Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Red Rose Angel ❯ Trapped Mind; Diana vs. Tea ( Chapter 9 )

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Tea's the next Rose Crusader?! Seriously? Oh dear...but what's all this nonsense about Yugi already betrothed to Tea? Or this thing about Yugi sleeping with three women at the same time? Uh oh...

Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 02.10.2005 | Pages: 4 | Words: 4.8K | Visits: 289 | Status: Completed

--Hi, swift tales! xD Yes, Rizu speaks to you directly. Lol…thank you for the kind reviews. I'm glad you're following this story very intently. I like that. Because—by holy cow poop—no one else is. Anyways, here is Chapter 9 and Diana vs. Tea…heh, my personal opinion of Tea is iffy…but her dueling skills are swat shit, basically. She has some skills, I'll give her that much though.

Chapter 9 - Trapped Mind; Diana vs. Tea

Bakura stood patiently beside his master's horse. Seto watched the forest for the Rose Duelist. “I hope your little plan works.” he said to the Druid.

“I assure, my lord. It will.” Bakura turned to the hooded figure with the Yorkist symbol on their shoulder. “Are you ready to destroy the Rose Duelist?”

“Destroy the Rose Duelist…” chanted the hooded figure.

Seto smiled. “Let's see what happens when Diana knows about the Prince's supposed marriage.”

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Diana entered the clearing with Simon beside her. Her bruises were still fading and her cuts had not fully healed, although they were less horrid to look at. Rosenburg smiled when he saw the wounds he'd given her. Beautiful, he thought as Diana readied her deck.

The hooded figure did the same. “I will destroy you, Rose Duelist.”

Diana looked up. That voice sounds feminine, she thought. “Who are you?”

The figure laughed. “Glad you asked. I was the one who was promised.” She removed her cloak and Diana saw a girl about Yugi's height with short, brown hair and blue-green eyes. She wore a light blue dress that hugged her hips and a sparkling pearl necklace with matching earrings and tiara. “My name is Lady Tea and her Majesty, Lady Margaret, promised that once the Prince had the throne, I would be his bride.”

Diana nearly dropped her deck. The shocked look on her face made Seto grin wickedly. “What's the matter, Rose Duelist? Didn't you know that Yugi was already betrothed to someone?”

“N-no.” Diana frowned and shook her head. “Well, Yugi would never marry a Rose Crusader! How dare you betray him, Tea!”

Bakura's laughter startled her a little. “Tea did not betray him. I have trapped her mind in the shadows of her nightmares. She remains my obedient puppet and will duel you for the sake of the Yorkists.”

Simon, still on horseback, shouted, “Lady Tea, it's me, Simon! I knew since you were only a child. Do not fall under this wicked Druid's spell! Break free, Lady Tea, please.” His voice was shaking.

Diana turned to look at the old man. “Simon?”

“Please, Diana. You must free Lady Tea from Bakura's control. She's like a daughter to me. I beg you to save her! I know you possess powers beyond mere human abilities. Use that power to save Lady Tea.”

Diana nodded and turned back to Tea. Seto snorted. “Ha! Diana, think about what would happen if you did free Lady Tea. The marriage between her and Yugi would take place as soon as the war ended. Tea would be queen and Yugi her king. Her king and not yours. Is that what you want? Do you want to loose your precious Prince to some worthless whore?”

“Y'know, I really can't stand to hear you talk, so just shut up and watch me kick butt.” Diana growled angrily. She summoned up Val and Tea summoned Witch of the Black Forest (1100/900) as her deck leader.

“My lady, I sense the girl fighting to be free of this madman's control. But she lacks the motivationto do so.” Val said.

“I know, Val.” Diana muttered. She couldn't help, but feel irritated that Yugi had never told her about Tea. Was he just toying with her? Diana played Kuriboh in defense mode and a card face-down.

Tea's turn and she played Happy Lover in attack mode. With Happy Lover at 800 and Kuriboh's defense at 200, Happy Lover destroyed Kuriboh easily. Thankfully, Kuriboh was in defense mode and Diana's life points were safe.

“Diana, please be careful! If Tea looses, Bakura will turn her to stone!” Simon shouted.

Diana remembered. She glared angrily at the young Druid. “I'm coming after you next. I promised Rex that I'd defeat you and save all those people you've turned to stone.”

“I'm so scared.” Bakura grunted. “Tea, defeat her! Do not show her any mercy.”

“No mercy…” Tea chanted. She glared mindlessly at Diana. “You'll pay, Rose Duelist. You'll pay for stealing my Prince from me. He told me that he would never hurt the ones he loved. He told me that he loved me with every beat of his heart!”

Diana's blood ran cold and her face turned chalk pale. Those…those are the exact words Yugi said to me, she thought. Is he really just toying with me? Her hands began to shake and Val looked at her with a concerned expression.

