Pleasure and Pain

Bakura was taken to the palace. They brought him into throne room. Yami sat on his gold throne, his legs crossed, and two servant boys fanning him.

Yam scowled as they brought Bakura into the room with his wrists tied behind his back and a rope around his neck.

“Our pharaoh, we have found the elusive tomb-robber!” one of the four guards said proudly.

Yami snapped his fingers and the two boys stopped fanning. “Leave us.” The two boys left hurriedly. “Bring him to me.”

They pulled the struggling white-haired boy to the bottom of the five steps which lead to Yami’s throne. Yami stood up, his long cloak flowing as he did so. “So…you are the one I have been seeking for so many years! Funny. I would think that you would be taller and older than you are. I marvel how such a young one such as yourself has managed to defeat even my most experienced of soldiers!”

“Experience means nothing when they do not have skills to begin with! It wasn’t the experience that helped me defeat your soldiers. It was their lack of skill.”

Yami narrowed his eyes. “What is your name, commoner?”

“Bakura Osiris Itemri.”

Yami smiled. “I remember you. I had you whipped several years ago! I never forget a face…especially such an ugly one such as yours.”

Bakura growled and struggled against the ropes. One soldier hit him across the neck and he fell to his knees.

Yami snickered. “So, our cat has claws, hm? This cobra of mine wants to bite back? Not today, my little prisoner.”

Yami descended the stairs and growled. “Pick him up.”

The soldiers held Bakura up by his hair and his arms.

Yami cupped Bakura’s cheek in his right hand. “Where did you find him?”

“We found him as we were chasing his accomplice, our pharaoh.”

Yami leaned into Bakura’s ear. “Where is he hiding? Where is your accomplice? Marik Ishtar is his name, I believe?”

Bakura growled. “I’m telling you nothing!” Bakura spat in Yami’s face. Yami backhanded Bakura, a loud slap coming from the cheek.

“Where is he hiding?”

Bakura shook his head and said nothing.

“Maybe the whip will loosen your tongue. It never failed before!”

The soldiers dragged the struggling Bakura to a pillar. They wrapped his arms around the pillar as if he was hugging it and bound his wrists around the pillar.

“Maybe ten lashes will help you remember,” Yami growled. “ONE!”

The soldier held a horsehair whip and struck it against Bakura’s back. Bakura clenched his teeth and eyes shut. He didn’t want to give Yami the satisfaction of hearing him scream.

“TWO!”

Bakura’s body wracked with pain as he felt his skin cut.

“THREE!”

The victim gasped for breath.

“FOUR!”

Bakura let out a quiet whimper. His hands began shaking as he gripped onto the pillar trying to hold himself on his feet.

“HARDER! FIVE!”

Bakura’s legs started to feel weak and they began to shake.

“SIX!”

The victim felt warm liquid traveling down his back.

“SEVEN!”

Bakura opened his eyes as the room started spinning on its axis.

“EIGHT!”

His vision became blurry.

“NINE!”

Bakura whispered, “For Marik….”

“TEN!”

Bakura’s head fell back as his body shook and gasped for air.

Yami turned Bakura’s head to face him. “Have you learned some respect?”

Bakura’s eyelids fluttered. “Marik…I will not tell you…..”

Yami grabbed Bakura’s hair. “Why do you not speak? I hold your life in my hands. One word from me and these soldiers kill you in front of me. I would love nothing more than to see you out of my way, Bakura Itemri. You have been nothing but a plague to me!”

Bakura let out a whimper as the soldiers untied his wrists. He fell to the floor panting.

“Strip him.”

Bakura couldn’t fight as the soldiers stripped him of all clothing.

“Take him to the dungeon.”

The soldiers picked Bakura off of the floor.

“Be sure to bathe him. He’s filthy!”

The guards removed Bakura from the throne room. When they left, High Priest Seth walked into the throne room.

“My pharaoh….”

