Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Love of a Priestess ❯ Memories Better Left Unseen ( Chapter 9 )

As I learned more about Yami and developed our personal relationship, I began to acquire many memories that were probably better left unseen. Then again, they must have been necessary for me to see in order for me to see them. The Crown did not let me intrude entirely into a person's past.

The young woman of his memories, I discovered, was a priestess of a Goddess. I was yet unsure of what Goddess, or what power she served. But she was certainly a priestess. And I was surprised at what I learned about her.

Apparently, as a priestess she was not bound to chastity. There were many brief, fleeting memories in Yami's mind of being with her. At first, they were gentle and innocent. When she visited the city she would be given a special chair beside Yami at dinner, and would spend the whole night talking animatedly to him. There were brief moments where they brushed hands or paused for a quick, secret embrace. Often, he would escort her around the city as she carried out her duties as a Priestess, then take her around the marketplace and pay for her goods.

As time progressed, the memories reflected a more intense, more personal, more passionate relationship. She would go, every night, at his bidding, from the temple to his palace in the city. He would wrap her in his strong arms and stroke her hair, much as he had in the first memory. They would sit together in his vast library, reading scrolls and discussing the state of his kingdom. He would whisper sweetly in her ear, calling her his "little bird." He kissed her softly, gently, on the cheek at first and then later her throat and lips. They would lie comfortably beside each other on the banks of the river, the shade of a tree, or Yami's large bed.

She was very important to understanding Yami's fate. I was certain of that. My first memory and all of these now only made that clearer. Yami loved her more than anything. His eyes glowed with pleasure when she arrived at the palace, filled with longing and pure love. He had rushed to protect her, I felt sure, that night she ran to him in the rain. Perhaps he had even rushed to the Temple, into some kind of danger.

I didn't know. I wasn't completely certain. But I needed to know who she was.

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Eventually I gathered the courage to attempt a Channel with Kaiba. I was slightly uncomfortable; I wasn't sure why, but I felt that perhaps he had more to hide than Yami. I should have had free access to his mind, as his fiancée, but I couldn't very well suddenly approve of our engagement.

The first time I tried I discovered he had no item. The items always acted as an automatic key; my Crown let me in easily. Without one, Kaiba could close his mind to me. The ways of the Crown were strange, but I never questioned them. Kaiba would have to trust me before I could Channel with him.

I was disappointed about not having found the fifth item, but I let it go quickly. Kaiba was important nevertheless. It was around him I felt the power I had been seeking, as much as it surrounded Yugi. Even without his chosen item he commanded power. And his memories would surely be no less valuable than Yami's.