Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Duel of Love ❯ Defeat ( Chapter 18 )

Disclaimer: I don’t own Yu-Gi-OH   A/N: Yeah…I’m a real pain in the arse, aren’t I?  I just love leaving off evil cliffhangers and the like, besides…you know that when I get to a point, I get to a point really well.  Thanks to all my reviewers, you guys rock!  Actually, not, to all my AFFN reviewers…are you rating my story with a two because of the fact there’s no sex in it yet?  Is that what makes a story, the sex? Warning: Blood Warning: Bad Guys Warning: A little torture Warning: Stuff in here I don’t know what!   Duel of Love   Chapter 19: Defeat   Katiana        I heard my door open but thought little of it, thinking it was probably Madera…she probably wanted me to try and eat…didn’t she see I was dead now?      “Oh Miss Katiana…” a cruel voice spoke teasingly and I recognized the voice as the pharaoh’s.  I raised my head and saw him facing me.      “G…Go away,” I said, trying to wipe my tears.      “I’m not going anywhere,” he said firmly, “You think I’m fake…that I don’t exist… and you still think it… I’m not you know, I have your precious pharaoh here…my captive… and I rule him…”      “Please j…just leave,” I said, “I’m n…not falling for your t…tricks again.”      “No tricks…you think that thief hurt you, well I’m going to ruin you,” he said softly and kneeled down beside me, “You’re still quite beautiful…”  I struggled to stand up but he grabbed onto me and pulled me against him, his warm breath on my face and neck.  I grew very afraid very fast.      “L…let me go!” I screamed, “You w…want to get me f…for the last p…part of your s…sick game…claiming me?”      “If that’s how you see it then very well…that’s what I’m here for…” he said and stood up and took me up with him and pinned me against the wall, “Then this would be the final stage…you take all of me in your body…”  He lowered his mouth and kissed my neck.  I didn’t have the strength to fight him!      “NO!” I exclaimed, trying to push him away but he was easily overpowering me.  I pushed against him and he suddenly let out a scream and backed away, staggering as he did so.      “Run…Katiana…can’t…fight…” he said, holding onto his head, “Please…” He looked up at me with painful eyes.      “W…What…” I didn’t know what to do…my feet felt heavy.  He appeared to actually be struggling against something…did…was what my captor said…had it been a lie?
     “Get away, I don’t want to hurt you anymore!” he screamed and fell to the floor, slumping against the wall, “Please…Miss Katiana…I don’t…want…”  His eyes closed and he laughed…not a normal laugh but one that scared me…one of insanity.      “Ph…Pharaoh…” I began.      “You see how he gave you a chance to run…It’s no trouble over powering you…you should have run…” he said, coming towards me again and pinned me against the wall.  I pushed to force him away as hard as I could and just managed to turn away before he kissed me, having the kiss land on my cheek rather than my lips.      “No…” I muttered and he smiled at me.      “What…you don’t want to play before I claim you?” he purred.  I didn’t…I couldn’t hurt the pharaoh…but I didn’t want this!  I kneed forward and kicked him backwards with any strength I could muster and he stumbled hard against a wall and fell to the floor.  I just…just attacked the Pharaoh!      “Pharaoh?” I asked nervously but he only groaned.  Was he really fighting against some other self?  I…I had to know…  I wasn’t the best at magic but I had to try to see him…I knelt by his side cautiously…I had to know the truth.      “…” he didn’t say anything, but then again, I didn’t expect him to, he was out cold.      “Amun-Ra, g…guardian of the sun, g…god of all…” I spoke as clearly as I could, placing one hand on his forehead and one over his heart, his very soul, “P…Please let me enter…to see the truth…I n…need to see it…please g…great god…”  I repeated this a few times, praying and focusing all my power to enter into his mind.  I felt my eyes fluttering and power flowing through the room.  Was…was it working?  I felt my mind joining with his and images assaulted my mind!   FLASH Atemu        They called me the boy pharaoh…considering me almost too young to take the throne, to ignorant to fill my position after my father died.  My advisors, ones who had previously served my father helped me as best as I could and I learned quickly how to manage things and act as a true pharaoh should.  