Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Duel of Love ❯ Redemption ( Chapter 10 )

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A/N: …Did I need to say something?  I warned you, didn't I?  I forgot to issue a challenge, if someone draws that scene, the one where Seto is carrying out Katiana, and shows good emotion on his face then I'll dedicate a chapter to them!  (Not that I wouldn't do it anyways…I just really want to see how this would look…)  Of course, here's where I make it really a fantasy…  Wow, I totally accomplished my goal as a writer.  When I can throw in plot twists like that, I'm ready to get myself published, eh?

Okay, I need to address this, Gingitsune Wings, thanks for your review (the only one to point out I'm not historically accurate…and probably never will be…) and I know I need to do research for my real novel but this isn't meant to be the Egypt you know.  Even the Yu-Gi-Oh show doesn't portray Egypt properly!  As for Yami being OOC, not much is known about him or how he was in the past, people change, even in stories, duh!  Sorry!  Anyways, as to Katiana being OOC, she's meant to be an OC, so if she seems OOC to you then what are you comparing her to?  He likes her, which is why he's not enforcing any of those 'treat me like a God or die' rules.  She still refers to him as 'my pharaoh' and does bow respectfully.  Furthermore, I have boys and girls in the same temple because it makes things easier for me.  Of course I wouldn't mind the challenge but for the purposes of this story, they aren't separate.  And the part with how she acts around Seto, there's a reason he doesn't sentence her to death or something like that.  (One, he's in love with her and two, well that you'll have to find out later…)  I hope this clears up some questions.  Most of what I did was for convenience and time sake.  And I like it more modern…kinda brings a unique edge to it…at least language wise.  If I made it entirely historically accurate it wouldn't be much fun, really.  Sorry if that doesn't help any, but that's how I feel…!  Argh that was so fricken long!

And to the rest of ye reviewers, does it bug you this isn't historically accurate?  Do you think Yami is a little OOC?  It's alright if you say it is…doesn't mean I'll change much but if you say something it's just fine!

Duel of Love

Chapter 11: Redemption

Yami

     "Where am I?" I asked as the realm of dreams came into play.  It had never come like this before, so dark and silent, even my nightmares had something going on.

     "My Pha…Pharaoh," a voice said and I glanced around until I saw Miss Katiana standing before me, but she didn't look like she normally did.  She looked slightly bloody and torn.  This wasn't right, what sort of a nightmare was this?

     "Miss Katiana, what's wrong?" I asked, taking a few steps forward.

     "I w…wanted to tell you something my Pha…Pharaoh…" she said, "But I c…can't now…its t…too late…"
     "To late for what?  Miss Katiana, what's going on?  Is this a dream or are you…" I said and she cut me off.

     "I'm sorry my Pha…Pharaoh," she said, "It's too l…late for everything…"

     "What do you mean?  I don't get what you're trying to say!" I exclaimed.

     "Goodbye," she said and I watched her body shatter in front of me, shatter into a thousand pieces!

     "No, Miss Katiana!  Miss Katiana!" I exclaimed.

     "AH!" I exclaimed, sitting upright in bed.  Ra, what had just happened?  What did that dream mean?  Was Miss Katiana in some sort of trouble?  I got out of bed and went to the window, looking outside towards the temple. 

     "Miss Katiana, I do hope you're alright…" I said, "This dream is a bad omen…"

High Priest Seto

     She wasn't dead, not yet.  I could still feel some part of her struggling to hold onto life, and I wasn't about to let that part fade.  I took her back to her room, and when I laid her down on her bed I wiped my tears away and resolved myself enough to stop crying.  I had to be strong if I wanted to have her back, I was a High Priest!  I couldn't just show as much emotion as I had when I left that training chamber!  But how…how was I going to save her?

Unknown

     I watched a servant approach the Pharaoh, delivering him a message relayed from High Priest Seto's temple.  I knew all about last night, what had happened, who the major players were, and I wanted to almost come out into the light and congratulate Priestess Mara for what she did.  She harmed the Pharaoh in the way I was planning on harming him, but in a worse way and she got to him before I did.  I watched the Pharaoh's expression change to one of anger and sadness, making me smile.  I could see tears in his eyes that he quickly brushed away, as if he were trying to be strong.  I smiled wider, crushing the Pharaoh like this; I hadn't even caused this pain!

