Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Millennia Sands ❯ U. Bad Omens ( Chapter 21 )

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U. BAD OMENS

The next morning, despite the destruction around them, the servants at the palace were laughing behind the backs of the disgruntled Moon Court. Even Dartz got a laugh or three in when Queen Serenity gave him a glare and ordered him to carry out the orders she gave him as did Princess Minako of Venus.

Which he wasn’t sure if he should carry them out now. Like most that got close to Yugi he discovered that it would be near impossible to kill her without remorse of some sort. Plus she reminded him of how his wife used to be before the accident.

He watched her move around, despite the fact she was nearing her time to give birth to the Heirs of Khemet. Most were now making sure she was under constant watch. He found it harder and harder to get close to her alone and most were awaiting the day she would finally give hope back to the people.

Dartz turned his attention back to his task as he opened the door to her inner sanctum and seen her working on some medicines, which Priest Seto declared would ’keep her occupied and out of trouble’ after this morning’s meal. Since then she had been contentedly doing so. He could hear her humming as she focused on the instructions the man gave her.

“Yes?” she asked, looking up as Dartz just watched her.

“Just surprised, you highness.” he stated as she laughed.

“Don’t be, I used to do this all the time.” she replied with a smile as he felt incredibly nervous “What is bothering you?” she asked, being a bit more observant then most in her position.

“Nothing, just a bad feeling.” he lied as she frowned but nodded.

“One of those days?” she asked, going back to what she was doing. He didn’t say a thing, but left.

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That night, Yami awoke to the heavy breathing of his wife. He propped himself up on one arm and looked down on her. She was breaking out in a cold sweat and trembling. “Yugi!” he whispered loudly (nice oxy-moron there) and gently shook her shoulder as her eyes snapped open. She sat up as he looked concern.

“Yami?” she whispered, brushing away the tears that were starting to fall down her cheeks as he pulled her into the safety of his arms and rested his head on her shoulder and in her hair. “Gods, dear, something terrible is going to happen.” she whispered, holding on to him like he was her life line.

“Nothing will happen, Yugi.” he replied, trying to pacify his trembling wife as she refused to listen.

“It will, these visions are never wrong.” she sobbed as he let her, knowing it was for the better.

“What did you see?” he whispered as she shivered.

“Blood on the sands, lifeless eyes, with laughter… and I swore I saw silver and a black that is very familiar.” she replied as he frowned, but didn’t let her go.

“We will face this, love, no matter what we will face this.” he replied as they laid back down and into a restless sleep plagued by questions.

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As time progressed the dreams got worse, for both Yugi and Seto. Dartz found the recent bout of paranoia odd because now the Priest didn’t leave the Queen’s side and the Guard was always within visible range of her.

He decided that Serenity had gotten in over her head and was dragging him down with her.

Making decision he disappeared from the palace and into the meeting place in the Moon Gardens. “How is it, Dartz?” the Queen asked, delicately smelling a flower on the vine she was admiring as Earth hung above them.

“I refuse to carry out your orders.” he stated as she spun to face him, eyes blazing in pent of fury about being disobeyed. “If I kill her then it will be more then one head on the cutting block! I don’t fear much, but the Shadow Realms is not to be messed with… especially with one of it’s chosen rulers.”

“Pathetic, thank goodness I have a back up plan.” she sneered as he scowled. This was now a good thing. Usually when someone used that tone of voice something bad happens to the messenger… and he realized he was the messenger.

‘Oh shit.’ he barely thought as his body was wracked with extreme pain. He turned and seen a familiar face twisted in a look that made her look as ugly as her heart was.

“Sorry, Dartz, but payback is best speared.” she hissed in his ear as she pushed him off of her spear and on to the dirt pathway for later clean up. “Your orders?” she asked as Serenity smirked.

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Yugi shivered again as she surveyed the area beyond her balcony. She was still feeling paranoid about her dreams, but she chalked them up to the changes her body was going through. She looked up at the Moon and frowned.

‘What are you up to Serenity? All has been quiet and you haven’t made a move nor sound towards us.’ she mused, trying to get her body and mind to relax from it’s warrior state of tense and ready to strike. ‘By now you have already made a move to return to appeal for something… so what is different? Do you hate our peace so much that you must ruin it?’

“They have been rather tame lately.” a voice stated as she turned to face Ryou, who looked properly tousled as if he just extracted himself from a comfortable spot. Which was probably true.

“Yes, almost too tame for what they have been crusading for lately.” she replied as he laughed, standing by her and mirroring her stance of staring up at the moon.

“Yami told me about your dreams.” he stated as she sighed. “They are probably the Shadow Realms trying to warn us about something… or so Kourage believes.” he added as she gave another defeated sigh.

“True, but what key am I missing to putting them together?” she asked as he hugged her.

“Whatever it is, let us hope that it isn’t as serious as it seems to be.”

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