Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Duel of Love ❯ Admittance ( Chapter 15 )

Disclaimer: I don’t own Yu-Gi-Oh   A/N: Wonderful reviews!  Hey…quick question…do you want me to give you a chapter countdown till the end of this fic?  JUST KIDDING!  Ha, even I don’t know when I’m going to end this…but I will have to eventually.  (Tear)     Yeah…I’m kidding, well actually, it will because well…there’s more to this story than I’m gonna reveal…keep guessing!   Duel of Love   Chapter 16: Admittance        I wanted to tell him without stammering…I wanted to say I loved him perfectly.  So… when I got up the next morning, he was gone of course, I faced out the window and began to practice…looking into a small mirror that was in my room and began to try again and again.      “I l…love you!” I said and then hit my head on the wall, “N…no…that won’t do!”      “I love y…you!” I exclaimed…why can’t I say it without stumbling over my words?      “I l…l…love…why c…can’t I just say it?” I asked myself, setting the mirror down and sinking to the floor, “I w…want to say it…why me?”      “What is it you want to say?” I stood up, wiping my eyes and saw the Pharaoh standing in the doorway, a smile on his face.      “I…I…” I stammered.      “Don’t let me stop you from practicing whatever it was you were practicing,” he said with a grin, “I only just heard the last part though…maybe I can help…what are you trying to say?”      “N…Nothing important…” I stammered.      “It has to be important if you need to practice it,” he said, coming up to me, “What were you trying to say?”
     “I was j…just…I mean it w…was nothing important!” I said, “I’m s…sorry…”      “I have a guess…but I won’t say it aloud…” he said, a smile on his face, “but if you have something to say I suggest you say it to whoever you need to say it to…not a mirror…”      “Yes…” I said, “I k…know…”      “Good then…do you need more time to practice or would you like to join me for breakfast?” he asked, a broader smile on his face and I turned red.  I knew I was really red and I couldn’t control it…       “F…fine!” I said and walked around to join him, “I’m a l…little hungry…”      “That’s good…” he said, offering his hand.  What if Seto were to see this?  Oh Ra… what was I going to do?  I wanted to tell him…say it perfectly…but Seto…how was he going to react…if he knew… What was going to happen?   High Priest Seto        There was a knocking at the door and I wondered who would be disturbing my restful meditation.  I walked towards the door and opened it, only to be looking into the eyes of High Priestess Isis.      “I’ve had a vision High Priest Seto,” she said, “I must talk to you…”      “Aren’t all visions meant to be reported to the pharaoh?” I asked irritably.      “This one is meant for you and you alone…” she said, “You may not like what I have to say…but I must say it nonetheless…”      “I don’t want to know what it is about…” I said, “I just have this feeling it has to do with the pharaoh and his affections towards…”      “High Priest Seto,” she began, speaking softly yet dangerously, “Listen to what I have to say…it is something you must know…”      “I’m not meant to be with her, right?” I asked, growling at her, “That’s what you’re hear to tell me, isn’t it?”      “May I come in?” she firmly repeated, “I will say nothing until I am allowed in…”      “You are stubborn…” I said, relenting into her demands, “Come on in…but I know what you’re going to say…”   Priestess Katiana        “I c…can’t say it properly…this isn’t good…” I stuttered as I sat in the library, head in my hands, “I w…want to impress him…”  I also wanted to feel better about myself by saying it properly the first time, but I just couldn’t do it!  I wanted to make it special… have it feel special.  I didn’t want to mess it up…Seto told me people didn’t take me seriously because of my stutter, and I didn’t want to sound like a fool… but it probably wouldn’t even matter to him… he wouldn’t care but it mattered to me!  I wanted to say it properly…  I never asked for anything before…never ever in my life, this is the only thing I want…my only wish.      “I w…wish,” I began, “I wish I c…could say it…”   …        I waited in the gardens, I didn’t know why but I was feeling like I had to.  I felt like I had to…and there was nothing else that could explain it.      “Miss Katiana…so you’re here.”  I turned to see the pharaoh coming towards me.  Was this what I had been waiting for?      “My pharaoh,” I said as he sat down next to me.      “My princess,” he said raising his hand and gripping my chin.  Had he just called me his princess?  He leaned forward for a kiss and I pulled away, he looked at me oddly, but nodded slightly and backed off and asked if anything was wrong.      “No,” I said.      “Ah, I see…you don’t want to be kissed…is it because you don’t feel anything…or is it because you haven’t responded to me yet?  I know you want to…” he said, “I’ve said it…what more do you want?”      “B…But,” I began.      “I don’t care if it’s not proper or right!  I don’t think love cares about that!” he exclaimed.      “I…I lo…” I began, but I still can’t say it!      “What will it take…to get you to love me unless you really don’t…tell me you don’t love me and I will move one…get married and start my life…It’ll be hard…but I can do it… I know I can…” he said, getting down on his knees and placing his hands on my legs.  I want to tell him…I want to say it without stuttering.      “I…I l…l…” I began and stopped, and he looked at me, unsurprised.      “Speechless as usual I see…” he said, disappointment strewn across his face.      “I…I lo...  I…” I stopped myself again.      “I don’t understand you anymore,” he said, “I don’t think I ever did, did I?  I guess you truly are High Priest Seto’s…even if you seem to hate him…”      “I l…lov…” I still couldn’t say it!  Ra…please let me say it!  The pharaoh stood and kissed my hand.      “I guess I shall move on then,” he said, “I look forward to your completed work at translating the tomes.”  There were tears in his eyes…I didn’t want that…I didn’t want him to cry.  I love you!  He began to walk away from me.  Don’t go!  I just…I just wanted to say it without stuttering…just for the first time.      “I LOVE YOU!” I exclaimed, standing and he paused in his walked, turning and facing me, tears staining his eyes, “I love you…”  Thank the gods, I said it…I had said it.  