“Has my heir been born yet?”

Seth kneeled in front of Yami. “Your heir was born dead, my pharaoh.”

Yami angrily looked down at Seth. “Was it a male child?”

Seth looked up at the pharaoh. “Yes. A male child.”

Yami walked slowly to his throne. How could you let this happen?”

“The child was strangled by its cord.”

“Who bore the dead child?”

“Neferu had given birth to the child.”

Yami waved a twelve year old girl over to his throne. She filled up his wine goblet.

“How many children have you produced from her womb?”

Seth sighed. “I have fathered four daughters by Neferu.”

Yami raised an eyebrow. “How many sons did you father by her womb?”

“Three dead sons…including this one.”

“GUARDS!”

Two soldiers came into the room. They bowed in front of the pharaoh. “Go to the High Priest’s chambers. You will find a woman who has just given birth. Slit her throat.”

“My pharaoh! You cannot kill Neferu! She may produce a male heir!”

“You do not question my orders, High Priest Seth. She has produced nothing but dead sons! Her womb is useless to me! I ordered you to produce an heir for me, Seth!”

Seth bowed. “I have tried, my pharaoh.”

Yami waved the guards away. “Carry out my order!”

The guards bowed and ran out of the room.

Seth gasped. “Neferu…..”

Yami turned to the twelve year old pouring his goblet full of wine. Yami lead her down the steps and threw her into Seth’s arms. “I know this one’s a virgin. Take her and make it happen!”

“But, sir, she is only a child still!”

Yami growled. “She has already become a woman! If you cannot produce a heir for me from within your harem, then you must try other women!”

“I cannot take this child into my bed, sir.”

Yami snarled. “You WILL take her to your bed and you WILL produce an heir with her! You will not stop until you have made her full with child! Now go!”

Seth took the child’s hand and lead her out of the throne room. The child shook nervously.

Seth lead her to his harem. “You have no need to fear me. I will not harm you. I’m not the man the pharaoh is.” Seth stopped and stroked her face. “You don’t need to fear me.”

“The pharaoh said…”

“I will not touch a child no matter what Yami says.”

Seth lead her to his harem and saw the two guards emerge from his bedroom….their swords covered in blood.

Seth heard the midwives crying through the closed door. “Neferu…..Yami will pay for this dearly.”

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Seth entered the brothel causing all the women and children to gasp in amazement. The brothel owner approached the High Priest and bowed.

“Your Honor! To what do we owe the pleasure of your presence?”

Seth looked down at a three year girl with white, spiky hair pouring wine into a goblet. Seth walked past the man and to the child at a small table. The child looked up at him with bright brown eyes.

//She looks like the new prisoner!// Seth thought. Seth reached his hand out and brushed her white hair off of her shoulder. Her skin was soft and pale white, such a contrast to the others!

“Hello, sir!”

“What is your name, child?”

Aria bowed. “My name is Aria Kanika.”

The brothel owner stood behind Aria. “Pour the

High Priest a nice cup of wine, my dear Aria.”

Aria struggled to hold the pitcher of wine. Seth repressed the urge to smile at this three year old trying to fill a goblet of wine.

Rayna came up to Aria and held the pitcher. “Let me hold it for you, sweetheart.”

Seth watched a woman help the child. “Who is the mother of this child?”

Rayna looked up at him. “I am, Your Grace.”

//If you cannot produce a heir from within your harem, you must try other women.//

Seth snapped his fingers and a soldier threw a bag of gold at the owner. “I am buying her services for the entire night. We shall not be disturbed except this child, who will bring us our wine.”

Seth looked over at the woman who gave another woman.

“Aziza, can you take care of Aria for me while I entertain the High Priest?”

Aria crept up to Seth and offered him the cup with a bow. “Dis is for you, sir.”

Seth kneeled and smiled at the girl. “Thank you, Aria Kanika.”

