Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Red Rose Angel ❯ Under the Sprite Tree ( Chapter 6 )

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There is one scene with Diana and Yugi, but it's not sex, just making out. The sex scene comes in later Chapters :3 - beautiful...

Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.03.2005 | Pages: 5 | Words: 6.2K | Visits: 308 | Status: Completed

--Yugi has been wounded by Rosenburg and Diana is pissed about it. Not to mention there's a battle going on near Bosworth. In this Chapter, Diana finally realizes how she feels about Yugi. Not to mention a little romantic scene later on. Rosenburg's gonna get a big surprise in this Chapter too. He thought he was the only one who owned a Blue Eyes White Dragon…that's the surprise—for him anyways.

Chapter 6 - Under the Sprite Tree

Diana had no idea where she was going, but Val seemed to and she lifted her duelist off the horse and carried Diana to Bosworth. All Diana could think about was Yugi and how he was probably lying on the battlefield or on his bed, bleeding and calling her name. “Calling my name?! Oh, Val…I think I do like the guy.”

Val giggled softly. “You do? I couldn't tell.”

“Tee hee.” Diana grunted. “Why did you never tell me we could speak like this?”

“It's the only way we can communicate, my lady. I did not want you to hesitate in our first duel.” Val replied.

“Oh, I see.” Diana sighed. “I wonder if going home really is the best idea. Would it change the future at all, Val?”

“If you never went home, then you wouldn't exist in the future and people in the future would never know who you are.”

“They already don't know who I am!” Diana watched the landscape pass below them and Val's staff hanging from the magician's belt. “My life isn't perfect, Val. The only one I'd truly miss is the one person who's never really there for me. Doesn't that sound stupid?”

“No, not really. Your father, is it?”

“Yeah.” Diana replied.

- - - - - - - - - -

The countryside near Bosworth was bathed in blood, dead soldiers and attacking monsters. The biggest one was a Blue Eyes White Dragon. The dragon towered near its master as it continued to destroy the entire land.

Seto laughed triumphantly as he walked towards the injured Prince. “I do believe you shouldn't be on British soil, your Majesty.”

“And I do believe you need to go to Hell, Rosenburg!” Yugi grunted. Blood was still pouring from the stab wound on his gut. He tried to stand, but could only get as far as his knees.

“This is quite a sight, Henry. Or is it, Yugi now? Yes, Yugi the Last Prince of Lancaster…well, you're about to be known as the Deceased Prince of Lancaster.” Seto raised his sword and prepared to strike Yugi down, but there was a flash of gold and Seto lurched as he saw his own blood running down his dark green shirt. A golden dagger was buried in his arm. He immediately dropped his sword and clutched his wounded arm.

Then his heart almost stopped when he heard a familiar voice say, “Henry!” He looked up and growled angrily at the Rose Duelist kneeling beside his rival with a concerned look on her pretty face. Concern for Yugi! Not him!

Yugi saw Diana and smiled. “Diana…you've come to help.”

“Of course.” Diana touched his wound. Her face turned red when he fell into her arms and rested his head against her heart.

Seto was infused with rage. He tore the dagger from his arm and grabbed his sword with the good hand. He raised it to slice them both in half, but a streak of light escaped from Diana's deck and clashed with Seto's Blue Eyes. Seto looked up in terror to see another Blue Eyes White Dragon attacking his.

Diana held Yugi carefully and took out a magic card. “Activate Mountain and increase my Dragon's power by 200!” Diana's Blue Eyes increased to 3200 and destroyed Seto's dragon. Several White Rose solders, seeing their lord in trouble, ran over to attack Diana and Yugi, but the Blue Eyes White Dragon wrapped its tail around the two and growled fiercely at the soldiers.

“Retreat!” Seto called as he mounted his gray stallion and rode away. The order spread through the Yorkist troops. Bakura's monsters vanished and the White Rose soldiers ran away. The Lancastrian soldiers cheered briefly, but then hurriedly attended to the wounded.

Diana and Yugi were still wrapped safely by the dragon's tail. Yugi was breathing heavily and holding his wound, which was still bleeding.

“Oh Henry…I'm so sorry I didn't come sooner.”

Yugi smiled up at her. “But you're here, Diana. Thank you. I would have lost far more men if you hadn't come.”

