Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Duel of Love ❯ Adventure ( Chapter 22 )

Disclaimer: I don’t own Yu-Gi-Oh   A/N: I will continue and I will finish this!   Duel of Love   Chapter 23: Adventure   Katiana        The pharaoh said he was going to take me somewhere today and I was nervous as could be.  I had no clue what he was saying when we would be leaving the city and without guards or even Seto or anyone else.  He told me he had to protect me, so he wasn’t about to let his guard down.  I didn’t know for sure, but I…I had to trust him on this.  It was a test for him…he was still trying to earn my trust back and so I had to give him this opportunity.  He was trying…trying to do something for me.  I didn’t have to give him this chance…but he seemed like he really wanted to do it for me, to show me whatever it was he wanted to show me so here I am now, down in the stables, waiting for him like he asked me to.      “Miss Katiana, I hope you weren’t waiting for long.” His calm voice greeted me and I turned to see the pharaoh standing in the doorway. “You look beautiful as always.”  I didn’t see how, I was only wearing the clothes I wore everyday…although the ones I had on now were more suited to traveling.      “No, I w…wasn’t,” I said. “So w…where are you taking me?”  He walked up to me and took my hand, kissing it lightly and then bringing me into his embrace.      “It’s not far, just a little oasis outside of the city,” he said. “Was my horse saddled like I asked?”      “Which one is y…your horse?” I asked, looking around. “I don’t k…know.”      He smiled at me and released me from his embrace, letting his hand grip onto mine.  He looked around a little and saw what he was looking for. “Ah, there he is, he was saddled up like I asked, that’s good.”  I followed him as he walked towards a chestnut horse; it looked like a powerful stallion.      “I think I’ve r…ridden on this horse before,” I whispered in awe as we approached and the pharaoh laughed.      “A few times actually,” he said. “I think the first was when we were leaving those ancient ruins and the second…when I had to rescue you from the hands of that thief.”      “I see,” I whispered, a momentary sadness passing over me as I remembered the events that led to that capture and the need for me to be rescued.  He paused in his step and turned around to face me.  His hand touched my cheek and a look of regret passed over his face.      “I’m sorry for that my love,” he said, “I truly am.  I never meant for that.”  He drew me close to him and kissed my forehead. “I love you and I…I can’t explain my actions that day.”  He drew away and I was looking into his crimson gaze. “I never meant for that my love.”      I didn’t say anything but took comfort in the fact he was still hurting over it, even though he hadn’t been cut, even though he hadn’t been the one to receive all those scars that I now had to bear.  I nodded to acknowledge what he said and he turned back, leading me once again towards the horse.  Once there he helped me up onto its back and then jumped up easily beside me, pulling me close to him on the saddle.  I felt him nudge the horse and we began to exit the stables.      “Are you s…sure you should have some g…guards?” I asked.      The pharaoh laughed at me and I looked down at the horse’s mane. “I told you, as long as you are with me, I need to stay alert.  I don’t need guards with you around.”  I remained silent as we left the city, and leaned slightly back into his shoulder as he began to pick up the pace and we started to trot…then canter and then we began to gallop.  I think he was holding me or I was holding him…all I remember as we traveled was I gripped onto his clothes and felt a hand around my waist.  I kept my eyes closed for most of the trip, for one reason he told me to and for another I was a little scared to look.      “Are we t…there yet?” I asked and I heard him chuckle.      “A little ways yet my love,” he whispered in my ear and I felt him urge his horse faster along the desert sand.  It was early in the morning yet so the sun wasn’t high in the sky, but it still was hot out.       When some more time had passed I head him whisper we were almost there and the horse slowed its pace slightly and I found myself relaxing.  I hadn’t even realized I had been tensing up.      “Miss Katiana, we’re here…you can look up now,” he said and I peered up at him, a small smile on his face. “Look around!”  I did and followed where his hand gestured.  I saw what looked like a city in the middle of the desert, tents were everywhere and people bustling about their everyday tasks.      “W…What is this place?” I asked.      “A gypsy camp,” he replied easily enough.      “GYPSY?”  I couldn’t believe what he had just said!  I thought that the gypsy were our enemies!  The pharaoh laughed at me.      “Pharaoh, so you finally decided to come and visit…took you long enough!”  A jovial voice broke my concentration and I looked down to see a sandy haired man with blond hair.  