“My lady, don't listen to her. We must win! Simon is counting on us!”

Diana took two deep breaths and let them out noisily. “I know that, Val. But…Yugi said those things to me too. Is he two-timing me?”

“I do not know, my lady. The only love I have is for my duelist.”

She was softened by her deck leader's words, but Diana had to continue her duel. She summoned Harpy Lady in attack mode. She destroyed Happy Lover easily and Tea's life points went down to 3500. To end her turn, Diana placed Mirror Force face-down, in case Tea summoned a strong monster.

“I will defeat you, Rose Duelist. Make no mistake about it! Yugi said he loved me! Yugi promised to marry me once the war ended.” Tea closed her blank eyes. “I used to think that no one cared about me and felt so unloved. That's when I met him.” She raised her face towards the sky. “I met the Prince and it seemed like all my troubles melted away. I had never felt so happy in all my life.” Tea opened her eyes and stared at Diana, frowning. “And you took that away from me!”

Diana felt her stomach lurch at the sense of pity she felt for Tea. The two young ladies were very much alike. Both had felt unloved before meeting Yugi. Did he prey on unloved, defenseless girls? Diana shook that out of her mind. She looked Tea straight in the eye. “It's your turn, remember?”

Tea drew and summoned Koumori Dragon in attack mode. The dragon lunged at Diana's Harpy Lady, but Diana activated Mirror Force and Koumori Dragon's attack was reflected and the Dragon destroyed. Tea's life points were now at 2000 while Diana had not lost any.

Seto gritted his teeth and glared at Bakura. “She's a worthless duelist, you fool! Do something!”

Bakura bowed slightly. “Patience, sire, patience. Tea is just getting warmed up.”

Diana drew and her eyes sparkled. It was Dark Magician Girl. Perfect! I can use her to destroy Tea's life points, Diana thought. Oh, but then Tea will be turned to stone and I don't know how to use this power I have.

“My lady…” said Val. “I can help you. We can fuse together just like before.”

“I don't know, Val.” Diana said nervously. Bakura had said that Tea was just getting warmed up. Diana played Dark Magician Girl in defense mode.

Tea drew from her deck and smiled. “I play the magic card, Brain Control. Now I can control one of your monsters for one turn.” Tea smiled wickedly. “I choose your Dark Magician Girl.” Dark Magician Girl's eyes suddenly went blank and she moved to attack mode and over to Tea's side of the field.

“Dark Magician Girl!” Diana shouted helplessly as Tea ordered the brainwashed mage to attack Harpy Lady. Diana lost 700 points, but that wasn't all. According to the rules, Tea was now allowed to attack Val in the same turn. After that, Diana's life points were now at 1300, 700 points below Tea's.

With Diana's turn, Dark Magician Girl came back to her side. She could attack now, but Tea had laid a face-down card before ending her turn. Diana shuddered at what it might be. She looked at her monster and deck leader. I need a way to bring our life points down to zero at the same time. Then maybe Tea will be spared, even though I won't get a White Rose card technically.

Diana put one card face-down and switched Dark Magician Girl back to defense mode. “Tea, listen to me. Bakura has brainwashed you the same way you brainwashed Dark Magician Girl in your last turn. You have to fight Bakura's control. You're fighting for the same side that Yugi is against. Don't do that! Simon is worried about you. He cares about you as much as a father would care for a daughter. I understand the feeling of loneliness you've been through. I've felt the same thing as well. But you can't let your nightmares control you! Fight it!”

Tea blinked hard as if trying to awaken from a long sleep. “S-Simon…”

Simon dismounted his horse. “Tea! Lady Tea, I'm right here. Fight Bakura's control.”

“Be silent, old man!” Bakura snarled. He looked at Tea and his eyes glowed and loathsome purple light. “Destroy the Rose Duelist. Destroy her for the sake of the Rose Crusaders.”

Tea's eyes became blank again as she repeated, “Destroy the Rose Duelist, destroy…” She drew from her deck again and said, “I summon Neo the Magic Swordsman in attack mode. And to strengthen him, I'll add Axe of Despair. This will power up my Swordsman by 1000 points.” Now her monster had 2700 attack points. “Neo, attack her Dark Magician Girl!”

“Not so fast! I activate my face-down card, Magic Jammer. Axe of Despair…oh no.” Diana suddenly realized the mistake she'd made. Now that Axe of Despair was in the graveyard, Tea could sacrifice a monster to put the Axe at the top of her deck.

Tea smiled. “Thank you, Rose Duelist. I offer Neo the Magic Swordsman to bring Axe of Despair to the top my deck. Then I'll activate Graceful Charity, which allows me to—”

“Draw three cards and discard two. I know that. Keep going.” Diana muttered. Tea did so and, to end her turn, she played a monster face-down in defense mode.

