Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Trapped Without Sight ❯ Problems Arise and Love is Tested ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7: Problems Arise and Love is Tested       (I’m really, really, really, really, really sorry this took so long, but it’s hard to get inspiration when you’re taking a summer class and you have studies to concentrate on. The important thing is, it’s done right? {The sound of crickets can be heard but nothing more}. Okay…Um, on with the story? {Nervous laughter}).             After sleeping all night, Skyla awoke to the awful sound of Yami wheezing. She got up to check on him and found that he was awake, but having much difficulty breathing.   “Yami, what’s the matter?! Why is it so hard for you to breathe?!” Skyla asked, a bit panicked. “Keith’s weapons…must’ve been…poisoned…” Yami stated with difficulty; before gaining enough air to try and speak again. “My lungs…feel like they’re…nearly frozen.” He commented.   Skyla got an idea, she’d fill the bath with hot enough water to get some steam into the air, but not hot enough to burn him. She then went into the room and removed Yami’s shirt before helping him into the bathing chambers to hopefully loosen up the congestion in his lungs a bit. She got him into the water, not caring if his pants got wet at the moment, as long as she could help him to breathe better. After about fifteen minutes, Yami was breathing better, but he still wasn’t in very good shape. Skyla got him out of the bath and dried him off before placing him back on the bed and telling Dark to guard him. She then left the room and went to find Yugi to see if he had any ideas on how to help. She’d learned that there was an herb to cure the type of poison that he was inflicted with, but she’d have to travel to the grassy plains of a meadow over in the next town. She nodded and set to work trying to find people to help her and pulled some strings to be allowed out of the palace.   She had been traveling by horse with some of Yami’s most trusted friends, including Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, Touya, and Jin. The rest were mainly guards that she was able to round up. She had been traveling for two days straight before she found the herb that she needed. She plucked it from the ground and immediately headed back to the palace. Meanwhile, Yami’s condition steadily worsened. He was barely holding on by the time she got back, two days later. She had Yugi help her with the herbs before administering it to Yami. She had stayed up all night awaiting the results and finally dozed off at about two in the morning. It was about eight in the morning when she was awoken by someone caressing her cheek. Her brows knitted before she opened her eyes slowly to find Yami awake and in good health.   “You made it.” She commented groggily.             ; Yami smiled, “I wouldn’t have if it weren’t for you.” He stated. “I couldn’t just let you die; looking that frail doesn’t suit a powerful leader such as yourself.” Skyla commented, giggling at the slight blush that touched Yami’s cheeks. He smiled gently before stating, “You should go back to sleep, you look like you need it.” “Gee, thanks.” Skyla commented sarcastically as he gave off a slight chuckle and pulled her on the bed next to him. She was a bit surprised, but realized that she was too tired to protest, and was soon sleeping peacefully once again.   Yugi, Ryou, Malik, Ishtar, and Bakura were watching through the cracked door and grinned; but Ishtar and Bakura couldn’t help but start snickering a bit before being nudged by Ryou and Malik. They immediately stopped and looked slightly guilty; but that was ruined by the grins that they were trying to hide.   “Ishtar, I better not find out that you tried to play matchmaker with those two tomorrow.” Malik warned. “Awww, why not?” Ishtar complained. “Because your methods of matchmaking usually lead one of the people that you’re trying to get together with another, to end up dead.” Malik answered as a matter of factly.   Ishtar started to pout, but grinned when he saw the slight smirk on Malik’s face.   “Okay, I promise, no matchmaking for me.” He agreed. “But that doesn’t mean Bakura won’t try.” He said with a mischievous grin. “He most certainly will not; will you Bakura?” Ryou scolded. “Well…I mean…Um…Could you repeat the question?” Bakura stated with a slight grin.   Ryou smiled and shook his head before turning his attention back to the door, only to have it shut on them, and seeing a smirk on the pharaoh’s face before it closed completely.            &n bsp;  “Well, I guess the show’s over, time to go back to our rooms.” Ryou said standing.   Bakura was about to protest, but thought better of it at a quick glare from Ryou.   “Hey wait, it’s easy for you four to return to a room, but what about me? I mean, it’s not like I’ve got a partner or anything.” Yugi commented. They looked at eachother quickly before stating, “Well, we could always go to one room and play a few games until they decide to let you back in the room.” “Well…Okay…I just hope they haven’t forgotten about me.” Yugi stated unsurely, walking off with the other four.   Skyla woke up four hours later to the feeling of Yami running his fingers through her hair.             &n bsp; “Is my hair really so fascinating that you have to play with it?” She asked groggily.             ; “You have beautiful hair, why shouldn’t I play with it?” Yami asked softly.             “I don’t believe my hair is beautiful; in fact, I’m no beauty.” She said with a bit of a sad tone. “Skyla, you are beautiful, and you have no reason to believe otherwise.” Yami stated confused, he didn’t know why she thought herself to be ugly.   Skyla got up from the bed and headed for the door.             &n bsp; “Where are you going?” Yami asked.             “I’m going to take a walk; please don’t follow me.” “But…Skyla…” Yami tried, only to have her walk out the door.   She missed the hurt look on his face at her departure. Yami sat on his bed and began to sulk as he didn’t understand why she was so distant all of a sudden. Skyla walked down the hall and wandered out of the palace; her blonde hair and blue eyes made her a big target to bandits and thieves however, and it wasn’t long before she was lured into a dark area and grabbed from behind. They made sure to cover her mouth to prevent anyone from hearing her before whisking her away to their hideout. As soon as they got to the hideout and had her tied up, she started yelling at them.             &n bsp; “Just what do you think you’re doing?! Let me go!!” She yelled. “Now why would we want to do that to such a rare beauty as yourself?” They asked smirking. “How many times do I have to say it before anyone believes me?! I’m not beautiful!” She yelled.   The bandits looked to eachother before they grinned evilly and decided to give her a real reason to think of herself as ugly. They made up a dust from herbs and threw it on her, saying a few magic words to curse her with it before she passed out. As she slept, she grew claws, puppy ears, fangs, and a tail. They were a bit disappointed however, when they discovered that she was still quite attractive. They decided that as soon as she woke up, they would put her in a fighting ring to fight for her life. After all, she was starting to bore them as she didn’t do much besides insult them.   Yami had long since started to worry; after all, it had been a while since he’d seen Skyla, and night was drawing near. He called out to Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, Jin, and Touya, and asked them if they had seen her. After receiving no as an answer from all of them, he decided to send out a search party in the morning to find her. Yugi returned to the room soon after, as Malik and Ryou stayed in Bakura and Ishtar’s rooms. After seeing Yami pacing back and forth, he knew something was wrong.   “Yami? What’s wrong?” He asked. “Skyla went for a walk this afternoon and she hasn’t returned yet.” He stated worriedly. “Don’t worry Yami; I’m sure she’ll return soon.” Yugi stated. “If she doesn’t return tonight, I’m going to send a search party out tomorrow to find her; of course, I plan to go with them.” Yami stated. “Very well Yami, I’m going to go to bed, don’t stay up too late. You won’t be in any shape to find her if you do.” Yugi commented, before changing and going to his pillows to sleep.   Yami looked at Yugi, and though he found it difficult, he went to bed himself. He didn’t get the most restful sleep, but he did at least get some rest.   Meanwhile at the bandit’s hideout, Skyla woke up early in the morning and the bandits almost immediately showed her a mirror. Skyla screamed at what she saw; and as they had decided to chain her to the wall while she slept, she was able to put her face in her hands as she started to cry. She didn’t see the beauty that others would; when she looked in the mirror, she saw an ugly beast. The bandits smirked before throwing her into a fighting ring; not even giving her a chance to recover from her first surprise. While in the ring, they decided to change from her fighting dogs, to her fighting lions. She only fought back though, after she was scratched by one of the beasts. She fought hard, but she realized too late that she was fighting a losing battle. The main mistake made by the bandits however, was that they had her fighting the lions in an open area that had fencing around so they wouldn’t attack the spectators. Suddenly, one of the lions managed to graze his claws across her eyes. Skyla cried out in pain and anguish as she tried frantically to clear her eyes.   Yami had decided to go out with his guards immediately in the morning and found the fighting ring just as Skyla got slashed across the eyes. He recognized the scream, but he was surprised to find that the person it belonged to wasn’t who he thought. He did however break up the fight by having his guards throw spears at the lions; killing them. He found it unfair to have two lions fight against one hanyou girl. The thing that confused him most though, was that she was wearing the same clothes Skyla had on the day before. He decided to take her back to the palace with him and once there, he had Yugi heal her. Unfortunately, Yugi couldn’t heal her eyes and just bandaged them. She was unconscious by the time he found her, so he just set her on his bed after his servants cleaned her up. He then paced back and forth in his room until she woke up. Once she did awaken, she caught the familiar scent that was always around Yami, and immediately tried to make a run for it. After all, who’d want to love a beast like her?   Yami noticed her trying to run, and immediately grabbed her around the waist before she could get to the door.   “Where are you going? I have a few questions for you.” “Let me go Yami!” Skyla said sternly. “Skyla?!” Yami asked, shocked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~   Yami: You’re evil, you know that? WB Chan: I’m not evil, besides, I was wondering when you’d be showing up. Yami: How could you just leave it at a cliffhanger?! WB Chan: Simple, I just figured that since I’m on a role, and my muses are back, I may as well take full advantage of it. Yami: (Grumbles as he walks off). Next Chapter:   Yami found out who the girl is, now he needs to figure out how she ended up like that, and how she got kidnapped to begin with. Skyla however, is having a very bad self-image of herself and doesn’t want to be with him for fear that he’d find her to be a beast.