being a
Halfling, but he�s not even of royal blood! He�s just a spawn between a
commoner Whisperer and a commoner human, and yet he gets elevated to royal status and get to rule side by side on
the throne just because he and Brother Seth couldn�t keep their legs closed and
Brother Seth had to end up impregnating him. Now who�s the one being succumbing
into emotions here? He dares to accuse me
of being emotional! Gods of Ethereal! To think that my
nephew would be that little spawn growing inside of his belly right this
minute!�
�� Technically, Lord Katz�s father was
of royal lineage, but was demoted and rendered to a lower status,� Yami pointed out in his wise way, �due to the fact that he
embezzled the Royal Treasury, so genetically and technically speaking, Lord
Katz has all the right traits and bloodline to be on the throne. The sins of
the fathers doesn�t necessary have to be paid by the blood of the sons, you
know.�
�� Anyone who is of lower status than
royal is no different than a commoner,� Seto replied
indignantly, looking through his list of scrolls to be signed, not exactly
reading anything.
�� Don�t forget, Brother Seto, that he was the one to provide you with your Puppy�s
information. He was the one that led
you to be so lovestruck with your Puppy.�
�� It was not exactly a big secret
among the royal family about Seto�s obsession over
the honey-tan human. He had to admit, that was the first time Katz had ever
done anything smart and worthy. Since he run the Sky City alongside with Seth,
Katz�s job was slightly more focused towards the troops of the Whisperer middle
men (where his fellow Halfling Duke Devlin worked), and he was in charge of
giving information about their human intended to the selected few who will
undergo the ritual every few years. Unlike the humans who are kept in the dark
about their Whisperer mates until the day of the ritual, the Whisperers get to
know their intended briefly through a picture and a scent mark as soon as their
human counterparts have reached the age between 10 to 12, depending on how soon
have they reached physical puberty (i.e. menstruation). When Katz gave him the
picture and the handkerchief bearing his Puppy�s scent mark, he couldn�t get
his mind of him. He would stare at it every day and before bedtime and would
inhale the scent mark as if his life depended on it. As twins often share
telepathic links, it wasn�t long before Seth discovered Seto�s
obsession and wasted no time in reprimanding about tradition, forbidding him
entirely to even think of looking at his human mate
before the ritual day. Katz took pity at Seto�s
plight and quietly hinted him that his Puppy can be seen at certain places
where there are secluded place he could hide so that he would not be spotted by
the humans.
�� He was reluctant to listen to Katz
at first, since he had never been in good terms with him to begin with, but
soon the temptation was too great. He finally decided to venture into the human
world and coincidentally saw him from outside Yami
Forests. He remembered it was during the time his Puppy was running towards the
forests for some unknown reason before his Puppy�s female foster mother came to
bring him home, and while hidden behind the shadows of the forests, he and his
Puppy locked eyes for the first time. What a sight his Puppy was to behold! His
Puppy may be still a pup of 10 human years, but every fiber of his being
screamed perfect, from the tip of his honey-brown hair to the tip of his
honey-tan toes. Since the first time he laid eyes on him, he knew he could
never part himself from him ever again. As he watched him from afar under the
shadows, he learnt about his Puppy more than any of his other friends should.
His escapades to the human world earned much scolding from Seth because of him
abandoning his job and post, but Katz always managed to lighten up the situation
and tried to persuade Seto to lessen his frequent
visits to see Joey, which, of course, fell into deaf ears.
�� Throughout the years of waiting for
Joey to come of age, he had watched him and somehow, in a way, grew up
alongside him. He had watched him graduate grade school and middle school,
witness his first play during the school open day, saw him won his first game
at soccer, cheered him on quietly at his first fight alongside his fellow
friends to protect his weaker friends against the hormone-crazed pure men, and
even learnt of his first crush and the heartbreak he endured after being
rejected for being �too violent�. He was tempted to teach that wretched human
who broke his heart a lesson, but he knew any action he did would soon reach
the ears of Seth, and if the offence was serious, it might be brought up to Maximillion Pegasus and he would have to face the wrath of Marik the Royal Executioner. Besides, he was glad that the
crush did not accept Joey�s advances anyway; his heart would�ve shattered into
a million pieces if he had done otherwise.
�� What about you, Brother Yami?� Seto smirked, looking
slyly at his royal cousin.
�� What of me?� Yami
asked, giving him a questioning look.
�� Do you not deny that you, too, are
as equally lovestruck to your Light as well?�
�� Yami
blushed through his tan skin, giving his royal cousin an angry challenging
look, but seeing Seto giving him that usual smirk
whenever he knew he was right, Yami sighed in defeat.
�� No, brother.