The pharaoh dismounted and offered his hand to me and helped me down, caressing my cheek gently before presenting me, still in his arms to the blond haired man.  He had darkened skin as well, but amazingly beautiful eyes.  They were almost black, which was unusual for someone with his hair color.      “Jono, it has been to long,” the pharaoh said as Jono embraced the pharaoh, patting him on the back.  I stood forgotten to his side.      “But n…no one…” I stammered out as I watched the emotional scene.  I always believed that no one was allowed to really touch the pharaoh, and to have a gypsy embrace him in such a way…  Jono’s desert robes didn’t seem to cover him entirely; I could see parts of his arms and legs.  And there was more color to them as well.      “Don’t worry about those two; they’ve been friends for a while.”  A light tap on the shoulder caused me to jump slightly and I turned around to see a young woman in very colorful clothes, a skirt and a tunic without sleeves with short brown hair, reminding me of Seto’s hair and blue eyes that were like, but not as deep as Seto’s eyes.      “Who are y…you?” I asked.      “My name is Teana, I’m Jono’s cousin.”  She smiled at me and I couldn’t help but smile back.  She cocked her head to the side in a curious gesture. “So, what’s your name?  You must be someone pretty special for the pharaoh to have brought you here.”      “My n…name is Katiana,” I said, bowing politely.  I had to be polite…I didn’t trust them and didn’t want to give them a reason to hurt me or the pharaoh.      “This is my love.”  I felt hands wrap around me and pull me close and a kiss on my cheek.  “She saved me from my darkness.”  I felt him embrace me tightly before letting me go.  Jono and Teana were looking at me with a little confusion and then I watched their faces smile and both came and embraced me as well.      “So you were the one he mentioned his last visit…the one he was falling for and thought would break the darkness within him,” Jono said and pat me on the back.  I didn’t do very much…I just sort of stood there as they hugged me and then let me go, laughing at the look on my face.      “I don’t think she understand pharaoh,” Teana said and looked at him.      “She’s a little innocent,” the pharaoh replied, “She’s a priestess of High Priest Seto’s temple.”      “Ah, I see…let me guess, he kept her from you?” Jono asked.      “He said she was his time after time again.”  I lowered my head, not wanting to meet anyone’s eyes. “But she’s no ones property…and for one reason or another he’s let us be together, he hasn’t tried to stop us.  I don’t know why, but I’m glad.  I love Miss Katiana with all my heart.”      “Here, come with me…I’ll get you dressed in something a little more suited for our more humble dwellings,” Teana said and gently took my arm. “You men talk like you always do and we will return shortly.”      “Um…” I didn’t exactly know what to say but the Pharaoh looked at me reassuringly.      “They won’t hurt you love, I promise,” he said and I nodded slowly.  Teana guided me away from them and I felt a little uneasy, but tried to remain calm, just for the pharaoh.  We arrived at a tent, it wasn’t the biggest of all the ones I had been seeing as we had walked but it wasn’t the smallest either.      “Come in,” Teana beckoned and I followed her into the tent. “Okay, what shall we dress you in?”      “No!” I exclaimed and she looked at me with a grin. “I m…mean I don’t want to impose.  I c…couldn’t possibly…”      “Don’t worry about it.  Aren’t you tired of those old same colored clothes?” she asked and went behind a piece of cloth near a corner. “I’ll find something fun for you.”      “Fun?”  I didn’t know what she meant by it and I really wasn’t exactly longing to find out, but a few moments later she emerged carrying a bundle of clothes in her arms which she pressed into mine and shoved me behind the cloth.      “Put it on Katiana,” she said. “Don’t worry, I think this will look nice on you…it should go very well with you eyes.”  I looked at the fabric in disbelief but began to change anyways.  The pharaoh said I would enjoy myself here…but would I really?   Pharaoh Atemu        “So that’s the girl that’s captured your heart?” Jono asked me as we watched the two women leave. “She has a lot of scars…was she a slave to the High Priest?”      “Those scars weren’t given to her by High Priest Seto.  They were given to her by the thief king.”  Jono gasped and I smiled weakly. “I know.  Is there a place we can sit down and talk?  It’s a very long story.”      “Only because you haven’t come to see me in a very long time,” he replied.      “I was busy.”      He glanced back in the direction the girls had gone off in again. “You haven’t been… I mean you didn’t…”  I was a little taken aback from my friend’s audacity, but I expected nothing less from the leader of the gypsies.      “No, she’s not pregnant.  I mean…well, just let me tell you the story.  Is there a place where we can sit and chat?”  Jono nodded and beckoned me to follow him.  I smiled. “Good.”      “She has nice eyes.”
