Uncovering the Truth

Malachite

"Actually, you do," Yugi responded, his eyes rising to meet the blonde's dark jade irises.

The blonde threw his head back in a hearty laugh, "Who are you to just show up randomly out of nowhere and say we need your help? That is ludicrous!"

"The Sirens of Legend," Yami's grunted narrowing his eyes at the monarch occupying the throne.

"Don't be ridiculous. The Sirens of Legend are just a myth. A bedtime story passed down throughout the ages. Look, I will allow you to remain in the lower city for a few days to rest. Then you need to be on your way back to whatever clan you came from."

"We didn't come from a clan! Don't you understand? The harpies are mobilizing! They will wipe us out if we do not unite!" Yugi growled; his cheeks turning pink out of frustration.

"You both need to go see..what do the humans call them?..." the monarch tapped his forefinger to his lips losing himself deep in thought.

"A psychiatrist," a brunet woman whispered to the monarch.

"Yes! That is it! You both need to see a psychiatrist," the monarch smirked.

"What is your name?" Yami's silky baritone voice taking on a commanding edge.

The monarch struggled to stop his laughter long enough to give his name, "Malachite."

"Malachite..do you have any friends? Any family? Any children?" Yugi's eyebrows furrowed as he focused on the siren seated on the throne.

"Of course I do. This lovely siren next to me," he waved his hand at the beautiful brunet woman to his left, "is my wife Halette and we have a one year old daughter."

Yugi's eyes turned a dark amethyst color; lowering his voice to add a sense of urgency, "Imagine your one year old and your wife being torn apart limb from limb by a group of harpies. Their blood tainting the ocean a crimson as deep as Yami's eyes. Would you be willing to sign the treaty and unite with the other clans to prevent that?" Halette gasped, the woman physically shaken by the graphic image Yugi depicted for them.

"What if they are telling the truth Malachite?" She swam closer to her husband grasping onto his firm bicep.

Malachite's jade eyes focused on the tri-colored sirens, "How do you know this?"

"I saw it in a vision," Yugi sighed.

"You saw my wife and daughter's death?" Malachite rose from the throne.

"No. I saw the harpies attacking us. I had a vision of the war between harpies and sirens. They are gathering as we speak," Yugi corrected.

"You are an oracle then?" Malachite arched a bleach blonde eyebrow.

"Yes, Yugi is an oracle. His visions have never failed. We are the Sirens of Legend and we are here to help," Yami's baritone voice rang out through the throne room of the palace.

"The Sirens of Legend are said to be more powerful than any other siren. What abilities do you each have?" Malachite asked, his curiosity getting the better of him. Yami listed off both his abilities as well as Yugi's. Malachite sat back down in the throne listening to the crimson eyed siren with his jaw dangling open. Halette reached over the arm of the throne to close Malachite's mouth.

Malachite threw a small throwing knife which landed in Yami's lower chest piercing his toned torso. He winced as he glanced down at the hilt sticking out of his chest. He glared at the stuck up monarch, "By Ra! Why does everyone want to stab me? Yes, I heal! So what! That does not give everyone the license to use me as target practice nor as a pin cushion" Yami growled in frustration pulling the throwing knife out of his torso. A few droplets of blood escaped through the open wound before Yami's tanned skin pulled itself back over the wound closing the hole and leaving behind flawless skin.

"Holy hell!" Malachite exclaimed jumping out of the throne and circling the crimson eyed siren eyeing the lack of a knife wound on the perfectly toned torso, "That is amazing! And you can mind control?"

Yugi nodded; his amethyst eyes taking on a bright glow, "You want to see my ability? I will show you first hand."

Malachite turned in circles, swaying his hips and dancing to a beat no one could hear. He grabbed a sheer golden cloth that draped the wall for decoration. He danced with it rubbing his rear on it before turning in circles with it; the fabric flowing freely around him as he glided around the throne room. He moved the fabric in front of him before slowly moving it away. He wrapped the material around his wife before the siren turned and shook his rear at her. Halette burst into fits of giggles.

"He is a horrible dancer normally, this isn't half bad. Nice work, Yugi!" she smiled at the petite siren. Yugi blinked; the glow fading from his eyes as he released Malachite.

"That was so strange. I could see and feel myself moving, but I was not in control at all," the blonde commented rubbing his hand on the back of his hair; a bright blush forming.

"Do you believe us now?" Yami asked.

"Yes. Let us get to work on the treaty," Malachite smiled sheepishly; feeling quite foolish for putting the Sirens of Legend through such hell.