“We need to get you bandaged or you could—” She choked on the word die. She didn't want Yugi to die, but she didn't want to stop cradling him like this.

She decided to get his mind off his pain for a minute. “I…I defeated another Rose Crusader before I got here. I have two White Rose cards now.” That news brought a bigger smile to Yugi's face. But the smile only masked the increasing pain.

“I am proud of you, Diana.” He tilted her head down so he could look into her eyes. “Are those tears for me?”

Diana had no idea she was crying until now. She tried to look away, but couldn't. “Y-yes.”

Yugi wiped her tear-stained cheek with a gentle, shaky hand. “You shed tears for me. Oh…Diana, I was so worried about you.”

She could only stare at him. He was worried about her? Or was he simply babbling out of pain and near death. The tail lifted, exposing them to the world again. Lancastrian soldiers excused themselves passed Diana as they carried the Prince to his tent. Simon came up behind Diana with Diamond Dust, who was looking better than she had been.

“Oh Lord in Heaven, Diana what happened?” the pooka said in a shocked voice.

“Diamond Dust…?” Diana looked down at her outfit. From her right breast down to her knees and all over the grass was nothing but blood. “Oh…it must be Yugi's blood.”

“Let's get you cleaned up while the Prince's wounds are tended to.” Diamond Dust said.

Simon nodded in agreement and smiled at the Rose Duelist from beneath his hood. “I applaud you for what you did. I saw Seto's stab wound as he rode away. Diamond Dust said she thought it might have been from the dagger she gave you.” He stood and went to help the Prince.

Diana looked at the pooka. “You were right. That dagger never misses.”

- - - - - - - - - -

Diana bathed and was given a white sleeveless shirt and a dark blue skirt that reached to her calves to change into before she went to see the Prince. He was alive and bandaged, but Simon had said that he'd lost a lot of blood. Diana bit her lip and approached Yugi's cot. Simon shooed everyone away to give the two some alone time.

Yugi's eyes were closed and she wished he'd open them to confirm how alive he was. Diana knelt at his bedside and shook the mattress gently. Yugi opened his eyes and turned to look at her. “Diana…”

“Don't talk. Look, Simon said that bed was where you needed to stay for a little while.”

Yugi only stared at her with a longing. “Oh…my Angel.”

Diana blushed and heard Yugi laugh painfully. “You are Angel from now on. That is what I shall call you.”

“Oh geez. Please don't, Henry. I mean Yugi…dammit.”

Yugi gave a little half smile. “Is that what you wish to call me?”

“You don't like your real name, remember?”

“True.” Yugi reached up and touched her face. “Mm, but the way you say it…I don't mind.”

She felt her heart beating faster as Yugi's hand traveled from her face to her neck. He pinched it delicately and Diana shivered. He smiled so handsomely that Diana was lost in it. Yugi's hand glided down her arm, wishing it was his lips touching her instead of his fingers. Diana suddenly became afraid. The haunting roughness of Seto's touch drifted back and she felt Yugi's hand on her private area. But in reality it was holding her wrist.

Diana slapped him across the face and said, “Don't you touch me! I never want to be touched by another man!” She screamed. But she saw where the Prince's hand really was and gasped. Yugi stared at her like she'd gone insane. Diana pulled from his grip and ran out of the tent in tears of embarrassment.

She found a beautiful, lonely tree over an embankment and walked towards it. The tree was one story tall and covered with silvery, fuzzy bark and glossy, bluish green leaves. The sun was setting and Diana sat huddled against the tree, crying. “I'm such an idiot. How could I have slapped the Prince like that? I don't want to be here anymore…I just want to float through space and time.”

Several glowing spheres no bigger than Diana's fist floated down and circled around her. She wiped her eyes and her jaw dropped in surprise. The spheres changed into tiny people with glowing wings. One came over to her face and Diana instinctively held out her hand, palm flat. The person, or fairy of some kind, stood on her hand and looked up at her. He appeared to be the youngest with long blue hair and a yellow and blue tunic with blue pants and bare feet.

“Well, hello there.” Diana said sadly. The fairy looked up at her as if asking what was wrong. “I don't suppose you'd understand what it's like to want to fall in love with someone, but you know you can't and shouldn't?”