     “Don’t get any ideas.”      “I’m a gypsy, I don’t get ideas.  It’s a fact,” Jono said and I couldn’t argue that point with him.  He rarely, if ever told a lie and always thought everything he said was fact… the funny part of that was most of what he did say was fact.  At least in his eyes and mine.  “So come along, tell me your tale.  We have nothing but time, am I right?”      “Of course Jono, you’re always right,” I replied.   …        “I see, that’s all very interesting!” Jono exclaimed as I reached the end of my tale.  I sipped some wine he had given me.  I felt like I had been telling this story for hours on end when it hadn’t been that long at all.  “Now where are the women?  I think we may have misplaced them or made it hard for them to find us.  It’s been a few hours.”      “Should we go look for them?” I asked worriedly. “I don’t want Miss Katiana…”      “She’ll be fine,” Jono said, looking at me with an interested expression. “Did you just refer to her as Miss Katiana?”      “Yes, I did.  It is only polite,” I said.      “Have you two kissed even?” he asked with doubt in his voice.      “Yes, we have.  Twice.”  He started to laugh at me.      “Only twice?” he asked with laughter in his eyes as well.      “I thought I explained that in my tale,” I said defensively.      “Have you two even made love?” he asked and I stood up starting at the ground with a blush on my face. “I’ll take that as a no.  So you aren’t even on a “no formalities needed” basis, are you?”      “She doesn’t say my name either.  I’ve told her time and time again to call me Atemu and still she refers to me as the pharaoh.  I can count on one hand the number of times she has called me by my real name,” I said. “But that’s in her nature…she keeps trying to be polite because that’s all she knows really.”  Jono pulled me back down and I sat again, staring at him.      “You know…I could start to give you that talk about when two people love each other…”      “She said to me once she’d rather be married before…well you know,” I whispered.      “I would never guess you to be the shy one about even discussing the possibility of making love…having sex…or however crude you think I get when talking about it,” Jono said. “What, are you surprised I can talk about it so comfortably?”
     “Have you ever been in love?” I asked. “It’s not that simple.”      “Oh, I see,” he said and put a hand on my shoulder. “You want to take things slow… it’s understandable, after all you’ve been through with her you thought that it would be best to take things one step at a time.  Making love isn’t needed to prove you love someone; that I’ve learned through time and lessons.  I admire you Pharaoh.”      “Why do you admire me?” I asked.      “Because who among us of the masculine gender knows how to love someone correctly?  Even the gods have it escape them.  I think you might be the first.”  I didn’t get a chance to respond because a voice interrupted us. “There you are, we’ve been looking for you.  Jono, what have you and the pharaoh been doing?”      “Nothing Teana, we’ve just been here talking,” Jono said, “Is that girl with you?”      “Miss Katiana,” I muttered to him and he smiled at me. “Oh, right, her name is Miss Katiana.”      “Yes, she’s here, she looks so adorable in her outfit!” Teana exclaimed and moved aside.      I stood speechless as I saw what Teana had dressed my love in.  It was a green skirt of various shades that flowed down her hips and twirled around her legs, crinkled fabric that gave it a texture and life that suited Miss Katiana very well.  Her shirt was also green of various shades and it wasn’t crinkled, instead it had a cut so I was able to see her stomach and the neckline was just above her breasts.  Teana had obviously done her hair too, pulled back from her face with two green scarab clips.  Her face however, was completely red and she refused to look up from the ground.  I walked up to her and placed my hand under her chin, raising her head so I could see her better.  Teana had given her a little gypsy makeup as well, her eyes shadowed in green paint.  She looked so beautiful…so enticing right now.      “My Pha…Pharaoh?” Miss Katiana looked at me with worry in her eyes. “Do I l…look okay?”