People revered me as a god…   FLASH        “My p…pharaoh…” she said, speaking softly.  Miss Katiana was so beautiful in that dress…it suited her very well.  My breath hitched in my throat as I looked her over…she was always beautiful but that dress let everything show more…I could see her outline a whole lot more…      “Miss Katiana, I’m so glad you could make it…” I began, greeting her.   FLASH        I walked away from her…I walked away when she told me how she felt…how much of a fool could I have been?  I had to go back.  I turned around and ran back to the gardens…ran back towards her.  She had said it…she had said it…   FLASH        “I love you…” I whispered.   FLASH   Katiana        My eyes began to tear up…flashes of his memory flooded my mind and I saw truths in them…  I could never hate him…even if he hurt me and hurt me…I love him…I can’t just fall out of love!  I heard a laughing fill my mind and I felt myself pulled into another dimension.      I looked around the dark space in front of me.  It couldn’t be the shadow realm because I didn’t feel sick.  I heard something dripping like water and saw a pool of something glimmering faintly in front of me.  It was blood!  I looked up and saw the Pharaoh, tied tightly with wires binding his body, his arms spread out against a piece of wood, making it look like a cross.      “Pharaoh!” I cried out and I watched his eyes open and he moaned in pain.      “Ka…Ka…can’t…let…” he muttered and I felt the onrush of tears start to fall from my eyes, their salty taste landing on my tongue, “don’t…hurt…her…”    &nb sp; “Welcome to my domain child,” a dark voice crowed, “I find it so amusing you’re here but claiming you before the pharaoh’s eyes…priceless…”      “No…” the pharaoh murmured and I looked up again to see him staring down weakly at me, “Get…away…please…”      “I w…won’t,” I said, turning to face the dark figure.      “You still don’t know what to believe, do you?” it asked, stepping from the shadows and I gasped.  The man there looked exactly like the pharaoh…but his hair…his hair was entirely black and his eyes…so cold and cruel.  I didn’t see…had he truly been telling the truth?      “Ka…Katiana…he’s…” the pharaoh tried to say, “I….love…you…”      “So easy to manipulate,” the darker half of the pharaoh, if that was what he was called, “I don’t know if it’s more amusing or pathetic…”      “…” I didn’t know what to say…do I believe him…or…or…I don’t know!  I still love him…I don’t…don’t like that he hurt me and humiliated me but I can’t not love him!      “Ka…Ka…” the pharaoh murmured, “I…have…to…fight…”
  &nbs p;  “He’s so willing to die for you but I can’t have that…yet,” the darkness sneered, “Won’t marry because he wants you…forsaking duties to spend time with you…I’m sure you’re a good girl…”  He stepped towards me and I backed up against the pharaoh’s cross, I was stepping in blood!      “No…” the pharaoh murmured.  How am I going to fight him?  How can I fight against this darkness?  The pharaoh must…he must have been telling the truth!      “I w…won’t let you hurt him…” I said my voice wavering and uncertain.      “Stubborn child,” he purred and his hands shot out, trapping me against the bottom of the cross.  I didn’t know what to do!  I didn’t even have B. Dragon Jungle King with me!      “Stop…” the pharaoh murmured.      “No…no I won’t,” his darker half replied and traced my cheek, “I will claim her… I will take her first kiss away from you and then I will strip off every piece of clothing and lay claim to her scarred body…scarring her in ways she’ll never recover from…She will beg for the end…or beg for me…or both, it doesn’t really matter…”      “For…forgive me…” the pharaoh muttered and my tears fell freely, “Please…”      “I…I can’t,” I whispered and the darker half looked at me.      “What was this?  The almighty pharaoh asking for forgiveness and you won’t give it?” he hissed, “Either you believe every lie you were ever told or you’re just heartless…”      “I c…can’t forgive you…” I whispered again, “You h…hurt me so m…many times…”      “Uh…” the pharaoh moaned in pain, but whether it was now more emotional than physical was still a mystery to me.      “But I…I c…can’t hate you either…” I said, “I c…can’t hate you…”      “Is that how you justify what you just said little child?  