Aria blushed and ran to her mother. Rayna picked her up and Aria kissed her on the cheek. “Bye, mommy! I see you affer you work! I love you!”

“Love you, too, baby girl.”

Rayna put the child down and she ran to Aziza.

“This way, my lord,” Rayna said softly luring the man upstairs.

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Rayna took Seth upstairs to her room. Two soldiers stood outside the door. Seth watched her light a candle.

“So, you birthed that beautiful child down there?”

Rayna smiled and nodded. Yes, my lord. Though she caused me great pain bringing her into this world, it hurts more knowing I cannot offer my child a better future than this bordello.”

Seth approached the woman and stroked her cheek. “You are a beautiful woman. That child is equally as beautiful and delicate as the woman who bore her.”

Rayna blushed. “My lord, I am not worthy of such praise. I am a commoner. Certainly the palace has prettier women than myself within those walls.”

Seth’s sapphire eyes locked with Rayna’s eyes. “Neferu..She was beautiful. But, I had to lose her last night. I lost her after childbirth,” Seth sat on the bed.

Rayna brought over a bol of water and removed his sandals. “I am sorry, my lord. What about your child?”

Seth buried his face in his hands. “My baby son died.”

Rayna grabbed a new towel andwiped his face with the cool water. Seth looked up at her and gently held her hand that wiped his face. “You are so gentle. Your daughter’s skin is just as soft.”

Rayna looked down. ‘That worries me, my lord. She will have no choice but to live the life I lead. It pains me to imagine man after man taking advantage of her.”

Seth nodded. “She is a beautiful child. Children with her beauty deserve better than what this life offers.”

Rayna sighed “Yes, my lord. She does deserve better.”

Seth turned to Rayna. “I want to take your daughter to the palace with me.”

Rayna’s eyes went wide and her hand went to her chest. “You want my daughter?”

“I have never seen a child such as your own. She is like no one I have ever seen.”

Rayna looked down sadly. “My daughter is all I have. I will miss her terribly. But I do not want her to live like me…different men every hour. Promise me, High Priest Seth, that my daughter will be well-treated and cared for. I know it is not my place to request this. But she is everything to me. I hope you understand, being a father yourself. I don’t want to see my daughter’s womanhood taken before her time.”

Seth caressed Rayna’s cheek. “I couldn’t harm one hair on that child’s head. I promise to care for her and do everything in my power to protect her.”

Rayna kneeled in front of him and bowed. “Thank you, Great One.”

Seth tilted her chin up to face him. “I have another proposal for you. I have recently lost a woman in my harem.” Seth’s eyes filled with tears. “She was my first lover. I lost her yesterday and she meant much to me.” Seth’s eyes clenched and his tears fell freely. “I loved her. I lost my newborn son and Neferu last night. I have been ordered by the pharaoh to produce an heir to the throne. Your child has survived and she will be a beautiful maiden when she comes of age. Because you are her mother, it is possible your next child will survive and be just as beautiful. Hopefully it will be a male child.”

Rayna took Seth’s hand and bit her lip nervously.

“Yami expects me to jus take what I want, but I do things differently. I will pay the owner of this establishment enough money to keep you without customers for the next month. In the meantime, you will have no other lovers besides me. We must be certain that I am the one who fathered the child.”

Rayna nodded “I understand, my lord.”

“If you do not conceive a child within that time, then we will stop trying and the money paid for your services will remain yours. IF you do conceive a child, I will bring you into my harem where you will raise Aria and my child. Even if your child is lost after its birth, I will still keep you.”

“I understand, my lord.”

Seth took her hand. “Would you like to be the mother of the next pharaoh of Egypt?” Seth kissed her hand gently. “What do you say?”

Rayna looked into the sapphire eyes. This was what she always wanted…a way out of this lifestyle.

“My lord, I agree to your terms.”

Seth raised his hands and cupped her face. “You have made a wise decision.”