     “By Ra Miss Katiana, you look simply beautiful.”  She smiled at me and I resisted the urge to kiss her right now and wait a while longer.  Instead I embraced her and kissed her hair, until I heard Jono clear his throat and so I let her go and turned back to him.      “What is it?” I asked peevishly.  Jono approached Miss Katiana and took her hand, kissing it gently.      “Those are gypsy clothes Katiana and they suit you very well.  They aren’t elegant like some of the things your people always wear but I think you are one who likes simple things, am I correct?” he asked and didn’t even wait for an answer. “I do hope you two will be staying with us tonight for dinner.  We know how to entertain.”      “They certainly do,” I said to Miss Katiana. “But we will only stay if you want to.  We can leave at any time love.  What is it you want to do?”  She looked at the ground and fiddled with the skirt a little.  I could see that she didn’t exactly like skirts but this one suited her and I hoped she wouldn’t ask if she could change back into her old clothes right now.      “We c…can stay,” she whispered. “I don’t t…think they’re gonna k…kill us.”  Jono began to laugh and she looked up at him. “What?”      “We kill you?” he asked, disbelief in his eyes. “You must have us mistaken for some barbarian tribe.  I assure you, we’re friends to the pharaoh and any friend of the pharaoh or true love as the case may be is a friend and welcome here any time.  Come now, we best get ready to celebrate tonight then!”  He let out a hearty laugh and patted the pharaoh on the back.  “This will be one to remember!”      The pharaoh looked at me and leaned to whisper into my ear. “He always says that.”  All I could do was nod and smile.   …        The celebration was something out of the ordinary.  Everyone ate together around the fire, tables where whatever was handy and convenient, the gypsies being slightly nomadic didn’t have much in the way of steady furniture.  I ate with the pharaoh and Jono and Teana somewhere near the fire.  People danced around us as music was played and I found the music enticing and alluring.      “So, what do you think of this celebration?” Jono asked us. “I always have the best, don’t I?”  The pharaoh nodded with a knowing smile towards me and I nodded as well.      “It is n...nice,” I said.      “You talk with that stutter all the time?” Teana asked me, turning our eyes onto her. “That’s sad to be born with such a thing.”
     “I’m okay.  It’s n…not that bad,” I said and she smiled at me. “W…What is it?  It’s n…not bad!”      “I couldn’t imagine Miss Katiana without it,” the pharaoh interjected and gripped my hand in his gently.      “Never mind that, Teana, why don’t you dance for us!” Jono cried.      “Why do you want me to do such a thing?” she asked. “What if I tell you I don’t feel like dancing tonight?”      “You always feel like dancing cousin.  Why don’t you show Katiana how to dance as well?”  I looked at Jono with disbelief.  I couldn’t dance!  I certainly didn’t want to dance like gypsies either, even if I could dance.      “No, t…that’s quite all right,” I whispered and Jono shook his head. “No, Teana, show her how to dance!”      “I d…don’t want to,” I stated a little more firmly but felt Teana’s hand on my shoulder. “Come on, I’ll teach you a few moves.  I’m sure the pharaoh won’t mind, will you?”      “I won’t mind at all,” he said with a smile and I looked at him, eyes wide.  How could he let Teana do such a thing?  I didn’t want to learn to dance.  His eyes sparkled with mischief. “Dance does much for a body, it’s good to learn how to dance.”      I shook my head. “I r…really don’t want to.”  He laughed and kissed my forehead before forcing me to stand up and scoot closer to Teana, who was already standing. “Go on Teana, teach her a few moves.  Teach her well though, I might ask her to dance for me sometime later.”  My eyes widened as I realized numerous meanings to the words he just spoke and I turned a few shades of red as his smile only widened…and then he too blushed.  “Get going Miss Katiana.”  His voice was soft and pleading and he looked up at me with his deep enticing eyes. “Have some fun at least.”      “W…What about you?” I asked.      “Whoever said I wasn’t enjoying myself?” he inquired and I smiled with a blush.  I let Teana guide me away from the two and she led me around to the back of one tent, which was still had light from the bright moon and the fire, which was tall and reflected off of a lot of things.      “So n…now what?” I asked.  Teana smiled at me kindly and raised her hands in the air.  I watched her move, her hips moving in a circular motion as she began to dance.  “Now I teach you how to really impress the pharaoh.”  I couldn’t help but feel nervous as I didn’t want the pharaoh in love with me just because of my body.  “Don’t worry.”  I looked up into Teana’s eyes and they shown with mischief and longing. “I can tell he loved you long before you came here, this is only proving to him you are a woman of many talents.”      I didn’t know how to respond to that so I just nodded.  It made a little sense.  I wasn’t weak…I wasn’t a weak girl who needed protecting and learning to dance gave me a skill.      “It will also give you a little more power over the pharaoh you know.  Dance can do many things,” Teana whispered gently.      “What?”  I didn’t want power over the pharaoh but Teana laughed. “It’s not a bad power.  Trust me, it’s not or else I wouldn’t be a dancer.”  I nodded with my resolve and determination kicking in.  I could do anything, this was just another challenge.  I didn’t know how she’d teach me in such a short amount of time though; she must be the best of the best.   