The fairy shook his head slowly. Diana sighed. “It's okay. My name is Diana. Who are you? A fairy? Or pixie or something?”

The fairy flew off her hand and made an S shape in the air with his little hand. “What are…S? Oh you're a sprite!” Diana exclaimed. The sprite nodded and pointed up at the tree. There were other sprites up among the leaves. Diana stood and said calmly, “Come out, sprites. I won't hurt you.”

The sprite Diana had been talking to retreated up into the leaves and hid with the others. She was about to ask what was wrong when she heard heavy breathing behind her. Thinking it was Seto—and praying it wasn't, Diana put a hand on her dagger and whirled around. She relaxed a little when she saw it was Yugi. The sun had set by now and the moon bathed him in an angelic light.

“Henry, you should be resting. Are you trying to get yourself killed?” Diana snapped.

“I had to apologize for my behavior in the tent, Angel. I don't know what came over me.” He came closer until she was within arm's length of his body. She was blushing again and he couldn't help but smile.

Diana felt her face grow hot with humiliation. He wore no shirt and bandages all over his stomach. His chest was hard and finely sculpted. She could clearly see Yugi's firm arm muscles and broad shoulders. Her heart was beating faster and she rubbed her arms and looked around to get her mind off the Prince's sexy appearance.

Yugi watched her circle the tree and finally sit down beneath it. He sat next to her and was surprised to see such a sad look across her face. They were sitting so that the moon's light touched mostly Diana instead of Yugi.

“Angel…what is wrong?”

“I…I didn't mean to slap you. It's just that…I—”

“I apologize for my actions.” Yugi interrupted her.

Diana shivered and took her cape off to cover their legs like a blanket. “Seto…h-he…touched me where he shouldn't have. The memory of it came back to me when—”

“What?!” Yugi growled, interrupting her again. He tried to jump to his feet, but the pain of his wound literally crashed into him again and he had to sit back down. “Damn that bastard! I will kill him myself for this.” No one violates my Angel, he thought angrily.

“Easy. Don't make your wound worse.” Diana checked his bandages and saw that they were already partly stained with blood. She blushed furiously when she had to lean over the Prince—her face close to his—to see his wound.

Diana returned to her sitting position and neither one spoke for some time. She was the one to break the silence first. “Henry, can I ask you something a bit personal?”

“Hmm? Very well…”

“How…” she started, stumbling over how to ask the question, “Why were you in exile?”

Yugi blinked and leaned against the tree with his eyes closed. Diana quickly covered her mouth, fearing she'd asked something a little too personal. “Oh I'm sorry. I was just curious. You don't have to—”

“Calm down, Angel.” Yugi said with a chuckle. “I thought you would ask that question sooner or later. It was the circumstances of my father's death that cost me my freedom on British soil and almost cost me my life.”

“What happened? Did they think you killed him or something?”

Yugi was silence for a little while and then nodded solemnly. “Yes. Richard III claimed my father had been poisoned and he had witnesses who said they saw me accomplish this deed. However, the witnesses were hard to track down. Lord Pegasus and Christian Rosenburg defended Richard's claim of my sin. But Simon, Diamond Dust and my mother defended me. This went on for several months. Finally, it was decided that instead of being put to death, I would simply be banished from British soil. Should I ever return, then my punishment was to be beaten to death.”

He was saddened by the whole thing and Diana felt sorry for him. “Were you close to your father? I mean, did you two have good father and son relation?”

“Ah yes.” He opened his eyes and his face brightened a little then. “My father was a brilliant king. Kind yet fierce when he needed to be and good-mannered. He ruled the British Empire with a gentle hand and a firm fist. He taught me to rule with justice for the people.”

Diana smiled. “I know you will make a great king, Henry.”

Yugi looked at her and smirked. “And you?”

“And me what?”

Yugi laughed. “Here I am going on about myself and I know nothing about you.” He was a bit surprised when Diana's face fell and she turned her eyes from his gaze.

“Let's just say your parents are so much better than mine. I met your mother before I first saw you and I thought she was so beautiful and kind and…just so how my own mother used to be.” Diana said softly.

“Used to be?”