A tear fell from her cheek. “I don’t want my daughter to live this way, Great One. I live this life so my child can eat.”

“You don’t have to worry about her. I will care of her. She will be treated well and I promise not to take her womanhood until the proper time has been reached.” Seth brought Rayna into a deep, passionate kiss. His hands descended down her neck, her shoulders, and rested on the clasp binding her breasts.

Seth leaned into Rayna, kissing and gently sucking on her neck. His arm wrapped around her and his other hand cupped her right breast softly. With a gentle touch, his thumb teased at her nipple, eliciting a little gasp of pleasure from her. Her hand went under his robe and gently gripped his thighs.

The High Priest kissed down to her breast and took the neglected nipple between his lips. Her touch became harder.

The man let out a moan as her fingertips brushed against his weeping, slightly erect manhood. His wet tongue licked at the bud, slowly tantalizing the flesh until it peaked. A quiet moan escaped both of them.

Seth’s hand reached for the clasp on her skirt. The material fell to the ground. He looked at the naked woman before him. She was healthy and slim. Her frame looked strong and able to carry a child. Seth kissed her honey-sweet lips again as his hands slithered down to her hips and pulled her closer. “I never met a woman of your station who was so…desirable.’

Rayna smiled slightly. “Really, your Grace?”

“Yes. I never met any woman like you.”

Seth took possession of her mouth and pressed his palm against her lower abdomen. Her skin was warm and soft. His hand drifted lower to feel a slight dampness between her legs. She let out a moan as his fingers rubbed her slowly, parting her womanly folds to touch the warm, moist flesh inside. He wanted to touch her more intimately. His finger slipped further back and touched her.

“My lord…”

She was not yet ready to be entered. Seth removed his fingers as he stood to remove his robe. Seth was always a careful and considerate lover and would not stand taking a woman before she had been properly prepared. He stood to remove his robe and she looked up at the naked High Priest.

Seth stroked her cheek as she kneeled before him. “I will not harm you, my girl.”

Rayna lightly touched the high priest’s manhood and absorbed him into her own moist cavern. Seth gasped and moaned as she surrounded him. His long, thin fingers stroked her hair and cupped her head. Rayna licked him slowly making him shift to get close to her. Seth’s eyes almost rolled to the back of his head as she created a warm vacuum around him. When she withdrew from him, his erection stood proud, straining, and weeping desperately.

Rayna stood up and kissed Seth, who eagerly cleansed her tongue from the first evidence of his impending release.

“What is your pleasure, my lord?”

Seth took her again into a kiss and picked her up. He carried her to the bed and laid her on her back. He crawled on top of her and Sethtled between her legs. With a slow motion, he brushed himself against her.

Rayna’s head flew back and she wrapped her legs around her royal lover, bringing him closer.

The High Priest’s gaze pierced through her eyes and deep into her soul. She could tell he was honest in his vow to care for her daughter. She cupped his face in her hands, looking into the sapphire pools above her.

“Take me, my lord. I hope I can produce the child you so desire.”

Seth possessed her lips as he slowly pressed into her wet channel. She felt him slip inside and moaned in response.

Seth rested completely buried inside of her and tried to keep himself motionless. He wanted her to adjust to him.

Rayna kept her legs wrapped around her lover as he began moving inside her. She moved her hips into his motions.

Her eyes closed as the High Priest brought her to the edge of erotic pleasure. Sweat formed and dripped off of the thrusting royal figurehead. She clasped onto him as she moved against him, her body clutching onto him.

Rayna panted heavily and quaked with every intrusion by the High Priest.

“Gods….oh gods….,” Seth whimpered as his motions were driven beyond desperation and desire.

Rayna’s head flew back as the raptures of orgasm flooded her senses. She gripped onto the High Priest desperately as her climax overwhelmed her. Seth let out a scream as her inner walls clenched around him, draining him of his release.