Please… come back…please come back here…  Don’t turn away from me…don’t…please…I said it…I said it…I meant every word.       “…” he said nothing, pausing as if in indecision…please come back to me…      “Pharaoh…” I began and then looked down.      “…” he didn’t respond, but he began to turn.  No, please don’t go!  Please don’t go…      “Please,” I begged as my tears began to fall.  He continued to walk…walk away and I let my tears fall.  Please don’t go…  He disappeared from my sight…and I fell to the ground…why…why?  I love you my pharaoh…I love you…Atemu…   Unknown        It was time…both of them in love and despair…perfect…the pharaoh didn’t know how to respond once she admitted her feelings…just as she didn’t know…  This was most entertaining…  But all fun must end and so the pharaoh shall now know true suffering…the most important person in his life…gone…      “Did he hurt you, walking away like that?” I asked as I approached her and she turned a tear stained face towards mine, “I was watching…the entire conversation…”      “…” she didn’t respond and I didn’t expect her to.  I began to focus my energy and power and she fell asleep and I caught her as she fell.  It was so easy…too easy.  She was such a simple child…      “I am almost ashamed to use such innocence…almost…” I said, scooping her up in my arms and walked to leave the way I had come.  I could steal anything…and this just proved it.   Atemu (Yami)        She…she had said it…and I had walked away…  I had walked away.  No…why… why did I do that?  I stopped mid step and turned myself around.  I began to run back to the gardens, why had I been such a fool?  Only a fool would have done what I just did.      “Miss Katiana!” I exclaimed, emerging in the gardens, “Miss Katiana!”  I looked around but she wasn’t near the bench anymore…she wasn’t anywhere around here!  Miss Katiana…my princess…where are you?   …        I checked the library and even her room, the kitchens and any room I passed by.  I think I made people feel a bit nervous because I hadn’t done anything like this before… but I wanted to see her… I had to apologize…I loved her…and she said…she said she loved me…      “My Pharaoh…you’re acting quite odd…” a familiar voice said and I turned to face High Priest Seto.      “Ah, um…High Priest Seto…” I said, caught off guard.      “Is something the matter?  I came here to see Katiana…” he began.  He seemed changed somehow…as if someone had done or said something that made him different.      “We were talking earlier and I had left for a moment but she wasn’t in the gardens where we had talked…” I trailed off.      “So then where is she?” he asked.      “I’ve looked everywhere for her, but she isn’t here…she isn’t at the temple?” I asked.      “She wasn’t there when I left,” he said, “Where is she?”      “Calm down…she might be in the city…” I said gently, “But I had only just walked away for a moment…”      “Could something have happened to her?” he asked.  I had never seen High Priest Seto like this…he was acting so unreasonable.      “High Priest, calm down, don’t worry.  If she’s not back soon I’ll send out guards to search the city for her…” I said.  I was the one in love with her and I wasn’t overly worried yet…yet.      “But…” he began and then he steadied himself, “Alright…I await your orders…but we better find her…”      “I don’t think she would have just gone off without telling someone…” I said although silently I was repeating in my mind she ran off ashamed that I had actually turned my back to her and walked away, as if I had been denying her, “She probably wanted to get away from me…”      “What do you mean pharaoh?” he asked, “She wouldn’t do something like that… were you rude to her and hurt her again?”      “Yes,” I said, “This time there was no one to blame but me…”      “I don’t think she would have gone out into town by herself…not without telling someone…” he said, ignoring my previous comment as he probably didn’t want to hear it and it didn’t matter at the moment.      “I don’t think she wanted to worry us…” I said, trying to think of logic.      “She has never once not told me if she was going to go somewhere…” he said, “She’s been taken by someone, we have to find her…”      “How do you know?” I asked, “How do you know she’s…”      “We don’t have much time…” he said.      “How do you know this?” I asked, “High Priest Seto I order you to tell me!”
     “High Priestess Isis came to see me today…” he began slowly, “And she told me someone was after Katiana…”
     “Did she say anything else?” I asked.      “The other things she told me were for my ears alone, and if you had arguments with that you would take it up with her…” he said firmly.      “I see…” I said, “Very well then, where do we begin?”      “Call a patrol and search this city…I think we’re looking for a thief…” he stated.      “Miss Katiana…what could he want with her?” I asked, wondering where all this was coming from.  He had never acted like this before…what had High Priestess Isis have told him?      “Revenge…” was all the reply I needed before I realized who had Miss Katiana…   Unknown        She woke slowly, bound and chained to the rock I had attached her to.  She wasn’t gagged, just bound.      “You are such a pretty little thing…not beautiful…but pretty…” I said, trailing a finger down her cheek, “I wonder what he sees in you…”  She looked at me with pretty, frightened eyes.      “W…What do you want?” she asked.      “You’re stammer is so adorable…makes you sound like a little child…I may want to have my way with you before this is over,” I said leaning in close and she turned her head away from me.  I backed up a step and slapped her across the face.  It was too easy; the tears began to flow from her eyes.      “…” she didn’t respond to me.      “Are you frightened…you know no one will come for you…” I coaxed, “You’re all alone…left to suffer…”      “W…Why?” she asked and I slapped her once again.      “Don’t ask such stupid questions child!” I yelled, “Your soul may have shattered the last time but you’ll get no such relief here…you will realize everything that happens to you and you will beg for death…”  I laughed and pulled a dagger from my belt and her eyes went wide.   TBC   A/N: I know some of the characters are a little OOC but hey…it’ll all make sense… Seto’s sudden change… everything…just be patient…I have a storyline, don’t worry…