Pharaoh Atemu        “You really must love her Pharaoh,” Jono said as we watched Teana and Miss Katiana leave our company.      “I do, she saved me from my darkness,” I whispered.      “But that’s not the only reason, is it?” Jono asked with a smile and I returned it, leaning back in my seat a little. “No, it isn’t.”      “That stutter she talks with, you don’t seem to mind it do you?” Jono asked.      “I don’t mind.  It gives her more personality.  It’s so sweet when she’s embarrassed, she stutters even more and it sounds adorable.”  I smiled at the thought.      “But she probably does more too when she’s frightened, angry or upset.”  Jono’s smile as he spoke, telling me what I didn’t exactly want to hear, unnerved me and I glared at him.      “You could stand to be a little nicer,” I said and pushed him lightly with my hand.      “I could, but I won’t,” he said. “I’d rather tell it like it is rather than get caught up in a lie.  Have you two shared everything then?”      “I told her a lot these past few weeks, more than I think I’ve ever told anyone, even you.  I even told her I knew the thief king,” I said. “And how he used her to hurt me.”      “Did she hate you for that?” Jono asked gently.      “Of course, well, it wasn’t exactly hate.  It seemed more like resentment towards me and anger,” I said. “She always forgives me though and that above all else really seems to surprise me.  She always seems to forgive me even after all I’ve done that’s hurt her.”      “That’s love for you,” he said. “Would you forgive her?”      “For anything and everything,” I said quickly. “I would even die for her.”      “That’s good,” Jono replied. “You know I envy you.  You found your special someone and here I am still looking.”
     “You’ll find your special someone someday,” I said. “It took me a while to find mine, and even longer then to realize and admit my feelings towards that person.”
     Jono crossed his legs and played with the fabric of his pants and tunic a little. “You know, you really better hold onto her tightly.”      “I know that,” I said rolling my eyes. “What makes you think I didn’t know that?”      “I wouldn’t mess things up again with the High Priest still in love with her don’t you agree?” Jono asked. “You wouldn’t want to loose her to him because you were being an idiot again.”      “I’m watching what I do; I won’t screw up that badly ever again.  No one will hurt her, not even me, ever again.  She’s suffered enough,” I said firmly and he raised an eyebrow. “Yep, you are head over heels for that girl.”      “Is that a bad thing?” I asked, raising my own eyebrow.      “Nope,” he replied easily enough, “Remember I said I envied you.  If it was a bad thing I’d pity you.”      “Oh, right,” I said and looked back at the fire, which a few other gypsies were adding logs onto to build it up. “What do you think Teana’s teaching her?”
     “Ways to entice you in the bedroom, Katiana’s just to naïve to realize it,” Jono replied.  My mouth hung open in shock.  “Most of what we do in ways of dancing works nicely for bed chamber activities.  Geeze, it’s not like you haven’t seen our dancing before.”
     “But to think of it that way,” I began.      “It’s also a skill Teana’s giving her to give Katiana more power over you.  Dancing is a very powerful thing,” Jono said. “Think of it that way if you wish.”      “Will Teana even be able to teach Katiana much in such a short period of time?” I asked.      “All we do is move to music…whether it’s simply in our heads or a beat played by a drum.  Whatever feels right is called dance.  It isn’t too hard to learn although developing one’s own style takes a little bit of work.”  Jono seemed particularly proud of himself as he spoke those last words.      “Do you have your own style yet?” I asked and Jono’s face fell. “I’m still working on it pharaoh.”      “Oh, is that so?” I asked with a grin.      “Don’t insult me when you can’t dance yourself,” Jono said.      “Are you going to offer to teach me then?” I asked.      “This is why I like you.  You’re not afraid to bite back,” Jono said and then his face turned serious for a minute.  “So she really did help defeat your darker side, didn’t she?”      “Yes, I’m forever in her debt for that.  She saved me…she could have run away but she saved me.  I fought off as long as I could against him but it took her to save me.”  I let the memory flood my mind, remembering how I had seen here in my mind, standing in a pool of my blood as my dark side tried to rape her.  She fought…and I had fought.  I fought to protect her.  He was defeated and I owed her everything.      “How is it then fighting the shadows on your own?  You do remember your other half was able to handle it, right?”  I looked over at him and nodded.      “Miss Katiana’s noticing it.  I come back at night and she sees me, drained and tired.  I end up falling asleep in her arms.  Sometimes I’m injured so I hide so she doesn’t see me,” I said. “It’s hard.  The shadows are growing out of control.”      “With all the powers you still have you can’t control it.  And with your darkness only more trouble followed.  She was the only woman you had ever allowed yourself to get close to, knowing full well all the consequences and how your darkness thought,” Jono said. “You let her get close and paid for it numerous times, all the while falling in love with her.  And now your darkness is gone and you’re free to be with her and your darkness can’t touch her anymore and the shadows have begun to take their toll on you.”  Jono looked at me with pity and pain in his eyes. “I’ve sensed it.  Something is coming, something is about to happen.”      “Do not say anything to worry Katiana,” I said quickly, realizing I had forgotten to address her properly, “Miss Katiana, sorry.’