High Priest Seto

     I went back to the training room to find it empty, completely vacant of the priests and priestesses who had used it only hours ago.  I almost wished some of them were here, someone I could hurt because she was hurt by them, but no, there was no one.  I called upon the shadows and as it grew thick I started searching for something, anything that could help me save Katiana.  Would there be any pieces of her shattered soul in this room?  I saw a slight glimmer and I slowly walked towards it, picking it up and holding it in my palm.  What was it?  Was this a sliver of memory, a shadow of her soul?  I gripped my hand around it tightly and began searching for others. 

…

     I found as many as I could, and returned to her room, putting each shard on her chest, praying, focusing my power on returning each shard of her fragmented memory, her fragmented soul to her body.  Would it do anything?  I saw a little puff of breath emerge from her cold body and felt the side of her neck.  She was alive!  Her injuries were life-threatening and she needed healing if she was to survive.  I went to her shelf and took some ointment from it.  It would have to do for now, she was a good healer and her ointments did help.  I knew that from experience.  I'd ask for Priest Mahado, he was the best of the healers around; he could tend to her wounds.  But it was getting late, I couldn't' call for him until morning…I decided to go, to see if I could find more pieces of her shattered soul.

Yami

     I came early in the evening; it was the only time I could make it and it seemed reasonable to come when it was darker, fewer would see me and wonder what I was doing.  Of course, they could always assume it would be on official business, but I do suppose rumors spread like wildfire around here and word probably got out what happened to Miss Katiana.  I arrived at the temple and made my way to Miss Katiana's room.  High Priest Seto was probably there and I'd have to explain why I was here no doubt…unless he wasn't in any condition to talk…he cared about her as much as I do.  I was about to knock on the door to see if anyone was there but as soon as I raised my hand the door opened up and High Priest Seto was walking out.  I shifted to the side quickly and he shuffled past me, a blank expression apparent on his face.

     "High Priest…" I said but he didn't respond, he didn't even look at me, "High Priest Seto what is the matter?"

     "…" he still said nothing, merely walked towards a hallway and disappeared down it, as if in a trance.  What was he doing?  I decided to ignore it; I wanted to see Miss Katiana more than I needed to know what he was doing.  I looked into the open door to see Miss Katiana lying on her bed, eyes closed, arms folded across her chest.  Her body looked terrible, and I could smell some medicine that had been applied to various wounds.  Her leg looked like a mess, as did one of her arms.  She needed to see a healer, and right away!  Was High Priest Seto going to fetch one?  Her injuries were serious, although it looked like she wasn't bleeding anymore and she looked too unconscious to feel any pain…in fact it didn't even look like she was alive!  No, Ra, she better be alive, please let her be alive!  I sat on the bed next to her, and brushed a strand of hair from her face.

     "Miss Katiana, can you hear me?" I asked, "Please, show me some sign…"  What had transpired last night?  What had happened to her?  I couldn't feel her soul, wait…no, something was there, but it was only a small sliver of soul…  Where was she?  Where was the rest of Priestess Katiana?

     "Miss Katiana, what happened to you?" I asked as I felt tears well up in my eyes.

     "…" no sound came from her, I received no reply.  I touched her cheek, it felt cold, only a small hint of warmth made it to my hand.  High Priest Seto, that was what he was doing, he was collecting pieces of her shattered soul…what he could find.  It was possible, but as soon as one's soul shattered, monsters and demons would consume pieces on sight and finding the ones that hadn't been taken were…I lowered my head…she was as good as dead now…just an empty mind.  High Priest Seto would probably look to the ends of time and only find a handful of the slivers that were her soul…

     "Miss Katiana," I whispered, leaning forward and kissing her forehead, her nose and her lips, "I love you…"  I stood and made my way to the door.  I wanted her back; I never…never told her how I felt.  I didn't care if she was just a priestess, she was everything to me!  I had to leave now, but High Priest Seto would be back in a while and with pieces of her soul if he was lucky.  There was nothing I could do, High Priest Seto didn't even want me near her to begin with and here I am in love with her.  He wouldn't let me help her, even if I ordered him to…  I began to walk out of the temple, two things running through my mind.  If High Priest Seto would refuse my help, so help me if he didn't save Miss Katiana I would kill him and he better punish the one responsible and destroy whoever did it.  If he didn't, I did, and I would be a thousand times worse.