Diana drew and smiled. “I summon Solar Flare Dragon in attack mode.” (Solar Flare Dragon - 1500/1000.) “Now my dragon, attack her face-down monster.” The flaming dragon shot a column of burning heat onto the monster. Diana saw that it was another Koumori Dragon.

Tea growled angrily. Diana smiled. “Oh and thanks to the special ability of my dragon, you loose 500 life points.” Tea was now at 1500 and Diana was at 1300.

Seto clutched his horse's reins so tight his knuckle went white. “Dammit, Bakura. If she wins, we'll loose two White Rose cards.”

Diana heard him. “Val, Tea's carrying two White Rose cards. When we win, will you fuse with me so we can protect Tea?”

Val turned to her duelist and nodded. “I promise, my lady.”

Seto decided to shake Diana's fondness for Yugi once more. “Rose Duelist, did you know that Yugi and Tea used to go on long walks together. That people of the British Empire used to say how lovely the two of them were together. They said it was wonderful how the Prince could love so easily after his twin brother's death. The people were especially thrilled when Yugi announced he would marry Tea. There was a huge feast with thousands of important people…all of them anguish to see the Prince and Lady Tea in wedded bliss.”

“It would have been wedded bliss until you intervened, Rosenburg! You and your bastard of a lord, Richard III.” Tea snapped harshly. She turned to Diana. “But you…it makes me sick to even look at you. Did you know that Yugi had three other women before me and you? You want to know why I let Bakura brainwash me? Because I wanted to get revenge on how Yugi betrayed my feelings. I didn't hear about these other girls until after the war started! And he was in bed with all three of them…at the bloody same time!”

Diana felt weak in the knees. Her lower lip began to tremble. “Th-that's not true! Yugi said that he wanted me to be the first woman who touched him.” Her face turned bright red. Dammit, I said that out loud.

“Really? He said the exact same thing to me too. But I didn't even get to see his crotch!” Tea grunted. She drew and summoned Wing Weaver (2750/2400) in attack mode. Wing Weaver easily destroyed Solar Flare Dragon and Diana had only 50 life points.

I have to do something, Diana thought. “Tea, listen to me! Please stop this. If you truly hate Yugi…then don't fight me. I hate him too!” Diana shouted.

This took everyone by utter shock. Seto smiled. My plan worked, he thought. My property will come crawling back to me. But Diana wasn't exactly lying or telling the truth. She partly hated Yugi for not telling her about Tea…and what if it was true that he'd slept with three other women at the same time. She had to find out from the real Tea and not this brainwashed example.

Tea simply stared at Diana. “Y-You do?”

“Yes. Together, you and I can make Yugi pay for our heartaches. Please, Tea. Wake up.” Diana said softly.

Tea shook her head and blinked twice. A sparkling life returned to her eyes and she said. “Uh…where am I?”

“Lady Tea!” Simon said. Tears streamed down the old man's cheeks.

Tea saw the Druid and smiled. “Uncle Simon!” She stared at Diana as if she'd never seen her before. “Who are you?”

Bakura clenched his teeth. “She broke free of my spell!”

“No matter, Bakura.” Seto replied. “The Rose Duelist believed every word.”

Diana drew and smiled. “Now to end this duel once and for all. Tea, my name is Diana and I want to be your friend. That's why I have to defeat you and save you from Rosenburg. I summon the Blue Eyes White Dragon!”

Diana's favorite monster appeared and Diana equipped it with Black Pendent which made Blue Eyes 4000 attack points strong. The Dragon destroyed Wing Weaver and Dark Magician Girl attacked Tea's deck leader, making Tea loose the duel. Bakura wad furious grabbed Tea's arm and twisted hard. Tea screamed and fell to her knees.

“Now you will be turned to stone, little—uh…GAHHH!” Bakura screeched as the Blue Eyes picked him up with its tail and threw the young Druid into Rosenburg. Both man, Druid and horse fell over in a defeated heap.

Diana and Simon ran to Tea's side. Her arm was numb from being twisted, but she was otherwise. Diana stood and thanked her Dragon before it and Val disappeared. She helped Tea to her feet and said, “We should get Tea back to the encampment.”

“Good thinking, Diana. I'll check to make sure the effects of Bakura's brainwashing are completely gone.” Simon replied. He and Diana helped Tea mount Diana's horse and they all headed back to the Lancastrian camp.

I have a few questions for Yugi when we return, Diana thought with a little frown on her face.

--The End…seriously? You're kidding…nope. Heh…okay, obviously Diana's feelings about Yugi have been messed with, which was Rosenburg's plan. Yugi had a brother? Yes, that will be explained at the beginning of Chapter 10. Is Yugi a player? Hope so…lol - who knows? All this will be discussed in the next Chapter. Until then…laterz!