     “No apologies needed.  You both need to stop the formalities.” Jono said. “Why don’t you want me to tell her?  Why don’t you want to tell her?  Worrying would be the least of her problems.”      “That’s why you can’t tell her!  I don’t want her to worry about me or what’s going on.  I don’t want her to suffer.  I just want her to be happy for as long as she can,” I whispered. “Don’t tell her, please.”      “I’ve never seen you act like this before.  You’re so protective of her.  All right, I’ll bite, I won’t tell her,” Jono said. “And just the right timing with that too, here they come!”  He pointed towards Teana and Miss Katiana, who were both walking back towards them, the blush on Miss Katiana’s face a deep crimson.  She was walking a little slower than Teana and Teana looked like she was forced to urge Miss Katiana to even walk back to us.      “Hello pharaoh, cousin,” Teana greeted.      “So Teana, did you teach the pharaoh’s love anything good?” Jono asked with a smile towards Miss Katiana and then towards me. “Do you want her to show what she has learned pharaoh?”      “It’s firmly entrenched in her mind Jono but I don’t think she wants to do anything with that knowledge,” Teana said. “I’m sure the pharaoh wouldn’t mind waiting until later when it’s not as embarrassing for her.”      “Um…t…that’s okay,” Miss Katiana whispered. “I c…can do it, if h…he wants.”      “Don’t force yourself to do something you don’t want to do Katiana,” Teana said. “I suggest you wait until later.”      “Are the moves that bad?” Jono asked with amusement in his voice.      “They’re nothing worse than what I normally do but the pharaoh might have a little bit of trouble dealing with it.”      “How would I have trouble dealing with it?” I asked; a little upset they had pretended I wasn’t here.      “They’re very sensual moves pharaoh,” Teana explained. “And I don’t think Katiana wants to think that way just yet.  You picked a lover with an extremely innocent mind here.”      “I won’t think that way Teana, I’ve seen you dance plenty of times,” I muttered as I buried my face in my hands.      “But this is the woman you love, think about it for a moment the way I dance and then the way she’d be dancing performing those same moves,” Teana said.      I paused and thought, and upon realizing my imagination took me two steps further than I wanted to go I blushed deeply. “I wouldn’t mind really…”      “Oh come on Teana, now you’ve just made it so he has to see it!” Jono exclaimed. “But Katiana did say it was up to you.  Do you want her to dance for you right now or wait until later?”      “What do you want to do Miss Katiana?” I asked, looking up at her.       “I like a l…little how the c…clothes move when I d…dance in them,” she whispered. “But it’s y…your decision love.”      “Then yes, I guess I would like to see what Teana taught you,” I said and adjusted myself so I was a little more comfortable in my sitting position.  She blushed deeper than crimson and Teana grinned nervously.       “Okay, I’ll dance with her though to make sure she’s doing it right,” Teana said. “Come on Katiana, we’ll give the pharaoh and Jono a performance unlike any other.”  She took Miss Katiana and led her closer to the fire so we could see better what was about to happen.      “Do I need to loan you guys a tent later tonight?” Jono asked. “Let me know now rather then have you walking into some random one, all right?”
     “Stop thinking like that,” I said, “Our relationship isn’t based on that.”      “It will become a part of it though.  Making love is a way to deepen a bond you know,” Jono sighed. “Never mind, let’s just watch.  I wonder how much Teana was able to teach Katiana.”  I turned my attention back towards the women. “I’m curious about this too.”  Just how sensual could it be?  I guess I was about to find out my answer to that question.  In the back of my mind though, I promised myself I wouldn’t rush Miss Katiana into anything…I was still trying to get her trust back after all and I loved her.  My darkness had wanted to rape her and that will be something I will never do.   TBC   A/N: I’m breaking this up into two chapters because one will get really extremely long if I don’t.  Anyways, you know the drill, please review but don’t flame!  Flames are used to roast marshmallows for those that like my stories!