Seth collapsed on her, panting heavily. He rolled off of her and gathered her to his chest. “Beautiful…..”

Rayna shuddered as her body calmed down from her climax. “I hope I have pleased Your Highness.”

Seth smiled down at her and kissed her cheek. “You have pleased me. I hope I have given you some pleasure as well.”

Rayna sniffled and began to cry a little.

“Did I hurt you, my girl?”

“Can I ask Your Worship a favor if it is within your power?”

Seth nodded. “Yes?”

“Could you bring my daughter to visit me?”

He looked down. “I cannot promise you that it will be done. She will be my servant. But, I will try. If you are with child, you will become part of my harem and your separation will be brief.”

Rayna nodded. “Yes, my lord.”

Rayna and Seth dressed. It was with heavy heart that Rayna descended the stairs, knowing it could be the last time she would ever see her child.

“Mommy!” Aria ran to her as the High Priest went to the owner.

“Aria, sweetheart, you have to go to the palace with the High Priest.”

Aria looked up at the High Priest talking to the owner. Her smile disappeared. “Why? Have I been a bad girl, mommy?”

“No, my beloved. You are going to live with the High Priest and help him.”

Tears filled Aria’s eyes. “But, mommy, I don’t want to leave you!” the little girl wrapped her arms around her mother’s neck. “I can’t leave you, mommy! I’ll never see my daddy again!”

Rayna held her crying daughter close. “It’s better if you go with the High Priest, my beloved. You will be fed well and clothed in the best linens.”

“But I no can live without you, mommy! Please don’t let me go!

Please! Please!”

Seth handed a bag to the owner and kneeled behind her. “Aria Kanika?”

Aria turned around whimpering. “Yes, sir?”

“Mommy wants you to be a big girl. You will have everything you always wanted.”

Aria sniffled. “Mommy is all I have, sir!”

Seth nodded. “I know. But your mommy may join us. This may not be for a long time. I promise to take good care of you, Aria.”

Rayna kissed her daughter on the cheek. “Go with him, baby girl. I will not be gone for long.”

Aria looked at the kneeling High Priest, who extended his hand to her. Aria kissed her mother on the cheek.

“Don’t forget me, mommy.”

Rayna kissed her cheek. “Never forget, baby girl, that your father and your mother love you very much.”

Aria turned and took Seth’s hand. Seth was once again lost in the brown pools that looked at him sadly. Her eyes were large and still full of tears.

“Come with me, Aria Kanika,” Seth said standing up.

Rayna watched Seth leave the brothel with Aria. The door closed behind him and Rayna suddenly felt like her heart had been ripped from her chest. She had to say goodbye to her daughter, no matter how much it hurt her.

Rayna buried her face in her hands and wept. “My baby girl……” Rayna ran up the stairs and into her room.

She fell onto her bed, crying herself to sleep.

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Bakura wrapped his arms around his naked body, his back still burning from the whip. He somehow managed to sleep on his side on cold stone the night before. Now, the cell had become exceedingly hot. The guards came around with a cup filled with a liquid that Bakura swore was urine. He preferred not to drink that no matter how dehydrated he would become!

No food. No water. No clothes. Extreme heat during the day or extreme cold at night. He could only imagine how long he would survive here.

He was ready to drift into sleep again when he heard the door of his cell open. Three guards and Anubis came into the cell.

The guards grabbed Bakura’s wrists and wrestled him face-down to the ground.

Two guards pinned his wrists to the ground while one guard held Bakura’s face to the stone below.

“I’ve waited you for a long time, Itemri,” Anubis grinned. “I told you one of these days, your ass was going to be mine!” Anubis pulled Bakura to his knees as his upper body was pinned to the stone. Bakura let out a scream as he felt something invade his body violently….

Note for Next chappie: I’m NOT doing an Anubis x Bakura NCS. I DO, however, plan a Yami x Bakura very shortly. I’m not sure when. I always put warnings up, so don’t worry!