You truly are pathetic, claiming you will be all the more rewarding!” the darker half crowed and took a step closer to me.  I began to tremble against the cross, my fears realized.  He was going to take me…I couldn’t fight him off!  I should have ran…went to Seto…he would have protected me and been able to help the pharaoh!  He…He would know more about this sort of thing…Ra…what am I going to do?   Pharaoh Atemu        I couldn’t…I couldn’t let Miss Katiana die for my weakness…I had…I had to end it.  I wouldn’t let anyone be hurt by my darker side anymore!      “Even…even…” I murmured even though it was softer than usual, wishing I had the strength to say what I wanted, ‘Even if my soul should shatter…’  I had to protect Miss Katiana, even if it killed me.  Even if I did nothing else and was forced towards the underworld…I couldn’t let him hurt her.  I focused the last of my power and threw my darker half backwards.  He let out a string of curse words and glared up at me.      “You pitiful excuse for a pharaoh!” he shouted, “I don’t believe you haven’t just given up yet!”      “No…leave…her…alone,” I muttered and raised my head weakly.  I saw faintly the tears in Miss Katiana’s eyes.      “Just how far are you willing to go to protect this child?” he asked.      “Even if…Even if…” I started again.  I had my powers long before I became Pharaoh; I was born to be the pharaoh before my darker half even emerged.  I was strong enough… I had to be…for her…for Miss Katiana.      “Even if what?” he asked as I focused the last of my power…the last I had…the last push of strength and last will of my mind.  I wouldn’t let him have her…I wanted to protect her…and I had hurt her.  I didn’t deserve her and he most definitely did not either.      “EVEN IF MY SOUL SHOULD SHATTER!” I exclaimed, pressing against the ropes that bound my body and soul, “I WILL NOT LET YOU HURT HER!”  The waves of my power resonated against the bleak walls of my mind, echoing everywhere and growing stronger.  I focused my eyes and Miss Katiana shrunk against the cross I was on.  I could feel my soul shattering as my darkness crouched and screamed as pain filled his body.     “No…no…NOOOO!” he screamed, “I am the darkness…”      “Pharaoh!” Miss Katiana screamed, “ATEMU!”  I was loosing strength; it ebbed and flowed away from my body.  I was dieing…but I was alright…I felt peaceful.  I saved her…      “Goodbye,” I whispered, “Goodbye love…”  She had said my name…what more could I want…she loved me, even if she didn’t forgive me…      “ATEMU!” she shouted and I heard my darkness scream one more time and watched him fade away, fade and shatter before my weakened eyes.  The wires cut into my body and I felt the blood seep through my body and onto the floor.  There was no escape, I had used everything I had…I was falling…falling…   Priestess Katiana        I was thrown from the Pharaoh’s mind and sobbing heavily as I was brought back to real life.  My eyes adjusted to the light and I looked at the Pharaoh, lying still upon the floor.  I picked his head up and rested him in my lap.       “Pharaoh?  Pharaoh?  P…Please, you h…have to answer me…” I begged, my tears falling warm and salty upon his face, “My pha…pharaoh…”      “…” no sound came from his lips, no breath escaped his body.  His stomach did not rise nor did it fall…      “You g…gave your life f…for me,” I said, “Why?  WHY?”      “…” he didn’t reply.      “You h…hurt me time and t…time again…why s…save me now?” I asked, I didn’t understand.  I didn’t comprehend…he must have…he must have been telling the truth…he was saving me…because he really did love me…  He had a darker half… he loved me truly… I wasn’t just some part of his game…I wasn’t…he really loved me!      “…” his face looked so peaceful sleeping there; he had a smile…on his face.  He had died for me…he didn’t regret it, did he?      “I h…hadn’t even finished t…translating the tomes…” I whispered, letting my tears fall freely, “Pharaoh…Atemu…”   Pharaoh Atemu        I couldn’t die yet…She called my by my name…she loves me…I need her… I need to be with her…please…I can’t die yet…   TBC   A/N: Yep…next chapter’ll be really good, eh?  I can’t wait to write it, so long as you guys review!  Alright then, review but don’t flame!  I look forward to having people tell me I’m a cruel and evil person.  Until then, see you all next chapter!  I promise it’ll get so much better!