High Priest Seto

     High Priest Mahado was in there now, working on healing her physical wounds.  I had only managed to find a few more shards of her soul last night, and I was very tired, but I wasn't about to sleep yet.  Not until she woke from the shadows, not until I knew she wasn't truly dead.  Even as an empty mind, she'd still be alive, and there would be hope.  Why hadn't the Pharaoh come to check on her yet?  Surely he would care, even a little that she was in such a condition.  I leaned against the cool stone and sank to the floor, burying my face in my hands.  Whatever happened to her would decide Priestess Mara's fate, whether she received a merciful death or a torturous one, that would all depend on whether Katiana awoke.

High Priest Mahado

     I had healed her to the best of my ability, but I could not heal her soul, although I knew that High Priest Seto understood that, hopefully he did.  Such a shame what happened to this young girl, to have everything she wanted to do cut short.  I also knew the Pharaoh had taken interest in her, and had enlisted her help in translating some tomes.  I'm not one for rumors but there was one circulating that he cared about her, of course, I wasn't about to ask the Pharaoh to confirm or not confirm this rumor, so I will ignore it for now at least.  I sighed; it wasn't easy being a healer.

Priestess Hana

     Priestess Mara was scared for her life, although she wouldn't show it.  She kept saying the 'whore deserved what she got' so she's trying to be strong even though she knows her life is through.  Why she doesn't run, why she doesn't try to flee while High Priest Seto is occupied with Priestess Katiana is beyond me.  I really don't know much of what is going on now…I saw High Priest Mahado here today, meaning High Priest Seto had finally called a healer for Priestess Katiana's injuries.  But she had been dead when High Priest Seto removed her from the training room and the shadows hadn't she?

High Priest Seto

     I wasn't going to leave her side, not until night when I would collect the shards of her memory.  I knew she would wake, I knew it…even if it was only a feeling…I loved her…  She was mine and I truly did love her.  I hope she remembers, even a little when she wakes, about me.  I'll keep searching for the shards to her memory, the shards to her soul, I won't give up until she is back to the way she was before she was hurt…I have a chance.  What good is all this power I have if I can't use it to save her?  I placed my hands down on the bed and looked over her.  The scars and wounds were healing, her leg and arm encased so that they could heal properly and she had a touch of warmth in her cheeks, but only a little.  I had done a lot in a little time, hadn't I?  I'd save her, she was mine and by all rights I had to save her.  I guess that's what love did to me…it made me more mortal than I wanted to be…but for her…she was mine.  Night was falling

Yami

     I considered going to go and see her again, but decided against it.  I didn't want to disturb what the High Priest was doing to save her.  High Priest Mahado had seen me in the late afternoon, to inform me that he had healed Miss Katiana's physical wounds, and apologized for not being able to do anything for her spiritual wounds.  I went to my room and lay on my bed, taking from the small pouch I had taken to carrying around and took out the stone from it.  She had given this to me, because she wanted me to have it, she thought it could help me.  It had been good luck for her…  I squeezed it tightly in my palm, wishing on it…

     "Please let Miss Katiana come back to me…please…" I begged, and then found myself feeling a little better, if not a little foolish.  How could this stone wake her?  And yet I found myself still gripping onto it as I closed my eyes, praying to the gods she would come back to me.  She had to, I loved her, and that was enough, wasn't it?

Third Person

     A girl's eyes opened slowly.  She saw darkness as her eyes adjusted to the faint torchlight that surrounded her.  She tried to sit up but found herself in pain, one of her arms and one of her legs bandaged up to the point where they were immobile.  She looked around the room, nothing seemed familiar, nothing seemed normal to her.  She saw some items but nothing registered with her as to who owned them or gave her a hint as to where she was.

     "Where am I?" she asked to the dark, "Who am I?"

TBC

A/N: Okay, that sucked, right?  It really sucked, just tell me it sucked.  I had another way of doing it, but I settled on this confusion because I didn't want to make it so fantastical and well…yeah, I think it sucked.  Anyways, just ignore this chapter, next one will still be focusing on Katiana and her memory and such but it should be a little better now that she's at least woken up and the like…yeah, so review this one if you want, I know it sucked…so don't bother telling me, unless you include a suggestion for improvement.  AND DON'T FLAME ME!  Just because this chapter blew the dust doesn't mean you have a right to flame me!  Alright, I promise the next chapter will be better.  Seriously, it will, don't give up on me!  PLEASE!  Don't give up on me!  Okay?  You won't…good…thanks…