Diana nodded slowly. “When I was little, my family was so happy and loving. I always ran to my mother when I was scared and to my father when I needed a shoulder to cry on. I never even knew their marriage was turning bad. I thought we were all happy together. But then they started arguing and swearing at each other in front of me. They didn't even notice when I would run to my room and slammed the door. Then one day, my father was sent to prison for assaulting someone. He and I still kept in touch, but when my father was taken to jail, my relationship with my mother became nonexistent, I guess.”

“How so?”

“Well, when I needed someone to comfort me when I was scared, she would always hold me tight and says, `It's all right, my dear. No one will ever hurt you so long as I'm around.' But now…” Diana felt tears streaming down her cheeks. “…now she doesn't even care whether I live or die. She never speaks to me and always looks at me with this disgusted look on her face.” Diana was crying rivers now. She hid her face in her hand and sobbed.

Yugi's eyes sparkled with concern and sadness for her. Diana needed love and he knew he could fill that void in her life. He let her cry for a little while and then wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close to him and letting her head rest against his chest. Diana stopped crying when he did this and her heart slowed as he said, “It's all right, my dear. No one will ever hurt you so long as I'm around.”

Diana buried her face in his chest and continued to sob. Yugi stroked her hair and took the ribbon from it to let her red locks fall freely. She looked at him with her cheeks stained with tears. “Oh…” Yugi breathed, awestruck by how she looked in that moment. Her crimson colored hair surrounded and shaped her face perfectly. Her teary eyes glistened like the stars. He had never in his life seen a more beautiful sight.

“You are so beautiful, Diana. I have never felt this way about anybody.” Yugi whispered.

“Henry…” Diana's heart completely stopped as he leaned down and touched his lips to hers. Diana felt as though her entire body was melting. She let the kiss happen and ran her hands over the Prince's sides and back. He was so soft and she felt his skin ripple with pleasurable shivers.

Yugi pulled back from the kiss briefly and then kissed her again. He ran his hands along her back and she arched her back a little. Yugi decided to deepen the kiss and Diana accepted his tongue. She gave a little squeak when she felt his tongue caressing the cavern of her mouth. Diana fell over onto the Prince who wrapped a leg around her and pulled her closer to his body as his tongue began to explore more. She slipped her own tongue to touch his and the Prince made a little “Mmm” sound as she did. They parted from their make-out session to breathe.

Diana immediately got off him. She had never done that before or even experienced any sort of kiss before. His lips had been so firm and gentle that she had completely lost her senses. Yugi rose up on his elbows and stared at her, smiling.

“I love you, Diana.” he purred.

Oh God, she thought. I've finally found happiness. Diana tackled him carefully and cuddled as close to his body as possible. Yugi took her in his arms and held her close to his heart. They stayed in that position for a while until Yugi's bandages were completely stoked with blood. All this had caused his wound to reopen.

Diana took him back to his tent to change the bandages. She left him to sleep and went to her own tent that she shared with Diamond Dust.

“I smell sprites. Where have you been, Diana?”

Diana told her about the tree she found with a bunch of sprites hiding in the leaves. But she didn't say anything about what she and the Prince had done.

Diamond Dust blinked and stared wide-eyed at Diana. “You mean you were at a sprite tree and they didn't do anything to you?”

“Were they supposed to?”

“Sprites only let magicians and those of the Third and Fourth Race stand under their tree. If a mere human, like you, were to stand under a sprite tree, they would be blinded and scorched with a burning light.”

Diana gulped. “So…I was spared why?!”

“I don't know. But you were and that's good. Now get some sleep, Diana. We continue to Bosworth which is where we shall engage that enemy in battle. However, we might have some troubles now. Perhaps it is best to contact Lady Margaret now.” Diamond Dust shrugged. “Go to sleep, Diana.”

The Rose Duelist was already asleep before the pooka finished speaking.

--Told ya there would be a little bit of a romantic scene. There's going to be an even better “romance” scene towards the end of this fanfic. (FYI: this is a long fanfic…but I guess you kinda realized that now.) Why did the sprites spare Diana? You'll find out in later Chapters I promise. My college classes are keeping me pretty busy, but lucky for you readers that I already had Chapters 1 - 6 typed up. I've got Chapter 7 halfway done, so it should be ready soon. Later!