Unfortunately I cannot deny such truth.�
�� Seto�s
obsession towards his Puppy soon became a source of curiosity for Yami towards his own mate. One night, during one of their
rare days of relaxation, Yami requested to tag along
with Seto to see who exactly his Puppy was so special
about that made Seto so adamant to leave post all the
time and endure his twin�s lecture time and time again. It was prom night for
his Puppy�s high school�about a year before Joey and the gang were of age to
undergo the ritual�and, while sitting on a nearby tree that gave them a scenic
view of the whole school hall through the hall window, Seto
gestured quietly at Joey who was dancing in a frenzy beat along with his band
of misfits through the booming and banging music that could very well threaten
to bring the whole building down. He agreed that Joey was quite a looker, and
could understand why Seto was so smitten with him,
but nothing prepared him for what he had witnessed next.
�� Yugi was
dancing in front of Joey, and it took all of Yami not
to just fall off the tree and die. Just as Seto felt
for his Puppy, he felt the exact same feeling for Yugi.
He didn�t think that seeing his mate in real life could be so tantalizing and
breathtaking than in the photo and from his scent mark. If he had been slightly
attracted at the way Yugi smiled in the camera while
sitting on Solomon�s lap, the feeling he had right now after seeing the real
deal was tenfold. He could tell from the features that Yugi
was related to Gozaburo from the exact tri-coloured hair they both shared, and he discovered from Katz
that he was related in a very, very minute way due to the fact that his
grandfather had sire one of Gozaburo�s nephew, but
after learning about the theory of scent marks, he was relieved that they no
longer share the same bloodline after so many centuries. He could feel that
little Yugi�s presence alone could illuminate the
whole school hall, and if he were a Whisperer, he�d light up the entire Sky
City with his radiant soul and blot out the night, bringing in rays of joy and
love with a shine that could rival the brightest of light of the sun.
�� Which is why Yami was obsessed in calling Yugi
his �Light�.
�� At least I�m not like you,� Yami replied indignantly, his blush slightly subsiding. �I
don�t go around running away from the palace and shirking my duties and go
beady-eyed over a human. I�m not an obsessed freak, pining over someone who
would never be part of my life.�
�� But you would almost always agree
when I invite you to come along,� Seto said. �That�s
obsession enough.�
�� A young pup�one of Yami�s many pageboys�popped his head in to remind the duo
that the counseling of commons would start any minute. Yami
nodded and dismissed the pup. After a long silence between the two royal
cousins, Seto finally spoke.
�� Brother?�
�� Yes?�
�� Do you think�we would ever have a
chance with our human mates? A chance to have and hold and
cherish forever?�
�� That is an unlikely possibility,
brother. Even if they are allowed to live with us or vice versa, we will still
have to suffer the fate of their mortality and watch them wither before us.�
�� Then�are we just going to be doomed
to live with another while our hearts remained captured by our human love?�
�� I suppose that is the only outcome
it�ll ever be, brother.�
--:--
�� Is it as bad as we fear, Your
Majesty?�
�� Maximillion
Pegasus nodded gravely. �It seems that more and more recruits have been
collected by those Bad Seeds. Other clans and tribes have joined forces with
them and we are left for naught. We have only a few alliances that would remain
loyal to us and stand and fight alongside against them, but it would take more
than just a few handfuls of loyal tribes that are willing to die for us to
fight against them.�
�� Seth and Katz sighed, worry filling
into their hearts. This was the last thing they wanted to hear right now.
�� I know this is a bad time, Your
Highness,� Maximillion Pegasus said apologetically,
�what with the coming of your royal bairns, Lord
Katz, but this is rather a dire situation. It seems like those Bad Seeds have
begun to have strong desires to overthrow me and conquer every part of the
Ethereal Clan, including the Sky
City.
�� Their influences are getting
stronger by the day and we cannot afford to be slack. They would stop at
nothing to get what they want. They will find any weak link possible to bring
you down. I strongly suggest that each and every one of you be on your toes for
the time being.�
�� Understood, Your
Majesty,� Seth nodded, reprimanding and disciplining Seto
being the first thought in his mind.
�� After a few more briefings, Seth and
Katz sent Maximillion Pegasus on his way. Rubbing his
pregnant belly, Katz leaned onto his mate.
�� I fear for our pups, Seth. What
would become of the Ethereal Clan? If we are conquered, there is no telling
our��
�� Hush, my love,� Seth laid a finger
on his mate�s rosy lips. �Nothing will come between us or our pups. I swear
with my life that I will protect you and our pups till the end of time.�
�� As the royal couple hugged each other,
both their hearts couldn�t help but wonder and worry about the
not-so-impossible upcoming bleak future ahead of them.

A/N: So watcha think so far? Great? I�m still not gonna tell
what exactly is going on. You have to find out yourselves! Katz is an OC
actually, but if it makes you feel better to know his description, he looks
like a male version of Kisara, the girl who had the Blue-Eyed
White Dragon and was Priest Seth�s lover. Reviews plz!
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