Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ torn...... ❯ the high priest ( Chapter 2 )

The high priest…. (POV)

The court had adjourned the meeting. I departed the palace, glancing back at her for the last time. I would be getting into battle tomorrow. My Legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon gave me much power over my enemies. However, I also need to rely on my wits and strength to survive. I wanted to live for her.

*Flash back *

I had loved her since the first time I laid my eyes on her. Of course, back then, I did not know what love meant and couldn't care less about it. However, after pondering it over and over, I began to understand the meaning of the word. I had never felt so alive. She is the only girl who was not afraid of me. I had the reputation of being very evil, and I lived up to that reputation. However, she never backed down when I pushed her away. She pushed back to me. I wanted to see her again.

After the first meeting, I saw her around the palace sometime. However, I was forbidden to come too close to her. She was reserved for the pharaoh only. I knew in my heart that I would never have her.

After three years, I saw her again. When she arrived with my ruler, I felt anger boiled inside of me. I hated the royal decree marriage.

'Yugi didn't love her anyway… why should he have her when he could've been with so many other girls?'

It's not fair. The only girl that I loved was the one I would never be able to touch.

I walked up to the couple before the wedding, trying to be happy for them.

"My pharaoh, you're spoiling her, " I told him, trying to sound cool.

She turned around and smiled at me. She had changed so much over the years. Her hair grew longer; her eyes became more serene. Her smile made me jumped inside. I felt like a child again.

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We were retiring to dinner. I didn't feel like eating. My stomach churned whenever I saw Yugi kissed her hand. Yugi's my best friend. Yet, I couldn't help but feel that jealousy over him. He got everything, while I have nothing.

Yugi, I knew him. He never really paid any attention to girls. He was too busy with his constant dueling. I used to duel a lot with him but I got bore with it after a while. I knew that he wouldn't make her happy. A lady like her needed attention and care, something I knew that Yugi couldn't provide.

"Are you alright Seth?" The pharaohs' voice rang through the dinner. Everyone turned to look at me. I hated when people look at me. It made me feel like I'm a toy to be judge on how useless it is.

"Yeah…I'm fine…" I answered.

After a while, I left the dinner table early. I didn't want to stay there to listen to people chat mindlessly for hours.

I walked outside to the balcony. The calm breeze cooled me down. The silence made me happy. I could forget about everything.

Suddenly, I saw a shadow walking around the balcony. I had a secret area up in that place, but the shadow seemed to know about it too. Soon, I couldn't hide anymore.

"Isis?" I gasped. I never thought that anyone could be here right now, especially her. "Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be with Yugi?" I asked her.

She smiled at me; " I got bore listening to politics. I wanted to get some fresh air."

She walked up to me, " and what are you doing here? This is MY secret place," she smirked. She looked devilishly hot whenever she smirks.

"YOUR place?" I snorted, " I'll have you know that this place belong to me ever since I came to this palace. And you….are trespassing…..again"

"I'm trespassing? This is place also belong to me too! I believe that you'll have to share now…"

"I'm not sharing with anybody!" I folded my arms to make my statement.

"Too bad!" she said. With that, she pushed me down. I landed on the ground. Angrily, I pulled my self up and began to fight back with her. I had to admit, for a queen, she's wickedly strong.

We fought for a while. I felt happy fighting with her. We had so much fun that night, I forgot that I was supposed to stay away from her.

We stopped after we ran out of breath.

"So….."she paused, " will you share the place with me now?"

I laughed. After what she been through, she's more than deserving to have my place.

"Sure….You can come here anytime…"

"Thanks.." she smiled.

We paused to rest for a while.

"So, " she began, " why were you here Seth? I haven't seen you for a while. "

I didn't want her to knew the exact reason for my departure during dinner.

"Just want to get away from the world…." I answered.

"You hated this world that much?"

"Back then, no. But now…I don't know."

"Don't you have something to be happy for? Like a family or something?"

I didn't like it when people began to ask about my family. However, I felt like I could open up to her anytime.

"Have no family. My family died when I was young. Came to the palace because they said I could be a great helper to the pharaoh."

"Oh…."

We sat in silence. I felt so happy to be sitting next to her.

"So, what were you doing here alone my queen?" I asked after a while.

"Got bore."

"Aren't you supposed to be happy to be with your husband?"

"I……I just……I don't know. I'm not as happy as I wished to be. I just……I missed my life. "

"Your life?"

"Yeah…I wanted to go back to my town. I wanted to meet my friends……"

"Aren't you happy living in this palace? You have everything you wanted here!"

"Not everything…You see, with peasants, they have one thing that the royalty don't……"

"What's that?"

"Freedom……," she sighed.

"Freedom?" I was confused.

"Yeah, when you're poor, you lived in poverty. Yet, you can still be able to go anywhere you wanted. In here, everywhere you go, there'll people following you, watching your every step."

She was right. I knew how it is for women in this palace. They're bounded to stay in a place designated for them until someone call for them. Most of them stayed in the harem. She was the exception because she was the queen. However, she was still pretty much restrained.

I felt so sorry for her. I wanted to make her as happy as happy as she could be.

"Then come with me," I suggested.

"Come with you? Where?" she asked.

"Anywhere!" with that, I took her hand and guided her around to some of the cool places I know.

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Over the next months, she and I sneaked out of the palace to go to the country place. She was right, I felt so much freedom to be able to move around.

We got closer whenever we were together. However, I knew that she was still bounded to Yugi. She wouldn't betray him. I didn't want to betray him either. So, we ended up as friends.

Whenever she was unhappy when Yugi left her for the country, I tried to make her happy. I found myself acting so stupid around her, something that I never though I would ever do.

Then came that one incident that changed our lives forever. After I got injured during one of the duel, I was rested at the priest chamber. That night, she sneaked in. She bought me something to eat. I didn't feel like eating but she forced me. She stayed throughout the night to take care of my wounds. Then, something happened. When she was tendering my wound, I couldn't hold myself anymore. I leaned over and kissed her.

After that moment, I panicked. I would have my head chopped off if someone founded out. Even more, she would hated me.

"I'm sorry…." I fell back to the pillow. I didn't want to face her.

She didn't said anything for a while. Suddenly, she spoke, " Don't be…"

I turned around. Her face didn't look like an angry face. Her face looked full of pain and happiness.

"But…" I began, but she stopped me. She returned my kiss with one of her own.

That night, I didn't feel any pain. My life had become much brighter.

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*End flashback *

I looked at her from afar. I loved her. I knew that I would die for such actions. Yet, I wouldn't trade it for anything else. It's better to have love then to not experience any love at all right?